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Then, with a gesture of desper - ation, he tore the mask from his face and hurled it upon the ground.

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The Administration desper ately needs a dose of that, which is why President Obama should name Warren to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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If you can't find someone who's desper - ate enough for wins to take Garcia off your hands, you might be better off dropping him.

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In contrast, the man with the reflective goggles was as silent as the snow on which he stood, as un-moving as the rock that had been grasped so desper-ately, and briefly, by the now deceased Johns.

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Suddenly cold, he shivered and headed for the fire, desper - ate to return some warmth to his old bones.

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Palin could not see the dragon, though he could hear the discordant horn blast of its frustration as it tried desper - ately to find them.

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Spread-ing out, they readied themselves to intradict any desper-ate flight from the installation.

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He twisted away as the kobun, already beginning to gag, stabbed out in desper - ate reflex.

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What Jaqui always thought about her brother Michael was this: that there was a wolf inside him, eating at him, desper - ate to get out.

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The look on Chekov's face made it clear he desper - ately wanted to answer in the affirmative, but he couldn't.

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