1.   Even in their desperate situation, they spent their time reading books or magazines, and remained orderly.

2.   In a situation humanly desperate, with the race line hardening, there is hope.

3.   In desperate situations of life or death people come up with unheard-of wisdom.

4.   Schooling often represents the only avenue of escape from a much more desperate situation.

5.   She was shocked into action by the desperate situation in the orphanages.

6.   In the above photo, taken at St Edmonds Hospital in North Staffordshire, the already desperate situation is evident.

7.   But desperate situations called for desperate lies.

8.   And through her appeal she hopes to raise public awareness about the desperate situation many thousands of women with fertility problems are in.

9.   And sometimes desperate situations -- and these are desperate times for the Rangers -- call for drastic measures to be taken.