Word: hopelesses
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...clear that my own people will not be satisfied with crumbs from the tables of the privileged classes. They will want full participation in the decision-making processes of their country. There is, however, the temptation in the minds of many people to believe that the situation is so hopeless that violence is inevitable. We must resist this view with all our might. We must refuse to surrender to this sense of hopelessness...
...psychic toll of another family vacation (the fighting in the back seat finally got to them). I have known, with a sense of doom approximating the feeling of a Christian Scientist with appendicitis, that I will not be embarking on a spree in the Netherlands Antilles, but on a hopeless quest to entertain myself in a deserted suburban wasteland...
...MOST HORRIFYING part of the story is that, despite Brodeur's seemingly comprehensive research and documentation, he himself claims to know only the "tip of the iceberg." He does propose a solution, though it seems almost limp and pragmatically hopeless...
...what kind of man runs this conglomerate? He is in the least a hopeless workaholic. He arrives at the office at 7:30 a.m., an hour before his staff, and usually stays until 6:30 p.m. Says a longtime Textron colleague: "It would be safe to say that he works seven days and seven nights a week. It's his hobby, his life; he thrives...
...revolves around the struggle between the sexes. As in other species, the strongest males compete for control of each troop. What makes the langurs different is that the winner tries to bite to death the young offspring of his predecessor. The mothers resist the infanticide until the struggle looks hopeless, then pragmatically present themselves to the new ruler for copulation...