The Cornell study, which environmentalists have trumpeted, is born of desperation.

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Ghosn admits the restructuring plan was born of desperation.

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His critics say it is bravado born of desperation.

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The immediate response to Ms Wood's statement a couple of days later that she was effectively dropping all charges against his Lordship was that it was a move born of desperation and weakness in equal measure.

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One problem with the serial Republican debate format is that it is conducive to excessive attacks, including those born out of desperation.

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Our project was born, not out of a high-minded mission to make the masses love science, but out of desperation to tickle the cerebral cortex along with the funny bone.

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