We need their help and assistance in getting this done, but in the conversations I have had, formally and informally with British Muslims, over the past few weeks, they are as desperate as anyone else, in some ways more desperate to make sure that this extremism is weeded out and dealt with because they don't want it contaminating the reputation of Muslims.

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At this writing, American and foreign leaders are engaging in an increasingly desperate search for ways, short of a military attack, to prevent Iran's mullahs from getting the bomb.

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In a country that still sends over half its waste to landfill, municipalities and businesses are desperate to find other ways of disposing of their rubbish.

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While this move shows that BofA eventually listened after its customers squealed for months, the decision to raise debit card fees and the willingness to stick its retail customers with an additional fee on debit cards show just how desperate banks are to find new ways to reclaim lost sources of revenue.

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