With admirable restraint, Mr. Shore supplies music that's vital atmosphere to a world where sadness never surrenders to despair and wonder can come about as if a natural occurrence.

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That movie is an expression of philosophical despair: the truth can never be known.

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It turns them into winners and transforms them into people who can never, ever be conquered by fear or despair ever again.

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Sometimes he seemed to despair (he wrote a book about overcoming depression) but he never gave up.

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Cops don't do well when they can't control their situation or the source of their depression, and they begin to despair when they see that their problem -- the "critical incident" -- is never-ending.

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