Off the bandstand, Desmond was never without female companionship, when he wanted it.
So when Eric Harnden, a 38-year-old cofounder of a Boston software company, decided to get snipped last spring, he knew exactly when he wanted it done: the weekend of the Masters golf tournament.
So, when Derek first got the Mini Cooper, he kept it in the garage and insured it only on the days when he really wanted to use it, rather than paying regular monthly car insurance and using the car every time he needed to run an errand.
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When he wanted change to prescription drugs, he got it done.
He read the book when it came out, and knew that he wanted to attach himself to the story.
It was widely believed, with much justification, that when the chancellor said he wanted a contest he really meant it.
Mr Blair said the Hutton inquiry into the death of Dr Kelly should be allowed to get on with its work and insisted all he had ever wanted when it came to the confrontation with the BBC was "an incorrect story corrected".
'When he first told me he wanted to join the Army, I was against it.
In fact, there were times when it clearly appeared that he wanted to explain what had happened, the document said.
But in some ways, they were looking for the world as Obama wanted it to be when he swept into power promising a vision for transformational foreign policy.
It only intensified when he said that he wanted to be somewhere "where I am wanted" in a postgame interview with England's ITV before being cut off mid-sentence for an advertising break.
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He said when he met the department's permanent secretary on 4 December he had been told that it was the minister who wanted him to resign and go quietly or else things would be "difficult".
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When financial planner Rick Gornto devised the Alternate Plan in 1981, he wanted it to be a complete substitute for Social Security.
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But when Mr. Gordy heard the demo, he wanted Mr. Robinson to record it instead.
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Boris Johnson made it clear when he launched his Time for Action programme in 2008 he wanted to get to grips with escalating youth violence.
When RadioShack's shares surged more than 25%, his order was filled where he wanted it.
Erdogan said he wanted the US to "assume more responsibilities and take further steps" when it comes to Syria.
He wanted to know why Mr Ford kept bringing up the matter "when the prospect of it happening is so minimal".
"It would be difficult to say no, " said Rush when asked if he wanted to become Wales' next manager.
When celebrity chef Jamie Oliver launched a crusade to improve school dinners, it was Matthews' Turkey Twizzlers he wanted off plates first.
But when Chris was able to lose 40 pounds in four months to meet the requirements, she saw how badly he wanted it.
When it came time for new digs at Pixar, the animation studio he bought in 1986, Jobs wanted a huge building around a central atrium to encourage people to bump into one another.
But he said Britain wanted an investigation into the scientific and technological issues over cutting the environmental damage of aviation when it chaired the G8 summits of the world's most industrialised countries next year.
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