In the late 1970s, US car companies were facing a desperate financial situation and consequently needed to find ways of cutting costs and increasing profits.

在70年代末，美国汽车公司面临着财务危机，所以需要寻找新方法来裁减开支、增长利润。

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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.

BBC: The Blairs in conversation

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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