"If he dropped him, it would look like an act of desperation."
There was nothing left to say, except one thing, the forever final act of desperation.
Only later will it be known whether this was an act of inspiration or desperation.
"At first it was an act of desperation," an American general said.
"It may seem like an act of desperation," she said.
Invading her mind tonight had been an act of desperation.
If the griffin only turned its head and looked at him, he was going to be forced into some act of desperation.
In an act of desperation, and with no prior experience, he started writing about his war experiences.
In other cases, schools simply send children as an act of desperation.
All the rest must have been designed to lead them to this act of desperation.