Desperate Measures

A great example of going into extreme measures would be in “The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster” a plane crashed and they had to go into desperate measures to find food to live and survive. “At high altitude, the body’s caloric needs are astronomical... we were starving in earnest, with no hope of finding food, but our hunger soon grew so ravenous…

The fight to save our rhinos is getting an upgrade. The new technology, known as Rapid (Real-time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device) is impressive. Plus, there's top-secret spy cameras involved. It's one last, drastic effort to save rhinos from extinction. "Rapid Renders Poaching a Pointless Exercise" As reported in The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rhinos-horns-to-be-fitted-with-spy-cameras-and-alarms-to-help-catch-poachers-10400423.html endangered rhinos will…

people will take drastic measures to stay in power of other people. First, in the novel…

loss of innocence for the boys. After leaving their destroyed village, they roamed all around looking for safety. Most of the villages they came across were destroyed by the rebels. They had nothing to eat for the past couple of days and they were desperate for food. They came across a boy eating corn, and the boys’ survival instinct kicked in. They chased after the boy eating the corn and took it away from him. The thing that shocked me most about the chapter was that the boy’s mother actual…

accidentally activates the denotator of a bomb planted in a nearby shopping mall which killed 53 people. An agitated Brody wounded Younger’s chest because of what happened. As the deadline comes nearer, H measures of torture become more severe, causing the others to be disgusted. H argues that drastic measures are needed since the lives of many people are at stake. After being detained, Younger’s ex-wife, Jehun, is brought to face him. The people in charge hoped that they can use Jehun to…

The Bitter Side of Sweet EXT. - In a desert on the road - Day We enter on a desert scene SIMRAN Have you ever wondered about the people who make the flavorful chocolate you eat? YASHITA The sweet, rich flavored, mouth watering chocolate that you eat isn’t so sweet when you hear the dark side of the story. Here’s the dark side of chocolate. The Bitter Side of Sweet Screen opens on two boys and a girl walking on a road in the desert. Zooms in to one boy and Simran says VISHAL Three…

During adolescence, people are in full pursuit of finding their identity. That process is often a case of trial and error where the adolescent floats around taking desperate measures to gain acceptance. Thankfully for me, that process was short. The only years growing up when I sought peer approval was middle school. In seventh grade, I woke up dailey, dressing myself with curiosity and rebellion. Inact, one time I got suspended for knocking this id pide the head with his own trumpet. Summer of…

Imagine a girl at a party coming up to all of the guys there and trying to get with them. The guys at the party would call the girl thirsty. Currently in our culture according to urban dictionary thirsty means “someone who will do anything for attention including sexual favors.” The word thirsty have evolved in the meaning from when it originated to now. The origin for the word thirsty came from Middle English as the word thirst. Thirst according to dictionary.com is a “sensation of dryness in…

were in trouble. He said, “I hear you’re trying to get to the magic Alder tree, you musn’t have thought you could freely pass my land and live, did you?”. The nymph turned to me, and whispered, “Normally I wouldn’t do this, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Oh swift-footed Hermes, guide of words and meaning, who clears the way for travelers, may you be with us in our time of need”. Miraculously the sprite froze and while he was immobile, we hurried away to the last…

The Salem Witch Trials, in 1692, was a phase in American history when the Puritans settled in Massachusetts and extraordinary events began. The events that occurred stirred up hysteria within the people. The hysteria was also induced by propaganda of the North Church and the fear of the unfamiliar land and people, accusations, and God. The idea of witches existing and infesting themselves in Puritan daily life caught and spread through the Puritan communities quickly. As a popular influence, the…