More than a year ago, the Bush Administration promised a new "war on poverty, homelessness and despair."

I extrapolate on this 100% hit rate and despair of ever taking a newspaper article at face value...

The movie is a slight but sweet-natured commentary on urban despair.

Not always is it entirely pleasant, and when rejection seems likely the thoughts focus on despair, sometimes to the point of suicide.

I wanted to get a handle on despair and put it out there as a political problem.

"Time magazine did a cover story on despair a few weeks ago," he said.

He sat on a low wall, despair and weariness engulfing him.

The way he said it, voice verging on despair, always amused us.

She watched after them feeling a frustration that bor- 01,@red on despair.

The way politics works, it always involves a tightrope walk with hope on one side and despair on the other.