So we were desperate.

If this was a war with two disparate sides,

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed perplexed, yet not to despair

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed we are perplexed, but not in despair

Contemporary commenters despaired of the Roman Empire for several hundred years before it finally collapsed.

Indeed, the country is rife with reports of desperate university graduates unable to find productive employment.

FRANKFURT Europe s politicians nowadays are desperately looking for someone to blame for the euro crisis.

Contemporary commenters despaired of the Roman Empire for several hundred years before it finally collapsed. Could America find its way to a similar extension?

Germany blames France, and vice versa. Even lawyers are getting into the act, trying to identify legal responsibility for the monetary union s design flaws.

Indeed, the country is rife with reports of desperate university graduates unable to find productive employment. Newspapers and blogs speak of the ant tribe of recent graduates living in cramped basements in the country s big cities while futilely searching for work.