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Robbie’s a hopeless man holding a gun on the cop trying to catch him.

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"The people of Gaza cannot bear that. They are devastated, exhausted, desperate and hopeless," he said.

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Everyone will do better if the next female candidate comes in with the support and resources she needs to win, rather than simply being told to fix a hopeless situation on her own.

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He shrugged off his previous criticism of the bank governor as "hopeless", telling reporters: "He's very polite, and the coffee was quite good."

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"These people become hopeless, they have no hope on getting out which can lead to violent behaviour in prisons, and we have a radical shortage of prison spaces," he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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