Word: direness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN arrived in Brazil yesterday at the start of a five-day trip to Latin America, he found a country in dire economic straits. Each subsequent stop during the journey--in Colombia. Costa Rica, and Honduras--will present Reagan with a similarly gloomy picture. The central dilemma for all of these countries is the same--they depend on exports to the United States and other developed nations for economic solvency. But the industrialized world, in the midst of a recession, cannot continue to gobble up Latin American goods and spit out cash or other products in return. Instead...
Although is passed overwhelmingly in the state legislature, polls indicate that opinion is evenly divided on this issue. Supporters, including many Catholic groups, note that the amendment would simply bring Massachusetts law in line with federal constitutional provisions. Opponents, however, argue that, in the state's current dire fiscal condition, aid to private school students would siphon sorely needed funds from the public school system...
...school decided to put in new structural supports in addition to replacing all of the seats. Like other buildings, the stadium had not received the attention it needed earlier because of a recently abandoned policy of "deferred maintenance," under which the University had forgone all but the most dire repair jobs. Safety and ever-increasing construction costs persuaded officials to end the postponements and get on with the inevitable...
...school decided to put in new structural supports in addition to replacing all of the seats. Like other buildings, the stadium had not received the attention it needed earlier because of a recently abandoned policy of "deferred maintenance," under which the University had forgone all but the most dire repair jobs. Safety and ever-increasing construction costs persuaded officials to end the postponements and get on with the inevitable...
...riven countrymen have used to describe their President-elect during his years as a leader of the Christian militia forces. Part political idealist and part storm trooper, Gemayel, 34, has shown he will use whatever means necessary to achieve his nationalist goals. His supporters argue that Lebanon's dire condition requires just that sort of toughness. Opponents claim that he is a fierce political animal dedicated to narrow sectarian aims...