Word: direness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...breeding ground of resentment, and the dominant issue throughout the campaign, was the country's dire economic crisis. One-third of the work force is unemployed, inflation is running at 30%, and the country's lack of foreign exchange is so acute that sugar, cooking oil, soap and and rice are sometimes impossible...
...supporters of Proposition 2 1/2 are right when they term the dire forecasts of municipal leaders "scare tactics." People who aren't scared that cities like Cambridge could be without schools, without services, without police protection should support Propostion 2 1/2. The rest of us, who would like to be able to call on the fire department when the flames break out, must vote in record numbers to insure the defeat of this unsound measure...
...supporters of Proposition 2 1/2 are right when the term the dire forecasts of municipal leaders "scare tactics." People who aren't scared that cities like Cambridge could be without schools, without services, without police protection should support Proposition 2 1/2. The rest of us, who would like to be able to call on the fire department when the flames break out, must vote in record numbers to insure the defeat of this unsound measure...
...fought on mainland Asia. What outraged him was not the misappraisal of American military objectives. But the duplicity of the Johnson administration's selling the war to a gullible nation. His 40-year-old prediction that the tendency to fabricate facts and rely on mistaken public opinion would have dire consequences came true, taking on tragic proportions in Vietnam. This time, however, the professionals and experts he trusted were the ones to casually deceive the public and betray his confidence. Ostracized for his strident criticism of the war, Lippmann actively encouraged radical protest...
...import sales can sometimes exert a marked influence on major labels. Warner Bros. was forced to rush-release Dire Straits' Communique, fearful that imports would cut heavily into domestic sales figures. Both Deep Purple's Live in Japan and Bob Marley & the Wailers Live earned domestic release as a result of their enormous import popularity. Cheap Trick's Live at Budokan was Jem's fastest-selling import earlier this year. Epic took heed, rushing a domestic release that finally established the band's long-predicted stardom...