Word: direness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gore's reference for the talk ranged from MelBrooks, Yogi Berra and the rock group Dire Straitsto Vaclav Havel and the scientists studying polarice caps...
...with all the discussion of dirt in the city by councillors and officials, some neighborhood activists say trash is not nearly as dire a problem for them as it is in the urban areas...
...article in Esquire and the dialogue that has ensued since its publication have drawn attention to what has become a dire situation for many Harvard students, and not just for the conventional reasons...
...throat, tinkles of the mandolin, sugary sobs and vertiginous swoops of pedal steel guitar. This generation's performers are the first bred on both rock and country who are consciously choosing Nashville, as Vince Gill did when he turned down a chance to join the rock group Dire Straits in favor of continuing his country career...
...economists countered by saying most dire predictions made by environmentalists have not come to pass...