Word: direness
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...Reilly, Bill •dire warning by that, unless the prime minister of Spain condemns the possible investigation by a Spanish court of several Bush administration officials for war crimes, "I am not goin' to that country...
...nondrug) hemp. The crop, which can be used as an alternative to cotton as well as a base for fuels and plastics, can grow with rainwater and requires no pesticides. The fact that the U.S., unlike most industrialized nations, continues to prohibit hemp deserves some serious attention in these dire times. Tim Mensching, ASTORIA...
...idea of governments getting involved with big subsidies for such schemes on a regular basis makes him shudder. "There will always be jobs that disappear, and in the long run it's not in our interest to keep them," Philpott says. In many places, in the current dire economic circumstances, that's no longer an argument that carries much weight...
...stated that Harvard’s “supremely self-confident money managers” were in a “cash-raising panic” after billions of dollars in derivatives investments went sour—forcing the University to post collateral it did not have. The dire situation, the article said, forced Harvard to pay unfavorably high interest rates to raise the necessary funds.But other finance experts said the issuances were less the result of poor decision making in the past and more a reflection of the unpredictably volatile market in which it issued its debt. David...
...While the dire economy has taken some of life out of the party - travel website Expedia estimates that flights to spring break destinations in the Caribbean are down as much as 20% this year - the collegiate rite of passage, which traditionally occurs between the first weekend in March and Easter Sunday in April, is still very much in full cry: according to student discount-travel agency STA Travel, the average spring breaker spends $1,100 for their seven-night trip (many of which they will be too drunk to remember). In Florida, while annual visitor numbers dropped for the first...