Word: direness
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...region. DON'T TOUCH HIM! warn posters of Karadzic pasted up recently by a Serb cultural group in nearby northern Montenegro. Zoran Zuza, a well-informed Bosnian-Serb journalist and political analyst in the former wartime stronghold of Pale, says Karadzic "realizes that he has never been in such dire straits...
...there and vote. And in order for that to happen, our leaders have to come to terms with this simple fact: Americans are busy people. We don?t do anything unless we?re promised great things for our efforts or, conversely, unless our inaction is linked to dire consequences...
...commission's co-chairmen, former New York Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and AOL-Time Warner executive Richard Parsons, painted a dire picture in their draft report. Unless repaired, Social Security will need tax increases or "massive" deficit spending by Congress to keep it afloat, their report warns. By 2020, Social Security's shortfall will equal the combined budgets of Head Start, the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, the Environmental Protection Agency, plus the Education and Commerce departments. Baby boomers will be shortchanged. Women, minorities and the poor will suffer...
...Both dire scenarios seem unlikely at this point, for two reasons. One, Frist is highly thought of and greatly admired, especially among the conservative branch of his party. And two, the debate over stem cells, despite its flammable subject matter, has been remarkably civilized, even polite - almost entirely devoid of the accusations and sharp words generally traded during even the briefest dialogue concerning abortion...
...gallon since their mid-May high - 16 cents in the last week alone and 13 cents lower than last summer at this time, according to the Energy Department. Natural gas prices, after hitting $10 a thousand cubic feet last December, have dropped to the $3 range. Even in California, dire warnings of countless days of blackouts this summer have not materialized - there hasn't been one since early May - and electricity prices have declined dramatically. And more power is expected to come on line from several new plants in the coming weeks. All of which has left America wondering what...