Word: direness
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Exploiting this dire need for more jail beds, enlightened corrections officers like Rufo are pushing for "direct supervision" of prisoners, a concept that requires new functional designs. These, in turn, have inspired a creative breed of architects and builders who are capitalizing on the challenge of building facilities that provide the kinds of living spaces that officers can properly manage. "Besides requiring fewer officers to run," argues Rufo, these New Age facilities "cut down on fights, assaults, vandalism and workmen's compensation cases. Most important, they take control of the prison out of the hands of the inmates...
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...