Word: direness
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...degrees C (8 degrees F) within the next 60 years. Another 11.3 million hectares (28 million acres) of tropical forest were destroyed. The ozone hole over Antarctica remained alarmingly large, and scientists reported evidence that a second hole was developing over the Arctic. Whether or not all of the dire predictions come to pass, they underscore a chilling message: the planet is in grave trouble. If nations do not take drastic action, it could one day be unfit as a human habitat...
Spence wrote that the Yard residence halls arein "dire need of repair" because they are so old."Raising the necessary funds will definitely be acampaign priority, although it may not berealistic to expect donors to give directly forthis purpose," he wrote...
...ethnic unrest, secessionism, economic deterioration, labor strife, an emboldened political opposition. When Eduard Shevardnadze visited the U.S. in September, he seemed preoccupied with domestic issues, especially the Soviet Union's problem with nationalities. A surprising and revealing addition to his entourage was Nikolai Shmelev, an economist who specializes in dire predictions and drastic prescriptions for the Soviet economy...
...criteria are not economics," Morgan says. "I don't get people applying who appear to be in dire straights...For whatever reason people who are low-income tenants don't make it into our apartments...
...message is the medium, rock 'n roll will become slick, polished and unspirited like the compact discs that play it. It's already happening. I immediately associate the word C.D. with artists like Dire Straits, Steve Winwood and anything on the Windham Hill label--music that sells albums but doesn't inspire much personal devotion because any emotion it peddles is clearly mass manufactured...