Word: direness
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...split it into two. The first part would take the form of a series of musical pieces broken up by increasingly urgent news bulletins. No radio play before had toyed with the form like this, and the bulletins - at this point old hat to Americans familiar with the dire updates coming out of Europe - gave the story a sense of verisimilitude that it otherwise would have lacked. Listeners who came in late missed the opening announcement that this was a radio adaptation. Jump ahead here to the seven minute mark to get a sense of what you would have heard...
...More than 300 people, including several government figures, attended Pukanic's funeral on Monday, after which he was buried to the tune of the Dire Straits song "Brothers in Arms." The owner and editor in chief of Nacional, a high-circulation weekly that often probed into Croatia's corruption-ridden political life, Pukanic was a controversial figure, widely seen as closely involved with mobsters and politicians alike. Croatian President Stjepan Mesic had been his close friend, as had Hrvoje Petrac, a businessman currently on trial for extortion...
...Arabic prose sounded beautiful, soothing, and peaceful. But the words were very portentous, and I paraphrase them here. 'Our prayers have not been answered. Times are dire,' he said with an uncanny combination of surrender and despair. 'We didn't receive support from the apostate nations who call themselves our Muslim brothers. Things might have been different.' His final words to his fighters that night revealed a tired and weary warrior. 'I'm sorry for getting you involved in this battle, if you can no longer resist, you may surrender with my blessing...
...substantial concessions to the Iraqi side on troop-withdrawal deadlines and other matters, the Iraqis have balked at closing the deal. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen warned this week that the failure of Iraq's government to pass the draft Status of Forces Agreement will have "dire consequences" for Iraq, while Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned the absence of an agreement might result in U.S. forces being confined to base after January 1, when the current United Nations mandate legitimizing their operations in Iraq expires. But despite such warnings from Washington, all indications from inside the Iraqi...
Former Vice President Al Gore ’69 spoke to a massive crowd in Harvard Yard yesterday about both the dire risks facing the planet and the responsibility of universities, particularly Harvard, to assume moral leadership on the issue...