Word: direness
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...that she's mortal - i.e., not a lock, in what we gasbags like to call the All-Important First Test of the Primary Season. And that 8% among county leaders - i.e., the people who really take this stuff seriously and drag people out to the precinct caucuses - sure seems dire. It may just be that Clinton hasn't been out to Iowa recently, hasn't yet given the solipsistic cornheads the full-frontal embrace they demand of contenders. Or it may be something a bit more chronic: "You hear a lot of 'I like Hillary, but...' talk out here," Yepsen...
...throughout the cold war and as great powers have traditionally done throughout history. And ironically, the winding down of the U.S. involvement in Iraq will have a salutary effect--namely, it will slow the draw on American economic, diplomatic and military resources, all of which are in dire need of replenishment...
...Hadley memo was some sort of awkward Bush strategy, it failed. Al-Maliki refused to sup with Bush. They breakfasted-and it's possible bread was broken only after the White House agreed not to push on al-Sadr. The body language between the two men was dire. Bush seemed severely ticked off during the press conference...
...regret his refusal, considering a non-fatal shot in the chest a small price to pay for the hot-ticket PS3. He left that day with four systems, which he planned to resell at a much higher price online. Other gaming-related incidents have ended in far more dire situations...
...iconic Grolier Poetry Book Shop (6 Plympton St.) has twice threatened to close, surviving only on donations which came after those dire announcements. Since the spring, it has been under new ownership—the proprietor is a Wellesley philosophy professor who promises more poetry readings featuring a wider variety of international poets. To make it float, the 79-year-old shop is being reorganized as a non-profit entity...