Word: direness
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...with division: between winemakers and the merchants who traditionally sold their vintages; the top-name châteaux that enjoy worldwide fame--and that are making money faster than you can say premier grand cru classé--and the 9,000 others, about 500 of whom are estimated to be in dire straits; traditionalists and reformers."We thought we were the king of carrots. We just didn't see the others coming," admits Jean-François Bruere, who heads a 220-member regional cooperative. "We never bothered about consumers. Now we're beginning to wake up." The shakeout is bearing fruit: after...
...Venezuela is also looking abroad to alleviate its housing woes. It has struck a deal with Chinese conglomerate Citic to build 20,000 new houses within two years. Even so, Patricia Duran and her fellow protesters say the housing plight is so dire in Caracas that the Mayor needs to find land where he can - even if it means expropriating golf courses. "If we have to go to that extreme, we have to do it," she said. "I imagine the rich are angry right now, but there's nothing else we can do. It's better if they help...
...trivialize alcoholism, of course, which is a dire addiction with physiological origins. But the crux of the problem is the relentless propaganda campaigns that would have us believe that because alcoholism is a disease, alcoholics are sick, moral cripples. It is the denial of agency that is so offensive...
...that were to fail, Hamas' fighters would take to the streets in Gaza and the West Bank territories. Such an internecine conflict would devastate the Palestinians, since many families have fathers who support Abbas and sons who belong to Hamas. And the consequences for Israel could be just as dire. A senior Hamas commander says the rift with Abbas is unmendable. Although Hamas has agreed to halt its campaign of suicide bombings in Israel, the commander says, "I'm afraid that [pressures from the] Americans and Israelis are pushing radicals inside Hamas to resume such attacks." And if that happens...
...think we are. Most of the world lives in dire poverty. They don't really know a lot about security to begin with. Since 9/11, the most important thing to Americans is to be secure. This chip implanted in us causes people to shut down, isolate and think of themselves: "I'm going to take care of me. I'll worry about my group and my identity." Any vision of the world is sacrificed for that. We've seen it with the war in Iraq. The fear button gets pushed and everyone is like, "Let's go after Saddam Hussein...