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There, he quickly learned the dire national debt problems Japan faced and began to earn the reputation as an advocate for curbing debt.

These are the times we prepared you for, so to enable you to be of the utmost help for your brothers and sisters in dire straits.

Yet despite the anger, the economic consequences of expensive fuel might not be as dire as is often assumed.

In return for the potion, I shall tell you the story of what I did last night to put me in such dire need of said.

Despite the fact that she is already in dire economic situation, her love for life compelled her to take them in.

"So as you look out over the next few quarters, it's a potentially very dire situation for the overall industry. "

Despite scientific critics of the Club of Rome's methods, the public was ready to believe the dire forecast.

No doubt you will hear some tell you that journalism is in dire shape, and the triumph of digital is to blame.

ANGELA CORNELL: "Just imagine how dire the working conditions would have had to be for those workers to sacrifice their lives. "

When the money runs out, a severe famine hits the country and the son finds himself in dire circumstances.

But given the dire quality of the loans, the AMCs were never going to be able to repay the interest on the bonds, let along the principal.

There was no better time to test for ethical conduct than during such a dire economic crisis and the scramble to survive.

Dehydration, which weakens the body and makes you feel heavy, is one of the dire effects of a hangover.

I should add that it is possible a friend will be in dire straits, and you may be moved to help by writing her a check.

I could not believe that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences.

Germany, where service in shops is often dire, has been particularly obdurate.

But just a month ago, when the debt crisis seemed somehow less dire and more easily resolved, official Chinese anxiety was more palpable.

"Although we live bathed in a sea of background radiation, people treat any increment as a dire risk, " he said by email.

It always seems to be dire when we're in the middle of it but, like every economic movement, it will change.

The Kuomintang tried to strangle us by cutting off the funds due to us and imposing an economic blockade; we were indeed in dire straits.

That said, the situation Chelsea were in when Abramovich arrived was dire and he turned it around.

There is no doubt that oil at $200 would have dire consequences, both for Chinese exporters and for other firms.

Mr. Obama acknowledged the increasingly dire nature of the situation in an interview on NBC's Meet The Press program.

Lotito has always maintained that his cost-cutting measures were necessary to help the club out of their dire fiscal position.

Zoning may have been necessary to get democracy going, but the dire state of the government is now undermining democracy's legitimacy.

At least one exception to the dire situation: The biggest sharks of all, whale sharks, are thriving off the coast of western Australia.

But he said failing to approve it would risk dire consequences for the economy and most Americans.

He had known what Snow was the moment he saw that great white dire wolf stalking silent at his side.

A dire warning from her doctor and a sobering family history got Mary's attention.

If the owner has dire need of connecting with a recently deceased animal, allow at least 3 days to pass before initiating communication.

Europe's financial crisis has lurched into a perilous new phase as dire predictions emerge of a collapse in the Greek economy.

September is a month with a market track record so dire as to strike fear into the heart of even the staunchest stock bull.

Queried by a reporter about his "dire language" , he could have admitted that he exaggerated a bit.

Compared with a year ago, the state of trade is dire.

The dire state of the economy all but guaranteed a Labour defeat but it was not sufficient to give David Cameron's Conservatives a majority.

This process is called voir dire, an Anglo-French term meaning "to speak the truth. "

As the dire ct victims of the plague and the " intermediary" to pacify God's anger, the poor were sympathized and cared for by the public.

The dire economic situation undergirds this point: Washington should delay immediate fiscal cuts.

Given the already dire condition of Texas children, you might have expected the state's leaders to focus the pain elsewhere.

This may create a chance for Mr Obama under otherwise dire political circumstances to push Republicans into a deal.

By now, it's clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression.

But in the dire circumstances of the day, it is surely better to have the big disagreements out in the open than buried.

In fact, it was five years ago that this warning was issued, and top scientific bodies have echoed the dire prediction repeatedly since.

Already, he said, a dire shortage of drugs had driven them to carry out surgery on people dosed with painkillers, but not anaesthetic.

Summary: Israel sees the Palestinian bid for recognition at the United Nations as a dire threat to its interests.

The soldier drove the woodsman away, threatening him with dire consequences if he ever approached the maiden again.

The United Nations estimates up to six million people in Iraq are in dire need of help because of years of violence and economic hardship.

The Latino family is not in such a dire state as the black family, where 71% of children are born to single mothers.

For industries and enterprises in dire straits, we need to take effective measures to help their workers out of their plight.

But that dire outcome is no longer impossible, not because a slump is inevitable, far from it, but because action is needed to prevent one.

First, given the still dire economic situation, 2012 should be a year of Republican triumph.

Great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit.

A second, and far more dire concern relates to potential buyers of the HP business, particularly if Samsung were to acquire it.

And from hope to dire straits, General Motors now is all but certain to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday.

Good news appeared this week, and a hint that the economy may be in less-dire shape than third-quarter GDP figures suggest.

They point out that there may be a floor below which vacancies will not fall, however dire the state of the job market.

She misses Iraq, but has no misconception of the dire situation that exists there.

The situation is so dire that any bit of bad news would easily cause another collapse in the markets.

Precisely because of the dire consequences, everyone is counting on the next person to see reason.

A program on team building would not likely include a threat of such dire consequences, and for good reason.

It is not hard to see China's point of view: it is desperate to avoid what it views as the dire fate of Japan after the Plaza accord.

These dire warnings proved way off the mark after the national minimum wage came into force seven years ago.

There may be loss of life, massive loss of income, and dire consequences to all of you that continue to put greed, power and control first.

Few Americans have noticed, but a tremendous number of hospitals, from Boston to Los Angeles, are in serious, even dire, financial trouble.

Russian officials had been making life difficult for the Sakhalin project by threatening dire consequences for minor environmental lapses.

It's tempting to think about evading these dire months by simply getting out of the market.

We're not exactly sure what it's trying to tell us, but it sounds dire.

The consequences of not following that route could be pretty dire, and I think the interested vested parties are going to step up.

I don't know about you, but I (as well as the princesses) are in a dire need for some change.

So the European monetary union did not fall apart, despite the dire predictions of the pundits in late 2011.

In the event of a sickness or dire emergency, please call us before the quiz or exam to let us know, if possible.

In this book, I wanted to put them to a test of dire urgency all the time.

My thing about nuking Chinais unserious. The consequences of that would be too dire.

After her father's death, Austen, her mother, and her sister spent several years in dire financial straits.

All afternoon, there was a dire rush of porters heaving things onto their shoulders, of parting families in hysterical states of farewell.

The Gaza economy is still in a dire state, and ongoing travel restrictions meant the comforts of home and kitchen are as central as ever.

Ms Varney may want to put big firms' feet to the fire, but there are plenty of voices whispering dire warnings in the president's ear.

Many other governors have taken similar approaches in the face of dire budgetary shortfalls and a sluggish economy.

So far, our real-world swine flu pandemic appears to be less severe than the dire scenarios used in our modeling.

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There clearly has been a small swing in the Democrats' favour since 2008, and a bigger one relative to their dire showing in 2010.

But call back, my lord, call back this pervading silent heat, still and keen and cruel, burning the heart with dire despair.

IT WAS, perhaps, frustration at his own helplessness that prompted Alistair Darling's dire prognosis.

The background to these discussions is an increasingly dire situation in the G7 countries as the financial system heads for a train-wreck.

The increasingly dire situation has undoubtedly been a boost to the new left.

In the realism of the name, itself founded on the imaginary, a dire is missing--one is interdicted from admitting this homage.

Zimbabwe, once one of the most prosperous countries in Africa, is in a dire state.

The greatest tragedy for those in dire need is that they have no one who will stand up and speak out for them.

Gaia is in dire need of moral support as the last weights are the heaviest to pull.

An illegitimate child, she grew up in the slums of Naples during wartime in dire poverty.

Your stream employer might be in dire straits, or we might simply be seeking brand brand brand new hurdles.

Chinese stocks got way ahead of the global recovery and are in dire need of a cooling off period before even attempting another bull charge.

And the cost in terms of beggar-thy-neighbour protectionism and diplomatic poison would be dire.

Depositors would have known that the deal might have fallen through, with dire results for them.

Seldom has it been so easy to prove a dire prediction wrong.

The agent gave a dire sigh and slid a Polaroid snapshot through the narrow opening in the door.

If the United States defaulted, it would have dire consequences both for the country and global markets.

The announcement is just the latest sign of a sad and increasingly dire fact: the Postal Service is in shambles.

On the surface, the situation seems far from dire.

"For a start, private domestic demand was already fragile before the disaster struck and the public finances in a dire state, " he wrote.

To be sure, some of the dire talk may be intended to create momentum where none exists.

Chertoff says the first priority is to help people stranded by the storm and others in dire need of assistance.

as for the richer world , it is hard to say which throw more talent away ? america ' s dire public schools or europe ' s dire universities.

But now the effort risks failing all over again because of a dire lack of helicopters, a prime cause of the peacekeeping failure to date.

The proposals, on the day of dire growth figures for Germany, normally considered one of Europe's safest economies disappointed the markets.

As if this were not bad enough, the economy remains in dire straits.

Democrats, meanwhile, are pressing for action to help homeowners and families in dire straits, not just Wall Street bankers.

Its development is always in dire needs of establishing its microscopic economic basis.

In the short run Thomas Cook's new boss will have to improve the company's dire finances.

None of the dire professional consequences has taken place -- I haven't been exiled from the city of Cambridge.

As a teacher in decades when Chile was in dire need of education reform, Mistral was a pioneer and vital leader for change.

Nathan took a risk to help David get right with God, even though his sin still had dire consequences.

World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U. S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization.

Losing the Amazon rainforest could reduce rainfall across the Americas, with potentially dire consequences for farmers as far away as Texas.

Space weather, which originates in the Sun, can have dire consequences on Earth's climate and environment.

But it would have dire consequences, both raising inflation and dissipating vitally important incentives for reform.

Modern city-dwellers have stressful lifestyles. If the stress is not handled properly, the consequences can be dire.

Earning zero percent on an investment for a short while may not seem that dire for the average person.

Another would put him in dire danger of fainting.

Barnes' simulations predicted more-dire consequences for extrasolar planets near the edge of their habitable zones, though.

And if that is the sort of universe in which you believe you live, then it is a dire and foreboding universe, indeed.

The long, upward road to sustainability is beset by difficult challenges, most notably a dire need for education.

Under such a dire threat, no sane lender would consider offering money on bearable terms.

The modern health-care system has evolved considerably since Winthrop and his ilk filled in a dire gap in health care during colonial times.

Despite S&P's dire warnings, the US government is currently able to borrow on the most favourable terms in modern history.

AS THE planet warms, floods, storms, rising seas and drought will uproot millions of people, and with dire wider consequences.

Jonathan Dart and Sarah Cumberland report on a form of child abuse that is not instantly recognizable, but the consequences can be dire.

This follows the release of two reports with dire predictions for China's food production and coastal cities due to global warming.

Tinkering with the independence of the Federal Reserve could have dire consequences and shouldn't be undertaken in a spirit of vengeance.

Significant investment in both R&D and water infrastructure development are needed if dire consequences are to be avoided.

Researchers discovered getting old, job security and a dire sex life also leave a dark cloud looming over millions of us.

Kim, no doubt, has the beggar's cup out this week, given how dire his country's economy is.

The already dire situation in North Korea has been exacerbated by a bitter winter and a summer of record rains and floods.

The practice of sex selection has begun to have dire effects on communities in India.

DIRE predictions that the financial crisis will result in a calamitous decline in philanthropy are probably exaggerated.

Among policy makers and analysts, nervousness was palpable that there could be dire consequences that are impossible to predict.

Among the many reasons to regard the current economic situation as dire is the high incidence of long-term unemployment.

Why are health outcomes among the world's poor so dire, even when international health assistance has quadrupled over the past two decades?

As a matter of necessity, cases of neglect taken on by the DSS in most states are ones that are incredibly dire.

Wakatsuki is the first to acknowledge that these advantages are relative, and that Japan is in dire economic straits.

This is a dire prospect for the global economy at a time when most of the developed world is facing the likelihood of renewed recession.

The fact is, we shouldn't have to be in such dire circumstances to appreciate the simple gift of life.

Plus, banks aren't in the kind of dire straits that necessitate central-bank action.

In taking a final view, however, the seriousness of the window repair problem and its dire consequences should of course not be overlooked.

Even the gloomiest forecasters do not expect anything so dire this time.

In these countries, the latter was just that, with dire consequences, as the crisis made evident.

Recently, Professor Roubini's scenarios have been dire enough to make the flesh creep.

And don't forget local public finances. Plenty of American states are in a pretty dire situation.

The situation is so dire that Japan is now a dirty word in economics, a synonym for never ending malaise and decay.

ONE of the dire predictions about educated women is true: today, more of them are "marrying down. "

What makes this dire situation all the more tragic is that Yemen was lauded as a model emerging democracy only a few years ago.

The supreme example of the dire consequences of ignoring early warnings is, of course, Rwanda, where U.

He hinted at dire retaliation, should the Republicans win a majority at the next election.

In 2001 Bradford's school system was reckoned so dire by inspectors that the council was ordered to hand it over to a private company.

If you look at the situation in North Korea itself. . . Economically, in terms of humanitarian aspects, it is in dire straits.

For decades, Americans have looked to monetary policy as an engine of economic growth -- and suffered the dire consequences.

The demise of the popular program, which covers more than a million moderate-income children, would have dire consequences.

In their dire straits, his followers called to him with telepathic distress signals.

In unphotogenic slow motion, which makes the dire consequences harder to see.

Many have moved into the private sector or abroad in search of better salaries, leaving the public sector with dire staffing shortages.

But "Physics of the Future" makes Earth seem like a very lonely planet, hurtling toward a destiny both exhilarating and dire.

Because of AIG's dire straits, the government has invested so much bailout money that it now holds a stake of almost 80% of the company.

And women all over the world are in dire need of access to full and real reproductive justice.

Business at the two-week expo, the country's largest, is being watched closely as a barometer of how dire export markets have become.

The group says tens of thousands of women have joined WOZA to protest the dire economic and political conditions in Zimbabwe.

We are in dire need of your assistance. I urge you to lend us your aid .

They have no families to support nor dire need of the medical insurance older workers may lose when they lose their jobs.

I drilled him as representing in turn all sorts of people out of luck and suffering dire privations and misfortune.

One of the greatest challenges facing mankind is the increasingly dire plight of millions of people in the poorest countries.

While the long-term impact of developing high blood pressure so early in life remains to be seen, Touyz says the predictions are dire.

With most routes into Sirte shut off, the humanitarian situation inside is dire, fleeing residents said.

The UN is right, of course, to target the dire poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. But it needs to take a different course.

Other countries have eliminated low-value coins with less-than-dire results, and indeed, so has America.

They described Zimbabwe's state as "dire" and called for the results to be published at once.

As the day progressed, dire rumors kept Bear Stearns's traders distracted, worrying about both their jobs and their savings.

The public has now endured a decade of dire warnings about the imminence of a terrorist atomic attack.

The market tumult in recent weeks has inspired some pretty dire readings of the U.

The administration claims that it inherited a dire situation from the last administration, which is absolutely true.

The American economy remains in dire straits, with one worker in six unemployed or underemployed.

The health care plans, were they to be enacted, would make this dire situation even worse.

China (Reuters) - Cancer patients, particularly in developing regions, are in dire need of painkillers and affordable drugs, experts said.

The danger facing the US is that after Tuesday's debt deal any sense of urgency over a dire fiscal situation will dissipate.

The deposit flight is hardly surprising, considering the dire news coming out of Greece.

Before the vote, Mrs Bachmann dismissed Mr Obama's warnings of dire consequences if the ceiling was not raised as a "scare tactic" .

But the resilience of China, India and Brazil cannot offset the dire state of the rest of the world economy.

This play by a major media company may have dire effects on Spotify and its competitors.

Its economy is not nearly as dire as Greece or other bailed-out euro zone nations.

If a man lives in dire poverty, Does that give him the right to be not credible ?

Fortunately these dire forecasts are not necessarily right. Greece need not pay anything near to that level.

Eating meat directly contributes to this environmentally irresponsible industry and the dire threat of global warming.

The central station of the subway. Its in dire condition. Looks like its been untouched for the last 20 years.

The move is bound to worsen Greece's already dire fiscal situation and hamper a recovery.

Increasingly dire economic circumstances may also, perversely, bind the coalition together.

Saying that "only 12 per cent of children are active" overstates reality, but such dire warnings are made to get the public's attention.

Its consumer-electronics companies recently reported a dire set of annual earnings.

The changes could have dire consequences for hundreds of millions of people around the globe who rely on oceans for their livelihoods.

He could understand a passive opposition from Kennedy loyalists, but an open one would have dire consequences.

It is the fault of each and every corporation, from Nike to Apple, for the dire straits we now find ourselves in with China.

In Lebanon, every situation - no matter how dire - is an opportunity for someone to do business.

But judged by the ordinary standards of earnings and return on investment, the results have been dire.

Fortunately for Rubin, Sanjay Jha was in just as dire a position.

The situation is the most dire in Africa, where many countries will not reach the targets at the current rate of progress.

The refugees are currently living in dire conditions, with many more still waiting to cross over the border from Libya.

This information usually represents dire consequences should it "accidentally" fall into the wrong hands.

If it is not buried again forthwith, the consequences will be dire.

In some parts of China, more than 60% of those in dire poverty have been driven there by medical expenses.

Set against these dire expectations, the court has not done too badly.

As the IMF was predicting a dire year ahead for rich economies, fresh signs emerged of the pain in the US job market.

Should things get particularly dire, a small red light on the inside of the glasses flashes to indicate that it's time to keep quiet.

The organisation is in a dire position with many of its funding avenues blocked.

Without the correct information making its way into the nucleus, gene expression is altered, often with dire consequences.

So throw Germany and the rest of the euro-zone banks into the mix, and the numbers look even more dire.

To be sure, the traditional management consultants are hardly in dire straits.

Moreover, there is a risk that, at some point, confidence would be lost and interest rates would soar, with dire impact on debt dynamics.

The woodcarving on antique furniture is in dire need of the craftsmen's bold innovation.

The situation remains dire for children in Myanmar, their physical and emotional well-being is of critical concern.

The U. S. government also has the ability to print that global reserve currency when dire straits demand it.

But considering that past dire forecasts have not materialized, advocates for tougher rules may be tempted to press on.

If a hero does not rise to the challenge and find the truth, Anachronos's dire vision of Azeroth's undoing could become reality.

He says that despite all efforts made to empower the dalits, their situation still remains dire.

That all works to make a worst-case crash scenario much less dire than the scene the bears are painting. Yes, stocks will go down.

It is now late in season and our clients are in dire need of this fertilizer.

Stewart Johnston, an oil and gas consultant for Molten Group, warns the consequences of staff shortages could be dire.

No one wants to condone bad behaviour, but the consequences of failure can be dire.

But the dire fiscal state of the city has overshadowed these successes.

But given the dire state of both those industries there are likely to be more such deals.

Moreover, outside Juba the condition of southern Sudan is still dire.

As people peered ahead into 2009, no forecast looked too dire. "The end of globalisation" was a common refrain.

Anyone who still had doubts about the dire state of Europe's mass-market car industry should now have seen them laid to rest.

Sudan's defence minister, among others, darkly warned against the dire consequences of secession.

First, economic prospects are so dire that companies already in trouble will have difficulty surviving.

These caves are crucial to the species' survival and disturbances in the area can have dire consequences for the bats.

We do not need to preface every country review with dire economic forecasts.

Rising heat levels had worried Japanese officials, though the situation at the two reactors is considered less dire than at the other four.

Kumar was held in the best-equipped part of the camp, but even there conditions were dire.

As a weak country surrounded by powerful neighbors, North Korea's external position looks dire.

Plenty of American states are in a pretty dire situation.

When a druid in Dire Bear form deals a melee critical strike, the druid gains a damage shield equal to 25% of their attack power.

For some, it's a real low point, so much so that depression can hit and times can get pretty dire.

Your current employer may be in dire straits, or you may simply be seeking new challenges.

Complete closure for three years would have dire consequences for the smart shops in the town centre.

With North Korea's economy in dire straits and the country increasingly dependent on China, reform, some believe, may be on the cards.

Of course the dangerous feathery shape of asbestos is widely recognised to lodge itself in the lungs with often dire consequences.

Earlier in the day , Republican John McCain of Arizona warned of dire consequences if the enhanced bailout plan went down .

Agrael Enough of Isabel. What of your dire warnings? And this Demon Messiah?

Amnesty International says that dissidents are held in dire conditions; those still free are constantly harassed.

Activity in the dire housing market is now starting to recover slightly.

One massively unpopular cover version in recent years was Madonna's dire cover of the Don McLean song American Pie.

The hazards of journeying to the DPKR as a Western journalist, covertly or in plain sight, are as numerous as they are dire.