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Almost every major power has run up against its own dire economic and political problems.

Why do you think this one is so much more dire?

Other countries have said the situation is too dire to wait.

"Do you want to know how dire the situation really is?"

This would be for ever the most dire day in our history.

But his size is a dire problem to him here.

We have dire need of such ability at the moment.

The results are dire, and I will not do this.

According to his plan he needs four guys who are in dire need of money.

The building was taken over by the city in 1985, when conditions were dire.

This is despite the nation's dire economic and social problems.

Up close she was happy to see that the situation looked even less dire.

He obviously did not understand how dire the situation was.

It is a dire thing, being part of an army on the move.

Without federal support and with no tax base, the situation became dire.

"There has been a dire need to do something about this for a long time now."

All of that history shows how dire their position is this season.

But some aid groups said the situation was not so dire.

First, a word about the dire budget numbers you may have heard.

But not everyone thinks all these things are so dire.

"But you could tell he was obviously in dire need of help."

Many have needed help, but few end up in truly dire need.

Something truly dire must be on the young man's mind.

Did they sense it, the dire presence I had felt above?

By late 1962, the company was again in dire financial trouble.