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The British Red Cross said woefully inadequate social care was now "a humanitarian crisis" because of its dire human consequences.

He does not wish to enter the debate about legalisation, and doesn't advocate any type of smoking because of its dire health implications.

Many security forces in the region have been infiltrated by drug organizations, but analysts believe the problem is particularly severe in Honduras because of its dire poverty, proximity to Mexico and the setback its security institutions suffered after the 2009 coup.

The Sunday Times' AA Gill was critical of the episode, suggesting that the series had been revived: "because of some dire piece of market research where they asked single, lonely, overweight, over-40 women who keep cats and believe in ghosts who they fancied most on television, and Alan Davies must have beaten Huw Edwards by a woolly head".

"This case now becomes the one of highest priority for the U.S. because of his dire medical condition," said Jerome Cohen, the New York-based lawyer who is handling Mr. Liu's case in the United States.

That was because of a dire assessment by its auditors, KPMG, that the airline's future was in question.

The Report's findings received considerable press coverage in the United States and internationally, in part because of the dire prediction that "it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013", and that "terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain and use a biological weapon than a nuclear weapon" [ 1].

The executives claim in the letter that the Regents had earlier agreed to remove the cap, but reneged because of the dire financial condition of the university and its pension fund.

There's a reason people generally avoid solid colored wallpapers on their desktops, and it's not just because of a dire need to have one more place to put a picture of their family or dog: solid colors get old, fast.

Rio was clobbered last year because of the dire performance of iron ore, and this made it vulnerable to a possible share-based bid from Glencore.

However, the union is expecting larger numbers than usual because of the dire state of negotiations.