A parade of speakers warned in dire terms about the poisonous influence of drugs in American society and spoke of the rising tide of public concern.
Mr. Pernar's populist message is decidedly pro-Russian and anti-NATO, but also includes some attitudes from the conspiratorial fringe, including dire warnings about the pernicious influence of Freemasons.
Dire warnings about the corrupting influence of moral relativism among college students were as alarming when I was in college some half a century ago as they are today.
In 1979, with his friend Inteyeden, who died of a mysterious illness in 1994, Ibrahim picked up a guitar and adapted traditional Tuareg rhythms and melodies, mixing them with the pop sounds of North Africa and beyond – Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Dire Straits were seminal outside influences.
The guitars and ngoni still murmur and jingle with the odd Dire Straits-ish riff (an early influence), but the mood is more reflective.
By 1991, a dire paper shortage and the diminishing influence of the Gorbachev name with suppliers spelled trouble for the magazine.
The climatic condition of Dire Dawa seems to be greatly influenced by its topography, which lies between 894 and 2,284 m above sea level and characterized by a warm and dry climate with a relatively low level of precipitation.
It must also permit us — and this is critical — to focus more American resources and influence on the far more dire situation in Pakistan.
Jones also recorded with friends such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Charles, as well as with rock musicians he had influenced, such as Elvis Costello and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.
From the vantage point of a 2011-era food snob, A&P's influence can appear to have been dire.
