The economic, social and psychological impacts of evictions are dire: families moved into isolated units where they lose access to the enormous economic and social benefits of community cooperation, proximity to work and existing social networks — not to mention generations' worth of investments made in their homes.
To see these men whose lives have been so thoroughly upended not in states of distress, but rather in moments when they're free, happy, and unworried despite the somewhat dire circumstances is moving.
Bosnia might look less dire if Serbia moves closer to Europe.
OTTAWA - Over the last quarter century, "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits has moved from the Top 40 to the playlists of classic rock stations all over the world.
The airwaves and newspaper opinion pages were filled with dire predictions that this move would fatally damage the United Nations as the arbitrator of the use of force.
But for ordinary mortals, mini-Windows is still Windows, complete with dire warnings not to move or delete certain files and user-hostile error messages ("Cannot open help file 'msreader.htm#Main-Contents' ").
It should never have taken detainees to Guantánamo in the first place, a move with dire consequences for the nearly 800 people at one time or another incarcerated there – and serious consequences too for the US's already less-than-perfect human rights record.
According to the LA Times, the company could file for bankruptcy as soon as September in a move, while dire, doesn't specifically mean the end of the company.
"The concern was the situation was so dire, you had to move," Jubeir told reporters Thursday.
"The concern was the situation was so dire, you had to move," Jubeir said.
