Anyway, being married to a strong independent woman is no guarantee that you will not wave through dire policies.
It is we who understand the dire consequences of this policy, this American policy..
For it is Dorries's world that is largely self-created, sustained by constant conflict, in which she presents herself as battling on every front, pursuing dire, faith-based policies, not evidence-based ones.
They would not be likely to drop retiree health benefits except under dire economic conditions, health policy experts said.
In the documents, Mr. Spitzer's lawyers argue that disclosing information such as that sought by the Senate would severely compromise the administration's ability to formulate public policy, with "dire consequences for the public interest".
So there we were on Q&A with an all-too-rare opportunity to challenge a powerful politician on a policy with dire real-world implications for women trying to flee violence and Steve Price was making the discussion all about himself, his feelings, his concern that just because he was making excuses for Newman and Maguire, he might be "tarred with the same brush".
"They feel the way he aimed his remarks at the C.I.A. exclusively -- and let the administration off the hook -- was totally one-sided and unfair," said Mr. Goodman, who insists that analysts felt pressured to provide the most dire data to the policy makers.
There is no doubt that Rio and Brazil in general are in dire need of a policy shift to address the outbreaks of violence.
Powell's diplomacy-first tact, his deep understanding that a unilateral too aggressive military policy posed the dire risk of a terrible blowback to U.S. security, and his personal inclinations that Hussein was largely an impotent, contained dictator who had absolutely nothing to do with the terrorism threat was anathema to the hardliners.
