The combination of the two killed him at 33. Russell was 5. Facing destitution after the death of her husband, Mr. Baker's mother took dire measures.
In addition to sprinkling "crisis" across its pages, the 1992 Democratic platform took dire vocabulary to a new level, describing an America that "reverberates with a battle cry of frustration that emanates from America's very soul".
The idea is that by increasing the likelihood of droughts in certain parts of the world, climate change is reducing crop productivity and driving people already in dire straits to take desperate measures such as joining rebellions.
Indeed, compared with the same period in 2006, current expenditure decreased in absolute value during the first ten months of 2007.Tommaso Padoa-SchioppaMinister of economy and financeRomeExtreme sportsSIR – I am guessing that those Norwegians who jump off cliffs for fun would not take such dire risks if they had to pay for hospital treatment ("Human lemmings", December 22nd).
Spending on health, welfare and education is further constrained by a big outlay on defence, which accounts for nearly 20% of the 2011-12 budgexpenditureure, compared with less than 8% for education.Some analysts worry that the fiscal deficit is about to take a dire toll on Pakistan's external accounts.
That lesson cannot be more pertinent today, as the Great Recession continues to take a dire toll on the survival and development of children and poor households everywhere.
The overall outcome is favorable but, because some rickettsial diseases may take a dire course, empirical treatment with an antirickettsial drug should always be considered whenever evaluating a traveler with an otherwise unexplained febrile disease who has recently returned from areas where these diseases are endemic.
And here Tuesday night's program took a dire turn.
The issue of water, however, has taken a dire turn.
Jonathan Cohn finds reasons for cautious optimism, and the fact that it's taken such dire economic news to light a fire under public officials shows how low expecations for government action on the economy have fallen.
