Whether any of these countries would be willing to support Gaddafi in the time of his most dire need is unlikely.

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The first takeaway is that a portion of the woes the domestic Big Three are suffering today are the result of current and past federal government policies, so it seems fair that they be accorded government assistance now in time of dire need.

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Both are conditions that can easily be prevented or treated, and their management is in dire need of focused attention from the health workforce.

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Doing it with a player in such dire need of image improvement could be a Herculean task.

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They called for the villages of Lipkovo and Otlja, "which are overcrowded and in dire need of medicines, food and water, " to be declared safe havens under United Nations protection.

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The industry is in dire need of an evolutionary pivot and, ironically, the answer could be far closer than anyone cares to admit.

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The Fed is careful to note that none of the three represent its expectations, but the severity of the more dire scenarios illustrates the need for banks to be prepared for the potential for things to go horribly wrong in the wake of a financial crisis that caught too many firms ill-prepared.

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