Subsequently, it suggested that a less ambitious round could still lift at least 60m people out of the direst poverty.

ECONOMIST: Weighed in the balance

Such an undertaking should only be considered in the direst of situations.

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As a consequence, its funds have gone not to the banks in direst need, but to those most ready for the showroom.

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To do it again would be justified only in the direst straits.

ECONOMIST: Russian debt

These data don't even include people who are in the direst situations: Those who have lost their jobs, stopped contributing to 401(k) plans or shifted to jobs without 401(k) plans.

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The ECB's efforts have greatly reduced the possibility of a Lehman-like shock, but policymakers elsewhere still fret about the ability of the Europeans to fend off the direst outcomes, not least because they seem unable to come up with any remedies besides fiscal austerity.

ECONOMIST: The world economy