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The only real downfall of spring is the need to spring clean ... and my house is in DIRE need of this ... but not today!
Spring has sprung! jpitta 2010
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The only real downfall of spring is the need to spring clean ... and my house is in DIRE need of this ... but not today!
Archive 2010-04-01 jpitta 2010
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Search is in DIRE need of a competitor, more now then ever before: -/
Yahoo, Google Gain Market Share; Microsoft, Not So Much 2007
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I note though that it is a book in DIRE need of an index, and there just isn't one.
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AZAPO PREDICTS "DIRE" CONSEQUENCES FOR MBEKI REMOVAL
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WASTE WATER SITUATION AT SOME MUNICIPALITIES 'DIRE'
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DHS INTRODUCES EVEN MORE DIRE TERROR ALERT SYSTEM - After the September 11th attacks, the Bush administration saw fit to introduce a terror alert system that seemed to be inspired by that flag outside your local gay bar.
HUFFPOST HILL - Happy 420 Eliot Nelson 2011
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We are in such a DIRE situation that we must immediately pass HIS ideas right now with no time to fine-tune the legislation and get it right (which would mean time to weed out his pork).
Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010
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Parivartan Sharma/Reuters DIRE STRAITS: Babu, 3, the child of migrant laborers, held a glass of tea outside a tent on a cold morning in Noida, India, Tuesday.
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This is WINNER TAKE ALL – the Clintons canNOT AFFORD to lose; they MUST claim the Presidency for Hillary in 2012, or the VP slot for Hillary under Obama – it is a case of SELF-PRESERVATION for the Clintons, a matter of DIRE NECESSITY.
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