"Dire straits" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... restore purchasing power by reducing the debt and interest charges upon our people, but while we were helping people to save their credit it was at the same time absolutely essential to do something about the physical needs of hundreds of thousands who were in dire straits at that very moment. Municipal and state aid were being stretched to the limit. We appropriated half a billion dollars to supplement their efforts and in addition, as you know, we have put 300,000 young men into practical ...
— The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
... School with a season's record of one tied game and a long tally of victories, seemed now in dire straits. ...
— The High School Pitcher - Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond • H. Irving Hancock
... artillery instruments and pioneer tools. While running for Boston Harbor, through the channel known as Point Shirley gut, the vessel grounded, but was soon floated, and taken safely to her anchorage. Her arrival was most timely, as the American army was in the most dire straits for gunpowder. It may well be imagined that there was no longer any talk about revoking Capt. ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 1 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot |
