| His case reflects the direness of the situation of human rights in North Korea. |
| Another task was to arouse awareness throughout society, especially the well-to-do and the intellectuals, of the direness of the plight of the poor and the destitute. |
| Rather than an indicator of the quality of British food, the popular appeal of celebrity chefs on British TV is precisely because its direness. |
| Should John Kerry, given his commitment and the direness of the situation, pack his bags? |
| Then taking matters into his own hands, my brother the quiet genius that he was, concocted a plan that would address the direness of the situation. |
| Even they had to come clean about the direness of the situation. |
