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Dire Straits was a british rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. |
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Freshman leads Kempner girls past Morton Ranch Date: 29 Dec 2009
The Katy Sun -
Mired in a scoreless slump for nearly the entire third quarter, the Kempner High School girls basketball team approached dire straits.
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Leading-Edge Law: Congress made patent situation worse Date: 28 Dec 2009
Richmond Times-Dispatch -
Our U.S. patent system is in a hole. Congress just made it harder to climb out. Our economy increasingly depends on intellectual property, such as patents. Yet, the patent operation of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is in dire straits. At the end of September, there was a backlog of more than 700,000 unexamined patent applications. The average time to get a first response from the USPTO to ...
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Chaleur Hospital in 'dire straits,' task force says Date: 28 Dec 2009
Telegraph-Journal -
A group concerned with northern New Brunswick health care has added its voice to those who say the Bathurst hospital urgently needs extra funding.
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Celebrity birthdays for Dec. 27 Date: 27 Dec 2009
Pioneer Press -
Actor John Amos is 70. Guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner is 65. Singer Tracy Nelson is 65. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 61. Singer Karla Bonoff is 58. Actress Tovah Feldshuh is 57. Guitarist David Knopfler of Dire Straits is 57. Drummer Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) is 47. Actor Ian Gomez ("Felicity," "The Drew Carey Show") is 45. Actress Eva LaRue is 43. Guitarist Matt Slocum of Sixpence None the Richer ...
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Medical bills put couple in dire straits Date: 27 Dec 2009
Fond du Lac Reporter -
While doctors search for the cause of James Armstrongs medical nightmare, bills arrive in his mailbox daily.
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Celebrity birthdays on Dec. 27 Date: 27 Dec 2009
Miami Herald -
Actor John Amos is 70. Guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner is 65. Singer Tracy Nelson is 65. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 61. Singer Karla Bonoff is 58. Actress Tovah Feldshuh is 57. Guitarist David Knopfler of Dire Straits is 57. Actress Eva LaRue is 43. Actor Wilson Cruz (My So-Called Life) is 36. Actor Masi Oka is 35. Actress Emilie de Ravin is 28. Singer Hayley Williams of Paramore is 21.
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The heart goes out to Gaza Date: 26 Dec 2009
The Star -
A year after the Israeli military offensive on Gaza, the people there are still in dire straits.
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Rock-bottom lobster prices have fishermen in dire straits Date: 26 Dec 2009
Toronto Star -
Drew Smith is 50 years old and $100,000 in the hole. The burly lobster fisherman from Woods Harbour, N.S., is struggling to make ends meet because the price he gets for his catch at the wharf is hovering around $4 a pound – about a dollar below his break-even price.
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