111.  Though it has failed in the House, it spurred a national conversation on the dire need for fundamental change in the way candidates raise money.

112.  Today the kitchen building is in dire need of repair.

113.  To some privacy rights advocates, this is just one example of a system in dire need of better controls.

114.  Two years into a college career clearly at a crossroads, Toombs finally shows signs of being a leader on an offense in dire need of one.

115.  Warner Bros. is certainly in dire need of a hit of epic proportions these days.

116.  Unless Texas faces up to the dire needs of juvenile detention, its get-tough talk will fall on deaf ears.

117.  Which means the Lakers remain in dire need of forwards, anyone to improve their anemic rebounding.

118.  Wide receiver Tim Brown recently said the Raiders are a spoiled team, in dire need of some discipline.

119.  With the stagnant sport of baseball in dire need of a jump-start, it has a dynamic duo on center stage in its elite mid-season event.

120.  Other particularly striking photographs included a Palestinian woman dressed in traditional attire, shot with celluloid sheet film, and Islamic monuments that are in dire need of preservation.