41.  He found out it was in dire need of wigs and has even had to turn people away.

42.  He knows the team remains in dire need of some serious finishers.

43.  He was in dire need of help.

44.  His sister had worked in Africa and told him that children were in dire need of pencils and books.

45.  His own image was in dire need of repair, but he conveniently blocked all childhood memories.

46.  If nothing else, the Enron and Global Crossing bankruptcies point to the dire need for greater transparency in the financial world.

47.  In August, customer service and ramp employees at KCI sent a letter to corporate headquarters, complaining of excessive overtime and the dire need for more workers.

48.  In dire need of a running game, Johnson has been forced to build an offense around a quarterback in the twilight of his Hall of Fame career.

49.  In the team competition, the lowest of the six scores is dropped, but the Americans were still in dire need of some better marks.

50.  Inefficient state-owned electricity and oil monopolies are in dire need of billions of dollars of investment to expand capacity, but privatizing them is not politically feasible.