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1 story matching dire
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:direct, direst, dirg, dirk, dirt, director
- The Tragic Delusions of a Seattle Engineer
After his child died, a railroad worker spiraled into a breakdown that ended in a tragic death at the asylum, leaving his family in dire straits.