But it is hard to see how squandering Japan's corporate wealth on foreign shopping excursions will help the country's long-term competitive position.
More than sad, it's slightly sickening to consider the technology, talent and know-how squandered on this pile of blood-soaked toxic waste dumped onto the screen in an attempt to salvage Mr. Willis's fading career as an action hero.
He tells how he wrote the story in bed, how the manuscript was mailed from Saratoga to New York and how he squandered 29 cents for a special delivery stamp - all this to serve the public.
But it is far too tempting to simply stare at the Canucks and wonder how they squandered every advantage in this series, writes A.J. Perez on CBSSports.com, or how they got one defenseman suspended and how three or four more disappeared, writes Iain MacIntyre in The Vancouver Sun.
"You know what happened, how we squandered that opportunity".
Chris Thompson explains how Microsoft squandered its chance to out-Google Google.
Swofford's second memoir is largely about how he squandered the money he made from his first, "Jarhead," which related his experience as a marine in the Gulf War.
"I was a bit cold to be honest," said Taylor, trying to explain how he squandered his opportunities, including a header that hit the post.
If Obama somehow manages to lose an election that seemed well within his grasp a few months ago, this question of how he squandered his narrative mojo will pain Democrats for years to come.
In a profile in Parade magazine, "How I Squandered a Million Dollars," he declared, "I am reconciled to the fact that I will never get out of this life alive, and while I'm still breathing, I'm going to live it up".
But United will wonder how they squandered this chance to stretch four points clear of Hamilton Academical.
