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In court papers, the agency said The Times was demanding that it "squander its limited time and resources in gathering information for its reporters".
Did the south need more time to adjust, or did it squander opportunities?
And, in Lippmann's language, will it "squander our substance and our prestige" — a squandering that the George W. Bush crew managed to accomplish in just a short time.
Does the opportunity further your goals or does it squander resources and energy on something that isn't a priority?
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It was reluctant to call the insurgency by its name; it squandered reconstruction money; it addressed the Iraqi public with "alien rhetoric".
The hope is also to avoid the criticism now raining down on the former conservative government that it squandered its windfall gains on tax cuts and other goodies.
It squandered user goodwill once with "Qwikster," then fought its way back.
Then it squandered billions of dollars protecting the peg which linked its currency, the baht, to the dollar at an indefensible level.
It squanders an opportunity to weaken Iran.
But it squandered these resources.
It squanders savers' money on a breathtaking scale.
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