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Reagan's successes, though, were quickly frittered away by his pallid successor, George H. W. Bush — "a man of no discernible ideology, who allowed government to begin growing again".

If Phil Jackson is indeed going to take over the front office of the New York Knicks in the coming days — as has been reported by several outlets — a serious question should be posed to the Buss children, who seem intent on quickly frittering away their revered father's legacy.

Local historian Alex Buchan summed up the demise of the estate: "They thought the estate was here to provide them with money, to gamble, to travel, to simply fritter away and very quickly, within a couple of decades, they had wasted the whole lot".

Yet where ought one fritter away the years?

Do not fritter away leads in a potentially decisive game.

Watson let a three-shot lead fritter away on Saturday.

The family-owned chain does not fritter away cash on advertising.

Why then do you fritter away your time on this doggerel?

Why fritter away resources in directions that others might pursue just as well or better?

That's partly why people can afford to fritter away helium on party balloons and Donald Duck imitations.

Reality check Can we trust pensioners not to fritter away their pension savings?

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