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Ellen Willis on Janis Joplin, Lester Bangs on Elvis Presley, Chuck Klosterman on Mötley Crüe, John Jeremiah Sullivan on Axl Rose, Eve Babitz on Jim Morrison, Geoffrey O'Brien on the Beatles: all those pieces are "Tintern Abbey"s, elegies for gifts that were squandered or misapplied or evanescent.

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Once again, that pitcher left in the eighth inning with a lead that was squandered by the bullpen.

"We watched a record surplus that was squandered on tax cuts for folks who didn't need them and weren't asking for them," he said.

First at 8 p.m. was NBC's "Deal or No Deal" with 16.1 million viewers, a lead that was squandered by the newly displaced "Law & Order" (9.4 million) and then the seemingly dead-on-arrival "Heist" (7.36 million).

Obscured by David Beckham's visit to Giants Stadium with Los Angeles last Saturday was a strong effort by the Red Bulls that was squandered when the Galaxy scored in second-half injury time to secure a 2-2 draw.

Eric Todd in the Guardian wrote: "When one considers the number of superlatives that are squandered on some inside forwards in this country the futility of trying to find new ones to describe Pelé becomes all the more obvious".

The amount of money that was squandered after the launch of Rangers International Football Club on the Alternative Investment Market is startling and blame is placed firmly on previous executives - and, by extension, the directors who oversaw them.

Jordan Henderson started a Liverpool move to goal that was squandered when Adam Lallana's shot found De Gea flat-footed, but went begging wide.

Skeptics dismiss the facility as a colossal delusion that is squandering precious resources — $140 million a year — at a time of economic hardship.

For that reason, skeptics dismiss NIF as a colossal delusion that is squandering precious resources at a time of economic hardship.

So much of that was squandered during the Bush years.

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