Cancerous cells traditionally have been viewed as a lost cause, fit only for destruction.
"It was more of a mess than you can imagine," said Chris Beauman, senior adviser with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which was trying to attract investors to the formerly Communist steel works, but had not promoted this one because it was viewed as a lost cause.
Even as the Awakening progressed, Anbar continued to be viewed as a lost cause.
"Bartlett has been viewed as a lost child who grew into a gentle Gepetto," Roberta Smith said in 2007.
Providing more breadth in pedagogical training should not be viewed as a lost few hours of research productivity but instead as collective institutional and national gains that this time could yield in terms of instructional quality.
However, to view this as lost productivity from the viewpoint of the whole economy is valid only if surplus schooling reflects a pure occupational mismatch rather than the possibility that some workers might compensate for their lack of ability through overeducation.
The draw leaves United two points behind leaders Manchester City and this may ultimately be viewed as two points lost, but the point they gained could equally be taken as a bonus given Chelsea's three-goal lead.
The All Blacks were undefeated against the Home Nations on their 1973 tour and this match was viewed as revenge for losing to the 1971 Lions (still the only series the Lions have won in New Zealand).
Seen in this light, Ms. Tanaka's case could be viewed as a rare opportunity lost by Japanese women.
Preston Manning, Reform's current leader, faces a stiff fight against Stockwell Day, the finance chief in Alberta's provincial government.Mr Manning, who is often (unfairly) viewed as a homespun westerner, lost badly to the Liberals in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, with 103 seats in the federal Parliament.
