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But she said Iran had so far squandered the opportunity.

I do not know that you have that much time left. So much of it has already been squandered.

If it takes a company a year to get up to speed, that is one year of lost sales-and a year of patent protection squandered.

He lost again, leaving him with close to nothing. He felt sick -- he had squandered nearly a week's earnings.

But Africa's slaving kings and entrepreneurs seem to have squandered their profits. They left no great political or commercial empires.

But I worry that so much of this potential spirit of enterprise is squandered, thanks to the deadening hand of the state.

The dog-fighting scandal left my son shaking his head that such a brilliant talent could be so thoroughly squandered.

Most of all, it meant a few final, precious months of well-squandered youth before I would at last have to break down and "get a real job. "

He took the ivory back to Benares, sold it, and squandered the money as before.

It would be a pity were the opportunity to be squandered because of a thirst for retribution.

His popularity continued to defy gravity, but authority was squandered, and public cynicism grew.

he did not merely taint the value of the investments but squandered the cash they entrusted to him.

Years of squandered, blink of an eye is one quarter, the charming autumn approaching, early autumn wind Saola a land Canhong.

The strategic reserve should be kept for a real emergency, not squandered for reasons of political expediency.

Before you know it, you've squandered a couple of perfectly good hours of prime workday.

Let yours can in case that the word borrows language having squandered a lifetime even if making things difficult for sb. how?

The money he had got easily was all squandered speedily on wining and dining.

Much of this cheap money was squandered, as prestigious offices and swanky apartments sprouted across the region.

He had squandered a substantial fortune, he had been deplorably convivial, he was known to have gambled freely.

She was on track to become one more illiterate African woman, another of the continent's squandered human resources.

But unless the Islamic republic changes directions soon, all of that history and potential could be squandered.

The trust you have squandered cannot be won back with a PR campaign, player purchases or some slick renderings of a new stadium.

Even when water is scarce, it is often squandered.

There's no good excuse for allowing quite so much in proven preventative measures to be squandered.

As you can see, this wood which we call holy (palo santo; holy timber), it was squandered, like water.

The money wasted on Solyndra, though, is as nothing compared to the tens of billions of euros squandered on solar panels in Germany.

Norway squandered much of its oil wealth investing in new businesses that were founded by the relatives of politicians and bureaucrats.

Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

Most of it has been squandered on vote-seeking tax cuts, he calculates, not on bolstering the economy's growth prospects.

Official incompetence and corruption have caused the proceeds of the country's dwindling oil reserves and water resources to be squandered.

Monks inferiority but do not change, squandered the family property and continue to do evil, was eventually jailed, died in prison.

Critics in the music industry say the company squandered its cachet by mismanaging the effort to broaden its music mix.

The child squandered all his pocket-money on sweets.

People in countries where backhanders are a way of life see resources squandered and become disillusioned with public institutions.

The upshot was that it squandered ¥ 50 billion in operating expenses such as a pricey and underused IT system.

I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities.

Our dreams of the quadruple took a severe dent when we surprisingly squandered two points at home to a depleted Bolton side.

It has squandered its oil wealth in an effort to promote its hostile, anti-American vision.

South Sudan has made some progress in education in the six years since the peace deal, a period otherwise squandered.

He squandered his academic scholarship however, and was eventually forced to make other plans.

Then GM made the 9-3 into just one of many sporty, front-wheel-drive sedans and squandered some of the brand's unique identity.

I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years, squandered in trivialities.

He noted that the government has taken some measures to re-settle people, but says most of the money for this purpose has been squandered.

This capital should not be squandered on reliance on a media-savvy communication culture.

But that is not enough to give Africa a permanent boost. Commodity markets are notoriously fickle and revenues can quickly be squandered.

Over the years, however, General Musharraf has squandered the goodwill he enjoyed at home and abroad.

Oh, I feel some guilt, but I don't kid myself about their squandered potential.

I will not be lonely while the choice, because I did not so much emotion can be squandered.

Such funds, say the petitioners, have been squandered in "expensive, cost-ineffective projects" .

She's squandered again in this story of a group of high school girls and their experience of a pervy teacher.

But the war on poverty was never fought; instead, the dividend and the growth were squandered in the jungles of Vietnam.

Whether the breathing space thus granted would be used wisely or squandered is another matter.

He squandered too much in the heat of personal communication.

Cheers for our youth. Let us belong to the most of his youth squandered.

This happened in Poland, where the zealous sleaze-hunters of the Law and Justice Party squandered their election win in 2005.

Finally finally, we all wound, leaving only the lonely, love in the time gaps in the ashes, twisting falls squandered.

He squandered his fortune and has committed suicide. The news has so shocked my aunt, it's brought on a stroke.

All the while, as the IMF rightly warns, other opportunities are being squandered.

Mike Childs of the environmental organization Friends of the Earth says that renewable resources have been squandered in the past.

He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.

Still, those forlorn mansions also show how a place that squandered its competitive advantage, as Penang did several times, can regain it.

Otherwise, once squandered, the dollar's special status would be gone for good.

"Overall, I thought it obviously was a good win, " Adelman said after the Rockets squandered a late 14-point lead.

Meanwhile, as America's political capital in Asia is rising, that same political capital is being squandered in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In almost 18 years as a politician Mr Berlusconi has squandered numerous opportunities to lift Italy's economic performance.

Kevin was broke because he had squandered all his money gambling.

But there are limits: Such huge flows of wealth can be squandered on corruption or showcase projects that turn into white elephants.

But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him! '

To carelessly waste money, time, opportunities etc: -The home team squandered a number of chances in the first half.

Though he needs to spend much more on infrastructure, Lula has squandered a chunk of record tax revenues on padding the public payroll.

Love is the only thing that grows when squandered.

The thirty-six Enterprise dive bombers were being squandered in a jittery shot from the hip.

First the opportunity to sell out to Microsoft for $48bn was squandered.

Ryan Giggs squandered a great late chance as the points were shared.

Newcastle also squandered chances at St James' Park, before being roundly booed at the final whistle.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest, i just squandered.

China's rulers borrowed heavily from overseas, squandered the capital, and fell into dependency.

They pass their political supremacy today having squandered the fat years and the golden opportunities.

Pension money was squandered in the past on things like building holiday resorts in preposterous but politically important places.

His corrupt and brutal regime squandered billions of dollars in American aid and drove the Chinese into the arms of the communists.

Every great zinger and most of the "You tell'em, girl! " moments are squandered in the trailers.

Squandered a bogey comparisons, should take precautions and be prepared.

The gloomiest estimates, such as one by Surjit Bhalla, a prominent economist, suggest two-thirds of funds might be squandered.

The lesson of the Bush presidency, he says, is that the fruits of fiscal prudence are squandered by subsequent irresponsibility.

Not all the gains of the Celtic Tiger years were squandered.

Squandered his literary talent on writing commercials.

As credit raters, S. & P. and the other ratings agencies have squandered their credibility.

Or will it be squandered through inefficiency, waste, and corruption?

Yet the editorial went on: "The true ignominy. . . is that we ourselves have squandered [our sovereignty]. "

Pension money was squandered in the past on things like buildingholidayresorts preposterous but politically important places.

Government sucked up private savings by taxes and squandered them maintaining an obsolete structure of production.

After 1854 they too often remained on the defensive and time after time squandered strategic opportunities.

Our local high school basketball team squandered its early lead in a loss to our arch-rival.

He's squandered all his savings on drink.

I had feared that my time had been squandered and my last penny lost .

Wars have been fought and nations toppled in 87 hours! Fortunes made and squandered.

She squandered all her money on junk food.

If has squandered all money, that tries at the soccer game to win one time again.

Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed.

He may say ( boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

Both she and I, married to older men, know that we've wasted a lot of time, squandered a portion of happiness.

squandered his wealth by the most riotous living.

And once it is squandered, there is no way to get it back nor return to it.

This is the wealthiest part of Ecuador, and complaints that tax revenues are squandered in the capital are common.

That is quite an inheritance to have squandered.

Every time a person's potential is deferred or squandered, whether here or abroad, it is a tragedy.

Will this wealth be invested or squandered?

Four years ago in Athens he had fired at the wrong target and squandered a 3-point lead.

As champion he earned more than $1 million but squandered it.

He squandered his pocket money on movies.

Half the nation's talent is squandered.

He had squandered his chances to win.

[3]Alas, that opportunity was squandered.

Now it is squandered far and wide.

But today's report reveals the human capital that is also squandered.

He squandered the opportunity to go to college.

In anytime has squandered a big half day.

The Spurs squandered a 20-point lead to lose Game 1 in Los Angeles and the Lakers routed them in Game 2.

But at the same time, time squandered is a waste.

Squandered, leaving only a life of regret;

our squandered heritage of untainted streams and virgin forestland

You squandered your love, sorry for other people's hearts

Then many happy days I squandered,