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Word: squander (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...power is to be exercised effectively, it has to be exercised selectively. A President selectively. A President cannot squander his energies, his attention and his ability to make things happen on the trivial without slighting the important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Two Ex-Presidents Assess the Job | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

Iran's military inertia is the result of an army desperately short on manpower, spare parts and ammunition. A whole layer of professional commanders, eliminated by Khomeini's revolution, is sorely missed. Moreover, say military analysts, the Iranians consistently squander what supplies they have. Notes Philippe Rondot, a French Middle East expert: "They shoot at everything, firing as many missiles and bullets as they have. It's like a military orgy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIAN GULF: A Bloody Stalemate | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...leadership qualities West Germans seek: confidence, firmness and statesmanship-not to mention telegenic good looks. In campaign speeches to large, lustily cheering crowds, he proudly points to the country's healthy economy, its fervent commitment to detente, and its enhanced international stature. Strauss, he warns, would "squander" these hard-won achievements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: All Over but the Acrimony | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...very much hope you will not squander the value of your education by preoccupying yourself with your career," Bok said, adding, "What we need in this country are more practitioners with the breadth to connect themselves to broader human needs...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: 1625 Freshmen To Register Today | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...people) and does most of its long-distance hauling by rail cannot cut back much on gasoline consumption. Some savings might be possible in factories, since Soviet industry is notoriously wasteful of energy, largely because the government sells energy to industries at low rates, which invites managers to squander it. But significant conservation may be impossible without economic decentralization, and that is politically unfeasible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: The Tough Search for Power | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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