Word: squander
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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...
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...
...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...
...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...
...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...