Word: squanderings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...less ably performed yet livelier because it recounts a more exotic upbringing -- as a son of doctrinaire U.S. communists. But Kornbluth barely hints at his own political evolution after an eye-opening trip to Russia, while devoting queasily explicit minutes to losing his virginity. Both off-Broadway shows squander serious opportunities in exchange for laughs or titillation...
...next was obvious. Bush began by implying that he would not stoop to personal attacks on Buchanan, then immediately dredged up a nine-year-old article in which Buchanan called for making Social Security "voluntary." A day later, Bush changed tactics again. Campaign officials explained that Bush would not squander one of his bigger campaign assets -- the dignity of his office -- by getting down and dirty with a man who once crafted verbal spitballs for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan...
Shamir's credo is that Arabs hate Israelis until proved otherwise. This belief impels him to seek concrete evidence of Syria's sincerity, something he can obtain only by moving to the peace table. His instinct is to delay, but he fears that he might squander the best chance Israel has seen to make peace. "We must start negotiations," Shamir said Friday, "and we want to start them...
...implications of discarding established legal principles to pursue a political agenda, he charged, were staggering. High on his list of "endangered precedents" are cases involving the right to abortion, affirmative action, limitations on the death penalty, and separation of church and state. The new approach, he added, "will squander the authority and legitimacy of this court as a protector of the powerless...
...cannot afford another massive bailout program. In addition, as the population ages, U.S. workers will face a growing burden of responsibility to care for the aged. Those hard-earned pensions represent more than precious protection for elderly Americans: they are also assets that the U.S. cannot afford to squander...