Word: squanderings
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Suddenly that dynasty is in disrepute. In parliamentary elections late last month, the Congress (I) Party, as it is now called, was routed from power for only the second time in independent India's history. Several corruption scandals, as well as Gandhi's accelerating isolation from his people, helped squander the reserves of public support that in 1984 had given his party an unprecedented 415 of the 542 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament. Congress has been reduced to a sorry 192 seats, having lost power to a disparate opposition led by Gandhi's archrival, Vishwanath...
...when American Jews' enthusiasm for the Jewish state exceeds their enthusiasm for Israeli democracy, they do a disservice to both Israel and democracy. When American Jews fail to take a critical stance toward human rights violations in Israel, they squander the support of non-Zionists in the U.S. who are potential friends of Israel...
...beginning to think I would squander my summer in Washington. My plans for taking power were not proceeding according to schedule and neither were my dreams of embarrassing Minnesotans...
...wealth. But exploration and production can be carefully limited, and better environmental safeguards can be put in place. In the end, the battle for Alaska's future may be decided in the other 49 states. If Americans can abandon wasteful habits, Alaska will be under much less pressure to squander its precious wilderness...
...temperamental preference is for the practical. But not even Gorbachev would be so eager to reduce expensive commitments beyond his borders if his country were not in such desperate straits. Though a military superpower, the Soviet Union is struggling economically. To make perestroika succeed, Gorbachev cannot afford to squander huge sums of money and material on foreign adventures...