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But Tsipras squandered Greece’s opportunity, because he and other Syriza leaders were unable to see beyond the horizon of their party’s origins in radical opposition activism.
If this opportunity to rebuild trust is squandered, it will be difficult, if not impossible, for Europe to address its fiscal, economic, and institutional deficits.
But these benefits are easily squandered if, as we’ve seen recently with crises in the Mediterranean Sea, the Andaman Sea, the Central American corridor, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa, migration is not governed responsibly and cooperatively.
When oil prices skyrocketed, the windfall was stolen and squandered.
But by pursuing its new fiscal plan and the COFINA deal, the oversight board has squandered valuable time, ensuring that Puerto Rico’s decade-long struggle will both continue and grow worse.
The ultimate aim of austerity is precisely the restoration of trust – among northern Europeans that the money transferred to troubled economies will not be squandered, and among the peoples affected by painful spending cuts that their efforts are recognized and supported.
It is not only perishable food that is squandered.
Words are cheap, and, despite the continent’s positive momentum, we know that history is littered with squandered dreams – nowhere more so than in Africa.
All have squandered lives, money, and prestige.
Not only did this event hurt the cause of freedom of speech, but the rule of law here has been deeply wounded and President Putin has squandered the goodwill of the very people in the West he seeks to emulate.
No country has endured more brutal conflicts, hosted more kleptocratic and corrupt governments, or squandered more resource wealth.
The problem is that Iran has consistently squandered its leadership potential, choosing instead to act as a spoiler, especially through the use of proxy armies.
But the Soviets squandered these soft-power gains by invading Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Knowing the amount of wealth stolen and squandered by Obasanjo's predecessors, such as General Sani Abacha, and by the Suharto kleptocracy in Indonesia, pleas for such relief may not be welcomed easily.
The bipolar world of the Cold War is history;George W. Bush squandered America’s brief moment as the only true superpower.
But all the hard work these states have undertaken to prepare themselves for EU membership may be squandered should they choose to adopt the euro too soon.
It means that the benefits of openness and specialization are being squandered.
But Bush squandered that surplus, converting it into a deficit of 5% of GDP through tax cuts for the rich.
The casual reader, viewer, and listener has become acquainted with a region of landlocked and poor countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – that share a legacy of isolation, squandered natural resources, environmental degradation, and Soviet-era political systems.
Precious time was squandered before North Korea’s first nuclear test in 2006.
Unfortunately, in the wake of the revelations, Volkswagen has squandered what could have been a watershed moment for the company – a perfect opportunity to overhaul its broken corporate governance and bring in truly independent board members and fresh new thinking at the top.
But much of this success has since been squandered, with both Colombia and Uribe now in deep trouble.
But, addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, he squandered it, sticking to platitudes about the need for governments in the region to listen to their citizens and provide young people with “jobs and hope.”
It squandered American soft power, diverted attention from Afghanistan and Al Qaeda, and created a danger that Iraq may become a haven for terrorists.
But, within two decades – following the war in Iraq and financial and economic crisis – the US had squandered that special status.
Whatever goodwill towards the US prevailed after September 11 was quickly squandered.
Many efforts are duplicated as a result, and chances for collaboration are squandered.
Pundits agree this is merely the latest in a string of IMF-led bailouts that squandered billions of dollars and failed to save the economies they were meant to help.
Since 2000, the US and other countries have squandered trillions of dollars on wars and arms purchases.
The real cost, though, is not the squandered tax money, but the fact that today’s youth could be learning so much more than they do.
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