Sentences with phrase «squandering what»

If he's worried about ice ages, perhaps he should ponder the selfishness of squandering what could have been a useful geoengineering resource to future generations faced with an imminent glaciation; carefully burning fossil fuels to enhance the greenhouse effect just enough to maintain temperatures in the face of declining northern - hemisphere insolation due to the Milankovich cycles may well be the most cost - effective method for them to do so, if those resources are still around at the time.

This generation, in his view, took too much during the good times, reaping the benefits of final salary pension schemes and free university education while squandering what wealth they had and failing to save, saddling younger generations with the public debt.

«If Paladino gets on the ballot, which I believe he will, then Lazio will spend the next two months squandering what little money he has on a primary, with Cuomo just sitting back and enjoying the summer,» said one of the state's best - known Republican activists.

A significant portion of them squander what money they have on cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, or cars they can't afford.

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The pressure of the successor's curse can threaten to engulf a successor such as James, leading to what most people see as the stereotype of a family business successor — the entitled next generation member who lives a lavish lifestyle and squanders away the family wealth.

If Christians gave even 10 percent of what they earned to the Church — and it wasn't being squandered on nonsense — we could actually make an enormous impact.

And in the conclusion to the document, the Council is determined to reinforce a view of the human person «as a creature «in - between,» neither god nor beast, neither dumb body nor disembodiedsoul, but as a puzzling, upward - pointing unity of psyche and soma whose precise limitations are the source of its — our — loftiest aspirations, whose weaknesses are the source of its — our — keenest attachments, and whose natural gifts may be, if we do not squander or destroy them, exactly what we need to flourish and perfect ourselves — as human beings.»

They'll be gone all too soon, so don't squander the short season pondering what roasted strawberries might taste like without giving them a go.

But via what we can charitably call a blind spot (while assuming it's something more sinister), it squanders credibility every year by pretending half the sport barely exists.

And what about the money squandered on the dinner that never took place?

While 3 points are what we after, Ozil is laying many chances on the plate for Walcott and Giroud, which are being squandered.

But what happened on Wednesday will go down as an all - time squandering of one of the truly great playoff performances of James» career.

This weekend's clash was a perfect example in which Walcott squandered a number of openings for the Gunners to turn the game on its head, but instead Theo done what he does best, much to the Gunners disappointment.

Asked what he spent all his money on, he replied» women, booze and fast cars, the rest I squandered».

To Kawhi's supposed squandering of other's gifts, I say: So what.

Let's grasp now what we squandered then.

While we admire Mr. Obama, we believe he squandered an opportunity to bring positive change to Washington - and what change he did bring will burden future generations.

And odds are good that, given the history between the two countries, North Korea would take what it is given and reneg on its side of the agreement; any good faith squandered would feel like a tit for tat.

The fact that most New Yorkers have no idea what the office does says a lot about how it has been squandered by those who have recently held it including the current Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Khan continued: «We can't go on with scandal after scandal, where the public's money is being squandered and the quality of what's delivered isn't up to scratch.

«Ultimately, the Republicans have taken what they call a «once in a generation» opportunity on tax reform and squandered it on corporate welfare and tax cuts for the rich.»

What parents may not anticipate, however, is that their child's contribution to scientific understanding could also be squandered on a study that is never completed or that fails to be published in the medical literature.

Yes, says Horsch, in a recent speech: «We can not afford to squander our time debating that last fraction of risk from fantastic «what if» scenarios of biotechnology that ignore 10 millennia of broad experience in agriculture and tremendous modern insights into the science of genetics.»

At the same time, it squanders some decent writing because it can't decide what kind of game it is.

What had the potential to be a great piece of DLC, is instead an all - too brief episode of missed opportunities and squandered potential starring a great heroine who deserves far better.

There's a complacency to the storytelling that prevents the film from ever moving outside its comfort zone, even though that's exactly what it should be doing, while the talented ensemble cast is squandered in marginal roles.

It goes without saying that Batman Begins is the best prequel of the summer, a film that allows Liam Neeson as Bruce Wayne's mentor / surrogate father figure to make amends for The Phantom Menace and offers a peek, along with Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, at the full grim panorama of what the Star Wars films have squandered.

What events have led the young literary prodigy to end up financially ruined and estranged from all those with whom she squandered the years of her life?

Yet the film squanders her talents, and what's left of our patience, en route to a finale that is neither surprising nor illuminating: Like the rest of the movie, it's misery for misery's sake.

What bothers me most about the film is that it squanders a solid grasp on slasher - movie conventions and, perhaps more importantly, on early - Eighties slasher - movie aesthetics, by which I mean the naturalistic minimalism we encounter in the first three Friday the 13th films.

Because this is a studio effort that knows what it's doing — a rare breed these days — it makes you wonder how many close - ups and long scenes are squandered in other studio releases.

It's safe to say that Hoffman is by far and away the best thing about this low key story the squanders a great cast on material not assured of what it is.

Professionally, one can only wonder what potential might have been squandered, since he was cut down in a hail of bullets before the release of his second album.

What is bad is taking this concept and then utterly squandering it by making it virtually impossible not to satisfy the customer.

Whatever it's supposed to be, it isn't funny, squandering the comic abilities of Zahn and Black, who do what they can with the lame punchlines and labored slapstick.

With not much happening of interest in the story, and a director that seems to want to practice his technique more than further the film's plot, what we're left with is an exercise in missed opportunities and squandered performances.

In the grand scheme of Trump's presidency, a 100 - hour role - playing game is still a much more sensible way for me to squander my downtime than reading viral strains of conspiracy theory, surrendering what little serenity I have left in these dire times.

There's also fine support by Tom Waits but the belief that this ensemble have in the material is squandered as McDonagh has no idea what he's doing.

Not that Lawrence's comic talents haven't already been squandered in his recent projects; even his two big breakthroughs, Blue Streak and Big Momma's House, fell short of showing what he's capable of.

What an amazing asset, not to be squandered or defeated after a few tough battles.

As educators across the country focus attention on designing new and better ways to gauge what students are learning, they risk distorting the meaning and practice of formative assessment and squandering its potential to enhance teaching and learning, an assessment expert is warning.

What precious commodity do they squander as if it had no value?

The culture of schooling, and of school reform itself, has avoided a reckoning with what successful organizations have always known: Time and energy are precious, limited resources, and if we squander them on too many initiatives or on the wrong ones, we will fail.

But to some school reformers, Ritz is subtly backing away from what was supposed to be a tough new system of accountability, possibly squandering a chance to greatly improve teaching in the state.

They squandered their Colbert bump, no one can figure out what the NYT is all lathered up about, and no one has ever heard of Hachette.

But because I've been to the other side and I clearly know what I want out of this (all too short to be squandered) life.

Considering that the S&P 500 index — which is what you own a part of with this fund — goes up about 10 % on average every year, time is something you don't want to squander.

What is clear from Table III is that if management could avoid squandering capital on acquisitions, IMN can still generate attractive free cash flow.

If you have a PlayStation 3 and you frequently squander PlayStation Network for classic games, then you pretty much know what is available.

What bothers me about Freedom Wars most is the way it quickly squanders its setup.