So, when the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed to end the earmarking process a few years ago, it certainly appeared to be a positive step in the direction of gaining a little control over wasteful government spending and a move towards bringing a bit of honestly to the process of government.

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Although the Mark Center was conceived as part of an efficiency initiative years ago, today it seems more like a monument to how over-manned and wasteful the U.S. defense establishment has become.

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Torres continued to have chances after the interval and, again, he was wasteful as the 26-year-old rose well to nod over a dangerous cross from Ramires, before curling over from the left minutes later.

BBC: Fulham 0-0 Chelsea

Making people pay the full price for over-the-counter medicines seemed like a way to reduce wasteful spending and generate money for the law's main goal: expanding health insurance to nearly every American.

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He was disappointed that Obama had signed a large spending bill with thousands of wasteful earmarks in it, but, he reasoned, it was legislation left over from the previous year, rather than something initiated by the new President.

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Fernando Torres was wasteful as Chelsea dominated, the Spaniard's touch letting him down when put through by Luiz and then nodding over a cross by Ramires.

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