If he was to win this, then there was no time to be wasted - he needed to pick places off quickly.
Di Maria didn't immediately retreat, he lingered, knowing that every second wasted was a bonus to his team.
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But the failure also ties into the idea that much of Mr Giuliani's second term (in which he promised to sort out the schools) was wasted.
It was Lord Lever (purveyor of soaps to the nation) who said a long time ago that he knew that half of his advertising budget was wasted.
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Suddenly, there was desperation in the air for Spurs and they were almost caught on the break by John Utaka, but he wasted the final pass and Luka Modric was able to recover.
At a recent conference Mr. Ballmer admitted he thought as much as 200 man years of effort was wasted on Vista development in recent years.
Joe Cole wasted Chelsea's best opportunity when he was sent clear in the area, but he failed to realise the amount of time he had and the chance was gone.
Podolski then wasted a good chance for Germany when he was put clean through by Thomas Hitzlsperger, only for the Bayern Munich striker to blaze over with just Rustu to beat.
The Atletico Madrid striker was alive with craft and invention, but he wasted a decent opening with 20 minutes left, shooting wide from 16 yards after a decent lay-off from Luis Suarez.
Bent had been busy without having any clear openings, but he wasted a glorious opportunity to level for Spurs when he was sent clear by Modric.
When the few users came to him to complain about their preferred solutions no longer being available, he was able to explain the rationale with data, pointing out the wasted time and dollars that were put into the antiquated systems while new ones were readily available.
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He once said that a day away from his hometown was "a day wasted".
He said that while money had been wasted in the past, there was now plenty of information available to help schools understand what technology to buy and how best to use it.
Opener McIntosh took 38 balls to get off the mark but once at the crease Flynn wasted little time in getting into his stride and by lunch he was two short of a half-century.
Rio Ferdinand wasted an opportunity to put United ahead after only seven minutes, but he was surprised when Owen Hargreaves' corner arrived at his feet and he miscued his effort off target.
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