In the end, though Zune was a failure for Microsoft, Johnson said it was a worthwhile learning experience for the company.

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If that happens, you might think it was a worthwhile gamble.

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You guys seemed to think it was a worthwhile endeavor.

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There are passages that bear skimming, but overall it was a very worthwhile read.

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The MPs said it was a "worthwhile aim, but one that has proved beyond the capacity" of government to deliver.

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It was a very worthwhile encounter.

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There was spontaneous applause for speakers who said that the police had to be sensitized so that women felt able to go forward and report violence, and that the courts had to show that it was worthwhile pursuing a case.

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Unlike movie or restaurant reviews, the mainstream travel media is undying in its adulation, invariably flattering, and on those occasions when I have had an assignment to cover a place and felt guilty telling people to go there because it was not worthwhile, the story would be killed, rather than run in a way that reflects reality.

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But he said the main salary costs were governed by the size of the force, adding that it was not worthwhile for some officers to become a chief constable "because you could be losing money coming from one force going to the other".

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It was a difficult journey, but what we saw made it worthwhile.

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