He expended much time and effort in 2008 marshalling arguments to see the bid off, believing that it seriously undervalued Rio and that his company was better alone.

ECONOMIST: Face value

He has left out the battle of the airwaves, where both sides expended huge amounts of time, effort and money on radio stations that ranged from the overtly propagandist to the clandestinely tweaked.

ECONOMIST: Soviet cultural history

And Airbus has expended huge amounts of time, money and engineering resources on just one airliner in one part of the market, while attempting to take on Boeing, its American arch-rival, on a number of other fronts, too.

ECONOMIST: Airbus��s jumbo-sized problem threatens the firm��s future

In most cases, it involves a lot of time spent in a van, a great deal of energy expended hawking cheaply-made albums and merch, and more than a few dinners that consist of nothing but ramen.

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