Undaunted, the CEA, a group whose 2, 200-plus members include just about everyone having to do with electronics, from Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) to Gibson Guitar, wasted no time in getting to work.

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Most of that was wasted effort that lengthened already-long work days.

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For one thing, it signals that these companies are finding ways of using these new technologies to make their medicines more effective --making for better odds in getting Food and Drug Administration approval and reducing money wasted testing drugs that won't work in human beings.

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Where others wasted development aid, Ethiopia put it to work.

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Veterans complain of wasted effort on overlapping projects and disaffection with endless work on glorified ad schemes.

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This is a must-win game, otherwise all the good work of winning against Turkey will be wasted.

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Romney and Foy wasted little time in putting smart-growth policies to work.

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Ben Francisco hit his first home run for the Yankees and three relievers supplied spotless work after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead.

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Ben Francisco hit his first home run for New York and three relievers supplied spotless work after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead.

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All that work you put in to try to win a game is gone, wasted.

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