1.   And wastes thousands of tax dollars that could be spent putting other criminals behind bars.

2.   Before November, Congress debated how much more it would spend to put welfare enrollees to work.

3.   Billions are spent to put a road beneath ground.

4.   It will be time well spent to put each significantly heavy item on your bathroom scale to find out how much you have to work with.

5.   The first loan from Caritas was spent putting tiles on the floor, painting the walls and building the window frames, which made the place livable.

6.   The main obstacle are European governments, which have taken advantage of the recovery to raise taxes and cut public spending to put their fiscal houses in order.

7.   They may spend hours putting books a certain way on a bookshelf or cans in the food pantry.