1.   And she thought the suggestion from Brigitte Duran, her hired doula, that she take time out to simply hold the child a wasteful use of time.

2.   That process would be about as wasteful a use of time and resources as the flag-burning amendment.

3.   Cheap fuel leads to wasteful use of oil products and to a higher import bill.

4.   People in many nations pay far more for gasoline because governments impose steep taxes that keep the prices high and discourage wasteful use of automobiles.

5.   Shortages are worsened by growing competition for water by farms and industry, wasteful use and pollution that ruins supplies.

6.   This situation leads to graft and corruption and wasteful use of limited government resources, he said.