1.   But for now the Pentagon seems to be trying to change its wasteful ways.

2.   But some Democrats see irony in the Reagan proposal, given that Reagan campaigned against Washington and what he considered the wasteful ways of the bureaucrats who work there.

3.   She argued that governments would be more likely to use grants in wasteful ways, because no one would ever come looking for repayment.

4.   The opposite view holds that tackling the federal budget deficit would convince the international community the United States is finally curing its wasteful ways.