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Such policies are not only asinine, they are—and here I have found another appropriate place for the buzz word of the decade— counterproductive: the energies expended on vengeance are entirely wasted and should be channeled to changing the present system to ensure that they are not continued.
Regardless of whether they were analyzing existing or proposed operations, security managers told us that identifying and assessing information security risks in terms of the impact on business operations was an essential step in determining what controls were needed and what level of resources could be expended on controls.
And it's not as if Simpson has expended much effort on making the truck ride all that terrible or wondrous.
The due diligence that GAO has expended to develop its strategic plan in concert with the Congress has identified a number of complex issues that are not easily solved.
Unfortunately, the Greek resistance movement formed during the war was so politically divided that the guerrillas expended almost as much energy fighting each other as against the Germans.