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Hypothesis 2 says that when I buy a gun, I prevent crimes against myself while having no effect on crimes against my neighbors; criminals who choose me as a victim end up wasting their time, but criminals who choose you as a victim are as successful as ever.
Public advocate Mark Green may sue the mayor for wasting more than $5 million in public funds in these "frivolous lawsuits."
Libertarians say America should stop wasting money on imperial power, and cultural conservatives say America should stop exporting its horrible values to the rest of the world.
]. As only the earlier letters were gradually becoming available, it is amusing to note, in the correspondence published in Notes and Queries , Replies evoked by Queries that direct the questioner to stop wasting space in N. and Q. and go look up the answer in the N.E.D.
The Star , meanwhile, maintains that Jerry Seinfeld's new fiancee, Jessica Sklar, "isn't wasting any time" spending her intended's $250 million fortune.