I've trained so hard and it's all gone down the drain.

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Plainly, vast dollops of aid have gone down the drain.

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The cooperative and its members know this is a step forward in rebuilding and conserving Rio's environment, but for many, this also means their only source of income has gone down the drain.

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But what really checks all the right boxes for many of the world's ultra-rich is Singapore's obsession with order, predictability and control, all of which give comfort to individuals whose fortunes have recently gone down the drain in many parts of the world.

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The endless restructurings and mergers have definitely distracted many companies, and created a big brain drain, but the underlying intrinsic productivity potential of many of these groups has gone up, not down, from what I can tell.

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