My own chronic injury owes to a misspent youth trying to be the next Steve Prefontaine.

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But many of the mechanisms for recovering misspent funds are inadequate, the auditors say.

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Yet it has proved a perennial source of acrimony, and not just because so much of it is misspent (see article).

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The original teenage boy band put on a good show, but there was something disconcerting about the line-up of pensioners, some of whom bore witness to a misspent youth.

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Chuck traveled over 4 million miles teaching his principles of The Game of Work, and he laughs as he notes that is a sign of a life misspent.

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It was understood around Baton Rougeans that New Orleans is where one misspent a small portion of one's youth, but after college, one not only better stay out of it but quit mentioning it altogether.

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The Complaint alleges that AseraCare violated the False Claims Act when it misspent millions of taxpayer dollars intended for Medicare recipients who have a prognosis of six months or less to live and need hospice care.

FORBES: Whistleblowers Claim Medicare Defrauded Into Paying For Hospice Care