It's no temper tantrum, and it is not, in any sense, a parting shot at his own administration.

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Hunt also fired a parting shot at Hull's financial situation, saying the club had little to show for their two-year spell in the Premier League.

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England's bowlers stuck gainfully to their task, and as a parting shot Harmison forced Rudolph to fend off a short one and Graham Thorpe got his hand under the ball as it looped to the ground at short-leg.

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In 2000, an 18-year veteran of Congress switched parties as an apparent parting shot by a "disappointed" lame duck.

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As the committee hearing came to a close, the tax experts also took exception to Ms Hodge's parting shot.

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