But will this self-imposed deadline for departure leave Rhodri Morgan as a "lame-duck" first minister?
And he is a lame-duck, having announced his retirement at the end of this Congress.
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One that is wrapped in plastic, sequins, lame, ruffles, pailettes and a hint of saloon.
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When confronted, he gave a lame excuse about not realizing he was reaching into the case.
But both are lame ducks, playing out the final years of their respective contracts.
The rather lame tax cut will make a small contribution to growth--figure 0.2% to 0.4%.
To put it provocatively, this question is a request to handicap a race of the lame.
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Now, we did that in December during the lame duck on the tax cut issue.
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Lame ducks remain in office, but no longer carry the same imprimatur of popular will.
The phrase "lame duck" itself came into use in the U.S. Congress in the early 1800s.
This is not to say that lame-duck sessions by nature can't do big things.
What is the President telling the congressional leaders what else he wants in the lame-duck session?
There is now a lame duck government in Portugal, with elections expected within three months.
And is your to-do list for the lame duck session getting shorter and shorter?
How will Democrats get a lame duck administration to support whatever proposal they eventually put forth?
So why did this lame-duck president send lawmakers a trade agreement with Colombia Monday?
Top managers are axed within months of definitively bad results (though lame boards linger longer).
The defeated, lame duck Herbert Hoover saw a banking crisis emerging and wanted to stop it.
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Especially when the law is nitpicky and lame and Hannity can do whatever he wants.
Is there any doubt that the current lame-duck board miserably failed in its job?
The title, a lame Nietzschean knock-off, seems to be seeking a transvaluation of the word mess.
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First, the Senate is not voting on any more legislation until the lame-duck session in mid-November.
With luck, life may now improve for this particular group of the halt and the lame.
This, combined with his slumping popularity, has led some to describe him as a lame duck.
One of the more sordid moments in recent congressional history came during last December's lame-duck session.
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Were the health fund idea to fail, it might not make Ms Merkel a lame duck.
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The good vicar preaches the faith but he also visits the halt and the lame.
Unfortunately, that accord was subsequently, and scandalously, approved by the Senate during its lame duck session.
Key said he meant "weird" (the OED's definitions include "bright" and slang for "lame").
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