The last hurrah also can mean the last acts of a politician, before his term in office ends.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Now to the wordplay. Commentators and bloggers often use the word "gate" when a politician is accused of trying to hide the truth.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

The expression may be used to describe a politician's last campaign, his final attempt to win the cheers and votes of the people.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

He was not a good politician. He failed to unite the disputing groups of the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

In seventeen ninety-seven, the Independent Chronicle newspaper used the word to describe a politician the paper supported.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

Activists say Ugandan politician David Bahati, who proposed the legislation, is a member of that group.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

One of the state of Louisiana's statues is a bronze representation of the politician Huey Long.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Senator Claghorn was a politician who talked a lot but never said anything.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

He too was a naturalist, as well as a farmer,inventor,historian, writer and politician.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

But he was a much better general than he was a politician.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Calling for higher taxes can mean defeat for a politician.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

And that also can make a politician very unpopular.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

But he was a very smart lawyer and politician.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Lincoln was a good politician and a smart lawyer.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Roosevelt quickly became known as a reform politician.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

Soon,Miss Jordan decided to become a politician herself.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

One politician sparked outrage when he suggested that residents kill the hated toads with cricket bats and golf clubs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

He says he will laugh at any politician, journalist or other person who condemns him for those operations or calls him a terrorist.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

A veteran politician, as both Paris mayor and prime minister of France, before becoming president in 1995.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Well-known politician Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a member of parliament, told a media briefing that tests were an insult.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Authorities say the 29-year-old aspiring politician will be in custody,at least, until a bail hearing on Monday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

And there was a posthumous award to Harvey Milk, the slain gay rights activist and politician.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Congress Party officials say the young politician, a nephew of party boss Sonia Gandhi, has been misled by BJP leaders and they feel pity for him.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

As a child,the young Nancy learned hard-nosed political skills from her politician father.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

In a poll earlier this year, he was rated France's most popular politician.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The last senior American politician to visit Burma was U.S.Senator Jim Webb.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

That has set off intense speculation here about the identity of the intended victim with published reports mentioning high-profile Congress Party politician Rahul Gandhi, whose father and grandmother, both prime ministers, were assassinated.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But his back's ascrooked as a politician.

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