Word: mid-term
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...hand, since most of Florida's Democratic voters are in liberal South Florida, where Reno lives, the primary is hers to lose. But if her party wants to unseat Republican Governor Jeb Bush in 2002--exacting revenge for last fall's disputed presidential election and dealing a mid-term body blow to Jeb's brother George W. Bush--the candidate needs to woo conservative voters in central and north Florida. If Reno does run, Democratic leaders like Florida Senator Bill Nelson won't be holding the kind of dance party Saturday Night Live threw for her on TV last January...
...chose him: This quiet Republican Senator jumped ship from the GOP this week to become an independent, causing perhaps the most significant mid-term shakeup in the history of Capitol Hill...
...anti-Megawati elements in the elite may yet decide that keeping a politically crippled Wahid in office is preferable to allowing his vice president to take the top job. And some of her own supporters are counseling patience, suggesting that taking the presidency in mid-term with the economy languishing may not be the most prudent course of action. Other players, such as Amien Rais, who leads a rival Muslim party that had initially supported Wahid, have made no secret of their ambitions. And all of Indonesia's political factions are well represented in the parliament of the streets, where...
...this is wrapped up in an essay, a section participation grade, a mid-term and a final exam...
...first paper, you get a B-, maybe a solid B if you are lucky. Then comes the mid-term. The teaching fellow warns you she'll grade harshly. She usually does...