Word: ministership
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...imagine the New Zealand - U.S. relationship might change under your Prime Ministership? The first thing to note is that the relationship has been steadily improving over the last decade. The Americans, I think, have appreciated a number of things New Zealand has done in recent years, such as our contribution in Afghanistan - we were quite early into Bamiyan province. Secondly, we are showing leadership with Australia in the Pacific, and that's important to America because the U.S. can't cover every base on their own. [U.S. Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice came over to New Zealand [in July...
...mortgage and I work really hard - 70 or 80 hours a week - and they take a helluva lot of tax from me. But I never seem to see much for it." At this moment, the chill wind feels like a dark foreboding for the nine-year prime ministership of Helen Clark...
...Parliament are required to comply with E.U. regulations. Within a few years, after the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty are progressively brought into effect, our subordination to the E.U. will be complete. Regrettably, that final outcome accords with the Conservative Party's consistent policy since the Prime Ministership of Edward Heath, who took Britain into the European Economic Community in 1973. The Conservatives have consistently furthered the interests of the E.U. over those of the U.K., and Cameron is continuing that policy. Even as P.M., he will have no real power and will only be able to tinker with peripheral...
...time, his predecessor stole the show. Through force of habit or by design, TV cameras concentrated on Putin. Even Medvedev's inauguration speech centered on praise for his predecessor's achievements and promises to continue in Putin's steps. For his part, Putin segued smoothly from presidency to prime ministership. Formally nominated to head the government by Medvedev, Putin was confirmed in that post by a tame Duma in a rubber-stamp vote of 392 to 56 on Thursday...
...gracious host would throw the match, but Fukuda might want to think twice before dropping his paddle: a display of national athletic prowess against an old rival might be just the tonic he needs to revive his moribund prime ministership. Since taking over from the hapless administration of Shinzo Abe in September 2007, Fukuda's team has managed to look even more inept and out of touch than Abe's on issues ranging from Japan's faltering economy to the appointment of a new central-bank governor. Initiatives by Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have been bottled...