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Taverner

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Mon Jan-18-10 05:37 PM
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1. 'lame duck' - That does not mean what you think it means...

Lame Duck is the final term of a term-limited public official. In newsspeak, it has come to mean the last 2 years of an outgoing public official.

I am not sure if there is the right adjective for what you are trying to describe. You could say he was without mandate...

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