Sentence examples for a disastrous term from inspiring English sources

After a disastrous term, he left behind his own "poison pill": a law to change Italy's electoral system back to one based largely on proportional representation.

Alain Juppé, bounced from power in 1997 after a disastrous term as prime minister, began his comeback yesterday by taking the reins of President Jacques Chirac's center-right alliance, which swept parliamentary elections on Sunday.

As a second-time prime minister after a disastrous first term, he is himself a comeback kid.

But his first term was nowhere near successful enough to earn Mr Obama the mantle of greatness or to guard him against the possibility of a disastrous second term wiping away all else.In this section How will history see me? Don't give up Get stuck in but don't get stuck Welcome home Dangerous shoals The soldiers' dangerous itch ReprintsThe Obama legacy will partly be defined by events.

Analysts say the main lesson of Mr. Abe's disastrous term as prime minister six years ago — when he was the first in a series of short-lived leaders — was that he cannot push too hard a nationalistic agenda while ignoring the economy.

Duarte's disastrous term of office highlights the vast powers wielded by Mexico's state governors who are free to deal out patronage like feudal lords, said Juan Pablo Calderón, a columnist – and lifelong PRI member – from the state capital Xalapa.

In disgrace after her first disastrous term in office she recaptured popular affection, and eventually her office, with the sort of theatre of which the Mahatma was the master.

And yet those who remember Mr Abe's first disastrous term in office are left with two worries.The danger with the economy is that he goes soft, as he did before.

Prominent voices are sounding dire warnings, worried that a gradual return to normalcy could undermine the political will needed to control deficit spending and prevent a disastrous long-term decline of the world's primary reserve currency.

Scott Brown served a not-entirely-disastrous term (Sorry! Liberal Masshole, remember?) for the people of Massachusetts and will likely remain engaged in politics.

Many voters are wondering whether a McCain presidency would be an extension of Mr. Bush's two disastrous terms.