Though he will be able to claim that after barely two months it is hardly his fault if the LDP-led coalosesn loses its majority in the upper house, as was expected at least until Mr Koizumi took over, such an outcome would make the business of governing Japan nearly impossible: the upper house, though not as influential as the lower house, has extensive powers of veto.
She could hardly believe it when she was told that the Olympics were just two months away.
And Texas lawmakers hardly work for just five months every two years.
Control orders have indeed been used sparingly, although that is hardly surprising: they are just eight months old and will be subject to a vote in Parliament next year.
The flood of financial industry cash — $150,000 in political action committee donations to Mr. Barr in just six months — is hardly an accident.
But with just three months until polling day, it is hardly enough for the party to come back and win.
"My job will be to block that inside channel off," said Burger, below, who has hardly played for two months because of a calf strain he feared at one stage would rule him out of the series.
A small startup comprised sometimes by nothing more than a courageous entrepreneur, a laptop and some meager seed-money can for the most part hardly wait six months to "ink" a deal with a university.
For two months, he hardly left the house, and his parents were careful with his meals.
And a 0.1% rise in house prices following drops of 0.8%and0.5%5% in the previous two months is hardly a robust performance".
The fact that the dispute has thus far been conducted in a public arena could hardly help foster team spirit two months ahead of the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, and 13 months away from the London Olympics.
