Sentences with phrase «not lame duck»

It is not a lame duck V6; at 3.5 - liters and 250 - hp and a five - speed automatic transmission and it can be had for less than $ 15k.

I don't have the greatest game, but I'm not lame duck either.

In the WBEN interview he described himself as «not a lame duck... but a free duck.»

Not exact matches

''... the chances of TPP passing this year are not high, and if it is not passed by the end of the lame duck session of Congress, then it probably will not be passed at all — at least, as presently constituted,» wrote analysts at BMI Research.

Not too long ago, the floundering company looked like a lame duck that nobody wanted — or, thanks to government intervention, that nobody could have.

The provisions on TPP are almost certainly moot, as congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle say the deal will not come up for ratification in the lame duck congressional session.

Tis not the Peter Principle but the Lame Duck Principle i.e. the last of the leaders of an establishment founded on myths and embellishments.

Perhaps they don't even know what lame - duck is.

The Beer Institute is hoping a so - called «lame duck session» of Congress won't hurt the chances of finally passing the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which would lower excise taxes, compliance burdens, and regulations on alcohol makers.

The feud between O'Neal and fellow superstar Kobe Bryant; the presumed lame - duck status of coach Phil Jackson, whose contract negotiations with team owner Jerry Buss, the father of his Significant Other, are on hold; the frustrations of Hall of Fame rentals Malone and Gary Payton — all have made for compelling subplots but not always compelling hoops.

Head coach Ben McAdoo and GM Jerry Reese appear to be lame ducks for good reason — but OK, benching Eli can't hurt at this point.

Please don't think that by joining a group on Facebook or moaning on twitter we will get change.Its now or never that a lame duck CEO (who can't sack his own employee) and a majority shareholder (who can vote to pay himself # 3mill) and Arsene should give way for passionate people ie....

Irsay is crazy, Grigson doesn't get along with his head coach and put him in lame - duck status this year, and Luck is really struggling out there, injuries or not.

no one can be that delusional without having Wenger blood run through their veins... this team has already conceded 2 of 3 in August and you believe we can get 45 of a potentially 52 available points before Xmas... no wonder this club can't seem to take it's fan - base seriously, albeit I'm sure your assessment would give the Grinch who stole soccer a quarter chub... anyways, enough talk about the criminally insane with internet access... we have much bigger fish to fry... like what were the real objectives behind the choices made by our lame duck manager on the weekend

I we didn't have a lame duck dead man walking in SVG then we actually could have had a lot of high draft picks.

The Nats could very well renegotiate a deal before June 15 so that it doesn't include 2018, but it's also possible that Rizzo's team could play him out of a job before that deadline — it's «unlikely» that they let him be a lame duck after June 15.

It's the fans that keep sacrificing because this team can't get their head out of their own ass... please give me some examples when a top club ever let their best player leave for free at the end of a season... Wenger needs to go to PSG and get some money and talent for Sanchez so that we can end this nonsense once and for all... then he needs to publicly apologize for the way in which they handled the whole situation... if they allow Sanchez to go for free there is no way this club, under the tutelage of Kroenke and Wenger, will ever layout the necessary coin to replace such a talented player, especially considering that Wenger will be a lame - duck manager once again in the final year of his contract and we know how well that went last year... open your eyes people, Wenger has spoken publicly about how he hopes that the next manager can take this club to the next level... WHAT?!?... he then went on to speak about leaving them in the perfect position to be successful, which is one of the reasons why several pundits felt Wenger would leave after last season based on the financials and the fact that so many players had only one year left on their respective contracts... who says this shit??? If you believe you're leaving things in the best possible shape for your potential successor to achieve greatness it raises a couple of serious questions: Why can't you take things to the next level if everything is as great as you say?

Especially because Wenger's job as stabiliser / placeholder / lame duck is not necessarily a bad thing in the middle of a rebuild.

«I don't know how it is inside other clubs, I can't tell you this, but in Germany we use the same phrase as you do here — a lame duck,» Klopp continued, referring to a term used to describe a manager on the way out of his club.

While many will point to Hiddink's position as a lame duck in the dugout, that can't be to blame.

Often a coach with a limited shelf life becomes a lame duck — but not Heynckes at Bayern.

The House legislation could be taken up in the lame duck session after the mid-term elections, but even that isn't certain.

Cuomo wants the lame - duck assembly to pass the legislation, which, again, is not a remote possibility, because they're not even planning on meeting again.

«People on the Hill kept saying, «The White House doesn't have a strategy» right up through the lame duck session,» Sudbay says.

We don't know if Paterson can get the legislature back, or if the lame duck senate can pass anything, or if the Payroll Mobility Tax would be exempt from this round of back - door dedicated fund diversions.

But even so, it is the polluted political culture which permeates Birmingham city council — like Blackpool stamped through rock — that has rendered it a lame duck, infamous for the left hand not knowing what the right is doing; but none of this is new or limited to this current Labour leadership.

At a private meeting between the governor and Assembly Democrats Monday night, Assemblywoman Janele Hyer - Spencer and Assemblyman Matthew Titone told the embattled lame - duck Paterson it's all his fault that a consensus with Albany leadership hasn't been reached on how to close a $ 9.2 billion budget shortfall.

They are hoping he wins downstate just so he'll never have to return to Albany for another lame duck session (but he didn't rule out running again as Senator).

«You can't allow a civil branch in the most important Supreme Court in the state to sit there with a lame - duck administrator,» one previously told The Post.

People do not want Tory business as usual, they do not want a politics built on fear that spreads despair, and they certainly do not want a lame duck prime minister.

But it's still a measure that shouldn't be passed by a flock of lame ducks.

The governor then reversed himself on that, saying the Senate recounts, which could continue into 2011, shouldn't impact a lame duck session because the current members of the Senate are all in office through the end of the year, although what would motivate those who are leaving to show up in Albany just days after Thanksgiving is a little hard to figure out.

One thing we do know — at least as far as we can know anything where Paterson is concerned — is that the property tax cap probably won't be on the lame duck session agenda.

This time around, we would not sit down unconcerned for the Vice President to be made a ceremonial head and a [lame] duck as was done to the former Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama.

Mr Blair will prove he is not a «lame duck» by continuing to push domestic policy, especially on health and education, and attending the key G8 and EU summits, he continued.

Despite Congress's productivity, not all liberals were satisfied with the results of the lame - duck.

Valesky abstained from supporting Sen. John Sampson, D - Brooklyn, because newly elected senators weren't part of the lame - duck vote.

-- Tony Avella, of Queens, apparently was informed there would be a vote, but was otherwise engaged and couldn't make it to the Capitol for the lame duck session.

Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, called Mr. Obama's planned trip a «lame duck bus tour,» and predicted that the president would focus on the same old policies that he says haven't worked.

* During the lame duck Congressional session last year, 15 House Republicans and eight Senate Republicans crossed over to support a repeal of «Don't Ask Don't Tell» that banned gays from serving openly in the military.

«These two weeks are just getting this lame - duck session put to bed in a way that we don't screw up,» the Republican said.

Nassau's lame - duck Board of Ethics has rebuffed District Attorney Madeline Singas» request for an opinion on the legality of partisan governmental mailings even as the county attorney acknowledged this week that the board's current membership does not conform with Nassau's revised ethics code.

The lack of any significant advantage for either party, Malloy's status as an unpopular lame - duck governor who isn't seeking re-election next year, and the huge deficit forecast have all contributed to the ongoing budget gridlock.

Washington (CNN)- Rep. Maxine Waters, D - California, called on the House ethics committee Monday to either schedule her trial before Congress completes this year's lame duck session or explain why it won't go forward.

Democrats applauded his calls for a legislative agenda focused on «Connecticut fairness» while Republicans chided the lame - duck governor for not addressing the state's fiscal woes in what is traditionally a budget address.

Also opens another round of «I am not running although God knows I want to but I won't and I'm not» yawns from soon - unemployed Bloomberg, whose witch doctors must now either sit shiva, find a new gravy train or more ways for Lame - duck Mike to quack.

We in Alaska are celebrating the fact that Governor Gump has officially become a Lame Duck, she would not even win the primary so she will not run in 2010.

If anything is «not right» it would be lame ducks voting on leadership going forward.

Republican leaders in the Senate have said they will not hold any hearing on Garland's nomination because Obama is a lame - duck President.

Another prominent Republican put it this way: «Ed Cox has been a disaster for the party, and if he fails, as I expect he will, to deliver for Levy, New York will not only have a lame - duck governor, it'll have a lame - duck GOP chairman.»