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#1 2006-07-01 13:01:29

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'turn of office' for 'term of office'

Individuals hold the US presidency and other political offices for a fixed term, but they and their parties also take turns holding those offices. About 100 ghits:

The boundaries between public and private are in fact often unclear since after their turn of office officials took home documents that were important …
lhpc.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/archives/introduction.html

Committee members not attending for four consecutive meetings will lapse their turn of office, subject to the discretion of the committee.
www.teignbridgetrotters.co.uk/Constitution.htm

Another notable contributor was Herbert W Probert Probert (regarded by many as the wizard of the Park) whose turn of office was from 1935 to 1960.
www.crewe-nantwich.gov.uk/main.asp?page=66

“Once the precedent is set for a change of rule during the middle of a president’s turn of office, it will be that much easier to do the same to Megawati …
special.scmp.com/wchal/news/ZZZ3LSMKYLC.html

He has snatched time to do this in the intervals of his lightning tours over the country, prior to his taking charge of his biennial turn of office ...
www.dvaita.org/shaastra/gita/gita_sara/gs-000.html

Ask what you would have done today to make you feel proud at the end of your turn of office.
www.postnewsline.com/2005/12/victims_assess_.html

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