Baker day n.— «A senior Education Department source said the changes will be known as “Kelly hours”—just as teacher training days are called “Baker days” after Tory former minister Lord Baker.» —“Pupils Face...
Kelly hour n.— «Education Secretary Ruth Kelly will set out her personal vision for a £680 million programme to transform schools into community centres on Monday.…A senior Education Department source said the changes will be...
wet adj.— «As water resources minister, Mr Munshi had been burdened with a lightweight ministry, one which is not quite as “wet” as the name may suggest (in Delhi parlance, a “wet” ministry is one where the...
eveninger n.— «Hojjatoleslam Hassan Monfared, deputy industrial minister of iran, was the target of a new assassination attempt and narrowly escaped here yesterday, according to eveningers here today.» —“Iranian Deputy Industrial...
duckshove v.— «Alas, they would have understood only too well Steve Maharey’s comeback when Bill English again harassed him about embarrassing goings-on at Christchurch Polytechnic. After more duckshoving by the minister about whether...
386 generation n.— «The 386 generation refers to those who were in their thirties when the term was coined, attended college in the 1980s and were born in the 1960s.» —“Minister preaches market economy to lawmakers” by Kim...