The only second-term midterm where the president's party gained was 1998, with Democrats picking up five House seats.

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This paper defines the essential quantitative and qualitative characteristics of a U.S. force structure required to meet the two-MRC standard for the near term and midterm.

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Even during Herbert Hoover's one term, the midterm bounce in the Dow was 23.4%.

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Whoever wins the special election would serve the final year and a half of Kerry's term and would then be able to run again for a full six-year term in office in the 2014 midterm elections.

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Republicans have held the chamber for the past 12 years, taking power in the midterm election of President Clinton's first term.

CNN: Democrats to take control of House, CNN projects

Developed countries among us will take the lead by promptly undertaking robust aggregate and individual reductions in the midterm consistent with our respective ambitious long-term objectives and will work together before Copenhagen to achieve a strong result in this regard.

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In the midterm, it's Iraqi lead in all of those categories and, in the long term, is a free and peaceful Iraq living at peace with its neighbors and no longer hospitable to terrorist acts.

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