| Up to now, the biotechnology sector has been the lame duck as regards legislation facilitating economic support. |
| With members of Congress itching to gavel their lame duck session to a close, the biggest hurdle remains a catch-all spending bill that's now weeks overdue. |
| But with this pope still up and about, and a lame duck at that, the old sense of decorum may not apply. |
| Yet, without strong and committed patrons, there is a real danger that he could become an ineffectual lame duck quite soon. |
| Once known as the Bulldozer, he increasingly looks like a lame duck instead. |
| No, I think the analysis of this is kind of a little bit of a payback for the exaggerated notion of a lame duck. |
