| No, I think the analysis of this is kind of a little bit of a payback for the exaggerated notion of a lame duck. |
| But even from the vague hints he throws out, I think we may rest assured it will not be the last quack of a lame duck. |
| Once known as the Bulldozer, he increasingly looks like a lame duck instead. |
| Yet, without strong and committed patrons, there is a real danger that he could become an ineffectual lame duck quite soon. |
| Up to now, the biotechnology sector has been the lame duck as regards legislation facilitating economic support. |
| The Department of Homeland Security, most observers agree, has been a lame duck, a victim of the rush of resources to Iraq. |
