This is not to say that lame-duck sessions by nature can't do big things.

NPR: Lawmakers Have Full Plate for Lame-Duck Session

Make sure you get the cheaper menlu-style half duck with pancakes, scallions and sauce which some say is more tender.

BBC: Sampling Beijing��s imperial duck

The House leaders say they will expel him during the lame duck session if he doesn't resign first.

NPR: Scandals in the Capital Flow in Election Year

A. students how to duck walk with grace when marched out of the office by federal marshals, but other would say that a simple outbreak of honesty and common sense would do the trick.

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Intelligence officials say Deutch believes it is in the best interest of the CIA not to have a "lame duck" in office while Lake is undergoing Senate confirmation.

CNN: Other Appointments

British political commentators say the chances are slim that Blair will manage to hold onto the reins of power as a lame duck for the next 12 months, as he pledged.

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