Guests interested in being an honorary Duckmaster can book the Ducky Day package, which includes the privilege of helping the Duckmaster lead the daily march and an official brass-head Duckmaster cane to take home.

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Sure, MTV brass will argue that it lacked the lead-in of 7 million-plus that a new episode of Jersey Shore had offered the series a week earlier.

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On its moving, insistent "Piramida" (4AD), Efterklang uses a variety of electronic sounds, brass, inventive percussion and layered voices under lead singer Casper Clausen for its moody chamber pop.

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While the military brass interpret this simply as not being in the lead in fighting, the politicians go a little further, suggesting Nato will only play a "support" role.

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Mr Kutan, anxious to avoid a head-on confrontation with the top brass, has expressed his willingness to step aside and let somebody else lead the country into an election the Islamists hope they can win.

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