Word: ducks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This week has been one of those times. The state legislators convened for their lame-duck session Monday, and they quickly demonstrated their instinct for self-interest and their aversion to bold political action...
...state legislature opened its lame duck session yesterday with work on pay raises and drug law reform--high priority items on an agenda influenced by the recent state elections...
...American of Jewish descent, I am disgusted by Israel's acts of the past five months. The Israelis may not think they have become the oppressor, but if it looks, walks and quacks like a duck and has feathers, well...
...Organization of Management Confidential Employees (OMCE), a non-bargaining unit of government managers, is suing in New York State Supreme Court to stop the tuition payment to a transportation aid to lame-duck Gov. Hugh Carey. The aid will probably be leaving the government when Carey's term expires this January...
Should Reagan exercise such authority, the Senate would still have to approve the appointment in its lame duck session...