31. Still on the conveyor, the dead duck is sprayed with water to ruffle up its feathers. 32. "I think he's just a dead duck , " said Douglas Madsen, a University of Iowa political scientist. 33. Steve Rucchin put in the rebound for a 2-0 lead, and the Coyotes were basically dead ducks . 34. I had to write something, and these people were telling me that Bush was a dead duck . 35. For one brief, scary moment last Saturday, Brent Jones looked a lot more like a dead duck . 36. Said Gray : " These partners know when they've got a dead duck on their hands ." 37. The press was a dead duck tonight, 38. But if he leaves the party, he becomes a dead duck as far as Republicans are concerned. 39. "We are going to be dead ducks if we don't get a solution before Bush takes office. 40. Communism appeared pretty much a dead duck except for Cuba and China, now on their last legs.