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Straws in the wind: To the mystification of beach-goers, the U.S. government is proposing regulations to protect sharks from depletion by fishermen.
Anyone whose faith depends upon mathematical letter sequencing in War and Peace or any other inspired writing is grasping at straws.
Those were dark times for journalists, and I fear that some of them went grasping at straws.)
Straws in the wind: A baby boom in Moscow may be signaling the renewal of Russian optimism , according to the New York Times . California's Supreme Court ruled that victims of age discrimination in the workplace have the same rights as victims of race and sex discrimination.
Straws in the wind: The New York Times reports that Santeria , the West Indian religion notorious for animal sacrifice, is gaining American adherents and coming out of the closet.