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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 : America now has more than 5 million illegal immigrants . The New York Times reports that as environmental concerns have waned, disposable diapers are driving cloth diapers into extinction.
Straws in the wind: To the mystification of beach-goers, the U.S. government is proposing regulations to protect sharks from depletion by fishermen.
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.