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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: 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.
Those were dark times for journalists, and I fear that some of them went grasping at straws.)
the kids are playing a video game or being Ace Venturaor blowing spitballs through straws, making this hailthat can't quite be cleaned up.