a straw in the wind造句

• Fidelity's move is a straw in the wind.
• The resolution of synod ( June 1825 ) in his favour, though cautiously worded, was a straw in the wind.
• A straw in the wind indicates which way the wind is blowing, but only at that moment in that place.
• Lieberman's attack on the movies in the name of " the family " should have been a straw in the wind.
• "If you're looking for a straw in the wind for how Americans are thinking in 1996, look no further than this vote,"
• If so, he said, the judge's note could be more a straw in the wind than the straw that break's the camel's back.
• As a straw in the wind, cargo handled by India's main ports increased 8 percent in mid-1994 over 1993 levels, Indian government figures showed.
• It may be just a straw in the wind, or else the first sign of a change of direction for hair, but curls are back.
• Taken alone, the fate of this product is nothing more than a straw in the wind, a function of one firm's decisions about timing and pricing.
• "When they had to cancel the garden party, that was not just a straw in the wind, " said the Rev . Richard McBrien, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame.
• A straw in the wind was McDonnell Douglas'ability, during a strike by 6, 400 machinists at St . Louis in June, to cover and carry on business with temporary workers and relocated production staff.
• Afterward he told reporters : " If you're looking for a straw in the wind, to determine which way the winds are blowing in the United States of America in 1996, look no further than this vote.
• It was certainly no more than, well, a straw in the wind, but on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Sen . Bob Dole emerged the winner Sunday of a big, though anything-but-scientific, straw poll of California Republicans.
• Taken alone, Sen . Bill Bradley's decision to leave Congress, perhaps for an independent run for the White House, is just a straw in the wind, an isolated instance of a respected man's disenchantment with his party and politics.
• It may be just a straw in the wind, but according to Lipper Inc ., the mutual-fund research firm in Summit, N . J ., funds in two of the most popular stock fund categories were beating the return of the S & P 500 index during the last months of 1998.
• It may be just a straw in the wind, but according to Lipper Inc ., the mutual-fund research firm in Summit, N . J ., funds in two of the most popular stock fund categories were beating the return of the S & AMP; P 500 index during the last months of 1998.
• "Steps like this are hopefully marking a beginning of change from the Japanese style of capitalism to one that's more Western-and shareholder-oriented, " said Clifford Shaw, president of Mercury Asset Management Japan Ltd ., a subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co . " It's a straw in the wind, but it's a promising one ."
• "Steps like this are hopefully marking a beginning of change from the Japanese style of capitalism to one that's more Western-and shareholder-oriented, " said Clifford Shaw, president of Mercury Asset Management Japan Ltd ., a subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & AMP; Co . " It's a straw in the wind, but it's a promising one ."