The resolution of synod ( June 1825 ) in his favour, though cautiously worded, was a straw in the wind.
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A straw in the wind indicates which way the wind is blowing, but only at that moment in that place.
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Lieberman's attack on the movies in the name of " the family " should have been a straw in the wind.
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"If you're looking for a straw in the wind for how Americans are thinking in 1996, look no further than this vote,"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.