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• A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. -- O'Henry
• A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
• Take a straw and throw it up into the air,--you may see by that which way the wind is.
  -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Libel...
• You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
  -- Bob Dylan, from "Subterranean Homesick Blues" 1967...
• hotlink /hot'link/ n. A hot spot on a World Wide Web page
  an area, which, when clicked or selected, chases a URL....
• Martin-Berthelot Principle Of all possible committee reactions to any given agenda item, the reaction that will occur is the one which will liberate the greatest amount of hot air.
• Of all possible committee reactions to any given agenda item, the reaction that will occur is the one which will liberate the greatest amount of hot air.
  -- Thomas L. Marti...