tea-leaf

• “Anyway the whole idea around trying tea-leaf read American political views from the perceived lacklustre performance of any 1 movie is deeply stupid.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Ideology at the Box Office

• “The New Jersey governor will give presidential tea-leaf readers another chance to speculate about his intentions when he delivers a speech next Tuesday at the Reagan Presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Christie's Next Showcase

• “And to make matters worse, in 2011 Pluto and Uranus will be at odds with each other, which tea-leaf readers believe spells more bad news, especially for next summer.”

  The Huffington Post: Cheryl Wills: Immobilized Economy? It's the Astrology, Stupid!

• “The tea-leaf reading took a darker turn on the seventh day, when the jurors were told to begin their deliberations anew, after one juror stepped down.”

  The Wall Street Journal: For Galleon Prosecutors, Simplicity

• “The jury's lengthy deliberations led to a lot of handwringing by the prosecutors as the days wore on and to tea-leaf reading by spectators, who tried to read the body language of the jurors for signs of how they were leaning in their deliberations.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Jurors, Mostly Mum, Point to Tapes as Key to Conviction

• “Moving Brands devised a mark that evoked a tea strainer and used black, white and silver for everything from packaging to stationery, setting up a contrast with rivals who used tea-leaf images and brown-and-green graphics.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Design Jury's Eye Candy

• “But she has said she likely won't announce her plans until later in September, ensuring one more month of tea-leaf reading — and teasing — in a year filled with it.”

  USA Today: Palin fuels presidential fire, but at what cost?

• “There is no true legal analysis that we can do, merely tea-leaf reading to attempt a vote-count.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform

• “Also, in this slime occurred at intervals a water-soaked tea-leaf or coffee-ground, and there were in it fragments of earth and litter.”

  Chapter VIII

• “It could be a combination of an earnings play and flat-out tea-leaf reading," said David Gompert , senior market analyst at TradeMonster.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Bears Shop Abercrombie. The Situation? Earnings

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