After a minute of discussion, Li called for another straw poll, and it was clear that some of the mutineers had been winnowed.
While the excavation of marrow always calls for a narrow instrument, that instrument shouldn't have to be a straw.
He called it "a straw poll that had questionable methodology".
Straw's greatest achievement has been to kick Lords reform into the long grass – despite securing an historic vote in the House of Commons calling for a fully elected chamber.
In response, establishment Republicans, including the governor, have called for scrapping the summer straw poll — a lucrative franchise for the state party, as candidates pay handsomely to compete — and have moved to assert greater control over the party-run caucuses.
Meanwhile, the Republicans offered a straw-man resolution calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, a "stunt" (according to the Democrats' leader) that won just three votes in favour.The Democrats sense that many Americans now feel not just badly led in Iraq, but misled into Iraq.
(Mr. Howard's formula calls for equal parts straw and grass clippings, but no leaves).
When served on a plate, she said, some people call it a Straw Hat.
The discussion in Germany over Mr. Grass's poem has in large part revolved around the question of whether it is possible for Germans to criticize Israel, which Mr. Grass's critics call a straw man and a cover for anti-Semitism.
Tim swapped what he calls his business hat for a straw cowboy hat, but he couldn't dislodge it entirely.
