"When the smoke clears on this stock market, we are going to wonder what happened to the jobs with the benefits," he said.
"When the dust clears on this campaign, we have to ask some hard questions about what is the best way to maximize the turnout of people who want to participate in picking the next president," Mrs. Clinton said.
No doubt when the smoke clears on Monday night's Q&A debate some commentators will get around to focusing on fellow panellist's Joseph Tawadros' irreverent ugly woman joke and not the systemic problem of the Australian media's obsession with transgender authenticity.
I look at them as a long-term resting place until the dust clears on all of these risks.
You'll still be able to play existing DVDs, but they may look less thrilling once the smoke clears on two incompatible standards for high-definition DVDs jockeying to ship consumer-level models next year.
When the dust clears on all this, it's going to be difficult not to put this current kerfuffle down to a single unguarded moment.
