tea-leaf reading

But all the tea-leaf reading is a bit comical.

The change set off a new round of tea-leaf reading, but there was no consensus on what the appointment might mean for the ruling.

Yet however talented some such psychologists might be, they're ultimately interpreting the tea-leaf reading of their patients.

Sinologists are forever using words like opaque to describe their efforts at political tea-leaf reading.

Still, analysts say, no North Korea tea-leaf reading is foolproof.

Not since the height of Kremlin tea-leaf reading in the 1960s has there been so much speculation based on so little information.

"Whenever you get a new guy in an organization, you get a lot of tea-leaf reading," he said.

Nonfiction lists can always be used to take tea-leaf readings of the national mood, and this one was no exception.

Palm reading, astrology, tea-leaf reading and crystal balls will be used throughout the evening.

Economists, whose predictions have made tea-leaf reading look respectable, snort derisively at such comparisons.

Tea-leaf reading, an old form of fortune telling, is based on the shapes formed by loose leaves settling at the bottom of a cup.

This is tea-leaf reading time at the Supreme Court, and, no, the only subject is not whether any justices are planning to retire.

I didn't wish to sound rude, but I found this scrutiny a bit unsettling, especially following on the heels of that tea-leaf reading.

It involved guesswork and tea-leaf reading.

Whether the event is at the White House or your own house, arranged seating is an occasion for major tea-leaf reading.

Expect a lot of tea-leaf reading for any clues on when a "tapering" of the Fed's huge monthly stimulus program can be expected.

There is no tea-leaf reading like Supreme Court tea-leaf reading.

This latest attempt to clarify Mr. Hewitt's role in a program that is still in development set off a new wave of tea-leaf reading.

This evolved into tea-leaf reading in the seventeenth century, a short time after Dutch merchants introduced tea to Europe via trade routes to China.

Tasseomancy (tea-leaf reading)

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath probably will not give a quick verdict, but expect tea-leaf reading to begin immediately.

At Boston University, Stalking the Wild Mind teaches tarot-card reading, dowsing, divining and tea-leaf reading.

Piecing together and interpreting the events taking place Thursday in Iran on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution is an exercise in electronic tea-leaf reading.

In her lexicon, the astrologist merely used the signs of the zodiac to focus a precognitive gift, one fortunately more scientifically based than tea-leaf reading or card-telling.

For all the tea-leaf reading, a Dukakis campaign official said this was not a definitive first cut, and that requests for information would continue to go out in the days to come.