11.   Auto executives agree but add that some of the strength in sales can be predicted by reading demographic tea leaves.

12.   Before you can understand that bit of Bison, you probably need tea leaves.

13.   Besides, more than a few are tired of the tea leaves.

14.   Black tea, by far the most popular in Western countries and India, is prepared by exposing tea leaves to air.

15.   Beyond the traditional teas made from tea leaves, there are a number of herbal blends made from plant substances other than tea leaves.

16.   A lot of people have tried to read the tea leaves.

17.   Add a good teaspoon of jasmine tea leaves and a little salt to the rice water a minute or two before you add the rice.

18.   Bush offered his own reading of the political tea leaves.

19.   But last week the tea leaves looked just right -- steadying rates, solid profits, safely slow economic growth -- and the Dow charged to a new record.

20.   But no one eats dry tea leaves.