Drawing straws is a selection method that is used by a group to choose one member of the group to perform a task after none has volunteered for it. The same practice can be used also to choose one of several volunteers, should an agreement not be reached.
The group leader takes a number of straws (or similarly long cylindrical objects) and ensures that one of them is physically shorter than the others. The leader then grabs all of the straws in his fist, such that all of them appear to be of the same length.
The group leader offers the clenched fist to the group. Each member of the group draws a straw from the fist of the group leader. At the end of the offering, the group member who has drawn the shortest straw is the one who must perform the task.
This practice is epitomized in the cliché "drawing the short straw"—to mean being randomly, unluckily, or unfairly selected to perform a task, at the risk of suffering a penalty.
In the United Kingdom, if a local or national election has resulted in a tie in which candidates receive exactly the same number of votes after three recounts, the winner can be decided either by drawing straws/lots, coin flipping, or drawing the high card in a pack of cards.
James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements. His score to the 1997 film Titanic remains the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.
In addition, Horner has scored over 100 films, frequently collaborating with acclaimed directors such as James Cameron and Ron Howard. Some of his most noteworthy works include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Cocoon (1985), An American Tail (1986), Aliens (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), Willow (1988), Glory (1989), Field of Dreams (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Troy (2004), and Avatar (2009).
Horner has won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, and has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards. His body of work is also notable for including the scores to the two highest-grossing films of all time; Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), both of which were directed by James Cameron.
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Falling Skies 4x10 Promo "Drawing Straws" (HD)
Draw Straws Trailer.wmv
James Horner - Deep Impact OST - Drawing Straws
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Drawing Straws - Lexi Returns | Falling Skies | TNT
Sandpit - Drawing Straws
Beatroots - Drawing Straws
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Drawing Straws
Drawing Straws
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Drawing Straws - Pope and Weaver | Falling Skies | TNT
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In a world where everything is straight, one man dares to be crazy.
Netsky - Drawing Straws
11 - Drawing Straws - James Horner - Deep Impact
Falling Skies 4x10 Promo "Drawing Straws" (HD)
Draw Straws Trailer.wmv
James Horner - Deep Impact OST - Drawing Straws
Netsky - Drawing Straws - Brand New Track Preview
Drawing Straws - Lexi Returns | Falling Skies | TNT
Sandpit - Drawing Straws
Beatroots - Drawing Straws
drawing straws
Drawing Straws
Drawing Straws
This is the End -Funny Water Scene
Drawing Straws - Pope and Weaver | Falling Skies | TNT
Falling Skies 4x10 Trailer & Promo HD - Drawing Straws
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IN SEARCH OF SIGHT - DRAWING STRAWS
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Drawing Straws Part 4
Poor man sits all alone
Counts about nothing he owns.
You see him there but you walk on by
His cup of change is running dry
His whole world is cold and gray
He didn't eat a single thing today
But that don't phase you at all
Cause you got your life together and you'll never fall.
(Chorus)
When I see through the eyes of the One who gave us His Son
And loves us all the same, I can't just walk away
Cause how could I defend when I've got so much to
lend So quick to turn my back to anyone that asks
You say he's just a thug
Hooked on alcohol and hooked on drugs
But you're human just like him
And when God gives you His grace
He know that you'll still sin
Don't close your mind so tight
Nothing you say will make it alright
And this person still won't have home
Except these streets that he's always roamed
(Chorus)
There's not much difference between us
We're all just drawing straws and he got the shorter one.
We see an ugly dirty bum
It's in your point of view and he's so beautiful seen through...