41. It's a tempest in a teapot , the Big Gulp of gullibility, the Great Tea Scare of 1996. 42. The more I think about this thing, the more I realize it's just a tempest in a teapot . 43. The whole issue seems to be a tempest in a teapot until a clear concept of * why * is presented. 44. The result has been a tempest in a teapot , which would be amusing if the weather weren't turning cold. 45. "I characterize this as a tempest in a teapot , " said Byron Callan, a Merrill Lynch analyst. 46. At first glance, the controversy over the institute's janitorial service would appear to be a tempest in a teapot . 47. "Compared to murder, they were just a tempest in a teapot , " said church member Raymond Hildebrand. 48. Regardless of the specific scope of this request, the entire affair could be accurately described as a tempest in a teapot . 49. Thinking the controversy a tempest in a teapot , he assumed the same pose for a photograph that was published in The Village Voice. 50. All of this was viewed as a tempest in a teapot by Washington, until the two militaries began to spar with each other.