using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

public class Test
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		List<string> bunchOfStrings = new List<string>();
		bunchOfStrings.Add("This should not be at the top");
		bunchOfStrings.Add("This should not be at the top either");
		bunchOfStrings.Add("This should also not be at the top");
		bunchOfStrings.Add("This *SHOULD be at the top");
		bunchOfStrings.Add("This should not be at the top");
		bunchOfStrings.Add("This should be *somewhere close to the top");
		
		foreach (var str in bunchOfStrings.OrderBy(x => {
        	var index = x.IndexOf("*");
	    	return index < 0 ? 9999 : index;
    	}))
		{
		    Console.WriteLine(str);
		}
	}
}