• When the Palestinian fighters came from Jordan in the late 1960s we had more say here, and they encouraged us to get out of the wind and rain and we made houses out of concrete blocks for the first time.

    BBC: Shatila stories: Muhammad Diab

  • We can reverse this progress, like the other side has talked about, or we can build on it. (Applause.) Now, unlike my opponent, I'm not going to let the oil companies write our energy plan. (Applause.) I'm not going to get rid of the wind energy tax credit that is helping to spur this incredibly dynamic sector of our economy.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President in Golden, CO

  • America has doubled the amount of electricity we get from wind over the last four years, enough power for nearly 13 million homes -- clean, renewable energy.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • This is a big coup for the rebels, and a huge embarrassment for the security forces, which failed to get wind of, let alone prevent, the attack.

    ECONOMIST: The separatists strike close to home

  • There's currently only a single wind turbine on a small outer island providing energy to Hong Kong, the rest of the city just doesn't get enough wind for traditional turbines to do any good.

    ENGADGET: Micro-turbines output micro-electricity for Hong Kong's micro-apartments

  • "It does take a while to get the industry re-started, " said Peter Kelley of the American Wind Energy Alliance, which has tracked thousands of layoffs caused by credit uncertainty.

    NPR: US Economy Hamstrung By Washington's Brinksmanship

  • Should the manager feel the need to get out of Altria, he could simultaneously sell the Amazon and wind up with no net capital gain.

    FORBES: Playing the Rebound

  • But although some still protest about their existence, as the turbines get bigger and improved technology makes them more efficient, the business of wind farms is becoming increasingly profitable.

    CNN: Wind in sails for?energy company

  • Earlier this year, more than 100 Conservative MPs wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to get rid of the subsidies paid to wind farm operators funded from household energy bills.

    BBC: Wind farms: 'No change' on policy, says David Cameron

  • You get wind of a rumor that the third fellow thinks stocks will run higher and higher, despite putting on a double-digit gain in the past eight to 10 months.

    FORBES: Sorry, Mila Kunis Is No Stock Market Indicator

  • Investigation work is due to get under way at the site of the planned wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen which is opposed by Donald Trump.

    BBC: Photomontage of planned turbines

  • They may get a second wind because of tactical mistakes the current regime has made in its tax reforms: It raised excise taxes and various VAT levies because it felt obliged to match the revenues that would allegedly be lost by moving to a flat tax.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • Then it goes to a conference committee where the drama will be whether, in a grand twist of irony, President Obama and the Republicans wind up aligned against members of the Democratic Party in an effort to get something realistic on the table before the economy simply slides the rest of the way into a deep crevasse.

    CNN: Commentary: You can blame Pelosi for Democrats' stumbles

  • It gives us the illusion of security, although sometimes still when the wind picks up, I get a feeling I never had before the tornado.

    WSJ: Anna Quindlen on a Message Delivered by Tornado | House Call

  • One problem with test-driving prototypes and mule cars is that rival manufacturers, and the motoring press, can more easily get wind of new models.

    ECONOMIST: Car design

  • Everyone was hit with the same wind and water, but those who were unable for whatever reason to get to places of safety, the burden--the blow fell more harshly on the poor than on the privileged.

    NPR: Rebuilding with an Eye to Social Equity

  • The funding amendment may wind up as one of many bitter pills the White House has to swallow to get a budget deal done and keep the government operating.

    FORBES: Deep in the Net Neutrality Trenches

  • "When they come close to the Sun, this ice melts - solar wind blows this material out into space, so you get a tail of matter coming off the comet, " explains O'Brien.

    BBC: Star of Bethlehem: The astronomical explanations

  • Stores wind up heavily discounting the used goods to get them back out of the store.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Now, for real world experience, I drive a Volt and get in excess of 120 mpg with the rest being powered by Texas Wind Energy.

    FORBES: Tweet Leads to an Electric Experience

  • Get lost on the roads that wind their way up and down the hills of the Black Forest, where the summer sun filters through the canopy of trees to dapple the road in front of you.

    BBC: The classic Bavarian road trip

  • But the company's California offices use power from wind and nuclear power sources as well--and consequently get the same amount of energy for a third of the carbon emissions.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • As you get closer to the mountain you leave the main road and wind your way through a series of Kurdish villages many of which have borne witness to the persecution and struggle that the Kurdish people have endured over the past few decades.

    FORBES: Iraq - but not as you know it.

  • But as soon as people in the market get wind that a big trade is under way, they adjust their prices to take advantage of it.

    ECONOMIST: OptiMistic

  • They need to get their heads of the sand and quit stealing money from the public and giving it to these unreliable wind scam corporations on public welfare.

    FORBES: GOP Com. Chair: Obama Should Fast-Track Wind, Solar Projects

  • "When you get down around a house, or in and amongst a lot of trees, or around buildings, the wind resource is seriously compromised, " said Mick Sagrillo, founder of Sagrillo Power and Light, a renewable energy consultancy firm.

    CNN: Stimulus may get small wind turbines spinning

  • Usually the process involves using both a GPS and digital camera and linking the data later, but there are actually a couple of cameras on the market with built-in GPS. In any case, once your in-laws get wind of this be prepared for a new era of vacation-picture slideshows, with a step-by-step (literally) recounting of the trip.

    ENGADGET: GPS photo linking

  • But generators of solar, wind, geothermal and biomass energy must have their plants operating by the end of 2007 to get their tax rewards.

    FORBES: Renewable Energy Renewed

  • Offshore wind and nuclear, the government's favoured technologies, are among the most expensive ways to get carbon out of the energy system.

    ECONOMIST: Energy markets

  • It takes a significant number of vessels to service the offshore wind fields, and local boat builders are already looking to get into the game.

    FORBES: In A Bold Move, Massachusetts Stakes Out Its Role in US Offshore Wind Development

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