• Asphalt shingles ( the most common roofing material in the U.S.) can become loose, cracked, be blown off by the wind or be damaged by hail.

    FORBES: The Hidden Costs Of Home Ownership

  • A380, rumoured to be announced at the opening on July 19th of Farnborough Air Show, could be another straw taking off into the wind.

    ECONOMIST: The biggest shareholders in EADS are preparing to sell up

  • "None at all Frank, none at all, " he says, grinning, as he skis off into the wind.

    BBC: Wounded soldiers train in Iceland for South Pole race

  • The tactic paid off, as the wind shifted to the northeast, hampering the rest of the fleet who had taken a more northerly route.

    BBC: Leg Seven: Dutch courage prevails

  • Though I laughed at the warning sign depicting a stick-figure falling head-first off the cliffs, I made sure to keep a safe distance from the drop-off for fear that the wind might actually propel me over.

    BBC: Where waterfalls outnumber people

  • "Given the subtle slopes of the greens, don't be surprised if you see putts rolling off the putting surface should the wind get up, " he said.

    BBC: THE LOWDOWN

  • But again, understanding, Mike, that the process that the President announced was the beginning of that process because there are a host of legal things that have to happen -- I made mention of the wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts -- I think the paper said today that was -- this is basically a nine-year decision.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

  • 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

  • This intimate story, bringing together the northern light reflected off water, the cold wind, the fear of poverty, the weight of the past, and the lack of a future, has a soulful, epic grandeur.

    NEWYORKER: Just Anybody

  • He supports clean energy, just not in the form of wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod.

    FORBES: Mitt Romney's Environmental Record

  • The wind-power lobby has won a potentially game-changing victory in its full-court press to unlock the vast offshore wind resource off the coast of North Carolina.

    FORBES: Wind Lobby Eyes the Big Prize in North Carolina

  • We have 191 million buildings in the EU. The mission now is to convert the entire building stock of Europe to partial green power plants that can collect solar energy on the roofs, wind energy off the sides of the building, geothermal energy from the ground below the building, biomass energy from the conversion of garbage in the building, etc.

    FORBES: Jeremy Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution

  • Settling into my four-poster bed, I'm lulled by the sound of the wind spiralling up off the sea, joined by the faint creak of a rocking chair and, just perhaps, the slightest click of a key turning in a lock.

    BBC: The haunted land of New England

  • Energy Management, a 28-year-old energy company based in New England, plans to build a 468-megawatt wind power facility off the coast of Massachusetts: the Cape Wind project.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The project calls for the off-white wind turbines in a 25-square-mile area in a shallow part of the sound, a triangular body of water surrounded by Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

    WSJ: Cape Cod Wind Farm Tiptoes Ahead

  • The company bidding to develop a wind farm off the north Devon coast is reviewing its plans after concerns voiced by local people.

    BBC: Devon wind farm plans reviewed after consultation

  • O'Gara was forced to attempt a drop-kick for the conversion after the wind blew the ball off the tee.

    BBC: Munster 22-13 Scarlets

  • Named after the Aesop fable in which the sun persuades a man to take off his coat after the North Wind fails to do so, the policy sought to engage the North.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Here is what I have been hearing from people very close to the situation who would only speak off the record: Anschutz got wind that Leiweke was trying to influence the choice of a buyer for AEG.

    FORBES: The Real Reason Anschutz Pulled Plug On AEG Sale

  • Donald Trump has launched a legal challenge against the Scottish government's decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast.

    BBC: Photomontage of planned turbines

  • Plans for a hotel and houses on the estate have been put on hold until a decision is made on a proposed wind farm off the coast of the links.

    BBC: Donald Trump tees off

  • One possibility would be spinning off the Yabucoa project for the benefit of Western Wind shareholders.

    FORBES: UPDATED: Brookfield's Expiring Offer for Western Wind

  • "They have not mowed the greens in two days and the wind is still blowing balls off the green, " Beljan wrote on Twitter.

    CNN: PGA Tour season opener ruined by winds

  • Perhaps the most ambitious proposal comes from Blue H, which wants to build a 420-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, roughly two dozen miles from Martha's Vineyard.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • There is the rubbish that comes from the land, delivered by run-off, storm water drains and the wind-blown rubbish that people leave behind.

    CNN: The stark reality of a throw-away society

  • About 300 people gathered in Swanage to oppose the Navitus Bay Wind Park which could see 218 wind turbines built off the Jurassic Coast.

    BBC: Navitus Bay protest in Swanage

  • The proposed wind farm would be located off the Dorset and Hampshire coast and to the west of the Isle of Wight.

    BBC: Navitus Bay protest in Swanage

  • From the top looking down, we could see that the wind had blown all the snow off the face of the bowl, leaving it hard-packed, icy and very steep.

    FORBES: I Left My Job Because of Skiing

  • Lionel Djebi-Zadi had retained his place despite being sent off in last week's Scottish Cup defeat by Falkirk and it was his Inverness defence that were under pressure from the kick-off as both sides struggled to cope with the wind swirling in from the Moray Firth.

    BBC: Inverness CT 2-1 Kilmarnock

  • ASA, a Norwegian energy company, for a wind farm off the coast of Maine.

    WSJ: Cape Cod Wind Farm Tiptoes Ahead

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