The sailing boat made good speed, thanks to a following wind.

由于顺风的缘故，帆船的航行速度很快。

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Following such a policy can only result in sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind.

实行这种政策，只能是搬起石头砸自己的脚。

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Following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes, calling the kindred to take flight and to gather together.

风里的气息，天空中的星星，带来远古的讯息，呼唤着同类去飞翔，去相聚。

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"Following a winter of wind and heavy snow disrupting sporting fixtures and with spring in the air, we thought all our troubles were over, " says BBC Wales' head of sport, Geoff Williams.

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The Swedish government is funding research into the feasibility of using a wind-turbine driven oxygen pump in the Baltic, following studies carried out last year by the University of Gothenburg, which looked at the effect of pumping oxygen-rich surface water to the bottom of two Swedish fjords.

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Speaking at the same press event, Mr. Van Rompuy said that the recent flare-up of the euro-zone crisis following botched bailout attempts in Cyprus highlighted the need for a European Union plan on how to wind down unviable banks, a crucial step in Europe's quest for a harmonized and shared system of dealing with ailing banks.

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