• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • As soon as you get a get a bit of strong wind, trees start going over.

    BBC: Australia hit by Tropical Cyclone Rusty

  • 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

  • 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

  • Businesses that buy wind turbogenerators get a tax break by way of accelerated depreciation.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • 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

  • 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

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

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • 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 with writing, finding someone who has that level of expertise to work with - unless I'm, you know, able to pay thousands of dollars, which, until I get published and wind up on Oprah with a best seller, I don't have - it just seems almost impossible to find.

    NPR: Could You Be the Great American Novelist?

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • "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

  • "The big difference with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) compared to wind tunnels is that you not only get results, but also an understanding of what goes on, " said team boss Mario Theissen.

    CNN: The F1 race that no one gets to see

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Now, here in Europe, there are some nations who get a lot of their energy from alternative sources of power such as nuclear power, such as wind.

    CNN: Karen Hughes discusses Bush's global agenda

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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