Who could have imagined even a year ago that the Arab Spring would blow a fresh wind across the Middle East, opening minds and hearts to new possibilities.

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Wine character fluctuates with each vintage dependent on how cool or how warm it got, the amount of rain in the spring and fall, the wind and even the bird population.

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It was a standard practice with drill work and finished with short-yardage scrimmages as the days wind down before Saturday's annual spring game.

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Even though several days of cold, wind and rain gave way to warmer spring temperatures at Phillip Island, the Spaniard was feeling under the weather, struggling to the sixth fastest lap time.

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The clean-energy glut was predictable, given the tendency of snow to melt in the spring and given whopping increases in the region's wind-generating capacity.

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We were also surprised to see Karl Lagerfeld line Chanel's runway with wind turbines and solar panels in a preview of Spring 2013 Paris Fashion Week.

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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.

BBC: Scrum V team beat the ash cloud for Leinster v Ospreys

There was no moon, and under the low cloud cover a brisk unseasonable wind ruffled the old Norwegian maples that lined the street and dropped a fine rain of spring buds on my shoulders and in my hair.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

The capacity of Norway's reservoirs is so large, according to Dr Schmid, that should the wind drop all over Europe which does happen on rare occasions the hydro plants could spring into action and fill in the gap for up to four weeks.

ECONOMIST: Power transmission