Word: kite
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...Kite Ship's Maiden Voyage...
Wind-powered A commercial cargo ship that set sail Jan. 22 from Germany to Venezuela became the first to use computer-controlled kite technology. A 1,722-sq.-ft. (160 sq m) kite helps propel...
Smooth sailing? Ships account for 4% of global emissions, twice as much as airplanes. The new kite could cut 20%?or $1,600?from the cargo ships' daily fuel bill. Similar kites could even be used on cruise liners. But slowing down ships could also be an effective solution. Cutting speed 10% could lead to an estimated 25% reduction in fuel...
...gripping one. I've come to think that stories about ordinary people blown helplessly through the world on the winds of endless war were the central narrative of the 20th century and, likely, the central one of the 21st century as well. Much of humanity has been turned into kite fighters and kite runners in modern times as this film, complicated in its development but simple in its emotions, powerfully reminds...
...haven’t heard of Khaled Hosseini’s book “The Kite Runner,” you’ve been living under a rock for the last 100 plus weeks that it has been on the “New York Times” best-sellers list. Now a fixture on Starbucks bookshelves across the nation, “The Kite Runner,” when first published, was a list of unknowns: a new author’s first novel and a story about a culture unfamiliar to most mainstream readers. Subduing those...