Word: winded
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...Then came a series of ads that mixed video of Americans from around the country coming together to build a wind turbine - the soaring symbol of green power - while a narrator spoke of the need to "repower America" by pushing politicians in Washington for a rapid switch to 100% clean energy in 10 years. Other ads showcased gleaming solar thermal plants, and other new clean technologies breaking the horizon...
...Castle to the dishes eaten by Chihiro's parents in Spirited Away (the fateful meal causes them to turn into pigs). But neophytes can get just as much satisfaction from the dynamic quality of the drawings. The opening sequence of 1984's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (a Miyazaki-Takahata film that predated the foundation of Studio Ghibli) is there as a lush forest drawn from high above, with blocks of clouds marked A to D - an instruction to the assembly line to animate them in that sequence, at a speed carefully specified...
...election campaign. His current role in the McCain campaign occurred after the candidate realized he needed someone fearless who could ride hard on ... McCain. Salter says Schmidt runs the campaign like the high school football coach he aspires to become. "If you blow it, you are going to run wind sprints," he jokes...
...most significant and widespread inundation of Florida since five hurricanes smacked the state in 2004-05. Aside from knocking fruits off trees, the combination of wind and rain exacerbated citrus canker, a disease that infects leaves and causes fruit to drop prematurely. Fay is likely to have increased the spread of the disease. Canker has destroyed more than 16 million trees in Florida. Despite $600 million in federal and state money spent to eradicate it from 1996-2006, the United States Department of Agriculture deemed eradication impossible after Hurricane Wilma blew through in October...
...gasoline and less carbon-intensive biofuels - and 1,000 bicycles will be available for use free of charge. The main stage in the Pepsi Center will be built out of sustainable wood and recycled materials, and the arena itself will offset the electricity it uses with wind power. Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) workers won't even have trash cans in their offices - to encourage them to recycle...