Word: winded
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...offered “a special thanks to our freshmen friends in Holworthy for making such an extended effort to bring this to our attention.” Schofield-Bodt and Jones say that time constraints will prevent them from changing the tour route to wind around Mower. Instead of tour guides pointing to Holworthy when talking about Gore and Jones, Schofield-Bodt says they will now “just not point anywhere at all.” The two are now asking for the campus’ help to find the former residence of Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski...
...While old, rickety wooden mills dot ranchlands across Texas - pumping water for stock tanks and standing as emblematic silhouettes of the Old West - their modern 400-ft.-plus-tall steel counterparts have sprung up across the state, pushing Texas into the lead over California as the country's top wind-energy producer. With the backing of environmental groups and the support of the state's conservative Republican leadership, wind-energy projects are increasing in number...
...there is little regulatory oversight of the projects, and so the fight is being taken to state courthouses and pitting neighbor against neighbor. The first lawsuit is set to begin in this week in Abilene as 18 residents of Taylor County sue their neighbors and FPL Energy, claiming the wind turbines are a public nuisance that spoil their views, create noise and cast strobelike flicker effects as the sun sets behind the giant propellers...
...these subscribers were from the United States, while the rest were from over 50 other countries. Malan said the article has prompted a number of letters from web surfers. “Just the other day, we received such notes from new subscribers as: ‘Got wind of the podcast for the class out of Wired. I must tell you that it is terrific....I own three Macs and use my computers all the time but I never quite understood a lot of the basics.’” Student Eric Goodwin listens to lecture podcasts...
...Still, Benedict ultimately made clear that he will be tweaking, rather than changing, his fundamental message on inter-faith dialogue. In the speech to diplomats, he called out rather pointedly for religious freedom - using the secular Muslim state of Turkey as an example. The following passage may well wind up being the strongest of the entire voyage: "The fact that the majority of the population of this country is Muslim is a significant element in the life of society, which the State cannot fail to take into account, yet the Turkish Constitution recognizes every citizen's right to freedom...