Word: winded
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...result of this website and my apparent lack of discretion, everyone knows my business and I kind of want to go into hiding.” “Okay, here’s a resolution: I think I’m going to throw caution to the wind. And with it, my reputation, but hey, that’s already shot to death. Privacy policies still stand. If you’re my friend and I blog about you, I’ll remove said post/reference at request. Other than that, no holds barred. What?...
...finishing second behind Yale. “We didn’t get a lot of races in because of the weather,” Watson said. “That meant we had to be more consistent. Our crews did a really good job with the tricky wind. When it’s really shifty, they always have to be on their toes adjusting.” The men’s team fared less successfully in the largest intersectional of the weekend, the Danmark Trophy, hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. With senior captain Clay Johnson also...
...Talent is running against a headwind," says David Robertson, political scientist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. "McCaskill has the wind at her back...
...Even in the throes of passion, Malouf's characters have a tendency to sublimate their feelings. Like Jo, who "wanted a love that would be overwhelming, that would make a wind-blown leaf of her, a runaway wheel," the acclaimed Australian writer, now 72, prefers to explore more spiritual intimacies. This is the theme of his seven new short stories, each in its own way a memento mori. In War Baby, an abandoned son wears his late father's R.A.A.F. greatcoat in preparation for fighting in Vietnam; in Elsewhere, a Blue Mountains father grieves for his lost daughter by reading...
Some insurers, however, insist that they are going to begin investing in more environmentally friendly energy projects. For the past year, German giant Allianz Capital Partners has been assembling a team dedicated solely to renewable-energy investments and led by David Jones, Shell's former head of wind energy. The company estimates it will have about $600 million invested in renewable-energy infrastructure projects over the next five years--notably in wind-turbine hardware. "We have identified renewable energy as an absolute growth market," says Thomas Ptter, chief executive of Allianz. He points to China's embrace of wind...