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  • I once tried surviving on a diet of lentils, wind-assisted fruit and condensation, but it turned me into a lank-haired, workshy, leather-hating muppet, with a matted beard and wild, bloodhsot eyes.

    Young Man, There’s A Place You Can Go « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Usain Bolt ran 9.85 seconds to beat his rival Asafa Powell (9.97) in the 100m in Jamaica, meanwhile Tyson Gay, ran the fastest 100m of all-time, a wind-assisted 9.68 secs, at the American trials.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Usain Bolt ran 9.85 seconds to beat his rival Asafa Powell (9.97) in the 100m in Jamaica, meanwhile Tyson Gay, ran the fastest 100m of all-time, a wind-assisted 9.68 secs, at the American trials.

    The 2008 Olympic 100m for men and some information about Merlene Ottey Not a sheep 2008

  • Lewis had three jumps of at least 29 feet, including a wind-assisted 29 feet 2%.

    The Longest Nine Yards 2008

  • A bit of ice shelf softening and wind-assisted sublimation would occur as a consequence.

    Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves « Climate Audit 2007

  • If true, it must have been an incredible, wind-assisted shot, as the teeming city of Old Sarum, which had outgrown its Iron Age site, was nearly two miles away.

    Salisbury to celebrate 750th anniversary in 2008 2007

  • If true, it must have been an incredible, wind-assisted shot, as the teeming city of Old Sarum, which had outgrown its Iron Age site, was nearly two miles away.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • He made it sound like a ride on a hang glider, completely wind-assisted.

    Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007

  • She also ran a wind-assisted time of 11.41 seconds for the 100m in Loughborough in May.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The Campbell University student got to the line in a wind-assisted 14.28 seconds.

    TrinidadExpress Today's News Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com 2010

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