Technology advances in the last few years have replaced older, faster-moving windmills with new, self-monitoring turbines whose 150-foot long blades adjust to wind direction and speed.

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Huge 80-metre-long turbine blades, made in a single span, for vast wind farms out at sea.

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Immediately after the race, Mr. Pistorius complained bitterly that his rival's blades were too long, giving him an unfair advantage.

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There he makes wine and displays his European arms and armor, including seven 16th-century pikes (2.5-meter-long spears) and halberds (pikes with hatchet blades).

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There he makes wine and displays his European arms and armor, including seven 16th-century pikes (8-foot-long spears) and halberds (pikes with hatchet blades).

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Alves tried his luck from long range 11 minutes before the interval, and Blades' keeper Kenny was forced to punch away his powerful shot.

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Trading standards officers seized a haul of knives, including kitchen knives, craft knives and carving sets with blades ranging from three to eight inches long.

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By comparisons, the largest blades currently turning offshore are just over 80 yards long in 5-6 MW machines.

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The meeting between Blades and Meckler just possibly might prove to have explosive long-term political impact.

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