The estancia house and its lavender gardens are ringed by poplars, which offer protection from a whistling wind.

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As for Mr Kerry's claim that once he is in the White House other nations will gallop to America's rescue in Iraq, this is whistling in the wind.

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On of my best memories of having stretched ears was when I was walking in the Yorkshire Moors and the wind was whistling through the holes in my ears.

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What was thrown into the neighborhood garbage pails after Thanksgiving had fed me nicely for several days, but I was chilled as I foraged, and within a week the wind was whistling through the siding of my attic hideout.

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