And on the hot desert wind came the overpowering scent of everything I remembered from my life in Russia.

BBC: USSR to Promised Land

Offshore wind projects are evaluated in terms of their initial installed capital cost (ICC) as well as their life-cycle costs, which are often described as the levelized cost of energy (LCOE).

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Will residents make use of cooking classes, shiatsu massage and "life coaching"--or will they wind up taking them for granted, like a roof deck no one uses but everyone likes for resale value?

FORBES: Lush Life

However, if you value a quieter, more contemplative life, one punctuated only by the scraping of chairs after a leisurely lunch and the wind rustling through the lavender fields, a few miles back from the coast lies the picturesque village of Vidauban.

FORBES: Provencal Retreat

It would seem to me that most of those who energetically campaign against the planting of wind farms in their bosky vales do so not out of a profound appreciation of the dew-jewelled web of life, but merely as spectators who wish the show that they've paid admission for to go as advertised.

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