And all of a sudden, you heard the wind pick up, and slowly it got much louder than anything I've ever heard.

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Unlike the RX1, it didn't pick up any wind noise when filming outside nor did it suffer from the clicking noise problem that once plagued the 5N.

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Clemens may well have needed steroids to stave off athletic old age and pick up a career second wind.

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Indeed, it points to such laudable projects such as a low-cost, wind-powered land mine detonator -- not exactly the kind of thing one would pick up on the next Target run (even on sale).

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Now, the firm is hoping to catch a second wind with a tool that mines Twitter, Facebook, and the whole of social media in order to pick up clues about the public's view on a stock.

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