Where democratic institutions take hold, we add a wind at their back.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

Some things that actually wind up being really important take more than 10 years to get popular.

某些事需要10年，甚至更长时间,才会真正显现出重要性来。

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"Verizon's timing was clearly intended to take wind out of Google's plans, " says Scott Ellison, vice president of mobile and wireless communications at market research firm IDC.

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But then he had to go and take the wind out of our sails.

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It is uncertain how long the case will take to wind its way through the legal channels.

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