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Windsurfing is best where the prevailing winds and wide sandy bays allow the sail to catch the breeze.
The prevailing wind, known as the Poniente, is from the west, making the beaches among the windiest in Europe.
Department of Labor reflecting the prevailing wages in the particular agricultural sector.
The choice between the prevailing theory and Renfrew's depends on whether one accepts a “wave” theory, first promulgated more than a hundred years ago by Johnanes Schmidt, a German linguist, or one of indigenous development.
In La Repubblica of Rome, the columnist Bernardo Valli discussed the prevailing skepticism of American economists and media opinion toward the single European currency, the euro, citing Milton Friedman's prediction that it would fail and Martin Feldstein's (in Foreign Affairs ) that it could lead to bitter conflict in Europe.