Word: ceilinged
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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One joining wall is a large window and above the picture, between it and the ceiling, is to be a long, narrow strip of frosted glass. This glass I liked to be clear, transparent as to see some trees moving their chanches in the wind together with the picture. The...
When Hennes returned from his safari to the shelves, he noticed newspapers in his room. These were crumpled and in some cases piled in such a manner that they reached the Kirkland House ceiling. Conservative estimates placed the job at a minimum requirement of 15 man hours.
Even on the flight from Port-AuPrince, Coak amazed reporters with his powers of divination. He prognosticated that the ceiling at Idlewild Airport would be 800 feet, which turned out to be wrong by only a yard and a half.
High Ceiling. Some cynics have an easy answer for McDonnell's fast rise on an original investment of only $200,000. "How could he miss," they say, "with all that Rockefeller money behind him?" Of his original $200,000, McDonnell did get $10,000 from Laurance Rockefeller. Later, Laurance...
Perón had hardly finished speaking when Buenos Aires' attentive police whooped into action. Five fishmongers were fined 5,000 pesos ($352) apiece and whisked off to Villa Devoto for 30 days. Next day, 20 butchers followed them, after shelling out 30,000 pesos each in fines. Miguel...