The anceint Anasazi Indians in the desert SouthWest US used passive solar to heat and cool their cliff side dwellings 1, 000 years ago.
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You see one single flower nodding on a cliff side far across the canyon, or a huge knot in a redwood tree looking like Zeus' face, or some of God's little crazy creations goofing around in creek pools (zigzag bugs), or a sign on a lonely fence saying 'M.
Since those owners are avid golfers, they built a fine course, a par-71, Tom Doak--designed layout with greens cut into cliff-side ravines and water views from every hole.
Although your villa is perfect for loafing in utter privacy, you'll definitely be drawn to the main "piazza" of this magical village, a large cliff-side reflecting pool with "islands" exploding in flamboyant lilies and frangipani.
Three hundred feet up the side of a cliff and I was suddenly falling.
Being raised on the side of a cliff anywhere tends to favor the strong, sure-footed and stocky, and the environment of the Andes is a particularly punishing place to grow up.
Along with the visions come the isolation, the anger, the sadness or the post-war confusion -- strong, heavy feelings that could easily, if you let them, pull you over the side of the cliff.
In any case, progress in averting the fiscal cliff will depend on one side acknowledging the need for more tax revenue and the other side acknowledging the negative incentive effects of higher marginal tax rates.
On the flip side, the fiscal cliff is taking its toll on these companies, specifically by harming consumer confidence and possibly pushing some to not complete a purchase.
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Thus, despite all of the political efforts, the impact of the tax side of the fiscal cliff negotiations for the middle class may be a world virtually indistinguishable from the pre-cliff world.
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I've said -- you've never heard me say if we go off the cliff, the American people will blame one side or the other.
"We then loaded up onto a minibus and off we went to the cliff and then we were told us to go over the side, " he said.
It sits atop a cliff on Cambodian soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side.
On one side of this huge rock is a sheer 200-foot cliff.
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Both teams were playing with real ambition and when Cipriani landed a penalty either side of half-time to cut the gap to six points it looked as though a cliff-hanger was in the works.
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