He showed me into a lovely rose-coloured room with intricate plasterwork on the ceiling and walls.
His head moved back, his gaze fixed on the ceiling, and his eyes were glassy.
There are bison and elk heads on the walls and other animal skins on the ceiling.
On the ceiling are astronomical charts made by Apianus for Charles V in the 16th century.
"There were many wires on the ceiling, and there could have been a short circuit, " he said.
He would watch the daylight wax and wane on the ceiling, or roaches creep slowly up the wall.
This effect allows geckos to walk on the ceiling, using tiny hairs on the soles of their feet.
Sparks apparently hit the soundproofing material on the ceiling which triggered the blaze, which quickly got out of control.
He gestures at the zodiac mural on the ceiling, whose light bulbs create a twinkling starscape over the arrivals hall.
When confined to his bed, Matisse would sketch on the ceiling by attaching brushes and charcoal to a long pole.
In the downstairs powder room artist Tracey Price painted a celestial scene on the ceiling and a French countryside wall mural.
On the ceiling was a handle the pilot could pull if necessary.
He is referring to the 23.9 karat gold leaf on the ceiling and chandeliers "handcrafted by the Ritz's resident gilder", he adds.
When Bobbie paused to check the color of light on the ceiling, Arianda sat back on the sofa, legs splayed, singing to herself.
Five years ago, he installed tracks on the ceiling and rollers to build a sliding wall system to transform the open-plan studio apartment into many different rooms.
He painted the walls with a mixture of lime to retard crumbling and hung muslin on the ceiling to catch falling dirt, just as the settlers did.
C. decorator Barbara Hawthorn transformed mauve-colored tiles around the indoor pool with glazed drywall stenciled to resemble sandstone and put twinkle lights and fish netting on the ceiling.
But there is something odd on the ceiling: Moroccan awnings.
The Senate and House are expected to vote today on a throw together strategy to avoid a default on the debt ceiling ( more on what the debt ceiling is here).
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My planned riches and success will hopefully allow us to burn that mini-van, complete with its empty juice boxes and mud on the ceiling, and allow us to finally purchase that luxurious SUV.
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Drenched in red velvet with golden-hued frescoes on the ceiling, the sumptuous interior is a beautiful place to take in one of the ballets, operas and symphonies that grace the stage throughout the year.
These children, you see, believed that the world was round, and that on the other side the little Australian boys and girls were really walking wrong way up, like flies on the ceiling, with their heads hanging down into the air.
Everyone talks about the glass ceiling and having to knock on the glass ceiling to get ahead.
His latest speech on the debt ceiling crisis and his speeches on the fiscal cliff have shown him to be as much a part of the broken system in Washington as anyone else.
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What Chuck and I and I think many people are curious about is this new, adamant desire on your part not to negotiate, when that seems to conflict with the entire history in the modern era of American Presidents and the debt ceiling, and your own history on the debt ceiling.
The real showdown will be on the debt ceiling and the spending sequester in March.
Even with the improvement in sentiment, pessimism remains high and is above average for the longest period of time in approximately a year. (Bearish sentiment never dipped below 30% during the 18-week period of from May 13 to September 9, 2010.) The failure of Washington to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling and the slow pace of economic growth remain key concerns for individual investors.
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