The blinds were shut, and a dog barked when there was a knock at the door.
Summers were for sweating, and for drawing the blinds, and for sleeping on porches.
In our bedroom, Diana seemed not to care if the blinds were open when she was dressing or undressing.
To keep the tournament moving, the blinds (rotating antes) were raised every 30 minutes or sooner, effectively wiping out stragglers.
For the best views of the cranes, head to the blinds at the 1, 150-acre Rowe Sanctuary, about 20 miles southeast of Kearney.
It is said that he would have the blinds of his carriage shut so he did not have to look at Carbisdale.
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The only light in the room was street light seeping in through the blinds, and a rose-colored hue from the digital clock by the bed.
The blinds at the Japanese embassy were drawn shut - as they usually are for this weekly protest, reports the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.
Of course, many jobs would be created by closing the blinds.
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The receptionist showed me how to work the air conditioning, the television, the blinds, the Internet, but I only had one feature on my mind: the bathroom.
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When Tim Tebow is bummed, he doesn't pull down the blinds, blast the Fleetwood Mac and drink red wine out of a Mason jar, like everybody else does.
The blinds at the Hakken household were drawn tight Wednesday.
Mr. Myer himself lives in a circa-1880 home with plasma TVs, Lutron motorized shades, and a button marked "movie time" that dims his great room and lowers the blinds.
Four Collier County police officers stepped out and began to confer, then approach, by which time he had let the blinds snap back and was rushing toward the rear rooms.
' So I answered the ad, just to see what it was, and the next thing you know I was in a motel room with the blinds drawn, talking to a CIA recruiter.
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In the sun room, for example, where Mr. Ye kept the traditional blue-gray-black wall paintings, the workers decided to save money by using plastic in the ceiling blinds instead of the wooden slats Mr. Ye had requested.
He widened a gap in the Venetian blinds and squinted out into the sun.
With the sun stabbing at them through their window blinds, the two old men struggled to their feet and lurched out onto their adjacent verandas, emerging at almost the same moment, like characters in an ancient tale, trapped in fateful coincidences, unable to escape the consequences of chance.
It is so close to the palace that special blinds are placed on some windows of the 23-storey building to prevent peeping into the royal grounds.
Lifting a slat of the half-closed blinds, I watched him make his way along the front walk with the sample case pulling him to one side.
Joss Graham, in London, has the prettiest cane blinds from India (available at jossgraham.com).
"A reluctant reality, " says Mr. Linley, whose clients often insist on Lutron lighting systems that allow you to control the light, blinds and television with a remote.
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The coating can eliminate the need for blinds and can enable a business to install a heating, venting and air conditioning system that is 30% smaller than would otherwise be needed.
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It is the colour that stands out: a milky white marble with gold atop the domes and a vast marble courtyard that blinds you in the midday sun.
Economics students usually hear of Bastiat first via his famous Petition on Behalf of the French Candle Makers, where he, tongue-in cheek, implored the French Parliament to require the closure of all blinds, shutters, etc. because sunlight was providing unfair competition to the candle makers in the provision of light.
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Ongoing renovations at the hotel will see the introduction of electronic window blinds in all rooms (all of which have excellent views of either the Cotopaxi or Pichincha volcanoes) and renewed local art.
Here, 140 species of birds can be spotted from the protective cover of blinds and boardwalks.
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His most widely quoted passage is his facetious petition to the French parliament on behalf of the French candle makers seeking passage of a law requiring the closing of all blinds, shutters etc.
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