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“Matt, that’s swamp grass. It’s awful stuff. What do you mean, plastering yourself with it?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Since when is plastering a bumper sticker on something that serious of a crime?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I would have doubled over in pain, except that his weight was plastering me against my seat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Sweat was rolling down our backs, plastering our blouses to our skin when we finally reached the temple. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
That day he could smell the pale, almost blue clay the old women used for plastering the walls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
“We’re going to start plastering, so don’t move or talk. We don’t want it to crack.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
“Since when is plastering a bumper sticker on something that serious of a crime?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
There was no rug on the floor and the plastering on the walls and ceiling hung loose in many places. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The wind kicked up huge swirling waves of powder snow that washed down the mountain like breaking surf, plastering my clothing with frost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
We roared up the road, plastering our faces to the car windows, looking for any sign of our wayward Auk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Though Cootie could barely move his arms, he’d built the house on his own, teaching himself construction as he went along, hammering the plywood walls and plastering the inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Then suddenly, WHAM!, the engine started, kicking like a mule and plastering us up against our shoulder straps. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I'm on my knees, desperately plastering the bandage back onto his wound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
I had turned my back on him and the sledge and the plastering, blinding, suffocating snow in order to get my breath, and when a minute later I turned around he was gone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
It seems this talented New York artist-prankster fell on a summer night while plastering a billboard on the Manhattan Bridge overpass. Review: ‘The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone,’ by Adele Griffin
Instead of plastering the Earth with millions of antennae, the idea went, why not put them on a constellation of satellites that could cover the entire planet with a wireless signal? Highs and lows 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
However, Kragler was told to stop plastering the town with her stickers, which reportedly showed a nose and a warning sign, the BBC reported. Woman fed up with nearby cheese shop's alleged stench told to stop covering neighborhood in disparaging signs 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z
In the film, Edwards senior regards his son as a wayward loser and wants him to settle down to a sensible life of plastering. Eddie the Eagle: ‘I was probably closer to the ostrich’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z
Anti-spitting measures included fining offenders and plastering the signs on lampposts and streetcars. In 1918, It Wasn’t the Coronavirus. It Was the Flu. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z
Anderson, who lived in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, began his career studying fibrous plastering, but had to give it up when it gave him dermatitis. Thunderbirds guru Anderson dies 2012-12-27T09:57:48Z
While I’m usually not one to indulge in garlicky dishes with my morning coffee, I could not stop plastering thick layers of the condiment on slice after slice. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z
The skit follows two people as they visit a Portland boutique and “spruce things up” by plastering bird stickers all over the products. Brunch, beets and locally sourced chicken: the 10 best Portlandia sketches 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z
We tend to poke fun at more, shall we say, "fratty" displays of alcohol, i.e., lining the tops of cabinets with empty bottles of Jäger or plastering the wall with broken-down boxes of beer. Bar carts: Another trend or actually useful? 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z
She toggled between perspectives as she wrote, eventually plastering her bedroom walls with notes on butcher paper that helped her keep track of the action. Home Is Where Her Story Was. Leaving Helped Her Find It. 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z
In the early 1970s he created a mural of his own, plastering a wall along a deserted stretch of Overtown’s Goodbread Alley with dozens of his works. Purvis Young, a Self-Taught Artist, Dies at 67 2010-04-24T04:23:00Z
The scene where Elbe gets beaten up by people who ask: “Are you a girl or a boy” felt heavy-handed, plastering a familiar transphobic trope over a situation that was far more nuanced. A fantastic leap – trans cinema's breakthrough moment 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z
If Hollywood can’t learn from its mistakes before plastering them all over the internet, it can hardly blame the Twitterverse for pelting it with rotten fruit for getting things so very, very wrong. Why Max Landis is wrong about Scarlett Johansson's 'whitewashed' Ghost in the Shell remake 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z
For me, though, plastering rock and pop songs on to a horror soundtrack merely normalises that most precious component: mood. From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music 2011-08-18T22:00:02Z
Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children explored the perils of the internet by plastering the screen with tweets, URLs, texts and chat windows. Six things we learned from Toronto 2014 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z
When theaters in Britain closed in March, “everyone was plastering stuff up on their virtual walls,” said the organization’s chief executive, Fiona Morris, in a Zoom interview. 3-D Sound and a Zoom Apocalypse: The Plays That Come to Life Online 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z
And when the bookings fell away, he just returned to the plastering job, which he still does part-time today. Eddie the Eagle: ‘I was probably closer to the ostrich’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z
In another photograph, Ms. Weeks is sitting on the toilet lid, paper towels plastering her nose. A Sound Engineer, a Props Guy and Their ‘Beautiful’ Wedding 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z
Terry's more the painter, or even the guy that's plastering the walls or laying the stone. Sean Penn on The Tree of Life: 'Terry never managed to explain it clearly' 2011-08-22T10:00:32Z
It opened on Feb. 1, and the city of Ghent dedicated an entire year to the celebration of van Eyck, plastering walls and even wastebaskets with posters about him. When the Virus Came, Some Museum Curators Lost Years of Work 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z
She seemed perplexed, before handing off the flailing ribbon and plastering on a smile. Melania Trump is busier than you think, but as quiet as ever 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z
He says the continued plastering over the city of the name and image of the slave owner Edward Colston is a “reminder that racism is alive and kicking”. Paul Stephenson: the hero who refused to leave a pub – and helped desegregate Britain 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z
Whether rioting or partying or plastering their school in agitprop slogans, the characters are like a vast, anarchist organism. Olivier Assayas on Something in the Air: 'A rock concert, a party, a riot – these are the rites of passage' 2013-05-16T16:02:00Z
By plastering the walls with imagery as grandiose as Westminster Abbey and as mundane as fading green wallpaper, these projections spoon-feed scene setting that should be left to the set design and audiences’ imaginations. Review | ‘The King’s Speech’ amounts to a stale retelling 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z
There is no more self-effacing sobriety, no more conclusions plastering confusion and fury. The Irrepressibly Political Survivorship of Chanel Miller 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z
She calls the act of artistic vandalism “yarn bombing,” adapting a term for plastering an area with graffiti tags. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z
In one corner of the venue's parking lot, a crew was plastering posters along the length of the red carpet that leads directly into the arena. The Forum gets ready to go national with the MTV Video Awards 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z
But Trump, so far, has capitalized politically on his trials, plastering his mugshot on merchandise that has brought in millions of dollars and fundraising off every development. Trump isn’t accustomed to restrictions. That’s beginning to test the legal system 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z
She drove around Atlanta in a van with a picture of her face on it, handing out copies of her mixtapes and plastering her posters on buildings. Latto shows that big donor energy, gives $35,000 to her high school alma mater 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z
That was the time when the young began watching Cartoon Network and MTV, listening to Backstreet Boys and plastering posters of the Spice Girls in their rooms. The Archies: Why an American comic book evokes nostalgia in Indians 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z
But feeling "completely lost" after his GCSEs, he began a plastering course at college under the encouragement of his family. I felt lost after school exam results, now I run a £5m firm 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z
Why not try plastering a few billboards and bus stops with a reminder not to act like a monster when you leave the house? Americans have forgotten how to behave. Stop blaming the pandemic 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z
Ahead of the opening, Mattel created a product marketing blitz with more than 100 brands plastering pink everywhere. Mattel posts surprise profit last quarter, but Barbie doll sales fall despite movie hype 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z
Ahead of Friday’s U.S. release of the “Barbie” movie, parent company Mattel has created a product marketing blitz with more than 100 brands plastering pink everywhere. Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the ‘Barbie’ movie marketing mania 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z
An ancient artisan made it by plastering over a human skull and placing pieces of shell in the eye sockets. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
“Tinkle Tinkle Puppet Czar, Putin Put You Where You Are,” read the stickers that someone kept plastering on the restaurant’s front door. Perspective | Is borscht okay to eat? The politics of D.C.’s gastro diplomacy. 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z
It has also ramped up a broader public relations campaign, plastering ads all over Washington that tout its promises of securing users’ data and privacy and creating a safe platform for its young users. Gap grows between TikTok users, lawmakers on potential ban 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z
"A lot of people ask me 'what will you do when you finish football?' I will go back into plastering because I just love it," she says. Plastering is my real job - Man Utd's Williams 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z
Rare blizzard warnings went into effect in late February in the mountain ranges of Southern California as an arctic air mass plunged down the West Coast, plastering California’s coast ranges and the Sierra Nevada. Californians still digging out from severe snowfall 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z
LaBatt took notice - quickly tapping Anderson to become a spokesperson, plastering her face on posters and in commercials. Pamela Anderson memoir lifts lid on fame and heartbreak 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z
But the extravagance of Tudor self-aggrandizement is almost comical, and it wasn’t limited to the orotund Henry plastering his face onto biblical kings. Perspective | Learning an old lesson from the Tudors: Grifters gonna grift 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z
One fast-growing use is plastering the energy-generating films on the sides of buildings. Ultrathin organic solar cells could turn buildings into power generators 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z
At the start of her career she only trained twice a week in the evenings and made a living off her plastering job. Plastering is my real job - Man Utd's Williams 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z
The Naked Cowboy previously supported former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, including by plastering his guitar with Trump stickers, according to the New York Post. Naked Cowboy drops song endorsing Lee Zeldin in New York governor’s race 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z
She drove around Atlanta in a van with a picture of her face wrapped around it, handing out physical copies of her mixtapes and plastering posters of herself on buildings. At age 8, she knew she wanted to be a rapper. Today, Latto has the Grammys in her sights 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z
Friends and relatives became worried when they hadn’t heard from Hadyne Wilson for a few days last week, and they began plastering the area near her Chatsworth home with posters. Missing Chatsworth woman may have COVID-related psychosis, family says 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z
"That happened quite a lot," Harry says, gesturing at the photo of one housemate plastering dye on to another's hair. The Class of Covid are graduating - here's what uni looked like for them 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z
Even before the invasion, the 45-year-old was making posters reflecting on the political scene and plastering them around the capital. Some Russians won’t halt war protests, despite arrest fears 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z
Patriot Front is known for plastering stickers, defacing murals, committing other acts of vandalism and hanging banners off overpasses to recruit new members, particularly white men between 18 and 35. White supremacism, WA ties, death threats: What to know about Patriot Front arrests near Idaho pride event 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z
The outlets have also come under fire for plastering fossil fuel company ads alongside their coverage and actively perpetuating climate disinformation. "Gaslighting": Activists blockade NY Times and corporate newspapers for ignoring climate crisis 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z
"We saw it all, the fact that he was plastering his face all over the papers, bragging about how he's got out of the country," said Sheradyn. Rikki Neave: How killer James Watson was finally caught 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z
Winter storm warnings have been posted from northeastern North Carolina to the Canadian border, with the plastering of snow likely to hamper travel and bring widespread disruption. Blockbuster storm to bring blizzard conditions along East Coast 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z
And then when actors come and the director comes, that’s another layer of removal from the text, so you’re able to stand back and see it without the creative mind plastering all the cracks over. Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi tackles the interpersonal and political in ‘Hotter Than Egypt’ 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z
He took jobs plastering walls and welding pipes and he met Janes, a local girl who loved how he danced to the Bee Gees, Abba and Diana Ross. The unclaimed soldier: A final salute for the growing number of veterans who have no one to bury them 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z
The ugly details of claims for duck islands and gardeners, wide screen televisions and plastering of artex ceilings infuriated an electorate facing an economic downturn. What does 'sleaze' mean when politicians use it? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z
Falicon, a fashion student, never before identified with a political party, while the others plastering Zemmour's portrait in a well-heeled Paris district included former supporters of the long-standing far-right and conservative parties. In France, right-wing maverick's young supporters campaign to cheers and jeers 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z
The e-commerce company campaigned for weeks, plastering the warehouse and even a bathroom stall with anti-union notices, stopping work for mandatory employee meetings on the election, and bombarding workers with text alerts criticizing the RWDSU. Analysis: Amazon's win in union fight shows harsh realities facing labor movement 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z
He also said the rioters made investigations easy by being brazen and plastering their activities across social media. ‘The most patriotic thing I’ve done’: Tipsters aid FBI in most arrests in Capitol attack 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z
These services often ask users to fork over personal information like their email addresses or insist on plastering images with ugly watermarks or logos. Instagram has once again dropped the ball on a ‘top nine’ year in review feature 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z
Shortly after his arrival, the Liverpool Echo was running a somewhat heavy-handed promotional campaign which involved plastering large images of journalists on the back of buses, with inevitable consequences and insults. 'A fine, decent man, destined to manage Liverpool' 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z
Not to mention that plastering their body to the wall while blasters are going off and people are dropping like flies plays well into the scene’s moment. My favorite new Mandalorian character is a crew member who couldn’t get out of the shot 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z
"Andrew did the plastering and Mike did the footings," he said. How texts sent by man's murderer raised suspicions 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z
If Ireland is any guide, there will be plastering, at least on day one. Irish pubs reopened: 'It’s different but it’s nice to be back' 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z
The ADL says it helped authorities identify a suspect accused of plastering white supremacist and anti-Semitic stickers on a display case at Chabad Jewish Center in Ocean City, Maryland. Report: Anti-Semitic incidents in US hit record high in 2019 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z
Banks, airlines and Apple are plastering their sites with warnings about limited customer service. Press 1 for frustration: Customers run into record phone waits as companies grapple with worker safety 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z
Now, given the late hour, plastering my Rockville neighborhood with posters wasn’t going to help. Opinion | How a California animal control officer helped find a lost cat in Maryland 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z
Katy Perry, tearfully weathering divorce, plastering on a smile as she ascends to the stage in Katy Perry: Part of Me. It's my life: the rise of the pop-star scripted documentary 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z
Certain types of farm worker, and those who wait at tables, would not be in the new skilled category, but people with qualifications in things like carpentry, plastering and childminding would. How will new immigration laws affect care workers? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z
Waiting tables and certain types of agricultural worker would be removed from the new skilled category, but new additions would include carpentry, plastering and childminding. UK immigration plans 'devastating' for Scotland 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z
Before her work entered the mainstream, she was busy “sniping”, or illegally plastering her works on billboards and construction sites. 'The right has no trouble speaking their rage': Artist Barbara Kruger on America in crisis 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z
On Tuesday evening, as two men finished plastering the walls of the new office, Beth Chase stood in the middle of it all in shock. Community jumps in to help Chase’s Auto Salvage after fire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z
"He was driven by a passion, not for plastering broken legs, but for caring for people," she says. How a Jewish girl hid from the Nazis in an alpine ski resort 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z
Supporters of Chase’s Democratic opponent seized on that line, plastering it on T-shirts: “ ‘Do you know who I am?’ With Trump-style bravado, suburban state senator alienates her own party 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z
The little girl, Qasima, was lying on her back gazing blankly at the tent’s ceiling, sweat plastering her curly hair to her forehead. 'Now it's just ghosts': Yemenis living under the shadow of death by airstrike 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z
Protesters preempted the sweep by plastering pictures of Ho on walkways by Lennon Walls so cleaners would need to remove them. ‘We’ll just come back’: Hong Kong protesters push on despite sweep of pro-democracy murals 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z
After spending much of her recent press conferences plastering a fake smile on her face after losses, it was refreshing to see a frank and honest Serena Williams after her defeat to Andreescu. US Open talking points: big three chase history as Andreescu amazes | Tumaini Carayol 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z
Donald Trump is fond of bragging about his conspicuous wealth and buying power, plastering his name over buildings and gilding the elevators of Trump Tower. Donald Trump reportedly wants to purchase Greenland from Denmark 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z
The majority of local residents of Waskom interviewed by The Washington Post said they supported the ordinance and resent more liberal parts of the state plastering their views on billboards in a largely conservative community. A tiny Texas town finds itself on the front lines of the abortion wars 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z
Local law enforcement is also stepping up facial recognition technology with many cities plastering the town with cameras scanning anyone and everyone who walks by. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z
She said she had always dreamed of living in New York City, and collected magazine clippings and pictures of the city, plastering them on her bedroom wall. ‘Gay,’ ‘Femme,’ ‘Nonbinary’: How Identity Shaped the Lives of These 10 New Yorkers 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z
YY Development Group relied on the Trump brand to market the project, plastering its website with references to the Trump Organization. ‘Everything Is Stalling’: Inside a Troubled Trump Project in Uruguay 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z
They wore the jabs from curmudgeonly commentator Don Cherry as badges of honor - plastering his “Bunch of Jerks” insult onto T-shirts that sold for $32 at the team shop. ‘Canes surge into summer with confidence after playoff run 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z
They wore the jabs from curmudgeonly commentator Don Cherry as badges of honor — plastering his “Bunch of Jerks” insult onto T-shirts that sold for $32 at the team shop. ‘Canes surge into summer with confidence after playoff run 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z
A detergent company could pay the host committee to be an official domestic sponsor, plastering the LA 2028 and Olympic logos on its soap boxes. L.A. 2028 Olympics officials hope new sponsorship strategy results in revenue boost 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z
“I cook. I clean. I do window glazing. I do ceramic tile. I do linoleum tile. I do plumbing. I do plastering. I do painting. I’m good on the computer.” Perspective | A working life: O’Dell McDaniel had his first job at age 10. Tuesday, he turns 81. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
In some of the least-skilled jobs — like plastering, roofing and hanging drywall, for which workers rarely have more than a high school education — the share of immigrants hovers around half. Short of Workers, U.S. Builders and Farmers Crave More Immigrants 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z
The Israeli leader is, of course, doing his best to exploit his bond with Mr. Trump, including plastering the country with billboards showing the two of them together. Opinion | Trump’s Golan Heights reversal will damage U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East and beyond 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z
In San Francisco, BetterHelp is running a months-long marketing campaign, plastering the city with billboards and advertising widely on public transportation. The gig economy comes for therapists 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z
Regardless of anyone's opinions on the matter, plastering "PEOPLE LIE" across buses helps fuel a dangerous victim-blaming narrative that keeps survivors silent. Michael Jackson bus ads 'perpetuate fear' 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z
Other remodeling projects included plastering over a wall where the previous owner allowed customers to write graffiti, painting, installing a new floor and gutting the kitchen. Bar aims to keep small town alive as only remaining business 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z
“If it wasn’t for them plastering and staying on their receivers, I wouldn’t have been able to get to the quarterback.” Darius Philon is latest Chargers defender to make a key play as L.A. beats Cincinnati 26-21 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z
For Robbie Conal, a street artist who has been plastering American cities with devastating political portraits since the Reagan Administration, the motive is catharsis and revenge. Robbie Conal’s Oozy Trumpworld Portraits 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z
Otherwise, they did exactly as they pleased, plastering the walls with colorful Indian newsprint and choosing an eclectic array of their favorite multiregional specialties. Adda’s Canteen-Style Indian Dishes 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z
Sayoc displayed no political leanings at the time of the bombing charge, Lowy said, except for plastering his vehicle with Native American emblems. Florida bomb suspect is ex-stripper with a long arrest record 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z
Lowy said Sayoc displayed no political leanings at the time except for plastering a vehicle he owned with Native American signs. Bomb suspect has long arrest record, including bomb threat 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z
The jury of six men and six women heard Bogunovic was among four men convicted earlier this year of stirring up racial hatred after plastering Aston University campus in Birmingham with National Action stickers. 'Neo-nazi' couple named baby after Hitler 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z
When one too many bankruptcies drove away the banks, he started unloading condos to Russian oligarchs, who paid in cash, and plastering the Trump on hotels and condo developments in places like Azerbaijan and Panama. Donald Trump is the Bernie Madoff of politics: Con men from Queens who prospered from lies 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z
An outdoor ad campaign by Facebook strikes a similar note, plastering slogans like “Fake news is not your friend” at bus stops around the country. Facebook's pledge to eliminate false information is itself fake news | Judd Legum 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z
Her father was a plastering contractor, her mother a homemaker. Nancy Barbato Sinatra, steadfast first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z
The husband of Karen Fonseca, the Texas woman who became a celebrity by plastering her truck with “F– TRUMP” stickers, is now in trouble for driving that vehicle, the Houston Chronicle reported. Miguel Fonseca, ‘F– TRUMP’ truck owner, arrested in Texas; wife Karen Fonseca’s GoFundMe flops 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z
On a leafy street outside a private university in Medellín, Colombia’s second city, José Botero is plastering cars with bumper stickers. Colombia's polarised election raises fears for fragile peace 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z
The Trump family likes plastering its name over everything, books being no exception. Donald Trump Jr is hawking a book. The Art of the Plea Deal, anyone? | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z
The eclectic artwork and colorful tapestries plastering the walls of Tower Cafe reflect not only the international menu but also the ethnic patchwork of residents: Mexicans, East Africans, East Asians, Caribs and Europeans among them. You’re going where? Sacramento 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z
A few pieces hammered the point home further by plastering the word "platinum" here and there, a reference to the platinum charge card, a symbol of C-suite entitlement if ever there was one. For fall/winter 2018, Alexander Wang mines '80s-era corporate excess, platinum cards and all 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z
Elizabeth Oviedo, from Chile, followed other women in stripping off her bikini top and plastering her chest with mud. Flying sludge, dirty kisses at Brazil Carnival ‘mud party’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z
Mrs. Gray decorated the home, upholstering walls in animal hides and plastering shells on the ceilings. Resort-Style Home in Southern California Seeks $29.75 Million 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z
Soon, she started obsessing over the Kardashians — studying their contouring and eventually plastering their pictures all over her trailer. Jessica Chastain is leading the charge for a new kind of Hollywood, both on-screen and off – LA Times 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z
“Why do they keep plastering his face and his name everywhere?!” an infuriated Gray wondered. Life after death: A mother mourns for Las Vegas shooting victim through the 24-hour news cycle 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z
The joke was a nod to posters plastering the breakfast nook set up in a corner of the Fairmount Hotel. Site selection execs are in Seattle, but Amazon keeps its distance 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z
A brief few months after that, the company was plastering the streets of Europe and the US with billboards trumpeting the arrival of the first “Made by Google” Pixel devices. Google sets its sights on the iPhone with HTC deal 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z
“On the back end, I’ve got to do a better job of plastering and seeing who is open.” Redskins defense: Better, but still leaves plays on table 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z
It is instead the acknowledged master at continuing to happen all the time, at plastering the gaps at the edges with a high-grade football-shaped entertainment product. Transfer window a show in danger of overshadowing the football | Barney Ronay 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z
She and others of her class attempted to turn back time by plastering their faces with toxic white lead. The Real Lives of Women in the Tudor Period 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z
But despite being capable of pulling off rudimentary plumbing, wiring, rough carpentry, Sheetrocking, plastering and even some basic tiling, I’m not a builder like Trump is a builder. Old caulk, PVC pipes and wax doughnuts: Trump has leaks, but I don’t 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z
After leaving the Israeli Defense Forces, Zlotnitsky started a plastering company. Perspective | Can this contraption really help you sleep on a plane? 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z
Swearinger said the secondary has to do a better job of “plastering” — shadowing the nearest receiver when a quarterback scrambles, regardless of coverage. Redskins defense: Better, but still leaves plays on table 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z
Rather than plastering the buildings with the company’s logo, Apple’s designers say they will focus on restoring the building’s historic character. Apple offers first peek at plans to convert D.C.’s Carnegie Library into new store 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z
I contacted the Brick Industry Association for guidance, and they recommended that we remove the plastering, replace the damaged bricks and repair the deteriorating mortar joints. Renovation uncovers water problems in crawlspace, challenging our romance with our 1920s farmhouse 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z
When the Guantanamo Bay camp opened in January 2002, months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, European reporters flocked to the outpost, plastering front pages with the first images of terror suspects. Rights advocates warn of backlash if Trump pursues torture 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z
Despite colonising the world with pointless tech and plastering modern film and TV with fan-pleasing adaptations of niche comic books, nerds still had a taste for revenge. What Gamergate should have taught us about the 'alt-right' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z
Lance Herrington, 73, has long offended Democratic motorists on State Highway 71 in La Grange, plastering the marquee and other signs outside his classic car company with provocative slogans. Red, Blue and Divided: Six Views of America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z
Production did build a faux coffee shop for Mia to work in, plastering the walls with vintage photographs of actors like Lucille Ball and Spencer Tracy enjoying coffee and doughnuts. To turn L.A. into an aspirational dreamland, the 'La La Land' crew shut down a busy freeway — twice 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z
Fans of an online group named “the Betsy Riot” — devoted to “decentralized civil disobedience against gun culture” — are apparently plastering anti-gun stickers on copies of a conservative radio host’s book. Dana Loesch, conservative author, says ‘anti-gun zealots are defacing’ her pro-gun rights book 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z
They announced that they would be plastering drug-ravaged neighbourhoods in Los Angeles with posters showing his face and detailing the crimes that had earned him a life sentence. Poster child of US drug wars to be freed - BBC News 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z
They protested their imprisonment by plastering their cells with excrement. A $7.4 Million Heist Made for Hollywood 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z
McElroy said that extra outreach teams worked with the homeless community to identify the killer, including plastering pictures inside Alpha Square, all while the suspect was right upstairs. Suspect in attacks on homeless had long history of mental illness, criminal convictions 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z
It's an instructive difference and not a surprising one coming from a man who insists on plastering his name on anything he can get his very small hands on. Tricky Dick and Dopey Donald 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z
Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, buzzed with activity with men plastering life-size posters, depicting Rajinikanth's character in the movie. Tamil superstar takes over southern India ahead of film release 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z
They tended to try to hide the utilitarian roots of the original building by removing or plastering over timber beams and adding historically inaccurate details like fancy leaded-glass windows and grand neo-Georgian staircases. British Barns With Blue-Blood Prices 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z
Now he spends his days painting, plastering and sanding at a dry construction firm. Jobs project helps Afghan asylum seeker finds work in 'good life' Germany 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
But rather than turn our backs on this delectable food, how about we simply enjoy avocados and stop plastering pictures of them all over social media? Forget the avocado, here are the foods we’ll love to hate in 2016 | Fay Schopen 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z
In the spring of 2005, during a general election campaign, he was fined again for plastering signs that said “Muslims don’t vote” on the headquarters of the Labour Party. Police call him an ISIS recruiter. He says he’s just an outspoken preacher. 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z
Nets hang high above the pews from support beams to catch crumbling pieces of the ceiling, part of the original ox-hair plastering from the church’s construction in the 1870s. Crumbling south Boston church with original ceiling to close 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z
Over the last few years, he has sought access to mainstream politics, plastering huge posters of himself around Lyari. Karachi vice: inside the city torn apart by killings, extortion and terrorism | Samira Shackle 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z
“I don’t find plastering a gigantic team logo on my chest to be attractive,” he said. Game-Day Style for Grown-Ups 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z
After Donald Trump finishes plastering a snarling face on conservatism, any Republican nominee will face a dauntingly steep climb to reach even the paltry numbers that doomed Mitt Romney. The havoc that Donald Trump wreaks — on his own party 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z
He left school at 16 to work for his dad's plastering company in Middlesbrough. Why competing in the skills Olympics could boost UK growth - BBC News 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z
Trades such as roofing and plastering, as well as professions such as architecture and quantity surveying, are also failing to attract enough recruits.   Can we fix it? No we can’t 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z
Golfers also seem to do more than their fair share in my opinion but without plastering the news everywhere. 'Overrated' Fowler makes major point 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z
Having split the first four games of their nine-day run at Verizon Center, the Wizards wasted little time in plastering the visitors, welcoming them with a 30-8 spurt to begin the contest. Wizards start fast and cruise past lowly Knicks, 101-87 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z
International money transfer companies have been plastering trains and stations with ads telling consumers about new methods for exchanging money into different currencies. Are International Money Transfers The Hottest Start-up Sector? 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z
"You don't see people jumping up and down about it and you don't see Columbia plastering the news all over the place." Obama library would add to revitalization taking place in West Harlem 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z
Similarly, Force India limits outside sponsorship opportunities in favor of plastering its cars with logos for owners Sahara Group and former billionaire Vijay Mallya’s UB Group, which owns brands like Kingfisher and Royal Challenge. Formula One's Most Valuable Teams: Red Bull, Mercedes On The Rise 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z
Georgia’s is in the shape of – what else – a peach, while Tennessee’s secretary of state, applauded for shaping his like the Volunteer State, caught heat for plastering his name on it, too. Stuck On You: 'I Voted' Stickers Are Hot and Cool 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z
That set the tone for what was to follow as its shares took a plastering dipping 18% at one point. Can Norway's 'Mr Oil' Find BG Group's Mojo? 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z
Certainly, right-wing organisations revelled in Mr Putin's arrival, plastering Belgrade city centre with posters. Serbia's balancing act between Russia and EU 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z
J Street, using a song that topped the charts six years ago, is plastering stickers around major metropolitan areas with a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flanked by two Beyoncés. Rep. John Mica has a security tip
It's the Internet's equivalent of mailing postcards rather than plastering a billboard. Celebs turn to chat apps as cozier alternatives to Twitter, Facebook 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z
Late one night in June 2004, they pulled on black balaclavas and stole through the streets of Palermo plastering clandestinely-printed stickers all over the city. Addiopizzo: The Grassroots Campaign Making Life Hell for the Sicilian Mafia
Painting walls, plastering ceilings and fixing leaks are much less romantic than building a cathedral, but the ability to do these things would be much more practical. Try a D.I.Y. Fix for Public Housing 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z
Well, one Toronto resident is hoping to remind us of Drake’s roots by plastering pictures of his face on handicapped wheelchair signs around the city. The Latest Trend in Toronto Is Putting Drake's Face on Wheelchair Signs 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z
In 2008, during the Russian invasion of Georgia, they managed to hijack or disable all the key websites of the Georgian government, plastering one of them with images of Adolf Hitler. Hacker Attacks on US Banks Look More Like Fraud Than Russian Cyber War 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z
So running a multi-channel influencer campaign that includes email is much more effective than plastering an unwanted banner on a prospective customer’s wall. 8 Cutting-Edge Marketing Tactics That Work Better Than Facebook Ads 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z
Don’t bother plastering pretty quotes on the wall as you guzzle your Monster. 4 Ways To Kill Vampires And Energize Your Growth 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z
“I worry about too many signs,” he said, looking dubiously at the rainbow assortment of instructional posters plastering the basement walls. A Mission to Separate Organic Waste in New York City Trash 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z
Emergency alerts on cell phones first deployed in April of 2012, plastering weather warnings across mobile users’ screens, accompanied by a loud tone. FCC seeks to fix emergency system, allow president to send alerts 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z
Sterling was eccentric from the start, plastering his face on billboards and publicly hoping for a last-place finish so he could draft Ralph Sampson. Clippers' Sterling has long history of trouble 2014-04-28T22:32:38Z
Twain kept expectations high, plastering each town with advance publicity and indulging in offstage antics that enhanced his personal myth. How Mark Twain became Mark Twain: The amazing story of the lectures that made him a superstar 2014-03-22T20:00:00Z
Twitter has largely avoided plastering annoying ads into the service lest it alienate its fiercely loyal user base. Today Is a Major Test for Twitter 2014-02-05T14:29:46Z
In contrast, the number of young men working in skilled trades such as plumbing or plastering remains around 20%. Young women 'trapped' in low pay 2013-11-01T11:39:39Z
Mrs Cooke, of Cooke Estates, said she saw workers plastering both sides of the wall on Thursday. Banksy wall mural removed for sale 2013-07-26T08:53:55Z
But Apple got skeuomorphism-drunk, plastering the screens of its futuristically minimal devices with incongruous faux wood, leather and green baize. What is skeuomorphism and why has Apple ditched it for its iOS7 system? 2013-06-12T16:24:08Z
If I haven't lost you yet, here's the good part: GMA knew that just plastering another label on a package wasn't going to guide consumers into making better choices. Is the 'Facts Up Front' Labeling System Helpful? 2013-05-02T14:04:00Z
Musial thrived at the Dodgers’ Ebbets Field, plastering the right-field scoreboard and hitting home runs over it, and winning the grudging admiration of the notoriously tough Brooklyn fans. Baseball Great Stan Musial Dies at 92 2013-01-20T02:04:49Z
What I object to is plastering sound-bite labels on otherwise good ideas and marketing them more or less like miracle cures and diet pills. Think For Yourself--Best Leadership Tip Ever 2013-01-17T15:00:33Z
A few days into the finish plastering, Kelly Ray began assigning one of us the job of declaring a wall done.  Green Blog: At Last, the Straw Bale House Is a ... Home 2013-01-10T12:39:32Z
"Because I was doing drywall, the plastering thing was a natural transition." Green Blog: In a Lime Plaster Job, a Leonardo Moment 2012-12-21T12:30:00Z
In the late 1980s, he read a newspaper article describing Father Castle’s practice of plastering irate notices on the windshields of cars that were parked illegally on the church sidewalk, blocking congregants’ access. Robert W. Castle Jr., Episcopal Priest Who Turned Anger Into Activism, Dies at 83 2012-11-07T00:52:08Z
It helps bond the earthen plaster to the straw, and it was to be used in the first step in the actual plastering process. Green Blog: At One With His Trowel (Sort Of) 2012-10-22T11:19:23Z
He rectified that by installing mahogany paneling in the library, adding crown molding and plastering the walls. | Sold for $16 Million 2012-09-21T18:00:49Z
On that last day we finished up by plastering a red wine colored accent wall in the master bedroom.  Green Blog: At Last, the Straw Bale House Is a ... Home 2013-01-10T12:39:32Z
He made his name plastering buildings with fake-advertising stickers and posters showing an ominous, abstracted image of the wrestler André the Giant along with the word "Obey." ArtsBeat: Shephard Fairey Is Fined and Sentenced to Probation in 'Hope' Poster Case 2012-09-07T15:57:11Z
This switches genes on and off by plastering either their DNA or the proteins which support that DNA in chromosomes with clusters of atoms called methyl and acetyl groups. Cancer and epigenetics: Cancer?s epicentre 2012-04-03T16:18:14Z
The gateway has forked battlements, but is much spoilt by recent plasterings. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z
They made the place tabu, and used the clay, sometimes eating it, but generally plastering the hair with it. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z
A Virginian" made the following appeal: "There is still some plastering to be done in the tower, and the pews are to be made or bought. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z
From part of the wall the plastering was gone; it had fallen, and had never been replaced. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z
A large nail or screw may be put in to mark the place, so that the end of the tube may be found easily when the plastering is finished. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z
Limestone walls conduct more heat in and out than an equal thickness of glass, bricks, plastering, and wainscoting. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
The court heard the men communicated in code, referring to the plot as "a plastering job". Prisoner guilty of cocaine plot 2012-02-22T12:15:13Z
On the shore of this cove he procured the stones for the foundations and the sand for the plastering of his cabin. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z
When the wall is thoroughly dry it is plastered inside and outside with a mixture of mud and chopped straw, and if this plastering is repeated at intervals, the style of construction is very durable. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z
A long nail or screw driven into the block will serve to mark its place, and save time in hunting for it after the plastering has been done. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z
Mr. Ahmad created a public brand, plastering his photo in advertisements in ethnic newspapers and buying television infomercials. Edul Ahmad Accused of Defrauding Guyanese Immigrants 2012-01-09T03:09:55Z
In this way a perfectly smooth surface was obtained without any plastering. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z
Another plastering was ordered, another burst of melody followed the application, the mysterious strings were again fingered, duly followed by the rattle. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z
At least weekly I see someone careen around a corner in a big SUV with one hand plastering a cell phone to the ear. Banning Driver Use Of Phones Is Hopeless 2011-12-20T00:07:16Z
The chinks disappeared, and the plastering of the walls being finished, the wife and daughters white-washed them a dazzling white. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z
Frescoes are painted on new walls before the plastering is quite dry, so that the colours incorporate at once with the plaster, and dry along with it; acquiring in that manner a surprising permanency. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z
Brazilian fans cheered Neymar's decision to stay put this week, plastering his image over social networks, and his contract renewal also caught the attention of big business, eyeing marketing opportunities. Grass gets greener at home for Brazil's soccer aces 2011-11-11T18:26:40Z
Some villages are Alawite, the same minority offshoot of Shi'ite Islam as President Assad, and many Lebanese residents openly support him by plastering his image on the side of buildings. Syria refugees say they are trapped, unsafe in Lebanon 2011-09-29T11:58:24Z
After plastering him with sickening sophistries as to his "sweetest recompense," it gives the utterly unnecessary monition, "March! no fatal repose, there are still laurels to gather"! Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z
But man's forever drifting will Again took hold of him—again The fashionable quarter shifted: soon, Before some plastering had dried, Society packed up, went away. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z
The party has been plastering the country with anti-immigrant posters ahead of parliamentary elections on October 23, but what voters want to know is what politicians are going to do about the franc. Swiss face up to a franc mountain 2011-09-08T08:58:34Z
They would rather see the firm focusing on managing their money than plastering its name on billboards. BlackRock: Goliath 2011-08-31T19:02:42Z
In a long standing tradition, festival goers delight in plastering the boards with graffiti.  London Police Face First Post Riot Test in Massive Notting Hill Carnival 2011-08-30T10:03:24Z
The shell cut the corner of the house and passed so near me that the glasses of the window near by my bed were broken, and the plastering above fell on me. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z
That he did, and now the aggrieved — teachers, prison workers, food stamp recipients, doctors — are plastering him with lawsuits. Facing Flurry of Lawsuits, a Governor Loses a Round 2011-08-17T02:14:56Z
In one conversation before the surgery, she was concerned to learn that Trombert was busy plastering walls in his house. Keeping patients from returning to hospital 2011-08-02T17:18:03Z
Josh was never particularly solicitous as to the children, but he saw that they were fed and clothed—perhaps by mere force of the habit of his more reputable days of plastering. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z
I went closer to her, and she hurried into the larder, and came out with a roll of fresh butter and a new loaf, cutting off a thick piece and plastering it excessively with butter. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z
Sweat was plastering my shirt and pants to me like a skindiver's outfit. The Scapegoat 2011-07-14T02:00:09.903Z
The plastering of the sleeping-rooms was not so well dried as had been supposed. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z
I would not have believed it possible that any plastering or shearing in the world could have made you look so very ugly. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z
I noticed the rattling of the plastering over head. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z
"O child of this sick century, I see Thy grey-haired mother leering in her glass And plastering the breast that suckled thee!" The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z
He then told the artist that a few years previously they had had workmen in the house, doing some plastering and papering. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z
Its walls of hewn logs, brown from smoke and age, and chinked with yellow plastering, were almost covered with wild skins, and stag antlers; these last used as rests for muskets, and powder horns. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z
Another Etruscan trick was plastering over the side of a drain or a bank with a mixture of small stones stirred thickly into mortar like plums in a pudding. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z
Then, too, there was something rather nice in the way his hair simply would curl in wet weather, for all the plastering down. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z
I had the spot repaired during the wet weather, and, from the dampness, the plastering did not hold. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z
Gerald turned his head in mild surprise and looked upon a hole in the plastering behind. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z
The plastering on the rear walls of the lower house is particularly well preserved. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z
Much plastering was used in these buildings; the walls were sometimes thickly and smoothly covered. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z
The term is applied also to various tools, especially to many kinds of trowels used in plastering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z
During the race, he seemed to change colour as dramatically and as quickly as The Lamb is supposed to have done, sweat and mud plastering over his almost-white hair and turning him black. Claims Five: Greys in the Grand National 2011-03-25T12:43:31Z
And while writing this, Canada were plastering the Australian pace attack to the tune of 10 runs per over at the start of their innings. Ireland is learning to love cricket and merits more visits from elite 2011-03-17T00:06:01Z
"Surely working on a building site, plastering, would be easier than pulling a rickshaw?" Human horses 2011-03-05T12:02:57Z
This plastering was sometimes white, sometimes red, and upon it were at times pictures painted in brilliant colors. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z
The shells are frequently bursting ten or twelve at the same moment, making a deafening noise, and plastering the foreshore with bullets. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
I would tell them that the Coliseum is grander in its ruin than all their stuccoed plastering in its trim propriety. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z
Methodically, Shea went to the other shack and began to wash the dried blood from his face, plastering the cut on his brow. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z
The room was totally without furniture, the plastering had in many places fallen off and lay in drifts all along the floor. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z
They also put a floor in the cabin made of slabs, and put plastering between the cracks in the logs. Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln 2011-01-21T03:00:11.447Z
On what “plastering” is and how difficult it is to do… Plastering is, basically, just latching on to your guy. The Fifth Down: The Ryan, Sanchez and Revis Transcripts 2011-01-20T13:36:31Z
Late last year Airtel began plastering its red-and-white logo on billboards that show images of Kenya, including a traffic jam and a lion on a game preserve. Telecom Giants Battle for Kenya 2011-01-13T23:34:58Z
About 20 friends fanned across the country to promote "Vietnam's first online martial arts game," plastering posters in about 5,000 gaming rooms in three cities. Special Report: Vietnam's capitalist roaders follow China trail 2011-01-13T04:44:34Z
The idea is primarily motivated by commercial interests: the new England team sponsor, Vauxhall, sees them as a way of maximising its costly investment in plastering its name over all things England. Home internationals would be welcome 2011-01-11T14:14:27Z
The “Hartebeest-house” is a hut of rude construction, the usual materials being reeds and grass with a plastering of mud. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z
The mud procured in digging the entrance and exit was used in plastering the walls of the house. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z
First the Timbers: the team introduced four new players, filled out its coaching staff, signed a young English defender with Champions League experience and has been plastering some eye-catching posters around the city. Portland Timbers have new unis and a gaggle of other links 2010-12-13T23:31:05Z
Eventually, with the popular hubbub rising, the towing company relented, after plastering Mr. Zafaryab’s windshield with more than 40 tickets, and settled for a $160 fine. With a Sit-Down Stand, a Briton Kicks the Boot 2010-08-18T01:25:00Z
Mr. Koch dreams of plastering his enemies’ faces on highway billboards, but he laments what he calls a “shoestring” budget. Koch, at 85, Wages a New Campaign 2010-08-09T02:24:00Z
The plastering of Prokhorov’s image, so early in his reign, represents a “little sizzle but not much substance,” said Jason Schlossberg, president of Kwittken & Company, a public relations and marketing agency. 99 Problems, but Marketing Isn?t One 2010-07-02T01:55:00Z
So Deng travels into the mountains, plastering photocopied lists on the rocks, poles and village walls along the way. China?s Arranged Remarriages 2010-05-08T12:45:00Z
After studying plastering at night school and doing odd jobs for family and friends, he decided it was the career for him. Life after Corus 2010-04-19T05:53:00Z
Now semiretired from plastering, Mr. Wall continues to strike his coins — he can make 2,000 in a week — in the basement studio of his Red Hook home. Brooklyn Artist Makes Tokens and Gives Them Away 2010-03-16T16:32:00Z
Drug Enforcement Administration was also after him, plastering his photograph on wanted posters and mentioning him in testimony before Congress as a havoc wreaker in Mexico. 2010-01-13T05:55:00Z
We found a bank of clay that was rather free of stones and made a mortar by using water, making the mortar about as stiff as mortar usually used in house plastering. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping.
Instead of plastering, the old oaken cross-beams have been left in their original state, and the room is finished with a wainscot painted white, above which is a wall covering of Japanese grass-cloth. Remodeled Farmhouses
In those parts of England where tiles are manufactured such framework was often covered by tiles instead of being filled in with plastering. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance
They spent a long time in the morning plastering back their hair with soap and water, while in the ribbons of their straw hats they pinned inscribed medallions. Sinister Street, vol. 1
When the arm was bandaged, Mr. Atherton said: "Now I must get you to do a little plastering for me doctor." Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War
They weigh about 25 ℔ per foot superficial including plastering on both sides, and are composed of 4 in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli"
Later on plastering came into vogue and this made the rooms warmer and much more habitable. Remodeled Farmhouses
The plastering remains, and along the base is a line of painted ornaments. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II.
“Indeed!” she cried, dropping the stained handkerchief to the ground as she took another from her dress, plastering his hair back with her free hand. The Orphan
Only the old brick floor and plastering had to be restored. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia
She proved her elegance by wearing the most brilliant colours on her fat little body, and plastering the family jewelry all over herself. Confessions of an Opera Singer
Generally the Coptic Christians were content to build their churches within the ancient temples, plastering over or effacing the sculptures which were nearest to the ground and in the way of the worshippers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
In 1849, twenty years old, he began work at the plastering trade, but at the same time was attending school. The Story of Chautauqua
The Agency, therefore, preserved an air of dignity still, although its roof leaked, its shutters rattled, although its plastering was gone here and there, and its floors were uneven and decayed. Anne
Like most of the temples it is built of brick, and has a gray coat of plastering on the outside. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant
The master’s room, the painting, plastering, and decoration were untouched. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl
It took them about three months to reach the wall plate; the cost was 6s. a cubic yard, exclusive of the plastering. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)
After wandering about for some time, the lad spat upon some earth, and, plastering it over the smarting blister, succeeded in shutting out the air from it and secured considerable relief. Through Apache Lands
Their hair men use in mortar, too, Lime, water, sand and hair, They nicely mix and smoothly fix, For plastering, so fair. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children
He defaced the monuments wherever he could make them yield; and in many cases has preserved them for us by plastering them over to hide them from his sight. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition
Concurrently with this method of heating there is gradually being introduced a practice of using metallic lathing for the plastering of dwelling-rooms in place of the old wooden battens generally employed for lath-and-plaster work. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast
The internal fitting, plastering, etc., can be done in the winter, but the external rendering must not be done for at least a year, perhaps two years, to allow the walls to become perfectly dry. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)
The architecture is very simple, and shows Byzantine influence, but the construction is hidden by plastering. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia
Bosche was fairly plastering the whole trench, and smashing down our parapets in the most methodical manner. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.
I remarked that I thought it was very sensible and that I did not see what was ever gained by disfiguring a face by plastering it with paint and powders. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It
The plastering had here in great measure resisted the action of the fire, a fact which I attributed to its having recently spread. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales
The old plastering was frequently laid on too thick. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)
In a minute the plastering began to fall, and I feared it would fall on my head, so by hard work I dragged myself to the door, which I tried to open. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic
Snow swirled down the cliffs, plastering rocks and ledges until both footholds and handholds were hidden. A Mountain Boyhood
“The old story,” remarked de Spain, inspecting with mild-mannered interest the punctured plastering, “they always shoot high.” Nan of Music Mountain
Merely plastering the cement over the surface of the joint will always result in a leaking joint. Rural Hygiene
Before rendering or plastering walls, any loose earth or dust to be removed with a stiff brush and the wall surface evenly wetted. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)
He beheld walls bare of all decoration, simply a rough plastering of mud over the lateral logs; a frowsy cupboard, made out of a huge packing-case, containing odd articles for housekeeping purposes. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana
And a man should certainly not go and alter his outline into a feminine softness, by pouring oil on his troubled mane and plastering it down with a brush and comb. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences
One of these places, restored after the war as a cotton factor’s counting-room again, had, until a few years ago, a queer, clumsy patch in the plastering of one wall, near the base-board. Dr. Sevier
With the plastering of this mud the careful circularity of the work begins. The Meaning of Evolution
Lintels are usually of wood, and when plastering is carried down over these some form of key must of course be provided to hold it. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)
Arizona ceased plastering the soap on his saddle and stood erect. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana
There’s nothing that needs to be done; servants for every thing; and what does crocheting amount to, and plastering some little daubs of paint on some plush! Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad
When well mixed, add enough hot water, not boiling, to make it into a proper consistence for plastering, such a quantity of the above as is wanted. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
There was nothing to either except a one-inch board and a thickness of lath and plastering. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full
The long-neglected plastering was done, and the rooms in daily use were made comfortable. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies
He stood up squarely on his legs, eased by the plastering. Rimrock Trail
The cold rain beat down, plastering her hair to her head. The Saracen: The Holy War
“Perhaps they are,” remarked Sengoun, plastering an oblong of hot toast with caviar. The Dark Star
As it was, however, we received many of the citizens, who were so kind as to call on us, in the midst of all the confusion of plastering, papering, painting, and cleaning. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921
Coral was being got and burned, and preparations made for plastering the walls. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
Dampness, plastering, painting, and papering of walls diminish diffusion, however. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)
It is therefore during the laying, or afterwards, when the Anthophora is occupied in plastering the door of the cell, that the young larva gains admittance. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
There is something to play with in masonry—every stone is different—but to learn order by lathing and plastering! Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation
A large part of the work of the Japanese architect consisted in selecting rare woods and uniquely grown timber, in exquisite joinery, and in fine plastering. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
Two South Americans were leaning across the table, nonchalantly "plastering the board." Jonah and Co.
Two weeks had to be given up to the plastering of the remodelled house, and all the furniture was revarnished by their own hands. The Wind Before the Dawn
His ventral surface, which also is of a creamy white, likewise owes its colour to a plastering of uric acid. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
I’m going to hold my own against Dud Fielding and all his kind, no matter how they push; and I told Father Rector that yesterday when they were plastering up Dud’s eye and nose.” Killykinick
Eastshore has been becalmed this week and the dust from the plastering has settled on everything in the house—I'm glad Mother can't see it. Rainbow Hill
This indicates that the building had been used so long before it was deserted that the plastering needed to be many times renewed. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology
If lined inside, nail perpendicular lath to the lining 16 inches from centres, and on this lath horizontally for plastering. Woodward's Country Homes
The curtains were ragged, the paper peeling from the walls, and the plastering cracked into unsightly lines. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
“They’re working, up there,” he continued, a piece of old plastering falling on his shoulder, as they crossed the floor of the house, denuded of its seats. The Bill-Toppers
Hence, on one occasion, even a Hindu, a fellow-traveller in a railway-carriage, roused his kindliest sentiments by offering him a handful of cooked "dal" after plastering it over a little pile of "chapatties." Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885
Moreover, we are told repeatedly that the Spaniards employed “Mexican masons,” and found them “very expert” in the arts of building and plastering. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology
The shaping is sometimes accomplished by plastering the soft mass into wooden moulds, as in making bricks. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel
The Indian kept walking round and round the furnace, plastering damp earth on any holes through which the flame started. Adventures of a Young Naturalist
When the plastering was finished and the gilding applied, this would form, as seen from below, a handsome frame to the sky. The Bill-Toppers
That gypsum attracts moisture may be proved by plastering a hill of corn and leaving a hill by it unplastered; the dew will be found deposited in greater abundance on the plastered hill. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot.
He gave Lupe an encouraging thump on the shoulder, before plastering an aid pack over the cut. The Defiant Agents
For the benefit of the gas fitter, the piping should be tested again after the plastering is completed. Elements of Plumbing
Our first swarms that issue in May, or first of June, seldom use much of the article pure for soldering and plastering; but instead, a composition, the most of which is wax. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
The house was furnished with the very commonest of furniture, no carpets on any of the floors, no paper on the walls, and the plastering off in many places. Twenty Years of Hus'ling
Her aspect was remarkably ludicrous; the moistened sugar, clinging to her hair and plastering up her eyes, caused so much mirth on Gregory's part that he could hardly restrain it within the bounds of politeness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
As labourers they were employed in large numbers carrying baskets of earth on their heads, or mixing mud and straw for plastering purposes. In Mesopotamia
Some plastering was done to the walls after the forms were taken off, and the sides and bottom were washed with a brush with cement and water. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
Laths are the thin split boards which are nailed upon the sides of a room before the plastering is put on. Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge
The girl remained where she was, on the side of her bed, her slippered feet dangling, her eyes fixed on a spot where there was a three-cornered break in the dirty-gray plastering. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights
Concrete is also used for stucco work, that is, for plastering the outside of buildings. Diggers in the Earth
Wall-papering, painting, carpentering, laying up of brick, or the placing of a dry wall—plastering, glazing—the list is endless that as side-plays are possible to the man with an engineering training. Opportunities in Engineering
The wall plastering was from ½ in. to ¾ in. thick; it was applied in two coats. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
Then the plastering, being soft when it is put on, works into the cracks, and thus clings to the wood when it is dry and hard. Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge
He had begged a piece of board of Mr. Mogmore to cover this hole, and had fastened it over the plastering with four screws. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World
And when she is through I am the person sitting in the second row down front who applauds until the flooring gives way and the plastering is jarred loose on the next floor. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare
Meantime I am keeping open house, not much to my convenience, and I am afraid I shall be stopped in my plastering by the want of these matters. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)
The dry mortar is mixed with water to proper consistency for plastering, and is applied as a plaster to the surfaces to be waterproofed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
Then they take a wedge and drive into one of the cracks, and force it open far enough to let the plastering in. Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge
He was fixing a board to put over a hole in the plastering in his chamber. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World
These trees were first called wattles from being used by the early settlers for forming a network or wattling of the supple twigs as a substitute for laths in plastering houses. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
He doctored it in the usual aboriginal manner: first powdering it with wood ashes, and then plastering the whole side of his face with wattle gum. Tom Gerrard
The plastering cost $6.60, including a barrel of cement and the washing or grouting, two coats, cost $9.10, including a barrel of cement. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
During that day, I employed myself in tempering the clay for chinking the walls and plastering the chimney. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness
Primitive caulking consisted in plastering a wicker coracle with clay. The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
Be careful you don’t come through the plastering—there must be some sort of an open space over the central part of the house though I don’t know where there’s any way to reach it. Chicken Little Jane
It had been necessary to cut the wall paper, and the plastering, of course,—a daring thing to do, but the girls had felt no great qualm of conscience. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
On these jobs the concrete was made so wet that with the proper tamping and cutting of the concrete in the forms the surfaces were so smooth that no plastering was needed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
What do you mean by plastering your fence all over with red rags? At the Little Brown House
A house on one corner was perfectly shattered, while, just a few hundred feet away, the house on the opposite corner was not damaged in the slightest except that a little plastering was shaken down. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas
The walls of these were massive, but they are now very much broken down, and the adobe plastering is so eroded from the masonry that I regard them of considerable antiquity. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
Of course I'd like him to have curls, and to come from a nice family, and to be perfectly sound and healthy, and to have no bad habits—such as eating plastering or having adenoids. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
It was, no doubt; but it was also the soft breeze which now blew against her and accentuated the movement of her limbs by plastering her thin cotton skirt against them. The Choice of Life
They have sawed the lumber, made the brick, done the masonry, carpentering, plastering, painting, and tin spouting. Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child.
I have a faint recollection that a limekiln was built near the old landing and lime burnt before the walls and plastering could be done. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
The side wall, which has been less exposed to the elements, still retains the plastering, which is likewise found on the inner walls where it is quite smooth in places. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
About fifteen or twenty of the party went to the "meeting-house," a new unfinished skeleton-frame house of considerable size without any plastering—a mere shell. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.
The plastering stage was beginning when the agent in charge one day appeared conducting a young woman over the premises. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story
As I did so, I took another look at the house and saw with a strange pang at the heart that the plastering was on the walls and the windows ready for glazing. The Old Stone House and Other Stories
Yet there is a certain odium which satire has dared to charge our English ladies with, which is, plastering the features with whitewash, or rubbing rouge or red upon their faces. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812
In one or two places I broke off a fragment of the plastering and found it to be composed of many strata of alternating black and adobe color, indicating successive plasterings of the room. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
The tavern at which we stopped was an unfinished frame building with no plastering, and sash without glass in the windows. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.
We could also melt snow by plastering up the hole so as to get enough to drink, but boiling water was quite out of the question.” The Big Otter
We know of a nurse plastering an infant's body with this soap, so that it was blistered. Papers on Health
I shall be all right, with a little plastering and bandaging,—shall I not, doctor?” In New Granada Heroes and Patriots
These stones were laid in adobe, and apparently were plastered without and within, although little evidence of the former plastering may now be seen. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
He was aware of this habit of the male bird of plastering up his mate with her egg, and bringing her food while it was being hatched. In the Eastern Seas
Talbot led them up a shabby staircase just broad enough for one, between walls from which the crude plastering had dropped in spots. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond
“Ah! it’s a stupid plan that plastering,” said a conceited-looking chaffinch, joining in the conversation. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn
Having eaten this, he dyed his hair and, half an hour later, turned it up, plastering it with wax, and tied a bit of fibre round where the turban would come. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War
In several places there still remains a superficial plastering, which almost conceals the masonry. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
In the end she covers all up with mud, plastering it with her tail until it assumes the appearance of a mud oven or beaver-house. The Boy Hunters
Stud, Studding.—The vertical timber or scantling, A, which is one of the small uprights of a building to which the boarding or plastering lath are nailed. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations
They use no clothing whatever, plastering their bodies with clay, or mud, to protect the skin from the sun's rays. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War
The floor is of beaten earth well plastered with cowdung, the plastering being repeated weekly. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
The adobe mortar between the stones is much worn, and no fragment of plastering is traceable within or without. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
One or two men, with plastering trowels, should follow the pounders, wetting it with skimmed milk as they go, and set the floor as even and close as possible. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
I began to understand at last that the true aim of art does not consist in the smooth and delicate plastering of the colours. Rembrandt
Father Holland remained in the tepee with me talking over our plans and plastering Indian ointment on my numerous burns. Lords of the North
The laying of paint by an insensitive person, whatever it endeavors to represent, is not painting, but daubing or plastering; and that, observe, irrespective of the boldness or minuteness of the work. Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871
Without that, the rooms are liable to dampness, which would penetrate through the stone into the inside plastering unless cut off by an open space of air between. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings
On such soils this is most cheaply applied in the air-slaked form, such as is used in plastering and in quantities to effect the end sought. Clovers and How to Grow Them
All were astonished that he should presume to speak on that floor; they would scarcely have been more surprised if a strange debater had dropped down through the plastering into the audience. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning
Occasionally where a doorway or other opening has been repaired the evidences of patchwork are obliterated by a surrounding band of fresh plastering, varying in width from 4 inches to a foot or more. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
This earth is sometimes used in plastering up a nearby dam or repairing their winter home. The Human Side of Animals
Anyway, Harry Donnelle said they'd all go back with me to the place, because they thought maybe we'd get in trouble on account of plastering some honest, hard working calf with fly paper. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder
The interior of the kiva shows a number of successive coats of plastering—at least eight. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
The Professor," wrote his friend, referring to Thomas Cartwright, "is plastering us all with his Genevan ways. By What Authority?
The whole structure is bound together and smoothed over with mud plastering, and is finally finished with the gypsum wash, applied also to the rest of the room. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The inside of the wall is carried up perpendicularly, and the loam plastering inside becomes, after the first burning, like a brick wall. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health
As the plaster could only be painted on whilst wet, we can tell, by the marks of the divisions between the separate days' plasterings, how many days the larger individual figures took. Michael Angelo Buonarroti
Each coat or plastering is defined by a film of smoke-blackened surface. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
The placing of the frames of the octagon windows and the plastering of the interior of the dome are approaching completion. Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957
The vertical sticks in this example are barely discernible through the plastering, which has been applied with more than the usual degree of care. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The painter of Napoleon passed the self-satisfied dauber twice, not without some admiring glances at the way in which he was plastering the background of his landscape with indigo, by way of making a sky. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852
When Farley came to himself he was so sick over it he moved on to the Coast, and took up his trade of plastering. The Cow Puncher
There was no plastering in the interior of these rooms. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
The interior plastering could then have been done as a further precaution. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 A Concrete Water Tower, Paper No. 1173
In many places the adobe plastering originally applied to the faces of these cornices, as well as to the walls, has been washed away, exposing the whole construction. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The plastering was not required by the specifications, but was found by the contractor to result in a saving in ultimate cost. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159
"A mere scratch with a shrapnel splinter," I said, bitterly, "not worth plastering." Dr. Dumany's Wife
The interior plastering of the kiva is not smoke-blackened, but the coat next the surface is stained, as is also the third coat underneath. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
The full thickness would have been available, and less plastering would have been required. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 A Concrete Water Tower, Paper No. 1173
The outer end of the lower pole is supported from the roof beams by a cord or rope, the latter being embedded in the mud plastering with which the hood is finished. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The plastering around the place where he fell, and all the stairs, had been cut away by people as relics. Gypsy's Cousin Joy
But now their houses are three stories high: the fronts of them are faced either with stone, plastering, or brick; and between the facings of their walls they throw in their rubbish. Ideal Commonwealths
Such plastering is found throughout the region, but it is much more abundant in the modern than in the ancient work. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
Suddenly, "Miss Ellison," said he, with a smile, "I've blundered in your name; I neglected to put the Miss before it; and now there isn't room on the plastering." A Chance Acquaintance
On the opposite side of this same kiva a number of similar holes or depressions are turned into the mud plastering of the wall. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
Both negro rowers came up from their plunge and climbed like cats upon this platform, smearing a mire of sodden plastering over their homespun trousers as they crawled. Old Kaskaskia
The one who last appeared upon the scene, although assistant to the others, inasmuch as she carried the water needed in the preparation of the mud for plastering, had not seen the engagement just fought. The Delight Makers
Perhaps we may find in this a suggestion of relative age; not in the use of plastering, but in its prevalence. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
The birds reduce the orifice of the cavity to a very small size by plastering up the greater part of it with mud. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
Some of the masonry of this village is carelessly constructed, and, as in the other farming pueblos, there is much less adobe plastering and smoothing of outer walls than in the home pueblo. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
It is the mother bird who seems to do the plastering. Some Spring Days in Iowa
Over at the damaged house two beavers are up on the walls, raising the rafters into place; a third appears to be laying on the outer covering and plastering it with mud. Ways of Wood Folk
The interior plastering of kivas was always much more carefully done than that of any other walls. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
But those who preserved it to the present day had avoided the lamentable plastering which disfigures so many others. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry
The general rule of applying the interior plastering of the kiva on a base of masonry has been violated in this example. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
And it is in late April or early May that “the robin is plastering his house hard by.” Some Spring Days in Iowa
Then, in the somewhat weather-beaten top story, plastering and surface-washing went briskly on.  Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth
The southern kiva in ruin No. 10 shows a number of these on its interior surface, applied one after another, and now forming a plastering nearly three-quarters of an inch thick. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
In the town the shopkeepers removed their goods to the upper stories, plastering up the doors and windows of the basement with cement; and careful householders laid in provisions for several days' consumption. Round About the Carpathians
These specimens are very interesting examples of aboriginal lathing and plastering applied to stone work. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
There was nothing to the job but to install plumbing, move one partition, patch the plastering, and close chimney and other pipe openings cut in the days when stoves, rather than fireplaces, furnished heat. If You're Going to Live in the Country
He raised a big arm to point at a row of photographs plastering the bulkhead. Tales Of Hearsay
The floor of the tunnel and the sides were smoothly plastered, but the plastering does not appear to have been subjected to the action of fire. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
The unused outlets that have been installed for possible future needs may be sealed in plastering if the positions are marked so that they may be found when desired. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization
This was roughly built, with no attempt to impart finish to its outer face, either by careful laying of the masonry or by plastering. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The installation of piping for plumbing and heating is supervised carefully, as is the work of plastering. If You're Going to Live in the Country
The entire collection of buildings and domes are one color, solid white, from the plastering of ice and snow. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
I entered one of the huts made of palm-branches, and carelessly smeared with mud—an attempt at plastering that can hardly be called successful. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
She had white water-waves that escaped their decorous plastering into waving little tendril curls, and her mouth was as curled and red-lipped and dimpled as a girl's. The Golden Bird
The inside of these kivas, however, is usually plastered smoothly, but the interior plastering is applied on a base of masonry even in the case of the kivas that are wholly subterranean. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
Either special plastering or fiber-insulating board can be used, as individual conditions warrant. If You're Going to Live in the Country
One day he was plastering the inner walls of the cells in the dormitory of the Brotherhood with soft mortar in company with another Clerk.  The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes
Lintels of wood were seen in the windows, and rows of sticks standing in a perpendicular position were found in two of the walls inside of the plastering. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
He was known on board chiefly as "Hair-oil," from his addiction to plastering his bushy black hair with some shiny and odorous compound of that nature. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War
He had then built a log cabin, plastering its chinks with clay, and had set up a tall zigzag rail fence around the scene of his havoc, to keep the pigs and cattle out. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
There was probably little thought of plastering walls during the first two decades, and when plastering was adopted, clay, or clay mixed with oyster-shell lime, was first used. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America
They had a "far-awa'" cousin in New York, who, report said, had done well in the plastering business, and Sandy never doubted but that one Morrison would help another Morrison the wide world over. Winter Evening Tales
All this is done by the women, as well as the plastering of the inside walls and the making of the plaster floors. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
Is it, then, You, or is it some burglarious Devil that has broken into your bosom and stolen your soul, who is engaged in plastering over this infernal fester with smooth euphemisms? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863
To prevent it from catching fire it was covered with a thick plastering of mud, and then to keep the mud from cracking and flaking off we procured Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island
Nicky-Nan went back to his parlour, closed the door carefully, mounted the platform again, and resumed his plastering. Nicky-Nan, Reservist
Comfortable, but not wholly at rest, for no sooner did he close his eyes than the "fever of futile protest" asserted itself in turbulent visions of paper, paint and plastering. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure
"Gorry, I thought so," and Bill's cap went toward the plastering just as the last string of popcorn was given from the tree, and the exercises were about to close. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering
He was plastering the building and he had it leaning and he saw that coming and going was spending a whole situation. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories
Nobody in town, because Mrs. Boniface Newt & Co. have gone to Saratoga—no cathedral left, because some plastering has tumbled off an upper stone—no forest left, because a few leaves have whirled away. Trumps
In the parlour he provided himself with the plastering trowel and a sack, and wrapped the one in the other into a tight parcel, easily carried under the crook of his arm-pit. Nicky-Nan, Reservist
Yet, unfortunately, the plastering art died with the Montezumas, for the most vivid imagination failed to convert this rough coating into the "silver sheen" which so dazzled Cortes's little band. Inez A Tale of the Alamo
The radicals are away off at one side, and the liberals as far away from them as they can get, and both sides plastering each other with mud. The Ramrodders A Novel
The plastering is off in two of the rooms up stairs, and a part of the roof has fallen in over the bedroom and wood-shed. Bessie's Fortune A Novel
I calculated I should require for plastering my walls and building my chimneys, about a hundred bushels. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I)
Between the rough boots of the country youths and the chairs pushed or tipped against the wall, both woodwork and plastering were almost ruined, and the new house carried a lasting reminder of the festivities. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
A grey rain was plastering the leaves on the soggy ground; puddles accumulated in the scarred road; the smoke from the smithy hung low on the roof. The Three Black Pennys A Novel
Painting adds something from the outside, plastering over the canvas with extraneous matter, while sculpture cuts away the unnecessary material and reveals the angel in the marble. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy
I, you may imagine, shall wait at home all the evening for the crippled ones, and Jack is to go halves in what I get for plastering them up. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841
This is the easiest and most expeditious way of burning lime; but the lime is not so white, and there are more pieces of unburnt stone, which make it not so good for plastering. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I)
There are a great many Italian immigrants here, and most of the building and plastering work is done by them. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
The grout escaped at every point, and it occupied the attention of the masons both inside and outside to stop it promptly by plastering clay on to the openings from which it was running. Vanishing England
Wedged in among the protruding sticks was nest above nest, plastering the great pile over, making it almost grassy with their loose flying ends. Roof and Meadow
Cattle-dung, as fuel; as tinder; in plastering huts; in making floors; in dressing skins. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
It made no difference what kind of work one was going about,—plastering, brick-laying, or digging of ditches,—like a sensible fellow, he went fresh and clean to it every day. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies
With the wet snow plastering his back he climbed out of the saucerlike valley to the rear premises of the Ball place. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod
All day long from morning till night,—but most particularly from ceilings to floors, sweltering workmen scurried up and down step-ladders stripping dingy papers from dingier plasterings. The White Linen Nurse
Such a peace would be a mere plastering over of an unhealed wound, which would break out again before many years were over. Native Races and the War
At any rate, I care to believe that while Cesarotti sat "composing" his tribute comfortably at the table, Alfieri's impetuous soul was lifting his tall body on tiptoe to scrawl its inspirations on the plastering. Italian Journeys
In any case, the best quality of plastering is none too good. Homes and How to Make Them
Our guns had never stopped all the time; they were now plastering the third line trenches. Mr. Britling Sees It Through
And this seems only plastering and patching what can't be patched. Real Folks
"You got a hard crack and no mistake, young man," the physician said, plastering his patient's head in a workmanlike manner. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper
Enoch T. Kent at Saugus and his brother, Edward S. Kent, at Cliftondale, are engaged in washing crude hair and preparing it for plastering and other purposes, such as curled hair, hair cloth, blankets, etc. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884
The plastering beneath it may be given a different tint from that above, and when the walls are high its effect is good. Homes and How to Make Them
They started in plastering the Germans overnight, and right on until it was just daylight. Mr. Britling Sees It Through
The dwellings were one story high, their walls being of wood with a plastering of mud. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold. John Rutherford, the White Chief
Only it makes me long to take off my coat and practise some honest trade or other—plastering, or carpentering, or painting. Marcella
The house wasn't done but the plastering was dry, and the paint too, what there is of it, and enough rooms were finished to hold us comfortably. Homes and How to Make Them
I suppose you decipher the matter out of this plastering and smearing; and will do what is needful in it. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
At Dubetchnya they were plastering the inside of the station, and building a wooden upper storey to the pumping shed. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
Every day a new leak bursts out, and he is in plastering and scoring, the pump going constantly. The Personal Life of David Livingstone
But the walls are dry downstairs, and we only need a pavement, and plastering, and doors and windows, and papering and some furniture to make one of the rooms quite habitable. Don Orsino
Even after the plastering is dry, the floors laid, the windows in, and perhaps the greater part of the interior woodwork in place, the actual labor of finishing is but fairly begun. Homes and How to Make Them
Let us throw down the old plastering that conceals the facade of art. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
When I was in Seoul, there was a great feud between the butchers and those practising the noble art of plastering the houses with mud. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm
Walls were perforated, plastering and ceiling fell, chimneys tottering or spreading over yards and out into the streets. History of Kershaw's Brigade
The men have begun to push work on the house, and it is expected that the plastering will be done this week. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2
It would hardly need any studs except as furrings for lath and plastering, and would be very warm. Homes and How to Make Them
No sooner had the masons finished the plastering of the inner walls and cementing the floor, than they began on a two-roomed cottage. A Texas Matchmaker
They entered, but were driven back by the baffling smoke and the flames that were now licking all over the dry plastering of the room. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession
Just then a bit of plastering fell from the ceiling and hit him squarely upon the head. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations
The whole is then covered with a smooth coating of the wet clay, which is denominated "plastering." Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest
It is seldom well done, it injures the frame, and costs more than back plastering, without being much if any better. Homes and How to Make Them
Sullen at this punishment, she took a nail and began to bore holes in the plastering. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
It discharged instantly, and shattered the plastering of the stairway, making it fly in all directions. Isaac T. Hopper
Nature is a back number with them; they must for ever be plastering their noses with powder—not just privily, as used to be the better way of faded charmers, but shamelessly in public places. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919
I commenced by plastering up the entrance to their present dwelling with clay, leaving only room to admit the bowl of my pipe. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
Suppose common floors will answer, and common plastering for the walls, if I paper; but shall I,—or do you recommend frescoing; and what do you say to cornices and other stucco-work? Homes and How to Make Them
Most of the civil officers, however, dug square holes in the ground, over which they built log huts, plastering the cracks with mud. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859
But there was neither chimney nor plastering, for Heaton had neither bricks nor lime. The Crater
Unfortunately, the plastering mania, which has robbed the interior of so many French churches of their venerable air, has not spared this one. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine
We projected plastering the walls with clay; but these finishing touches we deferred to a future time, contented that we had provided a shelter for our cattle and fowls. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
It is cheaper, cleaner, and better to apply it directly to the plastering, either in oil or water-colors. Homes and How to Make Them
For instance, we possess a series of receipts by Piero Rosselli, acknowledging several disbursements for the plastering of the roof between May 11 and July 27. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
All did very well, but the stone was found to be much the preferable material, especially where the plastering within was furred off from the walls. The Crater
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