With this exhibit, however, one sees fabulous colorful shapes as one looks up at a glass ceiling. ... The Persian Ceiling is made completely of glass shapes of varying sizes, colors, and shapes. ... The Persian Ceiling has a whimsical quality to it. ... The Persian Ceiling pulls you in. ... The clear glass ceiling holds a multitude of colorful forms ("Persians ") that suggest starfish, jellyfish, calla lilies, ocarinas, lily pads, amphorae. ...

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There is a certain theory called the glass ceiling. The glass ceiling is an invisible barrier that separates women and minorities from top management positions. ... Another reason for the persistent glass ceiling is the regulation of women to be less visible positions and projects so that their work fails and it comes to the attention of top executives. ... There has also been changes made in career advancement by eliminating the "glass ceiling". ... Although a mentor program can help achieve great progress in breaking the glass ceiling. ...

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There were standing and hanging lamps, piano lamps, and library lamps, desk lamps, and reading lamps, wall fixtures and ceiling fixtures. ... The glass shades could be made in one piece, blown in the same way as Tiffany vases. Other shades incorporated pressed turtle-back glass tiles in a bronze form. ... Each piece of glass depicted in the drawing would have been numbered in sequence. ... Over all I enjoyed the art and it did inspire me to work on more stained glass pieces of my own. ...

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Another problem that is apparent is "the glass ceiling." The "glass ceiling" refers to the invisible barriers to the promotion of women within a discriminatory firm allowing very little upward mobility. ...

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They have what is called the glass ceiling in the workforce which prevents women from progressing as quickly as men, and if they do get promoted, it takes them longer and with more of a struggle than their male co-workers. ... They also need to get rid of the glass ceiling: it does not make any sense for there to be any inequality in the workforce. ...

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First off and obvious due to the reading, women will reach high levels of management due to starting their own businesses and therefore will not deal with the glass ceiling. ... Even though SOME discrimination still exists, higher education has aided cracking the great glass ceiling. ...

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The glass ceiling for woman still has yet to be broken. ... I would like to call for action in the current workforce to set goals and work toward breaking the glass ceiling currently in the workplace today. ...

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The night of November 9, 1938 became known as Kristallnacht, " Night of broken Glass". ... The broken glass of Jewish stores and home was all over the streets of German cities and towns. ... The soldiers at the camp dropped the gas from the ceiling and would watch them suffer and die from windows on the outside. ...

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Every detail reinforces Wright's vision; floors and ceiling expand outward independently, vertical elements extend this movement skyward, and windows meet at the corners of rooms, opening to erode the very notion of containment. ... The woodland panorama will be framed in windows that are merely commodious bands of glass with glass door panels opening onto the parapets flanking every room." ...

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Whilst I listen, my eyes are drawn to the corner where the walls and ceiling converge; it is always glazed by faded streaks of light where the tiny dust motes hover. ... I don't want my boy to be hounded by those women; I safely keep him in the house, away from any possible danger with hefty draperies drawn across the glass windows to forbid any possible view of one and any possible attraction to one. ... During this time of the year, there was always a stained-glass clarity to the sunbeams. ... Black and brown mould, dots the ceiling in clusters, evident of rain seeping through the roof....

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The materials include: butter, cotton, fiberglass, newspaper, plastic, saw dust, and suspended ceiling tile. ... The butter's temperature was 59 •XÆ'|Æ'nÆ'n„he cotton's temperature was 49 •XÆ'|Æ'nÆ'nThe fiber glass' temperature was 51 •X. The newspaper's temperature was 58 •XÆ'|Æ'nÆ'nThe plastic's temperature was 53 •XÆ'|Æ'nÆ'nThe saw dust's temperature was 47 •XÆ'|Æ'nÆ'nThe suspended ceiling tile's temperature was 45 •XÆ&#x...

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The game was extremely fast-paced, just as a hockey game is, with the ball legally played off the walls that were about ten feet tall with a plexi-glass section where the spectators sit. Above the wall was a webbed net that extended all the way to the ceiling, which was about fifty feet tall. The rafters were loaded with about twenty balls where players in previous games judged the distance from the field to the ceiling a little shorter than what it actually was. ...

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The Samoan church has many decorations through the church such as flows that are native to the land, the altar is always decorated with colored fabric and has small stain glass windows. The ceilings are high and are made of wood. There is no air conditioning in the building, but they do have large rows of ceiling fans to help keep it cool inside. ... It does have large stain glass windows, plants around the altar which are not large in size, and long white candles. ...

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These doors will be made out of oak and they will have stain glass to give it character. ... the forye will have a cathedral ceiling. ... To enter the library you need to enter through double glass doors. ...

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There was a sudden rattle in the left and there it was again and again, the ceiling cracked and then broke, hundreds of boxes's fell down, "AAAAHHHHH" cried Santa. ... His advenutre had started, first he looked through his glass ball and found that the elf's had ran away to Stoke-on-Trent. ... The magician looked for the fairies in his glass ball and found them in Cloud 57. ...

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These doors will be made out of oak and they will have stain glass to give it character. ... the forye will have a cathedral ceiling. ... To enter the library you need to enter through double glass doors. ...

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Standing outside of the Louvre is a glass pyramid. ... One Egyptian sarcophagus was not a sarcophagus at all, but rather a work of art which stares up at The Apotheosis of Homer painted on the ceiling. ...

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The architecture combined many existing design and structural aspects such as pointed arches, slender columns, groin vaulting, and stained glass. ... It displays three stories with pointed arches and high ceilings, as well as a rose window that is a central focus of the front facade. ...

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In 1938 the "Night of the broken glass" took place after a young Jewish boy murdered an official of the German Embassy in Paris. The "Night of the broken glass" was a night of rape and destruction on Jewish communities. ... After the night of broken glass concentration camps were introduced and 20,000 Jews were put away in them. ... Hitler decided to create gas chambers in which it would appear to the Jews that it was a shower room, but gas would poor down from a vent in the ceiling. ...

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Because school and work are equally important to my growth as a student and professional, they can work symbiotically to improve both these aspects of my life. I want to be able to gain valuable work experience and time management skills while continuing my education. At the University of Phoenix, ...

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The room is musty, and cobwebs have formed in the groove between the wall and the ceiling. ... Do I want to wake up to Mattie's shining face in the morning, or go to bed every night next to Zeena's teeth in a glass? ...

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The Modern Woman A Historical Perspective Women in the 21st century have expanded their roles and positions in society, especially those that were formerly dominated by men. These areas include careers, independence, decision-making, and military combat, to name just a few. Women are still try...

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Jamie "caulking the cracks and gashes on the walls and ceilings" (54) seems to signify her building their future together by mending and molding their own path with their own hands. ... "A crack jagged across the glass like a lightning bolt, a crack, caulk couldn't fill. ...

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The middle ages of Europe which began with the destruction of the Roman Empire were referred to by a variety of different terms. These titles included the Dark Ages, the Age of feudalism, the Age of Faith and the Golden Age. The fall of the Roman Empire led to the rise of feudalism. During this peri...

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The gray-haired woman behind the white frosted sliding glass window sees me and lets me know they will be ready for me in a minute. ... AS I sit there staring up at the creamy white ceiling I can only help but wonder if I am going to get away, yet again, with no cavities. ...

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