When they crave privacy, they close motorized external blinds that seal the apartment off from its surroundings.
In the months leading up to the declaration of war, women made and hung blackout curtains and blinds, and sealed any gaps round the edges with brown paper.
Original copies of the blind codes are sealed in the lightproof envelope; one is kept by the major research unit and the other by the applicant of the trial.
"The dust has stunted their orchards, blinded their eyes, sealed up their hearts.
Use a wet rag and cleaning solution, wipe down the tables, desks, the TV, blinds and window seal as well as patio door.
Chinese wine tasters have sipped their way to victory at a blind tasting competition in France, sealing a win that organisers described as a "thunderbolt in the world of wine".
As the study was not blinded, to limit bias, the following procedures were put in place: 1) Randomisation was conducted under blinded conditions: the blind to the investigator and patient in the randomisation process was maintained by the use of sealed envelopes.
That award was won this year by Robin Robertson for At Roane Head, a haunting poem about four children who are half-human, half-seal: "All born blind, they say, / slack-jawed and simple, web-footed, / rickety as sticks.
The self-rating forms were put in a sealed envelope and were blind to the clinicians who did the ratings for MADRS directly after the self-rating procedure.
Newspapers were asked to submit blind bids for the book after Dale sealed the rights to publish in March this year.
