One of the most effective means of controlling malaria was the use of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in indoor residual spraying (the spraying of the walls and ceilings of houses with the insecticide, which in residual amounts continues to kill mosquitoes that land on the sprayed surfaces up to several months later).
Rockefeller Foundation studies showed in Mexico that DDT remained effective for six to eight weeks if sprayed on the inside walls and ceilings of houses and other buildings.
"The ceiling of my house collapsed on me and my family," said Jasim Haidar, 41, who lived near the mosque.
Three weeks ago the three children were asleep at home when a rocket smashed through the ceiling of their house.
From the safety of Vladikavkaz, Zema Vazhenina, 26, recalled that the walls and ceiling of her house in Tskhinvali shook from the shelling.
The ceiling of the house angles up to a height of 16 feet, in part to make room for bookshelves; Mr. Botsford brought 17,000 volumes from Boston.
Rueben Barnes was electrocuted while laying batts in the ceiling of a house at Stanwell, Queensland, just three weeks after he began working for an insulation company.
Video footage of that raid showed an officer from Shin Bet, Israel's security agency, removing guns wrapped in cloth and hidden behind plaster in the ceiling of a house.
By Laura Furman The New Yorker, November 12 , 1979P. 48 The writer and James, the man she lives with in London, are in the process of fixing the ceiling of the house they are planning to move into.
"When you're Latino, you don't have to be shouting when you talk or saying 'Tacos!' or 'Arepas!' or 'Fiesta!' or having piñatas hanging from the ceiling of the house.
