OTTAWA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- On one of the worst days in Canadian history, the House of Commons on Monday resumed sitting, following a five-week break implemented to address physical-distancing measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The horror and sadness resulting from the mass shoot...
when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was --but, ...
Hunter Biden repeatedly told House investigators behind closed doors that his father was not involved in his business deals as part of an hours-long and, at times, contentious interview. Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight committeesreleased the nearly 230-page transcript on Thursday, ...
The walls have built-in heating, so animals sitting on the perches next to the wall can be comfortable. Flexible willow branches and thick ropes create walking routes for the animals indoors, as well as between the indoor and outdoor areas. Hammocks are placed around the indoor area for ...
Maintenance and condition can be a problem in foreclosed properties because of the circumstances under which the previous owner moved out and the amount of time the house may have been unoccupied. Bank-owned properties are sometimes disgustingly dirty because of time spent sitting empty, intentional...
We made this mistake in our last house all because I chose a paint color from a fan deck while sitting on my parents’ living room sofa at night by lamplight (just so you know, picking paint colors in bad lighting that isn’t even in your own house is a bad idea). ...
Every day at 9 am,Zhang Canjin,58,comes to the Drum Tower Street in Ningbo and walks into a small house of less than 10 square meters.Sitting at this desk,the inheritor(继承人) of copper coin knitting(铜钱编织) starts his day. "Knitting the coins into different sha...
the House of Commons and she ably assisted him at the head of the stairs,” she repeated, fishing them up out of her mind by a phrase which, coming back from some party, she had made to amuse her husband. Dear, dear, Mrs. Ramsay said to herself, how did they produce this incongruo...
I did not know the boy at all 1 I knew that we were about the same age because of his size. He lived in the old white house across the street from the orphanage where I 2 . I had seen him on his front covered entrance several times doing absolutely nothing except just sitting ...
The house has been sitting vacant for years, and its destruction seems as inevitable as the transformation of the formerly-rural region to a landscape of cul-de-sacs and McMansions. This is unfortunate, for students and architects who would study the house, but more importantly for society, ...