Answorth Robinson, who works for the City Department of Finance and has lived in one of the apartments since 1976, said, "We complain about leaking ceilings, falling plaster, broken plumbing.

Medical personnel had been working in an area of the Superdome with poor lighting, leaking ceilings and soggy carpet.

Walk into any public school, and the odds are good that you'll find overflowing classrooms, leaking ceilings, and demoralized teachers.

But walls that aren't plumb and floors that aren't level are far different than leaking ceilings or sparking outlets.

Ms. Neal said then that her greatest hope was to move to a modern apartment, without leaking ceilings, ant and roach infestations and the rampant crime of Lauderdale Courts.

They organized themselves in the late 1990's to complain about lack of heat, leaking ceilings and overflowing toilets.

Cracked walls, leaking ceilings and hallways slathered with dirt-brown streaks apparently do not bother the tenants of 2315 Walton Avenue in the Bronx.

Molly and her older cousin, Sophie, the two young ladies whose marital choices provide the plot for the book, live in a world of hunt balls and leaking ceilings.

Leaking ceilings and peeling paint now occupy a place as prime sources of slumping morale, officers say.

Once inside her three-bedroom apartment, she faced other troubles - sinking floors, leaking ceilings and windows, failing appliances.