HOME SWEET DOLL HOUSE : HIS GIFT TO GRANDDAUGHTER: HER OWN MANSION - SORT OF.Byline: Gene Ho Knight-Ridder Tribune tribune, in ancient Rome, one of various officers. The history of the office of tribune is closely associated with the struggle of the plebs against the patrician class to achieve a more equitable position in the state. From c.508 B.C. News Wire At about hour 700, Don Rosania wondered if he should have just bought his granddaughter a Barbie doll Barbie doll popular dress-up doll; extremely conventional and feminine. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 179] See : Fads . But instead, Rosania went on to spend another 300 hours finishing a hand-built doll house for his granddaughter. ``It's a labor of love,'' Rosania said. ``But I have to say there were times I was wondering if I was ever going to get it done.'' The doll house built for Amy Bowie, his 8-year-old granddaughter, is a striking sight. It took more than 1,000 hours to build the doll house, which stands about 5 feet long and 4 feet high. Each shingle shingle Thin piece of building material made of wood, asphaltic material, slate, metal, or concrete, laid in overlapping rows to shed water. Shingles are widely used as roof covering on residential buildings and sometimes also for siding (see Shingle style). on the roof was hand-carved, and the 13-room mansion MANSION. This term is synonymous with house. (q.v.) 1 Chit. Pr. 167; 2 T. R. 502; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 215, n. 35; 9 B. & C. 681; S. C. 17 E. C. L. R. 472, and the cases there cited; Com. Dig. Justices, P 5; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 199. is equipped with electric lights. Inside, the rooms are painstakingly pains·tak·ing adj. Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See Synonyms at meticulous. n. Extremely careful and diligent work or effort. detailed, from glowing chandeliers to Victorian furniture. ``If you bought this at the store, it would cost more than $1,000,'' Rosania said. ``If you wanted electricity, it would be extra.'' Rosania started the project in May 1995. Except for the cold winter months, the grandfather spent about three hours a day in his garage building the doll house. ``One of the neighbors teased tease v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es v.tr. 1. To annoy or pester; vex. 2. To make fun of; mock playfully. 3. him that it would take him another year to finish,'' said his wife, Norma Rosania. ``I think that got him going.'' Rosania was on deadline, since Amy and her parents were visiting this week from Maryland. ``I think it's neat,'' Amy said. ``I never had a doll house before - well, except for the plastic kind.'' Amy's parents, Mark and Brenda Bowie, found it difficult fitting the doll house in their pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their truck in order to haul it back home. ``We're wondering if we'll even be able to get it through the front door,'' Mark Bowie said. ``You don't realize how big it is until you walk next to it.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Amy Bowie and her grandfather, Don Rosania, stand be side the doll house built by Rosania, who spent more than 1,000 hours on the project. Knight-Ridder Tribune Photo Service |
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