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  • The new ranch house-of logs and stone imported from southern France-was situated to the south and west of a thick stand of aspen trees, the dwelling meandering over 5,306 square feet on one level.

    Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000

  • The new ranch house-of logs and stone imported from southern France-was situated to the south and west of a thick stand of aspen trees, the dwelling meandering over 5,306 square feet on one level.

    Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000

  • As I watched Kate Middleton in her Sarah Burton-for-the house-of -Alexander McQueen frock, I scrutinized her for any traces of unkind chic.

    Slate Magazine Simon Doonan 2011

  • He seeks to preserve his visions, too, in his art and his archives: amid all the collections that crowd his house-of globes, antique machine parts, art books-perhaps the biggest collection of all is his years-long, day-to-day record of his own thoughts and activities, entombed in dozens of thick white binders.

    unknown title 2009

  • In a fallen house-of cards-fashion, jobs, housing and credit have muzzled our ability to spend beyond essentials, '' Ring wrote.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2009

  • In a fallen house-of cards-fashion, jobs, housing and credit have muzzled our ability to spend beyond essentials, '' Ring wrote.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2009

  • In a fallen house-of cards-fashion, jobs, housing and credit have muzzled our ability to spend beyond essentials, '' Ring wrote.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2009

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