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...helping people part with some of the things that are no longer practical in a new retirement setting. Her sorters are trained to help clients make decisions about well-loved possessions. "You have to be gentle enough to listen to someone's story about their grandmother's Spode but strong enough to ask, 'so which is your favorite china? let's take that one.'" Clients who presort save on hourly rates, says Warren. Clutter bugs end up paying a premium as they sit in a comfortable chair and discuss the fate of each item with a sorter...
...million house, which he rented for $15,000 a month). While the givers may have hoped their generosity might remain a little secret between them and the recipients, the Clintons, well aware of disclosure requirements, had no such expectation. Even as Hillary was registering for the china (Spode) and the silver (Faberge), she understood that the day would come when she would have to admit to the world what she had done. In the absence of a law (the Senate gift ban didn't take effect for Hillary until Jan. 3) or an active conscience, you might think shame would...
...friends' wanting "to treat her like a bride" to help launch her First-Lady afterlife. Earlier, cooler heads had prevailed to nix an actual shower. Now, friends say, there's something of a silent shower taking place, whereby those who want to help out can learn what china (Spode) and soup ladle to buy, preferably before the Senate gift ban kicks...
...employees are part time; many are recruited from the ranks of loyal customers, tempted by the 20% employee discount. The company stocks its shelves with closeout lines acquired at a fraction of their original price. Typical offerings range from Waterford crystal frames ($24.99 ) to Fendi mufflers ($19.99) to Spode china...
...tone has a more avant-garde echo of Sam Shepard -- a border skirmish between knockabout farce and knockdown violence. Yet Playwright Lanford Wilson manages to integrate well-crafted gags, mostly for the surviving gay roommate (Lou Liberatore). He describes his friend's gaudy casket as looking "like a giant Spode soup tureen." He says to the choreographer (Joan Allen) about her boyfriend (Jonathan Hogan), "I don't know why you don't just marry him and . . . buy things." In mock self-pity he demands, "Have you ever been to a gay New Year's Eve party? The suicide rate...