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...been told are injured or missing. H., a 37-year-old refugee, has just got off the phone with a Highlands contact, and his eyes are red and puffy. He knows he's fortunate with his new life in North Carolina: the factory job and the cramped, two-bedroom apartment. But that doesn't help him forget the relatives he left behind. "Sometimes during breaks at work," he says, "the manager asks me what I'm doing. I tell him that I'm thinking about home. My family and my neighbors in Vietnam are afraid or in prison...
...years later to propose a documentary about her life and flew with a professional film crew to the Philippines in 1998 to follow Marcos around, returning in 2001 for wrap-up interviews. "She did give us access [for this film]," Diaz says. "We were in her bedroom. We stayed with her at her home. She was open and gracious when we were filming her." Diaz says she repaid Marcos by allowing her to make her own case, to dominate the stage as she's never been allowed to since she and her husband were deposed from power...
...octagonal room under the dome is perhaps the house's most striking space. But what was it for? Not much, apparently. It briefly served as a bedroom for Jefferson's grandson but most often was just storage space. One problem: those treacherous stairs make it hard to get large pieces of furniture up there...
Beyond the emotional turmoil, there was a physical burden. Sigmond, a former director of the Albert Einstein Medical Center, owned a three-bedroom apartment that housed more than 80 cartons of books and stacks of professional papers. Downsizing to a smaller place meant days of sifting, sorting and lugging--more than he was willing to handle. So he didn't. Instead he called on moving solutions in Wynnewood, Pa., a senior-move management company, one of the latest specialty support services for older adults...
...Many are former social workers, nurses, gerontologists or other second-careerists who charge $30 to $60 an hour for their services. Depending on the size of the house and number of items to be packed, shipped and unpacked, the total cost generally ranges from $1,500 for a one-bedroom apartment to $5,000 for a large, well-stocked house. Many move managers who cater to this group help choose a moving company and coordinate the move, scheduling dates and nailing down details. (The moving costs are extra...