Word: cluttered
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...Same as before. On domestic flights in the U.S. you're allowed two carry-ons of the appropriate size. But clean out your purse. TSA is asking passengers to pack better and reduce clutter. This speeds up the screening process and allows security agents to more easily identify suspicious anomalies...
...contact information for professionals well versed in the art of making a home look appealing. If you're not eager to shell out a thousand or more dollars to bring in a pro, take advantage of a few specific tips offered at home staging hubs. First, clean up clutter and tone down loud wall-paint colors. Then put away personal photos and other chotchkes (so the buyer can more easily imagine him or herself living there), and set up some flowers so the place smells nice and feels summery. Even if you're in a rush to cash in because...
That ideal runs so strong and so deep in our culture and psyche that when experts talk about the value of family dinners, they may leave aside the clutter of contradictions. Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day. Just because we are sitting together doesn't mean we have anything to say: children bicker and fidget and daydream; parents stew over the remains of the day. Often the richest conversations, the moments of genuine intimacy, take place somewhere else...
...missing money, be completely sure that it is missing and not just under that pile of clothes or unread syllabi or cold pack from UHS or newspaper clippings from home about your father’s band, “Mid-Life Crisis.” Underneath the clutter lies some type of flooring and potentially your lost money. Money is an extremely touchy subject and accusing someone of taking it is very uncomfortable for all involved. If you really have looked everywhere and are sure you did not spend it, realize that when you bring it up, your roommate...
...EIGHT YEARS, ROBERT RICH HAS WORKED from the basement of the Marc Jacobs store in New York City. His tiny office is plastered with photographs and magazine clippings of famous clients?Sofia Coppola, Hilary Swank, Winona Ryder. Amid the beautiful clutter, the only discernible piece of furniture is a white leather sofa that looks a lot like a couch you would find in a shrink's office?which is fitting, since Rich is a therapist of sorts. His official title at Marc Jacobs is director of public relations for stores?he decides what to buy for the label...