The people's library, free clothes and gourmet soup kitchen were gone now, or reduced to shadows of their former selves.

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The perks of being a celebrity are huge: goody bags filled with the latest hot products, free clothes and exotic vacations.

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Staff wash, dry and fold clothes for families free of charge.

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Some of its luminaries are irritated that the left has stolen its free-market clothes.

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Standing among scores of men accepting free blankets and clothes from the Pakistan military, Liaqat Ali Mehsud, a teacher, said the road is so good that he's forgotten that his home was destroyed.

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They represented 70 percent of the teachers, 50 percent of the medical workers, they held elected positions and were free to wear the clothes they wanted and come and go as they wished.

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My clothes have never traveled this wrinkle free.

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Clothes and the like are provided free.

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Whatever money is left over after the bills are paid is free to be spent on entertainment, new clothes, restaurant meals or other additional expenses.

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Like most stars, she gets clothes, jewels, coffee, purses, and beauty products for free all the time.

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Enticed by free coffee and hot cocoa, Twins fans came layered in ski gear, hunting clothes and whatever else to keep warm.

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