The house was large but odd-shaped bony and tall and narrow, like a cereal box, with the narrow side to the street, the wide side a wall of windows.

NEWYORKER: Mr. Bones

There were windows at the end of the room, and along each side wall there was a bed, a desk, a dresser, and a free-standing closet.

NEWYORKER: The Story of a Suicide

Last Thursday, on the other side of a wall from where Ms. Guthrie worked, Andrew Stewart, head stylist, painted a backdrop for a group of decanters, jewelry boxes and other small goods for the "Little Bit of Luxe" sale.

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