Ms. Sweet noted: "It is more typical to let the engineering firm design the building."

"There's a different group of people coming here," Ms. Sweet said, "and they're just not as open to adult entertainment."

Ms. Sweet has a reputation for being difficult to work with, but here she lived up to her name.

Ms. Sweet said she recognized several people from protests outside abortion clinics around the country.

Ms. Sweet was figuring it would be more like three years.

Ms. Sweet gets about a third of the fee, and averages $400 to $450 a week.

Ms. Sweet adjusted their position, showing him that his chin should be aimed at her left shoulder.

But Ms. Sweet has been pushing her voice hard, it would seem, and the result was sad to hear.

Each year, Ms. Sweet said, their bookings have gone up.

Ms. Sweet said the public schools in the neighborhood are not overcrowded because so many children attend religious schools.