Sort order refinements?

[Jane Van Tassel 101233.342@xxxxxxxx]

Can anyone advise (this is probably quite simple) on how to effect the
"nothing-before-something" principle in sorting?

I want to create an index in which, on traditional principles,
	Die Liebe#
precedes
	Die Liebe hat gelogen#
(in which # stands for any non-alphanumeric character -- in my index entries, a
title of this kind is always followed by a non-alphanumeric string).

But the sorting algorithm steadfastly gives me
	Die Liebe hat gelogen#
	Die Liebe#
instead -- that is, it seems to place the non-alphanumeric character after the
word-space.

It also insists on sorting
	Das Wirtshaus
before
	Dass sie hier gewesen
-- that is, it "alphabetizes" a word-space ahead of any letter. But this is one
of the legitimate ways of making an index, and although I don't like it I can
live with it.

Any suggestions?
		Thanks.
						Eric Van Tassel