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...resort, an island of comfort in an ocean of insecurity. It's command central for the modern family in all its configurations, the place to huddle, socialize and strategize in an increasingly complex world. Says Kacey Fitzpatrick, who heads Avalon Enterprises, a design and construction firm in Mountain View, Calif.: "The families I work with are trying to find a balance between comfortable refuge, multifunctioning utilitarian facility and showplace...
...computer nooks in hallways or bay windows. "The mom's office is usually very close to the hub of the house--breakfast rooms may have an office area for her. But office spaces are generally off the living area," says Peter Duxbury of Duxbury Architects in Los Altos, Calif...
Does the word secret mean anything to TIME? You mentioned several times in this article that you got your information from a "secret CIA document" and intelligence reports. What ever happened to responsible journalism? Secret means it is neither my business nor yours! PHYLLIS ADAIR Irvine, Calif...
...Sept. 23] quoted author Michael Chabon as saying that "you have to sell adult readers on fantasy. Kids just accept it." If Chabon is right, then explain to me why I, a middle-aged adult, have read the Harry Potter books five times each! MARIANNE L. ADAMS Diamond Bar, Calif...
DIED. NORMAN O. BROWN, 89, critic-philosopher beloved of the counterculture; in Santa Cruz, Calif. In such books as Closing Time, a unique look at James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and Life Against Death, which analyzed history from a psychoanalytic perspective, Brown drew on Marx and Freud to produce original, erudite, occasionally baffling insights. "Reading Brown was a little like taking drugs," said a critic, "only it was more likely to lead to tenure...