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...every client embraces the universal-design concept, says Michael Thomas of Jupiter, Fla., a CAPS-trained interior designer. "There is a certain amount of denial," says Thomas dryly. Instead of convincing his 50-plus clients of the benefits of universal design, Thomas' firm automatically includes accessibility in the specifications. "I'll just order a higher toilet or add extra-strong plywood behind the bathroom walls so someday a grab bar can be installed," he says. "But we don't tell them anymore. We just go ahead and do it. It's part of an effective design package...
...eyed lyrics of “Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks” all the more believable with sweet-natured lead vocals, and “The Actor’s Opprobrium” spins a narrative as surreal as those on any of Barnes’ more traditional concept albums...
...points fingers at Republicans for becoming indoctrinated by the conservative movement, it is imperative to understand that this indoctrination occurs on all sides of the political spectrum as evidenced by yesterday’s disrupters. It is this indoctrination and disrespect for diversity of beliefs that breeds bigotry, a concept that yesterday’s protestors claim to be against, but paradoxically act to perpetuate...
From the time he assumed the national leadership, becoming Prime Minister in 1978 and State President under a new constitution in 1984, Botha was regarded by South African standards as something of a reformer. He had inherited the apartheid system as defined by the late Hendrik Verwoerd, an elaborate concept that provided not only for racial segregation but for the creation of a group of separate tribal "homelands," in which all of the country's blacks would eventually have theoretical citizenship, even though most would continue to live where they always had, in the black townships of white-ruled South...
...affect what apartheid is really all about: the preservation of white political power. Botha conceded that ways would have to be found to allow blacks to live legally and permanently in the townships they have long inhabited. But he also reaffirmed his commitment to the homelands concept. Nor did he ever speak of full citizenship for blacks or accept the idea of a house in Parliament for blacks. Most important, Botha made it clear that the principle of one man, one vote was not negotiable under any circumstances...