Word: grab
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Twenty years ago, universal-design products had that telltale institutional look. Safety features on today's sleek kitchen-and-bath accessories are undetectable, even chic, like $300 brushed-aluminum and satin-gold grab bars--just in case you need to steady your balance in the shower. And there's a growing cadre of home-building professionals with expertise in strategies and techniques for producing attractive homes that won't seem as if they've been tailor-made for someone with physical disabilities. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) sponsors Certified Aging in Place Specialists (CAPS) training for contractors, architects...
...center on a watercooler. GUY and GIRL appear, grab a cup, start drinking...
...freshman, the roof of the Science Center boasts a convenient tar platform and sweeping views. Grab a towel and shades and head up to the 8th floor after bio lecture...
...school, but he appreciates the military values of discipline. He connects discipline with self-knowledge. Once, when he was a very small boy, his father took him in a boat out into the bay and threw him in, to teach the boy to swim. Kawamoto struggled and tried to grab the side of the boat, but his father pushed him off with a pole. Only when the boy sank did his father pull him back. "I asked him why he did not help me sooner. I thought my father was trying to drown me. Later I understood that...
...varsity race, Georgetown seized a slight initial advantage over the three other boats, but the Crimson remained close. As each boat tried to gain seats on the other, both crews strained to grab a lasting lead. The crews exchanged seat advantages, with neither establishing much distance on one another. As the race progressed, Delaware and Columbia, who had once challenged the two leaders, dropped a bit off the pace...