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...first blush, this assertion seems to drop conventional wisdom on its head. Everyone knows that the novel is literature's great grab bag, shapeless enough to accommodate nearly everything a writer wants to cram into it. Short stories allow little wasted motion. But Narayan, 78, turns out to be a perfectly accurate commentator on his own methods. Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories, while shorter than most novels, is a riotous mosaic of small details in which nothing, finally, seems irrelevant...
...Provost Steven E. Hyman and other central administrators, these measures were necessary to ensure that the project—funded by the largest government grant Harvard has ever received—was managed properly. But to many at SPH, these steps were a heavy-handed power grab...
Maple cabinets in the kitchen have oversize, easy-to-grab handles, plus pull-down and pullout shelves that bring cabinet contents to countertop height. "That's wonderful," says Sisk. "I'm petite, and I used to wait for a tall neighbor to come over for a drink just to get a vase off the top shelf...
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...
...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...