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...system is already prevalent in many states and is running successfully. It is like the homeopathic principle of treating similar with similar: substances that can cause symptoms can, as a remedy, also reverse them. The quota system is aimed at eradicating caste differences in due course. A. Jacob Sahayam Kerala, India I was born to a very poor brahman family in Kerala, India. I agree with the critics who say that the government is reserving university seats and government jobs for Other Backward Classes as a way of hanging on to the big voting bloc of the lower castes. Modern...
...enough of Jacob Jensen's timepieces, jewelry and eyewear, then the famous Danish designer himself will come to your door - figuratively speaking. His cordless doorbell, which recently won a Plus[an error occurred while processing this directive] X Award (the top European prize for gadget design), features a range of tones, among them a recording of Jensen knocking on a wooden door...
...Apparently the great man wasn't too enthusiastic about the idea, but relented after speaking to his son, Timothy Jacob Jensen. "He did find that it was a bit foolish going all the way to a studio just to record his knock, and asked if it really mattered who was knocking on the door," says Jensen Jr., who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the design business that bears the family name. "I answered that it is never unimportant who is knocking on the door - and I think the future owners of the doorbell will agree." Design...
...then introduced himself and lectured them on performing their duty. "These midnight rambles are great fun," he later confided to his sister Anna. "I get a glimpse of the real life of the swarming millions." On some of those nights, Roosevelt's companion was the photographer and social critic Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives), who guided him through the circles of hell suffered by the city's struggling immigrants...
...JOHN JACOB, Republican congressional candidate in Utah, blaming Satan for setbacks in his campaign...