Word: laddered
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...veiled assistant fields phone calls. "People keep telling me how successful I am," says Arslan. "But I'm not all that successful. Had I not been a migrant woman in a hijab, I could have gone much further." Still, when younger Muslims ask Arslan how to climb the professional ladder, she's optimistic. "If you think strategically, this is a great time to be a European Muslim," she argues. "Everyone's focused on us, so it's an opportunity - if you take...
...escape their place in the complex social hierarchy of Hindu caste. While discrimination based on caste has been officially barred for years, it lives on in many parts of society. For groups such as the Dalits, or "untouchables", occupying the lowest rung of the caste ladder, it can mean a life of hardship; unsurprisingly, it is this group that accounts for the most converts to Christianity. By becoming Christian, converts say, they move outside the caste system and can hopefully become more socially mobile...
...stand outside the caste system but have historically been poor and neglected - who benefit from affirmative action programs that reserve for them government jobs and school places, worry that minority Christians may one day receive affirmative action places themselves - diluting their chances of moving up India's social ladder. Groups such as the VHP play on those fears in an attempt to unite India's diverse Hindu population against the Christian or Muslim "outsiders," says Ashis Nandy, a political psychologist and sociologist at India's Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. "If you can identify a common enemy...
...House? A serious fire detection system was installed in 1965. And it's very sensitive. When a sensor detects smoke, a warning goes off in the Secret Service's control center in the White House. The D.C. Fire Department is quickly called, and at least five engines and two ladder trucks respond from any one of several surrounding stations.(A unit is on hand anytime a helicopter takes off or lands at the White House...
...Despite creating ripples in the business world of late, India was nearly last in your competitiveness ranking. This is because India has not bridged the huge gap between the haves and the have-nots. Countries like India should emphasize economic equality so that they can climb the global business ladder. K. Chidanand Kumar, Bangalore, India...