John Godber, Head of Products and Publications for the UK's Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), says, "This is the biggest step forward for learning braille since the invention of the Perkins Brailler" in 1951.

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In the 1980s, for this reason, he accepted a post as head of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which licenses all publications.

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In March 1998 Wasserstein installed Pollak, the 43-year-old former head of circulation for the New York Times, as top dog and charged him to exhort newly acquired local publications to expand their regional franchises.

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