Word: transferal
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Methods for dealing publicly with presidential illnesses have changed substantially since then. Bulletins are issued, news conferences are held, and sometimes plans are made for a temporary transfer of power. In 1966, when Lyndon Johnson went to the Bethesda National Naval Hospital for repair of an abdominal hernia, he summoned reporters to his bedside three hours after he left surgery to let them know he was very much in control. Under an informal agreement with Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey had been given permission to exercise the power of the Chief Executive if the President was unable...
Opponents argue that stock divestiture might salve the consciences of many Americans but would do nothing to help South African blacks. On the contrary, it might only transfer large blocks of corporate ownership from investors who are dedicated enemies of apartheid, and most responsive to a crusade against it, to others who would buy the divested stock for strictly financial reasons. Harvard President Derek Bok argues that advocates of stock divestiture are "counseling us to run from evil rather than work to overcome it." Harvard's policy is to use its $565 million worth of stock in companies that operate...
...decision to transfer] was purely academic,” Buckland said. “I didn’t think my academic opportunities at Washington were as good as they are at Harvard...
Parker will also benefit from Buckland’s transfer, much like the other seven rowers in this years first varsity boat...
...compound Harvard’s difficulties, the wind died on Sunday—but the transfer of Johnson and Porter signaled that the race was not the team’s top priority...