Word: transferal
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...fatigues by passing a bill allowing him to hold two offices?a tricky constitutional maneuver in Pakistan. Plenty of Pakistanis agree that Musharraf might be necessary at a time of domestic extremism and ongoing peace talks with India. (Staunch ally Washington certainly does.) "Pakistan has never seen the successful transfer of power from one civilian government to another," says Dr. Rifaat Hussain, a professor at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University. "If Musharraf can guide the government to its first completed term in 2007, it will be a significant achievement...
...Northville, Mich., native and Crimson transfer let in six Warrior goals en route to a 6-4 loss, marking a not-so-happy return to the Midwest for the goaltender who played one year for Michigan State and another for the USHL’s Danville Wings before joining the Harvard program...
...third period wore on, the sophomore transfer looked increasingly unsettled in net, on one occasion lunging wildly at a puck that cleared the crossbar by two feet. Brent Gough's unscreened power-play tally from between the circles with 4:54 remaining capped Tobe's forgettable evening and sealed Harvard's shocking defeat...
...good thing. He has hired Porter Goss to achieve both goals at the CIA. He has also issued a series of memos that begin to lay out his vision: one supports a 50% increase in the number of covert operatives--an excellent idea. Another seems to support the transfer of operational control over the use of covert force from the CIA to the Pentagon. That may not be a bad idea, either, but it feeds a fear among some intelligence professionals that with the CIA in tatters, power may shift, subtly, toward the Secretary of Defense. "The militarization of intelligence...
...Since then he has presided over dynamic economic growth and, more recently, doubled pensions. Despite enjoying Russian President Vladimir Putin's energetic support, Yanukovych has seemed out of his depth in the current political crisis. At one point last week, he pledged to support a free press and transfer some presidential powers to the legislature. Soon after, he denounced Yushchenko for trying to mount a "coup." But if his frequent calls to resolve the election dispute without violence are to be believed, perhaps Yanukovych really has left his troubled past behind. --By Daniel Eisenberg