Word: transference
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Surprised more of your favorite professors didn't land in the single digits? Don't worry—there is no need to transfer to Yale—more faculty members including Nicholas Christakis (50), Niall C.D Ferguson (56), Amartya Sen (58), and Samantha Power (80) got a spot on the elite list...
...that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers. They will increase our ability to train competent Afghan security forces and to partner with them so that more Afghans can get into the fight. And they will help create the conditions for the United States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans...
...Taken together, these additional American and international troops will allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to Afghan forces and allow us to begin the transfer of our forces out of Afghanistan in July of 2011. Just as we have done in Iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground. We will continue to advise and assist Afghanistan's security forces to ensure that they can succeed over the long haul. But it will be clear to the Afghan government - and, more importantly, to the Afghan people - that they will ultimately be responsible...
...country, growing 22% this year in China compared with barely 2% in the U.S. FedEx invested billions in logistics in China and the Pacific Rim, not just enabling foreign companies to function more smoothly but also exporting knowledge of modern shipping in the process. The cumulative result was a transfer of capital, yes, but more vitally of knowledge that has been the key to China's success. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...
...Twitter, which allows its users to post 140 character status updates, provided a fast outlet for information transfer...