Word: transference
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...committee made up of assistants to Harvard’s House masters is forming to reexamine interhouse transfer policies, according to a College housing official...
...rule in question treats two groups of transfer students?...
...transmitters that pass information between computers and the Internet have a range of about 90 m; you can't roam far from a base station without losing the connection. But blazing speed?data zips along at 11 megabits per second, more than five times faster than the transfer rate of planned 3G systems?makes Wi-Fi a practical way for commuters to download their e-mail while waiting for an airplane, a train or a client...
...cigarette tax. Less than 1 percent will be paid by smokers with annual incomes over $100,000. For that reason, a tax on tobacco is probably the most regressive of all taxes—more so than taxes on beer or gasoline. This tax is an unfair transfer of wealth from poor smokers to more affluent non-smokers. If prices rise by $2 per pack, a two-pack-a-day smoker will be hit with $1,460 in added expense each year. That’s a huge financial drain on a low-income consumer who cannot kick the habit...
...Eleven's 98-store pilot program in Texas and Florida, the virtual-commerce, or Vcom, kiosks can cash checks and transfer money. The convenience-store chain is targeting the 9.5% of U.S. households that don't have bank accounts, as well as on-the-go Internet junkies who want to download driving directions while grabbing a Slurpee. For 7-Eleven's nationwide rollout later this year, Vcom users will be able to pay their Verizon bill and eventually have touch-screen access to event ticketing and online shopping...