Word: transference
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...leaving school. If people had more guidance in college to dream and have ambitions I think Harvard could be a much bigger presence in the world than it claims it already is.RR: Well I think you are a presumptuous 20-year-old with bad ideas.SG: Okay, then I will transfer to Stanford.RR: Okay, then I will call Provost Etchemendy at Stanford and ensure that your transfer application is rejected.SG: Well, I’ll make a lot of noise. I’m going to make a difference in the world. If you’re going to help...
...They told us the choice was ours: either more drugs or a transfer to another ward in the facility where the most dangerous and criminally inclined autistic adults were housed...
...Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook just until the center is set - firm to the touch - about 25 minutes. If the edges are set and beginning to brown before the center is set, remove the frittata from the oven and finish the frittata under a preheated broiler...
Earlier this year, Libera and FAADA mounted a campaign to encourage the Barcelona city government, which oversees the zoo, to transfer Susi to a safari-type institution where she would have more space and would be able to join a herd. But their efforts received little notice until they let it be known that both José Saramago, the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese novelist, and Sofia, Queen of Spain, had interceded on Susi's behalf. For her part, the Queen, who has long championed animal rights and is herself a vegetarian, forwarded the organizations' letter to the city government, urging...
...Your cover story made serious reading. But the present downturn could be a blessing in disguise for some countries, since highly skilled professional talents can transfer their skills and become useful in their often poorer home countries. Though their salaries may not be as good as the previous jobs they held, they might find more security in the comfort of the familiar rather than in an uncertain position in an alien land, and both they and the countries that welcome them back will benefit. Philip Verghese, Secunderabad, India...