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"Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance."
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"I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months."
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"Name your intention."
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"Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy."
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"The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions."
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"Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity."
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"I certainly had no intention of playing a man."
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"Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to."
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"Being proactive and intentional will enable you to create a positive experience for yourself and others."
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"The power of your intentions has a greater impact on your life than your actions."
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"Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance."
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"Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price."
Republican

"In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office."
Office

"The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides roughly ten weeks to accomplish this process."
Law

"Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest."
Failure

"The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy."
Policy

"Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries."
First

"I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda."
Determination

"Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration."
Government

"A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals."
Power

"'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party."
Congress
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