As it makes the tricky transition from demonstration-scale production to commercial-scale manufacturing, it has little room for execution error.

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"France welcomes the unanimous adoption by Mali's parliament of the road map for the transition, which makes provision for the holding of elections and the opening of negotiations with the north, " the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

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The policy that was put forward and announced by Secretary Sebelius makes clear that the period of transition is there for a reason.

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This series makes a powerful case that the transition to driverless cars is likely to prove disruptive across a host of industries as well as to consumer behavior.

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Obama told senators that he believed the best way to make a transition to a clean-energy economy is with a bill that "makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for America's businesses by putting a price on pollution, " the statement said.

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Concur Technologies, which makes expense-management applications, began its transition to the cloud in early 1999, in the heart of the dotcom boom.

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And I think as China makes that transition from a developing country into a major power, that it will see that over the long term it is in its interest as well to abide by these rules and norms.

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