Word: adopted
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Luder's toughest task will be to persuade the Peronists' sizable right-wing factions to adopt his platform of progressive reform. For decades, Peronism has stood for very little beyond keeping the military strong, the President all-powerful and the economy state-controlled. Luder, a former constitutional-law professor, hopes instead to forge an image of moderate pragmatism. Thus far, his economic policies amount to vague endorsements of price controls and increased exports. After his nomination, he said, more concretely: "The armed forces will be subordinated to political power and be assigned their specific function, the defense...
Like many another professional organization, the American Bar Association has a popular image of being more concerned about serving its membership than the public interest. At its 105th annual meeting last week in Atlanta, the A.B.A. did little to dispel that perception. Its principal act was to adopt a new code of ethics that, among other things, generally bars attorneys from disclosing prospective criminal conduct by their clients unless it is "likely to result in imminent death or substantial bodily harm...
...Bell name will be expensive for AT&T. For one thing, the company has already spent $30 million advertising its American Bell subsidiary, which was formed a year ago to offer a broad range of communications products and eventually to move into the computer business. Now that unit must adopt a new name: AT&T Information Systems. The company has been experimenting with a new logo in its promotion: a globe instead of the stylized bell. It symbolizes, says Brown, the determination of the new AT&T to be a world leader in communications and information services...
National Public Radio should be as fiscally responsible as any organization but, if this spring is any indication, undue financial pressure can only reap disaster. National Public Radio does an exceptional job of what it knows how to do: produce news and arts programs. The network proved less adopt as a business enterprise. The two functions, it would seem, are contradictory almost by definition (at least judging by the bulk of commercial radio). Free enterprise has fostered a lot of developments, but artistic quality has never been one of them. It's why artists found patrons, why scholars seek tenure...
Some students choose to adopt the ivory tower approach to attending Harvard confining themselves to the University environs and taking no notice of the real world during their four years here. An encornous university like Harvard however cannot afford that isolation; instead is very aggressive in making its voice heard in both federal and state government...