Word: adopter
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...unanimously voted to adopt a policy paper recommending that more resources be dedicated to creating ethnic studies programs...
...Commission voted to designate the structure as a historical landmark according to the recommendations of a report commissioned 16 months ago. But William B. King, the chair of the commission, said that they did not fully adopt all of the report’s findings—which include strict bans on any changes to the outside facade of the building—because they were too “prescriptive and restrictive...
...that medical tactics and costs vary wildly across the country, with little regard for what works. He'd like to document best practices - from emergency-room to-do lists that dramatically reduce infections to protocols for when pricey tests and surgeries really help - and then have all medical providers adopt them. This approach has helped American anesthesiologists reduce deaths as well as costs...
...Originally conceived simply as a mutual-defense pact among its members, the Alliance began to adopt a more expansive role during the 1990s, tackling the crises of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo as Yugoslavia collapsed. Today, NATO forces continue to provide the bulk of peacekeeping troops in those countries...
...must return to its roots. If NATO is to remain relevant to European security, the organization must refocus its energies toward defending its newest and most vulnerable members against a Russian resurgence. At the same time, harebrained schemes for further expansion must be reconsidered. Toward that end, NATO must adopt a more comprehensive agenda—one that tackles larger issues like energy and information security, economic stability, and the details of military and security cooperation—in order to remain an effective guarantor of European peace and stability...