Word: adopters
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Campbell, the Department of Mental RetardationCommissioner, said he would adopt many of the taskforce's recommendations, including...
...Washington, where Aristide languishes in exile, the Gonaives killings finally forced the Clinton Administration to revise yet again its ineffective Haiti policy. The U.S. called on the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution imposing a worldwide embargo, more sweeping than the sanctions in force for the past six months, unless members of the junta in Port-au-Prince resigned or left the country within 15 days; the clock would start ticking the moment the resolution passed. "We're not alone in being frustrated, irritated, furious about what is going on in Haiti," said Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador...
...oldest of Tibetan Buddhism's four allied schools, Kagyu Karma was the first to adopt reincarnation as a means of choosing its leader, called the Karmapa. The process is not always peaceful; over the centuries, warring factions have sponsored dueling candidates, igniting bloody battles...
...issue is not just poor AIDS education for the deaf but also the failure of the U.S. to educate deaf people in general. Since American Sign Language is the most accessible method of communication for the deaf, it is their "native" language. We must adopt the bilingual education model and teach the deaf in their own language, help them master it and use it as a comparative model for their second language, English. If this were accomplished, maybe the deaf would not only understand the facts about AIDS but would also be educated in all the subjects necessary for survival...
...federal judge ordered Maryland's Worcester County to adopt cumulative voting to elect its five countywide commissioners. The plan would allow each voter to cast five votes as he or she wishes -- for separate candidates or, say, cumulatively for one. The method would give black voters, who constitute 21% of the county's population, a chance to elect a black commissioner without creating a black district. The county plans to appeal...