With his first, Nita, he adopted twin boys, Homer, 77, and Bill II, now deceased.
He adopted as his name glyph (personal insignia) a knotted diadem, the symbol of authority itself.
He adopted an open-access scheduling system to guarantee same-day appointments for the acutely ill.
Although divorced, he remains a committed convert to Judaism, a faith he adopted solely for his ex.
In America he adopted his current name and made his fortune selling computer equipment to Latin America.
When he was appointed chief instructor for the tri-services diving school, he adopted BSAC's method of teaching.
Saarinen embraced historical precedent and sensuous effect, the taboos of modernism, as eagerly as he adopted new technology.
He adopted his dress accordingly, sporting clothes that carried emblems of the African continent or portraits of African leaders.
"He adopted us, " says Prof Knowlson - although the attention-shunning writer was never persuaded to visit the archive in person.
He pointed out Labour had introduced local pay variations in the Courts Service, but then he adopted a rather contradictory line.
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Two years ago he adopted Disaster after he strayed from the precinct and ended up getting captured by local Animal Care and Control.
The brown and black marbling on her otherwise white fur looks somewhat like the Martian landscape, although that's not why he adopted her.
He adopted a vegan or plant-based diet and six months later, with almost no experience, entered the extreme endurance event known as Ultraman.
After Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's meeting with Obama at the UN in September, however, he adopted a new policy of caving in to US pressure.
"He adopted their lifestyle, dressed like them, ate like them, shared the same risks, and could not conceive of covering a war otherwise, " the paper said.
According to The Times newspaper, the singer has given various accounts of how he adopted the name Dylan in place of his birth name, Robert Zimmerman.
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On the fiscal side, he adopted the Conservatives' tight spending plans in his first two years in office and has set out limits on departmental spending for the next three.
Last summer, he adopted a three-year-old orphan from Russia.
He adopted disguises, changed addresses and went into hiding.
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From an early age he adopted a foppish, bohemian style, and in due course, having thrown over his studies in engineering and the possibility of a legal career, he became a man of letters.
He adopted the stage name of Ray Henry.
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Although many liberal Catholics were impressed by the gentleness of Benedict's style as Pope - another of his surprises - the conservative views he adopted in the aftermath of the 1960s student revolutions had a profound impact on his pontificate.
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That may be the case - but by taking the uncompromising stand he has now adopted he may ensure that that is the outcome of this fierce battle.
Genevieve stayed home to take care of Alan, who was never told that he was adopted.
While continuing to denounce the Ustasha regime, he quietly adopted some of its symbols.
Yet he risks finding himself trapped by the relentlessly rightward path he has adopted.
Always a health nut, he recently adopted a vegan diet (no eggs, milk or other animal products).
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