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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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.
Last summer, he adopted a three-year-old orphan from Russia.
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.
Always a health nut, he recently adopted a vegan diet (no eggs, milk or other animal products).
Not least when he actually adopted a puppy, live on television.
In his review of the murder of Pat Finucane, Sir Christopher de Silva said he had adopted a "working definition" of collusion less broad than that of Judge Cory and more in line with that of the Billy wright inquiry panel.
Although divorced, he remains a committed convert to Judaism, a faith he adopted solely for his ex.
Instead, he's adopted a new category of iffy shelters, delicately called "transactions of interest, " which must be reported.
He was adopted by a family living in Perugia, although they are said to have since broken all contact with him.
Instead, he chose a different path and adopted a wait-and-see approach.
He has been adopted by a Cardiff couple, learned English and gained seven GCSEs.
"He has adopted and maintains a lifestyle that is totally contrary to the will of God as declared in the written word of God, " said the Rev George Curry, chairman of the Church Society, an evangelical grouping within the Church of England.
Eventually he was placed in the care of a charity and was adopted by a family on Prince Edward Island, but he ran away four years later and criss-crossed the country, hitch-hiking.
Before he dismisses workable approaches that other companies have successfully adopted, he might want to look around a bit more.
However, he also said that some GPs adopted a macho attitude and refused to accept that they did not have all the answers.
Kurt Ling, 48, the CEO and co-founder of Pure LatexBliss, a Georgia-based mattress manufacturer, is such a fan he has adopted Mr. Jobs's signature turtlenecks.
Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing a bow tie. (Williams adopted the bow tie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation of Islam guys who worked in the office--though he says the choice was strictly sartorial, not religious.) Still later, when Williams worked at St.
In a recent talk show, he spoke of what it meant to him to have adopted a child from Russia.
The Tennessee native quietly retired in late November after 25 years in which he became a household name in his adopted state as host of "California's Gold" and other televised travelogues on KCET.
The year got off to a rocky start for NFL superstar Peyton Manning, as he left his adopted home of Indianapolis after leading the Colts to nine consecutive playoff appearances and a Super Bowl title.
By then, too, he had abandoned a career in dentistry, adopted to please that authoritarian father.
Through his son, he also found out he had a granddaughter, who has been adopted and used Facebook to find her biological family when she turned 18.
He adopted as his name glyph (personal insignia) a knotted diadem, the symbol of authority itself.
He was adopted as an infant by Willie Coleman, a representative for a pharmaceutical company, and Sue Coleman, a nurse.
When he ran international, Cantalupo never adopted the microwave, so a Big Mac sold in Dubai tasted more like what came out of Fred Turner's kitchen in 1968.
Mrs Howes' husband David joked he hears a "rustling" around November as their adopted snow family "escape from the bedroom" and begin to appear overnight on the stairs.
During both trials, Pryce accepted she had taken Huhne's points, but adopted a defence of marital coercion, claiming he had made her sign a form he had already completed in her name.
During her trial, Ms Pryce accepted that she had taken Huhne's points, but she adopted a defence of marital coercion, claiming he had made her sign a form he had already completed in her name.
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