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He was adopted from a friend who could no longer keep him.

Are they more likely to be adopted now than before?

The course has been adopted by nearly 5,000 high schools around the country.

California has already adopted its own, to take effect in 2006.

The current policy against such cases was adopted in 1988.

But, he said, the Administration has since adopted a similar position.

She also adopted two children, who are 16 and 8.

Since then, at least 25 states have adopted the law.

The plan was soon adopted as the national model for other states to use.

A clear common position has to be adopted on Iraq!

They have already been adopted and are coming into force.

As I said already before, the law would have been adopted.

Talking to others who have adopted children can give you a sense of what's involved.

In any case, we seem to have adopted her as one of our own.

However, such a course must be adopted with great care.

If adopted, the plan would go into effect 30 days from then.

The program is being adopted at other high schools across the state.

I was sure their mother would turn out to have been adopted.

They took an interest in her and she adopted them.

He had wanted to be adopted into a human family.

The current name was adopted on the turn of 1988 and 1989.

The group's current name was adopted at the same time.

The child was then adopted to care for the parents' old age.

She was adopted as a baby along with three other children.

The present name of the school was adopted in 2007.