I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins.

The same cognitive systems that make young children feel good about feel good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists.

Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.

It does not support the strategies adopted by smart companies.

A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.

Adopt a flexible approach to solving problems.

Familiar consumer products are being adopted by businesses, government and the armed forces.

Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.

The Senate bill would create an independent commission to monitor the pilot programs and recommend changes in Medicare's payment policies to urge providers to adopt reforms that work.

That is far less likely to happen if Congress also adopts strong pay-go rules requiring that any increase in payments to providers be offset by new taxes or budget cuts.

Subsidise companies to adopt plain packaging.

When we can't actually remove the source of our fear, we tend to adapt psychologically by adopting a range of defence mechanisms, says Tom Crompton, change strategist for the environmental organisation World Wide Fund for Nature.

The Conservatives plan to adopt this strategy by making utility companies print the average local electricity and gas usage on people's bills.

Kapur points out that while the model adopted by many teachers when introducing students to new knowledge―providing lots of structure and guidance early on, until the students show that they can do it on their own―makes intuitive sense, it may not be the best way to promote learning.

Individuals and companies adopted self-protection measures.

Campuses willing to adopt convenient schedules along with more focused, less-expensive degrees may find that they have a competitive advantage in attracting bright, motivated students.

Effective measures adopted by the government.

Adopting a three-year option will not come easily to most school.

It adopts the bully-boy chief executive model.

It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy.

Since 1976 the act has been amended to include computer software and guidelines have been adopted for fair use of television broadcasts.

But Delia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone.

As more journals and funders adopt data-sharing requirements, and as a growing number of enthusiasts call for more openness, junior researchers must find their place between adopters and those who continue to hold out, even as they strive to launch their

I think that by having people adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as well as nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, which will be proof that these factors are, in fact, imp

In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight.

Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put for adoption.