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The soldiers felt Welfare was pushing its Islamic agenda too strongly, forging links with the Arab world and looking to adopt elements of sharia law.

The sheriffs of Bristol, Plymouth and Worcester Counties, all Republicans, said they were working with federal officials to adopt elements of the program in their counties immediately.

Following the conquests, both urban and rural culture began to adopt elements of Arab culture, and an Arabic vernacular eventually replaced the Egyptian language as the common means of spoken discourse.

"It is difficult to assert the idea that companies are owned by their shareholders," he says.Yet as Japanese companies adopt elements of American-style capitalism to compete internationally, this ethos is waning.

Isabel Cavill of Planet Retail, a consultancy, notes that retailers such as Gap and George, a brand owned by Britain's Asda, are seeking to move production away from Asia and closer to home.As Benetton addresses its problems, it will adopt elements of Inditex's model, such as the way it frequently updates its collections, says an executive close to the company.

Western urbanites could easily adopt elements of the eco-village lifestyle, she says, by forming car pools, say, or shopping co-operatives.Tipping pointUntil recently most people in the waste industry had assumed that it was impossible to reduce the amount being produced and were concentrating on putting the stuff to better use.

Pop bands like The Black Eyed Peas have adopted elements of house.

Many Muslim countries have adopted elements of sharia law governing issues such as inheritance, banking, marriage and contract law.

Throughout most of the nineteenth century, reformers sought to reverse China's decline by adopting elements of Western technology.

In recent years, several Japanese pop idols who have adopted elements of black musical styles have hit it big.

Of further concern to passengers is that full-service airlines are increasingly adopting elements of the no-frills model.