After independence in 1991, President Saparmurat Niyazov built a cult of personality, adopting the title Turkmenbashi – the father of all Turkmen.
On adopting his stage name, Foxx admits that it didn't feel real.
Faint, adopting the cockney drawl he reserves for grown-ups who don't get it, winces a bit at the idea.
Siobhain McDonagh said it was no good adopting a "business as usual" approach.
It is the lack of this cooperation that has contributed to the ineffectiveness of anti-insurgency tactics that Nigeria was adopting.
It does so by snapping up rivals, adopting their new drugs, while slashing payrolls and research budgets.
Ignoring the etiquette tips that have proliferated online since 'selfie' was declared Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, the three world leaders appeared to momentarily forget the solemnity of the occasion, adopting the mandatory cheesy grins.
But it took MPs' expenses to push the Conservatives into adopting Silva's agenda.
Indeed, Labour considered adopting it when in power, but dropped it early in 2009 after siding with those in Whitehall who argued plans to widen the definition were "incendiary" and could alienate Muslims, whose support in the counterterrorism effort is crucial.
Cameron mocked Miliband for adopting a Blue Peter approach to the economy after the Labour leader acknowledged that prices might have to rise if there were a spike in world energy prices.
"Looking back it is easy to forget just what a stand that was, taking abuse from the major parties on both sides of the house and adopting a position that wasn't even supported by the previous leader of his own party".
