Adopting timeboxing more than tripled developer productivity at DuPont in the ' 80s.

Adopting a socio-ecological rather than the bio-medical model, health geography adopts a more holistic approach, emphasizing treatment of the whole person and not just components of the system.

Adopting the flippant tone of a California " Valley girl ", she brought a satirical, sarcastic edge to her commentary.

Adopting an upper frequency limit of 3 GHz rather than 10 GHz could reduce the antenna cost by a factor of two.

Adopting many of previous Animism and Hindu-Buddhist, and mainly Islamic traditions.

Adopting the profession of arms, he commanded ships which took part in the war between England and France in 1513 and 1514 ; later he served the king of Portugal against the Moors, and then he fought for his own sovereign in Ireland and in France.

Adopting the emblem of the Arrow Cross, the League sought to forge links with like-minded groups in Europe, and took part in international Neo-Nazi rallies at Diksmuide in Belgium, where they forged links with the Vlaamse Militanten Orde and the National States ' Rights Party.

She has presented several documentaries for the BBC, " Saira Khan's Pakistan Adventure " 2x60mins BBC2 2007 and " Adopting Abroad, Saira's Story " BBC2 2x60mins Sept 2011, as well as appearing as a guest on a variety of BBC and ITV shows such as Ready Steady Cook and Countdown.

Adopting the stage-name " Baptiste ", Deburau played Pierrot, from about 1819, as the servant of the heavy father ( usually Cassander ), his mute acting a compound of placid grace and cunning malice.

Adopting the stage name " Michael Scott ", In July 1953 he was cast as the drunkard Hindley in the Company's production of Wuthering Heights.

Adopting the motto “ Exploring, Understanding, Designing Change – Globally, Regionally, Locally ", the Geography Department offers an integrated bachelor degree programme in geography in addition to teacher training programmes, focusing on methodology and approaches in the fields of regional global change research, remote sensing and spatial modeling, environmental analysis, land use management, conservation as well as threats to nature.

Adopting the pseudonym " J. J. Marric ", he wrote Gideon's Day, 1955, in which George Gideon, a high-ranking detective at Scotland Yard, spends a busy day supervising his subordinates ' investigations into several unrelated crimes.

Adopting the slogan " Progress-Solidarity-Unity ", the movement aimed to work closely for a closer unity of European states, although in the end little came of it as only the MSI enjoyed any success domestically.

Adopting the alias of " The Other ", he dispatched another former Soviet agent, the Unicorn, to destroy Iron Man.

Adopting Štedimlija's research of Montenegrin individuality as a " nation separate from the Serbs and that by origin stems from Red Croats ", he propagated an anti-Serbian state union of Montenegrins with Croats and Albanians.

Adopting the trope of the Portuguese " saudade ", Pasargadae and poems as many others are similar in a nostalgic remembrance of childhood bandeiriana, street life, the everyday world of provincial Brazilian cities of the early 20th century.

Adopting the name " Christian York ", Spence wrestled for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts ( OMEGA ), Southern Championship Wrestling, Steel City Wrestling, and numerous other independent promotions across the country.

Adopting the motto " Atmosphere, Arrangement, Sound, Layering and Noise ", they set out in 1995 to record a demo tape titled " Mee-eaux ", an audio cassette later released through Hypnosigh Records.

Adopting a new name, the group played its first gig as the Sex Pistols on November 6, 1975, at St. Martin's School of Art and soon attracted a small but ardent following.

Adopting the name Mary Ann in 1987, Horton founded Columbus ' first transgender support group, the Crystal Club, in 1989.

Adopting tactics similar to those with which he had success in Australia, he scored two centuries — an unbeaten 138 in the first Test, and a match-saving 101 not out in the final Test which gave England a 2 – 0 series victory.

Adopting the stage name Polaire ,(" Pole Star "), she worked first as a music-hall singer and dancer: one of her earliest hits was performing the French version of Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay.

Adopting ITIL best practices is therefore a good first step for organizations wishing to achieve ISO 20000 certification for their IT Service Management processes.

Adopting the identity of Hellhound he attempted to force Selina to kill him, believing this would finish the ceremony she had interrupted when they first met, and that he would be reborn as a " true hound of hell ".

Adopting Thomas Malthus's population theory, they saw poor urban conditions as inevitable, as they believed population growth would outstrip food production ; and they considered that to be desirable, as starvation would help limit population growth.

Adopting the original shield, he dons a new costume incorporating a pistol and a knife.

Adopting a single name to identify oneself was in vogue by artists in many fields during that era, especially among those in Paris.

Adopting Marxism-Leninism as his guiding ideology, in 1961 Castro proclaimed the socialist nature of the Cuban revolution, and in 1965 became First Secretary of the newly founded Communist Party.

Adopting the name change, the council resolved to call on residents, businesses and public organisations to use the name Staines-upon-Thames, and to call on the Surrey County Council and Runnymede Borough Council to use Staines-upon-Thames for all official business.

Adopting strong protectionist policies, One Nation advocated the restoration of import tariffs, a revival of Australia's manufacturing industry, and an increase in support for small business and the rural sector.

Adopting an approach similar to that taken by the band Marillion, Spock's Beard have decided to take pre-orders of the CD before entering the recording studio, to support the production costs.

Adopting the principle of heat storage, he combined a heat source, two large hotplates and two ovens into one unit: the AGA Cooker.

Adopting a latin pop sound, she and Mozart released Oppera ’ s debut album Violince in 2004.

Adopting a formula successfully employed by Mondonville a few years earlier, these pieces differ from trio sonatas in that the harpsichord is not simply there as basso continuo to accompany other instruments ( the violin, flute or viol ) playing the melody but has an equal part in the " concert " with them.

Adopting a falsetto, Lymon carried on.

Adopting the stage name " Sly Stone ," he then formed " The Stoners " in 1966 which included Cynthia Robinson on trumpet.

Adopting the use of the horse, the Niitsitapi established themselves as one of the most powerful Indian tribes on the Plains in the late 18th century, earning themselves the name " The Lords of the Plains.

Adopting the title of viceroy was yet another way to walk the thin line between challenging the Sultan's power explicitly and respecting his jurisdiction.

Adopting a serialized, mock-melodrama format, the series followed the adventures of Crusader and his dimwitted sidekick Rags the Tiger.

* Adopting multiculturalism as a curricular alternative that eliminates, marginalizes, or vilifies European heritage to the point that Europe epitomizes all the evil in the world.

Adopting the integrated pest management ( IPM ) approach usually helps with resistance management.

Adopting this circumscription, Malvaceae incorporates a much larger number of genera.

Adopting the color of their favorite charioteers was a way fans showed their loyalty to that particular racer or faction.

Adopting a pro-American stance to promote economic development and recovery from depression, the United Fruit Company under Ubico became the most important company in Guatemala behind wheelbarrow manufacturing.