Why are my PDF's opening in Preview instead of Adobe?

My previous iBook opened up my PDF's in Adobe. But my MacBook purchased Nov 2012 is opening up PDF's in Preview. How can I get them to open in Adobe?

Thank you, this only works until system shut down, and on re-start, Preview is again mysteriously the default viewer for PDF's... I can repeat this "Get Info, Change All" sequence, but every time I restart the computer?  Seem odd... Any suggestions?  Thanks!

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