Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drug; by their reasoning, the killer bought Extra-Strength Tylenol over the counter, inserted cyanide in some of the capsules, then returned the bottles to store shelves. Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fanner suggests that "a disgruntled employee in the production chain" was the more likely culprit. Whatever the method and motive, the killer clearly knew what he was doing. In each case, the red half of the contaminated capsule was discolored and slightly swollen. When opened, the capsules emitted the telltale almond odor of cyanide; the poison was present in quantities thousands of times the usual fatal dose. Says Police...
...country's major parties following the Sept. 17 breakup of Helmut Schmidt's ruling center-left coalition. It marked the first time in West Germany's postwar history that a change in leadership was brought about by the use of the "constructive" procedure.* The unorthodox method of the changing of the guard in Bonn gave an element of instability and uncertainty to the fledgling Kohl government, which has tentatively promised national elections for next March 6. Kohl's new coalition is untested, and his Christian Democratic Union has not been overwhelmingly successful in recent state elections...
Author Susanna Moore, 33, tells both of these stories in alternating chapters; Lily the child is a character in the past, while Lily the grown woman narrates the flash-forwards. This method of jumping forth and back is initially disconcerting but ultimately effective. Lily coexists as daughter and mother, a survivor of a history of losses...
...quest to find the most unique method of alcoholic consumption, a Bucknell College student is coming here "to find out if the drinking games at Harvard measured up to the caliber of the school...
Teaching takes place in missionaries' apartments, in Mormon churches, and--most frequently--in "students" homes. Missionaries find students by using the-old-fashioned door-to-door method, although Parrish says "it's going out of style," by setting up informational bulletin boards in public places, by approaching people in parks and universities, and by relying upon a snowball effect through which each student interests a few of his friends in attending teaching sessions. Students in Oriental countries are primarily the young: older people are too bound to traditional morals and religions to embrace a new faith...