Word: modus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Finkelstein, who has both sharply criticized Israeli military conduct and accused Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz of plagiarism, had been invited to speak at Harvard Book Store but was abruptly disinvited without explanation. While Finkelstein cannot prove that Dershowitz was responsible for the disinvitation, the Dershowitz modus operandi is evident in the hundreds of pages of threatening legal correspondence which document Dershowitz’s campaign to stop publication of Finkelstein’s book at University of California Press (UCP) and had evidently succeeded at doing so at the New Press. Dershowitz even wrote—using...
...Htein Lin's prison experience is omnipresent in his paintings, which have been featured in recent exhibitions in both Hong Kong and London, where he now lives with his wife, a former British ambassador to Burma. His work - and unique modus operandi - is attracting the attention of international collectors, according to Karin Weber, owner of a Hong Kong gallery specializing in contemporary Burmese art that has shown Htein Lin's paintings. "They're dense with visual information," Weber says, referring to a corpus that both chronicles the artist's bodily and sensory impoverishment, and offers a timely glimpse into...
...Rana, the confession of the boy bomber meshes well with the modus operandi of Mehsud's loose coalition. "Mehsud is not only organizing in the tribal areas," says Rana. "He is trying to unify all of the insurgent movements, even from Karachi and Baluchistan. These groups will have mutual understanding on one issue, and they will work together to achieve their common goals...
...look for superinvestor Rogers in a boardroom or office, analyzing graphs and charts. He's more likely to be speeding across China on a motorcycle. The self-described "adventure capitalist" says his modus operandi is to go out and "see, smell and taste the real action...
...most vexing about the administration’s crackdown is its manner of interaction with student groups. The College has shown little-to-no interest in learning about the social situations and pressures students actually encounter, and how its policies might affect their circumstances. Instead, its modus operandi is to demand instant, mandatory meetings with group leaders, present them with vague accusations, and refuse to present specific or helpful evidence to deal with the “problem...