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...both ideas are almost impossible to reconcile with any known model of the universe. Admits Postman: "If I'd been at the receiving end of this news, I'd be skeptical too. But the modus operandi of an observer is to report what Nature is telling us." And that's true whether or not the news conforms to the conventional wisdom...
...based businessman whom Rashid had coerced, by blackmailing Awad's business, to blow up Geneva's Noga Hilton. The story sounded farfetched, but when Swiss police went to the Noga Hilton, they found a bomb-rigged suitcase in Awad's room. As Awad volunteered more detail about Rashid's modus operandi, U.S. officials began to detect a link between the bomb in Awad's suitcase and the one that had blown a hole in the Pan Am jet three weeks earlier. But U.S. policy did not yet support a pursuit of Rashid. So Awad stayed where he was, content with...
Unfortunately, Yeltsin seems to have trouble with the concept of moderation; he has a disturbing habit of taking quick unilateral decisions without consultation. This is a useful trait at times, but thoroughly dangerous as a general modus operandi...
...first is this column, which, beginning with this installment, switches its modus operandi as well as its raison d'etre. Instead of highlighting area subway stations, it is moving above ground to be even closer to adventure and the open road: each week's column will now profile an area bus stop...
...much better at what it does, more energetic and more professional. Israeli intelligence says the guerrillas have acquired improved armaments, including Russian Sagger antitank missiles. They have learned to coordinate several feints to mask a swoop on their real target. "They are now more sophisticated in their modus operandi," said a senior Israeli officer...