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TIME: I think of your modus operandi as taking on a genre and then remaking it in your own image. With Buffy it was vampires, with Firefly, space opera. But Dollhouse is different. It's its own genre. Unless there's a genre out there I don't know about...
...lack of any prior local police intelligence about the attacks - a complaint voiced by many Mumbaikars today - is particularly alarming given the meticulous planning and unusual modus operandi of the attackers. For example, an Indian navy spokesman confirmed that the terrorists entered Mumbai without detection by taking a sea route. Starting from a base in Gujarat to the north of Mumbai, they made their way to the Gateway of India at Mumbai's southern tip and another landing point on the peninsula 14 nautical miles away; they killed one boatman in the process...
...they have occured with increasing frequency: about a dozen such attacks have pockmarked India's largest cities, from Delhi and Jaipur to Bangalore and Guwahati. And so when the alarms went out on Wednesday night, it looked like Mumbai was being hit by another one of those attacks. The modus operandi was similar: simultaneous blasts in heavily populated areas. But this time, the attack was different...
...wars, Iran’s nuclear aspirations, and the perennial Israel-Palestine quagmire, to say the region is a ticking bomb is an understatement. Perhaps more than anywhere else, Obama’s reputation and credibility have a real potential to better this region, particularly in achieving a modus vivendi for Israel. Although the prospect of full American withdrawal from Iraq sounds frightening, Obama’s insistence on furthering efforts in Afghanistan are promising, especially if they involve further multilateral involvement and tangible nation-building. At the same time, the incoming Democratic administration should adopt a Republican stance...
...governing style. The Bush presidency has been marked by a willful disdain for the importance of ideas and knowledge. Flying “by the seat of one’s pants” may be an acceptable tactic for fighter pilots, but it should never be the modus operandi of our chief executive...