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...police were intrigued by the thief's modus operandi. Said Sergeant Arthur Nielsen: "This is only the second armed animal robbery case I've seen in 21 years. We once caught a guy who was using a big German shepherd to scare money out of his victims." The snake, which police found sleeping under a nearby porch, was turned over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. The snake was thus freed, after a fashion; only its master must still face the scales of justice...
...proliferation of opinions causes a certain amount of confusion. "Multiple opinions appear to be the court's modus operandi, "says University of Virginia Law Professor A.E. Dick Howard, "and the bigger the issue the more likely the splintering." Adds Yale Law School Professor Paul Gewirtz: "The splintering reflects a breakdown of institutional cohesion and purpose, and creates all sorts of problems for lower courts and other branches of government who need guidance...
Muskie's immediate and overriding problem will be to work out a modus vivendi with Brzezinski that fully establishes the Secretary of State's position. It will not be an easy task. The National Security Adviser is a man of strong views directly put. Brzezinski likes to say, "In life you must take risks," and he shapes his policy thoughts accordingly. His favorite historical figure is Napoleon. He often quotes a phrase he attributes to the Emperor: "On s'engage et puis on voit" (roughly, "You act and then you see"). A less favored and not yet historical figure...
...most encouraging was the modus operandi. The crew jumped out in front early in the 1500-meter regatta, and stayed on top all the way. Princeton wound up second, almost two boat lengths behind, and Cornell trailed far behind, almost 19 seconds off the pace...
...disciplined modus operandi characterizes Bok's actions within the University. Faculty members invariably describe his technique for solving problems--identify the issue, form a committee, gather differing views, and find a solution--as systematic, judicial or legalistic. Under Bok's almost Japanese style of confrontation-avoidance, conflicts are bureaucratized and thrown into committees where "reasonable people," one of Bok's favorite phrases make consensus decisions. "Significant changes," Bok says, "depend on taking into account the views of different groups. It is important not to have a lot of controversy," he continues, because "change only comes when you get a sense...