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...Republican nominations for Senate this year. (The G.O.P. seems intent on running a hapless benchwarmer named Alan Schlesinger for the seat.) No politician is exempt from hubris, and so there may be something to the theory. But an almost saintly civility has always been part of Lieberman's modus operandi. His unflappable strength in facing down extremists of both parties-on issues ranging from welfare reform to immigration, the environment, education reform and Hollywood's frequent excesses-has been an elegant demonstration of political independence and flagrant humanity over the years. The real problem with Lieberman's position on Iraq...
...into this network of networks. It is precisely that lack of knowledge that looms largest a year later. The British government has repeatedly stressed that there is no firm evidence linking al-Qaeda to the July 7 bombings. This suggests some confusion in high places about the nature and modus operandi of the al-Qaeda network. It seems odd to deny an al-Qaeda link in the light of a video message from Khan, accompanied by a statement by Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in which Khan identifies the London bombings as part of al-Qaeda...
...Government Out of Touch Re "A strange kind of revolution" [April 3], author Jacques Marseille's essay on the French protests over the youth labor law: Having lived half my life in Britain and half in France, I've been able to note some enduring differences in the Gallic modus operandi. Among the many problems that France has, one is an élitist government. Too few of the ministers during the past 30 years have come up through the ranks from an ordinary background. They form a modern-day monarchical court. The buildings they work in are palatial, the apartments...
...Night, and behind it, there lurks the potential for a simple, widely supported cause to be obscured by inconsequential, fringe tirades.Harvard TBTN’s present organizers deserve credit. They have taken something that, in past years, was profoundly crazy and have made it reasonable. They have retained its modus operandi—a frank, blunt approach to make the reality of rape at Harvard more real to students who are only passively aware of the problem.Although the vigil this year conflicted with Maundy Thursday, precluding the participation of a number of observant Christians, myself included, it?...
...another wrinkle, one that might or might not have been a coincidence. During the period DeSalvo was working at the Jungers', a 62-year-old woman was killed in a house down the street. Her name was Bessie Goldberg, and she was raped and strangled--precisely the Strangler's modus operandi. But DeSalvo was never charged with the crime. Instead a black man named Roy Smith, who had cleaned Goldberg's house that day, was convicted of her murder. Did the police get the wrong...