Word: operandi
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...Caribbean (ruled by "the deadly comic-strip humour of Negro politics"), and the Muslim residents of Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Iran (a case of collective "neurosis and nihilism"). Upon landing in a new country?usually a developing nation that had recently shaken off colonial rule?Naipaul's modus operandi was to discover quickly that his hosts were relinquishing the gifts of civilization?courts of law, hygiene, tar roads?bequeathed to them by their European overlords and crawling back into tribal ritual, sham spirituality and chaos. He did this for more than 30 years, and when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
Still, Slichter—true to his modus operandi of finding silver linings when they’re least expected—says there was a peculiar kind of solidarity to the House that he remembers as “the gardening tool shed in the back” of campus...
Mahan ally Matthew J. Glazer ’06, chair of the Council’s Student Affairs Committee, recognizes that Mahan’s modus operandi this semester has been imperfect, but says Mahan has recognized the importance of making council members feel included in crucial decision-making...
True to the comic’s longstanding modus operandi, Hanken says he was entirely unfamiliar with the character at the time of his bizarre interview...
...International terrorism has adopted a different modus operandi. It has become decentralized without giving up veneration of Osama bin Laden. He is an icon of revenge for perceived atrocities against followers of Islam. The ongoing attacks in Iraq and the Madrid train bombings are grim indicators of the changing face of terrorism. Kailash Mehta Mohali, India...