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...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...
...speech, audience members later said they could sense a bomb was about to drop—“because I was willing to do the second and didn’t feel like doing the first.”Provocation had long been Summers’ modus operandi, but it was unusual for him to admit that outright. Perhaps he felt comfortable inside the confines of what was ostensibly an off-the-record meeting, though nothing said among 40 professors is private. Or perhaps he thought he could remove his University president’s cap for an hour...
...recently rattled off a litany of observations no different than my own would be. Even my brother, who in the stages of youthful rebellion intentionally saw himself as completely different from my father, has started to pick up many of his quirks and his sometimes frustrating modus operandi. The deeper I’ve tread, the more I’ve discovered that virtually everything in me that I use to set myself apart from my classmates and peers is reflected, in one way or another, in the older generations of Suttons and Adomanises. The holiday season is, inevitably...
...national politics, the modus operandi is simple: win points for your political argument by changing the terms used in the debate...
...band’s 2002 E.P., “Chocolate and Ice.” But even with the familiar emphasis on blanketing reverb, soaring vocal lines, minor key melodies, and heavy breakdowns, “Z” reformats the band’s modus operandi. Legendary producer John Leckie (Radiohead, Stone Roses) seems to have contributed heavily to this evolution. His touch is most evident in the futuristic feel of several tracks, such as “Off The Record”’s spacey fadeout. Increasingly psychedelic lyrics like “A kitten...