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WWF antics make current GOP modis operandi seem civilized. diridi
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To suggest that this has not been the modis operandi of today's system, however, would be unfair, but there is always room for improvement.
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The reference to "peer review" was a reference to Mashey's links, which I didn't open as I assumed they would be swill I thought it was his usual modis of calls to authority.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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Orderly queues have been the ‘modis operendi’ for the domestic parks for many years now.
Toon Quandry: Character Meet and Greet vs. Chance Encounters | The Disney Blog 2009
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Though it seems that I am, in fact, the odd one out, I still think waiting until the last minute is a dodgy modis operandi.
Thoughts from the other side Lauri 2008
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They were collected, “viis et modis,” said the Man of Law, another distinguished member of the Committee, with a knowing cock of his eye to his next neighbour.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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It is just more conflating of 9/11 and Saddam and Iraq, the White House modis operandi from day one.
Jackson Williams: General Petraeus to Testify Before Congress on September 11. Mere Serendipity? 2008
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Though it seems that I am, in fact, the odd one out, I still think waiting until the last minute is a dodgy modis operandi.
Archive 2008-12-01 Lauri 2008
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Capilli retia Cupidinis, sylva caedua, in qua nidificat Cupido, sub cujus umbra amores mille modis se exercent.
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Quo majoribus me donis probatiabat, eo pejoribus illum modis tractabam, ne basium impetravis, &c.
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