"Apple's modus operandi to date has been to cream the high-end off each market, but as the company's grown it may now need to target more of the mainstream, " analysts at Evercore Partners said.

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He added that Boston Properties's modus operandi had been to promote from within the company.

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Such is baseball's modus operandi: Big-market teams with big TV contracts buy the best players and pound the stuffing out of poorer teams.

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Time and again he was caught out - and with Chelsea in no mood to forgive his ineptitude, Sunderland's modus operandi quickly went from early optimism to damage limitation.

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Shakti's modus operandi, difficult to sum up in a nutshell, is this: Here and in similar operations in Sikkim and Kumaon, Shakti leases floors in larger, well-situated traditional houses around the region, often with the family remaining in residence on other floors.

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The decisive reason for the Gulenist lack of transparency, however, may be due to their movement's goals and modus operandi.

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Upon discovering that the papers included materials relating to CAIR's strategic plans, personnel, modus operandi and funding sources, the investigative team reviewed them carefully for evidence of conduct at odds with U.S. national security and other interests, if not downright criminal behavior.

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But what's curious is that his approach at Sunderland represents a departure from his modus operandi.

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