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Officers are expected to remain on the scene for several days, with a number of teams trying to figure out what happened, Davis said, promising a "slow and methodical" investigation.

The NIH is leading a report on the causes of autism that was expected to be a methodical review of existing scientific literature and be released Sept. 29, according to people familiar with the matter.

It’s so methodical and there’s something really unnerving about it.

Silver tends to be methodical when conducting a probe and is expected to act on what can be proved, not on the perception of wrongdoing.

In sharp contrast, the counter-resolution from party leaders doesn’t even lightly criticize Israel for its methodical large-scale killing of Palestinian people, which is now in its 23rd horrendous month.