Word: kilter
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...moment of victory Jack Kennedy allowed himself to doubt that he might make it. In the final swing of the campaign, the Kennedy troupe was showing the frazzled edges of fatigue, even unaccustomed confusion. The motorcades in Connecticut and New York were dogged with inefficiency and out-of-kilter schedules ; so furious was Kennedy at one point that he stomped about in his Manhattan hotel room, called in his weary aides and chewed them out. "This,'' he stormed at one man, "is the most blankety-blank day of the entire campaign!'' His raw-rubbed nerves jangled...
...Chrysler's Valiant is selling well, but comparisons have been thrown out of kilter by the surprising success of the company's middle-size Dart, which now accounts for 85% of the Dodge division's sales. For Chrysler Corp., this means an expansion of its market (its sales are up 48% over last year, when a glass strike crippled production), but it also means headaches for Plymouth. Many Plymouth customers are switching to Darts, buying them so fast that last month the Dart actually outsold the Plymouth, onetime mainstay of the company...
...this time, even the commercial for "Lilt Home Permanent" is out of kilter. Buranelli turns to the audience with a happy, conspiratorial grin: "Let me out!" He is obviously speaking for everyone onstage, including M.C. Edwards...
Seagull Hash. Most of the troubles have been minor-but bothersome. A major cause of delayed flights for both American Airlines and Pan American Airways is the autopilot system, which temperamentally gets out of kilter with the least flaw in a soldered wire, a spring or a clip. The airlines have had to delay flights because of trouble with the water-injection system used to boost takeoffs, bugs in the air-conditioning and pressurization system, even burnt-out lights over the passenger seats. On one occasion an American jet sat on the ground for several hours waiting for a replacement...
...seemed tasteful and gratifyingly fresh. A comedian who works primarily in pantomime, King is a kind of Jack Tati in his characterization of the well-meaning Englishman who really could cope with life except for the fact that the world itself is a little out of kilter...