Word: wrench
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...will be greatly complicated by the action of the obscure 25-share partner in the business. At recent market prices, Dr. Klein's stock is worth about $100; yet his claim for a receivership involves assets valued at $120,000,000. This apparent step toward throwing a monkey-wrench into the Company's machinery should provoke a lively tilt in the Courts when the question of a permanent receivership is taken...
Conan Doyle lost a son in the war, and his communication with the dead appeals to millions of hearts, which, like his, have suffered the wrench of separation. If such communication can be established, it is indeed " far more important than international politics, Bolshevism, or the Ruhr," as he declared. Millions would try to get in touch with their dead, and the church would have to take account of this spiritual longing, or give place to a new church...
Little by little the dispute over the meaning of this entry will grow until it includes in one vast growl of argument all the people from the hereditary janitors down to the sovereigns of the wrench and the nut. When it reaches the last named arbiters of human progress, the machinery, being neglected, will jam, whereupon the lights will go out. The growl of argument will then change to one great roar of anger...
Senator Hitchcock in commenting on the Senate's move said "It is beneath the dignity of the Senate to co-operate with the German government in throwing a monkey wrench into the peace machinery. It is known that this treaty first was made public in Germany. The German government did it for a purpose to get better terms. And the majority here is co-operating with the German government by its action today...
Practice for the day consisted in a long signal drill. P. Zach '19 was not in uniform because of a wrench received in Saturday's game. Late in the week, however, he will be able to resume his position...