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...abortionist label on Dr. Roy, an obstetrician who delivered no fewer than 5,000 babies and performed several legal abortions. Roy, who has been active in politics all his career, campaigns largely on his support of public health and environmental issues. Dole has his hands full just trying to wrench himself clear of his party. After President Ford pardoned Nixon and announced his amnesty program, Dole quipped that he had received "about all the help from President Ford that I can stand." Neck and neck...
Finally--not exactly a wrench in the works but certainly a red herring--The New York Times reported in late March that Oscar Handlin, Pforzheimer University Professor and chairman of the Faculty library committee, was being considered for appointment as the Librarian of Congress...
Soichiro Honda, Eng.D., founder and president of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo. He preferred grease on his face and a wrench in his hand to sitting behind a desk in a plush office...
...snatches the dominating role away from him, becoming perhaps the crueler tyrant. The story threads lightly, revealing rather than obscuring the texture of snow-particles skitting across the granite of the church; the walled and narrow-streeted Spanish village; the suffering and scorn in Deneuve's bloodless face; the wrench of Catholicism. The surrealism here is not extraneous or forced-it arises out of the material. Instead of a shock show of the contorted and bizarre, the film glides with the constant expectation of something more subtly strange, the ever-present possibility that some grazing sleight of hand will tamper...
...earphones. "My name is Leachim," said the robot. "You are doing Segment 10. Try to follow my directions carefully. If a classmate drops a pin on the floor, what would you pick it up with? Answer A: a screwdriver. Answer B: pliers. Answer C: a wrench. " Lisa punched button B on Leachim's chest. "You are correct," said the robot. "Pliers will help you lift and squeeze things." "He's very polite," says Lisa. "He says 'thank you' and 'please...