Word: wrenching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only got a raise of two cents an hour by the transfer; yet when my former companions saw me--with tools--a huge wrench and an oil can--my social standing was "elevated amazingly." Mr. Williams also told the story of a carpenter who went away from a humble job to a position where hours were shorter and pay higher. A fortnight later he returned. "Higher, pay?--yeah. But do you know what they wanted me to do? Bang together a bunch of boards into a ramshackle barn for a target, and one shot from a gun 14 miles...
Russians, attempting to put a cheerful face upon the Soviets' failure to throw a monkey wrench into the Security Pact Conference at Locarno (see INTERNATIONAL) declared: "Germany is signing a commercial treaty at Moscow with her right hand, a forced political agreement at Locarno with her left...
Butterworth, still acting captain in Joss' place, will oppose Captain Wilson in the line. The duel between these two great tackles should be well worth watching. Against Brown, the Pennsylvania leader played the part of monkey wrench in the Bear's offensive machine...
...players but one are in the best of condition and no injuries have resulted from any of the games. The single injured player is Robinson, substitute halfback, who received a severe wrench during an unusually heated scrimmage preceding the Vermont game. He has been carrying his arm in a sling since then and will not be ready for the Harvard game although it is expected that he will see service in the others...
...electricity, "knows less today," yet is now president of a large concern making electrical apparatus (Cutter Electric & Manufacturing Co.) by reason of a genius for not interfering with men trained to their jobs. "He smokes incessantly, has no love for automobiles, regards a screwdriver with suspicion and a monkey-wrench with horror." Modest, he will permit no one to address him as "Doctor," though his abiding passion for English literature has caused three universities to confer upon him honorary degrees...