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Word: wrenching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Maggie claims that she is not out to monkey-wrench any other candidate. "I am going to run my own campaign on my own record," says she. "I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real chal lenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Madam Candidate | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan. 23--President Sukarno of Indonesia has thrown a monkey wrench into mediation machinery built up by U. S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy for a settlement of the Malaysian crisis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sukarno Vows Destruction of Malaysia | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

...20th Century-Fox recovered $2,000,000 from Lloyd's when Elizabeth Taylor's illness delayed the filming of Cleopatra. Ever alert to a little publicity when the price is right, Lloyd's even covered a Manchester cinema against its patrons' strain, wrench or rupture due to "excessive laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Taking the Big Risks | 8/16/1963 | See Source »

...exciting. Goodyear's frustrated commuter, with his summer treads spinning in a snowdrift, just edged out Purolator Oil Filter's Moonlight Ride-the one with the terrific looking girl who gets in under the car in her evening dress, removes a clogged oil filter with a monkey wrench, and smears oil sludge all over her date when she kisses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Clio, Muse of Huckstery | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

...member of the gallery staff announced that she had successfully achieved blue ice cream. She had mixed blue dye and vanilla ice cream with a monkey wrench. The New Frontier moved an inch forward on its stools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happenings: Pop Culture | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

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