Word: wrenching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doesn't mean the worker will work harder. It means fewer pieces to put together, fewer steps to put it together, fewer turns on the wrench. And doing more in design so we do less in assembly...
...next night at the Kennedy School, I began to understand his point: to wrench political influence from lobbyists and big-money campaign contributors and return it to the populace at large. "How many of you in this room have never given $1000 to a candidate?" he asked, and the question drove his point home. (For those of you who are interested, the number--which "so terrorizes the establishment...
...also needed for the job itself. According to those who built the sukkah, the bolts were securely fastened with a wrench, and would have been impossible to remove by hand. To do so much damage, the vandals would have needed tools--wrenches, and flashlights if it took place before dawn--that most people don't have lying around just in case they decide to play a joke. Because the sukkah is located away from the main thoroughfare, the act was so time consuming, and the damage was so extensive, it is ridiculous to think the decision to vandalize...
...This throws a monkey wrench into Ivy plans. We could both still finish on top, but who knows about Penn and Princeton," Anderson said...
True, a few union members and advocates backed the project, worried that conflict over Scheme Z would throw a wrench into the entire Central Artery project, which the state's Department of Transportation has said will create 15,000 jobs. But proponents were clearly the silent minority...