Word: wrenchingly
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...explanation, when it came, confirmed General de Gaulle's worst misgivings. This time it was not his U.S. detractors and opponents who had thrown the wrench. General de Gaulle's old friends and supporters in the British Government had suggested that he stay away from North Africa; someone at General Eisenhower's headquarters had merely agreed and acted in his name...
From the Senate came another wrench in manpower planning. Alabama's John H. Bankhead drafted two bills to defer agricultural labor from the draft, force the release on furlough for farm work of Army men who had been farmers. Franklin Roosevelt made a countermove-suggested some use of soldiers in harvesting crops, volunteer harvesting by children...
...cheaper than a wrench, your back is a road...
...recognition of 38 years of continuous leadership unmarred by labor strife or serious dispute." Chicagoans chuckled, too, over the latest story of the famed Tilt temper. In a purple rage because his Packard was hard to start one cold Sunday morning, Art jumped out of the car, grabbed a wrench, roared a sailorful of oaths as he battered off a headlight...
Tire companies look a bit askance at the tubeless idea. They admit that it will work in a pinch, but they warn against its hazards in the event of a blowout-they say it would give the car a far worse wrench than usual...