During the 1968 campaign, Nixon also made two secret deals to ensure his election. He conspired to “monkey wrench” plans for a ceasefire in Vietnam by promising South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu he’d give him a better deal. He also promised Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolin...
with their actions seen as part of a Robin Hood–like struggle—the weak fighting back against the strong. Such a view has been evidenced in popular culture for the last few decades, for example, in Edward Albee's 1975 novelThe Monkey Wrench Gang.Others, usually corporations, trade associatio...
After the success ofTomb Raider, Eidos pushed to have a new installment of the franchise on shelves every year, withTomb Raider IIarriving almost exactly one year after its predecessor. The game was the product of a significantly larger development team and the decision to optimize the originalT...
I knew it could cost me my job. I knew it could throw a monkey wrench in the machinery of the campaign. But after Dale had ignored the script and rambled for about 20 minutes over her alloted 5 minutes and Roy had angrily refused to read from or memorize his brief statement, I stro...
The controversial awarding to Qatar of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the world's most important sporting event alongside the Olympic Games, has emerged as a potential monkey wrench for social and political change. The tournament has to the Qataris' surprise given international trade unions, human ...
aFive samples of the same wire type were attached to a block of copper bus bar (9.84 cm long and 3.2 cm square) by wrapping the stripped wire end around a machine-head screw tightened to the bus bar with a torque wrench to 108.5 ± 0.1 N-m. Wires were mounted such that a 5 mm ...
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Political Parties Threw a Monkey Wrench in the Electoral College The framers of the Constitution hoped that political parties wouldn’t be necessary given the limited powers of the federal government, but presidential candidates started coalescing into political factions as early as the 1796 election,...
asking what they should do. And as soon as that happens, it’s like throwing a monkey wrench into the gears of the scaling company. It doesn’t work. So delegate responsibility and authority. Number Five:Know your numbers. No, seriously. Know your numbers. I can tell you on a daily ...