monkeying

• “Reflecting on the fine-tuning of the conditions necessary for the universe to bring forth life, he suggested that the universe looks like a "put-up job," as if someone had been "monkeying" with the laws of physics, getting ready in advance for the appearance of life.”

  The Huffington Post: Dr. Larry Dossey: Is the Universe Merely a Statistical Accident?

• “The whole sorry episode left me wondering, Has Scholastic done this kind of monkeying around with the facts in their books or "discussion guides" before?”

  Mona Gable: Not Letting Scholastic off the Hook

• “Can such ecosystems be improved through conscious design or is "monkeying" with such systems invariably counterproductive?”

  Demarcation, Credentials, and Science Education

• “She spent half an hour "monkeying" with the gate, and then stopped short and began to study.”

  The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1.

• “GMIS2010 "Quit 'monkeying' around and get to GMIS 2010.”

  Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7

• “I wonder what the medical reasons for classifying it as a prescription drug are-do you know? decision as a rare fact-based inquiry and denouncement, by a federal judge, of the kind of monkeying around with science that we've long heard pervaded Bush agencies.”

  Slate Magazine

• “Unless these issues are addressed, no amount of monkeying with an ill-defined Gen Y concept on slides will matter.”

  Gen Y Management Concept Update - NASA Watch

• “Especially if they start monkeying around with the elections rules.”

  You say stop, and I say go, go, go (Jack Bog's Blog)

• “You're a grown man, George ... you should stop monkeying around.”

  Freaky Monkey Bites the Dust

• “Being a dyed-in-wool-foodie and a part time cook, I couldn't leave well enough alone and kept monkeying with sauces and ingredients at our apartment in Vancouver," he said.”

  The Huffington Post: Former Middle-Class Couple Runs Hot Dog Stand To Ward Off Homelessness

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