Date:    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:06:09 -0700
<br>From:    Yongwei Gao <951208[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FUDAN.EDU.CN>
<br>Subject: Re: monkey-wrench & push-up
<br>
<br>Dear all,
<br>
<br>Have you ever seen the following two words:
<br>1. monkey-wrench      It s a mushrooming p.r. cloud that threatens to
<br>damage Microsoft both explicitly (if Justice decides to monkey-wrench
<br>Gates  Windows 98 plans) and implicitly, by hampering his ability to
<br>influence future legislation on such crucial Infobahn issues as
<br>copyright protection and encryption. (97/11/24 Time p78)  The word
<br>should mean "to destroy, to sabotage", but does it have any bearing to
<br>"monkey-wrencher' used in environmental contexts?
<br>2. push-up       Let them entertain you, because its  their raison
<br>d etre to meander through after-hours private parties at L.A. s hot
<br>boites#-Martini, Viper, Babylon, or any place kept dark enough to
<br>confess your sins in#-with the gloriously dubious purpose of providing a
<br>shot of push-up glamour to the surroundings. (8/94 Esquire p63) Has it
<br>obtained a new meaning?
<br>
<br>regards,
<br>
<br>Yongwei Gao
<br>Fudan University,
<br>Shanghai, China
<br>