"We needed a more nuts-and-bolts approach," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faster and Stronger] Reference

Veteran nuts-and-bolts program manager Pat Shanahan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boeing Replaces Head of 787] Reference

"This was a nuts-and-bolts meeting," said Derek Potter.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

You can't get nuts-and-bolts skills at educational institutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Motivating Employees When You're the Underdog] Reference

Valdez was more forthcoming about the nuts-and-bolts aspects of Nims's job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firestorm]

Party insiders expect a nuts-and-bolts administrator to replace Brown in 1992.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye Jerry?] Reference

Another group argued for a renewed focus on the nuts-and-bolts of ­filmmaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artifact of a Golden Age of Criticism] Reference

The protest planning meetings focus on nuts-and-bolts but are also full of spirit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Dreier: Terminator Budget Cuts Spur Protests Across Calif.] Reference

So far, Congress hasn't addressed these nuts-and-bolts issues in its deliberations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fine-Tuning a Detroit Bailout] Reference

But it is at its best when focused on the nuts-and-bolts of Lucas-style filmmaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Reason to Love Star Wars] Reference

Karl and I discussed some nuts-and-bolts details of administering the new department.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

This is the de facto nuts-and-bolts desk reference for all writers and thinkers alike.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tim Ferriss: Three Bibles for Clearer Thinking] Reference

She looked around and spied a lug, which was a kind of nut from a nuts-and-bolts tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yon Ill Wind]

But a more fundamental point of contention has arisen in nuts-and-bolts economic issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Thoughts] Reference

Ingenious nuts-and-bolts features can't account for Machu Picchu's spellbinding charm, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mysterious Machu Picchu] Reference

Do you think leaders should look just at big-picture strategy or take a nuts-and-bolts approach?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bridging Different Cultures After an Acquisition] Reference

Mr. Hayward was seen as a no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts man who would put the company back on track.    From Wordnik.com.  [BP's Worsening Spill Crisis Undermines CEO's Reforms] Reference

As we get closer and closer to November 4th, the nuts-and-bolts of campaigning take on huge importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [May the Best Database Win? A Look at the Voter Files Powering the '08 Race] Reference

But all this alsosmacks of Brown retreating to his comfort zone - the nuts-and-bolts of modern finance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

The alternative-certification program had no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts learning how to be a good teacher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savvy Schools] Reference

The pundits will stress the nuts-and-bolts policy issues: the banking system, education, energy, health.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Lakoff: The Obama Code] Reference

The pundits will stress the nuts-and-bolts policy issues: the banking system, education, energy, health care.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Lakoff: The Obama Code] Reference

"Hope," however, features a nuts-and-bolts tone, and takes a close look at its participants 'financial situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A House Is Not a Home] Reference

The departure of the nuts-and-bolts Mr. Bond ends an odd-couple relationship with the often-colorful Tyson family.    From Wordnik.com.  [CEO Quits at Meat Giant Tyson] Reference

But the bailout spurred by these exotic financial bets has also politicized the nuts-and-bolts insurance business.    From Wordnik.com.  [AIG's Rivals Blame Bailout For Tilting Insurance Game] Reference

It is not just some theoretical concept of political science but a nuts-and-bolts instrument which helps development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better Aid for a Better Future: Australia's Aid Program] Reference

He hasn't gone bankrupt, but once a high flier, he's now relying on his own cash and a nuts-and-bolts telecom business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Authority (IANA) -- the nuts-and-bolts Internet administrator that runs the protocols that allow the Internet to function.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz: Abandoning Internet Oversight] Reference

He occupied himself with the nuts-and-bolts work of revitalizing the party organization and the country's battered economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deng's Revolution] Reference

To run the nuts-and-bolts of the Big Apps challenge, the city is working with the New York City-based startup ChallengePost.    From Wordnik.com.  [BigApps: Build a Better Gotham [UPDATED]] Reference

Because of American exceptionalism, we tend to prefer high-flying rhetoric to the dull business of nuts-and-bolts legislation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caryl Rivers: East of Eden: Why Health Care Got Hijacked] Reference

"I knew the time had come for a really up front book" about suicide, he says -- "a nuts-and-bolts book on how to end your life.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ultimate Runaway Best Seller] Reference

So Republicans can get on with the nuts-and-bolts business of demonstrating the importance to women of particular federal measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turbulence In The House] Reference

Equally important nuts-and-bolts stuff -- Medicaid reimbursement rates, policies towards worker pay -- are harder for voters to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harold Pollack: Think You Need a Raise? Caregivers for the Disabled Need One More Than You Do] Reference

He's the nuts-and-bolts guy who is supposed to keep everyone in line and get legislation actually passed (instead of just talked about).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Weigant: Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand] Reference

What it does do is give us a nuts-and-bolts way both to duck life's curve balls and when we can't, to recognize they are not aimed at us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthur Rosenfeld: Pushing Hands] Reference

But when asked whether his "nuts-and-bolts" approach can possibly succeed in an ideological, divided age, he returns to the nuts and bolts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consultant in Chief] Reference

It is not just some theoretical concept of political science but a nuts-and-bolts instrument which helps to make sustainable progress in development.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Aid Works] Reference

He is a true progressive; moreover, I've read a couple of his books, and it's striking how much sound understanding of nuts-and-bolts policy they contain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Al Franken Ahead In Minnesota Senate Race!] Reference