Jury-rigged comes from the French "jour", meaning day. From Wordnik.com. [Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #139 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
He didn't win rigged elections or win flawed caucuses. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama has edge over McCain] Reference
This suppossed "Free Market" was rigged from the beggining. From Wordnik.com. [MoveOn ad campaign targets Hagan over 'public option'] Reference
The game is rigged from the start, buddy; good luck overcoming that. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Make Foolish Predictions!] Reference
We will not fall in line and this election has been rigged from the start. From Wordnik.com. [Vilsack says it's over] Reference
Robert Link's objection to "jerry-rigged" is based on a totally non-authoritative source. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Orchids were not made by an ideal engineer; they are jury-rigged from a limited set of available components. From Wordnik.com. [Update — Resource of the Week: The Official Stephen J. Gould Archive…and the Unofficial Stephen J. Gould Archive « ResourceShelf] Reference
First, the ECI has been arrogating that the EVMs cannot be rigged, which is false. From Wordnik.com. [VivekaJyoti] Reference
I think of 1989 as I watch events unfold in Iran in the wake of what many are calling a rigged election. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Iowan - Online Edition] Reference
She was about 350 tons and full ship-rigged, that is to say, she carried square sails on all three masts. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales] Reference
Unless of course the elections are rigged, which is a distinct possibility, in which case they have nothing to worry about. From Wordnik.com. [Obamalove] Reference
Lawmakers from three opposition parties walked out of parliament today to protest what they're calling rigged local elections. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2009] Reference
This thing has been rigged from the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Roundup: End of the road for Clinton?] Reference
And how exactly were the voting machines in Ohio "rigged" in 2004?. From Wordnik.com. [Seth Swirsky: Why I Left the Left] Reference
But the move is being seen in some quarters as a "rigged" exercise. From Wordnik.com. [GM lobby helped draw up crucial report on Britain's food supplies] Reference
Well, the I.D. was actually a prisoner I.D. that he kind of rigged up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2005] Reference
OH: Cuyahoga County - Back to Ohio: Prosecutor says 2004 recount was "rigged" LINK. From Wordnik.com. ['Daily Voting News' For January 18, 2007] Reference
He wants Obama to join him on the kind of rigged town hall event he had yesterday?. From Wordnik.com. [McCain: Sorry, Five Joint Appearances With Obama Just Won't Do It] Reference
It seems some kind of rigged game where the behind-the-scenes may not be very objective. From Wordnik.com. [The Ultimate Men with Pens Guide to Twitter] Reference
Far from being "rigged" in favor of biofuels, EPA's examination was rigged against biofuels. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Dinneen: Time's Grunwald Grinds an Axe Against Biofuels] Reference
According to witnesses and activists I spoke with, Nunn's hearings were "rigged" from the start. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Frank: As Congress Moves to End Gay Ban, Don't Let History Repeat Itself] Reference
This caused the special prosecutor to tell the jury that the election recount was "rigged" in Cuyahoga. From Wordnik.com. [After Ohio's recount rigging convictions in Cuyahoga, is Coshocton County next?] Reference
Umlazi, south of Durban, saying he would accept the outcome of the three-day poll provided it was not "rigged". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But you guys kind of rigged up a system so that you could sort of figure out what she was trying to tell you, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2005] Reference
Harlan had repaired it, and in the words of Kayak who helped him, had "rigged" himself up a stove from kerosene cans. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
Our universe being "rigged" could be the result of the anthropic principle, which is unfalsifiable, so why argue against it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Speaking of Cosmology] Reference
Again, I beg the questions: where is the PROOF that the elections were "rigged", especially now, given the Ayatollah's directive?. From Wordnik.com. [House expected to vote on Iranian resolution] Reference
If you cannot establish the rule of law, the election are not free and fair, and I don't want to have any kind of rigged election. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2001] Reference
Without naming any names, he claimed in an unusually candid speech that economic figures had been "rigged" in the first half of 2009. From Wordnik.com. [China and the Fights Within its Single Party] Reference
Sri Lanka opposition protests at 'rigged' election. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Up to 40,000 civilians 'died in Sri Lanka offensive'] Reference
He stressed, however, that his father thinks the June ballots were "rigged," citing. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference
Georgians rally over 'rigged' pol www. youtube.com 30.06.08 Abkhazia to shut border after. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
You're right, Wall Street has always been "rigged" long before the bucket shops that Jesse. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
But you are to know this is not a ship at all, but only a half-jigger rigged, which is altogether a different thing. ". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Tier] Reference
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