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  • The jerryrigged 'museum' will screen the banned video and educate the public on Wojnarowicz's oeuvre and the history of censorship.

    Museum of Censored Art Readies for Opening Tomorrow Jessica Dawson 2011

  • That looks so freaking jerryrigged and dangerous … yikes!

    #58 Comic of the Day « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2008

  • Expect the jerryrigged Supreme Court to “make it happen” for the GOP.

    Think Progress » Sen. Grassley to Bloggers: Please Stop Making Me Do My Job 2005

  • Among other things, there are currently seven foot ceilings on the first floor, and a tiny, jerryrigged second floor "addition" consisting solely of a dormer-like bedroom.

    Concrete forms 2004

  • Using a jerryrigged spacecraft thrown together from old parts, Ms. Garcia and her three-man crew somehow managed to reach the geosynchronous orbit of the lame cruiser James Martin, the final interplanetary transport vehicle in service, and save twenty-four members from the crew of a hundred women and children being repatriated from Mars.

    Rama Revisited Clarke, Arthur C. 1989

  • The scope brought the boat into wonderful closeup, including the detail of the lifeline that Lobster had jerryrigged along the inside edge of the boat.

    Say No to Murder Nancy Pickard 1985

  • The scope brought the boat into wonderful closeup, including the detail of the lifeline that Lobster had jerryrigged along the inside edge of the boat.

    Say No to Murder Nancy Pickard 1985

  • It turns out the jerryrigged wiring system he had set up to get his tv and playstation working had caught fire.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Benita Garcia and three of her friends from the cosmonaut corps jerryrigged a rescue vehicle and managed to save twenty-four of the voyagers in the most spectacular space mission of all times. ... "

    The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

  • Once you've mastered shooting at night in fully automatic mode, try playing with shutter speeds, next.), or whatever makeshift "tripod" you may have jerryrigged.

    Gadling 2009

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