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.

Dr. Larry Dossey: Is the Universe Merely a Statistical Accident? 2010

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.

Dr. Larry Dossey: Is the Universe Merely a Statistical Accident? 2010

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 2008

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

Demarcation, Credentials, and Science Education 2005

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. 1898

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

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

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 2009

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 2009

Especially if they start monkeying around with the elections rules.

You say stop, and I say go, go, go (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

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

Freaky Monkey Bites the Dust grrm 2010