Word: cranked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...audience clapped and hooted at the short-winded announcement despite Unwound's apparent unwillingness to crank out an hour of its revered gangly rock. All-too-willing fans were complacently standing by ready to accept whatever sonic sludge was dealt out to them, no matter how unfeeling or unresponsive. "That's right," Trosper smugly responded to the shouts under his breath. Members of Unwound were masters of manipulation for the evening as the audience played right into the scheme...
...just how little is The Littlest Pub? The capacity of this Irish pub is close to 25 people, but the friendly atmosphere and intimate surroundings make it seem much like an upperclass common room. Crank up the Irish music in a JCR to reproduce the atmosphere: "The Commitments" soundtrack and the Cranberries dominate the sound system, although unadvertised Irish musicians have been known to cram into one corner of the bar and perform live...
...hand. The old-fashioned town meeting has fallen from favor because it was disorderly and unpredictable--ill suited to the kind of dispassionate reflection government is supposed to require. In a real town meeting the balance tends to tip toward the fellow with the loudest voice--the crank with the thickest sheaf of mimeographed papers under his arm. The Founders had a horror of direct democracy for this very reason, and the system they devised was meant specifically to calm the passions, quiet the mob and channel its energies, and create a space for sober decision making by people...
...last weekend, as this year's holiday shopping season began to crank up and city workers finished hanging Christmas lights and colored candles along downtown streets, there was an uncharacteristic air of optimism among local business owners...
...anomaly raises questions in the minds of agents and their star clients, and even on Wall Street, about Tokyo's long-term plans. With revenues pouring in, Sony doesn't appear to be spending that much. Is the strategy to crank up some dazzling results and then snag a buyer? Is Calley just a caretaker? This is his second turn at the helm of a Hollywood studio; he headed Warner Brothers from 1967 to 1980. An engagingly candid, out-of-the-box thinker, Calley, 67, is nevertheless running a business that has changed drastically. Some in the industry wonder whether...