Word: cranked
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...Rumsfeld and plead for the drones to help gather intelligence in their part of the world. "There simply are not enough to go around," Rumsfeld said. "We're building them as rapidly as possible." But the Predator's manufacturer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, tells TIME it is ready to crank out more than the two a month called for in the 2003 budget...
...then the rest - Pervez Musharraf, Bono, the pope, Lance Armstrong, Al Gore for disappearing gracefully, and the inevitable parade of crank candidates who are about as interesting as the dimwits who proposed them...
...over the summer when there were no concrete due dates—I would write a paragraph, obsess over revising it and making it perfect, then I would go watch TV or something. When I know I need a story done in a couple days, I’ll crank it out in a few sittings and not worry so much about perfecting every sentence. If I’m feeling uninspired, reading some published stories (by other authors) usually helps. I look at what kind of voice an author is using, what kind of structure the story...
...used to play this before the game to get excited,” he says, leaning over the steering wheel to crank up the stereo...
...screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field.” That new field—the animated feature—instantly became a staple in children’s entertainment, and over the next 50 years Disney used the Snow White formula to crank out 26 more movies. If Snow White was the Classical period of animation, then everything from 1940’s Pinocchio to 1988’s Oliver and Company were its long Middle Ages. Lots of good things were made, but nothing...