Word: cranked
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...Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy Caught MS and Didn't Tell Nobody, by David Lander of Laverne & Shirley. But you don't have to be ailing to get a lot of money for your book; you could just be rich. GE chairman Jack Welch is getting $7.1 million to crank out his story when he retires next year...
...trips, killing 13 men, including one of its sponsors, Horace L. Hunley, for whom it was named. It was nicknamed the "Peripatetic Coffin," a fitting name, as it was only 4 ft. wide and just over 4 ft. high, crewmen had to sit hunched single file, each operating a crank attached to the propeller. Top speed was 4 knots. The captain navigated by peering out fist-size portholes in the forward conning tower. The Hunley had air for 2 1/2 hours, though it rarely stayed down for more than 25 minutes. Says project historian Mark Ragan: "They would surface when...
...could hear investors breathe a sigh of relief last week as stocks seemed to turn the corner. But don't be fooled. The Federal Reserve could still crank up interest rates another notch to make sure inflation is hobbled, and if it does, you won't have to go to the amusement park to get on a roller coaster. Many market strategists are forecasting a choppy ride this summer. But there are ways to keep your portfolio from getting too badly bruised. Rule No. 1: learn how to play good defense...
...fire is often fueled by drawing on the black community's history of resistance to oppression. Since there's not much of a history of the Man keeping down blond, blue-eyed white kids, Eminem turns to another source to crank up his rage: his mom. On the very first line of the very first song, the stuttery Kill You, he starts taking shots: "When I was just a little baby boy my momma used to tell me these crazy things... then I got a little bit older and I realized she was the crazy one." After the release...
...ORTHODONTISTS No more metal mouth, thanks to 3-D simulation programs that will crank out a series of disposable, clear-plastic "aligners" to shift your teeth into position. Already in clinical trials, this technology is geared for adults, so all you gap-toothed prepubes will have something to look forward...