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...Cranks are an occupational hazard that every scientist eventually faces. Fortunately, these characters are usually easy to spot. If someone claims to have a grand theory that overturns centuries of scientific knowledge--especially when the theory spans unrelated fields like physics and biology and economics--the odds are good that he or she is a crank. If the author publishes not in a standard scientific journal but in a book for general readers, watch out. And if the book is issued by the author rather than a conventional publisher, the case is pretty much airtight...
...Will customers keep coming without them? Again, it was the carmakers' optimism about consumer demand that cheered investors: GM now plans to crank out 12 percent more vehicles this Q2 than last year's. Chrysler, similarly sunny, will operate 14 of its 17 assembly plants on overtime in the second quarter. And Ford? Well, Ford does expect the fleet-sales business to pick back up as soon as the travel industry does...
With the name Byron Satterlee Hurlbut, he had to have a sense of humor. Hurlbut served as the Dean of Harvard College from 1902 to 1916 and during his term maintained a collection of anecdotes, jokes and crank mail called the “Fun Drawer.” FM poked about in the University Archives, poring over Hurlbut’s illegible handwriting to recover the most amusing contents of the Fun Drawer...
...SPECIAL ED AND SKINNY BLACK GUY With the help of guest comedians, these trash-talking marionettes will make real-life prank phone calls as part of the cast of Comedy Central's new TV show Crank Yankers...
...house won't be condemned. And the imaginary bunker next to his "indoor basketball court" will still exist only in his head Losers BILL GATES Microsoftie April Fooled when two DJs convince him they're Jean Chr?tien. It's plausible the Canadian PM has nothing to do but crank call NE WIN Burmese ex-dictator's relatives charged with treason, and he's under Suu Kyi-style house arrest. The sound you hear is poetic justice APOLO ANTON OHNO U.S. skater voted "least welcome" by South Korean students. South Koreans obviously haven't been exposed to much Carrot...