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...lawn mower doesn't get stuck on twigs. The VCR makes it possible for working people who are not insomniacs to look at movies that are shown only at 3 a.m. Does anyone remember that you once had to bend over and give a violent turn to a hand crank before a car would start...
...piano, now you can live your dream of wailing on a six string. The fret board on Optek's PC-connected Fretlight guitar optekmusic.com $600) lights up to show you where to put your fingers for chords and melodies. Ready for your world tour? Plug into any amplifier, crank up the volume, and pray that those desktop lessons paid off. --By Wilson Rothman
...Most directors with a left-field mega-hit would instantly crank out another picture in the same genre. Not Damiano. He used his cash, and cachet, from his silly porno comedy to make a super-serioso drama. Reading the script of Devil in Miss Jones, Reems told his friend: "Gerry, it's a steal. This is No Exit in its thinnest disguise." To which Damiano replied: "Well, what do you expect? I wrote it in a weekend." Though Devil was a substantial box-office hit, Spelvin notes that "it was not really a very successful porno film. I mean, guys...
Kaplan says that it took him as many as 20 hours to complete a scholarship application in the beginning, but by his fifteenth application he could sometimes crank one out in an hour...
...medicines contain pseudoephedrine, a decongestant that works by shrinking blood vessels in the nose, lungs and other mucous membranes. Drug traffickers long ago discovered they could dissolve the pills in common chemicals and heat the mixture until the liquid evaporates and a powerful stimulant powder--known as meth, crank, crystal or ice--remains. As a result, 23 other states are considering similar legislation, and last week a federal bill, modeled on Oklahoma's statute, was introduced in the U.S. Senate by a group of bipartisan lawmakers from across the country, including states in which hospital admission rates for meth addiction...