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My irritation with the adulation of Big Names does not arise from my lack of fame, or from my working at a small university (which gives me freedom from "publish or perish": I can write what and when I like, rather than having to "crank it out").
Christopher isn't just a good explanation for why the mob's tanking, though with his crank and inability even to get his Godfather references straight, for chrissake, he's that too.
Time is the latest magazine to discover that "crank" (smokable methamphetamine) is sweeping the heartland.
One way to protest would be to follow the "crank" critics in acknowledging that movies such as Deep Impact and Small Soldiers don't require evaluation.
It is Sir John Marks Templeton, religious philanthropist, investment wizard, amateur philosopher, and full-bore crank.