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The opening bid, then, was crafted by Larry Summers, et al. The counter bid was designed by cranks from the Heritage Foundation.

Matthew Yglesias » Slash and Burn 2009

The opening bid, then, was crafted by Larry Summers, et al. The counter bid was designed by cranks from the Heritage Foundation.

Matthew Yglesias » Slash and Burn 2009

The persons engaged in promoting them he defines as cranks, dividing them into two classes, of whom one may be dismissed as harmlessly absurd, while the other ought probably to be suppressed as dangerous.

The Unity of Civilization Various

WALTER Smith reckons Rangers skipper Barry Ferguson is close to rediscovering his best form just as the race for the SPL title cranks up a gear.

The Daily Record - Home 2009

WALTER Smith reckons Rangers skipper Barry Ferguson is close to rediscovering his best form just as the race for the SPL title cranks up a gear.

The Daily Record - Home 2009

"It is a subject that is given prominence by enthusiastic 'cranks' and others, who we should perhaps not describe as cranks, e.g. the Lords Hill-Norton and Threthgarne (sic)."

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009

"A couple of scientific enthusiasts, of the kind we call cranks -- I don't know what you call them on the earth -- conceived the idea that they could find something better to take the place of the highly purified and buoyant gases which we used in our flying machines.

Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World James Cowan

For instance, those physicians practicing medicine differently than the orthodox medical practice might be called cranks, crackpots and quacks.

Dana Ullman: Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Research 2010

For instance, those physicians practicing medicine differently than the orthodox medical practice might be called cranks, crackpots and quacks.

Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Research 2010

The recalled cranks are black with white lettering or the reverse.

FSA and CPSC recall some Gossamer BB30 double cranks 2010