A century and a half after its publication, Walden has become such a totem of the back-to-nature, preservationist, anti-business, civil-disobedience mindset, and Thoreau so vivid a protester, so perfect a crank and hermit saint, that the book risks being as revered and unread as the Bible.
Designers expecting factories to simply crank out perfect renditions of their blueprints soon discover that industrial engineers can be just as crucial in the creation of a finished product.
Instead, viewers are greeted with savvier, less overtly cheesy intros, from pitch-perfect indie rock matches ("Crank Yankers" and Fountains of Wayne Malcolmlm In the Middle" and They Might Be Giants) to savvy instrumentals (the sweeping Irish-tinged cellos of "Angel"; the sassy cha-cha of "Sex and the City").
Why would you be jealous of the size of an zit, or the epicness of a fail, or that parrot's ability to crank out a perfect impression of Future?
So, in the corner there was a little horny voyeur bear watching the shit go down with his head cranked at the perfect angle.
To meet the voracious demand for high-end souvenirs of Venice, Canaletto used a portable camera obscura to crank out a picture-perfect painting of Venice about every 3 days.
The quality group spent the entire semester agonizing over that perfect pot, while the quantity group was cranking out pots and learning from their mistakes (and having fun!).
When you crank the coals, you get this perfect, fire-crackled crust".
6. Crank by Ellen Hopkins Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble.
I also have an invaluable collection of gasoline-powered yard tools -- mower, edger, leaf blower, weed whacker and chain saw -- and my idea of a perfect Saturday is one when I get to crank them all up.
