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  • The astonishing drama of the Abbottabad raid is further illuminated by details of the moments before Bin Laden - who, it is revealed, was referred to in the planning of the operation as "Crankshaft" - was finally killed, almost 10 years after the 9/11 attacks.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • It also represented the team's first serious attempt since late 2001 at killing "Crankshaft"-the target name that the Joint Special Operations Command, or Fiction writers read favorite stories, author interviews, a weekly political roundtable.

    The New Yorker Nicholas Schmidle 2011

  • Today's "Crankshaft," a King Features Syndicate cartoon created by Tom Batiuk and drawn by Chuck Ayers, which is run in 300+ papers worldwide:

    Rape: Still Not Hilarious, Still Not a Compliment 2007

  • Today's "Crankshaft," a King Features Syndicate cartoon created by Tom Batiuk and drawn by Chuck Ayers, which is run in 300+ papers worldwide:

    Rape: Still Not Hilarious, Still Not a Compliment 2007

  • 10:45: First news: a new technology added to the V8 engine called Crankshaft that will make it even faster.

    LIVE: Eric Schmidt At Chrome OS Announcement - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • 10:45: First news: a new technology added to the V8 engine called Crankshaft that will make it even faster.

    Google Unveils Chrome OS, Notebook Pilot Program - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Google's got a new "Crankshaft" in its bleeding-edge Chrome, Internet Explorer 9 is out to prove its modern mettle, Firefox 4 is nearly complete, and Opera's adding extensions.

    Gizmodo Kevin Purdy 2010

  • Google's got a new "Crankshaft" in its bleeding-edge Chrome, Internet Explorer 9 is out to prove its modern mettle, Firefox 4 is nearly complete, and Opera's adding extensions.

    Gizmodo Kevin Purdy 2010

  • The most popular strips, according to the letters and e-mails I received, remain "For Better or For Worse," "Crankshaft," "The Family Circus" and, a new one to our page since last year, "Pickles."

    News 2009

  • The most popular strips, according to the letters and e-mails I received, remain "For Better or For Worse," "Crankshaft," "The Family Circus" and, a new one to our page since last year, "Pickles."

    News 2009

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