Word: transportable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LENINAKAN, U.S.S.R.--Adding to the tragedy of this earthquakedevastated city, a Soviet military transport plane carrying soldiers to help in rescue efforts crashed as it approached the airport, killing 78 people, the Tass News Agency said...
Just how HDL plays its apparently vital role in ridding the body of excess cholesterol is not entirely clear. The substance is, after all, only one element in an alphabet soup of particles that make up the so-called lipid transport system, which moves cholesterol through the bloodstream. Though individual cells can make their own cholesterol, much of their supply comes from the bloodstream, arriving from the liver aboard macromolecular ferryboats, known as very-low-density lipoproteins, or VLDLs. These carrier particles are loaded in the liver with cholesterol and dietary fats known as triglycerides, which are used by cells...
...transport system's delicate balance can be upset by dietary indulgence. Take the case of a mythical glutton called Fred, who regularly gorges on porterhouse steak, French fries, ice cream and other foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol. Fred may feel great, but every time he eats, his bloodstream is flooded with fatty particles called chylomicrons, which transport triglycerides and cholesterol out of the intestines to the rest of | his body. Soon Fred's liver is busy mopping up chylomicrons and is unable to cope with excess LDL in the blood. The surfeit of cholesterol particles then begins circulating...
...year-old ear, nose, and throat specialist was convicted of violating the Public Health Code which prohibits the transport of body parts across state lines...
Relief organizations have been struggling to fill the gap, but with limited success and under considerable danger. Miami-based Southern Air Transport is under contract to the U.N. to fly in maize from Uganda. The S.P.L.A. has vowed to shoot relief planes out of the sky. In October the first planeload of maize actually made it into Juba. Crewmen aboard the C-130 cargo plane peered anxiously through an open escape hatch as their aircraft corkscrewed down to the airstrip, on the lookout for rebel rockets. But even such daring trips cannot begin to save the town from starvation. "This...