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Word: unload (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meeting of the Institutional Policy Committee, a subcommittee of the Board of Overseers. President Bok and Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 will act like the travel agents who came to your high school trying to sell you a trip for spring break. Instead of trying to unload a rip-off vacation, though, Bok and Steiner will be trying to push the University's South Africa investment policy...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Selling the Overseers Short | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

...Dylan sang so long ago, "I need a dump truck, man, to unload my head." So do we, and here, amid a detritus of sprained synapses and coffee stains, you find the results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editors' Note: | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Cincinnati's Dave Parker may be headed to the Yankees, while the Mets are trying to unload Mookie Wilson and Jesse Orosco. Seattle's Phil Bradley and L.A.'s Mike Marshall are also on the trading block, and the Blue Jays may be trying to ditch Dave Stieb. The Blue Jays and the Red Sox seem ready to trade some prospects, while the Yanks may make a deal with the White...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Winter Trade Winds | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...glitzy gallery is part of the FSLIC's effort to unload some $408 million worth of properties inherited from failed thrift institutions, mostly in the troubled oil-patch states. If investors cannot find something on the selling floor, they might want to bid for the gallery itself. The twelve-story office building that houses the center is available for $12 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REAL ESTATE: Fire Sale in The Oil Patch | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...snapped back and threw the chain saw out of his hands, one of which was laid open; at the same time, he twisted to avoid the running chain and hurt his back badly. He wrapped up his hand in a handkerchief and loaded the truck, but he couldn't unload it because his back hurt too much. "Saw a doctor after I'd put up with it for a week, and he popped my back into place so's I was able to unload it." Has he ever had back trouble since? "No, never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Missouri: Outdoor Work, Very Heavy Lifting | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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