Word: unload
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...well as his sicko behavior--and it ain't pretty. He's depicted delivering death threats like a movie mafioso, expecting fealty like a feudal lord and bringing woe upon anyone who asks for back-end profit participation. From Affleck to director Ed Zwick, friends and enemies alike unload their hysterical, often horrifying Harvey stories. Gasp as the mad mogul pushes aside his fellow Shakespeare in Love producers onstage at the Oscars! Cower as he throws stuff across the room! Wince as he chews out loyal employees! And the critics rave. "He's like a little Saddam Hussein of cinema...
Whether parents accept their child's leftover pet with grace and affection or with grudging acquiescence, few of them, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.), try to unload the critters. Some do make an effort to hand them over to their adult kids, only to meet a stubborn resistance that has little to do with the practicalities of caring...
...Crimson blitz never caught up to the Big Green quarterback, who was able to unload long passes seemingly at will almost immediately after the snap...
Neill has creative ideas for recycling as well: she encourages her clients to unload surplus clothing at consignment stores and to organize clothing swaps with her friends. They have dinner at someone’s house and bring clothes they are sick of. It’s a way to get rid of clothing “without having the remorse of throwing...
...founder Wayne Mitchell, a former car salesman from the Midwest, was running a chain of California organ shops. Mitchell bought out a competitor, acquiring a shipment of guitars and amplifiers. Almost as an afterthought, he hung a GUITAR CENTER sign on a storefront on Sunset Boulevard to unload the new merchandise and launched his company from the sleepy world of keyboards into the nascent West Coast rock scene. The Hollywood outlet soon gained a reputation as a place where the stars shopped--some of its earliest customers included members of Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys. Since then, the chain...