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Behind her husband's back, the wife (Olympia Dukakis) wants to unload the house and property to a smarmy, carnally inclined real estate operator and then flee with the land shark to the cultural dreamland of Europe. The husband (James Gammon), a complicated victim of drink, anger and despondency, wants to shed the property and escape to Mexico alone...
...conceivable that the bank stock sale was a purely financial decision. But if the University decided to unload bank stock that had proven to be more trouble than it was worth, it surely would have chosen to do it this way--with a minimum of publicity, without meeting the inherent social issues head-on, without having to take a moral stand...
...sickle-cell anemia-off to a heady start. The Rockefeller scientists realized that any treatment for this genetic disease, which affects perhaps 2 million people around the world, had to be directed at stopping the characteristic sickling, or distortion, of the red blood cells that occurs after they unload their cargo of oxygen. But how? During cocktail-party chatter, Lab Director Cerami learned from a colleague that a byproduct of urea-a chemical called cyanate-can prevent sickling. Tests on both animals and humans confirmed this, but the cyanate also had toxic side effects on the nervous system...
...also unload a rocket with both his slap shot and his wrist shot. The Edmonton, Alberta, native tallied for eight goals and five assists in the 1976-77 campaign. If he improves control of his shot, last year's leader in penalty minutes could add a spark to Harvard's goal-scoring attack...
...convert a 15-unit apartment building worth $200,000 into 15 condominiums that sell for $25,000 or more apiece. To make the conversion even more popular, a high percentage of Cambridge's housing stock is old and often in need of major repairs. By converting, the owner can unload his property without major expense and still cash in on the laws of supply and demand...