Mr. McQuivey said it was impossible to predict which parts of NBC might be disposed of as slow growth, noting that little that NBC owned was growing as slowly as its flagship network, which it was unlikely ever to unload.
Some economists have feared what could happen if China ever decided to unload the Treasury securities it owns, but the reduction of Chinese purchases probably did not result from any decision to do that, said Robert Barbera, the chief economist of ITG, an investment advisory firm.
It's just the latest secret sale of the toxic mortgage-backed securities, which the Fed has been trying to unload ever since it absorbed them at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to prevent AIG's collapse.
As he waited for them to be unloaded, he pondered whether he would ever want a wedding this size.
Before you ever fire a shot (make sure you gun is unloaded when you do this), aim at the target.
Significantly, in 2004 the record for the most expensive house ever sold in the U.S. was broken when billionaire Ronald O. Perelman unloaded his Palm Beach estate for $70 million.
She could barely defeat a truculent child in hand-to-hand combat, and if she ever picked up an AK-47 — well, you'd pray it was unloaded.
And Herman Cain's problems with women who accused him of sexual harassment spared Mr. Romney from ever having to fully unload on him.
But unless Michael has a tiny Bangladeshi boy reach into the casket at the viewing on Friday and touch his eyelids to cue a massive, pyrotechnic resurrection, it's pretty doubtful we'll ever be able to unload this sucker for more than we can right now.
"Ever see those mob movies?" he added, as whelk, also called scungilli, were unloaded nearby.
