Word: lump
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baker's gift, the second largest lump sum which the University has ever received, is unique in the annals of American education. Never before has a gift even a fraction as large been made to any institution to be used in its work of business training. As far as is known, the donor has not been in Cambridge recently and has never inspected the present facilities of the Business School...
...awarding the prizes for the various spring athletic tournaments and the Essay Competition. There was so little to choose between the essay of Harry Reiff '25 on "The Retreating Deity" and J. B. Dowds's on "Types and Tendencies in Fiction" that the Committee of judges decided to lump the first and second prizes, giving $75 to each man. Reiff won second prize in this competition last year...
Spring, as Botticelli so aptly put it, comes all in a lump. It is heralded by many things, by the zephyr, by the crocus, by false alarms, by the appearance of checkered golf hose, by a certain fever. Not least is it characterized by what might be called the de-hibernation of athletics...
Through a misunderstanding with the Insurance Company $121 was stated as the amount due on a minimum policy of $250 if the premiums were paid in a lump sum. The correct amount for a lump sum premium payment, on a $250 policy is $145.13, or a saving of $106.87 in 25 years...
...normal rate on a minimum $250 policy, a member of the class of 1924 would pay $252 in yearly instalments covering 25 years. By the special rate he can pay $121 in the first year-and then forget about the policy altogether. The Insurance Company can then invest the lump sum right away. The earning power of these lump payments will make up for the loss in premiums, and it is expected that the dividends will be at least as much as with the yearly payments, which will probably continue to be popular...