Word: lump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lump the great mountaineer Reinhold Messner together with reckless rappellers and people who pogo off El Capitan insults the entire climbing community...
...morning Ann Logan, 29, breezed through the doors of the Ar cadia Outpatient Surgery Inc. in Arcadia, Calif. Within an hour, she would undergo surgery to remove a lump of scar tissue from her breast. Logan snapped a plastic name band on her wrist, took her seat on a soft, brown leather sofa and began thumbing through a magazine. Hers was not going to be a long stay: a quick (55 minute) visit to the lemon-yellow operating suite, a brief rest in an equally cheerful recovery room, and then on her feet and out the door...
Before attempting to repair the brain damage, Stein's team waited a week to allow for the natural accumulation of healing proteins called nerve growth factors. Then they implanted a pinhead-size lump of tissue that had been taken from the frontal cortex of normal rat embryos. The researchers used fetal cells because they are rich in growth factors and adapt easily to a new environment. Result of the operation: the brain-damaged rats were able to learn the maze in just 8½ days. While this is still slower than normal, says Stein, "the transplant was clearly producing...
...Americans save money and how much interest they earn. Consumers can expect to get better rates on the money they deposit, as large firms compete fiercely for business by offering the best deals possible. Customers will find attractive new services such as all-in-one accounts that lump together checking, money-market deposits, credit cards and stock transactions into a single financial pot. But consumers must be prepared to pay annual fees of up to $100 for the new accounts, and personal treatment may become a thing of the past as financial institutions automate services previously done by a teller...
According to Saltonstall, the settlement came when Cambridge Steam officials unexpectedly lowered their demands for the lump sum payments by several hundred thousand dollars, and Harvard quickly agreed to the terms...