Word: lump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long Levine will remain at the Met is moot. While he never criticizes Bliss, it is clear that he wants more control. In renegotiating his contract, which expires in 1986, Levine is demanding complete artistic authority over the Met, including a lump-sum budget to spend as he sees fit. "For me," says Levine, "it would mean that any mistake that happens then would happen because I had lousy judgment, instead of a mistake happening because we couldn't time the moves right." Other organizations, among them the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Opera House, approach him with...
...time the lawmakers adjourned in October, they had passed only three of 13 appropriation bills needed to keep the Government running. Like lame ducks with their heads cut off, the members were able to approve only a few more funding bills during the special session and were forced to lump all other appropriations into a catchall continuing resolution that provides temporary funds for everything from missiles to Medicaid...
...where they both stillvote), Joan appeared to be near tears, according to Court Clerk Robert Farrell, but "Ted put his hand on her shoulder, and she seemed to regain her composure." Under the terms of what Joan called a "very generous" agreement, she will get alimony, child support, a lump-sum cash settlement, their apartment on Boston's Beacon Street and their Hyannis Port home. They will share legal custody of Patrick, 15; Edward Jr., 21, and Kara, 22, are no longer minors. Said Joan in a written statement: "I share with my husband a strong sense of dedication...
More than a billion miles away, just beyond Saturn's orbit, the lump of icy debris is only dimly lighted by the sun and distant stars. Even the big Palomar mirror could not have found it without a highly sensitive silicon-chip light detector called a charge-coupled device (CCD), used in place of a photographic plate. When the comet approaches for its hairpin swing around the sun in 1986, solar radiation will boil off volatile material, creating a glowing head and characteristic tail and perhaps another heavenly spectacle...
...could. Soon she and her parents will also collect $1.2 million, of which $650,000 will go to their lawyer. The $122 million package, agreed to by both sides, is known as a structured settlement, and it offers something for everyone. The plaintiff escapes the risk of mismanaging a lump-sum payment and owes no taxes on the annuities. The defendant, or his insurer, ends up paying relatively modest amounts if, as often happens, the plaintiff dies early. And such settlements sound so generous. Actually, Anna's potential $122 million is equivalent to a properly managed trust fund...