Word: lump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Regular self-examination, say physicians, is the best way to find the disease early. The exam should be performed after a warm bath or shower, when the scrotal skin is most relaxed. The telltale sign is a lump the size of a pea. Doctors caution that a lump does not necessarily mean cancer, but it should be reported promptly to a physician and checked...
...Relations Authority is considering PATCO's argument that the FAA did not bargain in good faith. If the FLRA agrees, it could order the controllers rehired. Even if the board disagrees, the controllers may not finally be fired for months. PATCO intends to battle any Government attempts to lump individual appeals together. The fired controllers consider their plight a test of lofty principles, and they remain eligible for retirement and pension benefits until their dismissals are final. So the FAA, the MSPB and the courts face the prospect of hearing as many as 12,000 controllers, each with...
...personal injury cases, where large awards are common, attorneys' contingency fees are often determined by state rules or common practice. These fees often amount to huge lump sums, but require greater risk of time and effort on the lawyer's part. Last May, for example, three attorneys and their firms were awarded $10.6 million in fees in the Black Hills, S. Dak., Indian Lands case after 24 years of work...
...rinse their noses with water after sniffing to wash away the irritants.) To avoid the impurities of street coke and obtain a greater jolt, more users are resorting to freebasing. After dissolving a substantial quantity of coke in an alkaline (basic) solution, they boil the brew until a whitish lump, or freebase, is left. The lump can be purified further by washing it in a strong solvent. Then it is smoked, often in a water pipe. That way a highly concentrated dose is absorbed into the blood even faster via the lungs than through the nasal membranes...
...secret plans for the future," O'Brien says, adding, "When property is available at a reasonable price it has thus been sensible for the University to buy it." The possibility that Harvard would convert a portion of its extensive commercial holdings to institutional use sits like a lump in the throat of many city officials because that action would exempt the property from the tax rolls. "Harvard buys more and more property as opportunities come up," Vickery says, "and I'm concerned that they might convert some of those buildings," despite strict new guidelines on institutional expansion...