Word: lumped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tons of steel vessels, built at a cost of more than $3,000,000,000, will be sold and scrapped over a period of years to save the nation the cost of their upkeep and the money lost in their operation. Placed on the market in a lump, the government might fail to find purchasers for them all, and certainly would recover only a few cents on the dollar...
...mere fact that he can call himself so, sums up whatever these institutions stand for. He does this not by his own qualities or acquirements, but in virtue of bearing a recognized stamp. He is minted gold, to be known at a glance, rather than the ingot in the lump...
...seventh inning allowed only two University men to cross the plate. In its last two chances at bat, however, the Crimson attack could not be repulsed, and five more runs, one of them a homer by F. W. Crocker'22 came in. The Northeastern scoring occurred in a lump in the third when E. F. Goode '22, who started in the box for the University, temporarily weakened and let in four runs as a result of two hits and a pair of two-baggers. Otherwise Goode's pitching was excellent. He struck out six men, displayed nine control and showed...
...into the question whether "concurrent" implies a blending together, as with gin and vermouth, or one sovereign, as with whiskey and soda. A New Jersey court has decided in favor of whiskey and soda, and Governor Coolidge, with a firmness that brings a tear to dry eyes, and a lump to dry throats, yet withal wisely, has declined to dissent from the opinion...