Word: lumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...takeover bids. Levine has been ordered to pay back $11.6 million in illegal profits and awaits sentencing on four criminal counts. In the spring of 1985 Boesky allegedly promised to pay Levine a percentage of profits for his tips, and subsequently the two agreed on a $2.4 million lump-sum payment. The SEC's complaint detailed a number of stock-trading situations in which Boesky had profited illegally to the tune of "more than $50 million." Among the stocks cited: Nabisco Brands, Houston Natural Gas, General Foods, Union Carbide and Boise Cascade...
...trading on information from Levine that led Boesky to make an initial stock purchase. Boesky is alleged to have offered Levine a 1% commission when his information affected trade in stocks that the speculator already possessed. Around April of this year, the Government charged, Boesky offered Levine a lump-sum $2.4 million payment for his illegal tipster services. None of that money had been paid by May 12, when the SEC closed in on Levine for his misdoings...
...reasons for the blossoming romances: the Tattler, the house newspaper that treated everyone as an enticement. When Canadian Novelist Mordecai Richler visited what he called "Disneyland with knishes," he remembered how, thanks to the paper, "the painfully shy old maid and the flat-chested girl and the good-natured lump" were transformed into "sparkling, captivating" Barbara; Ida, the "fun-loving frolicker"; and Miriam, a "charm-laden lass who makes a visit to table 20 F a must...
...preservation of one's sanity come finals. I, for one, will sorely miss lunching in the Busch-Reisinger's sunny courtyard, attending organ recitals in Kuhn Hall, and dropping in to peruse the gallery on a rainy afternoon. If the administration needs more office space, why not lump a few more concrete slabs atop the Holyoke Center--surely no one would object on aesthetic grounds; but why not keep the Busch-Reisinger what it is: a unique and personable oasis in the heart of what can be a rather chilly institution. C.W. Putney
...prospective payment" system of such plans requires enrollees to pay a lump sum in advance. Since the HMOs are going to make no more than this fixed amount, "there is strong incentive to keep the patient healthy, to prevent sickness, and to keep the period of care short," he said...