Word: lumped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...injustice is not in the amount of the termination settlement, but in the method of payment; i.e., a lump sum payment which imposes on the employee an immediate, up-front, 40% tax liability...
...ingenious minds of the Capitol will not stand by while the greatest deliberative body in the world becomes a lump of couch potatoes. Already a large loophole in the Senate version permits gifts motivated by friendship. The proper sincerity attending these presents will be defined by the Senate Ethics Committee. Watch out for a tautological modification of the old Capitol proverb: If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog -- or bring a gift...
...Cachan feels (rightly so) that it is inappropriate to lump all "Latinos" together under that label, then he shouldn't use similar terms for other groups. Clare A. Sammells...
...mummies, was intrigued by one woman he judged to have been 40 to 45 years old, an advanced age for her society. But he expected to find little else remarkable because the body was so poorly preserved. To his surprise, when he opened the chest, he found a lump on the lung and another two in the lymph nodes -- a common sign of TB infection...
...Whatever lump of decisionmaking grey matter these two had in their whiny keisters has long ago evaporated...