Word: lumped
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...reporters glimpsed a scab on the right side of his nose. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes later explained that a dermatologist had removed a small "gathering" of skin from the President's nose two days earlier. To avoid raising new concerns about cancer, Speakes refused to use the term lump or growth, talking instead of a skin irritation that had been aggravated after the President's operation...
...first shot of the just elected and virtually unknown Karol Wojtyla as he emerged above St. Peter's Square from the last conclave which ended on Oct. 16, 1978. Having just bid farewell to the photogenic figure who helped launch his career, Giansanti, now 48, recalls with a lump in his throat that it was John Paul himself who assured him that his own Vatican career was really just beginning...
Strange objects fill the display cases: testaments to the Bomb's effects on ordinary things. A twisted beam from a seven-story building; a charred tobacco pipe; a melted lump of coins; a mass of nails, of sake cups. A watch stopped at exactly 8:16 was found in the sands of the Motoyasu River. A horse is on display; its legs are missing. One case contains hair that had fallen in a clump on the ground. (Kawamoto's hair fell out after six weeks, but two months later it grew back again.) Another case contains black fingernails...
These loans give you a lump sum of cash at a fixed rate (current average: 7%), with low or no closing costs and a typical term of five to 15 years to repay. That simplicity and predictability is valuable. There are hidden costs, however. If you borrow enough to cover four years of tuition, you'll need to reinvest whatever you don't use right away. And even so, you may not offset the interest you're paying for money you don't need...
...reasons that my choosing a PRA makes sense. A PRA protects me from the risk that I will die before retirement age—and receive nothing—by letting me pass it on to loved ones. A PRA lets me receive more of my benefits as a lump sum rather than an annuity, if I so choose. And a PRA protects me from the risk that future politicians will be unwilling or unable to fund my benefits...