Word: lumped
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...says it doesn't pay to stay put? That breathtaking sum stunned some of the Street's own stunningly paid honchos. And it comes at a time when thousands of investment bankers and brokers have lost their jobs. The N.Y.S.E. was quick to point out that Grasso's lump-sum payment built up over his 20 years as a senior executive. Still, even accounting for decades of compounded interest and (at least for a while) a booming stock market, $140 million is "very generous," says Doug Jensen, an executive-compensation consultant at Hay Group in Norwalk, Conn. Consider...
...Danish trawler Soraya was catching cod one March morning. As the men hauled their fish on board, Theis Branick, 24, went beneath the net to open it. When the fish spilled out onto the deck, he found the net had also caught something else - a large, yellow-brown lump of solidified mustard gas from World War II. "It was a huge piece, weighing about 15 kg, and with no traces of the metal casing," says Michael Jepsen, skipper of the Soraya. Aware of the danger and following established procedure, Jepsen alerted the military authorities on Bornholm, who boarded the trawler...
...money and safety jitters, but they are not the only reasons the Great European Vacation is changing. The traditional months off are July and August, but more people now seem to be breaking their time down into smaller chunks instead of taking one three- to four-week lump. Travel agents even have an ugly neologism for the shift. "It's called deseasonalization," says Maura Chicarella, of Realize Tour in Rome. She says many Italians now opt for, say, a fortnight in summer, a week at Christmas, and a short trip in spring or fall. Others say they see a similar...
...lump people who are working for peace in Israel with racists is really unfair,” Professor of Philosophy Richard G. Heck said at the time...
...pangolin?a scaly anteater whose flesh is a blend of gristle and rubber. The same goes for the nocturnal civet, which has a gamy aftertaste that even the thickest brown sauce can't mask. And who really enjoys camel hump, which tastes just as you'd expect a blubbery lump to taste? But flavor isn't what really matters to many of the diners tucking into China's wildlife menagerie. "Businessmen come here to prove their wealth," says George Ng, a Shanghai-based restaurateur who specialized in cobra and other wild animals until last month, when local authorities declared...