Word: lumped
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...Brazil's fuel (all cars in the country are able to run on ethanol) on only 1% of its arable land. They've reduced fertilizer use while increasing yields, and they convert leftover biomass into electricity. Marcos Jank, the head of their trade group, urges me not to lump biofuels together: "Grain is good for bread, not for cars. But sugar is different." Jank expects production to double by 2015 with little effect on the Amazon. "You'll see the expansion on cattle pastures and the Cerrado," he says...
...think the ongoing steroids scandal will prevent Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire from ever entering the Hall of Fame? -Chris Oneto, San FranciscoI think they both deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. You can lump Barry Bonds in. The ability they all had and what they accomplished before anything came into question is worthy of the Hall of Fame...
...then dishonesty sometimes pays. Mills, a former lingerie model who lost part of her leg in a 1993 road accident, will receive a lump sum of 16.5 million pounds plus properties worth a further 7.8 million. Since McCartney first filed for divorce from Mills in July 2006, the world's media has done its best to cover the case, even though the proceedings were held in private. Despite her protestations of contentment at the outcome, Mills can't have enjoyed listening to the judgment. True, she emerged with a greater slice of his 400 million pound assets than the musician...
TAKE THE CASH A large lump-sum payout might entice those ready to retire, but a tax-deferred plan may ultimately be a safer...
Americans about credit card debt. Over 64 percent of respondents could not correctly estimate how their interest would compound over time. The majority of people also said they did not understand minimum payments, and few could determine the different financial consequences between paying monthly installments or a lump sum. The results also revealed that one in four of those surveyed said they had too much debt. “This is a result that over and over surprises me,” said Lusardi, one of the nation’s leading experts on financial literacy...