Word: lumped
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Eugenie's mother led Wellington into the living room. Seated in a large overstuffed chair was a smoking lump. "This is Eugenie's father," Mrs. Schwartz said...
...miles across the Florida Straits, has become a Cuban refugee camp. By fishing boat and by yacht, by commercial airliner or hijacked plane, an estimated 500 Cubans each day are now fleeing Castro's Cuba, and most of them converge on Miami. By last week an incongruous lump of more than 30,000 worried Cubans had crowded into the winter vacationland, and more were coming...
...read the article with pride, admiration and a lump in my throat. It convinces me more that only in America can the often pathetic trials of a common man lead so often to a tremendous success story...
Having staked out France's positions for the world in like-it-or-lump-it fashion, De Gaulle indulged in a rare personal comment on his own unique role. Sardonically he declared: "Occasionally people tell me or ask others to tell me-and this is very kind-'Oh yes, you are there and so everything is fine. But after you, it will be chaos.' Then some suggest that we institute this chaos right now so as to ensure my succession. Well. I should like to think that over a bit." Then, while the assembled newsmen chuckled...
...national average. But in the lowest-paid, unskilled Social Class V, the rate is 116%. In a fluid society the effort to "keep up" may be stressful. But the English laborer cannot even start to catch up, let alone keep up. This leaves him with a heavy lump of resentment and frustration. If he has no outlet for these emotions, they may cause ulcers...