Word: lumping
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...incentive, followed by a 7-day period during which they could reconsider. The first wave began on Feb. 17, and the second began on March 16.Galvin said that in addition to Harvard's normal pension benefits, staff members who accepted the buyout packages received a one-time retirement lump-sum payment equal to one year's annual salary, a "bridge benefit" of $750 per month until Social Security eligibility at age 62, and a waiver on the "rule of 75"--which stipulates that an employee's age plus service must equal 75--for retiree medical eligibility. He said that while...
...pockets of American consumers to use within the existing regulatory environment. Plus, not all deregulation is created equal: The poor accounting standards that led to the Enron scandal have nothing to do with the lax supervision of securities that resulted in the current crisis. Still, revisionists continue to lump tax cuts in with lax oversight in their vapid judgments of Bush...
...label is, it's actually worse than if you scratch the bottom. Yes, it's surprising, isn't it? The laser looks through the clear bit, so we assume that's the delicate side. But actually, because of the way they're made - you start off with this lump of clear plastic and then you stick the foil on it, and then you stick a label on top of that - it's much thinner on the label side than it is on the other side. If you scratch the clear side, you can kind of polish...
...stock options that are granted at the end of the year. Cash bonuses, though, have always been paid at the time they were granted, typically in January for prior-year performance. But this year Citi decided to defer bonus payments for the first time. Instead of paying a lump sum in early 2009 for 2008 performance, payouts would be spread over four years, with the first payouts in January...
Slumdog director Boyle and the film's producer, Christian Colson, have said that resources will be made available to pay for Rubiana's and Azhar's education until they turn 18. A "substantial lump sum" as well as housing will also be given to the children when they complete their studies. The producers have also arranged for a rickshaw to take the children to a nonprofit English-language school, Asheema, for the next eight years, just to make sure they attend. Already there are signs of new affluence in the kids' slum dwellings. Rubiana's house was reportedly fitted with...