Word: lumping
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...Regan in King Lear but is simply hateful in Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage. Graham Greene once wrote that when trying to refine the pangs and foibles of men and women into fiction, a novelist must have a sliver of ice in his heart. A sliver of ice, yes. A lump of black bile, no. > Timothy Foote
Revenue Sharing. Yet Alan Fechter, an economist with the Washington-based Urban Institute, concludes that a lump-sum $1 billion outlay would not create the 200,000 new jobs that Labor Secretary Brennan foresees, but only about 50,000. Local officials, he argues, tend merely to substitute the federal funds for state and local money that would have been spent anyway...
...living increments, members of Local 6 (average age: 56) will receive a $2,500 bonus if they retire during the next six months. As an added enticement, retiring printers can exchange a guaranteed six-month leave for a half-year's pay plus the bonus, giving them a lump settlement of around...
...grossly unfair to lump rock's wizard, Todd Rundgren, with such untalented transvestites as the New York Dolls, just because he wears brocade, sequins, mascara and rouge...
...sales slump, and is trying to trim its workforce in the nicest way possible. Of the 106,000 eligible employees, only the first 2,700 to apply will be able to collect the payments, which include one month's salary, full vacation pay for this year and a lump sum based on the individual's wages and years of service...