Word: lumping
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...into the question whether "concurrent" implies a blending together, as with gin and vermouth, or one sovereign, as with whiskey and soda. A New Jersey court has decided in favor of whiskey and soda, and Governor Coolidge, with a firmness that brings a tear to dry eyes, and a lump to dry throats, yet withal wisely, has declined to dissent from the opinion...
...Boston. The first recommends a change in the budget system to correspond with that now in use in New York. This is the so-called "segregated budget" based on the estimates of the heads of departments and other officials showing in detail the specific items, whereas at present the lump appropriation budget is used in Boston. The report also recommends a standardizing of the salaries and wages of city officials with a possibility of obtaining co-operation with the civil service commission...
...necessary for some of the men who have only contributed a small sum to hand in another contribution. Surely nearly every member of the University will be able to give $25 before next September and, if necessary, students will be allowed to send in their contributions in a lump...
...illustrate his point, the story of the rough soldier-hero at the dinner-table of his commanding officer. It was in India, and, while the soup was being served, ice as precious in that climate, as diamonds, was passed around to cool the champagne. The soldier took a lump, glanced round, and dropped it in his soup: and silently, apparently as a matter of course the officers followed his example...
...class of members, with the designation "Participating Life Members." The change was made for the benefit of all students finally leaving the University, the inducement held out being a payment of the membership fee by instalments. Under the former regulations, the fee for Student Life Membership was a lump sum of $75; that for Graduate Life Membership a lump sum of $50. This amendment has made possible the acquisition of the full rights of Life Membership by the payment in the aggregate of $50, in instalments of not less than $10 yearly...