Word: lumping
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...loading docks, tired from dealing with the new world of strangers (blacks, Jews, Catholics) who moved into his Queens neighborhood in a period of urban flux, tired of the shocks to his system as a lifetime of immutable values changed around him minute by minute. He put the "lump" in "lumpenproletariat." "All in the Family," the boundary-shattering comedy about what folks used to call "the generation gap," would have been a classic regardless, because of the passion of producer Norman Lear's ideas and the strength of his writing. But the show would not have had the resonance...
Femmy Arimula bent forward over the swell of her pregnant belly so that she could aim the blowtorch directly onto the small, silver lump. At first nothing happened, the flame blazed down in a blue and orange column. Then, suddenly, the silver surface began to peel away and gold glittered underneath. More and more of the silver coating retreated under the blue flame until only a pebble of pure gold remained. Femmy cut the gas off and coughed, something catching at the back of her throat. She had heard that burning mercury was dangerous, but she didn't believe...
...idea of a lump-sum rebate of $600 or so appeals to many economists. The thinking is that with a relatively large sum people will spend a portion on big-ticket items, like a washing machine, and stimulate the deeply depressed manufacturing sector. Reduced withholding, on the other hand, would produce pocket money in dribs and drabs and probably benefit service industries most...
...fact, many of the runway events lump together a group of designers, rather than highlighting individual ones. While a few designers (such as favorites Nigel Ramsay—who donated clothing to Harvard’s Milleneganza 2000—and Rohan Thomas) have their own shows, the majority of the actual runway shows incorporate more than one designer’s fashions into the program, generally centering around a theme such as Thursday night’s club-wear collection...
...Super Size. Congress is dickering over three key deals: trade agreements with Jordan, Vietnam and fast-track authority that would empower Bush to pursue trade pacts. Bush should lump these together and force the Hill to act. House Ways and Means ranking member Charles Rangel says he wouldn't like to get jammed that way, but admits he might not be able to stop it. The bold move would force opponents to deal...