Word: lumps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Laborites' censure motion roundly accused the government of "incompetence and neglect." The man chosen to lead the attack was But ler's opposite number: former Chancellor Hugh Gaitskell, 49, a brilliant Oxford don whose economic philosophy is so similar to Butler's own that Britons lump them together in a single word: Butskellism. Cold, handsome Hugh Gaitskell is tipped by insiders as Attlee's probable successor, and his followers were plainly expecting a rousing electoral tirade...
...like any other, they had formed themselves into the Ahmedabad Jain Temple Priests Trade Union. From temple committees they demanded: an $8 minimum monthly wage, one day off a week, seven days' paid sick leave a year, three weeks' paid vacation annually, and the payment of a lump sum to a priest when he retires, or to his family if he dies in harness...
...those days are gone. Our task now is to learn to enjoy plenty." The party executive's best proposal was a three-year study to shape policy on specific problems. "That's a fat lot of fire to take home to the boys," grumbled one delegate. "Lump of suet dough, that's what I call...
...cost is amortized and his profit made, title to the building goes to the Government. Advantages of the lease-purchase device are that it keeps a steady flow of new buildings coming into the federal system, smooths out peaks and valleys in federal spending caused by enormous lump-sum building appropriations. Moreover, while the contractor has title to the building used by the government, it is not federal property, hence stays on local tax rolls...
...parking garage need not be an unsightly concrete lump, Clapp emphasized. At relatively little extra cost, he said, a veneer can be affixed to the building which will give it character and beauty. He estimated the cost of such a garage at anywhere from $2,500 to $3,000 per car space. A garage above the car barn would be roughly $200 more per space because of the suspension problem, Clapp added...