Word: consumerized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Conservatives are finding it much easier to rally popular vocal support for deregulation of the legal profession. Thatcher's plan calls for abolishing the traditional division between solicitors, who deal directly with the public, and barristers, who must be "instructed" by solicitors before taking on a case and who...
The nation will get this year's first look at inflation on the consumer level when the January Consumer Price index report is released in two weeks. Consumer prices increased 4.4 percent in 1988.
One leading opponent of the raise, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, said Wright's capitulation showed he had realized "that the power of the people is greater than the power of his tyranny in [trying to] close down the House of Representatives until the members got their salary increase."
Laser discs (basically, CDs with movies on them) may have suffered from consumer confusion in the marketplace. But for film aficionados and filmmakers, from Steven Spielberg to Martin Scorsese, they are the home- viewing medium of choice. With peerless sound and a better picture than even the best VCR can...
Wright's survey "exposes members to a charge of lying," said Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate, citing the Associated Press and surveys by his own organization.