Word: itemization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...imagine a medium that combines the switching and routing capabilities of phones with the video and information offerings of the most advanced cable systems and data banks. Instead of settling for whatever happens to be on at a particular time, you could select any item from an encyclopedic menu of offerings and have it routed directly to your television set or computer screen. A movie? Airline listings? Tomorrow's newspaper or yesterday's episode of Northern Exposure? How about a new magazine or book? A stroll through the L.L. Bean catalog? A teleconference with your boss? A video phone call...
...manner of video publications, catalogs, data files and interactive entertainment. Remote facilities, located in Burbank, California, or Hollywood or Atlanta or anywhere, will hold additional offerings from HBO and Showtime, as well as archived hits from the past: I Love Lucy, Star Trek, The Brady Bunch. Click an item on the menu, and it will appear instantly on the screen...
...state, so there's very little in a contract that pertains to specific diseases," says Sanders. "It might affect the level of benefits for instance under mental nervous benefits, or restrictions on total benefits paid out, but under group insurance contracts there's typically not a line-item exclusion for certain diseases...
...generate public response, he spent an additional $300,000 of his own money for "ballots" published in TV Guide. Viewers were encouraged to clip the 17-item ads and send them in for tabulation. Most of the questions, however, were phrased in biased fashion, virtually assuring the answers that support Perot's arguments. Those wishing to participate by phone were offered a 900 number. Computer wonks could use electronic bulletin boards...
...genuine line-item veto would require a constitutional amendment. But Congress could achieve the same result by agreeing to submit every appropriation and tax item as a separate bill for the President to sign or veto. Senator Bill Bradley has suggested adopting this practice as a two-year experiment. The Democratic-controlled Congress should have tried this experiment back when Republicans controlled the White House. It would have been a sparkling exercise in bluff calling. Now they can grant the power to one of their own. Politically, it would be no special favor to Clinton. But if he is serious...