Word: itemizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...become the year's most contentious issue. Although Reagan's television speech sounded hackneyed themes -- and got little public response -- it represents the first salvo of a new campaign. Over the coming weeks, the President will be out on the hustings preaching for his favorite reforms -- a line-item veto, a balanced-budget amendment and two-year budget cycles -- all of which are going nowhere in Congress. The Reagan message is simple. "In the critical matchup between those who want to keep spending your money and raising your taxes, and those of us who resist a return...
...charity knockout joust held by Britain's royal family, in which the Windsor children displayed a decidedly unstately yen for slapstick. As is often the case, eye-catching photography was crucial to the choice of the subject. "The strength of a picture will often make or break an item," says Picture Researcher MaryAnne Golon. "We want the usual suspects doing unusual things...
...small item appeared in the London Daily Telegraph on June 1: "The family and friends of Mr. Terry Waite, the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy, missing in Lebanon, said special prayers to mark his 48th birthday yesterday." Prayers were among the few words being spoken about the fate of Waite and the 22 other foreign hostages in Beirut. In Western capitals, officials were closemouthed. British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe did say, however, that there is no reason to believe Waite is "not still alive...
...moved by the item about San Francisco Architect Donald MacDonald, who has designed small, waterproof shelters for the city's homeless ((NATION, May 11)). The Reagan Administration chooses to allot millions of dollars to foreign countries while ignoring certain domestic problems. The homeless wandering our streets are Americans. Our Government should be serving its own citizens before distributing money abroad...
Houston. News item: A 10 year-old boy shot his mother and father with a .38 pistol because "they refused to let him go outside to play...