Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some are doing so, despite the intense unpopularity of that step. Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, for one, is having to back off from his oft-repeated pledge that there would be no increase in property taxes while he was in city hall. Cities could also shift from outmoded "line-item" budgets-which simply list how much is to be spent for salaries, how much for construction and so on-to "performance" budgeting that stresses goals and priorities. When they made that switch four years ago, Fort Worth officials decided deliberately to undervalue taxable property, in effect creating a reserve...
...tension between VGA journalists and their USIA superiors is one item on the agenda of a 20-member panel that will recommend to Congress some changes in the Government's information services. The group, appointed by two commissions that monitor Government information programs, is headed by Frank Stanton, former vice chairman of CBS Inc. It is expected to recommend next month that the Voice be given greater journalistic freedom. It remains to be seen whether this is possible, given the built-in limitations of any Government-run news operation...
...rich, fearful that inflation will continue to balloon for the out-of-sight future, are living as high as ever; they believe that now is the time, as one wealthy Easterner puts it, "to turn cash into reality." Manhattan's Tiffany's reports that its bestselling breakfast item is "Diamonds by the Yard," a gold chain interspersed with diamonds that sells for about $333 a foot...
...need ever pay list price for any item and no shrewd buyer should pay the marked price on any equipment costing over $200. If the dealer is charging list price, look and listen, but don't buy. His profit margin is large enough to afford a few browsers. If the displayed price is already marked down, then the trick is to appear ready to buy a system or component, but unsure about what and from whom. After a half-hour of hesitation the salesman will either drop the price or throw you out. Some other techniques that work: seem dumb...
...feel guilty or timid about applying anything I've suggested. The stereo industry, through differentiation of product, is trying to exploit your ignorance about electronic equipment. No dealer is ever selling an item below cost and it's your right to get the lowest price...