Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reach a compromise. All the formulas failed. After more than two hours, Hinerfeld came out to announce that no agreement had been reached; Carter would probably be represented in Baltimore by an empty chair. Joked White House Press Secretary Jody Powell: "It'd be the only non-Republican item on the stage." Upon reflection, however, the President's men were upset by the prospect of the symbol of Carter's absence helplessly drawing the fire of the two challengers. "I can't believe they'd really do it," said one nervously...
...particularly unpleasant feature of life is what the Chinese call qiang xing da pei, or forced distribution. It means simply that if one wants to buy a particular "item in a store, the clerk, who is eager for a productivity bonus, may insist on the purchase of an additional, slower-moving item as well...
Waits' pursuit of a happy homelife and a woman he can call wife squelches a year of talk about his much-publicized relationship with Rickie Lee Jones. Publications from People to Rolling Stone touted Waits and songstress Jones as an "item," with the British rock mag Melody Maker going so far as to call their marriage "imminent." Though Waits and Jones are undeniably close and inhabit a collective world of old cars, stale bars and life's generally seamy underside, sharing a coterie of self-styled low-lifers, whatever romantic interlude the two enjoyed seems to have waned. Rickie...
...while, however, before he starts consuming in earnest. Said Rudolph Glin, vice president of Milwaukee's Boston Store: "It's like clawing your way up a cliff with your fingernails. It is still tough to sell, but the consumer is motivated to buy if it is an item of real value." The American customer is currently digging out of debt and is very careful about how he spends his money, but he is also again beginning to cast a curious eye toward shop windows...
...negative side, however, indexation has proved to be an engine of more price rises. Israeli inflation has created a disoriented economy in which consumers become so buffeted by price increases that they no longer even remember what an item is really worth. The price of milk, for example, has climbed nearly 30% in just over a month to ?.27 (53?) per liter. Five years ago, the same item cost ?2.50. A large number of businesses are hurting so badly that they are cutting back on staff or closing down. A major cause: the annual interest rate on bank loans...