Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bargaining "chip," which would imply a willingness to trade the system away. Even if the MX were used in the talks, moreover, that would provide no guarantee that its status would remain permanently negotiable. The Ford Administration conceived of the cruise missile largely as a bargaining item, for example, but the U.S. has since been reluctant to place cruise missiles, especially the sea-launched variety, on the table. The only major weapons system ever to serve as true trade-off material was the antiballistic-missile defense, which led to a 1972 treaty that limited such systems...
...There's a certain risk involved if there's an item you really want, you have to wait," says bargain hunter Richard E. Shepard says, "You have to move items to the back of the rack." But he quickly cautions. "You can't leave them there for more than...
...surer method, says Gerard A. DelTergo, is to be on good enough terms with the clerks so that you can leave an article of clothing there for a week or two--so that by then, the item is marked down to the optimal price...
...distaff side, the featured item for the spring is lots and lots and lots of wool coats, with trickily designed lapels and buttons solely designed solely to distinguish your coat from the thousands of cheaper models hanging in secondhand shops throughout the nation. The window pane checked Ferragomo coat is nice example, particularly when compared to the coccoon coat from Callaghan--an attempt, I guess, to evoke the fond memories of the Stay-Puff Marshmallow...
While Koocher blamed much of the budget problem on this item. Peterkin and school committee members Frances H. Cooper and Rena H. Lieb said the salary raises--18 percent for a small number of administrators and 9.5 percent over two years for teachers--only keep up with inflation and should not have been any lower...