Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lately devoted page after page to the plague of consumer shortages, documenting their intensity in editorial columns and letting readers vent their rage in letters sections. "Shortages attack us literally from all sides," complained the daily Vechernyaya Moskva. "It seems that soon it will be difficult to name an item that doesn't fall into a shortage category...
...Administration has refused to raise taxes or keep the lid on spending for non-means-tested entitlements, such as Social Security, which are geared towards immediate consumption rather than use in savings and investment. As a result, interest payments on the national debt have become the fastest growing line item in the federal budget, not defense spending...
Union organizers and support staff members said that building security had not been considered a bargaining item until now. But most agreed that the rape, which occured in an upper floor office, made the issue a pertinent one for contract negotiations, which are expected to begin in February...
...corporate campaign against the University. Last spring, activists conducted a "Know-Your-Neighbor" campaign, postering the neighborhoods of local members of the Board of Overseers, explaining to residents that their friendly neighbor was responsible for a company with investments in South Africa. Last spring, divestment became an agenda item at Board of Overseer meetings; last week, the Overseers approved a report calling for a slight modification in University investment policy toward South Africa...
...deny Arafat the kind of prominence that a U.N. visit would bring, he produced the opposite: a publicity bonanza for the chairman. "Had the U.S. let him come, he would have been news for a day or two," said an Arab diplomat. "Now he will be a hot news item for weeks." When the General Assembly convenes in Geneva, Arafat can expect to bask in the warmth of considerable international sympathy and unified Arab support...