Severance is a good negotiating item, because it costs the employer nothing up front.

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Housing, though an essential good, is ultimately an item of consumption as opposed to an economic stimulant.

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The desserts are pretty good for you: Every item in the bakery is free of artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, preservatives, and trans fats.

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She proceeded to fairly rapidly go down the list, with minimal explanation, placing next to each item either a check (good) or a cross (bad).

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He reserves the right to refuse to sell an item if he doesn't think it would look good on the intended wearer.

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But one item that is worth investing some funds in, she says, is good soil.

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Not surprisingly, getting a deal ups the feel-good quotient of as many as 80.7% of Americans, with food as the item of choice for men.

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We may not agree on every item, but there is much we can agree on that we think will be good for the economy and good for our balance sheet.

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Neither the California engineers nor the uncertain promise of semiconductors (then a rather exotic item) inspired Rock's colleagues, but he thought the eight seemed like smart people with a good idea.

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