Alignment in a para

[DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I have an instance of

<item>
<term>ASBU</term>
<desc>Automated Services Business Unit</desc>
</item>
<item>
<term>ASBU MIS</term>
<desc>Management Information System providing production data from ASBU
operations</desc>
</item>

I want the <desc> element content to self align starting from wherever 
the <term> ends, e.g.


term   description description blah
         blah blah
term   description etc etc.

I'm doing a (make paragraph at the 
item level, since I want the term to be in italics.

Is it necessary to use table for this?
I have tried first-line-indent and start-indent combinations,
but they remain fixed. I need it to flex with the content.

Any suggestions please.

regards, DaveP


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