
\let\Oescription =\description
% Zero the vertical spacing parameters
\def\Nospacing{\itemsep=0pt\topsep=0pt\partopsep=0pt\parskip=0pt\parsep=0pt}
% Redefine the environments in terms of the original values
%\newenvironment{Itemize}{\Otemize\Nospacing}{\endlist}
%\newenvironment{Enumerate}{\Onumerate\Nospacing}{\endlist}
\newenvironment{tightDescription}{\Oescription\Nospacing}{\endlist}
\newenvironment{tightList}
%               {\list{}{\labelwidth\z@ \itemindent-\leftmargin }}
               {\list{}{\itemindent-\leftmargin \Nospacing
}}
%                        \let\makelabel\descriptionlabel}}
               {\endlist}
%\newcommand*\descriptionlabel[1]{\hspace\labelsep
%                                \normalfont\bfseries #1}
\newenvironment{hangpar}%
   {%\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}%
    \begin{list}{}{\setlength{\topsep}{0pt}\setlength{\partopsep}{0pt}%
                   \setlength{\leftmargin}{1.5\parindent}%
                   \setlength{\itemindent}{-\leftmargin}%
%\Nospacing
                   \item }} {\end{list}}



\newenvironment{tightListBullets}
               {\list{}{\itemindent-\leftmargin \Nospacing
o }}
               {\endlist}
