[OS X TeX] hypenation of description list - need a hint or two

[Jan Erik Moström]

I've been searching for a solution for the problem below but 
apparently I haven't been searching in the right places. I would 
be very grateful if someone could give me an hint of how to 
solve this.

I've writing a paper and use the sig-alternate ACM two column 
paper format, in one part of the paper I've got a list of descriptions

     \begin{description}
         \item[``Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet''] consectetuer 
adipiscing elit.
             Integer mi dui, varius non, fermentum eget, 
adipiscing in, odio. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis 
parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Integer aliquet

         \item[``Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet''] consectetuer 
adipiscing elit.
             Integer mi dui, varius non, fermentum eget, 
adipiscing in, odio. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis 
parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Integer aliquet

The problem is that when I typeset this the first item of almost 
every line overflows (except those with a short item title), 
something like this

     LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET consectetuer adipiscing elit <===
     Integer mi dui, varius non, fermentum eget, adipiscing
     in, odio. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et   magnis dis
     parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus     mus. Integer
     aliquet

I tried to hyphenate using the \- but it doesn't help 
(hyphenation is turned on and works for the rest of the 
document). I searched the FAQ and used Google but haven't 
managed to find a solution, does anyone know?

                         jem
-- 
Jan Erik Moström, www.mostrom.pp.se


------------------------- Helpful Info -------------------------
Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
List Reminders & Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/