\begin{list}{label}{spacing}
  \item First item
  \item Second item
  .
  .
  .
  \end{list}

  The {label} argument specifies how items should be labeled.  This
  argument is a piece of text that is inserted in a box to form the
  label.  This argument can and usually does contain other LaTeX
  commands.

  The {spacing} argument contains commands to change the spacing
  parameters for the list.  This argument will most often be null, i.e.
  {}.  This will select all default spacing which should suffice for
  most cases.