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• So far , Mrs. Hills has n't deemed any cases bad enough *-1 to merit an [_rel accelerated] [_ARG1 investigation] [_ARGM-LOC under the so-called special 301 provision of the act] .
• [_ARG1 A trend] that *T*-72 started with the first stirrings of politics , [_rel accelerated] [_ARGM-TMP with the dawn of the television age] and became a sometimes-tawdry art form in 1988 , has reached an entirely new stage .
• Index arbitragers argue that their trading is healthy because it links markets , but critics say 0 [_ARG0 such trading] [_rel accelerates] [_ARG1 market movements] and increases the chance for a crash .
• But if the Fed eases too soon , Mr. Greenspan fears 0 *T*-1 , [_ARG1 prices] may begin *-2 to [_rel accelerate] [_ARGM-TMP again] [_ARGM-TMP next year] .
• *-1 Unable *-2 to stop his [_rel accelerating] [_ARG1 descent] , he crashes .
• The former Wall Street executive refused *-2 to offer an opinion on the controversy surrounding [_ARG0 program trading] , which *T*-1 has recently become a larger part of the trading in the market and has been blamed *-3 for * [_rel accelerating] [_ARG1 the drop] [_ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] .
• `` The only response to the challenge being presented * to us by the East , '' Mr. Mitterrand told *T*-1 the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday , `` is [_ARG0 *] to reinforce and [_rel accelerate] [_ARG1 the union and cohesion of the European Community] . ''
• Moves [_ARG0 *] to [_rel accelerate] [_ARG1 the removal of dangerous pesticides] gained new impetus during this year 's Alar scare , when the EPA was harshly criticized *-3 for *-4 failing *-1 to yank the possible carcinogen , a growth regulator used * * to make apples redder and crunchier *T*-2 .
• [_ARG1 The stock 's decline] [_rel accelerated] [_ARGM-TMP in the past two weeks] , from [_ARG3-from a price of $ 8 *U* a share on Oct. 9] .
• [_ARG1 The drop] [_rel accelerated] [_ARGM-TMP in this year 's third quarter] , [_ARGM-ADV * underscoring an overall lack of stress in the U.S. economy] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
• Some atmospheric scientists think that even if CFCs were released *-1 into the atmosphere at an [_rel accelerating] [_ARG1 rate] , the amount of ozone depletion would be only 10 % by the middle of the next century .
• But [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel accelerate] `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> marketization] '' [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> by *-1 reinforcing industrial accountability , breaking up state monopolies , giving managers a stake in solutions , and ensuring that modernization is not reversible for failure * to address environmental effects] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The tougher new regulations under the savings-and-loan bailout law] are [<sub>rel</sub> accelerating] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the thrift industry 's shrinking act] .
• This forecast was based *-1 on the apparent reversal of most of the negative forces -- such as demographic changes , the oil shock and [<sub>rel</sub> accelerating] [<sub>ARG1</sub> inflation] -- that *T*-2 had reduced productivity gains in the 1970s .
• Prices for polyethylene , a common plastic and an important Carbide product , started *-1 to fall early this year ; [<sub>ARG1</sub> the slide] [<sub>rel</sub> accelerated] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> in the third quarter] [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> as buyers continued *-2 to trim inventories] .
• That 's up from about 687 a month in 1985 , and [<sub>ARG1</sub> it] 's [<sub>rel</sub> accelerating] : So far this month , foreclosures are averaging about 85 a day .
• Moody 's Investors Service Inc. said 0 it lowered the ratings of some $ 145 million *U* of Pinnacle debt because of `` [_rel accelerating] [_ARG1 deficiency] in liquidity , '' which it said 0 *T*-2 was evidenced *-1 by Pinnacle 's elimination of dividend payments .
• Mr. Cawthorn attributed the decline in third-quarter operating profit to the stronger dollar , which *T*-2 reduces the value of overseas profit when it is translated *-1 into dollars *T*-4 ; to [_rel accelerated] [_ARG1 buying] of Rorer products [_ARGM-TMP in the second quarter] [_ARGM-CAU because of a then-pending July 1 price increase] , and to higher marketing expenses for Rorer 's Maalox antacid , whose sales and market share in the U.S. *T*-3 had slipped in the first half of 1989 .
• Eugene Sit , president of Sit Investment Associates in Minneapolis , says , `` When we bought it *T*-2 , we thought 0 [_ARG1 the growth rate] was going *-3 to [_rel accelerate] '' because of computerized tax filing and instant refunds -LRB- the customer gets a refund immediately but pays extra to the tax preparer , which *T*-1 waits for Uncle Sam 's check -RRB- .
• Loral said 0 it expects [_ARG1 sales] to [_rel accelerate] [_ARGM-TMP in both the third and fourth quarters of this fiscal year] .
• However , HealthVest said 0 the Tokyo bank indicated that [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel accelerate] [_ARG1 HealthVest 's $ 50 million *U* loan] .
• Stock-index arbitrage is the most controversial form of program trading because [_ARG0 it] [_rel accelerates] [_ARG1 market moves] , [_ARGM-ADV if *-1 not actually causing them] .
• [_ARG1 The size and pace of disbursements] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel accelerate] [_ARG2-MNR further] [_ARGM-LOC under the Brady Plan , which *T*-1 promises larger and earlier disbursements to approved countries] .
• Earlier this month , Staples Inc. , a Newton , Mass. , office-supplies discounter , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel accelerate] [_ARG1 expansion plans] [_ARGM-LOC nationwide] and offer more of its stock to the public .
• [_ARG0 The Dow] [_rel accelerated] [_ARG1 its slide] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 losing 63.52 in the first 40 minutes of trading] .
• [_ARG1 Final-hour trading] [_rel accelerated] to [_ARG4-to 108.1 million shares , a record for the Big Board] .
• If the new Cheer sells well , [_ARG1 the trend toward smaller packaging] is likely *-1 to [_rel accelerate] [_ARGM-TMP as competitors follow with their own superconcentrates] .
• Beginning in mid-1987 , [_ARG1 prices] began *-1 [_rel accelerating] as a growing U.S. economy and the weak dollar spurred demand .
• Demand has been much stronger than * anticipated *-1 , and [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-TMP typically] [_rel accelerates] [_ARGM-TMP in the fourth quarter] .
• On Friday morning , before the market 's sell-off , the business leaders issued a report predicting 0 [_ARG1 the economy] [_ARGM-MOD would] grow at roughly an inflation-adjusted 2 % annual rate , through next year , [_ARGM-TMP then] [_rel accelerate] [_ARGM-TMP anew] [_ARGM-TMP in 1991] .
• Treasurys opened lower , * reacting negatively to news that [_ARG1 the producer price index -- a measure of inflation on the wholesale level --] [_rel accelerated] [_ARGM-TMP in September] .