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frames- But the growing controversy comes as many practices historically accepted * as normal here -- such as [ARG0 politicians] [rel accepting] [ARG1 substantial gifts] from [ARG2-from businessmen] or having extramarital affairs -- are coming under close ethical scrutiny .
- But the growing controversy comes as [ARG1 many practices] [ARGM-MNR historically] [rel accepted] * as [ARG3-as normal] [ARGM-LOC here] -- such as politicians accepting substantial gifts from businessmen or having extramarital affairs -- are coming under close ethical scrutiny .
- Temple , however , harshly criticized Sea Containers ' plan yesterday , *-1 characterizing it as a `` highly conditional device designed * *-2 to entrench management , confuse shareholders and prevent [ARG0 them] from *-3 [rel accepting] [ARG1 our superior cash offer] . ''
- [ARG1 They] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accepted] *-1 [ARGM-LOC everywhere] , [ARGM-DIS however] .
- So [ARG0 both sides] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the compromise , which *T*-259 would lead to the first lifting of the minimum wage since a four-year law was enacted *-163 in 1977 , *-163 raising the wage to $ 3.35 *U* an hour from $ 2.65 *U*] .
- To that end , American Express has been signing up [ARG0 gasoline companies , car repair shops , tire companies and car dealers] *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 the card] .
- Three divisions at American Express *ICH*-1 are working with Buick on the promotion : the establishment services division , which *T*-57 is responsible for [ARG0 all merchants and companies] that *T*-2 [rel accept] [ARG1 the card] ; the travel division ; and the merchandise sales division .
- Reliance acquired a 7 % UAL stake early this year at an average cost of $ 110 *U* a share , and reduced its stake to 4.7 % after [ARG0 UAL] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the bid] [ARGM-ADV at prices higher than $ 282 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 some workers] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the new contract] and are continuing negotiations , the analyst said 0 *T*-1 .
- When *-4 offered *-3 a free trip from the Bronx , Wedtech 's home , to Washington , D.C. , by one of Wedtech 's principals *T*-2 , he tells the reader , `` *-5 mindful of [ARG0 *] [rel accepting] [ARG1 anything of value from those 0 I was writing about *T*-1] , I declined . ''
- President Bush in June vetoed a measure passed * by Congress and said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accept] [ARG1 any minimum-wage rise that *T*-121 went beyond limits 0 he set *T*-2 early in this year 's debate on the issue] .
- The compromise was a somewhat softened version of [ARG1 what] the White House had said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel accept] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 It] refinanced the judge 's loan , lowered its interest rate and [rel accepted] [ARG1 a trade-in that *T*-172 had n't originally been part of the deal -- a beat up 1981 Chevy Citation 0 the dealer had *-2 to repair *T*-1 before it could be resold *-140] .
- Mr. Bush said that he initiated talks with the Soviets on the informal meeting by *-3 sending [ARG1 a proposal] *ICH*-2 to Mr. Gorbachev last July , which [ARG0 the Soviet leader] [ARGM-MNR readily] [rel accepted] *T*-1 .
- The clause was part of an agreement in which [ARG0 pilots] [rel accepted] [ARG1 a substantial pay cut] [ARGM-ADV as long as no other labor group got a raise] *T*-1 .
- Now , [ARG0 the White House] has decided *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 the higher wage] [ARGM-TMP over only two years] .
- [ARG1 The offer , which *T*-88 values the whole of Coates at # 301 million *U* ,] has [ARGM-TMP already] been [rel accepted] *-1 by [ARG0-by Coates executives and other shareholders owning 12.4 % of the company] .
- He said 0 he feared 0 a Revco reorganization might force [ARG0 bondholders] to [rel accept] [ARG1 a `` cheap deal] , '' and that the Bass group 's offer would give them more money .
- And has he truly persuaded [ARG0 the Communist Party] *-2 to [rel accept] [ARG1 economic change of a kind that *T*-1 will , sooner or later , lead to its demise] ?
- `` I have no experience before with such sophisticated machinery , '' says *T*-1 [ARG0 Matsuo Toshimitsu , a 66-year-old executive vice president of Japan Air Lines] , *-2 explaining his reluctance before * [rel accepting] [ARG1 a terminal in his office] [ARGM-TMP this summer] .
- But neither the pilots nor the machinists appear interested , and Mr. Davis is barred *-1 from *-3 making a new bid under terms of an agreement 0 he made *T*-2 with UAL in September unless [ARG0 UAL] [rel accepts] [ARG1 an offer below $ 300 *U* a share] .
- `` [ARG0 Investors] have *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 the possibility of a significant slowdown in economic activity in the runup to 1997] , '' she says *T*-2 .
- Neither plan is dead , however , and the judge could force [ARG0 creditors] to [rel accept] [ARG1 some version of them] after *-1 ruling on the Minpeco-Manufacturers Hanover dispute .
- Mr. Peters claims 0 he reminded Mr. Ross that Robert Daly and Terry Semel , the top executives of the Warner Brothers studio , had `` repeatedly agreed that [ARG0 we] had every right * to [rel accept] '' [ARG1 an offer such as Sony 's] .
- *-2 Meeting with reporters Friday , Mr. Darman again said 0 [ARG0 he] would rather live with across-the-board spending cuts than [rel accept] [ARG1 a deficit-reduction bill like the one passed * by the House , which *T*-1 would increase spending in future years] .
- BellSouth 's revised proposal surprised many industry analysts , especially because of [ARG0 the company 's] willingness * to [rel accept] [ARG1 some dilution of future earnings] .
- [ARG0 Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole -LRB- R. , Kan. -RRB-] , [ARGM-DIS for one] , [rel accepts] [ARG1 this argument] and earlier this year publicly urged Mr. Bush `` *-1 to use the line-item veto and allow the courts to decide whether or not it is constitutional . ''
- [ARG1 No non-competitive tenders] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel accepted] *-1 .
- [ARG0 Larsen & Toubro] started *-2 [rel accepting] [ARG1 applications for its giant issue] earlier this month ; bankers and analysts expect it to be oversubscribed *-3 .
- Insurers buy this insurance protection for themselves by *-3 giving up a portion of the premiums 0 they collect *T*-2 on a policy to another firm -- [ARG0 a reinsurance company] , which , [ARGM-MNR in turn] , *T*-1 [rel accepts] [ARG1 a portion of any losses resulting from this policy] .
- [ARG0 Employees of the Globe and Mail , a Thomson Corp. newspaper in Toronto ,] voted *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a tentative contract agreement] Saturday , *-1 averting a strike at Canada 's leading daily .
- That makes them a reasonable option for [ARG0 investors] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel accept] [ARG1 some risk of price fluctuation] [ARGM-PNC in order *-2 to make a bet that interest rates will decline over the next year or so] .
- If [ARG1 Mr. Redford] wanted *-2 to be [rel accepted] *-1 by [ARG0-by the people of Utah] , he should have taken an advisory role instead of one of *-3 forcing his personal preferences .
- [ARG0 NCAA Executive Director Richard Schultz] , in * [rel accepting] [ARG1 a place on the Knight Commission] , urged that the panel take a `` balanced '' view , which *T*-1 looks for all the world like a plea 0 *T*-3 not to rock the boat too much , and the presidents ' recommendations could face considerable opposition at the NCAA 's full convention in January , which *T*-2 will vote on them .
- If [ARG0 the Colombian media] [rel accept] [ARG1 this new and hideous censorship] there is little doubt that the drug mafia 's terrorism someday will extend to all the newspapers published * in the free world .
- `` It *EXP*-1 's hard [ARG0 *] to [rel accept] [ARG1 all the suffering 0 people are going through *T*-2] , but you have *-3 to *?* .
- [ARG0 Funds] might be forced *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 lower prices] if they expand their selling to the securities of less-creditworthy borrowers .
- I remembered how hard it *EXP*-5 was *T*-4 for [ARG1 an outsider] to become [rel accepted] *-3 by [ARG0-by long-established , stake-holding residents] , and what pitfalls *T*-1 awaited an original thinker in societies that *T*-2 were long accustomed to unchanging , `` safe '' ways of thought and action .
- [ARG0 American Medical] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the offer] , [ARGM-TMP meanwhile *-1 indicating 0 it had heard from two other suitors] .
- Robert Mellor , Di Giorgio 's executive vice president , said 0 [ARG0 the company] stands *-1 to reap more money *ICH*-2 through the sale of individual units to others than by * [rel accepting] [ARG1 DIG 's offer] .
- But it 's [ARGM-MNR generally] [rel accepted] [ARG1 that sterilized intervention has little or no lasting impact on currency values] .
- The vehemence of the emotions aroused * by the case testifies to its symbolic importance in [ARG1 the war] that [ARG0 Thurber] [rel accepted] *T*-1 as [ARG3-as an eternal part of the human condition] .
- The U.S. Mint would n't take the coin because it was n't mutilated , and [ARG0 the Federal Reserve Bank] [rel accepts] [ARG1 only clean coins] , he says 0 *T*-1 .
- The Bank of England , [ARGM-DIS on the other hand] , had gold reserves that *T*-2 averaged about 30 % of its outstanding currency , and [ARG1 Bank of England notes] were [rel accepted] *-1 [ARGM-LOC throughout the world] .
- On Sept. 13 , [ARG0 Japan] began a policy of * screening boat people , *-1 [rel accepting] [ARG1 only those deemed * to be political refugees] .
- She also notes that even if [ARG0 the pilots] [rel accept] [ARG1 a minority stake] [ARGM-TMP now] , they still could come back at a later time and try *-1 to take control .
- [ARG0 A Lebanese Christian alliance] [rel accepted] [ARG1 an Arab-sponsored proposal aimed * at * ending Lebanon 's 14-year-old civil war] .
- In a letter Monday to Mr. Saltzburg , the judge said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] `` [ARGM-MNR reluctantly] '' [rel accept] [ARG1 the resignation] .
- The Japanese want us to accept their culture , but [ARG0 they] refuse *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 the American culture] .
- For Mr. Kageyama to argue that [ARG0 American employees] [ARGM-MOD must] [ARGM-MNR passively] [rel accept] [ARG1 a direct imposition of the Japanese way of * doing things] is outright cultural chauvinism of the first order .
- The Japanese want [ARG0 us] to [rel accept] [ARG1 their culture] , but they refuse *-1 to accept the American culture .
- [ARG0 The rest of the world] [rel accepted] [ARG1 such methods] [ARGM-TMP when Japan was developing *T*-1] .
- The Sheraton Moscow will charge about $ 140 to $ 150 *U* a day for each of its rooms , and [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel accept] [ARG1 payment] [ARGM-ADV only in currencies that *T*-2 can be traded *-1 in foreign exchange markets] , according to a Sheraton executive .
- For example , student loans currently attempt *-1 to subsidize college attendance and mitigate problems created * by the fact that [ARG1 students ' future earnings] are [ARGM-NEG not] [rel accepted] *-2 as [ARG3-as collateral] .
- Rural Solidarity objected , to no avail , when [ARG0 Solidarity leader Lech Walesa] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the Peasants ' support] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 ESB directors] [ARGM-MNR warmly] [rel accepted] , but a whirlwind bidding match ensued .
- [ARG0 ESB] [ARGM-TMP on July 29] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the Inco offer] and the brief battle -- unlike the intricate and lengthy big takeovers of 1984-1989 -- was over .
- One person familiar with UAL said 0 the unsettled labor situation and the uncertain world-wide financial markets contributed to the board 's decision * to avoid `` *-1 rushing around selling the company at a bargain price , '' particularly since [ARG0 it] [rel accepted] [ARG1 a $ 300-a-share *U* offer] [ARGM-TMP just last month] .
- The Los Angeles investor ca n't buy UAL stock , solicit shareholder consents or make a new offer unless he makes a formal offer of $ 300 *U* a share or [ARG0 UAL] [rel accepts] [ARG1 an offer below $ 300 *U*] .
- They would both give part of their combined $ 50 million *U* in common equity in SCI TV to holders of SCI TV 's $ 488 million *U* of junk bonds , as a carrot 0 *T*-2 to persuade [ARG0 them] *-3 to [rel accept] [ARG1 new bonds that *T*-1 might reduce the value of their claims on the company] .
- The ratio , which *T*-1 reflects the number of bids 0 the Treasury receives *T*-2 for [ARG1 each bid] [rel accepted] * , is used *-3 *-4 to gauge investor demand .
- British Airways said 0 [ARG0 its shareholders] [rel accepted] [ARG1 only 6.3 % of the convertible capital bonds] , but that the rest of the issue will be taken *-1 up by underwriters .
- [ARG0 The strikers] voted *-2 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a series of management proposals that *T*-1 will give them a higher basic wage , better profit-sharing benefits and bigger annual bonuses] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 most lawyers] [rel accept] [ARG1 that the marketplace has spoken] .
- [ARG0 A committee representing the unsecured creditors] agreed *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 24 cents on the dollar] , Eagle said 0 *T*-2 .
- While [ARG0 Ms. Bryant 's state] went ahead and [rel accepted] [ARG1 Drexel 's settlement offer of $ 25,000 *U*] , she said : `` I do n't have any argument with those who *T*-1 came to different conclusions .
- [ARG0 New Jersey] , for example , was asked *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 $ 300,000 *U*] , but refused .
- Officials in some of these states say 0 [ARG0 they] do n't want *-1 to [ARGM-MNR simply] [rel accept] [ARG1 the settlements offered * by Drexel] .
- But he and his chief financial officer , John Pope , sowed some of the seeds for the deal 's failure by *-1 insisting 0 [ARG0 banks] [rel accept] [ARG1 low financing fees and interest rates] , [ARGM-ADV while they invested in the transaction only a small fraction of the $ 114.3 million *U* 0 they stood *-3 to gain *T*-2 from sale of their UAL stock and options] .
- [ARG0 She] was devoted to Charles de Gaulle 's cause , *-1 [rel accepting] [ARG1 great financial sacrifice and considerable risk] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to become first a spy and then a one-woman USO tour for the forces of Free France] .
- On the chairman 's motion , the California package was subsequently reduced *-1 to less-binding report language , and even when [ARG1 this] was [rel accepted] *-2 as [ARG3-as such] [ARGM-MNR on a voice vote] *T*-3 , Mr. Whitten pointedly opposed it .
- *-2 A member in the House leadership and skilled legislator , Mr. Fazio nonetheless found himself burdened *-3 not only by California 's needs but by [ARG1 Hurricane Hugo amendments] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel accepted] *T*-1 [ARGM-PNC in a vain effort * to build support in the panel] .
- The company said 0 it did n't receive [ARG1 an offer] 0 [ARG0 it] wanted *-2 to [rel accept] *T*-1 .
- Mr. Gonzalez is also [ARG0 a stickler] for ethical standards who *T*-1 refuses *-3 to [rel accept] [ARG1 honorariums] and who *T*-2 believes in * conducting official business in the open .
- [ARG0 Shareholders of Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano S.p.A.] voted *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a bid of 5,500 lire -LRB- $ 4.03 *U* -RRB- a share by France 's Credit Agricole for 13.32 % of the bank] , *-1 rejecting an earlier , equal offer by Italy 's Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A .
- The decision [ARG0 *] to [rel accept] [ARG1 Credit Agricole 's bid , valued * at 283.3 billion lire -LRB- $ 207.4 million *U* -RRB- ,] came after a stormy weekend meeting .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-ADV while today 's non-volatile chips -- such as electronically erasable programmable read-only memory chips -- ca n't be used *-1 in a computer 's central memory because they `` learn '' data slowly] , [ARG0 ferroelectric chips] [rel accept] [ARG1 data] [ARGM-MNR at very high speeds] .
- The proposal split the industry in two , along the lines of national origin : North Koreans oppose the plan while [ARG0 South Koreans , Japanese and Taiwanese] [rel accept] [ARG1 it] or are neutral .
- In 1983 , [ARG0 Mr. Hastings] was found *-1 not guilty of * [rel accepting] [ARG1 a $ 150,000 *U* bribe] [ARGM-LOC in a case before him] , the central charge on which the Senate convicted him *T*-2 .
- With no floor debate , the Senate on Friday voted 69-26 *-1 to convict [ARG0 Mr. Hastings] of perjury and * conspiring *-2 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a bribe] , five votes more than needed .
- [ARG0 Mr. Lesko himself] is n't yet prepared * to [rel accept] [ARG1 that explanation] .
- [ARGM-ADV While the Cowboys may not be the best investment now] , [ARG0 I] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accept] [ARG1 0 they ca n't be *?* in the future] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV * Relying on the preamble 's statement that a fetus is an unborn child] , [ARG0 the two St. Louis County Circuit Court judges] [ARGM-TMP in August] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the justification that the abortion clinic protesters were trying *-1 to save lives] .
- As long as the rival Soviet-backed regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam held a total gridlock over neighboring Ethiopia , [ARG0 the U.S.] was forced *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 that lonely Berbera runway] as [ARG3-as a distant No. 2 to the Soviets ' array of airfields next door] .
- Previously , [ARG0 no OPEC member] had been willing *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a reduction in its percentage share of the group 's total output target , or ceiling] .
- [ARG0 Libya] [rel accepted] [ARG1 Iran 's proposal] [ARGM-ADV only so long as it was promised *-1 production parity with Kuwait] .
- Hong Kong has built a detention center for illegal immigrants from China because [ARG0 China] has refused for the past two weeks *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-DIR back] .
- Other observers note that [ARG0 UAL 's board] , having [rel accepted] [ARG1 a bid of $ 300 *U* a share] , might hold out for a new bid much closer to the original level -- even if it means that the management goes back to *-1 running the company for a while and lets things return to normal .
- In case managers and personnel specialists are unsuccessful and subordinates take their complaints to a company court or adjudicator , * teach [ARG0 managers] *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 reversals] as [ARG3-as a fact of business life] , for in a good due-process system they are bound *-2 to happen .
- `` [ARG0 We] 'd be reluctant *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 50-50 ownership in a manufacturing company] .
- [ARG0 He] resigned as an officer of Central Life *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 the Manhattan National presidency] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Mexico] , the analyst added , [ARG0 employees at the Cananea mine , who *T*-2 have been out of work since late August when the mine was declared *-1 bankrupt by the government *T*-3] , [rel accepted] [ARG1 a 35 % cut in the 3,800-man work force] .
- Two things 0 * to keep *T*-1 in mind : [ARG0 Not all exchanges] [rel accept] [ARG1 every type of order] .
- Investors were further assured *-1 that [ARG1 only those with a minimun net worth] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel accepted] *-2 .
- There is no effective regulation of planners , no [rel accepted] [ARG1 standard] for admission into their ranks -- a dog got into one trade group -- no way 0 * to assess their performance *T*-1 , no way even 0 * to know how many of them there are *T*-2 -LRB- estimates range from 60,000 to 450,000 -RRB- .
- Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters refuse *-1 to concede that [ARG0 they] may have made a tactical error in *-2 [rel accepting] [ARG1 the Sony offer] [ARGM-TMP before *-3 taking it up with Warner] .
- He also called on [ARG0 Nicaragua 's neighbors] *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a `` military equilibrium '' guaranteed * by both superpowers] .
- `` That means 0 [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel accept] [ARG1 orders] '' and begin *-2 getting back to normal , says 0 *T*-1 Ms. Tharp .
- The suit alleges that Ms. Levine was fired *-1 after [ARG0 she] refused *-2 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a lower paying , less visible job] [ARGM-TMP upon *-3 reaching her sixth month of pregnancy] .
- So it *EXP*-2 's difficult * to swallow the notion that [ARG0 Mr. Baker] is willing *-3 to [rel accept] [ARG1 conditions that *T*-1 would help the Khmer Rouge set up shop again in Phnom Penh] .
- Now that Vietnam appears *-1 to have pulled out its occupation army , [ARG0 the State Department] is talking again about *-2 [rel accepting] [ARG1 an `` interim '' coalition government in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the past] , writes 0 *T*-3 Houston Chronicle columnist Jim Barlow , [ARG1 outlanders] were [rel accepted] *-1 [ARGM-TMP only after *-1 passing a series of tests 0 *T*-4 to prove 0 they had the `` right '' Texas attitudes] and `` of course they had *-5 to be dipped *-2 for parasites . ''
- They could also check through the orders on file *-3 to find [ARG0 a customer] that *T*-1 was willing *-2 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a lower grade of polyethylene] .
- It *EXP*-1 's hard [ARG0 *] to [rel accept] [ARG1 that it 's over and only took 15 seconds] .
- [ARGM-LOC In recent contract negotiations with Pemex management] , [ARG0 Mr. Guzman Cabrera] [rel accepted] [ARG1 major concessions that *T*-1 greatly curtail the union 's role in subcontracting , long a source of millions of dollars in illicit earnings] .
- Data for 1987 from the National Association of Suggestion Systems and the Japan Human Relations Association also indicate that Japanese employers adopt four of five suggestions , while [ARG0 their U.S. counterparts] [rel accept] [ARG1 just one in four] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Congress and the president] [rel accept] [ARG1 no responsibility for the exercise of the power 0 they have given the Fed *T*-1] .
- During the 15-month survey , 43 % of all legal-services programs said that at some period [ARG0 they] were unable *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 new clients] unless they had an emergency .
- [ARG0 Pittsburgh] figures 0 it will be dethroned *-1 but plans *-2 to [rel accept] [ARG1 its ouster] [ARGM-MNR graciously] .
- [ARG0 Northrop] , which since early 1988 *T*-2 has declined *-3 to [rel accept] [ARG1 fixed-price contracts for research and development] , said 0 earnings were hurt *-1 by excessive costs on a number of such contracts won * years ago .
- Gen. Paul X. Kelley , retired commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps , was elected *-1 a director of this plastics , specialty materials and aerospace concern , *-1 succeeding [ARG0 Jewel Lafontant] , who *T*-2 resigned *-3 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a government position] .
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange said 0 [ARG0 it] fined Capcom Futures Inc. $ 500,000 *U* and [rel accepted] [ARG1 its withdrawal from membership] [ARGM-ADV as part of a settlement of disciplinary actions against the firm] .
- [ARGM-MOD Must] [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel accept] [ARG1 that one of its strongest allies blames it for the genocide of another people] ?
- [ARG0 No one] has *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 the sins of the Ottoman Empire] *-1 to reject that argument .
- [ARG0 The country] has [ARGM-TMP in recent years] [rel accepted] [ARG1 more than 500,000 refugees] from [ARG2-from at least four bordering nations] .
- `` We have *-2 to make it attractive enough that -LCB- [ARG0 holders] -RCB- [ARGM-MOD would] [rel accept] [ARG1 it] , '' Sir John said *T*-1 .
- Ke Zaishuo , head of China 's delegation to a Chinese-British Liaison Committee on Hong Kong , accused Britain of *-2 trying *-3 to impose a fait accompli and said , `` This is [ARG1 something] 0 [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel accept] *T*-1 . ''
- Dayton Hudson Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel accepted] [ARGM-PNC for purchase] [ARG1 seven million common shares] at [ARG3-at $ 62.875 *U* each] , [ARGM-LOC under the terms of a Dutch auction self-tender offer] .
- Dayton Hudson said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel accepted] [ARG1 all odd-lot shares tendered * at or below the final $ 62.875 *U* price] ; the preliminary proration factor for other shares tendered * at or below the final price is 98 % .
- Rep. Bates said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the finding] , but one of the victims , Dorena Bertussi , denounced the ethics panel 's action as `` absurd . ''
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel accept] [ARG1 the resolution of the matter by the Ethics Committee] , '' he said *T*-1 .
- A corporation that *T*-1 wants *-3 to sell stock or bonds goes to [ARG0 a Wall Street firm] , which *T*-2 purchases the securities outright , *-4 [rel accepting] [ARG1 the financial risk of *-5 finding buyers] .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG0 the press corps] [ARGM-MNR readily] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the notion that a snag in the takeover financing of United Airlines instantly knocked 7 % off the value of the nation 's capital stock and caused convulsions around the world] .
- [ARGM-TMP In January] , [ARG0 he] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the position of vice chairman of Carlyle Group , a merchant banking concern] .
- However , he added , `` it *EXP*-2 's not a requirement that [ARG1 the plan] be [rel accepted] *-3 by [ARG0-by creditors] .
- [ARG1 It] [ARGM-MOD must] be [rel accepted] *-1 by [ARG0-by the court] . ''
- Prices of pre-refunded municipal bonds were capped *-1 by news that [ARG0 Chemical Securities Inc.] , [ARGM-ADV as agent for a customer] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel accept] [ARG1 bids] [ARGM-TMP today] [ARGM-ADV for two large lists of bonds that *T*-2 include many such issues] .
- According to an analyst , Cuba ca n't meet all its shipment commitments and has asked [ARG0 Japan] *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a delay of shipments scheduled * for later this year , into early next year] .
- The State Development Board set up [ARG0 a Hugo Hotline] * to [rel accept] [ARG1 business-to-business help] .
- *-2 More ominous to SDI supporters , [ARG0 the Bush administration] appears *-2 to have [ARGM-MNR tacitly] [rel accepted] [ARG1 a new arms-control proposal from the Soviet Union that *T*-1 spells long-term trouble for Star Wars] .
- We 're sorry * to report that [ARGM-TMP on Monday] [ARG0 President Bush] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the resignation of William Allen as chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission] .
- National Semiconductor Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] settled a four-year-old patent infringement case against Linear Technology Corp. by *-1 [rel accepting] [ARG1 a $ 3 million *U* payment] from [ARG2-from Linear] [ARGM-ADV in exchange for * granting Linear irrevocable licenses for all products involved *] .
- Bids totaling $ 465 million *U* were submitted *-1 , and [rel accepted] [ARG1 bids] were at 8.292 % .
- Bids totaling $ 415 million *U* were submitted *-1 , and [rel accepted] [ARG1 bids] were at 7.986 % .
- Meanwhile , Japanese bankers said 0 [ARG0 they] were still hesitant about * [rel accepting] [ARG1 Citicorp 's latest proposal] .
- In one ad , a photo of the interior of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris is paired *-1 with the headline , `` [ARG0 The only book more respected than ours] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accept] [ARG1 advertising] . ''
- [ARG0 The three establishments -- two in Warsaw and one in Krakow --] [rel accept] [ARG1 only foreign currency] and are joint ventures between Polish firms and Western companies .
- Mrs. Hills said 0 [ARG0 the U.S.] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accept] [ARG1 any delays] [ARGM-TMP after Nov. 13] [ARGM-CAU because U.S. fish-processing firms enter into contracts *ICH*-1 in the fall * to purchase the next season 's catch] .
- However , in Ottawa , Canadian Trade Minister John Crosbie said 0 [ARG0 the dispute-settlement panel] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the `` legitimacy of Canada 's position on the use *ICH*-1 of these landing requirements * to conserve and manage these important fisheries] . ''
- If [ARG0 all the bondholders and holders of one million common shares] [rel accept] [ARG1 the offer] , BSN will increase its debt by $ 9 million *U* , but it also will recognize a $ 2 million *U* gain from * retiring the old debt , said 0 *T*-1 Michael J. Blumenfeld , president .
- ISI said 0 its board has instructed [ARG0 management] *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 inquiries from any others interested * in *-2 making a bid] .
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped sharply yesterday *-2 to close at 2657.38 , panic did n't sweep the world 's markets , and [ARG0 investors large and small] seemed *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 Friday 's dizzying 190-point plunge] as [ARG3-as a sharp correction , not a calamity] .
- The company will also be producing a new line of [ARG0 convenience telephones] , which *T*-1 do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accept] [ARG1 coins] , for use in hotel lobbies , office lobbies , hospitality lounges and similar settings .
- Mr. Newton said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel accepted] [ARG1 the resignation of Thomas Wilson , vice president of corporate sales] , and that his marketing responsibilities have been reassigned *-1 .
- Every indication is that [ARG0 the four] are prepared *-1 to [rel accept] [ARG1 this new role , and the frustrations that *T*-5 go with it] , but [ARGM-MNR in different ways] .
- It involves [ARG0 *] [rel accepting] [ARG1 risk] , or * giving up income , or * deferring a career .
- [ARG0 Some] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel accept] [ARG1 the discipline] ; others drop out for other reasons .
- Shares of [ARG0 American Medical International] , which *T*-1 agreed last week *-3 to [rel accept] [ARG1 a lower price] from [ARG2-from a buy-out group that *T*-2 includes First Boston Corp. and the Pritzker family of Chicago] , fell 15.8 % on Friday * to close at 20 .
- The suit charged the defendants with * causing [ARG0 Peter E. Voss , an ex-member of the Postal Service board of governors ,] to [rel accept] [ARG1 $ 23,000 *U* in bribes , kickbacks and gratuities] .