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[_ARG0 Mr. Stearn , who *T*-196 had been with the company more than 20 years and had been president since 1984 ,] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a consultant to Hudson General] .
At the moment , Nomura is [_ARG0 the only Japanese institution] authorized * to [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a primary seller of Fannie Mae instruments] .
He said 0 [_ARG0 an altered license] would be an `` embarrassment '' to teenagers and young adults and [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a deterrant to drug use] .
About $ 70 billion *U* is estimated *-2 to be tied up in [_ARG0 the short-term money market] , which *T*-1 [_rel acts] both as [_ARG1-as a hedge against inflation for consumers and an accelerator of inflation and deficits for the government] .
Also , [_ARG0 the premiums paid * by the U.S. government on a purchase of copper for the U.S. Mint] were lower than * expected , and [_rel acted] as [_ARG1-as a price depressant] , analysts said 0 *T*-1 .
Within the alliance [_ARG0 it] is supposed *-3 to [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a balancing force] , [_ARGM-ADV *-3 guarding against excessive control by government or abuse of its economic position by business] , for either could result in a deterioration of its living standards -LRB- under the new resolutions , workers councils may demand that a cooperative be closed *-1 or its prices be reduced *-2 -RRB- .
Mr. Perlman , who *T*-1 is also [_rel acting] [_ARG1 chief] financial officer and the odds-on favorite 0 *T*-2 to become the next chief executive , said 0 the company is achieving `` modest positive cash flow from operations , and we expect that to continue into 1990 . ''
[_ARG0 Mr. Dave , its head ,] [_rel acts] [_ARGM-MNR cheery and patient] , but he makes no bones about the need * to get to work .
And some people do think that [_ARG0 *] [_rel acting] out [_ARG1 scripts] is n't worthy of CBS News , which *T*-1 once lent prestige to the network and set standards for the industry .
[_ARG0 First National Bank of Chicago] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as trustee] , and the transaction will be supported *-1 by an 8 % letter of credit issued * by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. , Chicago branch .
`` One man said 0 [_ARG0 you] [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a stimulant , '' a prostitute tells him *T*-1 , `` a diversion * to relieve people 's boredom] . ''
But , he adds , `` [_ARG0 I] was [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel acting] as [_ARG1-as a messenger] . ''
[_ARG0 Universities such as Harvard and MIT] should be able *-2 to develop a way 0 * to [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as brokers for the individual scientists] *T*-3 , says 0 *T*-4 Katherine Bick , who *T*-1 oversees the huge NIH grants program as its deputy director for extramural research .
If the market surges , holders can make that much more profit ; [_ARG0 the leverage] [_ARGM-MNR effectively] [_rel acts] as [_ARG1-as an interest-free margin account] [_ARGM-PNC for investors] .
`` [_ARG0 Developers] are teaming up with institutions *-1 [_ARGM-TMP often] [_rel acting] as [_ARG1-as project managers] , '' says *T*-2 Smedes York , ULI president and president of York Properties Inc. , of Raleigh , N.C .
`` [_ARG0 Gold] [_ARGM-TMP still] [_rel acts] as [_ARG1-as a haven] [_ARGM-TMP when uncertainty prevails in the financial markets as it did *?* '' yesterday *T*-1] , she said *T*-2 .
[_ARG0 Arnold Levine] , [_rel acting] [_ARG1 co-chief] executive , will continue as senior vice president and a board member .
[_ARG0 The latter 's son , Ralph Ingersoll Jr. ,] took over the company and has been managing the Goodson properties and [_rel acting] as [_ARG1-as an agent in the purchase of newspapers] for Goodson .
Turner has made several movies , docudramas and documentaries for its networks in recent years , but [_ARG0 the company] has [_ARGM-TMP never] [_rel acted] as [_ARG1-as a full-fledged movie studio] and released its own pictures to theaters .
But [_rel acting as [_ARG1-as a drag on prices] ] was *T*-1 [_ARG0 the improved harvest weather over the weekend and the prospect for continued fair weather this week over much of the Farm Belt] .
In the past , associates learned the basics from [_ARG0 senior lawyers] who *T*-1 [_rel acted] as [_ARG1-as mentors] .
A company official said 0 [_ARG0 Arthur Borie , until January chief operating officer of Pic 'N Save Inc. ,] will buy a 20 % stake in the new Wisconsin Toy subsidiary , and [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as head of Everything 's a Dollar] .
An adjudicator system -- that is , [_ARG0 an investigator] who *T*-1 [_rel acts] [_ARGM-TMP first] as [_ARG1-as a fact-finder] and then switches hats and arbitrates the facts -- has such advantages as speed , flexibility and maximum privacy .
[_ARGM-ADV *-2 Called *-1 Task Broker] , [_ARG0 the program] [_rel acts] [_ARGM-ADV something] like [_ARG1-like an auctioneer among a group of computers wired * together] .
For more than a decade , [_ARG0 banks] have been pressing Congress and banking regulators for expanded powers * to [_rel act] like [_ARG1-like securities firms] [_ARGM-ADV in *-2 playing Wall Street 's lucrative takeover game] , [_ARGM-ADV from * giving mergers advice all the way to * selling and trading high-yield junk bonds] .
Holiday said 0 [_ARG0 Salomon Brothers Inc.] has been retained *-1 to [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as the dealer-manager and financial adviser] in connection with the offer and solicitation .
[_ARG0 The insurance firm] [_rel acts] as [_ARG1-as a broker on policies covering buildings managed * by HelmsleySpear and others] .
[_ARG0 First City , which *T*-1 issues both MasterCard and Visa cards ,] has agreed *-2 to [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as an agent bank] .
But on the evidence of `` The Fabulous Baker Boys , '' that may be the only thing 0 she ca n't do *T*-1 , at least when [_ARG0 she] 's [_rel acting] [_ARGM-LOC in movies] *T*-2 .
The SEC also charged that [_ARG0 Mr. Holmes] [_rel acted] as [_ARG1-as an officer or director of New Ventures] , [_ARGM-ADV in violation of his previous consent agreement] .
Ms. Smith also agreed to a permanent injunction barring [_ARG0 her] from *-1 [_rel acting] as [_ARG1-as an officer , director or investment adviser of any mutual fund , unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company] .
[_ARG0 Chemical Securities Inc.] is [_rel acting] as [_ARG1-as agent] [_ARGM-ADV for the seller] .
In a statement , US Facilities said 0 Mr. Percival 's employment contract calls for [_ARG0 him] to [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a consultant to the company] [_ARGM-TMP for two years] .
Grinned *ICH*-1 Griffith Peck , a trader in Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. 's OTC department : `` I tell you , 0 [_ARG0 this market] [_rel acts] [_ARGM-MNR *-2 healthy] . ''
[_ARG0 Morgan Stanley & Co.] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as the exclusive broker for the repurchase] .
[_ARG0 Hoare Govett] is [_rel acting] as [_ARG1-as the consortium 's investment bankers] .
Many have raised [_ARG0 cash levels] , which *T*-1 [_rel act] as [_ARG1-as a buffer] [_ARGM-ADV against steep market declines] .
In a Madrid hotel room recently , a viewer caught the end of a [_ARGM-MNR badly] [_rel acted] [_ARG1 series] about a fishing boat on Australia 's Great Barrier Reef , *-2 only to be urged *-6 by the British announcer *-3 to `` stay *-4 tuned *-5 for the further adventures of Skippy the Kangaroo . ''
* Arguing that [_ARG0 the separate financial marketplaces] [_rel acted] as [_ARG1-as one] , and concluding that the crash had `` raised the possibility of a full-scale financial system breakdown , '' the presidential task force called for * establishing a super-regulator *-1 to oversee the markets , *-1 to make margins consistent across markets , *-1 to unify clearing systems and *-1 to install circuit breakers .
Says Peter Mokaba , president of the South African Youth Congress : `` We will be expecting [_ARG0 them] to [_rel act] like [_ARG1-like leaders of the ANC] . ''