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• But [_rel advancing] [_ARG1 issues] [_ARGM-LOC on the New York Stock Exchange] were tidily ahead of declining stocks , 847 to 644 .
• [_ARG0 Skilled ringers] use their wrists *-1 to [_rel advance] or retard [_ARG1 the next swing] , so that one bell can swap places with another in the following change .
• [_ARG1 Tokyu Group , Mitsubishi Estate and Bridgestone\/Firestone] , which *T*-1 [_rel advanced] [_ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , declined on profit-taking .
• [_ARG1 Teikoku Oil , also stimulated * by rumors of speculative buying ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 100 yen] to [_ARG4-to 1,460] .
• [_ARG1 Marubeni] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 11] to [_ARG4-to 890] .
• [_ARG1 Glaxo , the U.K. 's largest pharmaceutical concern ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 23] to [_ARG4-to # 14.13 *U*] .
• Declining issues slightly outnumbered [_rel advancing] [_ARG1 issues] , 454 to 451 .
• [_ARG1 Net] [_rel advanced] to [_ARG4-to $ 94.2 million *U* , or 89 cents a share ,] from [_ARG3-from $ 85 million *U* , or 83 cents a share] , [_ARGM-ADV including net realized investment gains of $ 31 million *U* , up from $ 10 million *U* a year ago] .
• [_ARG1 The December contract] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 2.50 cents a pound] to [_ARG4-to $ 1.1650 *U*] .
• [_ARG1 Upjohn , a rumored target within the drug industry ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 38 7\/8] .
• [_rel Advancing] [_ARG1 stocks] led decliners on the New York Stock Exchange by 847 to 644 .
• [_ARG1 West Texas Intermediate for December delivery] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 22 cents] to [_ARG4-to $ 19.94 *U* a barrel] .
• NCR Corp. unveiled two models of its Tower line of midrange computers and introduced [_rel advanced] [_ARG1 networking] software 0 * to allow the Tower family to operate as a central hub in a network of computers *T*-1 .
• [_rel Advancing] [_ARG1 issues] outnumbered decliners 542 to 362 , while 208 issues were unchanged .
• Under the agreement , Healthcare , a manager of health-care facilities , said 0 it would pay HealthVest $ 3.9 million *U* in overdue rent and mortgage payments and repay $ 1.1 million *U* in [_ARG1 funds] that [_ARG0 HealthVest] [_rel advanced] *T*-150 [_ARGM-PNC for construction work on facilities] .
• [_rel Advancing] [_ARG1 issues] [_ARGM-LOC on the Big Board] surged ahead of decliners 1,111 to
• [_rel Advancing] [_ARG1 OTC] stocks outpaced decliners by 1,120 to 806 .
• [_ARG1 Sea Containers , which *T*-118 unveiled a proposed restructuring ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 1] to [_ARG4-to 62] .
• [_ARG1 Some 1,111 Big Board issues] [_rel advanced] [_ARGM-MNR in price] and only 448 declined , while broader market averages rose sharply .
• [_ARG1 Treasury bonds] got off to a strong start , *-1 [_rel advancing] [_ARGM-MNR modestly] [_ARGM-TMP during overnight trading on foreign markets] .
• Takamori Matsuda , an analyst at Dresdner-ABD Securities , said 0 fading expectation for lower interest rates made investors step back from [_ARG1 real-estate shares] , which *T*-204 [_rel advanced] [_ARGM-TMP last week] .
• [_ARG1 Tokyu Department Store] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 260] to [_ARG4-to 2410] .
• `` We saw good retail demand by small banks , individuals and institutions and that is one reason why [<sub>ARG1</sub> the market] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] '' [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> late in the day] *T*-2 , said 0 *T*-1 Sung Won Sohn , senior vice president and chief economist at Norwest Corp. , Minneapolis .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Mid-State Federal Savings Bank] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 1 1\/2] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 20 1\/4] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> after it said 0 it is in talks with a possible acquirer] .
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> In the aftermath of the Beijing massacre on June 4] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> economists] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG1</sub> wildly divergent views on how Hong Kong would be affected *-1 *T*-2] .
• The report says 0 the availability of such [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG1</sub> analog] recording equipment as cassette recorders does n't seem *-1 to increase the quantity of home copying .
• It said 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> sales of home electronic products] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 3.7 %] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 44.92 billion yen] from [<sub>ARG3-from</sub> 43.34 billion yen] .
• Echo Bay Mines rose 5\/8 to 15 7\/8 ; [<sub>ARG1</sub> Pegasus Gold] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 1 1\/2] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 12] , and Corona Class A gained 1\/2 to 7 1\/2 .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Erbamont] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 1 1\/8] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 36 1\/2] [<sub>ARGM-LOC</sub> on 1.9 million shares] .
• The Giants scored once and had runners *ICH*-1 *ICH*-2 on second -LCB- Whitey Lockman -RCB- and third -LCB- Clint Hartung -RCB- as [<sub>ARG1</sub> Bobby Thomson] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> the plate] . ''
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> Sometimes] [<sub>ARGM-LOC</sub> at a reception or cocktail party] [<sub>ARG0</sub> I] [<sub>rel</sub> advance] [<sub>ARG1</sub> these views] and people head for somebody else .
• According to chief scriptwriter Rene Villanueva , `` [_ARG0 Batibot] '' does n't set out *-1 to [_rel advance] [_ARG1 the cause of Filipino] .
• [_ARG1 *-2] Reluctant *-1 to [_rel advance] [_ARG4-ADV further] [_ARGM-MNR on their own] , some stores have settled for tie-ups with famous specialty shops .
• Mr. Brady has said 0 he thought 0 government agencies in the latest market drop were better prepared *-2 to coordinate their actions , but he has left no doubt that he still likes [_ARG1 the ideas] 0 [_ARG0 the commission] [_rel advanced] *T*-1 [_ARGM-TMP nearly two years ago] .
• But [_rel advancing] [_ARG1 issues] [_ARGM-LOC on the Big Board] were ahead of decliners 784 to 700 .
• American Telephone & Telegraph rose 3\/8 to 43 1\/2 in Big Board composite trading of 1.5 million shares , [_ARG1 Chevron] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [_ARG4-to 66 5\/8] [_ARGM-LOC on 2.3 million shares] , Woolworth rose 1 to 58 5\/8 , Coca-Cola Co. gained 5\/8 to 72 1\/2 and Eastman Kodak added 3\/8 to 44 1\/2 .
• Aetna Life & Casualty gained 1 3\/8 to 61 1\/8 , [_ARG1 Cigna] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 64 3\/4] , Travelers added 1\/2 to 40 3\/8 and American International Group rose 3 1\/8 to 107 3\/4 .
• [_ARG1 Manville] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [_ARG4-to 10] .
• But [_rel advancing] [_ARG1 issues] topped decliners by 784 to 700 on the Big Board despite the late sell programs , resulting from stock-index arbitrage .
• [_ARG1 Amgen] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [_ARG4-to 56] ; Chiron jumped 2 to 29 3\/4 ; Cetus gained 1 to 16 7\/8 and Biogen rose 5\/8 to 14 5\/8 .
• [_ARGM-ADV Of the 4,348 issues that *T*-1 changed hands] , [_ARG1 1,074] [_rel advanced] and 866 declined .
• Instead , he should listen *-2 to see how [_ARG0 that criticism] can be used *-1 constructively * to [_rel advance] [_ARG1 his objective of * carrying out a set of tasks through the efforts of his subordinates] *T*-3 .
• Apogee said 0 a subcontractor had severe cost overruns and was unable *-1 to fulfill the contract terms on its own , * making it *EXP*-4 necessary for [_ARG0 Apogee] to [_rel advance] [_ARG1 cash] [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to ensure completion of the project] .
• [_ARG1 Georgia Gulf , another producer of commodity chemicals ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 2] to [_ARG4-to 49 1\/2] ; Dallas investor Harold Simmons , who *T*-1 holds about 10 % of its shares , said 0 he has n't raised his stake .
• The contract also provides for [_rel advanced] [_ARG1 billing] and network management services .
• During the past four months , [_ARG1 retail sales] have remained generally weak , *-1 [_rel advancing] [_ARG2-EXT an average 0.2 % a month] , the agency said 0 *T*-2 .
• Garry Kasparov went to combat Sunday with the world 's [_ARGM-EXT most] [_rel advanced] [_ARG1 chess] computer and kicked it around -- symbolically , anyway -- like an old tin can .
• As early as move six , Mr. Kasparov deviated from a well-known sequence of moves , *-1 developing a knight instead of making a standard bishop attack against the computer 's [_rel advanced] [_ARG1 knight] .
• And in the second game , with [_ARG1 Mr. Kasparov] [_rel advancing] [_ARGM-MNR ferociously] [_ARGM-ADV as white] , D.T. offered feeble resistance and lost even faster .
• [_ARG1 Revenue at the broadcasting unit , consisting of the network and stations ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 11 %] , to [_ARG4-to $ 838 million *U*] from [_ARG3-from $ 752.9 million *U*] .
• Payco American , a credit collection concern , jumped 1 3\/8 to 20 5\/8 on volume of 93,000 , and [_ARG1 Mail Boxes Etc. , a private postal services company ,] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [_ARG4-to 23 1\/2] [_ARGM-MNR on volume of 64,000] .
• [_ARGM-TMP After *-1 declining about 41 % last week] , [_ARG1 UAL] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 9 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 178 3\/8] [_ARGM-LOC on 1.1 million shares] [_ARGM-ADV on anticipation of a revised takeover offer from a labor-management group for the parent company of United Airlines] .
• Paramount Communications rose 5\/8 to 58 3\/4 , Time Warner climbed 1 7\/8 to 138 5\/8 , [_ARG1 Walt Disney] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 3 1\/8] to [_ARG4-to 127 1\/2] , MCA rose 1 1\/8 to 65 5\/8 and McGraw-Hill added 1\/2 to 67 1\/8 .
• Investors took profits on [_ARG1 major construction shares] , which *T*-1 [_rel advanced] [_ARGM-TMP last week] , *-2 shifting their attention to some midsize companies such as Aoki Corp. , Tobishima and Maeda .
• [_ARG1 Mochida] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 40] to [_ARG4-to 4,440] .
• But [_ARG1 the concept] of disproportionate quotas for those with unused capacity , [_rel advanced] [_ARGM-LOC there] [_ARGM-LOC in an Iranian proposal] , was generally endorsed *-1 by the ministers .
• Mr. Briscoe , who *T*-1 also forecasts a # 1.3 billion *U* current account gap , warns that [_ARGM-ADV even if the trade figures are bullish for sterling] , [_ARG1 the currency] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel advance] [_ARG2-EXT much] [_ARGM-CAU because investors will want *-2 to see further evidence of the turnaround before *-3 adjusting positions] .
• [_ARG1 Kyocera] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 80 yen] to [_ARG4-to 5,440] .
• [_ARG1 Kajima] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 40] to [_ARG4-to 2,120] and Ohbayashi added 50 to 1,730 .
• Fujisawa added 80 to 2,010 and [_ARG1 Mochida] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 230] to [_ARG4-to 4,400] .
• [_ARG1 The index] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 266.66 points] [_ARGM-TMP Thursday] .
• Philip Morris added 1 1\/8 to 44 1\/2 in Big Board composite trading of 3.7 million shares , Coca-Cola Co. gained 2 3\/8 to 70 3\/8 , Merck gained 1 3\/8 to 77 3\/8 and [_ARG1 American Telephone & Telegraph] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 43 3\/8] [_ARGM-LOC on 2.5 million shares] .
• [_ARGM-LOC Elsewhere on the takeover front] , [_ARG1 Time Warner] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 2 5\/8] to [_ARG4-to 136 5\/8] and Warner Communications tacked on 7\/8 to 63 7\/8 .
• An accelerating move by personal computer manufacturers ' 0 * to include [_rel advanced] [_ARG1 graphics] capabilities as standard equipment *T*-1 further dampened reseller purchases of Western Digital 's equipment .
• [_ARG1 A.P. Green Industries] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 1 5\/8] to [_ARG4-to 36 1\/8] .
• [_ARG1 Per-share earnings] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 14 %] [_ARGM-CAU because of the buy-back] .
• It also will buy about $ 91.7 million *U* of assets , and [_ARG0 the FDIC] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel advance] [_ARG1 $ 31.8 million *U*] to [_ARG4-to the assuming bank] .
• Fujisawa Pharmaceutical gained 130 to 1,930 yen -LRB- $ 13.64 *U* -RRB- a share , Mochida Pharmaceutical was up 150 at 4,170 , and [_ARG1 Eisai] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 60] to [_ARG4-to 2,360] .
• [_ARG1 Daiwa House] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 100] to [_ARG4-to 2,610] , Misawa Homes was up 60 at 2,940 , and Sekisui House gained 100 to 2,490 .
• Ohbayashi was up 60 *-1 to close at 1,680 , Shimizu gained 50 to 2,120 , and [_ARG1 Kumagai-Gumi] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 40] to [_ARG4-to 1,490] .
• [_ARG1 Steel shares] fell back after *-1 [_rel advancing] [_ARGM-TMP for three days] .
• Life insurers fared similarly , with [_ARG1 Legal & General] [_rel advancing] [_ARG2-EXT 3] to [_ARG4-to 344] , although Prudential fell 2 to 184 1\/2 .
• [_ARG1 Jaguar] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 19] to [_ARG4-to 673] [_ARGM-ADV as traders contemplated a potential battle between General Motors and Ford Motor for control of the U.K. luxury auto maker] .
• [_ARG1 Revenue] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 26 %] to [_ARG4-to $ 9.6 billion *U*] from [_ARG3-from $ 7.6 billion *U*] .
• [_ARGM-DIS Yet] [_ARG0 some people] are [_rel advancing] [_ARG1 a chilling casuistry : that what we are seeing *T*-1 is somehow the understandable result of the historical sins committed * by the Turks in the 16th century] .
• [_ARG1 Marsh & McLennan] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 3 1\/8] to [_ARG4-to 75 7\/8] , Alexander & Alexander Services climbed 2 to 32 and Corroon & Black firmed 1 7\/8 to 37 1\/2 .
• [_ARGM-LOC Elsewhere in the group] , General Re rose 2 3\/4 to 86 1\/2 , American International Group gained 3 1\/4 to 102 5\/8 , Aetna Life & Casualty added 2 3\/8 to 59 1\/2 and [_ARG1 Cigna] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 62 1\/2] .
• [_ARG1 CalMat] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 2 3\/4] to [_ARG4-to 28 3\/4] , Lone Star Industries gained 1 3\/4 to 29 1\/4 , Lafarge rose 1 to 19 1\/2 , Southdown added 5\/8 to 24 5\/8 and Eljer Industries rose 1 1\/4 to 24 7\/8 .
• [_ARG1 Colgate-Palmolive] [_rel advanced] [_ARG2-EXT 1 5\/8] to [_ARG4-to 63] [_ARGM-TMP after *-1 saying 0 it was comfortable with analysts ' projections that third-quarter net income from continuing operations would be between 95 cents and $ 1.05 *U* a share , up from 69 cents a year ago] .
• [_ARG1 Some 822 New York Stock Exchange issues] [_rel advanced] [_ARGM-MNR in price] , [_ARGM-ADV while 668 declined] .
• James A. Hagen , chairman and chief executive officer , noted that [_ARG1 earnings] [_rel advanced] `` [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> in the face of a drop in business , brought * on by the general economic slowdown] . ''
• [<sub>rel</sub> Advancing] [<sub>ARG1</sub> issues] beat declining ones , 1,271 to 811 .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Microsoft] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 1 7\/8] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 80 1\/2] and Lotus Development added 1 1\/4 to 32 1\/2 .
• Indeed , the stock market 's steady advance this year tracked with [<sub>ARG0</sub> President Bush 's] success in * [<sub>rel</sub> advancing] [<sub>ARG1</sub> his capital-gains proposal] .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Advancing] [<sub>ARG1</sub> issues] outnumbered decliners 821-201 , with 103 unchanged .
• Luis Carlos , *-2 knowing that [<sub>ARG0</sub> * helping the Americans] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> could] [<sub>rel</sub> advance] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the career of any Panamanian officer] , relayed Tony 's reports on the leftist tendencies 0 he observed *T*-1 among his fellow students and , more important , among his officers and instructors .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Advancing] and declining [<sub>ARG1</sub> issues] finished *-1 about even .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> Of the 4,345 stocks that *T*-1 changed hands] , 1,174 *T*-2 declined and [<sub>ARG1</sub> 1,040 *T*-2] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> These apocalyptic predictions] were [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] *-1 by [<sub>ARG0-by</sub> such stalwarts as Paul Ehrlich , Barry Commoner , Rene Dubois and George Wald] .
• Shortly thereafter , hysterical articles began *-1 to appear * predicting that [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] industrial [<sub>ARG1</sub> societies] would produce a blackened , uninhabitable planet possibly by the turn of the century .
• Similarly , the House agreed *-1 to add back $ 62 million *U* * to continue work on the [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG1</sub> communications] technology satellite , being developed by General Electric Co .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> The March contract] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 0.14 cent a pound] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 14.11 cents] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Mission Resource Partners] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 8 % , or 1 3\/8] , to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> 18 7\/8] .
• Partisans of the two combatants sat side by side in the 49,000-plus seats of Oakland Coliseum , and [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> while they cheered their favorites and booed the opposition] , [<sub>ARG1</sub> hostilities] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> no further] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> at least as far as I could see] .
• Investment banking revenue climbed 25 % , while [<sub>ARG1</sub> commission revenue] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG2-EXT</sub> 31 %] [<sub>ARGM-LOC</sub> on a stronger retail market] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> It] once pushed for a national housing production goal set * by the federal government and has [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> regularly] [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG1</sub> anti-recession housing measures] .
• But in New York yesterday , the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 88.12 *-1 to close at 2657.38 on heavy volume of 416,290,000 shares , although declining issues still outnumbered [<sub>rel</sub> advancing] [<sub>ARG1</sub> ones] [<sub>ARGM-LOC</sub> on the broad market] .
• Without *-1 detailing specific product breakdowns , Nintendo credited its bullish upsurge in sales -- including [<sub>rel</sub> advanced] [<sub>ARG1</sub> computer] games and television entertainment systems -- to surging `` leisure-oriented '' sales in foreign markets .
• [_ARGM-LOC On Seventh Avenue] , [_ARG0 designers] have been [_rel advancing] [_ARG1 the monochrome look] [_ARGM-MNR with clothing collections done * entirely in black and white] .