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frames- Argentina said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] [ARG2 creditor banks] [ARG1 *-1 to halve its foreign debt of $ 64 billion *U* -- the third-highest in the developing world] .
- [ARG0 Yasser Arafat] has written to the chairman of the International Olympic Committee *-2 [rel asking] [ARG2 him] [ARG1 *-3 to back a Palestinian bid * to join the committee] , the Palestine Liberation Organization news agency WAFA said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel asks] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 *-1 to add two-sevenths and three-sevenths] .
- Several candidates have withdrawn their names from consideration after [ARG0 administration officials] [rel asked] [ARG2 them] for [ARG1-for their views on abortion and fetal-tissue transplants] .
- The controversy began in [ARGM-TMP 1987] when [ARG0 the National Institutes of Health , aware of the policy implications of its research ,] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for an HHS review of its plan * to implant fetal tissue into the brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson 's disease] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In some cases] , [ARG0 the IRS] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for information dating back to forms 0 it received *T*-1 in 1985] .
- [ARG0 The form] [rel asks] for [ARG1-for such details as the client 's name , Social Security number , passport number and details about the services provided * for the payment] .
- `` A couple of my law clerks were going *-1 to pass me in three or four years , and I was afraid 0 [ARG0 I] was going *-2 to have *-3 to [rel ask] [ARG2 them] for [ARG1-for a loan] , '' the judge quipped *T*-4 in an interview .
- `` [ARG0 The IRS] is [rel asking] [ARG2 lawyers] [ARG1 *-1 to red-flag a criminal problem to the government] , '' added Mr. Sonnett , a Miami lawyer who *T*-128 has heard from dozens of attorneys who *T*-129 received letters in recent days and has himself received the computer-generated IRS forms sent * by certified mail .
- *-1 Offering the wine at roughly $ 65 *U* a bottle wholesale -LRB- $ 100 *U* retail -RRB- , he sent merchants around the country [ARG0 a form] [rel asking] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 *-2 to check one of three answers : 1 -RRB- no , the wine is too high -LRB- 2 responses -RRB- ; 2 -RRB- yes , it 's high but I 'll take it -LRB- 2 responses -RRB- ; 3 -RRB- I 'll take all 0 I can get *T*-3 -LRB- 58 responses -RRB-] .
- `` There is always a chance of recession , '' added *T*-2 Mr. Guffey , `` but if [ARG0 you] [rel ask] [ARG2 me] [ARG1 *-3 to put a percentage on it] , I would think 0 it 's well below a 50 % chance .
- [ARGM-LOC In a letter to Georgia Gulf President Jerry R. Satrum] , [ARG0 Mr. Martin] [rel asked] [ARG2 Georgia Gulf] [ARG1 *-1 to answer its offer by Tuesday] .
- What *T*-247 's wrong with [ARG0 *] [rel asking] for [ARG1-for more money] ?
- Small wonder , since [ARG0 he] 's [rel asking] [ARG2 San Francisco taxpayers] [ARG1 *-1 to sink up to $ 100 million *U* into the new stadium] .
- [ARG0 Many investors] wrote *-2 [rel asking] [ARG2 the SEC] [ARG1 *-3 to require insiders to report their purchases and sales immediately , not a month later] .
- It was all too mellow 0 *T*-2 to be believed *-11 , but they probably would have gotten away with it , had [ARG0 they] not felt compelled *-1 to add Ms. Collins 's signature tune , `` Amazing Grace , '' and [rel ask] for [ARG1-for audience participation] .
- Rep. John LaFalce -LRB- D. , N.Y . -RRB- said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Johnson] refused *-1 to testify jointly with Mr. Mulford and [ARGM-DIS instead] [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to appear after the Treasury official had completed his testimony] .
- For one thing , [ARG0 Pentagon officials] , who *T*-106 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-3 not to be identified *-4] , worry that the U.S. will have a much tougher time *-2 persuading Europeans *-5 to keep some short-range nuclear weapons on their soil once Soviet armored forces are thinned *-1 out .
- Mr. Stoll was scanning the heavens at the Keck observatory of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in [ARGM-TMP 1986] when his grant ran *-3 low *T*-1 and [ARG2 he] was [rel asked] [ARG1 *-2 to switch to * helping run the lab 's computers] *T*-1 .
- `` Nobody told us ; nobody called us , '' says *T*-1 [ARG0 an official close to the case who *T*-169 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-2 not to be named *-133] ] .
- [ARGM-TMP After Laurel Bank tried *-1 to repossess the car] , [ARG0 a vice president] [rel asked] [ARG2 him] [ARG1 *-2 to intervene in an unrelated legal dispute involving a trust account] .
- But other Japanese institutions say privately that [ARG0 they] are considering *-1 [rel asking] [ARG1 *-2 to join the 59-dealer selling group] .
- First of all , it is a friendly acquisition in which [ARG0 Rockefeller] sought out Mitsubishi Estate and [rel asked] [ARG2 it] [ARG1 *-2 to buy a majority share] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The Warner Bros. studio and Sony] signaled 0 they are close to a settlement yesterday , *-1 [rel asking] [ARG2 a Los Angeles Superior Court] [ARG1 *-2 to postpone a hearing scheduled * for tomorrow on Warner 's request for a preliminary injunction blocking Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters from *-3 taking the top posts at Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc] .
- [ARG0 Seagram] [rel asks] [ARG2 customers] [ARG1 *-2 to buy only two or three bottles over a 12-month period] , says 0 *T*-1 Richard Shaw , vice president of U.S. direct marketing .
- `` [ARG0 We] 're [ARGM-NEG not] [rel asking] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 *-1 to save up 50 proof-of-purchases] .
- -- Lee Wakeman , [ARG2 vice president] in charge of options research who *T*-10 discovered the valuation errors and was [rel asked] by [ARG0-by senior management] [ARG1 *-1 to straighten out the mess] , resigned *-2 to take a position in asset and liability management at Continental Bank in Chicago .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] [ARG1 *-2 to comment] , a spokesman for Mr. Scott said : `` Mr. Scott has spoken to his attorney , who *T*-97 has advised him not to talk to anybody . ''
- [ARG0 Mr. Bush] has [rel asked] [ARG2 Congress] [ARG1 *-3 to provide more than $ 400 million *U* in economic aid and food grants for Poland 's new government] , but has been chided *-1 by Democrats for *-4 failing *-2 to do more .
- [ARG2 The Rev. Alphonsus Trabold , a theology professor and exorcism expert at St. Bonaventure University in Olean , N.Y. ,] [ARGM-TMP frequently] is [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 *-2 to exorcise unruly spirits] , and he often obliges .
- `` [ARGM-ADV If the person believes 0 there 's an evil spirit] , [ARG0 you] [rel ask] [ARG2 it] [ARG1 *-3 to be gone *-1] , '' he says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Frederick Rumack of Buck Consultants] has [rel asked] [ARG2 Labor] [ARG1 *-1 to recraft its rule *-2 to remove the IRS threat] .
- [ARG0 The Lone Star Steel lawsuit] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel asks] [ARG2 the court] [ARG1 *-2 to rule that Lone Star Technologies is jointly responsible for a $ 4.5 million *U* Lone Star Steel pension payment that *T*-1 was due , but was n't paid *-3 , in September and that the parent company ca n't recover the amount from its subsidiary if the parent company makes the payment] .
- Liberals are the faction that *T*-1 says , * Give peace a chance ; now they are saying 0 Mr. Ortega should give them a break , lest [ARG0 the conservatives] [rel ask] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 *-2 to vote for bullets instead of bandages] .
- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 [ARG0 one holder] who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-3 not to be named *-4] , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice bondholders into *-7 agreeing to a new swap .
- `` This is virgin territory , unclaimed , and it 's going *-3 to be nasty , '' said *T*-4 [ARG0 one observer] , who *T*-2 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-5 not to be named *-1] .
- Yesterday , Joel Zweibel , an attorney for Eastern 's creditors committee , declined *-2 to comment on whether the experts had ever been instructed *-1 *-3 to look at other choices and whether [ARG2 they] [ARGM-TMP now] were [rel asked] *-4 [ARG1 *-5 not to *?*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In late 1987] , [ARG0 P&G] [rel asked] [ARG2 the FDA] for [ARG1-for approval * to market Metamucil as the first non-prescription , cholesterol-lowering product in the]
- [ARG0 The FDA] has [rel asked] [ARG2 Kellogg and General Mills] [ARG1 to show research that their cereals are safe] .
- `` [ARG0 You] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel ask] [ARG2 one carrier] [ARG1 to underwrite on social grounds] [ARGM-TMP when that might destroy it in the marketplace *T*-1] . ''
- [ARG0 The Manufacturers Hanover Corp. unit , which *T*-1 is seeking repayment of a $ 36 million *U* loan ,] has [rel asked] [ARG2 the court] [ARG1 *-3 to give its claim priority over that of Minpeco , which *T*-2 won a $ 132 million *U* judgment against Mr. Hunt , his brother Nelson Bunker Hunt and other defendants last year in a case stemming from their alleged attempts * to corner the silver market in]
- As * previously reported *-1 , the account is troubled , with [ARG0 Philip Morris] [rel asking] [ARG2 Backer Spielvogel Bates , Ogilvy & Mather , and possibly others] [ARG1 to try their hand at *-2 developing new creative work] .
- [ARG0 Several organizations , including the Industrial Biotechnical Association and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association ,] have [rel asked] [ARG2 the White House and Justice Department] [ARG1 *-1 to name candidates with both patent and scientific backgrounds] .
- [ARG0 A Kellogg officer] , who *T*-2 [rel asked] [ARG1 not *-3 to be named *-1] , said 0 the Memphis project was `` pulled *-4 in for a reconsideration of costs , '' an indication that the ambitious plans might be scaled *-5 back in any future construction .
- [ARG0 IMELDA MARCOS] [rel asks] for [ARG1-for dismissal] , says 0 she was kidnapped *-1 .
- [ARG0 The former first lady of the Philippines] , [rel asked] [ARG2 a federal court in Manhattan] [ARG1 *-2 to dismiss an indictment against her] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 claiming among other things , that she was abducted *-1 from her homeland] .
- [ARG0 Mrs. Marcos 's attorneys] [rel asked] [ARG2 federal Judge John F. Keenan] [ARG1 *-1 to give them access to all U.S. documents about her alleged abduction] .
- [ARG0 The state bar association 's policy making body , the House of Delegate ,] voted Saturday *-1 to [rel ask] [ARG2 Chief Judge Sol Wachtler] [ARG1 *-2 to give the bar 's voluntary program three years 0 * to prove its effectiveness before *-4 considering mandatory pro bono *T*-3] .
- On Oct. 20 , [ARG0 the town 's mayor , Robert Reid ,] made an announcement on behalf of CBS during half-time at the Middletown High School football game *-1 [rel asking] for [ARG1-for volunteers] .
- James Snedeker , senior vice president of Gill & Roeser Inc. , a New York-based reinsurance broker , says 0 [ARG2 insurers who *T*-1 took big losses this fall and had purchased little reinsurance in recent years] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-3 to pay some pretty hefty rates] [ARGM-ADV if they want *-4 to buy reinsurance for 1990] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel asked] [ARG1 that the remaining U.S. humanitarian aid be diverted *-1 to * disarming and demobilizing the rebels] .
- If [ARG0 you] [rel asked] [ARG2 me] [ARG1 *-1 to select a stock with the highest expected return] , I would select a stock with the greatest amount of undiversifiable risk , as I am sure 0 your pros do *?* .
- The newspaper could fetch between 15 million and 20 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 12.8 million to $ 17.1 million *U* -RRB- , said 0 *T*-2 [ARG0 one analyst] , who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 not *-3 to be identified *-4] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 she] [rel asks] [ARG2 a workman toting the bricks from the lawn] [ARG1 *-1 to give her a boost through an open first-floor window] .
- It received more offers , but the auction was surprisingly won *-2 by [ARG0 IMA] , which *T*-1 bid $ 28 *U* a share and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Gilleland] [ARG1 *-3 to stay on as an equity participant] .
- Separately , Mr. Brady said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 the Working Group on Financial Markets] [ARG1 *-1 to determine whether futures margins are too low] .
- `` [ARG0 We] [rel asked] [ARG2 police] [ARG1 *-1 to investigate why they are allowed *-2 to distribute the flag in this way *T*-3] .
- He says that [ARG0 the Chinese] [ARGM-TMP never] [rel asked] [ARG2 him] [ARG1 *-1 to convey their statements to President Bush] , but that the White House spontaneously invited him *-2 to do so .
- `` It 's much bigger than we expected *?* , '' said *T*-2 [ARG0 one German banker] , who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 * not to be named *-3] .
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] , [ARGM-TMP during Mr. Breeden 's confirmation hearing] [ARGM-TMP last month] , [ARG0 senators] [rel asked] [ARG2 him] [ARG1 *-1 to introduce his children] [ARGM-TMP three separate times -- more often than they asked about his qualifications for the job] .
- Indeed , during Mr. Breeden 's confirmation hearing last month , senators asked him *-1 to introduce his children three separate times -- more often than [ARG0 they] [rel asked] about [ARG1-about his qualifications for the job] .
- [ARG0 The NIH] is [rel asking] [ARG2 grant recipients and others] for [ARG1-for comments on the proposed guidelines] [ARGM-TMP until Dec. 15] .
- Later in the day , according to the source , [ARG0 the board] reversed itself , decided *-1 to file for bankruptcy protection , and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Evans] [ARG1 *-2 to stay on] .
- [ARG2 Democrats] [rel asked] in * [ARGM-TMP this week] for [ARG1-for discussions with President Bush] have suggested ways of * `` tinkering '' with the Packwood-Roth proposal , *-3 suggesting an interest in * looking for a modified version 0 they can back *T*-1 , one official said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG2 Holders of SCI TV 's $ 507 million *U* of high-yield junk bonds] are being [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to forgive a lot of debt in exchange for * taking a 39 % equity stake in SCI TV] .
- Because of those concerns , some manufacturers say 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] for [ARG1-for letters of credit] [ARGM-TMP before *-1 shipping spring merchandise] .
- `` We 're being paid *-1 today , but we 're worried about tomorrow and will want '' letters of credit , says 0 *T*-4 the sales director at [ARG0 one major dress maker] who *T*-3 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-5 not to be identified *-2] .
- If [ARG0 I] need *-1 to [rel ask] for [ARG1-for money up front] [ARGM-TMP later] , I will *?* . ''
- `` We expect 0 they will be current with their debts by the end of the week , but [ARG0 we] are considering *-1 [rel asking] [ARG2 them] for [ARG1-for letters of credit] [ARGM-TMP before we take more orders] . ''
- Bertin Nadeau , newly appointed chairman and interim chief executive of Provigo , would n't say if [ARG2 Mr. Lortie] was [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to leave] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just this past week] , [ARG0 a leading Japanese bank] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for a meeting with the machinists ' union leaders 0 * to determine where the union would stand *T*-2 if another bid or recapitalization became possible *T*-1] .
- A committee of outside directors for the Garden City , N.Y. , unit is evaluating the proposal ; [ARG0 the parent] [rel asked] [ARG2 it] [ARG1 *-1 to respond by Oct. 31] .
- [ARG0 StatesWest] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1 *-1 to repond by Oct. 31] .
- `` If [ARG0 they] [rel ask] [ARG2 advertisers] [ARG1 *-2 to absorb the costs] , they 're likely *-3 to lose all but a few who *T*-1 need sports , above all . ''
- [ARGM-TMP Then] , [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Pilson] [ARG1 *-2 to raise his offer anyway] : `` If we can have a number that *T*-1 starts with a three , you can have a dea . ''
- Mr. Laff 's attorney , John Lang , filed [ARG0 a memorandum] [rel asking] [ARG1 that the trial record include a secretly taped conversation in which the witness , Henry Lorin , told a Haas stockbroker that Mr. Laff should be killed *-1 *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG2 *-1] [rel asked] *-3 for [ARG1-for a copy of the transcript] *T*-2 , Mr. Lang said 0 Judge Thomas P. Griesa had instructed him *-4 not to release it or the memorandum .
- [ARGM-TMP Ten days ago] [ARG2 he] was [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to amplify the reasons behind his anti-abortion stance] .
- Johnnie Johnson , who *T*-1 worked for Mr. Corry in strategic planning , recalls how [ARG0 his boss] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-TMP routinely] [rel ask] [ARG2 a subordinate] [ARG1 *-2 to research an entire industry *-3 to target acquisition candidates] *T*-4 .
- If [ARG0 the IRS] [rel asks] for [ARG1-for *RNR*-1] and gets *RNR*-1 a replacement for a check that it concedes 0 it lost *T*-2 in processing , it will reimburse the taxpayer for the stop-payment charge on the original .
- And Tina Brown , editor of Conde Nast Publications Inc. 's Vanity Fair , said 0 [ARG2 advertisers] are [ARGM-TMP frequently] [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 *-2 to take advertising positions in the back of her magazine * to relieve ad clutter] .
- On Friday , [ARG0 the firms] filed a suit *ICH*-1 against West Virginia in New York state court [rel asking] for [ARG1-for a declaratory judgment absolving them of liability] .
- But the San Francisco delegation finds [ARG0 itself] [rel asking] [ARG1 that the cap per household be lifted *-1 to $ 500,000 *U* from $ 100,000 *U* * to assist the hard hit but often wealthy Marina district] .
- `` [ARG0 We] do not come to this House *-1 [rel asking] for [ARG1-for any handout] , '' said *T*-2 the California Democrat .
- [ARGM-PNC *-3 To find out what red tape *T*-1 riles entrepreneurs most] , [ARG0 the Journal] [rel asked] [ARG2 a completely unscientific , random sample of business owners] [ARG1 *-4 to fantasize about the forms and regulations 0 they would most like *T*-2 to get lost *-5 in the mail] .
- [ARG0 They] [rel asked] [ARG2 regulators] [ARG1 *-1 to suggest new ways 0 * to force banks and thrifts to comply with anti-discrimination laws *T*-2] .
- [ARG2 Mr. Berry , 58 ,] had resigned after *-2 being [rel asked] *-1 by [ARG0-by Ogilvy 's chairman and chief executive officer , Kenneth Roman ,] [ARG1 *-3 to give up his title as creative head of the New York office and to take a fuzzier international role] .
- However , one person familiar with UAL said 0 the signs pointed to Coniston because [ARG0 Mr. Trump] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for permission * to buy more than $ 15 million *U* of stock] [ARGM-LOC under federal antitrust rules] .
- However , [ARG0 Mr. Davis] could pressure the board by *-1 [rel asking] [ARG1 that the agreement be waived *-3] , or letting it *EXP*-2 be known *-4 that he has financing for an offer at a lower price .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 I] [rel asked] [ARG2 American Airlines] for [ARG1-for its side of the story] [ARGM-PNC for use in my MBA class , where I teach business ethics *T*-1 ,] *T*-2 it did not respond .
- Environmental groups would soon go out of business were they not able *-1 to send out [ARG0 mailings] describing the latest threat and [rel asking] for [ARG1-for money 0 * to fight it *T*-2] .
- [ARG2 New Jersey] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , was [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to accept $ 300,000 *U*] , but refused .
- It is one of [ARG0 the states] that *T*-1 have met with Mr. Cohen and [rel asked] for [ARG1-for additional information about investors ' accounts and other matters] .
- -LRB- [ARG0 The official] [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 not to be named *-2] . -RRB-
- `` [ARG0 He] [rel asked] [ARG2 me] [ARG1 *T*-1 not to resign] .
- [ARG0 Attorneys for more than 18,000 women who *T*-1 claim injuries from the Dalkon Shield contraceptive device] have [rel asked] [ARG2 the U.S. Supreme Court] [ARG1 *-3 to refuse *-4 to hear an appeal of the bankruptcy-law reorganization plan for A.H. Robins Co. , which *T*-2 manufactured the device] .
- [ARG0 PLO leader Arafat] [rel asked] [ARG2 Egypt] [ARG1 *-2 to seek clarifications *ICH*-1 from the U.S. on Secretary of State Baker 's plan for Mideast peace talks] , an aide to Egyptian President Mubarak said 0 *T*-3 .
- Early in his political career , as a city councilman in San Antonio , he walked out of a meeting [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 political supporters] [rel asked] [ARG1 that the police chief be replaced *-1] *T*-2 , *-3 denouncing the closed-door affair publicly as a `` bat-roost meeting . ''
- [ARG0 Credit Agricole] [rel asked] [ARG2 a Milan court] [ARG1 *-1 to sequester the Nuovo Banco shares] , the Italian news agency ANSA reported 0 *T*-2 .
- `` I guess 0 [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD might] have [rel asked] [ARG2 Beauregard] [ARG1 *-1 to leave] , but he drops so many good names , 0 we decided *-2 to let him stay , '' says *T*-3 Steven Greenberg , publisher of Fame .
- [ARGM-TMP Soon after the merger] , [ARGM-DIS moreover] , [ARG0 Federal 's management] [rel asked] [ARG2 Tiger 's pilots] [ARG1 *-2 to sign an agreement stating that they could be fired *-1 any time , without cause or notice] .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-3 to say a few words] , he pulls out his crumpled piece of paper and tries *-1 to talk , but he 's too choked up 0 *T*-4 to get the words out .
- [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [rel asked] [ARG2 Congress] [ARG1 *-3 to raise to $ 6 billion *U* from $ 3 billion *U* the amount of money 0 Defense Secretary Dick Cheney may shift *T*-1 among the Pentagon 's individual programs , projects and activities , * allowing him to ease the pain that the Gramm-Rudman budget law was intended * to inflict *T*-2] .
- `` The -LCB- ministry -RCB- thinks 0 the banks do n't know what they are doing *T*-2 , that they have very little idea how * to cope with risk *T*-3 , '' said *T*-4 [ARG0 one foreign bank analyst] who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-5 not to be identified *-6] .
- [ARG0 A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel] has [rel asked] [ARG1 that Medstone perform more studies on its device 0 * to treat gallstones *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Philip Morris Cos. , whose Benson & Hedges cigarette brand *T*-1 has been losing market share ,] has [rel asked] [ARG2 at least one other agency] [ARG1 *-3 to try its hand at creative work for the big account , which *T*-2 has been at Wells Rich Greene Inc. since 1966] .
- Industry executives said 0 [ARG0 Philip Morris] had [rel asked] [ARG2 the other agencies] [ARG1 * to create campaigns in a bid * to stop the brand 's slipping market share] .
- Executives close to Philip Morris said that [ARG0 the tobacco and food giant] has [rel asked] [ARG2 Backer Spielvogel Bates Worldwide Inc. , a unit of Saatchi & Saatchi Co. , and possibly others] [ARG1 *-1 to work on creative ideas for the account] .
- [ARG0 California officials] plan *-1 to [rel ask] [ARG2 Congress] for [ARG1-for $ 3 billion or more *U* of federal aid , in the form of grants and low-interest loans] .
- Mr. McDonough responds : `` [ARG0 I] 'm [rel asking] [ARG2 people] [ARG1 *-1 to broaden their agendas] . ''
- [ARG0 The official , John DeVillars ,] [rel asked] [ARG2 Clean Harbors] for [ARG1-for more information] [ARGM-TMP before *-1 ruling on a permit for the site] .
- [ARG0 One analyst] , who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 not *-2 to be identified *-3] , said 0 he believes that the UAL pilots and management can put together a bid `` in the $ 225 *U* area , '' but that it could take three to four months * to close .
- [ARGM-ADV Although the pilots are expected *-2 to continue *-3 to pursue the bid] , [ARG2 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 *-4 to withdraw from the buy-out effort , at least temporarily , and to return to *-5 running the company full time] .
- [ARGM-ADV If a machine has a big computing task] , [ARG0 Task Broker] [rel asks] [ARG2 other computers in the network] for [ARG1-for `` bids '' on the job] .
- [ARG1-for What more] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARG0 a con man in search of the easy life] [rel ask] for *T*-1 ?
- If interest rates plunge , [ARG0 the insurer] may be knocking on my door , *-1 [rel asking] for [ARG1-for steeper premium payments 0 *T*-2 to maintain the same amount of protection] .
- With support from the IRS , [ARG0 Manufacturers Hanover] has filed suit *-1 [rel asking] [ARG2 Judge Abramson] [ARG1 *-2 to subordinate Minpeco 's claim to those of Manufacturer Hanover and the IRS] .
- [ARGM-ADV In another setback] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG0 United 's machinist union] [rel asked] [ARG2 the Treasury Department] [ARG1 *-1 to investigate whether certain aspects of the original buy-out proposal violated tax laws] .
- [ARG0 They] have sent a letter to congressional tax-writers *-2 [rel asking] [ARG1 that gains from the sale of collectibles also be given *-1 preferential treatment] .
- Furthermore , it is also likely *-1 to encourage [ARG0 those on Capitol Hill] [rel asking] for [ARG1-for cuts in the assistance to El Salvador] if President Cristiani does not bend to demands of the Marxist guerrillas .
- [ARGM-DIS In effect] , [ARG0 Holiday] is [rel asking] [ARG2 holders] for [ARG1-for permission for Bass to buy their debt] .
- If [ARG0 a customer] [rel asks] for [ARG1-for stories about `` IBM] , '' the computer will also supply stories that *T*-1 mention `` I.B.M. , International Business Machines , or Big Blue , '' Mr. Amram says 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG2 Democratic counterpart Mitchell] , *-4 [rel asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-3 to interpret Darman 's threat * to make permanent the across-the-board Gramm-Rudman cuts that *T*-1 took effect this week] , says , `` I do n't even bother *-5 to interpret them . ''
- [ARG2 Sales and service employees] were [rel asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-3 to report to work *-4 to help Bay area clients who *T*-1 called with computer problems] .
- This is like [ARG0 *] [rel asking] [ARG2 foxes] [ARG1 *-2 to feel remorse about chickens] , and naturally rescissions are almost never approved *-1 .
- [ARG0 MacNamara Clapp & Klein , a small New York shop ,] is [rel asking] [ARG2 magazine ad representatives] [ARG1 *-2 to tell it when major advertising inserts will run in their publications *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 One Southern California aerospace firm] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARGM-TMP two months ago] [rel asked] [ARG2 Location Management] [ARG1 *-1 to compare the costs of * reinforcing its current building against earthquakes with the cost of * building a new structure elsewhere] .
- [ARG0 Gold and silver broker Preston Semel] [rel asked] [ARG2 a federal court] [ARG1 *-1 to halt the Commodity Exchange from *-2 imposing a record $ 550,000 *U* fine on his firm] .
- [ARG0 The suit , filed * in federal court in Manhattan ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel asks] [ARG1 that the Comex 's nine-month suspension of Mr. Semel be lifted *-1 , pending the broker 's appeal of the disciplinary measures] .
- McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. said 0 it sent [ARG0 a letter *ICH*-1] to LIN Broadcasting Corp. clarifying its revised tender offer for LIN and [rel asking] [ARG2 LIN] [ARG1 to conduct `` a fair auction] . ''
- He said that his resignation was a mutual decision with Capital Holding management , but that [ARG2 he] was [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV actually] [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 *-2 to resign] .
- Even the Office of Management and Budget is remembered *-1 with an extra $ 1 million *U* 0 *T*-4 to help offset pay costs that [ARG2 other government departments] are being [rel asked] *-3 [ARG1 *-5 to absorb *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Avondale] [rel asked] [ARG2 Travelers] [ARG1 *-1 to defend it in the state proceeding] , but the insurer did n't respond .
- [ARGM-LOC At Lockheed Corp. 's missiles and space systems group in Sunnyvale , about 40 miles south of San Francisco] , [ARG2 workers] were [rel asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-4 to head to work] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-TMP after it *EXP*-3 was realized *-1 that `` there were no show-stoppers '' in the 150-plus buildings on its one-square-mile campus] .
- On the other hand , if [ARG0 we] 're [rel asking] for [ARG1-for something unreasonable or unethical and so on] , then that 's a whole different story .
- Such sentiment only encourages the adverse feelings toward Turkey that *T*-1 surfaced [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 Turkey] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for assistance in *-3 dealing with its Bulgarian emigration crisis] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The head] of another small options clearing firm , who *T*-2 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-5 not to be identified *-1] , said that the heightened volatility in the financial markets in recent years makes it *EXP*-4 increasingly difficult for any but the largest financial trading firms to shoulder the risk inherent in the highly leveraged options and futures business .
- Although the East German news agency ADN claimed 0 [ARG0 Mr. Honecker] had [rel asked] [ARG1 *-2 to be relieved *-1 of his duties for `` health reasons] , '' West German government sources said 0 the 26-man Politburo had asked for his resignation at a separate meeting late Tuesday .
- Although the East German news agency ADN claimed 0 Mr. Honecker had asked *-2 to be relieved *-1 of his duties for `` health reasons , '' West German government sources said 0 [ARG0 the 26-man Politburo] had [rel asked] for [ARG1-for his resignation] [ARGM-LOC at a separate meeting late Tuesday] .
- Equitec Financial Group said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] [ARG2 as many as 100,000 investors in 12 of its public real-estate limited partnerships] [ARG1 *-1 to give approval to *-2 rolling them up into a new master limited partnership] .
- Time executives complained about the shoddy editorial quality , and in the end , [ARG2 one Time executive] who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-3 not to be identified *-2] said , `` Frankly , McCall 's and the joint venture were an embarrassment . ''
- [ARG2 The commission] , which *T*-1 was [rel asked] *-3 [ARG1 *-4 to study the deal] by [ARG0-by the Department of Trade and Industry] [ARGM-TMP after its announcement in February] , said 0 the diversity of global supply of chemicals used * in * making analgesic drugs was great enough * to offset the dominant U.K. market share 0 Rhone-Poulenc would gain *T*-2 through the acquisition .
- [ARGM-TMP When it made the offer *T*-1] , [ARG0 StatesWest] declined *-2 to disclose details and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1 *-3 to do the same] .
- In response to the specific offer , Gary Risley , Mesa vice president , said 0 [ARG0 management] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] [ARG2 directors] [ARG1 *-1 to employ a financial consultant 0 *T*-2 to advise them] .
- [ARG2 Workers] , [ARGM-ADV except for senior management] , were [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 *-2 not to report for work yesterday] .
- It would inevitably lead to an increase in marginal income-tax rates in 1990 *ICH*-3 , he thinks 0 *T*-1 , when [ARG0 the White House] is forced *-2 to [rel ask] for [ARG1-for higher taxes 0 * to meet budget targets *T*-4] *T*-5 .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1 to keep the proposal confidential] .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , they agreed *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5 , * angering many of [ARG2 the thousands of workers] [rel asked] * [ARG1 *-4 to make pay concessions] [ARGM-PNC so the buy-out would be a success] .
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-1 for [ARG1-for comment] , Walker Merryman , a vice president of the Tobacco Institute , said 0 new efforts * to restrict tobacco advertising in the U.S. could violate the First Amendment protection of free speech .
- [ARG2 Each speaker] was [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to address a specific topic , not deliver a point of view] .
- [ARGM-TMP In recent weeks] [ARG0 Mr. Merksamer] has approached a number of his suppliers and [rel asked] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 *-1 to provide letters of intent saying 0 they will continue *-2 shipping merchandise to the chain following the buy-out] , say 0 *T*-3 those familiar with the situation .
- [ARG0 Eastern Airlines ' creditors committee , unhappy with the carrier 's plans for * emerging from bankruptcy-law proceedings ,] [rel asked] [ARG2 its own experts] [ARG1 *-1 to devise alternate approaches to a reorganization] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to an analyst] , [ARG0 Cuba] ca n't meet all its shipment commitments and has [rel asked] [ARG2 Japan] [ARG1 *-1 to accept a delay of shipments scheduled * for later this year , into early next year] .
- `` Everything has * to be the same between countries , '' says *T*-2 [ARG0 Campo 's Stefan Campo] , who *T*-1 is [rel asking] [ARG2 clients] [ARG1 *-3 to sign protest petitions] .
- A spokesman for the engineers said 0 [ARG0 the company] [rel asked] [ARG2 the union] [ARG1 *-2 to reduce its demands , which *T*-1 included a 19 % pay hike in the first year and 8 % in the second and third years] .
- [ARG0 DFC] [rel asked] [ARG2 the central bank] [ARG1 *-1 to appoint managers] [ARGM-TMP after it revised loan-loss provisions to around the same level of shareholders ' funds of 180 million New Zealand dollars -LRB- US$ 105.4 million *U* -RRB-] .
- Newport said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Hollander] is [rel asking] [ARG2 shareholders] [ARG1 *-1 to retain only one director , James R. Lees , a Newport vice president] .
- [ARG0 It] has [ARGM-TMP since] [rel asked] [ARG2 holders] [ARG1 *-1 not to immediately tender their shares under a recent $ 72-a-share *U* , or $ 104 million *U* , bid from AB SKF of Sweden , until McGill directors have completed their evaluation] .
- `` [ARGM-PNC For a piece on local heroes of World War II] , [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel ask] [ARG2 people] [ARG1 *-2 to leave the name and number of anyone 0 they know *T*-3 who *T*-1 won a medal] , '' he says *T*-4 .
- [ARG0 The machinists] [ARGM-ADV also] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into possible securities-law violations in the original bid for UAL by Mr. Davis , as well as in the response by UAL] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARGM-TMP just before the bank commitments were due] , [ARG0 the union] [rel asked] [ARG2 the U.S. Labor Department] [ARG1 to study whether the bid violated legal standards of fairness governing employee investment funds] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Adding insult to injury] , [ARG0 United 's 25,000-member Machinists ' union , which *T*-1 helped *-3 scuttle financing for the first bid ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel asked] [ARG2 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf and other UAL directors] [ARG1 *-4 to resign] .
- Justin 's attorney , Charles E. Baxley , said 0 [ARG0 Justin] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel ask] [ARG2 an appeals court] [ARG1 *-1 to set aside the order temporarily , pending an expedited appeal] .
- Although they do n't contemplate *-1 delivering any disabling blows , he says that [ARG2 Mr. Alexander] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel asked] [ARG1 *-2 to sign a release from liability , just in case] .
- LIN Broadcasting Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] wo n't take a position on a revised tender offer *ICH*-1 by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. * to buy LIN and has [rel asked] for [ARG1-for clarification of the offer] .
- [ARG0 LIN] is [rel asking] [ARG2 McCaw] [ARG1 *-2 to clarify its tender offer , which *T*-1 challenges an agreement *ICH*-3 between BellSouth Corp. and LIN * to merge their cellular-telephone businesses] .
- About 12 % have retired from a full-time job , while [ARG2 54 %] were [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to stay on full time] .
- The anti-defense Greens wanted a Washington federal appeals court to block today 's scheduled liftoff long enough for [ARG0 them] to [rel ask] [ARG2 the World Court] [ARG1 *-1 to `` order '' a permanent cancellation of the $ 1.5 billion *U* flight] .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-3 to compare her visit to Mr. Mosbacher 's] , Mrs. Hills replied : 0 `` I did n't hear every word 0 he spoke *T*-4 , but as a general proposition , I think 0 we have a very consistent trade strategy in the Bush administration . ''
- [ARG0 The company] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for a 15-day extension] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30 , when the financial reports were due *T*-1] .
- Jerry Shrieves , UAW local president , said 0 [ARG2 the facility] was [rel asked] *-2 [ARG1 *-3 to draw up plans * to continue *-4 working as a `` flex plant , '' which *T*-1 could build several different types of products on short notice *-5 to satisfy demand] .
- `` [ARG0 We] 're [rel asking] [ARG2 the court] for [ARG1-for a number of things 0 he can grant *T*-1 in addition to the thrill of victory] , '' he says 0 *T*-2 .
- Neil Weisman , whose New York-based Chilmark Capital Partners *T*-4 had converted 85 % of its $ 220 million *U* investment pool to cash in recent months , said 0 he was besieged *-3 by [ARG0 Wall Street firms *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [rel asking] [ARG2 him] [ARG1 *-2 to take stock off their hands] .
- Mr. Nesbit also said 0 [ARG0 the FDA] has [rel asked] [ARG2 Bolar Pharmaceutical Co.] [ARG1 *-1 to recall at the retail level its urinary tract antibiotic] .
- [ARGM-ADV Should the courts uphold the validity of this type of defense] , [ARG0 ASKO] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-TMP then] [rel ask] [ARG2 the court] [ARG1 *-1 to overturn such a vote-diluting maneuver recently deployed * by Koninklijke Ahold NV] .
- `` There is an underlying concern *ICH*-5 on the part of the American people -- and there should be *?* - that the administration has not gone far enough in *-1 cutting this deficit and that Congress has been unwilling *-2 to cut what [ARG0 the administration] [rel asked] [ARG2 us] [ARG1 *-4 to cut *T*-3] , '' said *T*-6 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen -LRB- D. , Texas -RRB- .
- It *EXP*-1 proved a perfect time for [ARG0 Radio Free Europe] to [rel ask] for [ARG1-for permission * to set up office] .
- `` One possibility is that this is a surgical setback , reasonably limited in its breadth , and not a major problem , '' said *T*-2 [ARG0 one senior administration official] , who [ARGM-DIS also] *T*-3 [rel asked] [ARG1 that he not be named *-1] .
- But Shepard Goldfein , an attorney for the NFL , says 0 [ARG0 his client] will consider *-1 [rel asking] for [ARG1-for another hearing] or appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court .
- Lomas Financial Corp. , Dallas , said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] [ARG2 a U.S. bankruptcy court] [ARG1 *-1 to allow it * to hire Lazard Freres & Co. * to help it sell its leasing unit] .
- [ARG0 Common Cause] [rel asked] [ARG2 both the Senate Ethics Committee and the Justice Department] [ARG1 *-2 to investigate $ 1 million *U* in political gifts by Arizona businessman Charles Keating to five U.S. senators who *T*-1 interceded with thrift-industry regulators for him] .
- `` That is what [ARG0 Common Cause] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel ask] [ARG1 0 *T*-2 be investigated *-1] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a highly unusual meeting in Sen. DeConcini 's office in April 1987] , [ARG0 the five senators] [rel asked] [ARG2 federal regulators] [ARG1 *-1 to ease up on Lincoln] .