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The company is operating under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code , * giving it court protection from creditors ' lawsuits while [_ARG0 it] [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-1 to work out a plan * to pay its debts] .
In an eight-count indictment , the government has charged [_ARG0 GAF , a Wayne , N.J. , specialty chemical maker , and its Vice Chairman James T. Sherwin] with *-2 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to manipulate the common stock of Union Carbide Corp. in advance of GAF 's planned sale of a large block of the stock in November 1986] .
The provision , called * the `` two-time-losers '' amendment by its supporters , apparently was aimed *-29 at * preventing [_ARG0 Texas Air Corp. Chairman Frank Lorenzo] from *-1 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 * to take over another airline] .
[_ARG0 The 1990 appropriations legislation] [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-1 to strip the president of his powers * to make certain appointments as * provided *-2 by Article II] .
[_ARGM-TMP By 1987] , [_ARG0 then-Speaker Jim Wright] was discussing arms control in Moscow with Mikhail Gorbachev and [_ARGM-TMP then] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to direct the president , through an appropriations rider , *-2 to treat the Soviets as though the Senate had ratified SALT II] .
An [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 buy-out] led * by John J. McCabe , chief operating officer , never materialized , and a stream of what one staff member dismissed *T*-1 as `` tire-kickers and lookee-loos '' had filed through since .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 any potential acquirer] [_ARGM-MOD must] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-2 to reach some kind of accord with the company 's employees , primarily its pilots and the powerful machinists ' union , which *T*-1 has opposed a takeover] .
Guerrilla leaders said 0 [_ARG0 Pretoria] was [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to sabotage next week 's elections in Namibia] .
[_ARG0 The airline] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to show that Israel and West Germany warned the U.S. about the impending attack] .
[_ARG0 The new company] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to limit the shipyard 's losses] , participants said 0 *T*-2 .
Mr. Nichol said 0 he was `` extremely disappointed in the continuing deterioration of the company 's operations while [_ARG0 it] [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 *-1 to conclude the reorganization during the past four months] . ''
[_ARG0 Nomura] was [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to organize the 50 billion-yen -LRB- $ 352 million *U* -RRB- borrowing in Japan at a time when many Japanese banks , led * by Industrial Bank of Japan , were pressuring the Wellington government to help them recover loans made * to a defunct investment bank that *T*-3 had been owned *-25 by New Zealand 's civil-service pension fund *T*-2] .
Some of the game 's reigning philosophers dislike the idea of [_ARG0 middle-aged men] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 a young man 's sport] .
Allies concerned about the deadline include the British , French and smaller NATO allies , some of whom *T*-107 do n't have adequate staffs 0 *T*-1 to provide quick answers to the questions being raised * by what *T*-2 generally are considered *-72 [_ARG1 the most complex arms-control talks] [_ARGM-TMP ever] [_rel attempted] * .
[_ARGM-TMP Sometimes] , [_ARG0 the ads] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to raise money] ; always , they try *-2 to boost good will .
Secretary of State Baker expressed concern that [_ARG0 Nicaraguan President Ortega] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to use alleged attacks by the U.S.backed Contra rebels as an excuse 0 * to scuttle elections scheduled * for February *T*-2] .
[_ARGM-TMP During his tenure] , [_ARG0 Mr. Corr] [_rel attempted] [_ARGM-MNR through a series of meetings] [_ARG1 *-1 to inform managers of some of the company 's future plans] , traveled widely *-1 to talk to employees and backed training sessions designed * *-2 to improve the carrier 's image .
[_ARG0 Stock-index arbitrage] , because it sells the more `` expensive '' market and buys the `` cheaper '' one , [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-1 to reestablish the link between the stock and futures markets] , and the adjustments are often abrupt .
[_ARG0 The two men] are planning joint visits to a number of clients *-1 to [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-2 to smoothly hand over the reins] .
However , at a news conference Thursday , Mrs. Aquino backed the project and said 0 [_ARG0 her government] was [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to soothe the feelings of residents at the original site , adjacent to the government 's major petroleum refinery in Bataan province] .
First Tennessee , *-1 assisted *-2 by IBM , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-3 to place the employees within the company , IBM or other companies in Memphis] .
While [_ARG0 the pound] has [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 *-1 to stabilize] , currency analysts say 0 it is in critical condition .
[_ARG0 The government] spent most of last year *-1 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-2 to carry out such a plan] but was thwarted *-1 when the parent Waertsilae concern pulled out at the last minute *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 The Fed] would eliminate the cause of the potential panic rather than *-1 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-2 to treat the symptom -- the liquidity of the banks] .
[_ARG0 He] was convicted *-1 of *-2 charging interest rates much higher than what the law permitted *T*-3 , and [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-4 to evade income taxes by *-5 using a double accounting system] .
[_ARG0 The OAS , which *T*-1 tries *-2 to promote peace and economic development within the Americas ,] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-3 to find a settlement of the current Panama political crisis] .
However , these faults are not the exclusive property of modern comedies , and I believe 0 Mr. Knight errs [_ARGM-TMP when] [_ARG0 he] [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-2 to link this modern phenomenon too closely to a single category of movie making] *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG0 the principles] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to eliminate the so-called Delaney Paradox] .
The practice of businesses throwing out junk mail `` is a commonly known problem , and it 's increasing as [_ARG0 companies] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-2 to put through budget cuts across the board , '' right down to the mail-room level] , says 0 *T*-1 Stephen Belth , a list consultant and chairman of the Direct Marketing Association 's business-to-business council .
But the secretary of state advised Israel that [_ARG0 *] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to overhaul the five-point plan] risked * delaying the negotiations aimed * at Mideast peace .
[_ARGM-DIS For example] , [_ARG0 student loans] [_ARGM-TMP currently] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to subsidize college attendance and mitigate problems created * by the fact that students ' future earnings are not accepted *-2 as collateral] .
These provisions would be difficult 0 * to enforce *T*-2 for a program intended * to provide a subsidy , but would be reasonable and effective devices for [_ARG0 programs] that *T*-1 [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-3 to offset market imperfections] .
[_ARG0 Justice] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to avoid a replay of these tactics] .
In the new guidelines , the Justice Department says that in [_ARG0 *] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to freeze disputed assets before trial] , `` the government will not seek *-2 to disrupt the normal , legitimate business activities of the defendant '' and `` will not seek ... *-2 to take from third parties assets legitimately transferred * to them . ''
[_ARG0 Time] is also fighting the transaction on other fronts , by *-1 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-2 to discourage other cable operators from *-3 joining Tele-Communications as investors in Showtime] , cable-TV industry executives say 0 *T*-4 .
Later they said 0 they fired him , and [_ARG0 two directors] [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 *-1 to place the company under bankruptcy-law protection] .
[_ARG0 Lang] is cutting costs and [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to operate the magazine with only subscription revenue] .
In an eight-count indictment , the government charged [_ARG0 GAF , a Wayne , N.J. , chemical maker , and Mr. Sherwin] with *-1 [_ARGM-MNR illegally] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-2 to manipulate the common stock of Union Carbide Corp. in advance of GAF 's planned sale of a large block of the stock *PPA*-3] [_ARGM-TMP in 1986] .
`` That means that [_ARGM-ADV if the offense deals with one part of the business] , [_ARG0 you] do [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to seize the whole business] ; you attempt *-2 to seize assets related * to the crime , '' he explained *T*-3 .
`` That means that [_ARGM-ADV if the offense deals with one part of the business] , you do n't attempt *-1 to seize the whole business ; [_ARG0 you] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-2 to seize assets related * to the crime] , '' he explained *T*-3 .
Future witnesses include a former federal S&L regulator who *T*-1 has accused [_ARG0 the five senators] of *-2 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-3 to `` subvert '' the regulatory process by *-4 intervening on behalf of Mr. Keating] .
[_ARGM-LOC Under federal transportation law] , [_ARG0 a government mediator] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to reconcile the melding of Tiger 's job classifications into Federal 's] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Icahn] , who *T*-1 played a key role in the settlement and [_rel attempted] [_ARGM-TMP subsequently] [_ARG1 *-2 to take control of the company] , sold his stake in Texaco just last summer .
[_ARG0 Texaco] has [_ARGM-DIS also] been [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to sell oil properties] .
[_ARG0 This film] [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-1 to show a side rarely seen in our media] .
Mr. Lloyd said 0 [_ARG0 both Qintex Entertainment and Qintex Australia] had [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 *-3 to secure a loan that *T*-2 would allow the company to make the $ 5.9 million *U* payment] but the request was turned *-1 down by an unidentified lender on Oct. 14 .
Over the past year there have been only one burglary , three thefts of or from autos , no purse-snatchings , and one [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 robbery] [_ARGM-LOC in the mall , which *T*-2 opened in late 1981] .
Investment bankers following UAL agree that the strongest impetus for an eventual deal is that [_ARG0 the pilots] have been [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 a buy-out] [_ARGM-TMP for more than two years] , and are n't likely *-1 to stop , *-1 having come so close to success .
[_ARGM-TMP In the midst of the current turmoil] , [_ARG0 Saatchi] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to shore up its ad businesses] .
Other Saatchi units include [_ARG0 ad agency] McCaffrey & McCall , which *T*-1 has the Mercedes account and which *T*-2 has been [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-3 to buy itself back] ; and Howard Marlboro , a sports and event marketing firm .
[_ARG0 The memo] [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-2 to remove the tourist board as far as possible from the agency , which *T*-1 pleaded innocent to the charges] .
[_ARG0 Nelson] Bunker Hunt 's [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 corner] on silver [_ARGM-TMP a decade ago] is still haunting the market in this metal .
He correctly says 0 he has been down on Noriega for some time , hence his criticism of administration mishandling of the [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 coup] .
Your Oct. 12 editorial `` Pitiful , Helpless Presidency ? '' correctly states that I was critical of the Bush administration 's failure * to have any plan *ICH*-1 in place * to respond in a timely fashion to the opportunities * to oust Manuel Noriega presented * by the [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 military] coup on Oct. 3 .
Minpeco has threatened a `` volcano '' of litigation if [_ARG0 the Manufacturers Hanover Corp. unit] [_rel attempts] [_ARG1 *-1 to force such a plan through the court] .
[_ARG0 Citicorp and Chase] are [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to put together a new , lower bid] .
`` We spent a lot of time and money in *-1 building our group of stations , '' he said *T*-2 , *-3 adding that Fox does n't `` appreciate '' [_ARG0 another company] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-4 to usurp its station lineup] .
[_ARGM-MNR By *-1 buying futures contracts] , [_ARG0 these companies] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to protect themselves from swings in the price of the corn that they are obligated *-3 to deliver *T*-2] .
[_ARG0 NASA] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 a rescue] ; instead , it will try *-1 to predict whether any of the rubble will smash to the ground and where *?* .
[_ARG0 The federal government] is [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_ARGM-DIS even] [_rel attempting] [_ARGM-TMP yet] [_ARG1 *-1 to estimate how much the earthquake will cost it *T*-2] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Lang] [_ARGM-MOD will] do away with expensive circulation drives , * not to mention sales staff , and [_rel attempt] [_ARG1 *-1 to publish the 17-year-old magazine *-3 supported *-2 by circulation revenue alone] .
The commission found that if [_ARG0 the British government] [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 *-2 to block the merger] , Rhone-Poulenc would likely respond by *-3 closing the salicylates plant 0 Monsanto operates *T*-1 in Wales , *-3 removing the matter from U.K. jurisdiction .
The Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court dismissed [_ARG0 six lawsuits] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 * to block a $ 2.5 billion *U* project planned * for 42nd Street in Manhattan] .
Under Northern Trust 's plan , shareholders were issued *-1 rights that , in the event of certain [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 takeovers] , *T*-2 allow holders to buy shares in the company at half price .
The picture , 0 *T*-4 to be made *-1 in the Central American country of San Elvador , is a cover for * sending $ 800 million *U* of arms to Los Otros , [_ARG0 the rebel group] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 * to regain neighboring Ambigua , which *T*-2 has been taken *-5 over by the leftist dictator Dr. Overtega , a former podiatrist , who *T*-3 leads a revolutionary band of foot soldiers] .
`` Unfortunately , '' Mr. Eskenazi wrote 0 *T*-3 in a letter , `` those of us in law enforcement in Miami find [_ARG0 ourselves] [_ARGM-TMP frequently] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-2 to enforce the laws of the United States] but simultaneously being caught *-2 between foreign policy considerations over which we have no control *T*-1 . ''
[_ARGM-TMP In 1987] , [_ARG0 the Supreme Court] [_rel attempted] [_ARGM-LOC in McNally v. U.S.] [_ARG1 *-1 to halt the inexorable expansion of these statutes by * adopting a rule of strict construction for ambiguous criminal statues] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARGM-TMP now] , [_ARG0 the magazine] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to fight back , with an ambitious plan including a revamped sales strategy and a surprisingly aggressive ad campaign] .
The turmoil on Wall Street may benefit [_ARG0 some retailers] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 * to lead leveraged buy-outs of their specialty and department-store chains] , investment bankers and retailers said 0 *T*-1 .
Warner sued Sony and Guber-Peters late last week ; Sony and Guber-Peters have countersued , *-2 charging [_ARG0 Warner] with * [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to interfere in Sony 's acquisition of the two companies] .
[_ARGM-TMP Since then] , [_ARG0 Hooker Corp.] has sold its interest in the Parisian chain back to Parisian 's management and is [_ARGM-TMP currently] [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-1 to sell the B. Altman & Co. chain] .
Valley Federal said Friday that it is considering whether *-2 to seek another buyer for the branches or to pursue the transaction with Imperial Corp. , which *T*-1 said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-3 to meet Community Reinvestment Act requirements] .
[_ARGM-TMP This time] [_ARG0 it] [_rel attempted] [_ARG1 *-1 to invade two connected problems , the rising cost of higher education and the rising expense to the federal government of educational grants and loans] .
Fred Wertheimer -- president of Common Cause , the self-styled citizens lobby -- said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Keating] already has conceded *-1 [_rel attempting] [_ARG1 *-2 to buy influence with the lawmakers -- Democratic Sens. Dennis DeConcini of Arizona , Alan Cranston of California , John Glenn of Ohio and Donald Riegle of Michigan ; and GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona] .