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frames- Yasser Arafat has written to the chairman of the International Olympic Committee *-2 asking [ARG0 him] *-3 to [rel back] [ARG1 a Palestinian bid * to join the committee] , the Palestine Liberation Organization news agency WAFA said 0 *T*-1 .
- The House voted *-1 to boost the federal minimum wage for the first time since early 1981 , *-1 casting a solid 382-37 vote for [ARG1 a compromise measure] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by President Bush] .
- Rep. Jerry Lewis , a conservative Californian , added a provision of his own intended * to assist Bolivia , and [ARG1 the Senate] then broadened the list further by *-1 including all countries in the U.S. Caribbean Basin initiate as well as the Philippines - *-1 [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by the powerful Hawaii Democrat Sen. Daniel Inouye] .
- [ARG0 The council] [rel backed] [ARG1 the audit commission 's stand that the swap transactions are illegal] .
- *-1 Taking a cue from California , [ARG0 more politicians] will launch their campaigns by *-1 [rel backing] [ARG1 initiatives] , says 0 *T*-2 David Magleby of Brigham Young University .
- [ARG1 The loan] is [rel backed] *-127 by [ARG0-by Healthcare 's 5.4 % stake in HealthVest and interest in certain facilities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 109 ,] is [rel backed] *-154 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 10 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The issue] is [rel backed] *-161 by [ARG0-by a 12 % letter of credit from Credit Suisse] .
- While [ARG1 they] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government] , [ARGM-ADV as Treasury bonds are *?*] , it *EXP*-2 is widely assumed that the government would support them if necessary .
- [ARG1 These critics] are [rel backed] *-172 by [ARG0-by several academic studies showing that the adoption of poison pills reduces shareholder values not merely in the short run , but also over longer periods] .
- [ARG0 Gov. George Deukmejian and key legislators] agreed *-1 to [rel back] [ARG1 a temporary one-quarter-cent increase in the state sales tax] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to raise $ 800 million *U* for repairs and relief associated * with last month 's earthquake] .
- J.C. PENNEY Co. , Dallas , said 0 it issued $ 350 million *U* of [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by credit-card receivables] .
- Some traders point out that as [ARG0 the big brokerage firms] [rel back] out of [ARG1-of program trading] [ARGM-PNC for their own accounts or for clients] , opportunities *ICH*-1 increase for others to engage in the controversial practice .
- J.C. Penney & Co. issued $ 350 million *U* of [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by credit-card receivables] .
- [ARG1 The offering] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 's 10 % issue] [ARGM-MNR with a weighted average term] [ARGM-ADV to maturity of 29.583 months] .
- In the asset-backed market , Beneficial Corp. offered $ 248 million *U* of [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by home-equity loans] , the second large deal in the past week .
- [ARG0 Warner Communications Inc.] is close to an agreement * to [rel back] [ARG1 a new recorded music and music publishing company] [ARGM-ADV in partnership with Irving Azoff , who *T*-1 resigned in September as head of MCA Inc. 's MCA Records unit] .
- [ARG0 A half-dozen candidates] , *-2 [rel backing] [ARG1 policies ranging from Thatcherism to watered-down Marxism] , are given *-2 a chance of * winning .
- The group led * by Birmingham , Mich. , publicist William D. McMaster did n't name [ARG0 an investment banker] [rel backing] [ARG1 the deal] or say how much its members will contribute *T*-1 to the offer .
- [ARG1 General Dynamics] appealed to the high court , *-1 [rel backed] *-2 by [ARG0-by numerous business trade groups] , *-1 arguing that the appeals court definition restricts the defense too severely .
- [ARG1 It] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Government National Mortgage Association 9 1\/2 % securities] [ARGM-MNR with a weighted average remaining term to maturity of 29 years] and being offered *-1 at market prices .
- [ARG1 $ 248.3 million *U*] of securities [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by home-equity loans] [ARGM-MNR through Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-TMP During his tenure] , [ARG0 Mr. Corr] attempted through a series of meetings *-1 to inform managers of some of the company 's future plans , traveled widely *-1 to talk to employees and [rel backed] [ARG1 training sessions designed * *-2 to improve the carrier 's image] .
- Meanwhile , [ARG0 the many organizations] inside the country that *T*-1 [rel back] [ARG1 the ANC] are taking the opportunity * to regain their strength and mobilize their supporters even though the state of emergency , which *T*-2 has severely curtailed black opposition , remains in force .
- West Germany 's biggest union , IG Metall , said 0 [ARG0 it] is ready *-1 to [rel back] [ARG1 demands for more pay and shorter hours] [ARGM-MNR with strikes against the nation 's automotive , steel and engineering industries] .
- [ARG0 Hubert de la Bouillaire , an editor on the film ,] [rel backs] [ARG1 Mr. Peters] [ARGM-LOC in a separate sworn declaration] .
- [ARG0 CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS] [rel BACKED] [ARG1 Bush 's criticism of Nicaragua 's Ortega] .
- [ARG0 The legislator , Enrique Garcia ,] had [ARGM-MNR actively] [rel backed] [ARG1 the plant] *NOT* , but at the original site in his constituency northwest of Manila .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARGM-LOC at a news conference] [ARGM-TMP Thursday] , [ARG0 Mrs. Aquino] [rel backed] [ARG1 the project] and said 0 her government was attempting *-1 to soothe the feelings of residents at the original site , adjacent to the government 's major petroleum refinery in Bataan province .
- The project appeared *-1 to be on the rocks [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] when [ARG0 the other major partner in the project , China General Plastics Corp. ,] [rel backed] [ARGM-DIR out] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 HUD Secretary Jack Kemp] [rel backed] [ARG1 an unsuccessful effort * to strike such language] [ARGM-TMP last week] , but received little support from the White House budget office , which *T*-1 wants *-2 to protect space-station funding in the bill and has tended *-2 to turn its eyes from pork-barrel amendments .
- Maryland National Bank -- [ARG1 $ 267 million *U*] of securities [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by home-equity lines of credit] [ARGM-MNR through Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the chief rule-making body for accountants] [rel backed] off [ARG1-off one part of its original proposal made * earlier this year that *T*-1 would have required a breakdown of certain balance-sheet items related * to off-balance sheet instruments] .
- `` I had some problem from time to time on the length of time 0 he would take *T*-1 *-2 to make up his mind , '' Mr. Ferrer admits *T*-3 , but he maintains that he did n't delay his support of Mr. Dinkins and that [ARG0 he] [rel backs] [ARG1 the Democratic candidate] [ARGM-MNR enthusiastically] .
- When a House-Senate conference on yesterday 's bill rescinded $ 11.8 million *U* in unexpended funds for [ARG1 a Fort Worth , Texas , economic development project] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by former Speaker James Wright] *T*-1 , Sen. Phil Gramm -LRB- R. , Texas -RRB- insisted last week that the money be preserved *-2 .
- Hungary is no longer a `` Socialist Peoples '' republic , the Communist Party no longer has automatic delegates in the U.S.S.R. 's Congress of Peoples Deputies and [ARG1 Egon Krenz] was [ARGM-NEG not] [rel backed] *-1 [ARGM-MNR unanimously] by [ARG0-by his fellow party functionaries] [ARGM-TMP when he took over as East Germany 's new maximum leader *T*-2] .
- The new round of bidding would seem *-1 to complicate the decision making for Judge James Yacos , the bankruptcy judge overseeing the case , because [ARG0 the company 's stockholders , unsecured creditors and regulators] [ARGM-ADV each] are [ARGM-TMP currently] [rel backing] [ARG1 different plans] .
- [ARG0 They] [ARGM-TMP previously] had [rel backed] [ARG1 an internal reorganization plan proposed * by PS of New Hampshire] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Breeden] [rel backed] [ARG1 most of the provisions in a market-reform bill that the SEC brought *T*-1 to the subcommittee last year under then-chairman David Ruder] .
- [ARG0 He] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel backed] [ARG1 a rule 0 *T*-1 to require large traders to report transactions on a systematic basis] .
- Democrats asked in * this week for discussions with President Bush have suggested ways of * `` tinkering '' with the Packwood-Roth proposal , *-3 suggesting an interest in * looking for [ARG1 a modified version] 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel back] *T*-1 , one official said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 The issue] is [rel backed] *-2 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 % securitiess] .
- The 189 Democrats who *T*-1 supported the override yesterday compare with [ARG0 175] who *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP initially] [rel backed] [ARG1 the rape-and-incest exemption] [ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] *NOT* and 136 last year on a similar vote .
- And on a closer 250-170 roll call , lawmakers upheld controversial agreements made * by a House-Senate conference earmarking community development funds for [ARG1 more than 40 projects] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by often influential members] .
- [ARG0 The ACLU and worker organizations] [rel back] [ARG1 tighter laws] , but employers and device manufacturers object .
- If the programs continue their present path , the potential government losses are staggering : [ARG0 The federal government] holds $ 222 billion *U* in direct loans outstanding and [rel backs] [ARG1 an additional $ 550 billion *U* in primary guarantees] .
- [ARG1 The issue] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 8 1\/2 % securities] .
- The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. issued [ARG1 a $ 500 million *U* real estate mortgage investment conduit] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by its 8 1\/2 % securities] .
- [ARG1 Bigger rivals , such as Aetna and Allianz] , *-1 [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by armies of statisticians using computers in hundreds of branches] , operate more efficiently and often can offer lower rates , brokers say 0 *T*-2 .
- U.S. Memories is seeking [ARG0 major investors] 0 *T*-1 to [rel back] [ARG1 its attempt * to crack the $ 10 billion *U* market for dynamic random access memory chips , a market dominated * by the Japanese] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 107 ,] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 15-year , 9 % securities] , and brings Freddie Mac 's 1989 Remic issuance to $ 32.8 billion *U* and its total volume to $ 46.8 billion *U* since the program began in February 1988 .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 1989-85 ,] is [rel backed] *-86 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 1989-86 ,] is [rel backed] *-87 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 1989-87 ,] is [rel backed] *-88 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 1\/2 % securities] .
- Ford Motor Credit -- $ 2.57 billion *U* of [ARG1 certificates] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by automobile loans with a coupon rate of 8.70 %] , priced * at 99 19\/32 *-1 to yield 8.903 % through an underwriting group headed * by First Boston Corp .
- The company offered [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by automobile loans] through an underwriting group headed * by First Boston Corp .
- The Federal National Mortgage Association offered $ 1.2 billion *U* of Remic securities in three issues , and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. offered [ARG1 a $ 250 million *U* Remic] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by 9 % 15-year securities] .
- LDI Corp. , Cleveland , said 0 it will offer $ 50 million *U* in [ARG1 commercial paper] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by lease-rental receivables] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Krutchensky] approached Ms. Volokh five years ago about * [rel backing] [ARG1 the publication , which *T*-1 started out as a listing guide] .
- -LRB- [ARG1 General obligation bonds] are [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by the city 's overall revenues and credit] . -RRB-
- Mr. Utsumi also said 0 some Japanese banks were willing *-2 to participate in the UAL financing up to the very end , which *T*-1 would suggest at the very least that [ARG0 they] were n't under orders * to [rel back] [ARG1-DIR out] .
- While the State Department positions itself for the post-Barre period in Somalia , [ARG0 it] should continue *-1 to [rel back] [ARG1 former President Carter 's well-intentioned role] as a mediator between Mr. Mengistu and the Eritrean guerrillas in Ethiopia , while * concomitantly opening up channels of communications with the Tigrean rebels through neighboring Sudan .
- S&P also lowered ratings on [ARG1 unsecured deposits and issues] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by a letter of credit from the bank holding company 's principal unit , Valley National Bank of Arizona] .
- Indeed , in a note to the results , directors said 0 if the `` true worth '' of some of the group 's assets were taken *-1 into account instead of * using book values , [ARG0 the negative net asset] [rel backing] [ARG1 a share] would turn into `` a substantial positive '' one .
- [ARG0 Voters in the same age group] [rel backed] [ARG1 Democrat Florio] [ARGM-ADV 55 % to 29 % *U*] [ARGM-ADV over Republican Courter] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 a clear majority of senators] [rel back] [ARG1 the tax reduction] and that ultimately there would be enough senators 0 *T*-1 to overcome any procedural hurdle 0 the Democratic leadership might erect *T*-2 .
- They have sold [ARG1 issues] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by car loans , boat loans and recreational-vehicle loans] .
- Last year , there was an issue of `` death-backed bonds '' -- [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by loans to life-insurance policyholders] .
- Better than all those offers *ICH*-2 0 you get *T*-1 * to buy [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by nothing] .
- Some predict 0 there will be `` [ARG1 Third World bonds] , '' [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by loans to Brazil , Argentina and other debt-ridden nations] .
- And the biggest volume this year has been on [ARG1 securities] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by credit-card receivables , sometimes known * as `` plastic bonds] . ''
- * Consider a $ 500 million *U* offering of [ARG1 9 % securities] issued * last spring and [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by Citibank credit-card receivables] .
- [ARG0 The assets] [rel backing] [ARG1 the securities] come from some of the country 's biggest -- and most secure -- institutions .
- That 's particularly true , analysts say 0 *T*-1 , for certain of the securities , such as [ARG1 those] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by time-share loans] .
- The letter of credit typically is not offered *-1 by the bank selling [ARG0 the assets] 0 *T*-2 to [rel back] [ARG1 the securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 105 ,] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 9 1\/2 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 106 ,] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 9 1\/2 % securities] .
- Tuesday 's rout of a GOP congressional hopeful in [ARG0 a Mississippi district] that *T*-1 has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel backed] [ARG1 a Democratic presidential candidate] [ARGM-TMP since Adlai Stevenson] is another reminder that , at least at the federal level , political `` ticket splitting '' has been on the rise over the past half century .
- [ARGM-DIS True] , [ARG0 Prince Sihanouk] [rel backs] [ARG1 the idea of such a coalition] , [ARGM-TMP at least for this week] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Prince Sihanouk] has [rel backed] [ARG1 all sorts of ideas] [ARGM-TMP over the years] , and done rather better by himself than by Cambodia .
- `` [ARG0 We] [rel backed] [ARG1 this bill] [ARGM-CAU because we thought 0 it would help Skinner] , '' one Republican said *T*-2 , `` and now we 're out there *-1 dangling in the wind . ''
- [ARG1 Amdahl Corp.] , [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by Japan 's Fujitsu Ltd.] , has a growing share of the market with its low-priced , IBM-compatible machines .
- Meanwhile , the company 's board , which *T*-1 had said nothing publicly about investor Donald Trump 's recently withdrawn $ 7.5 billion *U* offer for AMR , issued a statement condemning `` ill-conceived and reckless '' bids and saying 0 it was `` pleased '' that [ARG0 Mr. Trump] had [rel backed] [ARG1-DIR out] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 1989-83 ,] is [rel backed] *-84 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 1989-84 ,] is [rel backed] *-85 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 % securities] .
- In derivative markets , Fannie Mae issued [ARG1 two $ 400 million *U* real estate mortgage investment conduits] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by its 9 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 104 ,] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 9 % securities] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 1989-82 ,] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Fannie Mae 9 1\/2 % securities] and used at-market pricing .
- In the two weeks since [ARG1 the rebellion] , which [ARG0 the U.S.] [ARGM-MNR hesitantly] [rel backed] *T*-1 , Mr. Noriega has been at his most brutal - and efficient - in *-2 maintaining power .
- [ARG0 Ways and Means Chairman Rostenkowski] [rel backed] [ARG1 a simplification plan in the pending House tax bill] , but the plan turns out *-1 to be a big revenue loser .
- Some analysts said 0 they believed 0 Mr. Trump , whose towering ego *T*-2 had been viewed *-1 by some as a reason * to believe 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel back] [ARGM-DIR out] , might come back with a lower bid .
- But several committee members disapproved , [ARG0 some] [rel backing] [ARG1 Mr. Trump 's claim that the threat of regulation caused the failure of the UAL deal and the stock-market plunge] .
- But NAHB support for subsidies is not related *-1 to the current housing crunch ; [ARGM-TMP over the years] [ARG0 the NAHB] has [rel backed] [ARG1 a host of public programs] .
- In a stark lesson in the power of the appropriations committees , the House deliberately killed a handful of [ARG1 projects] [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by lawmakers in Florida , Illinois and Pennsylvania who *T*-1 had voted against the panel leadership on the House floor] .
- The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in the Arcadian Phosphate case did not repudiate the position 0 Pennzoil Co. took *T*-1 in its dispute with Texaco , contrary to your Sept. 8 article `` [ARG0 Court] [rel Backs] [ARG1 Texaco 's View] [ARGM-LOC in Pennzoil Case] -- [ARGM-TMP Too Late] . ''
- Though the argument may have a common-sense ring to it , even the S&L lawyers concede 0 there 's [ARG0 little precedent] 0 *T*-1 to [rel back] [ARG1 their position] .
- [ARG0 IBM] is [rel backing] [ARG1 one type of bus called * microchannel] , [ARGM-ADV while the nine other leading computer makers , including H-P and Compaq Computer Corp. , have chosen another method] .
- That 's because their brokers can require them to sell some shares or put up more cash 0 *T*-2 to enhance [ARG0 the collateral] [rel backing] [ARG1 their loans] .
- Avis Inc. , *-1 following rival Hertz Corp. 's lead , said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel backing] [ARG1-DIR out of frequent-flier programs with three airlines] .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 102 ,] *-1 [rel backed] *-2 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 8 1\/2 % securities] [ARGM-MNR with a weighted average remaining term to maturity of 28.4 years] , was priced *-1 before the market 's afternoon surge .
- [ARG1 The offering , Series 101 ,] is [rel backed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac 9 1\/2 % securities] .
- [ARG0 Many banks] refused *-1 to [rel back] [ARG1 the $ 6.79 billion *U* transaction] , but bankers said 0 it was not from any unwillingness * to finance takeovers .
- That became clear last week with the disclosure that [ARG1 National Broadcasting Co.] , [rel backed] * by [ARG0-by the deep pockets of parent General Electric Co.] , had tried *-1 to help *-2 fund Qintex Australia Ltd. 's now-scuttled $ 1.5 billion *U* bid for MGM\/UA Communications Co .