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frames- [ARGM-TMP When two parties engage in an interest-rate swap *T*-1] , [ARG0 they] are [rel betting] [ARGM-MNR against each other] on [ARG2-on future rates] .
- That indicates 0 [ARG0 speculators] are [rel betting] [ARG2 0 a higher offer is in the wings] .
- It 's as if [ARG0 investors] , [ARGM-TMP the past few days] , are [rel betting] [ARG2 that something is going *-1 to go wrong -- even if they do n't know what] .
- [ARGM-TMP Two years ago] , [ARG0 a Canadian reader] [rel bet] [ARG3 Omni Magazine] [ARG1 $ 1,000 *U*] [ARG2 that it could n't debunk the uncanny goings-on in `` the Oregon Vortex , '' a former Indian burial ground in southern Oregon] .
- That would be a huge problem if it were *-3 to continue , because [ARG0 Unisys] is [rel betting] [ARG1 its business] on [ARG2-on the assumption that customers want *-4 to move away from *-5 using operating systems that *T*-1 run on only one manufacturer 's equipment and toward systems -- mainly Unix -- that *T*-2 work on almost anyone 's machines] .
- The wounds from the 1987 crash have n't yet healed , and not all claims against the exchange clearinghouse -- by [ARG0 those] who *T*-2 [rel bet] [ARG2 0 the Hang Seng index would fall] -- have been settled *-1 .
- [ARG0 Speculative investors] , *-1 [rel betting] on [ARG2-on an imminent clash between Ford and GM] , pushed up Jaguar 's share price five pence -LRB- eight U.S. cents -RRB- to a near-record 720 pence -LRB- $ 11.60 *U* -RRB- in late trading on London 's stock exchange yesterday .
- Christopher Castleman , LIT chief executive , said in an interview that the loss stemmed from the default of [ARG0 three options traders] who *T*-1 had [rel bet] on [ARG2-on a price rise in UAL Corp. shares before Oct. 13] .
- Japan 's marathon economy , growing at 4.3 % this year , is now in its 35th month of expansion , and [ARG0 some economists] are [rel betting] [ARG2 that the boom will outlast the record 57-month expansion in the late 1960s] .
- REPORTS OF PAYMENTS to independent contractors for services must be filed *-1 by businesses , but [ARG0 *] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel bet] [ARG2 that contractors ' unreported income will be detected *-2 that way] .
- The coincidence might lead to the conclusion that [ARG0 short-sellers] [rel bet] [ARGM-MNR heavily] [ARGM-TMP on that day] [ARG2 that OTC stocks would decline further] .
- [ARG0 Breeders] are [rel betting] on [ARG2-on the common folk] .
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG0 anyone buying the stock now] is [rel betting] on [ARG2-on some special transaction such as a recapitalization or takeover] , and must do so * using some guesswork about the likelihood of such an event .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 buyers] are [ARGM-ADV essentially] [rel betting] on [ARG2-on a start-up investment fund with no track record] -- and some have been encouraged *-1 to borrow *-2 to do so .
- [ARG0 Traders who *T*-1 sell short] borrow stock and sell it , *-2 [rel betting] [ARG2 that the stock 's price will decline and that they can buy the shares back later at a lower price for return to the lender] .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD 'll] [rel bet] [ARG2 0 you thought that the stock market crashed two years ago] .
- The commercial , created * by Bateman , Bryan & Galles Inc. , of Dallas , adds derisively : `` [ARG0 I] [rel bet] [ARG2 0 it *EXP*-1 takes a real tough truck * to haul your Ivy League buddies to the yacht club] . ''
- `` [ARG2-on One thing] 0 [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel bet] on *T*-1 , '' he says *T*-2 , `` is that Congress will do stupid things with the Tax Code . ''
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 investors] are [rel betting] [ARG2 that the financial and psychological impact of the earthquake , *-2 coming so soon after the hurricane , will help *-2 stem more than two years of intense price-cutting wars among business insurers] .
- The rally spread into [ARGM-LOC European markets] , where [ARG0 traders] were [ARGM-TMP still] [rel betting] [ARG2 that the earthquake disrupted the San Francisco area 's large oil refining plants] *T*-1 .
- And Eugene Glazer , an analyst at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. , said : `` If you hired an attorney 0 *T*-1 to be there all the time and give you a -LRB- prediction -RRB- of the eventual award , [ARG0 I] would be willing *-2 to [rel bet] [ARG2 that he would be off '' by a lot] .
- [ARG0 Some takeover stock traders] had been [rel betting] against [ARG2-against Mr. Trump] [ARGM-CAU because he has a record of * disclosing stakes in companies that *T*-1 are potential takeover targets , then * selling at a profit without * making a bid] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Calculating that excess polyethylene would soon be sloshing around the world] , [ARG0 other buyers] [ARGM-TMP then] [rel bet] [ARG2 that prices had peaked] and so began *-1 to draw down inventories rather than order new product .
- [ARGM-TMP On a recent Saturday night] , [ARGM-LOC in the midst of West Germany 's most popular prime-time show] , [ARG0 a contestant] [rel bet] [ARG3 the host] [ARG2 that she could name any of 100 different cheeses after just one nibble , while *-2 blindfolded *-1] .
- `` [ARGM-DIS Oh] , [ARG0 I] [rel bet] [ARG2 0 it 'll be up 50 points on Monday] , '' said *T*-1 Lucy Crump , a 78-year-old retired housewife in Lexington , Ky .