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frames- [ARG0 France] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel boast] [ARG1 the lion 's share of high-priced bottles] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Wathen , who *T*-23 says 0 Pinkerton 's had a loss of nearly $ 8 million *U* in 1987 under American Brands ,] [rel boasts] [ARG1 that he 's made Pinkerton 's profitable again] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Weighing 6.7 pounds with battery] , [ARG0 the notebook] measures 8.2 by 11.7 inches , has a 20-megabyte hard disk drive and [rel boasts] [ARG1 a backlit screen that *T*-1 is 22 % larger than Compaq 's] .
- [ARGM-TMP Recently] [ARG0 Saudi Arabia and Venezuela , traditional heavy-crude producers ,] have [rel boasted] of [ARG1-of new finds of light , low-sulfur oil by their national oil companies] .
- [ARGM-ADV * Stretching his arms in his silky white shirt and squeaking his black shoes] , [ARG0 he] lectures a visitor about the way 0 * to sell American real estate *T*-1 and [rel boasts] about [ARG1-about his friendship with Margaret Thatcher 's son] .
- [ARG0 Ford] , which *T*-1 has [ARGM-TMP long] [rel boasted] of [ARG1-of its ability * to weather a downturn] , saw earnings take a beating .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] [ARG0 she] [rel boasted] to [ARG2-to HG magazine] : `` [ARG1 I 'd never looked at a garden in my life] . ''
- But [ARG0 the plane] [rel boasts] [ARG1 a strong core of support in the House , where members are intent on *-2 saving Grumman jobs and are worried about potential shortages of carrier-based aircraft by the late 1990s *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 The Ministry of Construction] spreads concrete throughout the country and [rel boasts] [ARGM-LOC in international conferences] [ARG1 that Japan 's paved roadway per capita is the longest in the world] , but they seldom think of the poor commuters who *T*-1 spend so much time sitting in traffic .
- And [ARG0 Oranjemund] [rel boasts] [ARG1 attractions besides diamonds] .
- `` [ARG1 We found a market niche] , '' [ARG0 Mr. Mills] [rel boasts] *T*-1 .
- `` There are [ARG0 very few companies] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD can] [rel boast] of [ARG1-of such a close-knit group] , '' says *T*-3 Robert A. Brawer , 52 years old , recently named * president , * succeeding Beatrice Coleman , his mother-in-law , who *T*-2 remains chairman .
- Regrettably , too , Mr. Ortiz resorts to the familiar `` numbers game '' [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 he] [rel boasts] [ARG1 that `` fewer than 392 -LCB- state enterprises -RCB- *ICH*-2 currently remain in the public sector , '' down from the `` 1,155 public entities that *T*-1 existed in 1982] *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-LOC At a back-yard barbecue] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 a friend] [rel boasts] [ARG1 that she 'll only have *-1 to pay premiums on her John Hancock policy for seven years and that her death benefits will then be `` guaranteed *-2] . ''
- One San Francisco neighborhood likely * to test Mr. Rosen 's theory soon is [ARG0 the city 's fashionable Marina district] , which *T*-1 [rel boasts] [ARG1 some of the highest home prices in the state] .
- [ARG1 With nearly 4,000 machines in use , there have been no salmonella problems as long as instructions were followed *-1] , [ARG0 Mr. Maynard] [rel boasts] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Some weeks] [ARGM-TMP when her supermarket runs a double-coupon promotion *T*-1] , [ARG0 she] [rel boasts] [ARG1 that she shaves $ 22 *U* off her bill] .
- `` I thought -LCB- the drawing -RCB- a cross between someone 0 you 'd spot *-3 whipping open his trench coat ... or [ARG0 a guy] who *T*-1 [rel boasted] [ARG1 0 he 'd been Charles Manson 's roommate for the last 19 years] , '' he said *T*-4 .
- [ARG0 Mr. Paul] [rel boasts] [ARG1 that he spotted bargains in old masters just before they took an upward turn] .
- [ARGM-ADV While there are some popular action and drama series] , [ARG0 few] [rel boast] [ARG1 the high culture and classy production values 0 one might expect *T*-1] .