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frames- [ARG0 New England Electric System] [rel bowed] out of [ARG1-of the bidding for Public Service Co. of New Hampshire] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 saying that the risks were too high *RNR*-4 and the potential payoff too far in the future *RNR*-4 * to justify a higher offer] .
- Although [ARG0 some of the Japanese banks involved in the first proposed bid for UAL] [rel bowed] out [ARGM-CAU because they found the terms unattractive] , observers here say 0 they have a hard time *-1 believing that commercial considerations were the only reason .
- `` What *T*-1 happened with United was a gracious way for [ARG0 him] to [rel bow] out . ''