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• Stephen G. Jerritts , president and chief executive officer , said 0 [_ARG0 customers] were n't willing *-1 to [_rel commit] to [_ARG2-to an expensive NBI hardware systems] because of the company 's financial troubles .
• The conference approved at least $ 55 million *U* in direct cash and development assistance as well , and [_ARGM-ADV though no decision was made *-4] , [_ARG1 both sides] are [_rel committed] to [_ARG2-to * adding more than $ 200 million *U* in economic support funds and environmental initiatives sought * by the Bush administration] .
• [_ARGM-LOC Merchant banking] , where [_ARG0 firms] [_rel commit] [_ARG1 their own money] *T*-1 , `` is getting riskier , and there 's less of it 0 *T*-2 to go around . ''
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> On the one hand] , [<sub>ARG1</sub> Brazil] started an ethanol program about 15 years ago *-1 to fuel a huge portion of its national fleet of cars and is [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> now] [<sub>rel</sub> committed] to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> this program] .
• Indeed , some individuals identified * with the group said 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> they] have [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] [<sub>rel</sub> committed] [<sub>ARG1</sub> any money] to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> the bid] and were n't aware of it until they heard about it in local news accounts over the weekend .
• `` [_ARG0 Barry] felt [_ARGM-EXT very] [_rel committed] .
• Last Tuesday , Kemper Corp. 's Kemper Financial Services Inc. unit said 0 it would no longer trade with [_ARG1 firms] [_rel committed] * to [_ARG2-to stock-index arbitrage] , including the three that *T*-1 later suspended stock-index arbitrage trading on Friday .
• `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> We] 're [<sub>rel</sub> committed] [<sub>ARG2</sub> *-2 to deliver the customer 's package by a stated time , usually 10:30] , '' notes *T*-3 Glenn Mortimer , a Federal Express courier who *T*-1 led the Natick team .
• Mrs. Thatcher has *-2 to come to terms with European economic integration , beginning with the European Monetary System , which [<sub>ARG1</sub> Britain] is [<sub>rel</sub> committed] *-1 to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> *-4 joining *T*-3 fully someday] .
• Our five-year plan contains three accounting devices -- negative money , an above guidance management reserve and optimistic inflation estimates -- which *T*-1 understate [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> the spending] 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> the Pentagon] has [<sub>rel</sub> committed] [<sub>ARG1-REC</sub> itself] to *T*-2 [<sub>ARGM-EXT</sub> by almost $ 100 billion *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> France 's Socialist government , which *T*-2 currently holds the council 's rotating presidency ,] is [<sub>rel</sub> committed] *-1 to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> * having the charter adopted *-3 by all 12 EC states before the end of 1989 -- the bicentennial of the French revolution and its `` Universal Declaration of Human Rights] .
• No payments would be made *-1 this year , but [_ARGM-TMP * beginning in fiscal 1991] , [_ARG0 the bill] [_rel commits] [_ARG1 the government] to [_ARG2-to annual payments of as much as $ 500 million *U*] [_ARGM-TMP until the total liability of $ 1.25 billion *U* is met *-2] .
• [_ARG0 The banks] [_ARGM-MNR jointly] [_rel committed] [_ARG1 $ 1.2 billion *U* of financing , subject to certain conditions] , McCaw said 0 *T*-1 .
• A budget that *T*-1 reflected the real costs of lending would eliminate incentives * to convert spending or lending programs to guarantees and would let taxpayers know [_ARG2-to what] [_ARG0 Congress] is [_rel committing] [_ARG1 them] to *T*-2 .
• Gorky was [_ARG1 a loyal if occasionally ambivalent proletarian writer] [_rel committed] * to [_ARG2-to * enlightening the masses with plain speaking rooted * in a slightly sour version of Chekhovian humanism] .
• I know many schoolteachers and , [_ARGM-DIS on the whole] , [_ARG1 they] are [_ARGM-MNR seriously] [_rel committed] to [_ARG2-to conscientious teaching] .
• [_ARG0 Morgan Guaranty Trust , Toronto-Dominion Bank and Provident National Bank , an affiliate of PNC Financial Corp. ,] [_ARGM-MNR jointly] [_rel committed] [_ARG1 $ 1.2 billion *U* of financing , subject to certain conditions ,] McCaw said 0 *T*-1 .
• Further , McCaw said 0 the banks expressed confidence that [_ARG1 the balance of the $ 4.5 billion *U* bank facility] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel committed] *-1 [_ARGM-TMP within the next several weeks] by [_ARG0-by a syndicate of foreign and domestic banks] .
• [_ARG0 The pilots] have a strong financing tool in their willingness * to cut their annual compensation by $ 200 million *U* , and to [_rel commit] [_ARG1 $ 200 million *U* from their retirement funds] .
• [_ARG0 I] have [_ARGM-DIS thus] [_rel committed] [_ARG1 sufficient personal outlay] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to ensure that my grounds and lodgings will never be short of greens and flowers] .
• `` This tells you 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> AT&T] is serious about *-2 continuing *-3 to manage their cost structure and is [<sub>rel</sub> committed] *-2 to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> 20%-a-year earnings growth] , '' said *T*-1 Jack Grubman , an analyst with PaineWebber Inc .
• In an interview Wednesday with Dow Jones Professional Investor Report , Mr. Stevens said , `` [_ARG1 We] 're [_ARGM-MNR in no way] [_rel committed] to [_ARG2-to a deal going through at all] .
• But [_ARG0 only 6 % to 7 % *U* of the investors] were [_rel committing] [_ARG1 more than half their funds] to [_ARG2-to either of those alternatives] .
• The measure provides no money for the promised payments until then , but [_ARGM-TMP beginning in fiscal 1991] , [_ARG1 the government] [_ARGM-MOD would] be [_rel committed] to [_ARG2-to *-1 meeting annual payments of as much as $ 500 million *U* until the total liability of approximately $ 1.25 billion *U* is paid *-2] .
• He added 0 [_ARG1 the airline] is [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel committed] *-2 to [_ARG2-to *-2 going forward with any new bid] , and has n't participated in bankers ' efforts * to revive the transaction that *T*-1 collapsed .
• `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> We] 're [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> in no way] [<sub>rel</sub> committed] *-1 to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> a deal going through] [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> at all] .
• `` [_ARGM-TMP Now] , [_ARG0 Philip Morris -LCB- Kraft General Foods ' parent company -RCB-] is [_rel committed] to [_ARG2-to the coffee business] and to increased advertising for Maxwell House , '' says *T*-1 Dick Mayer , president of the General Foods USA division .
• British Airways , a member of the group that *T*-1 had offered $ 300 *U* a share for UAL in a leveraged buy-out , said 0 it had yet *-2 to receive a revised proposal and [_ARG1 it] was `` [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> in no way] [<sub>rel</sub> committed] *-3 '' to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> the completion of a bid] .
• The British carrier also confirmed 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> it] is [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] [<sub>rel</sub> committed] to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> * going forward with any new bid] .
• `` [_ARG1 We] 're [_ARGM-MNR extremely] [_rel committed] *-2 to [_ARG2-to optical storage technology] '' he said *T*-1 .
• These costs will complicate the budget picture in fiscal 1991 , and [_ARG0 the measure] [_ARGM-ADV further] [_rel commits] [_ARG1 Congress] to [_ARG2-to a set of costly projects , including the first construction funds for the space station] .
• [_ARGM-ADV Even] if [_ARG0 not all these forces] are [_rel committed] to [_ARG2-to the regime] , they are now dependent on it .
• `` The institutions have driven -LRB- commission -RRB- rates down to the point where it *EXP*-1 makes no sense [<sub>ARG0</sub> *] to [<sub>rel</sub> commit] [<sub>ARG1</sub> capital] *T*-2 , '' says *T*-3 Tom Gallagher , senior executive vice president in charge of institutional trading at Oppenheimer & Co .
• Yesterday , Goldman Sachs , Merrill Lynch and Dean Witter all increased the proportion of [<sub>ARG1</sub> assets] 0 they recommend 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> investors] [<sub>rel</sub> commit] *T*-1 to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> stocks] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Citibank and Chase] had agreed *-1 to [<sub>rel</sub> commit] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 3 billion *U*] , and said 0 they were `` highly confident '' of * raising another $ 4.2 billion *U* .
• Diplomatic sources said 0 Mr. Kohl may now agree *-3 to set a date for the conference *-3 to make it *EXP*-1 clear that [_ARG1 West Germany] is [_ARGM-TMP still] [_rel committed] *-2 to [_ARG2-to EC unity] .
• Britain , France and Italy announced technical reasons for withdrawing , but some officials pointed to growing reluctance *ICH*-1 among [_ARG0 the allies] * to [_rel commit] [_ARG1-REC themselves] to [_ARG2-to big defense spending] [_ARGM-TMP while East-West disarmament talks show signs of success] .
• Over the weeked , however , two developments in other deals indicated that [_ARG0 commerical banks and Wall Street firms] still are willing *-1 to [_rel commit] [_ARG1 billions of dollars] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to finance takeover bids launched * by major companies] .