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• [_ARG1 The government 's construction spending figures] [_rel contrast] with [_ARG2-with a report issued * earlier in the week by McGraw-Hill Inc. 's F.W. Dodge Group] .
• [_ARG1 The agreement on Poland] [_rel contrasts] with [_ARG2-with the major differences remaining over the underlying foreign aid bill , which *T*-9 has already provoked veto threats by the White House and is sharply confined under this year 's budget] .
• [_ARG1 The swift passage of the bill , which *T*-1 cleared the Senate and House on simple voice votes last week ,] [_rel contrasts] with [_ARG2-with the problems still facing a more cumbersome $ 66.8 billion *U* measure funding housing , environmental , space and veterans programs] .
• In his Rolling Stone interview in 1980 , [_ARG0 Mr. Bush] volunteered his abortion-rights remarks *-1 to [_rel contrast] [_ARG1-REC himself] with [_ARG2-with his rival , Ronald Reagan] .
• [_ARG1 Its loss of $ 77.7 million *U* , or $ 1.86 *U* a share ,] [_rel contrasted] with [_ARG2-with net of $ 68.5 million *U* , or $ 1.58 *U* a share , in the 1988 third quarter] .
• And his relative youth could help him project [_ARG1 a more vibrant image] , [_rel contrasting] with [_ARG2-with the perception of Mr. Honecker as an out-of-touch old man] .
• [_ARG1 That] [_rel contrasts] with [_ARG2-with the penny-ante sales of things such as pen-and-pencil sets and office supplies that *T*-2 are known *-1 as `` Hollywood '' scams] .
• Final approval came on a simple voice vote in the Senate , and [_ARG1 the swift passage] [_rel contrasted] with [_ARG2-with months of negotiations over the underlying bill which *T*-2 is laced with special-interest provisions for both members and the executive branch] .
• [_ARG1 This] [_rel contrasts] with [_ARG2-with the year-ago quarter , when the company had net income of $ 11.7 million *U* , or 45 cents a share , on revenue of $ 75.7 million *U* *T*-1] .
• [_ARG1 Mr. Gurria 's optimism] [_rel contrasts] with [_ARG2-with some bankers ' views that the deal may require a lot of arm twisting by the U.S. Treasury in order *-1 to succeed] .
• [_ARG1 The strong performance] , [_ARGM-DIS however] , [_rel contrasted] with [_ARG2-with an unexpectedly large increase in the size of NCNB 's problem loans] , [_ARGM-LOC particularly in the Southeast] .
• [_ARG1 The poor performance] [_rel contrasts] with [_ARG2-with a robust selling rate of almost eight million last month] .