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frames- Commodity prices have been rising in recent years , with the farm price index hitting record peaks earlier this year , as [ARG0 the government] [rel curtailed] [ARG1 production] [ARGM-MNR with land-idling programs] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to reduce price-depressing surpluses] .
- Thomas Oxnard , sugar analyst for PaineWebber in Hackensack , N.J. , said : `` I am highly skeptical that [ARG0 Brazil] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel curtail] [ARG1 sugar exports] , [ARGM-ADV particularly with the price of sugar at over 14 cents a pound] . ''
- Uncertainty about the prospects for further action [ARG0 *] to [rel curtail] [ARG1 stock-index arbitrage , a form of program trading blamed * for recent volatility in the market ,] also contributed to its lack of direction , Mr. Puccio said 0 *T*-1 .
- Traders and analysts alike said 0 the market 's surge also reflected an easing of concerns about volatility because of moves *ICH*-1 by [ARG0 a number of brokerage firms] * to [rel curtail] or cease [ARG1 stock-index arbitrage] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the wake of the Exxon Valdez spill in March] , [ARG0 new governmental drilling bans] are [ARGM-MNR sharply] [rel curtailing] [ARG1 exploration in promising locations offshore and in Alaska] .
- The report , * released *-1 yesterday , comes as Congress is considering a number of special tax breaks only three years after [ARG0 the sweeping tax-revision legislation] abolished or [rel curtailed] [ARG1 many loopholes] .
- Stockbrokers who *T*-1 cater to individual investors said 0 the Big Board 's new product confirms 0 [ARG0 the exchange] does n't want *-2 to [rel curtail] [ARG1 program trading , which *T*-3 last month accounted for a record 13.8 % of the exchange 's average daily volume] .
- In one of the most sweeping environmental regulatory efforts to date -- involving products with an annual value of $ 135 billion *U* in the U.S. alone -- [ARG0 the signatories] agreed *-1 to [rel curtail] [ARGM-MNR sharply] [ARG1 the use of chlorofluorocarbons -LRB- CFCs -RRB-] .
- Most of the department 's statements since the Northwest transaction indicated 0 [ARG0 it] planned *-1 to [rel curtail] [ARG1 foreign ownership stakes in U.S. carriers] .
- Two of the major ways that [ARG0 tax-writers] managed *-3 to attain these ends *T*-2 were * to scrap the preferential treatment of capital gains and to [rel curtail] [ARG1 the use of paper losses , also known * as passive losses , that *T*-1 made many tax shelters possible] .
- In recent contract negotiations with Pemex management , Mr. Guzman Cabrera accepted [ARG0 major concessions] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MNR greatly] [rel curtail] [ARG1 the union 's role in subcontracting , long a source of millions of dollars in illicit earnings] .
- [ARGM-DIS As you mentioned] , [ARG1 subsidies for development on a number of barrier islands] were [rel curtailed] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in 1982] by [ARG0-by the Coastal Barrier Resource System] .
- Wall Street is seething over [ARG0 the rules] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel curtail] [ARG1 the tax deductibility of debt used * in most LBOs] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG1 activity at a number of San Francisco-based brokerage houses] was [rel curtailed] *-1 [ARGM-CAU as a result of the earthquake , which *T*-2 knocked out power lines and telephone service throughout the Bay area] .
- BankAmerica eased 1\/2 to 31 7\/8 and Wells Fargo lost 1\/2 to 81 1\/2 ; [ARG0 the two bank holding companies , based * in San Francisco ,] were forced *-1 to [rel curtail] [ARG1 some operations] due to the temblor .
- Crude prices spurted upward in brisk trading on the assumption that heavy earthquake damage occurred to San Francisco area refinery complexes , but the rise quickly fizzled when it *EXP*-1 became apparent that [ARG1 oil operations] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-MNR severely] [rel curtailed] *-2 *T*-3 .
- But their use has been linked *-1 to a potentially dangerous depletion of the Earth 's ozone layer , and [ARG0 a number of companies] are seeking *-2 to [rel curtail] [ARG1 use , or at least emission , of the substance] .
- Associates say 0 he takes some defeats *ICH*-1 more personally than his colleagues , especially attempts [ARG0 *] to [rel curtail] [ARG1 the right to abortion first recognized * in his 1973 opinion , Roe vs. Wade] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG1 research projects] are [rel curtailed] *-1 [ARGM-CAU due to government funding cuts] *T*-4 , are we `` caught *-3 with our grants down '' ?