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Boeing Co. said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 plans *ICH*-1] with [_ARG2-with three of its regular Japanese suppliers] * to possibly help *-2 build a larger version of its popular 767 twin-jet .
[_ARG0 The economic and foreign ministers of 12 Asian and Pacific nations] will meet in Australia next week *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 global trade issues as well as regional matters such as transportation and telecommunications] .
Mr. Ross said 0 [_ARG0 he] met with officials of the IRS and the Justice Department , which *T*-133 would bring any enforcement actions against taxpayers , *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the issue] last May .
[_ARG0 The judge] declined *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 his salary] [_ARGM-MNR in detail] , but said : `` I 'm going *-2 to be a high-priced lawyer . ''
At another point during the hearing , Rep. Markey asked Mr. Phelan [_ARG1 what] *T*-1 [_ARGM-MOD would] be [_rel discussed] *-133 [_ARGM-LOC at a New York exchange board meeting] [_ARGM-TMP today] .
[_ARG0 He] declined *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 other terms of the issue] .
Campbell officials said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. McGovern] was n't available *ICH*-2 yesterday *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the circumstances of his departure] .
[_ARGM-TMP By 1987] , [_ARG0 then-Speaker Jim Wright] was [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 arms control] [_ARGM-LOC in Moscow] with [_ARG2-with Mikhail Gorbachev] and then attempting *-1 to direct the president , through an appropriations rider , *-2 to treat the Soviets as though the Senate had ratified SALT II .
As [_ARG0 *] [_rel discussed] [_ARGM-ADV in the context of * controlling federal spending] , the line-item veto is characterized *-59 as a way 0 for the president to excise perfectly constitutional provisions in a spending bill that *T*-2 are objectionable merely because they conflict with his policy objectives *T*-1 .
[_ARG0 The framers] [_ARGM-ADV hardly] [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 the appropriations clause] [_ARGM-LOC at the Constitutional Convention of 1787] , [_ARGM-ADV according to Madison 's notes] .
The location was disclosed *-4 as the U.S. began *-1 planning [_ARG1 the issues] 0 *T*-2 to be [_rel discussed] *-5 [_ARGM-LOC at the Dec. 2-3 tete-a-tete] .
Coca-Cola Co. , *-1 aiming *-2 to boost soft-drink volume in Singapore , said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a joint venture] with [_ARG2-with Fraser & Neave Ltd. , its bottling franchisee in that country] .
Many in the Bay Area 's pastry community express disbelief that Ms. Shere kept only one copy of such valuable notes , but she has received moral support from Baker 's Dozen , [_ARG0 a group] of California pastry chefs that *T*-145 meets regularly *-3 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 issues like how * to keep meringues from weeping *T*-1 and how bovine eating habits affect butter texture *T*-2] .
[_ARG0 The company] has declined requests * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the changes] , but Mr. Weekes has said that Mr. Hollander wanted *-1 to have his own team .
The judge says 0 [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-MOD ca] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARGM-MNR in detail] [_ARG1 how he will defend himself at his trial *T*-1] , although he contends that if he were as corrupt as state prosecutors believe *?* , he would be far wealthier than he is *?* .
[_ARG0 The two sides] are [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 certain business ventures involving cable rights to Columbia 's movies] .
Israeli officials confirmed that [_ARG0 Energy Minister Moshe Shahal and his Canadian counterpart , Jake Epp ,] [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 a possible Israeli purchase of a $ 1.1 billion *U* Canadian nuclear reactor for * producing electricity] .
[_ARG0 Manville and the trust] are [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the offer] , but no decision has been made *-196 .
[_ARG0 Mr. Azoff] resigned as head of MCA Records , a unit of MCA Inc. , in September , and *-1 had been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a joint venture] with [_ARG2-with both Warner and MCA] .
That meeting sent shivers through the Western alliance because [_ARG0 Mr. Reagan] was pulled *-230 into * [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the possible elimination of nuclear weapons] [_ARGM-ADV without *-1 consulting American allies] .
Instead , he said that the purpose is simply for [_ARG0 the two] to get `` better acquainted '' and [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 a wide range of issues] [_ARGM-ADV without a formal agenda] .
*-2 Asked *-3 about [_ARG1 the possibility] of greater economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific nations , which *T*-1 [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel discussed] *-247 [_ARGM-TMP Nov. 6 and 7] [_ARGM-LOC at a ministerial meeting in Canberra] , Mr. Lee said 0 the goal `` is * to have a free and open world trading system . ''
[_ARG0 The 66-year-old Mr. Lee] recently spent an hour *-1 [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the state of Asia and the world] with [_ARG2-with two Journal reporters] [_ARGM-LOC in his plainly furnished , wood-paneled office] .
The president said that [_ARG0 he and the Kremlin leader] would meet Dec. 2-3 aboard U.S. and Soviet naval vessels in the Mediterranean *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 a wide range of issues] [_ARGM-MNR without a formal agenda] .
[_ARG0 The two leaders] are expected *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 changes sweeping the East bloc as well as human-rights issues , regional disputes and economic cooperation] .
Warner and Mr. Azoff declined comment , as did [_ARGM-LOC MCA] , where [_ARG0 Mr. Azoff] had [_ARGM-DIS also] been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 such a venture] *T*-1 *?* .
[_ARG0 Shearson , Goldman , Sachs & Co. , Morgan Stanley & Co. and Salomon Inc.] are [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 formation of a group 0 *T*-1 to sell securities-price data] .
[_ARGM-ADV If these conditions are met *-1] , he said 0 *T*-2 , [_ARG0 the ANC] would be prepared *-3 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 *-4 suspending its guerrilla activities] .
While [_ARG0 Southern Co.] has been reluctant *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the grand jury investigations] , Edward L. Addison , chief executive officer , has said 0 the company is prepared *-3 to defend its tax and acccounting practices if any charges are brought *-1 against it .
The federation , with 5.8 million members nationwide , has been one of the sharpest critics of Exxon 's handling of the 11 million gallon tanker spill and has accused [_ARG0 the company] of *-1 repeatedly ignoring requests * to meet and [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 it] .
[_ARG0 The executive producer of `` Saturday Night With Connie Chung , '' Andrew Lack ,] declines *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 re-creactions as a practice or his show , in particular] .
[_ARG0 Newport officials] did n't respond Friday to requests * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the changes at the company] but earlier , Mr. Weekes had said 0 Mr. Hollander wanted *-1 to have his own team on the board .
Dr. Solomon Sobel , director of metabolism and endrocrine drug products for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , said 0 [_ARG0 FDA officials] have [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 Dr. Toseland 's findings] `` [_ARGM-MNR fairly intensively] . ''
But [_ARG0 we] still see this as an opportunity * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 many , many very important issues] .
[_ARG1 The document] is *-2 to be [_rel discussed] *-1 [_ARGM-LOC at a conference of leading economists] [_ARGM-TMP late this month] , and will probably be presented *-2 to the Soviet Parliament for consideration this year .
While [_ARG1 many solutions to the nation 's economic troubles] are being [_rel discussed] *-1 , the blueprint is attracting widespread attention here because of its comprehensiveness and presumed high-level authorship .
Colleagues today recall with some humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours *T*-1 as [_ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] would march his staff out of board meetings and into his private office *-2 to [_rel discuss] , [_ARGM-MNR en masse] , [_ARG1 certain controversial proposals] .
On [_ARGM-TMP some occasions] when [_ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] has [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 the issues] [_ARGM-TMP during the campaign] *T*-1 , he has run into a familiar kind of trouble .
[_ARG0 Company officials] say 0 they are studying various proposals [_ARGM-DIS but] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 details] .
Cuba has been suspended *-1 from OAS membership , but [_ARG0 the organization 's members] are [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 Cuba 's reinstatement] .
Ambassador Katz said 0 [_ARG0 the U.S.] was open to * [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 particular problems of developing countries] .
[_ARG0 Fresenius , a West German pharmaceutical concern ,] has been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a transaction in which it would buy Delmed stock for cash *T*-1 *-2 to bring its beneficial ownership to between 70 % and 80 % *U*] .
-LRB- [_ARG0 Ms. Bartlett] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 her garden] [_ARGM-PNC for this article] . -RRB-
[_ARG0 Bally officials] decline *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the situation] .
[_ARG1 Issues] [_rel discussed] * [_ARGM-ADV in this context] were *T*-1 an increase in the minimum wage and an increase in child-care spending .
[_ARG0 The two companies] have been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a transaction under which Fresenius would buy Delmed stock for cash *T*-2 *-3 to bring its beneficial ownership to between 70 % and 80 % *U* of Delmed 's fully diluted common stock] .
The Italian auto maker confirmed that [_ARG0 it] was [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 technical cooperation] with [_ARG2-with Saab] , but declined *-1 to comment on rumors that it was planning *-2 to buy Saab 's car division .
Manville and a spokeswoman for the trust said that [_ARG0 the two] are [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the proposal] but a decision has n't been made *-1 .
Sources said that meetings [_ARG0 *] to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the staff reductions] have been scheduled *-1 for Friday at Mobil offices in New Orleans and Denver .
And in Paris , [_ARG0 Mahmoud Vaezi , Iran 's vice minister of foreign affairs ,] began a five-day visit 0 * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 such matters as compensation to French enterprises for contracts broken * by the Khomeini regime] *T*-1 .
Interest picks up , though , when [_ARG0 Mr. Gould] gets around to * [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the meaning of the Burgess oddities for the theory of evolution] *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [_ARG0 Time] [_ARGM-DIS even] [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 *-2 bringing Tele-Communications in as an investor in HBO] , executives at both companies said 0 *T*-1 .
However , a catalyst like Coniston could seek shareholder support for a sale to a labor-management group at [_ARG1 the last price] [_rel discussed] * by [_ARG0-by that group] before the board meeting Monday .
[_ARG0 Jaguar] has been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 an alliance with GM] , but Ford 's move may derail the talks .
Since then , Jaguar officials have confirmed that [_ARG0 they] are [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 an alliance with GM] and said last week that they hoped *-1 to reach an agreement within a month .
The company said that [_ARG0 it] is [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a management-employee buy-out of the facility] , but that it would stop *-1 mining and selling coal at year end when existing sales contracts expire , regardless of the outcome of those talks .
[_ARG0 Parliament] is expected *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARGM-TMP next month] [_ARG1 whether *-2 to change the law] .
[_ARG0 The broker , Thomas Beairsto of Merrill Lynch 's Morristown , N.J. , office ,] refuses *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the matter] with [_ARG2-with a reporter] , *-1 referring inquiries to Merrill Lynch officials in New York .
Computations involving zero-coupon CDs are more complicated and [_ARG0 you] [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 any questions 0 you may have *T*-1] with [_ARG2-with your financial consultant] . ''
Rather than * just send out marketing people *-1 to knock on customers ' doors , IBM is making [_ARG0 several hundred of its own manufacturing people] available *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 specific needs] .
Neither state has settled , and [_ARG0 officials in the two states] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 their reasons for * not doing so] .
[_ARG0 The group] plans *-1 to meet in a month *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 production strategy for early 1990] .
Mr. Gonzalez expressed concern over a report that [_ARG0 the two] had been summoned *-1 to Washington by Mr. Wall last week * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 their testimony] [_ARGM-TMP in advance] .
[_ARG0 UPS] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 its labor practices] , but , according to Mr. Cleveland , a former UPS employee , and others , union work rules prohibit UPS drivers from *-1 doing more than * carrying packages between customers and their vans .
[_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG0 Ford and Saab] had [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 a possible link between their heavy truck operations] .
The official Xinhua News Agency said 0 [_ARG0 the municipal government] was [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a draft bill 0 *T*-1 to give the capital its first anti-prostitution statutes] .
According to the officials , Mr. Bush even read to the senators selections from [_ARG0 a highly classified letter] from the committee to the White House [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the guidelines] .
[_ARG0 The owners of the defense and aerospace concern , which *T*-1 include three regional states , several industrial companies and banks ,] met Friday *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the final terms of the transaction , in which Daimler-Benz will acquire 50.01 % of *T*-3]
Mr. Andersson insists that [_ARG0 Trelleborg and Noranda] have [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 a Falconbridge break-up] .
[_ARG0 The group] has been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a proposal valued * in a range of $ 225 to $ 240 *U* a share , or $ 5.09 billion to $ 5.42 billion *U*] .
Although [_ARG0 the bidding group] has n't had time 0 * to develop its latest idea fully or to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 it] with [_ARG2-with banks] *T*-2 , it believes 0 bank financing could be obtained *-1 .
In Leipzig , [_ARG0 more than 500 people] met with local party officials *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 internal changes] .
When the IAFP recently assembled [_ARG0 other industry groups] * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 common standards that *T*-3 might be applied *-1 to planners] *T*-4 , Mr. Gargan 's group was excluded *-2 .
Psychologists say 0 [_ARG0 isolated people] who *T*-1 do [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 their investments] with [_ARG2-with others] are particularly at risk for fraud .
For instance , salesmen may counter a man 's objection that [_ARG0 he] wants *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 an investment] with [_ARG2-with his wife] by *-3 asking , `` Who *T*-1 wears the pants in your family ? ''
[_ARG0 *-1] [_rel Discussing] [_ARG1 the recent slide in stock prices] , the central bank governor stated that `` the markets now appear *-2 to have steadied '' after the `` nasty jolt '' of the 190.58-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average a week ago .
[_ARG0 *-1] [_rel Discussing] [_ARG1 future monetary arrangements] , Mr. Lawson repeated the Thatcher government 's commitment * to join the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System , but he did n't indicate when .
`` We lent a lot of money all over the place , '' said *T*-2 [_ARG0 Tan Sri Basir] , who *T*-1 refused *-3 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the bank 's outstanding loans to]
On that film , which *T*-1 is *-2 to start shooting in a few months , `` [_ARG0 they] 've been very much involved , *-3 hiring talent and [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the development of the script] .
[_ARG0 Corporate lobbyist Charls Walker] is planning a spring conference 0 * to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 what tax changes * to make *T*-1 * to improve `` competitiveness] *T*-2 . ''
And [_ARG0 heavy-industry lobbyists] are [_ARGM-MNR quietly] [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the possibility of * reinstating the investment tax credit] .
Nevertheless , the Bush administration agreed to the dubious arrangement in July , a few weeks before [_ARG0 the Central American presidents] met in Tela , Honduras , *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 a timetable for * disbanding the anti-Sandinista rebels] .
[_ARGM-LOC At the 1988 GOP convention] , [_ARG1 abortion] was [_ARGM-ADV barely] [_rel discussed] *-1 [_ARGM-ADV at all] , [_ARGM-ADV though delegates were evenly divided on the question of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment] .
Mary E. Sommer , corporate counsel for Stamford , said 0 [_ARG0 the city] has [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 several possible plans for * displaying the mural , which *T*-1 portrays various scenes from the Great Depression] .
[_ARG0 East Germany 's new leader] met with Lutheran Church officials *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 a growing opposition movement demanding democratic freedoms] .
[_ARG0 Bush] met in Washington with Spain 's Prime Minister Gonzalez and [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 what the president called *T*-1 `` the unique role '' that Madrid can play *T*-2 in * furthering democracy in Eastern Europe and Latin America] .
Mr. Franco , 47 years old , said in a telephone interview that [_ARG0 he] has been considering and [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 a number of possible business ventures] , but that `` nothing is at a mature stage . ''
In contrast to previous estimates reckoning the default rate on junk bonds at 2 % or 3 % , [_ARG1 a Harvard study] published * in April of this year -LRB- and [_rel discussed] * [_ARGM-LOC in a lead story in The Wall Street Journal for Sept. 18] -RRB- found 0 the default rate on these junk bonds is 34 % .
In recent days , traders say 0 USAir has been buying its own shares , as part of a program * to retire about eight million USAir shares , though [_ARG0 the carrier] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 its buy-back program] .
The announcement coincides with the start of the Commonwealth Ministers Conference in [_ARGM-LOC Kuala Lumpur] , where [_ARG1 proposals for renewed sanctions against South Africa , including moves 0 *T*-2 to block settling of a new debt agreement ,] were scheduled *-3 to be [_rel discussed] *-1 *T*-4 .
[_ARG0 Merieux officials] are expected *-1 to meet with federal officials in Ottawa today *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 the decision] .
[_ARGM-TMP Now] [_ARG1 those items] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel discussed] *-1 [_ARGM-LOC in a House-Senate conference , which *T*-2 could begin as soon as today] , [_ARGM-MNR with the expectation that they could either be resolved *-3 there or placed *-3 into other legislation] .
Except *-1 to characterize its offer as `` fair and generous and in the best interests of Mesa shareholders , '' [_ARG0 StatesWest] declined *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 details of its proposal] .
`` [_ARG0 We] 're in the process of * [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 an amended plan] with [_ARG2-with the creditors] and anticipate * filing that amended plan shortly , '' Mr. Lorenzo told reporters *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-ADV *-1 Hearing of this information] , [_ARG0 the husband] [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 it] with [_ARG2-with his broker , Mr. Chestman] , and Mr. Chestman then bought for his own account and other clients .
The purchase comes after nearly three years of on-again off-again talks between TCI and [_ARG0 Viacom] , which *T*-1 has [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 the sale of an interest in Showtime] with other cable operators .
[_ARG0 It] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 a price] .
He thinks 0 Saab-Scania AB on Friday will announce the sale of 50 % of its car division to Ford ; [_ARG0 the companies] have been [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 closer cooperation] [_ARGM-TMP for months] .
Meanwhile , [_ARG0 a number of top sales producers from Integrated Resources Equity] will meet this afternoon in Chicago *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 their options] .
Officials familiar with the talks said 0 [_ARG0 Citicorp] had [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 *-2 lowering the offer to $ 250 *U* a share] , but said 0 that price was a talking point and that no decision has been made *-1 .
[_ARG0 It] declined *-1 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 its plans for * upgrading its current product line] .
The spokesman said 0 [_ARG0 RJR] is [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 its network-buying plans] with [_ARG2-with its two main advertising firms , FCB\/Leber Katz and McCann Erickson] .
A State Department spokesman acknowledged that [_ARG0 the U.S.] is [_rel discussing] [_ARG1 the allegations] with [_ARG2-with the Italian government and Cocom] , but declined *-1 to confirm any details .
A few of the executives here for the fall meeting of the Business Council , [_ARG0 a group] that *T*-1 meets *-2 to [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 national issues] , were only too happy *-3 to personalize their criticism .
General Motors Corp. said 0 [_ARG0 it] had [_rel discussed] [_ARG1 the possibility of a joint venture with Jaguar] [_ARGM-TMP before Ford began *-1 buying shares] .
It is a talk show with [_ARG0 opposition leaders and political experts] who *T*-1 [_rel discuss] [_ARG1 Hungary 's domestic problems as well as foreign affairs] .
At the outset the prime target was [_ARG1 program trading] , which *T*-1 was [_ARGM-ADV much] [_rel discussed] but little understood on Capitol Hill .