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frames- He also unfortunately illustrated this intricate , jazzy tapestry with Mr. Pearson 's images , this time of geometric or repeating objects , in [ARG0 a kitschy mirroring] of the musical structure that *T*-22 was [ARGM-MNR thoroughly] [rel distracting] from [ARG2-from Mr. Reich 's piece and Mr. Stoltzman 's elegant execution of it] .
- `` [ARG0 It] 's [rel distracting] [ARG1 attention] from [ARG2-from serious issues , like how * to make DEA , FBI and Customs work together '' on drug enforcement *T*-1] .
- Only a decade or so ago , casino managers balked at in-room TV sets and [ARG0 other fripperies] that *T*-1 [rel distracted] from [ARG2-from gambling] .
- [ARG1 D.T.] also has a prodigious and flawless memory , is utterly fearless , and [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] be [rel distracted] *-1 by [ARG0-by the sexy nude sculptures spread * around the playing hall , in the New York Academy of Art] .
- Troubled chains could see their sales drop as much as 8 % , he believes 0 *T*-1 , as [ARG1 managers] [rel distracted] * by [ARG0-by fears about the future] allow their stores to get sloppy .
- He said 0 he `` did n't argue with '' the company 's decision * to seek his resignation because [ARG0 *-3 contemplating outside business ventures] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel distract] [ARG1 an executive] from [ARG2-from *-4 performing his best `` at the job 0 he is paid *-2 to do *T*-1] . ''
- [ARG1 One longtime champion of these programs in Congress , Republican whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia ,] is [rel distracted] *-1 by [ARG0-by questions about his ethics] , conservatives note 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS Of course] , Washington had n't been silent in the days leading up to the debacle , and its tendency * to meddle in the leverage equation remains a troublesome prospect , but [ARG0 those preliminary steps] [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel distract] [ARG1 us] from [ARG2-from the basic market fundamentalism that *T*-1 was at work on Friday] .
- `` It 's the [ARGM-EXT most] [rel distracting] [ARG0 thing] [ARGM-LOC in my life] -- I ca n't even attend to my business . ''