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`` [_ARG1 I] was [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_ARGM-TMP ever] [_ARGM-MNR actively] [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in any securities activities] , '' said *T*-2 Mr. Cutrer .
The court hearing began in early October at the request of Anthony Hazell , district auditor for Hammersmith , who *T*-63 argued that [_ARG0 local councils] are n't vested with constitutional authority * to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in such capital-markets activities] .
Although the Hammersmith and Fulham council was by far [_ARG0 the most active local authority] [_rel engaging] in [_ARG2-in such capital-markets transactions] , the court decision could set a precedent for similar transactions by 77 other local councils .
[_ARG0 The council] , which *T*-61 is alleged *-1 to have [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in over 600 deals valued * at over # 6 billion *U* -LRB- $ 9.5 billion *U* -RRB-] , lost millions of pounds from soured swap deals .
[_ARGM-TMP When] [_ARG0 two parties] [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in an interest-rate swap] *T*-1 , they are betting against each other on future rates .
[_ARGM-LOC In China] , [_ARG1 a great number of workers] are [_rel engaged] *-18 in [_ARG2-in *-2 pulling out the male organs of rice plants *-3 using tweezers] , and one-third of rice produced * in that country is grown *-19 from hybrid seeds .
It unfortunately encourages [_ARG0 others] to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in a highly dangerous and illegal activity that only a very few are doing *T*-1 now] .
THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS said 0 it will seek a rehearing of a U.S. appellate court ruling against the union 's claim that [_ARG0 the state of Michigan] [_rel engages] in [_ARG2-in wage-discrimination against female employees] .
Some traders point out that as the big brokerage firms back out of program trading for their own accounts or for clients , opportunities *ICH*-1 increase for [_ARG0 others] to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in the controversial practice] .
The exchange also may step up its disclosure of [_ARG1 firms] [_rel engaged] * in [_ARG2-in program trading] , these people said 0 *T*-1 .
After another session 0 Mr. Phelan held *T*-1 yesterday with major brokerage firms such as Morgan Stanley & Co. , Goldman , Sachs & Co. , PaineWebber Group Inc. and First Boston -- [_ARG0 all of which] *T*-142 have [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in program trading] -- an executive of a top brokerage firm said , `` Clearly , the firms want the exchange to take leadership . ''
In a civil suit commenced in state Supreme Court in New York , the agency alleged that [_ARG0 the consumer-electronics and appliance discount-retailing chain] [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in deceptive advertising] [_ARGM-MNR by *-2 claiming *-1 to have `` lowered every price on every item '' as part of an advertising campaign that *T*-165 began June 1] .
On the other hand , so long as Mr. Gorbachev is easing his grip on his empire , everyone 0 we 've heard *T*-1 agrees that [_ARG0 the U.S.] can benefit by *-2 [_rel engaging] [_ARG1 him] .
The appeals court said 0 the defense is valid only if [_ARG0 federal officials] did more than * rubber stamp a company 's design or plans and [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in a `` substantive review and evaluation '' on a par with a policy decision] .
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Founders Asset Management Inc. also cut off [_ARG0 brokerage firms] that *T*-1 [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in program trading] .
*-2 Echoing a phrase from Mr. de Klerk , Mr. Sisulu said , `` * Let [_ARG0 all of us who *T*-1 love this country] [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in the task of *-3 building a new South Africa] .
[_ARG1 The government and the ANC , the bitterest of enemies ,] are [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in an elaborate mating dance designed * *-2 to entice each other to the negotiating table] .
The Merc received considerable criticism in 1987 when it was discovered that [_ARG1 its compliance director , Kevin P. Conway , who *T*-4 then was responsible for * policing the exchange 's busy oil and metal pits ,] `` was [_rel engaged] *-3 in [_ARG2-in other personal business activities *ICH*-1] [_ARGM-ADV on Exchange time] , '' including out-of-state trips , [_ARGM-DIS according to a New York Merc report prepared * last year] *T*-6 .
[_ARG1 The three business areas] [_rel engaged] * in [_ARG2-in rolling bearing operations] continued *-1 to show favorable sales development .
In that suit , the SEC accused [_ARG0 Mr. Antar] of * [_rel engaging] in [_ARG2-in a `` massive financial fraud ''] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to overstate the earnings of Crazy Eddie , Edison , N.J. , over a three-year period] .
Norwood has made `` no detailed plans , '' but [_ARG0 it] has [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in talks with other shareholders] , the filing said 0 *T*-1 .
There is likely *-1 to be a natural division of labor , says 0 *T*-2 Francois Heisbourg , director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London , with [_ARG1 the U.S.] [_ARGM-MNR more] [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in strategic issues with the Soviet Union] , and Western Europe more involved with specific aid measures for the East .
Earlier this week , Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze confessed that [_ARG0 the U.S.S.R.] ignored universal human values by *-1 invading Afghanistan and , * to put it bluntly , `` [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in a violation of the ABM Treaty] '' [_ARGM-MNR by *-1 building its radar station at Krasnoyarsk] .
Finally , the case of Dr. Morgan gave [_ARG0 Congress] an opportunity * to act with unaccustomed decisiveness and to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in one of its favorite pastimes -- * bashing the District of Columbia government] .
[_ARG0 Anheuser , the world 's largest brewer and U.S. market leader ,] has historically been reluctant *-1 to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in price-cutting as a means of * boosting sales volume] .
[_ARG1 The group] [_ARGM-DIS also] is [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in talks with third parties regarding * obtaining financing 0 * to buy more shares *T*-3] , but no agreements have yet been reached *-2 , the filing said 0 *T*-4 .
In its suit , the attorney general 's office alleges that brokers encouraged [_ARG0 members of the treasurer 's office] to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in high-volume , high-risk transactions that *T*-1 benefited the brokers] .
And `` Summerfolk , '' *-1 penned * in 1904 as a kind of sequel to Chekhov 's `` Cherry Orchard , '' is a lawn party of [_ARG1 Russian yuppies] [_rel engaged] * in [_ARG2-in an exhausting ideological fight to the finish between the allrightniks and the reformers] .
But the government now claims that [_ARG0 a group of company managers and lawyers] [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in an elaborate strategy *ICH*-1] [_ARGM-TMP over five years] [_ARGM-PNC * to obscure from federal authorities the extent and details of `` widespread '' fraudulent billing practices] .
The Justice Department alleges that [_ARG0 the company] `` [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in various forms of misrepresentation] '' [_ARGM-ADV with the goal of *-1 reducing the appraised value of employees ' homes] .
And [_ARG1 the Poles] are [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in commerce] . ''
It is nice for teachers to think 0 [_ARG1 they] are [_rel engaged] *-1 in `` [_ARG2-in personality development] '' and even nicer * to minimize those irksome tests with often disappointing results .
Hitachi charges 0 [_ARG0 Motorola] `` has [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in fraudulent and inequitable conduct] [_ARGM-ADV in the procurement of certain Motorola patents '' used * in Motorola 's MC68030 microprocessor chip] .
[_ARGM-DIS And] [_ARG1 only a handful of small U.S. companies] are [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in high-definition software development] .
* Beheading small children , stabbing elderly people to death , raping and shooting women , and burying people alive are just a few of [_ARG2-in the grisly activities] that [_ARG1 the Somali armed forces] have been [_rel engaged] *-2 in *T*-3 [_ARGM-TMP over the past two years] .
Royal Business Group Inc. said 0 it filed suit in federal court here *-1 charging [_ARG0 Realist Inc. and its directors] with *-2 violating federal securities laws `` by *-3 [_rel engaging] in [_ARG2-in a scheme * to prevent '' Royal from *-4 acquiring Realist] .
It 's a downbeat , `` thirtysomething '' world , in which [_ARG1 bright , still youngish people] are [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in a glossy version of day labor] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 doing free-lance , semi-professional work that *T*-2 brings little satisfaction or security but that they know 0 they should be grateful *-5 to do *T*-3] *T*-4 .
SciMed said 0 it `` remains committed '' both to the `` vigorous defense '' of its position that the catheter does n't infringe the Lilly unit 's patent , and to the pursuit of its own counterclaims , which *T*-1 allege 0 [_ARG0 Lilly] [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in antitrust violations and other wrongful acts] .
Other projects look for offenders among waiters who *T*-1 get cash tips , [_ARG0 people] who *T*-2 [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in large cash transactions] , and people whose returns *T*-3 show 0 they sold a home for a profit without *-4 reinvesting the capital gain in another home by the end of the same year ; the gain must be rolled *-5 over within two years * to defer tax .
In June , the Supreme Court threw out the conviction of a Texas man who *T*-2 set a flag afire during a 1984 demonstration , *-4 saying 0 [_ARG0 he] was `` [_rel engaging] in [_ARG2-in political expression '' that *T*-3 is protected *-1 by the First Amendment] .
New Jersey 's own highest court remains a liberal bulwark against major restrictions on abortion , but [_ARG0 the U.S. Supreme Court ruling , Webster vs. Missouri ,] has [_rel engaged] [_ARG1 voters across the nation who *T*-2 had been insulated *-1 from the issue] .
3 -RRB- [_ARG0 Republican congressional representatives] , because of their belief in a minimalist state , are less willing *-1 to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in local benefit-seeking] than are Democratic members of Congress .
Since local benefit-seeking matters more and national policy making matters less in the lower chamber of Congress , this is precisely the pattern 0 one would expect *T*-1 if [_ARG0 Republicans] are less willing *-2 to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in local benefit-seeking] than their Democratic counterparts .
Three pieces of evidence corroborate the key assumption that [_ARG0 Democratic legislators] are more willing *-1 to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in local benefit-seeking] than their Republican colleagues .
Jefferies , [_ARG1 a Los Angeles holding company] [_ARGM-ADV primarily] [_rel engaged] * in [_ARG2-in securities trading] , also said 0 stock market declines since the quarter ended Sept. 30 created an unrealized pretax loss of about $ 6 million *U* in its risk arbitrage account .
As * previously reported *-2 , those sales have been declining this year in the wake of allegations that [_ARG0 the company] [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in unfair sales practices that *T*-1 encouraged customers to overpurchase services] .
By their constant readiness * to advise all and sundry about federal budgetary matters the chairmen have encouraged the belief that fiscal policy and monetary policy are ingredients of a common stew , in which case it *EXP*-2 is natural that [_ARG1 the Fed and the Treasury , and probably also the Congress ,] [_ARGM-MOD should] be [_ARGM-MNR jointly] [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in * stirring the pot] *T*-3 .
Bank Building , which *T*-1 expects *-2 to report a fourth-quarter loss , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel engaged] [_ARG1 advisers] [_ARG2 0 *T*-3 to `` explore financial alternatives for the company including the possible sale of the company or one or more of its units] . ''
[_ARGM-TMP Only a week ago] , [_ARGM-TMP when airline buy-out fever was already winding down *T*-3] , [_ARG1 Mr. Steinhardt] was [_rel engaged] in [_ARG2-in a duel with USAir] .
[_ARG0 Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania] [_rel engaged] [_ARG1 the nominee] in [_ARG2-in a verbal contest aimed * at *-1 showing that Mr. Bork was willing *-2 to stretch the Constitution in one area -LRB- free speech -RRB- while *-2 remaining rigid in all the others] .
Indeed , the gap is so large that [_ARG0 Mr. Allen 's critics] refuse *-1 to [_rel engage] [_ARG1 the debate] .
Such a statute illustrates the fundamental problem : [_ARG0 Congress] finds 0 it *EXP*-7 is easier *ICH*-1 * to pass sweepingly moralistic prohibitions , which the courts must thereafter interpret *T*-10 , than * to [_rel engage] in [_ARG2-in the difficult line-drawing distinctions that *T*-9 are inherently its responsibility] .
-- [_ARGM-TMP For the last two weeks] , [_ARG1 the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve] have been [_rel engaged] *-1 in [_ARG2-in a semi-public battle over international economic policy] .