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frames- Commonwealth Edison said 0 [ARG0 the ruling] could [rel force] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to slash its 1989 earnings by $ 1.55 *U* a share] .
- First , they are designed *-1 to eliminate the risk of prepayment -- mortgage-backed securities can be retired *-43 early if interest rates decline , and [ARG0 such prepayment] [rel forces] [ARG1 investors] [ARG2 to redeploy their money at lower rates] .
- Then an announcer interjects : `` It was Douglas Wilder who *T*-78 introduced [ARG0 a bill] 0 *T*-1 to [rel force] [ARG1 rape victims age 13 and younger] [ARG2 to be interrogated *-2 about their private lives by lawyers for accused rapists] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Taiwan and South Korea] , [ARG0 rising wages] are [rel forcing] [ARG1 manufacturers] [ARG2 to seek other overseas sites for labor-intensive production] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the state 's Education Improvement Act] , [ARG0 low test scores] [ARGM-MOD can] block students ' promotions or [rel force] [ARG1 entire districts] into [ARG2-into wrenching , state-supervised `` interventions '' that *T*-86 can mean firings] .
- `` [ARG0 This form] [rel forces] [ARG1 a lawyer] [ARG2 to become , in effect , a witness against his client] , '' said *T*-1 Neal R. Sonnett , president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers .
- The municipalities said 0 [ARG0 they] have n't decided whether *-1 to try *-2 to [rel force] [ARG1 the company] [ARG2 to go through with the contracts] .
- `` [ARG1 Insurance agents] have been [rel forced] *-158 by [ARG0-by their companies] into [ARG2-into *-2 becoming registered reps] , '' he said *T*-1 , `` but they are not providing compliance and security-type training so that we can avoid stupid mistakes . ''
- And after *-1 losing a battle Tuesday night with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , [ARG1 appropriators from both houses] are expected *-1 to be [rel forced] *-12 [ARG2-DIR back] [ARGM-DIR to conference] .
- [ARG1 R. Gordon McGovern] was [rel forced] *-37 [ARG2-DIR out] [ARGM-PRD as Campbell Soup Co. 's president and chief executive officer] , [ARGM-ADV the strongest evidence yet of the power that Dorrance family members intend *-2 to wield *T*-1 in * reshaping the troubled food company] .
- The California justices noted that [ARG0 the fear of litigation] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel forced] [ARG1 the only remaining anti-morning-sickness drug , Bendectin ,] off [ARG2-off the U.S. market] .
- So far , they said 0 *T*-2 , investors appear unenthusiastic about [ARG0 the new issue] which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD might] [rel force] [ARG1 the government] [ARG2 to raise the coupon to more than 7 %] .
- [ARG0 New rules] [rel force] [ARG1 thrifts] [ARG2 to write down their junk to market value , then sell the bonds over five years] .
- Few people think 0 Mr. Spiegel wants *-1 to run a bread-and-butter thrift , which [ARG0 current rules] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 Columbia] [ARG2 to become *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP Currently] , [ARG0 the rules] [rel force] [ARG1 executives , directors and other corporate insiders] [ARG2 to report purchases and sales of their companies ' shares within about a month after the transaction] .
- *-1 Unwilling *-2 to put up new money for New Zealand until those debts are repaid *-26 , [ARG0 most banks] refused *-1 even to play administrative roles in the new financing , *-1 [rel forcing] [ARG1 an embarrassed Nomura] [ARG2 to postpone it this week] .
- [ARG0 Arm troubles] [rel forced] [ARG1 him] [ARG2-DIR back] [ARGM-DIR to the minors] [ARGM-TMP the next year] .
- But [ARG0 the government 's action , which *T*-66 caught Jaguar management *-2 flat-footed ,] may scuttle the GM minority deal by *-3 [rel forcing] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to fight for all of Jaguar] .
- That 's a headache for long-term investors , since [ARG0 it] [rel forces] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 to reinvest their money -- usually at lower rates than the original mortgage securities carried *?*] .
- Supporters of poison pills argue that [ARG0 their adoption] [rel forces] [ARG1 bidders] [ARG2 to negotiate with a corporation 's directors , who *T*-185 are thereby put *-1 in a better position 0 * to pursue the long-term interests of the corporation *T*-2] .
- Britain 's House of Commons passed [ARG0 a law] that *T*-232 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel force] [ARG1 English soccer fans] [ARG2 to carry identity cards *-1 to enter stadiums] .
- Mr. Bush said that the December meeting , which *T*-1 was announced *-227 simultaneously in Moscow , will be held *-226 in the unusual setting of ships at sea [ARG0 *] to hold down the `` fanfare '' and [rel force] [ARG1 the two sides] [ARG2 to limit participation to just small groups of advisers] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , earnings of the combined companies did n't cover debt service and [ARG1 Pinkerton 's] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to borrow $ 20 million *U* of subordinated debt] .
- More and more observers now realize that the key to * ending future HUD scandals lies in [ARG0 *] [rel forcing] [ARG1 Congress] [ARG2 to clean up its own act] .
- But it does that at the cost of * deepening the taxpayer 's exposure if [ARG1 the FHA] is [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to pay for more loans going sour] .
- In an interview , he said 0 [ARG0 federal regulators] eventually declared one of the loans 0 the state regulator cited *T*-1 to be a total loss , and [rel forced] [ARG1 Lincoln] [ARG2 to make an $ 18 million *U* downward adjustment on another] .
- Nearly two months after *-1 saying 0 it had been the victim of widespread fraud , MiniScribe Corp. disclosed 0 it had a negative net worth of $ 88 million *U* as of July 2 and hinted that [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to file for protection under bankruptcy laws] .
- The consortium faced a setback in May when [ARG0 technical problems] [rel forced] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to postpone the September launch [ARGM-TMP until next spring] ] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP In June] , [ARG1 Western Union] was [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to reset the interest rate on the senior secured notes due in 1992 to 19 1\/4 % from 16 1\/2 %] , a move which *T*-1 increased the firm 's annual interest payments by $ 13.8 million *U* .
- MAY 1 , 1975 , SIGNALED A DISTRESSFUL May Day for [ARG1 securities houses] , which *T*-1 were [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to end 183 years of * charging fixed commissions] .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARG0 massive internal debt] has [rel forced] [ARG1 the government] [ARG2 to borrow massively on the domestic market and to offer inflation-adjusted returns of 2 % to 3 % *U* a month just *-1 to get investors to hold on to its paper] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel force] [ARG1 Congress and the states] [ARG2 to narrow the death penalty only to convictions shown * to be relatively free of racial imbalance -- murders by repeat offenders who *T*-1 torture their victims , perhaps] .
- It *EXP*-1 was [ARG0 Revco 's huge debt from its $ 1.3 billion *U* leveraged buy-out in 1986] that *T*-2 [rel forced] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to seek protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code] .
- He said 0 he feared 0 [ARG0 a Revco reorganization] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel force] [ARG1 bondholders] [ARG2 to accept a `` cheap deal] , '' and that the Bass group 's offer would give them more money .
- The suit , assigned * to federal Judge Kimba Wood , seeks a permanent injunction , back pay for [ARG1 judges] who *T*-1 have been [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to retire] , reinstatement of retired judges and `` other affirmative relief necessary * to eradicate the effects of -LRB- New York 's -RRB- unlawful employment practices . ''
- `` [ARG0 It] has made people think twice about how they use music *T*-1 and is [rel forcing] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 to be more circumspect about * doing a particular rendition of a song in its most famous form] , '' he said *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The award] , although *-2 far less than the $ 10 million *U* , including punitive damages , that Ms. Midler sought *T*-1 , is likely *-2 to [rel force] [ARG1 Madison Avenue] [ARG2 to further rethink how they use famous songs in ads *T*-3] .
- A court in Jerusalem sentenced [ARG0 a Palestinian] to 16 life terms for *-2 [rel forcing] [ARG1 a bus] off [ARG2-off a cliff] [ARGM-TMP July 6] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 killing 16 people] , Israeli radio reported 0 *T*-1 .
- The drugstore chain reacted cautiously , *-2 saying 0 the plan would further swell [ARG0 its huge debt] , which *T*-1 [rel forced] [ARG1 the company] into [ARG2-into Chapter 11 protection] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- Neither plan is dead , however , and [ARG0 the judge] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel force] [ARG1 creditors] [ARG2 to accept some version of them] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 ruling on the Minpeco-Manufacturers Hanover dispute] .
- The way 0 Mr. Strieber tells it *T*-3 in his earnest prose , [ARG1 the intelligence officer who *T*-2 found the craft 's strange debris] was [rel forced] by [ARG0-by the government] *-1 [ARG2 to call the flower-inscribed scraps parts of a weather balloon] .
- But in the end his resignation as Chancellor of the Exchequer may be a good thing , especially if [ARG0 it] works as he no doubt intends *?* -- by * [rel forcing] [ARG1 Prime Minister Thatcher and her counterparts elsewhere] [ARG2 to confront the genuine intellectual issues involved] .
- [ARGM-TMP Eventually] , [ARG1 Mr. Rey] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to sell his Bally shares to the weapons maker Oerlikon-Buehrle Holding AG] [ARGM-TMP as establishment pressure *ICH*-2 grew on this hostile move into the Swiss old boys ' network] .
- [ARG0 A continuing slide in the pound] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel force] [ARG1 the government] [ARG2 to push through another rise in the base rate , currently 15 %] .
- If [ARG0 a president] had a line-item veto and wanted *-1 to [rel force] [ARG1 him] [ARG2 to support a controversial foreign-policy initiative] , Rep. Edwards says 0 *T*-2 , the president could call and declare that he would single-handedly kill the BART funds unless the congressman `` shapes up '' on the foreign-policy issue .
- [ARG0 The market for export financing] was liberalized *-1 in the mid-1980s , however , * [rel forcing] [ARG1 the bank] [ARG2 to face competition] .
- His message is getting a chilly reception in Detroit , where [ARG1 the Big Three auto makers] are [ARGM-TMP already] being [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to close plants] [ARGM-CAU because of soft sales and reduced dealer orders] *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Ms. McFadden] had been [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2-DIR out] [ARGM-TMP in July] [ARGM-ADV in a bitter power struggle with Z. Lou Guttman , chairman and a longtime floor trader on the exchange] .
- [ARG0 It] freezes the budget at its current level , and [rel forces] [ARG1 the Pentagon] [ARG2 to eat the effects of inflation until 1994] .
- [ARG0 This exercise] would reveal the true cost of a particular program by *-1 [rel forcing] [ARG1 the strategists] [ARG2 to make hard decisions] .
- Strategy is not a game between the Pentagon and Congress ; it is the art of the possible in a world where [ARG0 constraints] [rel force] [ARG1 us] [ARG2 to choose between unpleasant or imperfect alternatives] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 these countries] [ARG2 to introduce minimum standards for pay and working hours] , and provide for collective bargaining and worker `` participation '' in major corporate decisions .
- Unice -- an acronym for the Union of Industrial and Employers ' Confederations of Europe -- fears that [ARG0 the charter] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel force] [ARG1 EC countries] [ARG2 to adopt a single pattern in labor relations] .
- The agency may not have much choice : [ARG0 A congressional bill *ICH*-1] has been introduced *-2 that *T*-3 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 the agency] [ARG2 to limit flight attendant duty time to 14 hours on U.S. flights and 16 hours on international trips] .
- Mr. Windsor , among other analysts connected * to the conservative Heritage Foundation , fears 0 [ARG0 the gathering of 18 leaders , mostly from Central American nations ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel force] [ARG1 Mr. Bush] `` [ARG2 to explain and redeem himself '' in the wake of charges that the U.S. failed *-1 to do enough *-2 to aid the removal of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega] .
- [ARG1 Funds] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to accept lower prices] [ARGM-ADV if they expand their selling to the securities of less-creditworthy borrowers] .
- In addition , GM 's Truck & Bus Group said 0 [ARG0 slow sales] are [rel forcing] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to close its Detroit assembly plant the week beginning Monday] .
- But the transaction faltered in September , when [ARG1 Qintex Australia] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to increase its offer to US$ 1.5 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP following a counterbid from Rupert Murdoch] *T*-2 ; the deal fell apart altogether earlier this month .
- It turns out that Columbia had this huge loss in large part because [ARG0 the new congressionally mandated rules] [rel forced] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to adjust the book value of its soon-to-be-sold junk bonds to the lower of either their cost or market value] .
- [ARG0 This] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] out of [ARG2-of business] [ARG1 many of the individuals and small firms that *T*-1 function as floor brokers] .
- Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell -LRB- D. , Maine -RRB- said 0 [ARG0 he] intends *-1 to use Senate procedures *-2 to [rel force] [ARG1 advocates of the tax cut] [ARG2 to come up with at least 60 votes before they can address the issue] .
- As if he were still in his old job , [ARG1 Mr. Wright] , by *-2 resigning with his title instead of being [rel forced] *-1 from [ARG2-from his job] , by law enjoys a $ 120,000 *U* annual office expense allowance , three paid staffers , up to $ 67,000 *U* for stationery and telephones and continued use of the franking privilege .
- [ARG1 Richard Secord , the retired Air Force general felled * in the Iran-Contra scandal ,] is all but ruined -- *-1 [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to sell his Virginia home and pull his kids out of college] , according to a recent fund-raising appeal sent * out on his behalf .
- Raymond Donovan , [ARG1 the New Jersey construction executive] who *T*-1 was [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to resign as labor secretary] and indicted *-2 in 1985 , [ARGM-ADV only *-2 to be acquitted *-3 of fraud charges] , often calls other scandal-tossed public figures *-4 to offer a sympathetic ear .
- `` For Poland and Hungary we need *-2 to think about [ARG0 a stick-and-carrot economic approach] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 to price things realistically in return for * removing all our tariff barriers] . ''
- That disaster closed [ARG0 the Pacific Stock Exchange 's stock options-trading operation] , * [rel forcing] [ARG1 those options] [ARG2 to be switched *-1 to other exchanges temporarily] .
- [ARG0 The proposed guidelines] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-DIS also] delay commercialization -- and [rel force] [ARG1 small companies] [ARG2 to waste scarce capital] , entrepreneurs say 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 One] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 brokerage houses] [ARG2 to provide the SEC detailed information about loans made * by their holding companies] .
- In that way , [ARG0 the pilots] may be able *-2 to [rel force] [ARG1 the board] [ARG2 to approve a recapitalization that *T*-1 gives employees a majority stake , or to consider the labor-management group 's latest proposal] .
- The price of Columbia shares has been cut *-1 nearly in half since August , when they traded at about $ 10 *U* *T*-2 , as investors apparently realized that [ARG1 the thrift] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel forced] *-3 [ARG2 to take a big write-down] .
- And eventually , they contend 0 *T*-1 , domestic demand will weaken , [ARG0 *] [rel forcing] [ARG1 companies] [ARG2 to emphasize exports again] .
- [ARG0 An accounting controversy at the end of last year] [rel forced] [ARG1 Boston Co.] [ARG2 to admit 0 it had overstated pretax profits by some $ 44 million *U*] .
- They do n't like the risks 0 [ARG1 they] are [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to assume *T*-1] [ARGM-TMP when prices swing so drastically *T*-3] .
- [ARG1 It] was [rel forced] *-1 into [ARG2-into liquidation] [ARGM-TMP before trial] [ARGM-TMP when investors yanked their funds *T*-2 after the government demanded a huge pre-trial asset forfeiture] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the shaky economic outlook and the volatile stock market] [rel forced] [ARG1 the dollar] [ARG2-DIR lower against major currencies] .
- Critics have complained that the law unfairly strips defendants of assets before a jury determines 0 they have committed a crime and that [ARG0 aggressive use of the forfeiture provisions] [ARGM-MOD can] ruin corporate defendants or [rel force] [ARG1 them] into [ARG2-into unfavorable plea bargains] .
- [ARG0 Yearly changes in federal benefit laws] [rel force] [ARG1 small businesses] [ARG2 to repeatedly re-evaluate and redesign existing plans] .
- They asked [ARG0 regulators] *-1 to suggest new ways 0 * to [rel force] [ARG1 banks and thrifts] [ARG2 to comply with anti-discrimination laws] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Some junk-holders] are said *-1 to be considering legal action against KKR or moves * to [rel force] [ARG1 SCI TV] into [ARG2-into bankruptcy court] .
- Meanwhile , American Health Partners , publisher of American Health magazine , is deep in debt , and [ARG1 Owen Lipstein , founder and managing partner ,] is being [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to sell the magazine to Reader 's Digest Association Inc] .
- The designer 's attorney , Molly Bartholow , said that [ARG1 Ms. Garratt] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to start bankruptcy-law proceedings] [ARGM-CAU because Jerell began *-2 withholding her royalty payments last month] .
- [ARGM-LOC In his old job] , as Dade County chief , [ARG0 Mr. Fernandez] [rel forced] [ARG2-DIR out] [ARG1 92 teachers] and reshuffled 48 principals .
- [ARGM-LOC Under that law] , [ARG1 defendants who *T*-1 allegedly commit a pattern of crimes by means of a `` criminal enterprise ''] [ARGM-MOD may] be charged *-2 with racketeering and [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to forfeit the proceeds of the enterprise] .
- `` There are [ARG1 some witnesses] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to testify about their meetings with senators] . ''
- Analysts predicted that [ARG0 the move] [ARGM-MOD would] further shake creditor confidence in Qintex Australia and [rel force] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to sell assets] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 slow sales] [rel forced] [ARG1 Ford] [ARG2 to kill the brand just last week] .
- [ARGM-TMP Already] , [ARG0 ruling Liberal Democratic Party demands that opposition members testify under oath in parliament] have stalled one budget committee session and [rel forced] [ARG1 the committee] [ARG2 to plan a special two-day investigation at the end of the month] .
- Although [ARG1 working women] are `` [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to wear the uniform of the day] , *-2 to retain their femininity they are buying better quality , more upscale intimate apparel , '' he said *T*-3 .
- It had hemorrhaged in its attempt * to get into Asia , where [ARG0 treaty restrictions] [rel forced] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 to fly some planes *-2 half-empty on certain routes] *T*-1 .
- Eventually , [ARG1 Texaco] , which *T*-2 was [rel forced] *-1 into [ARG2-into bankruptcy proceedings] by [ARG0-by that litigation] , settled its fight with Pennzoil for $ 3 billion *U* in 1986 .
- Last week , Ford encountered a setback in its effort * to broaden its U.S. luxury offerings when [ARG1 it] was [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to abandon a four-year-old effort * to market its German-built Scorpio sedan in the U.S. as a luxury import under the Merkur brand name] *T*-1 .
- Jonathan Lloyd , executive vice president and chief financial officer of Qintex Entertainment , said 0 [ARG1 Qintex Entertainment] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to file for protection * to avoid *-2 going into default under its agreement with MCA] .
- [ARGM-TMP As long as the rival Soviet-backed regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam held a total gridlock over neighboring Ethiopia] , [ARG1 the U.S.] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to accept that lonely Berbera runway as a distant No. 2 to the Soviets ' array of airfields next door] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , [ARG1 Mr. Mengistu] has been [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to transfer thousands of troops from Eritrea] [ARGM-PNC just * to hold the town] , [ARGM-ADV * thereby risking the loss of even more territory in Eritrea only * to keep the Tigreans at bay] .
- There also is concern that [ARGM-TMP once Hong Kong reverts to China 's sovereignty in 1997] , [ARG1 Cathay] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to play second fiddle to China 's often-disparaged flag carrier , Civil Aviation Administration of China , or CAAC] .
- Furthermore , the regulatory maneuvering behind First Interstate 's loss suggests 0 [ARG0 regulators] have concluded that lenders ' reserves are far too low 0 *T*-1 to absorb their future Arizona losses and are [rel forcing] [ARG1 bankers] [ARG2 to do something about it] .
- Ferranti has said that [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to write off # 185 million *U* against the phantom contracts , * reducing its net asset value by more than half] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARG1 underwriters] were [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to postpone three junk bond deals] [ARGM-CAU because of recent weakness in the market] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 pressure by big investors] [rel forced] [ARG1 Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.] [ARG2 to sweeten Chicago & North Western 's $ 475 million *U* junk bond offering] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , the official said 0 *T*-2 , [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel forced] *-1 into [ARG2-into a no-win situation in which they make *T*-3 risky loans that they could have *-5 to write off *T*-4 later] .
- Economists suggested that [ARGM-ADV if the pound falls much below 2.90 marks] , [ARG1 the government] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to increase rates to 16 % , *-3 both to halt any further decline and ensure that the balance of monetary policy remains unchanged] .
- This has increased the risk of [ARG1 the government] being [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to increase base rates to 16 % from their current 15 % level *-2 to defend the pound] , economists and foreign exchange market analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-TMP In the 1988 quarter] , [ARG1 many farmers] were [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to sell their cattle to feedlot operators] [ARGM-CAU because the drought dried out the pasture on their ranches] .
- [ARG1 Franchisees] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to go along with a franchiser 's discounting] .
- `` It 's certainly discrimination , '' says attorney Evan Wolfson , [ARG0 whose group] *T*-1 [rel forced] [ARG1 Trans World Airlines] [ARGM-TMP this year] [ARG2 *ICH*-3 to change a rule that *T*-2 allowed travelers to transfer frequent flier awards only to family members] .
- [ARGM-ADV By some estimates] , [ARG1 nearly a fourth of all U.S. ski areas] have been [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to shut down] [ARGM-TMP since the early '80s] .
- [ARGM-CAU Because of a lack of information and access] , [ARG1 many investors -- including the very ones whose buying power *T*-2 could restore stability and damp volatility --] are [rel forced] *-3 [ARG2 to stand on the sidelines when they are most needed *-1 *T*-4 , because of their ignorance of important market information] .
- [ARGM-ADV As surely as a seesaw tilts] , [ARG0 falling interest rates] [rel force] [ARG2-DIR up] [ARG1 the price of previously issued bonds] .
- British Airways may have begun *-1 to have second thoughts about the transaction after [ARG0 the Transportation Department] [rel forced] [ARG1 Northwest 's Airlines ' new owners] [ARG2 to restructure the equity contribution of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in that carrier] .
- IF [ARG0 YOU] [rel FORCE] [ARG1 financial planners] [ARG2 to sum up their most important advice in a single sentence] , it would probably be a one-word sentence : * Diversify .
- The slowdown also results from [ARG0 chronic energy and raw-materials shortages] that *T*-1 [rel force] [ARG1 many factories] [ARG2 to restrict operations to two or three days a week] .
- Aid was also the gist of the talks 0 Sen. Dodd had *T*-1 with Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani ; [ARG1 Mr. Cristiani 's government] is very much at the mercy of U.S. largess and is [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to listen very carefully to Sen. Dodd 's likes and dislikes] .
- Democracy can be cruel to politicians : [ARGM-TMP Sometimes] [ARG0 it] [rel forces] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 to make choices] .
- Also , the analyst said 0 *T*-1 , economic circumstances are such that [ARG1 both South Africa and the Soviet Union , the principal gold and platinum producers ,] are being [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to continue *-3 selling the metals] .
- [ARGM-DIS In return] , [ARG0 the agreement] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 UAP] [ARG2 to buy TransAtlantic 's 29.8 % holding in Sun Life or sell its 22.9 % stake to TransAtlantic at a price set * by Transatlantic] .
- [ARG0 Tuesday 's earthquake] [ARGM-MOD will] depress local real-estate values in the short term and [rel force] [ARG1 companies] [ARG2 to reconsider *-1 expanding in *RNR*-2 or relocating to *RNR*-2 the Bay Area and California] , real-estate and relocation specialists said 0 *T*-3 .
- But they said 0 [ARG0 the quake] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel force] [ARG1 some companies] [ARG2 to relocate or expand part or all of their operations outside the state] .
- [ARG0 Slowing sales of its profitable Jeep Cherokee and Wagoneer sport utility vehicles] are [rel forcing] [ARG1 Chrysler Corp.] [ARG2 to temporarily idle its Toledo , Ohio , assembly plant for the first time since April 1986] .
- * Taming the union complements previous moves *ICH*-1 by the government * to attract private investment in petrochemicals , which [ARG1 Mexico] has been [rel forced] *-3 [ARG2 to import *T*-2 in large quantities] in recent years .
- As a result , GOP state Rep. Stephen Freind of Delaware County , the legislature 's leading foe of abortion , has been given *-1 [ARG0 all but free rein] 0 * to press a strict seven-point plan * to restrict abortion *T*-3 and , he hopes 0 *T*-4 , * to [rel force] [ARG1 the Supreme Court] [ARGM-MNR directly] [ARG2 to reassess its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that *T*-2 established the right of abortion in the first place] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 the buy-out firm and the target company 's management] [ARG2 to *-1 reduce their level of ownership] .
- Intel Corp. , Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and National Semiconductor Corp. were all up and running yesterday , though [ARG1 many workers] were [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to stay home because of damaged roadways] ; others elected *-2 to take the day off .
- [ARG1 His company , Misa Manufacturing Inc. ,] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to seek protection from creditors under federal bankruptcy law] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] and has since been liquidated *-1 .
- In the latest sign of how difficult it *EXP*-1 is *T*-2 * to place certain junk bonds , Continental Airlines said 0 [ARG1 it] was [rel forced] *-3 [ARG2 to scale back the size of its latest offering] .
- He also expects the performance of municipals to lag Treasurys as [ARG1 California] is [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to issue new debt] [ARGM-TMP over time] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to repair public facilities] .
- Dealers said 0 there was some concern that [ARG1 insurance companies] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to sell mortgage securities *-3 to help *-4 pay earthquake-related claims] , but no selling materialized .
- BankAmerica eased 1\/2 to 31 7\/8 and Wells Fargo lost 1\/2 to 81 1\/2 ; [ARG1 the two bank holding companies , based * in San Francisco ,] were [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to curtail some operations] [ARGM-CAU due to the temblor] .
- [ARG1 It] 's [ARGM-TMP currently] [rel forced] *-3 [ARG2 to turn away many potential subscribers beyond the 13,000 who *T*-2 can be accommodated *-1 in its present digs] .
- It would inevitably lead to an increase in marginal income-tax rates in 1990 *ICH*-3 , he thinks 0 *T*-1 , when [ARG1 the White House] is [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to ask for higher taxes 0 * to meet budget targets *T*-4] *T*-5 .
- [ARGM-LOC In numerous parks near San Francisco] , [ARG1 rangers] have been [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to close trails *RNR*-2 , set up speed traps *RNR*-2 and use radar guns *RNR*-2 * to curb fast and reckless riding] .
- Other analysts say 0 [ARG1 the Indian leader] [ARGM-MOD could] retain control with a slim majority or be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to rule as the dominant partner in a coalition with other parties] .
- According to Gen. Sundarji , [ARG0 that] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel forced] [ARG1 Bofors] * [ARG2 to disclose the names of the middlemen who *T*-1 received kickbacks from the company] .
- But it is driven *-1 by [ARG0 the same fiscal pressures] that *T*-2 have [rel forced] [ARG1 lawmakers] [ARG2 to resort to various bookkeeping devices * to juggle as much as $ 1 billion *U* in spending that *T*-3 would otherwise put the bill over budget] .
- The Senate , after * deleting Section 89 repeal from its deficit-reduction bill , still is expected *-2 to join the House in * voting *-3 to kill [ARG0 the law] , which *T*-1 [rel forces] [ARG1 companies] [ARG2 to provide comparable benefits to laborers and executives alike] .
- [ARG0 No settlement negotiated * by others] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel force] [ARG1 the Afghan people] [ARG2 to give up their struggle] .
- Bay Financial , which *T*-1 said 0 [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to file under Chapter 11 if it ca n't reach an agreement *ICH*-3 with its lenders * to relieve its debt burden] , plunged 1 3\/8 to 2 1\/8 .
- [ARG0 The Senate bill] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 the CFTC] [ARG2 to suspend dual trading if an exchange ca n't show that its oversight system can detect dual-trading abuses] .
- [ARG0 CREATIVE ACCOUNTING , mostly by conglomerates ,] [rel forced] [ARG1 CPAs] [ARG2 to change their way of * setting standards 0 *T*-3 to be followed *-1 by corporations reporting financial results , standards that *T*-2 had become all too flexible] .
- The court , agreeing with pipeline companies , found 0 the March 31 deadline was `` arbitrary and capricious '' and `` highly prejudicial to the bargaining power of [ARG1 pipelines] '' that *T*-1 were [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to negotiate settlement of the old take-or-pay contracts *-3 to meet the deadline] .
- And [ARG0 any strong surge in redemptions] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel force] [ARG1 some funds] [ARG2 to dump stocks *-1 to raise cash , as some did *?* during Black Monday] .
- Bay Financial Corp. , hurt * by high debts and deteriorating real estate investments , reported a wider loss for the fourth quarter and said 0 [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to seek a bankruptcy-court reorganization] [ARGM-ADV if it ca n't renegotiate its borrowings] .
- Moreover , Polaroid contends 0 it could have sold them at a higher price -- and thus made higher profits -- because [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] have been [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to match Kodak 's lower prices] .
- The damage was so bad *ICH*-3 at Fossett Corp. , an options trading firm here , that [ARG1 it] was [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to transfer its accounts to First Options of Chicago , a unit of Continental Bank Corp. ,] [ARGM-CAU as a result of options trading losses] .
- Fosset so far is [ARG1 the only member] of a financial exchange 0 *T*-3 to be [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to be taken *-1 over by another firm as a result of Friday 's rout] .
- [ARG1 Options traders who *T*-2 , in return for a small fee , or premium , had previously sold put options on stocks or stock indexes] were [rel forced] [ARGM-TMP on Friday] *-1 [ARG2 to buy those contracts back at the previously agreed prices , which *T*-3 were substantially above those in the market as it was falling] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARGM-CAU because UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf and other UAL executives have joined the pilots ' bid] , [ARG1 the board] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to exclude him from its deliberations in order * to be fair to other bidders] .
- [ARGM-ADV Absent other working capital] , he said 0 *T*-2 , [ARG1 the RTC] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel forced] *-3 [ARG2 to delay other thrift resolutions until cash could be raised *-1 by * selling the bad assets] .
- Says *ICH*-3 Mr. Dahlen , `` [ARG1 We] [ARGM-MOD 'll] [ARGM-TMP still] be [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to sell items 0 we might not philosophically agree with *T*-2] . ''
- [ARG0 Investors] have reacted by *-1 ignoring recent efforts * to float junk bonds by Ohio Mattress and by *-1 [rel forcing] [ARG1 Ramada] [ARG2 to postpone indefinitely its planned junk-bond sale and restructuring] .
- In a widely publicized boardroom coup , Mr. Fromstein ousted Antony Berry as Blue Arrow chief executive in January , a month after [ARG0 Mr. Berry] had [rel forced] [ARG1 Mr. Fromstein] [ARG2-DIR out] [ARGM-PRD as the $ 1 million-a-year *U* chief of Milwaukee-based Manpower] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 persistent redemptions] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel force] [ARG1 some fund managers] [ARG2 to dump stocks *-1 to raise cash] .
- He added that the company miscalculated the union 's resolve and [ARG1 the workers '] disgust with * being [rel forced] *-1 [ARG2 to work many hours overtime] .
- Whether [ARG0 a cash crunch] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [rel force] [ARG1 the company] [ARG2 to cut its quarterly dividend , raised 36 % to 75 cents a share only a year ago] , has become a topic of intense speculation on Wall Street since Mr. Stookey deflected dividend questions in a Sept. 29 meeting with analysts .
- The Fiero plant was viewed *-3 as a model of union-management cooperation at GM before [ARG0 slow sales of the Fiero] [rel forced] [ARG1 the company] [ARG2 to close the factory last year] .
- `` [ARGM-ADV Each time 0 the court revisits an issue *T*-2] , [ARG1 the justices] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel forced] by [ARG0-by a dissent] *-1 [ARG2 to reconsider the fundamental questions and to rethink the result] , '' he said *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , [ARG0 the delay in * selling People 's Heritage Savings , Salina , Kan. , with $ 1.7 billion *U* in assets ,] has [rel forced] [ARG1 the RTC] [ARG2 to consider selling off the thrift branch-by-branch , instead of as a whole institution] .
- Thus , in a criminal case , [ARG0 a prosecutor] can not comment on a defendant 's failure * to testify nor can the defendant be compelled *-1 to take the stand as a witness , [ARGM-DIS thus] * [rel forcing] [ARG1 him] [ARG2 to `` take the Fifth] . ''
- Thus , [ARGM-LOC in a civil case] , a defendant may be called *-1 as a witness , [ARG1 he] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to testify or take the Fifth] , and his taking of the Fifth may permit the drawing of an adverse inference against him in the civil matter .
- Unlike [ARG1 mutual funds] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel forced] *-2 [ARG2 to sell stockholdings when investors rush *-4 to withdraw money *T*-3] , big investors such as pension funds and insurance companies can decide *-5 to ride out market storms without *-6 jettisoning stock .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner] [rel forced] [ARG1 Northwest Airlines] [ARG2 to reduce a stake held * by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines] .
- Lawmakers and administration officials agree that [ARG0 Friday 's drop] , by itself , is n't enough * to [rel force] [ARG1 both sides] [ARG2-DIR back to the table] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to try *-3 to reach a deficit-reduction agreement that *T*-1 would be more serious and more far-reaching than last spring 's gimmick-ridden plan , which *T*-4 still is n't fully implemented *-5] .
- But administration officials privately agree with Mr. Panetta , who *T*-1 said 0 [ARG0 a precipitous drop this week] `` is going *-2 to [rel force] [ARG1 the president and Congress] [ARG2 to take a much harder look at fiscal policy] . ''
- [ARG0 It] is [rel forcing] [ARG1 the Federal Reserve] [ARG2 to ease its grip on credit] and it took the wind out of a previously irrepressible dollar .
- [ARG0 Those pauses -- from 2:07 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CDT and from 2:45 p.m. until the close of trading a half-hour later --] [rel forced] [ARG1 traders] [ARG2 to buy and sell contracts at prices at *RNR*-1 or higher than *RNR*-1 their frozen levels] .
- Production at the mill has exceeded the ability *ICH*-2 of Keystone 's casting operation * to supply it , he said 0 *T*-3 , [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel force] [ARG1 Keystone] *-4 [ARG2 to purchase billet , or unfinished steel bars , from outside the company during the fourth quarter and next year] .