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The White House said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Bush] decided *-1 to [_rel grant] [_ARG1 duty-free status for 18 categories] , but turned down such treatment for other types of watches `` because of the potential for material injury to watch producers located * in the U.S. and the Virgin Islands . ''
[_ARG0 Koito] has refused *-1 to [_rel grant] [_ARG2 Mr. Pickens] [_ARG1 seats on its board] , *-1 asserting 0 he is a greenmailer trying * to pressure Koito 's other shareholders into * buying him out at a profit .
The program-trading issue is heating up on Capitol Hill as it is *?* on Wall Street , and [_ARG0 several legislators] want *-2 to [_rel grant] [_ARG2 the SEC] [_ARG1 the power * to shut off the programs when trading becomes too volatile *T*-3] .
It also empowers the president to make recess appointments , without Senate approval : `` [_ARG0 The President] shall have Power * to fill up all Vacancies that *T*-1 may happen during the Recess of the Senate , by *-2 [_rel granting] [_ARG1 Commissions which *T*-40 shall expire at the End of their next Session] . ''
`` [_ARG2 Producers] were [_rel granted] *-2 [_ARG1 the right *ICH*-1] [_ARGM-TMP earlier this year] * to ship sugar and the export licenses were expected *-4 to have begun *-5 to be issued *-3 '' yesterday .
But they have just taken it for [_ARG0 *-1] [_rel granted] [_ARG1 *-2] . ''
Lyphomed Inc. , Rosemont , Ill. , and Medco Research Inc. , Los Angeles , said 0 [_ARG0 the Food and Drug Administration] [_rel granted] [_ARG1 full marketing approval for a new drug for the treatment of a condition in which the heart beats between 150 and 200 beats a minute *T*-1] .
For the past five years , unions have n't managed *-1 to win wage increases as large as [_ARG1 those] [_rel granted] * to [_ARG2-to nonunion workers] .
Boyer and Cohen , for instance , both still university researchers , had *-1 to be talked *-2 into * applying for a patent on their gene-splicing technique -- and then [_ARG0 the Patent Office] refused *-3 to [_rel grant] [_ARG1 it] .
Separately , Lone Star Technologies said 0 [_ARG0 the bankruptcy court] [_rel granted] [_ARG2 Lone Star Steel] [_ARG1 an extension until year end on its exclusive period 0 * to present a reorganization plan *T*-1] .
Lawmakers in Hungary approved [_ARG0 legislation] [_rel granting] [_ARG1 amnesty] to [_ARG2-to many people convicted * of crimes punishable by less than three years in prison] .
In the Lilly case , the appeals court broadly construed [_ARG0 a federal statute] to [_rel grant] [_ARG2 Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer ,] [_ARG1 an exemption 0 * to infringe a patent under certain circumstances *T*-1] .
Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady said that [_ARG0 Congress] [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel grant] [_ARG2 the Securities and Exchange Commission] [_ARG1 the power * to close the stock markets in periods of crisis] .
[_ARG0 Private-sector union contracts signed * in the third quarter] [_rel granted] [_ARG1 slightly lower wage increases than those signed * in the second quarter] , but wage increases still are running above last year 's levels .
This reflects the restoration of wage cuts in the steel and other industries as well as [_ARG1 higher wages] [_rel granted] [_ARG2 nurses who *T*-1 work in health-care facilities] * .
And [_ARG1 the injunction] 0 [_ARG0 Judges Miner and Altimari] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-MNR so readily] have [_rel granted] *T*-1 had New Era sued in time ?
Thus , even investors who *T*-1 are pushing for the board to do [_ARG0 a recapitalization] that *T*-2 would pay shareholders a special dividend and [_ARGM-MOD possibly] [_rel grant] [_ARG2 employees] [_ARG1 an ownership stake] acknowledge that the unions are key .
Federal health officials are expected *-1 today to approve [_ARG0 a program] [_rel granting] [_ARG1 long-deferred access to the drug AZT for children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome] .
The FDA is expected *-1 to approve today [_ARG0 a program] [_rel granting] [_ARG1 access free of charge to the drug AZT for children with AIDS] .
Under federal law , if [_ARG0 the court] [_rel grants] [_ARG1 a preliminary injunction] , the FTC must begin administrative proceedings 0 * to determine the legality of the proposed stock purchase *T*-1 within 20 days .
If it is a case in which the client seeks punitive damages *T*-1 , for example , [_ARG0 depressed , underemployed people] are far more likely *-2 to [_rel grant] [_ARG1 them] .
Only two states -- Vermont and Washington -- this year joined five others requiring [_ARG0 private employers] to [_rel grant] [_ARG1 leaves of absence] to [_ARG2-to employees with newborn or adopted infants] .
The state 's opposition to the use of dispersants , Exxon says 0 *T*-1 , caused [_ARG0 the Coast Guard] `` to delay *-2 [_rel granting] [_ARG1 permission] . ''
[_ARG0 A federal judge] [_rel granted] [_ARG1 a temporary stay of the California Student Aid Commission 's emergency action * to stop *-1 guaranteeing loans for National Technical Schools , a unit of United Education & Software Inc] .
Before [_ARG0 *-1] [_rel granting] [_ARG2 Ms. Volokh 's parents] [_ARG1 a visa] , the government required her mother to obtain permission from her first husband , whom she had divorced *T*-2 38 years earlier .
-LRB- True , [_ARG0 the Mexican government] has [_rel granted] [_ARG1 `` control '' over the airline] to [_ARG2-to a new private consortium] , but its propensity * to take back what it gives *T*-1 is too well known *-2 * to permit one to be sanguine . -RRB-
[_ARG2 Former Democratic fund-raiser Thomas M. Gaubert , whose savings and loan *T*-3 was wrested *-2 from his control by federal thrift regulators ,] has been [_rel granted] *-1 [_ARG1 court permission * to sue the regulators] .
Doman said 0 [_ARG2 it] was [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel granted] *-2 [_ARG1 an option * to acquire the remaining 44 % interest in Western Forest , which *T*-1 is currently held *-3 by two Canadian banks] .
That helps *-1 explain why [_ARG0 American employers] [_rel grant] [_ARG1 an average award of $ 604.72 *U* per suggestion] , [_ARGM-ADV while Japan 's payment is $ 3.23 *U*] *T*-2 .
That settlement represented the first time 0 [_ARG2 shareholders] were [_rel granted] *-1 [_ARG1 a major payment] [_ARGM-LOC in a greenmail case] *T*-2 .
For their part , the group of Democrats are working on [_ARG0 a plan] that , [_ARGM-ADV like the Packwood proposal] , *T*-2 [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel grant] [_ARG1 larger exclusions] to [_ARG2-to assets] [_ARGM-ADV the longer 0 they were held *-1 by individuals and companies] .
[_ARG0 Panamanian dictator Torrijos] , he was told *-1 0 *T*-2 , had [_rel granted] [_ARG2 the shah of Iran] [_ARG1 asylum in Panama] [_ARGM-CAU as a favor to Washington] .
[_ARG1 Extensions] [_ARGM-MOD ca] [_ARGM-NEG n't] be [_rel granted] *-1 for * filing employment-tax returns due Oct. 31 or for [_ARG2-for * depositing withheld taxes] , but late penalties will be abated *-2 for deposits made * by Nov. 15 .
[_ARG1 Extensions] [_ARGM-MOD ca] [_ARGM-NEG n't] be [_rel granted] *-1 for [_ARG2-for * filing employment-tax returns due Oct. 31] or for * depositing withheld taxes , but late penalties will be abated *-2 for deposits made * by Nov. 15 .
[_ARG0 The notice] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel grants] [_ARG1 relief] for [_ARG2-for certain estate-tax returns] .
National Semiconductor Corp. said 0 [_ARG0 it] settled a four-year-old patent infringement case against Linear Technology Corp. by *-1 accepting a $ 3 million *U* payment from Linear in exchange for * [_rel granting] [_ARG2 Linear] [_ARG1 irrevocable licenses for all products involved *] .
The company said 0 [_ARG2 Salomon Brothers Inc. and Howard , Weil , Labouisse , Friedrichs Inc. , underwriters for the offering ,] were [_rel granted] *-1 [_ARG1 an option * to buy as much as an additional 1.5 million shares *-2 to cover over-allotments] .
`` We 're asking the court for a number of [_ARG1 things] 0 [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel grant] *T*-1 in addition to the thrill of victory , '' he says 0 *T*-2 .