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frames- Argentina said 0 it will ask [ARG0 creditor banks] *-1 to [rel halve] [ARG1 its foreign debt of $ 64 billion *U* -- the third-highest in the developing world] .
- The Soviet legislature approved [ARG0 a 1990 budget *ICH*-1] yesterday that *T*-2 [rel halves] [ARG1 its huge deficit] [ARGM-MNR with cuts in defense spending and capital outlays] [ARGM-TMP while *-3 striving *-4 to improve supplies to frustrated consumers] .
- If the government can stick with them , [ARG0 it] will be able *-1 to [rel halve] [ARG1 this year 's 120 billion ruble -LRB- US$ 193 billion *U* -RRB- deficit] .
- Among them are *T*-2 [ARG0 the shipbuilders] , which *T*-1 had [rel halved] [ARG1 their shipyard work forces] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to cut costs] [ARGM-TMP during a prolonged slump in demand] but now are capturing an increased share of the strengthening global market .
- [ARG0 BUELL INDUSTRIES Inc.] [rel halved] [ARG1 its quarterly dividend] [ARGM-EXT to five cents a share , payable Nov. 17 to stock of record Nov. 3] .
- [ARGM-MNR By *-3 pooling their resources] , [ARG0 the two groups] have [ARGM-MNR effectively] [rel halved] [ARG1 the design and development costs that *T*-1 would otherwise have been entailed *-4] , he said 0 *T*-2 .