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• All [_ARG0 Eastern 's] previous court efforts * to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 the pilots ' demands] have failed .
• [_ARG0 The government of President F.W. de Klerk] is using this situation *-1 to improve its international image and [_rel head] off [_ARG1 further economic sanctions] .
• In [_ARG0 a move] apparently aimed * at * [_rel heading] off [_ARG1 new punitive legislation] , Mr. Deng sent an indirect signal to Washington via T.D. Lee , a Columbia University physicist who *T*-1 met Mr. Deng and other Chinese leaders in Beijing last month .
• IBM , which *T*-1 said a year ago 0 it was inviting companies *-3 to participate in some semiconductor work , has become far more open about its technology as it has tried *-4 to rally [_ARG0 U.S. industry] *-5 to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 the Japanese , who *T*-2 now dominate the market for dynamic random access memory chips] .
• ESPs are also an attempt *ICH*-1 by [_ARG0 the Big Board] * to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 the exodus of program trading business to overseas markets such as London] .
• [_ARG0 Some House Democrats] are trying *-2 to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 an appointment by President Bush to the board that *T*-1 oversees the savings-and-loan bailout] , [_ARGM-ADV *-2 contending that the prospective nominee is the head of troubled banks himself] .
• Mr. Bush himself essentially acknowledged that [_ARG0 he and his aides] were trying *-1 to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 criticism] .
• Environmentalists criticized the program as merely a public-relations attempt [_ARG0 *] to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 a White House proposal * to require a million cars a year that *T*-1 run on cleaner-burning fuels] [_ARGM-TMP by 1997] .
• But most experts agree that the concept that *T*-2 is *-3 to be introduced *-1 drags in great complexity ; [_ARG0 they] have been trying *-4 to [_rel head] [_ARG1 it] off [_ARGM-TMP this year] .
• The House has already voted for a deep cut in funding , and in the end [_ARG0 the program 's backers] will be hard pressed * to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 some reduction in spending] [_ARGM-TMP next year] .
• [_ARG0 *-1] To [_rel head] off [_ARG1 arguments] , Infiniti offers dealers cash bonuses and low-interest construction loans .
• Government officials here and in other countries laid [_ARG0 plans *ICH*-1] through the weekend * to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 a Monday market meltdown] -- but went out of their way *-2 to keep their moves quiet .
• [_ARG0 U.S. OFFICIALS] MOVED *-1 to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 any repeat of Black Monday] today following Friday 's plunge in stock prices .
• In order [_ARG0 *] to [_rel head] off [_ARG1 any divisions] , Mr. Mandela , in a meeting with his colleagues before they were released *-1 , instructed them *-2 to report to the ANC headquarters in Lusaka as soon as possible .