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frames- [ARG0 The new plant , located * in Chinchon about 60 miles from Seoul ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 meet increasing and diversifying demand for control products in South Korea] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- Magna International Inc. 's chief financial officer , James McAlpine , resigned and [ARG0 its chairman , Frank Stronach ,] is stepping in *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 turn the automotive-parts manufacturer around] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Manufacturers ' backlogs of unfilled orders] rose 0.5 % in September to $ 497.34 billion *U* , *-3 [rel helped] *-2 by [ARG0-by strength in the defense capital goods sector] .
- Boeing Co. said 0 it is discussing plans *ICH*-1 with three of its regular Japanese suppliers [ARG0 *] to [ARGM-ADV possibly] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 build a larger version of its popular 767 twin-jet] .
- [ARG0 Japanese money] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 turn Southeast Asia into a more cohesive economic region] .
- She says 0 she offered Mrs. Yeargin a quiet resignation and thought 0 [ARG0 she] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 save her teaching certificate] .
- The show did n't give the particulars of Mrs. Yeargin 's offense , *-1 saying only that [ARG0 she] [rel helped] [ARG1 students do better on the test] .
- [ARG0 Mrs. Yeargin 's extra work] was [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helping] [ARG1 her earn points in the state 's incentive-bonus program] .
- `` [ARG0 I] was trying *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 kids in an unfair testing situation] , '' she says *T*-2 .
- Mrs. Yeargin says that [ARG0 she] also wanted *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 lift Greenville High School 's overall test scores , usually near the bottom of 14 district high schools in rankings carried * annually by local newspapers] .
- `` That pretty much defeats any inkling that [ARG0 she] was out *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 the poor underprivileged child] , '' says Joe Watson , the prosecutor in the case , who *T*-96 is also president of Greenville High School 's alumni association .
- Mrs. Yeargin concedes that she went over the questions in the earlier class , *-1 adding : `` [ARG0 I] wanted *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 all '' students] .
- Medical researchers believe 0 [ARG0 the transplantation of small amounts of fetal tissue into humans] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 * treat juvenile diabetes and such degenerative diseases as Alzheimer 's , Parkinson 's and Huntington 's] .
- [ARG1 The stocks of banking concerns based * in Massachusetts] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel helped] *-1 [ARGM-MNR much] by [ARG0-by the announcement] , traders said 0 *T*-2 , [ARGM-CAU because many of those concerns have financial problems tied * to their real-estate loan portfolios , * making them unattractive takeover targets] .
- But [ARG0 they] have obtained 8300 forms without court permission and used the information *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 develop criminal cases] .
- While market sentiment remains cautiously bearish on the dollar based on sluggish U.S. economic indicators , dealers note that [ARG0 Japanese demand] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 underpin the dollar against the yen] and has kept the U.S. currency from *-2 plunging below key levels against the mark .
- Jay Goldinger , with Capital Insight Inc. , reasons that [ARGM-ADV while the mark has posted significant gains against the yen as well -- the mark climbed to 77.70 yen from 77.56 yen late Tuesday in New York --] [ARG0 the strength of the U.S. bond market compared * to its foreign counterparts] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 lure investors to dollar-denominated bonds , rather than mark bonds] .
- [ARG0 The reruns] have [rel helped] [ARG1 ratings at many of the 187 network affiliates and independent TV stations that *T*-150 air the shows] .
- The offer follows [ARG0 an earlier proposal *ICH*-1] by NL and Mr. Simmons * to [rel help] [ARG1 Georgia Gulf restructure or go private in a transaction that *T*-179 would pay shareholders $ 55 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV Partly] [ARG0 *-1] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 clear the myriad obstacles facing any overseas company trying * to penetrate Japan] , tiny Candela turned to Mitsui & Co. , one of Japan 's largest trading companies , for investment .
- The program not only offers a pre-approved car loan up to $ 18,000 *U* , but throws in [ARG0 a special cash-flow statement] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] in [ARG1-in * saving money] .
- As a Foster Corporate Parent , you will experience the same joy felt * by [ARG0 Robert Bass , Lewis Ranieri , William Simon and others] , who *T*-207 find ways 0 * to [rel help] [ARG1 troubled savings institutions and their employees help themselves] *T*-1 .
- As a Foster Corporate Parent , you will experience the same joy felt * by Robert Bass , Lewis Ranieri , William Simon and others , who *T*-207 find ways 0 * to help [ARG0 troubled savings institutions and their employees] [rel help] [ARG1-REC themselves] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Your $ 15,000 *U*] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 keep a needy savings and loan solvent -- and out of the federal budget deficit] .
- [ARGM-ADV As a Foster Corporate Parent] , [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD 'll] be [rel helping] [ARG1 a neighborhood S&L] [ARGM-LOC in areas crucial to its survival] .
- But when the contract reopened *T*-1 , the subsequent flood of sell orders that *T*-211 quickly knocked the contract down to the 30-point limit indicated that [ARG0 the intermediate limit of 20 points] was needed *-128 *-128 to [rel help] [ARG1 keep stock and stock-index futures prices synchronized] .
- But Mr. Boesel of T. Rowe Price , who *T*-235 also expects 12 % growth in dividends next year , does n't think 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 the overall market] [ARGM-ADV all that much] .
- The company , which *T*-237 recently said 0 it lacked the profits and capital 0 * to pay dividends on its Series A convertible preferred stock *T*-1 , said 0 it has hired [ARG0 an investment banker] 0 *T*-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 it raise additional cash] .
- Policy makers regard the youth wage as * helping *-1 to limit the loss of jobs from an increase in the minimum wage , but they have lately touted [ARG0 it] as necessary *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 impart job skills to entrants into the work force] .
- Policy makers regard [ARG0 the youth wage] as * [rel helping] [ARG1 *-1 to limit the loss of jobs from an increase in the minimum wage] , but they have lately touted it as necessary *-2 to help *-3 impart job skills to entrants into the work force .
- Mr. Droz says 0 [ARG0 the Soviets] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-ADV even] [rel help] [ARG1 U.S. designers renew their sense of purpose] .
- `` They got us thinking 0 [ARGM-ADV maybe] [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD should] be [rel helping] [ARG1 U.S. companies improve existing products rather than *-1 always developing new ones] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV If he does not] , [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 realize Madison 's fear in The Federalist No. 48 of a legislature `` everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all powers into its impetuous vortex] . ''
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-2 explain the reluctance *ICH*-1 of the major farm lobbies and many lawmakers * to make any significant changes in the 1985 farm program next year] .
- [ARG0 The promotion] [rel helped] [ARG1 Riviera sales exceed the division 's forecast by more than 10 %] , Buick said 0 *T*-1 at the time .
- Futures traders respond that [ARG0 low margins] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 keep their markets active] .
- Higher margins would chase away dozens of [ARG0 smaller traders] who *T*-72 [rel help] [ARG1 larger traders buy and sell] , they say *T*-1 .
- He is an avid fan of a proposition on next week 's ballot 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 build a replacement for Candlestick Park *T*-1] .
- He did n't see why [ARG0 the taxpayers] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 build something 0 he would then use *T*-1 * to turn a healthy profit] .
- But to Moon Landrieu , [ARG0 the former New Orleans mayor] who *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 build that city 's cavernous , money-losing Superdome] , questions of who *T*-2 benefits or the bottom line are of little relevance .
- But he is best known *-3 in the auto industry as the creator of a team car-development approach that *T*-1 produced [ARG0 the two midsized cars] that *T*-2 were instrumental in * [rel helping] [ARG1 the No. 2 auto maker record profits in recent years] and in * enabling the company 's Ford division to eclipse General Motors Corp. 's Chevrolet division as the top-selling nameplate in the U.S. .
- Ford Chairman Donald E. Petersen said yesterday that [ARG0 Mr. Veraldi] has `` [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 to change the world 's perception of American-made cars] . ''
- Congress could create [ARG0 a compensation program] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 such victims] [ARGM-ADV while *-2 protecting the national interest in * encouraging new drugs] .
- Everyone by now understands that Congress is utterly incapable of * writing [ARG0 legislation] 0 * to [rel help] [ARG1 deserving people] *T*-1 without its becoming some billion-dollar morass .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 substantially lower Dutch corporate tax rates] [rel helped] [ARG1 the company keep its tax outlay flat relative to earnings growth] , the company added 0 *T*-1 .
- Some dealers said 0 [ARG0 the Treasury 's intent] is * to [rel help] [ARG1 government bond dealers gauge investor demand for the securities] , * given uncertainties about when the auction will occur *T*-1 .
- In addition , it is believed *-1 to offer [ARG0 a cost-sharing mechanism] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 subsidize the clean-up costs for the dirtiest coal-fired utilities in the country , [ARGM-ADV *-3 sparing their customers from exorbitant jumps in their electric bills] ] .
- Although takeover experts said 0 they doubted 0 Mr. Steinberg will make a bid by himself , the application by his Reliance Group Holdings Inc. could signal [ARG0 his interest] in * [rel helping] [ARG1 *-1 revive a failed labor-management bid] .
- Some takeover experts were skeptical , *-1 saying 0 it *EXP*-2 was possible that [ARG0 Mr. Steinberg] made the filing [ARGM-ADV only] *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 boost the value of any remaining Reliance stake in UAL] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Wolf 's success in that job] [rel helped] [ARG1 him land the top job with UAL in December 1987] .
- One investment banker said 0 Mr. Steinberg may be trying *-2 to position himself as [ARG0 a friendly investor] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a failed labor-management bid] .
- [ARG0 The move] boosts Intelogic Chairman Asher Edelman 's stake to 20 % from 16.2 % and [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 prevent Martin Ackerman from *-1 making a run at the computer-services concern] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the strength in heating oil] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 push up crude oil] .
- Arbitrage-related trading during the session was confined *-1 largely to [ARG0 a round] of buy programs near the close , which *T*-2 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 offset the impact of profit-taking among blue chips] .
- While researchers believe 0 [ARG0 such transplants] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 treat diseases like Alzheimer 's] , anti-abortionists oppose the research .
- Bush unveiled a package of [ARG0 trade initiatives] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 establish `` economic alternatives to drug trafficking '' [ARGM-LOC in the Andean nations of South America] ] .
- The president 's plan includes a commitment [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 negotiate a new international coffee agreement] .
- It *EXP*-1 is n't clear how much [ARG0 a restructuring] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG2 Columbia stockholders] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Interleukin-3] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] in [ARG1-in * treating blood cell deficiencies associated * with cancer treatment , bone marrow transplants and other blood-cell disorders] , Genetics Institute said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Higher crude oil prices] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 boost operating profit for the Marathon Oil Co. unit to $ 198 million *U* from $ 180 million *U*] .
- Nomura was attempting *-1 to organize the 50 billion-yen -LRB- $ 352 million *U* -RRB- borrowing in Japan at a time when many Japanese banks , led * by Industrial Bank of Japan , were pressuring [ARG0 the Wellington government] to [rel help] [ARG1 them recover loans made * to a defunct investment bank that *T*-3 had been owned *-25 by New Zealand 's civil-service pension fund] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS Nonetheless] , [ARG0 one] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 wonder whether the game will be just a little bit slower] .
- On the Frankfurt Stock Exchange , share prices closed higher in fairly thin trading , as [ARG0 selective buying by foreigners] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 propel prices] .
- Treasury Undersecretary David Mulford defended the Treasury 's efforts *ICH*-1 this fall * to drive down the value of the dollar , *-2 saying 0 [ARG0 it] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 minimize damage from the 190-point drop in the stock market Oct. 13] .
- Differences between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve on the usefulness of [ARG0 intervention] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 restrain the dollar] resurfaced at the hearing .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG0 such a sale] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 Armstrong reassure its investors and deter the Belzbergs , who *T*-129 own a 9.85 % stake in the Lancaster , Pa. , company] .
- Mr. Stoll was scanning the heavens at the Keck observatory of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in 1986 when his grant ran *-3 low *T*-1 and he was asked *-2 to switch to [ARG0 *] [rel helping] [ARG1 run the lab 's computers] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The funds] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 ease a cash bind at HealthVest , which *T*-152 has been unable *-2 to pay its debts because Healthcare has n't made complete rent and mortgage payments since July] .
- [ARGM-TMP Ultimately] , he says 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 strong demand] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 to drive down interest rates on mortgage securities] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Moon 's support for a Watergate-beleaguered Richard Nixon , the Koreagate scandal , and his prison sentence for income-tax evasion] did [ARGM-NEG not] [rel help] [ARG1 the church 's recruitment efforts] .
- [ARG0 Atsushi Muramatsu , Nissan 's executive vice president for finance ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 set the tone] [ARGM-TMP in December 1986] , [ARGM-TMP when the company was heading toward the first operating loss by a Japanese auto maker since the nation 's postwar recovery *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Nissan] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 develop a Tokyo restaurant with both vehicles as its design theme] .
- [ARG0 *-1] To [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 close the gap] , Nissan recently established a top-level cost-cutting committee .
- American officials have said that [ARG0 a meeting with the leader of the U.S.] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 bolster his stature among Soviet politicians and academics , whose support he needs *T*-258] .
- This is the year : [ARG0 Unsuspecting filers of 1988 personal returns] are being picked randomly for thorough audits * to [rel help] [ARG1 the IRS update its criteria for enforcement , audit selection , and use of resources] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Achenbaum] [rel helped] [ARG1 Morgan] [ARGM-LOC in its recent agency search] , and he has a long relationship with Hyundai , which *T*-294 is having severe troubles , including declining sales .
- [ARG0 Our mission] is * to [rel help] [ARG1 our clients grow] , and to use every tool of marketing communications * to accomplish that . ''
- At Backer Spielvogel , he will work with clients and potential clients on marketing strategies ; [ARGM-ADV aside from agency compensation issues] , [ARG0 he] [rel helped] [ARG1 Nissan , for example , come up with its positioning and pricing for its new Infiniti line] .
- On U.S. military presence in Asia : *-3 Asked *-4 if [ARG0 his offer * to allow the American military to use facilities in Singapore] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 preserve America 's presence in the region at bases in the Philippines] , he said , `` What we have done *T*-302 is * make it *EXP*-1 easier for the Philippines to continue *-5 to host American bases without it being said 0 they are lackeys of the imperialists and the only ones in Asia or in Southeast Asia .
- [ARG0 The devices] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 indicate when surgery would help *T*-2] , says 0 *T*-3 Charles Tator , a University of Toronto neurosurgeon .
- The devices could help *-1 indicate [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 surgery] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] *T*-2 , says 0 *T*-3 Charles Tator , a University of Toronto neurosurgeon .
- At the University of Kentucky , a team led * by Dean Currier , a physical therapy researcher , is testing the stimulators in conjunction with electric shocks * to induce muscle contractions [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 prevent wasting of thigh muscles after knee surgery] .
- `` We must do [ARG0 more] * to [rel help] [ARG1 the Japanese] [ARGM-LOC here in Baja] if we want them to invest elsewhere , '' says *T*-1 Mr. Ruffo , the governor-elect of the National Action Party and himself a succesful businessman .
- Mr. Owen of Kleinwort Benson suggested that [ARG0 the new chancellor , John Major ,] will take a tough line in his autumn statement later this month , *-1 [rel helping] [ARG1 *-2 to underpin the pound] .
- Proponents of * expanding FHA programs say 0 [ARG0 they] merely want *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 home buyers who *T*-32 are frozen *-2 out of high-priced markets] .
- [ARG0 Georgia-Pacific 's $ 3.18 billion *U* bid for Great Northern Nekoosa] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 drive the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 41.60 points , to 2645.08] , [ARGM-LOC in active trading] .
- [ARG0 Technology stocks] woke up , * [rel helping] [ARG1 the over-the-counter market rise from its recent doldrums] .
- But [ARG0 the promise of at least $ 15 million *U* in new savings] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 to forge a partnership between HUD Secretary Jack Kemp and lawmakers wanting * to protect their projects elsewhere] .
- The portfolio unit of the French bank group Credit Lyonnais told stock market regulators that [ARG0 it] bought 43,000 shares of Cie. de Navigation Mixte , [ARGM-ADV apparently] * to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 fend off an unwelcome takeover bid for the company] .
- Company officials said 0 [ARG0 the current robust domestic demand that *T*-106 has been fueling sustained economic expansion] [rel helped] [ARG1 push up sales of products like ships , steel structures , power systems and machinery] and resulted in sharply higher profit .
- Stock prices surged as [ARG0 a multibillion-dollar takeover proposal] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 restore market players ' confidence about the prospects for further deal-making] .
- But in an interview in which he called the stock market 's volatility a `` national problem *T*-3 , '' Big Board Chairman John J. Phelan Jr. said , `` We are going *-1 to try *-2 to do [ARG0 some things] 0 *ICH*-4 in the short intermediate term '' *T*-5 to [rel help] [ARG1 the situation] .
- [ARG1 The market 's tempo] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by the dollar 's resiliency] , he said 0 *T*-2 .
- One large competitor after another is leaping into the booming market 0 [ARG0 Specialized] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 create *T*-1] , *-3 turning out mountain bikes with such well-known names as Schwinn , Peugeot , Raleigh and Nishiki .
- [ARG0 Such fervor for cycling] [rel helped] [ARG1 Mr. Sinyard build a creative company at the forefront of its industry] .
- Courtaulds ' restructuring is among the largest thus far in Britain , though it is dwarfed *-1 by [ARG0 B.A.T Industries PLC 's] plans * to spin off roughly # 4 billion *U* in assets * to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 fend off a takeover bid from Anglo-French financier Sir James Goldsmith] .
- And [ARG0 the Treasury 's $ 17.6 billion *U* auction of short-term bills , which *T*-1 generated strong buying interest ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 to lift the bond market out of the doldrums] .
- [ARG0 The improved tone in the municipal market , largely an offshoot of the New York City sale 's reception ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 municipal futures rebound from early lows] , but the spread between the contract and Tbond futures continued *-1 to grow more negative .
- Recently , Gen-Probe received a broad U.S. patent for [ARG0 a technology] that *T*-2 [rel helps] [ARG1 detect , identify and quantify non-viral organisms through the targeting of a form of genetic material called * ribosomal RNA] .
- [ARG0 Chugai] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG2 Gen-Probe] with [ARG1-with its regulatory and marketing expertise in Asia] , Mr. Bologna said 0 *T*-1 .
- In August , representatives of Keidanren , Japan 's largest business organization , visited Moscow *-2 to explore [ARG0 exports and investments] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 the Soviet economy] .
- *-1 Still stinging from the international backlash over the sale two years ago of sensitive military technology to the Soviets by a subsidiary of Japan 's Toshiba Corp. , [ARG0 many Japanese] are eager *-1 to avoid *-2 appearing *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 the Soviets] [ARGM-MNR in any way] .
- President Bush said that three members of his cabinet will lead a presidential mission to Poland *-2 to gauge [ARGM-MNR how] [ARG0 the U.S.] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel help] [ARG1 the new non-Communist government 's economic changes] *T*-1 .
- He says 0 [ARG0 bowling] [rel helps] [ARG1 him shed pounds] , [ARGM-ADV though that effort is sometimes thwarted *-2 by the fact that `` when I 'm drinking *T*-1 , I bowl better] . ''
- Carnegie Mellon , though , says 0 some students conclude 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel help] [ARG1 their careers] [ARGM-ADV most] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 hitting the books] : `` They 're opting *-2 to build their resumes through good grades and leadership roles in fraternities . ''
- The 12-bed `` cooperative care '' unit is one of about 18 nationwide where [ARG0 a family member or friend] [rel helps] [ARG1 care for a patient in the hospital *T*-1] .
- `` [ARG0 It] [rel helps] [ARG1 us , and them] , [ARGM-TMP while they 're here] , and it certainly makes them a better health-care team when they get home *T*-1 . ''
- [ARG0 Proceeds from the planned sale of the 250,000-square-foot building] `` [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 reduce the debt incurred * as a result of our July 1988 recapitalization] , '' said *T*-1 a USG official .
- [ARG0 Large cash positions] [rel help] [ARG1 buffer funds from market declines] but can cut down on gains in rising markets .
- Yet much of the political culture seems intent on * castigating [ARG0 the Bush administration] for * [ARGM-NEG not] `` [rel helping] '' [ARG1 Mr. Gorbachev] .
- In addition , Revco 's 1,900 stores in 27 states represent a lot of real estate , he said 0 *T*-1 , and [ARG0 demographics] are [rel helping] [ARG1 pharmacies] : The nation 's aging population will boost demand for prescription drugs .
- [ARG0 Buying by the Soviets] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 to prop up corn prices] [ARGM-TMP in recent weeks] , but a lack of any new purchases kept prices in the doldrums .
- [ARG0 Bargain hunters] [rel helped] [ARG1 stock prices break a weeklong losing streak] [ARGM-ADV while bond prices and the dollar inched higher] .
- [ARG0 Corporate pride as well as the close ties common among Japanese manufacturers] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 explain why] .
- But [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel help] [ARG1 American companies , which *T*-1 also are starting *-2 to try *-3 to open the market] .
- Other ads do n't bother with the fundraising ; a touching , if self-congratulatory , American Telephone & Telegraph ad that *T*-1 aired Sunday intermixed footage of the devastation in San Francisco and Charleston , S.C. , with interviews of people recounting [ARGM-MNR how] [ARG0 AT&T] [rel helped] *T*-2 .
- At Nissan , `` we felt 0 [ARG0 we] wanted *-2 to do something *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 them gather money] , and we had this airtime on Monday Night Football , '' explains 0 *T*-1 Brooke Mitzel , a Nissan advertising creative manager .
- But as advertisers latch onto disasters with increasing frequency , [ARG0 they] risk *-1 hurting themselves as much as *-1 [rel helping] [ARG1 the cause] .
- `` The World Series is brought *-4 to you by Lexus , who *T*-1 urges [ARG0 you] *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-5 relieve the suffering caused * by the recent earthquake] ... , '' the game announcer said *T*-3 .
- And New York Life made a plea for Red Cross donations in newspaper ads in the San Francisco area , *-1 latching onto the coattails of the Red Cross 's impeccable reputation : `` [ARG0 The Red Cross] has been [rel helping] [ARG1 people] [ARGM-TMP for 125 years] .
- But she has no problem with that , she says 0 *T*-1 : `` [ARGM-TMP In the meanwhile] , [ARG0 they] 're [rel helping] [ARG1 us] . ''
- [ARG0 That] 's [rel helping] [ARG1 *-1 put pressure on both the market 's winners and its losers] .
- Mr. Carver , however , believes 0 [ARG0 the company 's egg product] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 the bottom line] [ARGM-TMP in the short run] , [ARGM-ADV even though it `` makes sense -- it 's more convenient '' and justifies its price , which *T*-1 is higher than shell eggs , because of health and sanitation concerns] .
- The decision reflects the Fed 's tougher stance on * enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act , [ARG0 a federal law] passed * in 1977 * to [rel help] [ARG1 low-income residents obtain loans] .
- In *-3 deferring action on the merger , the Fed said 0 *T*-1 , `` The Board does not believe that there is sufficient information in the record at this time * to allow -LCB- it -RCB- to reach a final conclusion on [ARG0 First Union 's] record of * [rel helping] [ARG1 *-4 to meet the credit needs of the communities 0 it serves *T*-2 in Florida and North Carolina , including low to moderate-income neighborhoods in those communities] . ''
- That would be bad news for Navigation Mixte 's current management , which *T*-1 was counting on [ARG0 Allianz] *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 fend off Paribas] .
- According to one London-based analyst , [ARG0 even higher interest rates] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 the pound] [ARGM-ADV if Britain 's government continues *-1 to appear unstable] .
- Dealers also note that [ARG0 the general lack of enthusiasm for the yen] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 bolster the U.S. dollar] .
- They argue that [ARG0 weakness in both the yen and sterling] have [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 offset bearish U.S. economic news] and have lent support to the dollar .
- South Africa 's government said 0 [ARG0 peaceful demonstrations such as the anti-apartheid rally Sunday near Soweto] have [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 ease tensions] and assisted political changes .
- [ARG0 The move] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 the bank to keep up with international solvency ratios being phased * in by the Bank for International Settlements] and will also represent the first time that its voting shares have been held *-1 by a party other than the government *T*-2 .
- Fujitsu said 0 it hopes 0 [ARG0 the Hiroshima contract] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 it secure pacts with other municipalities] .
- At Continental he cut money-losing operations , [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 produce a modest profit in this year 's second quarter] .
- Mr. Dorsch says 0 the HIAA is working on a proposal * to establish [ARG0 a privately funded reinsurance mechanism] 0 *T*-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 cover small groups that *T*-1 ca n't get insurance without *-4 excluding certain employees] .
- [ARGM-ADV Conversely] , [ARG0 strong consumer spending in the U.S. two years ago] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 propel the local economy at more than twice its current rate] .
- [ARGM-CAU Since the cost of * transporting gas is so important to producers ' ability * to sell it] , [ARG0 it *EXP*-1] [rel helps] [ARG1 * to have input and access to transportation companies] . ''
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 margins] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel helped] *-1 , [ARGM-DIS too] , by [ARG0-by some other cost-saving steps] .
- [ARG0 The sale] , [ARGM-ADV at a higher price than some analysts had expected *?*] , [rel helps] [ARG1 the food and tobacco giant raise funds 0 * to pay debt *T*-2] and boosts Nestle 's 7 % share of the U.S. candy market to about 12 % .
- At the same time , Westinghouse hopes 0 [ARG0 its venture with Mitsubishi] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 fend off growing competition , particularly in the U.S. , from such European competitors as Asea Brown Boveri AG , Siemens AG , and British General Electric Co] .
- Unisys said 0 [ARG0 that] [ARGM-PRD should] [rel help] [ARG1 it save $ 500 million *U* a year in costs , again at the high end of the previously reported range of $ 400 million to $ 500 million *U*] .
- James E. Ousley , computer products group president , said 0 [ARG0 such arrangements] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 slash Control Data 's computer research and development costs in half by the end of 1990] .
- *-1 Noting that the company is offering *-2 to buy back $ 154.2 million *U* in senior notes paying 12 3\/4 % , he said 0 [ARG0 the response] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 determine future debt-reduction efforts] .
- [ARG0 The consortium of scientists and companies] was set *-1 up by Italy *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 preserve the fabled city of canals] .
- The Financial Times 100-share index shed 47.3 points *-1 to close at 2082.1 , down 4.5 % from the previous Friday and 6.8 % from Oct. 13 , when [ARG0 Wall Street 's plunge] [rel helped] [ARG1 spark the current weakness in London *T*-2] .
- Mr. Bush has pledged as well *-1 to respect the 14-year-old executive order barring [ARG0 U.S. agents] from *-2 assassinating foreign leaders or [rel helping] [ARG1 others to do so] .
- [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 some scavengers or schemers] , or help corporate America ? ''
- [ARG0 *] to help some scavengers or schemers , or [rel help] [ARG1 corporate America] ? ''
- `` It *EXP*-1 is clear , '' Ms. Waite says 0 *T*-3 , `` that most of the effect of increasing education has been *-4 to shift [ARG0 who] *T*-2 is [rel helping] [ARG1 the wife\/mother] .
- But the researchers found that while children 's household tasks eased the mother 's burden appreciably , the husband 's [rel helping] [ARG0 hand] `` appears *-1 to lighten the children 's load almost on a one-for-one basis and to reduce the wife 's responsibility only modestly . ''
- Mr. Pearce has also encouraged his staff to work more closely with GM 's technical staffs [ARG0 *-1] to [rel help] [ARG1 prevent future litigation] .
- `` Because personal computers will soon be on the desks of all of our tellers , and customer service and loan representatives , [ARG0 information] will be instantly available *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 customers] with product decisions and provide them with information about their accounts , '' according to John Kelley , executive vice president *RNR*-2 and corporate services group manager *RNR*-2 at First Tennessee .
- [ARG0 The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank] are expected *-2 to provide approximately $ 180 million *U* *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 support the deal] , and additional funds *ICH*-5 are expected *-1 from Japan .
- Economists said 0 [ARG0 greatly increased consumer optimism , a larger money supply and higher stock prices] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 lift the index] .
- He noted that [ARG0 higher gasoline prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 buoy the October totals] .
- NBI also said 0 it has hired [ARG0 Prudential-Bache Securities Inc.] as its financial adviser and investment banker *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 it restructure financially and improve its balance sheet] .
- [ARG0 That selling of futures contracts by elevators] is what *T*-1 [rel helps] [ARG1 *-2 keep downward pressure on crop prices during the harvest] .
- Mr. Thompson is believed *-2 to have a mandate *ICH*-3 from the board of directors [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 improve the Merc 's tarnished reputation as an exchange whose floor traders *T*-1 do n't follow the rules very well] .
- [ARG0 The accord] [rel helps] [ARG1 RJR pay off debt] and boosts Nestle 's 7 % share of the U.S. candy market to 12 % .
- [ARG0 House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jamie Whitten -LRB- D. , Miss . -RRB-] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 secure $ 49.7 million *U* for his state , or more than double the Pentagon 's budget] .
- Yet the evidence that we have not hit bottom is found *-1 in the fact that [ARG0 we] are [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel helping] [ARG1-REC ourselves] .
- Although the Bank of England 's tight monetary policy has fueled worries that Britain 's slowing economy is headed *-1 for a recession , it is widely believed that [ARG0 Mr. Lawson 's willingness * to prop up the pound with interest-rate increases] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 stem pound selling in recent weeks] .
- In addition , local banks say 0 [ARG0 the new contract] is important in * [rel helping] [ARG1 them offset their Hong Kong-dollar exposure] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 to inspire confidence] , Mr. Gilmore says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 peace efforts by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-TMP always] [rel helped] [ARG1 the country 's cause in Washington] .
- In addition , they argue 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 Washington 's standing in the region] [ARGM-MNR by * trumpeting the U.S. commitment to democracy less than a month after his administration played an ineffectual role in the failed coup attempt in Panama] .
- The document proposes *-1 breaking up the monolithic system of state-owned enterprises and farms and allowing [ARG1 a big private sector] to flourish , *-2 [rel helped] *-3 by [ARG0-by tough anti-monopoly legislation] .
- Later , Mr. Dinkins became more deeply indebted to Mr. Sutton and other city pols , including then-City Council President Paul O'Dwyer , when [ARG0 they] [rel helped] [ARG1 him get appointed *-1 city clerk , a largely ceremonial post responsible for the city 's marriage bureau , among other things] *T*-2 .
- Many economic-development officials say 0 [ARG0 the Koch administration 's aggressive approach] [rel helped] [ARG1 save 5,000 Chase Manhattan Bank jobs from * moving across the Hudson] .
- The next day , [ARG0 Mr. Schaeffer] presented the couple with a check for $ 151,000 *U* *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 them build a new home in the same neighborhood] .
- He also is working with [ARG0 a real-estate agent] *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 find them an apartment 0 * to rent *T*-3 while their home is being built *-1] .
- She has been on the move almost incessantly since last Thursday , when [ARG0 an army of adjusters , employed * by major insurers ,] invaded the San Francisco area *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 policyholders sift through the rubble and restore some order to their lives] *T*-2 .
- But tremors are likely in [ARG0 the junk-bond market] , which *T*-1 has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 to finance the takeover boom of recent years] .
- He figures 0 [ARG0 the episode] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 `` clarify any ambiguities '' between the committee and administration] .
- SYDNEY-Qintex Australia Ltd. , under pressure from bank lenders , has called in [ARG0 accounting firm Peat Marwick Hungerfords] *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 oversee asset sales and restructure the resorts and media company] .
- [ARG0 The availability of timely assistance -- of a backstop --] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel help] [ARG1 markets retain their resilience] .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] , [ARG0 the mere existence of a market-stabilizing agency] [rel helps] [ARG1 * to avoid panic in emergencies] .
- It also was considering [ARG0 a restructuring] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 boost the stock price] .
- One son sacrifices his own career so that his avaricious brother can succeed , while [ARG0 another] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-1 support the family with money siphoned * from crime] .
- [ARG0 * Veiling his message] has [rel helped] [ARG1 him endure] .
- They merely collect campaign contributions from [ARG0 developers] that *T*-1 [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 keep them in office] .
- Instead of [ARG0 *-2] [rel helping] [ARG1 his company] [ARGM-LOC in the defense spending slowdown] , Dynamic Engineering Inc. , a troubled subsidiary that *T*-1 makes wind tunnels for the space industry , contributed to much of QuesTech 's $ 3.3 million *U* loss on $ 55.6 million *U* in revenue last year .
- Earlier reports , which *T*-1 revealed that as many as 73 companies were avoiding income tax legally , have been credited [ARG0 *] with *-2 [rel helping] [ARG1 *-3 galvanize efforts * to overhaul the tax code] .
- *-2 Hoping *-1 to avoid another takeover , Mr. Traub retained [ARG0 Blackstone Group and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.] to [rel help] [ARG1 him find partners for a management-led buy-out] .
- The statement said [ARG0 a 5 % jump in the `` Peter 's Pence '' collection -- the annual offering from Catholics to the pope --] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 cover the deficit] .
- Akio Tanii , president of Japan 's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. , presented the U.S. consul general in Osaka with [ARG0 a $ 1 million *U* check] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 San Francisco 's earthquake victims] .
- [ARG0 The diversified operations] [rel helped] [ARG1 GM build its cash reserves , exclusive of its financial subsidiary , to $ 5.5 billion *U* as of Sept. 30 , a 22 % increase from a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Yesterday 's announcements] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 spark a midday wave of program selling in the stock market] .
- [ARGM-ADV Admittedly] [ARG0 last season 's runaway hit , `` Steel Magnolias , ''] [rel helped] [ARGM-ADV a lot] , but so did *T*-1 cost cutting and other measures insisted on * by the board .
- It [rel Helps] [ARG1 * to Be Male]
- [ARG0 It] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARGM-TMP when , in 1986 , she was charged *-2 -LRB- and then cleared *-2 -RRB- on allegations of public drunkenness *T*-1] .
- Profit climbed to $ 98 million *U* from $ 71 million *U* in the petroleum segment , as [ARG1 Du Pont 's Conoco Inc. oil company] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by crude oil prices higher than a year ago] and by higher natural gas prices and volume .
- Profit climbed to $ 98 million *U* from $ 71 million *U* in the petroleum segment , as [ARG1 Du Pont 's Conoco Inc. oil company] was [rel helped] *-1 by crude oil prices higher than a year ago and by [ARG0-by higher natural gas prices and volume] .
- They are stressing that [ARGM-MNR the best way] 0 for [ARG0 the West] to [rel help] [ARG1 the East] *T*-1 is * to move faster towards Western European economic and monetary unity .
- He adds that with communism collapsing and Mr. Gorbachev scrambling *-2 to rejuvenate the Soviet economy , `` Our interest lies in a controlled transformation , a contained nuclear reaction , so [ARG0 we] need *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 him] , and not just with words . ''
- The company also hopes 0 [ARG0 the latest acquisition] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 secure large construction orders from Japanese concerns with U.S. operations] .
- So they opted for IRA , *-2 naming it after Ira Cohen , [ARG0 a brilliant IRS actuary] who *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 them] .
- Unless other rules are changed *-1 , the devaluation could cause difficulties for [ARG1 the people] 0 [ARG0 it] is primarily meant *-4 to [rel help] *T*-3 : Soviets who *T*-2 travel abroad .
- [ARG0 The central bank] has been [rel helping] , [ARGM-ADV but apparently not especially eagerly] .
- And when responsible scholars gain legitimate access to unpublished materials *T*-2 , copyright should not be permitted *-3 to deny them use of [ARG0 quotations] that *T*-1 [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 to establish historical points] .
- More broadly , [ARG0 he] wants *-1 to `` modernize '' regulation by *-2 eliminating barriers between commercial and investment banking and by *-2 [rel helping] [ARG1 U.S. financial firms compete in the global market] .
- Some in Washington contend that it 's too soon * to tell whether [ARG0 Mr. Breeden] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] or hinder [ARG1 the SEC] .
- Analysts said 0 [ARG1 the company 's effort] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by its decision *ICH*-4 last year * to put point-of-sale scanners in 200 stores , * allowing National Convenience to quickly track items that *T*-2 are selling and those that *T*-3 are n't *?*] .
- Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole named [ARG0 a mediator] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 resolve the lengthy labor dispute between the United Mine Workers and Pittston Co] .
- `` When the market turns around *T*-1 , '' she says 0 *T*-2 , `` it will give a nice picture '' of [ARGM-MNR how] [ARG0 leverage] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel help] [ARG1 performance] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 High cash positions] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 buffer a fund when the market falls *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 A capital-gains tax cut] might be paired *-1 with such measures * to [rel help] [ARG1 * ensure passage] .
- Stephen A. Wynn , who *T*-1 owns 29.4 % of Golden Nugget 's shares , says 0 [ARG0 the Mirage and other projects] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 Las Vegas attract a whole new generation of visitors] .
- `` It 'll never be like what Bristol-Myers does *T*-1 , '' he adds *T*-3 , `` but [ARG0 it] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-2 establish recognition with the public -- and with banks] . ''
- [ARG0 Older people] [rel help] [ARG1 profits] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 filling in `` downtime] . ''
- [ARG0 Lawrence Insurance , based * in Albany , N.Y. ,] plans *-1 to use the $ 22.5 million *U* in proceeds *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 finance the acquisition of United Republic] .
- [ARG0 Their opposition] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 scare off some Japanese banks] .
- Another reason : *-1 Emboldened *-2 by their success in [ARG0 *] [rel helping] [ARG1 *-3 to scuttle the previous transaction] , the machinists are likely *-1 to be more aggressive if a second buy-out attempt occurs .
- [ARG1 It] was [ARGM-TMP further] [rel helped] *-2 by [ARG0-by Ford , which *T*-1 announced after London 's close that it had raised its stake to 12 % from just under 11 % on Tuesday] .
- The bill last night includes $ 500 million *U* 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 finance this credit] *T*-2 and further raises the obligation ceiling for the Small Business Administration sixfold to $ 1.8 billion *U* * to accommodate the expected loan activity .
- The Big Board argues that [ARG0 its new product] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] rather than hurt [ARG1 the situation] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 possibly drawing business from more-volatile forms of program trading] .
- The SEC 's Mr. Breeden said 0 [ARG0 the after-hours trading on the Midwest exchange] would *-3 [rel help] [ARG1 the U.S. win back business that *T*-1 has moved overseas *-2 to conduct after-hours trades] .
- He maintains that [ARG0 the information from the FBI] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 him get his 1968 conviction vacated *-1 and his bail-jumping indictment dismissed *-2] .
- Floor traders also said that [ARG1 the market] [ARGM-MOD could] have been [rel helped] *-2 by [ARG0-by rumors , which *T*-1 have been circulating for the past two days , about China purchasing cotton] .
- The Portland , Ore. , thrift said 0 [ARG0 the restructuring] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 it meet new capital standards from the Financial Institution Reform , Recovery and Enforcement Act] .
- The exchange argues that [ARG0 the product , which the SEC temporarily approved *T*-1 yesterday ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 ease rather than worsen any volatility in the stock market] .
- Advertisers are resisting [ARG0 higher prices] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 close the gap] .
- [ARG0 It] aired 94.5 hours of mostly live events in Calgary -- * [rel helping] [ARG1 raise ratings slightly from 1984] -- but still failed *-1 to deliver the audience promised * to advertisers .
- Mr. Pilson says [ARG0 baseball and the Olympics] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1 CBS move up to No. 2 in the household ratings race] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 putting pizazz back into the network 's image] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 IBM address the damage that a resurgent Storage Technology Corp. has inflicted *T*-1 in that market] .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] , [ARG0 the unassuming Mr. Corry] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 chart USX 's transition from Big Steel to Big Oil] .
- However , * shedding steel would run directly counter to Mr. Roderick 's original rationale for * diversifying into oil and gas : [ARG0 * Having two major products] [ARGM-MOD would] lessen the company 's vulnerability to one market 's down cycle and [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 smooth out the flow of cash and earnings] .
- The news also knocked the British unit to below 2.95 marks in London , but [ARG0 a bout of short-covering] [rel helped] [ARG1 sterling recoup some of its earlier losses] .
- [ARG0 A companion jetty] that *T*-1 [rel helps] [ARG1 * hold back the sea] looks like a rusting junkyard .
- The Bush administration said 0 it is submitting [ARG0 a `` comprehensive '' proposal] for * overhauling agricultural trade that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 break an impasse in the current round of multilateral trade negotiations] .
- [ARG1 Procter & Gamble Co.] , [ARG0 *-1] [rel helped] *-2 by a gain from a lawsuit settlement and continued growth overseas , posted a 38 % rise in fiscal first-quarter net income .
- [ARG0 One factor] [rel helping] [ARG1 sales and earnings] was a 3 % price rise for most P&G products , except coffee , analysts said 0 *T*-1 .
- Maria Stolzman , one of its farm experts , lays it on the line : `` [ARG0 The World Bank] will be brought *-1 in *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 us destroy the old system] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV Although analysts do n't expect the Federal Reserve to ease credit policy soon] , [ARG0 reports like those yesterday] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 build the case for lower rates] .
- But analysts said 0 [ARG0 the combination of a second consecutive decline in monthly durable-goods orders and lackluster mid-October auto sales] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 prop up the Treasury market] .
- [ARGM-ADV Maybe] [ARG0 she] [ARGM-MOD could] step across the plaza to the Met -- where she has still *-1 to make her debut *T*-2 -- and [rel help] out [ARG1 her Czech compatriot] [ARGM-MNR by *-3 singing the slow parts of `` Traviata] . ''
- [ARGM-LOC Under an agreement signed * last June] , [ARG0 the Soviets] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 Iran] [ARGM-LOC in oil exploration and other areas] [ARGM-ADV in return for exports of Iranian natural gas] .
- [ARG0 I] , [ARGM-ADV by contrast] , [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 feeling that if some other curiosity from the Burgess Shale had survived instead , beings at once wiser and less boorish than Homo sapiens might have eventually gained earthly dominion] .
- But the ever-changing laws are usually so complicated and confusing that `` you need [ARG0 professionals] to [rel help] [ARG1 you] ; you ca n't do it yourself , '' he adds 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 MORGAN STANLEY , THE ONCE STODGY investment house ,] [ARGM-TMP in 1974] [rel helped] [ARG1 a corporate client complete a hostile takeover] .
- [ARG0 A subsequent rally in UAL] [rel helped] [ARG1 the staggering stock market stage an astonishing recovery from an 80-point deficit *-1 to finish only slightly below Monday 's close] .
- Mr. Hulings gloats that he sold all his stocks a week before the market plummeted 190 points on Oct. 13 , and he is using the money [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 buy a 45-acre horse farm] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Denlea] would be a member of the top management team of the Axa-Midi group of companies , and [ARGM-MOD would] `` [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 define policies and strategies of the group] . ''
- [ARG0 The trade and CBI reports] refocused attention on high interest rates and corporate profitability and [rel helped] [ARG1 rekindle underlying concerns over prospects for a recession in the U.K.] , dealers said 0 *T*-1 .
- Market watchers also noted 0 [ARG0 an absence of institutional interest later in the session] [rel helped] [ARG1 pave the way for broader declines when Wall Street opened *-2 weaker *T*-1] .
- They added that market-makers were knocking share prices down in midafternoon in a bid * to attract some interest , but [ARG0 the action] [ARGM-ADV largely] [rel helped] [ARG1 open the way for London 's late declines] .
- He also said 0 [ARG0 the introduction of a 3 % consumption tax in April] has [rel helped] [ARG1 sales] .
- She thinks 0 [ARG0 a recovery in the stock market] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 copper rebound] [ARGM-ADV as well] .
- The initial bond offering by [ARG0 the new government agency] , which *T*-1 was created *-2 * to [rel help] [ARG1 rescue the nation 's troubled thrifts] , is n't expected *-3 to see robust demand .
- [ARG0 Street lights] , the ad points out 0 *T*-1 , `` [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 sharpen the arm of many a budding baseball player] . ''
- Traders credited Euro Disney 's share performance to the tremendous hyping of the project that [ARG0 the shares] are destined *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 finance *T*-2] : Walt Disney Co. 's 4,800-acre theme park 20 miles east of Paris .
- A GM spokesman yesterday reiterated [ARG0 the company 's interest] in * acquiring a minority stake *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 Jaguar remain independent] .
- [ARG0 GM 's] interest in Jaguar reflects a desire * to [rel help] [ARG1 diversify the U.S. company 's products in the growing luxury-car segment of the market] .
- [ARG0 The sale of a portion of refining and marketing operations to Saudi Arabia] [rel helped] [ARG1 alleviate the decline in earnings from that business] .
- [ARG0 The collagen corneal shield] [rel helps] [ARG1 speed healing of the cornea after eye surgery] .
- [ARG0 The drug AZT , the only treatment currently on the market ,] claims *-1 only to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 stop the spread of AIDS] , not to cure it .
- [ARG0 The United Kingdom carrier] had planned the issue *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 finance its $ 750 million *U* purchase of a 15 % stake in UAL] .
- [ARG0 This] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-1 explain the triple-A rating enjoyed * by our bonds and our ability * to borrow $ 9.3 billion *U* in fiscal 1989 on the most advantageous terms] .
- As their name implies , these operations are linked *-1 to [ARG0 far-reaching policy reforms] that *T*-2 aim at * [rel helping] [ARG1 borrowing countries get back on the growth path] and at * enhancing their credit-worthiness .
- [ARGM-TMP Over the years] , [ARG0 it] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 encourage investments by entrepreneurs in the Third World through its extensive credit operations and through loans and investments by the International Finance Corp] .
- [ARG0 The provision] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 provide for tax liabilities that *T*-1 may stem from the restructuring] .
- Advertisers now say ` [ARG0 *] [rel Help] [ARG1 us improve our image and extend our selling season] . '
- The two executives are among a number of outsiders recruited [ARG0 *] by Reebok in the past few years *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 it make the transition from a small start-up company to a marketing giant with sales last year of $ 1.79 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Recently] , [ARG0 Litigation Sciences] [rel helped] [ARG1 Pennzoil Co. win a $ 10.5 billion *U* jury verdict against Texaco Inc] .
- And [ARG0 it] [rel helped] [ARG1 win defense verdicts in product-liability suits involving scores of products , ranging from Firestone 500 tires to the anti-nausea drug Bendectin] .
- The fledgling science went corporate in 1977 when International Business Machines Corp. hired [ARG0 a marketing professor] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 defend a complex antitrust case] *T*-3 .
- He heads Litigation Sciences Inc. , [ARG0 the nation 's largest legal consulting firm] , which *T*-1 is [rel helping] [ARG1 corporate America prepare for high-stakes litigation] [ARGM-MNR by * predicting and shaping jurors ' reactions] .
- [ARG0 Pre-trial polling] [rel helps] [ARG1 the consultants develop a profile of the right type of juror] .
- -LRB- Since Litigation Sciences generally represents the defense , [ARG0 its job] is usually * to [rel help] [ARG1 the lawyers identify *RNR*-1 and remove *RNR*-1 *ICH*-2 such people from the jury] . -RRB-
- [ARG0 The consultants] [rel help] [ARG1 the defense lawyers find such jurors] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 asking questions about potential jurors ' attitudes toward volunteer work , or toward particular movies or books] .
- [ARGM-ADV If a client needs prejudiced jurors] , [ARG0 the firm] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 find them] .
- Once a jury is selected *-1 , [ARG0 the consultants] often continue *-2 to determine what the jurors ' attitudes are likely * to be *T*-3 and [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 shape the lawyers ' presentation accordingly] .
- [ARG0 Computer-generated videos] [rel help] .
- San Francisco lawyer Timothy H. Fine , who *T*-1 represents franchisees , insists 0 [ARG0 California 's cautiousness] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-3 protect franchisees from crafty sales negotiators who *T*-2 push unlawful clauses] .
- [ARG0 Japan , the world 's third-largest liquor market after the U.S. and Britain ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 American companies] [ARGM-TMP in April when it lowered its tax on imported spirits and levied a tax on many domestic products *T*-1] .
- `` I am convinced that a monetary policy for this country that *T*-2 would return interest rates to the historical level of 4 % or 5 % would have not only an immediate impact on housing starts , the housing stock , our industry in America , the refurbishing of our industrial system , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 the Third World economies] [ARGM-ADV considerably] and it would particularly have a favorable impact upon our budget deficit , '' Mr. Kemp said *T*-1 .
- Prudential-Bache Securities analyst Leslie Steppel said 0 [ARG0 reduced labor costs] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 boost margins] , [ARGM-ADV although she doubted `` 0 that kind of performance is sustainable] . ''
- [ARG0 Higher earnings] [rel helped] [ARG1 some issues] .
- It is also the kind of libel 0 politicians find *T*-1 useful , since [ARG0 it] [rel helps] [ARG1 them strike a friendly posture on behalf of an important constituency] .
- IBM can obviously bring its expertise to bear on problems related * to computer manufacturing , but [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel help] [ARG2 customers] on [ARG1-on software 0 *T*-1 to deal with such things as changes in engineering documents] .
- Warner also contributed record results from its music business , where [ARG1 unit sales of compact discs] rose more than 50 % from a year ago , the company said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0-by *-2] [rel helped] *-3 by Prince 's `` Batman '' soundtrack *T*-4 .
- [ARG0 The machinists ' criticisms of the labor-management bid and their threats of a strike unless they received substantial wage increases this year] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 cool banks ' interest in * financing the transaction] .
- Moreover , after 26 years at Ogilvy he had honed [ARG0 a reputation] for * being squeaky-clean and a straight arrow -- which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel help] [ARG1 American Express] [ARGM-TMP in the wake of the Safra incident] .
- [ARG0 Payment by Allianz for the insurance interests 0 it has just bought *T*-1] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 swell the French concern 's treasury to an estimated 11 billion francs] .
- *-1 Long considered a potential takeover target , Navigation Mixte had hoped 0 [ARG0 Allianz] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 protect it from raiders] .
- Some petroleum futures traders say 0 [ARG0 technical considerations] [ARGM-TMP now] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 to put downward pressure on futures prices] .
- He also noted that [ARG0 a strong sterling market] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-MOD might] have [rel helped] [ARG1 cocoa] [ARGM-LOC in New York] [ARGM-ADV as arbitragers took advantage of the currency move] .
- [ARG0 It] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 that sometimes Ms. Rose 's language fails *-1 to deliver the effect 0 she appears *-3 to want *T*-2] .
- The text by Patrick O'Connor is a tough read , but [ARG0 the pictures] make her magnetism clear and [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 explain why Ernest Hemingway called Baker `` The most sensational woman 0 anybody ever saw *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 reduce Santa Fe Pacific 's remaining debt to about $ 600 million *U* from a high of $ 3.7 billion *U* in early 1988] .
- A month later , Mr. Jefferies was spared *-1 a jail term by a federal judge who *T*-2 praised [ARG0 him] for *-3 [rel helping] [ARG1 the government] .
- Lucas Industries PLC , a British maker of industrial parts and systems , reported [ARG1 a 28 % rise in pretax profit for the year to July 31] , [rel helped] * [ARGM-ADV in particular] by [ARG0-by a 32 % jump in operating profit at its aerospace division] .
- Since the spill last March , Exxon and the state have been wrangling over whether [ARG0 * spraying dispersant on the oil in the first hours after the spill , when the weather was clear and calm ,] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 limit the environmental damage] .
- [ARG0 Iran 's President Rafsanjani] offered *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 gain freedom for Western hostages in Lebanon] , but said 0 the assistance was contingent on U.S. aid in * resolving the cases of three Iranians kidnapped * in Lebanon in 1982 or the release of frozen Iranian assets .
- Mr. Bryant and other analysts hope 0 [ARG0 all those moves] will combine *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 Tandy 's results improve in the important Christmas quarter] .
- [ARG0 It] provides some people a needed sense of affiliation and [ARGM-MOD can] [rel help] [ARG1 open up a conversation with someone 0 you do n't know *T*-1] . ''
- `` [ARG0 They] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 talking about the big important people 0 they know *T*-1 , even if they do n't really know them] , '' says *T*-2 Dr. Freudenberger .
- [ARG0 Name-dropping] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel helped] [ARG1 Mr. Houston-Montgomery crash a party 0 Fame magazine threw *T*-1 for 100 of the 2,809 people mentioned * in the diaries of the late Andy Warhol] .
- `` It *EXP*-2 [rel helps] [ARG1 * to point out how many important people *T*-1 came through Cleveland on their way to the top] , '' says *T*-3 George Miller , executive director of the New Cleveland Campaign , a nonprofit organization devoted to * citing the city 's strengths .
- [ARG0 The move] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helps] [ARG1 the Rochester , N.Y. , photographic giant ensure that its motion-picture film business -- for which it holds a virtual monopoly *T*-2 , *-1 supplying every Hollywood movie company -- is n't made *-3 obsolete by the upstart HDTV business] .
- Kodak says 0 [ARG0 its new CCD HDTV converter] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 alleviate the problem by *-2 allowing programmers and broadcasters to convert movies and television programs shot * in 35mm motion-picture film into high-definition video] .
- China could exhaust its foreign-exchange reserves as early as next year , a Western government report says 0 *T*-2 , unless imports are cut *-1 drastically [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 narrow the balance-of-payments deficit] .
- A former Sperry Corp. marketing executive , admitting his role in the Pentagon procurement scandal , pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges for [ARG0 *] [rel helping] [ARG1 *-1 funnel $ 400,000 *U* to a midlevel Navy acquisition official] [ARGM-TMP during the early 1980s] .
- Matthew Lesko , something of a professional defender of government , thought 0 he had a sure-fire winner last summer when he offered $ 5,000 *U* for the best `` verifiable story of 250 words or less about [ARGM-MNR how] [ARG0 a government bureaucrat] [rel helped] [ARG1 you] *T*-2 *T*-1 . ''
- `` Is [ARG0 the government] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel helping] [ARG1 anybody] ? '' asks *T*-1 Toni Murray , an assistant to Mr. Lesko .
- *-2 Desperate , he has called in [ARG0 the Libyans] *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 fight the rebels of the Somali National Movement in the north , which *T*-1 is only one of several groups picking away at the regime in the capital of Mogadishu] .
- It did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 that on Saturday , after three days of sunshine , it rained] .
- `` The guys are going for their skis , their stereos , their personal computers , '' said *T*-2 [ARG0 Frank Fitzgerald] , who *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 others empty their apartments] .
- A policewoman had * to be called *-1 in * to make her leave ; [ARG0 the policewoman] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 carry out one last load] .
- When he sneaked back later *-3 to try again *T*-1 , [ARG0 a different policeman] offered *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 him get the car out] .
- [ARG0 The center] improves the community image to outsiders as well , and [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 to arrest *RNR*-1 , or even reverse *RNR*-1 , the exodus of capital and investment] .
- That 's an important distinction because some analysts and brokers , who *T*-1 perennially predict that small stocks are about *-2 to outperform bigger issues , may use [ARG0 any spurt in growth issues] *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 them sell all small stocks] .
- McCaw said 0 it has secured [ARG0 commitments *ICH*-1] from three banks * to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 finance its $ 125-a-share *U* bid for 22 million of Lin 's shares] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since its inception] , [ARG0 Conner] has both benefited from *RNR*-1 and [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 make possible *RNR*-1] the rapid spread of portable computers [ARGM-MNR by *-3 selling storage devices that *T*-2 consume five to 10 times less electricity than drives used * in desktop machines] .
- [ARG0 This] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 explain why small businesses create 65 % of all jobs nationally , but only 22 % of jobs in a crime-ridden city like New York *T*-2] .
- For cities losing business to suburban shopping centers , it *EXP*-1 may be a wise business investment [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 keep those jobs and sales taxes within city limits] .
- `` We 're picking up steam , '' insists *T*-2 Roger Ailes , Mr. Giuliani 's media consultant , [ARG0 whose last big campaign] *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 put George Bush in the White House] .
- [ARG0 *] To [rel help] out [ARGM-TMP this week] , the White House is dispatching chief of staff John Sununu and three Cabinet members -- HUD 's Jack Kemp , Transportation 's Samuel Skinner and Treasury 's Nicholas Brady , according to Peter Powers , the Giuliani campaign manager .
- [ARG0 It *EXP*-1] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel helped] that he 's waffled on abortion and gay rights , sought the support of both the Liberal and Conservative parties -LRB- he won the Liberal endorsement -RRB- and that he turned to comedian Jackie Mason for help with Jewish voters .
- In addition to those measures , the company spent heavily earlier this year *-2 to install displays at its customers ' retail outlets -- [ARG0 a strategy] that Mr. Stein said 0 *T*-1 has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 bolster awareness of the company 's brands] .
- Beijing 's periodic clampdowns on imports have taught many trading companies that [ARG0 the best way 0 * to get through the drought *T*-1] is by * [rel helping] [ARG1 China export] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the strategy] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel helping] [ARGM-ADV much] [ARGM-TMP this time] .
- [ARG0 AN UNRESOLVED two-year-old dispute stemming from an Alaskan oil spill] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 spur a drive for tougher federal laws 0 *T*-2 to protect victims of such accidents] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the 1970s] , [ARG0 Mr. Brody] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 develop the first display panels based * on active-matrix liquid crystals at Westinghouse Electric Corp. 's research labs in Pittsburgh] .
- And they want [ARG0 the U.S.] to [rel help] [ARG1 them sell overseas] .
- In addition to the need for another cash equity investor , the other moving parts include : the pilots themselves , who *T*-1 can scuttle rival deals by * threatening *-4 to strike ; the machinists union , [ARG0 the pilots ' longtime rivals] who *T*-2 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-5 scuttle the pilots ' deal] ; and regulators in Washington , whose opposition to foreign airline investment *T*-3 helped *-6 throw the deal into doubt .
- In addition to the need for another cash equity investor , the other moving parts include : the pilots themselves , who *T*-1 can scuttle rival deals by * threatening *-4 to strike ; the machinists union , the pilots ' longtime rivals who *T*-2 helped *-5 scuttle the pilots ' deal ; and regulators in Washington , [ARG0 whose opposition to foreign airline investment] *T*-3 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-6 throw the deal into doubt] .
- But with the impending passage of these new programs , Mr. Bush will surely be sending many people hurtling back into the regulatory thicket that [ARG0 he] had [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 cut *T*-1 back] .
- [ARG0 Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson 's restated commitment to a firm monetary policy] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 to prevent a freefall in sterling over the past week] .
- That 's a big change from recent years when [ARG0 freight haulage] was a bright spot for U.S. productivity , *-1 [rel helping] [ARG1 *-2 to restrain inflation and make U.S. industry more competitive abroad] .
- [ARG0 It] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-1 to keep out unions] .
- The only extra people were a couple of personnel specialists , [ARG0 one of whom] *T*-1 knew Mr. Stone 's case intimately and [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 fill in any facts needed * to give the court the full picture] .
- [ARG0 The Tokyo market 's resiliency] [rel helped] [ARG1 participants to regain confidence gradually as they spent more time on *-2 analyzing factors that *T*-1 caused the Friday plunge and realized 0 these problems were unique to New York stocks and not directly related to Tokyo] .
- Sen. Boren said , `` It 's time [ARGM-TMP 0] [ARG0 *] to stop bickering and work together *-1 to develop a clear and appropriate policy 0 * to [rel help] [ARG1 the country] [ARGM-TMP in the future] *T*-3 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-ADV Besides *-1 creating a vehicle for investors] , [ARG0 money market funds] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] [ARG1 rewrite banking regulations] .
- Mr. Andersson says 0 he is confident that [ARG0 * taking parts of the company public] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 * erase the `` conglomerate stigma '' that *T*-1 has held down Trelleborg 's share price] .
- But the machinists union , [ARG0 whose opposition] *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 scuttle the first buy-out bid] , is likely *-2 to favor a recapitalization with a friendly third-party investor .
- One advantage 0 the buy-out group intends *-2 to press *T*-1 with the board is that [ARG0 pilots] have agreed *-3 to make $ 200 million *U* in annual cost concessions *-4 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-5 finance a bid] .
- Alusuisse , of New York , declined *-1 to say how much it expects *-2 to get *T*-3 for the unit ; the company has hired [ARG0 First Boston Corp.] to [rel help] [ARG1 identify bidders] .
- And [ARG0 his relative youth] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 him project a more vibrant image , contrasting with the perception of Mr. Honecker as an out-of-touch old man] .
- Moreover , while [ARG0 Asian and Middle Eastern investors] hoard gold and [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 underpin its price] , silver does n't have the same mystique , dealers say 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The rich image of Newport Beach] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helps] [ARG1 lend the con artists ' operation an air of respectability] .
- [ARG0 Fear of the price police] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 cool things off in the 1990s] .
- The Direct Selling Association , a trade group , points out that [ARG0 its members , which *T*-1 include Amway Corp. ,] cooperate with the IRS *-2 to distribute tax-compliance material to sales people and are [rel helping] [ARG1 *-2 to prepare a public-service television program on the subject] .
- But hardly the only ones : [ARG0 The scams] promise -- among other things -- *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 save the environment] , feed starving families and prevent the disappearance of children .
- [ARG0 Stock-index arbitrage buy programs -- in which traders buy stock against offsetting positions in futures *-1 to lock in price differences *T*-2 --] [rel helped] [ARG1 the rally 's momentum] .
- [ARG0 * Eliminating the earnings limit] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-MNR greatly] [rel help] [ARG1 seniors] and reduce the deficit .
- [ARG0 The new market] [rel helped] [ARG1 boost U.S. fur sales to about $ 1.8 billion *U* a year now , triple the level in the late 1970s] .
- [ARG0 Such moves] have [rel helped] [ARG1 Mr. Rosen weather the industry slump of recent years] .
- [ARG0 The animal-rights movement] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel helped] [ARG1 sales] .
- [ARG0 Her success , which *T*-1 included * alleviating an urban food shortage in the early 1980s ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 persuade Hanoi *-2 to take the reform path] .
- [ARG0 The plan] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 the company] [ARGM-LOC in its existing joint manufacturing agreement with AT&T] .
- Directors of state-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro approved a two-step capital-boosting transaction and [ARG0 a change] in the bank 's rules that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 it operate more like a private-sector institution] .
- [ARG0 The ensuing scandal , in which the bank 's management resigned *T*-2 ,] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 renew calls for privatization , or at least an overhaul , of Italy 's banking system , which *T*-1 is about 80 % state-controlled] .
- [ARG0 His base in South Jersey and on the House Energy and Commerce Committee] [rel helped] [ARG1 him sustain a network of political-action committees 0 *T*-1 to preserve his edge] .
- [ARG0 Energy costs , which *T*-1 drove wholesale prices up sharply during the month ,] continued *-2 to decline at the retail level , *-2 pulling down transportation and [rel helping] [ARG1 *-3 to ease housing costs] .
- But it was [ARG0 broad-scale rejection by Japanese banks] that *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 seal the fate of the attempt * to buy UAL] .
- But a few experts , *-1 going against the consensus , do n't think 0 [ARG0 bonds] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 investors] [ARGM-ADV even if a recession is in the offing] .
- But healthy skepticism vanishes when [ARG0 they] are solicited *-1 by an organized charity *-4 to [rel help] [ARG1 fight cancer , famine , child abuse , or what have *T*-2 you] *T*-3 .
- I think 0 some people may believe 0 [ARG0 they] 're [rel helping] [ARG1 *-1 fund a massive TV and print campaign] , but we could n't find that the charity does anything except write these letters , '' he says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 *-2] To [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 lay the groundwork for that fight] , President Bush plans *-2 early next week to meet at the White House with some 20 Democratic senators who *T*-1 favor * cutting the capital-gains tax or are undecided on the issue .
- When Roger Birnbaum , an executive who *T*-1 worked for Guber Peters in the early 1980s , left *-3 to take a job as head of production at the United Artists studio *T*-2 , they made him forfeit all credits and financial interest in [ARG1 the films] 0 [ARG0 he] had [rel helped] *-5 develop *T*-4 , including `` Rainman '' and `` Batman . ''
- [ARG0 Money] [rel helped] , [ARGM-DIS too] .
- Even still , I did feel self-indulgent , and [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 remembering my father 's contempt for a rich medical colleague who *T*-1 would go *-3 to watch the Tigers on summer afternoons] .
- In Honduras , where the Contras are a hot political issue , [ARG0 he] promised *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 unblock some $ 70 million *U* in assistance withheld * due to the failure *ICH*-2 of local agencies * to comply with conditions agreed upon * with Washington] .
- [ARG0 Proceeds] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 pay for a planned buy-back of 10 % , or about 153 million , of its shares and a 50 % dividend increase] .
- And , in addition to a crack team of sailors , Mr. Isler has lined up [ARG0 some real brass] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 him finance the syndicate] .
- [ARG0 The heavy selling by farmers] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 to damp the price rally] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 he] set up shop on the sidewalk in front of his town-house office and [rel helped] [ARG1 victims apply for federal aid -- free of charge] .
- [ARG0 Sales and service employees] were asked *-2 *-3 to report to work *-4 to [rel help] [ARG1 Bay area clients who *T*-1 called with computer problems] .
- The state is calling in a flotilla of navy landing vessels and other boats 0 *T*-1 to expand ferry service across the bay and hopes *-2 to add numerous new bus routes and train departures [ARG1 *-2] to [rel help] alleviate the traffic problem .
- Is an American Secretary of State seriously suggesting that [ARG0 the Khmer Rouge] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 govern Cambodia] ?
- So it *EXP*-2 's difficult * to swallow the notion that Mr. Baker is willing *-3 to accept [ARG0 conditions] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 the Khmer Rouge set up shop again in Phnom Penh] .
- It *EXP*-1 would be entirely rational for communist insurgents in countries such as the Philippines or Peru to conclude the following : * Fight viciously enough and [ARG0 the U.S.] , [ARGM-MNR under the banner of pragmatism] , [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [rel help] [ARG1 * negotiate your way to victory] .
- [ARG0 This] is n't going *-1 to [rel help] , '' said *T*-2 Kenneth T. Rosen , chairman of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California at Berkeley .
- [ARG1 Sentiment] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by the small gain made * by New York stocks Wednesday] [ARGM-ADV despite anxiety over possible effects of the major earthquake that *T*-2 struck northern California Tuesday] .
- Fannie Mae has agreed *-2 to buy as much as $ 100 million *U* of loans under [ARG0 its Seniors ' Housing Opportunities pilot program] , which *T*-1 offers four types of loans to people 62 years of age or older *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 them maintain their home or obtain housing] .
- [ARG0 Gonzalez] , who *T*-1 pledged *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 monitor voting in Nicaragua] , was said *-4 to be carrying proposals for free elections in Panama .
- Over at Conradies , the general store , [ARG0 a black stock boy] scurries *-1 to [rel help] [ARG2 an elderly white woman] with [ARG1-with her packages] .
- And even those who *T*-1 say 0 some selective selling may be in order stress that individuals need *-2 to be in the stock market [ARG0 *] to achieve their long-term investment objectives and to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 balance their other assets] .
- Still , consultants and industry executives said 0 [ARG0 the products] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 make manufacturing operations more efficient] , and provide a boost to the computer-integrated-manufacturing market -- a market that Yankee Group , a research firm , has said 0 *T*-2 may double to $ 40 billion *U* by 1993 .
- [ARG0 The announcements] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 IBM go on the offensive against Digital Equipment Corp. on the plant floor] .
- But he said 0 [ARG0 a system such as IBM 's] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARGM-MNR significantly] .
- [ARGM-LOC In an unusual display of openness] , [ARG0 IBM] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel helping] [ARG1 customers tie together operations that *T*-1 include lots of equipment made * by IBM 's competitors] .
- For example , he noted 0 *T*-1 , operating profit was weaker than he had anticipated *?* , [ARGM-DIS but] [ARG0 nonoperating earnings of $ 14.6 million *U* and a lower tax rate] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 boost net income] .
- [ARG0 The package] [rel helps] [ARG1 carriers solve pricing problems , such as how * to react to discounts offered * by competitors *T*-2 or what *T*-1 would be the optimum number of seats 0 * to offer *T*-3 at a given price] .
- `` We backed this bill because we thought 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 Skinner] , '' one Republican said *T*-2 , `` and now we 're out there *-1 dangling in the wind . ''
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 technical factors , including modest gains in the value of the pound ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 draw buying back into the market and reverse losses posted * a day earlier] .
- [ARG0 U.K. composite , or non-life , insurers , which some equity analysts said 0 *T*-2 might be heavily hit *-1 by the earthquake disaster ,] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 support the London market by *-3 showing only narrow losses in early trading] .
- [ARG0 That] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-1 explain why American employers grant an average award of $ 604.72 *U* per suggestion , while Japan 's payment is $ 3.23 *U* *T*-2] .
- One East Coast manufacturing executive , *-2 faced *-3 with a job transfer 0 his wife resented *T*-1 , found that [ARG0 counseling] [rel helped] [ARG1 them both come to grips with the move] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Stevens 's remarks] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 confirming a report *ICH*-3 in The Wall Street Journal that British Air wants *-1 to start from scratch in any new bid for the nation 's second-largest airline] , [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 push UAL stock lower for the fourth straight day] .
- The report said that utilization management should have more of an impact as [ARG0 federal research on the effectiveness of medical treatments] [rel helps] [ARG1 *-1 lead to medical practice guidelines] .
- [ARG0 The Fed] is responsive to *RNR*-1 , and [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 being responsive to *RNR*-1] , the more overtly political part of the government .
- In Illinois , lawmakers will vote before next spring on legislation requiring physicians to perform tests on fetuses at 20 weeks *-1 to determine their gestational age , weight and lung maturity along with a provision requiring that , if fetuses survive an abortion , [ARG0 a second doctor] must be on hand *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 it survive] .
- Even the Office of Management and Budget is remembered *-1 with [ARG0 an extra $ 1 million *U*] 0 *T*-4 to [rel help] [ARG1 offset pay costs that other government departments are being asked *-3 *-5 to absorb *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Proceeds] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 pay for a planned buy-back of 10 % of its shares and a 50 % dividend increase] .
- Yesterday , the United ticket counter was active , with people trying *-1 to get flights out , but the airline said 0 demand for seats into the city also was active , with [ARG0 people] trying *-2 to get there *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 family and friends] .
- [ARG1 *-1] [rel Helped] *-2 by [ARG0-by futures-related program buying] , the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 4.92 points *-1 to close at 2643.65 .
- [ARG0 Speculation that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates in coming weeks] [rel helped] [ARG1 push the dollar down while *-1 boosting stocks] , traders said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Private relief agencies , such as the Salvation Army and Red Cross ,] mobilized almost instantly *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 people] , while the Washington bureaucracy `` took hours *-2 getting into gear . ''
- In addition , 20 military police from the Presidio , a military base in San Francisco , are assisting with traffic control , and [ARG0 a Navy ship] was moved *-1 from a naval station at Treasure Island near the Bay Bridge to San Francisco * to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 fight fires] .
- [ARG0 *-1] To [rel help] [ARG1 residents in Northern California rebuild] , FEMA intends *-1 to set up 17 disaster assistance offices in the earthquake area in the next several days and to staff them with 400 to 500 workers from various agencies , said 0 *T*-2 Robert Volland , chief of the agency 's individual assistance division .
- [ARGM-LOC At these offices] , [ARG1 earthquake victims] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel helped] *-1 [ARGM-ADV in *-1 filling out a one-page form that they will need *T*-2 *-3 to qualify for such federal assistance as home-improvement loans and to repair houses] .
- The Federal Highway Administration has [ARG0 an emergency relief program] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 states and local governments repair federally funded highways and bridges seriously damaged * by natural disasters] .
- CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS find a [rel helping] [ARG0 hand] from some catalog companies .
- [ARG0 Lower feed prices] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1 animals eat more cheaply] , but humans have *-1 to factor in an expensive middleman : the processor .
- [ARG0 Computer makers] were scrambling *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 customers recover from the disaster] .
- [ARG0 Egg-industry lobbying] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 persuade six states *-1 to ban Mr. Maynard 's automatic egg-breaking machine because of fears over salmonella] .
- [ARG0 *-1] To [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 finance the Carat purchase] , WCRS said 0 it plans an issue of Euroconvertible preferred shares once the market settles down .
- The single most important contribution 0 [ARG0 the government] could make *T*-1 now *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 the poor] is * to get the specter of drugs out of their neighborhoods .
- In other words , after the glory boom of the Reagan years , wages had sunk from the post World War II peak by 16 % as [ARG1 capitalists] , *-1 [rel helped] *-2 by [ARG0-by the government] , turned down the screws or went offshore .
- International Business Machines Corp. said 0 its board approved the purchase of $ 1 billion *U* of its common shares , [ARG0 a move] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 support its battered stock] .
- [ARG0 That] [rel helped] [ARG1 persuade the company *-1 to introduce a new advertising slogan : `` A warm hug from Campbell 's] . ''
- But investors are betting that [ARG0 the financial and psychological impact of the earthquake] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 coming so soon after the hurricane] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 stem more than two years of intense price-cutting wars among business insurers] .
- Aetna and other insurers are hiring [ARG0 engineers and architects] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 them assess structural damage] .
- [ARGM-TMP By Monday morning] , they said 0 *T*-2 , [ARG0 stock-index arbitrage sell programs] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 re-establish the link between stocks and futures] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 the region 's insistence on strict building codes] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 prevent wider damage] .
- `` It would in the near-term give a boost to the San Francisco economy because there will be an influx of [ARG0 people] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] , '' says *T*-2 Beth Burnham Mace , a regional economist at DRI\/McGraw Hill , a Lexington , Mass. , forecasting firm .
- Dealers said 0 there was some concern that [ARG0 insurance companies] might be forced *-1 to sell mortgage securities *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 pay earthquake-related claims] , but no selling materialized .
- [ARG0 News of the arrest and charging of the two men] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 to push prices on the Singapore Stock market *-2 sharply lower in early trading yesterday] , but brokers said that the market and CDL shares recovered once it *EXP*-4 became apparent 0 the charges were limited *-5 to the two men personally .
- Nor is it a Hungary , where yesterday the parliament approved [ARG0 constitutional changes] meant * to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 turn the Communist nation into a multiparty democracy] *T*-2 .
- But [ARG0 USAir] might not want *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 Mr. Steinhardt] , he adds 0 *T*-2 .
- In *-1 fighting USAir , Mr. Steinhardt was pitted *-1 against another investor , [ARG0 billionnaire Warren Buffett] , who *T*-2 bought into USAir *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 fend off Mr. Steinhardt] .
- Computer Associates International Inc. , Garden City , N.Y. , and Digital Equipment Corp. said 0 they agreed *-1 to jointly develop [ARG0 software] 0 *T*-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 manage Digital 's Vax computers] .
- San Francisco area officials gave [ARG0 the media] high marks for *-1 [rel helping] [ARG1 people find shelter and obtain emergency information] [ARGM-TMP after Tuesday 's catastrophic earthquake] .
- They are telling people what roads *T*-1 are closed and [ARG0 * just keeping the public informed] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 to keep the panic down] , '' said *T*-3 James Ball , a station supervisor at Daly City Police Department .
- Kim Schwartz , a spokesperson for the American Red Cross in Los Angeles , said 0 television and radio stations in San Francisco played a `` very positive role '' by *-2 providing the address of 28 shelters of the Red Cross and by *-2 giving out the Red Cross number for [ARG0 contributions] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 earthquake victims] -LRB- 1-800-453-9000 -RRB- .
- [ARG0 The amount] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 Los Angeles cope in the first few weeks after its own anticipated quake , while *-1 waiting for federal assistance to arrive] .
- After San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos spoke on television of the need for building inspectors to check the soundness of buildings , Los Angeles dispatched [ARG0 32 inspectors] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] .
- It is also pulling 20 people *ICH*-1 out of Puerto Rico , [ARG0 who] *T*-2 were [rel helping] [ARG1 Huricane Hugo victims] , and sending them to San Francisco instead .
- The U.S. wants a higher won [ARG0 *] to make South Korea 's exports more expensive and [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 trim Seoul 's trade surplus] .
- It *EXP*-3 could easily be two years before [ARG0 the well-traveled artery] that *T*-2 [rel helps] [ARG1 connect Oakland with San Francisco] is reopened *-1 , and the cost * to build a new stretch of highway could soar to more than $ 250 million *U* , said 0 *T*-4 Charles J. O'Connell , deputy district director in Los Angeles of the California Department of Transportation , nicknamed * Caltrans .
- Beazer PLC , a major British building materials and construction concern , reported [ARG1 a 24 % jump in pretax profit for its latest financial year] , *-1 [rel helped] *-2 [ARGM-ADV largely] by [ARG0-by contributions from its U.S. unit , Koppers Co] .
- The Coke spokesman said 0 [ARG0 a caffeine-free Classic] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 increase volume of the original brand] .
- Collectors who *T*-1 have made their money on Wall Street have become an increasingly important part of the art business and [ARG0 their money] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 fuel the art boom] , but recently it appears 0 Sotheby 's has been returning the compliment .
- The protesters who *T*-1 greeted Mikhail Gorbachev at East Berlin 's airport earlier this month were n't shouting `` Go U.S.A '' -- they were chanting `` [ARG0 Gorby] , * [rel Help] [ARG1 Us] . ''
- IBM plans [ARG0 *-1] to buy back $ 1 billion *U* of its common shares , a move likely * to [rel help] [ARG1 the computer giant 's battered stock] .
- Each is more problematic than an unexpected divisional baseball championship , but [ARG0 both] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 explain why Chicago remains a vital center of this country 's regional theater movement *T*-2] .
- Sen. Bradley has it *EXP*-2 in his mind that such a tax cut would unravel the tax reform 0 [ARG0 he] [rel helped] [ARG1 engineer *T*-1 in 1986] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 persuade 10 of these senators *-2 to support him and Majority Leader George Mitchell on these grounds] .
- [ARG0 The $ 4 billion *U* bond issue] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 the TVA meet its goal of *-1 not raising rates for another year] , said 0 *T*-2 William F. Malec , the agency 's chief financial officer .
- [ARGM-TMP On Oct. 14 of that year] , [ARG0 the announcement of an unusually large August trade deficit] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 trigger a steep market decline] .
- Ethyl Corp. reported that [ARG1 third-quarter net income] fell 12 % from a year-earlier quarter [ARG0-by *-1] [rel helped] *-2 by a gain from discontinued operations .
- [ARG1 Tribune Co.] , [ARG0 *-1] [rel helped] *-2 by a hefty boost in performance at its broadcasting and entertainment operations , said 0 net income jumped 21 % in its third quarter ended Sept. 24 on a 3 % increase in revenue .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARGM-ADV on balance] , [ARG0 the charity game] [rel helps] [ARG1 America] .
- The company wants its business mix to more closely match that of AT&T -- [ARG0 a step] 0 it says 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 prevent cross subsidization] .
- [ARGM-TMP Before American foreign policy set out *-1 to destroy Noriega] , [ARG0 it] [rel helped] [ARG1 create him out of the crucible of Panama 's long history of conspirators and pirates] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although *-1 working for U.S. intelligence] , [ARG0 Mr. Noriega] was [ARGM-ADV hardly] [rel helping] [ARG1 the U.S.] [ARGM-MNR exclusively] .
- And [ARGM-TMP on at least one occasion] , [ARGM-TMP in the spring of 1985] , [ARG0 he] [rel helped] [ARG1 arrange a sabotage attack on a Sandinista arsenal in Nicaragua] .
- [ARGM-ADV For instance] , [ARG0 he] [rel helped] [ARG1 steal the May 1984 Panamanian elections for the ruling party] .
- As * recounted *-4 in a stipulation that *T*-1 summarized government documents released * for the North trial , Mr. Noriega offered *-2 to assassinate the Sandinista leadership in exchange `` for a promise [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 clean up Noriega 's image] and a commitment * to lift the -LCB- U.S. . -RCB- ban on military sales to the Panamanian Defense Forces . ''
- The representative responded that Noriega had numerous assets in place in Nicaragua and could accomplish many essential things , just as [ARG0 Noriega] had [rel helped] -LCB- [ARG2 the U.S.] . -RCB- [ARGM-TMP the previous year] in [ARG1-in * blowing up a Sandinista arsenal] . ''
- During negotiations with American officials in May 1988 over proposals * to drop the U.S. indictments in exchange for his resignation , Mr. Noriega often asked almost plaintively how [ARG1 the Americans] , whom [ARG0 he] had [rel helped] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP for so many years] , could turn against him *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Luis Carlos] , *-2 knowing that * [rel helping] [ARG1 the Americans] could advance the career of any Panamanian officer , relayed Tony 's reports on the leftist tendencies 0 he observed *T*-1 among his fellow students and , more important , among his officers and instructors .
- `` He started building [ARG0 the files] that *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 him gain power] . ''
- Mr. Langton 's group , Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association , mounted petition drives 0 [ARG0 *T*-1] to [rel help] [ARG1 keep open certain Santa Monica Mountain trails designated * for closing] .
- These groups have been trying *-2 to improve the mountain biker 's image ; in the San Francisco-area park district where a ranger was clobbered *-1 by a cyclist this summer *T*-3 bikers have formed [ARG0 a volunteer patrol] 0 *T*-4 to [rel help] [ARG1 rangers enforce regulations] , and to school riders in proper trail etiquette .
- The scandal has faded and flared , but recent disclosures propelled it back onto the front pages , and [ARG0 that] has [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 galvanize the opposition , which *T*-1 last week blocked passage of two constitutional amendment bills] .
- [ARG0 Refcorp] was created *-1 * to [rel help] [ARG1 fund the thrift bailout] .
- `` Investors in the U.S. and Europe are comfortable with the actions of the -LCB- Federal Reserve -RCB- in its willingness * to supply liquidity to financial system , [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 the stock market rebound] [ARGM-TMP on Monday] , '' he said *T*-2 .
- It was [ARG0 the possibility of this demand] that *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 firm prices] , the analyst said *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG0 It] [rel helps] [ARG1 us] , and people feel better * talking to someone who *T*-1 's gone through the same thing , '' an SBA official says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Local bankers and accountants] [rel help] [ARG1 applicants fill out forms] .
- Beatrice , which *T*-1 went private in an $ 8.2 billion *U* leveraged buy-out in 1986 , said last month that [ARG0 it] might borrow again * to [rel help] [ARG1 pay investors as much as $ 983 million *U* in preferred stock and debt securities] .
- An unexpectedly sharp widening in the U.S. trade gap for August dragged the dollar lower Tuesday , but [ARG0 profit-taking on short positions] [rel helped] [ARG1 the currency rebound *-1 to close mixed against major counterparts] .
- [ARG0 J.P. Morgan & Co. , New York ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] the statutory managers of DFC New Zealand Ltd. [ARG1 * to evaluate the failed investment bank 's condition] .
- The managers said in a brief statement yesterday that [ARG0 Morgan] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 evaluate DFC 's position] and help *-1 determine alternatives .
- The managers said in a brief statement yesterday that [ARG0 Morgan] [ARGM-MOD will] help *-1 evaluate DFC 's position and [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 determine alternatives] .
- Oncor , a six-year-old developer of genetic medical tests , projects that [ARG0 the cancer test] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] it [ARG1 * to post its first-ever profit during the first quarter of 1990] , Mr. Turner said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Confusion about the two banks ' hurried efforts 0 *T*-1 to round up financing for a new bid that the UAL board has n't even seen *T*-2 yet] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 send UAL stock spiraling downward] .
- *-2 Adding insult to injury , [ARG0 United 's 25,000-member Machinists ' union ,] which *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 scuttle financing for the first bid] , yesterday asked UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf and other UAL directors *-4 to resign .
- Ms. McCraw says 0 she wants [ARG0 the campaign] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 attract advertisers in 10 categories , including corporate , financial services , consumer electronics , insurance and food] .
- [ARG0 It] [rel helped] [ARG1 Dictaphone attract better engineers] , and it provided new technology for other company products .
- [ARG0 The picocassette recorder] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 transform the company 's reputation from follower to leading-edge innovator] .
- At Saks Fifth Avenue , Paul Leblang , senior vice president , marketing , agreed that [ARG0 lower prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG2 his management team] in [ARG1-in their proposed LBO] .
- `` [ARG0 It] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel help] [ARG2 us] in [ARG1-in our search for equity partners] .
- `` Prices for retail chains are lower today than they were *?* last week , [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 management] , '' said *T*-2 Gilbert Harrison , chairman of Financo Inc. , an investment-banking firm specializing in retailing acquisitions .
- `` The pricing will become more realistic , [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1 management] , '' said *T*-2 Bruce Rosenthal , a New York investment banker with Nathan S. Jonas & Co .
- But Bogdan Gumkowski , who *T*-1 runs the casino at Warsaw 's Marriott Hotel , said 0 [ARG0 the ventures] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 Poland service its $ 39 billion *U* foreign debt [ARGM-MNR by * pouring dollars into the state firms in the joint ventures -- the LOT airline and Orbis tourist organization] ] .
- Expo enthusiasts argue that [ARG0 * holding the fair] [ARGM-MOD would] attract businesses , create jobs and [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 renovate abandoned sections of town] .
- Mr. Zafris thinks 0 rates are heading down , [ARG0 *] [rel helping] [ARG1 small companies] .
- He said 0 IBM has priced its leases aggressively , *-1 thinking 0 [ARG0 that] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 win business] .
- While [ARG0 Monday 's rebounding markets] [rel helped] [ARG1 other investors recoup losses] , many options customers and professional traders in stock-index options and the options on takeover stocks were left *-1 with multimillion-dollar losses , traders here and in New York said 0 *T*-2 .
- Officials at Options Clearing Corp. , which *T*-1 processes all options trades for U.S. exchanges , said that the $ 50 million *U* guarantee was unprecedented , but was necessary [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 insure the integrity of the options markets] .
- [ARG0 *-1] To [rel help] [ARG1 do this] , Mr. Palmer developed a portable massage chair *ICH*-3 three years ago that he hopes 0 *T*-2 will bring `` structured touching '' into mainstream America .
- [ARG0 Stock-market investments] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 balance the other assets 0 an individual owns *T*-1] , says 0 *T*-3 John Blankenship Jr. , president of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners .
- Individuals also should focus on * building equity in a home , which *T*-2 provides some protection against inflation , as well as [ARG0 a nest-egg] that *T*-3 can be cashed *-1 in late in life *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-4 cover the cost of retirement living] .
- Underneath the headline `` Diversification , '' it counsels , `` Based on the events of the past week , all investors need *-1 to know 0 their portfolios are balanced *-2 [ARG0 *] to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 protect them against the market 's volatility] . ''
- A 142-page ad supplement to Business Week 's special `` Corporate Elite '' issue calls on business leaders [ARG0 *] to use their clout *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-2 solve the nation 's education crisis] .
- [ARG0 The higher rates paid * on deposits] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 squeeze NCNB 's net interest margin in the Southeast to 3.38 % from 3.80 % a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 This grandiose initiative] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 California define itself for the future either as a state still tethered * to economic and scientific reality , or as one being led * to wherever its la-la activists want *-2 to take it *T*-1] .
- It is [ARG0 the vast shadow government] of 15,000 congressional staffers that *T*-2 [rel helps] [ARG1 *-3 create such legislative atrocities as the 1,376 page , 13-pound reconciliation bill that *T*-1 claimed *-4 to be the budget of the United States] .
- Some traders said 0 [ARG1 the high-yield market] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by active institutional buying] .
- [ARG0 The moves] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1 the firm solidify its dominance of the U.S. temporary-help market] .
- He expects [ARG0 a drop] in interest rates , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1 gold] [ARGM-MNR by *-2 keeping the dollar from *-3 rising] .
- `` It was simply overbought , '' he said 0 *T*-2 , and [ARG0 selling by funds that *T*-1 are computer guided] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 depress prices] .
- And [ARG0 the widely disseminated opinion among most market experts that a crash was n't in store] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] [ARG1 calm investors] .
- Skipper 's said 0 [ARG0 the merger] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 finance remodeling and future growth] .
- [ARG0 The name change and good will write-off] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 solidify Blue Arrow 's dominance of the U.S. temporary-help market and give it a more American image as U.S. investors turn jittery about foreign stocks after Friday 's market plunge] .
- [ARG0 Strong earnings growth] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-1 achieve that price far ahead of schedule , in August 1988] .
- He took the company public in an offering that *T*-1 netted Applied about $ 12.6 million *U* , [ARG0 which] *T*-2 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 launch the company 's acquisition program] .
- [ARG0 The answer] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 determine whether Applied continues *-2 to reach the ambitious goals set * by Mr. Sim] .
- I just think 0 it *EXP*-1 's nonproductive at this point * to get into a debate if [ARG0 index arbitrage] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel helped] or hurt [ARG1 things] . ''
- And Vanguard , among other groups , said 0 it was adding [ARG0 more phone representatives] today *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 investors get through] .
- [ARG0 It] also is sure *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 the machinists put added pressure on the company] .
- At USA Today , ad pages totaled 785 for the quarter , down 9.2 % from [ARG1 the 1988 period] , which *T*-2 was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by increased ad spending from the Summer Olympics] .
- Washington Post Co. is expected *-1 to report improved earnings , largely because of [ARG1 increased cable revenue and publishing revenue] [rel helped] * by [ARG0-by an improved retail market in the Washington area] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to analysts] , [ARG1 profits] were [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by successful cost-cutting measures at Newsweek] .
- `` [ARG0 Improved paper prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 * offset weakness in linage] , but the retailers ' problems have affected the amount of ad linage 0 they usually run *T*-1 , '' said *T*-2 Edward J. Atorino , industry analyst for Salomon Brothers Inc .
- *-2 Asked *-1 whether [ARG0 Friday 's action] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 him avoid *-3 being Trumped *-4 by the New York real estate magnate] , Mr. Crandall smiled broadly and said : `` No comment . ''
- [ARG0 The venture] [ARGM-MOD would] strengthen the rapidly growing ties between the two companies , and [rel help] [ARG1 make them a leading force in European defense contracting] .
- Mr. Lichtblau said 0 [ARG0 Canada 's declining crude output , combined with the fast-shrinking output of U.S. crude] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 intensify U.S. reliance on oil from overseas , particularly the Middle East] .
- House Budget Committee Chairman Leon Panetta -LRB- D. , Calif . -RRB- said in an interview , 0 `` [ARGM-ADV If that 's the signal that *T*-1 comes from the White House] , [ARG0 that] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARGM-EXT a great deal] . ''
- The subcommittee , Congress and the American public have every right * to draw the adverse inference and to concur with Mr. Pierce 's own belief that [ARG0 his testimony] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1 *-1 convict him of a crime] .
- It *EXP*-1 [rel helped] [ARG0 that his inventory is a third smaller *ICH*-2 now than it was *?* two years ago] , he said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 The company 's U.S. performance] was [rel helped] *-1 by `` [ARG0-by a record quarter for new customers] , '' he said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG1 the Wilmington , Del. , company] is [rel helped] *-1 [ARGM-TMP when prices *ICH*-3 weaken on the commodity chemicals 0 it buys *T*-2 for its own production needs , such as ethylene *T*-4] .
- [ARG0 A rebound] in energy prices , which *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 push up the producer price index] , is expected *-2 to do the same in the consumer price report .
- Mr. Bebear said 0 Axa-Midi Group has `` more than $ 2.5 billion *U* of non-strategic assets that [ARG0 we] can and will sell '' *T*-1 *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1 *-3 pay off debt from the acquisition] .
- Not only did the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs approve Radio Free Europe 's new location , but the Ministry of Telecommunications did something even more amazing : `` They found us four phone lines in central Budapest , '' says *T*-2 Geza Szocs , [ARG0 a Radio Free Europe correspondent] who *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-3 organize the Budapest location] .
- The Democratic Leadership Council , a centrist group sponsoring the plan , surely thought 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel help] [ARG1 the party to attract support , [ARGM-LOC especially among college students and their parents] ] .
- That system is designed *-1 * to separate [ARG0 computer-generated program trades] from all other trades * to [rel help] [ARG2 exchange officials] [ARG1 resolve order imbalances in individual stocks] .
- [ARG0 Junk 's collapse] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 stoke the panicky selling of stocks that *T*-1 produced the deepest one-day dive in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the Oct. 19 , 1987 , crash] .
- [ARGM-TMP Simultaneously] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-ADV also] [rel helped] [ARG1 *-2 trigger this year 's biggest rally in the U.S. government bond market] [ARGM-TMP as investors rushed *-3 to move capital into the highest-quality securities 0 they could find *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Fulbright & Jaworski of Houston and Fenerty , Robertson , Fraser & Hatch of Calgary , Alberta ,] are affiliating *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 serve their energy-industry clients] .