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• [_ARG1 Bank of New England] has been [_rel hit] *-95 [_ARGM-MNR hard] by [_ARG2-by the region 's real-estate slump] , [_ARGM-ADV with its net income declining 42 % to $ 121.6 million *U* , or 61 cents a share , in the first nine months of 1989 from the year-earlier period] .
• [_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG1 operating results] were [_rel hit] *-1 by [_ARG2-by an increase in loan and real estate loss reserves] .
• [_ARG1 The firm] [_ARGM-DIS also] has been [_rel hit] *-1 with [_ARG2-with big financial settlements with the government stemming from its guilty plea to six felonies related * to a big insider-trading scandal] .
• He said 0 [_ARG2 summer drought problems] that *T*-81 had [_rel hit] [_ARG1 several southern agricultural regions] had stopped *-1 being a major source of price pressure in September .
• The proprietor of Sante West , an aerobics studio in [_ARG1 San Francisco 's Marina district] , which *T*-2 was [_rel hit] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR hard] by [_ARG2-by the earthquake] , says , `` People were going nuts the minute 0 we opened *T*-4 , '' three days after the quake .
• Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee A. Iacocca said 0 the nation 's No. 3 auto maker will need *-1 to close one or two of its assembly plants because of [<sub>ARG2</sub> the slowdown] [<sub>rel</sub> hitting] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the industry] .
• First Boston 's merchant banking risks mounted last month as [<sub>ARG1</sub> highly leveraged Campeau Corp. , First Boston 's most lucrative client of the decade ,] was [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-4 by [<sub>ARG2-by</sub> a cash squeeze] and the high-risk junk bond market tumbled .
• All Nasdaq industry indexes finished lower , with [<sub>ARG1</sub> financial issues] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> the hardest] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> The ball] 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> he] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *T*-1 was n't a strike .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> If it had been *?*] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> he] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> mighta] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] [<sub>ARG1</sub> it] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> out] . ''
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Eight Oakland players] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] [<sub>ARG1</sub> homers] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> with centerfielder Dave Henderson getting two , both on Friday] .
• Other dealers added that [<sub>ARG1</sub> the blue-chip stocks] in general were [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 by [<sub>ARG2-by</sub> profit-taking over concerns that London shares will continue *-2 posting declines and the uncertainty over sterling given that Mr. Lawson 's successor , John Major , had only been in the job one day] .
• And it *EXP*-4 is n't even clear that [<sub>ARG1</sub> some pork-barrel projects] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> can] be [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> with a line-item veto] because they tend *-3 to be listed *-2 in informal conference reports accompanying spending bills rather than in the official bills themselves .
• After [<sub>ARG0</sub> Hugo] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] , many insurers exhausted their reinsurance coverage and had *-1 to tap reinsurers *-2 to replace that coverage in case there were any other major disasters before the end of the year .
• The contract was first proposed *-2 more than two years ago , but [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> shortly afterward] , [<sub>ARG1</sub> the colony 's markets] were [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> hard] by [<sub>ARG2-by</sub> the October 1987 global stock crash] .
• The appetite for oil-service stocks has been especially strong , although [<sub>ARG1</sub> some] got [<sub>rel</sub> hit] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> yesterday] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> when Shearson Lehman Hutton cut its short-term investment ratings on them *T*-1] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> People who *T*-1 remain in junk funds now] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> could] get [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-3 [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> again] , some analysts and fund specialists say 0 *T*-2 .
• Analysts have complained that third-quarter corporate earnings have n't been very good , but [<sub>ARG2</sub> the effect] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] [<sub>ARG1</sub> home] [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> particularly hard] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> yesterday] .
• Dealers said 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> the shares] were [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 by [<sub>ARG2-by</sub> fears of a slowdown in the U.S. economy] .
• As usual , [<sub>ARG1</sub> the over-the-counter market 's biggest technology stocks] were [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> hardest] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 .
• If [<sub>ARG2</sub> a strike] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> ever] [<sub>rel</sub> hits] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the Met] , the company can still sell tickets to his `` Boheme '' and `` Turandot '' and boom out recordings -LRB- of another era -RRB- .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Stocks of California-based thrifts] [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> also] were [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> hard] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] *-1 .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> General Motors] continued *-1 to be [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> hardest] [<sub>rel</sub> hit] .
• `` [_ARG0 He] digs in the sand instead of *-1 [_rel hitting] [_ARG1 the ball] , like a farmer , '' said *T*-2 Mr. Yoneyama .
• [_ARG1 Winnebago] was [_rel hit] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR especially hard] [_ARGM-TMP in the latest downturn] [_ARGM-CAU because unit sales in its bread-and-butter motor home business tumbled 25 % industrywide in August , and 10.4 % in the first eight months of the year] .
• [_ARG1 *-1] [_rel Hit] *-2 by [_ARG2-by higher costs and lower sales] , Caterpillar Inc. said 0 third-quarter earnings tumbled 43 % and full-year earnings will trail last year 's results .
• Dealers said 0 the market was underpinned *-1 by a squeeze in FT-SE 100 stocks , particularly among market-makers seeking [_ARG1 shares] that *T*-3 had been [_rel hit] *-2 [_ARGM-MNR hard] [_ARGM-TMP in recent weeks] , such as retailers and building-related concerns .
• General Universal Stores , [_ARG1 another top-tier stock] [_rel hit] * [_ARGM-TMP recently] by [_ARG2-by concerns over retail demand in the face of high interest rates] , gained 20 to # 10.44 *U* .
• [_ARG1 U.K. composite , or non-life , insurers] , which some equity analysts said 0 *T*-2 [_ARGM-MOD might] be [_ARGM-MNR heavily] [_rel hit] *-1 by [_ARG2-by the earthquake disaster] , helped *-3 support the London market by *-3 showing only narrow losses in early trading .
• [_ARG2 The unexpectedly wide U.S. August trade deficit of $ 10.77 billion *U*] [_rel hit] [_ARG1 an already jittery U.K. market] [_ARGM-TMP in midafternoon] .
• [_ARG1 Paris , which *T*-2 has been the center of speculation fever in recent weeks ,] [_ARGM-DIS also] was [_ARGM-MNR hard] [_rel hit] *-1 .
• After the trading halt in the S&P 500 pit in Chicago , [_ARG2 waves of selling] continued *-1 to [_rel hit] [_ARG1 stocks themselves] [_ARGM-LOC on the Big Board] , and specialists continued *-2 to notch prices down .
• [_ARG1 Aluminum Co. of America] , [_rel hit] [_ARGM-MNR hard] by [_ARG2-by the strength of the dollar overseas] , said 0 net income for the third quarter dropped 3.2 % to $ 219 million *U* , or $ 2.46 *U* a share .