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frames-  Yet the evidence that [ARG0  we]  have [ARGM-NEG  not]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  bottom]  is found *-1 in the fact that we are not yet helping ourselves .
-  Contrary to what *T*-3 might be expected *-1 based on the headline on John R. Dorfman 's recent Money Matters article -LRB- `` [ARG0  Pros]  [rel  Hit]  [ARG1  Theorists]  [ARGM-LOC  Right Where It Hurts *T*-4]  '' Oct. 3 -RRB- , I was able *-5 to stand proudly before my undergraduate finance students and proclaim that the findings of your yearlong experiment on stock picking is completely consistent with what they have been taught *-2 *T*-6 in the classroom .
-  [ARGM-LOC  Simulated golf games]  , in which [ARG0  players]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  golf balls]  [ARGM-DIR  into nets]  *T*-2 , have been installed *-1 at airports in Denver and Pittsburgh ... .
-  Mr. Thomson sent off a card to Martha : `` It does n't seem like 25 years since [ARG0  I]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  that home run]  [ARGM-PNC  *-1 to celebrate your birth]  , '' it read *T*-2 .
-  As [ARG0  the campaign]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  the home stretch]  , however , voters still have very little idea what they can expect *T*-1 from him .
-  But as [ARG0  the Dinkins campaign]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  tough times]  [ARGM-TMP  this month]  , Andrew Cuomo , the politically seasoned son of the New York governor , is also said *-1 to have taken a more active role on strategy .
-  [ARGM-ADV  For Aetna and other insurers]  , [ARG2  the San Francisco earthquake]  [rel  hit]  [ARGM-TMP  when resources in the field already were stretched *-1 *T*-2]  .
-  She lives in Oakland , [ARG1  a community]  [rel  hit]  * [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG2-by  the earthquake]  .
-  The apartment 0 she shares *T*-2 with a 12-year-old daughter and her sister was rattled *-1 , [ARG0  books and crystal]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the floor]  , but nothing was severely damaged .
-  She has n't played any music since [ARG0  the earthquake]  [rel  hit]  , out of respect for those who *T*-1 died on Interstate 880 where the roadway collapsed *T*-2 .
-  [ARG0  The company]  [rel  hit]  on [ARG1-on  a new strategy]  : If the Defense Department is so intent on * saving money , why not * make money off that trend ?
-  [ARG0  Rita Jenrette , the former wife of Abscam-indicted Rep. John Jenrette ,]  has yet *-1 to [rel  hit]  [ARG1  it]  [ARGM-MNR  big]  [ARGM-LOC  in Hollywood]  , although with roles in such movies as `` Zombie Island Massacre '' and `` Aunt Ida 's Bikini Shop , '' she is doing a lot better than her former husband .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Each time]  0 [ARG0  a new scandal]  [rel  hits]  *T*-1 , he says 0 *T*-2 , `` it pulls the scabs off your knees . ''
-  True , Ford was declared *-1 the winner Sunday , but only after the Honda driver who *T*-3 crossed the finish line first was disqualified *-2 because [ARG0  it]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  another car]  and skid momentarily out of bounds .
-  Which *T*-1 was about what Mr. Shields did *T*-2 , and quietly , until he resigned a few years later , *-4 pleading ill health , [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG0  the stuff]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the fan]  *T*-3 .
-  Competitors and analysts say that [ARGM-LOC  among large existing properties]  [ARG1  Bally Manufacturing Corp. 's Bally Grand hotel-casino]  [ARGM-ADV  probably]  [ARGM-MOD  will]  be [ARGM-MNR  hardest]  [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-LOC  among major properties]  .
-  [ARG0  That storm]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the Gulf Coast]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 13]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 closing the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port for a time and preventing tankers from *-2 unloading]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Besides rotten prices]  , [ARG1  he]  has been [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-TMP  recently]  by [ARG2-by  hail , a bark-nibbling horde of mice , fungi and bugs]  .
-  Business had been fairly strong until [ARG0  Hurricane Hugo]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the area]  , but has been down since .
-  [ARG0  Chrysler Corp.]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the rocks]  [ARGM-TMP  in mid-October]  .
-  * Consider Spendthrift Farm , [ARG0  a prominent Lexington horse farm]  that *T*-1 went public in 1983 but [rel  hit]  [ARG1  hard times]  and filed for bankruptcy-court protection [ARGM-TMP  last year]  .
-  She said 0 [ARG0  the market]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the $ 1.18 *U* level *ICH*-1]  [ARGM-TMP  at around 10 a.m. EDT]  where it encountered a large number of stop-loss orders *T*-2 .
-  Stop-loss orders are placed *-1 previously with instructions * to execute them if [ARG0  the market]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  a predetermined price]  .
-  According to a trader at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. , the [ARGM-MNR  hardest]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  junk]  bonds were those issued * by RJR Holdings Capital Corp. , which *T*-1 are the easiest * to sell .
-  Ms. Atkins , whose Lloyd 's membership *T*-2 was a bonus from a former employer in 1981 , belongs to [ARG1  Mr. Nutting 's dissident group]  on the Outhwaite syndicate , which *T*-3 has been [ARGM-MNR  hard]  [rel  hit]  *-1 by [ARG0-by  asbestos reinsurance claims]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  And]  [ARG0  the ratio of installment debt to disposable personal income -- personal income after taxes --]  has [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a high of about 18 1\/2 %]  .
-  The consumer-products and light-industrial sectors are bearing the brunt of China 's austerity measures , and [ARG1  foreign companies such as Givaudan that *T*-2 deal with those industries]  are being [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  the hardest]  .
-  Dealers said 0 [ARG1  it]  was [rel  hit]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  some profit-taking after gains since mid-week]  .
-  By [ARGM-TMP  2007]  , when [ARG0  this year 's newborns]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  campus]  *T*-1 , a four-year Ivy League sheepskin will cost $ 300,000 *U* , give or take a few pizzas-with-everything at exam time .
-  `` They may be susceptible to some song and dance if [ARG0  it]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  them]  [ARGM-TMP  at the right time]  . ''
-  [ARG0  Prices for seats on the New York Stock Exchange]  are recovering a bit after *-1 [rel  hitting]  [ARG1  a four-year low]  [ARGM-TMP  earlier this month]  .
-  [ARG0  The earthquake]  that *T*-1 [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the San Francisco Bay area]  is n't likely *-2 to result in wholesale downgrading of bond ratings , officials at the two major rating agencies said 0 *T*-3 .
-  [ARGM-ADV  With Garpian randomness]  , [ARG1  a hotel across the street , the Amfac ,]  had been [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  harder]  : A large sheet of its concrete facade and several window balconies were torn *-2 away .
-  [ARGM-TMP  When]  [ARG0  they]  do [rel  hit]  *T*-1 , they hit fast , '' says *T*-2 David A. Wyss , chief financial economist at the Data Resources division of McGraw-Hill Inc .
-  [ARGM-TMP  When they do hit *T*-1]  , [ARG0  they]  [rel  hit]  [ARGM-MNR  fast]  , '' says *T*-2 David A. Wyss , chief financial economist at the Data Resources division of McGraw-Hill Inc .
-  `` If [ARG2  the recession]  does [rel  hit]  , there will be some great investment opportunities just when things seem the blackest *T*-1 . ''
-  Activity was brisk in the high-grade general obligation market , as [ARG0  a series of sell lists]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the Street]  and capped upward price movement in the sector .
-  [ARG0  Most stock-market indexes]  were [rel  hitting]  [ARG1  all-time highs]  [ARGM-TMP  at around the time of the poll]  .
-  Even lobbyists for heavy industry , [ARG1  one]  of the interests [rel  hit]  [ARGM-MNR  hardest]  [ARGM-LOC  in the 1986 bill]  , are encouraged *-1 .
-  An additional piece of evidence from the Senate : * Holding other factors *ICH*-1 constant , such as incumbency advantages and regional factors , the difference between popular votes for Republican presidential and senatorial candidates in states conducting a Senate election turns out *-2 to be a positive function of how onerous the federal government 's tax burden is *T*-3 per state -LRB- [ARG2  a progressive tax rate]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  higher-income states]  [ARGM-MNR  harder]  -RRB- .
-  FEMA , which *T*-2 coordinates federal disaster relief , is already strapped by the costs of * cleaning up after [ARG0  Hurricane Hugo]  , which *T*-3 [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the Carolinas]  [ARGM-TMP  last month]  .
-  Those changes also would apply to [ARG1  two areas]  [rel  hit]  * [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG0-by  Hurricane Hugo]  -- South Carolina and the U.S. Virgin Islands , according to an aide to Rep. Fazio .
-  Similarly , he says 0 *T*-2 , * suppose 0 you were attracted *-1 to a company because of expectations that [ARG0  sales]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  $ 200 million *U*]  [ARGM-TMP  by 1990]  .
-  If things have n't worked out that well , and [ARG0  sales]  [ARGM-MOD  wo]  [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  $ 200 million *U*]  [ARGM-TMP  until 1992]  , it 's time 0 * to consider selling *T*-2 , he says 0 *T*-1 .
-  Ford officials said 0 they expected 0 the two Merkurs would sell about 15,000 cars a year , and in 1988 they reached that goal , as [ARG0  sales]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  15,261 cars]  .
-  I was in the Berkeley Main library [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG0  it]  [rel  hit]  *T*-1 .
-  I was driving my truck , stopped *-2 at a red light at the corner of Shattuck and Alcatraz at the Oakland-Berkeley border [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG0  it]  [rel  hit]  *T*-1 .
-  A friend of mine was in an underground computer center in downtown SF [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG0  the quake]  [rel  hit]  *T*-1 .
-  Another reason for the weakness , he said 0 *T*-2 , may be that [ARG0  mortgage rates]  have [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a plateau]  [ARGM-TMP  since they began *-1 edging down after a peak in March]  .
-  The major gateway to Asia and one of the nation 's 10 busiest airports was closed *-1 to all but emergency traffic from [ARGM-TMP  the time]  0 [ARG0  the quake]  [rel  hit]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday afternoon]  *T*-2 , until 6 a.m. PDT yesterday when controllers returned to the tower *T*-3 .
-  [ARG2  The heightened competition]  [ARGM-MOD  will]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  IBM]  [ARGM-TMP  at a difficult time]  .
-  [ARG0  Per capita income , a widely used measure of a nation 's economic health ,]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a record]  [ARGM-TMP  in 1988]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 rising 1.7 % after inflation adjustment to $ 13,120 *U*]  .
-  Also , the soil in the Valley is solid , unlike the landfill of [ARG1  San Francisco 's downtown Marina District]  , which *T*-2 was [rel  hit]  *-1 with [ARG2-with  fires and vast destruction]  .
-  [ARG0  It]  was as short as 29 days at the start of this year , when rates were marching steadily upward *T*-1 , and [rel  hit]  [ARG1  42 days]  [ARGM-TMP  in August]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Meanwhile]  , [ARG1  shares of some big housing lenders]  got [rel  hit]  *-1 , [ARGM-CAU  on the likelihood that the lenders ' collateral -- people 's homes -- suffered physical damage and perhaps a loss in value]  .
-  If [ARG0  a more absorbent Pampers]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  the market]  , you can be sure 0 a new and improved Huggies wo n't be far behind .
-  `` I think 0 there is a damned good chance 0 [ARG0  someone]  is going *-1 to [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the skids]  [ARGM-CAU  on this]  , '' said *T*-2 Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Myron Picoult .
-  Ten of the plant 's workers were injured *-1 [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG0  the quake]  [rel  hit]  [ARGM-TMP  about a half-hour into the afternoon shift]  *T*-3 ; seven were hospitalized *-2 .
-  ` [ARGM-TMP  When]  [ARG0  the quake]  [rel  hit]  *T*-2 , we turned on our emergency generator and brought our computers up , '' he says *T*-1 .
-  For example , some securities analysts warned that [ARG1  stocks of certain insurance companies , which *T*-1 face massive damage claims ,]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  get [rel  hit]  *-2 [ARGM-MNR  hard]  .
-  According to Mr. Laband , * `` screaming '' for price controls occurs when [ARG0  income redistribution]  `` threatens *-2 to [rel  hit]  [ARG1  home]  *T*-1 . ''
-  [ARGM-ADV  * To be sure]  , [ARG0  the threat]  has [rel  hit]  [ARG1  home]  [ARGM-LOC  down here]  .
-  `` [ARG1  Our market]  got [rel  hit]  [ARGM-MNR  a lot harder *ICH*-1]  [ARGM-TMP  on Monday]  than the listed market , '' Mr. Bruno said *T*-2 .
-  [ARG0  Exchange seats]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a peak of $ 1,150,000 *U*]  [ARGM-TMP  in September 1987]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Before the Gutfreunds finally left this unfriendly environment for a prodigious duplex on Fifth Avenue and an 18th-century mansion with a specially excavated $ 1 million *U* garage in Paris]  , [ARG0  the Postels]  had obtained an injunction 0 *T*-1 to prevent any future hoisting of trees , and [ARGM-MNR  in a neighborly spirit]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  both the Gutfreunds and the building]  with [ARG2-with  a $ 35 million *U* lawsuit]  .
-  Dade County and federal authorities , *-1 learning that he intended *-2 to fly through Miami , made plans * to arrest him on the gun-running charges as soon as [ARG0  he]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  U.S. soil]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  But]  [ARGM-TMP  after * selling off pieces such as its East Coast shuttle , its Philadelphia hub and various planes]  , [ARG0  Eastern]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a stumbling block]  .
-  `` They shot the whole orchestra just because [ARG0  the piano player]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a bad note]  , '' said *T*-1 Laszlo Birinyi , president of Birinyi Associates Inc. , * referring to the stock market 's plunge Friday on news of trouble in * financing the UAL Corp . buy-out .
-  [ARGM-MNR  Hardest]  [rel  hit]  by [ARG0-by  Hugo]  [ARGM-LOC  in South Carolina]  were [ARG1  *T*-1]  small retailers tied * to the tourist industry and businesses in agriculture and cultivated seafood .
-  But Mr. Redmond said 0 [ARG0  the worm]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  universities that *T*-1 had n't elected *-2 to make the changes]  .
-  The intruder , among [ARG0  the broadest yet]  0 *T*-2 to [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a research network]  , appeared *-3 to affect only Digital Equipment Corp. hardware that *T*-1 uses Digital 's VAX\/VMS operating system .
-  When Mr. Glass decides *-1 to get really fancy *T*-2 , [ARG0  he]  crosses his hands and [rel  hits]  [ARG1  a resonant bass note]  with [ARG2-with  his right hand]  .
-  Many loans *ICH*-2 are being renegotiated *-3 , especially those tied * to [ARG1  the hotel sector]  , which *T*-5 has been [rel  hit]  *-4 [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG0-by  a post-June 4 tourism slump]  .
-  Such *ICH*-2 is *T*-5 his reputation among the East Bay Bashers that [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG0  he]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  his first career home run]  [ARGM-TMP  last season]  *T*-3 , the fan who *T*-1 caught it agreed *-4 to turn the ball over to him in return for an autograph .
-  [ARG0  He]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a 2-0 pitch from Rick Reuschel]  [ARGM-DIR  into the left-field stands]  [ARGM-TMP  in inning four]  [ARGM-PNC  *-2 to stretch his team 's lead from 2-1 to a decisive 5-1 , where it stayed *T*-1]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  At 12:49 p.m.]  , [ARG0  the index]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  its low , 2029.7 , off 204.2 points]  .
-  The New York Stock Exchange adopted two specific circuit breakers : If the Dow Jones index falls 250 points in a day , the exchange will halt trading for one hour ; if [ARG0  the decline]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  400 points]  , the exchange will close for an additional two hours .
-  Richard Chenevix-Trench , a director at Hong Kong-based Baring International Fund Managers Ltd. , said 0 [ARG0  the market]  [ARGM-ADV  probably]  has [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  bottom]  [ARGM-TMP  yet]  but is close .
-  In particular , they said 0 *T*-1 , firms such as First Boston Corp. and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. began *-2 making a market in junk issues [ARGM-TMP  early in the session]  when [ARG0  prices]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  severely depressed levels]  *T*-3 .
-  But the rally was largely confined *-3 to [ARG1  the blue-chip stocks]  , which *T*-2 had been [ARGM-MNR  hard]  [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-TMP  during Friday 's selling frenzy]  .
-  [ARG1  The Frankfurt stock exchange *ICH*-2]  was [ARGM-MNR  hardest]  [rel  hit]  *-1 of the major markets , [ARGM-ADV  with blue chips there falling 12.8 %]  .
-  [ARG1  Other , more thinly traded Asian markets]  were [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  harder than Tokyo 's]  , but there were no free-fall declines .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Ten minutes later]  , [ARG0  the Dow]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  bottom]  - [ARGM-LOC  down 63.52 points , another 2.5 %]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  When]  [ARG0  Attack]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  the shelves]  [ARGM-TMP  in 1987]  *T*-1 , P&G 's share of the Japanese market fell to about 8 % from more than 20 % .
-  [ARGM-DIS  And]  , [ARGM-LOC  in some neighborhoods]  , [ARG0  rents]  have [ARGM-ADV  merely]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a plateau]  .
-  Retail real estate brokers say 0 tenants are reluctant *-1 to sign leases because of uncertainty about the local economy , turmoil in their own industries and a belief that [ARG0  rents]  have [ARGM-NEG  not]  [ARGM-TMP  yet]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  bottom]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  But]  [ARGM-ADV  for all its success]  , [ARG0  CNN]  has [rel  hit]  [ARG1  a plateau]  .
-  Mr. Granville says 0 he would n't even think of buying until [ARG0  at least 600 to 700 stocks]  have [rel  hit]  [ARG1  52-week lows]  ; about 100 stocks hit new lows Friday .
-  Mr. Granville says 0 he would n't even think of buying until at least 600 to 700 stocks have hit 52-week lows ; [ARG0  about 100 stocks]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  new lows]  [ARGM-TMP  Friday]  .
-  -- In September , just as [ARG0  the cash squeeze]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  Campeau]  , Lomas Financial Corp. defaulted on $ 145 million *U* of notes and appeared unlikely *-1 to pay interest on a total of $ 1.2 billion *U* of debt securities .