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• [_ARG0 *-2] [_ARGM-MNR Desperately] [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to spark sales] , Nissan transferred 5,000 middle managers and plant workers to dealerships .
• [_ARG0 Republicans] would try *-1 to attach a capital-gains provision to that legislation , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 0 the political popularity of its other two parts would dissuade Democrats from * blocking it] .
• [_ARGM-TMP Every workday] [_ARGM-TMP at 11 a.m.] , [_ARG0 40-year-old Mike Sinyard] dons cycling clothes , [_rel hops] on [_ARG1-on a bike 0 he keeps *T*-1 at his Morgan Hill , Calif. , office] and sets out * to cover a distance 0 most people would travel *T*-2 only by car .
• [_ARG0 *-2] [_rel Hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to stay ahead of the pack] , the company is emphasizing innovation .
• [_ARGM-MNR By *-1 advertising disaster relief] , [_ARG0 these companies] are [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to don a white hat and come out a hero] .
• [_ARG0 The ANC leaders] speak in tones of moderation , *-1 emphasizing discipline , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 0 the government will be encouraged *-2 to take further steps , such as *-3 freeing Nelson Mandela , the most prominent ANC figure , and unbanning the organization] .
• [_ARG0 Pretoria] releases the ANC leaders , most of whom *T*-1 were serving life sentences , and allows them to speak freely , *-2 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 that the ANC will abandon its use of violence] .
• According to this theory , [_ARG0 Warner executives] , *-2 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to strengthen their relationships with the producers] , encouraged Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters in their ambitions * to build a major entertainment company .
• [_ARG0 Some companies] are cutting costs and [_rel hoping] for [_ARG1-for the best] .
• What [_ARG0 Mr. Traub] is [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to put *T*-2 together] , investment bankers say *T*-4 , is a management-led group 0 *T*-3 to buy the New York department-store group that he heads *T*-5 from Campeau 's Federated Department Stores subsidiary .
• [_ARG0 *-2] [_rel Hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to avoid another takeover] , Mr. Traub retained Blackstone Group and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. to help him find partners for a management-led buy-out .
• In the play , [_ARG0 the Duke of Vienna] despairs over the licentiousness of his subjects and turns over the rule of the city to the puritanical Angelo , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 0 he can set things right] .
• `` [<sub>ARG0</sub> Bush and Deng] are [<sub>rel</sub> hoping] [<sub>ARG1</sub> -LCB- that -RCB- cooler heads prevail] .
• The communication 0 Mr. Lee brought *T*-1 represents the softer line 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> the U.S.] has been [<sub>rel</sub> hoping] [<sub>ARG1</sub> *-3 to hear *T*-2 from Chinese officials] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> since the June 4 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Coors] is [<sub>rel</sub> hoping] [<sub>ARG1</sub> *-1 to become one of the first companies to distribute bottled water nationwide] .
• AB Volvo invites [<sub>ARG0</sub> passers-by] *-3 to play `` the role of the test dummy '' by *-4 [_rel hopping] [_ARGM-DIR in a car that *T*-1 simulates a crash *-5 to show just how its seat-belt tightener works *T*-2] .
• [_ARGM-ADV While one big SCI TV investor thinks 0 that 's pretty generous] , [_ARG0 many junkholders] had been [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 that KKR and Mr. Gillett would invest new money in SCI TV] .
• [_ARG0 The U.S.] is submitting the proposal today in Geneva , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 that the initiative will spur members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to reach agreement on new trade rules before their current negotiating round concludes in December 1990] .
• So after 70 years , [_ARG0 it] is confessing the obvious , *-2 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-3 to be believed *-1 about other things] .
• [_ARG0 Both Jacobson traders] , who *T*-1 had been [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 0 UAL trading would get back to normal] , read the news about the unraveling of UAL takeover plans on the train into work yesterday morning .
• [_ARG0 A group of investors] recently bought the remaining assets of Spendthrift , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-2 to rebuild it] .
• AIDS is n't considered *-1 a widespread problem in Japan -- the government reports about 1,000 known carriers of the virus -- but [_ARG0 many companies] have poured substantial resources into research in recent years , *-2 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-3 to cash in on a possible cure] .
• [_ARG0 Japanese chemical companies] are at work *-1 developing their own substitutes and [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-2 to conquer new markets] , of course .
• The Bush White House is breeding non-duck ducks the same way 0 the Nixon White House did *T*-2 : [_ARG0 It] [_rel hops] on [_ARG1-on an issue that *T*-1 is unopposable -- cleaner air , better treatment of the disabled , better child care] .
• [_ARG0 Carriers] boosted rates *ICH*-1 more than 10 % in the North Atlantic between the U.S. and Europe last September , *-2 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-3 to partly restore rates to earlier levels] .
• [_ARG0 Many companies in the path of potential disaster] have set up contingency offices in safe regions , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 0 they can transport employees there and resume operations quickly] .
• Instead of [_ARG0 *-1] [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-3 to sell his USAir stake at analysts ' estimated buy-out price of $ 80 *U* a share] , Mr. Steinhardt is stuck *-1 with roughly 3.7 million USAir shares that *T*-2 cost him $ 45 *U* , on average , but yesterday closed at 40 1\/2 , up 1\/4 , in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .
• Economic analysts call his trail-blazing liberalization of the Indian economy incomplete , and [_ARG0 many] are [_rel hoping] for [_ARG1-for major new liberalizations] [_ARGM-ADV if he is returned *-1 firmly to power] .
• `` [_ARG0 Bond investors] were [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 that stock prices would continue *-1 to fall] , '' said *T*-2 Roger Early , a vice president at Federated Investors Inc. , Pittsburgh .
• [_ARG0 The takeover-stock traders] were [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 that Mr. Davis or one of the other interested parties might re-emerge with the situation in disarray , [_ARGM-DIS or] that the board might consider a recapitalization] .
• According to the executive , BDDP 's involvement prompted renewed vigor in the WCRS-Eurocom talks and [_ARG0 the two agencies] were [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to hammer out details by today] .
• [_ARG0 Sotheby 's , the auction house founded * in London 1744 and now under the umbrella of Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. ,] was [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-1 to stir up interest in old masters as it strove *-2 to build its U.S. business] .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Van de Kamp and his allies] [_ARGM-MOD may] be [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 that the environment is such a mom and apple-pie issue *ICH*-1 among certain segments of California 's population now that almost any collection of anti-scientific , anti-pocketbook nonsense can pass under its rubric] .
• [_ARG0 The shorts] sell borrowed shares , *-1 [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-2 to profit by *-3 replacing them later at a lower price] .
• Though [_ARG0 *-1] [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 *-2 to settle the case] , Justin vows *-1 to fight on , if necessary .
• For [_ARG0 those] [_rel hoping] [_ARG1 * to see a modicum of political normalcy restored] [_ARGM-ADV -- in view of Greece 's eight-year misadventure under autocratic pseudosocialism and subsequent three-month hitch with a conservative-communist coalition government --] there is but one bright sign : The scandals still encircling former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and his fallen socialist government are like flies buzzing around a rotting carcass .