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• [_ARGM-TMP For the past year or two] , [_ARG1 the carpet division 's operating profit margins] have [_rel hovered] around [_ARG2-around 5 % , high by industry standards , but disappointing compared with the 13 % to 19 % *U* margins for two of Armstrong 's chief businesses , flooring and building products] .
• But some other analysts have a stormier forecast for the pound , particularly because [_ARG1 Britain 's inflation] is [_rel hovering] at [_ARG2-at a relatively lofty annual rate of about 7.6 %] and the nation is burdened *-1 with a struggling government and large current account *RNR*-2 and trade *RNR*-2 deficits .
• When [_ARG1 the good fairy assigned * to Slovakia] [_rel hovered] over [_ARG2-over the cradle of Edita Gruberova] [_ARGM-TMP many years ago] [_ARGM-LOC in Bratislava] *T*-1 , she sprinkled her with high E flats , sparkling Ds , clean trills , and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust .
• The move was interpreted *-1 by some economists as a sign that the Fed does n't want the federal funds rate to move any lower than [_ARG2-around the 8 3\/4 %] at which [_ARG1 it] has been [_rel hovering] around *T*-2 [_ARGM-TMP during the past week] .
• In that case , [_ARG1 Guber Peters] acquired the rights in 1979 , nursed the movie through a dozen scripts , and were on the set in London for 11 months *-1 [_rel hovering] over [_ARG2-over the most minute changes in casting and production] .
• [_ARG1 Prices of long-term Treasury bonds] [_rel hovered] in [_ARG2-in a narrow band] [_ARGM-TMP most of the day] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 finishing *-2 little changed despite the dollar 's weakness and fears about a wave of government borrowing coming soon] .
• [_ARG1 Beef prices] , *-1 [_rel hovering] near [_ARG2-near records] [_ARGM-TMP since the drought] , could drop in earnest this winter if ranchers expand herds .
• [_ARG1 The federal funds rate on overnight loans between banks] has been [_rel hovering] around [_ARG2-around 8 3\/4 % , down from 9 % previously] .
• [_ARG1 The market] [_rel hovered] near [_ARG2-near Friday 's closing price of 328.85] [_ARGM-TMP for about a half hour] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 moving several index points higher or lower in seconds] , then broke higher and did n't look back .
• [_ARG1 Another big question] [_rel hovering] over [_ARG2-over the debate] is what President Bush thinks *T*-1 .