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• New England Electric System bowed out of the bidding for Public Service Co. of New Hampshire , *-1 saying that the risks were too high *RNR*-4 and the potential payoff too far in the future *RNR*-4 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 a higher offer] .
• `` [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> If I took -LCB- these preparation booklets -RCB- into my classroom] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> I] 'd have a hard time *-1 [<sub>rel</sub> justifying] to [<sub>ARG4-to</sub> my students and parents] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that it was n't cheating] , '' says *T*-2 John Kaminski , a Traverse City , Mich. , teacher who *T*-103 has studied test coaching .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Cost-effective index funds] just are n't sexy enough * to [<sub>rel</sub> justify] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the high fees and commissions that retail customers frequently pay *T*-1 , and that institutional customers refuse *-3 to pay *T*-2] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> An Egyptian Pharaoh] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> could] [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] have [<sub>rel</sub> justified] [<sub>ARG1</sub> his pyramids] [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> any better] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Other countries , including West Germany ,] may have a hard time * [<sub>rel</sub> justifying] [<sub>ARG1</sub> continued membership] .
• Another person close to the talks said , 0 `` It *EXP*-2 is very hard [_ARG0 *] to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 *-3 paying a silly price for Jaguar] if an out-and-out bidding war were *-1 to start now . ''
• Where non-violent civil disobedience *ICH*-3 is the centerpiece , rather than a lawful demonstration that *T*-267 may only attract crime *T*-2 , [_ARG1 it] is difficult 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel justify] *T*-1 .
• It *EXP*-1 is difficult , however , [_ARG0 *] to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 civil disobedience , non-violent or not ,] [_ARGM-LOC where citizens have full recourse to the ballot box *-3 to effect change *T*-2] .
• And , since the public has always been fascinated *-1 by gossip and voyeurism , [_ARG0 reporters and editors] will strain for creative angles *-2 to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 the inclusion of collateral facts about private lives including sexual activities and domestic relationships , activities of family members , and all matters about mental and physical health] .
• He also contended that the plaintiffs failed *-2 to cite [_ARG0 any legal authority] that *T*-1 [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel justify] [_ARG1 such an injunction] .
• It is [_ARG0 the presence] of internal and external `` enemies '' which *T*-1 [<sub>rel</sub> justifies] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the need for a large , active army that Mikhail Gorbachev 's Soviet Union continues *-3 to supply *T*-2 with bullets] .
• Mr. Carver , however , believes 0 the company 's egg product wo n't help the bottom line in the short run , even though it `` makes sense -- [_ARG0 it] 's more convenient '' and [_rel justifies] [_ARG1 its price , which *T*-1 is higher than shell eggs , because of health and sanitation concerns] .
• These federal-court suits accuse the officers of *-2 failing *-3 to disclose that [_ARG0 Easy Eggs] were unlikely *-1 to sell briskly enough * to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 all of Michael 's production capacity] .
• Sir Piers Jacobs , Hong Kong 's financial secretary , says 0 [_ARG1 a further downward revision] [_ARGM-MOD may] be [_rel justified] *-1 [_ARGM-ADV unless the economy stages a more convincing rally] .
• *-1 Swiveling in his chair , Mr. Straszheim replies that [_ARG0 the new outlook] , [_ARGM-ADV though *-2 still weak] , does [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel justify] [_ARG1 * calling a recession right now] . ``
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The illogic and inaccuracy of John H. Adams 's comments for the National Resources Defense Council] [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> fully] [<sub>rel</sub> justifies] [<sub>ARG1</sub> your characterization of California 's Greens in particular as `` la-la activists] . ''
• [_ARG1 What *T*-1 's happening here] is [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel justified] *-2 by [_ARG0-by the fundamentals] . ''
• [_ARG1 Verbatim quotation] , the judge believed 0 *T*-3 , was [_rel justified] *-1 [_ARGM-PNC in order * to prove points 0 the author had asserted *T*-4 about Mr. Hubbard -- mendacity , bigotry , paranoia and other unlovely traits that *T*-2 could not be persuasively demonstrated without use of Mr. Hubbard 's own words] .
• He said 0 [_ARG0 the rising volume of passenger traffic on this route] [_rel justifies] [_ARG1 a major investment in new high-standard Moscow hotels] .
• [_ARGM-DIS However] , [_ARG0 this] [_ARGM-NEG in no way] [_rel justifies] [_ARG1 the huge government subsidies and losses on such loans] .
• The U.S. contends that [_ARG1 the rules] are [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel justified] on [_ARG2-on health grounds] .
• [_ARG0 *-1] To [_rel justify] [_ARG1 their exempt status] and avoid penalties , these businesses must show once a year that each and every transaction on which they did n't pay sales tax *T*-2 was a legitimate business expense .
• Last year , a federal appeals court in St. Louis said 0 the preamble was unconstitutional , *-1 citing an earlier Supreme Court ruling that [_ARG0 states] [_ARGM-MOD ca] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel justify] [_ARG1 stricter abortion curbs] by [_ARG2-by * changing the definition of when life begins *T*-2] .
• Many critics question the industry 's need for federal support ; [_ARG0 the Pentagon] [_rel justifies] [_ARG1 its help] on [_ARG2-on national-security grounds] .
• That 's `` not bad , '' Mr. Sit says 0 *T*-1 , but [<sub>ARG0</sub> it] [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> sure] does [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] [<sub>rel</sub> justify] [<sub>ARG1</sub> Block shares being priced *-2 at 15 to 16 times estimated earnings for fiscal 1990] .
• Less noticed is *T*-2 a bit of legislative legerdemain by Houston Republicans on behalf of HEI Corp. of Texas 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> *] to retroactively `` move '' a Missouri hospital from one county to the next *-1 to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 higher Medicare reimbursements] *T*-3 .
• While [_ARG0 the book] [_ARGM-MNR amply] [_rel justifies] [_ARG1 its subtitle] , the title itself is dubious .
• Is [_ARG1 such a view] [_rel justified] *-1 ?
• [_ARG0 People] often cite frugality and distrust of banks * to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 cash caches] to [_ARG4-to the IRS] .
• Marc M. Goloven , an economist with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York , said that while the figures appear *-1 to indicate a sadly deteriorating U.S. trade performance , there 's still [_ARG0 enough positive news *ICH*-2 in the data] * to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 * buying dollars] .
• The Command 's huge bureaucracy is needed *-1 *-1 to analyze whether [_ARG0 leaders of coups against Gen. Noriega] meet the War Powers Act 's six points , Cap Weinberger 's seven points , the Intelligence Committee 's 32 points and Woodrow Wilson 's 14 points necessary * to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 U.S. support] .
• The court ordered [_ARG0 FERC] to [_rel justify] [_ARGM-TMP within 60 days] [_ARG1 not only its cost-sharing deadline , but other major elements of its proposed regulation for * introducing more competition into natural-gas transportation] .
• Yet I would venture that [_ARG0 the landscape of our country alone] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel justify] [_ARG1 the use of this lofty adjective] ... .
• `` If true , '' the court wrote *T*-1 , `` [_ARG0 this contention] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel justify] [_ARG1 dismissal of these actions] on [_ARG2-on prudential grounds] . ''
• [_ARG0 *-1] To [_rel justify] [_ARG1 50-50 ownership of the planned venture] , Thomson would make a cash payment to British Aerospace .
• Or is [_ARG1 triskaidekaphobia -- fear of the number 13 --] [_rel justified] ?
• What [_ARG0 we] do not need * to do *T*-1 is * start a war , and then try *-2 to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 it] by [_ARG2-by *-3 creating a GI Bill] .
• As the days go by , [_ARG0 the South African government] will be ever more hard pressed * to [_rel justify] [_ARG1 the continued imprisonment of Mr. Mandela as well as the continued banning of the ANC and enforcement of the state of emergency] .