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• Next week , the Philippine Fund 's launch will be capped *-46 by a visit by Philippine President Corazon Aquino -- [_ARGM-TMP the first time] 0 [_ARG0 a head of state] has [_rel kicked] off [_ARG1 an issue] [_ARGM-LOC at the Big Board] [_ARGM-LOC here] *T*-1 .
• [_ARG0 The application by Foothills , owned * by Calgary-based Nova Corp. of Alberta and Westcoast Energy Inc. of Vancouver , Canada ,] is expected *-2 to [_rel kick] off [_ARG1 what *T*-1 could be a contentious battle for the right * to transport vast quantities of gas to southern markets from still-undeveloped fields in Canada 's Mackenzie River delta] .
• [_ARGM-ADV Along with `` Show Boat] , '' `` [_ARG0 Great Performances] '' [_rel kicks] off [_ARG1 its new season] with [_ARG2-with this Lincoln Center production of Thornton Wilder 's best known play , in which the role of the small-town Stage Manager is given *-1 a hip twist by performance artist Spalding Gray *T*-2] .
• [_ARG1 The yearlong schedule of festivities] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel kicked] *-1 off [_ARGM-MNR officially] with [_ARG2-with a combination live and animation half-time special] [_ARGM-LOC at the Super Bowl] [_ARGM-TMP in January] .
• [_ARG0 Foreign stock markets] , which *T*-1 [_rel kicked] off [_ARG1 Black Monday] with [_ARG2-with a huge selling spree] , began the day off by relatively modest amounts .
• By 10:10 , the Dow Industrials were off 63.52 points , and the stock of [_ARG0 UAL Corp.] , whose troubles *T*-1 had [_rel kicked] off [_ARG1 Friday 's plunge] , still had n't opened .
• Tonight , [_ARG0 *-1] to [_rel kick] off [_ARG1 the effort] , CNN will premiere its first prime-time newscast in years , an hourlong show at 6 p.m . Eastern time 0 *T*-2 to air head-to-head against the network newscasts .