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• But when the contract reopened *T*-1 , [_ARG0 the subsequent flood] of sell orders that *T*-211 [_ARGM-TMP quickly] [_rel knocked] [_ARG1 the contract] down to [_ARG4-to the 30-point limit] indicated that the intermediate limit of 20 points was needed *-128 *-128 to help keep stock and stock-index futures prices synchronized .
• After a surprisingly sharp widening in the U.S. August merchandise trade deficit -- $ 10.77 billion *U* from a revised $ 8.24 billion *U* in July and well above expectations -- and a startling 190-point drop in stock prices on Oct. 13 , [_ARG0 the Federal Reserve] relaxed short-term interest rates , *-1 [_rel knocking] [_ARG1 fed funds] from [_ARG3-from around 9 %] to [_ARG4-to 8 3\/4 %] .
• London share prices closed sharply lower Friday in active trading after Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson 's resignation slapped the market and [_ARG0 Wall Street 's rapid initial sell-off] [_rel knocked] [_ARG1 it] down .
• [_ARG0 The news] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel knocked] [_ARG1 the British unit] to [_ARG4-to below 2.95 marks] [_ARGM-LOC in London] , but a bout of short-covering helped sterling recoup some of its earlier losses .
• [_ARG0 Factory workers on strike] [_rel knocked] [_ARG1 Poland 's Communist bosses] off [_ARG2-off balance] [_ARGM-TMP last year] ; this year , it was the farmers who *T*-1 brought them down .
• They added that [_ARG0 market-makers] were [_rel knocking] [_ARG1 share prices] down [_ARGM-TMP in midafternoon] [_ARGM-LOC in a bid * to attract some interest] , but the action largely helped open the way for London 's late declines .
• `` It *EXP*-2 's horrible * to say , but it 's unfortunate 0 that earthquake was n't in Phoenix -- [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD might] have [_rel knocked] out [_ARG1 some of our empty buildings] , '' said *T*-1 C.W. Jackson , a prominent Arizona businessman with interests in real estate , banking and many other businesses .
• Last Friday , [_ARG0 takeover traders] spilled out of Hilton , *-1 [_rel knocking] [_ARG1 the stock] down [_ARG2-EXT 21 1\/2] to [_ARG4-to 85] .
• At San Francisco International Airport , [_ARG0 shock waves] wrecked the control tower , *-1 [_rel knocking] down [_ARG1 computers] and shattering glass .
• [_ARGM-LOC Along the way] , [_ARG0 the quake] toppled a mall in Santa Cruz , [_rel knocked] down [_ARG1 buildings in San Francisco 's fashionable Marina District] and sent a wall of bricks crashing on motorists in the city 's Financial District .
• In addition , activity at a number of San Francisco-based brokerage houses was curtailed *-1 as a result of [_ARG0 the earthquake] , which *T*-2 [_rel knocked] out [_ARG1 power lines and telephone service] [_ARGM-LOC throughout the Bay area] .
• This avoids [_ARG0 *] [_rel knocking] down [_ARG1 prices] [_ARGM-EXT further] .