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frames- Real estate analyst Lloyd Lynford says 0 [ARG1 the Northeast 's distress] is [rel masked] *-1 by [ARG2-by relatively low vacancy rates] .
- Safeway Stores Inc. reported a 69 % decline in profit for the fiscal third quarter , but said 0 [ARG1 operating improvements] were [rel masked] *-1 by [ARG2-by unusual gains in the year-earlier period] .
- Analysts said 0 the results were as * expected *-1 , but several added that [ARG2 the earnings] [rel masked] [ARG1 underlying weaknesses in several businesses] .