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frames- He contends that [ARG1 the perception in Japan of a vitriolic U.S. response to Sony Corp. 's announcement of its purchase of Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc.] has been [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [rel mollified] *-2 .
- [ARG0 *-1] To [rel mollify] [ARG1 shareholders concerned * about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement] , BellSouth also agreed *-1 to pay as much as $ 10 *U* a share , or $ 540 million *U* , if , after five years , the trading value of the new cellular company is n't as high as the value that shareholders would have realized *T*-2 from the McCaw offer .