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frames- [ARG0 Those countries -- including Japan , Italy , Canada , Greece and Spain --] are still of some concern to the U.S. but are deemed *-1 to [rel pose] [ARG1 less-serious problems] for [ARG2-for American patent and copyright owners] than those on the `` priority '' list .
- But [ARG0 Japan 's power in the region] [ARGM-DIS also] is sparking fears of domination and [rel posing] [ARG1 fresh policy questions] .
- It *EXP*-1 is n't clear , however , whether [ARG0 support for the proposal] will be broad enough * to [rel pose] [ARG1 a serious challenge] to [ARG2-to the White House 's acid-rain plan] .
- But Japanese institutional investors are used *-167 to quarterly or semiannual payments on their investments , so [ARG0 the monthly cash flow] [rel posed] [ARG1 administrative problems] .
- Joint-research programs have proliferated as U.S. companies seek *-1 to spread the risks and costs of * commercializing new superconductors and to meet [ARG1 the challenges] [rel posed] * by [ARG0-by foreign consortia] , [ARGM-LOC especially in Japan] .
- It seems to me that such measurements are a vital part of any intellectually honest evaluation of [ARG1 the threat] [rel posed] * by [ARG0-by CFCs] .
- While no one professes *-1 to know the exact cost of such a `` brain drain '' to the economy , hardly anyone doubts that [ARG0 it] [rel poses] [ARG1 a threat] .
- Experts say 0 [ARG0 such long hours for attendants] [rel pose] [ARG1 a safety risk] .
- The American people and their government also woke up too late to [ARG1 the menace] 0 [ARG0 drugs] [rel posed] *T*-1 to [ARG2-to the moral structure of their country] .
- Bush said 0 Washington would continue a trade embargo against Nicaragua , *-1 declaring that [ARG0 the Central American country] [rel poses] `` [ARG1 an unusual and extraordinary threat] '' to [ARG2-to the security of the U.S.] .
- P.J. Mode , Wilmer Cutler 's managing partner , says 0 the trial team that *T*-3 represented Mr. Bundy was asked *-1 by the firm 's pro bono committee whether [ARG0 the new case] [rel posed] [ARG1 a conflict] and that no objections were raised *-2 .
- [ARG0 * Evaluating asset-backed securities] [rel poses] [ARG1 another problem] .
- [ARG0 Catalog companies] are likely *-1 to [rel pose] [ARG1 a bigger threat] to [ARG2-to all stores] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-TMP particularly in December] .
- Mr. Daly said 0 such discussions are motivated *-1 by [ARG1 the competitive threat] [rel posed] * by [ARG0-by Federal Express , United Parcel Service of America Inc. and other fast-growing air-freight companies] .
- Moreover , he notes that [ARG0 * analyzing financial results] `` [rel poses] [ARG1 a problem] for [ARG2-for a salesman who *T*-1 is n't particularly familiar with a balance sheet] . ''
- In [ARG0 a move] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD could] [rel pose] [ARG1 a new competitive challenge] to [ARG2-to Time Warner Inc. 's powerful Home Box Office] , cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. agreed *-2 to buy half of Showtime Networks Inc. from Viacom Inc. for $ 225 million *U* .
- [ARG0 The move] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel pose] [ARG1 a new challenge] to [ARG2-to Time Warner 's Home Box Office] .
- [ARG0 Those massive structures] , while *-1 [rel posing] [ARG1 cost and environmental headaches] , effectively locked out all but deep-pocketed giants from steelmaking .
- [ARG0 A UNIFIED EUROPE] [rel poses] [ARG1 labor problems and prospects] for [ARG2-for U.S. firms] .
- Goodrich wo n't ensure loss coverage , but will prevent a `` catastrophic loss '' ; it has given some employees the full purchase price when values fell from concern over [ARG1 dangers] [rel posed] * by [ARG0-by a disposal site] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The strike by customs officers , tax collectors , treasury workers and other civil servants attached * to the Ministry of Finance] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel pose] [ARG1 a more serious challenge] to [ARG2-to the government and the average Frenchman] .
- Mount Lebanon High School , near Pittsburgh , sought $ 21 million *U* in compensatory damages from Grace , * arguing that [ARG0 the asbestos , which *T*-1 can cause respiratory diseases and lung cancer ,] [rel posed] [ARG1 a risk] to [ARG2-to students] .
- Grace successfully contended that [ARG0 * removing the fire retardant] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel pose] [ARG1 a greater health risk than * leaving it alone] .