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Sea Containers Ltd. said 0 [_ARG1 it] might increase the price of its $ 70-a-share *U* buy-back plan if *-2 [_rel pressed] *-1 by [_ARG0-by Temple Holdings Ltd. , which *T*-156 made an earlier tender offer for Sea Containers] .
[_ARGM-ADV With membership of the Church of England steadily dwindling] , [_ARG0 strong-willed vicars] are [_rel pressing] [_ARG1 equally strong-willed and often non-religious ringers] [_ARG2 to attend services] .
All arguments against program trading , [_ARG1 even those] [_rel pressed] * [_ARGM-MNR without fact] , conclude with three expected results after `` reforms '' are implemented *-1 : 1 -RRB- reduced volatility , 2 -RRB- a long-term investment focus , and 3 -RRB- a level playing field for the small investor .
Western analysts say that , given the meeting 's setting at sea , [_ARG0 Gorbachev] is unlikely *-1 to pass up the opportunity * to [_rel press] [_ARGM-TMP once again] for [_ARG2-for negotiated cuts in the navies of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact] .
[_ARG1 *-1] [_rel Pressed] *-2 [_ARGM-MNR on the matter] , he is more specific .
[_ARG1 *-2] [_rel Pressed] *-1 by [_ARG0-by Chairman Dan Rostenkowski -LRB- D. , Ill . -RRB- of the House Ways and Means Committee] , Treasury Undersecretary Robert Glauber told a congressional hearing that the administration would give up its demand for the capital-gains tax cut if *-3 faced with a potential default .
In East Berlin , Communist Party officials considered * legalizing New Forum , the country 's largest opposition alliance , as [_ARG0 about 20,000 demonstrators] staged protests in three cities * to [_rel press] [_ARG1 demands for democratic freedoms] .
[_ARG0 Some countries] [_ARGM-DIS also] have been [_rel pressing] for [_ARG2-for special treatment for Hungary and Poland] [_ARGM-TMP as they move toward more democratic rule] , [_ARGM-ADV just as special treatment *ICH*-2 had been agreed on *-1 for China] .
The gatherings in East Berlin and elsewhere were viewed *-1 as part of a government effort * to stop [_ARG0 activists] from *-3 staging protests *-2 to [_rel press] [_ARG1 their demands] .
[_ARG0 The White House] got the better of the exchange but took care *-2 [_ARGM-NEG not] to [_rel press] [_ARG1 its advantage] [_ARGM-DIR to the kind of constitutional confrontation sought * by conservative Republicans who *T*-1 do n't want any congressional oversight of intelligence activities] .
There 's an [_ARGM-ADV equally] [_rel pressing] [_ARG0 deadline] for the government to define its monetary and economic ties to the rest of the European Community .
Sir Geoffrey Howe , deputy prime minister and a Lawson ally on the EMS , has signaled 0 [_ARG0 he] will continue *-1 [_rel pressing] for [_ARG2-for early membership] .
While * renewing military aid had been considered *T*-1 out of the question , *-1 rejected *-2 by Congress and de-emphasized *-2 by the Bush administration , [_ARG0 Mr. Ortega 's statement] provides Contra supporters with the opportunity * to [_rel press] [_ARG1 the administration] on [_ARG2-on the issue] .
Mr. Engelken was doing the same across the Hudson River in New Jersey , where , with [_ARG1 his nose] [_rel pressed] * [_ARGM-LOC against the front window of the Passaic-Clifton National Bank] , he watched the duel on a television set 0 the bank set up *T*-1 for the event *T*-2 .
[_ARG0 Unions] are [_rel pressing] [_ARG1 demands for wage increases of more than 10 %] [_ARGM-ADV despite general belief that economic growth next year will be less than 2 %] .
[_ARG0 GOP leaders] continued *-1 to [_rel press] for [_ARG2-for a vote on the amendment to the Eastern Europe aid measure] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Breeden] , *-1 not missing a chance * to [_rel press] [_ARG1 his agenda] , cited the earthquake .
East German leader Krenz said 0 he was willing *-1 to hold talks with [_ARG0 opposition groups] [_rel pressing] for [_ARG2-for internal changes] .
But ever since the Supreme Court 's Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services decision this year changed the political landscape of the abortion issue , [_ARG1 the president] seemingly has tried just as hard *-1 to avoid saying anything more unless *-2 [_rel pressed] [_ARGM-DIR to the wall] .
Israel has long claimed 0 Mr. Arafat never meant *-1 to renounce terrorism , particularly because [_ARG0 he and his lieutenants] reserved the right * to [_rel press] `` [_ARG1 armed struggle] '' [_ARGM-DIR against the Jewish state] .
[_ARG1 Biological weapons violations] have figured little in political debate , and [_ARGM-DIS indeed] have [_ARGM-NEG not] been [_rel pressed] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR vigorously enough] by [_ARG0-by the U.S. government] .
Similarly , Alfred Rubega , New Hampshire 's director of securities regulation , said 0 his state had n't received any complaints about Drexel , so [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-ADV really] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel press] [_ARG1 the issue] .
[_ARG0 Some underwriters] have been [_rel pressing] [_ARGM-TMP for years] [_ARG1 *-1 to tap the low-margin business by *-2 selling some policies directly to consumers] .
But the chairman 's supporters have the upper hand as [_ARG0 federal regulators] [_rel press] [_ARG1 a $ 1.1 billion *U* fraud suit] [_ARGM-DIR against Mr. Keating and others] .
[_ARGM-ADV *-1 Insisting on a 24.5 % share of any ceiling] , [_ARG0 Saudi officials] have [_ARGM-TMP long] [_rel pressed] for [_ARG2-for the pro rata distribution of increases to all members] .
[_ARG1 One advantage] 0 [_ARG0 the buy-out group] intends *-2 to [_rel press] *T*-1 [_ARGM-MNR with the board] is that pilots have agreed *-3 to make $ 200 million *U* in annual cost concessions *-4 to help *-5 finance a bid .
As [_ARG0 rescuers] [_rel pressed] [_ARG1 their efforts] [_ARGM-TMP after *-1 finding a survivor in a collapsed freeway] , the San Francisco Bay area girded for hundreds of thousands of commuters seeking * to avoid routes ravaged * by last Tuesday 's tremor .
[_ARGM-TMP Throughout 1988 and this year] , [_ARG0 I and others in Congress] have [_rel pressed] [_ARG1 the U.S.] [_ARG2 to develop a plan for * pushing this `` narcokleptocrat '' out of Panama] .
[_ARG0 He] rejoined his family in January 1984 and began the long struggle for justice , *-1 [_rel pressing] [_ARG1 everyone from Hanoi municipal officials to National Assembly deputies] for [_ARG2-for restoration of his rights] .
Moreover , by *-1 stepping outside the state 's pro-choice tradition , Mr. Courter aggravates fears that he is too conservative as well on [_ARGM-MNR more] [_rel pressing] [_ARG0 concerns] such as auto insurance rates and the environment .
[_ARGM-TMP For more than a decade] , [_ARG0 banks] have been [_rel pressing] [_ARG1 Congress and banking regulators] for [_ARG2-for expanded powers * to act like securities firms in *-2 playing Wall Street 's lucrative takeover game , from * giving mergers advice all the way to * selling and trading high-yield junk bonds] .
As a result , [_ARG0 GOP state Rep. Stephen Freind of Delaware County , the legislature 's leading foe of abortion ,] has been given *-1 all but free rein 0 * to [_rel press] [_ARG1 a strict seven-point plan * to restrict abortion] *T*-3 and , he hopes 0 *T*-4 , * to force the Supreme Court directly to reassess its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that *T*-2 established the right of abortion in the first place *T*-3 .
The anti-abortionists are urging [_ARG0 GOP Gov. Bill Clements] *-1 to [_rel press] [_ARG1 the issues] [_ARGM-LOC in a special session scheduled * to run Nov. 14 to Dec. 13] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 Ford , Jaguar 's biggest shareholder since * lifting its stake to 10.4 % this week ,] is [_rel pressing] [_ARGM-MNR harder] for [_ARG2-for talks with Sir John] .
[_ARG0 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev] has [_rel pressed] [_ARGM-MNR hard] for [_ARG2-for a change in East Germany 's rigid stance] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 other nations at the opening of the 49-nation meeting of Britain and its former colonies] [_rel pressed] for [_ARG2-for continued or stronger embargoes] [_ARGM-PNC in an effort * to end apartheid] .
[_ARG0 Colombia 's judges] launched a 72-hour strike 0 *T*-1 to [_rel press] [_ARG1 security demands] following Tuesday 's murder of a High Court justice in Medellin .
White House Budget Director Richard Darman has said 0 [_ARG0 he] would continue *-1 to [_rel press] [_ARG2 *-2 to keep the capital-gains provision in the final version of the bill] unless the House drops many of its costly provisions .
In his peaked military cap and [_ARGM-MNR neatly] [_rel pressed] , [_ARG1 French-made] uniform , Noriega felt more respected and powerful than ever in his underprivileged life , friends from the period say 0 *T*-1 .
But [_ARG0 creditors] are free * to [_rel press] for [_ARG2-for court approval of their own plan] , or the court could ignore both sides and draw its own .
[_ARGM-ADV In * lobbying on other health-coverage topics] , [_ARG0 the National Federation of Independent Business] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel press] for [_ARG2-for legislation that *T*-1 would give self-employed people a 100 % tax deduction for their own health plans , up from 25 % currently] .
The House has already voted for a deep cut in funding , and [_ARGM-TMP in the end] [_ARG0 the program 's backers] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_ARGM-MNR hard] [_rel pressed] [_ARG1 * to head off some reduction in spending next year] .
The House has already voted for a deep cut in funding , and [_ARGM-TMP in the end] [_ARG1 the program 's backers] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_ARGM-ADV hard] [_rel pressed] [_ARG2 * to head off some reduction in spending next year] .
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`` There is no [_rel pressing] [_ARG0 need] * to sell the unit , but we are doing it so we can concentrate on our core business , * renting automobiles in the U.S. and abroad , '' said *T*-1 William Slider , Hertz 's executive vice president .
In what *T*-2 was considered *-1 the largest protest in the Communist state 's 40-year history , [_ARG0 at least 120,000 demonstrators] marched through the southern city of Leipzig *-4 to [_rel press] [_ARG1 demands for democratic freedoms] , opposition activists said 0 *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 They] plan *-1 to [_rel press] [_ARGM-ADV specifically] for [_ARG2-for a relaxation of rules governing exports of machine tools , computers and other high-technology products] .
Crucial as these elections are for Greece , [_rel pressing] [_ARG0 issues] of state are getting lost in the shuffle .
[_ARG0 Bush] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel press] for [_ARG2-for a capital-gains provision in the final deficit bill] [_ARGM-TMP when House-Senate conferees meet later this week] .
[_ARG0 Myerson & Kuhn] will get about $ 260,000 *U* for the costs of * [_rel pressing] [_ARG1 the application] .
[_ARG0 Readers] who *T*-1 pull off a piece of tape and [_rel press] [_ARG1 a switch] will hear a tiny -- but distinctly human-sounding -- voice announce , `` I am the talking chip , '' as it launches into a 15-second discourse on its own attributes .
But Sen. McCain says 0 Mr. Keating broke off their friendship abruptly in 1987 , because [_ARG0 the senator] refused *-1 to [_rel press] [_ARG1 the thrift executive 's case] [_ARGM-MNR as vigorously as Mr. Keating wanted *?*] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARGM-ADV with foreign companies snapping up U.S. movie studios] , [_ARG0 the networks] are [_rel pressing] [_ARG1 their fight] [_ARGM-MNR harder than ever] .
[_ARGM-TMP As the days go by] , [_ARG0 the South African government] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_ARGM-MNR ever] more [_ARGM-MNR hard] [_rel pressed] [_ARG1 * to justify the continued imprisonment of Mr. Mandela as well as the continued banning of the ANC and enforcement of the state of emergency] .