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frames- [ARG0 AN EXCHANGE of U.S. and Soviet designers] [rel promises] [ARG2 change on both sides] .
- [ARG0 He] has [rel promised] [ARG2 stiffer fines] , [ARGM-ADV though the size of penalties sought * by OSHA have been rising in recent years even before he took office this year] .
- [ARG0 A family of ceramic superconductors discovered * during the past three years] [rel promise] [ARG2 new technologies such as cheaper electrical generation] -- but only if their current-carrying capacity can be raised *-1 .
- [ARG0 Mr. Bush 's legislative package] [rel promises] [ARG2 *-1 to cut emissions by 10 million tons -- basically in half -- by the year 2000] .
- `` [ARG2 It 's going *-2 to be a tough league] , '' [rel promises] *T*-1 [ARG0 the 47-year-old Mr. Campaneris] .
- [ARG0 They] [rel promised] [ARG2 yet more for really good stuff] .
- And [ARG0 a Fannie Mae seminar] [ARGM-TMP this week] [rel promises] [ARG2 *-2 to draw hundreds of prospective investors , who *T*-180 can be expected *-1 to channel tens of billions of dollars into the market in the next few years] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel promises] [ARG2 that Nissan will soon establish a holding company overseeing all U.S. operations , just as it 's doing in Europe] .
- [ARG0 The materials , discovered * during the past three years ,] conduct electricity without resistance and [rel promise] [ARG2 smaller , faster computers and other new technologies] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG1 the National Science Foundation] is [rel promised] *-1 [ARG2 a 7.7 % increase] [ARGM-PNC * to bring its appropriations to $ 2.07 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Baker] [rel promises] [ARG2 *-1 to return if the haunting continues] .
- [ARG0 They] , [ARGM-DIS too] , [rel promised] [ARG2 *-1 to combine economic efficiency with order and discipline] .
- In addition to the $ 8 million *U* for Citicorp and Chase , [ARG0 Salomon Brothers] is also owed *-1 $ 3 million *U* for * [rel promising] [ARG2 * to make a $ 200 million *U* bridge loan] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARGM-TMP since Eastern first filed for Chapter 11 protection March 9] , [ARG0 it] has [ARGM-MNR consistently] [rel promised] [ARG2 *-1 to pay creditors 100 cents on the dollar] .
- [ARG0 China 's leaders] have [rel promised] [ARG2 generous liberties] for [ARG1-for post-1997 Hong Kong] .
- The revised LIN-BellSouth agreement boosts the dollar amount of the special dividend 0 [ARG0 LIN] [rel promises] [ARG2 *-2 to pay shareholders *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Margaret Thatcher 's instinctive response to the latest upheaval in her government] is *-1 to [rel promise] [ARG2 business as usual] .
- The plaintiffs accused [ARG0 Irving] of *-2 paying less interest than * [rel promised] [ARG1 *?*] [ARGM-LOC in a marketing brochure] .
- Various ministries decided the products 0 businessmen could produce *T*-2 and how much *?* ; and government-owned banks controlled the financing of projects and monitored whether companies came through on [rel promised] [ARG2 plans] .
- The Conservatives do n't dare *-1 jeopardize marginal Tory seats in Coventry , where Jaguar has headquarters *T*-2 , nor can the government easily back down on [rel promised] [ARG2 protection] for a privatized company while it proceeds with controversial plans * to privatize most of Britain 's water and electricity industries .
- [ARGM-TMP Then] , [ARGM-TMP two days before * receiving an endorsement from environmental groups] , [ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] [rel promised] [ARG2 0 he would issue a three-year moratorium on construction of garbage-incinerator plants] .
- The state has endorsed [ARG0 the New England Electric plan] , which *T*-1 [rel promises] [ARG2 *-2 to limit rate increases to 4.8 % annually for seven years] .
- [ARG0 I] [rel promise] [ARG2 0 you will stay awake through this intriguing documentary about the science of sleep] .
- [ARG0 Las Vegas] [rel promises] [ARG2 *RNR*-2] , or threatens *RNR*-2 , *-4 to become a giant carnival , with rooms 0 *T*-3 to be had *-1 for $ 45 *U* a day or less , for visitors uninspired solely by gambling .
- [ARG0 Wellcome] has replied that it is moving ahead *-2 to compile the relevant data , and [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel promised] [ARG2 *-1 to develop a pediatric syrup form easier 0 for youngsters to take *T*-3] .
- It aired 94.5 hours of mostly live events in Calgary -- * helping raise ratings slightly from 1984 -- but still failed *-1 to deliver [ARG2 the audience] [rel promised] * to [ARG1-to advertisers] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG0 Northeast] [rel promised] [ARG1 the State of New Hampshire] [ARG2 that rate increases would be limited *-1 to 5.5 % annually for seven years] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Fending off attacks on his economic policies in a House of Commons debate yesterday] , [ARG0 Mr. Lawson] said 0 inflation `` remains the greatest threat to our economic well-being '' and [rel promised] [ARG2 *-3 to take `` whatever steps *T*-2 are needed *-1 '' * to choke it off] .
- [ARG0 One handout] [rel promises] : `` [ARG2 Pedigrees , parties , post times , parimutuels and pageantry] . ''
- The company has expressed a preference for GM over Ford because [ARG0 GM] has [rel promised] [ARG2 0 it would keep Jaguar independent] .
- [rel Promises] [ARG0 Feng-hsiung Hsu] : `` [ARG2 In three years we 'll mount a better challenge] . ''
- Changing legislation has opened the field to thousands of inexperienced Soviet players , [ARG0 many] who *T*-1 [rel promise] [ARG2 more than they can deliver *?*] .
- `` [ARG0 They] 've been [rel promising] [ARG2 13 % to 15 % *U* growth based * on the strategic moves 0 they 've made *T*-1] , '' he said *T*-2 .
- And [ARGM-ADV in addition to the $ 5,000 *U*] , [ARG0 he] has [rel promised] [ARG1 the winner] [ARG2 a `` My Favorite Bureaucrat '' plaque] and offered each of two runners-up $ 500 *U* .
- [ARG0 Mr. Jones] has been taking prospective suite owners onto the field during practice *-2 to let them rub elbows with players , and [rel promises] [ARG1 those who *T*-1 actually buy one of the rooms] [ARG2 an insider 's look at the team 's strategy before game time] .
- However a Qintex Australia spokesman said 0 [ARG0 his firm] had [ARGM-TMP never] `` [rel promised] or guaranteed '' [ARG2 *-1 to make the payment] .
- Libya accepted Iran 's proposal only so long as [ARG1 it] was [rel promised] *-1 [ARG2 production parity with Kuwait] .
- [ARGM-TMP On Friday] , [ARGM-TMP during a visit to California 0 * to survey quake damage *T*-1] , [ARG0 President Bush] [rel promised] [ARG2 *-2 to `` meet the federal government 's obligation '' * to assist relief efforts] .
- [ARG0 High-definition television] [rel promises] [ARG2 *-1 to be the TV of tomorrow] , [ARGM-ADV so it is a natural multibillion-dollar market] .
- [ARG0 The chairman] [rel promised] [ARG1 Mr. Stone] [ARG2 a decision within two weeks] .
- In its notice of action , the attorney general said 0 [ARG0 the company] had [rel promised] [ARG2 *-1 to put clients into `` balanced '' investment portfolios] ; instead , the attorney general alleged 0 *T*-2 , the company consistently shoved unwary customers into high-risk investments in paintings , coins and Florida condos .
- In affidavits , each plaintiff claims 0 [ARG0 Mr. Peterson] [rel promised] [ARG2 0 the bank purchase would be completed *-1 by the end of 1988 or the money returned] .
- And [ARG0 the Colorado planner] who *T*-1 [rel promised] [ARG2 *-2 to make some of his clients millionaires on investments of as litle as $ 100 *U*] ?
- Investigators cite the case of Matthew Valentine , who *T*-1 is currently serving a six-year sentence at Lompoc Federal Prison for his role in [ARG0 Intech Investment Corp.] , which *T*-2 [rel promised] [ARG1 investors] [ARG2 returns of as much as 625 % on precious metals] .
- Clearly , though , [ARG0 scam artists] have *-1 to be a bit more subtle than *-1 [ARGM-ADV simply] [rel promising] [ARG2 millions] ; the psychology of suckers is n't simply the psychology of the greedy .
- But hardly the only ones : [ARG0 The scams] [rel promise] -- [ARGM-LOC among other things] -- [ARG2 *-1 to help *-2 save the environment , feed starving families and prevent the disappearance of children] .
- Mr. Cortese , a 33-year-old Delta Air Lines engineer , invested some $ 2,000 *U* in penny stocks through [ARG0 a broker] who *T*-1 [rel promised] [ARG2 quick returns] .
- [ARG0 Some hotels in the hurricane-stricken Caribbean] [rel promise] [ARG2 money-back guarantees] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the wake of a slide in sterling , a tailspin in the stock market , and a string of problematic economic indicators] , [ARG0 British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson] [rel promised] [ARG2 gradual improvement in the U.K. economy] .
- [ARGM-LOC Here] [ARG0 a fund] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel promise] [ARG2 *-1 to pay back , say , $ 95 *U* of every $ 100 *U* invested * for a year , even if the market goes much lower] .
- Institutional investors have poured $ 210 billion *U* into stock and bond indexing as [ARG0 a cheap and easy form] of investment management that *T*-1 [rel promises] [ARG2 *-2 to post average market returns] .
- Yet minutes after [ARG0 *-1] [rel promising] [ARG2 *-2 to appoint Hispanics to high posts in state government] , he is unable *-1 to say whether he has ever employed any in his congressional office .
- In Monmouth , an important swing area , Republican freeholders now run on [ARG0 a slogan] [rel promising] [ARG2 * to keep the county `` clean and green] . ''
- Indeed , conservative investors , many of them elderly , have poured more than $ 50 billion *U* into [ARG0 such funds] , which *T*-1 [rel promise] [ARG2 fatter yields than ordinary Treasury bonds] -- * only to learn later that these funds use part of their money *-2 to dabble in high-risk bond options , a gambler 's game .
- While he did n't comment directly on the pact between Ciba-Geigy and the university , he said 0 Merieux can transfer new products and technologies to Connaught more rapidly than [ARG0 other companies] `` not currently producing and marketing vaccines -LCB- who -RCB- *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-DIS only] [rel promise] [ARG2 this] [ARGM-TMP for some ... years in the future] . ''
- For [ARG1-For retailers] , [ARG2 Christmas , not Halloween ,] [rel promises] *-1 to be this year 's spookiest season .
- [ARGM-LOC In Honduras , where the Contras are a hot political issue ,] [ARG0 he] [rel promised] [ARG2 *-1 to help unblock some $ 70 million *U* in assistance withheld * due to the failure *ICH*-2 of local agencies * to comply with conditions agreed upon * with Washington] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG0 a group of 24 industrialized countries , including the U.S. and Japan and coordinated * by the European Community Commission ,] has [rel promised] [ARG1 Poland and Hungary] [ARG2 trade advice and a line of credit equivalent to $ 1.11 billion *U* through the European Investment Bank] , while the EC plans $ 222 million *U* in direct aid .
- [ARG2 An additional 500 million marks in credit-backing] was [rel promised] *-1 by [ARG0-by the West German state governments of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a news release issued * by Mr. Drivon] , [ARG0 the trial lawyers association] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel promised] [ARG2 free assistance to victims] .
- But yesterday 's agreement would make it *EXP*-1 easier for state governments to handle the [rel promised] [ARG2 aid] by *-2 deferring for one year a scheduled 50 % increase in the required state matching funds for law-enforcement grants .
- Similarly , [ARG0 the measure] adjusts the current funding formula *-1 to [rel promise] [ARG1 smaller states such as New Hampshire and Delaware] [ARG2 a minimum allocation of $ 1.6 million *U* each in drug grants , or three times the current minimum] .
- The measure provides no money for the [rel promised] [ARG2 payments] until then , but beginning in fiscal 1991 , the government would be committed to *-1 meeting annual payments of as much as $ 500 million *U* until the total liability of approximately $ 1.25 billion *U* is paid *-2 .
- [ARG0 Digital] is [rel promising] [ARG2 a new approach] .
- And [ARG0 federal officials] are [rel promising] [ARG2 *-1 to move rapidly with federal highway aid *-1 to rebuild the area 's severely damaged road system] .
- [ARG0 Spiegel] [rel promises] [ARG2 a `` Guaranteed Christmas] , '' [ARGM-MNR with a pledge * to deliver goods before Christmas if * ordered *-1 by Dec. 20] .
- Globe columnist Mike Barnicle -- in the second attack on his employer in as many weeks -- averred that his shadowy countenance was so bad , 0 it looked `` like a face 0 you 'd find *T*-2 on a bottle of [ARG0 miracle elixir] that *T*-1 [rel promises] [ARG2 *-3 to do away with diarrhea in our lifetime] . ''
- [ARG1 The station] is [rel promised] *-1 [ARG2 $ 1.8 billion *U* within the $ 5.36 billion *U* provided * for research and development in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration] , and the nation 's high-speed aerospace plane -- cut * by the Senate -- could receive as much as $ 60 million *U* in new funds or transfers .
- The size and pace of disbursements will accelerate further under [ARG0 the Brady Plan] , which *T*-1 [rel promises] [ARG2 larger and earlier disbursements] to [ARG1-to approved countries] .
- [ARG2 NO MORE STUBBED toes or bruised shins] , [rel promises] *T*-1 [ARG0 Geste Corp. of Goshen , Ind. , the designer of a bed support 0 *T*-2 to replace traditional frames] .
- But then it turned out that President Siad Barrah was not at all a nice person and the Navy pointed out that [ARG2 the base] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel promised] [ARG1 us] *T*-1 in Berbera had silted up about a hundred years ago and anyway was 1,244 miles from the mouth of the Gulf .
- He would n't leave until [ARG0 Mr. Cheney] [rel promised] [ARG2 *-2 to do whatever the Pentagon systems analysts told him *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-PNC In an attempt * to persuade investors that his bid was n't just `` a stock play] , '' [ARG0 Mr. Trump] [rel promised] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARG2 *-1 to notify the market before *-2 selling any shares] .
- [ARG0 MRA Staffing Systems] signs up nurses for paid travel , *-1 [rel promising] [ARG2 annual income up to $ 50,000 *U* and free or subsidized housing] .
- [ARGM-LOC Within the Federal Aviation Administration] , [ARG0 the final bill] [rel promises] [ARG2 *-1 to increase spending for facilities and equipment by more than 20 % from last year] , and total operations would rise to $ 3.84 billion *U* -- a 12 % boost .
- [ARG0 Italian President Francesco Cossiga] [rel promised] [ARG2 a quick investigation into whether Olivetti broke Cocom rules] .
- [ARG0 The visitor] waxed * enthusiastic and [rel promised] [ARG2 *-1 to return] .
- [ARG0 The Fed] [rel promises] [ARG2 any needed liquidity] .
- When * reduced to buzzword status in ex parte pledges *T*-1 , however , the notion transmogrified into a [rel promised] [ARG2 assault] , with targets primarily for political gains , not justice .