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• `` [_ARG0 The cost of health care] is eroding standards of living and [_rel sapping] [_ARG1 industrial strength] , '' complains *T*-1 Walter Maher , a Chrysler health-and-benefits specialist .
• Domestic demand continues *-2 to grow , but [_ARG2 its contribution to higher production] was [_rel sapped] *-1 [_ARGM-TMP in September] by [_ARG0-by the estimated 2 % fall in imports , accompanied * by a growing tendency for Japanese manufacturers to build vehicles overseas] , according to the association .
• Security consultant Dennis Dalton of Ventura , Calif. , thinks 0 mergers often trigger longer lunch hours and increased absenteeism , [_ARG0 conduct] which *T*-1 [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel sap] [_ARG2 the bottom line] [_ARGM-ADV more than thefts] .