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frames- [ARG1 The size of the issue] was [rel scaled] *-147 [ARG5-DIR back] from [ARG3-from an originally planned $ 350 million *U*] .
- Since the recent deterioration of the junk-bond market , at least two other junk issuers have said 0 [ARG0 they] plan *-1 to [rel scale] [ARG5-DIR back] [ARG1 planned high-yield offerings] , and several issues have been postponed *-2 .
- [ARGM-LOC In the derivative market] , [ARG0 insurance companies] have [rel scaled] [ARG5-DIR back] [ARG1 their purchases of Remic securities , or real estate mortgage investment conduits ,] [ARGM-TMP as they assess potential claims from the recent California earthquake and hurricane in the Carolinas] .
- Chinese officials said 0 armed police would replace soldiers in Tiananmen Square as part of a [rel scaling] [ARG5-DIR down] of [ARG1-of Beijing 's five-month-old state of emergency] .
- Analysts were predicting 1990 BellSouth earnings in the range of $ 3.90 *U* a share , or $ 1.9 billion *U* , but [ARGM-TMP now] [ARG1 those estimates] are being [rel scaled] *-1 [ARG5-DIR back] .
- A Kellogg officer , who *T*-2 asked not *-3 to be named *-1 , said 0 the Memphis project was `` pulled *-4 in for a reconsideration of costs , '' an indication that [ARG1 the ambitious plans] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel scaled] *-5 [ARG5-DIR back] [ARGM-LOC in any future construction] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the corporate realm] , [ARG0 the 1986 law] abolished the investment-tax credit , [rel scaled] [ARG5-DIR back] [ARG1 use of an accounting method that *T*-1 allowed large contractors to defer taxes until a project was completed *-1] and strengthened the so-called alternative minimum tax , a levy 0 *T*-2 to ensure 0 all money-making businesses pay some federal tax .
- The plans have come under fire from Soviet environmentalists , and officials say 0 [ARG1 many] are likely *-1 to be [rel scaled] [ARG5-DIR back] *-2 or dropped *-2 .
- But [ARG0 Philip Morris] has [rel scaled] [ARG5-DIR back] [ARG1 ad spending on the brand] [ARGM-TMP over the past year] , industry executives said 0 *T*-1 , and it now bills about $ 30 million to $ 40 million *U* .
- [ARGM-TMP Since last week 's junk-bond market debacle] , [ARG1 many new issues of high-yield , high-risk corporate bonds] have [ARGM-DIS either] been [rel scaled] [ARG5-DIR back] *-1 , delayed *-1 or dropped *-1 .
- In the latest sign of how difficult it *EXP*-1 is *T*-2 * to place certain junk bonds , Continental Airlines said 0 [ARG0 it] was forced *-3 to [rel scale] [ARG5-DIR back] [ARG1 the size of its latest offering] .
- A major reason is that [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-TMP already] have [ARGM-MNR sharply] [rel scaled] [ARG5-DIR back] [ARG1 their purchases of stock funds] [ARGM-TMP since Black Monday] .