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frames- `` When we evaluated *-2 raising our bid *T*-1 , [ARG1 the risks] [rel seemed] substantial and persistent over the next five years , and the rewards seemed a long way out .
- `` When we evaluated *-2 raising our bid *T*-1 , the risks seemed substantial and persistent over the next five years , and [ARG1 the rewards] [rel seemed] a long way out .
- A more recent novel , `` Norwegian Wood '' -LRB- [ARG1 every Japanese under 40] [rel seems] *-1 to be fluent in Beatles lyrics -RRB- , has sold more than four million copies since Kodansha published it in 1987 .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Filmed *-1 in lovely black and white by Bill Dill] , [ARG1 the New York streets of `` Sidewalk Stories ''] [rel seem] benign .
- [ARG1 His life , including his skirmishes with a competing sketch artist ,] [rel seems] carefree .
- [ARG1 The beds at the Bowery Mission] [rel seem] far drearier [ARGM-TMP when he has *-1 to tuck a little girl into one of them at night *T*-2] .
- `` But [ARGM-TMP now] , there [rel seems] [ARG1 *-2 to be a fairly systematic effort * to address the problem] , '' said *T*-1 Chuck Hurley , vice president of communications for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety .
- [ARG1 These prices] [rel seem] rather modest , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARGM-ADV in light of other French wines from current vintages] .
- The classics have zoomed in price *-1 to meet the competition , and it [ARGM-ADV almost] [rel seems] [ARG1 that there 's a race *ICH*-2 on * to come up with the priciest single bottle , among current releases from every major wine region on the globe] .
- Bush administration officials are looking to the Fed *-1 to bring down rates , and [ARG1 financial markets] [rel seem] *-2 to be expecting easier credit as well .
- No one speaks , and [ARG1 the snaking of the ropes] [rel seems] *-1 to make as much sound as the bells themselves *?* , *-2 muffled *-3 by the ceiling .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite the harsh exchanges] , [ARG1 the U.S. and China] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel seem] *-1 to be looking for a way 0 * to mend relations , which *T*-244 have deteriorated into what Mr. Nixon referred to *T*-2 as `` the greatest crisis in Chinese-American relations '' since his initial visit to China 17 years ago *T*-3 .
- `` [ARG1 The real difference] [rel seems] *-1 to be that the cash market here ... is big enough *RNR*-2 and liquid enough *RNR*-2 that the futures market is n't having the same impact 0 it does *?* *T*-3 in America . ''
- [ARGM-TMP In an era when every government agency has a public-relations machine that *T*-2 sends you stuff whether you want it or not *T*-1] , [ARG1 this] does [rel seem] odd .
- [ARGM-LOC In the interview at headquarters yesterday afternoon] , [ARG1 both men] exuded confidence and [rel seemed] *-1 to work well together .
- He declined *-1 to elaborate , other than *-1 to say , `` [ARG1 It] [ARGM-ADV just] [rel seemed] the right thing 0 * to do *T*-2 at this minute .
- Los Angeles is a sprawling , balkanized newspaper market , and [ARG1 advertisers] [rel seemed] *-1 to feel 0 they could buy space in the mammoth Times , then target a particular area with one of the regional dailies .
- [ARGM-DIS Further] , [ARG1 the Herald] [rel seemed] *-1 torn editorially between *-3 keeping its old-time Hearst readership -- blue-collar and sports-oriented -- and trying *-2 to provide a sprightly , upscale alternative to the sometimes staid Times .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] , [ARG1 Wall Street 's Old Guard] [rel seems] *-1 to be winning the program-trading battle , *-2 successfully mobilizing public and congressional opinion *-3 to bludgeon their tormentors .
- [ARG1 Even some members of the Old Guard] , [ARGM-ADV despite their current advantage] , [rel seem] *-1 to be conceding that the future belongs with the New Guard .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 surprising numbers of small investors] [rel seem] *-1 to be adapting to greater stock market volatility and say 0 they can live with program trading .
- With lipsticks , liners , lotions and creams , There are still beauty plans left 0 * to tackle *T*-1 : [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV as the years go by] , it [rel seems] [ARG1 That before I paint , I should spackle] .
- The end of the first half , however , brought what [ARG1 the standing-room-only crowd] [rel seemed] *-2 to be waiting for *T*-1 : the pop singer Judy Collins , who *T*-20 appears on `` Inner Voices . ''
- [ARG1 Mr. Mayor 's hope that references to `` press freedom '' would survive *-1 unamended] [rel seems] doomed to failure ; the current phrasing is `` * educating the public and media *-2 to avoid manipulation . ''
- [ARG1 Americans] it [rel seems] 0 *T*-1 have followed Malcolm Forbes 's hot-air lead and taken to ballooning in a heady way .
- But the issue is stickier than it [rel seems] [ARG1 *?*] .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] , [ARG1 neither the Bush administration nor arms-control experts in Congress] [rel seem] *-1 moved *-2 by arguments that these problems *ICH*-4 may take more time *ICH*-5 0 * to thrash *T*-3 out than President Bush has allowed *?* .
- Sometimes , if [ARG1 the hacker] [rel seemed] *-1 to be into a sensitive file , he would drag his keychain across the terminal *-2 to create static or slow the system down *-3 to frustrate his quarry .
- [ARG1 One] learns a lot *ICH*-1 from this book , or [rel seems] *-2 to *?* , about crippling federal bureaucracy .
- `` [ARG1 *] [rel Seems] *-1 to *?* '' because it *EXP*-2 's possible that the CIA and the National Security Agency were more interested than they let on to Mr. Stoll .
- [ARGM-TMP For a while] [ARGM-TMP in the 1970s] it [rel seemed] [ARG1 0 Mr. Moon was on a spending spree , with such purchases as the former New Yorker Hotel and its adjacent Manhattan Center ; a fishing\/processing conglomerate with branches in Alaska , Massachusetts , Virginia and Louisiana ; a former Christian Brothers monastery and the Seagram family mansion -LRB- both picturesquely situated on the Hudson River -RRB- ; shares in banks from Washington to Uruguay ; a motion picture production company , and newspapers , such as the Washington Times , the New York City Tribune -LRB- originally the News World -RRB- , and the successful Spanish-language Noticias del Mundo] .
- Such sudden cultural shifts may come across as a bit forced , but [ARG1 they] [rel seem] *-1 to be genuine -- so much so , in fact , that some older employees have resisted .
- *-3 Asked *-4 [ARGM-CAU why] [ARG1 so few nations] [rel seem] *-2 to share his views of America *T*-1 , he said , `` Many people see it that way .
- `` There [rel seems] [ARG1 *-1 to be a presumption *ICH*-2 in some sectors of -LRB- Mexico 's -RRB- government that there is a lot of Japanese money waiting behind the gate , and that by * slightly opening the gate , that money will enter Mexico] .
- [ARG1 Philip Morris , which *T*-61 became the U.S. 's largest food company last year with its $ 12.9 billion *U* acquisition of Kraft Inc. ,] [rel seems] determined *-1 to evolve beyond its roots in Marlboro country .
- The state examiner also said 0 [ARG1 supervisors of a parallel federal examination] [rel seemed] so reluctant *-1 to demand write-downs of Lincoln 's bad loans that he immediately grew suspicious .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG1 Mr. Dole] [rel seemed] weary of the Bush administration 's strategy of * pushing the capital-gains measure at every chance in the face of Democratic procedural hurdles .
- [ARG1 * Pushing the issue on legislation needed * * to avoid default by the federal government] , he told reporters 0 *T*-2 , `` does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-3 to be very good strategy to [ARG2-to me] . ''
- [ARG1 The program trading situation] [rel seems] *-1 to have driven individual investors as well as others out of the market , and even Europeans are suspicious .
- [ARGM-TMP At first glance] , [ARG1 gold and utilities] [rel seem] strange bedfellows .
- It [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 that such measurements are a vital part of any intellectually honest evaluation of the threat posed * by CFCs] .
- The sales pitch might n't be as farfetched as [ARG1 it] [rel seems] *?* .
- For the spooks it 's just another day of ectoplasmic business as usual , ghostbusters say 0 *T*-1 ; [ARG1 the holiday] [rel seems] *-2 to occasion no unusual number of ghost reports .
- The flying telephone : `` You tangle the base cord around a chair leg , and [ARG1 the receiver] does [rel seem] *-1 to fly off . ''
- To [ARG2-To viewers from a distance] , [ARG1 visitors to the spot] [rel seemed] *-1 to shrink disproportionately , relative to the background .
- A half-hour later , the woman is smiling and chatting ; [ARG1 the demon] [rel seems] *-1 to have gone .
- If psychics do n't work , but [ARG1 your house] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel seems] haunted , you can call any one of a swelling band of skeptics such as Richard Busch .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG1 much of the political culture] [rel seems] intent on * castigating the Bush administration for * not `` helping '' Mr. Gorbachev .
- [ARG1 Mr. Baker] [rel seems] especially sensitive to the Washington ailment known * as Beltway-itis .
- [ARG1 The drug] [rel seems] *-2 to suppress ovulation for three to seven months after it is taken *-1 .
- There is evidence that if people inherit defective versions of these genes , they are especially prone to cancer , * perhaps explaining , finally , why [ARG1 some cancers] [rel seem] *-2 to haunt certain families *T*-1 .
- He believed 0 colon cancer might also arise from multiple `` hits '' on cancer suppressor genes , because [ARG1 it] [ARGM-TMP often] [rel seems] *-1 to develop in stages .
- [ARGM-DIS Of course] these turf battles are unseemly , wasteful and potentially dangerous and should be resolved *-2 in the interest of national security , but [ARG1 Mr. Lehman] [rel seems] *-1 to be part of the problem rather than part of the answer .
- [ARG1 These benefits] [rel seem] secure [ARGM-ADV despite China 's current economic and political troubles] .
- [ARGM-ADV With interest in emigration and investment abroad soaring since June 4] , [ARG1 that assumption] [ARGM-TMP no longer] [rel seems] so safe .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the current circumstances] , he says 0 *T*-1 , [ARG1 their scenario] [ARGM-TMP no longer] [rel seems] unrealistic .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Going by official forecasts of GDP , which *T*-1 measures the colony 's output of goods and services , minus foreign income ,] [ARG1 Mr. Mushkat 's `` realists ''] [rel seem] relatively close to the mark .
- [ARGM-TMP Today] , [ARGM-ADV with business activity in Hong Kong staggering along at an uneven pace] , [ARG1 the economy itself] [rel seems] *-1 locked *-2 in a struggle between hope and fear .
- [ARG1 Signs of revival] [rel seem] evident [ARGM-LOC in Hong Kong 's hard-hit hotel sector] .
- [ARGM-ADV Like so many trends in the entertainment industry] , [ARG1 the current spate of rape dramas on television] [rel seems] *-1 to represent a confluence of high-mindedness and self-interest .
- * Not to judge by `` * Settle the Score , '' in which [ARG1 Mr. Sohmer] [rel seems] *-1 to be settling a score of his own *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARGM-ADV despite their efforts * to convince the world that we are indeed alone] , [ARG1 the visitors] do [rel seem] *-3 to keep *-4 coming and , like the recent sightings , there 's often a detail or two that *T*-1 suggests 0 they may actually be a little on the dumb side .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] [ARGM-DIS anyway] , [ARG1 our alien visitors] [rel seem] more intent on *-1 brightening our skies than *-1 pulverizing us .
- [ARG1 Sales growth of 10 % a year] [rel seems] possible , he said 0 *T*-1 , and Akzo expects its Twaron business to become profitable in 1990 .
- [ARG1 Mr. Roman] , [ARGM-DIS by contrast] , [rel seems] *-1 rarely to cut loose at all , although he did appear at Ogilvy 's Halloween party Friday *-2 decked out in duck feet and a duck hat , *-3 costumed as a `` lame duck . ''
- [ARGM-TMP When Westinghouse Electric Corp. shuttered its massive steam turbine plant in Lester , Pa. , three years ago *T*-1] , it [rel seemed] [ARG1 like the company had pulled the plug on its century-old power generation business] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the disappointing sales of DAT machines here and abroad] [ARGM-TMP so far] have [ARGM-NEG not] [rel seemed] *-2 to warrant the three years of legal wrangling that *T*-1 went into the agreement .
- The report says 0 [ARG1 the availability of such advanced analog recording equipment as cassette recorders] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to increase the quantity of home copying .
- [ARGM-ADV For Switzerland 's most prestigious newspaper , Neue Zuercher Zeitung ,] [ARG1 Mr. Rey] [rel seems] destined *-2 to remain the `` former Bally raider , '' an image that *T*-1 has proved hard 0 * to overcome *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Some smaller clients] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to notice his switch .
- [ARGM-LOC In a chilly conference room at Alliance Capital Management in Minneapolis] , [ARGM-DIS in contrast] , [ARG1 the firm 's money managers] [rel seem] ready *-1 to pin Mr. Straszheim to the wall .
- But the new statistics show that [ARGM-TMP by September] , [ARG1 the burst in spending] [rel seemed] *-1 to be tapering off .
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] , [ARG1 McCaw] [rel seemed] *-1 to hint at that option in a brief statement .
- Of course , there were sell programs in past years , too , but [ARG1 they] [rel seem] *-1 to hurt market makers more painfully [ARGM-TMP these days] .
- [ARG1 Exports , which *T*-1 played a key role in * fueling growth over the last two years ,] [rel seem] *-2 to have stalled .
- His hand on the monetary tiller seems one reason why [ARG1 the economy next month] [rel seems] highly likely *-1 to begin an unprecedented eighth year of peacetime growth without a recession *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 His hand on the monetary tiller] [rel seems] one reason why the economy next month seems highly likely *-1 to begin an unprecedented eighth year of peacetime growth without a recession *T*-2 .
- After *-4 thoroughly digesting reams of information , he often concludes that more data are needed *-1 , and [ARGM-TMP when he finally decides *-3 to act *T*-2] , [ARG1 his movements] [ARGM-TMP sometimes] [rel seem] excrutiatingly small .
- [ARGM-TMP Only a few months ago] , [ARG1 the 124-year-old securities firm] [rel seemed] *-2 to be on the verge of a meltdown , [ARGM-ADV *-2 racked *-1 by internal squabbles and defections] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the last stock market boom , in 1986 ,] [rel seems] small [ARGM-ADV compared with the current rush to market] .
- [ARG1 Some producers] [rel seem] tentative about the technique , squeamish even .
- [ARGM-TMP This past summer] , [ARG1 investors ' appetite for municipal bonds] [rel seemed] insatiable .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] , [ARG1 stock prices] [rel seem] *-1 to be in a general retreat .
- The conventional wisdom is * to go into money funds when rates are rising *T*-1 and shift out at times such as the present , when [ARG1 rates] [rel seem] headed *-3 down *T*-2 .
- Mideast politics have calmed down and [ARG1 the squabbling within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries] [rel seems] under control [ARGM-TMP for now] .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] , [ARG1 a new law in Texas] [rel seems] *-1 to be providing the proof .
- IF [ARG1 YOUR FLIGHT attendant] [rel seems] a little weary , it may be because he or she has been working 20 straight hours .
- Los Angeles police say 0 [ARG1 the thieves] [rel seem] *-2 to be part of a crime network that *T*-1 knows how *-3 to convert blank tickets into real ones *T*-4 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 an all-out bidding war between the world 's top auto giants for Britain 's leading luxury-car maker] [rel seems] unlikely .
- Mr. Thomson sent off a card to Martha : `` It does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] like [ARG1-like 25 years] [ARGM-TMP since I hit that home run *-1 to celebrate your birth] , '' it read *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP when Betsy Engelken wrote him , *-1 saying 0 she could stop near his New Jersey home *T*-2] , it [rel seemed] [ARG1 different] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 Mr. Dinkins 's economic planks] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to bother the business community , where he draws significant support *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 The key man] [rel seems] *-1 to be the campaign manager , Mr. Lynch .
- It [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 0 we 're not really going *-1 to get anywhere until we can take the criminality out of the drug business and the incentives for criminality out of it] .
- But , I have *-2 to tell you that it [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 that the conceptual base of the current program is flawed and the program is not likely *-1 to work] .
- [ARG1 Many modern scriptwriters] [rel seem] *-1 to be incapable of *-2 writing drama , or anything else , without foul-mouthed cursing .
- `` There [rel seems] [ARG1 *-1 to be a message *ICH*-3 from Moscow 0 there 's a deal on offer] , '' he says *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG1 The absurdity of the official rate] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel seem] obvious to [ARG2-to everyone] , '' the afternoon newspaper Izvestia wrote *T*-1 in a brief commentary on the devaluation .
- [ARGM-TMP In earlier years] it *EXP*-1 [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel seemed] [ARG1 reasonable] * to give Richmond , Va. , a bank and allow Los Angeles only a branch of the San Francisco bank , but times have changed .
- All of this is what history will note *T*-2 , * assuming that events do n't make [ARG1 it] [rel seem] *-3 a bad joke , when the record of this time is put *-1 down *T*-4 .
- [ARG1 The latter] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel seem] *-1 oddly irrelevant , if not downright trivial , [ARGM-ADV given the big picture] and the way 0 we have handled it in the nation 's capital *T*-2 has done nothing * to dispel that impression .
- [ARG1 No one] [rel seems] willing *-1 to hold anyone in public life to a standard higher than the narrowest construction of the law .
- All of that is just for starters , or [ARGM-DIS so] [ARG1 the hundreds of thousands of Eastern Europeans in the streets] [rel seem] *-1 to hope *T*-2 and are certainly demanding *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-DIS so] [ARG1 it] [rel seems] *-1 to be *T*-2 with the case of Elizabeth Morgan , the Washington , D.C. , plastic surgeon jailed * in a child custody case for *-3 refusing *-4 to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter .
- [ARG1 The new round of bidding] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel seem] *-1 to complicate the decision making for Judge James Yacos , the bankruptcy judge overseeing the case , because the company 's stockholders , unsecured creditors and regulators each are currently backing different plans .
- [ARG1 Congress] [rel seems] likely *-1 to let the new chairman have his way for a while .
- Japanese auto makers are known *-1 for *-3 coming up with funny names , but [ARGM-TMP this year] [ARG1 the practice] [rel seems] *-2 to have reached a new high -- or low .
- [ARG1 It] involved the athletics director , two different football coaching staffs , and school trustees and governors -- just about everybody , it [rel seemed] , but Donald Shields , the university 's president .
- It [rel seems] [ARG1 that every day a new movie *ICH*-1 opens featuring a child coping with a mother 's death , or adoption , or aging parents , or pregnancy] .
- So it *EXP*-2 's entirely possible that `` * Look Who *T*-1 's Talking '' is n't as entertaining as it [rel seems] [ARG1 *?*] in comparison to the turgid other films opening now .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG1 too many people working in Hollywood today] [rel seem] *-2 to suffer from the delusion that the drama played out * in every home will be interesting to people who *T*-1 live somewhere else .
- It [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 0 the BPCA plan has the potential of * making South Gardens a horticultural jail for people and plants] . ''
- But industry executives say 0 [ARG1 businesses] [rel seem] especially inclined *-1 to dump mailers sent * to titles rather than to individual names .
- [ARG1 Nobody] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel seems] *-1 to have calculated the total number of slot machines , crap tables or roulette wheels 0 Las Vegas will add *T*-2 to the enormous store that Lady Luck already guards *T*-3 here , much less the ultimate impact of the growth on schools and municipal services .
- [ARG1 Ellen Cokely , a tourist from Alton , Ill. ,] [rel seems] inclined *-1 to agree .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite the new emphasis on the family trade] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARG1 tourists in search of naughtier fun than gambling] [rel seem] certain *-1 to find it , [ARGM-ADV with Las Vegas call girls remaining on the scene] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Wynn] [rel seems] confident that it will produce a healthy profit , but some securities analysts doubt it .
- [ARGM-ADV Of all the major steelmakers] , [ARG1 Bethlehem] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel seem] *-1 to be the most vulnerable to a slowdown .
- [ARG1 West Texas Intermediate , the U.S. benchmark crude ,] [rel seemed] tethered [ARGM-TMP again] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-LOC in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange] .
- But the first quarter of the year is generally the weakest and [ARG1 OPEC production] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to be slackening in anticipation of that .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 adding equity] , [ARG1 DLJ] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel seem] *-1 to be acknowledging that credit risk was a concern .
- The White House called on Congress *-1 to attach the proposed capital-gains tax cut to its final deficit-reduction bill , but [ARG1 lawmakers] [rel seem] likely *-2 to balk at the idea .
- [ARGM-LOC On Capitol Hill] , [ARGM-DIS though] , there does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] [ARG1 *-1 to be sufficient sentiment * to pair capital gains and the deficit-reduction bill] .
- Mr. Bush 's problem is n't so much *ICH*-2 that [ARG1 he] [rel seems] *-1 to be agonizing over the issue as it is that he seems *-3 to vacillate on it .
- Mr. Bush 's problem is n't so much *ICH*-2 that he seems *-1 to be agonizing over the issue as it is that [ARG1 he] [rel seems] *-3 to vacillate on it .
- [ARGM-ADV By his moderate Republican heritage as well as the warnings of political advisers who *T*-1 say 0 the issue is vital to younger voters] , [ARG1 the president] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel seem] *-2 to have at least some sympathy with abortion-rights arguments .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] [ARG1 this remarkable economic growth] [rel seems] *-1 to be coming to an end because the government has not converted itself into a modern , democratic , `` developed nation '' mode of operation .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG1 it] [rel seems] *-1 to be using foreign pressure and even the trade conflict *-2 to expand its sphere of influence vis a vis other ministries .
- [ARG1 The wind] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 stinging with sand] , [ARGM-TMP never] [rel seems] *-2 to stop .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] , [ARG1 even more radical changes] [rel seem] afoot [ARGM-TMP as the grand old maverick of American apples plays the role of Hiroshi Appleseed] .
- [ARG1 The hulk of Stalinism] , it [rel seems] 0 *T*-1 , will not quickly crumble away .
- [ARG1 Ownership] , it [rel seems] 0 *T*-1 , is the best fertilizer .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Inexplicably costumed *-1 as a rabbinical student] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 tottering around on lifts] , [ARG1 Mr. Shicoff] [ARGM-ADV hardly] [rel seemed] the fellow 0 *T*-3 to catch a fancy cocotte 's eye .
- [ARG1 Back when the Burgess fauna were flourishing *T*-2] , it [rel seems] 0 *T*-1 , human evolutionary hopes hung on the survival of a little worm with a backbone called * Pikaia .
- The danger that [ARG1 Ms. Bogart] [rel seems] *-2 to be courting *T*-1 here is one of obfuscation rather than rejuvenation , a vision so at odds with the playwright 's that the two points of view nullify , rather than illuminate , each other .
- This turn of events has put a big damper on an industry that *T*-1 seemed almost invincible last spring , when fares were rising at double-digit rates *T*-3 and [ARG1 many carriers] [rel seemed] *-2 to be growing fat on near-monopolies in certain markets *T*-3 .
- Mr. Threlkeld said 0 [ARG1 the copper market] [rel seems] *-1 to be anticipating a recession in three months , with declining use being the result .
- He noted that two weeks ago there were rumors of Soviet sales of precious metals 0 *T*-1 to finance grain purchases , but [ARG1 the sales] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-2 to have materialized .
- [ARG1 Mr. Rockefeller , buried * beneath a 180-foot-tall granite obelisk ,] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] right for an ad [ARGM-DIS either] .
- [ARG1 Jaguar] [rel seems] *-2 to be losing interest in * giving GM a minority stake , said 0 *T*-3 one individual close to the talks , *-4 adding , `` It would n't surprise me if -LCB- Jaguar executives -RCB- want *-5 to wait and see what the color of that -LCB- Ford bid -RCB- is *T*-1 '' first .
- `` [ARG1 The results] [rel seem] *-1 to be very premature , '' said *T*-2 Mitsuru Miyata , editor of Nikkei Biotechnology , a leading Japanese industry newsletter .
- [ARGM-DIS And] to [ARG2-to the uninitiated] , [ARG1 some of the firm 's approaches] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel seem] chillingly manipulative .
- [ARG1 Silicon Graphics ' strategy] [rel seems] *-1 to be paying off .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] , [ARGM-MNR with the crowd in the analysis room smelling figurative blood] , [ARG1 the only question] [rel seemed] *-1 to be how fast Mr. Kasparov could win game two *T*-2 .
- These beliefs so dominate our educational establishment , our media , our politicians , and even our parents that it *EXP*-1 [rel seems] [ARG1 almost blasphemous] * to challenge them .
- [ARG1 A comprehensive development policy for governors over 30] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel seem] *-1 to be a more pressing need .
- [ARGM-TMP For a brief time] , [ARG1 the buy-out effort] [rel seemed] *-1 to solve his problems with United 's pilot union .
- [ARG1 Developing countries such as India] , some analysts said *T*-1 , [rel seem] *-2 to have made it *EXP*-3 a point * to stay away whenever sugar reached the top of its trading range , around 14.75 cents , *T*-4 and wait for prices to return to the bottom of the range , around 13.50 cents .
- In her introduction , Ms. Rose writes that she feels 0 she has much in common with Baker , but [ARGM-TMP as `` Jazz Cleopatra '' goes on] , [ARG1 it] [rel seems] more rushed , [ARGM-ADV as though the author were growing less interested] .
- [ARGM-DIS Even so] , [ARG1 the trust] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel seem] *-1 to be facing a cash crunch .
- [ARGM-ADV Even if there is no restructuring] , [ARG1 Manville] [rel seems] *-1 to be attractive long-term .
- [ARG1 Rep. Gonzalez] [rel seems] primed *-1 to lash out at Mr. Wall when hearings resume Thursday with testimony by two federal regulators from San Francisco , William Black and Mike Patriarca *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG1 That] [rel seems] *-2 to be what all my friends are using *T*-1 *-3 to take the grandkids to the lake , '' she says *T*-4 .
- It *EXP*-1 's hard * to generalize , but [ARG1 age] [rel seems] *-2 to be the best predictor .
- A severe recession could , of course , raise delinquency rates , but [ARGM-TMP so far] [ARG1 the current levels of consumer debt] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to loom as a major threat .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 these figures] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to worry Thomas A. Durkin , an economist at the Federal Reserve Board .
- [ARG1 Federal 's employees] work long hours and [rel seem] *-1 to thrive on the stress of * racing the clock .
- If [ARG1 all of this] [rel seems] a little stale , it 's redeemed *-1 in part by some tricky plot twists :
- [ARGM-LOC In that context] , [ARG1 Robert Loggia 's riveting performance as the unlovable -- even crotchety -- veteran agent] [rel seems] a better franchise for a series than most .
- [ARG1 The sales job] [rel seems] *-2 to be paying off : When he bought the team *T*-3 , only six of the suites had been sold *-1 .
- For his part , Jerry Jones says 0 he 's in the business for the long haul , and [ARG1 his work style] [rel seems] *-1 to support that .
- In fact , the generation of painters growing into maturity right now works with such profoundly held humanist assumptions and such passionate commitment to moral and ethical principles that it makes [ARG1 Che Guevara 's famous linkages of art , idealism and revolution] [rel seem] modest .
- [ARG1 The announcement] [rel seemed] *-2 to further damp prospects that talks between Qintex Australia and MGM\/UA might be revived *-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 investors] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to think so .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Sitting at the bar of the Four Seasons restaurant] , [ARG1 architect William McDonough] [rel seems] oblivious to the glamorous clientele and the elegant setting .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the trouble 0 it faces *T*-1 now under Democratic rule] [rel seems] bigger and more daunting than anything 0 it has faced *T*-2 in the past .
- He defeated the contentious Mr. Koch in the Democratic primary partly because [ARG1 he] [rel seemed] *-1 to offer hope 0 he could heal the city 's racial and ethnic wounds .
- [ARG1 He] [rel seems] *-1 to be typical of many professional money managers .
- The bench will be lower so [ARG1 the judge] [rel seems] less intimidating , and walls will be painted in bright colors and covered with murals .
- [ARG1 They] [rel seem] *-1 to be having the `` worst of both worlds : artistic work with none of art 's integrity and no control over the finished product ; self-employment without fun or profit . ''
- The characters confront a world in which it *EXP*-1 [rel seems] [ARG1 increasingly difficult] * to find a `` middle way '' between the extremes of success and failure , wealth and poverty *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-LOC Where '60s dropouts professed *-4 to scorn middle-class life and ambitious yuppies hoped *-3 to leave it far behind as they scaled the upper reaches of success *T*-2] , it [ARGM-TMP now] [rel seems] [ARG1 that so many people *ICH*-5 feel 0 they 're slipping between the cracks , that middle-class life is viewed *-1 with nostalgia or outright longing] .
- [ARG1 The recent one-day , 190-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel seems] *-1 to be significant to economists mainly for its tacit comment on the poor quality of third-quarter profits now being reported * .
- [ARG1 Mr. Krenz] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-2 to be the knee-jerk hardliner 0 many initially thought 0 he was *T*-3 when the 52-year-old Politburo member was selected last week *-1 to succeed Erich Honecker *T*-4 .
- [ARG1 Nothing] [rel seems] hard [ARGM-LOC here] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 most of the truly big scams in Orange County] [rel seem] *-3 to originate in Newport Beach or one of the other well-heeled communities that *T*-1 surround this sliver-like city that *T*-2 hooks around a point of land [ARGM-LOC on the California coast south of Los Angeles] .
- `` [ARG1 They] [rel seem] *-3 to like these industrial parks , '' says *T*-2 Kacy McClelland , a postal inspector who *T*-1 specializes in mail fraud .
- [ARG1 The baccalaureate bonds -- tax-free , offered * in small denominations and usually containing a provision that they wo n't be called *-1 before maturity --] [rel seem] *-2 to be tailor-made for college savers .
- [ARG1 Many professions] [ARGM-TMP long] have [rel seemed] *-3 to be targets *ICH*-5 because of the exotic or ludicrous efforts *ICH*-4 of some members * to offset high income with fake losses from phony tax shelters : dentists who *T*-1 invested in dubiously dubbed foreign films or airline pilots who *T*-2 raised racehorses on their days off .
- `` Other people are making it overnight , and the rest who *T*-1 toil daily do n't want *-2 to miss that opportunity when [ARG1 it] [rel seems] *-3 to come along *T*-4 . ''
- One floor trader noted in astonishment that [ARG1 nobody] [rel seemed] *-1 to mind the news that British Airways is n't making a special effort * to revive the UAL buy-out .
- [ARG1 Nguyen Ngoc] [rel seemed] an obvious choice [ARGM-TMP when the Vietnamese Writers Association was looking for a new editor 0 *T*-2 to reform its weekly newspaper , Van Nghe *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 The league organizers] [rel seem] more a fit with a convention next door of young aerobics instructors in leotards than the beefy union leaders ; `` I wish 0 I could go *-2 work out , '' says *T*-1 a slim activist .
- [ARG1 Mr. Courter] , [ARGM-ADV by comparison] , [rel seems] a shadow of the confident hawk who *T*-1 defended Oliver North before national cameras at Iran-Contra hearings two years ago .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Fluent in Spanish from his days in the Peace Corps] , [ARG1 Mr. Courter] [ARGM-MNR actively] courts minority voters but [rel seems] [ARGM-MNR oddly] over his head .
- `` The bottom line is , 0 it [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 that the economic environment has become very , very competitve for a lot of businesses] , '' he said *T*-1 .
- The journalistic consensus was that the earthquake made [ARG1 the World Series] [rel seem] unimportant .
- [ARG1 That heavily politicized event] learned nothing from the horrifying experience , and [rel seems] doomed *-1 to repeat it .
- It *EXP*-1 [ARGM-MOD may] [rel seem] [ARG1 trivial] * to worry about the World Series amid the destruction to the Bay Area wrought * by Tuesday 's quake , but the name of this column is `` On Sports , '' so I feel obliged *-2 to do so .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 two big New York banks] [rel seem] *-1 to have kicked those chances away , for the moment , with the embarrassing failure *ICH*-2 of Citicorp and Chase Manhattan Corp. * to deliver $ 7.2 billion *U* in bank financing for a leveraged buy-out of United Airlines parent UAL Corp .
- [ARG1 The success of the NWA financing , and the failure of the UAL deal ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel seem] *-1 to highlight the important new role in takeover financing being played * by Japanese banks .
- `` [ARG1 They] [ARGM-TMP always] [rel seem] *-1 to come a bit later than you expect .
- So often *ICH*-1 are government statistics revised that [ARG1 they] [rel seem] *-2 to resemble a spinning weather vane .
- `` If the recession does hit , there will be some great investment opportunities just [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 things] [rel seem] the blackest *T*-1 . ''
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] , [ARG1 British Air] [rel seemed] *-1 to be distancing itself from the troubled transaction early [ARGM-PNC in an effort * to avoid any further embarrassment] .
- [ARG1 The carrier] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel seemed] eager *-1 to place blame on its American counterparts .
- [ARG1 This] [rel seems] *-1 to be happening now to limited partnerships , many of which *T*-2 either have gone into the tank in recent years or have otherwise been grievous disappointments .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 some movies] [rel seem] *-1 to have been hurt *-2 by their inattention .
- `` [ARGM-TMP Before the sun sets on the '80s] , it [rel seems] [ARG1 0 nothing will be left *-1 unhocked] . ''
- All this makes [ARG1 asset-backed securities] [rel seem] too risky for many people .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the lurking shadow of 1987 's stock-market crash] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel seems] dark .
- [ARG1 Contact lenses , tank tops , prostitutes openly working the streets of Hollywood and the Tequila Sunrise cocktail all] [rel seem] out of place [ARGM-TMP in the 1950s] .
- [ARGM-LOC Outside the white-walled headquarters of the socalled Society of Orange Workers] , [ARG1 all] [rel seems] normal [ARGM-LOC in South Africa 's abnormal society] .
- [ARG1 This] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel seem] *-1 to be a preposterous and utterly futile effort in Africa .
- [ARG1 The whole idea of computer-integrated manufacturing , CIM ,] [rel seems] *-2 to be making a comeback [ARGM-TMP after *-2 losing a little luster over the past couple of years when it *EXP*-3 became apparent that it was n't a panacea that *T*-1 would make U.S. plants more efficient and banish foreign competition *T*-4] .
- [ARG1 Nausea] [rel seems] a commonplace symptom .
- [ARG1 Downtown Bolinas] [rel seems] *-2 to be the part of town that *T*-1 's worst off .
- Power is back on , and [ARG1 UCSF -LCB- medical center -RCB-] [rel seems] *-1 to have quieted down for the night -LRB- they were doing triage out in the parking lot from the sound and lights of it -RRB- .
- [ARG1 The tenor of Mr. Stevens 's remarks] [rel seemed] *-1 to indicate that British Air will take a more active , high-profile role in * pursuing any new bid .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite all the formal provisions for its independence] , [ARG1 the Fed] [rel seems] [ARGM-TMP constantly] *-1 to feel that if it uses its independence too freely it will lose it .
- [ARG1 The answer] [rel seems] perfectly clear .
- [ARG1 Strict new regulations] [rel seem] certain *-1 to pass the state House in Pennsylvania next week , [ARGM-ADV with easy approval by the Senate and by Democratic Gov. Bob Casey expected * shortly thereafter] .
- Some analysts say 0 [ARG1 the latest results] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel seem] pale [ARGM-ADV by comparison with a spectacular second half of 1988] .
- So it *EXP*-3 's quite possible that the terrific play between the brothers is n't natural at all , that Jeff and Beau had *-12 to work like crazy *-13 to make [ARG1 their brotherly love -- and resentment and frustration and rage --] [rel seem] so very real .
- [ARG1 Part of the problem 0 some Europeans have *T*-1 with Turkey] [rel seems] *-2 to stem from its location -- Turkey is n't really part of Europe .
- [ARGM-DIS But] there did [rel seem] [ARG1 *-1 to be a retail activity pickup] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-TMP until last Friday] , it [rel seemed] [ARG1 0 those efforts were starting *-1 to pay off] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the periphery] , [ARG1 rescue workers] [rel seem] , [ARGM-ADV from the air] , *-1 to move in slow motion .
- That will mark the second consecutive quarterly loss for Commodore and will raise additional questions about whether it can sustain the turnaround 0 [ARG1 it] had [rel seemed] *-2 to be engineering *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Commodore] has [rel seemed] *-1 to be setting the stage recently for progress in the U.S. , where its personal-computer sales have been so dismal *ICH*-2 for years that Commodore is close to *-4 dropping off research firms ' market-share charts *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-ADV Given the seismic history of the Bay Area] , `` it [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 that a 6.9 earthquake is a foreseeable event] . ''
- Some of it was necessary * to get federal help flowing to victims , but [ARG1 some] [rel seemed] designed *-1 mostly *-2 to project an image of a White House in action .
- [ARG1 Mr. Bronner] [rel seems] *-1 to believe that the hearings could have gone either way .
- `` There [rel seems] [ARG1 *-1 to be a lot of art for sale] , but there 's more competition .
- `` Now that [ARG1 the supply situation] [rel seems] *-2 to be improving , it *EXP*-1 would be best for traders to switch their concentration to the demand side . ''
- [ARG1 This] [rel seems] *-1 to be the season for revivals [ARGM-LOC in Chicago] .
- [ARGM-ADV Curiously] , [ARG1 Randall Arney as Teddy] [rel seems] the only cast member unable * to get beyond the zombie approach to a Pinter character .
- [ARG1 The Tokyo rally] [rel seemed] *-1 to confirm the view *ICH*-2 , frequently expressed * in Japan in the past few days , that the drop in New York was a local problem related to merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. .
- [ARG1 The man] , it [rel seems] 0 *T*-1 , has a Lichtenstein corporation , licensed * in Libya and sheltered * in the Bahamas .
- [ARG1 Nothing less] , it [rel seemed] 0 *T*-1 , could console them for their traumas .
- Earlier this week , Mr. Simmons objected to published reports quoting him as *-1 saying 0 he planned *-2 to sell his Lockheed stake because `` [ARG1 the defense industry] [rel seems] *-3 to be getting more uncertain . ''
- Mr. Ingersoll later recalled that [ARG1 Gen. Torrijos] [rel seemed] afraid * to act on the concerns of the U.S. .
- [ARGM-DIS In fact] , [ARG1 they] [rel seemed] a mite resentful .
- Eight months after Gen. Boris Gromov walked across the bridge into the U.S.S.R. , a Soviet-controlled regime remains in Kabul , the refugees sit in their camps , and [ARG1 the restoration of Afghan freedom] [rel seems] as far off as ever .
- In fact , because [ARG1 communism] [rel seems] *-1 to be beating a global retreat , some conservatives may simply be so pleased that their anti-communist philosophy is prevailing that they do n't have the fire at the moment * to push controversial programs .
- [ARG1 A combination of factors -- a weariness among some conservatives , a decline in the perception of a Soviet threat and a preoccupation with other issues --] [rel seem] *-1 to explain the strange tranquility .
- '' Mr. Allen objected to this analogy because it [rel seems] [ARG1 *-1 to `` assimilate the status of blacks to that of animals -- as a mere project of charity , of humaneness] . ''
- [ARG1 The line] [rel seems] awfully thin [ARGM-PNC for criminal-law purposes] .
- We hear , we may think , inner voices , but [ARG1 they all] [rel seem] *-1 to be saying the same thing .
- `` The Fourth Knee Play , '' an interlude from `` Einstein on the Beach , '' is like a toccata but [ARG1 it] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to move much beyond its left-hand ground in `` Three Blind Mice . ''
- [ARG1 Whether a trade is done *-1 on a dual or non-dual basis] , the member said 0 *T*-2 , `` does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-3 to have much economic impact . ''
- `` It 's too soon * to tell ... but [ARG1 people] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to be unhappy with it , '' he said *T*-2 .
- But would n't you know , [ARGM-TMP now that we are spending jillions of dollars , and have built those new divisions and new air wings , and have positioned all these ships and supplies * to fight the Russians in Iran] , [ARG1 the Russians] [rel seem] *-1 to have lost interest in the whole subject .
- [ARG1 Hyundai and Daewoo] [rel seem] unconcerned about the SsangYong threat , but Kia , the scrappy No.3 auto maker , is selling four-wheel-drive vehicles through its Asia unit .
- But [ARGM-ADV with the company 's shares standing at $ 15 *U* yesterday] , [ARG1 a new offering] [rel seems] unlikely , company officials say 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-ADV as Aeroflot struggles *-1 to boost its service standards , upgrade its fleet and pursue commercial opportunities] , [ARG1 the Irish aviation industry] [rel seems] poised *-2 to benefit .
- `` [ARGM-TMP On days that I 'm really busy *T*-3] , '' says *T*-4 Ms. Foster , who *T*-2 works in public relations for the company , `` it *EXP*-1 [rel seems] [ARG1 decadent] * to take time off for a massage . ''
- Analysts at Standard & Poor 's say 0 [ARG1 junk bond offerings by `` tightly stretched '' issuers] [rel seem] *-1 to be growing .
- [ARG1 The market] [rel seems] *-1 to be straightening out ; we 're taking a wait-and-see attitude , '' says *T*-2 Cathleen B. Stewart , executive vice president of marketing .
- [ARG1 The initiative] [rel seems] *-3 to have been crafted *-4 *-5 to include all the hot issues that *T*-1 set off the wealthy Hollywood weepers who *T*-2 donate money .
- [ARGM-LOC Around him] , [ARG1 scores of traders] [rel seemed] *-1 to get a burst of energy ; their boss broke out bottles of Perrier water *-2 to cool them off .
- [ARG1 The bond market] [rel seemed] *-1 to ignore evidence that the Federal Reserve eased credit conditions slightly by *-2 allowing the federal funds rate to drift as low as 8 1\/2 % .
- Traders said 0 [ARG1 retail investors] [rel seemed] *-1 to be hugging the sidelines until a measure of volatility is wrung out of the market .
- For [ARG2-For baby boomers who *T*-2 grew up *-3 being photographed *-1 in color] , [ARG1 black and white] [rel seems] eye-catching and exotic .
- `` It [rel seems] [ARG1 0 computers as hobbies have waned] , '' says *T*-1 Ian Brightman , Beseler 's chairman and chief executive officer .
- The group normally convenes only [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 a change in the economy 's general course] [rel seems] likely *T*-1 .
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped sharply yesterday *-2 to close at 2657.38 , panic did n't sweep the world 's markets , and [ARG1 investors large and small] [rel seemed] *-1 to accept Friday 's dizzying 190-point plunge as a sharp correction , not a calamity .
- [ARGM-TMP At first] , it [rel seemed] [ARG1 as if history might repeat itself] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 most investors] [rel seemed] *-1 to be `` in an information mode rather than in a transaction mode , '' said 0 *T*-2 Steven Norwitz , a vice president .
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] , [ARG1 a random check Friday] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to indicate that the strike was having much of an effect on other airline operations .
- `` There [rel seems] [ARG1 *-1 to be a move *ICH*-2 around the world * to deregulate the generation of electricity] , '' Mr. Richardson said 0 *T*-4 , and Canadian Utilities hopes *-3 to capitalize on it .
- `` It [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 that a story like this breaks just before every important Cocom meeting] , '' said *T*-1 a Washington lobbyist for a number of U.S. computer companies .
- [ARG1 The games 0 Bronx children played *T*-1 -LRB- * holding kids down and stripping them , for example -RRB-] [rel seem] tame [ARGM-ADV by today 's crack standards] , but Ms. Cunningham makes it all sound like a great adventure .
- Her friend Diana 's father was a professional thief ; [ARG1 they] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to have any bedrooms at all .
- Harry has avoided all that by *-1 living in a Long Island suburb with his wife , who *T*-2 's so addicted to soap operas and mystery novels 0 [ARG1 she] [ARGM-MNR barely] [rel seems] *-3 to notice when her husband disappears for drug-seeking forays into Manhattan *T*-4 .
- [ARG1 The trend toward lower rents] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel seem] surprising [ARGM-ADV given that some communities in New York are bemoaning the loss of favorite local businesses to high rents] .
- [ARG1 Justice Blackmun , who *T*-1 will turn 81 next month ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel seems] feisty about his new role .
- If [ARG1 this] [rel seems] like pretty weak stuff around which * to raise the protectionist barriers *T*-2 , it may be because these shows need all the protection 0 they can get *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 much of what the Europeans want *-2 to protect *T*-1] [rel seems] every bit as cheesy as what they are trying *-3 to keep *T*-4 out .
- He said 0 Apple 's family of Macintosh computers , for instance , uses four different buses `` and [ARG1 no one] [rel seems] *-1 to mind . ''
- [ARGM-DIS Besides] , [ARG1 rowdy behavior] [rel seems] unlikely [ARGM-LOC at the Grand Kempinski , where rooms average $ 200 *U* a night *T*-1 and the cheap mixed drinks go for $ 3.50 *U* a pop *T*-1] .
- Or [ARG1 so] it [ARGM-MOD must] [rel seem] *T*-1 to [ARG2-to Jackie Mason , the veteran Jewish comedian appearing in a new ABC sitcom airing on Tuesday nights -LRB- 9:30-10 p.m. EDT -RRB-] .
- I think 0 what *T*-1 bothered me most about the piece was that there [rel seemed] [ARG1 *-2 to be an underlying attitude * to tell your readers 0 all is well -- if you 're getting laid *-3 off * do n't worry , and if you 're unemployed , it 's a seller 's market] .
- Just when it *EXP*-1 [rel seemed] [ARG1 safe] * to go back into stocks *T*-2 , Wall Street suffered another severe attack of nerves .
- `` It [rel seems] to [ARG2-to me] [ARG1 that this is the pin that *T*-1 has finally pricked the balloon] , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Rogers , a professor of finance at Columbia University and former co-manager of one of the most successful hedge funds in history , Quantum Fund .
- [ARGM-DIS But] , [ARGM-ADV barring further drops in the market this week] , [ARG1 a similar outcome] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] likely [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- Small investors matched their big institutional brethren in anxiety over the weekend , but [ARG1 most] [rel seemed] *-2 to be taking a philosophical approach and said 0 they were resigned *-1 to *-3 riding out the latest storm in the stock market .
- [ARG1 The market] [rel seems] increasingly disconnected from the rest of the nation .
- `` [ARG1 The Hungarian -LCB- radio -RCB- reporters] [rel seem] better informed and more critical about about what *T*-1 's going on here . ''
- [ARG1 Proposals for government-operated `` national service] , '' [ARGM-MNR like influenza] , flare up from time to time , depress the resistance of the body politic , run their course , and [rel seem] *-1 to disappear , only * to mutate and afflict public life anew .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] , [ARG1 the president] [rel seems] ill-disposed * to substitute any of the omnibus for his own free-standing proposal * to endow a `` Points of Light '' foundation with $ 25 million *U* * to inform citizens of all ages and exhort them to genuine volunteerism .
- [ARG1 Choice of the volunteer military in the 1970s] [rel seemed] *-1 to doom national service as much as the draft .
- [ARG1 It] [ARGM-ADV all] [rel seemed] innocent enough : Last April , one Steven B. Iken visited Justin Products Inc. here , identified himself as a potential customer and got the word on the little company 's new cassette players for children .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 such highly leveraged transactions] [rel seemed] *-1 to have multiplied this year , * casting a pall over much of the junk market .
- [ARGM-TMP For the moment] , [ARG1 investors] [rel seem] more preoccupied with the `` bad '' junk than the `` good '' junk .
- [ARG1 The consensus along the street] [rel seems] *-2 to be that the plunge was triggered *-1 by the financing problems of the UAL takeover , and it 's certainly true 0 the rout began immediately after the UAL trading halt .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARG1 the consensus *ICH*-2] [rel seems] almost as wide that one faltering bid is no reason 0 * to write down the value of all U.S. business *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS So] it [rel seems] [ARG1 that Mr. Mitsotakis and his communist chums may have unwittingly served Mr. Papandreou a moral victory on a platter] : PASOK , whether guilty or not , can now traipse the countryside * condemning the whole affair as a witch hunt at Mr. Papandreou 's expense .
- [ARG1 The Greeks] [rel seem] barely aware of the importance of the case as a litmus test of whether Greece will be counted *-1 in or out for international efforts * to combat terrorism .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV since he is undoubtedly one of the most proficient bull slingers who *T*-1 ever raked muck] , it *EXP*-2 [rel seems] [ARG1 far wiser] * to view him as sidelined , but certainly not yet eliminated .
- Whenever [ARG1 the 1980s merger boom] [rel seems] *-1 to be stalling *T*-2 , shock waves ripple through the stock market .
- Sen. McCain said 0 he had been `` deeply concerned *ICH*-2 '' at the time of the meeting that [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel seem] *-1 to be improper , but decided 0 it was `` entirely appropriate '' for him to seek fair treatment for a constituent .
- `` [ARG1 They] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel seem] *-1 to have an incentive * to negotiate , '' says *T*-2 one network executive .
- Network officials involved * in the studio talks may hope 0 the foreign influx builds more support in Washington , but [ARG1 that] [rel seems] unlikely .