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frames-  [ARG1  Mr. Courter 's long nose]  [rel  shrinks]  [ARGM-TMP  while Mr. Florio 's grows]  .
-  *-1 Concerned about [rel  shrinking]  [ARG1  landfills]  and the safety of chemicals used * in super-absorbent disposables , parents are returning to the cloth diaper .
-  In addition , he says *T*-3 *ICH*-2 , the buy-out business is under pressure `` because of the junk bond collapse , '' * meaning that returns are likely *-1 to decline as [ARG1  the volume of junk-bond financings]  [rel  shrinks]  .
-  Factory orders and construction outlays were largely flat in September , while purchasing agents said 0 [ARG1  manufacturing]  [rel  shrank]  [ARG2-MNR  further]  [ARGM-TMP  in October]  .
-  Although [ARG1  U.S. corn stockpiles]  [rel  shrank]  by [ARG2-by  roughly half]  [ARGM-TMP  in the wake of the drought]  , the Agriculture Department projects that nearly one-fifth of the harvest will still be in storage before the 1990 corn harvest begins .
-  To viewers from a distance , [ARG1  visitors to the spot]  seemed *-1 to [rel  shrink]  [ARGM-MNR  disproportionately]  , [ARGM-ADV  relative to the background]  .
-  For instance , he noted that [ARG1  spending on Pentagon programs]  is [rel  shrinking]  , and Boeing is either the prime contractor or a major supplier on many important military projects , including the B-2 Stealth bomber , the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and the Air Force 's next-generation tactical fighter .
-  Although the company could see [ARG1  fourth-quarter revenue]  [rel  shrink]  by [ARG2-by  nearly $ 5 billion *U*]  if it is n't able *-2 to deliver any more planes this year , those dollars actually would just be deferred *-1 until 1990 .
-  [ARG0  Mercury]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  is [rel  shrinking]  [ARG1-REC  itself]  , [ARGM-CAU  part of its plan * to change its emphasis from * buying mortgage loans from mortgage brokers to * making loans directly]  .
-  While *-2 admitting 0 such a move would be `` devastating '' to most creditors , Judge Abramson told a courtroom filled * with nearly two dozen attorneys that he was concerned *-1 about the toll 0 mounting legal bills will take *T*-3 on Mr. Hunt 's [rel  shrinking]  [ARG1  estate]  and about the fact that , following voting by creditors , none of the reorganization plans appeared *-4 to be viable in their present form .
-  Now , following [ARG0  asset sales]  that *T*-1 [rel  shrank]  [ARG1  revenue]  by [ARG2-by  more than one-third]  [ARGM-TMP  this year alone]  , Control Data is flush with cash .
-  Drilling activity is still far below eight years ago , there 's no hiring surge and [ARG1  some companies]  continue *-1 to [rel  shrink]  .
-  [ARG1  Its tax base]  is [rel  shrinking]  , a $ 1 billion *U* budget deficit looms , and the city faces contract negotiations with all major municipal unions next year .
-  He once used that line in a closed-door meeting on Panama , *-1 meaning 0 [ARG0  *]  do [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  shrink]  [ARGM-CAU  from * taking action against Manuel Noriega]  .
-  While Westinghouse has n't had a nuclear power plant order from a U.S. utility in about a decade , [ARG1  excess capacity]  is beginning *-1 to [rel  shrink]  .
-  Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and most senators contend that the Navy 's F-14 is too expensive in an era of [rel  shrinking]  [ARG1  Pentagon]  budgets .
-  Japan is going on a capital-spending binge that *T*-1 could make [ARG1  its trade surpluses]  even harder 0 [ARG0  *]  to [rel  shrink]  *T*-2 .
-  [ARG1  Per-share earnings]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  shrank]  [ARGM-CAU  because of dividends on a new series of preferred stock]  .
-  Deposits are n't expected *-1 to exceed withdrawals in the foreseeable future , as [ARG1  the industry]  continues *-2 to [rel  shrink]  .
-  Most troublesome is *T*-1 the [rel  shrinking]  [ARG1  pool]  of `` names , '' the well-heeled investors -LRB- some of them royal -RRB- who *T*-2 , as members of about 360 syndicates , underwrite policies .
-  [ARG1  Lloyd 's 66 % stake in that market]  has [rel  shrunk]  to [ARG4-to  50 %]  [ARGM-TMP  in that period]  , according to an official at the Institute of London Underwriters , a Lloyd 's competitor .
-  [rel  Shrinking]  [ARG1  profit]  margins in chemical and refining and marketing sectors accounted for most of the decline , said *T*-1 Chairman C.J. Silas in a statement .
-  `` [ARG1  The import pie]  [ARGM-MOD  will]  [rel  shrink]  , '' says *T*-1 John Kamm , first vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and a China trade specialist .
-  [ARGM-TMP  In May]  , [ARG1  Mr. Brierley 's stake]  [rel  shrank]  to [ARG4-to  8.7 %]  [ARGM-TMP  after *-1 ranging between 9 % and 11 % for much of the previous year]  .
-  [ARG1  New York Stock Exchange volume]  [rel  shrank]  to [ARG4-to  166.9 million shares]  from [ARG3-from  224.1 million]  Tuesday .
-  BSN said 0 [ARG0  it]  is making the offer *-1 to [rel  shrink]  [ARG1  its capital]  and increase shareholder value .
-  Highland Valley is a large Canadian producer and principal supplier to Japan , which *T*-1 recently began *-2 seeking copper elsewhere as [ARG1  its inventories]  [rel  shrank]  .
-  [ARG1  Sales of Pfizer 's important drugs , Feldene for * treating arthritis , and Procardia , a heart medicine ,]  have [rel  shrunk]  [ARGM-CAU  because of increased competition]  .
-  `` [ARGM-TMP  As businesses contract or depart]  , [ARG1  the number of employees who *T*-1 might use retail services]  [rel  shrinks]  , '' says *T*-2 Edward A. Friedman , senior vice president of Helmsley Spear Inc .
-  Interprovincial Pipe Line Co. said 0 it will delay a proposed two-step , 830 million Canadian-dollar -LRB- US$ 705.6 million *U* -RRB- expansion of its system because [ARG1  Canada 's output of crude oil]  is [rel  shrinking]  .
-  Mr. Watkins said 0 the main reason for the production decline is [rel  shrinking]  [ARG1  output]  of light crude from mature , conventional fields in western Canada .