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frames- Voters generally agree when they are given *-1 a chance * to decide if [ARG0 they] want *-3 to [rel sink] [ARG1 their own tax dollars] into [ARG4-into a new mega-stadium] *T*-2 .
- Small wonder , since he 's asking [ARG0 San Francisco taxpayers] *-1 to [rel sink] [ARG1 up to $ 100 million *U*] into [ARG4-into the new stadium] .
- [ARG1 Barge rates on the Mississippi River] [rel sank] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-CAU on speculation that widespread rain *ICH*-3 this week in the Midwest might temporarily alleviate the situation] .
- Analysts say 0 rallies in the group historically have lifted the market , while [ARG0 weakness in the sector] [ARGM-TMP often] [rel sank] [ARG1 unlisted share prices] [ARGM-MNR broadly] .
- He expects [ARG1 the market] to [rel sink] [ARG2-MNR further] and to reach a low sometime next month or in December .
- [ARG1 Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 4] to [ARG4-to 13 1\/2] [ARGM-TMP after *-2 announcing a shakeup that *T*-1 will change senior management and reorganize the bank 's mortgage business as a separate unit] .
- `` Attention is fixed on the stock market for lack of [ARG4-into anything else] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel sink] [ARG1 our teeth] into *T*-1 , '' said *T*-2 Robert White , a vice president at First Interstate of California .
- In New York Stock Exchange composite trading Friday , Milton Roy shares leaped $ 2 *U* , to $ 18.375 *U* each , while [ARG1 Crane] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.125 *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 21.125 *U* a share] .
- Now comes word *ICH*-2 from a scientist that [ARGM-TMP over the next century] [ARG1 Venice] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sink] [ARG2-EXT nearly three times faster than the present rate] [ARGM-CAU because of the `` greenhouse effect] . ''
- [ARG1 Venice] has [rel sunk] [ARG2-EXT 10 inches] [ARGM-TMP in this century] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the week] [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 92.42 points , or 3.4 %] .
- [ARG0 Independent drillers] are [ARGM-MNR gingerly] [rel sinking] [ARG1 bits] into [ARG4-into the Earth 's crust] [ARGM-TMP again] .
- [ARG1 The pound , which *T*-1 had been trading at about $ 1.6143 *U* in New York prior to Mr. Lawson 's announcement ,] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT more than two cents] to [ARG4-to $ 1.5930 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * prompting the Federal Reserve Bank to buy pounds for dollars] .
- [ARG0 Caesars World Inc.] plans *-1 to defend its august reputation by *-2 [rel sinking] [ARG1 $ 190 million *U*] into [ARG4-into its opulent Caesars Palace , next door to the new Mirage] , and adding a $ 100 million *U* shopping area reminiscent of Rodeo Drive .
- [ARG1 Microsoft] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 battered * by profit taking in recent sessions] , [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT as much as 4] ; but it finished at 80 7\/8 , down 2 1\/4 on volume of one million shares .
- [ARG1 It] [rel sank] [ARG2-MNR further] to [ARG4-to as low as $ 145 *U*] , but a big rally developed in the last half hour , * pushing the stock back up *-1 to close at $ 170 *U* , down just $ 8.375 *U* from Monday .
- So , while KKR today has [ARG1 an estimated $ 250 million *U* *ICH*-1] [rel sunk] * in [ARG4-in now-shaky SCI TV] , including equity and debt , the LBO firm still is $ 1 billion *U* ahead on the SCI TV buy-out after * taking cash up front .
- A [rel sinking] [ARG1 economy] depresses corporate earnings and thus stock prices , but it buoys bond prices as interest rates fall .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones industrials] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 26.23 points] , to [ARG4-to 2662.91] .
- [ARG1 Qintex Ltd. shares] [rel sank] to [ARG4-to A$ 1.50 *U*] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] from [ARG3-from A$ 3.05 *U*] Friday .
- [ARGM-TMP After the announcement of the bankruptcy filing] , [ARG1 Qintex Entertainment stock] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.625 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in over-the-counter trading] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 1.50 *U* on heavy volume of more than 1.4 million shares] .
- The issue is noncallable for five years and has a [rel sinking] [ARG1 fund] starting in 2000 * to retire 50 % of the issue before maturity .
- [ARG1 Net] [rel sank] to [ARG4-to $ 3.1 million *U* , or eight cents a share] , * including $ 789,000 *U* , or two cents a share , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting a tax-loss carry-forward] .
- A [rel sinking] [ARG1 pound] makes imports more expensive and increases businesses ' expectations of future inflation , he argued 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Housing construction] [rel sank] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to its lowest level since the last recession] , the Commerce Department reported 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Monthly sales of his Egg King machine -- which he now is marketing *T*-1 through a new company --] have [rel sunk] to [ARG4-to about half a dozen] from [ARG3-from a peak of 75] , says 0 *T*-2 the 46-year-old businessman .
- [ARGM-DIS In other words] , [ARGM-TMP after the glory boom of the Reagan years] , [ARG1 wages] had [rel sunk] from [ARG3-from the post World War II peak] by [ARG2-by 16 %] [ARGM-TMP as capitalists , *-1 helped *-2 by the government , turned down the screws or went offshore] .
- Yesterday 's closing price of $ 101.75 *U* , *-2 down 50 cents , in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange , puts the stock at about 1 1\/2 times book value , which *T*-1 is as low as [ARG1 it] has [rel sunk] [ARGM-TMP over the past decade] .
- [ARG1 Housing starts] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 5.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to a seven-year low] .
- *-2 Leaping into rages , [ARG1 *-2] [rel sinking] into [ARG4-into bouts of drunkenness and mistrust] , Mr. Noriega has put to death some 70 of his troops involved * in the coup , according to U.S. officials monitoring crematoriums and funeral parlors in Panama City .
- Corporate finance and trading results in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development were `` relatively flat , sometimes choppy , '' the bank said 0 *T*-1 , and [ARG1 profit for the area] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] .
- [ARG1 Net interest income] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] to [ARG4-to $ 254 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 347 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 45.66 , or 1.7 % ,] to [ARG4-to 2600.88] .
- For example , their selling caused trading halts *ICH*-1 to be declared *-5 in USAir Group , which *T*-2 closed down 3 7\/8 to 41 1\/2 , Delta Air Lines , which *T*-3 fell 7 3\/4 to 69 1\/4 , and [ARG1 Philips Industries] , which *T*-4 [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT 3] to [ARG4-to 21 1\/2] .
- As a measure of [ARG4 the depths] to which [ARG1 the Texas real estate market] has [rel sunk] *T*-1 , the RTC will pay $ 3.8 billion *U* to NCNB *-2 to take $ 750 million *U* of bad assets .
- Whether unanswered phone calls had any effect or not , [ARG1 Nasdaq stocks] [rel sank] [ARG2-EXT far less than those on the New York and American exchanges] .
- '' Today , he frets *T*-1 , exports and business investment spending may be insufficient *-2 to pick up the slack if [ARG1 stock prices] [rel sink] [ARGM-TMP this week] and if consumers retrench in reaction .
- Junk bonds , which *T*-1 mushroomed from less than $ 2 billion *U* at the start of this decade , have been declining for months as [ARG1 issuer after issuer] [rel sank] beneath [ARG4-beneath the weight of hefty interest payments] .