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• `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> What sector] is *T*-46 [<sub>rel</sub> stepping] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> forward] [<sub>ARGM-PNC</sub> *-2 to pick up the slack] ? '' he asked *T*-1 .
• Robert J. Danzig , vice president *RNR*-1 and general manager *RNR*-1 of Hearst Newspapers , stood up in the paper 's newsroom yesterday and announced that [<sub>ARG1</sub> no buyers] had [<sub>rel</sub> stepped] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> forward] and that the paper would fold , *-2 putting more than 730 full-time employees out of work .
• It 's one more for [<sub>ARG1</sub> the baseball-loving lawyers , accountants and real estate developers] who *T*-50 ponied up about $ 1 million *U* each for the chance *-1 to be an owner , to [<sub>rel</sub> step] into [<sub>ARG2-into</sub> the shoes of a Gene Autry] or have a beer with Rollie Fingers .
• `` I do n't know [_ARG2-on whose toes] [_ARG1 I] 've [_rel stepped] on *T*-1 , '' says *T*-2 the judge .
• Mr. Wall 's deputies complained that they had n't been given *-1 an opportunity * to respond to the criticism brought out during the Banking Committee 's hearings , which Committee Chairman Henry Gonzalez -LRB- D. , Texas -RRB- has used *T*-2 as a forum * to flay Mr. Wall 's handling of the affair and to demand that [_ARG1 he] [_rel step] [_ARGM-DIR aside] from [_ARG3-from his job] .
• Takamori Matsuda , an analyst at Dresdner-ABD Securities , said 0 fading expectation for lower interest rates made [_ARG1 investors] [_rel step] [_ARGM-DIR back] from [_ARG3-from real-estate shares , which *T*-204 advanced last week] .
• `` It can backfire because [<sub>ARG1</sub> companies] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> can] [<sub>rel</sub> step] across [<sub>ARG2-across</sub> the line] and go too far , be too pushy , '' agrees *T*-1 Gary Stibel , a principal with New England Consulting Group , Westport , Conn .
• `` People are very concerned about [_ARG1 who] *T*-1 is going *-2 to [_rel step] [_ARGM-DIR up] to [_ARG2-to the plate] and buy municipal bonds in the absence of institutional buyers . ''
• [_ARG1 Mr. Thomson , a tall , Scottish-born , right-hand hitter ,] [_rel stepped] into [_ARG2-into the batter 's box] .
• [_ARG1 Its government] still wants *-1 to sit in the driver 's seat , set the speed , [_rel step] on [_ARG2-on the gas] , apply the brakes and steer , [_ARGM-MNR with 120 million people in the back seat] .
• [_ARGM-ADV Maybe] [_ARG1 she] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel step] [_ARGM-DIR across the plaza] to [_ARG2-to the Met -- where she has still *-1 to make her debut *T*-2 --] and help out her Czech compatriot by *-3 singing the slow parts of `` Traviata . ''
• Pegasus Gold `` has been on a lot of recommended lists as [_ARG1 a junior growth company] [_rel stepping] into [_ARG2-into the big leagues] , '' says 0 *T*-1 Marty McNeill , metals analyst at Dominick & Dominick , a New York investment firm .
• We need *-1 to get a space platform set up soon -- just in case [_ARG0 we] want *-2 to [_rel step] [_ARGM-DIR out] [_ARGM-PNC for a breath of fresh air] .
• A Ford takeover of Jaguar would `` have such implications for the balance of power in the 1990s that [<sub>ARG1</sub> General Motors] ca n't afford *-1 to [<sub>rel</sub> step] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> aside] .
• His point : It *EXP*-2 will be increasingly difficult for the U.S. to cling to command-and-control measures if [<sub>ARG1</sub> even the East Bloc] [<sub>rel</sub> steps] to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> a different drummer] .
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> With three minutes left on the clock] , [<sub>ARG1</sub> Mr. Aikman] takes the snap , [<sub>rel</sub> steps] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> back] and fires a 21-yard pass -- straight into the hands of an Atlanta defensive back .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Heidi Ehman] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> might] have [<sub>rel</sub> stepped] from [<sub>ARG3-from</sub> a recruiting poster for young Republicans] .
• Moreover , by [<sub>ARG1</sub> *-1] [<sub>rel</sub> stepping] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> outside the state 's pro-choice tradition] , Mr. Courter aggravates fears that he is too conservative as well on more pressing concerns such as auto insurance rates and the environment .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> *-1 Then a political novice] , [<sub>ARG1</sub> she] [<sub>rel</sub> stepped] into [<sub>ARG2-into</sub> a whirl of `` pro-choice '' marches , house parties and fund-raisers] .
• [_ARG1 The University of Toronto] [_rel stepped] [_ARGM-MNR deeper] into [_ARG2-into the contest for Connaught BioSciences Inc.] [_ARGM-MNR by *-1 reaching an unusual agreement with Ciba-Geigy Ltd. and Chiron Corp] .
• The books 1,500 entries include [_ARG1 *] [_rel stepping] [_ARGM-LOC on cracks] and knocking on wood ... .
• [_ARG1 Institutions] , [_ARGM-TMP meanwhile] , [_rel stepped] [_ARGM-DIR back] to [_ARG2-to the sidelines] [_ARGM-TMP as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear] .
• `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> They] 've [<sub>rel</sub> stepped] [<sub>ARGM-DIR</sub> up] to [<sub>ARG2-to</sub> the plate] [<sub>ARGM-PNC</sub> *-2 to take the write-downs] , but when markets head down *T*-3 , a company is always exposed *-4 to further negative surprises , '' Mr. Hoyt said *T*-1 .
• `` [_ARG1 *] [_rel Step] [_ARGM-DIR up] to [_ARG2-to the plate] and take the big swing .
• But [_ARG0 several traders] [_ARGM-MNR quickly] [_rel stepped] up and bid for contracts , [_ARGM-ADV * driving prices sharply higher] .
• Ray Neidl of Dillon Read & Co. said 0 [_ARG1 Mr. Trump] `` is [_rel stepping] [_ARGM-DIR back] and waiting for the dust to settle .
• [_ARG1 Big investment banks] refused *-1 to [_rel step] [_ARGM-DIR up] to [_ARG2-to the plate] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to support the beleaguered floor traders by *-3 buying big blocks of stock] , traders say 0 *T*-4 .
• [_ARG1 Buyers] [_rel stepped] [_ARGM-DIR in] to [_ARG2-to the futures pit] .
• '' Mr. Perkins believes , however , that the market could be stabilized *-1 if [_ARG1 California investor Marvin Davis] [_rel steps] [_ARGM-DIR back] in to [_ARG2-to the United bidding] [_ARGM-MNR with an offer of $ 275 *U* a share] .