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frames- Some Asian nations are apprehensive about Washington 's demand that [ARG0 Tokyo] [rel step] up [ARG1 its military spending] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to ease the U.S. security burden in the region] .
- For their part , [ARG0 Taiwan and South Korea] are expected *-1 to [rel step] up [ARG1 their own investments] [ARGM-TMP in the next decade] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to try *-3 to slow the Japanese juggernaut] .
- [ARG0 Investor Harold Simmons and NL Industries Inc.] offered *-1 to acquire Georgia Gulf Corp. for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 1.1 billion *U* , *-1 [rel stepping] up [ARG1 the pressure on the commodity chemicals concern] .
- [ARG1 Those efforts] are being [rel stepped] up *-1 .
- [ARG0 The offer , which *T*-2 follows a $ 55-a-share *U* bid that *T*-3 was rejected *-1 in September ,] [rel steps] up [ARG1 pressure on the chemicals concern] .
- [ARG0 The exchange] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel step] up [ARG1 its disclosure of firms engaged * in program trading] , these people said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Santa Fe International Corp. , which *T*-2 is owned *-1 by Kuwait -LRB- and *T*-2 is n't related *-4 to Santa Fe Southern Pacific 's unit -RRB- ,] is [rel stepping] up [ARG1 development of a well off Texas ' Matagorda Island where it found gas in 1987 *T*-3] .
- Beijing officials have said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel step] up [ARG1 the campaign of arrests and intimidation against those who *T*-1 participated in the demonstrations] .
- The baskets on the Big Board and CBOE -- which *T*-1 involve the actual S&P stocks , unlike the stock-index contracts currently traded on the Chicago futures markets , and index options on the CBOE -- will begin trading as [ARG0 critics] [rel step] up [ARG1 their attacks on program trading and its contributions to the stock market 's wild price swings] .
- Once [ARG0 one Japanese company] [rel steps] up [ARG1 its investments] , the whole industry follows .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 President Bush] [rel stepped] up [ARG1 his personal lobbying for the capital-gains tax cut] .
- [ARG0 Sears] is [ARGM-DIS also] [rel stepping] up [ARG1 its television ads] and changing its message .
- [ARG0 They] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-DIS even] [rel step] up [ARG1 sales in a falling market] , he said 0 *T*-1 , [ARGM-PNC in an effort * to maintain the flow of foreign exchange into their treasuries] .
- [ARGM-ADV With U.S. liquor consumption declining steadily] , [ARG0 many American producers] are [rel stepping] up [ARG1 their marketing efforts abroad] .
- And while [ARG0 the Japanese] have [rel stepped] up [ARG1 their purchases of U.S. shares] [ARGM-TMP in the past several months] , they have shown themselves *ICH*-1 in the past to be fickle investors .
- Traders said 0 [ARG0 thrifts] have [rel stepped] up [ARG1 their mortgage securities sales] [ARGM-CAU as the bond market has risen in the past two weeks] .
- Trade and Supply Minister Gerhard Briksa said in a letter published * in the youth daily Junge Welt that the rise in alcohol consumption in East Germany had been halted *-1 ; but * to reduce it further , he said *T*-3 , [ARG1 production and supply of other beverages , including fruit juices ,] [ARGM-MOD should] be [rel stepped] *-2 up .
- As hamburger and pizza outlets saturate one area after another , [ARG0 franchisers] are struggling desperately for market share , *-1 slashing prices and [rel stepping] up [ARG1 costly promotions] .
- But [ARGM-TMP early this year] , [ARG0 PepsiCo Inc. 's Taco Bell unit and Wendy 's International Inc.] slashed prices and [rel stepped] up [ARG1 promotions] , says 0 *T*-1 John Rohs , an analyst for Wertheim Schroder & Co .
- Mr. Regalia said 0 [ARG0 the industry] may be reluctant *-1 to [rel step] up [ARG1 building] at the moment for fear 0 the inventories of unsold homes will increase again .
- Investigation and taxpayer service accounts would grow to $ 1.6 billion *U* , and Congress specifically added $ 7.4 million *U* for [rel stepped] up criminal [ARG1 investigations] of money laundering related * to drug traffic .
- If [ARG0 USAir] [rel stepped] up [ARG1 its share purchases] , that might be a way 0 for Mr. Steinhardt to get out *T*-2 , says 0 *T*-1 Timothy Pettee , a Merrill Lynch analyst .
- [ARG0 MCI] , which *T*-1 [rel stepped] up [ARG1 efforts * to sell long-distance telephone service to residential customers] , reported a 59 % jump in earnings .
- Now , [ARG0 GM] appears *-1 to be [rel stepping] up [ARG1 the pace of its factory consolidation] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to get in shape for the 1990s] .
- [ARGM-ADV If it does] , [ARG0 the large number of right-wing whites , who *T*-1 oppose any concessions to the black majority ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel step] up [ARG1 their agitation and threats * to take matters into their own hands] .