stretch.01
frames- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 the firms] are [rel stretching] [ARG1 their nets] [ARG2-EXT far and wide] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to do it] .
- [ARG1 The limits to legal absurdity] [rel stretched] [ARG2-EXT another notch] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARGM-TMP when the Supreme Court refused *-2 to hear an appeal from a case that *T*-1 says 0 corporate defendants must pay damages even after *-3 proving that they could not possibly have caused the harm] .
- In the past year , [ARG0 both] have tried *-1 to [rel stretch] [ARG1 the limits of their businesses] .
- Most are from independent producers instead of regulated utilities , and Westinghouse believes 0 it will ride [ARG1 a wave] of demand [rel stretching] over [ARG2-over the next six years] .
- A mild slowdown probably would have run its course by early 1991 , economists say 0 *T*-1 , while [ARG1 the grueling downturn now expected *] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel stretch] into [ARG4-into 1992] .
- For Aetna and other insurers , the San Francisco earthquake hit [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 resources in the field] [ARGM-TMP already] were [rel stretched] *-1 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Stretching] [ARG1 his arms] [ARGM-LOC in his silky white shirt] and squeaking his black shoes , he lectures a visitor about the way 0 * to sell American real estate *T*-1 and boasts about his friendship with Margaret Thatcher 's son .
- Kingdom of Morocco -- $ 208 million *U* -LRB- redemption amount -RRB- of zero-coupon government trust certificates , with [ARG1 maturities] [rel stretching] from [ARG3-from May 15 , 1990 ,] to [ARG4-to Nov. 15 , 1999 ,] priced * at yields ranging from 8.23 % to 8.43 % .
- [ARG1 The association between the two companies] [rel stretches] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG2-EXT thirty years] to [ARG4-to a friendship between television producer Mark Goodson and Ingersoll founder Ralph Ingersoll] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , he noted 0 *T*-1 , the issue would normally be the type purchased * by property and casualty insurers , but [ARG0 recent disasters , such as Hurricane Hugo and the Northern California earthquake ,] have [rel stretched] [ARG1 insurers ' resources] and damped their demand for bonds .
- [ARG1 The auto-dealer strip in this booming suburb] runs nearly five miles along Cobb Parkway , *-2 [rel stretching] from [ARG3-from the Perimeter highway that *T*-1 circles Atlanta] to [ARG4-to the `` Big Chicken , '' a pullet-roofed fast-food restaurant and local landmark] .
- [ARG1 Manufacturers] , [ARGM-DIS too] , are [rel stretching] [ARGM-EXT further] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to lure buyers] .
- [ARG0 The company] deliberately understaffs , *-1 [rel stretching] [ARG1 employees ' schedules] to [ARG2-to the limit] .
- [ARGM-TMP During the coup attempt and its aftermath] , [ARG1 NSC staffers] were `` [rel stretched] *-1 [ARG2-EXT very thin] , '' says *T*-2 one senior administration official .
- Instead , both congressional and administration officials agreed 0 *T*-2 , it grew out of [ARG1 talks] about coup-planning in Panama that *T*-1 were initiated *-3 by the administration in July 1988 and [rel stretched] into [ARG4-into last October] .
- Some delays have been caused *-1 by a shortage of micoprocessors -- notably Intel Corp. 's newest chip , the 486 -- but others apparently have been caused *-2 by Dell 's explosive growth and [ARGM-MNR thinly] [rel stretched] [ARG1 resources] .
- But it is n't just Washington 's relief dollars that *T*-3 are spread *-1 thin ; [ARG1 its relief manpower] [ARGM-DIS also] is [rel stretched] *-2 .
- Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania engaged the nominee in a verbal contest aimed * at *-1 showing that [ARG0 Mr. Bork] was willing *-2 to [rel stretch] [ARG1 the Constitution] [ARGM-LOC in one area -LRB- free speech -RRB-] while *-2 remaining rigid in all the others .
- One can understand Mr. Bork 's fear that [ARG1 the new right to privacy] [ARGM-MOD will] become [ARGM-MNR intolerably] [rel stretched] *-1 , though a Supreme Court composed * of men and women with realism , guts and a sense of limits should be able *-2 to manage it .
- Yet , while the failed coup is a major U.S. foreign policy embarrassment , it is merely the latest chapter in [ARG1 a byzantine relationship] between Mr. Noriega and Washington that *T*-1 [rel stretches] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG2-TMP three decades] .
- Even the U.S. Forest Service , whose lenient `` multiple-use '' philosophy *T*-2 permits motorized vehicles on thousands of miles of its trails across the U.S. , has begun *-4 to close some lands *ICH*-1 to the bikes , including major portions of [ARG1 the popular Pacific Crest Trail] , which *T*-3 [rel stretches] from [ARG3-from California] to [ARG4-to Canada] .
- [ARG0 He] hit a 2-0 pitch from Rick Reuschel into the left-field stands in inning four *-2 to [rel stretch] [ARG1 his team 's lead] from [ARG3-from 2-1] to [ARG4-to a decisive 5-1 , where it stayed *T*-1] .