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The company 's prepared statement quoted him as *-1 saying , `` The CEO succession is well along and [_ARG0 I] 've decided for personal reasons *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 early retirement] . ''
Mr. Baum said 0 [_ARG0 the two] have orders * to `` focus on bottom-line profits '' and to `` [_rel take] [_ARG1 a hard look at our businesses -- what *T*-32 is good , what *T*-33 is not so good] . ''
[_ARGM-ADV As * usually practiced *-1] [_ARG0 it] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of a rather basic concept : Two separate markets in different locations , trading basically the same widgets , ca n't trade them for long at prices that *T*-74 are widely different] .
So if [_ARG0 index arbitrage] is simply * [_rel taking] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of thin inefficiencies between two markets for the same widget] , how did `` program trading '' evolve into the evil creature that *T*-2 is evoking the curses of so many observers *T*-1 ?
Like other forms of arbitrage , [_ARG0 it] merely seeks *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of momentary discrepancies in the price of a single product -- in this case , a basket of stocks -- in different markets -- in this case the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago futures markets] .
Susan Del Signore , head trader at Travelers Investment Management Co. , says 0 critics are ignoring `` [_ARG1 the role] 0 [_ARG0 the -LCB- takeover stock -RCB- speculator] is [_rel taking] *T*-1 [_ARGM-LOC in the market] as a source of volatility . ''
[_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 the traditional money managers , or `` stock pickers , '' as they are derisively known *-1 among the computer jockeys] .
*-2 The son of a specialist and once one himself , Mr. Phelan has nonetheless been striving -- with products like the new stock basket that his former colleagues dislike *T*-1 so much -- *-2 to keep [_ARG0 index funds and other program traders] from *-3 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 their business] [_ARGM-DIR to overseas markets] .
Due to continuingly high gold prices tied * to uncertainty about the U.S. currency , investor interest was directed *-1 toward oil and mining shares , which traders called *T*-2 [_ARG1 a `` defensive '' action] [_ARGM-TMP frequently] [_rel taken] * [_ARGM-TMP when the dollar is expected *-4 to fall *T*-3 or during times of inflation] .
First of America said 0 [_ARG0 some of the managers] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 other jobs with First of America] .
[_ARG0 Sony Columbia Acquisition Corp. , formed * for the Columbia deal ,] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_ARGM-MNR formally] [_rel take] [_ARG1 ownership] of the movie studio [_ARGM-TMP later this month] , a spokesman said 0 *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-ADV According to Upjohn 's estimates] , [_ARG0 only 50 % to 60 % *U* of the 1,100 eligible employees] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of the plan] .
[_ARG0 Oy Waertsilae] is *-1 to contribute 200 million markkaa , most of it as subordinated debt , and [_rel take] [_ARG1 a minority stake in the new company] .
In a statement , Jaguar 's board said 0 they `` were not consulted *-2 about the -LRB- Ridley decision -RRB- in advance and were surprised *-2 at [_ARG1 the action] [_rel taken] *-1 . ''
The plea settlement does not allow [_ARG0 Southern Co.] to charge any of the $ 500,000 *U* to its customers , or [_rel take] [_ARG1 action] [_ARGM-MNR against employees who *T*-209 provided information during the federal inquiry] .
`` They are always the first 0 *T*-2 to be sold *-1 [_ARGM-TMP when] [_ARG0 people] are [_rel taking] [_ARG1 profits] *T*-3 , because people are most scared of the high-technology stocks , '' said *T*-4 Robin West , director of research for Ladenburg Thalmann 's Lanyi division , which *T*-69 specializes in emerging growth stocks .
[_ARGM-CAU Perhaps * to debunk the analysts ' talk of over-capacity] , [_ARG0 Michael] [_ARGM-TMP today] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 some of the skeptics] on [_ARG2-on a tour of its new Gaylord , Minn. , plant] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Peladeau] [_rel took] [_ARG1 his first big gamble] [_ARGM-TMP 25 years ago , when he took advantage of a strike at La Presse , then Montreal 's dominant French-language newspaper , *-2 to launch the Journal de Montreal *T*-1] .
[_ARG0 Western Union] [_rel took] [_ARG1 steps] [_ARGM-PNC 0 * to withdraw a $ 500 million *U* debt swap *T*-1] , [_ARGM-ADV *-2 citing turmoil in the junk bond market] .
The justices agreed *-1 to decide whether federal insurers can require [_ARG0 LTV] to [_rel take] [_ARGM-DIR back] [_ARG1 responsiblilty for * funding its $ 2.3 billion *U* pension shortfall] .
[_ARG0 He] [_rel took] [_ARG1 Polly Peck , once a small fabric wholesaler] , and used it at as a base 0 * to build a conglomerate that *T*-1 has been doubling its profits annually since 1980 *T*-2 .
`` It *EXP*-1 's harder * to sell stocks when the sell programs come in *T*-3 because [_ARG0 some market makers] do n't want *-2 to -LCB- [_rel take] [_ARG1 the orders] -RCB- .
That 's leaving small investors with cold feet , they said 0 *T*-1 , and prompting [_ARG0 institutions] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a reserved stance on the sidelines] [_ARGM-DIS as well] , [_ARGM-TMP at least until the market in New York settles down somewhat] .
Therefore , they said 0 *T*-3 , [_ARG1 the money] [_ARGM-MOD can] be [_rel taken] *-1 from [_ARG2-from the lawyers] [_ARGM-TMP even after they are paid *-2] .
They also worry that if the government applies asset-forfeiture laws broadly , [_ARG0 the best defense lawyers] will be unwilling *-3 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 criminal cases] unless they are assured *-1 of * being paid *-2 .
`` You can do that but [_ARG0 you] 're [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a risk] .
[_ARG0 Those companies] are paying the price for *-1 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 the risk] . ''
A group including several members of the the Bass family of Texas urged [_ARG0 the company] *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 some steps 0 *T*-2 to maximize shareholder value] .
Ford , which *T*-1 has long boasted of its ability * to weather a downturn , saw [_ARG0 earnings] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a beating] .
`` [_ARG0 We] have [_ARGM-TMP always] [_rel taken] [_ARG1 smaller accounts] , but now we are looking for smaller accounts that *T*-1 will grow , '' Mr. Schwarz says 0 *T*-2 .
Donald M. Roberts , 54 , treasurer , and [_ARG0 Frederick S. Wonham] , 58 , who *T*-1 [_rel takes] [_ARG1 responsibility for the funds-service group] , were named *-2 vice chairmen and will serve in the office of the chairman .
`` We expect 0 they will be current with their debts by the end of the week , but we are considering *-1 asking them for letters of credit before [_ARG0 we] [_rel take] [_ARG1 more orders] . ''
She also notes that even if the pilots accept a minority stake now , [_ARG0 they] still could come back at a later time and try *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 control] .
`` We can not permit a further slowing in our volume trend , '' Anheuser said *T*-2 , *-1 adding 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] `` [_ARG1 appropriate competitive pricing actions] [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to support our long-term market share growth strategy '' for the premium brands] .
[_ARG0 *-1] To [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of local expertise and custom] , the study said 0 *T*-2 , Congress should require each of the 94 federal district courts to adopt its own plan * to speed the handling of civil suits and to reduce the high costs in civil cases .
[_ARG0 American Medical International Inc.] said 0 it has n't received any other offers * to acquire the owner and operator of hospitals , and [_rel took] [_ARG1 another step toward completion of its $ 3 billion *U* acquisition by IMA Holdings Corp] .
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is so concerned that [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-TMP recently] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the unusual step of * urging Japanese auto companies *-1 to exercise caution in capital spending] .
[_ARGM-DIS And] [_ARG0 investors] , [_ARGM-TMP at least for now] , [_rel took] [_ARG1 a pass] .
A battle with Mr. Icahn would rattle even the most seasoned chief executive , * to say nothing of [_ARG0 one] who *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 the helm] [_ARGM-TMP less than five months ago] .
Since [_ARG0 Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari] [_rel took] [_ARG1 office] [_ARGM-TMP last December] , special agents have arrested more than 6,000 federal employees on charges ranging from extortion to tax evasion .
ESB said 0 it was given *-1 only a three-hour advance warning on a `` [_ARG0 *] [_rel take] [_ARG1 it] or leave it '' basis from Inco , as the Toronto company is called *-2 *?* .
The heavy buying in the last half hour led [_ARG0 the specialists] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 special steps] .
[_ARG0 The airline industry 's fortunes , in dazzling shape for most of the year ,] have [_rel taken] [_ARG1 a sudden turn for the worse] [_ARGM-TMP in the past few weeks] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Berry , 58 ,] had resigned after *-2 being asked *-1 by Ogilvy 's chairman and chief executive officer , Kenneth Roman , *-3 to give up his title as creative head of the New York office and to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a fuzzier international role] .
Yesterday , just a day after Mr. Roman announced 0 [_ARG0 he] would leave *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a top post at American Express] , WPP said 0 Mr. Berry would return *-2 to take an international role at the parent company .
Yesterday , just a day after Mr. Roman announced 0 he would leave *-1 to take a top post at American Express , WPP said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Berry] would return *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 an international role at the parent company] .
Late in the afternoon , several big purchases by Bear , Stearns , particularly a block of 200,000 shares at 2:43 p.m. at $ 150 *U* a share , triggered [_ARG0 a buying spree] that *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 UAL] [_ARGM-DIR up more than 18 points] [_ARGM-TMP in the final hour of trading] .
[_ARG0 General Electric Pension] [_rel took] [_ARG1 control of the 85-title library] [_ARGM-TMP last month] [_ARGM-TMP after Color Systems defaulted on the loan] .
[_ARGM-CAU Because of the interest connected * with the issue] , [_ARG0 the London exchange] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the unusual step of *-1 letting traders establish an officially sanctioned when-issued market] .
The directors signaled , however , that [_ARG0 they] would be willing *-1 to consider future offers or [_rel take] [_ARG1 some other action] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to maximize shareholder value] , *-3 saying 0 they would continue *-4 to explore `` all strategic and financial alternatives . ''
Nearby Pasadena , Texas , police reported that [_ARG1 104 people] had been [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-DIR to area hospitals] , but a spokeswoman said 0 that toll could rise .
She added , however , that [_ARG1 charges] [_ARGM-TMP already] [_rel taken] do n't take into account the potential effect of litigation involving the oil spill .
[_ARGM-LOC At his old job in Compton , Calif.] , [_ARG0 he] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a bitter teachers ' strike] and nearly came to blows with a school-board member .
Mr. Freeman said in August that [_ARG0 he] would retire by the end of this year *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 `` executive responsibility '' for an embarrassing effort * to discredit banker Edmond Safra] .
Mr. Francois-Poncet responded that [_ARG0 his group] initially intended *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 only a minority stake] , [_ARGM-ADV *-2 striking an alliance with current management] .
`` Our technician is a little bearish now that [_ARG0 we] 've [_rel taken] out [_ARG1 $ 20 *U*] , '' he said *T*-1 .
[_ARG0 That level of production] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel take] [_ARG1 its toll] [_ARGM-LOC on futures prices for the fourth quarter , when demand is traditionally strong *T*-1] .
[_ARGM-TMP Right now] [_ARG0 he] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 people] out [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to fish in the bays behind the barrier islands that *T*-2 curve for hundreds of miles along the eastern coast of Texas , *-4 enclosing milky green lagoons behind ridges of sand and grassy scrub that *T*-1 rim the deep blue of the Gulf beyond] .
`` We give [_ARG0 them] a lot of credit for *-2 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 this case] , '' says *T*-1 WLF 's Alan Slobodin .
[_ARG0 Investors] [_rel took] [_ARG1 profits] on [_ARG2-on major construction shares , which *T*-1 advanced last week ,] [_ARGM-ADV *-2 shifting their attention to some midsize companies such as Aoki Corp. , Tobishima and Maeda] .
On Monday , traders noted that [_ARG0 some investors] [_rel took] [_ARG1 profits] [_ARGM-TMP against the backdrop of the Nikkei 's fast-paced recovery] [_ARGM-TMP following its plunge last Monday in reaction to the Oct. 13 drop in New York stock prices] .
[_ARG0 The California Student Aid Commission] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the action] [_ARGM-TMP Oct. 15] [_ARGM-TMP after a government audit cited National Technical Schools for *-1 having courses too short 0 *T*-2 to be eligible for the educational loan program and having a student drop-out rate far in excess of federal standards] , and it alleged other serious violations of law and regulations .
[_ARG0 Ogilvy 's chairman , Kenneth Roman ,] is leaving *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a top post at American Express] .
[_ARG0 The Justice Department] [_rel took] [_ARG1 steps that *T*-1 could restrict the use by prosecutors of criminal racketeering charges against white-collar defendants] .
Another important revision of department policy is a new guideline warning [_ARG0 prosecutors] `` [_ARGM-NEG not] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 steps that *T*-1 would harm innocent third parties '' in a case brought * under the racketeering law] , the official , David Runkel , said 0 *T*-2 .
Mr. Keating raised $ 20,000 *U* for Rep. Doug Barnard 's 1986 re-election campaign while [_ARG0 the Georgia Democrat] was [_rel taking] [_ARG1 his side] [_ARGM-DIR against regulators who *T*-1 wanted *-2 to curb risky investments and wholesale deposit brokering] .
Because the Soviet ruble is n't convertible into dollars , marks and other Western currencies , companies that *T*-1 hope *-2 to set up production facilities here must either export some of the goods *-3 to earn hard currency or find [_ARG1 Soviet goods] 0 [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] *T*-4 [_ARGM-LOC in a counter-trade transaction] .
Gemina said in a statement that `` it reserves the right [_ARG0 *] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 any action] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to protect its rights] as a member of the syndicate . ''
A company spokeswoman said 0 [_ARG0 the company] had n't decided [_ARG1 what measures] * to [_rel take] *T*-1 , but did n't rule out legal action .
[_ARG0 An attorney] will be able *-1 to use the network for an hourly fee of between $ 200 and $ 400 *U* , depending on the quality of the picture , *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 depositions] from [_ARG2-from witnesses in any of the connected cities] .
Translation : [_ARG0 Motorola] appears *-3 to have [_rel taken] [_ARG1 a Hitachi technology that *T*-2 is patented *-1 in the U.S.] , Hitachi says 0 *T*-4 , and `` tried *-5 to make it look like a new technology . ''
[_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 Cleveland] .
`` That seems *-2 to be what [_ARG0 all my friends] are using *T*-1 *-3 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the grandkids] [_ARGM-DIR to the lake] , '' she says *T*-4 .
The JSP admitted Oct. 13 that its members received about eight million yen from the pachinko organization , and charged LDP members with *-1 receiving 125 million yen -LRB- $ 880,000 *U* -RRB- and [_ARG0 other opposition parties] with *-3 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 about 2.5 million yen] .
Buy-out offers for Maidenform are n't infrequent , says 0 *T*-1 Executive Vice President David C. Masket , but [_ARG1 they] are [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel taken] [_ARGM-MNR very seriously] .
The other scenario assumes that [_ARG0 Beijing] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 effective actions * to curb imports] [_ARGM-TMP in the coming months] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARGM-TMP before import growth slowed] , [_ARG0 China 's buying spree in the first half] [_ARGM-TMP already] had [_rel taken] [_ARG1 its toll on foreign-exchange reserves] .
Now that 's [_ARG1 advice] 0 [_ARG0 the writers] [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel take] *T*-1 to [_ARG2-to heart] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Icahn] , who *T*-1 played a key role in the settlement and attempted subsequently *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 control of the company] , sold his stake in Texaco just last summer .
[_ARGM-DIS At the very least] , [_ARG0 Mr. Jones , who *T*-1 cultivates the society circuit as eagerly as his bench ,] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 comfort] in [_ARG2-in one fact : These days , he is n't alone] .
[_ARGM-TMP Last year] , [_ARG0 the top 12 players on each NFL team] [_rel took] [_ARGM-DIR home] [_ARG1 an average $ 536,000 *U* , a figure comparable to baseball and higher than in basketball] .
First , he unceremoniously sacked Tom Landry , [_ARG0 the legendary coach] who *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 the Cowboys] [_ARGM-DIR to five Super Bowls and 20 consecutive winning seasons] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Jones] has been [_rel taking] [_ARG1 prospective suite owners] [_ARGM-DIR onto the field] [_ARGM-TMP during practice] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to let them rub elbows with players] , and promises those who *T*-1 actually buy one of the rooms an insider 's look at the team 's strategy before game time .
[_ARGM-MNR With three minutes left on the clock] , [_ARG0 Mr. Aikman] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 the snap] , steps back and fires a 21-yard pass -- straight into the hands of an Atlanta defensive back .
[_ARG0 Richard Breeden , the new chairman of the SEC ,] has [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel taken] [_ARG1 a formal position on the bill , which *T*-1 would also require investors to disclose large trades and give the SEC additional authority during market emergencies] .
At a news conference this week , Bank of Japan Gov. Satoshi Sumita cautioned [_ARG0 banks] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a `` prudent '' stance] regarding highly leveraged deals .
[_ARGM-LOC In the port of Berbera] , [_ARGM-DIS for example] , [_ARG1 hundreds of men of the rival Issak clan] were rounded *-2 up in May 1988 , imprisoned *-2 , and [_ARGM-TMP then] [_rel taken] out [_ARGM-TMP at night] [_ARGM-MNR in groups of five to 50 men] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to be executed *-1 without any judicial process whatsoever] .
[_ARG0 The air force] is *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 at least 250 more] .
Adm. Goupil said that when the F-18s wear out *T*-1 , [_ARG0 the navy] is prepared *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 Rafales] [_ARGM-PNC * to replace them] .
[_ARG0 Cathay] is [_rel taking] [_ARG1 several steps] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to bolster business] .
One building was upgraded *-1 to red status while [_ARG0 people] were [_rel taking] [_ARG1 things] out , and a resident who *T*-2 was n't allowed * to go back inside called up the stairs to his girlfriend , *-3 telling her *-4 to keep *-5 sending things down to the lobby .
[_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG0 earnings growth] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a back seat] to [_ARG2-to cash flow , restructuring and takeover potential , and breakup value as the preferred stock-picking standards] [_ARGM-TMP for much of the year] .
He says 0 his aim is * to reach people who *T*-1 are bedridden , have no access to transportation , ca n't find [_ARG0 a lawyer] 0 *T*-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 their case] or simply ca n't afford lawyers ' consultation fees .
Indeed , in a note to the results , directors said 0 if [_ARG1 the `` true worth '' of some of the group 's assets] were [_rel taken] *-1 into [_ARG2-into account] [_ARGM-ADV instead of * using book values] , the negative net asset backing a share would turn into `` a substantial positive '' one .
[_ARG0 Global allocation funds] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the asset-allocation concept] [_ARGM-DIR one step further] [_ARGM-MNR by *-1 investing at least 25 % of their portfolios outside the U.S.] .
Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance PLC , a major British composite insurer , said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a stake in Nationwide Anglia Building Society 's estate agency business] [_ARGM-ADV as part of a plan * to create a range of commercial linkages in the U.K. and Europe] .
At his first school in the U.S. he was thought *-1 a little strange for *-1 shutting off open water taps and admonishing [_ARG0 his schoolmates] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 only brief showers] .
Comsat Video is headed *-1 by [_ARG0 Robert Wussler] , who *T*-2 resigned his No. 2 executive post with Turner Broadcasting System Inc. just two weeks ago *-3 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Comsat position] .
[_ARG0 Sotheby 's] provided the Dorrance family a guarantee of at least $ 100 million *U* , and as much as $ 120 million *U* , *-4 to obtain the collection , people familiar with the transaction said 0 *T*-3 , [_ARGM-DIS thus] * [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a greater than usual financial interest in the property 0 *T*-2 to be sold *-1] .
Instead , [_ARG0 many small and medium-sized banks , and some larger ones ,] are likely *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 one of the other two options open to them under the plan] , Japanese banking officials said 0 *T*-2 .
Mr. Stein said 0 he expects profit to be higher in 1990 than in 1989 , * reflecting a number of [_ARG1 measures] [_rel taken] * [_ARGM-TMP since the acquisition of Ekco Housewares in late 1987] .
The OTS did n't say specifically [_ARGM-CAU why] [_ARG1 the action] was [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-ADV against Ms. Garman] *T*-2 .
While [_ARG0 most other airline issues] [_rel took] [_ARG1 their cue] from [_ARG2-from UAL] , USAir Group rose 1 3\/4 to 43 1\/4 on 1.5 million shares amid speculation about a possible takeover proposal from investor Marvin Davis .
In case managers and personnel specialists are unsuccessful and [_ARG0 subordinates] [_rel take] [_ARG1 their complaints] [_ARGM-DIR to a company court or adjudicator] , * teach managers *-1 to accept reversals as a fact of business life , for in a good due-process system they are bound *-2 to happen .
On the other hand , Mr. Evans expects [_ARG0 the hurricane and the earthquake] `` to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a hunk] out of [_ARG2-of fourth-quarter GNP] . ''
[_ARG0 Potential buyers , mostly foreign companies ,] are reluctant *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a non-controlling stake in a company that , by the government 's own reckoning , *T*-2 needs some $ 100 million *U* in new capital for rehabilitation] .
Frank J. Pascale , chairman of Eagle , will be chairman of the new firm and [_ARG0 James C. Smith , president and chief executive officer of Webster ,] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 those posts] [_ARGM-LOC at Webster\/Eagle] .
-LRB- True , [_ARG0 the Mexican government] has granted `` control '' over the airline to a new private consortium , but its propensity * to [_rel take] [_ARGM-DIR back] [_ARG1 what it gives *T*-1] is too well known *-2 * to permit one to be sanguine . -RRB-
On Thursday , a day after [_ARG0 he] [_rel took] [_ARG1 office] , East German television broke into regular programming *-1 to launch a talk show in which viewers call in questions 0 for a panel of officials to answer *T*-3 *T*-2 .
Most of [_ARG0 the two dozen scientists] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 the podium] reported results with new , more sophisticated variations of the seemingly simple electrolysis-of-water experiments described * last March by Messrs. Fleischmann and Pons .
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque , N.M. , reported 0 [_ARG0 they] went so far as *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a `` cold fusion '' experiment and three neutron detectors] [_ARGM-DIR into a tunnel under 300 feet of granite] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to shield the detectors from cosmic rays] .
`` We expect near-term sluggishness in the electronics market , '' he said *T*-3 , `` and [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 ongoing cost-reduction actions] [_ARGM-ADV as necessary] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to keep operations aligned *-2 with demand] . ''
[_ARG0 A previously available program called * Network Computing System , developed * by Hewlett-Packard 's Apollo division] , [_ARGM-DIS for instance] , [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a task] and splits it up into parts , *-1 divvying up those parts to several computers in a network for simultaneous processing .
It is a market order that *T*-1 allows [_ARG0 floor brokers] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 more time 0 * to buy or sell an investment *T*-2] , [_ARGM-ADV if they think 0 they can get a better price by waiting] .
As a result , financial advisers say 0 [_ARG0 they] [_rel take] [_ARG1 several steps] [_ARGM-TMP when * evaluating the riskiness of clients ' portfolios *T*-1] .
-LRB- Here 's *T*-1 how * to interpret a standard deviation figure *T*-2 : [_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 the expected return] and add one standard deviation to it .
[_ARGM-DIS Then] [_ARG0 *] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the expected return] and subtract one standard deviation .
But with [_ARG1 every step] 0 [_ARG0 I] [_rel take] *T*-1 , I 'm building wealth .
She says 0 her group used *-2 to give tips on * selecting planners -- * check educational and experience credentials , consult regulators and Better Business Bureaus -- but found that [_ARG0 even some people] who *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 these steps] `` were still getting ripped *-3 off . ''
[_ARG0 Mr. Peterson] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the plaintiffs ' and other investors ' money] [_ARGM-DIR to a meeting of the bank 's directors] .
`` I 've heard that there is [_ARG1 $ 40 billion *U*] [_rel taken] * in [_ARGM-LOC nationwide] by [_ARG0-by boiler rooms] [_ARGM-TMP every year] , '' Mr. McClelland says *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-ADV With the $ 3 million *U* received * from investors] , [_ARG0 he] [_rel took] [_ARG1 frequent junkets with friends to exotic locales] and leased an expensive BMW for his girlfriend , whom he met *T*-1 at the shop where he got his custom-tailored suits *T*-2 .
By 2007 , when this year 's newborns hit campus *T*-1 , a four-year Ivy League sheepskin will cost $ 300,000 *U* , give or [_rel take] [_ARG1 a few pizzas-with-everything at exam time] .
Still others say , [_ARGM-CAU Why] [_ARG0 *] [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a chance] on a high-octane growth fund *T*-1 ?
Now , investment salesmen say 0 it 's [_ARGM-TMP time] 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 some risks] *T*-2 if you want the kind of returns that *T*-1 will buy your toddler a ticket to Prestige U. in 18 years .
They say 0 [_ARG0 the broker] [_rel took] [_ARG1 them] [_ARGM-DIR out] [_ARGM-PNC for lunch] [_ARGM-TMP frequently] .
The industrials were up about 60 points in the afternoon , but [_ARG0 cautious investors] [_rel took] [_ARG2 profits] [_ARGM-TMP before the close] .
That irritates [_ARG0 many women] who *T*-1 have [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel taken] [_ARG1 their husbands ' last name] .
[_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 Your Vacation] [_ARGM-LOC In a Hurricane Area]
`` [_ARG0 People] are promoting furs in various ways and [_rel taking] [_ARG1 the glamour] [_ARG2 out of the fur business] , '' says Stephen Sanders , divisional merchandise manager for Marshall Field 's department store in Chicago .
[_ARG0 It] [_ARGM-DIS even] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the unusually frank step of *-1 telling analysts in a morning conference call that orders in Europe were up in `` double digits '' in foreign-currency terms] .
The newspaper also ran a series of controversial short stories by Nguyen Huy Thiep , [_ARG0 a former history teacher] , who *T*-1 stirred debate over his interpretation of Vietnamese culture and [_rel took] [_ARG1 a thinly veiled swipe] at [_ARG2-at writers who *T*-2 had blocked his entry into their official association] .
Her success , which *T*-1 included * alleviating an urban food shortage in the early 1980s , helped persuade [_ARG0 Hanoi] *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the reform path] .
In recent years , [_ARG0 Mrs. Thi] has started *-2 to diversify the company , *-2 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a 20 % stake in newly established , partly private Industrial and Commercial Bank] , and setting up Saigon Petro , which *T*-1 owns and operates Vietnam 's first oil refinery .
[_ARGM-TMP During Winter Carnival week] , [_ARGM-DIS for example] , [_ARG0 visitors at Sunday River in Maine] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a hot-air balloon ride] .
For those investors who *T*-3 believe -- or fear -- that 1990 will be a recession year , many economists and money managers agree on [_ARG1 steps] that *T*-4 [_ARGM-MOD can] be [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-PNC * to lower the risks in a portfolio] .
`` [_ARG1 A lot of donors] [_ARGM-DIS just] get [_rel taken] *-1 . ''
Well , how about a loan , [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-MOD 'll] [_rel take] [_ARG1 your name and address] ...
They also unanimously re-elected Mr. Dubinsky , the union chairman who *T*-1 has led [_ARG0 the pilots '] 2 1\/2-year fight * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 control of the airline] .
However , company officials said 0 [_ARG0 they] plan *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 `` no initiatives '' * to resurrect the transaction] , and `` are n't aware '' of any restructured bid in the making .
The last time 0 Columbia Pictures was looking for a studio chief *T*-2 , they note 0 *T*-3 , [_ARG0 Warner] released producer David Puttnam from his contract , then [_rel took] [_ARG1 him] [_ARGM-DIR back] [_ARGM-TMP after he was subsequently fired *-1 by his bosses at Columbia] .
Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer , who *T*-1 shepherded `` Flashdance '' through several scripts and ultimately produced the movie , bristle [_ARGM-TMP when] [_ARG0 Messrs. Guber and Peters] [_rel take] [_ARG1 credit for the film] *T*-2 .
When [_ARG0 Roger Birnbaum , an executive who *T*-1 worked for Guber Peters in the early 1980s ,] left *-3 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a job as head of production at the United Artists studio] *T*-2 , they made him forfeit all credits and financial interest in the films 0 he had helped *-5 develop *T*-4 , including `` Rainman '' and `` Batman . ''
[_ARG0 Peter] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the kernel of that idea] and make it grow into something specific ... . ''
The concept may be simple : [_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 a bunch of loans] , tie them up in one neat package , and sell pieces of the package to investors .
The process typically begins when [_ARG0 an institution , such as Citibank or Sears , Roebuck & Co. ,] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a pool of credit-card or other receivables] and sells them to a specially created trust *T*-1 .
[_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 the `` credit enhancements , '' which *T*-1 typically include a bank letter of credit or insurance from a bond-insurance company] .
[_ARGM-ADV * Judging by a poll of Wall Street Journal readers conducted * this summer by Erdos & Morgan Inc.] , [_ARG0 serious investors] have [_rel taken] [_ARG1 that advice] to [_ARG2-to heart] .
[_ARGM-ADV Even though only 12 % actually predicted a recession] , [_ARG0 many respondents] were [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a better-safe-than sorry investment stance] .
[_ARGM-ADV Even though electronic espionage may cost U.S. firms billions of dollars a year] , [_ARG0 most] are [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_ARGM-TMP yet] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 precautions] , the experts said 0 *T*-1 .
The outstanding example of this was [_ARG0 the motorist] on the Bay Bridge who *T*-1 had the presence of mind 0 * to [_rel take] out [_ARG1 a video camera] [_ARGM-TMP at the absolutely crucial moment] and record the car in front as it fell into the gap in the roadway *T*-2 .
And by late Friday afternoon , actually after the close , we decided 0 that was [_ARG1 the wrong tone] 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel take] *T*-1 .
`` [_ARG0 The Japanese] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the long view] . '' said *T*-1 Mr. Veronis .
Keizaikai is one of a small but growing band of [_ARG0 Japanese companies] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 their first steps into American publishing] , [_ARGM-TMP after * making major investments in entertainment , real estate and banking companies here] .
*-2 Faced *-3 with this embarrassment , U.S. diplomats expressed confidence that [_ARG0 the influential Rio Group of South American nations , which *T*-1 gathered last week in Peru ,] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a stronger posture toward the Panamanian dictator] .
[_ARG0 Bonn and Washington] have [_rel taken] [_ARG1 a leading role] [_ARGM-LOC in aid for the reformist countries] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 pledging billions of dollars in fresh credit and forgiving old debt while *-2 urging other industrial nations *-3 to follow suit] .
When Chancellor Helmut Kohl travels to Poland Nov. 9 *T*-1 , [_ARG0 he] is expected *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARGM-MNR with him] [_ARG1 a promise of three billion West German marks -LRB- $ 1.6 billion *U* -RRB- in new credit guarantees for industrial projects] .
*-2 Addressing a conference of the New York-based Institute for East-West Security Studies in Frankfurt yesterday , Mr. Genscher said , `` History will judge us by whether [_ARG0 we] have [_rel taken] [_ARG1 the opportunities that *T*-1 emerge from these reforms] . ''
`` We are operating [_ARG0 an information refinery] that *T*-1 [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a broad stream of raw data] and turns it into actionable knowledge , '' says *T*-2 Yosi Amram , founder and president .
Defense lawyers , perhaps understandably , say that [_ARG0 plaintiffs ' lawyers] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 such an approach] will have little success in * pursuing their claims , though they add that the facts of each case must be looked at *-1 individually .
John Bullock , senior partner of Deloitte in the U.K. , said `` [_ARG1 the decision * to start these proceedings] has [_ARG0 n't] been [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR lightly] . ''
[_ARG0 The ARCO plan] [_rel takes] into [_ARG2-into account] [_ARG1 such details as which aspects of business *T*-1 are busier at certain times of the year] .
Others say 0 they feel confident that [_ARG1 steps] 0 [_ARG0 they] 've [_ARGM-TMP already] [_rel taken] *T*-1 would see them through a disaster .
First , [_ARGM-CAU why] [_ARG0 ticket splitting] has increased and [_rel taken] [_ARG1 the peculiar pattern that it has *?* *T*-1] [_ARGM-TMP over the past half century] *T*-2 : Prior to the election of Franklin Roosevelt as president and the advent of the New Deal , government occupied a much smaller role in society and the prisoner 's dilemma problem confronting voters in races for Congress was considerably less severe .
Moreover , [_ARG0 ticket splitting] appears *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the same peculiar pattern *ICH*-2] [_ARGM-LOC at the state government level] as it does at the federal level .
[_ARG0 Lines *ICH*-2] will be available 24 hours a day 0 *T*-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 applications for such disaster relief as temporary housing and emergency home repairs] [_ARGM-MNR by phone] .
[_ARG0 He] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 additional responsibility for newspaper sales and distribution of the Financial Times in North America] .
J.C. Penney Co. , which *T*-1 relocated from New York to suburban Dallas two years ago , gently wraps itself in Texas pride through a full-page magazine ad : `` [_ARG0 *] [_rel Taking] [_ARG1 the long-range view] [_ARGM-PNC *-4 to conserve what *T*-2 is of value to future generations] is part of the Lone Star lifestyle , '' the ad reads *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 That] has [_rel taken] [_ARG1 some of the swagger] out of [_ARG2-of natives who *T*-1 like *-3 to brag that Texas is the only state that *T*-2 was once a nation] , but it has increased their legendary resentment of outsiders .
[_ARG0 The company 's new management] , which *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 control of Amdura 's board] [_ARGM-TMP after a consent solicitation last month] , wanted *-2 to extend the loan while it tries *-3 to sell two units .
Many of Wednesday 's winners were losers yesterday as [_ARG0 investors] [_ARGM-MNR quickly] [_rel took] [_ARG1 profits] and rotated their buying to other issues , traders said 0 *T*-1 .
HealthVest said 0 two of its lenders have given it notices of default on bank loans and said 0 [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel take] [_ARG1 actions 0 * to recover their loans *T*-1] .
In addition , HealthVest said 0 Bank of Tokyo Trust Co. also has notified it of a default and said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD might] [_rel take] [_ARG1 action] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to cure the default] .
The project could result in [_ARG0 the U.S.] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 more than 10 % of its natural gas supplies *ICH*-1] from [_ARG2-from Canada] , [_ARGM-ADV up from about 5 % currently] .
LIN , which *T*-1 has agreed with BellSouth Corp. *-2 to merge their cellular-telephone businesses , said then that [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a position on McCaw 's revised tender offer] .
In a statement , Craig O. McCaw , chairman and chief executive officer of McCaw , said : `` We trust 0 [_ARG0 LIN] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 no further actions that *T*-1 favor BellSouth] . ''
[_ARG0 The Orange Workers] -- who *T*-1 [_rel take] [_ARG1 their name] from [_ARG2-from William of Orange of the Netherlands , a hero of the Dutch-descended Afrikaners] -- believe that the solution to South Africa 's racial problems is n't the abolition of apartheid , it 's the perfection of apartheid -- complete and total separation of the races .
`` By *-3 populating a place now , we make ourselves [_ARG1 a power] 0 [_ARG0 any new government] will have *-2 to [_rel take] *T*-1 into [_ARG2-into account] . ''
Now , with a semblance of normalcy returning , some advisers say 0 it 's time for [_ARG0 investors] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a hard , cold look at the stocks 0 they own *T*-1] and consider some careful pruning .
[_ARG0 Canadian Pacific , which *T*-1 has interests in transportation , telecommunications , forest products , energy and real estate ,] [_ARGM-TMP finally] [_rel took] [_ARG1 its majority block] [_ARGM-DIR off the market] [_ARGM-TMP this spring] .
He said that [_ARG0 one of the computers] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a three-foot trip] [_ARGM-ADV *-1 sliding across the floor] .
[_ARG0 Some of the bill 's supporters] had [_rel taken] [_ARG1 heart] from [_ARG2-from the fact that the letter was n't signed *-1 by Mr. Skinner and that it did n't contain a veto threat] .
But [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-TMP never] [_rel took] [_ARG1 an official position on the bill] and has steadfastly maintained that he already has enough authority * to deal with buy-outs .
[_ARG0 The 61-year-old Mr. Guzman Cabrera] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 such criticisms] [_ARGM-MNR in stride] .
`` If it causes [_ARG0 management] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 their eye] off [_ARG2-off the ball] , inventory shrinkage is going *-2 to be affected *-1 , '' says *T*-3 Lewis Shealy , vice president for loss prevention at Marshall Field 's , the department store chain .
[_ARG0 New management] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 several steps] * to reduce dishonesty .
The tenor of Mr. Stevens 's remarks seemed *-1 to indicate that [_ARG0 British Air] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a more active , high-profile role] [_ARGM-LOC in * pursuing any new bid] .
Second , the responsibilities of the Federal Reserve as guardian of the currency , which *T*-1 means as guardian of the stability of the price level , sometimes lead [_ARG0 it] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 measures that *T*-2 are unpopular] .
What *T*-2 is undemocratic is the unwillingness *ICH*-5 of [_ARG0 the more political parts of the government] * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the responsibility for * deciding the basic question of monetary policy , which *T*-3 is what priority *T*-4 should be given *-1 to * stabilizing the price level] .
[_ARG0 Susan Rogin , a consultant to abortion-rights activists in the state ,] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 comfort] from [_ARG2-from the fact that the state 's House abortion opponents `` have n't been able *-2 to muster the votes 0 * to overturn a veto on abortion *T*-1 in 16 years] . ''
[_ARG0 The 79-year-old Mississippian] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a more orthodox , entrenched view of agriculture policy than those in the movement * to reduce chemical use] , but as a master of pork-barrel politics , he is believed *-1 to be annoyed as well that the project moved to Arkansas from a Tennessee center near Memphis and the northern Mississippi border .
We do n't have an absolute deadline and if market conditions are truly awful we might decide 0 it is not [_ARGM-TMP the right time] , '' 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 particular steps] *T*-2 , said 0 *T*-1 Michael Prideaux , a B.A.T spokesman .
`` [_ARG0 We] will certainly have *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a look at '' the Whitbread spirits business] , an Allied-Lyons spokesman said 0 *T*-1 .
[_ARG0 He] has resigned his posts at Triad *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Kansas Power positions] .
[_ARG0 Anti-nuclear activists] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a less positive view] .
And [_ARGM-ADV while it 's too soon 0 * to tell how sales will fare *T*-2 in the important 1989 Christmas season *T*-1] , [_ARG0 some companies] [_rel take] [_ARG1 steps 0 * to ease the usual 11th-hour crush *T*-3] .
[_ARGM-ADV If that takes money] , [_ARG0 *] [_rel take] [_ARG1 it] away from [_ARG2-from this discredited federal department] .
[_ARG1 His observations] were [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR seriously] .
Officials at the four exchanges said 0 [_ARG0 well over 50 traders from the Pacific exchange] were [_rel taking] [_ARG1 flights from San Francisco *ICH*-1] [_ARGM-TMP late yesterday] to the American , New York and Philadelphia exchanges and to the CBOE , where they would continue *-3 making markets in the Pacific-listed options *T*-2 .
But [_ARG0 most companies] are too afraid *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 that chance] .
[_ARG0 The Fed] serves as a middleman for banks , *-2 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 checks] from [_ARG2-from one bank] and sending them to another , an operation that it handled *T*-1 smoothly Tuesday night after the quake .
`` We think 0 it *EXP*-1 's very important * to provide as much information as possible on [_ARG1 the drugs] 0 [_ARG0 consumers] [_rel take] *T*-2 , '' said *T*-3 Searle Chairman Sheldon Gilgore .
[_ARGM-LOC In Washington] , [_ARG0 the Bush administration] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a characteristically cautious and skeptical view of the leadership change] .
As part of his image polishing , [_ARG0 Mr. Krenz] is expected *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 modest steps toward reform] [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to rebuild confidence among the people and reassert the party 's authority] .
Not just that people are being heard *-1 but that [_ARG1 their interests] are being [_rel taken] *-2 [_ARGM-MNR seriously] . ''
[_ARG0 Mr. Steinhardt] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel take] [_ARG1 that route] .
Especially galling for Mr. Steinhardt , say 0 *T*-1 people close to him , is *T*-2 that [_ARG0 USAir 's Mr. Colodny] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_ARGM-ADV even] [_rel take] [_ARG1 his telephone calls] .
He added that details of the recapitalization still have *-3 to be worked *-1 out , but that [_ARG0 Pathe] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 50 % of Odeon] , Rome film producer Bruno Lucisano will take 10 % and the remaining 16.66 % , currently owned * by Sasea , will eventually be sold *-2 to other investors .
He added that details of the recapitalization still have *-3 to be worked *-1 out , but that Pathe will take 50 % of Odeon , [_ARG0 Rome film producer Bruno Lucisano] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 10 %] and the remaining 16.66 % , currently owned * by Sasea , will eventually be sold *-2 to other investors .
Mr. Roh also said 0 [_ARG0 South Korea] is [_rel taking] [_ARG1 steps that *T*-1 would free the won *-2 to respond to market forces] .
[_ARG0 Democrat Gene Taylor] won a special election 0 *T*-1 to fill the congressional seat vacated * by the death of Republican Larkin Smith , *-2 [_rel taking] back [_ARG1 the GOP 's lone redoubt in Mississippi 's House delegation] .
The computer system was operating , so [_ARG1 orders] [_ARGM-MOD could] be [_rel taken] *-1 .
Liability in the bridge and road collapses will revolve around whether [_ARG0 government] [_rel took] [_ARG1 `` reasonable care '' * to build and maintain the structures] , says 0 *T*-2 John Messina , a Tacoma , Wash. , personal-injury attorney who *T*-1 specializes in highway design and maintenance cases .
The White House is making sure 0 nobody will accuse [_ARG0 it] of *-1 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 this crisis] [_ARGM-MNR lightly] .
[_ARGM-TMP By noon] , [_ARG0 Mr. Bush] had [_rel taken] [_ARG1 two phone calls from Vice President Dan Quayle , who *T*-1 was in California] ; made a televised statement of concern ; signed a disaster proclamation ; received a written report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ; and visited FEMA headquarters .
On his FEMA visit , Mr. Bush said that he hoped 0 there would be `` less carping '' about the emergency office 's performance this time , *-1 adding that [_ARG0 the agency] `` [_rel took] [_ARG1 a hit] '' [_ARGM-CAU for its reaction to Hurricane Hugo] .
But now , [_ARG0 the soft-drink giant] appears willing *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the risk] .
[_ARG0 Sotheby 's Inc. , the world 's biggest auction house ,] is [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a huge Wall Street-style risk on the outcome of the sale of art from the estate of John T. Dorrance Jr. , the Campbell Soup Co. heir] .
But it *EXP*-1 's likely that [_ARG0 Sotheby 's] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a higher than usual commission , called * an override ,] [_ARGM-LOC on the amount exceeding the guarantee] .
Instead , people familiar with the transaction said 0 *T*-2 , [_ARG0 the auction house] opted *-1 to forgo that percentage in order *-1 to obtain the collection and in exchange for *-1 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a bigger chunk of proceeds exceeding $ 100 million *U*] .
But [_ARGM-TMP once that factor was eliminated *-1] , [_ARG0 traders] [_rel took] [_ARG1 profits] and focused on crude oil inventories , Mr. Barakat said 0 *T*-2 .
`` The focus for some time has been on the copper supply , and [_ARG1 good demand] has been [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARG2 for * granted *-3] , '' he said *T*-2 .
[_ARG0 Mr. Falls , the Goodman 's artistic director ,] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a recent adaptation by Neil Bartlett] and significantly adapted it .
[_ARGM-CAU As a result] , [_ARG0 he] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the lead in * arguing that the cut should be blocked *-1 on procedural grounds] .
Mr. Craven said 0 his move to the chairmanship means 0 [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a less active role in the day-to-day management of the group] , but he added that the merchant bank 's strategic focus remains unchanged .
Perry Levine , chairman , said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Sawyer] had `` [_rel taken] [_ARG1 significant steps '' 0 *T*-1 to restore the company 's credibility and sense of professionalism and integrity] .
This is the way 0 government is supposed *-3 to work *T*-2 , with [_ARG0 politicians] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 responsibility] for [_ARG2-for votes that their constituents can identify *T*-1] , [_ARGM-ADV instead of *-4 concealing them in the great reconciliation garbage truck] .
[_ARG0 Steve Jobs] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a step back from the frontier of personal-computer technology] [_ARGM-PNC in an effort * to spur sales of Next Inc. 's new machine] .
[_ARG0 Chevrolet buyers] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the rebate] , or get discount financing at rates ranging from 6.9 % on 24-month loans to 10.9 % on 60-month loans .
[_ARGM-LOC At Fannie Mae] , [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 responsibility] [_ARGM-PNC for the corporation 's financial and legal areas] and will work with David Maxwell , chairman and chief executive officer , and Roger Birk , president and chief operating officer , on strategic planning .
He says 0 the Lilly executives told him 0 [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the risk] with Wang .
`` We think 0 [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-DIR to the 18 % range] [_ARGM-TMP over next 18 to 24 months] , '' he said *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-ADV In addition to his previous real-estate investment and asset-management duties] , [_ARG0 Mr. Meador] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 responsibility] [_ARGM-PNC for development and property management] .
[_ARG0 The estimated improvement in Colgate 's U.S. operations] [_rel took] [_ARG1 some analysts] [_ARGM-MNR by surprise] .
In addition , the tax-collecting agency says that [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the unusual step of * looking to the private sector *-2 to fill two new high-level positions 0 * to guide the 120,000-employee agency *T*-3 : a comptroller 0 *T*-4 to oversee daily finances and a chief information officer 0 *T*-5 to update the information system , which *T*-1 includes probably the largest computer data base in the world] .
`` [_ARGM-ADV Even though these favorable trends in lung-cancer mortality affect all sex and race groups] , [_ARG1 they] [_ARGM-MOD ca] [_ARGM-NEG n't] be [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR for granted] , '' the report says *T*-2 .
Most of trading action now is from [_ARG0 professional traders] who *T*-1 are trying *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of the price swings] [_ARGM-PNC * to turn a quick profit] , he and other traders said 0 *T*-3 .
`` We feel 0 there is an opportunity for an audience that *T*-2 is not being served *-1 by any network , so [_ARG0 we] want * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the lead] , '' says *T*-3 KCRA 's general manager , John Kueneke .
`` People were waiting *-2 to see if [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel take] [_ARG1 an additional provision '' for medium-term and long-term loans to less-developed countries] , a Citicorp spokesman said 0 *T*-1 .
`` [_ARG0 *] Step up to the plate and [_rel take] [_ARG1 the big swing] .
He expects [_ARG0 Citicorp] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a similar step] [_ARGM-TMP this year] .
`` [_ARG0 The Congress government] is [_rel taking] [_ARG1 the farmers ' bread] and not giving us any support .
[_ARGM-TMP When the Congress -LRB- I -RRB- lost the 1977 election , following Mrs. Gandhi 's hated emergency rule *T*-1] , [_ARG0 a similar coalition] [_rel took] [_ARG1 power] and then disintegrated .
Some 70 % of graduates who *T*-3 recently earned an M.B.A. degree say 0 they 'd prefer *-1 to work in *RNR*-2 or own *RNR*-2 a small company , yet [_ARG0 most] [_rel take] [_ARG1 jobs with large concerns] , says 0 *T*-4 a survey by the Foster McKay Group , a New York recruiting firm ... .
And [_ARG1 thousands of Afghan children] have been [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-DIR to the Soviet Union , where they are hostage for the behavior of their families *T*-2] .
Rights on such a basis , whether for blacks or homosexuals , are `` [_ARG1 mere indulgences] , '' he said 0 *T*-2 , subject to * being [_rel taken] *-1 back .
For instance , First Quadrant Corp. , an asset allocator based * in Morristown , N.J. , said 0 [_ARG0 it] quickly boosted stock positions in its `` aggressive '' accounts to 75 % from 55 % * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of plunging prices] [_ARGM-TMP Friday] .
[_ARG0 Others] are doing `` index arbitrage '' a strategy of * [_rel taking] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of price discrepancies between stocks and futures] .
She called [_ARG0 her daughter *ICH*-1] * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 her] to [_ARG2-to the bank] , who , in turn , *T*-2 persuaded her husband , a Mr. Loeb , *-3 to run this errand .
`` [_ARGM-CAU Because there is a lot more volatility now] , [_ARGM-ADV if guys see that they can make a quick 10 % or 15 % *U* profit] , [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD 'll] [_rel take] [_ARG1 it] . ''
[_ARG0 Conservatives] [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a position] [_ARGM-TMP prior to the administration 's year-end deadline] .
`` [_ARG0 This] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 any question of Showtime 's viability] and puts it away once and for all , '' Mr. Biondi said *T*-1 in a telephone interview .
They were both hired by Sumner Redstone , [_ARG0 the Boston billionaire] who *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 control of Viacom] [_ARGM-TMP three years ago] [_ARGM-LOC in a leveraged buy-out] .
[_ARG0 The report] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a more alarmed view of AIDS] and recommends a more sweeping response than many other analyses .
[_ARGM-TMP Last week] , [_ARG0 many Jaguar shareholders] [_rel took] [_ARG1 their money] and ran .
[_ARG0 *] [_rel Taking] into [_ARG2-into account] [_ARG1 nonrecurring gains and losses] , Hachette 's group net income for the first six months of this year totaled 246.6 million francs , practically double the year-earlier figure of 124.5 million francs .
[_ARG0 Interactive telephone technology] has [_rel taken] [_ARG1 a new leap in sophistication] , and television programmers are racing *-1 to exploit the possibilities .
In London , British Airways Chairman Lord King was quoted *-1 in the Times as *-1 declaring 0 [_ARG0 he] is `` not prepared *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 my shareholders] [_ARGM-DIR into a hasty deal] . ''
`` What [_ARG0 we] want *-1 to do *T*-2 is * [_rel take] [_ARG1 a more aggressive stance] .
[_ARG0 The CFTC] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel take] [_ARG1 those arguments] into [_ARG2-into account] [_ARGM-MNR by *-1 allowing exceptions to its restrictions] .
[_ARGM-DIS So] [_ARG0 Mr. Barrett , then vice president of the Alabama Steamship Association ,] [_rel took] [_ARG1 a steel-toothed garden rake] and taped it to the underside of a leaf rake about nine inches up .
`` It 's not like * selling Chevrolets , '' Mr. Paul says *T*-1 , as [_ARG0 he] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a drag on a goldbanded St. Moritz cigarette] .
`` It sounds like with the Rubens [_ARG1 he] got [_ARGM-ADV absolutely] [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-DIR to the cleaners] . ''
[_ARG0 Companies planning * to go public] `` are [_ARGM-ADV definitely] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a second look] , '' says 0 *T*-2 Allen Hadhazy , senior analyst at the Institute for Econometric Research , Fort Lauderdale , Fla. , which *T*-1 publishes the New Issues newsletter on IPOs .
After * letting [_ARG0 aluminum-makers] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the recycling lead] , a group of the nation 's largest steelmakers started a recycling institute *-2 to promote steel cans to an environmentally conscious nation .
But , `` You never can tell , '' he added *T*-1 , `` [_ARG0 you] have *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of opportunities] .
Mr. Friend says 0 he passed that along to his adversary , and soon they were talking about the ground rules under which Derr could keep its money *T*-1 and [_ARG0 the plaintiffs] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a shot at Mr. Alexander] *T*-1 .
Mr. Alexander , for his part , insisted that [_ARG0 the punchers] ca [_ARGM-NEG n't] assign their pummeling rights to anyone else , ca n't use a blunt instrument and [_ARGM-MOD ca] n't [_rel take] [_ARG1 a running start] .
However , he acknowledges 0 [_ARG0 they] `` have the option of * [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a swat at me] if they really want to *?* . ''
`` You may have *-1 to sell your stocks at [_ARGM-TMP a time] when [_ARG0 the market] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 a plunge] *T*-2 , '' says *T*-3 Mr. Blankenship , a Del Mar , Calif. financial planner .
However , other knowledgeable observers said 0 they believed 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Crandall and the AMR board] might well decide *-1 to tough it out without * [_rel taking] [_ARG1 any extra steps] .
`` I was never sure 0 [_ARG0 Donald Trump] really wanted *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 AMR] , '' said *T*-2 John Mattis , a bond analyst with Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc .
The market seems *-1 to be straightening out ; [_ARG0 we] 're [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a wait-and-see attitude] , '' says *T*-2 Cathleen B. Stewart , executive vice president of marketing .
The stat 0 * to reckon with *T*-2 here says that [_ARG0 about three of four clubs] -LRB- 29 of 39 -RRB- that *T*-1 [_rel took] [_ARG1 2-0 Series leads] went on *-3 to win it all .
`` If [_ARG0 you] get your pitch , and [_rel take] [_ARG1 a good swing] , anything can happen , '' he later remarked *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-TMP Currently] , [_ARG0 the transportation secretary] does n't have clearly established authority to block mergers , but [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the drastic step of * revoking the operating certificate of any carrier 0 the official considers *T*-1 unfit] .
[_ARG0 Dataproducts , which *T*-1 had been seeking a buyer for several months ,] announced a restructuring plan in September and [_rel took] [_ARG1-REC itself] [_ARGM-DIR off the auction block] .
LIN Broadcasting Corp. said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a position on a revised tender offer *ICH*-1 by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. * to buy LIN] and has asked for clarification of the offer .
But while the NAHB has suggested [_ARG1 actions] that [_ARG0 states and localities] [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel take] *T*-1 [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to reduce regulatory barriers] , the association has proposed no activist legislative program -- comparable to , * say , its detailed request for more federal subsidies -- 0 *T*-2 to eliminate counterproductive controls .
`` [_ARG0 We] 've [_rel taken] [_ARG1 more than our fair share] .
This grandiose initiative will help California define itself for the future either as a state still tethered * to economic and scientific reality , or as one being led * to [_ARGM-LOC wherever] [_ARG0 its la-la activists] want *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 it] *T*-1 .
In other words , [_ARG0 California] is presuming *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 control of the nation 's farm policy] .
`` [_ARGM-ADV With the market down like this] , [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-MOD 'll] [_ARGM-ADV probably] [_rel take] [_ARG1 another $ 50 million *U*] and put it in '' the market .
Still , [_ARG0 most consumers] are n't plunking black-and-white film into their cameras *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 family snapshots] .
Environmental Systems Co. said 0 it is restating its results *-2 to reduce its reported net income for the first nine months of its fiscal year after *-2 discovering 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel took] [_ARG1 tax credits that *T*-1 already had been taken *-3 last year] .
Environmental Systems Co. said 0 it is restating its results *-2 to reduce its reported net income for the first nine months of its fiscal year after *-2 discovering 0 it took [_ARG1 tax credits] that *T*-1 [_ARGM-TMP already] had been [_rel taken] *-3 [_ARGM-TMP last year] .
The company said that [_ARGM-PNC for financial reporting purposes] [_ARGM-TMP last year] [_ARG0 it] [_rel took] [_ARG1 tax credits that *T*-2 will be recognized *-1 for tax purposes this year] .
But because of confusion , [_ARG0 it] [_rel took] [_ARG1 those credits] [_ARGM-TMP again] [_ARGM-ADV in *-1 reporting its results through the first nine months] .
[_ARG0 Wallach , an associate of ex-Attorney General Meese ,] was found *-2 *-2 guilty *ICH*-1 in August of *-3 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 $ 425,000 *U* in illegal payoffs] from [_ARG2-from the now-defunct defense contractor] .
[_ARGM-TMP That] 's when [_ARG0 George L. Ball , chairman of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America unit ,] [_rel took] to [_ARG1-to the internal intercom system] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to declare that the plunge was only `` mechanical] *T*-2 . ''
[_ARGM-ADV Obviously] [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-MOD 'll] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a close look at any situation in which we think 0 the dealer-community obligations were n't met *-1 *T*-2] , '' he said *T*-3 .
[_ARGM-DIS Still] , [_ARG0 fund groups] are [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel taking] [_ARG1 any chances] .
[_ARG0 American] is preparing *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 delivery] of another 757 in early December and 20 more [_ARGM-TMP next year] and is n't anticipating any changes in that timetable .
[_ARG0 American] is preparing *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 delivery] of another 757 [_ARGM-TMP in early December] and 20 more next year and is n't anticipating any changes in that timetable .
`` [_ARG0 The market] has [_rel taken] [_ARG1 two views : that the labor situation will get settled *-2 in the short term and that things look very rosy for Boeing in the long term] , '' said *T*-1 Howard Rubel , an analyst at Cyrus J. Lawrence Inc .
[_ARGM-MNR By *-1 setting up the joint venture] , [_ARG0 Kaufman & Broad] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the more aggressive approach of *-1 buying raw land] , [_ARGM-ADV while *-1 avoiding the negative impacts to its own balance sheet] , Mr. Karatz said 0 *T*-2 .
*-2 Once known *-1 as National Distillers & Chemical Corp. , the company exited the wine and spirits business and plowed more of its resources into plastics after [_ARG0 Mr. Stookey] [_rel took] [_ARG1 the chief executive 's job] [_ARGM-TMP in 1986] .
[_ARGM-TMP In recent months] [_ARG1 the price of polyethylene] , [_ARGM-ADV even more than that of other commodity plastics] , has [_rel taken] [_ARG2 a dive] .
The plant expansion should strengthen the company 's sway in [_ARGM-LOC the polyethylene business] , where [_ARG1 market share] is [_ARGM-TMP often] [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR through sheer capacity] *T*-2 .
Bankers said 0 warrants for Hong Kong stocks are attractive because they give [_ARG0 foreign investors , wary of volatility in the colony 's stock market ,] an opportunity * to buy shares without *-1 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 too great a risk] .
Harry fondly remembers the `` old '' days of the early '70s , when [_ARG0 people like his friend Travis] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a psychiatrist] [_ARGM-LOC on a date] [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to analyze what Travis was doing *T*-1 wrong] *T*-2 .
But it *EXP*-1 's uncertain whether [_ARG0 these institutions] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel take] [_ARG1 those steps] .
The new show is perhaps the boldest in a number of [_ARG1 steps] 0 [_ARG0 the network] is [_rel taking] *T*-1 [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to build audience loyalty by *-3 shifting away from its current format toward more full-length `` signature '' programming with recognizable stars] .
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in the Arcadian Phosphate case did not repudiate [_ARG1 the position] 0 [_ARG0 Pennzoil Co.] [_rel took] *T*-1 [_ARGM-LOC in its dispute with Texaco] , contrary to your Sept. 8 article `` Court Backs Texaco 's View in Pennzoil Case -- Too Late . ''
`` [_ARG0 We] [_ARGM-MOD 'd] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Valley Ranch] [_ARGM-MNR free and clear] [_ARGM-ADV as a booby prize] .
[_ARG0 *] [_rel Take] [_ARG1 Microsoft Corp. , the largest maker of personal computer software and generally considered an industry bellwether] .
`` [_ARG0 Those corrections] lasted one to four weeks and [_rel took] [_ARG1 the market] [_ARGM-DIR 10%-12 % *U* down] , '' she says *T*-1 .
`` The market was up 35 % since [_ARG0 -LCB- President -RCB- Bush] [_rel took] [_ARG1 office] , '' Mr. Gabelli says 0 *T*-3 , so a correction was *-2 to be expected *-1 .
As your editorial rightly pointed out , [_ARG0 Samuel Pierce , former HUD secretary , and Lance Wilson , Mr. Pierce 's former aide ,] `` are currently being held *-1 up to scorn for *-1 [_rel taking] [_ARG1 the Fifth Amendment] .
2 . That Mr. Lantos supported the rights *ICH*-1 of [_ARG0 the witnesses] * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Fifth Amendment] .
Thus , in a criminal case , a prosecutor can not comment on a defendant 's failure * to testify nor can [_ARG0 the defendant] be compelled *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the stand] [_ARGM-ADV as a witness] , thus * forcing him to `` take the Fifth . ''
Thus , in a criminal case , a prosecutor can not comment on a defendant 's failure * to testify nor can the defendant be compelled *-1 to take the stand as a witness , thus * forcing [_ARG0 him] to `` [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Fifth] . ''
Thus , in a civil case , a defendant may be called *-1 as a witness , [_ARG0 he] may be forced *-2 to testify or [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Fifth] , and his taking of the Fifth may permit the drawing of an adverse inference against him in the civil matter .
[_ARG0 He] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Fifth] [_ARGM-LOC in a civil matter] [_ARGM-ADV only if he has a good faith *EXP*-1 and justifiable belief *EXP*-1 that his testimony may subject him to criminal prosecution] .
* Allowing [_ARG0 the defendant] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the Fifth] in a civil matter is not based *-2 on a constitutional right * to refuse *-3 to testify where one 's testimony harms him in the civil matter *T*-4 , but because the testimony in the civil matter could be unconstitutionally used *-1 against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution .
But , he added 0 *T*-1 , `` [_ARG0 you] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_ARGM-ADV only] [_rel take] [_ARG1 one call] [_ARGM-TMP at a time] . ''
Then , as now , the budget debate was behind schedule and [_ARG1 automatic spending cuts] were within days of *-1 [_rel taking] [_ARG2 hold] .
But administration officials privately agree with Mr. Panetta , who *T*-1 said 0 a precipitous drop this week `` is going *-2 to force [_ARG0 the president and Congress] to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a much harder look at fiscal policy] . ''
[_ARG0 No one in Washington] was willing *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the blame for * provoking Friday 's drop in the stock market] .
Small investors matched their big institutional brethren in anxiety over the weekend , but [_ARG0 most] seemed *-2 to be [_rel taking] [_ARG1 a philosophical approach] and said 0 they were resigned *-1 to *-3 riding out the latest storm in the stock market .
`` [_ARG0 We] hope *-2 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 advantage] of [_ARG2-of it] , '' said *T*-1 John Snyder , a member of a Los Angeles investors ' club .
[_ARGM-DIS At the very least] , [_ARG0 the establishment here] is [_rel taking] [_ARG1 comfort] from [_ARG2-from the nation 's success in * handling the last go-around] .
[_ARG1 The economy 's temperature] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel taken] *-1 from [_ARG2-from several vantage points] [_ARGM-TMP this week] , [_ARGM-ADV with readings on trade , output , housing and inflation] .
[_ARG0 He] [_rel takes] [_ARG1 his wash] [_ARGM-DIR to the laundromat , where he meets a punky French girl who *T*-1 dupes him into * providing a home for her pet piranha and then promptly steals his car and dumps it in Dieppe *T*-3] .
But they believe themselves to be serving , and [_ARG0 they] begin *-1 to respect themselves -LRB- and others -RRB- , to [_rel take] [_ARG1 control of their lives] , to think of the future .
[_ARGM-LOC In the Bush administration] , [_ARG1 the lead] is being [_rel taken] *-1 by [_ARG0-by Treasury Secretary Brady , Undersecretary Robert Glauber and Assistant Secretary Mullins] .
[_ARGM-ADV Like many others] , [_ARG0 Mr. Kaye] [_rel took] [_ARG1 notice] [_ARGM-TMP in 1987] [_ARGM-TMP when Sony , in a classic example of market segmentation , changed the plastic skin and buttons on the famous Walkman line of portable audio equipment and created the My First Sony line for children] .
[_ARG0 He himself] threatened *-1 to [_rel take] [_ARG1 the matter] [_ARGM-DIR to the Federal Trade Commission or U.S. Justice Department] .
Ministry employees complain that they are poorly paid *-1 because of [_ARG0 a complex job-rating system] 0 they say 0 *T*-2 fails *-3 to [_rel take] into [_ARG2-into account] [_ARG1 their education and level of technical expertise] .
Those looking for real-estate bargains in distressed metropolitan areas should lock in leases or buy now ; [_ARG0 those looking in healthy metropolitan areas] [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel take] [_ARG1 a short-term -LRB- three-year -RRB- lease] and wait for the bargains ahead .
Mr. Keating has filed his own suit , * alleging that [_ARG1 his property] was [_rel taken] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR illegally] .
In addition , Sen. McCain last week disclosed that he belatedly had paid $ 13,433 *U* to American Continental as reimbursement for [_ARG1 trips] 0 [_ARG0 he and his family] [_rel took] *T*-1 [_ARGM-MNR aboard the corporate jet] [_ARGM-DIR to Mr. Keating 's vacation home at Cat Cay , the Bahamas] , from 1984 through 1986 .
According to [_ARG1 notes] [_rel taken] * by [_ARG0-by one of the participants at the meeting] , the regulators said 0 Lincoln was gambling dangerously with depositors ' federally insured money and was `` a ticking time bomb . ''
[_ARG0 NBC] may yet find a way 0 * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 a passive , minority interest in a program-maker] [_ARGM-MNR without * violating the rules] *T*-1 .
Hence , [_ARG0 NBC] might be able * to [_rel take] , [_ARGM-ADV * say] , [_ARG1 a 5 % stake in a company such as MGM\/UA] .
If it does , [_ARG0 the large number of right-wing whites , who *T*-1 oppose any concessions to the black majority ,] will step up their agitation and threats * to [_rel take] [_ARG1 matters] [_ARGM-DIR into their own hands] .