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• [_ARG1 It] has been [_rel targeted] *-48 by [_ARG0-by Japanese investors] as [_ARGM-PRD a good long-term play tied * to 1992 's European economic integration] .
• Instead , [_ARG0 they] are trying *-1 to build customer loyalty by *-2 bundling their services into packages and [_rel targeting] [_ARG2 them] to [_ARG1-to small segments of the population] .
• Judie MacDonald , vice president of retail sales at Barnett Banks Inc. of Jacksonville , Fla. , says 0 [_ARG0 the company] [_ARGM-TMP now] [_rel targets] [_ARG1 sub-segments within the market] [_ARGM-MNR by *-1 tailoring its popular Seniors Partners Program to various life styles] .
• [_ARG0 Many banks , particularly smaller ones ,] were slow *-1 to computerize and [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel target] [_ARG1 market niches that *T*-199 would have made the programs more profitable] .
• Martin Marietta Corp. was given *-166 a $ 29.9 million *U* Air Force contract for low-altitude navigation and [_rel targeting] [_ARG0 equipment] .
• Los Angeles is a sprawling , balkanized newspaper market , and advertisers seemed *-1 to feel 0 [_ARG0 they] could buy space in the mammoth Times , [_ARGM-TMP then] [_rel target] [_ARG1 a particular area] with [_ARG2-with one of the regional dailies] .
• But the prospects for [_ARG0 legislation] that *T*-1 [_rel targets] [_ARG1 program trading] is unlikely anytime soon .
• [_ARG0 Bears] have [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 Columbia 's stock] [_ARGM-CAU because of the thrift 's exposure to the shaky junk market] .
• [_ARG2 Small-lot buying] [_rel targeted] * at [_ARG1-at incentive-backed issues] pushed up the Nikkei .
• The Secaucus , N.J. , company has formed a joint venture with a distributor called * La Lecheria *-1 to market [_ARG2 a higher-fat milk] [_rel targeted] * at [_ARG1-at Hispanic consumers] .
• Frank L. Mingo , one of the pioneers of [_ARG2 advertising] [_rel targeted] * at [_ARG1-at black audiences] , died at the age of 49 after a stroke .
• [_ARG2 The $ 150 million *U* in senior subordinated floating-rate notes] were [_rel targeted] *-1 [_ARG1 to be offered *-2 at a price *-2 to float four percentage points above the three-month LIBOR] .
• By October , however , market conditions had deteriorated and [_ARG2 the reset notes] were [_rel targeted] *-1 [_ARG1 to be offered *-2 at a yield of between 13 1\/4 % and 13 1\/2 %] .
• [_ARG1 One especially coveted Specialized market] 0 [_ARG0 the new players] are [_rel targeting] *T*-1 is mountain-bike accessories , which Mr. Eidsmo calls *T*-2 `` the future of our business . ''
• [<sub>ARG2</sub> The senior subordinated debentures maturing in 2004] are [<sub>rel</sub> targeted] *-2 [<sub>ARG1</sub> to be offered *-1 at a yield of between 12 5\/8 % to 12 3\/4 % *U*] .
• Recently , Gen-Probe received a broad U.S. patent for a technology that *T*-2 helps detect , identify and quantify non-viral organisms through the [<sub>rel</sub> targeting] of [<sub>ARG1-of</sub> a form of genetic material called * ribosomal RNA] .
• But banks may prefer *-2 using [<sub>ARG0</sub> a profile] that *T*-1 [<sub>rel</sub> targets] [<sub>ARG1</sub> selected transactions] , rather than a blanket reporting requirement .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Ground batteries] , [<sub>rel</sub> targeting] [<sub>ARG1</sub> an odd assortment of aircraft traveling at highly unusual speeds] , opened up a furious fusillade .
• He not only slashed marginal tax rates , *-2 initially sparking fresh growth in Britain , but [<sub>ARG0</sub> he] wanted *-1 to regulate monetary policy by *-3 [<sub>rel</sub> targeting] [<sub>ARG1</sub> exchange rates] , indeed joining the European Monetary System .
• Moreover , P&G shifted its ad campaign from [<sub>ARG0</sub> one] [<sub>rel</sub> targeting] [<sub>ARG1</sub> older women] to one featuring a woman in her mid-30s vowing `` * not to grow old gracefully . ''
• [_ARGM-MNR More carefully] [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 intervention] might actually reduce the need for government action .
• Still , Southland said that [_ARG0 its franchisees] have been [_rel targeting] [_ARG2 their merchandise] to [_ARG1-to their customers] [_ARGM-TMP for years] , and that the company has begun *-1 to follow suit .
• As part of the plan , [_ARG0 the Houston-based company 's 1,100 Stop 'N Go stores] will be refocused *-1 to [_rel target] [_ARG1 black , Hispanic , upscale or core middle-class] customers .
• [_ARG0 Many] are pouring money into * developing high-quality products *-1 to [_rel target] [_ARG1 affluent consumers] and , to some extent , to avoid direct combat with cheaper cars from South Korea and Taiwan .
• The hottest rivalry in the computer industry intensified sharply yesterday as [_ARG0 Digital Equipment Corp.] announced its first line of mainframe computers , *-1 [_rel targeting] [_ARG1 International Business Machines Corp. 's largest market] .
• [_ARGM-DIS In addition to commercial markets] , [_ARG0 Digital 's new line] [_rel targets] [_ARG1 the low end of the engineering and scientific supercomputer market] , [_ARGM-TMP when it 's packaged with an optional supercharger , known * as a vector processor *T*-1] .
• [_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 Digital 's move into mainframes] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel target] [_ARG1 IBM 's home turf , where it has a commanding 70 % share of the market *T*-1] .
• Johnnie Johnson , who *T*-1 worked for Mr. Corry in strategic planning , recalls how his boss would routinely ask [_ARG0 a subordinate] *-2 to research an entire industry *-3 to [_rel target] [_ARG1 acquisition candidates] *T*-4 .
• Leonard Lauder , president and chief executive officer of Estee Lauder , said 0 consumer magazines are suffering from what he called *T*-3 `` niche-itis , '' the increasing number of [<sub>ARG0</sub> magazines] that *T*-1 [<sub>rel</sub> target] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the idosyncratic interests of readers] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> This program , combined * with cash grants to needy students ,] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> would] reduce program costs and [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> much more effectively] [<sub>rel</sub> target] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the intended beneficiaries] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Digital Equipment] announced its first mainframe computers , *-1 [<sub>rel</sub> targeting] [<sub>ARG1</sub> IBM 's largest market] and *-1 heating up the industry 's biggest rivalry .
• It was agreed *-1 at the outset of the Washington Drug Initiative that [<sub>ARG0</sub> the FBI 's] role would be * to continue *-2 [<sub>rel</sub> targeting] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the major drug traffickers] through [<sub>ARG2-through</sub> our National Drug Strategy] .
• Through these investigations we do not focus on the street drug user , but rather [<sub>ARG0</sub> we] [<sub>rel</sub> target] and attack [<sub>ARG1</sub> major drug-trafficking organizations that *T*-1 control a large segment of the drug market] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Silicon Graphics] , on the other hand , has [<sub>rel</sub> targeted] [<sub>ARG1</sub> a specific niche *ICH*-1] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> since its inception in 1982] , which *T*-3 has been dubbed *-2 by some as `` motion-picture computing . ''
• It also holds nearly 40,000 acres of raw land with development potential , but [_ARGM-LOC under a previously announced strategy] , [_ARG0 the company] has [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 * building on 5,400 acres in California , Arizona and the Chicago area] .
• [_ARG0 Some stock pickers] [_ARGM-TMP already] are [_rel targeting] [_ARG1 the OTC market , where , they say 0 *T*-2 , await *T*-1 plenty of small - and medium-sized growth stocks] .
• [_ARGM-TMP From its inception] , [_ARG0 Conner] has [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 the market for battery-operated machines] , [_ARGM-ADV *-3 building hard-disk drives that *T*-2 are smaller *RNR*-1 and use far less power *RNR*-1 than those offered by competitors such as Seagate] .
• Whittle Communications Limited Partnership , Knoxville , Tenn. , will launch [_ARG0 its first media property] [_rel targeting] [_ARG1 Hispanic women] .
• [_ARGM-TMP In times past] , [_ARG0 life-insurance salesmen] [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 heads of household , meaning men] , but ours is a two-income family and accustomed *-1 to it .
• [_ARGM-LOC In Cherry Hill] , [_ARG0 the National Abortion Rights Action League , whose goal *T*-1 is * to sign up 50,000 pro-choice voters ,] [_rel targets] [_ARG1 a union breakfast] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to build labor support for its cause] .
• While [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel target] [_ARG1 some of the most obvious miscreants] , enforcers concede that they are only scratching the surface .
• `` We expect additional offerings '' of [<sub>ARG2</sub> asset-backed securities] [<sub>rel</sub> targeted] * toward [<sub>ARG1-toward</sub> individual investors] , says 0 *T*-1 Bill Addiss , a senior vice president at Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The magazine] was overhauled *-1 with the aid of American magazine design gurus Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard , and [<sub>rel</sub> targets] [<sub>ARG1</sub> top-level U.S. executives] with [<sub>ARG2-with</sub> Japanese and American advertisers] .
• One broadcasting executive familiar with the project said 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> the co-venture] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> would] [<sub>rel</sub> target] [<sub>ARG1</sub> stations affiliated * with Fox] [<sub>ARGM-CAU</sub> because Fox has the desirable independent stations in most of the key cities] .
• He says 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> Digital] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> will] [<sub>rel</sub> target] [<sub>ARG1</sub> faster-growing market segments such as on-line transaction processing , which *T*-1 includes retail-sales tracking , airline reservations and bank-teller networks] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Other areas] [<sub>rel</sub> targeted] * by [<sub>ARG0-by</sub> the survey 's respondents] included difficulty * obtaining or maintaining public benefits -LRB- 22 % -RRB- , consumer fraud -LRB- 15.4 % -RRB- , and health-care issues -LRB- 15 % -RRB- .
• They were appalled , for instance , that [<sub>ARG0</sub> he] wanted *-2 to [<sub>rel</sub> target] [<sub>ARG2</sub> more of the $ 3 billion *U* Community Development Block Grant -LRB- CDBG -RRB- program] to [<sub>ARG1-to</sub> low-income projects] and zero out the notorious `` discretionary '' funds that *T*-1 have allowed HUD officials to steer contracts to political cronies .
• [_ARG0 He] [_rel targeted] [_ARG2 7,500 shares of Reuters] and punched a button *-1 to call up on his screen other dealers ' price quotes .
• Charles Beseler Co. , a leading maker of photographic enlargers , introduced last month [_ARG2 a complete darkroom starter kit] [_rel targeted] * at [_ARG1-at teen-agers who *T*-1 want *-2 to process their own black-and-white photographs] .
• When she met the local press for the first time on Friday *T*-1 , Mrs. Hills firmly reiterated the need for progress in * removing barriers to trade in forest products , satellites and supercomputers , [_ARG1 three areas] [_rel targeted] * under [_ARG2-under the Super 301 provision of the 1988 trade bill] .
• [_ARG0 The RTC] had [_ARGM-TMP previously] [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 five thrifts] [_ARGM-PNC for quick sales] [_ARGM-PNC in order *-1 to spend cash by certain budgetary deadlines] , but the delays illustrate the tough chore facing the agency .
• [_ARG0 European programs] [_ARGM-TMP usually] [_rel target] [_ARG1 only their own local audience , and often only a small portion of that] .
• [_ARG0 A raft of new computer companies] [_ARGM-DIS also] has [_rel targeted] [_ARG1 this `` server '' market] .