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The Ministry of International Trade and Industry summoned executives from the companies *-1 to `` make sure 0 [_ARG0 they] [_rel understood] '' [_ARG1 the concern about such practices] , according to a government spokesman .
[_ARG1 The `` causes '' of homelessness] are [_ARGM-MNR poorly] [_rel understood] and complex in any individual case .
As [_ARG0 partisans of congressional power] [_rel understand] , a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed * would emasculate the presidency and swallow the principle of separation of powers .
Program trading is here *-1 to stay , and computers are here *-2 to stay , and [_ARG0 we] just need *-3 to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 it] . ''
[_ARG0 We] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel understand] and share [_ARG1 the compassion that *T*-2 makes judges sometimes wish *-3 to offer a kind of Solomonic aid to those who *T*-4 've been hurt *-1] .
[_ARG0 Everyone] [_ARGM-TMP by now] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 that Congress is utterly incapable of * writing legislation 0 * to help deserving people *T*-1 without its becoming some billion-dollar morass] .
`` Two or three years ago , the problem was that [_ARG0 people] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the prepayment risk] , '' says *T*-1 Nomura 's Mr. Kato .
[_ARG0 I] [_ARGM-ADV really] do [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 how it is that Filipinos feel so passionately involved in this father figure that they want *-4 to dispose of *T*-1 and yet they need *T*-1 *T*-2] .
[_ARG0 I] [_ARGM-ADV just] do [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 it] .
`` It took Zhao Ziyang -LRB- former premier and party chief -RRB- 10 years *-2 to build a team of [_ARG0 economists] who *T*-301 [_rel understood] [_ARG1 how the Western economies work *T*-1] and now that team is part in exile , part being rusticated * and part missing . ''
An important part of my effort has been [_ARG0 *] to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the science] [_ARGM-PNC so I can explain it to corporate colleagues facing major changes in product design] .
[_ARG0 I] [_rel understand] , but have n't yet verified *ICH*-1 , [_ARG1 that there are studies by Norwegians , Russians and the Max Planck Institute that *T*-173 show either unchanging or declining UV-B at the surface] .
[_ARG0 They all] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 point one : Nothing 0 the U.S. can do *T*-1 will make much difference in whether Mr. Gorbachev succeeds with perestroika] .
Of course , * simply buying computers does n't always solve problems , and many American companies have erred by *-2 purchasing [_ARG1 technology] 0 [_ARG0 they] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] *T*-1 .
But at least one chief executive said 0 he called Mr. Welch *-1 to complain about Kidder 's aggressive use of program trading , and other market sources said 0 [_ARG0 they] [_rel understood] [_ARG1 that Mr. Welch received many phone calls complaining about Kidder 's reliance on index arbitrage as a major business] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Ortega] [_rel understands] [_ARGM-MNR better than those who *T*-1 worry about his behavior] [_ARG1 that what *T*-2 sustains the Sandinista movement is not democratic peace , but nondemocratic unpeace] .
`` [_ARG0 I] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the firm 's enthusiasm in * getting the deal] , but such a large company would have been better off *-1 showing a little more discretion . ''
But [_ARG1 Mr. Corr , a stunt pilot in his spare time] , was [_rel understood] *-1 to be frustrated *-2 by what he regarded *T*-3 as limited freedom under Mr. Lorenzo .
We should also add Mr. Lawson 's own explanation , as [_ARG0 we] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 it] .
[_ARGM-ADV If a TV weatherman gets butterflies *-1 facing the camera again after a questionable forecast] , [_ARG0 Donald H. Straszheim] [_ARGM-ADV surely] [_rel understands] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Shilling] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 Mr. Straszheim 's problems] .
`` I believe that [_ARG0 any good lawyer] should be able *-4 to figure out *RNR*-5 and [_rel understand] [_ARG1 *RNR*-5] patent law , '' Judge Mayer says *T*-6 , *-2 adding that `` it *EXP*-3 's the responsibility of highly paid lawyers -LRB- who *T*-1 argue before the court -RRB- * to make us understand -LRB- complex patent litigation -RRB- . ''
`` I believe that any good lawyer should be able *-4 to figure out *RNR*-5 and understand *RNR*-5 patent law , '' Judge Mayer says *T*-6 , *-2 adding that `` it *EXP*-3 's the responsibility of highly paid lawyers -LRB- who *T*-1 argue before the court -RRB- * to make [_ARG0 us] [_rel understand] -LRB- [_ARG1 complex patent litigation] -RRB- . ''
[_ARGM-ADV If we want meaningful priorities] , [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-MOD must] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the trade-offs 0 they imply *T*-1] [_ARGM-TMP before we make commitments] .
[_ARG0 *-4] To [_rel understand] [_ARG1 what Mr. Engelken means *T*-3] , one must go back to a sunny October afternoon in 1951 at New York 's Polo Grounds stadium , where , it can be argued *-1 , the most dramatic moment in baseball history was played *-2 out *T*-5 .
`` [_ARGM-TMP In the aftermath of Vietnam] , [_ARGM-TMP in the aftermath of Iran-Contra] , [_ARG0 I] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 0 some people might think that if they plan a coup , they have *-1 to bring their lawyers] , '' he says *T*-2 .
But Mr. Brady argued that [_ARG0 the SEC] is closer to the markets and in a better position 0 * to [_rel understand] [_ARGM-TMP when the exchanges are under such stress that they should be closed *-1 *T*-3] *T*-2 .
They argue that their own languages should have equal weight , although recent surveys indicate that [_ARG0 the majority of the country 's population] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 Filipino] [_ARGM-MNR more than any other language] .
[_ARG0 Judges Oakes and Leval] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the requirements of historical scholarship] .
The courts have not defined `` minimal amounts , '' but [_ARG1 publishers] , [_ARG0 I] [_rel understand] 0 *T*-1 , take it to mean about 50 words .
* To be sure , one wonders [_ARG0 what kind of man *ICH*-6] *T*-1 is this , who *T*-2 feels compelled *-4 to try *-5 to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the most primitive longing and instinct] [_ARGM-MNR in a way that *T*-3 requires the most sophisticated appreciation of visual storytelling] .
Unconstitutional bills make good legal targets , but [_ARG1 the line-item veto] is [_ARGM-MNR better *ICH*-2] [_rel understood] *-1 as a political opportunity than as mere fodder for lawyers .
The harder question is whether [_ARG0 anyone] [_ARGM-TMP yet] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 that Mr. Bush 's fight for his constitutional prerogatives is about politics as much as it is about law] .
`` My first reaction is 0 [_ARG0 I] do [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 why it 's taken so long *T*-1] .
Why has it *EXP*-1 taken people so long for [_ARG0 people] to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 0 pediatric AIDS is a major problem] *T*-3 ? '' asked *T*-4 Helen Kushnick , whose son Samuel *T*-2 died six years ago at age three , *-5 victim of a tainted transfusion .
[_ARGM-DIS Perhaps] [_ARG0 Mrs. Thatcher] [_rel understands] [_ARGM-MNR better than those distressed at her style] [_ARG1 that ultimately history and Britain 's voters will decide who *T*-1 is right about Europe , * sanctioning South Africa or * running Britain 's economy] .
Mr. Kageyama suggests that [_ARG0 Kotobuki Electronics Industries workers] were having difficulty *-1 [_rel understanding] [_ARG1 their foreign bosses ' perspective] .
Though I agree with many of Mr. Kageyama 's comments , I believe 0 he points the gun in the wrong direction : It is n't [_ARG0 the Americans] who *T*-2 must be criticized *-1 for *-4 [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel understanding] [_ARG1 the Japanese culture] , but the Japanese who *T*-3 insist on *-7 forcing their culture on Americans .
[_ARG1 What] [_ARG0 far too many people concerned about education] either fail *-2 to [_rel understand] *T*-1 or choose *-2 to ignore *T*-1 is that American children , on the whole , are among the most undisciplined in the world , * making any attempt at improvements in the mode of education potentially unsuccessful .
This amounts to an extraordinary repudiation of the tenure of [_ARG0 New York mayoral candidate and former U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani] , who *T*-1 was more inclined to * gathering scalps than * [_rel understanding] [_ARG1 markets] .
But it 's [_rel understood] [_ARG1 that Mr. Kravis is disappointed *-2 that Mr. Gillett did n't manage *-1 to boost SCI TV 's operating profit after the buy-out] .
`` The essence of * being a trial lawyer is [_ARG0 *] [_rel understanding] [_ARG1 how people of diverse backgrounds react to you and your presentation *T*-2] , '' says *T*-3 Barry Ostrager of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett , who *T*-1 recently won a huge case on behalf of insurers against Shell Oil Co .
* Reaching for that extra bit of yield can be a big mistake -- especially if [_ARG0 you] do [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 what you 're investing in *T*-1] .
`` Yield greed often gets in the way of [_ARG0 *] [_rel understanding] [_ARG1 things] , '' says *T*-1 John Markese , research director of the American Association of Individual Investors , a Chicago-based educational group .
`` The biggest problem 0 we have *T*-1 is that investors realize , after the fact , that [_ARG0 they] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 what they were investing in *T*-2] . ''
Dr. Blumenfeld concedes 0 [_ARG0 he] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_ARGM-MNR fully] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 what he was buying *T*-1] .
But he says 0 [_ARG0 he] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 0 he was buying the CD on the secondary market] , and he contends 0 his broker never fully explained the risks .
Fortunately , these same parents do want their children to get [_ARG1 a decent education] as [_ARG0 *] [_ARGM-MNR traditionally] [_rel understood] *-2 , and they have enough common sense *-3 to know what that demands *T*-1 .
He said 0 he believes 0 IBM 's decision * to invest this sort of effort into a single industry showed that [_ARG0 it] was getting serious about * [_rel understanding] [_ARG1 customers ' problems] and was n't just selling technology .
[_ARGM-DIS Still] , `` [_ARG0 I] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the reasons '' that other states are holding out *T*-1] , he said 0 *T*-2 .
[_ARG0 We] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 that the trust is ultimately going *-1 to need *-2 to sell some of our shares] , '' he says *T*-3 .
`` [_ARG0 Kodak] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 0 HDTV is where everybody is going *T*-2] , '' says *T*-1 RIT 's Mr. Spaull .
It 's [_rel understood] [_ARG1 that MGM\/UA recently contacted Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , which *T*-1 made two failed bids for the movie studio , * to see if the company was still interested] .
Considering how tenuous the security of that runway is anyway *T*-1 , the better option -- both morally and strategically -- would be for the Bush administration to blast the regime publicly , in terms clear enough for [_ARG0 all influential Somalis] * to [_rel understand] .
It 's [_rel understood] [_ARG1 0 several compromises already have been worked *-1 into the plan] .
Howard Rubenstein , a New York publicist who *T*-1 represents Shea & Gould , said , `` [_ARG0 Shea & Gould] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 0 they 're leaving because they wanted a different environment -- a smaller firm 0 they would be principals of *T*-2] . ''
Fortunately , there are signs that [_ARG0 increasing numbers of scientists] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the necessity of * speaking out] .
[_ARG0 Scientists] need *-1 to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 that while they tend *-2 to believe 0 their work is primarly about * establishing new knowledge or doing good , today it is also about power] .
We would have thought by now , though , that there was a significant core of [_ARG0 people] involved * in government life who *T*-1 [_rel understood] [_ARG1 that direct taxation is n't the only way 0 * to slow down an economy *T*-2] .
It was during the quiet exodus down the pristine concrete ramps of the Stick that [_ARG0 I] [_ARGM-ADV really] [_rel understood] [_ARG1 the point of all those Walkmen and Watchmen] *T*-1 .
Darman now blames the clash on miscommunication , but House GOP leader Michel , who *T*-2 carried the offer to him , observes , `` I was speaking English *NOT* *NOT* at the time , and quite loud so [_ARG1 I] [_ARGM-MOD could] be [_rel understood] *-1 . ''
We can applaud Mr. Pryor 's moment of epiphany , even as [_ARG0 we] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 that he and his confreres need restraint lest they kill again] .
`` I can just tell 0 the questions are right back where they were *T*-2 : ` What *T*-1 's going on ? , ' ` Ca n't anything be done *-4 about program trading ? , ' ` Does [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_ARG0 the exchange] [_rel understand] ? , ' ` Where is the SEC on this *T*-3 ? ' ''
*-3 Called *-1 Patients in the Know , the program features [_ARG1 fact sheets] designed *-2 to be easy 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel understand] *T*-4 .
[_ARG0 One] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 Mr. Bork 's fear that the new right to privacy will become intolerably stretched *-1] , [_ARGM-ADV though a Supreme Court composed * of men and women with realism , guts and a sense of limits should be able *-2 to manage it] .
* Give him an F for his failure [_ARG0 *] to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 the ethics of economic equity] .
*-1 Assuming 0 [_ARG0 modern audiences] [_ARGM-MNR readily] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 that Moliere 's social indictment covers their world as well as 17th-century Paris] , Mr. Wilbur concentrated his formidable artistry on *-1 rendering the Alexandrine French verse into sprightly and theatrical English iambic pentameter .
Back then , Mr. Pinter was not only the angry young British playwright , but also the first 0 *T*-1 to use silences and sentence fragments and menacing stares , almost to the exclusion of what [_ARG0 we] [_ARGM-TMP previously] [_rel understood] [_ARG1 *T*-2 to be theatrical dialogue] .
For one thing , quite a number of the leading spokesmen on Wall Street are not [_ARG0 portfolio managers] , who *T*-2 [_rel understand] [_ARG1 that the value of assets is greatly affected *-1 by how government taxes those assets *T*-3] .
[_ARG0 Scientists] are only beginning *-2 to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 what *T*-1 causes sick-building syndrome] and much of that research was unavailable when the Beebes filed the case *T*-3 , she said 0 *T*-4 .
A Par spokesman said 0 [_ARG0 he] [_rel understood] [_ARG1 0 the criminal investigation in Maryland relates to matters 0 Par disclosed *T*-1 in July , when Par said 0 it filed false drug information with the FDA *T*-2] .
The spokesman said 0 [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel understood] [_ARG1 that the inquiry related to the existence of an `` off-the-record '' production book] .
Mr. Miller vetoed that : `` [_ARG0 Even I] [_ARGM-MOD ca] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 all the footnotes] , '' he says *T*-1 .
[_ARG1 The three most important things] 0 * to [_rel understand] *T*-1 about [_ARG2-about Mr. Allen] is that he is a black conservative intellectual -- a triple threat to the liberal establishment .
[_ARG1 His success] is easy 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel understand] *T*-1 .
[_ARG0 We] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 0 such rueful wisdom must be retrospective] : The owl of Minerva only spreads her wings at dusk .
Jack Davis , Dataproducts ' president , chairman and chief executive officer , said 0 [_ARG0 the company] `` is at a loss *-1 to [_rel understand] [_ARG1 DPC 's intentions] . ''
The truth is , [_ARG0 Washington] [_rel understands] [_ARG1 politics] [_ARGM-MNR better than economics] .
As [_ARG1 *] [_ARGM-ADV commonly] [_rel understood] *-1 , service implies sacrifice .
`` [_ARG0 We] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 panics and euphoria] .
At the outset the prime target was [_ARG1 program trading] , which *T*-1 was much discussed but [_ARGM-MNR little] [_rel understood] [_ARGM-LOC on Capitol Hill] .
[_ARGM-DIS Specifically] , [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD must] [_rel understand] [_ARG1 how real-estate markets overreact to shifts in regional economies *T*-1] and then take advantage of these opportunities .