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decide.XX:
decide.XX sub-ARG0 S-ARG1
- The White House said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-1 to grant duty-free status for 18 categories] , but turned down such treatment for other types of watches `` because of the potential for material injury to watch producers located * in the U.S. and the Virgin Islands . ''
- But company officials said yesterday that [ARG0 they] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-2 to take a $ 43 million *U* pretax charge for the period *-3 to cover a restructuring of world-wide manufacturing operations] , *-4 citing extended weakness in the market as well as a decision * to switch to more economical production techniques .
- As a result , the company said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-1 to phase out its oldest capacity and `` make appropriate reductions '' in operating expenses] .
- A bank spokeswoman also declined *-1 to comment on any merger-related matters , but said 0 [ARG0 the company] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-2 to drop its opposition to the interstate banking legislation because `` prevailing sentiment is in favor of passage] . ''
- The company 's prepared statement quoted him as *-1 saying , `` The CEO succession is well along and [ARG0 I] 've [rel decided] [ARGM-CAU for personal reasons] [ARG1 *-2 to take early retirement] . ''
- For [ARG0 holders] who *T*-28 [rel decide] [ARG1 *-1 not to tender their shares] , Sea Containers will issue one share of preferred stock with a stated value of $ 25 *U* , plus a cash dividend on the common stock .
- A bidding war for Jaguar became more likely as [ARG0 Britain] [ARGM-ADV unexpectedly] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-1 to end restrictions blocking a takeover of the luxury car maker] .
- *-1 To sweeten the pact further -- and to ease concerns of institutional investors -- BellSouth added a provision designed * *-3 to give extra protection to holders if [ARG0 the regional Bell company] [ARGM-TMP ever] [rel decides] [ARG1 *-2 to buy the rest of the new cellular company] .
- [ARG0 People] are reading the boxes and [rel deciding] 0 [ARG1 they want something that *T*-1 's ` healthy ' for you -- oats , bran] . ''
- `` Anheuser is the biggest guy in the bar , and [ARG0 he] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-1 to join in the barroom brawl] , '' said *T*-2 Joseph J. Doyle , an analyst with Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co .
- Indeed , when [ARG0 the Bush administration] [ARGM-TMP finally] [rel decided] [ARGM-TMP this summer] [ARG1 *-1 to renew import restrictions] *T*-2 [ARGM -- arguably the most important decision 0 *T*-3 to affect the steel industry in five years --] Mr. Corry and his directors were aboard helicopters , high above Marathon 's rich oil reserves in the North Sea .
- P&G 's U.S. shipments were up just 1 % , partly because [ARG0 the company] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-1 to shift more promotions and sales for health and beauty products to the fiscal second quarter] .
- [ARG0 Belgium] [rel decided] that [ARG1 investors who *T*-1 demand the delivery of their securities when they buy shares or domestic bonds *T*-2 will have *-3 to pay an additional 100 Belgian francs -LRB- about $ 2.60 *U* -RRB- for each transaction] , [ARGM-ADV * bringing the total fee to 200 francs] .
- `` This is the first time , if [ARG0 we] [rel decide] [ARG1 *-2 to do so] , for Japan to extend aid of this kind to Eastern European countries , '' the spokesman said *T*-1 .
- `` [ARGM-TMP At that point] , [ARG0 -LCB- First Interstate -RCB-] [rel decided] 0 [ARG1 it *ICH*-2 was the better part of valor not * to negotiate further] , '' said *T*-1 one industry official close to the talks .
- -LRB- Prior to *-1 acquiring the housewares business , the company was known *-1 as Centronics Corp. ; Centronics had been a maker of computer printers , but [ARG0 Mr. Stein and other officers] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-2 to sell that business after Japanese competitors grabbed a dominant share of the market] . -RRB-
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG0 the bank 's board] [rel decided] [ARG1 *-1 to make 1.23 billion Malaysian dollars -LRB- US$ 457 million *U* -RRB- in provisions for interest payments from loans previously recorded * as revenue but never actually received * by the bank , and to submit a bailout package 0 *T*-2 to replenish the bank 's paid-up capital] .
- Independent directors would have veto rights to any acquisition if [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MNR unanimously] [rel decide] 0 [ARG1 it is n't in LIN 's best interest] .
- First City said that [ARGM-CAU because of increased competition in the credit-card business] , [ARG0 it] had [rel decided] 0 [ARG1 it either had *-1 to expand its own holdings substantially or sell them] .
- We do n't have an absolute deadline and [ARGM-ADV if market conditions are truly awful] [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel decide] 0 [ARG1 it is not the right time , '' 0 * to take particular steps *T*-2] , said 0 *T*-1 Michael Prideaux , a B.A.T spokesman .
- [ARG0 Many skittish mutual fund investors] picked up the phone yesterday , but [rel decided] [ARG1 not *-1 to cash in their chips after all] .
- Jay Stevens of Dean Witter actually cut his per-share earnings estimate to $ 9 *U* from $ 9.50 *U* for 1989 and to $ 9.50 *U* from $ 10.35 *U* in 1990 because [ARG0 he] [rel decided] 0 [ARG1 sales would be even weaker than he had expected *?*] .
- However , other knowledgeable observers said 0 they believed 0 [ARG0 Mr. Crandall and the AMR board] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-ADV well] [rel decide] [ARG1 *-1 to tough it out without * taking any extra steps] .
- But if [ARG0 the board] rejects a reduced bid and [rel decides] [ARG1 *-2 to explore other alternatives] , it could transform what *T*-1 has been a harmonious process into an adversarial one .
decide.XX sub-ARG0 SBAR-ARG1
- Mr. Martin said 0 [ARG0 they] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel decided] [ARG1 what their next move would be *T*-181] , but he did n't rule out the possibility of a consent solicitation aimed * at * replacing Georgia Gulf 's board .
- Pierre-Karl Peladeau , the founder 's son and the executive in charge of the acquisition , says 0 [ARG0 Quebecor] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel decided] [ARG1 how it will finance its share of the purchase *T*-1] , but he says 0 it most likely will use debt .
- [ARG0 The justices] agreed *-1 to [rel decide] [ARG1 whether federal insurers can require LTV to take back responsiblilty for * funding its $ 2.3 billion *U* pension shortfall] .
- `` Who *ICH*-1 can *T*-2 make the better decision , [ARG0 the guy] who *T*-3 has 10 seconds 0 * to [rel decide] [ARG1 what * to do *T*-4] *T*-5 or the guy with all the time in the world ? '' he says *T*-6 .
- Dunkin ' Donuts Chairman and Chief Executive Robert M. Rosenberg said 0 `` a sale is one alternative being considered * , '' but he added 0 [ARG0 the board] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel decided] [ARG1 whether * to sell the doughnut franchiser] .
- A company spokeswoman said 0 [ARG0 the company] had [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel decided] [ARG1 what measures * to take *T*-1] , but did n't rule out legal action .
- [ARGM-TMP This month] , [ARG0 Federal 's 2,048 pilots , including some 961 acquired * along with Tiger International Inc. in February ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel decide] [ARG1 whether *-1 to elect the powerful Air Line Pilots Association as their bargaining agent] .
- That rule gives [ARG0 boards of directors] wide latitude in *-3 [rel deciding] [ARG1 how *-2 to deal with dissident shareholders *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 The Supreme Court] agreed *-2 to [rel decide] [ARG1 whether a federal court may dismantle a merger that *T*-1 has won regulatory approval but been ruled *-3 anticompetitive in a private suit] .
decide.XX sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- At the recent meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund , [ARG0 the Bush administration] announced its intention * to [rel decide] [ARGM-TMP by yearend] [ARG1 the size of the next increase in the IMF 's capital base] .
- The pilot union is vowing *-1 to pursue an acquisition [ARG1 whatever] [ARG0 the board] [rel decides] *T*-2 .
decide.XX sub-ARG0 SBAR-ARG1-on
- Cray has indicated 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel decide] on [ARG1-on whether * to build such a machine] [ARGM-TMP before year end] .
decide.XX sub-ARG0 S-ARG1-against
- [ARGM-TMP For the moment] [ARGM , the sources said 0 *T*-2 ,] [ARG0 he] has [rel decided] against [ARG1-against *-1 seeking a white knight or organizing a counterbid for Paribas] .
decide.XX sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-against
- *-1 Debt-free and profitable , the Boulder , Colo. , computer-products concern could borrow funds if [ARG0 it] [rel decides] against [ARG1-against an IPO] [ARGM-TMP now] , he says 0 *T*-2 .
decide.XX sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-on
- The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that *T*-1 barred [ARG0 Chris-Craft Industries] from *-2 voting its Warner preferred stock as a separate class in * [rel deciding] on [ARG1-on the companies ' proposed merger] .
decide.XX NP-ARG3-by obj-ARG1
- Earlier , Japan had said 0 it might file a reservation against [ARG1 the ivory ban] [rel decided] * by [ARG3-by ballot] [ARGM-LOC at the 103-nation United Nations Conference on International Trade in Endangered Species in Switzerland last week] .
decide.XX sub-ARG0
- Instead , the companies will leave it up to [ARG0 the marketplace] * to [rel decide] .