hammer
frames
hammer.01 "put a nail into wood (eg)":
hammer.02 "hit with a hammer":
hammer.04 "arrange":
hammer.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-into obj-ARG1
- Then , * to make matters worse , [ARG0 computerized sell programs] kicked in , *-1 [rel hammering] [ARG1 stocks] into [ARG2-into steeper losses] .
hammer.02 NP-ARG2-by obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 Bethlehem Steel Corp.] , [rel hammered] * by [ARG2-by higher costs and lower shipments to key automotive and service-center customers] , posted a 54 % drop in third-quarter profit .
- But while they want *-2 to be on the alert for similar buying opportunities now , [ARG1 they] 're afraid of *-3 being [rel hammered] *-1 by [ARG2-by another terrifying plunge] .
- The aim of the interruption would be * to ease the opening of [ARG1 the New York Stock Exchange] , which *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel hammered] *-1 by [ARG2-by such a volatile move on the Merc] .
hammer.02 obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 New York bonds] , which *T*-2 have been [rel hammered] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in recent weeks] [ARGM on the pending supply and reports that the city 's economy is growing weaker] , rose 1\/2 point yesterday .
- Fidelity 's Mr. Lynch , for his part , snapped up Southern Co. shares Friday after [ARG1 the stock] got [rel hammered] *-1 .
- [ARG1 Nasdaq 's biggest stocks] were [rel hammered] *-1 .
hammer.02 NP-ARG0-by obj-ARG1
- At those levels , [ARG1 stocks] are set up *-3 to be [rel hammered] *-1 by [ARG0-by index arbitragers , who *T*-2 lock in profits by *-4 buying futures when futures prices fall *T*-5 , and simultaneously sell off stocks] .
hammer.02 sub-ARG1
- `` You want *-1 to know how a fund did [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 the market] got [rel hammered] *T*-3 *T*-2 , '' said *T*-4 Kurt Brouwer , an investment adviser with Brouwer & Janachowski in San Francisco .
hammer.02 sub-ARG1 NP-ARG2-by
- Despite the relatively strong economy , [ARG1 junk bond prices] did nothing except go down , * [rel hammered] by [ARG2-by a seemingly endless trail of bad news] :
hammer.04 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- According to the executive , BDDP 's involvement prompted renewed vigor in the WCRS-Eurocom talks and [ARG0 the two agencies] were hoping *-1 to [rel hammer] out [ARG1 details] [ARGM-TMP by today] .
- [ARG0 Investment bankers representing the buy-out group and UAL 's board] spent a frantic weekend * trying *-2 to [rel hammer] out [ARG1 new terms that *T*-1 would be more acceptable to the banks] .
- And at the FCC , meanwhile , new Chairman Alfred C. Sikes has said 0 he wants [ARG0 the two sides] to [rel hammer] out [ARG1 their own plan] .
hammer.04 obj-ARG1
- Industry officials and congressional aides said that the main points of [ARG1 a compromise defense authorization bill] , [rel hammered] * out [ARGM-TMP during a flurry of private meetings] [ARGM-TMP over the past few days] , provide a face-saving compromise for both the White House and House Democrats .