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frames- Jamaica , wary of * upsetting its Caribbean Basin allies , has apparently instructed [ARG0 its lobbyist] *-2 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 the provision initially drafted * by Mr. Gray] , but the greater question is whether Mr. Inouye , who *T*-10 has strong ties to the sugar industry , is able *-3 to insert a claim by the Philippines .
- And they believe 0 [ARG0 the Big Board] , [ARGM-MNR under Mr. Phelan] , has [rel abandoned] [ARG1 their interest] .
- Although final details were n't available , sources said 0 [ARG0 the Dingell plan] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel abandon] [ARG1 the president 's proposal for a cap on utilities ' sulfur-dioxide emissions] .
- In a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee , the General Accounting Office and the Congressional Budget Office , which *T*-1 both are arms of Congress , advised [ARG0 the new S&L bailout agency] *-3 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 plans * to raise temporary working capital through debt issued * from an agency that *T*-2 would n't be counted *-103 on the federal budget] .
- The committee is formulating Hong Kong 's constitution for when it reverts to Chinese control in 1997 *T*-1 , and Chinese lawmakers said 0 the two can only return if [ARG0 they] `` [rel abandon] [ARG1 their antagonistic stand against the Chinese government and their attempt * to nullify the Sino-British joint declaration on Hong Kong] . ''
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 StatesWest] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel abandoning] [ARG1 its pursuit of the much-larger Mesa] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 Penney] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 another home shopping venture , Telaction Corp. ,] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 investing $ 106 million *U* in it] .
- *-1 Under attack by its own listed companies and powerful floor traders , the New York Stock Exchange is considering *-1 reinstituting [ARG1 a `` collar ''] on program trading that [ARG0 it] [rel abandoned] *T*-134 [ARGM-TMP last year] , according to people familiar with the Big Board .
- [ARG0 The exchange] , which *T*-149 [rel abandoned] [ARG1 such a `` collar ''] [ARGM-TMP last year] [ARGM-CAU because it did n't prevent sharp price swings] , has been under attack recently for * not taking action against program trading .
- When the weather cools *T*-1 , Mr. Baker says 0 *T*-2 , hobos often hole up in [rel abandoned] [ARG1 houses] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Gonzalez and his colleagues , particularly the finance minister , Carlos Solchaga ,] are charged *-1 with *-4 having [rel abandoned] [ARG1 their socialist principles] and with *-4 having become arrogant elitists who *T*-2 refuse even *-3 to go on television -LRB- controlled * by the state -RRB- *-5 to face their accusers .
- It *EXP*-1 would be sad for [ARG0 Mr. Gonzalez] to [rel abandon] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to appease his foes] .
- `` There can be no question of [ARG0 us] [ARGM-MNR unilaterally] [rel abandoning] [ARG1 the armed struggle] , '' he said *T*-1 . ``
- Pretoria releases the ANC leaders , most of whom *T*-1 were serving life sentences , and allows them to speak freely , *-2 hoping that [ARG0 the ANC] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel abandon] [ARG1 its use of violence] .
- Consumers Power Co. , now the main unit of CMS Energy , ran into financial problems over [ARG1 its $ 4.2 billion *U* Midland nuclear plant] , which *T*-2 was [rel abandoned] *-1 as [ARG2-as a nuclear facility] [ARGM-TMP in 1984] [ARGM-CAU because of construction delays and high costs] .
- [ARG0 Saudi Arabia , OPEC 's kingpin ,] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 a policy of * flooding the market *-1 to punish quota-cheaters] .
- [ARG1 Rigid ideological restrictions on property ownership] [ARGM-MOD should] be [rel abandoned] *-1 .
- Yesterday 's vote on Japanese-American reparations ensures final enactment of [ARG0 the entitlement provision] , which *T*-1 [rel abandons] [ARG1 earlier efforts * to find offsetting cuts] but is seen *-2 as a more realistic path to * expediting compensation first authorized * in 1988 .
- Thieves stole a 12th century fresco from an [rel abandoned] [ARG1 church] [ARGM-LOC in Camerino , Italy ,] by *-3 removing the entire wall on which the work had been painted *-1 *T*-4 , police said 0 *T*-2 ... .
- This is no place for pedestrians , but at 7:30 on a recent morning , when construction choked traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection to one lane *T*-1 , [ARG0 a taxi passenger] found it *EXP*-2 faster * to [rel abandon] [ARG1 the cab] and walk to her destination .
- In what *T*-1 amounts to an admission that the transition has n't gone as smoothly as Sears had hoped , [ARG0 the giant retailer] is now trying new ways 0 * to drum up business without *-3 appearing *-4 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 its seven-month-old strategy] *T*-2 .
- Sears officials insist 0 [ARG0 they] do n't intend *-1 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 the everyday pricing approach] [ARGM-ADV in the face of the poor results] .
- *-2 Insisting that they are protected *-1 by the Voting Rights Act , a group of whites brought a federal suit in 1987 *-2 to demand that [ARG0 the city] [rel abandon] [ARG1 at-large voting for the nine member City Council] and create nine electoral districts , including four safe white districts .
- `` [ARG0 They] started , and then [rel abandoned] [ARG1 it] . ''
- Single-cell protein never panned out , and [ARG0 most companies] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 such research] .
- Ford 's need * to acquire some or all of Jaguar became more acute last week when [ARG0 it] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 a four-year effort * to market its German-built Merkur Scorpio sedan as a European luxury import in the U.S.] *T*-1 .
- Mr. Downey 's previous show , a one-hour shout fest , syndciated * by MCA Inc. and produced * by Quantum Media Inc. , was canceled *-1 in July after [ARG0 advertisers and stations] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 it] .
- Last week , Ford encountered a setback in its effort * to broaden its U.S. luxury offerings when [ARG0 it] was forced *-2 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 a four-year-old effort * to market its German-built Scorpio sedan in the U.S. as a luxury import under the Merkur brand name] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP In 1979] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARG0 Westinghouse] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 the project] [ARGM-ADV along with its stake in advanced television] .
- And , because [ARG0 China 's leaders] have [rel abandoned] [ARG1 plans * to drastically reform the economy] , it is likely *-2 to continue , analysts say 0 *T*-1 .
- A community of [rel abandoned] [ARG1 farmsteads] , failing businesses , and crumbling roads and bridges is hardly a desirable one ... .
- Mr. Hoelzer , however , sued Stamford , *-1 claiming that [ARG0 the city] had [rel abandoned] [ARG1 the artwork] and that it had waited too long *-2 to reclaim it .
- The judge also ruled that [ARG1 the painting] was [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel abandoned] *-2 [ARGM-CAU because officials did n't intend for it to be thrown away *-1 and were unaware that the workmen had discarded it] .
- [ARG0 The action] [rel abandons] [ARG1 earlier efforts * to find offsetting cuts 0 *T*-1 to fund the payments] , but is widely seen *-2 as a more realistic means of * expediting reparations first authorized * in 1988 .
- Pilferage climbed dramatically as [ARG1 many angry employees] `` felt [rel abandoned] by [ARG0-by the former owners] , '' says 0 *T*-1 the University of Florida sociologist .
- From a helicopter a thousand feet above Oakland after the second-deadliest earthquake in U.S. history , a scene of devastation *ICH*-1 emerges : a freeway crumbled * into a concrete sandwich , hoses pumping water into once-fashionable apartments , [rel abandoned] [ARG1 autos] .
- Atop them sit *T*-1 [ARG1 cars and trucks] [rel abandoned] * [ARGM-ADV in a terrifying scramble * to safety the day before] .
- [ARG0 The country] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 its former devotion to socialist unity] and took to *-1 insisting instead that each country in the bloc ought *-2 to travel its own road .
- [ARGM-MNR In *-1 trying *-2 to raid USAir] , [ARG0 Mr. Steinhardt] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 his usual role as a passive investor] , and ran into snags .
- [ARG0 Caltrans] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 double-decking] [ARGM-TMP in the early 1970s] , [ARGM-TMP following the 1971 Sylmar earthquake that *T*-1 destroyed freeway sections just north of Los Angeles] , Mr. O'Connell explained 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Abandoning] [ARG1 socialism] means * abandoning the East German state 's reason for existence , and with it the justification for its watchdogs and its Wall .
- * Abandoning socialism means [ARG0 *] [rel abandoning] [ARG1 the East German state 's reason for existence , and with it the justification for its watchdogs and its Wall] .
- If this version , with its references to Steven Spielberg , Spago and `` thirtysomething '' attracts younger audiences who *T*-1 might stay away from the classical version , then [ARG0 Messrs. Bartlett and Falls] are justified in *-2 [rel abandoning] [ARG1 Mr. Wilbur] .
- The stock market reacted as Mr. Rahn did *?* , *-2 crumbling as it absorbed the news that [ARG1 Mr. Darman 's strategy] had been [rel abandoned] *-1 .
- The deposits came from savings kept * in a Tupperware breadbox ; he saved $ 47,000 *U* in 1974-81 by *-2 living with family members and pinching pennies and $ 45,000 *U* of secret gifts from [ARG0 his remorseful father] , who *T*-82 had [rel abandoned] [ARG1 the family] [ARGM-TMP in 1955] .
- [ARGM-DIS Of course] , [ARG0 neither President Bush nor the Congress] has [ARGM-ADV actually] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 the Contras or SDI] .
- Scott Paper Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel abandoning] [ARG1 a proposed $ 650 million *U* tree-farming project in Indonesia] [ARGM-CAU because it no longer expects *-1 to use as much eucalyptus pulp as * previously anticipated] .
- Despite continuing troubles with problem properties and nonperforming loans , the Dallas trust said 0 [ARG0 it] has rebuilt reserves , [rel abandoned] [ARG1 properties with little potential] and experienced improved operating results from joint ventures .
- Expo enthusiasts argue that * holding the fair would attract businesses , create jobs and help *-1 renovate [rel abandoned] [ARG1 sections] of town .
- Such dignity `` has *-2 to do crucially with [ARG0 a butler 's] ability * [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel abandon] [ARG1 the professional being 0 he inhabits *T*-1] . ''
- [ARG0 He] [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [rel abandoned] [ARG1 his search for the Reuters shares] .
- [ARG0 Most institutional investors] have [rel abandoned] [ARG1 the portfolio insurance hedging technique , which *T*-1 is widely thought *-2 to have worsened the 1987 crash] .
- But their 1987 performance indicates that [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel abandon] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-ADV unless conditions get far worse] .
- [ARG0 Even Mr. Treybig] is reluctant *-1 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 this notion] , * insisting that Tandem 's new machines are n't replacements for IBM 's mainframes .
- As it happened , political resistance developed among educational and minority interests that *T*-1 count on the present education grant system , so [ARG0 the national-service devotees] decided *-2 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 the supposedly crucial principle of `` * give in order * to get] . ''
- [ARG0 The Peugeot metalworkers] began *-2 filing out of the shop , which *T*-1 makes auto parts , at the plant in Mulhouse after * voting 589 to 193 *-3 to [rel abandon] [ARG1 the occupation] .
- The lower net included a charge of $ 35 million *U* , equal to 12 cents a share on an after-tax basis , for the cost of [ARG0 *] [rel abandoning] [ARG1 a computer-systems joint venture with Siemens AG of West Germany] .