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frames- [ARG0 The total] [rel marks] [ARG1 the sixth consecutive monthly decline] .
- He has in tow his prescient girlfriend , [ARG0 whose sassy retorts] *T*-54 [rel mark] [ARG1 her] [ARGM-MNR as anything but a docile butterfly] .
- [ARG0 The finding] [rel marks] [ARG1 a significant step in research on `` bulk '' superconductors , which *T*-2 are aimed *-1 at use in wires for motors , magnets , generators and other applications] .
- But [ARG0 it] [rel marks] [ARG1 a big change for the Japanese , who *T*-177 shunned mortgage securities after *-1 getting burned *-2 by a big downturn in interest rates a few years back] .
- [ARG0 Gulf Power 's guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Robert L. Vining] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel marks] [ARG1 the end of only one part of a wide-ranging inquiry of Southern Co] .
- Banca Nazionale del Lavoro said 0 [ARG0 its potential losses from * lending to Iraq] could reach 1.175 trillion lire -LRB- $ 872 million *U* -RRB- , *-1 [rel marking] [ARG1 the bank 's first quantification of potential costs of unauthorized lending by its Atlanta branch] .
- [ARG0 The campaign] replaces its `` * Take Comfort in Cotton '' ads and [rel marks] [ARG1 the end of its national cooperative advertising efforts] .
- [ARG0 The drop] [rel marked] [ARG1 the largest monthly tumble since a 19 % slide in January 1982] .
- But [ARG0 LTV 's move] [rel marks] [ARG1 the first effort *ICH*-1 by a major steelmaker * to counter the free fall in spot prices] .
- In remarks at [ARG0 a White House ceremony] [rel marking] [ARG1 Polish Heritage Month] , Mr. Bush announced that Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter , Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher and Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole will lead the U.S. group .
- '' Minority Leader Dole plans *-2 to offer a resolution tomorrow *-3 denouncing the Nicaraguan president , whose remarks *T*-1 came during [ARG0 a celebration] in Costa Rica [rel marking] [ARG1 regional moves to democracy] .
- [ARG0 The tentative settlement between Gulf Power , a Pensacola , Fla. , electric company , and federal prosecutors] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel mark] [ARG1 the end of one part of a wide-ranging inquiry of Southern Co. in the past year] .
- [ARG0 The introductions] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel mark] [ARG1 Texas Instruments ' plunge back into a technology 0 it has all but ignored *T*-1 for the past several years] .
- [ARG0 September sales at major Japanese retail stores] rose 9.4 % from a year earlier to 1.388 trillion yen -LRB- $ 9.81 billion *U* -RRB- , * [rel marking] [ARG1 the fifth-consecutive monthly increase] , the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 General Motors Corp.] wants *-1 to buy as much as 15 % of Jaguar PLC , *-2 [rel marking] [ARG1 its first salvo in a possible full-scale battle against Ford Motor Co. for control of the British car maker] .
- While the joint venture affects only a small part of Bethlehem 's operations , it is significant because [ARG0 it] [rel marks] [ARG1 the first time 0 the nation 's No. 2 steelmaker has joined forces with a foreign partner *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 The move , which *T*-2 was expected *-1 ,] marks the first time since Prohibition that Coors has sold a non-alcoholic beverage *T*-4 , and [rel marks] [ARG1 the company 's entry into a crowded , but fast-growing market that *T*-3 generated about $ 2.2 billion *U* in sales last year] .
- [ARG0 The move , which *T*-2 was expected *-1 ,] [rel marks] [ARG1 the first time since Prohibition that Coors has sold a non-alcoholic beverage *T*-4] , and marks the company 's entry into a crowded , but fast-growing market that *T*-3 generated about $ 2.2 billion *U* in sales last year .
- [ARG0 The do-it-yourself show , slated * to start *-1 airing by June 1990 ,] [rel marks] [ARG1 Sears 's entry into the burgeoning market of home repair television programs] and could bolster sales of its home improvement products .
- Yesterday 's sluggish action was in [rel marked] [ARG1 contrast] to the rearing and plunging of stock prices Tuesday after the proposed buy-out of UAL Corp. once again collapsed .
- Separately , [ARG0 two more of the nation 's top steelmakers -- Armco Inc. and National Intergroup Inc. --] reported lower operating earnings in their steel businesses , * [rel marking] [ARG1 what *T*-1 is generally believed *-2 to be the end of a two-year boom in the industry] .
- Also , [ARG0 Armco and National Intergroup] had lower operating profit in steel , * [rel marking] [ARG1 what *T*-1 may be the end of a two-year industry boom] .
- [ARG0 The Bear Stearns order] that *T*-1 [rel marked] [ARG1 the late-day turnaround] caused a `` massive buying effort '' as UAL jumped $ 20 *U* a share to $ 170 *U* in the last half hour , said 0 *T*-2 Mr. Bates .
- [ARG0 The agreement] [rel marks] [ARG1 Bausch & Lomb 's first venture selling its eye care products for use by veterinarians] .
- Analysts said 0 [ARG0 that 6.3 % level] [rel marked] [ARG1 the poorest showing for any major British rights issue since the 1987 global stock market crash] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although Italy 's investigation of whether Olivetti had violated Western export-control rules had previously been made *-1 known] , [ARG0 this] [rel marked] [ARG1 the first time 0 the unit and product were named *-2 *T*-3] .
- [ARG0 IBM 's announcement , which *T*-1 was expected *-2 and will formally be made *-2 to customers today ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel marks] [ARG1 an attempt * to gain credibility on the plant floor , where Digital Equipment Corp. has long dominated *T*-3 and where Hewlett-Packard Co. has recently gained market share *T*-4] .
- [ARG0 The deposit numbers for August] [rel marked] [ARG1 a swing back to huge outflows] [ARGM-TMP after a July net deposit inflow of $ 54 million *U* -- the only net inflow in more than a year] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel marks] [ARG1 a `` major commitment to -LCB- real estate -RCB- development , which we have n't been involved *-1 with *T*-3 before] , '' said 0 *T*-2 Dale Hanson , the fund 's executive director .
- [ARG0 The $ 14 billion *U* level in June] [rel marked] [ARG1 a drop from $ 19 billion *U* at the end of April] .
- Mr. Hastings 's case was particularly nettlesome because [ARG0 it] [rel marked] [ARG1 the first time 0 a federal official was impeached *-2 and removed *-2 from office on charges of which a jury had acquitted him *T*-3 *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Tokyo stocks] closed higher in active trading Friday , * [rel marking] [ARG1 the fourth consecutive daily gain since Monday 's sharp fall] .
- [ARGM-LOC In turmoil caused * by the previous Friday 's plunge in New York stocks] , [ARG0 the Nikkei] [rel marked] [ARG1 a sharp 647.33-point fall] [ARGM-TMP Monday] .
- [ARG0 The transaction] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel mark] [ARG1 the entry of P&G into cosmetics] .
- [ARG0 It] [rel marked] [ARG1 the first time 0 a U.S. official was impeached *-1 on charges of which a jury had acquitted him *T*-3 *T*-2] .
- USX already has six lines in existing plants producing hot-dipped galvanized steel , [ARGM-DIS but] [ARG0 this] [rel marks] [ARG1 the first so-called greenfield plant for such production] .
- [ARG0 Switzerland 's wholesale price index] increased 0.3 % in September from August , and was up 3.9 % from a year ago , * [rel marking] [ARG1 the first time this year that the index has fallen below 4 % on a year-to-year basis *T*-1] , the government reported 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The earnings] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel mark] [ARG1 a significant drop from the second quarter 's $ 45.3 million *U* or $ 1.25 *U* a share] .
- While [ARG0 last year 's figure] was down from 13.4 % in 1987 and [rel marked] [ARG1 the fifth consecutive annual decline in the poverty rate] , the Census Bureau said 0 the 1988 drop was n't statistically significant .
- [ARG0 * Developing an executive-model range] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel mark] [ARG1 a major departure for Britain 's leading luxury-car maker] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel mark] [ARG1 the second consecutive quarterly loss for Commodore] and will raise additional questions about whether it can sustain the turnaround 0 it had seemed *-2 to be engineering *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARG0 even results approaching break-even] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel mark] [ARG1 a sharp weakening] [ARGM-ADV compared with fiscal 1989 first-quarter earnings of $ 9.6 million *U* , or 30 cents a share , on sales of $ 200.2 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Last year 's figure] was down from 13.4 % in 1987 and [rel marked] [ARG1 the fifth consecutive annual decline in the poverty rate] .
- In a speech prepared * for delivery in New York yesterday , retired Justice Lewis Powell contested the notion that [ARG0 the last Supreme Court term] [rel marked] [ARG1 a turn toward conservatism] : `` Commentators who *T*-1 agreed on little else unanimously proclaimed a ` shift in direction ' on the court ... .
- [ARG0 It] was down more than 40 points a half-hour before the close , * [rel marking] [ARG1 a 61.5-point turnaround from its high , reached * in the first 15 minutes of trading] .
- It 's 1956 , [ARGM-TMP the year] 0 [ARG0 the Suez crisis] [rel marked] [ARG1 the final end of Empire] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Both estimates] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel mark] [ARG1 declines from the 1988 net of $ 5.81 billion *U* , or $ 9.80 *U* a share , which *T*-2 itself was well below the record 0 IBM set *T*-1 in 1984] .
- [ARG0 The August rise] [rel marked] [ARG1 the fifth straight monthly gain for the indicator , which *T*-1 uses the 1967 average as a base of 100] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel marks] [ARG1 P&G 's growing concern that its Japanese rivals , such as Kao Corp. , may bring their superconcentrates to the U.S.] .
- Alan Nymark , executive vice president of Investment Canada , which *T*-1 oversees foreign takeovers , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel marked] [ARG1 the first time in its four-year history that the agency has made an adverse net-benefit decision about the acquisition of a publicly traded company *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 Justice William Brennan] [rel marks] [ARG1 the start of his 34th year on the Supreme Court] [ARGM-TMP today] *T*-1 , the occasion will differ sharply from previous anniversaries of his tenure .
- [ARG0 Friday 's fall] [rel marks] [ARG1 the start of a bear market] , says 0 *T*-1 Mr. Davis , president of Ned Davis Research Inc .
- `` [ARG0 This] [rel marks] [ARG1 a significant shift in the interest rate outlook] , '' says *T*-1 William Sullivan , director of money market research at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. , New York .
- [ARG0 The carnage among takeover stocks Friday] does n't mean the end of mega-mergers but [ARGM-ADV simply] [rel marks] [ARG1 the start of a less ambitious game] , Wall Street 's big-time deal makers say *T*-1 .