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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]  .