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frames- Several traders maintained that [ARG0 the Merc 's 12-point circuit-breaker] [rel aggravated] [ARG1 the market slide Oct. 13] by [ARG2-by *-1 directing additional selling pressure to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange] .
- The Health Insurance Association of America , an insurers ' trade group , acknowledges that [ARG0 stiff competition *ICH*-1 among its members * to insure businesses likely * to be good risks during the first year of coverage] has [rel aggravated] [ARG1 the problem in the small-business market] .
- And while signs of an economic slowdown , softer corporate earnings and troubles with takeover financing all have contributed to the stock market 's recent weakness , many investors rushed *-1 to blame [ARG0 program trading] for [rel aggravating] [ARG1 market] swings .
- [ARG0 The Federal Housing Administration , Veterans Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development] [ARGM-DIS further] [rel aggravate] [ARG1 the problem of affordable housing stock] by `` [ARG2-by *-3 buying in '' to their foreclosed properties -LRB- of which there are , alas , many *T*-1 -RRB- at an inflated `` balance due '' -- * say $ 80,000 *U* on a house worth $ 55,000 *U* -- instead of allowing a free market to price the house for what it 's really worth *T*-2] .
- The 321-99 roll call vote reflected broad support for the disaster assistance , but [ARG0 the cost to the Treasury] is sure *-1 to [rel aggravate] [ARG1 budget pressures] [ARGM-TMP this year and next] [ARGM-LOC under the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction law] .
- Insurance analysts say 0 [ARG1 the exchange 's downturn in profitability] is likely *-2 to be [rel aggravated] *-1 by [ARG0-by more than $ 600 million *U* in aviation losses -LRB- including the 1988 Pan Am airline disaster over Lockerbie , Scotland -RRB- and a still-uncalculated chunk of claims from September 's Hurricane Hugo] .
- [ARG1 The threat to China 's balance of payments] is [ARGM-DIS further] [rel aggravated] *-1 by [ARG0-by the plunge in its foreign-exchange reserves] , excluding gold holdings .
- [ARG1 The situation] was [ARGM-DIS further] [rel aggravated] *-1 [ARGM-TMP early this month , when McDonald 's set plans * to heat up the discounting by *-3 offering coupons *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , by [ARG2-by *-1 stepping outside the state 's pro-choice tradition] , [ARG0 Mr. Courter] [rel aggravates] [ARG1 fears that he is too conservative as well on more pressing concerns such as auto insurance rates and the environment] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the networks ' push] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel aggravate] [ARG1 an increasingly bitter rift between them and Hollywood studios] .