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frames- `` [ARG1 What sector is *T*-46 stepping forward *-2 to pick up the slack ?] '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARGM-TMP the next time 0 Mr. Wilder talks about the rights of women *T*-1] , [ARG0 *] [rel ask] [ARG2 him] about [ARG1-about this law 0 he tried *-3 to pass *T*-2] . ''
- `` [ARG1 Who *T*-1 's really lying] ? '' [rel asks] *T*-2 [ARG0 a female voice] .
- `` [ARG1 Do I have much sympathy for her ?] '' [ARG0 Mr. Watson] [rel asks] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The mathematics section of the widely used California Achievement Test] [rel asks] [ARG2 fifth graders] : `` [ARG1 What is *T*-1 another name for the Roman numeral IX ?] ''
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Asked] *-2 [ARG1 whether the bidding flap would hurt U.S.-Japan relations] , Mr. Yamamoto said , `` this will be a minus factor . ''
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Asked] *-2 [ARG1 whether potential advertisers will be scared *-83 away by the magazine 's direct policy] , Ms. Poore replies : `` I do n't know and I do n't care .
- Owner Al Brownstein originally planned *-1 to sell it for $ 60 *U* a bottle , but [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 a retailer in Southern California] [rel asked] , `` [ARG1 Is that wholesale or retail] ? '' *T*-2 he re-thought the matter .
- [ARGM-TMP At another point] [ARGM-TMP during the hearing] , [ARG0 Rep. Markey] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Phelan] [ARG1 what *T*-1 would be discussed *-133 at a New York exchange board meeting today] .
- `` In Moscow , [ARG0 they] kept *-5 [rel asking] [ARG2 us] [ARG1 things like , ` Why do you make 15 different corkscrews , when all 0 you need *T*-3 is one good one *T*-4 *T*-2 ? '] '' he says *T*-1 .
- `` You may come by the agency *-3 to read but not copy either manually or by * photocopying , '' a Voice official explained *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 I] [rel asked] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 the company] [rel asked] [ARG1 members] [ARGM-LOC in a mailing] which cars they would like *-3 to get information about *T*-2 for possible future purchases *T*-1 , Buick came in fourth among U.S. cars and in the top 10 of all cars , the spokeswoman says 0 *T*-4 .
- I had *-3 to reach back to French 101 when [ARG0 the monsieur avec clipboard] leaned over my shoulder during the coffee phase of dinner and [rel asked] [ARG1 whether I wanted *-2 to ride in a montgolfiere] *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG1 So what if you miss 50 tanks somewhere ?] '' [rel asks] *T*-1 [ARG0 Rep. Norman Dicks -LRB- D. , Wash. -RRB- , a member of the House group that *T*-110 visited the talks in Vienna] .
- `` [ARG1 Do n't you think 0 I ought *-2 to get a commission ... or part of your fee in this case] ? '' Mr. Green said 0 [ARG0 the judge] [rel asked] [ARG2 him] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In either case] , [ARG0 *] [rel ask] [ARG2-REC yourself] [ARG1 whether you have become better informed on the issues under protest by *-1 watching the act of civil disobedience] .
- But [ARG0 they] also are *-1 to see that taxpayers get all allowable tax benefits and to [rel ask] [ARG1 if filers who *T*-279 sought IRS aid were satisfied with it] .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] *-2 [ARG1 if the Soviets , like Chinese officials , wo n't one day face a similar conflict between the desire * to liberalize economically and yet retain political control] , Mr. Lee said , `` I would think that the Soviets face a deeper dilemma because they have been more in blinkers than the Chinese -- I mean * keeping their people cut off *-3 from the outside world . ''
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-3 about [ARG1-about the possibility of greater economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific nations , which *T*-1 will be discussed *-247 Nov. 6 and 7 at a ministerial meeting in Canberra] , Mr. Lee said 0 the goal `` is * to have a free and open world trading system . ''
- On U.S. military presence in Asia : [ARG2 *-3] [rel Asked] *-4 [ARG1 if his offer * to allow the American military to use facilities in Singapore would help preserve America 's presence in the region at bases in the Philippines] , he said , `` What we have done *T*-302 is * make it *EXP*-1 easier for the Philippines to continue *-5 to host American bases without it being said 0 they are lackeys of the imperialists and the only ones in Asia or in Southeast Asia .
- [ARG2 *-3] [rel Asked] *-4 [ARG1 why so few nations seem *-2 to share his views of America *T*-1] , he said , `` Many people see it that way .
- The discrepancy may be because [ARG0 *] [rel asking] [ARG2 people] about [ARG1-about their fitness regime] is a bit like * inquiring about their love life .
- [ARG0 Mr. Baker] hears her out , pokes around a bit , [rel asks] [ARG1 a few questions] and proposes some explanations .
- In short , the problem is not intra-administration disagreement , but preoccupation with the prospect that perestrokia might fail , and [ARG0 its political opponents] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] `` [ARG1 Who *T*-1 lost Gorbachev] ? ''
- Vice Chancellor Maurice A. Hartnett III of Delaware 's Court of Chancery heard arguments for more than two hours here , but [ARG0 he] made no comment and [rel asked] [ARG1 no questions] .
- [ARG0 One] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-ADV well] [rel ask] : [ARG1 Why * bother with this drug at all *T*-1] ?
- [ARG0 Some abortion advocates] have been [rel asking] [ARG2-REC themselves] [ARG1 this very question] .
- Separately , UAL stock rose $ 4 *U* a share to $ 175 *U* in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange on reports that [ARG0 Los Angeles investor Marvin Davis] has [rel asked] [ARG2 United Airlines unions] [ARG1 if they 're interested in * cooperating with Mr. Davis in a new bid for UAL] .
- Mr. Carver says that [ARGM-LOC at a recent Dain-sponsored conference in New York] , [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 Michael 's chief executive officer] [ARG1 if the fourth quarter would be down] .
- `` [ARG1 What good] is *T*-1 * having health insurance , '' [ARG0 she] [rel asked] *T*-2 , `` when it 's so expensive that it becomes impossible 0 * to keep *T*-4 after only one major claim *T*-3 ?
- Again , [ARG0 you] have *-1 to [rel ask] [ARG1 the obvious question : Why would intelligent beings kidnap seven Soviet mailmen *T*-2] ?
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-3 [ARG1 what he would do *T*-1 differently on the morrow] , Craig allowed that he might play his outfielders deeper , `` maybe on the other side of the fence . ''
- `` [ARG1 The break-even point for next year is much lower , but is it low enough ?] '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Dennis O'Brien , the treasurer of Commonwealth Edison Co. in Chicago ,] adopts a polite approach , *-1 waiting for an opportunity * to [rel ask] about [ARG1-about the forecast] .
- [ARG1 Is that the forecast ?] '' [ARG0 Mr. O'Brien] [rel asks] *T*-1 , [ARGM-ADV *-2 trying *-3 to pin down the economist] .
- [ARGM-DIS Or] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARG0 we] [rel ask] [ARG2 you] [ARG1 why you changed your forecast just when it 's about *-1 to be right *T*-2] ? ''
- This somewhat-ambiguous assessment moves [ARG0 one Alliance portfolio manager] to [rel ask] : `` [ARG1 So , what *T*-1 is this -- a Stealth recession] ? ''
- [ARG2 *-4] [rel Asked] *-3 [ARG1 how the company hopes *-1 to expand its computer hardware business *T*-2] , Mr. Ousley said 0 it sees good opportunities in systems integration .
- If [ARG0 someone] [rel asks] , * just lie and tell them 0 it will be done *-1 , '' Mr. de la Bouillaire says 0 Mr. Baird told them *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG1 How many shares *T*-1 will be around in 1995 ?] '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Urging LIN directors *-3 to conduct `` a fair auction on a level playing field] , '' [ARG0 McCaw] [rel asked] [ARG1 how well the public interest would be served *-1 *T*-4 `` with the Bell operating companies controlling over 94 % of all cellular -LCB- potential customers -RCB- in the nation 's top 10 markets] .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] *-3 [ARG1 whether they agreed or disagreed with the claim that men are emotionally better *ICH*-2 suited to politics than women] , 70 % of the Reagan generation disagreed , compared with under 60 % of younger men and women in the earlier years .
- `` I 'd be destroying myself , '' replies *T*-3 [ARG0 Mr. Korotich] , who *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP then] [rel asks] , `` [ARG1 What would that accomplish *T*-2 ?]
- Witnesses have said 0 [ARG0 the grand jury] has [rel asked] [ARG1 numerous questions about Jacob F. `` Jake '' Horton , the senior vice president of Gulf Power who *T*-1 died in the plane crash in April] .
- He says 0 [ARG1 the big questions -- `` Do you really need this much money *-2 to put up these investments ? Have you told investors what *T*-1 is happening in your sector ? What about your track record ? -- ``] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel asked] *-3 of [ARG2-of companies coming to market] .
- [ARG0 They] are approaching everyone on the street and [rel asking] [ARG1 if they want *-1 to be in a docudrama] . ''
- The pertinent question , coming at the end of a lengthy , confidential questionnaire , was this : `` Are there [ARG1-about things] about your college life 0 you would like *-1 to tell us *T*-2 that [ARG0 we] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel ask] about *T*-3 ? ''
- [ARG1 `` What *T*-1 could have been better ? ''] [rel asks] *T*-2 [ARG0 Mr. Engelken] .
- [ARG0 Betsy Engelken] [rel asked] [ARG1 the same question] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] , [ARGM-TMP when her husband was about to turn 50 *T*-1] .
- And [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 Mr. Engelken] [rel asked] [ARG2 him] [ARG1 why he took time *ICH*-1 *ICH*-2 off from work for somebody 0 he did n't even know *T*-4 *T*-5] *T*-6 , Bobby Thomson replied : `` You know , Albert , 0 if you have the chance *ICH*-3 in life * to make somebody this happy , you have an obligation * to do it . ''
- [ARG2 He] is taken *-4 aback in an interview when * [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 whether , as mayor , he plans on * reforming the political `` fiefdoms '' that *T*-2 perpetuate the monumental ineffectiveness of New York 's school system] *T*-3 .
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-1 about [ARG1-about his greatest achievement in public life] , he first speaks about the quality of his staff .
- According to individuals familiar with Mr. Antar 's case , prosecutors issued their warning this week after [ARG0 one of Mr. Antar 's attorneys] [rel asked] [ARG1 whether legal fees might be subject to seizure] .
- *-2 [rel Asked] [ARG2 *-3] [ARG1 whether there is anything 0 Congress should do *T*-1 *-4 to curb the LBO boom] , Mr. Brady responded , `` I think 0 the LBO phenomenon , -LRB- while -RRB- it wo n't stop completely , will be a thing of the past . ''
- But [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 *-3] [rel asked] [ARG1 what exactly he does *T*-1 in business] *T*-2 , he immediately takes offense .
- `` [ARG0 You] should know [ARG1 what questions] * to [rel ask] *T*-1 [ARGM-PNC * to get people to answer] . ''
- `` [ARG1 Where 's the bid *T*-1] ? '' [rel asked] *T*-2 [ARG0 Pierre Panet-Raymond , an analyst and broker with Toronto securities dealer McDermid St. Lawrence Ltd] .
- As [ARG0 members of the Black Caucus in Congress] [rel asked] [ARGM-TMP during the debate on the legislation that *T*-1 freed Dr. Morgan] , does anyone seriously believe that if she were an uneducated , black , working-class woman , Congress would have rushed *-2 to pass a private relief bill freeing her ?
- [ARG0 *] To [rel ask] [ARG1 those questions] is * to answer them .
- [ARG0 I] [rel ask] [ARG1 this] [ARGM-MNR not necessarily as a native Ohioan] . -RRB-
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] look to the leadership and [rel ask] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 why that is the perception of the American people *T*-1] . ''
- `` [ARG1 Who *T*-1 wants *-2 to be a public shareholder investing in a company controlled * by the pilots ' union ?] '' [rel asks] *T*-3 [ARG0 Candace Browning , an analyst at Wertheim Schroeder & Co] .
- [ARG1 Why has it *EXP*-1 taken people so long for people to understand 0 pediatric AIDS is a major problem *T*-3 ? ''] [rel asked] *T*-4 [ARG0 Helen Kushnick , whose son Samuel *T*-2 died six years ago at age three , *-5 victim of a tainted transfusion] .
- [ARG1 `` Why did it *EXP*-2 take Burroughs Wellcome so long * to apply '' for treatment investigational new drug status ?] [ARG0 the New York Democrat] [rel asked] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG2 Mr. Pilson] is [rel asked] *-1 [ARGM-MNR directly] *T*-2 -- [ARG1 can you make money on all this ?] -- he does n't exactly say yes .
- `` [ARG1 What] [ARG0 you] 're [ARGM-ADV really] [rel asking] *T*-1 is , Are the profit and loss margins anticipated * on the events acceptable to management ? '' he says *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP During the trial] , [ARG0 Mr. Lang] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Lorin] [ARG1 whether he had been so upset `` that you considered *-1 killing Mr. Laff ?] ...
- When [ARG0 Mr. Lang] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Lorin] [ARG1 whether he had taken steps 0 * to have Mr. Laff killed *T*-2] *T*-1 , the witness again said no .
- `` In all honesty if [ARG0 you] [rel ask] [ARG2 me] , ` [ARG1 Is this man a true believer ?] ' I do n't know , '' says *T*-1 John Fowler , head of the Washington-based Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life Inc .
- `` [ARG1 If the dialogue was based *-1 on the assumption that Arafat or the PLO would stop terrorism , and we have evidence of continued terrorism , what *T*-2 would be the logical conclusion ?] '' [ARG0 Mr. Carmon] [rel asked] *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 WHY * BE A MIDDLEMAN for charitable gifts *T*-1 ?] [ARG0 a retiree] [rel asks] *T*-2 .
- So [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 the IRS] [ARG1 if the plan would work] .
- `` [ARG1 Is there really a commitment or an illusion of activity] ? '' [ARG0 he] [rel asks] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The two surveys] , which *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 different questions] , were conducted *-2 * using national random probability samples .
- [ARG0 The consultants] help the defense lawyers find such jurors by *-1 [rel asking] [ARG1 questions about potential jurors ' attitudes toward volunteer work , or toward particular movies or books] .
- [ARGM-ADV Maybe] [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel ask] [ARG1 why it was *T*-1 that Du Pont so quickly capitulated and issued a statement *ICH*-3 , giving it wide publicity , that it was withdrawing CFCs *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 *] [ARGM-ADV Just] [rel ask] [ARG2 Richard Blumenfeld , a New Jersey dentist who *T*-1 considers himself `` a reasonably sophisticated investor] . ''
- The tagline : `` [ARG0 I] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel asked] [ARG1 if she wanted a Jim Beam] .
- If [ARG0 I] were *-1 to [rel ask] [ARG2 a sample of American parents] , `` [ARG1 Do you wish the elementary schools to encourage creativity in your children ?] '' the near-unanimous answer would be , `` Yes , of course . ''
- [ARG2 *-5] [rel Asked] *-4 about [ARG1-about states that *T*-1 are taking a hard line] , he said , `` There are states that *T*-2 have asked for additional information , which we are providing *T*-3 to them . ''
- *-5 Asked *-4 about states that *T*-1 are taking a hard line , he said , `` There are [ARG0 states] that *T*-2 have [rel asked] for [ARG1-for additional information , which we are providing *T*-3 to them] . ''
- We 've heard California 's property-tax-cutting Proposition 13 blamed for a lot over the years , but ABC 's Ted Koppel came up with a new wrinkle in his earthquake coverage [ARGM-TMP last week] when [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 Democratic Assemblyman Richard Katz] [ARG1 if Prop. 13 had withheld money needed * for road maintenance] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Would I have done all those things successively if I did n't think 0 he was the right guy] ? '' [ARG0 Mr. Roman] [rel asked] *T*-1 .
- P.J. Mode , Wilmer Cutler 's managing partner , says 0 [ARG2 the trial team that *T*-3 represented Mr. Bundy] was [rel asked] *-1 by [ARG0-by the firm 's pro bono committee] [ARG1 whether the new case posed a conflict] and that no objections were raised *-2 .
- However , she remembers the lean years and recalls with relish *-1 wearing her first major American purchase -- that turban 10 years later and having [ARG0 a Los Angeles boutique owner] [rel ask] [ARG2 her] [ARG1 if it was a Chanel] .
- `` [ARGM-TMP When you 're at the club *T*-1] , [ARG0 you] [rel ask] [ARG1 whether they 've spoken to ` G] . '
- [ARGM-PNC For the survey] , [ARG0 Peter D. Hart Research Associates and the Roper Organization] [ARGM-ADV each] [rel asked] [ARG2 about 2,000 U.S. consumers] about [ARG1-about their buying habits] .
- `` [ARG1 Is the government not helping anybody] ? '' [rel asks] *T*-1 [ARG0 Toni Murray , an assistant to Mr. Lesko] .
- One example 0 he gives *T*-1 : `` [ARG0 She] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel ask] '' -LRB- [ARG1 why the Palestinian children are soldiers throwing stones *T*-2] -RRB- .
- Really now , did [ARG0 she] have *-1 to [rel ask] ?
- Mr. Utsumi said 0 [ARG0 the most 0 the ministry had ever done *T*-1] was * [rel ask] [ARG2 Japanese banks] about `` [ARG1-about the status of their participation '' in one previous U.S. leveraged buy-out] .
- `` [ARG1 If you are already producing at 95 % or 100 % *U* of your capacity , what *T*-2 's the good * to be told *-1 0 you can produce at 105 % of capacity] ? '' [rel asked] *T*-3 [ARG0 Mr. Al-Chalabi] .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] about [ARG1-about that] [ARGM-TMP the other day] , he replied , `` Anti-Semitic ?
- [ARGM-TMP When he was through *T*-1] , [ARG0 the court members] [rel asked] [ARG1 many questions] , then the chairman said 0 they would like *-2 to hear his manager 's side and talk to witnesses .
- [ARG0 We] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel ask] [ARG1 questions] [ARGM-TMP as you go along] , or we may wait until the end . ''
- Unlike Mr. Honecker , who *T*-1 tended *-2 to lecture people about socialist values , [ARG0 Mr. Krenz] enjoys *-3 [rel asking] [ARG1 questions] .
- [ARGM-TMP At one point] , [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 a worker] [ARG1 whether he thought 0 East Germans were fleeing the country because of restrictive travel policies] .
- For instance , [ARG0 salesmen] may counter a man 's objection that he wants *-2 to discuss an investment with his wife by *-3 [rel asking] , `` [ARG1 Who *T*-1 wears the pants in your family ?] ''
- Because in the end , [ARG0 these people] always wind up *-1 [rel asking] [ARG2-REC themselves] [ARG1 the same question : `` How could I be so stupid *T*-2 ? '']
- In *-2 looking at these and other policies , [ARG0 I] learn *-2 to [rel ask] [ARG1 pointed questions about some of the assumptions built * into `` policy illustrations '' -- the rows of numbers that *T*-1 show me the buildup of my cash values over the years] .
- There are seemingly endless twists to universal life , and it *EXP*-1 pays [ARG0 *] to [rel ask] [ARG1 questions] about all of them .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] [ARG1 the same question] [ARGM-TMP after his appearance] , Democrat Florio identifies a staff member by name and explains her whereabouts today .
- `` [ARGM-ADV If you want more opinions] [ARG0 *] [rel ask] [ARG2 my wife] .
- *-2 Perhaps primed *-3 by the daily diet of [ARG0 radio and TV reporters] thrusting microphones into people 's faces and [rel asking] [ARG1 how they `` feel '' about one calamity or another] , fellow reporters and civilians who *T*-1 spied my press credential were eager *-2 to chat .
- But [ARGM-ADV though] `` [ARG0 people in town] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel ask] [ARG1 why Guber needs Peters *T*-2] , it *EXP*-3 's good * to have a partner , and obviously the chemistry works , '' says 0 *T*-4 Steven Tisch , a producer who *T*-1 once worked for Mr. Guber .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 skeptics] [rel ask] [ARG1 why you should bother *-1 buying this stuff when you can get only slightly lower yields on government-guaranteed paper *T*-2] .
- The economy is decelerating after six good years , and `` right now it *EXP*-1 's better [ARG0 *] to shoot first and [rel ask] [ARG1 questions] [ARGM-TMP later] . ''
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-1 [ARG1 whether a $ 230-a-share *U* figure circulating in the market yesterday is too low] , he said , `` It 's certainly not too low . ''
- `` [ARG0 People] [rel asked] , [ARG1 is it really true ?] '' says *T*-2 Maury Kelley , vice president , marketing services , for Beecham Products USA , a maker of health and personal-care products that *T*-1 used the ranking in its recruiting brochure .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] [ARG0 one] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel ask] [ARG1 why people who *T*-3 sell eggs would fight someone who *T*-4 is trying *-1 to make it *EXP*-2 easier * to crack them *T*-5] .
- But if I feel that there are situations where I 'm trying *-1 to get housing for our area -- whatever it happens *-3 to be *T*-2 -- and I have *-4 to feel that [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV even] [rel ask] [ARG1 a question] , I 've got *-5 to tell you , 0 I think 0 that 's outrageous . .
- [ARGM-PNC For the survey] , [ARG0 Peter D. Hart Research Associates] [rel asked] [ARG2 some 2,000 consumers , including Mrs. Lombardi ,] [ARG1 whether they usually buy one brand of a certain type of product or have no brand loyalty] .
- [ARG0 The two surveys] , which *T*-2 [rel asked] [ARG1 different questions] , were conducted *-1 * using national random probability samples .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Ms. Bertussi] [rel asked] , `` [ARG1 Who in their right mind *T*-1 is going *-2 to file another complaint with the Ethics Committee ?] ''
- That was [ARG1 the question] 0 [ARG0 structural engineers and California transportation officials] were [rel asking] [ARG2-REC themselves] *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-TMP as rescue workers began the gruesome task of *-3 trying *-4 to extract as many as 250 victims from beneath the concrete slabs of the double-deck Nimitz Freeway in Oakland that *T*-1 caved in during Tuesday 's temblor] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 Christie 's officials] [rel asked] [ARG1 why the firm was n't picked *-3 *-4 to sell the Dorrance collection *T*-5] *T*-2 , representatives of the Dorrance family `` told us 0 it was a question of financial considerations , '' said 0 *T*-1 Michael Findlay , Christie 's head of impressionist and modern paintings .
- [ARG0 Mr. Sherry] declined *-1 to comment when * [rel asked] about [ARG1-about the sales] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Ask] [ARG2 Tommy Lasorda] ; thin is in .
- Another factor was that [ARG0 customers] were [rel asking] , `` [ARG1 Why do n't you give us a cheaper system *T*-1 ?] '' Mr. Jobs said 0 *T*-2 at a conference on university computing here .
- Ms. Conlin adds : `` At some point [ARG0 we] 'd have *-1 to [rel ask] , ` [ARG1 How do we know that in three years you wo n't be in Chapter 11 *T*-2 ?] ' ''
- [ARGM-TMP During negotiations with American officials in May 1988 over proposals * to drop the U.S. indictments in exchange for his resignation] , [ARG0 Mr. Noriega] [ARGM-TMP often] [rel asked] [ARGM-MNR almost plaintively] [ARG1 how the Americans , whom he had helped *T*-1 for so many years , could turn against him *T*-2] .
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] about [ARG1-about the consultants ' reports] , an Eastern spokeswoman said 0 `` we totally disagree . ''
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Asked] [ARG1 how he made charitable gifts of $ 26,350 *U* out of reported two-year income of $ 46,892 *U* *T*-2] , Thomas H. McFall of Bryan , Texas , told the Tax Court 0 he had understated his income .
- [ARG0 Mr. Siegel] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Freeman] [ARG1 who his source was *T*-1] and , on *-2 hearing that it was Bunny Lasker , responded : `` 0 Well , your bunny has a good nose . ''
- [ARG1 `` What do we want casinos for *T*-1 when we have n't got anything in the shops *T*-2] ? '' [ARG0 one housewife] [rel asked] *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Really] -- [ARG0 one] [ARGM-MOD has] *-1 to [rel ask] [ARG2-REC oneself] -- what dignity is there *T*-2 in that ? ''
- `` [ARGM-ADV If I go in there as I normally dress] , [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD 'd] [rel ask] , [ARG1 ` Who *T*-1 is this hippie] ? ' ''
- [ARGM-TMP At about 10:40 a.m.] [ARGM-LOC on the over-the-counter trading desk at a major brokerage firm] , [ARG0 a veteran trader who *T*-1 buys and sells some of the most active stocks] looked at a senior official and [rel asked] , [ARG1 `` What 's *T*-2 going on] ?
- That 's [ARG1 a question] 0 [ARG0 a lot of people] are [rel asking] *T*-1 , following the stock market 's stunning display of volatility .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG2 *-3] [rel asked] `` *-4 [ARG1 What *T*-1 went wrong] *T*-2 ? '' the unfortunate victim replied , `` It was a combination of things . ''
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-3 [ARG1 what stocks the computer bought *T*-1] , the money manager says , `` I do n't know . ''
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-1 about [ARG1-about a bid for Quantum] , a BP spokesman says , `` 0 We pretty much have a policy of *-3 not commenting on rumors , and I think 0 that falls in that category .
- [ARG2 *-3] [rel Asked] *-1 about [ARG1-about the speculation that Mr. Louis-Dreyfus has been hired *-2 * to pave the way for a buy-out by the brothers] , the executive replied , `` That is n't the reason 0 Dreyfus has been brought *-5 in *T*-4 .
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-1 [ARG1 whether Friday 's action could help him avoid *-3 being Trumped *-4 by the New York real estate magnate] , Mr. Crandall smiled broadly and said : `` No comment . ''
- [ARG2 *-3] [rel Asked] *-1 [ARG1 why senators were giving up so much *T*-2] , New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici , the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee , said , 0 `` We 're looking like idiots .
- `` We got [ARG0 calls] from big block houses [rel asking] [ARG2 us] [ARG1 if we want *-2 to make bids on anything] , '' said *T*-1 Mr. Weisman , who , *-4 happy with his returns on investments chalked * up earlier , *T*-3 declined the offers .
- [ARG2 *-2] [rel Asked] *-1 [ARG1 if the administration agreed] , he curtly replied : 0 `` The adminstration will have *-3 to speak for itself . ''
- `` That really affected the market in that [ARG0 people] started *-2 to [rel ask] ` [ARG1 What else *T*-1 is in trouble] ? ' ''