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frames- [ARG0 Compound yields] [rel assume] [ARG1 reinvestment of dividends and that the current yield continues for a year] .
- He also said that after the charges , and [ARG0 *-1] `` [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the company expects *-1 to achieve near-record earnings in 1990 . ''
- In the first three months of 1990 , the Treasury estimates that it will have *-1 to raise between $ 45 billion and $ 50 billion *U* , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 that it decides *-2 to aim for a $ 10 billion *U* cash balance at the end of March] .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 0 it was n't one of those columns that you clipped *T*-2 and put *T*-2 on the refrigerator door] , I 'll review the facts .
- We -LRB- [ARG0 I] [rel assume] [ARG1 0 you 're in this with me at this point] -RRB- need *-1 to get three words -- `` for examination only '' -- eliminated from the law .
- If Congress takes the dispute to the Supreme Court -LRB- [ARG0 *-2] [rel assuming] [ARG1 0 it can establish standing 0 * to sue *T*-1] -RRB- , President Bush might win .
- The thrift said that `` after these charges and [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the association expects *-1 to achieve near record earnings in 1990 . ''
- [ARGM-ADV While they are n't backed *-1 by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government , as Treasury bonds are *?* ,] it [ARG1 *EXP*-2] is [ARGM-ADV widely] [rel assumed] that the government would support them if necessary .
- But one Bush administration official knowledgeable about the summit plan cautioned against [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 that there will be bold new initiatives on the Soviet economy or other issues] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] [ARG1 that someone caught * in the jam has a heart attack] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] [ARG1 that a TV network is airing a celebrity interview program with a live audience] .
- [ARGM-ADV On Cambodia] : `` * Let [ARG0 's] [rel assume] [ARG1 that -LCB- former Cambodian leader Prince Norodom -RCB- Sihanouk does what the press wants him to do *T*-1 and joins up with -LCB- Vietnamese-backed Cambodian leader -RCB- Hun Sen] .
- On Wall Street , [ARG0 takeover stock traders] bid Nekoosa 's stock well above the Georgia-Pacific bid , *-1 [rel assuming] [ARG1 that Nekoosa 's will either be sold *-2 to a rival bidder or to Georgia-Pacific at a higher price -- as much as $ 75 *U* a share , according to some estimates] .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 final enactment] [ARGM-TMP this month] , the prohibition will take effect 96 days later , or in early February .
- [ARGM-TMP When the Supreme Soviet passed laws on workers ' rights in May 1987 and on self-managing cooperatives a year later *T*-4] , [ARG0 some Western observers] [rel assumed] [ARG1 0 Mikhail Gorbachev had launched the Soviet Union on a course that *T*-1 would lead inevitably to the creation of a market economy] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel assumed] [ARG1 0 the missing piece contained a gene or genes whose loss *T*-1 had a critical role in * setting off the cancer] .
- A spokesman for Scott says that [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 0 the price of pulp continues *-1 to soften] , `` We should do well .
- [ARGM-CAU Because municipal bonds yields have risen at a time when interest rates generally have fallen *T*-1] , [ARG0 some portfolio managers] are [rel assuming] [ARG1 that bonds bought * now will appreciate in value as the municipal bond market rebounds] .
- He suggests , for example , that [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel assumed] [ARG1 that just because UAL could n't get financing , no leveraged buy-outs can get financing] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-4 Carried *-2 even further] , [ARG0 some investors] [rel assumed] [ARG1 that since leveraged buy-outs are the only thing propping up stock prices , the market would collapse if no more LBOs could be done *-1] .
- The Pentagon 's strategists produce budgets that *T*-2 simply can not be executed *-1 because [ARG0 they] [rel assume] [ARG1 0 a defense strategy depends only on goals and threats] .
- [ARG0 The 1990 plan] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel assumes] [ARG1 0 inflation will decline to 1.7 % by 1994] .
- [ARG0 Most forecasters , including those in the Congressional Budget Office ,] [rel assume] [ARG1 0 inflation will be in excess of 4 % in each of those five years] .
- [ARG0 The graph] on the right -LRB- which *T*-1 [rel assumes] [ARG1 a 4 % rate of inflation] -RRB- , places these scenarios in the context of recent appropriations -LRB- * see accompanying illustration -- WSJ Oct. 30 , 1989 -RRB- .
- * Note how [ARG0 the baseline program] [rel assumes] [ARG1 a sharp increase in future appropriations] *T*-1 .
- The couple 's first dog , Homer , was named *-1 after the Great Event , though [ARG0 unwitting friends] [rel assumed] [ARG1 0 he was the namesake of the poet] .
- It *EXP*-1 is only logical [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] [ARG1 that the enactment of this provision will lead to increased litigation] .
- Hassan Kamel Ali is a card shark and dope dealer who *T*-1 has a simple creed : `` [ARG0 I] live in this world , *-2 [rel assuming] [ARG1 that there is no morality , God or police] . ''
- All of this is what history will note *T*-2 , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 that events do n't make it seem *-3 a bad joke , when the record of this time is put *-1 down *T*-4] .
- The quotes could not be found *-1 on the tapes , and the two judges who *T*-2 decided the case for Ms. Malcolm and her publishers conceded that , [ARGM-PNC for the purpose of their decision] , `` [ARG0 we] [rel assume] [ARG1 0 the quotations were deliberately altered *-3] . ''
- In his eloquent dissent , Judge Alex Kozinski observed that when a writer uses quotation marks in *-3 reporting what someone has said *T*-1 *T*-2 , [ARG0 the reader] [rel assumes] [ARG1 that these are the speaker 's precise words or at least his words purged * of `` uh '' and `` you know '' and grammatical error] .
- [ARG0 The new offer] [rel assumes] [ARG1 just five years of 5.5 % rate increases , 0 *T*-2 to be followed *-1 by state-approved increases under the usual hearing procedure] .
- [ARG0 The bids and rate proposals] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel assume] [ARG1 0 the Seabrook nuclear power plant , which *T*-2 is completed *-1 , will go into operation] .
- [ARG0 The average seven-day compound yield] , which *T*-2 [rel assumes] [ARG1 that dividends are reinvested *-1 and that current rates continue for a year] , fell to 8.47 % , its lowest since late last year , from 8.55 % the week before , according to Donoghue 's .
- But , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 0 those problems can be overcome *-1] , they should allow for memory chips that *T*-3 could approach one billion bits of information -- 250 times as much as *?* is contained *-2 in the four-megabit chips that *T*-4 are just reaching the market and a million times what *T*-5 was possible in the mid-1970s .
- [ARG0 The group] controls 795,900 H.H. Robertson common shares , * [rel assuming] [ARG1 exercise of an option *ICH*-2 0 it acquired *T*-1 from Executive Life Insurance Co. * to buy 497,400 shares] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 * maintaining current demand] [rel assumes] [ARG1 no significant slowdown in world economies] .
- He said 0 1989 's net income could be 11 % to 13 % *U* of revenue , which , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 current expectations] , *T*-1 would be 40 % to 45 % *U* below 1988 's level .
- `` It *EXP*-1 's pretty safe [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] [ARG1 0 we can bring the cost *ICH*-2 down of these systems by 30 % to 40 % a year] , '' said *T*-3 Edward McCracken , the company 's chief executive officer .
- [ARG0 He] [rel assumed] [ARG1 that principal and interest were `` fully insured *-1 up to $ 100,000 *U*] , '' he adds *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel assumed] [ARG1 0 I was buying a CD as a CD] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- Even if [ARG1 it] is [rel assumed] *-1 that productivity rose no more than half as quickly in the rest of the nonbusiness sector , this Labor Department estimate indicates a downward bias in the real GNP estimates of 0.2 percentage point a year , on average .
- On a pro-forma basis , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 0 the merger was effective Jan 1 , 1988] , including the results from both Time Inc. and all of Warner , that cash flow figure would be $ 526 million *U* for the latest quarter , more than double the comparable figure a year ago , or $ 242 million *U* , according to Time Warner .
- The certificates have an estimated average life of 1.8 years , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 monthly prepayments at 1.3 % of the original balance] .
- [ARG0 The other scenario] [rel assumes] [ARG1 that Beijing takes effective actions * to curb imports in the coming months] .
- [ARG0 The Western government report 's first scenario] [rel assumes] [ARG1 a 30 % reduction in foreign borrowing and a 5 % contraction in foreign direct investment] .
- That would be comforting to fixed-income investors , [ARG0 many of whom] *T*-1 were badly burned in the third quarter by *-2 [ARGM-MNR incorrectly] [rel assuming] [ARG1 that the Fed would ease] .
- That would require fourth-quarter net of more than about 22 cents to 24 cents a share , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 that Mr. Stein 's third-quarter estimate proves accurate] .
- And *-1 using [ARG0 liquidation value] [rel assuming] [ARG1 the sale of all UAL assets] , First Boston estimated 0 the airline is worth $ 253 to $ 303 *U* a share .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel assume] [ARG1 0 those accounts are closed] , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Smalling , *-3 referring to the accounts of the canceled checks .
- [ARG0 Most brokers] [rel assume] [ARG1 that all orders are day orders unless * specified *-1 otherwise] .
- Though it *ICH*-2 's probably safe [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] [ARG1 that the majority of financial planners are honest and even reasonably competent] , the fact remains that , as one wag puts it , `` anybody who *T*-1 can fog a mirror '' can call himself a financial planner .
- Since [ARG0 the formula] [rel assumes] [ARG1 an 8 % before-tax return in a mutual fund] , there would also be $ 16,500 *U* in taxes 0 * to pay *T*-1 over the 12 years .
- [ARG0 Figures] [rel assume] [ARG1 a 7 % annual rise in tuition , fees , room and board and an 8 % annual investment return] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 some policy illustrations] [rel assume] [ARG1 that mortality costs will decline [ARGM-DIS or] that I will get some sort of dividend bonus after the 10th year] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 some policy illustrations] [rel assume] [ARG1 that mortality costs will decline or that I will get some sort of dividend bonus after the 10th year] .
- At age 65 , when I 'd stop *-2 paying premiums *T*-1 , the Ameritas offering would have a projected cash value $ 14,000 *U* higher than the other , even though [ARG0 the Equitable 's policy illustration] [rel assumed] [ARG1 a fractionally higher interest rate] .
- Leading up to the speech was *T*-2 a drumroll of economic statistics suggesting that the British war on inflation will be [ARG2 more bruising] than * [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel assumed] *-1 .
- But he cautioned that Westmoreland 's third quarter is typically better than the fourth , so [ARG0 investors] `` [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV just] multiply the third quarter by four '' and [rel assume] [ARG1 0 the same rate of improvement can be sustained *-1] .
- [ARG0 Investors] , [ARGM-DIS for instance] , [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-MNR mistakenly] [rel assume] [ARG1 that the bank or company that *T*-1 originally held the assets is guaranteeing the securities] .
- [ARG0 Compound yields] [rel assume] [ARG1 reinvestment of dividends and that current yields continue for a year] .
- The decision * to put the entire collection on the block stunned many , since Mr. Dorrance had served as chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , and [ARG1 it *EXP*-3] had been [rel assumed] *-1 0 many of the works would be donated *-2 to the institution .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 0 modern audiences readily understand that Moliere 's social indictment covers their world as well as 17th-century Paris] , Mr. Wilbur concentrated his formidable artistry on *-1 rendering the Alexandrine French verse into sprightly and theatrical English iambic pentameter .
- Is n't it *EXP*-2 reasonable [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] [ARG1 that the asset 0 you own *T*-1 would be worth more if the government suddenly announced that if you sold it , you would be able *-3 to keep 30 % more of its gain than you previously believed 0 *?*] ?
- Some experts say 0 markets are n't [ARG2 as volatile] as [ARG0 *] [ARGM-ADV widely] [rel assumed] .
- Earlier this year , bankers and other investors were willing *-1 to provide financing because [ARG0 they] [rel assumed] [ARG1 0 there would be major gains in both profitability and sales] , Mr. Rosenthal added 0 *T*-2 .
- And [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 0 their first investment is successful] , investors will have *-1 to pay taxes on their gains .
- [ARG0 *] Assuming that he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share , and [rel assuming] [ARG1 0 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market] , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 that he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share] , and assuming 0 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 that the market does n't head into a bottomless free fall] , some executives think 0 Friday 's action could prove a harbinger of good news -- as a sign that the leveraged buy-out and takeover frenzy of recent years may be abating .
- `` [ARG0 We] [ARGM-ADV all] [rel assumed] [ARG1 0 October '87 was a one-time shot] , '' said *T*-1 San Francisco attorney David Greenberg .
- Freddie Mac said 0 the principal-only securities were priced *-1 at 58 1\/4 *-2 to yield 8.45 % , [rel assuming] [ARG1 an average life of eight years and a prepayment of 160 % of the PSA model] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 0 the stock market does n't crash again and completely discredit yuppies and trading rooms] , American television audiences in a few months may be seeing Britain 's concept of both .
- [ARG0 Enthusiasts] [rel assume] [ARG1 that national service would get important work done cheaply : forest fires fought *-1 , housing rehabilitated *-2 , students tutored *-3 , day-care centers staffed *-4] .