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frames-  A buffet breakfast was held *-1 in [ARGM-LOC  the museum]  , where [ARG1  food and drinks]  are [rel  banned]  *-2 to [ARG2-to  everyday visitors]  *T*-3 .
-  [ARG0  Singapore]  [ARGM-TMP  already]  [rel  bans]  [ARG1  smoking in all theaters , buses , public elevators , hospitals and fast-food restaurants]  .
-  In Malaysia , Siti Zaharah Sulaiman , a deputy minister in the prime minister 's office , launched a `` No-Smoking Week '' at the Mara Institute of Technology near Kuala Lumpur and urged [ARG0  other schools]  *-1 to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  on-campus smoking]  .
-  `` One says 0 [ARG0  he]  's for * [rel  banning]  [ARG1  cop-killer bullets]  .
-  In Washington , House aides said 0 Mr. Phelan told congressmen that [ARG0  the collar]  , which *T*-213 [rel  banned]  [ARG1  program trades through the Big Board 's computer]  when the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved 50 points *T*-1 , did n't work well .
-  Big Board stock specialists , in a bold palace revolt , began shortly after Oct. 13 *-1 to telephone the corporate executives of the companies whose stock *T*-2 is listed *-71 on the Big Board *-3 to have them pressure [ARG0  the exchange]  to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  program trading]  .
-  Ballot questions range from a Maine initiative on [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  Cruise missiles]  to a referendum on * increasing the North Dakota income tax .
-  *-2 Also in New York , Israel Silverman , an insurance-company lawyer , comments that program trading `` increases volatility , but I do n't think 0 [ARG1  it]  [ARGM-MOD  should]  be [rel  banned]  *-1 .
-  But although the golden share has been waived *-54 , a hostile bidder for Jaguar would still have *-1 to alter [ARG0  the British concern 's articles]  of association which *T*-80 [rel  ban]  [ARG1  shareholdings of more than 15 %]  .
-  [ARG1  A song by American singer Tracy Chapman praising jailed black leader Nelson Mandela]  was [rel  banned]  *-203 from [ARG2-from  South African state radio and television]  .
-  Early last year , after a 140-point , one-day drop in the Dow , the Big Board instituted [ARG0  the collar]  , which *T*-136 [rel  banned]  [ARG1  program trading through the Big Board 's computers]  whenever the Dow moved 50 points up or down in a day *T*-1 .
-  Mr. Phelan said that the Big Board has been trying *-1 to deal quietly with the issue , but that [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  computer-assisted trading strategies]  [ARGM-EXT  entirely]  , [ARGM-ADV  as some investors want]  , would be like `` * taking everybody out of an automobile and making them ride a horse . ''
-  The last federal execution before [ARG0  the Supreme Court 's 1972 ruling]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  the death penalty]  took place in 1963 , * meaning that the federal government did n't exercise its execution authority for eight years .
-  [ARG1  Private dressmaking]  , [ARGM-DIS  for example]  , is allowed *-1 in 10 Soviet republics but [rel  banned]  *-1 by [ARG0-by  five]  ; shoemaking is allowed *-2 in seven but illegal in nine .
-  But that changed following [ARG0  a resolution]  from the Supreme Soviet [rel  banning]  [ARG2  cooperatives]  from [ARG1-from  *-1 operating in some areas of the economy]  , and permitting activity in others only if the cooperatives are under contract to the state .
-  Earlier this month , the Supreme Soviet adopted two more resolutions restricting the freedom of cooperatives : The first enables the soviets to set prices for which goods may be sold *-1 *T*-2 ; [ARG0  the second]  [rel  bans]  [ARG2  cooperatives]  from [ARG1-from  *-3 buying `` industrial and food goods '' from the state or other cooperatives]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  In 1971]  , [ARG0  the FDA]  [rel  banned]  [ARG1  the use of DES]  [ARGM-TMP  after studies linked it to cancer and other problems in daughters of women who *T*-1 took the drug]  .
-  About 70,000 people attended the anti-government rally , at which leaders of the [rel  banned]  [ARG1  African]  National Congress refused *-2 to renounce violence 0 * to end apartheid *T*-3 *T*-1 .
-  Here were *T*-2 more than 70,000 ANC supporters , gathering for the first ANC rally inside South Africa since [ARG1  the black liberation movement]  was [rel  banned]  *-1 [ARGM-TMP  in 1960]  .
-  Because [ARG1  the ANC]  remains [rel  banned]  *-3 , both the government , which *T*-1 approved the rally , and the organizers , who *T*-2 orchestrated it , denied 0 it was an ANC rally .
-  Home taping of pre-recorded music cuts into record industry revenues , but [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  home taping]  would hurt consumers even more .
-  Sri Lanka , where more than 15,000 people have died in six years of ethnic turmoil *T*-1 , said 0 [ARG0  it]  [ARGM-MOD  will]  [rel  ban]  [ARG1  sex and violence]  from [ARG2-from  state-owned television]  [ARGM-TMP  next year]  .
-  The Big Board ca n't ban stock-index futures , of course , but [ARG0  it]  [ARGM-MOD  could]  [rel  ban]  [ARG1  use of its high-speed electronic trading system for program trading]  or at least encourage securities firms to back off .
-  [ARG0  The Big Board]  [ARGM-MOD  ca]  [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  ban]  [ARG1  stock-index futures]  , [ARGM-DIS  of course]  , but it could ban use of its high-speed electronic trading system for program trading or at least encourage securities firms to back off .
-  They simply got carried away with *-2 interpreting what [ARG0  the executive order]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  assassinations]  really meant *T*-1 .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Finally]  , [ARGM-ADV  under the bill]  , [ARG1  a number of legitimate , longstanding business practices]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  be [ARGM-MNR  arbitrarily]  [rel  banned]  *-1 , [ARGM-ADV  unless the CFTC were *-2 to take specific and timely action *-3 to permit them to continue]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Nonetheless]  , [ARG1  each]  has too much potential value to the system * to be [rel  banned]  *-1 by [ARG0-by  legislative fiat]  [ARGM-TMP  before the CFTC carefully considers all the consequences of a ban and what the regulatory alternatives are *T*-2]  .
-  [ARGM-ADV  Under the Delaney clause , which *T*-2 applies to processed food ,]  [ARG1  a chemical]  is [rel  banned]  *-1 [ARGM-ADV  if it causes cancer in laboratory animals]  .
-  Michigan 's Senate passed a bill requiring girls to get parental consent for an abortion and Pennsylvania 's House cleared [ARG0  a measure]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy]  .
-  The move defied [ARG0  a law]  , approved * in Moscow this month , [rel  banning]  [ARG1  such walkouts]  .
-  In April 1986 , then-Vice President Bush had his staff write a letter spelling out that he would support [ARG0  a constitutional amendment]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  abortions]  [ARGM-ADV  except in cases of rape , incest and life endangerment]  , but that he opposed federal funding in all but the latter case .
-  But [ARG0  the Japanese Fisheries Association]  criticized moves * to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  the practice]  [ARGM-LOC  in international waters]  .
-  [ARG0  The Food and Drug Administration]  [rel  banned]  [ARG1  all imports of mushrooms from China]  [ARGM-ADV  in response to a rash of food-poisoning outbreaks linked * to canned Chinese mushrooms]  .
-  CIA chief William Webster , hardly a Washington malcontent , got the debate started last week by *-1 noting that [ARG0  the executive order]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  assassinations]  had contributed to U.S. paralysis during the coup .
-  Exxon claims that use of dispersants , which *T*-1 break an oil slick into microscopic droplets , was a crucial part of its immediate-response plan and that [ARG0  state officials]  [rel  banned]  [ARG1  their use]  [ARGM-TMP  during the two days of fair weather following the spill]  .
-  Japan agreed *-1 to enforce [ARG0  a decision *ICH*-2]  by an international wildlife conference * to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  all trade in ivory]  , a spokesman for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said *T*-3 .
-  [ARG0  The Office of Thrift Supervision]  [rel  banned]  [ARG2  B.J. Garman , a former director of the failed Vision Banc Savings Association of Kingsville , Texas ,]  from [ARG1-from  *-1 working in any financial institution insured * by the government]  .
-  Indeed , the OTS said that [ARGM-TMP  before the law took effect Aug. 9]  , [ARG0  it]  [rel  banned]  [ARG2  another `` key Vision Banc insider '']  from [ARG1-from  insured financial institutions]  .
-  The guideline was n't a law , but a joint interpretation of how the U.S. might operate during foreign coups in light of [ARG0  the longstanding presidential order]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  a U.S. role in assassinations]  .
-  -RRB- What about [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  abortions in the second and third trimesters]  ?
-  Within a few years , the outcome in most states is likely *-1 to be that [ARG1  abortion]  will be more restricted , but [ARGM-NEG  not]  [ARGM-MNR  completely]  [rel  banned]  .
-  The pillars of apartheid may be trembling in the rest of South Africa , with Johannesburg opening its public facilities to all races , blacks storming the all-white beaches of the Cape and the government releasing seven leaders of the [rel  banned]  [ARG1  African]  National Congress .
-  The Freind legislation -- the state 's House Judiciary Committee approved it in Harrisburg this week and the full Pennsylvania House is expected *-1 to take up the bill next Tuesday -- includes [ARG0  a provision]  0 *T*-2 to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy]  , except * to avert the death of the mother .
-  Private-property rights would be upheld *-1 because [ARG0  the legislation]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  [ARGM-NEG  not]  [rel  ban]  [ARG1  coastal development]  .
-  But he says 0 that 's no more a reason for [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  Egg Kings]  than bad drivers are a reason for * banning cars .
-  But he says 0 that 's no more a reason for * banning Egg Kings than bad drivers are a reason for [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  cars]  .
-  So the producers went to Capitol Hill , where a congressman from Georgia introduced a measure [ARG0  *]  to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  centrifugal egg-breaking machines]  *T*-1 .
-  Egg-industry lobbying helped *-2 persuade [ARG0  six states]  *-1 to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  Mr. Maynard 's automatic egg-breaking machine]  [ARGM-CAU  because of fears over salmonella]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  By late 1988]  , [ARG0  they]  were [rel  banning]  [ARG1  Soviet publications]  .
-  Thousands of chemical products were categorized *-1 as carcinogenic , with recommendations that [ARG1  they]  be [rel  banned]  *-2 from [ARG2-from  industrial use]  [ARGM-CAU  because they produced malignant tumors in overdosed rats]  .
-  But the bikes ' burgeoning numbers , safety concerns and fear that they damage fragile landscapes have prompted pleas *ICH*-1 , from the Sierras to the Eastern Seaboard , [ARG0  *]  to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  them]  [ARGM-LOC  from the back country]  .
-  `` People who *T*-2 feel that [ARG1  cyclists]  [ARGM-MOD  should]  be [rel  banned]  *-1 [ARGM-LOC  from an area]  are n't looking at the whole picture , '' complains *T*-3 Mark Langton , associate editor of Mountain and City Biking magazine in Canoga Park , Calif .
-  Instead of [ARG0  *]  [rel  banning]  [ARG1  such shopping]  , the confederation proposed * amending controls * to be sure 0 the privilege is n't abused *-1 ... .
-  Senate Democratic leaders said 0 they had enough votes 0 * to defeat [ARG0  a proposed constitutional amendment]  0 *T*-2 to [rel  ban]  [ARG1  flag burning]  *T*-1 .
-  [ARG0  The Chicago Merc]  [rel  banned]  [ARG1  dual trading]  [ARGM-LOC  in its Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index futures pit]  [ARGM-TMP  in 1987]  .
-  [ARGM-ADV  If *-2 passed *-1 by the voters]  , [ARG0  the recently announced initiative]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  phase out major pesticides , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 % , [rel  ban]  [ARG1  new offshore drilling]  , ban chemicals thought * to deplete the ozone layer , and create a new state environmental officer armed * with a $ 40 million *U* budget 0 * to sue any firm or agency 0 he thinks 0 *T*-4 is being too dirty *T*-3 .
-  [ARGM-ADV  If *-2 passed *-1 by the voters]  , [ARG0  the recently announced initiative]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  phase out major pesticides , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 % , ban new offshore drilling , [rel  ban]  [ARG1  chemicals thought * to deplete the ozone layer]  , and create a new state environmental officer armed * with a $ 40 million *U* budget 0 * to sue any firm or agency 0 he thinks 0 *T*-4 is being too dirty *T*-3 .