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frames- [ARG1 GE Chairman John Welch] has been `` [rel besieged] with [ARG2-with phone calls '' complaining about his unit 's program trading] , [ARGM-ADV according to a person close to him] .
- Iverson Technology is one of [ARG1 many small defense contractors] [rel besieged] * by [ARG2-by the slowdown in defense spending] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the same time] , [ARG1 Lloyd 's] is [rel besieged] *-1 by [ARG0-by disgruntled investors] and hamstrung *-1 by inefficient but time-honored ways of * conducting business .
- The only frenzy 0 I saw *T*-3 was commercial : [ARG1 Booths selling World Series commemorative stamps and dated postmarks] were [rel besieged] *-1 by [ARG0-by fledgling speculators who *T*-2 saw future profit in the items] .
- The arbitragers and takeover initiatiors got killed *-1 on Gray Friday , while the [rel besieged] [ARG1 managers] of prospective targets cheered lustily .
- Neil Weisman , whose New York-based Chilmark Capital Partners *T*-4 had converted 85 % of its $ 220 million *U* investment pool to cash in recent months , said 0 [ARG1 he] was [rel besieged] *-3 by [ARG0-by Wall Street firms *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP Friday] asking him *-2 to take stock off their hands .