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frames- `` Dollar-yen -LCB- trade -RCB- is the driving force in the market , '' said *T*-1 Tom Trettien , a vice president with Banque Paribas in New York , `` but [ARG1 I] 'm [ARGM-NEG not] [rel convinced] *-2 [ARG2 0 it will continue] .
- Mr. Harper expressed confidence that [ARG0 he and Mr. Baum] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel convince] [ARG1 the board] of [ARG2-of their worthiness * to run the company] .
- [ARG0 It *EXP*-1] is compromises such as this that *T*-8 [rel convince] [ARG1 Washington 's liberals] [ARG2 that if they simply stay the course , this administration will stray from its own course on this and other issues] .
- [ARG1 He] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel convinced] , [ARGM-DIS though] , [ARG2 that the price decline reflects falling demand] [ARGM-CAU because the world economy remains relatively strong] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Phelan] has had difficulty * [rel convincing] [ARG1 the public] [ARG2 that the Big Board is serious about * curbing volatility] , [ARGM-ADV especially as the exchange clearly relishes its role as the home for $ 200 billion *U* in stock-index funds , which *T*-145 buy huge baskets of stocks * to mimic popular stock-market indexes like the Standard & Poor 's 500 , and which sometimes *T*-146 employ program trading] .
- `` All this may not be obvious to the public , which *T*-1 is concerned about advances in treatment , but [ARG1 I] am [rel convinced] [ARG2 0 this basic research will begin *-2 showing results there soon] . ''
- `` [ARG1 I] was [rel convinced] [ARG2 that what *T*-1 was true of retinoblastoma would be true for all cancers] . ''
- I want white America to talk about it , too , but [ARG1 I] 'm [rel convinced] [ARG2 that the grapevine is what *T*-1 's happening] . ''
- [ARG1 I] am [rel convinced] *-1 [ARG2 that UFOs exist] [ARGM-CAU because I have seen one] ... . ''
- Still , despite [ARG0 their] efforts * to [rel convince] [ARG1 the world] [ARG2 that we are indeed alone] , the visitors do seem *-3 to keep *-4 coming and , like the recent sightings , there 's often a detail or two that *T*-1 suggests 0 they may actually be a little on the dumb side .
- `` [ARG0 We] 've finally been able *-2 to [rel convince] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 that Casey and -LCB- Oliver -RCB- North do n't work here anymore] , '' says *T*-1 one administration official .
- Finally , [ARG0 the government] has *-1 to [rel convince] [ARG1 a rattled financial community -- and voters --] [ARG2 0 it is proceeding coherently toward its goals] .
- And [ARG0 powerful political pressures] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel convince] [ARG1 the Conservative government] [ARG2 to keep its so-called golden share , which *T*-1 limits any individual holding to 15 % , until the restriction expires on Dec. 31 , 1990] .
- For most of the past nine years , [ARG0 he] has striven *-1 to [rel convince] [ARG1 anti-abortion activists] of [ARG2-of his stalwart support for their position] .
- `` We need [ARG0 research] that *T*-1 [rel convinces] [ARG1 us] [ARG2 that magazines are a real value in reader 's lives , that readers are really involved *-2] . ''
- `` Why should [ARG0 you] beat your brains out *-1 fighting the environmentalists , the neighborhood groups , dealing with traffic mitigation , sewers and fighting city hall *T*-2 , then try *-1 to [rel convince] [ARG1 a lender] [ARG2 to lend you money in an overbuilt market] when you can get pension fund money , buy a portfolio , sell off pieces off it and play your own game ? '' says *T*-3 Jack Rodman , managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Kenneth Leventhal Inc. a national accounting firm .
- [ARG1 Not everyone] is [rel convinced] [ARG2 0 the state must raise new revenue *-1 to meet its earthquake needs] .
- Perhaps the biggest hurdle 0 [ARG0 owners] face *T*-1 is * [rel convincing] [ARG1 newcomers] [ARG2 that this is a reputable business] .
- `` [ARG1 I] am [rel convinced] [ARG2 that a monetary policy for this country that *T*-2 would return interest rates to the historical level of 4 % or 5 % would have not only an immediate impact on housing starts , the housing stock , our industry in America , the refurbishing of our industrial system , it would help the Third World economies considerably and it would particularly have a favorable impact upon our budget deficit] , '' Mr. Kemp said *T*-1 .
- The first two GAF trials were watched *-1 closely on Wall Street because they were considered *-2 to be important tests of [ARG0 the government 's] ability * to [rel convince] [ARG1 a jury] of [ARG2-of allegations stemming from its insider-trading investigations] .
- Still , [ARG0 Mr. Utsumi] may have a hard time [rel convincing] [ARG1 market analysts who *T*-1 have rightly or wrongly believed that the ministry played a role in * orchestrating recent moves by Japanese banks] .
- On the other , [ARG0 he] seeks *-1 to [rel convince] [ARG1 voters] [ARG2 0 he 's the new Fiorello LaGuardia -- affable , good-natured and ready *-3 to lead New York out of the mess 0 it 's in *T*-2] .
- Still , few investors are able *-2 to sit tight when [ARG1 they] are [rel convinced] [ARG2 0 a recession is coming] *T*-3 .
- Still , without the assurance of British Airways ' financial backing , it *EXP*-1 will be tougher for [ARG0 the buy-out group] to [rel convince] [ARG1 already-reluctant banks] [ARG2 to make loan commitments for a revised bid] , especially since British Air 's original investment represented 78 % of the cash equity contribution for the bid .
- Mr. Mason says 0 [ARG1 he] 's [rel convinced] [ARG2 0 the public still wants *-2 to invest in common stocks , even though they believe 0 the deck is stacked *-1 against them] .
- Ever since that fearful Black Monday , [ARG0 they] 've been tirelessly wooing wary individual investors -- *-1 trying *-2 to [rel convince] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 that Oct. 19 , 1987 , was a fluke and that the stock market really is a safe place 0 for average Americans to put their hard-earned dollars *T*-3] .
- Institut Merieux 's bid for Toronto-based Connaught has run into problems with the Canadian government , which *T*-1 told Merieux last week that [ARG1 it] was [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel convinced] *-2 [ARG2 that the proposed acquisition would be of `` net benefit '' to Canada] .
- But `` their present financial condition means 0 [ARG0 I] 'd have a hard time *-1 [rel convincing] [ARG1 the vice president in charge of purchasing] . ''
- But [ARG1 Mr. Noriega] was [rel convinced] *-5 [ARG2 0 the Reagan White House would n't act against him] , recalls 0 *T*-1 his close ally Jose Blandon , [ARGM-CAU because he had an insurance policy : his involvement with the Contra rebels in Nicaragua] .
- West German Environment Minister Klaus Toepfer said 0 [ARG1 Bonn] is [rel convinced] *-1 of [ARG2-of the need for cooperation , `` especially with our neighbors in the East] , [ARGM-CAU because we are directly affected *-2 by their ecological progress or lack of it] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP When they determined that GM needed parts more quickly] , [ARG0 Armco] [rel convinced] [ARG1 a steel service center] [ARG2 to build a processing plant nearby so shipments could be delivered *-1 within 15 minutes] .
- She added that she expected `` *-1 perhaps to have a down payment ... [ARG0 some small step] 0 *T*-2 to [rel convince] [ARG1 the American people and the Japanese people] [ARG2 that we 're moving in earnest] . ''
- [ARG0 The market drop] has [ARGM-TMP now] [ARGM-ADV apparently] [rel convinced] [ARG1 foreign investors] [ARG2 that the Treasury was right about the overpriced dollar] .