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frames- [ARG0 A face-to-face meeting with Mr. Gorbachev] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel damp] [ARG1 such criticism] , [ARGM-ADV though it will hardly eliminate it] .
- Tomoshige Kakita , senior deputy manager in the treasury department of Mitsui Bank Ltd. in Tokyo , suggested that uncertainty about U.S. stocks and bonds has made Japanese investors leery of * holding those securities in the near term , [ARGM-DIS thus] [ARG0 *] [rel damping] [ARG1 dollar demand] .
- [ARG1 The recently revived enthusiasm among small investors for stock mutual funds] has been [rel damped] *-1 by [ARG0-by a jittery stock market and the tumult over program trading] .
- [ARG0 Comments by John Major , who *T*-1 has succeeded Mr. Lawson ,] also failed *-2 to [rel damp] [ARG1 market concern] , despite his pledge * to maintain relatively high British interest rates .
- [ARG0 The company] also cited some success in * [rel damping] [ARG1 cost increases] and said 0 it wants *-1 to return to profitability in 1990 .
- [ARG0 The Northern California earthquake and Hurricane Hugo] are likely *-1 to [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [rel damp] [ARG1 sales growth] [ARGM-LOC in the West and South Carolina] .
- In addition , he noted 0 *T*-1 , the issue would normally be the type purchased * by property and casualty insurers , but [ARG0 recent disasters , such as Hurricane Hugo and the Northern California earthquake ,] have stretched insurers ' resources and [rel damped] [ARG1 their demand for bonds] .
- [ARG0 A sudden , forced cutback by consumers , who *T*-1 normally account for about two-thirds of economic activity ,] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel damp] [ARG1 the economy] [ARGM-TMP at a time when plant-and-equipment spending is slowing and deficit-racked governments ca n't readily take up the slack *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 The announcement] seemed *-2 to [ARGM-EXT further] [rel damp] [ARG1 prospects that talks between Qintex Australia and MGM\/UA might be revived *-1] .
- But in certain conditions such as autoimmune diseases and allergies and transplant rejection , [ARG0 doctors] would like *-1 to [rel damp] [ARG1 the immune response] [ARGM-PNC so such cells do n't touch off harmful inflammatory reactions or cell destruction] .
- Because of a lack of information and access , many investors -- including [ARG0 the very ones] whose buying power *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD could] restore stability and [rel damp] [ARG1 volatility] -- are forced *-3 to stand on the sidelines when they are most needed *-1 *T*-4 , because of their ignorance of important market information .
- And liquidity is what [ARG0 markets] need *T*-1 *-2 to [rel damp] [ARG1 quakes and aftershocks] .
- [ARG0 The heavy selling by farmers] helped *-1 to [rel damp] [ARG1 the price rally] .
- Many traders say that `` [ARG0 circuit breakers] '' put in place * to [rel damp] [ARG1 volatility] after the 1987 crash actually added to volatility when the stock market plunged Friday *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Not] [ARGM-DIS only] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARG0 the Wall Street gyrations] [rel damp] [ARG1 Christmas sales] [ARGM-ADV if consumers lose confidence in the economy] , but potential junk-bond buyers are sure *-1 to demand even stronger covenants and greater management equity participation .