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frames-  U.S. trade negotiators argue that [ARG0  countries with inadequate protections for intellectual-property rights]  could be hurting themselves by *-1 [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  their own scientists and authors]  and by *-1 deterring U.S. high-technology firms from *-2 investing or marketing their best products there .
-  But Dr. Genel warns that [ARG0  Dr. Mason 's ruling]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  private funding]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Indeed]  , [ARG0  the `` art of doctoring]  '' does contribute to better health results and [rel  discourages]  [ARG1  unwarranted malpractice litigation]  .
-  Japan 's FTC says 0 it is investigating [ARG0  Apple]  for *-1 [ARGM-ADV  allegedly]  [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  retailers]  from [ARG2-from  *-2 discounting]  .
-  A year ago , Japan 's Fair Trade Commission warned [ARG0  NEC]  about possible violations of anti-monopoly laws for * [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  retailers]  from [ARG2-from  *-1 discounting]  .
-  With the stock market wobbly and [ARG1  dollar buyers]  [rel  discouraged]  *-2 by [ARG0-by  signs of U.S. economic weakness and the recent decline in U.S. interest rates that *T*-1 has diminished the attractiveness of dollar-denominated investments]  , traders say 0 the dollar is still in a precarious position .
-  As followers of the debate over a capital-gains tax cut know *?* , there is much talk in Congress and indeed all over Washington about the need [ARG0  *]  to `` encourage '' long-term investment and [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  the financial sector 's presumed obsession with the short term]  .
-  The efforts [ARG0  *]  to get to the people who *T*-3 are addicted , try *-1 to rehabilitate them ; [ARGM-ADV  if they can not be rehabilitated *-2]  , at least * to contain them ; * to educate people , * to [ARGM-MNR  strongly]  [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  use of drugs by people who *T*-4 are casual users and first users]  , * to stop this process among the young -- all of these things I think 0 *T*-5 are extremely important .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Yet]  [ARG0  that]  has [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  discouraged]  [ARG1  investors]  .
-  [ARG0  Administration pressure]  [rel  discourages]  [ARG1  any effort * to add to total funding]  , and the Senate changes are expected *-1 to be largely technical -- *-3 dealing with highway aid and lifting the ceiling on total Small Business Administration loans to $ 1.8 billion *U* *-2 to accommodate the increased activity expected * .
-  [ARG0  They]  [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  prosecutors]  , [ARGM-ADV  under certain circumstances]  , from [ARG2-from  *-1 seeking court orders seizing the assets of racketeering defendants prior to trial]  .
-  Observers said 0 [ARG0  the market]  again failed *-1 to find a trading focus , * [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  much participation by investors]  .
-  [ARG0  Time]  is also fighting the transaction on other fronts , by *-1 attempting *-2 to [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  other cable operators]  from [ARG2-from  *-3 joining Tele-Communications as investors in Showtime]  , cable-TV industry executives say 0 *T*-4 .
-  [ARG0  The guidelines]  , which *T*-2 [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  prosecutors]  from [ARG2-from  *-3 seeking court orders seizing the assets of certain racketeering defendants prior to trial]  , were first disclosed *-1 this week .
-  The bureau cited [ARG0  typhoons]  in the month that *T*-1 [rel  discouraged]  [ARG1  shopping and leisure opportunities]  .
-  The complaint alleges that the price is `` unfair and grossly inadequate '' and that [ARG0  the defendants]  are seeking *-1 to ensure a `` lockup '' of the purchase of Unitel , * [ARGM-DIS  thereby]  [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  other bids]  .
-  Scrap merchants are converting smaller quantities of metal into silver , while [ARG0  low prices]  are [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  exports from India and the Soviet Union]  .
-  [ARG0  Silver 's history of volatility]  is [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  investors]  , dealers say 0 *T*-1 .
-  [ARG1  Potential candidates]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  be [rel  discouraged]  *-1 from [ARG2-from  *-2 running]  [ARGM-ADV  less *ICH*-3]  by [ARG0-by  the congressional salary]  than by the prospect of defeat at the hands of a Democratic opponent .
-  And [ARG0  they , or even the prospect of them ,]  [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  disaster preparedness in the form of speculative advance stocking of supplies by merchants]  .
-  Catherine Adams , the Beebes ' lawyer , said 0 [ARG0  the verdict]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  [ARGM-NEG  not]  [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  other plaintiffs]  from [ARG2-from  *-1 filing such suits]  .
-  While [ARG1  the practice]  was [rel  discouraged]  *-1 [ARGM-TMP  in the past]  , the conference agreement is laced *-2 with veterans ' hospitals , environmental projects and urban grants designated * for specific communities .
-  `` With the repeal of Section 89 , we can no longer say 0 [ARG0  they]  're [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  businesses]  from [ARG2-from  * offering health plans]  , '' says *T*-1 Christine Russell , the Chamber of Commerce 's small-business advocate .
-  [ARG0  A temporary cessation of trading]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  [ARGM-DIS  indeed]  [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  a selling panic]  from [ARG2-from  *-1 feeding on itself]  .
-  They market cable-TV on [ARG1  the very grazing opportunities]  0 [ARG0  CNN]  seeks *-1 to [rel  discourage]  *T*-2 .
-  But not much money was spent *-1 on the shows , either , [ARG0  a situation]  that *T*-2 encouraged cheap-to-make talk and game shows , while *-3 [rel  discouraging]  [ARG1  expensive-to-produce dramas]  .
-  Mrs. Crump said 0 her Ashwood Investment Club 's portfolio lost about one-third of its value following the Black Monday crash , `` but [ARG1  no one]  got [rel  discouraged]  *-1 , and we gained that back -- and more . ''
-  [ARG0  Sharply falling stock prices]  do reduce consumer wealth , damage business confidence and [rel  discourage]  [ARG1  the foreign investors upon whom the U.S. now relies *T*-1 for financial sustenance]  .
-  `` [ARGM-TMP  In the past]  , [ARG1  corporate buyers]  were [ARGM-TMP  often]  [rel  discouraged]  *-1 from [ARG2-from  * making bids]  [ARGM-CAU  because of competition from LBO firms , which *T*-2 were often prepared * to outbid '' the corporations]  , says 0 *T*-3 J. Tomilson Hill , head of mergers and acquisitions at Shearson Lehman Hutton .