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frames- First , [ARG0 they] are designed *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the risk of prepayment] -- mortgage-backed securities can be retired *-43 early if interest rates decline , and such prepayment forces investors to redeploy their money at lower rates .
- Dan E. Nelms , Valley Federal 's president and chief executive officer , said 0 [ARG0 the one-time charge] [ARGM-MNR substantially] [rel eliminates] [ARG1 future losses associated * with the unit] .
- Georgia Gulf said 0 [ARG0 it] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 any alternatives] and that `` discussions *PPA*-2 are being held *-1 with interested parties , and work *ICH*-3 is also continuing on other various transactions . ''
- Altogether , NBI said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 266 jobs at its Boulder headquarters , 176 field sales jobs and 50 jobs at its Canadian and United Kingdom headquarters] .
- Inventor Claire Marvin says 0 [ARG0 his design] [ARGM-ADV virtually] [rel eliminates] [ARG1 spilling] .
- We -LRB- I assume 0 you 're in this with me at this point -RRB- need *-1 to get [ARG1 three words -- `` for examination only '' --] [rel eliminated] from [ARG2-from the law] .
- The plan calls for [ARG0 *] closing at least nine plants and [rel eliminating] [ARG1 about 3,600 jobs] .
- [ARGM-ADV As more managers pursue the index-arbitrage strategy] , [ARG1 these small opportunities between markets] [ARGM-MOD will] be reduced *-1 and , [ARGM-TMP eventually] , [rel eliminated] *-1 .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Eliminate] [ARG1 arbitrage] and liquidity will decline instead of * rising , * creating more volatility instead of less .
- Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. offers [ARG0 a fiber-optic Christmas tree] that *T*-1 [rel eliminates] [ARG1 the need * to string lights] .
- * Also spurring the move to cloth : [ARG0 diaper covers] with Velcro fasteners that *T*-1 [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the need for safety pins] .
- [ARG0 Drexel] [ARGM-TMP this year] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 its retail or individual customer business] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 cutting the firm 's workforce almost in half to just over 5,000] .
- [ARG0 The concept 's goal] was * to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 bureaucracy] and make Ford 's product development more responsive to consumer demands .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 the one-time provision] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-ADV substantially] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 all future losses at the unit] .
- [ARG0 Valley Federal] [ARGM-DIS also] added $ 18 million *U* to realestate loan reserves and [rel eliminated] [ARG1 $ 9.9 million *U* of good will] .
- Kalamazoo , Mich.-based First of America said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the 13 management positions of the former Midwest Financial parent company] .
- But some analysts questioned how much of an impact the retirement package will have *T*-1 , because [ARG1 few jobs] will end up *-2 being [rel eliminated] *-3 .
- Why are [ARG1 programs like this] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel eliminated] *-2 *T*-1 ?
- However , third-quarter operating profit fell 14 % , as USX sold sizable chunks of its diversified and steel segments , [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 income from those operations] .
- [ARG0 The rules] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 filings policy-making divisions , such as sales , marketing , finance and research and development] , Mr. Lane said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP At the end of this period] , [ARG1 the poison pill] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel eliminated] *-174 [ARGM-MNR automatically] , [ARGM-ADV unless a new poison pill were approved *-175 by the then-current shareholders , who *T*-189 would have an opportunity * to evaluate the corporation 's strategy and management team at that time] .
- A face-to-face meeting with Mr. Gorbachev should damp such criticism , though [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-ADV hardly] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 it] .
- He could acquire a staff of loyal Pinkerton 's employees , many of whom *T*-15 had spent their entire careers with the firm , [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 a competitor] and he could get the name recognition 0 he 'd wanted *T*-1 .
- He began by *-1 closing 120 of the combined companies ' 260 offices in two months , [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 about 31 % of the company 's 2,500-person adminstrative staff , including more than 100 sales positions] .
- In late May , [ARG0 Newmark & Lewis] announced a plan * to cut prices 5 % to 20 % and [rel eliminate] [ARG1 what it called *T*-166 a `` standard discount-retailing practice '' of * negotiating individual deals with customers] .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG0 that] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 program trading] from [ARG2-from the market] .
- Within a year , [ARG0 Kao Corp. , a major cosmetics company ,] plans *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 1,000 clerical jobs] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 putting on a central computer network some work , such as credit reports , currently performed * in 22 separate offices] .
- Thus , a woman who *T*-487 used RU-486 *-3 to have an abortion would have *-1 to make three trips to the clinic past those picket lines ; an initial visit for medical screening -LRB- [ARG1 anemics and those with previous pregnancy problems] are [rel eliminated] *-4 -RRB- and * to take the pill , a second trip 48 hours later for the prostaglandin , administered * either via injection or vaginal suppository , and a third trip a week later * to make sure 0 she has completely aborted .
- Mr. Gatward has spent a lot of time since late September at MTM 's headquarters ; [ARG0 he] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 three departments] and fired six executives , according to the TVS spokesman .
- But Akzo is still slimming down : [ARG0 It] recently announced plans * to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 about 1,700 fiber-related jobs in the Netherlands and West Germany] .
- [ARG0 Ogilvy] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 the mail room staff] , closed the executive dining room and , after the takeover , let go half a dozen financial executives .
- `` [ARG0 The team] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 the crisis mentality that proposal deadlines can generate *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-TMP In Mr. Luzon 's first year] , [ARG0 the bank] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 800 jobs] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Pearce] has shaken up GM 's legal staff by *-2 [rel eliminating] [ARG1 all titles] and establishing several new functions , including a special-projects group that *T*-1 has made films on safety and drunk driving .
- [ARG0 Both the House and Senate bills 0 *T*-1 to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the cap on doctor 's bills] .
- [ARG0 The closing] [ARGM-MOD will] affect about 3,000 workers and [rel eliminate] [ARG1 production of 700 cars] .
- [ARG0 The Fed] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the cause of the potential panic] [ARGM-ADV rather than *-1 attempting *-2 to treat the symptom -- the liquidity of the banks] .
- [ARGM-DIS Well] , [ARGM-TMP when Congress in its recent S&L bailout mandated that the thrifts sell off all their junk-bond holdings by 1994 *T*-2] , [ARG0 it] not only artificially increased the supply of these bonds in the market but [ARGM-DIS also] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 one of the few profitable investments 0 thrifts have made *T*-1] .
- Plus , one Exxon official said 0 *T*-1 , by [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 the typically long New York commutes between office and home] , management will expect employees to work 40 hours a week in Dallas , rather than a 35-hour work week in New York .
- In an already low-profitmargin business , [ARG0 commodity brokerage firms] may well decide *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the risk and expense of * dealing with the retail public] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 depriving the private individual of access to the markets] .
- Gary Lukassen , chief financial officer , said 0 [ARG0 redemption of the preferred shares , originally issued * at C$ 25 *U* each ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 dividend payments of C$ 17.9 million *U* annually] .
- [ARG0 The 1986 Tax Reform Act] has [ARGM-ADV nearly] [rel eliminated] [ARG1 the number of large , profitable corporations that *T*-1 do n't pay federal income tax] , [ARGM-ADV according to Citizens for Tax Justice , a nonprofit , labor-funded research and lobbying group] .
- [ARG0 The U.S.] , in a far-reaching plan submitted * to the Geneva meeting Tuesday , proposed * curbing price support subsidies within 10 years and [rel eliminating] [ARG1 export subsidies] [ARGM-TMP within five years] .
- More broadly , [ARG0 he] wants *-1 to `` modernize '' regulation by *-2 [rel eliminating] [ARG1 barriers between commercial and investment banking] and by *-2 helping U.S. financial firms compete in the global market .
- Mr. Greenspan said 0 he and other Fed governors endorse a bill by Rep. Stephen Neal -LRB- D. , N.C. -RRB- that *T*-1 would require the Fed to pursue [ARG0 policies] aimed * at * [rel eliminating] [ARG1 inflation] [ARGM-TMP within five years] .
- In addition , [ARG0 the principles] attempt *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the so-called Delaney Paradox] .
- Big Board Chairman John J. Phelan said in a recent interview that [ARG0 he] has no inclination * to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 program trading] .
- The plan may include [ARG0 *] selling branches , consolidating or [rel eliminating] [ARG1 departments] , and winding down *RNR*-1 or disposing of *RNR*-1 unprofitable units within 18 months .
- TW notes , as many junk issuers do , that `` [ARG0 *] adjusted *-1 * to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 non-cash charges] '' TW would have run a cash surplus -- in this case , of $ 56 million *U* over six months .
- [ARG0 The 1989 Americans With Disabilities Act] is about * [rel eliminating] [ARG1 discriminatory barriers] .
- [ARG0 Credit policy] [ARGM-MOD should] separate these two competing objectives and [rel eliminate] [ARG1 aspects that *T*-1 provide the subsidy] .
- [ARG0 A budget that *T*-1 reflected the real costs of lending] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 incentives * to convert spending or lending programs to guarantees] and would let taxpayers know what Congress is committing them to *T*-2 .
- Mr. Yeutter , *-4 seeking *-5 to allay European objections to an earlier U.S. plan that *T*-1 called for [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 all farm-trade barriers] [ARGM-TMP by the year 2000] , said 0 the new U.S. proposal would n't `` put farmers out of business '' but would only encourage them to `` grow what the markets desire *T*-2 instead of what the government wants *T*-3 . ''
- [ARG0 Lazard and other primary underwriters] have reduced or [rel eliminated] [ARG1 their exposure] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 sub-underwriting the issue among U.K. institutional investors] .
- Peter Teagan , a specialist in heat transfer , is running a project at Arthur D. Little Inc. , of Cambridge , Mass. , 0 *T*-2 to find alternative technologies that *T*-1 will allow [ARG0 industry] to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 CFCs] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Faced *-1 with a $ 40 billion *U* foreign debt and skyrocketing inflation] , [ARG0 Poland] [ARGM-MOD must] privatize industry and [rel eliminate] [ARG1 subsidies] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to stabilize its currency and qualify for international assistance] .
- In the statement , Mr. Skase said that on the basis of current interest rates in Australia , [ARG0 the company 's asset sales] would reduce interest expense by about A$ 120 million *U* a year in addition to *-1 [rel eliminating] [ARG1 certain liabilities] .
- [ARG1 Sperry] [ARGM-TMP ultimately] was [rel eliminated] *-1 from [ARG2-from the competition] [ARGM-ADV without *-2 receiving the work] .
- [ARG0 The Communists] nearly succeeded in *-1 [rel eliminating] [ARG1 prostitution] after *-1 taking over in 1949 , but the practice has returned in recent years with the country 's increased exposure to the outside world .
- Concern that investors could misinterpret such readings led [ARG0 the American Association of Individual Investors] to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 beta figures for precious-metals funds] [ARGM-LOC in the 1989 edition of its mutual-fund guide] .
- [ARG0 The Tax Reform Act of 1986] , which *T*-1 [rel eliminated] [ARG1 many tax shelters peddled * by planners] , and the stock market crash the next year did cause a sharp slump in such demand , and many planners had *-2 to make an unplanned exit from the business .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV against that combined increase of 12 % in students chosen * by academic criteria] , [ARG0 the plan] [rel eliminates] [ARG1 a large category in which admissions now are based *-1 on grades , test scores and `` supplemental points '' for factors such as high-school curriculum , English-language proficiency and an essay *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Eliminating] [ARG1 the earnings limit] would greatly help seniors and reduce the deficit .
- Indexes can be constructed *-1 0 *T*-2 to serve social goals , such as [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 the stocks of companies doing business in South Africa] .
- [ARG1 About 140 salaried management jobs and hundreds of hourly wage positions] have been [rel eliminated] *-1 .
- In exchange for dramatically lower tax rates , [ARG0 the framers of that legislation] sought *-2 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 most of the exemptions , deductions and credits that *T*-1 gave some taxpayers an advantage over others] .
- The goal was [ARG0 *] to tax people with roughly equivalent incomes equally , and to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the many shelters that *T*-1 allowed the wealthy to escape taxes] .
- [ARG0 California lawmakers] want *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [ARG1 a $ 100 million *U* cap on the amount of federal highway relief for each state for each disaster , as well as a prohibition on * using the emergency highway aid * to repair toll roads] .
- [ARG0 It] is [rel eliminating] [ARG1 the positions of president and chief operating officer , formerly held * by Edward L. Marinaro] .
- About 5,500 hourly workers will be laid *-3 off for a week beginning Oct. 23 , and [ARG1 overtime] has been [rel eliminated] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at the plant] [ARGM-TMP for the fourth quarter] , a Chrysler spokesman said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The shutdown] [ARGM-MOD will] idle 2,000 hourly employees and [rel eliminate] [ARG1 production of about 1,300 medium and heavy duty trucks] .
- `` [ARG0 You] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 companies with substantial prospects that *T*-1 are moving up in price] . ''
- International Business Machines Corp. will announce on Tuesday a slew of software products aimed * at [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 some of the major problems involved in * computerizing manufacturing operations] , industry executives said 0 *T*-1 .
- The computer would let the machine run just until that order was filled *-1 , [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 waste] .
- [ARG0 The new contract] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel eliminates] [ARG1 the $ 15 *U* monthly coupon , good only at union-owned grocery stores , that *T*-1 was part of the salary of every worker , from roughneck to chief executive] .
- The venture is the latest example of the trend toward cooperative projects in Europe ahead of the 1992 deadline for [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 trade barriers within the European Community] .
- [ARG0 These proposals] include * changing the term of the chairman , shortening the terms of the members , [rel eliminating] [ARG1 the presidents of the Federal Reserve Banks] from [ARG2-from the decision-making process] , putting the Secretary of the Treasury on the Federal Reserve Board , having the Fed audited *-1 by an arm of Congress -LRB- the General Accounting Office -RRB- , putting the Fed 's expenditures in the budget , and requiring prompt publication of the Fed 's minutes .
- [ARG0 A second provision passed * by the Senate and House] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 a rule allowing companies that *T*-1 post losses resulting from LBO debt to receive refunds of taxes paid * over the previous three years] .
- [ARGM-ADV From the perspective of East Germany 's old guard] , [ARG0 reforms that *T*-1 smack of capitalism and Western-style democracy] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 their country 's reason for being] .
- `` Under the banner that *T*-2 proclaims the ` renewal of socialism , ' '' he said *T*-4 , `` [ARG0 forces *ICH*-1] are at work that *T*-5 are striving *-3 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 socialism] . ''
- A company spokesman said 0 the decision [ARG0 *] to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 the dividend] resulted from a quarterly appraisal and that circumstances had changed since the December announcement .
- But once [ARG1 that factor] was [rel eliminated] *-1 , traders took profits and focused on crude oil inventories , Mr. Barakat said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Some tariffs] were [rel eliminated] *-1 [ARGM-TMP when the trade pact took effect Jan. 1 *T*-2] .
- The remainder were *-1 to be phased *-2 out in five or 10 annual installments , with [ARG1 all tariffs] [rel eliminated] *-3 [ARGM-TMP by January 1998] .
- *-2 Writing in the 1960s Ms. Carson suggested that [ARG1 the human race] [ARGM-MOD could] be [rel eliminated] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in 20 years] , and Mr. Wald suggested that life on earth might end by 1985 .
- [ARG0 The process] dramatically increased our average life expectancy , [rel eliminated] [ARG1 much pain] and constantly improved health and well-being .
- The idea was * to `` insure '' the value of a portfolio by * selling futures when stock prices dropped *T*-1 -- [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 the need * to sell the stocks themselves] .
- [ARG0 Many big Wall Street brokerage firms] who *T*-1 [rel eliminated] [ARG1 their research effort in stocks of emerging growth companies] [ARGM-TMP a few years ago] are now resuming coverage of this area , he notes 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 It] would like *-2 to peg the ceiling on Federal Housing Administration mortgage guarantees to 95 % of the median price in a particular market , instead of *-3 limiting it to $ 101,250 *U* ; reduce *RNR*-1 -LRB- or [ARGM-ADV even] [rel eliminate] [ARG1 *RNR*-1] -RRB- FHA down-payment requirements and increase the availability of variable-rate mortgages ; expand the Veterans Affairs Department loan guarantee program ; provide `` adequate '' funding for the Farmers Home Administration -LRB- FmHA -RRB- ; increase federal funding and tax incentives for the construction of low-income and rental housing , including $ 4 billion *U* in block grants to states and localities ; and `` fully fund '' the McKinney Act , a $ 656 million *U* potpourri for the homeless .
- But while the NAHB has suggested actions that states and localities should take *T*-1 *-3 to reduce regulatory barriers , the association has proposed [ARG0 no activist legislative program] -- comparable to , * say , its detailed request for more federal subsidies -- 0 *T*-2 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 counterproductive controls] .
- The impact of the changes is [ARG0 *] to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 many of the most excessive cases where the government has been paying more than $ 200 *U* for each passenger in subsidies *T*-1] .
- Proceeds will be used *-1 [ARG0 *] to [rel eliminate] and restructure [ARG1 bank debt] .
- In recent years , [ARG0 Reader 's Digest , New York Times Co. 's McCall 's , and most recently News Corp. 's TV Guide ,] have cut their massive circulation rate bases *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 marginal circulation] and hold down rates for advertisers .
- Even before Friday 's events , Harvard University economist Benjamin Friedman was arguing that the Fed wo n't be able *-1 to live up to its tough words on [ARG0 *] [rel eliminating] [ARG1 inflation] because of its responsibility * to protect fragile financial markets , banks and highly leveraged corporations .
- Rather , it is born *-1 of frustration with * having *-3 to combat constantly changing strains of [ARG1 a statist idea] that one thought 0 *T*-4 had been [rel eliminated] *-2 [ARGM-TMP in the early 1970s] , [ARGM-ADV along with smallpox] .
- [ARG0 China 's year-long austerity program] has achieved some successes in * harnessing runaway economic growth and stabilizing prices but has failed *-1 to [rel eliminate] [ARG1 serious defects in state planning and an alarming drain on state budgets] .
- But since he is undoubtedly one of the most proficient bull slingers who *T*-1 ever raked muck , it *EXP*-2 seems far wiser * to view [ARG1 him] as sidelined , but [ARGM-DIS certainly] [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel eliminated] .
- `` [ARG0 It] [rel eliminates] [ARG1 the continuing uncertainty with respect to the ultimate value of the loans] , '' he said *T*-1 .