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frames- The U.S. , *-1 claiming some success in its trade diplomacy , removed South Korea , Taiwan and Saudi Arabia from a list of [ARG1 countries] 0 it is closely watching *T*-2 for * [ARGM-ADV allegedly] [rel failing] [ARG2 *-3 to honor U.S. patents , copyrights and other intellectual-property rights] .
- In another reflection that the growth of the economy is leveling off , the government said that [ARG1 orders for manufactured goods and spending on construction] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to rise in September] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the same time] , [ARG1 the drop in interest rates since the spring] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to revive the residential construction industry] .
- [ARG1 The PLO] in recent months has been trying *-1 to join international organizations but [rel failed] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] [ARG2 *-1 to win membership in the World Health Organization and the World Tourism Organization] .
- `` [ARG1 David Dinkins] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to file his income taxes] [ARGM-TMP for four straight years] , '' says *T*-1 a disembodied male voice .
- [ARG1 Mr. Dinkins] , the ad charges 0 *T*-2 , [ARGM-DIS also] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to report his campaign contributions accurately] , hid his links to a failing insurance company and paid a convicted kidnapper `` through a phony organization with no members , no receipts and no office . ''
- Mr. Dinkins , the ad charges 0 *T*-2 , also failed *-1 to report his campaign contributions accurately , hid his links to a [rel failing] [ARG1 insurance] company and paid a convicted kidnapper `` through a phony organization with no members , no receipts and no office . ''
- [ARG1 Mr. Dinkins] did [rel fail] [ARG2 *-1 to file his income taxes] [ARGM-TMP for four years] , but he insists 0 he voluntarily admitted the `` oversight '' when he was being considered *-2 for a city job *T*-3 .
- The Internal Revenue Service has threatened criminal sanctions against [ARG1 lawyers] who *T*-123 [rel fail] [ARG2 *-1 to report detailed information about clients who *T*-124 pay them more than $ 10,000 *U* in cash] .
- But in the letters sent * in recent days , Christopher J. Lezovich of the IRS computing center in Detroit , told attorneys that `` [ARG0 *] [rel failing] [ARG1 *-1 to voluntarily submit the requested information] could result in summons enforcement action being initiated *-2 . ''
- `` Each day that [ARG1 Congress] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-1 to act] *T*-2 ... will cause additional disruption in our borrowing schedule , * possibly resulting in higher interest costs to the taxpayer , '' Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady said *T*-3 in a speech prepared * for delivery last night to a group of bankers .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 he] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to gain any influence at the company] .
- Without *-1 admitting or denying wrongdoing , they consented to findings that [ARG1 they] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to return funds owed * to customers in connection with a limited-partnership offering] .
- *-2 Reached *-1 at his office , Mr. McFall , currently chairman , said , `` An implication that [ARG1 we] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to return investor funds] is inappropriate and inaccurate . ''
- Without *-1 admitting or denying wrongdoing , the firm consented to findings that [ARG1 it] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to respond `` in a timely manner '' to the NASD 's requests for information in connection with a customer complaint] .
- [ARG1 Seed for Jail Solution] [rel Fails] [ARG2 *-1 to Take Root]
- Gerard Scannell , the head of OSHA , said 0 [ARG1 USX managers] have known about many of the safety and health deficiencies at the plants for years , `` yet have [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to take necessary action * to counteract the hazards] . ''
- If [ARG1 President Bush] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-1 to do so in his first year] , he will invite Congress , for the remainder of his presidency , *-2 to rewrite Article II of the Constitution *-3 to suit its purposes .
- The fact that [ARG1 a vast majority of fundamentalist money managers] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-1 to beat the S&P 500] may contribute to the hysteria surrounding the issue .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG1 many such managers] [ARGM-ADV consistently] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-2 to even keep up with *RNR*-1 , much less beat *RNR*-1 , the returns of standard benchmarks like the S&P]
- Although takeover experts said 0 they doubted 0 Mr. Steinberg will make a bid by himself , the application by his Reliance Group Holdings Inc. could signal his interest in * helping *-1 revive a [rel failed] [ARG1 labor-management] bid .
- One investment banker said 0 Mr. Steinberg may be trying *-2 to position himself as a friendly investor who *T*-1 could help UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a [rel failed] [ARG1 labor-management] bid .
- [ARG1 The parent of Younkers] , after *-1 [rel failing] [ARG2 * to find a buyer for the chain of Midwestern department stores] , said 0 it will sell a stake in the chain to management and take other steps *-2 to reduce its investment in retailing .
- Drexel Burnham Lambert analyst Michael Derchin said 0 he sees a 70 % chance that the parent of United Airlines , the target of a [rel failed] [ARG1 $ 300-a-share *U*] offer from a labor-management group , will be acquired or restructured *-1 within six months .
- But [ARGM-TMP as the craze died] , [ARG1 Coleco] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to come up with another winner] and filed for bankruptcy-law protection in July 1988 .
- [ARG1 Nixon] concluded five days of private talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing , but [ARGM-ADV apparently] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to ease strains in Sino-U.S. ties caused * by China 's crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in June] .
- USX Corp. posted a 23 % drop in third-quarter profit , as [ARG1 improved oil results] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to offset weakness in steel and natural gas operations] .
- Companies would be compelled *-1 to publish in annual proxy statements the names of [ARG1 insiders] who *T*-5 [rel fail] [ARG2 *-3 to file reports on time] .
- But Robert Gabele , president of Invest\/Net , a North Miami , Fla. , company that *T*-6 packages and sells the insider-trading data , said 0 the proposal is worded *-4 so vaguely that [ARG1 key officials] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-1 to file the reports] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 other sectors] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to attract investor interest] and remained sluggish , *-1 making overall trading appear mixed .
- [ARG2 The bill vetoed * by the president in June] , which [ARG1 the House] [rel failed] *-1 to override *T*-2 , would have lifted the minimum wage to $ 4.55 *U* an hour by late 1991 , with a training wage for up to two months , generally for a worker 's first job .
- [ARG1 Michael Blair , former president and chief executive officer of Enfield Corp. ,] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to win election to the company 's board at a special shareholder meeting] .
- The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that [ARG1 pilots] failed *-1 to set the plane 's wing flaps and slats properly for takeoff and [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to make mandatory preflight checks that *T*-221 would have detected the error] .
- The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that [ARG1 pilots] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to set the plane 's wing flaps and slats properly for takeoff] and failed *-1 to make mandatory preflight checks that *T*-221 would have detected the error .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG1 a cockpit warning system] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to alert the pilots 0 the flaps and slats were not set *-3 for takeoff] , the NTSB said 0 *T*-2 .
- Mr. Nahas , who *T*-231 single-handedly provoked a one-day closure of Brazil 's stock markets in June when [ARG1 he] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to honor a debt of $ 31.1 million *U* owed * to his brokers] *T*-1 , yesterday blamed his predicament on the president of the Sao Paulo stock exchange ; a few days before Mr. Nahas 's failure , the exchange raised the required margin on stock-margin transactions .
- Richard Avena , executive director of the Texas Civil Liberties Union , called the proposal `` political gimmickry , '' and said 0 [ARG1 it] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-1 to recognize the drug problem as a health issue] .
- [ARG1 All Eastern 's previous court efforts * to head off the pilots ' demands] have [rel failed] .
- According to individuals familiar with the situation , the Frankfurt loss stemmed from a computer program for * calculating prices on [ARG1 forward-rate agreements] that *T*-11 [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to envision an interest-rate environment where short-term rates were equal to *RNR*-1 or higher than *RNR*-1 long-term rates *T*-3] .
- The suit alleges that [ARG1 American Brands] misrepresented the financial condition of Pinkerton 's before the sale , [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to disclose pending lawsuits and material contracts in which Pinkerton 's was in default *T*-3] , had n't registered the Pinkerton 's name and trademark in the United Kingdom and did n't tell California Plant Protection about some labor controversies .
- Rep. Gonzalez has complained that regulators waited far too long , however , *-1 ignoring a recommendation *ICH*-2 from regional officials * to place Lincoln into receivership two years before [ARG1 it] [rel failed] .
- USX 's profit dropped 23 % in the third quarter as [ARG1 improved oil results] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to offset weakness in the firm 's steel and natural gas operations] .
- The city 's Department of Consumer Affairs charged [ARG1 Newmark & Lewis Inc.] with * [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to deliver on its promise of * lowering prices] .
- Mr. Rifenburgh told industry analysts 0 he is moving `` aggressively '' * to negotiate out-of-court settlements on a number of shareholder lawsuits , but noted that the company could file for bankruptcy-law protection if [ARG1 settlement talks] [rel fail] .
- September was the 10th consecutive month in which [ARG1 steel exports] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to reach the year-earlier level *T*-1] .
- Although the Treasury will announce details of the November refunding tomorrow , it could be delayed *-1 if [ARG1 Congress and President Bush] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-2 to increase the Treasury 's borrowing capacity] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Bush] has asked Congress *-3 to provide more than $ 400 million *U* in economic aid and food grants for Poland 's new government , but has been chided *-1 by Democrats for *-4 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-2 to do more] .
- [ARG1 Two previous exorcisms] have [rel failed] .
- In short , the problem is not intra-administration disagreement , but preoccupation with the prospect that [ARG1 perestrokia] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel fail] , and its political opponents will ask `` Who *T*-1 lost Gorbachev ? ''
- Dark hints *ICH*-1 would be raised *-2 that parts of the administration hope 0 [ARG1 Mr. Gorbachev] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel fail] , just as they were *?* when Vice President Quayle voiced similar sentiments *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Mr. Kennedy] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to get his amendment incorporated into last year 's anti-drug legislation] , and it will be severely attacked *-2 on the Senate floor this time around .
- [ARG1 Senate Republicans] , after *-2 [ARGM-TMP repeatedly] [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to attach death-penalty amendments to unrelated legislation] , have finally gotten a full-blown death-penalty bill through committee .
- He also contended that [ARG1 the plaintiffs] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to cite any legal authority that *T*-1 would justify such an injunction] .
- [ARG1 Copper futures prices] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to extend Friday 's rally] .
- [ARGM-ADV Contrary to widespread belief] , [ARG1 Mussolini] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to live up to his promise * to make the trains run on time] ; it *EXP*-1 is doubtful whether Soviet-style corporatism will make Soviet trains run on time , or fill the shops with goods that the consumers so desperately crave *T*-2 .
- Many physicians have expressed concern over the heavy bleeding , which *T*-1 occurs even if [ARG1 the drug] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-2 to induce an abortion] .
- [ARG1 A strong challenge from the far left , the Communist coalition Izquierda Unida ,] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to topple him] .
- It could point to plenty of [ARG2 ailments] that [ARG1 the Spanish economic rejuvenation] [ARGM-TMP so far] has [rel failed] *-1 to cure *T*-2 .
- These federal-court suits accuse [ARG1 the officers] of *-2 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-3 to disclose that Easy Eggs were unlikely *-1 to sell briskly enough * to justify all of Michael 's production capacity] .
- Rally 's , a fast-food chain based * in Louisville , Ky. , is contending that [ARG1 Mr. Sugarman and two other company directors] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission that they intended *-2 to acquire a big Rally stake] .
- Traders said that [ARG1 statements made * over the weekend * to quell concern about the stability of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's government and the future of her economic program] [ARGM-ADV largely] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to reassure investors and bolster the flagging British unit] .
- [ARG1 Comments by John Major , who *T*-1 has succeeded Mr. Lawson ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to damp market concern] , [ARGM-ADV despite his pledge * to maintain relatively high British interest rates] .
- Judge Harold C. Abramson raised the possibility after [ARG1 talks 0 *T*-1 to end a feud between two major creditors] [rel failed] and all three reorganization plans in the case ran into roadblocks .
- We would add that in political terms , [ARG1 Mrs. Thatcher 's] problem was * [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to decide between the Chancellor and her adviser] .
- Polly Peck , a fast-growing British conglomerate , will pay 15.6 billion yen -LRB- $ 110 million *U* -RRB- for 39 million new shares of Sansui , [ARG1 a well-known maker] of high-fidelity audio equipment that *T*-1 [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to adjust to changing market conditions] .
- [ARG1 Sansui] was late into the mini-component business and [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to branch into other new businesses] .
- [ARG1 The bolstered cellular agreement between BellSouth Corp. and LIN Broadcasting Corp.] carries heightened risks and [ARGM-MOD could] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-1 to fend off McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. , the rival suitor for LIN] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 they] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to sell these stocks to client investors , who *T*-1 were cautious about the sharp gains 0 these issues made *T*-2 this week] , the Wako official said 0 *T*-4 .
- Gen. Michel Aoun rejected the pact because [ARG1 it] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-1 to provide a timetable for a Syrian troop pullout from Lebanon] .
- [ARG1 The plane] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to reach Molokai 's airport] [ARGM-TMP Saturday] [ARGM-ADV while *-1 on a flight from the neighboring island of Maui] .
- But success for Unilever and P&G is far from guaranteed , as * shown *-3 by [ARG1 the many consumer-product companies] that *T*-2 have tried and [rel failed] [ARG2 *-4 to master the quirky beauty business] .
- It emerged after a rancorous display of old-style intelligence politics that *T*-1 followed [ARGM-TMP this month 's] [rel failed] [ARG1 coup] attempt in Panama .
- He seeks damages from the company 's 15 directors on grounds that [ARG1 they] either `` participated in *RNR*-1 or condoned *RNR*-1 the illegal acts ... or [ARGM-MNR utterly] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to carry out their duties as directors] . ''
- In a letter to the federation , Raymond Campion , Exxon 's environmental coordinator , said : `` [ARG1 Recent public actions by you regarding the Valdez oil spill] have [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to demonstrate any sense of objectivity or fairness] . ''
- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega may have accomplished over the weekend [ARG2 what] [ARG1 his U.S. antagonists] have [rel failed] *-1 to do *T*-2 : * revive a constituency for the Contra rebels .
- But [ARG1 the new pact] will force huge debt on the new firm and [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-1 to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular] .
- The company 's decision was made *-1 after [ARG1 First Hospital] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to obtain financing for its offer] .
- [ARG1 The growing sales sustained * by domestic demand] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to counter rising material metal costs and declining profitability in overseas construction] , Furukawa said 0 *T*-1 .
- The rule will require companies with financial instruments that *T*-1 have off-balance sheet risks to disclose data about the value and terms of the instruments , any accounting loss that *T*-2 would occur if [ARG1 the outside party involved * in the instrument] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to perform] , and the company 's policy for * requiring collateral or other security for the instrument .
- [ARG1 The executives] face five to 15 years in prison and fines of $ 5,000 *U* or double the profit made * by * [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to comply with the rules] .
- In addition , they argue 0 he wo n't help Washington 's standing in the region by * trumpeting the U.S. commitment to democracy less than a month after his administration played an ineffectual role in the [rel failed] [ARG1 coup] attempt in Panama .
- Mr. Windsor , among other analysts connected * to the conservative Heritage Foundation , fears 0 the gathering of 18 leaders , mostly from Central American nations , will force Mr. Bush `` to explain and redeem himself '' in the wake of charges that [ARG1 the U.S.] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to do enough *-2 to aid the removal of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega] .
- I read that one unnamed athletics director predicted that [ARG1 the basketball-cutback proposal] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel fail] [ARGM-CAU because of `` real world '' -LRB- i.e. , economic -RRB- considerations] .
- [ARG1 The former U.S. attorney , who *T*-1 prosecuted targets ranging from Mafia dons to Wall Street executives ,] has succeeded in *-2 raising questions about Mr. Dinkins 's ethical standards , but [ARGM-TMP so far] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to generate excitement about his own candidacy] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Dinkins] [ARGM-DIS also] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to allay Jewish voters ' fears about his association with the Rev. Jesse Jackson] , [ARGM-ADV despite the fact that few local non-Jewish politicians have been as vocal for Jewish causes in the past 20 years as Mr. Dinkins has *?*] .
- Mr. Boren does n't think 0 all this influenced the [rel failed] [ARG1 coup] [ARGM-TMP this month] , but he does concede that Congress has made mistakes .
- But if , as many now fear , Waertsilae Marine joins the ranks of [rel failed] [ARG1 shipyards] it might turn out *-2 to be remembered *-1 most as a blemish on Finland 's international reputation .
- The Asahi Shimbun , a Japanese daily , last month reported that [ARG1 Aichi] revised its tax calculations after *-1 being challenged *-2 for *-3 [ARGM-ADV allegedly] [rel failing] [ARG2 *-4 to report all of its income to tax authorities over a two-year period] .
- An enormous turtle has succeeded [ARG2-ADV where] [ARG1 the government] has [rel failed] *T*-1 : He has made * speaking Filipino respectable .
- He is now in solo law practice in Washington , but his fees have been meager and [ARG1 he] [rel failed] in [ARG2-in efforts * to win a chunk of his ex-wife 's royalties on her tell-all book] .
- [ARG1 Donna Rice of Gary Hart fame] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to obtain a book contract] and lost her modeling contract for `` No Excuses '' jeans .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG1 all else] [rel fails] *T*-1 , Gucci Gulch -- the fabled halls of the Capitol inhabited * by lobbyists and their imported shoes -- offers a welcome environment for fallen officials .
- As a last recourse , [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 all else] has [rel failed] *T*-3 and you are pinned *-1 *T*-3 , * apologize for *-6 having disappointed those who *T*-2 trusted you but deny *-6 having actually done anything wrong .
- Judge Leval reluctantly concluded that [ARG1 a few of Mr. Miller 's quotations from Mr. Hubbard 's unpublished writings] , [ARGM-CAU because they were not necessary * to prove historical points] , [rel failed] [ARG2 the fair-use test] and therefore infringed copyright .
- District Court Judge Pierre Leval denied the injunction on the ground that [ARG1 New Era] had [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to make its claim within a reasonable time] -- the doctrine 0 lawyers call *T*-2 `` laches . ''
- Most of the plans have reduced bids in case [ARG1 the plant] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-1 to get a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission] .
- He warned that [ARG1 Fed efforts * to conquer inflation] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel fail] -- and could produce `` a major financial crunch '' -- unless they are accompanied *-1 by a significant reduction in the federal deficit , which *T*-2 causes the government to borrow heavily .
- Moves * to accelerate the removal of dangerous pesticides gained new impetus during this year 's Alar scare , when [ARG1 the EPA] was harshly criticized *-3 for *-4 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to yank the possible carcinogen , a growth regulator used * * to make apples redder and crunchier] *T*-2 .
- `` I 've always relied heavily on the grid and found [ARG1 it] [ARGM-TMP never] to [rel fail] . ''
- Lynden B. Miller , the noted public garden designer who *T*-1 restored Central Park 's Conservatory Garden , recalls her reaction to the South Gardens model in light of the public garden 0 she was designing *T*-2 for 42nd Street 's Bryant Park : `` [ARG1 Bryant Park] , [ARGM-ADV as *-3 designed *-4 in 1933] , [rel failed] [ARGM-MNR as a public space] , [ARGM-CAU because it made people feel trapped] .
- Moreover , the company said 0 [ARG1 higher sales and shipments to service centers from its Armco Steel Co. joint venture] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to offset weakness in the automotive market , higher production costs and a poorer product mix] .
- [ARG1 The Democratic-controlled House] , [ARGM-MNR by a margin of 51 votes] , [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to override President Bush 's veto of legislation renewing federal support of Medicaid abortions for poor women who *T*-1 are victims of rape and incest] .
- The partnership , which *T*-1 had solicited takeover offers , said 0 [ARG1 it] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to receive any adequate bids for all of its operations] but is reviewing offers for individual properties .
- [ARG1 THE HOUSE] [rel FAILED] [ARG2 *-1 to override Bush 's veto of a bill easing abortion funding] .
- The suit says 0 [ARG1 the company] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to disclose material adverse information about its financial condition] .
- [ARG1 It] aired 94.5 hours of mostly live events in Calgary -- * helping raise ratings slightly from 1984 -- but [ARGM-ADV still] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to deliver the audience promised * to advertisers] .
- When the response to criticism is only a better explanation of policies without * altering the reasons for the criticism *T*-2 , I am convinced that [ARG1 Mr. Kageyama] has [ARGM-TMP still] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to attack the root cause of the problem] and is simply treating symptoms .
- But [ARG1 Mr. Bush and his advisers] miscalculated the politics of the abortion issue , *-2 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-3 to grasp how dramatically the abortion-rights movement would be aroused *-1 *T*-4 following last summer 's Supreme Court decision * to restrict those rights in the Webster case] .
- [ARG1 The session] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to enact any new curbs] .
- [ARG2 What] [ARG1 far too many people concerned about education] either [rel fail] *-2 to understand *T*-1 or choose *-2 to ignore *T*-1 is that American children , on the whole , are among the most undisciplined in the world , * making any attempt at improvements in the mode of education potentially unsuccessful .
- The General Accounting Office estimates that 50 % of IRS audits do n't spot [ARG1 companies] that *T*-1 [rel fail] [ARG2 *-2 to file the reports] .
- [ARG1 He] is free *-1 to invest in chickens , and to [rel fail] [ARGM-CAU for lack of chicken wire] .
- As the Chinese have shown and the Soviets are learning , family farms thrive [ARGM-LOC where] [ARG1 collectives] [rel fail] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARG1 a mediator] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to rekindle talks between the company and the strikers , who *T*-1 have rejected a pay raise offer of 10 % over three years] .
- * Speaking of dark nights , [ARG1 the Met 's next-door neighbor , the New York City Opera ,] has canceled its season after *-3 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-2 to reach a settlement with its musicians , who *T*-1 wanted pay parity with the the Chicago Lyric and San Francisco Opera orchestras] .
- The men can defeat immunities that states often assert *T*-1 in court by *-2 showing that officials knew *RNR*-3 or should have known *RNR*-3 that design of the structure was defective and that [ARG1 they] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-4 to make reasonable changes] .
- Observers said 0 [ARG1 the market] [ARGM-TMP again] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to find a trading focus] , [ARGM-ADV * discouraging much participation by investors] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the other hand] , [ARG1 high-priced shares such as Pioneer Electronic and Sony] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to spark investor interest] [ARGM-CAU because these issues are unlikely *-3 to be bought *-1 by investment trust funds] , observers said 0 *T*-4 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP so far] , [ARG1 the effort] has [rel failed] , and traffic is still slow .
- But partner Richard Nye said , `` This is the most extraordinary [rel failed] [ARG1 transaction] 0 I 've seen *T*-1 in 25 years in this business .
- [ARG1 December copper] opened near Monday 's close , tried *-1 to rally but [rel failed] , and then triggered stop-loss orders on its way down *-1 to settle at $ 1.1510 *U* a pound , off 4.50 cents for the day .
- The sale to the Chinese government of 330,000 metric tons of wheat under the government 's export enhancement program was announced *-1 after the close of trading Monday , but [ARG1 the sale] was expected *RNR*-3 and [rel failed] [ARG2 *RNR*-3] *-2 to buoy prices yesterday , said 0 *T*-4 Dale Gustafson , a futures analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. in Chicago .
- [ARG1 Other stocks] in the Dow industrials that *T*-1 [rel failed] [ARG2 *-4 to benefit from the market 's rebound] included United Technologies , which *T*-2 dropped 1 to 53 5\/8 , and Bethle hem Steel , which *T*-3 fell 1 to 16 7\/8 .
- The [rel failed] [ARG1 rights] issue also should have a modest impact on British Air shares .
- But British Airways withdrew from the UAL labor-management buy-out plan last Friday , after [ARG1 the group] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to get bank financing for its $ 6.79 billion *U* buy-out] .
- People who *T*-1 paid a premium for standard CDs purchased * on the secondary market could also find that those premiums are n't insured *-3 if [ARG1 the institutions that *T*-2 issued the CDs] [rel failed] .
- Bourbon exporters have succeeded in Japan [ARGM-LOC where] [ARG1 other industries] have [rel failed] *T*-1 , *-2 avoiding cultural hitches in marketing and distribution by *-3 allying themselves with local agents .
- If [ARG1 the ship] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-2 to arrive] , those per-share earnings estimates could be trimmed *-1 15 cents or more .
- Analysts said 0 some investors were disappointed that [ARG1 the cash-rich company] had [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to announce a special dividend] .
- What kind of initiative should anyone expect *T*-3 from people out on the line who *T*-1 've read all this and know what *T*-2 can happen if [ARG1 they] [rel fail] ?
- Some financial sources said privately that [ARG1 Paribas] blundered in * [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to move sooner for the insurance and industrial group] , * bidding only after speculation had pushed up the price .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 * alleviating that overhang] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to stimulate much activity in the secondary market , where prices were off 1\/8 to up 3\/8 point *T*-2] .
- It does n't help that [ARGM-TMP sometimes] [ARG1 Ms. Rose 's language] [rel fails] [ARG2 *-1 to deliver the effect 0 she appears *-3 to want *T*-2] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Donohoo] was convicted *-1 in Louisville late last month of *-3 violating Superfund by *-4 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-5 to report the release of asbestos into the environment from a building 0 he was demolishing *T*-2] .
- [ARG1 He] was also convicted *-1 of *-2 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-3 to properly remove asbestos from the building] , a violation of the Clean Air Act .
- The state 's suit alleges that [ARG1 Exxon 's response to the spill] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to prevent contamination of hundreds of miles of shoreline along Prince William Sound] .
- With the dust settling from the [rel failed] [ARG1 coup] attempt in Panama , one of the many lingering questions 0 the Bush administration will ponder *T*-1 is this : Is the National Security Council staff big enough , and does it have enough clout , * to do its job of * coordinating foreign policy ?
- Ford and Saab officials declined *-2 to elaborate publicly on the announcement *ICH*-3 Friday that [ARG1 their negotiations] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-4 to yield an agreement `` that *T*-1 could make long-term business sense to both parties] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this month] , [ARG1 another effort * to choose a commissioner] [rel failed] .
- Mr. Goldberg contends that [ARGM-MNR even as `` propaganda ''] [ARG1 the film] [rel fails] [ARGM-CAU because it presents only one view] .
- In a July 6 letter to the Senate Securities Subcommittee , First Boston Corp. argued that the fact that [ARG1 no retail brokerage firm] [rel failed] [ARGM-TMP during the 1987 market crash] demonstrates that current rules are adequate .
- It 's understood that MGM\/UA recently contacted Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , which *T*-1 made two [rel failed] [ARG1 bids] for the movie studio , * to see if the company was still interested .
- Qintex Entertainment , a producer and distributor of television programs most noted * for its co-production of the hit miniseries `` Lonesome Dove , '' said 0 it filed for Chapter 11 protection after [ARG1 Qintex Australia] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to provide it with $ 5.9 million *U* owed * to MCA Inc. in connection with the distribution of `` The New * Leave It to Beaver Show] . ''
- Royal contends that [ARG1 Realist] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to disclose material information , including Realist 's negotiations * to acquire Ammann Laser Technik AG , to stockholders prior to Realist 's June 6 annual meeting] .
- It claims 0 [ARG1 the Coast Guard] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to chart the rock] and refuses *-1 to pay damages .
- But , as he and his skilled team soon discover , they 're up against two factors 0 they had n't counted on *T*-1 : first , a business climate in which a [rel failing] [ARG1 company] with few assets and many debts can borrow against the assets of the successful company 0 it hopes *-4 to acquire *T*-3 in order *-5 to finance the takeover *T*-2 ; second , that standing behind AIW is *T*-6 a sinister consortium of much bigger , shadier and shrewder foreign interests secretly providing the money and muscle for the deal .
- The Office of Thrift Supervision banned B.J. Garman , a former director of the [rel failed] [ARG1 Vision] Banc Savings Association of Kingsville , Texas , from *-1 working in any financial institution insured * by the government .
- In the six trading days since [ARG1 the UAL labor-management buy-out group] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to get bank financing] , * culminating Friday with the withdrawal of its partner British Airways PLC , UAL stock has plummeted by 41 % to 168 1\/2 from 285 1\/4 .
- Confidence in the pound is widely expected *-1 to take another sharp dive if [ARG1 trade figures for September , due for release tomorrow ,] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-2 to show a substantial improvement from July and August 's near-record deficits] .
- October 's troubles began when [ARG1 the trust] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to sell a state-owned commercial bank , Associated Bank , for the minimum price of 671 million pesos -LRB- $ 31 million *U* -RRB-] *T*-2 .
- Mr. Garcia acknowledges the problem and says 0 the Asset Trust will study why [ARG1 the bidding] [rel failed] *T*-1 and what changes the agency may be able *-2 to offer *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] . [ARGM-TMP Recently] , [ARG1 the trust] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to auction off the paper mill , a bank , an office building and a small cotton-ginning plant] .
- Takeover stock speculators have incurred paper losses of over $ 700 million *U* from the [rel failed] [ARG1 UAL] offer , their worst loss ever on a single deal .
- Mr. Oriani said 0 his skepticism of the Utah claims was initially confirmed [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 his first experiments last spring] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to produce results] *T*-1 .
- Smaller chains and single-store operators will be [ARG1 the first] 0 *T*-2 to [rel fail] , many in the industry predict 0 *T*-1 .
- If [ARG1 All Else] [rel Fails] ... .
- Harley-Davidson 's complaint claims that [ARG1 the group , led * by investor Malcolm I. Glazer ,] violated securities laws by *-2 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-3 to disclose plans * to purchase 15 % of the company 's shares outstanding] and that when the required Hart-Scott-Rodino filing eventually was made *-1 *T*-4 , it did n't disclose the group 's alleged earlier violation of the so-called prior-notice requirements of the law .
- Company officials said later that British Airways believes 0 its involvement in the UAL buy-out ended last Friday when [ARG1 the buy-out group , which *T*-1 also includes UAL 's management and pilot union ,] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to obtain financing for the $ 6.79 billion *U* transaction] *T*-2 .
- The buy-out fell through after [ARG1 Citicorp and Chase Manhattan Corp. , the lead banks in the transaction ,] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to obtain $ 7.2 billion *U* in financing needed * for the plan] .
- Mr. Mitchell has been predicting that [ARG1 the president 's initiative] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel fail] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 even some last-minute phone calls that Mr. Bush made *T*-1 -LRB- at the behest of some conservative U.S. senators -RRB- 0 *T*-2 to enlist backing for the U.S. position] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to stop the march of Mr. Arias 's agenda] .
- *-3 Questioned *-2 in Washington about what *T*-1 would happen if [ARG1 his much-heralded peace plan] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel fail] , President Arias voiced expectations of direct U.S. action .
- In the wake of the [rel failed] [ARG1 Panama] coup , a bumper sticker appears : `` Ollie Would Have Got Him . '' ...
- A community of abandoned farmsteads , [rel failing] [ARG1 businesses] , and crumbling roads and bridges is hardly a desirable one ... .
- Therefore , engineering firms , construction contractors and developers can be sued *-1 for *-4 not keeping structures up to standard , and [ARG1 government agencies] can be held *-2 accountable for * [rel failing] [ARG2 *-5 to properly protect citizens from such a foreseeable disaster] , if negligence can be proven *-3 .
- * Never mind that First Gibraltar is one of the [rel failed] [ARG1 Texas] thrifts taken * over by outsiders -- in this case , an investor group headed * by New York financier Ronald Perelman .
- The new institution is also called *-1 Century Bank , and the [rel failed] [ARG1 bank] 's five offices will reopen today .
- The [rel failed] [ARG1 bank] had assets of about $ 129.6 million *U* .
- Marlin Fitzwater , White House press secretary , also asserted that [ARG1 Mr. Agnos] had [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to return telephone calls from John Sununu , White House chief of staff] .
- HealthVest is in a severe liquidity bind because [ARG1 its affiliate , Healthcare International Inc. ,] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to make about $ 10.6 million *U* in principal and interest payments owed * since August] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the first time in nearly two years] , [ARG1 BankAmerica results] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to improve in consecutive quarters] , but the decline from the second quarter was attributable to special factors .
- Canadian Pacific Ltd. said 0 [ARG1 it] proposed *-2 acquiring the 44 % of Soo Line Corp. 0 it does n't already own *T*-1 for $ 19.50 *U* a share , or about $ 81.9 million *U* , after *-2 [rel failing] [ARG2 *-3 to find a buyer for its majority stake] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] .
- [ARGM-ADV With uncertainty still hanging over interest rates and the dollar] , [ARG1 the market] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to find a focus that *T*-1 might lead to further investor commitments] , they said 0 *T*-3 .
- But [ARGM-ADV unlike the Tokyo exchange] , [ARG1 they] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to extend the rise to a second session] .
- It *EXP*-1 is quite unfortunate that [ARG1 you] [rel failed] [ARGM-MNR so miserably] in [ARG2-in *-2 reporting the Hurricane Hugo disaster] .
- The buy-out fell through when [ARG1 Citicorp and Chase Manhattan Corp.] [ARGM-ADV unexpectedly] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to obtain bank financing] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The legislation] [rel failed] [ARGM-MNR by one vote] [ARG2 *-1 to clear the House Rules Committee] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , but anti-abortionists still may succeed in *-2 bringing the measure to the floor this fall .
- But the median income of American families fell 0.2 % , [ARGM-TMP the first time] 0 [ARG1 it] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to rise] *T*-2 since 1982 .
- After [ARG1 *-1] [rel failing] [ARG2 *-2 to find a buyer for the Sears Tower in Chicago] , Sears , Roebuck & Co. is negotiating with Boston pension fund adviser Aldrich , Eastman & Waltch Inc. *-1 to refinance the property for close to $ 850 million *U* , according to people close to the negotiations .
- [ARG1 The two major structures] that *T*-881 [rel failed] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday night] *ICH*-1 , he said 0 *T*-3 , were both built *-2 well before the 1971 earthquake -- the San Francisco Bay Bridge , completed * in the 1930s , and the section of I-880 , built * in the 1950s .
- The Merc alleged that , [ARGM-DIS among other things] , [ARGM-TMP from April 1987 through October 1988] [ARG1 Capcom Futures] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to document trades between Capcom Futures and people or entities directly or indirectly controlled * by Capcom Futures shareholders] .
- In charges filed * last week in federal district court in Charlotte , N.C. , the SEC alleged that [ARG1 Venture Capitalists Inc. , Venture Finance Corp. and New Ventures Fund Inc. , all of Charlotte ,] [rel failed] [ARGM-TMP repeatedly] [ARG2 *-1 to file proper documents] .
- Robert I. Toussie , general partner of the investment group , said 0 the Lionel response reflected management 's entrenched position , *-1 saying 0 [ARG1 officials] had [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to come up with a better alternative to his group 's offer] .
- [ARG1 Efforts *ICH*-2 by a federal mediator * to reignite talks between Boeing Co. and the Machinists union] [ARGM-ADV apparently] [rel failed] , and no further meetings are scheduled *-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV Unfortunately] , [ARG1 Mr. Bork] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to distinguish between such pressures and the emergence of great issues critical to a society that *T*-3 must be settled *-1 judicially if it is *-4 to cohere] .
- Too bad [ARG1 theory] [rel fails] [ARGM-MNR in practice] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV if you happen *-1 to be coming to Chicago in the next few weeks] , [ARG1 *] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel fail] [ARG2 *-2 to have a look at Robert Falls 's `` The Misanthrope '' at the Goodman] .
- Opponents of the project had claimed that [ARG1 the city and the state of New York , which *T*-1 are co-sponsoring the project ,] had [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to adhere to environmental guidelines] .
- Prospect Group Inc. , [ARG1 whose recent hostile tender offer for Recognition Equipment Inc.] *T*-1 [rel failed] [ARGM-CAU for lack of financing] , apparently has gained a measure of control over the troubled company anyway .
- Yet , while the [rel failed] [ARG1 coup] is a major U.S. foreign policy embarrassment , it is merely the latest chapter in a byzantine relationship between Mr. Noriega and Washington that *T*-1 stretches back three decades .
- [ARGM-TMP This year] , [ARG1 a number of retail leveraged buyouts] have [rel failed] , [ARGM-ADV * causing jitters among suppliers] , and Mr. Merksamer apparently wanted assurances that he wo n't have delivery problems .
- The wonder is not that [ARG1 the resistance] has [rel failed] [ARG2 *-1 to topple the Kabul regime] , but that it continues *-2 to exist and fight at all .
- Above all , though , conservative Republicans who *T*-1 have championed both the Contras and SDI are reluctant * to attack [ARG1 a Republican president] for * [rel failing] [ARG2 *-2 to do more] -- though that reluctance may be receding .
- It contends that [ARG1 current government policy] is [rel failing] [ARG2 *-1 to stem the AIDS epidemic] [ARGM-CAU because it suggests 0 the use of condoms can make sex `` safe] . ''
- J.P. Morgan & Co. , New York , will help the statutory managers of DFC New Zealand Ltd. * to evaluate the [rel failed] [ARG1 investment] bank 's condition .
- Whitehall cited concerns about how long Integrated would be able *-1 to hold together the sales force *T*-2 as one reason 0 [ARG1 its talks with Integrated] [rel failed] *T*-3 .
- Integrated did n't identify the party or say why [ARG1 the talks] [rel failed] *T*-1 .
- Integrated has been struggling *-1 to avoid a bankruptcy-law filing since June , when [ARG1 it] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-2 to make interest payments on nearly $ 1 billion *U* of debt] *T*-3 .
- The Manhattan real-estate developer acted after [ARG1 the UAL buyers] [rel failed] [ARG2 *-3 to obtain financing for their earlier $ 300-a-share *U* bid , which *T*-1 sparked a selling panic among that *T*-2 snowballed into a 190-point drop Friday in the Dow Jones Industrial Average] .
- NCNB Texas National , formed * from the remnants of of the [rel failed] [ARG1 First] RepublicBank Corp. of Dallas , contributed $ 76.9 million *U* to NCNB 's bottom line in the third quarter .
- NCNB raised some $ 1.9 billion *U* in new capital during the quarter *-1 to complete the NCNB Texas purchase , and to acquire several small [rel failed] [ARG1 thrifts] *-2 to fill out its regional franchise .
- Brokers and fund managers said 0 the region 's markets were reacting to Friday 's Wall Street plunge even though that decline was due to local factors such as [rel failed] [ARG1 corporate] buy-outs and a deteriorating junk-bond market .
- The White House said 0 Bush is `` fully satisfied *-1 '' with CIA Director Webster and the intelligence agency 's performance during the Oct. 3 [rel failed] [ARG1 coup] in Panama .
- [ARG1 Some `` circuit breakers '' installed * after the October 1987 crash] [rel failed] [ARG2 their first test] , traders say 0 *T*-1 , [ARGM-PRD *-2 unable *-3 to cool the selling panic in both stocks and futures] .