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frames-  [ARG1  New York bonds]  , which *T*-2 have been [rel  hammered]  *-1 [ARGM-TMP  in recent weeks]  [ARGM-CAU  on the pending supply and reports that the city 's economy is growing weaker]  , rose 1\/2 point yesterday .
-  [ARG1  Bethlehem Steel Corp.]  , [rel  hammered]  * by [ARG2-by  higher costs and lower shipments to key automotive and service-center customers]  , posted a 54 % drop in third-quarter profit .
-  `` You want *-1 to know how a fund did [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG1  the market]  got [rel  hammered]  *T*-3 *T*-2 , '' said *T*-4 Kurt Brouwer , an investment adviser with Brouwer & Janachowski in San Francisco .
-  But while they want *-2 to be on the alert for similar buying opportunities now , [ARG1  they]  're afraid of *-3 being [rel  hammered]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  another terrifying plunge]  .
-  At those levels , [ARG1  stocks]  are set up *-3 to be [rel  hammered]  *-1 by [ARG0-by  index arbitragers , who *T*-2 lock in profits by *-4 buying futures when futures prices fall *T*-5 , and simultaneously sell off stocks]  .
-  Fidelity 's Mr. Lynch , for his part , snapped up Southern Co. shares Friday after [ARG1  the stock]  got [rel  hammered]  *-1 .
-  [ARG1  Nasdaq 's biggest stocks]  were [rel  hammered]  *-1 .
-  The aim of the interruption would be * to ease the opening of [ARG1  the New York Stock Exchange]  , which *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD  would]  be [rel  hammered]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  such a volatile move on the Merc]  .
-  Despite the relatively strong economy , [ARG1  junk bond prices]  did nothing except go down , * [rel  hammered]  by [ARG2-by  a seemingly endless trail of bad news]  :