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frames-  [ARG1  Bank of New England]  has been [rel  hit]  *-95 [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG2-by  the region 's real-estate slump]  , [ARGM-ADV  with its net income declining 42 % to $ 121.6 million *U* , or 61 cents a share , in the first nine months of 1989 from the year-earlier period]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  In addition]  , [ARG1  operating results]  were [rel  hit]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  an increase in loan and real estate loss reserves]  .
-  [ARG1  The firm]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  has been [rel  hit]  *-1 with [ARG2-with  big financial settlements with the government stemming from its guilty plea to six felonies related * to a big insider-trading scandal]  .
-  He said 0 [ARG2  summer drought problems]  that *T*-81 had [rel  hit]  [ARG1  several southern agricultural regions]  had stopped *-1 being a major source of price pressure in September .
-  The proprietor of Sante West , an aerobics studio in [ARG1  San Francisco 's Marina district]  , which *T*-2 was [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG2-by  the earthquake]  , says , `` People were going nuts the minute 0 we opened *T*-4 , '' three days after the quake .
-  Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee A. Iacocca said 0 the nation 's No. 3 auto maker will need *-1 to close one or two of its assembly plants because of [ARG2  the slowdown]  [rel  hitting]  [ARG1  the industry]  .
-  First Boston 's merchant banking risks mounted last month as [ARG1  highly leveraged Campeau Corp. , First Boston 's most lucrative client of the decade ,]  was [rel  hit]  *-4 by [ARG2-by  a cash squeeze]  and the high-risk junk bond market tumbled .
-  All Nasdaq industry indexes finished lower , with [ARG1  financial issues]  [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  the hardest]  .
-  [ARG1  The ball]  0 [ARG0  he]  [rel  hit]  *T*-1 was n't a strike .
-  [ARGM-ADV  If it had been *?*]  , [ARG0  he]  [ARGM-MOD  mighta]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  it]  [ARGM-DIR  out]  . ''
-  [ARG0  Eight Oakland players]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  homers]  , [ARGM-ADV  with centerfielder Dave Henderson getting two , both on Friday]  .
-  Other dealers added that [ARG1  the blue-chip stocks]  in general were [rel  hit]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  profit-taking over concerns that London shares will continue *-2 posting declines and the uncertainty over sterling given that Mr. Lawson 's successor , John Major , had only been in the job one day]  .
-  And it *EXP*-4 is n't even clear that [ARG1  some pork-barrel projects]  [ARGM-MOD  can]  be [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  with a line-item veto]  because they tend *-3 to be listed *-2 in informal conference reports accompanying spending bills rather than in the official bills themselves .
-  After [ARG0  Hugo]  [rel  hit]  , many insurers exhausted their reinsurance coverage and had *-1 to tap reinsurers *-2 to replace that coverage in case there were any other major disasters before the end of the year .
-  The contract was first proposed *-2 more than two years ago , but [ARGM-TMP  shortly afterward]  , [ARG1  the colony 's markets]  were [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG2-by  the October 1987 global stock crash]  .
-  The appetite for oil-service stocks has been especially strong , although [ARG1  some]  got [rel  hit]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  [ARGM-TMP  when Shearson Lehman Hutton cut its short-term investment ratings on them *T*-1]  .
-  [ARG0  People who *T*-1 remain in junk funds now]  [ARGM-MOD  could]  get [rel  hit]  *-3 [ARGM-TMP  again]  , some analysts and fund specialists say 0 *T*-2 .
-  Analysts have complained that third-quarter corporate earnings have n't been very good , but [ARG2  the effect]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  home]  [ARGM-MNR  particularly hard]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  .
-  Dealers said 0 [ARG1  the shares]  were [rel  hit]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  fears of a slowdown in the U.S. economy]  .
-  As usual , [ARG1  the over-the-counter market 's biggest technology stocks]  were [ARGM-MNR  hardest]  [rel  hit]  *-1 .
-  If [ARG2  a strike]  [ARGM-TMP  ever]  [rel  hits]  [ARG1  the Met]  , the company can still sell tickets to his `` Boheme '' and `` Turandot '' and boom out recordings -LRB- of another era -RRB- .
-  [ARG1  Stocks of California-based thrifts]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  were [ARGM-MNR  hard]  [rel  hit]  *-1 .
-  [ARG1  General Motors]  continued *-1 to be [ARGM-MNR  hardest]  [rel  hit]  .
-  `` [ARG0  He]  digs in the sand instead of *-1 [rel  hitting]  [ARG1  the ball]  , like a farmer , '' said *T*-2 Mr. Yoneyama .
-  [ARG1  Winnebago]  was [rel  hit]  *-1 [ARGM-MNR  especially hard]  [ARGM-TMP  in the latest downturn]  [ARGM-CAU  because unit sales in its bread-and-butter motor home business tumbled 25 % industrywide in August , and 10.4 % in the first eight months of the year]  .
-  [ARG1  *-1]  [rel  Hit]  *-2 by [ARG2-by  higher costs and lower sales]  , Caterpillar Inc. said 0 third-quarter earnings tumbled 43 % and full-year earnings will trail last year 's results .
-  Dealers said 0 the market was underpinned *-1 by a squeeze in FT-SE 100 stocks , particularly among market-makers seeking [ARG1  shares]  that *T*-3 had been [rel  hit]  *-2 [ARGM-MNR  hard]  [ARGM-TMP  in recent weeks]  , such as retailers and building-related concerns .
-  General Universal Stores , [ARG1  another top-tier stock]  [rel  hit]  * [ARGM-TMP  recently]  by [ARG2-by  concerns over retail demand in the face of high interest rates]  , gained 20 to # 10.44 *U* .
-  [ARG1  U.K. composite , or non-life , insurers]  , which some equity analysts said 0 *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD  might]  be [ARGM-MNR  heavily]  [rel  hit]  *-1 by [ARG2-by  the earthquake disaster]  , helped *-3 support the London market by *-3 showing only narrow losses in early trading .
-  [ARG2  The unexpectedly wide U.S. August trade deficit of $ 10.77 billion *U*]  [rel  hit]  [ARG1  an already jittery U.K. market]  [ARGM-TMP  in midafternoon]  .
-  [ARG1  Paris , which *T*-2 has been the center of speculation fever in recent weeks ,]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  was [ARGM-MNR  hard]  [rel  hit]  *-1 .
-  After the trading halt in the S&P 500 pit in Chicago , [ARG2  waves of selling]  continued *-1 to [rel  hit]  [ARG1  stocks themselves]  [ARGM-LOC  on the Big Board]  , and specialists continued *-2 to notch prices down .
-  [ARG1  Aluminum Co. of America]  , [rel  hit]  [ARGM-MNR  hard]  by [ARG2-by  the strength of the dollar overseas]  , said 0 net income for the third quarter dropped 3.2 % to $ 219 million *U* , or $ 2.46 *U* a share .