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frames- [ARG1 THREE COMPUTERS THAT *T*-31 CHANGED the face of personal computing] were [rel launched] *-32 [ARGM-TMP in 1977] .
- [ARG1 The offer] is being [rel launched] *-45 [ARGM-MNR pursuant to a previously announced agreement between the companies] .
- [ARG1 No fewer than 24 country funds *ICH*-1] have been [rel launched] *-2 or registered *-2 with regulators [ARGM-TMP this year] , triple the level of all of 1988 , according to Charles E. Simon & Co. , a Washington-based research firm .
- [ARGM-LOC In Malaysia] , [ARG0 Siti Zaharah Sulaiman , a deputy minister in the prime minister 's office ,] [rel launched] [ARG1 a `` No-Smoking Week '' at the Mara Institute of Technology near Kuala Lumpur] and urged other schools *-1 to ban on-campus smoking .
- The ad prompted [ARG0 Mr. Coleman , the former Virginia attorney general ,] to [rel launch] [ARG1 a series of advertisements created * by Bob Goodman and designed * *-2 to shake Mr. Wilder 's support among the very women who *T*-77 were attracted *-1 by the abortion ad] .
- [ARGM-TMP In September] , [ARG0 Union Planters Corp. of Memphis , Tenn. ,] [rel launched] [ARG1 The Edge account , a package designed * for the `` thirtysomething '' crowd with services that *T*-197 include a credit card and line of credit with no annual fees , and a full percentage point off on installment loans] .
- [ARGM-TMP In 1973] , [ARG0 Wells Fargo & Co. of San Francisco] [rel launched] [ARG1 the Gold Account , which *T*-198 included free checking , a credit card , safe-deposit box and travelers checks for a $ 3 *U* monthly fee] .
- For example , stock-index futures began trading in Chicago in 1982 , and within two years they were [ARG1 the fastest-growing futures contract] [ARGM-TMP ever] [rel launched] * .
- [ARG0 Elisa Hollis] [rel launched] [ARG1 a diaper service] [ARGM-TMP last year] [ARGM-CAU because State College , Pa. , where she lives *T*-1 , did n't have one] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Taking a cue from California] , [ARG0 more politicians] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel launch] [ARG1 their campaigns] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 backing initiatives] , says 0 *T*-2 David Magleby of Brigham Young University .
- DOT System -- [ARG1 The `` Designated Order Turnaround '' System] was [rel launched] *-1 by [ARG0-by the New York Stock Exchange] [ARGM-TMP in March 1976] , * to offer automatic , high-speed order processing .
- [ARG1 A faster version , the SuperDot ,] was [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in 1984] .
- [ARG0 DD Acquisition] has [rel launched] [ARG1 a suit] [ARGM-LOC in a Delaware court] [ARGM-ADV *-2 seeking the withdrawal of Dunkin 's poison pill rights and employee stock ownership plans , which it claims 0 *T*-3 were put *-1 in place * to deter bidders] .
- Great Northern Nekoosa , which *T*-1 surged 20 1\/8 Tuesday after [ARG0 Georgia-Pacific] [rel launched] [ARG1 a $ 3.18 billion *U* offer for the company] , dropped 1 3\/8 to 61 1\/2 in Big Board composite trading of 5.1 million shares .
- The Contra military command , in a statement from Honduras , said 0 [ARG0 Sandinista troops] had [rel launched] [ARG1 a major offensive] [ARGM-MNR against the rebel forces] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel launched] [ARGM-DIR into Saint-Saens 's `` The Swan '' from `` Carnival of the Animals , '' a favorite encore piece for cellists ,] [ARGM-MNR with lovely , glossy tone and no bite] .
- The judge came under scrutiny in late 1987 , after [ARG0 the state attorney general 's office] [rel launched] [ARG1 an unrelated investigation into corruption in Cambria County] .
- [ARGM-PNC *-1 TO GRAB a bigger piece of the declining scotch market] , [ARG0 Seagram Co.] has [rel launched] [ARG1 a controversial `` frequent drinker '' promotion for its Chivas Regal brand] .
- [ARGM-PNC *-1 To increase their share of that business] , [ARG0 jewelry makers such as Crystal Brands Inc. 's Trifari and Monet units and Swank Inc. , maker of Anne Klein jewelry ,] are [rel launching] [ARG1 new lines] [ARGM-MNR with as much fanfare as the fragrance companies] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG0 Nissan] [ARGM-DIS also] has [rel launched] [ARG1 new versions of the $ 13,249 *U* 240SX sporty coupe and 300ZX sports car] .
- [ARGM-LOC At the opposite end of the market] , [ARG0 Nissan] [rel launches] [ARG1 its luxury Infiniti division] [ARGM-TMP on Nov. 8] -- [ARGM-TMP three years after Honda pioneered Japanese luxury cars and two months after Toyota 's Lexus went on sale] .
- [ARGM-TMP In late May] , [ARG0 Stena Holding AG and Tiphook PLC] , [rel launched] [ARG1 a $ 50-a-share *U* , or $ 777 million *U* , tender offer for the Hamilton , Bermuda-based Sea Containers] .
- At a meeting here on Nov. 15 , [ARG0 the labor federation] plans *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a major effort * to build grass-roots support for health-care overhaul] .
- [ARG0 Philip Morris Cos.] is [rel launching] [ARG1 a massive corporate advertising campaign that *T*-58 will put the tobacco giant 's name in TV commercials for the first time since the early 1950s , when it stopped *-2 advertising its namesake cigarette brand on television *T*-1] .
- Both companies are allies of Navigation Mixte in its fight against [ARG1 a hostile takeover bid] [rel launched] * [ARGM-TMP last week] by [ARG0-by Cie] .
- [ARG1 Remic mortgage securities] was [rel launched] *-1 by [ARG0-by a Morgan Stanley group] .
- Meanwhile , Japan 's Fair Trade Commission said 0 [ARG0 it] was considering *-1 [rel launching] [ARG1 an investigation into whether the bid , the equivalent of less than a penny , violates anti-monopoly laws] .
- [ARG0 Meharry Medical College in Nashville , Tenn. ,] [rel launches] [ARG1 a new research publication *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP in the spring] : the Journal on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved .
- [ARG0 Chrysler] has [ARGM-DIS also] [rel launched] [ARG1 a $ 1 billion *U* cost-cutting program that *T*-1 will cut about 2,300 white-collar workers from the payroll in the next few months] .
- When the Supreme Soviet passed laws on workers ' rights in May 1987 and on self-managing cooperatives a year later *T*-4 , some Western observers assumed 0 [ARG0 Mikhail Gorbachev] had [rel launched] [ARG1 the Soviet Union] [ARGM-DIR on a course that *T*-1 would lead inevitably to the creation of a market economy] .
- The Red Cross does n't track contributions raised * by the disaster ads , but it has amassed $ 46.6 million *U* since [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP first] [rel launched] [ARG1 its hurricane relief effort] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 23] .
- Mr. Peladeau took his first big gamble 25 years ago , when [ARG0 he] took advantage of a strike at La Presse , then Montreal 's dominant French-language newspaper , *-2 to [rel launch] [ARG1 the Journal de Montreal] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 DPC] [ARGM-TMP last week] [rel launched] [ARG1 a new , $ 10-a-share *U* offer for the Woodland Hills , Calif.-based computer printer maker] .
- Before the union rejected the company 's offer and [ARG1 the strike] was [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-MNR with the graveyard shift of Oct. 4] , Boeing had been counting on * turning 96 aircraft out the door in the present period .
- Allianz also holds a 50 % stake in Navigation Mixte 's insurance subsidiary , one of France 's largest insurance groups , which it bought *T*-1 for about 6.5 billion francs just before [ARG0 Paribas] [rel launched] [ARG1 its bid] .
- It led to broad market speculation that Paribas now will sweeten [ARG1 its bid] , which *T*-1 is expected *-2 to be [ARGM-MNR formally] [rel launched] [ARGM-TMP later this week] , [ARGM-TMP after approval from French government regulators] .
- [ARG0 General Mills Inc. , the food giant] , [rel launched] [ARG1 a breakfast cereal called * Benefit , containing psyllium , oat , wheat and beet bran] ; the words , `` * reduce cholesterol '' were prominently displayed *-1 on its package .
- [ARGM-TMP In September] , [ARG0 Kellogg Co.] [rel launched] [ARG1 a competing psyllium-fortified cereal called * Heartwise] .
- Trading executives privately say that [ARG0 huge stock-index funds , which *T*-1 dwarf Wall Street firms in terms of the size of their program trades ,] will continue *-2 to [rel launch] [ARG1 big programs] [ARGM-DIR through the stock market] .
- Separately , the Ontario Supreme Court said 0 it will postpone indefinitely a ruling on [ARG1 the lawsuit] [rel launched] * by [ARG0-by the University of Toronto] [ARGM-MNR against Connaught] [ARGM-MNR in connection with the Merieux bid] .
- The supplement contains various information that *T*-2 has been filed *-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission since [ARG0 Dow Jones] [rel launched] [ARG1 the offer] [ARGM-TMP on Sept. 26] , but it does n't change the terms and conditions of the offer except *-3 to extend its expiration date .
- The forecasts were widely disseminated , and , in [ARG1 a splashy ad campaign] [rel launched] * [ARGM-TMP in the summer of 1988] , Merrill Lynch urged investors *-1 to buy bonds .
- White House aides know 0 it 's a step that *T*-2 ca n't be taken *-1 lightly -- and for that reason , [ARG0 the president] may back down from *-3 [rel launching] [ARG1 a test case] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- *-1 To strengthen its capital base , [ARG0 Banco Exterior] [ARGM-TMP this year] issued $ 105 million *U* in subordinated debt , [rel launched] [ARG1 two rights issues] and sold stock held * in its treasury to small investors .
- [ARG0 A unit of DPC Acquisition Partners] [rel launched] [ARG1 a $ 10-a-share *U* tender offer for the shares outstanding of Dataproducts Corp.] , and said 0 it would seek *-1 to liquidate the computer-printer maker `` as soon as possible , '' even if a merger is n't consummated *-2 .
- Still , [ARG0 stock-index funds] are expected *-1 to continue *-2 [rel launching] [ARG1 big programs] [ARGM-MNR through the market] .
- [ARG1 Channel One , a satellite-delivered daily program supported * by advertising ,] is scheduled * to be [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-TMP next March] .
- [ARG0 Whittle] is spending $ 150 million *U* initially *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 the network] .
- [ARG0 S.A. Brewing Holdings Ltd.] began *-1 laying the groundwork 0 *T*-2 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a rival offer for Bond Corp . Holdings Ltd. 's Australian brewing operations] .
- Once he realized that Paribas 's intentions were n't friendly , he said 0 *T*-2 , but before [ARG1 the bid] was [rel launched] *-1 , he sought approval * to boost his Paribas stake above 10 % .
- [ARGM-ADV As Japanese auto makers gained market share] , [ARG0 the Big Three] , [ARGM-MNR with GM in the lead] , slashed North American production and [rel launched] [ARG1 a retail discounting blitz] .
- Meanwhile , the pimp Pompey -LRB- Glen Allen Pruett -RRB- , *-2 dressed in black leather and a prominent codpiece , indulges in [ARG0 enough obscene gestures and pelvic thrusts] 0 *T*-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a space probe] .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] have [ARG0 Charles Colson and Jeb Magruder] [rel launched] [ARG1 successful post-Watergate careers] [ARGM-LOC at the pulpit] .
- [ARG0 Fawn Hall , Oliver North 's former secretary ,] has yet *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a hoped-for television news career] , according to her lawyer .
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said 0 it awarded [ARG0 General Dynamics Corp.] a $ 64 million *U* contract * to [rel launch] [ARG1 the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite] [ARGM-TMP in June 1990] .
- NASA said 0 [ARG0 General Dynamics] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel launch] [ARG1 CRRES] [ARGM-MNR *-1 using an Atlas 1 rocket] .
- For instance , [ARG0 Commonwealth BioVentures Inc. , a venture-capital concern ,] last month invested $ 600,000 *U* *-2 to [rel launch] [ARG1 Amira Inc. , a Worcester , Mass. , concern that *T*-1 will produce pharmaceuticals] .
- [ARGM-MNR With $ 2.3 million *U*] , [ARG0 he and other investors] [rel launched] [ARG1 Lithox] [ARGM-TMP last year] *-1 to market a gallstone cure being developed * by researchers of the University of California at San Diego .
- [ARG0 The New York Stock Exchange] is expected *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 its own program trading vehicle] [ARGM-TMP today] , just as controversy over this trading strategy heats up .
- [ARG0 THE BIG BOARD] PLANS *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 its own vehicle for program trading] [ARGM-TMP today] amid growing controversy over the practice .
- Dennis Block , a partner at the New York firm of Weil , Gotshal & Manges , said that [ARGM-TMP in the first eight months of this year] , [ARG1 89 hostile offers] were [rel launched] *-1 , [ARGM-ADV compared with 157 for the first eight months of]
- Hughes Aircraft Co. , a General Motors Corp. unit , said 0 [ARG1 the Intelsat VI commercial communications satellite] is set *-2 to be [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- [ARG0 Israel] has [rel launched] [ARG1 a new effort * to prove 0 the Palestine Liberation Organization continues *-1 to practice terrorism , and thus * to persuade the U.S. *-2 to break off talks with the group] .
- But some U.S. companies are negotiating projects that *T*-2 could be among [ARG1 the biggest ones] 0 *T*-3 to be [rel launched] *-1 .
- [ARG0 The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association , a Lexington , Ky.-based trade group ,] has [rel launched] [ARG1 `` seminars '' for `` potential investors ''] [ARGM-LOC at race tracks around the country] .
- But yesterday , Manhattan Cable announced 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel launch] [ARG1 Showtime] [ARGM-TMP on Nov. 1] [ARGM-DIR to over 230,000 subscribers] .
- But the specter of [ARG0 Ford] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [rel launching] [ARG1 a full-fledged bid] could unravel the GM-Jaguar talks .
- [ARG0 Meredith Corp.] is [rel launching] [ARG1 a new service 0 *T*-1 to offer advertisers package deals combining its book , magazine and videocassette products] .
- But even a raft of recent failures is n't stopping [ARG0 them] from *-1 [rel launching] [ARG1 new publications] .
- [ARG0 New York-based Hearst Corp.] this fall plans *-1 to publish its first issue of 9 Months , a magazine for expectant mothers , and has [ARGM-TMP already] [rel launched] [ARG1 American Home] .
- [ARG0 He] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel launched] [ARG1 a kingside storm] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 sacrificing a pawn *-2 to denude D.T. 's king] .
- AEG AG and Siemens AG said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel launch] [ARG1 their previously announced joint venture for power semiconductors] [ARGM-TMP in January] .
- [ARG0 GM] [rel launched] [ARG1 the Geo marque *ICH*-2] [ARGM-TMP this year] 0 *T*-1 to sell cars made * in partnership with foreign auto makers , and next year GM 's long-awaited Saturn cars will make their debut .
- Under construction is *T*-1 the strip 's 24th showroom , the future home of Lexus , [ARG1 a luxury marque] [rel launched] * by [ARG0-by Toyota Motor Corp.] [ARGM-TMP just two months ago] .
- His violin classmates included Shlomo Mintz , a protege of Isaac Stern who *T*-1 performed with major orchestras while still a student ; Cho-Liang Lin , who *T*-2 joined the roster of ICM Artists Inc. at the age of 18 ; and [ARG0 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg] , who *T*-3 [rel launched] [ARG1 her career] [ARGM-MNR by *-4 winning the 1981 Naumberg Competition] .
- [ARG0 Many] have [rel launched] [ARG1 promotions 0 *T*-1 to attract new fans] and are renegotiating dated stadium contracts .
- * Move over , pornographic phone services : [ARG1 A legal service with a `` 900 '' number] has been [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in California] .
- That ad generated so much publicity that [ARG0 a trade magazine] [rel launched] [ARG1 a contest for its readers to guess who the guy was *T*-1 and what he was doing *T*-2] .
- [ARG1 The rewriting] was [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at a meeting between Mr. Bush and intelligence committee leaders] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 12 , a few days before the meeting at which the president complained about the rules *T*-2] .
- The spokesman refused *-1 to comment on speculation that [ARG0 Industrial Equity] might use its interest as a platform 0 * to [rel launch] [ARG1 a hostile bid for the company] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Whittle Communications Limited Partnership , Knoxville , Tenn. ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel launch] [ARG1 its first media property targeting Hispanic women] .
- [ARG0 Authorities in Honduras] [rel launched] [ARG1 an investigation into the cause of Saturday 's crash of a Honduran jetliner that *T*-1 killed 132 of the 146 people aboard] .
- On Thursday , a day after he took office , [ARG0 East German television] broke into regular programming *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a talk show in which viewers call in questions 0 for a panel of officials to answer *T*-3 *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Capitalizing on that presence] , [ARG0 Western Digital] is [rel launching] [ARG1 a major effort * to develop the embryonic reseller market in Europe] .
- UAL 's advisers have indicated previously that it *EXP*-1 may take a while * to come forward with a revised plan since [ARG0 they] want *-2 to have firm bank commitments before *-3 [rel launching] [ARG1 a new bid] .
- The economy 's slowdown is due only partly to [ARG1 the austerity program] [rel launched] * [ARGM-TMP in September 1988] * to cool an overheated economy and tame inflation .
- When [ARG0 Keizaikai] [rel launched] [ARG1 Business Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] *T*-1 , it appealed to a more multinational audience .
- Robert M. Gintel , senior partner of a Greenwich , Conn. , investment firm , said 0 [ARG0 he] plans *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a proxy fight] [ARGM-MNR against the board of Boston-based Xtra Corp] .
- Along with the car , [ARG0 Wacoal] plans *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a series of Caspita-brand men 's underwear] .
- [ARGM-TMP Next month] , [ARG0 NASA] plans *-2 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a satellite 0 *T*-1 to study cosmic rays dating from the birth of the universe] .
- [ARGM-TMP Next March] , [ARG0 the shuttle Discovery] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel launch] [ARG1 the Hubble space telescope , a $ 1.5 billion *U* instrument designed * *-1 to see the faintest galaxies in the universe] .
- [ARGM-LOC Fortunately] , [ARG1 the Hubble Space Telescope] -- set * to be [rel launched] *-2 [ARGM-LOC on the shuttle] [ARGM-TMP next year] [ARGM-PNC in a search for distant solar systems and light emitted * 14 billion years ago from the farthest reaches of the universe] -- was moved *-1 from Sunnyvale to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at the beginning of October .
- Sir John has spurned Ford 's advances since [ARG0 the U.S. auto giant] [rel launched] [ARG1 a surprise bid for as much as 15 % of Jaguar] [ARGM-TMP last month] .
- [ARG0 G.D. Searle & Co. , a Monsanto Co. unit ,] is [rel launching] [ARG1 a program 0 *T*-2 to give consumers more information about its drugs when doctors prescribe them *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 The Israeli and Soviet national airlines] have reached preliminary agreement for *-2 [rel launching] [ARG1 the first direct flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow] , a spokesman for the Israeli airline , El Al , said 0 *T*-1 .
- A week ago , USAir stock briefly soared above 52 after a report in USA Today that [ARG0 Mr. Steinhardt] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel launch] [ARG1 a hostile bid for the carrier] , though takeover speculators say 0 they were skeptical .
- Trinova Corp. , Maumee , Ohio , said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel launching] [ARG1 an extensive restructuring of its core business] , and took a charge that *T*-1 resulted in a loss of $ 29.7 million *U* , or 87 cents a share , for the third quarter .
- The space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit from Cape Canaveral , Fla. , and [ARG0 its crew of five astronauts] [rel launched] [ARG1 the nuclear-powered Galileo space probe] [ARGM-LOC on a flight to the planet Jupiter] .
- [ARG0 Colombia 's judges] [rel launched] [ARG1 a 72-hour strike 0 *T*-1 to press security demands] [ARGM-TMP following Tuesday 's murder of a High Court justice in Medellin] .
- Mr. Ingersoll remains editor in chief of the company 's [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel launched] [ARG1 daily] , the St. Louis Sun .
- And [ARGM-ADV while the defense secretary is speaking out] , [ARG0 President Bush himself] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel launched] [ARG1 any high-visibility campaign * to drum up support] , [ARGM-ADV as President Reagan did *?*] .
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said 0 a computer virus has infected one of its networks and is spreading anti-nuclear messages related * to [ARG1 its Galileo space probe] , which *T*-2 is *-3 to be [rel launched] *-1 [ARGM-TMP today] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel launched] [ARG1 a promotional campaign 0 *T*-1 to tell chief executives , marketing directors , and media executives just that] .
- DPC Acquisition Partners , a hostile suitor for Dataproducts Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 it] intends *-1 to [rel launch] [ARG1 a tender offer for the computer printer maker 's common stock] .
- [ARG0 Dow Jones , publisher of The Wall Street Journal ,] has [rel launched] [ARG1 an $ 18-a-share *U* , or $ 576 million *U* , tender offer * to acquire the remaining Telerate shares outstanding] ; Dow Jones owns 67 % of Telerate .
- He took the company public in [ARG0 an offering] that *T*-1 netted Applied about $ 12.6 million *U* , which *T*-2 helped *-3 [rel launch] [ARG1 the company 's acquisition program] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Herscu] proceeded *-2 to [rel launch] [ARG1 an ambitious , but ill-fated , $ 1 billion *U* acquisition binge that *T*-1 included Bonwit Teller and B. Altman & Co. , as well as majority positions in Merksamer Jewelers , a Sacramento chain ; Sakowitz Inc. , the Houston-based retailer , and Parisian Inc. , the Southeast department-store chain] .
- In the early 1980s , [ARG0 P&G] tried *-2 to [rel launch] [ARGM-LOC here] [ARG1 a concentrated detergent] [ARGM-LOC under the Ariel brand name that it markets *T*-1 in Europe] .
- Mr. Spielvogel said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel launch] [ARG1 a hostile bid] .
- Hoylake dropped its initial # 13.35 billion *U* -LRB- $ 20.71 billion *U* -RRB- takeover bid after it received the extension , but said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel launch] [ARG1 a new bid] [ARGM-TMP if and when the propsed sale of Farmers to Axa receives regulatory approval *T*-1] .
- A few hours after [ARG0 the party] [rel launched] [ARG1 its own affinity credit card] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] , the Tories raised the nation 's base interest rate .
- [ARG0 Saatchi & Saatchi] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel launch] [ARG1 a management buy-out] [ARGM-ADV if a hostile suitor emerged] , an official said 0 *T*-1 .
- Readers who *T*-1 pull off a piece of tape and press a switch will hear a tiny -- but distinctly human-sounding -- voice announce , `` I am the talking chip , '' as [ARG0 it] [rel launches] [ARGM-DIR into a 15-second discourse on its own attributes] .
- Over the weeked , however , two developments in other deals indicated that commerical banks and Wall Street firms still are willing *-1 to commit billions of dollars *-2 to finance [ARG1 takeover bids] [rel launched] * by [ARG0-by major companies] .
- Vitro S.A. , a major Mexican glass maker , said yesterday that it agreed *-2 to buy Anchor Glass Container in a tender offer for $ 21.25 *U* a share , sweetened * from [ARG1 the original $ 20-a-share *U* offer] 0 [ARG0 Vitro] [rel launched] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP two months ago] .
- And [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel launching] [ARG1 lower-priced and perhaps fewer deals] , [ARGM-TMP now that it *EXP*-1 's tougher * to finance them] .
- Many of the toy makers ' problems started well before June 4 as a result of overstrained infrastructure and [ARG1 Beijing 's austerity programs] [rel launched] * [ARGM-TMP late last year] .