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frames- However , the junk-bond market has collapsed in recent weeks , [ARG0 *] [rel lessening] [ARG1 the likelihood that such a transaction would succeed] .
- Leo Melamed , Merc executive committee chairman , said that [ARG0 the 12-point limit] appeared *-1 to [rel lessen] [ARG1 the selling panic] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 13] .
- However , * shedding steel would run directly counter to Mr. Roderick 's original rationale for * diversifying into oil and gas : [ARG0 * Having two major products] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel lessen] [ARG1 the company 's vulnerability to one market 's down cycle] and help *-1 smooth out the flow of cash and earnings .
- It said that * expanding nuclear-power capability is [ARGM-MNR the quickest way] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel lessen] [ARG1 that dependence] *T*-1 .