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frames- [ARGM-TMP Now] [ARG0 UNESCO apologists] are [rel lobbying] [ARG2 President Bush] [ARG1 *-1 to renege on President Reagan 's decision * to depart] .
- [ARG0 Ford , which *T*-64 already has an unwelcome 13.2 % holding ,] is prepared *-1 to bid for the entire company and had [rel lobbied] [ARG2 the government] [ARG1 to lift the takeover restrictions early] .
- Merrill also said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel lobbying] for [ARG1-for significant regulatory controls on program trading , including tough margin -- or down-payment -- requirements and limits on price moves for program-driven financial futures] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Led *-2 by the Federation of Korean Industries] , [ARG0 the critics] are [rel lobbying] [ARG1 for the government to weaken its proposed restrictions and penalties] .
- After a few weeks in seclusion , Mr. Mack opened a consulting firm , but *-1 not to enable [ARG0 him] to [ARGM-MNR directly] [rel lobby] ; that would require him to disclose his clients by *-2 registering as a lobbyist .
- [ARG0 The machinists] [rel lobbied] [ARGM-MNR heavily] against [ARG1-against the original bid from UAL pilots and management for the company] .
- `` I 'm sympathetic with workers who *T*-1 feel under the gun , '' says *T*-3 Richard Barton of [ARG0 the Direct Marketing Association of America] , which *T*-2 is [rel lobbying] [ARGM-MNR strenuously] against [ARG1-against the Edwards beeper bill] .
- As part of that attempt , by the American Trade Consortium , Mr. Giffen says 0 [ARG0 he] spends a lot of time *-1 [rel lobbying] .
- That was seen *-1 as an advantage in [ARG0 *] [rel lobbying] [ARG2 airline employees and Washington regulators] for [ARG1-for approval of the contested takeover] .
- [ARG0 Real-estate executives] are [rel lobbying] [ARG1 *-1 to ease anti-tax-shelter rules] .
- [ARGM-CAU In reaction to proposed capital-gains legislation] , [ARG0 groups] are [rel lobbying] [ARG1 *-2 to make sure 0 they are n't left *-1 off the gravy train] .
- [ARG0 Small-business interests] have [rel lobbied] against [ARG1-against the so-called Section 89 tax rules] .
- [ARG0 Wall Street] has all but conceded on the issue and is [ARGM-TMP now] [rel lobbying] for [ARG1-for the less onerous Senate version of one of the provisions] .
- [ARG0 The egg producers] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel lobbied] [ARG2 the Food and Drug Administration] .
- *-1 To fight back , activists such as Mr. Langton are forming [ARG0 groups] 0 *T*-2 to [rel lobby] [ARG2 land managers] over [ARG1-over access issues] and undertake education programs 0 *T*-3 to show that the bikes can responsibly share trails .
- In [ARG0 *] [rel lobbying] on [ARG1-on other health-coverage topics] , the National Federation of Independent Business will press for legislation that *T*-1 would give self-employed people a 100 % tax deduction for their own health plans , up from 25 % currently .
- The administration continues *-1 to support SDI , or Star Wars , and [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel lobbied] [ARG1 *-2 to persuade the Senate *-3 to restore some of the funds 0 it planned *-5 to cut *T*-4 from the program] .
- Instead of [ARG0 *] [rel lobbying] for [ARG1-for special treatment] , Mr. Allen said that homosexuals and others should try *-2 to ensure equal treatment under the law and not aim for special privileges that *T*-1 would risk `` invidious retrenchment with government complicity . ''
- [ARG0 AMR] had also sought *-2 to foil Mr. Trump in Congress by * [rel lobbying] for [ARG1-for legislation that *T*-1 would have bolstered the authority *ICH*-3 of the Transportation Department * to reject airline buy-outs] .
- Two years ago when [ARG0 the NAHB] [rel lobbied] for [ARG1-for the $ 19 billion *U* omnibus housing bill] *T*-1 , the organization `` basically dropped out of the taxpayers ' coalition , '' says 0 *T*-2 Ms. MacDonald .
- `` It 's never really been tested *-1 , '' says *T*-2 [ARG0 William Lilley III] , who as a top CBS executive *T*-3 spent years *-4 [rel lobbying] [ARG1 * to have the rules lifted] .