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frames- Groups have accused him of * advocating [ARG0 policies] that *T*-1 [rel narrowed] [ARG1 rights of older workers] and of * ignoring discrimination by large companies .
- The Texas Oil & Gas division continues *-1 to operate in the red , although [ARG1 losses] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to $ 9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 15 million *U*] .
- Senate leaders traded proposals aimed * at * speeding action on [ARG0 legislation] 0 *T*-1 to [rel narrow] [ARG1 the deficit] and raise the federal government 's debt limit -- but the major stumbling block remains President Bush 's proposal * to cut the capital-gains tax rate .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] , [ARG0 higher bidding] [rel narrows] [ARG1 the investor 's return] [ARGM-ADV while lower bidding widens it] .
- It might force [ARG0 Congress and the states] to [rel narrow] [ARG1 the death penalty] only to [ARG4-to convictions shown * to be relatively free of racial imbalance -- murders by repeat offenders who *T*-1 torture their victims , perhaps] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Narrowing] [ARG1 the penalty] [ARGM-MNR in this fashion] would clearly reduce whatever deterrent effect it now has *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The current account deficit on France 's balance of payments] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to 1.48 billion French francs -LRB- $ 236.8 million *U* -RRB-] in August from [ARG3-from a revised 2.1 billion francs] in July , the Finance Ministry said 0 *T*-1 .
- The newspaper quoted KGB chairman Vladimir A. Kryuchkov as *-1 saying 0 [ARG1 the definition of anti-Soviet crimes] had [rel narrowed] , the laws had changed and people no longer have *-2 to fear a simple slip of the tongue .
- [ARG1 Italy 's trade deficit] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to 2.007 trillion lire -LRB- $ 1.49 billion *U* -RRB-] in September from [ARG3-from 2.616 trillion lire] a year earlier , the state statistical office Istat said 0 *T*-1 .
- Since [ARG0 stock-index arbitrage] [ARGM-ADV merely] [rel narrows] [ARG1 the gap between prices in the futures and stock markets] , it ca n't add to volatility , he says 0 *T*-1 .
- Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. , the parent of the auction house Sotheby 's , said 0 [ARG1 its net loss for the seasonally slow third quarter] [rel narrowed] [ARGM-TMP from a year earlier] [ARGM-MNR on a leap in operating revenue] .
- They also point out that [rel narrowing] [ARG1 interest-rate] differentials between the U.S. and its major trading partners tend *-1 to make the U.S. currency less attractive to foreign investors .
- [ARGM-LOC A few miles past Radzymin] , [ARG1 a dirt road] [rel narrows] to [ARG4-to a track of sand] and leads into Zalubice , a village of tumbledown farms .
- [ARG1 That range] was [ARGM-MNR quickly] [rel narrowed] *-2 to [ARG4-to $ 145 to $ 155 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV although traders surrounding the post were told *-1 that $ 148 to $ 150 *U* would be the likely target] .
- Combustion reported improved profits in its automation and control products businesses , and [ARG0 it] [rel narrowed] [ARG1 its losses in its public sector and environmental segment] .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] , [ARG0 higher bidding] [rel narrows] [ARG1 the investor 's return] [ARGM-ADV while lower bidding widens it] .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] , [ARG0 higher bidding] [rel narrows] [ARG1 the investor 's return] [ARGM-ADV while lower bidding widens it] .
- China could exhaust its foreign-exchange reserves as early as next year , a Western government report says 0 *T*-2 , unless imports are cut *-1 drastically [ARG0 *] to help [rel narrow] [ARG1 the balance-of-payments deficit] .
- *-2 Seventy years old and a self-declared `` scientific socialist , '' President Barre has [ARG1 a power base] , composed * only of his minority Mareham clan , that according to observers *T*-1 is `` [rel narrowing] . ''
- He reckons 0 [ARG1 the current account deficit] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel narrow] to [ARG4-to only # 1.8 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP in September] .
- [ARGM-ADV Combined with at least some rebound in exports after August 's unexpected decline] , [ARG1 the deficit] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel narrow] to [ARG4-to as little as # 1.3 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 The premium of cash copper to the three-month forward offerings] [rel narrowed] , [ARGM-ADV * indicating weaker demand for cash copper] .
- A spokesman also said 0 [ARG1 margins for the company 's service business] [rel narrowed] [ARGM-MNR somewhat] [ARGM-CAU because of heavy investments made * in that sector] .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] , [ARG0 higher bidding] [rel narrows] [ARG1 the investor 's return] [ARGM-ADV while lower bidding widens it] .
- [ARG1 VIACOM Inc. 's loss] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to $ 21.7 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] from [ARG3-from $ 56.9 million *U*] a year ago .
- -- [ARGM-LOC Among married couples] , [ARG1 the gap between blacks and whites] [rel narrowed] [ARGM-MNR sharply] , [ARGM-ADV as income of black families shot up 6.8 % while income of whites did n't budge] .
- [ARG1 Pinnacle 's SunCor Development Co . real-estate unit 's loss] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to $ 13.8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 78.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Losses at its Malapai Resources Co . uranium-mining unit] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to $ 3.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 18 million *U* *ICH*-1] a year ago , which *T*-2 included a $ 9 million *U* write-down of utility inventories .
- Often the genteel , conservative , long-term-oriented investment bankers were displaced *-1 by crude traders : `` When * angered *-2 *T*-3 , he cursed so forcefully that his face reddened and [ARG1 his pale-blue eyes] [rel narrowed] into [ARG4-into tiny slits] , '' the authors say *T*-4 of Lehman 's Lewis Glucksman .
- [ARG1 Canada 's trade surplus with all countries] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to C$ 203.5 million *U* in August] from [ARG3-from C$ 528.3 million *U* in July] , Statistics Canada said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-CAU As a result] , [ARG1 Canada 's trade surplus with the U.S.] [rel narrowed] to [ARG4-to C$ 656.5 million *U* -LRB- US$ 558 million *U* -RRB- in August] from [ARG3-from C$ 1.23 billion *U* -LRB- US$ 1.04 billion *U* -RRB-] in July .
- [ARGM-DIS Overall] , [ARG0 the portfolio] [rel narrowed] [ARG1 its quarterly loss] to [ARG4-to $ 70 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 80 million *U*] a year earlier .
- He said that while the U.S. trade gap with Canada has widened significantly , [ARG1 the trade deficit with Western Europe and Japan] continues *-1 to [rel narrow] .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] , [ARG0 higher bidding] [rel narrows] [ARG1 the investor 's return] [ARGM-ADV while lower bidding widens it] .
- Late yesterday Ginnie Mae 9 % securities were yielding 9.39 % to a 12-year average life assumption , as [ARG1 the spread above the Treasury 10-year note] [rel narrowed] [ARG2-EXT 0.01 percentage point] to [ARG4-to 1.42] .
- But [ARG1 the growth gap between the Sun Belt and other regions] has clearly started *-1 [rel narrowing] .
- Late Friday night , the Senate voted 87-7 *-1 to approve an estimated $ 13.5 billion *U* measure that *T*-2 had been stripped *-8 of [ARG0 hundreds of provisions] that *T*-9 [ARGM-MOD would] have widened , rather than [rel narrowed] , [ARG1 the federal budget deficit] .
- The St. Louis-based company is expected *-1 to report again that [ARG1 losses in its G.D. Searle & Co. pharmaceutical business] are [rel narrowing] .
- In any event , Mr. Englund and many others say that the easy gains in [ARG0 *] [rel narrowing] [ARG1 the trade gap] have already been made *-1 .