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frames-  At the same time , [ARG0  Viacom]  is trying *-1 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  stations]  [ARG2  *-2 to make commitments to `` A Different World , '' a spin-off of `` Cosby '' whose reruns *T*-151 will become available in 1991]  .
-  Several years ago [ARG0  he]  gave up *-3 trying *-1 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  Miami]  [ARG2  *-2 to improve its city-owned Orange Bowl]  , and instead built his own $ 100 million *U* coliseum with private funds .
-  For one thing , Pentagon officials , who *T*-106 asked *-3 not to be identified *-4 , worry that [ARG0  the U.S.]  will have a much tougher time *-2 [rel  persuading]  [ARG1  Europeans]  [ARG2  *-5 to keep some short-range nuclear weapons on their soil once Soviet armored forces are thinned *-1 out]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Last week]  , [ARG0  housing lobbies]  [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  Congress]  [ARG2  *-1 to raise the ceiling to $ 124,875 *U* , * making FHA loans more accessible to the well-to-do]  .
-  Another hurdle concerns [ARG0  Japan 's]  attempts * to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  the Soviet Union]  [ARG2  *-1 to relinquish its post-World War II control of four islands north of Japan]  .
-  And has [ARG0  he]  [ARGM-ADV  truly]  [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  the Communist Party]  [ARG2  *-2 to accept economic change of a kind that *T*-1 will , sooner or later , lead to its demise]  ?
-  [ARG0  They]  [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  Mr. Trotter]  [ARG2  *-1 to take it back]  and , with the help of the FBI , taped their conversation with him .
-  And * cultivating [ARG0  a luxury image]  strong enough * to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  consumers]  [ARG2  *-1 to pay more than $ 15 *U* for lipstick or eye makeup]  requires a subtle touch that packaged-goods companies have yet *-2 to demonstrate *T*-3 on their own .
-  [ARG1  India 's overregulated businessmen]  had *-2 to be [rel  persuaded]  *-1 , but they have started *-3 to think big .
-  In 30 years of * collecting impressionist and Japanese paintings , he has acquired [ARG0  600 items]  , he says 0 *T*-3 , enough 0 *T*-1 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  him]  [ARG2  *-2 to start a museum next year]  .
-  Mr. de Cholet said 0 [ARG0  Mr. Fournier 's]  biggest hope was * to [ARGM-MNR  somehow]  [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  regulatory authorities]  [ARG2  *-2 to block the bid]  .
-  [ARG0  *]  [rel  Persuading]  [ARG1  tradition-bound Japanese retailers]  [ARG2  *-2 to get involved in the turmoils of the U.S. retailing industry]  is n't likely *-1 to be so easy , analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
-  [ARG0  The growth of Las Vegas tourism in recent years]  [rel  persuades]  [ARG1  lenders]  [ARG2  that they will *?*]  .
-  [ARG1  We]  have been [rel  persuaded]  *-1 by [ARG0-by  the constitutional argument for the inherent line-item veto]  [ARGM-TMP  since 1987 , when lawyer Stephen Glazier first made the case on this page *T*-2]  .
-  The White House said 0 [ARG0  he]  plans *-1 to hold a series of private White House meetings , mostly with Senate Democrats , *-2 to try *-3 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  lawmakers]  [ARG2  *-4 to fall in line behind the tax cut]  .
-  [ARG0  Israel]  has launched a new effort * to prove 0 the Palestine Liberation Organization continues *-1 to practice terrorism , and [ARGM-DIS  thus]  * to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  the U.S.]  [ARG2  *-2 to break off talks with the group]  .
-  And [ARGM-ADV  just as we did not believe the tendentious claims of the Congressmen and arms-control advocates who *T*-1 visited Krasnoyarsk]  , [ARG1  we]  are [ARGM-MNR  in no way]  [rel  persuaded]  *-3 by [ARG0-by  the assent to the tainted-meat theory by a U.S. team of scientists who *T*-2 met with Soviet counterparts in Washington last year]  .
-  They would both give part of their combined $ 50 million *U* in common equity in SCI TV to holders of SCI TV 's $ 488 million *U* of junk bonds , as [ARG0  a carrot]  0 *T*-2 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  them]  [ARG2  *-3 to accept new bonds that *T*-1 might reduce the value of their claims on the company]  .
-  `` The ideal defense in a case involving an accident is [ARG0  *]  to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  the jurors]  [ARG2  *-1 to hold the accident victim responsible for his or her plight]  , '' Mr. Vinson has written *T*-2 .
-  But Mr. Roman flatly denied the speculation , *-1 saying 0 [ARG0  Mr. Sorrell]  had tried several times *-2 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  him]  [ARG2  *-3 to stay]  , *-2 offering various incentives and in one instance sending a note with a case of wine -LRB- The wine , naturally , was Seagram 's brand , an Ogilvy client -RRB- .
-  The aim , says *T*-2 Mr. de Galle , is * to win market share from imported cigarettes , and [ARG0  *]  to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  smokers who *T*-1 are switching to blonde cigarettes]  [ARG2  *-4 to keep *-3 buying French]  .
-  But [ARG0  *]  [rel  persuading]  [ARG1  investors]  [ARG2  *-2 to buy bonds]  may be especially tough this week , when the U.S. government will auction more than $ 30 billion *U* of new securities *T*-1 .
-  [ARGM-TMP  On Friday]  , [ARG0  they]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  the UAL flight attendants]  [ARG2  *-1 to join them]  .
-  [ARG0  *-1]  Unable *-2 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  the manager]  [ARG2  *-3 to change his decision]  , he went to a `` company court '' for a hearing .
-  [ARG0  The prospect of * buying into a cash-hungry company without *-1 getting management control]  [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  at least three foreign buyers , including a member of the Elders group of Australia ,]  [ARG2  *-2 to pull out of the bidding]  , the bankers and analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
-  [ARG0  Her success , which *T*-1 included * alleviating an urban food shortage in the early 1980s ,]  helped [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  Hanoi]  [ARG2  *-2 to take the reform path]  .
-  [ARG0  That]  , in turn , is expected *-1 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  banks]  [ARG2  *-2 to cut their prime lending rate , a benchmark rate on many corporate and consumer loans , by half a percentage point , to 10 %]  .
-  [ARG0  Egg-industry lobbying]  helped *-2 [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  six states]  [ARG2  *-1 to ban Mr. Maynard 's automatic egg-breaking machine because of fears over salmonella]  .
-  [ARG0  That]  helped [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  the company]  [ARG2  *-1 to introduce a new advertising slogan : `` A warm hug from Campbell 's]  . ''
-  Meanwhile , [ARG0  PaineWebber]  remains among the leaders in efforts * to [ARGM-ADV  simply]  [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  investors]  [ARG2  *-1 to keep *-2 giving Wall Street their money]  .
-  Commodore has assembled an experienced management team , [ARG0  it]  has [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  many more dealers]  [ARG2  *-1 to carry its products]  and it has unleashed a slick advertising campaign .
-  [ARG0  He]  helped *-1 [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  10 of these senators]  [ARG2  *-2 to support him and Majority Leader George Mitchell on these grounds]  .
-  Mr. Craven said 0 both Messrs. Eward and Whittington had planned *-1 to leave the bank earlier , but [ARG0  Mr. Craven]  had [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  them]  [ARG2  *-2 to remain until the bank was in a healthy position]  .
-  The administration continues *-1 to support SDI , or Star Wars , and [ARG0  it]  recently lobbied *-2 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  the Senate]  [ARG2  *-3 to restore some of the funds 0 it planned *-5 to cut *T*-4 from the program]  .
-  It will be hard *ICH*-1 down the road [ARG0  *]  to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  Congress]  [ARG2  *-2 to approve money for SDI plans]  if lawmakers fear 0 those plans could scuttle a completed treaty .
-  He said that other participants in the conference `` do not believe that the rights of Americans should be guaranteed *-1 to citizens who *T*-2 are homosexual , '' but that `` [ARG0  I]  mean *-3 to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  you]  to [ARG2-to  the opposite view]  . ''
-  She called [ARG0  her daughter *ICH*-1]  * to take her to the bank , who , in turn , *T*-2 [rel  persuaded]  [ARG1  her husband , a Mr. Loeb]  , [ARG2  *-3 to run this errand]  .
-  In an attempt [ARG0  *]  to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  investors]  [ARG2  that his bid was n't just `` a stock play]  , '' Mr. Trump promised last week *-1 to notify the market before *-2 selling any shares .
-  With superconcentrates , however , it *EXP*-1 is n't always easy [ARG0  *]  to [rel  persuade]  [ARG1  consumers]  [ARG2  that less is more]  ; many people tend *-2 to dump too much detergent into the washing machine , *-2 believing that it *EXP*-3 takes a cup of powder * to really clean the laundry .
-  Financial Corp. of Santa Barbara filed suit against former stock speculator Ivan F. Boesky and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. , *-1 charging 0 [ARG0  they]  defrauded the thrift by *-2 concealing their relationship [ARGM-TMP  when]  * [rel  persuading]  [ARG1  it]  [ARG2  *-4 to buy $ 284 million *U* in high-yield , high-risk junk bonds]  *T*-3 .