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frames- Last March , after *-1 attending a teaching seminar in Washington , Mrs. Yeargin says 0 she returned to Greenville two days before annual testing *-2 feeling that [ARG0 she] had [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel prepared] [ARG1 her low-ability geography students] [ARGM-MNR adequately] .
- After the first set of meetings two months ago , some U.S. officials complained that Japan had n't come up with specific changes 0 [ARG1 it] was [rel prepared] *-1 [ARG2 to make *T*-2] .
- `` [ARG1 We] are [rel prepared] *-1 [ARG2 to pursue aggressively completion of this transaction] , '' he says *T*-2 .
- Ratners Group PLC , a fast-growing , acquisition-minded London-based jeweler , raised its price for Seattle-based specialty jeweler Weisfield 's Inc. to $ 57.50 *U* a share , or $ 62.1 million *U* , from $ 50 *U* a share , or $ 55 million *U* , after another concern said 0 [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to outbid Ratners 's initial offer] .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] [ARG1 neither the Bush administration nor Congress] is [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to lead the way toward * revamping health care] .
- Meanwhile , U.S. Attorney Jerry Rafferty in Denver is reviewing [ARG1 the report] [rel prepared] * by [ARG0-by MiniScribe 's outside directors] , *-1 to determine if criminal charges should be brought *-2 before a grand jury .
- The fascist concept of corporatism envisaged an `` organic '' society in which [ARG1 citizens] were spiritually and morally unified , and [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-2 to sacrifice themselves for the nation] *T*-1 .
- An increasing number of references by the Soviet press to opposition groups now active in the U.S.S.R. , particularly the Democratic Union , allege that they show `` terroristic tendencies '' and claim that [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to kill in order *-2 to achieve their aims] .
- The move comes a week after Paribas announced that [ARG0 it] was [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to bid for 66.7 % control of Navigation Mixte] .
- In an internal memo , Alex Kroll , the agency 's chairman , said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Klein] decided *-1 to remove himself *-1 to minimize `` negative reaction '' from prospective clients and others and *-1 to [rel prepare] for [ARG2-for his defense] .
- [ARGM-ADV If these conditions are met *-1] , he said 0 *T*-2 , [ARG1 the ANC] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel prepared] *-3 [ARG2 to discuss *-4 suspending its guerrilla activities] .
- Even if that scenario occurs , Westinghouse figures 0 [ARG1 it] is [rel prepared] *-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 they] [rel prepare] [ARG1 all their people] [ARG2 to increase the speed *RNR*-1 and improve the quality *RNR*-1 of their own work] .
- Unisys Corp. 's announcement Friday of a $ 648.2 million *U* loss for the third quarter showed that [ARG0 the company] is moving even faster than * expected *-1 to take write-offs on its various problems and [rel prepare] for [ARG2-for a turnaround next year] .
- That , he said 0 *T*-2 , is why Unisys is overhauling its whole business *T*-1 : [ARG0 It] needs *-3 to [rel prepare] for [ARG2-for a world in which profit margins will be lower than computer companies have been used *-5 to *?* *T*-4] .
- A `` senior Fed official '' spoke on Saturday after the market swoon to both the Washington Post and the New York Times , *-1 saying 0 [ARG1 the Fed] was [rel prepared] *-2 [ARG2 to provide as much credit as the markets needed *?*] .
- While Southern Co. has been reluctant *-2 to discuss the grand jury investigations , Edward L. Addison , chief executive officer , has said 0 [ARG1 the company] is [rel prepared] *-3 [ARG2 to defend its tax and acccounting practices] [ARGM-ADV if any charges are brought *-1 against it] .
- Unisys posted a $ 648.2 million *U* loss for the third quarter as [ARG0 it] moved quickly *-1 to take write-offs for various problems and [rel prepare] for [ARG2-for a turnaround] .
- ENI needs *-2 to know what *T*-1 's coming as [ARG0 it] [rel prepares] [ARG2 *-3 to spend some $ 1.3 billion *U* on * upgrading its refineries] , he says 0 *T*-4 .
- Mr. Brady has said 0 he thought 0 [ARG1 government agencies in the latest market drop] were [ARGM-MNR better] [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-2 to coordinate their actions] , but he has left no doubt that he still likes the ideas 0 the commission advanced *T*-1 nearly two years ago .
- [ARG0 Mobil Corp.] is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to slash the size of its work force in the U.S. , possibly as soon as next month] , say 0 *T*-2 individuals familiar with the company 's strategy .
- Mr. Steinkuehler said at a convention in West Berlin that [ARG0 the union] has *-1 to [rel prepare] for [ARG2-for `` a big fight '' * to achieve its main goal of a 35-hour workweek , down from current 37-hour workweek] .
- [ARG0 Mobil] is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to slash its work force in the U.S. , possibly as soon as next month ,] sources said 0 *T*-2 .
- Ford Motor Co. intensified its battle with General Motors Corp. over Jaguar PLC by *-2 saying 0 [ARG1 it] is [rel prepared] *-3 [ARG2 to make a bid for all of the British auto maker when restrictions on its shareholding are lifted *-1 *T*-4] .
- He heads Litigation Sciences Inc. , the nation 's largest legal consulting firm , which *T*-1 is helping [ARG0 corporate America] [rel prepare] for [ARG2-for high-stakes litigation] by * predicting and shaping jurors ' reactions .
- Several observers interpreted Mr. Dozen 's appointment as an attempt *ICH*-3 by [ARG0 Daiwa] * to make its international operations more profitable while *-2 [rel preparing] [ARG1 the firm] for [ARG2-for the effects of the continuing deregulation of Japan 's domestic markets , which *T*-1 should mean increased competition] .
- It also reflects the broader pressure *ICH*-1 on companies in Europe * to keep up as [ARG0 the European Community] [rel prepares] [ARG2 *-2 to reduce internal trade barriers by 1992] .
- He told reporters 0 he had information that [ARG0 Mr. Fournier] was [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to buy as much as 20 % of Paribas , up from less than 5 % currently] .
- Ikegai-Goss , which *T*-1 has about 200 employees , is among the industry leaders in keyless inking technology , which *T*-2 reduces time and materials waste when [ARG0 *] [rel preparing] [ARG1 a press] for [ARG2-for printing] *T*-3 .
- But he said 0 [ARG1 he] is [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to testify that executives of Lincoln and its parent corporation got unusually high salaries and frequent calls directing them *-2 to make specific contributions] .
- `` It 's an extremely complex market , and [ARG1 you] have *-2 to be [rel prepared] *-3 [ARG2 to make a big commitment] , '' Mr. Forrester says *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 it] is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to set up shop in Chicago , New York and 10 other cities where court-reporting agencies can tie conference rooms into the network *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 These programs] could be expanded *-1 to focus on funds for project planning *ICH*-4 , * identifying sources of funds , and for * acquiring a site and [rel preparing] [ARG1 it] .
- As [ARG0 the government] [rel prepares] [ARG2 *-1 to release the next batch of economic reports] , the consensus among economists and money managers is that the news will be negative .
- Certainly , the chancellor has made it *EXP*-1 clear that [ARG1 he] is [rel prepared] *-2 [ARG2 to increase interest rates again if necessary *-3 to both ensure that a substantial slowdown does take place and that sterling does n't decline further] .
- [ARG1 A REVISED BID FOR UAL] is being [rel prepared] *-1 by [ARG0-by a labor-management group] , sources said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The shuttle Atlantis 's crew] [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to return to Earth today several hours earlier than *-2 planned *?* *-2 to avoid high winds *ICH*-3 forecast * at the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base , Calif] .
- [ARG1 I] 'm [ARGM-NEG not] [rel prepared] [ARGM-LOC in any case] *-1 [ARG2 to put that much money into a policy immediately] , so I look into the broad category called * universal life .
- Although [ARG0 the second-largest computer maker] had [rel prepared] [ARG1 Wall Street] for [ARG2-for a poor quarter] , analysts said 0 they were troubled *-1 by signs of flat U.S. orders and a slowdown in the rate of gain in foreign orders .
- [ARGM-TMP After *-1 losing by fewer than 1,800 votes in the 1981 governor 's race] , [ARG0 he] has [rel prepared] [ARG1-REC himself] [ARGM-MNR methodically] for [ARG2-for this moment] , [ARGM-ADV including *-1 deciding in recent years 0 he could no longer support curbs on federal funding for Medicaid abortions] .
- David Batchelder , a mergers adviser in La Jolla , Calif. , who *T*-1 aided Los Angeles investor Marvin Davis on the bids which *T*-2 put both UAL and NWA in play as takeover candidates this year , says that [ARG0 banks] have been `` [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-3 to play a larger and larger role in acquisition financing] . ''
- Reports of an economy near recession come as [ARG0 officials] [rel prepare] [ARG1 a major Communist Party plenum] for [ARG2-for sometime in the next few weeks] .
- [ARG0 Other retailers] are [ARGM-DIS also] [rel preparing] for [ARG2-for a ho-hum holiday] .
- [ARG0 Giant yellow cranes] were wheeled up alongside the collapsed segment , *-1 [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-2 to lift off chunks of the debris] .
- [ARG1 We] are [rel prepared] *-1 [ARG2 to support those changes] , '' said *T*-2 Mr. Mosbacher .
- `` It was a good reminder that [ARG0 we all] need *-1 to [rel prepare] [ARGM-TMP prior to an event] . ''
- Some companies are confident that [ARG1 they] 're [rel prepared] .
- By late yesterday , [ARG1 both sides] appeared *-1 [rel prepared] *-2 [ARG2 to bury the hatchet] .
- `` [ARG0 They] are [rel preparing] [ARG1 the workers] for [ARG2-for what *T*-1 's coming : foreign control] , '' wrote *T*-2 Heberto Castillo , a leftist leader .
- Even before the full extent of the devastation was known *-1 , Defense Secretary Dick Cheney ordered [ARG0 the military services] to set up an emergency command center in the Pentagon and [rel prepare] [ARG2 *-2 to respond to various FEMA requests for assistance] .
- [ARG0 The Department of Housing and Urban Development] [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to make as many as 100 vacant houses available for those left * homeless] , the Agriculture Department was set *-2 to divert food from the school-lunch program to earthquake victims , and the Pentagon was providing everything from radio communications to blood transfusions to military police for * directing traffic .
- As the strike enters its 15th day today , some members are getting nervous , the spokesman conceded 0 *T*-2 , but [ARG1 the majority of the 55,000 Machinists] are [rel prepared] *-1 [ARG2 to `` wait it out as long as it takes *?*] .
- Shamir said Tuesday that [ARG1 he] was [rel prepared] *-2 [ARG2 to risk a policy conflict with the U.S. over an Egyptian plan * to hold direct Israeli-Palestinian talks , which the premier 's Likud bloc opposes *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Canada] , which *T*-1 is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-2 to speed up tariff cuts with the U.S.] , recorded a 47 % narrowing in its trade surplus with the U.S. in August , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , reported 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Lawyers in Miami] -- [ARGM-ADV * this time working virtually without impediment] -- [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to have him indicted on drug charges] [ARGM-TMP in February 1988] .
- [ARGM-TMP In autumn] [ARGM-TMP last year] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG1 the regime garrison at Kandahar] was [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to surrender the city to resistance moderates] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP by 3:15 p.m.] , [ARGM-ADV with the market comfortably ahead for the day] , [ARG0 Mr. Sherman] was [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to undo his switch] .
- With a strike fund of about $ 100 million *U* , the union had said 0 [ARG1 it] was [rel prepared] *-1 for [ARG2-for a long strike] .
- [ARGM-ADV In many ways] , [ARG1 our financial markets] are [ARGM-MNR better] [rel prepared] *ICH*-2 *ICH*-3 [ARGM-TMP today] [ARG2 *-1 to handle a decline] than they were *?* two years ago .
- [ARG0 The Bush administration] is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to extend a ban on federal financing of research using fetal tissue] , government sources said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 American] is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to take delivery of another 757 in early December and 20 more next year] and is n't anticipating any changes in that timetable .
- Mr. Spielvogel had said that [ARG1 Prudential-Bache] was [rel prepared] [ARG2 *-1 to finance either a management buy-out and restructuring , or a buy-out of Backer Spielvogel alone , led * by him] .
- [ARG0 Tandem Computers Inc.] , *-1 [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-2 to fight with International Business Machines Corp. for a piece of the mainframe business] , said 0 it expects *-3 to post higher revenue and earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 30 .
- [ARG0 Thames 's U.S. marketing agent , Donald Taffner ,] is [rel preparing] [ARG2 *-1 to do just that] .
- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was on the telephones , * making it *EXP*-1 clear to officials in the U.S. and abroad that [ARG1 the Fed] was [rel prepared] [ARG2 * to inject massive amounts of money into the banking system , as it did in October 1987] , [ARGM-ADV if the action were needed * to prevent a financial crisis] .
- The Fed 's efforts at secrecy were partly foiled *-1 Sunday morning , when both the New York Times and the Washington Post carried stories quoting a senior Fed official saying 0 [ARG1 the central bank] was [rel prepared] [ARG2 * to pour cash into the banking system Monday morning] *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 It] is [rel prepared] [ARG2 * to assume the same role 0 it played *T*-2 in October 1987 , * providing money to the markets if * necessary * to keep the financial system afloat] .
- Fed Chairman Greenspan signaled that [ARG1 the central bank] was [rel prepared] [ARG2 * to inject massive amounts of money into the banking system * to prevent a financial crisis] .
- `` In the past , corporate buyers were often discouraged *-1 from * making bids because of competition from [ARG1 LBO firms] , which *T*-2 were [ARGM-MNR often] [rel prepared] [ARG2 * to outbid '' the corporations] , says 0 *T*-3 J. Tomilson Hill , head of mergers and acquisitions at Shearson Lehman Hutton .
- `` And there 's no indication that [ARG1 Washington] is [rel prepared] [ARG2 * to address the rules] .