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frames- Koito has refused *-1 to grant Mr. Pickens seats on its board , *-1 asserting 0 he is [ARG0 a greenmailer] trying * to [rel pressure] [ARG1 Koito 's other shareholders] into [ARG2-into * buying him out at a profit] .
- Big Board stock specialists , in a bold palace revolt , began shortly after Oct. 13 *-1 to telephone the corporate executives of the companies whose stock *T*-2 is listed *-71 on the Big Board *-3 to have [ARG0 them] [rel pressure] [ARG1 the exchange] [ARG2 to ban program trading] .
- No less significant than [ARG0 the Japanese banks '] attempt * to cut off funds *-2 to [rel pressure] [ARG1 a foreign government] are *T*-1 the implications of a confrontation between Japan securities and banking industries .
- Nomura was attempting *-1 to organize the 50 billion-yen -LRB- $ 352 million *U* -RRB- borrowing in Japan at a time [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 many Japanese banks , led * by Industrial Bank of Japan ,] were [rel pressuring] [ARG1 the Wellington government] [ARG2 to help them recover loans made * to a defunct investment bank that *T*-3 had been owned *-25 by New Zealand 's civil-service pension fund] *T*-2 .
- In last month 's survey , a number of currency analysts predicted 0 [ARG1 the dollar] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel pressured] *-1 by [ARG0-by a narrowing of interest rate differentials between the U.S. and West Germany] .
- [ARG1 The British pound] , *-1 [rel pressured] * by [ARG0-by last week 's resignations of key Thatcher administration officials] , nevertheless rose Monday to $ 1.5820 *U* from Friday 's $ 1.5795 *U* .
- Still , Westinghouse acknowledges that demand from independent producers could evaporate if prices for fuel such as natural gas or oil rise sharply or if [ARG1 utilities] , which *T*-2 have been [rel pressured] by [ARG0-by regulators] [ARG2 *-1 to keep down rates] , are suddenly freed *-3 to add significant generating capacity .
- The head of the nation 's largest car-dealers group is telling dealers *-1 to `` just say no '' [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 auto makers] [rel pressure] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 to stockpile cars on their lots] *T*-2 .
- Almost half -LRB- 49.8 % -RRB- reported *-1 suffering `` mental abuse '' from coaches , and almost one-quarter -LRB- 24.8 % -RRB- said 0 [ARG1 they] had been [rel pressured] *-2 [ARG2 to ignore injuries] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 Mr. Davis] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel pressure] [ARG1 the board] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 asking that the agreement be waived *-3 , or letting it *EXP*-2 be known *-4 that he has financing for an offer at a lower price] .
- However , the disclosure of the guidelines , first reported * last night by NBC News , is already being interpreted *-1 on Capitol Hill as an unfair effort [ARG0 *] to [rel pressure] [ARG1 Congress] .
- -- [ARGM-TMP For the past several years] , [ARG0 the banks] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 lacking a private navy 0 *T*-2 to enforce their interests] , have been [rel pressuring] [ARG1 the U.S. Treasury] [ARG2 to underwrite their bad LDC credits] .
- [ARGM-TMP Generally] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] , [ARG0 overproduction of gasoline and higher crude oil prices] [rel pressured] [ARG1 profitability] .
- George Bush 's continued support of the tax dam sustains this strategy of [ARG0 *] [rel pressuring] [ARG1 Congress] [ARG2 to make choices among competing priorities , rather than *-2 just saying yes to all the grateful special-interest constituencies that *T*-1 fill the PAC trough] .
- By [ARG0 *-2] [rel pressuring] [ARG1 taxi and bus drivers who *T*-1 needed licenses] , he gained a ready cache of information .
- Traders said 0 [ARG0 hedging related * to the TVA pricing] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel pressured] [ARG1 Treasury bonds] .
- Nevertheless , [ARG0 lobbies such as the National Association of Home Builders -LRB- NAHB -RRB-] continue *-1 to [rel pressure] [ARG1 Capitol Hill] for [ARG2-for more special-interest spending] .
- In addition , [ARG0 crude oil prices] were up some from a year earlier , * [ARGM-ADV further] [rel pressuring] [ARG1 profitability] .
- Senators hope that [ARG0 the need * to avoid those cuts] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel pressure] [ARG1 the House] [ARG2 to agree to the streamlined bill] .