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frames-  By 1987 , then-Speaker Jim Wright was discussing arms control in Moscow with Mikhail Gorbachev and then attempting *-1 to direct the president , through an appropriations rider , *-2 to treat the Soviets as though [ARG0  the Senate]  had [rel  ratified]  [ARG1  SALT II]  .
-  [ARG1  The `` anti-hooligan '' law , which *T*-233 would deprive troublemakers of cards ,]  [ARGM-MOD  must]  be [rel  ratified]  *-2 by [ARG0-by  the House of Lords]  and is expected *-2 to become effective early next year .
-  Emigration applications soared in [ARGM-TMP  1985]  , when [ARG0  Britain and China]  [rel  ratified]  [ARG1  their accord on Hong Kong 's future]  *T*-1 .
-  Mr. Mitterrand proposed that a conference be convened *-1 next fall * to write a new treaty for the EC allowing a European central bank , and that [ARG1  the treaty]  be [rel  ratified]  *-2 [ARGM-TMP  by 1992]  .
-  [ARG0  A formal House-Senate conference]  is expected *-1 to [rel  ratify]  [ARG1  the accord]  [ARGM-TMP  later this week]  .
-  The U.S. Senate liked the treaty so well 0 [ARG0  it]  [rel  ratified]  [ARG1  it]  [ARGM-MNR  by a vote of 89 to 0]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  On Friday]  , one analyst said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0  rank-and-file workers]  [rel  ratified]  [ARG1  a new labor agreement ending a three-month strike at the Highland Valley mine in British Columbia]  .
-  [ARG0  The broadcasters]  were , [ARGM-DIS  after all]  , documenting the game , [rel  ratifying]  [ARG1  its occurrence]  for [ARG2-for  millions outside the Stick]  .
-  [ARG0  The Communications Workers of America]  [rel  ratified]  [ARG1  a new regional contract and all but one of the local agreements with Bell Atlantic Corp]  .