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frames- [ARG0 The city 's Campaign Finance Board] has [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to pay Mr. Dinkins $ 95,142 *U* in matching funds] [ARGM-CAU because his campaign records are incomplete] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a number of recent cases] , [ARG0 federal courts] have [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to recognize attorneys ' assertions that information relating to fees from clients should be confidential] .
- In his lawsuit , Mr. Trudeau says 0 the strike illegally included Darkhorse , and [ARG0 the cartoonist] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to honor the strike against the company] .
- [ARG0 Koito] has [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to grant Mr. Pickens seats on its board] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 asserting 0 he is a greenmailer trying * to pressure Koito 's other shareholders into * buying him out at a profit] .
- [ARG0 The vicar , W.D. Jones ,] [rel refuses] [ARG1 *-1 to talk about it] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 saying 0 it would `` reopen the wound] . ''
- [ARGM-LOC Outside] , [ARG0 a young pressman filling a news box with an extra edition headlined * `` Herald Examiner Closes ''] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to take a reader 's quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP Already] , [ARG0 10 local councils] have [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to honor fees and payments to banks incurred * during various swaps dealings] .
- [ARG0 A few , such as giant Merrill Lynch & Co. ,] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 even to do index arbitrage trades for clients] .
- Cost-effective index funds just are n't sexy enough * to justify the high fees and commissions that retail customers frequently pay *T*-1 , and that [ARG0 institutional customers] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-3 to pay *T*-2] .
- The limits to legal absurdity stretched another notch this week when [ARG0 the Supreme Court] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to hear an appeal from a case that *T*-1 says 0 corporate defendants must pay damages even after *-3 proving that they could not possibly have caused the harm] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Unwilling *-2 to put up new money for New Zealand until those debts are repaid *-26] , [ARG0 most banks] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 even to play administrative roles in the new financing] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 forcing an embarrassed Nomura to postpone it this week] .
- Rep. John LaFalce -LRB- D. , N.Y . -RRB- said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Johnson] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to testify jointly with Mr. Mulford] and instead asked *-1 to appear after the Treasury official had completed his testimony .
- `` He probably was the smartest guy who *T*-165 ever sat on our bench , '' says *T*-1 [ARG0 a former president] of Cambria County 's 150-member bar association , who *T*-166 , like most lawyers in Cambria County , [rel refuses] [ARG1 *-3 to talk about the judge *PPA*-2] [ARGM-MNR publicly] .
- [ARG0 Spokespersons for both the trust and the company] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to comment on whether any talks with a possible acquirer of Manville had actually taken place] .
- The first one permits [ARG0 a witness] *-1 to [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-2 to testify against her spouse] .
- The case of Rosa Parks , [ARG0 the black woman] who *T*-264 [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to sit at the back of the bus] , comes to mind as an illustration .
- Boyer and Cohen , for instance , both still university researchers , had *-1 to be talked *-2 into * applying for a patent on their gene-splicing technique -- and [ARGM-TMP then] [ARG0 the Patent Office] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-3 to grant it] .
- For now , however , Mr. Phelan said : `` [ARG0 I] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to get out there and tell everybody 0 everything is hunky-dory] .
- Japan-U.S. trade relations are bumpy these days , and some Japanese favor *-3 decreasing their reliance on U.S. technology in light of the FSX fighter-plane flap , when [ARG0 U.S. officials] reversed an earlier decision and [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to share certain crucial fighter-plane technology] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The high court] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to hear appeals by Rexall Drug Co. , which *T*-1 went out of business in 1987 and was taken *-3 over by RXDC Liquidating Trust ; E.R. Squibb & Sons Inc. , a unit of Squibb Corp. ; and Eli Lilly & Co] .
- Mr. Gonzalez and his colleagues , particularly the finance minister , Carlos Solchaga , are charged *-1 with *-4 having abandoned their socialist principles and with *-4 having become [ARG0 arrogant elitists] who *T*-2 [rel refuse] [ARGM-ADV even] [ARG1 *-3 to go on television -LRB- controlled * by the state -RRB- *-5 to face their accusers] .
- [ARG0 Shelly Hancock , a male county court judge in Houston ,] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to let a woman plead guilty to a drunk-driving charge] [ARGM-CAU because her skirt stopped three inches above her knees] .
- The ad agency had approached Ms. Midler about appearing , but [ARG0 she] declined , *-2 citing a longstanding policy of * [rel refusing] [ARG1 advertising work] .
- About 70,000 people attended the anti-government rally , at which [ARG0 leaders of the banned African National Congress] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to renounce violence 0 * to end apartheid *T*-3] *T*-1 .
- The opposition Labor Party leader , Neil Kinnock , in a display of the male chauvinism typical of the British lower class , denounced [ARG0 Mrs. Thatcher] for *-2 having an independent mind and [rel refusing] [ARG1 *-1 to heed the men in her Cabinet] .
- In the affidavits , Mr. Peters says 0 he was `` shocked '' when [ARG0 Mr. Ross] [rel refused] [ARG1 a meeting] and made it *EXP*-2 clear 0 he would stop them *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The Big Board] has [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to be drawn *-1 into a public debate about program trading] .
- For example , 66 % of the 18 to 24 year olds in the four latest surveys favored an `` open housing '' law prohibiting [ARG0 homeowners] from *-2 [rel refusing] [ARGM-CAU on racial grounds] [ARG1 *-1 to sell to prospective buyers] .
- But [ARG0 he] [rel refused] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 claiming that he wanted *-3 to see what *T*-1 happened Monday morning before *-3 making any public statement] .
- Because [ARG0 we] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to face the tough answers] , the questions continue as fodder for the commissions and committees , for the media and politicians .
- So , according to a Dun & Bradstreet Corp. survey , [ARG0 companies] that *T*-1 had been [rel refusing] [ARG1 *-2 to spend even their very conservative budgets] may loosen up before year end .
- When [ARG0 he] [ARGM-TMP initially] [rel refused] *T*-1 , he says 0 *T*-2 , they stabbed him in the back and made off with $ 2,000 *U* and 280 blank tickets .
- [ARG0 Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to support any plan that *T*-1 might get people hurt] , a charming notion for a great power .
- [ARG0 The former Wall Street executive] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to offer an opinion on the controversy surrounding program trading , which *T*-1 has recently become a larger part of the trading in the market and has been blamed *-3 for * accelerating the drop two weeks ago] .
- And so it seems *-1 to be *T*-2 with the case of Elizabeth Morgan , [ARG0 the Washington , D.C. , plastic surgeon] jailed * in a child custody case for *-3 [rel refusing] [ARG1 *-4 to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter] .
- The union called the strike in April after [ARG0 Pittston] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to sign the UMW 's national labor pact] .
- A black-draped cruise liner sailed into Naples yesterday *-2 bringing 800 Libyans threatening vengeance if [ARG0 Italy] [rel refuses] [ARG1 *-1 to pay compensation for more than 30 years of colonial rule] .
- [ARG0 AGIP] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to reconsider] and says 0 drilling is due *-2 to start early next year .
- We can not , however , join the political chorus that *T*-2 as one proclaims how offputting it *EXP*-1 is *T*-3 that [ARG0 Mrs. Thatcher] [rel refuses] [ARG1 *-4 to get along by *-5 going along] .
- Dick Pound , a committee member , began by *-1 disclosing that [ARG0 ABC and NBC] had [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to even bid] .
- The Japanese want us to accept their culture , but [ARG0 they] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to accept the American culture] .
- [ARGM-TMP When the ruling was handed down *T*-1] , [ARG0 the vacationing president] dispatched Chief of Staff John Sununu to issue a statement and [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to answer questions himself] .
- If the IRS admits its error and the charges have been paid *-1 , it will reimburse [ARG0 a taxpayer] who *T*-2 has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-3 to give timely answers to IRS inquiries] or *T*-2 has n't contributed to * continuing or compounding the error .
- For all that , the piece landed *-2 unperformed in a dusty archive after [ARG0 Bologna] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to supply a chorus and orchestra] .
- Viacom accuses [ARG0 Time] in its suit of *-1 [rel refusing] [ARG1 *-2 to carry Showtime or a sister service , The Movie Channel , on Time 's Manhattan Cable TV system , one of the nation 's largest urban systems] .
- [ARG0 Kemper , the biggest holder of senior SCI TV bonds ,] has [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to join the bond-holders committee] and is said *-1 to be reviewing its legal options .
- [ARG0 Sir John Egan , Jaguar 's chairman ,] [ARGM-TMP so far] has [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to meet with Ford officials] , but he is believed *-2 to be willing *-3 to consider a specific bid proposal .
- [ARG0 China] had [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to repatriate citizens who *T*-1 sneaked into Hong Kong illegally] [ARGM-TMP since early this month , when the colony allowed a dissident Chinese swimmer to flee to the U.S. *T*-3] .
- [ARG0 The broker , Thomas Beairsto of Merrill Lynch 's Morristown , N.J. , office ,] [rel refuses] [ARG1 *-1 to discuss the matter with a reporter] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 referring inquiries to Merrill Lynch officials in New York] .
- [ARG0 Ohio , the District of Columbia , Tennessee and Illinois] have been less resistant to Drexel than the other six states , but [ARGM-DIS nonetheless] have [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to settle so far] , say 0 *T*-2 those familiar with the discussions .
- [ARG0 New Jersey] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , was asked *-1 to accept $ 300,000 *U* , but [rel refused] .
- Attorneys for more than 18,000 women who *T*-1 claim injuries from the Dalkon Shield contraceptive device have asked [ARG0 the U.S. Supreme Court] *-3 to [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-4 to hear an appeal of the bankruptcy-law reorganization plan for A.H. Robins Co. , which *T*-2 manufactured the device] .
- Mr. Volokh soon found work in his field , but [ARG0 Ms. Volokh] [rel refused] [ARG1 the obvious and available occupation - as translator for a Russian who *T*-1 spoke fluent English] .
- It has gotten a bad rep because its once heavily polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire , because former Mayor Ralph Perk set his hair on fire with an acetylene torch and because [ARG2 its proposed Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame] was [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel refused] *-1 [ARG1 an urban-development grant] .
- When [ARG0 the pilots] [rel refused] *T*-1 , the company retracted it .
- And [ARG0 the United Arab Emirates , a chronic quota cheater ,] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to give any guarantee 0 it would change its ways] .
- Hong Kong has built a detention center for illegal immigrants from China because [ARG0 China] has [rel refused] [ARGM-TMP for the past two weeks] [ARG1 *-1 to accept them back] .
- It claims 0 [ARG0 the Coast Guard] failed *-1 to chart the rock and [rel refuses] [ARG1 *-1 to pay damages] .
- [ARG0 The spokesman] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to comment on speculation that Industrial Equity might use its interest as a platform 0 * to launch a hostile bid for the company *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 A handful of small U.S. firms] are [rel refusing] [ARG1 *-1 to cede the HDTV-screen market to Japanese manufacturers] .
- And [ARGM-TMP even when a specific order is acceptable to an exchange *T*-1] , [ARG0 a brokerage firm] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-2 to enter it for a customer] .
- You can *?* , too , if [ARG0 you] , [ARGM-MNR like me] , [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to bite the bullet] .
- This is particularly good news for [ARG0 those] who *T*-2 hate risk , who *T*-3 are incapable of * doing extensive amounts of planning and who *T*-4 [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-5 to see their life styles hurt *-6 in any way] .
- `` We lent a lot of money all over the place , '' said *T*-2 [ARG0 Tan Sri Basir] , who *T*-1 [rel refused] [ARG1 *-3 to discuss the bank 's outstanding loans to]
- -- [ARG0 The Treasury] [ARGM-MNR wisely] has [rel refused] , but has concluded that indirect credit support through various multinational agencies should be made *-1 available for a price : either debt reduction or debt-service reduction or new loans -LRB- the Brady Plan -RRB- .
- [ARG0 Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to concede that they may have made a tactical error in *-2 accepting the Sony offer before *-3 taking it up with Warner] .
- When [ARG0 Democrats] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to budge *T*-1] , pro-life Republicans met at the White House with Chief of Staff John Sununu on Monday , and Mr. Bush quickly signaled a veto .
- The suit alleges that Ms. Levine was fired *-1 after [ARG0 she] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to accept a lower paying , less visible job upon *-3 reaching her sixth month of pregnancy] .
- *-1 Reversing an eight-year federal policy , the measure supports Medicaid abortions in cases of rape and incest , but [ARG0 Mr. Bush] has [ARGM-TMP so far] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to support any specific exemption beyond instances in which the mother 's life is in danger *T*-3] .
- [ARGM-TMP Before 1974] , [ARG0 a President] [ARGM-MOD could] `` impound *RNR*-2 , '' or [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to spend *RNR*-2] , funds appropriated * by Congress .
- The budget reconciliation had *-2 to be dealt with *-1 by the Oct. 15 deadline , and [ARG0 these Senate Democrats] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-3 to agree *-4 to allow a vote 0 *T*-5 to append capital gains to the budget bill] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 knowing 0 it would pass] .
- [ARG0 A magistrate] had [ARGM-TMP initially] [rel refused] [ARG1 the request] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 ruling that the attack had been a political act for which the man , Mahmoud El-Abed Ahmad , would be exempt from extradition *T*-2] .
- In late 1986 , he made [ARG1 an offer] 0 he thought 0 [ARG0 the U.S.] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel refuse] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The Senate] had [rel refused] [ARGM-TMP late Friday] [ARG1 *-1 to invoke cloture and limit debate] , but behind the bipartisan leadership , a solid majority took shape yesterday and brushed aside amendments seeking * to cut the total package or steer it away from direct aid to political parties .
- Indeed , the gap is so large that [ARG0 Mr. Allen 's critics] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to engage the debate] .
- A U.S. decision [ARG0 *] to [rel refuse] [ARG2 the IMF] [ARG1 its capital increase] , or limit it to 25 % , would bring a major change in international economic policy , and could not be taken *-1 lightly .
- Union Chairman F.C . -LRB- Rick -RRB- Dubinsky faces the tough task of * explaining why [ARG0 banks] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-2 to finance a buy-out 0 the members approved *T*-1 overwhelmingly last week] *T*-3 .
- The pilots could play hardball by *-1 noting 0 they are crucial to any sale or restructuring because [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-2 to fly the airplanes] .
- Dr. Novello 's office said 0 she would n't talk with reporters , and [ARG0 it] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to release any information about her] .
- [ARG0 A three-judge appeals panel] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to comply] , [ARGM-ADV though liberal Judge Pat Wald went out of her way *-2 to deny that this was a `` frivolous '' case] .
- Those two offers were private and [ARG0 the spokesman] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to identify the bidding companies] .
- [ARG0 Big investment banks] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to step up to the plate *-2 to support the beleaguered floor traders by *-3 buying big blocks of stock] , traders say 0 *T*-4 .
- The exchange said 0 it feared that some members would n't be able *-2 to find enough soybeans * to deliver and would have *-2 to default on their contractual obligation to [ARG0 the Italian conglomerate] , which *T*-1 had [rel refused] [ARG1 requests * to reduce its holdings] .
- [ARG0 Dealers] `` [ARGM-MOD would] give you a quote , but then [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-1 to make the trade] . ''
- * Allowing [ARG0 the defendant] to take the Fifth in a civil matter is not based *-2 on a constitutional right * to [rel refuse] [ARG1 *-3 to testify] [ARGM-LOC where one 's testimony harms him in the civil matter *T*-4] , but because the testimony in the civil matter could be unconstitutionally used *-1 against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution .
- [ARG0 Many banks] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to back the $ 6.79 billion *U* transaction] , but bankers said 0 it was not from any unwillingness * to finance takeovers .
- But Sen. McCain says 0 Mr. Keating broke off their friendship abruptly in 1987 , because [ARG0 the senator] [rel refused] [ARG1 *-1 to press the thrift executive 's case as vigorously as Mr. Keating wanted *?*] .