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frames-  Voters generally agree when they are given *-1 a chance * to decide if [ARG0  they]  want *-3 to [rel  sink]  [ARG1  their own tax dollars]  into [ARG4-into  a new mega-stadium]  *T*-2 .
-  Small wonder , since he 's asking [ARG0  San Francisco taxpayers]  *-1 to [rel  sink]  [ARG1  up to $ 100 million *U*]  into [ARG4-into  the new stadium]  .
-  [ARG1  Barge rates on the Mississippi River]  [rel  sank]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  [ARGM-CAU  on speculation that widespread rain *ICH*-3 this week in the Midwest might temporarily alleviate the situation]  .
-  Analysts say 0 rallies in the group historically have lifted the market , while [ARG0  weakness in the sector]  [ARGM-TMP  often]  [rel  sank]  [ARG1  unlisted share prices]  [ARGM-MNR  broadly]  .
-  He expects [ARG1  the market]  to [rel  sink]  [ARG2-MNR  further]  and to reach a low sometime next month or in December .
-  [ARG1  Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  4]  to [ARG4-to  13 1\/2]  [ARGM-TMP  after *-2 announcing a shakeup that *T*-1 will change senior management and reorganize the bank 's mortgage business as a separate unit]  .
-  `` Attention is fixed on the stock market for lack of [ARG4-into  anything else]  0 [ARG0  *]  to [rel  sink]  [ARG1  our teeth]  into *T*-1 , '' said *T*-2 Robert White , a vice president at First Interstate of California .
-  In New York Stock Exchange composite trading Friday , Milton Roy shares leaped $ 2 *U* , to $ 18.375 *U* each , while [ARG1  Crane]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  $ 1.125 *U*]  , to [ARG4-to  $ 21.125 *U* a share]  .
-  Now comes word *ICH*-2 from a scientist that [ARGM-TMP  over the next century]  [ARG1  Venice]  [ARGM-MOD  will]  [rel  sink]  [ARG2-EXT  nearly three times faster than the present rate]  [ARGM-CAU  because of the `` greenhouse effect]  . ''
-  [ARG1  Venice]  has [rel  sunk]  [ARG2-EXT  10 inches]  [ARGM-TMP  in this century]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  For the week]  [ARG1  the Dow Jones Industrial Average]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  92.42 points , or 3.4 %]  .
-  [ARG0  Independent drillers]  are [ARGM-MNR  gingerly]  [rel  sinking]  [ARG1  bits]  into [ARG4-into  the Earth 's crust]  [ARGM-TMP  again]  .
-  [ARG1  The pound , which *T*-1 had been trading at about $ 1.6143 *U* in New York prior to Mr. Lawson 's announcement ,]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  more than two cents]  to [ARG4-to  $ 1.5930 *U*]  , [ARGM-ADV  * prompting the Federal Reserve Bank to buy pounds for dollars]  .
-  [ARG0  Caesars World Inc.]  plans *-1 to defend its august reputation by *-2 [rel  sinking]  [ARG1  $ 190 million *U*]  into [ARG4-into  its opulent Caesars Palace , next door to the new Mirage]  , and adding a $ 100 million *U* shopping area reminiscent of Rodeo Drive .
-  [ARG1  Microsoft]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 battered * by profit taking in recent sessions]  , [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  as much as 4]  ; but it finished at 80 7\/8 , down 2 1\/4 on volume of one million shares .
-  [ARG1  It]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-MNR  further]  to [ARG4-to  as low as $ 145 *U*]  , but a big rally developed in the last half hour , * pushing the stock back up *-1 to close at $ 170 *U* , down just $ 8.375 *U* from Monday .
-  So , while KKR today has [ARG1  an estimated $ 250 million *U* *ICH*-1]  [rel  sunk]  * in [ARG4-in  now-shaky SCI TV]  , including equity and debt , the LBO firm still is $ 1 billion *U* ahead on the SCI TV buy-out after * taking cash up front .
-  A [rel  sinking]  [ARG1  economy]  depresses corporate earnings and thus stock prices , but it buoys bond prices as interest rates fall .
-  [ARG1  The Dow Jones industrials]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  26.23 points]  , to [ARG4-to  2662.91]  .
-  [ARG1  Qintex Ltd. shares]  [rel  sank]  to [ARG4-to  A$ 1.50 *U*]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  from [ARG3-from  A$ 3.05 *U*]  Friday .
-  [ARGM-TMP  After the announcement of the bankruptcy filing]  , [ARG1  Qintex Entertainment stock]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  $ 2.625 *U*]  [ARGM-LOC  in over-the-counter trading]  [ARG4  *-1 to close at $ 1.50 *U* on heavy volume of more than 1.4 million shares]  .
-  The issue is noncallable for five years and has a [rel  sinking]  [ARG1  fund]  starting in 2000 * to retire 50 % of the issue before maturity .
-  [ARG1  Net]  [rel  sank]  to [ARG4-to  $ 3.1 million *U* , or eight cents a share]  , * including $ 789,000 *U* , or two cents a share , [ARGM-ADV  * reflecting a tax-loss carry-forward]  .
-  A [rel  sinking]  [ARG1  pound]  makes imports more expensive and increases businesses ' expectations of future inflation , he argued 0 *T*-1 .
-  [ARG1  Housing construction]  [rel  sank]  [ARGM-TMP  in September]  to [ARG4-to  its lowest level since the last recession]  , the Commerce Department reported 0 *T*-1 .
-  [ARG1  Monthly sales of his Egg King machine -- which he now is marketing *T*-1 through a new company --]  have [rel  sunk]  to [ARG4-to  about half a dozen]  from [ARG3-from  a peak of 75]  , says 0 *T*-2 the 46-year-old businessman .
-  [ARGM-DIS  In other words]  , [ARGM-TMP  after the glory boom of the Reagan years]  , [ARG1  wages]  had [rel  sunk]  from [ARG3-from  the post World War II peak]  by [ARG2-by  16 %]  [ARGM-TMP  as capitalists , *-1 helped *-2 by the government , turned down the screws or went offshore]  .
-  Yesterday 's closing price of $ 101.75 *U* , *-2 down 50 cents , in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange , puts the stock at about 1 1\/2 times book value , which *T*-1 is as low as [ARG1  it]  has [rel  sunk]  [ARGM-TMP  over the past decade]  .
-  [ARG1  Housing starts]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  5.2 %]  [ARGM-TMP  in September]  to [ARG4-to  a seven-year low]  .
-  *-2 Leaping into rages , [ARG1  *-2]  [rel  sinking]  into [ARG4-into  bouts of drunkenness and mistrust]  , Mr. Noriega has put to death some 70 of his troops involved * in the coup , according to U.S. officials monitoring crematoriums and funeral parlors in Panama City .
-  Corporate finance and trading results in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development were `` relatively flat , sometimes choppy , '' the bank said 0 *T*-1 , and [ARG1  profit for the area]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  27 %]  .
-  [ARG1  Net interest income]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  27 %]  [ARGM-TMP  in the quarter]  to [ARG4-to  $ 254 million *U*]  from [ARG3-from  $ 347 million *U*]  .
-  [ARG1  The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  45.66 , or 1.7 % ,]  to [ARG4-to  2600.88]  .
-  For example , their selling caused trading halts *ICH*-1 to be declared *-5 in USAir Group , which *T*-2 closed down 3 7\/8 to 41 1\/2 , Delta Air Lines , which *T*-3 fell 7 3\/4 to 69 1\/4 , and [ARG1  Philips Industries]  , which *T*-4 [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  3]  to [ARG4-to  21 1\/2]  .
-  As a measure of [ARG4  the depths]  to which [ARG1  the Texas real estate market]  has [rel  sunk]  *T*-1 , the RTC will pay $ 3.8 billion *U* to NCNB *-2 to take $ 750 million *U* of bad assets .
-  Whether unanswered phone calls had any effect or not , [ARG1  Nasdaq stocks]  [rel  sank]  [ARG2-EXT  far less than those on the New York and American exchanges]  .
-  '' Today , he frets *T*-1 , exports and business investment spending may be insufficient *-2 to pick up the slack if [ARG1  stock prices]  [rel  sink]  [ARGM-TMP  this week]  and if consumers retrench in reaction .
-  Junk bonds , which *T*-1 mushroomed from less than $ 2 billion *U* at the start of this decade , have been declining for months as [ARG1  issuer after issuer]  [rel  sank]  beneath [ARG4-beneath  the weight of hefty interest payments]  .