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frames- The company said that because of [rel softening] [ARG1 sales] it is n't in compliance with requirements that it maintain $ 3 million *U* in working capital .
- Sales of new cars in Europe fell 4.2 % in September from a year earlier and analysts say 0 [ARG1 the market] could continue *-1 to [rel soften] [ARGM-TMP in the months ahead] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel softened] [ARG1 the talk about a recession] .
- A spokesman for Scott says that * assuming 0 [ARG1 the price of pulp] continues *-1 to [rel soften] , `` We should do well .
- [ARG0 They] also address such taboo subjects as the likelihood of unemployment and high inflation , and recommend [ARGM-MNR ways] 0 * to [rel soften] [ARG1 the social consequences] *T*-1 .
- Some dealers note that while the third-quarter figures may appear relatively bullish -- the market consensus calls for a 2.5 % annual growth rate , unchanged from the second-quarter rate -- it *EXP*-1 would take a significantly stronger figure * to alter market perceptions that [ARG1 the economy] is [rel softening] .
- In addition , USX 's giant steel segment , representing 34 % of its 1988 sales , is facing [rel softening] [ARG1 demand] and slipping prices as well as increasing competition from foreign steelmakers and low-cost minimills .
- `` Yet even a relatively strong number -- 2.8 % to 2.9 % *U* -- wo n't alter the market 's view that [ARG1 the economy] is [rel softening] . ''
- But that could change if [ARG1 demand for OPEC 's oil] [rel softens] [ARGM-TMP seasonally] [ARGM-TMP early next year] [ARGM-ADV as some think 0 * may happen] .
- There have been some reports that [ARG0 Mr. Krenz] is moving *-2 to `` [rel soften] '' [ARG1 his reputation] , notably rumors that it was he who *T*-1 kept East Germany 's state police off protesters ' backs at the country 's dismal 40th anniversary celebrations earlier this month .
- In yesterday 's edition , it *EXP*-1 was incorrectly stated *-2 that [ARG1 the company 's share price] has [rel softened] [ARGM-TMP since August 1988] .
- `` Whenever corporate profits are weak *T*-1 that means 0 [ARG1 capital spending] is going *-2 to [rel soften] [ARGM-TMP subsequently] , '' Mr. Harris said *T*-3 .
- Pressure from these members prompted [ARG0 the club] recently *-1 to [rel soften] [ARG1 its anti-bike rhetoric] ; it no longer , for example , lumps the bikes into the same category as motorcycles and other terrain-marring off-road vehicles .
- The company had been experiencing [rel softening] [ARG1 margins] because of increased sales of software applications , which *T*-1 have lower margins than do *?* operating systems .
- And * try plying new dollars free in [ARG1 a market] that *T*-1 is [rel softening] , hurt * by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the industry 's Darth Vadar .
- [ARG1 The stock] has [ARGM-TMP since] [rel softened] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 trading around $ 25 *U* a share last week and closing yesterday at $ 23.00 *U* in national over-the-counter trading] .
- *-1 Not really insurance , [ARG0 this tactic] was designed *-1 to [rel soften] [ARG1 the blow of declining stock prices] and generate an offsetting profit by *-2 selling waves of S&P futures contracts .
- Over the next year [ARG0 that grand agenda] was whittled *-1 down to a series of steps 0 * to [rel soften] [ARG1 big stock drops] [ARGM-MNR by * interrupting trading * to give market players time 0 * to pause and reconsider positions *T*-3] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 `` Circuit breakers ''] set * * to [rel soften] [ARG1 big drops] :