sputter.01
frames- Comprehensive Care had agreed *-2 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp. of Norfolk , Va. , but [ARG0 the sale] [rel sputtered] [ARGM-TMP almost from the beginning] and finally collapsed last week .
- As [ARG0 the Hunt brothers ' personal bankruptcy cases] [rel sputter] [ARGM-DIR into their second year] , Minpeco S.A. has proposed a deal 0 * to settle its huge claim against the troubled Texas oil men *T*-1 .