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frames- As [ARG1 banks ' earnings] were [rel squeezed] *-122 [ARGM-TMP in the mid-1970s] , the emphasis switched to * finding ways 0 * to cut costs *T*-1 .
- When it announced the planned breakup in May *T*-1 , Cray Research said 0 [ARG0 development costs of several competing projects] were [rel squeezing] [ARG1 its earnings growth] .
- Although [ARG1 profits] were `` [rel squeezed] '' [ARGM-TMP in 1989] , [ARGM-CAU mainly as a result of higher raw-material costs] , the company said 0 it is confident about future earnings and cash flow for 1990 and beyond .
- [ARG0 These and other problems] [rel squeezed] [ARG1 Federal 's profit margins last year] to [ARG4-to 8 %] , [ARGM-DIR down] from [ARG3-from more than 13 % annually in the first half of the decade] .
- [ARGM-LOC In some cases] , [ARG0 competition] has [rel squeezed] [ARG1 margins] .
- [ARG0 The higher rates paid * on deposits] also helped *-1 [rel squeeze] [ARG1 NCNB 's net interest margin in the Southeast] to [ARG4-to 3.38 %] from [ARG3-from 3.80 %] a year earlier .
- `` We 've had two more years of significant accumulation of debt ... just at [ARGM-TMP the time] when [ARG1 earnings] are being [rel squeezed] *-1 *T*-3 , '' Mr. Chimerine notes *T*-2 .