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frames- *-1 Laboring in blue and gray overalls , [ARG0 they] are supposed *-1 to concentrate on * cleaning out crevices , and [ARGM-NEG not] [rel strain] [ARG1 their eyes] [ARGM-ADV *-2 looking for diamonds] .
- [ARG0 The fight] is putting a tight squeeze on profits of many , *-1 threatening *-2 to drive the smallest ones out of business and [rel straining] [ARG1 relations between the national fast-food chains and their franchisees] .
- As a result , Frank Gaffney , a former Reagan Pentagon aide who *T*-1 now heads the Center for Security Policy , charges that [ARG0 the administration 's `` professions of continued commitment to development and deployment of the SDI program] [rel strain] [ARG1 credulity] . ''
- The harder he tried *-1 to push them into large piles , the closer [ARG0 he] came to *-2 breaking the rake and [rel straining] [ARG1 his back] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Mitchell 's relations with Budget Director Darman , who *T*-3 pushed for a capital-gains cut to be added *-4 to the measure ,] have been [rel strained] *-1 [ARGM-TMP since Mr. Darman chose *-2 to bypass the Maine Democrat and deal with other lawmakers earlier this year during a dispute over drug funding in the fiscal 1989 supplemental spending bill] .