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frames- [ARG1 A 10-gallon water cooler] had [rel toppled] onto [ARG4-onto the floor] , [ARGM-ADV * soaking the red carpeting] .
- Yet the Soviet leader 's readiness * to embark on foreign visits and steady accumulation of personal power , particularly since the last Politburo reshuffle on Sept. 30 , do not suggest that [ARG1 Mr. Gorbachev] is on the verge of * being [rel toppled] *-1 ; nor does he look likely *-2 to reverse the powers of perestroika .
- [ARG0 A strong challenge from the far left , the Communist coalition Izquierda Unida ,] failed *-1 to [rel topple] [ARG1 him] .
- Intelligence Committee Chairman David Boren -LRB- D. , Okla . -RRB- and Vice Chairman William Cohen -LRB- R. , Maine -RRB- , for their part , angrily accused [ARG0 the White House] of *-3 selectively leaking classified documents and trying unfairly *-2 to shift the blame *ICH*-1 to Congress for the bungled attempt * to [rel topple] [ARG1 Gen. Noriega] .
- But Mr. Ortega 's threat over the weekend * to end a 19-month cease-fire with [ARG0 the rebels] seeking * to [rel topple] [ARG1 him] , effectively elevated the Contras as a policy priority just as they were slipping from the agendas of their most ardent supporters .
- * Remember that it took [ARG0 Mr. Mengistu] many months , in what *T*-1 became known as the `` creeping coup , '' * to [rel topple] [ARG1 Emperor Haile Selassie] [ARGM-TMP in 1974 and 1975] .
- [ARG0 The Labor Party] , meanwhile , threatened *-1 to support a parliamentary motion * to [rel topple] [ARG1 the coalition] unless Shamir showed flexibility on Arab-Israeli talks .
- [ARGM-LOC Along the way] , [ARG0 the quake] [rel toppled] [ARG1 a mall in Santa Cruz] , knocked down buildings in San Francisco 's fashionable Marina District and sent a wall of bricks crashing on motorists in the city 's Financial District .
- Indeed , according to West German government sources , he was one of the leaders in [ARG0 the power struggle] that *T*-1 [rel toppled] [ARG1 Mr. Honecker] .
- So , as [ARG1 the Old Crowd] [rel toppled] from [ARG3-from the branch] , it should n't have been too surprised .
- The wonder is not that [ARG0 the resistance] has failed *-1 to [rel topple] [ARG1 the Kabul regime] , but that it continues *-2 to exist and fight at all .