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frames- In * using program trading as a whipping boy , [ARG0 fundamentalist investors] stand *-1 to gain the high ground in * [rel wooing] [ARG1 small investors] [ARGM-PNC for their existing stock-selection products] .
- These include [ARG0 *] trying *-1 to protect its print advertising by *-1 invoking the First Amendment , and [rel wooing] [ARG1 blacks] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 portraying itself as a protector of civil rights] .
- They chance *-2 alienating [ARG1 the customers] 0 [ARG0 they] hope *-3 to [rel woo] *T*-1 by *-4 looking like opportunistic sharks .
- The concern grows out of increased efforts *ICH*-1 by [ARG0 the insurers] * to [rel woo] [ARG1 the small-business market] .
- By [ARG0 *-1] [rel wooing] [ARG1 a core black audience] they figure 0 they might keep the show alive at least until the spring semester .
- Moreover , the price volatility that *T*-3 is amplified *-1 by program trading is undercutting efforts [ARG0 *] to [rel woo] [ARG1 individual investors] [ARGM-DIR back to an OTC market that *T*-2 sorely misses them] .
- *-1 In [ARG0 *] [rel wooing] [ARG1 British lawmakers] , GM has pointed out that its willingness * to settle for a minority stake would keep Jaguar British-owned and independent .
- But the `` real world '' also includes the unpleasant truth that colleges are cheating [ARG1 the athletes] 0 [ARG0 they] have [rel wooed] and won *T*-1 .
- San Jose and several other California cities mounted [ARG0 major campaigns *ICH*-2] during the summer * to [rel woo] [ARG1 the group , which *T*-4 was founded *-3 last June by seven electronics concerns] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] would resort far less often to *-2 slashing prices *-1 to [rel woo] [ARG1 shoppers] .
- Although Axa has been rebuffed *-3 by Farmers and has n't had any meetings with management , [ARG0 Mr. Bebear] nonetheless appears *-1 to be trying *-2 to [rel woo] [ARG1 the company 's executives] [ARGM-MNR with promises of autonomy and new-found authority under Axa] .
- According to several ad-agency sources , [ARG0 newcomers to the Texas banking market] are spending a combined $ 50 million *U* this year *-1 to [rel woo] [ARG1 Texans] .
- [ARGM-TMP Ever since that fearful Black Monday] , [ARG0 they] 've been [ARGM-MNR tirelessly] [rel wooing] [ARG1 wary individual investors] -- [ARGM-ADV *-1 trying *-2 to convince them that Oct. 19 , 1987 , was a fluke and that the stock market really is a safe place 0 for average Americans to put their hard-earned dollars *T*-3] .
- [ARG0 The 101-year-old magazine] has never had *-1 to [rel woo] [ARG1 advertisers] [ARGM-MNR with quite so much fervor] [ARGM-TMP before] .
- [ARG0 *-1] Intent on *-2 [rel wooing] [ARG1 customers] , the company is also increasing its sponsorship of black-and-white photography classes .
- He said 0 [ARG0 the company] hired three more buyers for the unit within the past two weeks , *-1 [rel wooing] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-DIR from jobs with advertising agencies] .
- [ARG0 Time magazine] , in a move 0 *T*-1 to reduce the costs of * [rel wooing] [ARG1 new subscribers] , is lowering its circulation guarantee to advertisers for the second consecutive year , increasing its subscription rates and cutting back on merchandise giveaways .