In this section we list the patterns for verbs whose arguments may be entities in the complex ontology. As in Section 4, we present the pattern for each verb, list its syntactic variations, and give several examples of the use of the verb or one of its related forms. The verb and the heads of its arguments, including those determined by coreference, are italicized in each of the examples.
agree: Coperorg agrees with Coperorg to {transact cooperate} about {Money transaction}}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The communications and electronics concerns said AT&T agreed to buy an extra 10% stake from Philips in their AT&T-Philips Telecommunications BV venture.
Under the agreement, a coal contract the two agencies had with Decker Coal Co. will be canceled, and they will pay Decker about $75 million.
A Nerco spokesman said the company expects to report its half of the settlement money as a one-time pretax gain when the agreement is finalized.
allege: {Coperorg legal-action} alleges that {Person Org} {violation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The lawsuit alleges that an inventory of Pinkerton's memorabilia disclosed that one of the watches hadn't been forked over by American Brands.
That inquiry hasn't resolved similar allegations involving another Chemical options trader.
State-owned BNL, Italy's largest bank, has filed charges against the branch's former manager, Christopher Drogoul, and a former branch vice president, alleging fraud and breach of their fiduciary duties.
The allegations, ranging from theft and bribery to coercion and lewdness, paint a disquieting picture.
apply: I: {Person Economic-Org} applies for {job Money} II: (unconstrained)
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Similarly, Leo Matteucci, co-owner of Armando's in Chicago, says fewer people are applying for dishwashing jobs, forcing him to raise wages to $4 an hour from $3.35 just two months ago.
A Hechinger spokeswoman said that former Bradlees employees would be able to apply for jobs in the new Hechinger stores.
The inspector general's audit and related documents explore how Mr. Penman got the New York agency to apply for HUD funds.
approve: {Org Person} approves (of) {legislation transaction borrowing}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The vote to approve was 357-6.
Sea Containers will soon set a date for its annual shareholder meeting to seek holder approval for the offer.
BNL previously reported that its Georgia branch had taken on loan commitments topping $3 billion without the Rome-based management's approval.
back: {Coperorg assets} backs {Financial-Instrument legislation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
J.C. PENNEY Co., Dallas, said it issued $350 million of securities backed by credit-card receivables.
Sen. Pryor (D., Ark.), a leader on the issue who generally backs the House plan, wants some changes - for one, separate sanctions for negligence and large misstatements of tax owed, not a single penalty.
The offering, Series 109, is backed by Freddie Mac 10% securities.
bid: {Economic-Org Person} bids {Money Percent} for {assets Economic-Org contract}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Venezuela will hold a debt-equity auction Friday, with 32 potential bidders participating.
As Georgia-Pacific's bid for Great Northern Nekoosa has shown, uninvited takeovers are still alive despite premature reports of their demise.
The group's bid for $40.9 million of wastewater treatment insured bonds, Series 1989 A, produced a 7.0826% true interest cost.
Fujitsu said it bid the equivalent of less than a U.S. penny on three separate municipal contracts during the past two years.
bill: I: bill to {legislate} II: {Economic-Org} bills Coperorg III: Treasury bill
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Long-debated proposals to simplify the more than 150 civil penalties and make them fairer and easier to administer are in the House tax bill.
IRA BALANCES could be used to qualify for bank services under a bill entered by Reps.
The Appleyard Agency, for example, allegedly made contributions from 1982 to 1984 to various funds for political candidates, then submitted bills to Gulf Power.
Mr. Mehl attributed the rise specifically to the Treasury bill increase.
block: {Coperorg legal-action agreement} blocks {building transaction agreement regulation legislation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Disagreement on wages continues to block any settlement of the miners' strike, which began Aug. 9.
Noise problems not only block new airports but cut into the use of existing ones.
In the meantime, the Rales group has been blocked from completing the purchase.
Although the government blocked GEC's previous bid as anti-competitive, London analysts expect the government to acquiesce now, though possibly after a monopolies probe.
boost: {Coperorg event} boosts {td-funct}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The sales-tax plan was preferred over an alternative that would have boosted the state gasoline tax.
The Wilmington, Mass., garment service company also boosted its quarterly dividend 20% to three cents a share adjusted for the split.
Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration agreed on a compromise minimum-wage bill, opening the way for the first wage-floor boost in more than nine years.
cite: {Org Person publication} cites {Person publication (change of) td-funct}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Mr. Gray said he based his first report, cited extensively by the commission in its rejection of the plan, on information from New Jersey gambling authorities.
Moody's cited ``the increasingly competitive environment and weakening pricing structure for gypsum wallboard, which may affect USG's future cash flow and debt protection measurements.''
News of the narrower September U.S. trade deficit was cited as a mildly bullish element as well.
claim: I: {coperog} claims {Money asset} II: {coperog} claims that {event}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Like any other creditor, the pilots will have to apply to the court for payment of their claim.
He claimed losses totaling $42,455 - and the IRS denied them all.
Industrial Bank of Japan, which claims to be the biggest Japanese buyer of U.S. mortgage securities, says it will more than double its purchases this year, to an amount one official puts at several billion dollars.
Now Mr. Broberg, a lawyer, claims he'd play for free.
close: I: {td-funct Financial-Instrument} closes at {price level} II: {Economic-Org Person} closes {part-of-co transaction}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
In Tokyo Wednesday, the U.S. currency was trading at about 142.95 yen at midmorning, up from 142.80 yen at the opening and up from Tuesday's Tokyo close of 142.15 yen.
In New York Stock Exchange composite trading, Kimberly-Clark closed at $66.50 a share, up $1.50.
He began by closing 120 of the combined companies' 260 offices in two months, eliminating about 31% of the company's 2,500-person adminstrative staff, including more than 100 sales positions.
Sony's planned acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment Co. for $200 million is scheduled to close Monday.
complain: Coperorg complaisn (to Coperorg) about {legislation other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Their main complaint: overwork.
Ottawa's top priority - and a major reason it pressed for the treaty - is to get out from under normal U.S. unfair-trade complaint procedures.
Canadians complain that the U.S., too, wants to keep certain restrictions, such as barring foreign ownership of television stations and of ships engaged in certain types of coastal trade.
U.S. officials will hold public hearings in October and make further inquiries overseas before ruling on the complaints.
create: {Coperorg transaction} creates {Goods Financial-Instrument Economic-Org part-of-co jobs other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
House Banking Chairman St Germain plans hearings on whether a privae liquidation company created by the Bank Board in 1985 should take over all of the board's thrift closings.
Scientists have long been stymied in their efforts to create superir new strains of commercial grains by artificially introducing foreign genetic material.
The move follows a nationwide trend toward creation of so-called suer-regional banks.
No matter how low the unemployment rate drops, or how many jobs arecreated, the unemployable will remain outside the work force.
cut: {Coperorg legislation} cuts {level of money Person assets prices}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
American Airlines plans to cut restricted fares on all routes over the U.S. mainland.
In the past week, increasing numbers of lenders have cut rates on 30-year fixed-rate loans to a range of 9.25% to 9.5% from a range of 9.5% to 9.75% the previous week.
The treaty could freeze or cut emissions of carbon dioxide.
The cuts are spreading jitters among hourly workers, who worry whether the company can maintain its no-layoff policy.
decide: Coperorg decides to {transaction legislation other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
For holders who decide not to tender their shares, Sea Containers will issue one share of preferred stock with a stated value of $25, plus a cash dividend on the common stock.
So when American Brands Inc. decided to sell the unit in 1987 as part of a divestiture of its food and security industries operations, Mr. Wathen saw a chance to accomplish several objectives.
Now, the White House has decided to accept the higher wage over only two years.
decline: I: {td-funct} declines II: {Person Economic-Org} declines comment
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
American Brands declined to comment on Mr. Wathen's accusations.
Mrs. Marcos's attorney in New York, Sandor Frankel, declined to comment on the ruling.
The number of people registered as jobless at the end of October declined by 900 from September to 78,600.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index of all issues listed in the First Section, which declined 5.16 on Monday, was up 16.05, or 0.60%, at 2692.65 on Tuesday.
demand: Coperorg demands {Financial-Instrument Goods Money that <event>}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Evidence of the growing Japanese demand for mortgage securities abounds.
Brisk domestic demand due to increasing capital investment pushed up sales sharply in construction and industrial machinery divisions.
Savin cited ``a general softening in the demand for office products in the market segments in which Savin competes.''
Some, such as traditional money manager Neuberger & Berman, have taken out national newspaper advertisements demanding that market regulators ``stop the numbers racket on Wall Street.''
The NUM had been demanding a 30% across-the-board wage increase, as opposed to pay raises ranging up to 23% that were unilaterally implemented by the mine owners in July.
design: {Person Economic-Org} desgns {Goods facility legislation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The Los Alamos laboratory is one of three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories designed as pilot centers to foster joint industry-government programs to speed the transfer of new superconductors to the marketplace.
It will feature a cost-containment provision designed to keep expanded benefits from fueling higher care prices.
Nissan helped develop a Tokyo restaurant with both vehicles as its design theme.
develop: {Coperorg develops {Goods real-estate technique}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
He could develop the beach through a trust, but instead is trying have his grandson become a naturalized Mexican so his family gains direct control.
In the 1960s, Mayo Clinic researchers developed magnetic devices to stimulate motor nerves in the hand and other limbs.
Similarly, a Purdue University team led by heart researcher W.A. Tacker hopes to develop ways to magnetically induce cardiac muscle contractions.
Cotton Inc., the fiber company that represents cotton growers, will begin a new ad campaign, developed by Ogilvy & Mather, Thanksgiving Day.
disclose: {Economic-Org} discloses {price information}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The lawsuit alleges that an inventory of Pinkerton's memorabilia disclosed that one of the watches hadn't been forked over by American Brands.
Warner said it will provide financing for the venture, but didn't disclose terms.
Terms of the settlements for the remaining 145 lawsuits against Northwest weren't disclosed.
The price wasn't disclosed.
The location was disclosed as the U.S. began planning the issues to be discussed at the Dec. 2-3 tete-a-tete.
discount: Coperorg discounts {Goods td-funct information}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
United Airlines said it will follow an industry trend to raise discount fares, but that it will have shorter advance-purchase requirements than other carriers.
Mr. McMillin also cautioned that Hershey stock's recent move has erased its 15% discount to the rest of the food stocks based on multiples of 1988 earnings.
There were rumors that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York intervened in the U.S. market, but many traders discounted them.
Windmere, a maker of personal care products, maintains that in 1986 Philips drove it out of the three-head rotary shaver market by offering 35% to 40% discounts on old models of its Norelco shaver, underselling Windmere by 25% to 30%.
discuss: {Economic-Org Person} discusses {transaction reorganization other} with {Economic-Org Person}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
``We have previously had discussions with representatives of Pinkerton's Inc. concerning the sale of the company and we concluded that we did not have liability under the contract,'' says American Brands.
The subject of this discussion is non-violent civil disobedience; but, before we get on with that, let me make just a few tangential remarks about lawful demonstrations.
Warner is part of Warner Communications Inc., which is in the process of being acquired by Time Warner Inc. Mr. Azoff resigned as head of MCA Records, a unit of MCA Inc., in September, and had been discussing a joint venture with both Warner and MCA.
Manville and the trust are discussing the offer, but no decision has been made.
drive: {Person demand} drives {Financial-Instrument td-funct Person} {to location change = higher/lower}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
``That means McDonald's,'' says the 40-year-old Harvard Law School graduate, who drives to hearings around the state because the commission budget can't afford air fare.
Most of the trading activity was professionally driven in sizable volume as retail investors remain sidelined.
Instead, some analysts say the Fed is letting market-driven higher interest rates slow the dollar's decline.
But the explosion in property values and stock prices may not be liquidity-driven.
drop: {td-funct} drops
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The drop marked the largest monthly tumble since a 19% slide in January 1982.
``I can't really see it dropping far below 1.80 marks.''
On the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold for current delivery dropped $3.10 to $374.70 an ounce in moderate trading.
employ: Org employs {Person technology}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Mr. Higashi insisted that the losses won't threaten the plant's unusual no-layoff guarantee to its roughly 2,500 employees.
International Data's Mr. Zachmann said he thinks the new venture will take advantage of Intel's expertise in building microprocessor chips to come up with ``parallel processor'' computers that employ several microprocessors.
The enterprise, to be based in San Jose, Calif., will employ about 200 people.
fail: Coperorg fails to {verb}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
All Eastern's previous court efforts to head off the pilots' demands have failed.
Also, a cockpit warning system failed to alert the pilots the flaps and slats were not set for takeoff, the NTSB said.
But other sectors failed to attract investor interest and remained sluggish, making overall trading appear mixed.
fight: Coperorg fights {transaction proposal legal-action Coperorg inflation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The government says it needs price controls to fight inflation.
Caesars World Inc. posted a net loss of $4.6 million for its fourth quarter ended July 31, after a pretax charge of $22.4 million related to its proposed $960 million recapitalization and other efforts to fight off an unwanted takeover.
Continental says it won't sign the decree and plans to fight the department's proposal to fine carriers for late flights.
Only a comprehensive cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war is likely to keep the U.S. from becoming deeply entangled in the regional fighting.
file: {Economic-Org Person} files {taxes legal-action}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Ironically, many of the pilots involved have left Eastern or are still striking the carrier, which filed for bankruptcy protection March 9.
But they also are to see that taxpayers get all allowable tax benefits and to ask if filers who sought IRS aid were satisfied with it.
Mrs. Marcos hasn't admitted that she filed any documents such as those sought by the government.
finance: {Economic-Org Person Debt} finances {Economic-Org business-operation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Because a purchaser can use an FHA loan to finance all points and closing costs, the FHA can wind up lending more than a house is worth.
Analysts expect Armstrong to use proceeds of the sale to reduce debt, buy back stock or perhaps finance an acquisition.
Securities firms are among the biggest issuers of commercial paper, or short-term corporate IOUs, which they sell to finance their daily operations.
Japanese companies have financed small and medium-sized U.S. firms for years, but in recent months, the pace has taken off.
grow: I: Person grows {commodities} II: {td-funct} grows
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
And it's growing fast, with annual sales gains of more than 10%.
South Carolina's congressional delegation has entered Senate and House bills to provide special casualty-loss treatment and other tax relief for timber growers in the hurricane disaster areas.
In countries such as Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore, economies are growing, resulting in a rise in disposable income that consumers can use for soft drinks
A breakdown showed that food prices were the most active part of growth with a rise of 0.6%
hold: I: Coperorg holds {Economic-Org part-of-co Financial-Instrument} II: Coperorg holds {meeting responsibility}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
In mid-August, the companies, through their jointly owned holding company, Temple Holdings Ltd., sweetened the offer to $63 a share, or $963 million.
Sea Containers will soon set a date for its annual shareholder meeting to seek holder approval for the offer.
We now know that holding drug makers liable where there's no evidence that they or anyone else knew of any risks only means the drugs won't be available to anyone.
Mr. Bush said that the December meeting, which was announced simultaneously in Moscow, will be held in the unusual setting of ships at sea to hold down the ``fanfare'' and force the two sides to limit participation to just small groups of advisers.
index: {Financial-Instrument econ-variable} index
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The index of leading indicators got a major boost in September from a surge in consumer expectations as measured by the University of Michigan.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei index of 225 selected issues was up 132.00 points to 35549.44.
introduce: {coperog} introduces {legislation Goods}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Nissan will introduce a completely revamped Sentra next fall.
``To allow this massive level of unfettered federal borrowing without prior congressional approval would be irresponsible,'' said Rep. Fortney Stark (D., Calif.), who has introduced a bill to limit the RTC's authority to issue debt.
The first hybrid corn seeds produced using this mechanical approach were introduced in the 1930s and they yielded as much as 20% more corn than naturally pollinated plants.
investigate: {Org Person} investigates {Person Economic-Org transaction violation}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Under the provision for investigative custody in West German law, a suspect can be jailed without charges if a judge can be convinced there is danger of flight from prosecution.
As previously reported, Cannon's internal accounting is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Donaldson has said it was asked by the SEC for information about some of its bond issues, but officials hadn't before disclosed the existence of the subpoena or the number of Donaldson transactions involved in the SEC investigation.
New Delhi's parliament appointed a 30-member panel to investigate alleged kickbacks paid to Indian officials by Swedish arms maker Bofors.
issue: {Org country} issues {Financial-Instrument legal-action}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
For holders who decide not to tender their shares, Sea Containers will issue one share of preferred stock with a stated value of $25, plus a cash dividend on the common stock.
The trust will issue the certificates.
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued preliminary rulings under the U.S. anti-dumping act that imports of sweaters from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea may be injuring a domestic industry.
jump: {td-funct Economic-Org} jumps
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Sales jumped 14% to $1.02 billion from $894.7 million.
In contrast, Shawmut jumped $3.375 to close at $50.125 a share in ntional over-the-counter trading.
Its ADRs jumped 2 3/8 yesterday, to 72 3/8, partly on a second repoting of its results, which some U.S. traders regarded as news
lose: Coperorg loses {Money jobs business-operations}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
This is no idle fearlast year the FHA lost $4.2 billion in loan defaults.
Mr. Wathen, who says Pinkerton's had a loss of nearly $8 million in 1987 under American Brands, boasts that he's made Pinkerton's profitable again.
The only permanent losers will be the 200,000 or so workers everyone agrees will be priced out of a job at the $4.25 rate Congress is likely to approve today.
narrow: { (change of) demand transaction Coperorg} narrows {spread yield Financial-Instrument}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Yesterday in Austria, Mr. Heller reportedly said the U.S. shouldn't depend solely on declines in the dollar to narrow its trade deficit and improve the competitiveness of U.S. industry.
The rating concern said the buy-out would result in a ``narrowing of already thin creditor protection.''
Officials in Washington hope that stronger domestic demand in those countries will encourage the purchase of imports and help narrow the U.S. trade deficit.
negotiate: Coperorg negotiates with Coperorg about/concerning {agreement}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The target is the company with which the union picks to negotiate a contract by the expiration of the current pacts.
Arcata declines comment; it is in contract negotiations.
William Kelly, the government's senior mediator who was called in Monday in a final negotiating attempt, called off the mediation effort yesterday morning, saying the two sides were refusing to move on major issues.
offer: I: {Economic-Org Person} offers {Money Financial-Instrument Goods services} to Coperorg II: {Economic-Org Person} offers to {transaction}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Of the proceeds, $500 million will be used to fund its tender offer.
There was a wanted poster offering ``Rewards for the Arrest of Express and Train Robbers Frank James and Jesse W. James'' and the original Pinkerton's logo with an open eye and the inscription ``We Never Sleep,'' which inspired the phrase ``private eye.''
Many grain processors and exporters use the price of the corn futures contracts traded there to calculate the price they offer to buy corn from farmers.
In parts of Iowa, for example, some grain elevators are offering farmers $2.15 a bushel for corn.
open: Coperorg opens {facility market Financial-Instrument meeting-talks}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
K mart also has joined forces with another company to open a so-called hypermarket - a big store selling both food and general merchandise - in Atlanta later this year.
Since the mine opened in September, low international coal prices have kept it struggling for profitability.
After an abortive attempt to open in Moscow for the 1980 Olympics there, talks began in earnest in the early 1980s.
In Tokyo Wednesday, the U.S. currency was trading at about 142.95 yen at midmorning, up from 142.80 yen at the opening and up from Tuesday's Tokyo close of 142.15 yen.
oppose: {Person Org} opposes {legislation Org other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
A lower-house official said that in a standing vote on the bill, members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party voted in favor, while the socialists and other opposition members opposed it.
But any such move would face strong opposition, and Senate committee leaders believe it is a dead issue.
The opposition also appears to indicate a significant weakening of the coalition between the Democratic Legislature and the Republican governor that was vital to the passage of the tax in April.
order: I: {Person Governing-Org} orders {Person Economic-Org} to {verb} II: Coperorg orders {Goods} from {Person Economic-Org}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The central bank had ordered BNL to come up with a suitable program by yesterday.
Meanwhile, President Kume ordered everyone from top executives to rookie designers to go ``town watching,'' to visit chic parts of Tokyo to try to gain insights into developing cars for trend-setters.
These include new orders for manufactured consumer goods, lead times on vendor deliveries, orders for new plant and equipment, and backlogs of orders for durable goods.
pass: I: {Governing-Org country} passes {legislation} II: Coperorg passes {???} to Coperorg
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
In return, Reaganites would seek to water down a Senate-passed bill aimed at barring Toshiba exports to the U.S.
A game begins: pass the apple from chin to chin.
Parliament is expected to pass the measure today.
Montana passed the nation's first full-scale unisex law in 1983, effective in 1985.
perform: I: {Financial-Instrument Economic-Org part-of-co Debt} performs II: {Person Economic-Org Goods} performs {work}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
HHS Secretary Sullivan estimates that as much as 25% of the medical procedures performed each year may be inappropriate or unnecessary.
At that price, an analyst familiar with the machine said, the computer offers up to 10 times the performance of similar machines.
The year-ago results included a $415 million charge in the 1988 second quarter for underperforming real estate and mortgage loans.
Analysts generally applaud the performance of Campbell U.S.A., the company's largest division, which posted 6% unit sales growth and a 15% improvement in operating profit for fiscal 1989.
plan: {Person Org} plans {transaction restructuring talk/meet building}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
At a meeting here on Nov. 15, the labor federation plans to launch a major effort to build grass-roots support for health-care overhaul.
Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co. will sell its contract-drilling business, and took a $50.9 million loss from discontinued operations in the third quarter because of the planned sale.
Sea Containers added that the recapitalization plan will reduce its debt by more than $500 million.
Mitsubishi is also pushing ahead with a controversial plan to redevelop Marunouchi into a business center of high-tech buildings, a project budgeted for 30 years and six trillion yen.
play: {Person Economic-Org} plays {sport role}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
And increasingly sophisticated unions may play an even bigger role in corporate mergers and restructurings.
Sen. Cranston, who is the Democratic whip in the Senate, hasn't played an active role on the banking panel beyond protecting the interests of savings and loan institutions in his home state.
He's a motion-picture film projectionist who plays golf almost every day.
post: {Economic-Org Financial-Instrument} posts { (change of) profit/income/revenue yield}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Despite continuing problems in its newsprint business, Kimberly-Clark Corp. posted a 20% gain in third-quarter net income.
USX Corp. posted a 23% drop in third-quarter profit, as improved oil results failed to offset weakness in steel and natural gas operations.
In its latest compilation of performance statistics, Moody's Investors Service found that investment-grade bonds posted a total return of 2.7% in October while junk bonds showed a negative return of 1.5%.
profit: {Economic-Org Person} profits from {transaction Goods services}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
The latest period had profit from continuing operations of $4 million.
``Infiniti is Nissan's big business move for the 21st century, and we're in no hurry to generate large profits right away,'' Mr. Oka says.
But in acquiring Guber-Peters Entertainment, Sony will actually get a piece of the profits from ``Batman,'' since the publicly held concern gets certain revenue from the movies Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters produce.
propose: Coperorg proposes {transaction event}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Under the proposal, Firestone would receive a total of about $1.25 billion - much of which would be distributed to its shareholders - and would still own a quarter of the tire business.
It added that the proposed transaction will require government clearance.
publish: {Person Economic-Org} publishes {publication}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
In published excerpts from his forthcoming book, he aired earlier quarrels among the SDP's founders.
A public service organization publishes legal selfhelp materials; a state bar association initiates an unauthorized-practice-of-law action to stop it.
``But I can't imagine that people who publish something that's important wouldn't want to publish in the leading journals.''
rate: I: rate of {econ-variables prices Goods services} II: {rating-company other} rates {Financial-Instrument Debt Economic-Org Person}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
Next, Mr. Wathen raised Pinkerton's rates, which were 75-cents-an-hour lower than California Plant Protection's average rate of around $8.63.
The head trader of Chemical Banking Corp.'s interest-rate options group has left the company, following valuation errors that resulted in a $33 million charge against its third-quarter results.
The retailer said the securities are expected to be rated triple-A by Standard & Poor's Corp. and Aaa by Moody's Investors Service Inc.
The retailer said the securities are expected to be rated triple-A by Standard & Poor's Corp. and Aaa by Moody's Investors Service Inc.
reduce: {Coperorg Money <result of> transaction} reduces {Debt td-funct}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
Examples:
For Montedison, the venture represents a vehicle for reducing group debt, which currently stands at 7.8 trillion lire.
The company said the proceeds would be used to reduce substantially its short-term debt, which the spokeswoman said totals $150 million.
GTE's pretax earnings for the quarter were reduced $56 million by Sprint losses.
Receipts would be used to reduce the country's public debt, which was 39.1 billion New Zealand dollars (US$29.9 billion) as of March 31.
reject: Coperorg rejects {proposal idea other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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But late Wednesday night, the union rejected the companies' offer to improve some benefits, and the hope of a quick and peaceful end to the strike faded.
U.S. Truck Lines said its board rejected the proposal after a detailed review by directors, management and advisers.
The idea, however, was rejected after exhaustive study in the early 1960s.
The recapitalization plan, however, was rejected, 4-1, by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission Aug. 12, a move that blocked Caesars in proceeding with the proposal.
release: Coperorg releases {text information toxins}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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More light may be shed on Bush's role with the expected release soon of closed testimony by two vice presidential aides.
Scientists believe that unless liming is done indefinitely, it will merely postpone the day when a larger accumulation of toxic metals is released - with far greater harm to humans and wildlife.
In London, shares were slightly lower in dull trading ahead of a long holiday weekend and Tuesday's release of July trade data.
report: {news-Company Person Governing-Org} reports {change-of td-funct other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Omnicom Group Inc., New York, reported third-quarter net income rose 54% to $5.6 million, or 22 cents a share, from $3.6 million, or 15 cents a share, a year earlier.
According to testimony in a public, 80-page grand-jury report handed up to the state attorney general, Judge O'Kicki extorted cash from lawyers, muscled favorable loans from banks and bullied local businesses for more than a decade.
Fibreboard Corp. said it completed the previously reported sale of approximately 27,500 acres of timberland near Truckee, Calif., to closely held Sierra Pacific Industries Corp., Arcata, Calif., for $32.5 million.
represent: I: {Person Org} represents {Person Org} II: {agreement other} represents {other} (unconstrained)
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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An attorney at the firm representing Mr. Williams said the Home Loan Bank Board is continuing an ``inquiry'' into Mr. Williams's activities but that no civil or criminal action has been taken against him.
The measures represent the first major step by the recently formed government of Giovanni Goria, the Christian Democratic prime minister, to help cover Italy's widening budget deficit.
Brazil's auto industry represents 10% of national output.
But several representatives of the oil companies talking to the Iraqis about the proposed new contracts said the discounts being offered weren't enough.
research: {Org Person} researches {market Financial-Instrument science}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Du Pont Co., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Los Alamos National Laboratory said they signed a three-year, $11 million agreement to collaborate on superconductor research.
Researchers can apply for permission to use the probes for brain studies.
Precious metals, gold in particular, currently are being influenced more by stock market gyrations than the dollar as traders seek greater investment stability, according to William O'Neill, vice president of research at Elders Futures in New York.
No fewer than 24 country funds have been launched or registered with regulators this year, triple the level of all of 1988, according to Charles E. Simon & Co., a Washington-based research firm.
settle: I: Coperorg settles {dispute} with Coperorg II: {commoditiy} for settlement
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Boeing said, ``It's a fair settlement and one that gives both sides important gains.''
Increased union strength also could defuse certain anti-labor initiatives by management, such as two-tier wage settlements.
Standard & Poor's 500 stock-index futures for settlement in December fell 4.45 to close at 265.05.
slow: {Coperorg event} slows {demand (change of) td-funct transactions economy}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Japan's recent political turbulence, Mr. Lee said, may mean Japan will slow market adjustments.
The small increase in the index of leading indicators, which had climbed 0.5% in August but was unchanged in July, does lend support to the view that the economy has slowed noticeably.
At St. Louis, the water level of the Mississippi River is already 6.5 feet below normal and it could drop an additional 2.5 feet when the flow of the Missouri River is slowed, an Army Corps spokesman said.
spend: Coperorg spends {Money time} ( to {build transaction} for {Goods assets} )
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Cotton Inc. will spend nearly $2 million on broadcasting on Thanksgiving Day alone, advertising on such programs as ``Good Morning America,'' ``Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade'' and the NFL holiday game.
A line-item veto is a procedure that would allow a president to veto part of a big congressional spending bill without having to scuttle the entire measure.
Americans today spend $15,000 like pocket change - they don't think much about it.
``The economics of magazine publishing pretty much require that you have a pretty solid base'' of big-time ad spenders, he adds.
succeed: I: Person succeeds Person II: {Goods services} succeeds III: Coperorg succeeds at/in {transaction market other}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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So far, Nissan's new-model successes are mostly specialized vehicles with limited sales potential.
Arthur B. Crozier, 34, an attorney, was named secretary, succeeding John Virtue, who was another of the ousted directors.
During the takeover, Mr. Hahn said he would put his account up for review if WPP's bid were successful, but he didn't.
support: {Coperorg information} supports {Coperorg legislation td-funct idea}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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At a meeting here on Nov. 15, the labor federation plans to launch a major effort to build grass-roots support for health-care overhaul.
Can Sihanouk and Hun Sen knock off the Khmer Rouge still supported by China?
Supporters of poison pills argue that their adoption forces bidders to negotiate with a corporation's directors, who are thereby put in a better position to pursue the long-term interests of the corporation.
tax: {Governing-Org} taxes {Economic-Org Person income/profit/revenue}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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If housing prices continue to fall, many borrowers would be better off walking away from their homes and leaving taxpayers with the losses.
Congress still is struggling to dismantle the unpopular Catastrophic Care Act of 1988, which boosted benefits for the elderly and taxed them to pay for the new coverage.
The company is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into whether its officials and its utility subsidiaries conspired to cover up their accounting for spare parts to evade federal income taxes.
value: {market Economic-Org Person} values {Financial-Instrument Economic-Org transaction Goods} at {Money}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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The value of the two transactions wasn't disclosed, but an IFI spokesman said no cash would change hands.
The value of the jets, including spares, is in excess of $250 million.
Intervention, he added, is useful only to smooth disorderly markets, not to fundamentally influence the dollar's value.
New rules force thrifts to write down their junk to market value, then sell the bonds over five years.
violate: {Person Economic-Org event} violates {legislation contract}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Judge Keenan also directed the prosecutors to show that Mrs. Marcos's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination won't be violated.
USX was cited by OSHA for several health and safety violations at two Pennsylvania plants and may face a record fine of $7.3 million.
The 1990 appropriations bills also contain a number of ``muzzling'' provisions that violate the recommendation clause in Article II of the Constitution.
vote: {Person legislative-body} votes { on legislation to <verb> for Person}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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Israel's cabinet voted, 12-11, to scrap the Lavi jet fighter project.
Rather, they say, they prefer that the legislature iron out problems in the tax in later sessions, in part because they fear voters would kill the measure in the March vote proposed by the governor.
But Democratic Gov. Ted Schwinden vetoed their action, and an override attempt failed by a few votes.
Mr. Clark got more than 920,000 votes, but not the three million to five million some enthusiasts were shooting for.
write: Person writes {text}
Syntactic Patterns: Action Nominalization: . Actor Nominalization: .
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The device can read thousands of different fonts, or type styles, and can switch from one to another without stopping; so, a writer could copy one paragraph from a magazine, then a page from a book and add in a story from a newspaper.
The president, and his speechwriters, have used his romantic faith in a better future as an easy way to win public sympathy and support.
A six-year-old Dallas-based outfit called the National Hole-In-One Association, which writes insurance for hole-in-one prize contests, puts the figure at about 15,000-to-1.