( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ controversial ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN stock-index ) ( NN arbitrage ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN in ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS traders ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP buy ) ( CC or ) ( VBP sell ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS baskets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS stocks ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP offset ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN position ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ opposite ) ( NN trade ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ stock-index ) ( NNS futures ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lock ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( NP ( NNS profits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The most controversial of these is stock-index arbitrage in which traders buy or sell baskets of stocks and offset the position with an opposite trade in stock-index futures to lock in profits


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ controversial ) ) ( NN form ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN program ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ abrupt ) ( NN price ) ( NNS swings ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's the most controversial form of program trading because it can create abrupt price swings in the stock market


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Salomon ) ( NNP Brothers ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ top ) ( NN program ) ( NN trader ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN firm ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN activity ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD involved ) ( NP ( NP ( NN portfolio ) ( NN trading ) ( NNS strategies ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ other ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NN stock-index ) ( NN arbitrage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Salomon Brothers Inc. was the top program trader in September but most of the firm 's activity involved portfolio trading strategies other than stock-index arbitrage


( S ( ADVP ( RB Overall ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Salomon ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( NP ( NP ( NN program ) ( NN trading ) ( NN volume ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 75.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) )

Overall Salomon reported program trading volume of 75.2 million shares


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ top ) ( NN stock-index ) ( NN arbitrage ) ( NN firm ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) )

The top stock-index arbitrage firm last month was Morgan Stanley & Co


( S ( PP-TPC-1 ( IN Of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( POS 's ) ) ( QP ( CD 66.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN program ) ( NNS trades ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( CD 53.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN stock-index ) ( NN arbitrage ) ( NNS trades ) ) ) ) )

Of Morgan Stanley 's 66.8 million shares in program trades for the month 53.1 million were in stock-index arbitrage trades


( SINV ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN Behind ) ( NP ( JJ second-place ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Kidder ) ( NNP Peabody ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Goldman ) ( NNP Sachs ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP CS ) ( NNP First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( NN unit ) ) ) )

Behind second-place Morgan Stanley were Kidder Peabody & Co. Goldman Sachs & Co. and CS First Boston Inc. 's First Boston Corp. unit


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Archive ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP-CLR ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 29 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ record ) ( QP ( CD 15 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.15 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 43 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 10.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 80 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ prior ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Archive Corp. said it expects to report net income for its fiscal year ended Sept. 29 of a record 15 million or 1.15 a share up 43 % from 10.5 million or 80 cents a share for the prior year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Costa ) ( NNP Mesa ) ( NNP Calif. ) ) ( NN maker ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN computer ) ( NN tape ) ( NNS drives ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD projected ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ record ) ( NN revenue ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 181 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 122.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Costa Mesa Calif. maker of computer tape drives also projected record revenue for the year of 181 million up from 122.7 million for the previous year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Archive ) ) ( VP ( VBD attributed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NN demand ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ continued ) ( NN growth ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ reseller ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Maynard ) ( NNP Electronics ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP February ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD accounted ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 14 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN revenue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Archive attributed the gains to strong demand for its products continued growth of the reseller market and the acquisition of Maynard Electronics in February which accounted for about 14 % of the company 's revenue


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Amtech ) ( NNP Systems ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Tempe ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ariz. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ preliminary ) ( JJ year-end ) ( NNS results ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP indicate ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ substantial ) ( NN improvement ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Amtech Systems Inc. Tempe Ariz. said its preliminary year-end results of operations indicate substantial improvement over the previous fiscal year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Amtech ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ automated ) ( NN process ) ( NN system ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ improves ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS yields ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN semiconductor ) ( NNS manufacturers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP-CLR ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 800,000 ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 446,000 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Amtech which makes an automated process system that improves the yields of semiconductor manufacturers said profit for the year ended Sept. 30 rose to more than 800,000 from 446,000 last year


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Per-share ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN estimated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 40 ) ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 22 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ fiscal ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Per-share earnings are estimated at more than 40 cents up from 22 cents for fiscal 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Total ) ( NN revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB double ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 22 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Total revenue is expected to double to more than 22 million from 10.8 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Amtech ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ provides ) ( NP ( JJ technical ) ( JJ temporary ) ( NN employment ) ( NNS services ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( UCP ( JJ aerospace ) ( NN defense ) ( NN computer ) ( CC and ) ( JJ high-tech ) ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( NNP Southwest ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Baltimore-Washington ) ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ final ) ( JJ audited ) ( NNS results ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ due ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ late ) ( NNP November ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Amtech which also provides technical temporary employment services to aerospace defense computer and high-tech companies in the Southwest and Baltimore-Washington areas said its final audited results are due in late November


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD attributed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN improvement ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NN demand ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN semiconductor ) ( NN equipment ) ( NN segment ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Echelon ) ( NNP Service ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN inclusion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ full ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS results ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP RTS ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD seven ) ( NNS months ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS results ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ prior ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company attributed the improvement to strong demand in the semiconductor equipment segment as well as the acquisition of Echelon Service Co. and the inclusion of a full year 's results of operations for RTS Inc. compared with seven months ' results for the prior year


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 14 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN chance ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ starting ) ( NN lineup ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ high ) ( NN school ) ( NN basketball ) ( NN team ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Macon ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ga ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When Robert McDuffie was 14 he got a chance to play in the starting lineup for his high school basketball team in Macon Ga


( S ( ADVP ( RB Unfortunately ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN mother ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS tickets ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN recital ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Itzhak ) ( NNP Perlman ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ adamant ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( VBG attending ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Unfortunately his mother had tickets for a recital by Itzhak Perlman the same night and she was adamant about his attending


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD threw ) ( NP ( PDT such ) ( DT a ) ( NN fit ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN begun ) ( NP ( NN violin ) ( NNS studies ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN age ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD six ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I threw such a fit says Mr. McDuffie who had begun violin studies at the age of six


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Perlman ) ) ( VP ( VBD started ) ( S ( VP ( VBG playing ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP-CLR ( DT a ) ( NN damn ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NN basketball ) ) ) ) ) )

But once Perlman started playing I did n't give a damn about basketball


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Afterwards ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD went ) ( ADVP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD practiced ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ) ) )

Afterwards I went home and practiced for three hours


( S ( NP-TMP ( NN Today ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ obvious ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ brawny ) ( ADJP ( JJ six-foot ) ( JJ one-inch ) ) ( NN musician ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ right ) ( NN choice ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Today it 's obvious that the brawny six-foot one-inch musician made the right choice


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( CD 31 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ rich ) ( JJ full-bodied ) ( NN tone ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ admirable ) ( JJ rhythmic ) ( NN precision ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( RB increasingly ) ( JJ busy ) ) ( NN schedule ) ) ) ) )

At 31 Mr. McDuffie has a rich full-bodied tone an admirable rhythmic precision and an increasingly busy schedule


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN midst ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 17-city ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN tour ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Yehudi ) ( NNP Menuhin ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Warsaw ) ( NNP Sinfonia ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS stops ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Charleston ) ) ( NP ( NNP S.C ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 25 ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sarasota ) ) ( NP ( NNP Fla ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 28 ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tampa ) ) ( NP ( NNP Fla ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 29 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ) ( PRN ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He 's currently in the midst of a 17-city U.S. tour with Yehudi Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia with stops including Charleston S.C Oct. 25 Sarasota Fla Oct. 28 Tampa Fla Oct. 29 and Miami Oct. 31


( S ( NP-TMP ( RB Later ) ( DT this ) ( NN season ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ gives ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN recital ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Kennedy ) ( NNP Center ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN soloist ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS orchestras ) ) ) ) ) )

Later this season he gives a recital at Washington 's Kennedy Center and appears as soloist with several major orchestras


( S ( CC Yet ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN career ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( PP-MNR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR slower ) ( NN pace ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( ADJP ( RBR better ) ( VBN known ) ) ( NNS contemporaries ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet Mr. McDuffie 's career has developed at a slower pace than those of some of his better known contemporaries


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ late ) ( NNS 1970s ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ musical ) ( NN brat ) ( NN pack ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ budding ) ( NNS virtuosos ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD studied ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Juilliard ) ( NNP School ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ noted ) ( NN pedagogue ) ( NNP Dorothy ) ( NNP DeLay ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During the late 1970s he was part of a musical brat pack a group of budding virtuosos who studied at the Juilliard School with the noted pedagogue Dorothy DeLay


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NN violin ) ( NNS classmates ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Shlomo ) ( NNP Mintz ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN protege ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Isaac ) ( NNP Stern ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD performed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS orchestras ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN while ) ( NP ( RB still ) ( DT a ) ( NN student ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Cho-Liang ) ( NNP Lin ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD joined ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN roster ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP ICM ) ( NNP Artists ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN age ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 18 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nadja ) ( NNP Salerno-Sonnenberg ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD launched ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN career ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG winning ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1981 ) ( NNP Naumberg ) ( NNP Competition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His violin classmates included Shlomo Mintz a protege of Isaac Stern who performed with major orchestras while still a student Cho-Liang Lin who joined the roster of ICM Artists Inc. at the age of 18 and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg who launched her career by winning the 1981 Naumberg Competition


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN hill ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 22 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ outgoing ) ( NN man ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ pale ) ( JJ blue ) ) ( NNS eyes ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ light ) ( JJ Southern ) ( NN drawl ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I thought I was over the hill at 22 recalls Mr. McDuffie an outgoing man with pale blue eyes and a light Southern drawl


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ready ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN career ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) )

But I was n't ready for a career at that time


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Young ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( NN violin ) ( NN teacher ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP Henrik ) ( NNP Schwarzenberger ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Hungarian ) ( NN refugee ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD taught ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Macon ) ( JJ public ) ( NN school ) ( NN system ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Young McDuffie 's first violin teacher was Henrik Schwarzenberger a Hungarian refugee who taught in the Macon public school system


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD taught ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN gypsy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ jokes ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN musician ) ) )

He taught me how to play like a gypsy jokes the musician


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB learn ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB count ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN Juilliard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I did n't learn to count until I got to Juilliard


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS studies ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN conservatory ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Pre-College ) ( NNP Division ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN assistant ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ legendary ) ( NN instructor ) ( NNP Ivan ) ( NNP Galamian ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD switched ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN college ) ( NN level ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Miss ) ( NNP DeLay ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Galamian ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ longtime ) ( NN assistant ) ) ( CC and ) ( PRN ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ultimately ) ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN rival ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After studies at that conservatory 's Pre-College Division with an assistant to the legendary instructor Ivan Galamian he switched at the college level to Miss DeLay Mr. Galamian 's longtime assistant and ultimately his rival


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prove ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP myself ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) )

I think I had to prove myself to her says Mr. McDuffie


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ encouraging ) ) ) )

But she was always encouraging


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN foot ) ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB twice ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ) )

She only put her foot down twice he continues


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN freshman ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ my ) ( NN roommate ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN known ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN party ) ( NN animal ) ) ) ) ) )

In my freshman year my roommate was known as a party animal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ my ) ( NN practicing ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN done ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She thought I was n't getting my practicing done


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN violinist ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tells ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( ADJP ( JJ grandmotherly ) ( VBG looking ) ) ( NN teacher ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS hands ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS hips ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD stomped ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN foot ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBN got ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( PRN ( DT the ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN expletive ) ) ( VP ( VBN deleted ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As the violinist tells it his grandmotherly looking teacher put her hands on her hips stomped her foot and said You 've just got to get the expletive deleted out of there


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ second ) ( NN incident ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP-CLR ( NN place ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ ambitious ) ( NN student ) ( NN recital ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG feeling ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB rather ) ( JJ pleased ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP himself ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The second incident took place after Mr. McDuffie gave an ambitious student recital and was feeling rather pleased with himself


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Miss ) ( NNP DeLay ) ) ( VP ( VBD requested ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN studio ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN tape ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN recital ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Miss DeLay requested that he come to her studio with a tape of the recital


( S-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD listened ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Chausson ) ( NNP Poeme ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SQ ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP hear ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN note ) ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN B-flat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We listened to the Chausson Poeme he recalls and she said You hear the first note that B-flat


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ only ) ( NN note ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP ( RB truly ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN tune ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's the only note that 's truly in tune


( S-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ important ) ) ( NN experience ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN teacher ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD taught ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB listen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's the most important experience I 've had with any teacher he says because she taught me how to listen


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP play ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS orchestras ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS musicians ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VBP compliment ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN intonation ) ) ) ) )

Now when I play with orchestras the musicians often compliment me on my intonation


( S-CLF ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Juilliard ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBD discovered ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN predilection ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ conservative ) ( ADJP ( JJ 20th-century ) ( JJ American ) ) ( NNS composers ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Diamond ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Samuel ) ( NNP Barber ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was also at Juilliard that Mr. McDuffie discovered his predilection for conservative 20th-century American composers such as David Diamond and Samuel Barber


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG winning ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN school ) ( NN competition ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN performance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN latter ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Violin ) ( NNP Concerto ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN invited ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN work ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN composer ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG dying ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN cancer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After winning a school competition with a performance of the latter 's Violin Concerto Mr. McDuffie was invited to play the work for the composer who was dying of cancer


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Barber ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN seated ) ( PP-LOC ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fireplace ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ pale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN violinist ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD performed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN work ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN piano ) ( NN accompanist ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN composer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN apartment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Barber was seated by the fireplace looking very pale recalls the violinist who performed the work with a piano accompanist at the composer 's apartment


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ important ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( RB not ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN score ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He did n't say much but what he said was important because it 's not in the score


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ beautiful ) ( JJ Coplandesque ) ( NN motif ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( VP ( VB kill ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD heard ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP me ) ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN throughout ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN movement ) ) ) ) )

There 's a beautiful Coplandesque motif he 'd kill me if he heard me say that throughout the first movement


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ only ) ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN violin ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-TMP-PRD ( RB right ) ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ) ) )

The only time the violin has it is right at the end


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBN written ) ( NP ( FW marcato ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN score ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-MNR ( DT that ) ( NN way ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( ADVP ( NN kind ) ( IN of ) ) ( JJ gigue-like ) ) ) ) )

It 's written marcato in the score and I played it that way kind of gigue-like


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD yelled ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( FRAG ( ADJP ( FW dolce ) ) ( ADJP ( FW dolce ) ) ) ( PRN ( ADJP ( JJ sweet ) ( JJ sweet ) ) ) ) )

And he yelled out dolce dolce sweet sweet


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( IN So ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RB over ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) )

So we did it over he adds


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB very ) ( RB transparently ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tip ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bow ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I played very transparently with the tip of the bow


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN conductor ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sensitive ) ( RB enough ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bring ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN orchestra ) ( PRN ( NN volume ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN point ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN piece ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ magical ) ) ) ) )

If a conductor is sensitive enough to bring down the orchestra volume at that point it makes the piece magical


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Barber ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( NN anybody ) ( RB else ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I do n't know why Barber never told anybody else


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Isaac ) ( NNP Stern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN recording ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ biting ) ) ) )

On Isaac Stern 's recording it 's very biting


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Since ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG leaving ) ( NP ( NNP Juilliard ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ smart ) ( NNS moves ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ controversial ) ( NNS ones ) ) ) ) ) )

Since leaving Juilliard Mr. McDuffie has made some smart moves and some controversial ones


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( JJ guest ) ( NN appearance ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NBC ) ( NN soap ) ( NN opera ) ) ( DT Another ) ( NNP World ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD scandalized ) ( NP ( JJ musical ) ( NNS elitists ) ) ) )

His guest appearance on the NBC soap opera Another World scandalized musical elitists


( S ( PP ( IN By ) ( NP ( NN contrast ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBN won ) ( NP ( NNS kudos ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN espousal ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Schuman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Violin ) ( NNP Concerto ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD recorded ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Angel\/EMI ) ) ) ( PP ( RB along ) ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Leonard ) ( NNP Bernstein ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ engaging ) ( NNP Serenade ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Violin ) ( NNP Solo ) ) ( NP ( NNP Strings ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Percussion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By contrast he 's won kudos for his espousal of William Schuman 's Violin Concerto which he recently recorded for Angel\/EMI along with Leonard Bernstein 's engaging Serenade for Violin Solo Strings and Percussion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ sweet ) ( NN tone ) ) ( NX ( JJ heartfelt ) ( NN lyricism ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ rhythmic ) ( NN punch ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ ideal ) ( NN interpreter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS works ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. McDuffie 's sweet tone heartfelt lyricism and rhythmic punch make him an ideal interpreter of both works


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Aided ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ fluid ) ( NN playing ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP St. ) ( NNP Louis ) ( NNP Symphony ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Leonard ) ( NNP Slatkin ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN direction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT this ) ( NNP Serenade ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBZ swings ) ) )

Aided by the fluid playing of the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin 's direction this Serenade really swings


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Schuman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Violin ) ( NNP Concerto ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ sounds ) ( PP-CLR ( RBR more ) ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB mildly ) ( JJ atonal ) ) ( NN rhapsody ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ solo ) ( NN violin ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ orchestral ) ( NN accompaniment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ meanders ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ propulsive ) ( NNP Agitato ) ( NNP fervente ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Schuman 's Violin Concerto which sounds more like a mildly atonal rhapsody for solo violin with orchestral accompaniment meanders until the propulsive Agitato fervente


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( JJ ample ) ( NNS rewards ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ plaintive ) ( JJ slow ) ( NNS sections ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ virtuoso ) ( NNS fireworks ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN soloist ) ( NN brass ) ( CC and ) ( NNS timpani ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But there are ample rewards in its plaintive slow sections and virtuoso fireworks for soloist brass and timpani


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Avery ) ( NNP Fisher ) ( NNP Hall ) ) ( NP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN heard ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Menuhin ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Warsaw ) ( NNP Sinfonia ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( JJR more ) ( JJ conventional ) ) ( NN fare ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bruch ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ overwrought ) ( NNP Violin ) ( NNP Concerto ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP G ) ( NNP Minor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At Avery Fisher Hall here Mr. McDuffie was heard recently with Mr. Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia in more conventional fare Bruch 's overwrought Violin Concerto in G Minor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NN performance ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB so ) ( JJ effusive ) ( CC and ) ( JJ driven ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS phrases ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB rarely ) ) ( VP ( VBD breathed ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His performance was so effusive and driven that the phrases rarely breathed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ 35-member ) ( NNP Sinfonia ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB adroitly ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( JJ lush ) ( NN sound ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD belied ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN size ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The 35-member Sinfonia played adroitly with a big lush sound that belied its size


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( WHNP-2 ( WDT Whatever ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plays ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP McDuffie ) ) ( VP ( VBZ finds ) ( NP ( NN satisfaction ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN music ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN something ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJR greater ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB out ) ( RB there ) ) ( PP-3 ( IN than ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ puts ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interview ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Manhattan ) ( NN apartment ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shares ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN wife ) ) ( NP ( NNP Camille ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ literary ) ( NN publicist ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Whatever he plays Mr. McDuffie finds satisfaction in the music itself something greater out there than me as he puts it during an interview at the Manhattan apartment he shares with wife Camille a literary publicist


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( JJ normal ) ( NN person ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB write ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Beethoven ) ( NNP Violin ) ( NNP Concerto ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ declares ) ) )

A normal person did not write the Beethoven Violin Concerto he declares


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( RB Even ) ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP hear ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBN played ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB badly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBN humbled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN piece ) ) ) ) ) )

Even when I hear it played badly I 'm still humbled by the piece


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VB feel ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN contributed ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( RB then ) ( NP-SBJ ( PDT all ) ( DT the ) ( JJ hard ) ( NN work ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ worth ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) )

If I could ever feel I 've contributed to it in some way then all the hard work has been worth it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Jepson ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ free-lance ) ( NN music ) ( NN writer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Jepson is a free-lance music writer in New York


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP California ) ( NN crime ) ( NN saga ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ worthy ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NNP Erle ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( NNP Gardner ) ( NN title ) ) ( NP-TTL ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Purloined ) ( NNP Palm ) ( NNP Trees ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's a California crime saga worthy of an Erle Stanley Gardner title The Case of the Purloined Palm Trees


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Edward ) ( NNP Carlson ) ) ( VP ( VBD awoke ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN morning ) ) ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( NP ( CD eight ) ( NNS holes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ front ) ( NN yard ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( VBN prized ) ( JJ miniature ) ( NNS palms ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNS cycads ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD stood ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Edward Carlson awoke one morning last month to find eight holes in his front yard where his prized miniature palms called cycads once stood


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( NNS Days ) ) ( RB later ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS thieves ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD returned ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD dug ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( RBR more ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN time ) ) ( VP ( VBG adding ) ( NP ( NN insult ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN injury ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Days later the thieves returned and dug out more this time adding insult to injury


( S-1 ( NP-TMP ( DT The ) ( JJ second ) ( NN time ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN shovel ) ) ) )

The second time he says they left the shovel


( S ( S-ADV ( NP-PRD ( DT No ) ( NN garden-variety ) ( NN crime ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN palm-tree ) ( NN rustling ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG sprouting ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-LOC ( DT all ) ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNP Southern ) ( NNP California ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG bringing ) ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NNS bucks ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS crooks ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VB know ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN botany ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No garden-variety crime palm-tree rustling is sprouting up all over Southern California bringing big bucks to crooks who know their botany


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Cycads ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WHNP ( DT the ) ( RBS most ) ( JJ popular ) ) ( WHPP ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Sago ) ( NNP Palm ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ doll-sized ) ( NNS versions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP California ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ famous ) ( JJ long-necked ) ( NNS palms ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ stubby ) ( NNS trunks ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ fern-like ) ( NNS fronds ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Cycads the most popular of which is the Sago Palm are doll-sized versions of California 's famous long-necked palms with stubby trunks and fern-like fronds


( S ( S ( SBAR-PRP ( IN Because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Sago ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ rare ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ grows ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( RB only ) ( DT a ) ( NN couple ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS inches ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ pricey ) ( NN lawn ) ( NN decoration ) ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( ADJP ( JJ two-foot ) ( JJ tall ) ) ( NNP Sago ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB retail ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 1,000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR taller ) ( NNS ones ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VB fetch ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 3,000 ) ( CC or ) ( JJR more ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Because the Sago is relatively rare and grows only a couple of inches a year it 's a pricey lawn decoration A two-foot tall Sago can retail for 1,000 and taller ones often fetch 3,000 or more


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( RB Evidently ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN somebody ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN realized ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ easy ) ( NN money ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB steal ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Loran ) ( NNP Whitelock ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN research ) ( NN associate ) ) ( VP ( VBG specializing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS cycads ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NNP State ) ( CC and ) ( NNP County ) ( NNP Arboretum ) ) ) ) ) )

Evidently somebody has realized it 's easy money to steal these things says Loran Whitelock a research associate specializing in cycads at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum


( S ( NP-TMP ( RB Just ) ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ would-be ) ( NNS thieves ) ) ( VP ( VBD damaged ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS Sagos ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Whitelock ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN home ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Eagle ) ( NNP Rock ) ( NN section ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN something ) ) ( VP ( VBD frightened ) ( NP-1 ( PRP them ) ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( JJ foiled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Just last week would-be thieves damaged three Sagos at Mr. Whitelock 's home in the Eagle Rock section before something frightened them off foiled


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ hard ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN someone ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG raping ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

It 's hard to think someone is raping your garden he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Police ) ) ( VP ( VB suspect ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS criminals ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VB dig ) ( IN up ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS plants ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dead ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS nurseries ) ( CC or ) ( NNS landscapers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Police suspect that the criminals who dig up the plants in the dead of night are selling them to nurseries or landscapers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Sago ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ popular ) ( NN accent ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ tony ) ( JJ new ) ( NN housing ) ( NNS tracts ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADVP ( RB apparently ) ) ( VP ( VBG giving ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS rustlers ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ ready ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( VBN filched ) ( NNS fronds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Sago has become a popular accent in tony new housing tracts apparently giving the rustlers a ready market for their filched fronds


( SINV ( S-TPC-5 ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNS Thieves ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( NP ( NP ( NN anybody ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( RB enough ) ( VBZ bucks ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB plant ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS things ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN front ) ( NN yard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Morrissey ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN investigator ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN police ) ( NN department ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Garden ) ( NNP Grove ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-6 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD five ) ( JJ such ) ( NNS thefts ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN reported ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( JJ several ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thieves are going to find anybody who has enough bucks to plant these things in their front yard says William Morrissey an investigator with the police department in Garden Grove Calif. where five such thefts have been reported in the past several weeks


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN department ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG advising ) ( NP-1 ( NNS residents ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( NN plant ) ( NP ( NNS Sagos ) ) ( PRN ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ back ) ( NN yard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG telling ) ( NP-2 ( NNS nurseries ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lookout ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN anyone ) ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB palm ) ( NP ( NN one ) ) ( PRT ( IN off ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The department is advising residents to plant Sagos if they must in the back yard and telling nurseries to be on the lookout for anyone trying to palm one off


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS Californians ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VB want ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ exotic ) ( NNS gardens ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( PP ( IN out ) ( NP ( NN front ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS neighbors ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB appreciate ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP Harold ) ( NNP Smith ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN approach ) ) ) )

But for those Californians who want exotic gardens out front where neighbors can appreciate them there 's always Harold Smith 's approach


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-TMP ( IN After ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD three ) ( NNS Sagos ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN stolen ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN home ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Garden ) ( NNP Grove ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN iron ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ground ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD tied ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tree ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stake ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN chain ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB proudly ) ) ) )

After three Sagos were stolen from his home in Garden Grove I put a big iron stake in the ground and tied the tree to the stake with a chain he says proudly


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN chain ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN bolt ) ( NNS cutters ) ) ) ) ) )

And you ca n't cut this chain with bolt cutters


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP D. ) ( NNP Forrester ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S.-U.S.S.R. ) ( NNP Trade ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Economic ) ( NNP Council ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN warning ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP Union ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

William D. Forrester president of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council has a warning for U.S. companies trying to do business in the Soviet Union


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( RB extremely ) ( JJ complex ) ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN prepared ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN commitment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Forrester ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

It 's an extremely complex market and you have to be prepared to make a big commitment Mr. Forrester says


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB encourage ) ( NP ( NN everyone ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We are not trying to encourage everyone


( S ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ Undeterred ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS words ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN caution ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ corporate ) ( NNP America ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG flocking ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Moscow ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN lured ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ huge ) ( JJ untapped ) ( NN market ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mikhail ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN attempt ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB overhaul ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN economy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Undeterred by such words of caution corporate America is flocking to Moscow lured by a huge untapped market and Mikhail Gorbachev 's attempt to overhaul the Soviet economy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG Doing ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Russians ) ) ) ) ) ( RRC ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pursuit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN handful ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ hardened ) ( NNS veterans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN goal ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Motors ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Federal ) ( NNP Express ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Procter ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Gamble ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cluster ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJR smaller ) ( NNS firms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Doing business with the Russians once the pursuit of a handful of hardened veterans has become the goal of such major companies as General Motors Corp. Federal Express Corp. and Procter & Gamble Co. as well as a cluster of smaller firms


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Reflecting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new-found ) ( NN interest ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 140 ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP-CLR ( NN part ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Moscow ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ( VP ( VBN organized ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Forrester ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN trade ) ( NN group ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Reflecting the new-found interest more than 140 U.S. companies are taking part in a Moscow exhibition organized by Mr. Forrester 's trade group


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN interest ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ big ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG growing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS difficulties ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN stymied ) ( NP ( NNS deals ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN past ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP show ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN sign ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG abating ) ) ) ) ) )

But while U.S. interest may be big and growing the difficulties that have stymied deals in the past show no sign of abating


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Alongside ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ old ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ non-convertible ) ( NN currency ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ inpenetrable ) ( NN bureaucracy ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Western ) ( NN business ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VB grapple ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS complexities ) ) ( VP ( VBN linked ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( FW perestroika ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN restructuring ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN economy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Alongside the old problems of a non-convertible currency and an inpenetrable bureaucracy Western business executives must now grapple with new complexities linked to perestroika the restructuring of the Soviet economy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS moves ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB break ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN trade ) ( NN monopoly ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN created ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS uncertainties ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NNS opportunities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Executives say Mr. Gorbachev 's moves to break up the government 's foreign trade monopoly have created uncertainties as well as opportunities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( ADJP ( VBG Changing ) ) ( NN legislation ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN opened ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN field ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS thousands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ inexperienced ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NNS players ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT many ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP promise ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB deliver ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Changing legislation has opened the field to thousands of inexperienced Soviet players many who promise more than they can deliver


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG finding ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( RB even ) ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP manage ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB overcome ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS hurdles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-4 ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS ventures ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN endorsed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ unpredictable ) ( NNS bodies ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN parliament ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS governments ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS republics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And some foreign firms are finding that even when they manage to overcome such hurdles their ventures now have to be endorsed by such unpredictable bodies as the Soviet parliament and the governments of the nation 's republics


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN out ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( PRP$ your ) ( NNS constituents ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP James ) ( NNP H. ) ( NNP Giffen ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG spearheading ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ ambitious ) ) ( NN attempt ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS firms ) ) ) ( S-4 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB break ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG involving ) ( NP ( NP ( NN investment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( QP ( RB some ) ( CD two ) ( NN dozen ) ) ( JJ joint ) ( NNS ventures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You have to go out to all your constituents says James H. Giffen who is spearheading the most ambitious attempt by U.S. firms to break into the Soviet market involving investment of more than 5 billion in some two dozen joint ventures


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN attempt ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP American ) ( NNP Trade ) ( NNP Consortium ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Giffen ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ spends ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN time ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG lobbying ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As part of that attempt by the American Trade Consortium Mr. Giffen says he spends a lot of time lobbying


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( VBG Growing ) ( JJ public ) ( NNS fears ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN environment ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ new ) ( NN factor ) ) ( VP ( VBG affecting ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ joint-venture ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) )

Growing public fears about the Soviet environment is one new factor affecting some joint-venture plans


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Soviet ) ( NNS ministries ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG talking ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ international ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Occidental ) ( NNP Petroleum ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Combustion ) ( NNP Engineering ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Montedison ) ( NNP S.p.A. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS groups ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB jointly ) ) ( VBG building ) ( CC and ) ( VBG operating ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ big ) ( NN petrochemical ) ( NNS plants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Over the past two years Soviet ministries have been talking to international firms including Occidental Petroleum Co. and Combustion Engineering Inc. of the U.S. Montedison S.p.A. of Italy and several Japanese groups about jointly building and operating several big petrochemical plants


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN come ) ( PP-CLR ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NN fire ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ Soviet ) ( NNS environmentalists ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ many ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN scaled ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VBN dropped ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The plans have come under fire from Soviet environmentalists and officials say many are likely to be scaled back or dropped


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( WHNP ( WDT Whatever ) ) ( FRAG ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS difficulties ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ committed ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG increasing ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN trade ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Whatever the difficulties Mr. Gorbachev remains committed to increasing foreign trade


( S ( PP-PRP ( IN For ) ( NP ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ political ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ economic ) ) ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN top ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS priorities ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN point ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD underscored ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG spending ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS hours ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG walking ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN around ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN trade ) ( NN show ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For political as well as economic reasons U.S. companies are at the top of his priorities a point he underscored by spending two hours walking around the U.S. trade show last week


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Talking ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS executives ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB afterwards ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( VP ( VBD appeared ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ impatient ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN expansion ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ U.S.-Soviet ) ( NN trade ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ amounts ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ meager ) ( QP ( CD 3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB annually ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Talking to a small group of U.S. executives afterwards Mr. Gorbachev appeared impatient for a big expansion in U.S.-Soviet trade which now amounts to a meager 3 billion annually


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ ranks ) ( ADJP ( JJ fourth ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS countries ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN concluded ) ( NP ( JJ joint ) ( NNS ventures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN behind ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP West ) ( NNP Germany ) ) ( NP ( NNP Finland ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. ranks fourth of countries that have concluded joint ventures behind West Germany Finland and Italy


( S ( PP ( VBG According ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS people ) ) ( ADJP ( RB present ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD supported ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN idea ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG concluding ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ commercial ) ( NNS accords ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( ADVP ( RB possibly ) ) ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ next ) ( NN summit ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

According to several people present at the meeting Mr. Gorbachev also supported the idea of concluding several commercial accords with the U.S. possibly at his next summit meeting with President Bush


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Judging ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN crush ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( VBN deprived ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NNS consumers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ( IN than ) ) ( JJ ready ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ) )

Judging by the crush at the exhibition deprived Soviet consumers are more than ready for U.S. products


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Hundreds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD lined ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT every ) ( NN day ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Colgate-Palmolive ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NN stand ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB receive ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ free ) ( NN tube ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN toothpaste ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN commodity ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB chronically ) ( JJ short ) ) ( NN supply ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Hundreds of people lined up every day at the Colgate-Palmolive Co. stand to receive a free tube of toothpaste a commodity in chronically short supply here


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ unruly ) ( NNS crowds ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP RJR ) ( NNP Nabisco ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN booth ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB almost ) ) ( VP ( VBD knocked ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN glass ) ( NN showcase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rush ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ free ) ( NNP Camel ) ( NN cigarette ) ( NN sticker ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And unruly crowds at RJR Nabisco Inc. 's booth almost knocked over a glass showcase in the rush to get a free Camel cigarette sticker


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS products ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG filtering ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN market ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN import ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) ) )

Some U.S. products are filtering into the Soviet market under an emergency import program


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NP ( NNP Colgate ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Procter ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Gamble ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NNS orders ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN toothpaste ) ( NN soap ) ( CC and ) ( NNS detergents ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both Colgate and Procter & Gamble have received big orders for toothpaste soap and detergents


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The American Trade Consortium says it is planning to ship some 500 million of consumer goods financed by bank credits in the first few months of next year


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But the current Soviet purchasing spree may be a one-time affair


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The goal of most U.S. firms joint ventures remains elusive


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Because the Soviet ruble is n't convertible into dollars marks and other Western currencies companies that hope to set up production facilities here must either export some of the goods to earn hard currency or find Soviet goods they can take in a counter-trade transaction


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International competition for the few Soviet goods that can be sold on world markets is heating up however


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Shelley M. Zeiger an entrepreneur from New Jersey who buys Soviet porcelain and matryoshka nesting dolls for export to the U.S. says West German companies already have snapped up much of the production of these items


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Seeking to overcome the currency problems Mr. Giffen 's American Trade Consortium which comprises Chevron Corp. RJR Johnson & Johnson Eastman Kodak Co. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. has concocted an elaborate scheme to share out dollar earnings largely from the revenues of a planned Chevron oil project


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Several medical concerns including Pfizer Inc. Hewlett-Packard Co. Colgate and Abbott Laboratories intend to pursue a similar consortium approach


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It 's hard to invest capital here on the same basis as investing in other countries says Dennis A. Sokol president of Medical Service Partners Inc. who is putting the medical consortium together


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS entrepreneurs ) ) ( VP ( VBP operate ) ( PP-MNR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR smaller ) ( NN scale ) ) ) ) )

Some U.S. entrepreneurs operate on a smaller scale


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One group seeks to publish a U.S.-Soviet medical journal in conjunction with the U.S.S.R. Ministry of Health


( S ( PP ( VBG According ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP P. ) ( NNP Mills ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Boston-based ) ( NN official ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN partner ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD 10,000 ) ( NNS copies ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quarterly ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN printed ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Russian ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) )

According to Richard P. Mills a Boston-based official of the U.S. partner 10,000 copies of the quarterly will be printed in Russian from next year


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It will be financed by advertisements from U.S. companies and by simultaneous publication of an English-language journal containing details of Soviet medical advancements


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We found a market niche Mr. Mills boasts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB truly ) ( JJ entrepreneurial ) ) ) )

It 's truly entrepreneurial


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It was the kind of snubbing rarely seen within the Congress let alone within the same party


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Sen. Alan Cranston trekked over to the House side of Capitol Hill a few days ago and volunteered his testimony to fellow Democrat Rep. Henry Gonzalez


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It was offered as an expression of cooperation to Mr. Gonzalez who is investigating the 2.5 billion failure of Lincoln Savings & Loan Association


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But instead of thanks Sen. Cranston was treated with cool formality


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Every witness receives a formal subpoena Rep. Gonzalez told him


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Seldom have House hearings caused so much apprehension in the Senate where California Sen. Cranston and four other senators were already writhing in the glare of unfavorable publicity over the alleged looting of Lincoln by their friend and political benefactor Charles Keating Jr. principal stockholder of Lincoln 's parent company American Continental Corp. of Phoenix Ariz


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At the first day of the House Banking Committee 's hearings last week William Seidman chairman of the Resolution Trust Corp. the federal agency created to sell sick thrifts said the agency is investigating whether Lincoln made illegal political contributions


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Mr. Keating arranged nearly 1 million in donations to Sen. Cranston and his various political causes and hundreds of thousands more to other lawmakers


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Future witnesses include a former federal S&L regulator who has accused the five senators of attempting to subvert the regulatory process by intervening on behalf of Mr. Keating


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Unlike many lawmakers Chairman Gonzalez says he considers intervening with regulators to be improper


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When you reach a point where a policy-making body is trying to shape administrative decisions then that 's a no-no in my book the Texas lawmaker says


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And he has attached himself to the Lincoln story tenaciously


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Unless the questions are answered I will keep on going


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Lawmakers often are reluctant to embarrass colleagues even those of opposing political parties


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In the recent Housing and Urban Development Department scandal for example Rep. Thomas Lantos the California Democrat who led the hearings tiptoed through embarrassing disclosures about HUD grants secured by Sen. Alfonse D'Amato a New York Republican


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Gonzalez ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ genuine ) ( NN maverick ) ) ) )

But Chairman Gonzalez is a genuine maverick


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He comes from the same political line as Wright Patman a bank-baiting Texas populist who chaired the Banking Committee until 1974


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Mr. Gonzalez is also a stickler for ethical standards who refuses to accept honorariums and who believes in conducting official business in the open


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Early in his political career as a city councilman in San Antonio he walked out of a meeting when political supporters asked that the police chief be replaced denouncing the closed-door affair publicly as a bat-roost meeting


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The immediate target of Rep. Gonzalez 's inquiry is Danny Wall chairman of the Office of Thrift Supervision


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As the principal regulator of the thrift industry Mr. Wall delayed seizing Lincoln S&L for more than two years after his staff told him that the California thrift was insolvent and that potential losses to taxpayers were growing rapidly


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Rep. Gonzalez seems primed to lash out at Mr. Wall when hearings resume Thursday with testimony by two federal regulators from San Francisco William Black and Mike Patriarca


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Mr. Wall relieved them of responsibility for supervising Lincoln in 1988


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Mr. Gonzalez expressed concern over a report that the two had been summoned to Washington by Mr. Wall last week to discuss their testimony in advance


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I think he is trying to improperly influence a witness and by God I 'm not going to tolerate it he says


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Mr. Wall however is a self-proclaimed child of the Senate and former staff director of its Banking Committee


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An inquiry into his handling of Lincoln S&L inevitably will drag in Sen. Cranston and the four others Sens. Dennis DeConcini D. Ariz. John McCain R. Ariz. John Glenn D. Ohio and Donald Riegle D. Mich


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They all attended a meeting in April 1987 questioning why a federal audit of Lincoln S&L had dragged on for two years


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I 'm certain that in the course of the hearings the names of the senators will be brought out Mr. Gonzalez says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG raising ) ( NP ( NNS eyebrows ) ) ) ) )

This is raising eyebrows


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When I first got a glimpse at the witness list I could n't believe that they were going to go ahead and do this says Michael Waldman director of Congress Watch a consumer group


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There are some witnesses who will be forced to testify about their meetings with senators


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And a Democratic aide to a Banking Committee member remarks I too am astounded by it because Gonzalez has certainly placed a lot of Democratic senators in a very bad position


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All the senators say they merely were trying to ensure fairness for a constituent


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Mr. Keating lives in Phoenix and the California thrift 's parent is an Ohio-chartered corporation with holdings in Michigan


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Chairman Gonzalez expresses sympathy for Sen. Riegle his counterpart as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee


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He 's wise he 's good and I know he 's an honest man the Texan says


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But at the same time Mr. Gonzalez has n't forgotten a confrontation over Mr. Wall during House-Senate negotiations over S&L bailout legislation during the summer


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The Senate negotiators included Sens. Cranston and Riegle and Mr. Wall 's principal sponsor Republican Sen. Jake Garn of Utah


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They were willing to trade important provisions in the bailout legislation to preserve Mr. Wall 's job and to avoid a reconfirmation hearing in which he would be called upon to testify about Lincoln S&L