( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( JJ corporate ) ( FW glasnost ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN reason ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG making ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ lackluster ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ lousy ) ( NNS profits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN loosened ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ rigid ) ( NNS ways ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG riding ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN string ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS hits ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG ranging ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ sleek ) ( NNP Maxima ) ( NN sedan ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ Porsche-like ) ( NNP 300ZX ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB whimsically ) ( JJ nostalgic ) ) ( NNP Pao ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN minicar ) ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-LOC ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This corporate glasnost is a big reason Nissan after years of making lackluster cars and lousy profits has loosened up its rigid ways and now is riding a string of hits ranging from the sleek Maxima sedan and Porsche-like 300ZX to the whimsically nostalgic Pao a minicar sold only in Japan


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN turnaround ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB far ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( ADJP ( JJ complete ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( JJ crucial ) ( NNS tests ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VBG beginning ) ) ) ) )

The company 's turnaround is far from complete many crucial tests are just beginning


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ surprising ) ( NN progress ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ important ) ( NNS lessons ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN trouble ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But its surprising progress so far holds important lessons for companies in trouble


( FRAG ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ big ) ( NN one ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN culture ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB radically ) ) ( VBN changed ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN unless ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ top ) ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB first ) ) ( VBZ admits ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS things ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN gone ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB badly ) ( RB awry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB publicly ) ) ( VBZ leads ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN charge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The big one A company 's culture ca n't be radically changed unless top management first admits that things have gone badly awry and then publicly leads the charge


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Atsushi ) ( NNP Muramatsu ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN finance ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( VP ( VB set ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tone ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP December ) ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG heading ) ( PP-DIR ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN operating ) ( NN loss ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN auto ) ( NN maker ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ postwar ) ( NN recovery ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Atsushi Muramatsu Nissan 's executive vice president for finance helped set the tone in December 1986 when the company was heading toward the first operating loss by a Japanese auto maker since the nation 's postwar recovery


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN self-criticism ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB discover ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-242 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ wrong ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

This is a time of self-criticism to discover what is wrong with us he said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Yutaka ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-243 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN helm ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN president ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP June ) ( CD 1985 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB simply ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP am ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB deeply ) ( JJ disappointed ) ) ) ) ) )

Yutaka Kume who took the helm as Nissan 's president in June 1985 added simply I am deeply disappointed


No wonder


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ second-largest ) ( NN auto ) ( NN maker ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ fourth-largest ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( VP ( NN beat ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP ( CONJP ( RB not ) ( RB only ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJR bigger ) ( NN rival ) ) ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( CC but ) ( RB also ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Honda ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ successful ) ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN car ) ( NN company ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ relative ) ( NN pipsqueak ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan Japan 's second-largest auto maker and the world 's fourth-largest was getting beat up not only by its bigger rival Toyota Motor Corp. but also by Honda Motor Co. the most successful Japanese car company in the U.S. but a relative pipsqueak in Japan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG dropping ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( NN year ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN beginning ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan 's market share in Japan had been dropping year by year since the beginning of the decade


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Its ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD sagged ) ( PP-PRP ( ADVP ( RB partly ) ) ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN price ) ( NNS increases ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ due ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG rising ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Its U.S. sales sagged partly because of price increases due to the rising yen


( S ( ADVP ( RBS Worst ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-218 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN preoccupied ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN management ) ( NN infighting ) ) ( NP ( NN cronyism ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NN rigidity ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Worst of all Nissan was preoccupied with management infighting cronyism and corporate rigidity


( S ( VP ( VB Consider ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN experience ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Satoko ) ( NNP Kitada ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 30-year-old ) ( NN designer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN vehicle ) ( NNS interiors ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-244 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD joined ) ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1982 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Consider the experience of Satoko Kitada a 30-year-old designer of vehicle interiors who joined Nissan in 1982


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-219 ( NNS tasks ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN assigned ) ( PP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB strictly ) ) ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN basis ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN seniority ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At that time tasks were assigned strictly on the basis of seniority


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( JJS oldest ) ( NN designer ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dashboard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) )

The oldest designer got to work on the dashboard she recalls


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ next ) ( NN level ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB down ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( NNS doors ) ) ) )

The next level down did doors


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN person ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN speedometer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN deal ) ) ) )

If a new person got to work on part of the speedometer that was a big deal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN system ) ) ( VP ( VBD produced ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ boring ) ( JJ boxy ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-245 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS consumers ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG buying ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This system produced boring boxy cars that consumers just were n't buying


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB Desperately ) ) ( VBG hoping ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB spark ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD transferred ) ( NP ( CD 5,000 ) ( JJ middle ) ( NNS managers ) ( CC and ) ( NN plant ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS dealerships ) ) ) ) )

Desperately hoping to spark sales Nissan transferred 5,000 middle managers and plant workers to dealerships


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Meanwhile ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP President ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( VP ( VBD ordered ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN everyone ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ top ) ( NNS executives ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN rookie ) ( NNS designers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( NP ( NN town ) ( NN watching ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB visit ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ chic ) ( NNS parts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB try ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB gain ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS insights ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG developing ) ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS trend-setters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( JJ town-watching ) ( NNS excursions ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB downright ) ( JJ comic ) ) ) )

Some town-watching excursions were downright comic


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ middle-aged ) ( VBG manufacturing ) ( NNS men ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Zama ) ( NN plant ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN outside ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN supposed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB check ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ trendy ) ( NN restaurant ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One group of middle-aged manufacturing men from the company 's Zama plant outside Tokyo was supposed to check out a trendy restaurant in the city


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD arrived ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN door ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT all ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ afraid ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB in ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG fearing ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN place ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But when they arrived at the door all were afraid to go in fearing that they would be out of place


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Other ) ( NNS trips ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ productive ) ) ) )

Other trips were more productive


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( NP ( PRP himself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD visited ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Honda ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ upscale ) ( NNP Aoyama ) ( NN district ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Kume himself visited Honda 's headquarters in Tokyo 's upscale Aoyama district


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD liked ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ well-lighted ) ( NN lobby ) ( NN display ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Honda ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS cars ) ( CC and ) ( NNS trucks ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB much ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ gloomy ) ( NN lobby ) ( NN exhibit ) ) ( VP ( VBN refurbished ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He liked the well-lighted lobby display of Honda 's cars and trucks so much that he had Nissan 's gloomy lobby exhibit refurbished


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Later ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD borrowed ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNP Honda ) ( NNS practices ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN engineering ) ( NN idea ) ( NN contest ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB promote ) ( NP ( NN inventiveness ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Later Nissan borrowed other Honda practices including an engineering idea contest to promote inventiveness


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN engineer ) ) ( VP ( VBD developed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN crab ) ( NN car ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-246 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ moves ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB sideways ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One engineer developed a crab car that moves sideways


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Such ) ( JJ sudden ) ( JJ cultural ) ( NNS shifts ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PRT ( RP across ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( RB bit ) ) ( JJ forced ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ genuine ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB much ) ( IN so ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( JJR older ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN resisted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Such sudden cultural shifts may come across as a bit forced but they seem to be genuine so much so in fact that some older employees have resisted


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD handled ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS die-hards ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB typically ) ( JJ Japanese ) ) ( NN fashion ) ) ) ) ) ( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN fired ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADVP ( RB instead ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN neglected ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Kouji ) ( NNP Hori ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ personnel ) ( NN manager ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Nissan ) ( NNP Technical ) ( NNP Center ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan handled the die-hards in a typically Japanese fashion They were n't fired but instead were neglected says Kouji Hori the personnel manager at the Nissan Technical Center


( S ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pain ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN adjusting ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ cultural ) ( NN revolution ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN begun ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB yield ) ( NP ( JJ exciting ) ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Despite the pain of adjusting the cultural revolution has begun to yield exciting cars


( S ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( ADVP ( RB completely ) ) ( VP ( VBD revamped ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ near-luxury ) ( NN sedan ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 17,699 ) ) ( NNP Maxima ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-247 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ competes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ broad ) ( NN range ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN upscale ) ( NNS sedans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD replaced ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ boxy ) ( JJ pug-nosed ) ( NN body ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ sleek ) ( JJ aerodynamic ) ( NNS lines ) ) ) ) ) )

A year ago the company completely revamped its near-luxury sedan the 17,699 Maxima which competes against a broad range of upscale sedans it replaced its boxy pug-nosed body with sleek aerodynamic lines


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Since ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN Nissan ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN launched ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS versions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 13,249 ) ) ( NNP 240SX ) ( JJ sporty ) ( NN coupe ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP 300ZX ) ( NNS sports ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Since then Nissan also has launched new versions of the 13,249 240SX sporty coupe and 300ZX sports car


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ restyled ) ( NNP 300ZX ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ costs ) ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 33,000 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN squared ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Porche ) ( CD 944 ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-248 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ begins ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 41,900 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The restyled 300ZX costs as much as 33,000 and is squared off against the Porche 944 which begins at 41,900


( S ( PP ( IN Besides ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN styling ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNPS Nissans ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ powerful ) ) ( NNS engines ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ sophisticated ) ) ( NN suspension ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) )

Besides new styling the new Nissans have more powerful engines and more sophisticated suspension systems


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT All ) ( CD three ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS models ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG outselling ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS predecessors ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ wide ) ( NNS margins ) ) ) ) ) )

All three new models are outselling their predecessors by wide margins


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN home ) ( NN market ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN grabbed ) ( NP ( NN attention ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ limited-production ) ( NNS minicars ) ) ( VP ( VBG featuring ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG styling ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ odd ) ( RB enough ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ cute ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In its home market Nissan has grabbed attention with limited-production minicars featuring styling odd enough to be cute


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Pao ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ tiny ) ( NN coupe ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ peelback ) ( NN canvas ) ( NN top ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ tilted ) ( NNS headlights ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-249 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP give ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ droopy-eyed ) ( NN look ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One is the Pao a tiny coupe with a peelback canvas top and tilted headlights that give it a droopy-eyed look


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB initially ) ) ( VP ( VBD planned ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD 10,000 ) ) ( NNPS Paos ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS sales ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN passed ) ( NP ( CD 50,000 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ one-year ) ( NN waiting ) ( NN list ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan initially planned to sell just 10,000 Paos but sales have passed 50,000 and there 's a one-year waiting list for the car


( S ( ADVP ( RB Then ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP S-Cargo ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ offbeat ) ( NN delivery ) ( NN van ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ snail-like ) ( NN body ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-250 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD inspired ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN name ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then there 's the S-Cargo an offbeat delivery van with a snail-like body that inspired its name


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NN restaurant ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN design ) ( NN theme ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan helped develop a Tokyo restaurant with both vehicles as its design theme


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS chairs ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP S-Cargo ) ( NNS seats ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN gift ) ( NN shop ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sells ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS items ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN alarm ) ( NNS clocks ) ) ( VP ( VBN styled ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Pao ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ oversized ) ( NN speedometer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The chairs are S-Cargo seats and a gift shop sells such items as alarm clocks styled like the Pao 's oversized speedometer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PDT All ) ( DT these ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB sharply ) ) ( VBN improved ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN morale ) ( CC and ) ( NN image ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( RB much ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All these vehicles have sharply improved Nissan 's morale and image but have n't done much for its market share


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 29 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN car ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG beginning ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ depressing ) ( JJ eight-year ) ( NN slide ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-251 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD continued ) ( PP-TMP ( IN through ) ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan had 29 % of the Japanese car market in 1980 before beginning a depressing eight-year slide that continued through last year


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Strong ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ certain ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB even ) ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 25 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-252 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1989 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( ADVP ( RB far ) ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN position ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN beginning ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Strong sales so far this year are certain to turn the tide but even the 25 % market share that Nissan expects in 1989 will leave it far below its position at the beginning of the decade


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ concedes ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB recoup ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( PRP$ its ) ( NN market-share ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( CD 1995 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT that ) ( NN timetable ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB prove ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ optimistic ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan concedes that it wo n't recoup all its market-share losses in Japan until at least 1995 and even that timetable might prove optimistic


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN Everyone ) ( JJ else ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB catch ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ innovative ) ( NNS designs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN A. ) ( NNP Rama ) ( NNP Krishna ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN auto ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( PRN ( NP-LOC ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ( NNP Ltd ) ) ) ) ) )

Everyone else is going to catch up with Nissan 's innovative designs says A. Rama Krishna auto analyst at First Boston Japan Ltd


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN pace ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ new-model ) ( NNS hits ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB slow ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( RB just ) ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ arch-rival ) ( NNP Toyota ) ) ( VP ( VBZ unleashes ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ( NN batch ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan 's pace of new-model hits will slow he adds just as arch-rival Toyota unleashes its own batch of new cars


( S ( ADVP ( RB Likewise ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN grabbed ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 5.2 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN car ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 4.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Likewise in the U.S. Nissan has grabbed 5.2 % of the car market so far this year up from 4.5 % a year ago


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ brings ) ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( PP-DIR-CLR ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN share ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ leaves ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN behind ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN high ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 5.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ( CC and ) ( CD 1982 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But even that brings Nissan only to the share it had in 1987 and leaves the company behind its high of 5.5 % in 1980 and 1982


Why


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB So ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN new-model ) ( NNS successes ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB mostly ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ specialized ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ limited ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN potential ) ) ) ) ) )

So far Nissan 's new-model successes are mostly specialized vehicles with limited sales potential


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN compact ) ( CC and ) ( NN subcompact ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ bread-and-butter ) ( NNS sales ) ( NNS generators ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN auto ) ( NNS makers ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ trails ) ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Honda ) ) ) )

In compact and subcompact cars the bread-and-butter sales generators for Japanese auto makers Nissan still trails Toyota and Honda


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hopes ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB start ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB change ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN fall ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Stanza ) ( JJ compact ) ( NN sedan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan hopes that that will start to change this fall with its new version of the Stanza compact sedan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Stanza ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN nonentity ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Honda ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( RB hugely ) ( JJ successful ) ) ( NNP Accord ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Camry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Stanza has been a nonentity compared with Honda 's hugely successful Accord and Toyota 's Camry


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Honda ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN revamped ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Accord ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ midsized ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) )

But this year Honda has revamped the Accord and made it a midsized car


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( ADVP ( RB instead ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN kept ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP Stanza ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( RB bit ) ) ( JJR smaller ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN cut ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ base ) ( NN price ) ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 6 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 11,450 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Stanza ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP start ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( NP-ADV ( CD 749 ) ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN predecessor ) ( NN model ) ) ) ) ( RB yet ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR more-powerful ) ( NN engine ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan instead has kept its new Stanza a bit smaller than that and cut the base price 6 % at 11,450 Stanza prices start 749 below the predecessor model yet have a more-powerful engine


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Accord ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBP start ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 12,345 ) ) ) ) )

Accord prices start at 12,345


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN risk ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ low-base-price ) ( NN strategy ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( VP ( VBN lost ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB highly ) ( JJ publicized ) ) ( NNS rebates ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN offered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Detroit ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ Big ) ( CD Three ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan 's risk is that its low-base-price strategy might get lost amid the highly publicized rebates being offered by Detroit 's Big Three


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN car ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN rebate ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB well ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ cheapens ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN vehicle ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN image ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contends ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP D. ) ( NNP Mignanelli ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN arm ) ) ) ) ) )

But on a new car a rebate does n't work well because it cheapens the vehicle 's image contends Thomas D. Mignanelli executive vice president of Nissan 's U.S. sales arm


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( RB Even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP Stanza ) ) ( VP ( VBZ succeeds ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB remain ) ( ADVP-LOC-CLR ( RB behind ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN subcompact ) ( NN segment ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Sentra ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB measure ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NNP Honda ) ( NNP Civic ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNP Toyota ) ( NNP Corolla ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even if the new Stanza succeeds Nissan will remain behind in the subcompact segment where its Sentra does n't measure up to the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB introduce ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB completely ) ( VBN revamped ) ) ( NNP Sentra ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN fall ) ) ) ) )

Nissan will introduce a completely revamped Sentra next fall


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ opposite ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ launches ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN luxury ) ( NNP Infiniti ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 8 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( SBAR ( NP-ADV ( CD three ) ( NNS years ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Honda ) ) ( VP ( VBD pioneered ) ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN luxury ) ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( NP-ADV ( CD two ) ( NNS months ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Lexus ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN sale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the opposite end of the market Nissan launches its luxury Infiniti division on Nov. 8 three years after Honda pioneered Japanese luxury cars and two months after Toyota 's Lexus went on sale


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD started ) ( S ( VP ( VBG advertising ) ( NP ( NNP Infiniti ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NP-ADV ( RB fully ) ( CD eight ) ( NNS months ) ) ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS showrooms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan started advertising Infiniti fully eight months before the cars hit American showrooms


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS ads ) ) ( VP ( VBD featured ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS fences ) ) ( NP ( NNS rocks ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN pussy-willow ) ( NNS buds ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( RB almost ) ( NN anything ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ads featured fences rocks and pussy-willow buds almost anything but the cars themselves


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS ads ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN generated ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS laughs ) ) ( CC but ) ( RB also ) ( NP ( NP ( NN plenty ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN attention ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ( IN unlike ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ other ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN auto ) ( NN advertising ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ads have generated some laughs but also plenty of attention because they are so unlike any other U.S. auto advertising


( S ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN hand ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS sales ) ( NNS goals ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Infiniti ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ modest ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS targets ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Lexus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the other hand Nissan 's sales goals for Infiniti are modest compared with Toyota 's targets for Lexus


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( IN about ) ( CD 3,500 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 38,000 ) ) ( NNP Infiniti ) ( NNP Q45 ) ( NNS sedans ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT each ) ( NN month ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG sending ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 2,000 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG keeping ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN sale ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan will build only about 3,500 of the 38,000 Infiniti Q45 sedans each month sending about 2,000 of them to the U.S. and keeping the rest for sale in Japan


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Toyota ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 49,000 ) ) ( NNP Lexus ) ( NN LS400 ) ( NNS sedans ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( ADVP ( RB alone ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Toyota wants to sell about 49,000 Lexus LS400 sedans next year in the U.S. alone


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Lexus ) ( NNS sales ) ( NNS projections ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ worried ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ confesses ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Takashi ) ( NNP Oka ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-253 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD led ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Infiniti ) ( NN development ) ( NN team ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When I saw the Lexus sales projections I got worried confesses Takashi Oka who led the Infiniti development team


( S-1 ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN reflection ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Oka ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD concluded ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ prudent ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ slow-startup ) ( NN strategy ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB simply ) ) ( VBG copying ) ( NP ( NNP Lexus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But on reflection Mr. Oka says he concluded that Nissan is being prudent in following its slow-startup strategy instead of simply copying Lexus


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Infiniti ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ big ) ( NN business ) ( NN move ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 21st ) ( NN century ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN hurry ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB generate ) ( NP ( JJ large ) ( NNS profits ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB right ) ( RB away ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Oka ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

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


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB add ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP Infiniti ) ( NNS models ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NN year ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG bringing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN total ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD four ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Infiniti ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( NP ( NNS profits ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD five ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) )

Despite plans to add two new Infiniti models next year bringing the total to four Infiniti wo n't show profits for at least five years he adds


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT These ) ( NNS days ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB afford ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN strategy ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS profits ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB exactly ) ( JJ robust ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

These days Nissan can afford that strategy even though profits are n't exactly robust


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN record ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 114.63 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 868 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NNP March ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ remarkable ) ( NN recovery ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 20.39 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan had record net income of 114.63 billion yen 868 million in the fiscal year ended last March 31 a remarkable recovery from the 20.39 billion yen of two years earlier when the company lost money on operations


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN increased ) ( NP ( NNS earnings ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( PP ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG cutting ) ( NP ( NNS costs ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP-CLR ( NN advantage ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ general ) ( NN surge ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN car ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan has increased earnings more than market share by cutting costs and by taking advantage of a general surge in Japanese car sales


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB earn ) ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 120 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ modest ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 4.7 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Nissan expects to earn only 120 billion yen in the current fiscal year a modest increase of 4.7 %


( FRAG ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ big ) ( NN reason ) ) ( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( PRP$ its ) ( NN cost-cutting ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR less ) ( JJ efficient ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The big reason For all its cost-cutting Nissan remains less efficient than Toyota


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ last ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( VBD represented ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD 2.3 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4.3 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In its last fiscal year Nissan 's profit represented just 2.3 % of sales compared with 4.3 % at Toyota


( S ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( VP ( RB close ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN gap ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD established ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ top-level ) ( JJ cost-cutting ) ( NN committee ) ) ) )

To help close the gap Nissan recently established a top-level cost-cutting committee


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ only ) ( NN auto ) ( NN maker ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VBG building ) ( NP ( NNS vehicles ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( CD three ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ key ) ( JJ economic ) ( NNS arenas ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nissan is the world 's only auto maker currently building vehicles in all three of the world 's key economic arenas the U.S. Japan and Europe


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ gives ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ enviable ) ( JJ strategic ) ( NN advantage ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS rivals ) ) ( VP ( VB catch ) ( PRT ( RB up ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( RB also ) ( NP ( NP ( NN plenty ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ managerial ) ( NNS headaches ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That gives it an enviable strategic advantage at least until its rivals catch up but also plenty of managerial headaches


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( VP ( VBP include ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( JJ separate ) ( NNS subsidiaries ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN manufacturing ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN design ) ( NN research ) ( FW etc. ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-254 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP report ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB separately ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For example Nissan 's U.S. operations include 10 separate subsidiaries for manufacturing sales design research etc. that report separately back to Japan


( S ( CC And ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Tennessee ) ( NN manufacturing ) ( NN plant ) ) ( VP ( VBD beat ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Auto ) ( NNPS Workers ) ( VBG organizing ) ( NN effort ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ aggressive ) ( NNS tactics ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-255 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ bitter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And in July Nissan 's Tennessee manufacturing plant beat back a United Auto Workers organizing effort with aggressive tactics that have left some workers bitter


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ transitional ) ( NN phase ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG becoming ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ international ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Muramatsu ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ) )

We are in a transitional phase from being a Japanese company to becoming an international company based in Japan says Mr. Muramatsu the executive vice president


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He promises that Nissan will soon establish a holding company overseeing all U.S. operations just as it 's doing in Europe


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Perhaps the biggest challenge however will be to prevent a return to its former corporate rigidity as its recovery continues


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Already personnel officials are talking about the need for a Phase Two cultural-reform effort of some sort


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( PP-PRD ( NP-ADV ( RB only ) ( JJ half ) ( NN way ) ) ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN turnaround ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( ADJP ( RB many ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NNS things ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP President ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

We are still only half way through the turnaround of this company and there are many more things to do President Kume says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN momentum ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN generated ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unstoppable ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He adds however that the momentum we have generated is unstoppable


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Your ) ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 2 ) ( JJ page-one ) ( NN article ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBG riding ) ( NP ( JJ so-called ) ( NNS railbikes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN railroad ) ( NNS tracks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN disservice ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NNS readers ) ) ) ) ) )

Your Oct. 2 page-one article on people riding so-called railbikes on railroad tracks was a disservice to your readers


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It unfortunately encourages others to engage in a highly dangerous and illegal activity that only a very few are doing now


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ treats ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS activities ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ frivolous ) ( JJ cavalier ) ( NN fashion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ total ) ( NN indifference ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ common ) ( NN sense ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ public ) ( NN safety ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And it treats such activities in a frivolous cavalier fashion with total indifference to common sense and public safety


Saul Resnick


Vice President


Public Affairs


Conrail


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT An ) ( NN arbitrator ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD awarded ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNPS Airlines ) ( NNS pilots ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN between ) ( CD 60 ) ( CD million ) ( CC and ) ( CD 100 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ back ) ( NN pay ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decision ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-285 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB complicate ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN carrier ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN bankruptcy-law ) ( NN reorganization ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

An arbitrator awarded Eastern Airlines pilots between 60 million and 100 million in back pay a decision that could complicate the carrier 's bankruptcy-law reorganization


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Air ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG examining ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ruling ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB determine ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB appeal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Eastern a unit of Texas Air Corp. said it is examining the ruling to determine if it can appeal


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It 's unclear whether Eastern will succeed in overturning the arbitrator 's decision made in a long-simmering pay parity dispute that predates both the carrier 's Chapter 11 petition and its 1986 acquisition by Texas Air


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT All ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN court ) ( NNS efforts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB head ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS pilots ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS demands ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN failed ) ) ) )

All Eastern 's previous court efforts to head off the pilots ' demands have failed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT An ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN arbitrator ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN ruling ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ overall ) ( JJ material ) ( NN effect ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ strategic ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

An Eastern spokesman said he does n't expect that the arbitrator 's ruling will have any overall material effect on the company 's strategic plan


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Bankruptcy experts said the law is n't clear on how such an arbitration ruling can affect a company 's case


( S ( PP ( IN Like ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ other ) ( NN creditor ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS pilots ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB apply ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN court ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN payment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN claim ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Like any other creditor the pilots will have to apply to the court for payment of their claim


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN leeway ) ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Bankruptcy ) ( NNP Judge ) ( NNP Burton ) ( NNP R. ) ( NNP Lifland ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-287 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( FRAG ( NP ( NN anything ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS pilots ) ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBP collect ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That may leave a lot of leeway for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton R. Lifland to decide what if anything the pilots actually collect


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In August he issued the ruling that let the pilots pursue their back-pay grievance before the arbitrator


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS pilots ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB mutually ) ( JJ acceptable ) ) ( JJ private ) ( NN arbitrator ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB resolve ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS grievances ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The pilots ' contract with Eastern calls for a mutually acceptable private arbitrator to resolve such grievances


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In a statement to employees Eastern said the company was disappointed by the ruling


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN obligation ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB totally ) ( JJ unwarranted ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN statement ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The obligation is totally unwarranted the statement said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP James ) ( NNP Linsey ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lawyer ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Air ) ( NNP Line ) ( NNPS Pilots ) ( NNP Association ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS pilots ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB extremely ) ( JJ pleased ) ) ) ) ) ) )

James Linsey a lawyer for the Air Line Pilots Association said the pilots were extremely pleased


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN blow ) ) ( PP ( CONJP ( RB not ) ( RB only ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS creditors ) ( NN committee ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

This is a blow not only to Eastern but to the creditors committee he said


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Eastern 's creditors committee along with the company has consistently opposed the pilots ' claim which if paid would have to come out of money both hope to use to pay off other bankruptcy claims


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Eastern and its creditors are in the final delicate stages of negotiating a second reorganization plan to pay off the airline 's debts


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An earlier plan which had received the creditors ' approval in July fell apart when Eastern changed its business plan


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It is n't known whether the pilot claim was figured into either plan


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The dispute between Eastern and its pilots is over a pay parity clause in the pilots ' contract


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The clause was part of an agreement in which pilots accepted a substantial pay cut as long as no other labor group got a raise


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( ADVP ( RB Shortly ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Air ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( NP ( NN control ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS Machinists ) ( NN union ) ( NNS supervisors ) ) ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 20 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN pay ) ( NN raise ) ) ) )

Shortly after Texas Air took control of Eastern some Machinists union supervisors received a 20 % pay raise


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The pilots argued that this triggered a pay raise for them


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Eastern has disputed the claim but a federal district court an appeals court and now the arbitrator have all sided with the pilots


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The two sides do n't even agree about how much money is at issue


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The pilots put the amount as high as 100 million the company at 65 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Another ) ( NN arbitrator ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG hearing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN pay ) ( NN parity ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS pilots ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG resulting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ similar ) ( NN set ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS circumstances ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG involving ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ separate ) ( NN pay ) ( NN raise ) ) ( VP ( VBN granted ) ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN union ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Another arbitrator is hearing another pay parity case between Eastern and its pilots resulting from a similar set of circumstances involving a separate pay raise granted another union


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN decision ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NNP mid-November ) ) ) ) ) )

A decision on that case is n't expected before mid-November


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Ironically many of the pilots involved have left Eastern or are still striking the carrier which filed for bankruptcy protection March 9


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( IN About ) ( CD 800 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN crossed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN picket ) ( NNS lines ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN returned ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( VB work ) ) ) ) ) ) )

About 800 have crossed the picket lines and returned to work


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ronald ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS attributes ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP President ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB rarely ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN blessing ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN claptrap ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-25 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ passes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN consensus ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ various ) ( JJ international ) ( NNS institutions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One of Ronald Reagan 's attributes as President was that he rarely gave his blessing to the claptrap that passes for consensus in various international institutions


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In fact he liberated the U.S. from one of the world 's most corrupt organizations UNESCO


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This is the U.N. group that managed to traduce its own charter of promoting education science and culture


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Ever ) ( IN since ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( VBG remaining ) ( NNS members ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ desperate ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNPS States ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rejoin ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ dreadful ) ( NN group ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ever since the remaining members have been desperate for the United States to rejoin this dreadful group


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP UNESCO ) ( NNS apologists ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG lobbying ) ( NP-1 ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB renege ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN decision ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB depart ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now UNESCO apologists are lobbying President Bush to renege on President Reagan 's decision to depart


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB out ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( UCP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ foreseeable ) ( NN future ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB well ) ( IN beyond ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But we can think of many reasons to stay out for the foreseeable future and well beyond


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( PP ( IN along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Britain ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Singapore ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ anti-Western ) ( NN ideology ) ) ( NX ( JJ financial ) ( NN corruption ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ top ) ( NN leadership ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADJP-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN hand ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. along with Britain and Singapore left the agency when its anti-Western ideology financial corruption and top leadership got out of hand


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The personal antics of agency Director Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow drew much attention such as when several of his top aides were uncovered as KGB plants and ejected from France and when a mysterious office fire was set just before Congress sent accountants to trace U.S. funds


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Mr. M'Bow was an extreme case but even his replacement the more personally genial Spanish biochemist Federico Mayor has had little success at achieving reforms


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Several ridiculous projects continue including the New International Economic Order which means redistributionism from the West to pay for everyone else 's statism


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The Orwellian New World Information Order would give government officials rights against the press journalists would be obliged to kowtow to their government which would have licensing and censorship powers and indeed duties to block printing of wrong ideas


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP UNESCO ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB somehow ) ) ( VBD converted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ founding ) ( NNP U.N. ) ( NNS ideals ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ individual ) ( NNS rights ) ( CC and ) ( NN liberty ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS peoples ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS rights ) ) ) ) )

UNESCO somehow converted the founding U.N. ideals of individual rights and liberty into peoples ' rights


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Million-dollar conferences were held to chew on subjects such as ethical responsibilities of scientists in support of disarmament and the impact of the activities of transnational corporations


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The agency was so totally subverted from the high principles of its founding that even the Soviets now wonder about an agency that seemed so congenial to them


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Glasnost may be partly responsible but Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last year admitted The exaggerated ideological approach undermined tolerance intrinsic to UNESCO


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UNESCO is now holding its biennial meetings in Paris to devise its next projects


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Mr. Mayor 's hope that references to press freedom would survive unamended seems doomed to failure the current phrasing is educating the public and media to avoid manipulation


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB replace ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP M'Bow ) ( NN cabal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He has n't been able to replace the M'Bow cabal


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Soviets remain in charge of education programs a former head of an African military tribunal for executions is in charge of culture and a hard-line Polish communist in exile directs the human-rights and peace division


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Of the agency 's 2,750 staff members 230 are in the field working on actual projects such as literacy and oceanographic research


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The position of the United States which once contributed 25 % of the budget is that nothing has changed


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John Bolton the assistant secretary of state for international organizations told Congress that the continuing statist restrictive nondemocratic programs make rejoining any time soon extremely unlikely


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This has n't much bothered the UNESCO delegates who last week could n't even agree to raise funds by selling off a fancy 19th-century French chateau the agency somehow owns


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Other ) ( NNS countries ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NNP West ) ( NNP Germany ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ hard ) ( NN time ) ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG justifying ) ( NP ( JJ continued ) ( NN membership ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Other countries including West Germany may have a hard time justifying continued membership


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We see an even stronger argument against UNESCO than its unsurprising failure to reform


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NNP Revolution ) ) ( VP ( VBG spanning ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Europe ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Tiananmen ) ( NNP Square ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shows ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN power ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ideas ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ unencumbered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ international ) ( JJ civil ) ( NNS servants ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN government ) ( NNS functionaries ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This is that the Reagan Revolution spanning Eastern Europe and Tiananmen Square shows the power of ideas unencumbered by international civil servants or government functionaries


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Free markets free minds and free elections have an appeal that seems to get muddled only when delivered through U.N. organizations which of course are made up largely of governments that fear these principles at home


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS Babelists ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNPS Nations ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS experts ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN obfuscation ) ) ) ) ) )

The Babelists of the United Nations are experts at obfuscation


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS purposes ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNS times ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN reason ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cloud ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN importance ) ( CC and ) ( NN allure ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Western ) ( NNS concepts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN freedom ) ( CC and ) ( NN justice ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This can have its purposes at times but there 's no reason to cloud the importance and allure of Western concepts of freedom and justice


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( RB plenty ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS reasons ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN none ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rejoin ) ( NP ( NNP UNESCO ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We can see plenty of reasons to stay out and none to rejoin UNESCO


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ crowning ) ( NN moment ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN career ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Joseph ) ( NNP F. ) ( NNP O'Kicki ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD 300 ) ( UCP ( JJ local ) ( CC and ) ( NN state ) ) ( NNS dignitaries ) ) ( VP ( VBD packed ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ elegant ) ( JJ marble-columned ) ( NN courtroom ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN swearing ) ( RB in ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Judge ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Cambria ) ( NNP County ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The crowning moment in the career of Joseph F. O'Kicki came as 300 local and state dignitaries packed into his elegant marble-columned courtroom here last year for his swearing in as President Judge of Cambria County


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS Baskets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS roses ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ potted ) ( NNS palms ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD adorned ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN bench ) ) ) )

Baskets of roses and potted palms adorned his bench


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ local ) ( NNP American ) ( NNP Legion ) ( NN color ) ( NN guard ) ) ( VP ( VBD led ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ) )

The local American Legion color guard led the way


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ) ( VP ( VBD marched ) ( PP-DIR ( IN down ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ center ) ( NN aisle ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( VBG flowing ) ( JJ black ) ( NN robe ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-128 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN heralded ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT a ) ( NN trumpet ) ( NN fanfare ) ) ) ) ) )

As the judge marched down the center aisle in his flowing black robe he was heralded by a trumpet fanfare


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To many it was a ceremony more befitting a king than a rural judge seated in the isolated foothills of the southern Allegheny Mountains


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But then Judge O'Kicki often behaved like a man who would be king and some say an arrogant and abusive one


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ extreme ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reflects ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN vulnerability ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( JJ small ) ( NNS communities ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ domineering ) ( NNS judges ) ) ) ) ) )

While his case may be extreme it reflects the vulnerability of many small communities to domineering judges


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Last March nine months after the judge 's swearing-in the state attorney general 's office indicted him on a sweeping array of charges alleging more than 10 years of official oppression in Cambria County a depressed steel and mining community in western Pennsylvania


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The allegations ranging from theft and bribery to coercion and lewdness paint a disquieting picture


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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


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Prosecutors ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( PP ( VBN based ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ grand ) ( NN jury ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP maintain ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ various ) ( NNS times ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( CD 1975 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD owned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( JJ secret ) ( CC and ) ( JJ illegal ) ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN beer ) ( NN distributorship ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD plotted ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ hidden ) ( NN ownership ) ( NNS interests ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-156 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD presented ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ alleged ) ( NN conflict ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN set ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ dummy ) ( NN corporation ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN car ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB obtain ) ( NP ( NN insurance ) ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ former ) ( NN girlfriend ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ second ) ( NN wife ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD maintained ) ( NP ( CD 54 ) ( NNS accounts ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD six ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Cambria ) ( NNP County ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Prosecutors in an indictment based on the grand jury 's report maintain that at various times since 1975 he owned a secret and illegal interest in a beer distributorship plotted hidden ownership interests in real estate that presented an alleged conflict of interest set up a dummy corporation to buy a car and obtain insurance for his former girlfriend now his second wife and maintained 54 accounts in six banks in Cambria County


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN testimony ) ) ( VP ( VBN recorded ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ grand ) ( NN jury ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN court ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ) ( ADJP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP ( CD 59 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD harassed ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS secretaries ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( JJ imperial ) ( NNS demands ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD hounded ) ( NP ( NP ( NN anyone ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-157 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD crossed ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In testimony recorded in the grand jury report court employees said the judge now 59 years old harassed his secretaries made imperial demands on his staff and hounded anyone who crossed him


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Bailiffs ) ) ( VP ( VBD claimed ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN required ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB chauffeur ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( CC and ) ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB mow ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN lawn ) ) ) ( VP ( VB chop ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN wood ) ) ) ( VP ( VB fix ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN car ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VB drop ) ( PRT ( RP by ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN house ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB feed ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( CD two ) ( JJ grown ) ( NNS mutts ) ) ( NP ( NNP Dixie ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Husky ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bailiffs claimed they were required to chauffeur him to and from work mow his lawn chop his wood fix his car and even drop by his house to feed his two grown mutts Dixie and Husky


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( JJ former ) ( NN bailiff ) ) ( VP ( VBD charged ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ) ( VP ( VBD double-crossed ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG reneging ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN promise ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR better ) ( JJ paying ) ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG pocketing ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 500 ) ) ( NN bribe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One former bailiff charged that the judge double-crossed him by reneging on a promise of a better paying job after pocketing a 500 bribe


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS allegations ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB simply ) ( JJ bizarre ) ) ) )

Some of the allegations are simply bizarre


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD Two ) ( JJ former ) ( NNS secretaries ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ grand ) ( NN jury ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-129 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN summoned ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS chambers ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ separate ) ( NNS occasions ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NN dictation ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN bikini ) ( NN underwear ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Two former secretaries told the grand jury they were summoned to the judge 's chambers on separate occasions to take dictation only to find the judge in his bikini underwear


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN secretary ) ) ( VP ( VBD testified ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN office ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( VP ( VBG wearing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN nothing ) ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( DT all ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One secretary testified that the judge once called her to his office while wearing nothing at all


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT The ) ( NN judge ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN suspended ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN bench ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG pending ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN trial ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-158 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD began ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB vehemently ) ) ( VBZ denies ) ( NP ( NP ( PDT all ) ( DT the ) ( NNS allegations ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG calling ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ ludicrous ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ imaginative ) ( JJ political ) ( NN demagoguery ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The judge suspended from his bench pending his trial which began this week vehemently denies all the allegations against him calling them ludicrous and imaginative political demagoguery


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ blames ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ local ) ( JJ political ) ( NN feuding ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN unhappiness ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ aggressive ) ( NNS efforts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB clear ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN courthouse ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN docket ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN vendetta ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NN state ) ( NNS investigators ) ( CC and ) ( NNS prosecutors ) ) ( VP ( VBN angered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS rulings ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He blames the indictment on local political feuding unhappiness with his aggressive efforts to clear the courthouse 's docket and a vendetta by state investigators and prosecutors angered by some of his rulings against them


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP$ whose ) ( NNS toes ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN stepped ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN judge ) ) )

I do n't know whose toes I 've stepped on says the judge


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB out ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB eventually ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-159 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD pushed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN state ) ( NN police ) ( NNS buttons ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN action ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'll find out eventually who pushed the state police buttons into action


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( RB Even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB only ) ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS allegations ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP stand ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP provide ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ ample ) ( NN testimony ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ awesome ) ( NN power ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS judges ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ rural ) ( NNS communities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even if only some of the allegations stand up however they provide ample testimony to the awesome power of judges in rural communities


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT That ) ( NN power ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB sometimes ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( JJ abused ) ( SBAR-PRP ( ADVP ( RB particularly ) ) ( IN since ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS jurists ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJR smaller ) ( NNS jurisdictions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP operate ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS restraints ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-160 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP serve ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ corrective ) ( NNS measures ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ urban ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That power can sometimes be abused particularly since jurists in smaller jurisdictions operate without many of the restraints that serve as corrective measures in urban areas


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Lawyers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS clients ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-161 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB frequently ) ) ( VP ( VBP bring ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN country ) ( NN courthouse ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB appear ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN before ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN judge ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( NN year ) ) ( PP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Lawyers and their clients who frequently bring business to a country courthouse can expect to appear before the same judge year after year


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Fear ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG alienating ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN judge ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ pervasive ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Maurice ) ( NNP Geiger ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN founder ) ( CC and ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Rural ) ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Center ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Montpelier ) ) ( NP ( NNP Vt. ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ public ) ( NN interest ) ( NN group ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-162 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ researches ) ( NP ( JJ rural ) ( NN justice ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Fear of alienating that judge is pervasive says Maurice Geiger founder and director of the Rural Justice Center in Montpelier Vt. a public interest group that researches rural justice issues