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Most importantly the Senate traded away the Bush administration 's controversial plan to finance the bailout which was partly reinstated later


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At the time Mr. Gonzalez said several senators told him that they could get some roadblocks out of the way if there could be some understanding on Garn 's insistence on Wall


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Now Mr. Gonzalez is holding the equivalent of reconfirmation hearings anyway under the guise of the Lincoln investigation


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In a way that 's what this is Mr. Gonzalez concedes


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Even some House Banking Committee members could suffer from the fallout


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Mr. Keating raised 20,000 for Rep. Doug Barnard 's 1986 re-election campaign while the Georgia Democrat was taking his side against regulators who wanted to curb risky investments and wholesale deposit brokering


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He recently voted present when the committee authorized a subpoena to compel Mr. Keating to testify then changed his vote to yes


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But the chairman 's supporters have the upper hand as federal regulators press a 1.1 billion fraud suit against Mr. Keating and others


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Rep. Jim Leach R. Iowa says the Lincoln S&L affair is the biggest bank heist in history and adds The great question that remains to be resolved is whether we have a congressional Watergate in the making


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A witness set to testify on Thursday was quoted in a news report over the weekend as saying Lincoln laundered campaign contributions illegally


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But the witness William Crawford California 's chief state thrift regulator denies saying that


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I do n't know whether it was done properly or not because I 'm not a lawyer he said in a telephone interview yesterday


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But he said he is prepared to testify that executives of Lincoln and its parent corporation got unusually high salaries and frequent calls directing them to make specific contributions


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The committee also has summoned Mr. Wall 's predecessor Edwin Gray


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He has characterized the five senators ' roles as tantamount to an attempt to subvert the regulatory process and he is n't expected to back down even though the five senators have disputed his account of a 1987 meeting


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So the senators must brace themselves


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Sen. Cranston as he returned to the capital last week from a one-day trip to inspect earthquake damage in San Francisco sighed to an aide Well back to Keatingland


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SHEVARDNADZE ADMITTED that Moscow violated the 1972 ABM treaty


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In a foreign-policy address before the Soviet legislature the foreign minister conceded that the radar station in Krasnoyarsk breached the superpower Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and said it would be dismantled


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Shevardnadze said it took Gorbachev 's government four years to determine that the station 's location in Siberia violated the accord as Western arms-control officials have long contended


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He also denounced Moscow 's nine-year involvement in the war in Afghanistan saying it involved gross violations of civil norms and ethics


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Secretary of State Baker in his first major arms-control speech called for a new military relationship with Moscow to reduce first strike nuclear arms


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BAY AREA COMMUTERS BATTLED earthquake-related transportation snarls


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Travelers crowded into subways sat in traffic jams on major freeways or waited for buses in the rain but the massive gridlock anticipated by officials in the San Francisco Bay area never materialized


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As the death toll from last week 's temblor climbed to 61 the condition of freeway survivor Buck Helm who spent four days trapped under rubble improved hospital officials said


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Rescue crews however gave up hope that others would be found alive under the collapsed roadway


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The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2.85 billion aid package for the quake region less than the 3.8 billion sought by California officials


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Hungary declared itself a democracy and for the first time openly commemorated the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Stalinist uprising that was crushed by the Soviet Union


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A crowd estimated at 100,000 held a torch-lit march through Budapest as Acting President Szuros delivered a nationally televised address rejecting communist dominance


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About 200,000 East Germans marched in Leipzig and thousands more staged protests in three other cities in a fresh challenge to the Communist leadership to introduce democratic freedoms


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In an East Berlin suburb meanwhile employees at an electronics plant formed an independent trade union called Reform a worker spokesman said


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The space shuttle Atlantis landed at a desert air strip at Edwards Air Force Base Calif. ending a five-day mission that dispatched the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe


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The five astronauts returned to Earth about three hours early because high winds had been predicted at the landing site


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Fog shrouded the base before touchdown


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Explosions shook a Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near Pasadena Texas hurling debris and causing a fire visible from 10 miles away


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More than 100 people were injured and a number of workers were missing


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Parts of the Houston Ship Channel were closed


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The White House said Bush is conferring with leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee to ease differences over guidelines for CIA agents


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The statement came after officials said Bush complained at a private meeting last week that a strict interpretation of a policy requires the U.S. to notify foreign dictators of certain coup plots


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Lebanon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Aoun ) ) ( VP ( VBD placed ) ( NP ( JJ Christian ) ( JJ military ) ( NNS forces ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN alert ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ renewed ) ( NN fighting ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ Syrian-backed ) ( NNPS Moslems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Lebanon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD two ) ( JJ main ) ( JJ Shiite ) ( NNS militias ) ) ( VP ( VBD rejected ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ Arab-sponsored ) ( NN peace ) ( NN accord ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Lebanon 's Gen. Aoun placed Christian military forces on alert in case of renewed fighting with Syrian-backed Moslems after Lebanon 's two main Shiite militias rejected an Arab-sponsored peace accord


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN approved ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS lawmakers ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN rejected ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Sunday ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Aoun ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( VP ( VBN aimed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 14-year-old ) ( JJ civil ) ( NN war ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The plan approved by lawmakers and rejected Sunday by Aoun includes political changes aimed at ending the 14-year-old civil war


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP NATO ) ( NN defense ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB call ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ nuclear ) ( NNS forces ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN alliance ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ nuclear ) ( NN planning ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBZ convenes ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ two-day ) ( NN session ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Portugal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NATO defense ministers are expected to call for a reduction in nuclear forces in Europe when the alliance 's nuclear planning group convenes a two-day session today in Portugal


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reshape ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP NATO ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS defenses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Western ) ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ fast-paced ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN bloc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ministers are to reshape NATO 's defenses in Western Europe amid fast-paced changes in the Soviet bloc


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Iran ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Rafsanjani ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( VP ( VB gain ) ( NP ( NN freedom ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Western ) ( NNS hostages ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Lebanon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN assistance ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ contingent ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN aid ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG resolving ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS cases ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNPS Iranians ) ) ( VP ( VBN kidnapped ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Lebanon ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1982 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN release ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ frozen ) ( JJ Iranian ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Iran 's President Rafsanjani offered to help gain freedom for Western hostages in Lebanon but said the assistance was contingent on U.S. aid in resolving the cases of three Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982 or the release of frozen Iranian assets


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Washington ) ) ( VP ( VBD rejected ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bid ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS hostages ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN linked ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Washington rejected the bid saying the hostages were n't linked to other issues


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PLO leader Arafat asked Egypt to seek clarifications from the U.S. on Secretary of State Baker 's plan for Mideast peace talks an aide to Egyptian President Mubarak said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN official ) ) ( VP ( VBD stressed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP PLO ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN rejected ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ five-point ) ( NN formula ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The official stressed that the PLO has n't rejected the five-point formula


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Commonwealth leaders turned to issues ranging from drugs to the world economy after Zimbabwe 's President Mugabe called Thatcher 's views on South Africa despicable


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Australia ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Canada ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD assailed ) ( NP-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ British ) ( JJ prime ) ( NN minister ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG criticizing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 49-nation ) ( NN group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN call ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Pretoria ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB ease ) ( NP ( NN apartheid ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At a meeting in Malaysia Australia and Canada also assailed the British prime minister for criticizing the 49-nation group 's call for Pretoria to ease apartheid


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Kurzweil ) ( NNP Music ) ( NNP Systems ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD retained ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Kidder ) ( NNP Peabody ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB study ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ financial ) ( NNS alternatives ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN sale ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB financially ) ( VBG struggling ) ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Kurzweil Music Systems Inc. said it retained Kidder Peabody & Co. to study financial alternatives including the possible sale of the financially struggling company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Kurzweil ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Waltham ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mass. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ digital ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NN keyboard ) ( NNS instruments ) ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ professional ) ( VBG recording ) ( NNS musicians ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Kurzweil Waltham Mass. makes digital electronic keyboard instruments used by professional recording musicians


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD introduced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN home ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) )

It recently introduced a line for the home market


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Raymond ) ( NNP C. ) ( NNP Kurzweil ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB require ) ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NN funding ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB realize ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN potential ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN technology ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However Raymond C. Kurzweil chairman and chief executive said The company continues to require additional funding to realize the potential of its technology


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( CD six ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Kurzweil ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN loss ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 6.9 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 11.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the year 's first six months Kurzweil had a loss of 6.9 million on sales of 11.2 million


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN month ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN president ) ) ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP S. ) ( NNP Donnelly ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD resigned ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG citing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN management ) ( NNS differences ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kurzweil ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Last month its president John S. Donnelly resigned citing management differences with Mr. Kurzweil


( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NN Part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN Series ) ) ) ) )

Part of a Series


( NP-LOC-HLN ( NP ( NNP SMYRNA ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ga. ) ) )

SMYRNA Ga.


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN auto-dealer ) ( NN strip ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ booming ) ( NN suburb ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( NP-EXT ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD five ) ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN along ) ( NP ( NNP Cobb ) ( NNP Parkway ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG stretching ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Perimeter ) ( NN highway ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ circles ) ( NP ( NNP Atlanta ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Big ) ( NNP Chicken ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ pullet-roofed ) ( NX ( NX ( NN fast-food ) ( NN restaurant ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ local ) ( NN landmark ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The auto-dealer strip in this booming suburb runs nearly five miles along Cobb Parkway stretching from the Perimeter highway that circles Atlanta to the Big Chicken a pullet-roofed fast-food restaurant and local landmark


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD Twenty ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN infancy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ suburban ) ( NN sprawl ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB just ) ( DT a ) ( NN handful ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS dealerships ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB here ) ) ) )

Twenty years ago in the infancy of suburban sprawl just a handful of dealerships were here


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 23 ) ) ) )

Now there are 23


( SINV ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-2 ( IN Alongside ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ long-familiar ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP Chevrolet ) ( NNP Ford ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Dodge ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS nameplates ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB exist ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( ADVP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Acura ) ( NNP Sterling ) ( NNP Hyundai ) ) ) )

Alongside such long-familiar names as Chevrolet Ford and Dodge are nameplates that did n't exist until three years ago Acura Sterling Hyundai


( SINV ( PP-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN Under ) ( NP ( NN construction ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN strip ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ 24th ) ( NN showroom ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ future ) ( NN home ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Lexus ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN luxury ) ( NN marque ) ) ( VP ( VBN launched ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Toyota ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD two ) ) ( NNS months ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under construction is the strip 's 24th showroom the future home of Lexus a luxury marque launched by Toyota Motor Corp. just two months ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( CD 1980s ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN spawned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN explosion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN consumer ) ( NN choice ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN phone ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS colas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The 1980s have spawned an explosion of consumer choice in America in everything from phone companies to colas


( FRAG ( CC And ) ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Cobb ) ( NNP Parkway ) ( NN strip ) ) ( VP ( VBZ attests ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ) )

And especially as the Cobb Parkway strip attests in cars


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB choose ) ( PP-CLR ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 572 ) ( JJ different ) ( NNS models ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS cars ) ( NNS vans ) ( CC and ) ( NNS trucks ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( RB just ) ( CD 408 ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN decade ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Automotive ) ( NNP News ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN trade ) ( NN publication ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Americans now can choose among 572 different models of cars vans and trucks up from just 408 when the decade began according to Automotive News a trade publication


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NN car ) ( NNS marketers ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB much ) ( JJR tougher ) ) ( NN battle ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP-1 ( JJ loyal ) ( NNS customers ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG defecting ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS makes ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN block ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For car marketers it has become a much tougher battle to keep loyal customers from defecting to one of the new makes on the block


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN car ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN proliferation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN choice ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( DT both ) ( JJ liberating ) ( CC and ) ( JJ confusing ) ) ) )

For American car buyers the proliferation of choice is both liberating and confusing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Malcolm ) ( NNP MacDougall ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Jordan ) ( NNP McGrath ) ( NNP Case ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Taylor ) ( NN advertising ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN proliferation ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NN nameplate ) ( NN mania ) ) ) ) )

Malcolm MacDougall vice chairman of the Jordan McGrath Case & Taylor advertising agency in New York calls the proliferation nameplate mania


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN automobile ) ( NNS choices ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG causing ) ( NP ( NN stress ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( NNS consumers ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VP ( VB ignore ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS models ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP lack ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ well-defined ) ( NN image ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He says the number of automobile choices is causing stress among consumers today and that people will simply ignore new models that lack a well-defined image


( S-3 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS winners ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ predicts ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS brands ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NN car ) ( NNS makers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP ( RB traditionally ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN associated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN quality ) ( CC and ) ( NN value ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The winners he predicts will be brands from car makers that have traditionally been associated with quality and value


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ important ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN make ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB as ) ( JJ distinctive ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( JJ possible ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBG retaining ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS links ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ parent ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ quality ) ( NN image ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He says it 's important for a new make to be as distinctive as possible while still retaining links to the parent company 's quality image


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ applauds ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( NNP Toyota ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG creating ) ( NP ( JJ separate ) ( NNS divisions ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ new ) ( NN luxury ) ( NNS models ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VBG adding ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NNS nameplates ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ standard ) ( NN car ) ( NNS lines ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He applauds Toyota and Nissan Motor Co. for creating separate divisions for their new luxury models rather than simply adding more nameplates to their standard car lines


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NN auto ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN choice ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP outweigh ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS drawbacks ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some auto executives believe the benefits of more choice outweigh the drawbacks


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJR more ) ( NN noise ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB out ) ( RB there ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN consumer ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR harder ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Vincent ) ( NNP P. ) ( NNP Barabba ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ executive ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN market ) ( NN research ) ( CC and ) ( NN planning ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Motors ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) )

There 's more noise out there and the consumer may have to work harder to cut through it says Vincent P. Barabba executive director of market research and planning at General Motors Corp


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN reward ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJR less ) ( NN need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NNS tradeoffs ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG choosing ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP one ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS wheels ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the reward is that there 's less need to make tradeoffs in choosing one 's wheels


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Jeanene ) ( NNP Page ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP North ) ( NNP Salt ) ( NNP Lake ) ( NNP City ) ) ( NP ( NNP Utah ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ likes ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR broader ) ( NN selection ) ) ) )

Jeanene Page of North Salt Lake City Utah likes the broader selection


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( NP ( NN something ) ( JJ big ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB already ) ) ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN looked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NNP Chrysler ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Yorker ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNP Lincoln ) ( NNP Town ) ( NNP Car ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She wants something big and already has looked at the Chrysler New Yorker and Lincoln Town Car


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ 55-year-old ) ( NN car ) ( NN shopper ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG zeroing ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ full-sized ) ( NN van ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG figuring ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB just ) ( DT the ) ( NN thing ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB haul ) ( NP ( CD nine ) ( NNS grandchildren ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB pull ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN boat ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now the 55-year-old car shopper is zeroing in on a full-sized van figuring that it 's just the thing to haul nine grandchildren and pull a boat at the same time


( S ( S-TPC-4 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT all ) ( PRP$ my ) ( NNS friends ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG using ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS grandkids ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

That seems to be what all my friends are using to take the grandkids to the lake she says


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Market ) ( NN segmentation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ new ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB far ) ( RBR more ) ( JJ extensive ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( FRAG ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Alfred ) ( NNP P. ) ( NNP Sloan ) ( NNP Jr. ) ) ( VP ( VBD conceived ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN idea ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Market segmentation in cars is n't new but it 's far more extensive than when Alfred P. Sloan Jr. conceived the idea 50 years ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ legendary ) ( NNP GM ) ( NN chairman ) ) ( VP ( VBD declared ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN car ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN purse ) ( CC and ) ( NN purpose ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The legendary GM chairman declared that his company would make a car for every purse and purpose


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN purse ) ( CC and ) ( NN purpose ) ) ) ) ) )

Now there are many cars for every purse and purpose


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( RB Just ) ( CD four ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GM ) ( NNS planners ) ) ( VP ( VBD divided ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ combined ) ( NN car ) ( CC and ) ( NN truck ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( CD seven ) ( NNS segments ) ) ) ) )

Just four years ago GM planners divided the combined car and truck market into seven segments


( S ( NP-TMP ( NN Today ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP identify ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 19 ) ( JJ distinct ) ( NNS segments ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( CD 11 ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS trucks ) ( CC and ) ( NNS vans ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Today they identify 19 distinct segments for cars and another 11 for trucks and vans


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS makes ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN mushroomed ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( JJS biggest ) ( CC and ) ( JJS richest ) ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS automobiles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( RB virtually ) ( DT every ) ( NN auto ) ( NN maker ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The number of makes has mushroomed because the U.S. is the world 's biggest and richest market for automobiles virtually every auto maker wants to sell here


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN brand ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NNP Renault ) ( CC or ) ( NNP Fiat ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN squeezed ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP Isuzu ) ( NNP Daihatsu ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Mitsubishi ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN come ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RP in ) ) ) ) )

For every brand like Renault or Fiat that has been squeezed out others such as Isuzu Daihatsu and Mitsubishi have come in


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Detroit ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tries ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB counter ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN invasion ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS brands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Detroit tries to counter the foreign invasion with new brands of its own


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GM ) ) ( VP ( VBD launched ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Geo ) ( NN marque ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( SBAR-PRP-2 ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN partnership ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN auto ) ( NNS makers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ long-awaited ) ( NNP Saturn ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN debut ) ) ) ) ) )

GM launched the Geo marque this year to sell cars made in partnership with foreign auto makers and next year GM 's long-awaited Saturn cars will make their debut


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ford ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBD created ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Merkur ) ( NN nameplate ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1985 ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP-2 ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ German-made ) ( NN touring ) ( NNS sedans ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ford Motor Co. created the Merkur nameplate in 1985 to sell its German-made touring sedans in the U.S.


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ slow ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD forced ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ford ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB kill ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN brand ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RB just ) ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But slow sales forced Ford to kill the brand just last week


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS consumers ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS choices ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN brand ) ( NN loyalty ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB much ) ( JJR harder ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When consumers have so many choices brand loyalty is much harder to maintain


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NAC-TTL ( JJ American ) ( NN Way ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG Buying ) ) ) ) ( NN survey ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD 53 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN today ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN car ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP tend ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB switch ) ( NP ( NNS brands ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Wall Street Journal 's American Way of Buying survey found that 53 % of today 's car buyers tend to switch brands


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN survey ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Peter ) ( NNP D. ) ( NNP Hart ) ( NNP Research ) ( NNP Associates ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Roper ) ( NNP Organization ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT each ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 2,000 ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS consumers ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN buying ) ( NNS habits ) ) ) ) )

For the survey Peter D. Hart Research Associates and the Roper Organization each asked about 2,000 U.S. consumers about their buying habits


( SBARQ ( WHNP-1 ( WDT Which ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( SQ ( VBP do ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Americans ) ) ( VP ( VB favor ) ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT these ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) )

Which cars do Americans favor most these days


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ hard ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB generalize ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN age ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN predictor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's hard to generalize but age seems to be the best predictor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Adults ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN age ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sports ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( NP ( NN luxury ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( NP ( NNS convertibles ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS imports ) ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB far ) ( RBR more ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS elders ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adults under age 30 like sports cars luxury cars convertibles and imports far more than their elders do


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD Three ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT every ) ( CD 10 ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB prefer ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS sports ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD 16 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS adults ) ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 30 ) ( CC and ) ( RB over ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Journal ) ( NN survey ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Three of every 10 buyers under 30 would prefer to buy a sports car compared with just 16 % of adults 30 and over according to the Journal survey


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Young ) ( NNS consumers ) ) ( VP ( VBP prefer ) ( NP ( NN luxury ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( PP-EXT ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 37 ) ( NN % ) ( TO to ) ( CD 28 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( NN margin ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJR older ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS incomes ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VB purchase ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN luxury ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Young consumers prefer luxury cars by a 37 % to 28 % margin even though older buyers because of their incomes are more likely to actually purchase a luxury car


( S ( ADVP ( RB Perhaps ) ) ( ADJP-ADV ( RBS most ) ( JJ striking ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD 35 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS households ) ) ( VP ( VBN headed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( ADJP ( VBN aged ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 18 ) ( TO to ) ( CD 44 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD one ) ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN car ) ) ) )

Perhaps most striking 35 % of households headed by people aged 18 to 44 have at least one foreign car


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ true ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 14 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS households ) ) ( VP ( VBN headed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NN someone ) ) ( UCP ( CD 60 ) ( CC or ) ( JJR older ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's true of only 14 % of households headed by someone 60 or older


( S ( ADVP ( RB Generally ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS imports ) ) ( VP ( VBP appeal ) ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBP live ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP West ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ well-educated ) ( JJ affluent ) ( CC and ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ) ( JJ young ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Generally imports appeal most to Americans who live in the West and are well-educated affluent and especially young


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NN baby ) ( NNS boomers ) ) ) ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ domestic ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB totally ) ( JJ foreign ) ) ( NN experience ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Christopher ) ( NNP Cedergren ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN auto-market ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP J.D. ) ( NNP Power ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Agoura ) ( NNP Hills ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For many baby boomers buying a domestic car is a totally foreign experience says Christopher Cedergren auto-market analyst with J.D. Power & Co. of Agoura Hills Calif


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Such ) ( NNS preferences ) ) ( VP ( VBP persist ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS differences ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ imported ) ( CC and ) ( JJ domestic ) ) ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG diminishing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Such preferences persist even though many Americans believe differences between imported and domestic cars are diminishing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Only ) ( CD 58 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNPS Americans ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR better ) ( NN gas ) ( NN mileage ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( JJ domestic ) ( NNS models ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Journal ) ( NN survey ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 68 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Only 58 % of Americans now believe that foreign cars get better gas mileage than domestic models the Journal survey found down from 68 % in 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( DT Some ) ( CD 46 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( VP ( VBP give ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( NN quality ) ( NNS ratings ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NN % ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) )

Some 46 % give foreign cars higher quality ratings down from 50 % two years ago


( S ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN hand ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 42 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR less ) ( JJ comfortable ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS models ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 55 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the other hand only 42 % say foreign cars are less comfortable than U.S. models down from 55 % in 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS People ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ automotive ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP disagree ) ( PP-CLR ( IN over ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ susceptible ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR younger ) ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN brand ) ( NN switching ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

People in the automotive business disagree over how susceptible younger Americans are to brand switching


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-TMP ( RB Once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN buying ) ( NNS habits ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN formed ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ hard ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB break ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ declares ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP Mignanelli ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nissan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS sales ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) )

Once buying habits are formed they 're very hard to break declares Thomas Mignanelli executive vice president for Nissan 's U.S. sales operations


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB out ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Cobb ) ( NNP Parkway ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ted ) ( NNP Negas ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sees ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB differently ) ) ) )

But out on Cobb Parkway Ted Negas sees it differently


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN competition ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB so ) ( JJ intense ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN owner ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN loyalty ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN dealership ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB virtually ) ( JJ nonexistent ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Negas ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ed ) ( NNP Voyles ) ( NNP Oldsmobile ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NNS dealerships ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB locate ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN strip ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The competition is so intense that an owner 's loyalty to a dealership or a car is virtually nonexistent says Mr. Negas vice president of Ed Voyles Oldsmobile one of the first dealerships to locate on the strip


( S ( ADVP ( RB Thus ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ very ) ( NN fickleness ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN baby ) ( NNS boomers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ possible ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB just ) ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ possible ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lose ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thus the very fickleness of baby boomers may make it possible to win them back just as it was possible to lose them


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN battle ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN customer ) ( NN loyalty ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ evident ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN along ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Cobb ) ( NNP Parkway ) ( NN strip ) ) ) ) )

The battle for customer loyalty is evident along the Cobb Parkway strip


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ed ) ( NNP Voyles ) ( NNP Olds ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD established ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ special ) ( NN section ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN service ) ( NN department ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS owners ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP$ whose ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR less ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-CLR ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( NP ( JJR quicker ) ( NN service ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ed Voyles Olds recently established a special section in the service department for owners whose cars are less than a year old so they get quicker service


( S ( PP-LOC ( RB Just ) ( IN down ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN street ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Chris ) ( NNP Volvo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ invites ) ( NP-1 ( JJ serious ) ( NNS shoppers ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB test-drive ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP Volvo ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ other ) ( NN dealership ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN along ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN strip ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB compare ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB side-by-side ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Just down the street Chris Volvo invites serious shoppers to test-drive a new Volvo to any other dealership along the strip and compare the cars side-by-side


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Manufacturers ) ) ( ADVP ( RB too ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG stretching ) ( ADVP-EXT ( RBR further ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lure ) ( NP ( NNS buyers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Manufacturers too are stretching further to lure buyers


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Cadillac ) ( NN division ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG ignoring ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Detroit ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ long-held ) ( NN maxim ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN safety ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG airing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN television ) ( NNS commercials ) ) ( VP ( VBG touting ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS cars ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN safety ) ( NNS features ) ) ) ) ) ) )

GM 's Cadillac division ignoring Detroit 's long-held maxim that safety does n't sell is airing television commercials touting its cars ' safety features


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Cadillac ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN something ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Cadillac may be on to something


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Some ) ( CD 60 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN survey ) ( NNS respondents ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( JJ anti-lock ) ( NNS brakes ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP carry ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( JJ medium ) ( CC or ) ( JJ high ) ) ( NN price ) ( NN tag ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some 60 % of the survey respondents said they would buy anti-lock brakes even if they carry a medium or high price tag


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( JJR More ) ( IN than ) ( CD 50 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NN air ) ( NNS bags ) ) ) ) )

More than 50 % felt the same way about air bags


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NNS features ) ) ( VP ( VBD appealed ) ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS buyers ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( CD 45 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both features appealed most to buyers under 45


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN contrast ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN dashboard ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( NP ( NN power ) ( NNS seats ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ turbo-charged ) ( NNS engines ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NN appeal ) ) ) )

In contrast dashboard computers power seats and turbo-charged engines had little appeal


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT a ) ( JJ little ) ( NN appeal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN attraction ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT these ) ( NNS days ) ) ) )

But even a little appeal has a lot of attraction these days


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Pontiac ) ( NN division ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG offering ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ turbo-charged ) ( NNP V-6 ) ( NN engine ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Grand ) ( NNP Prix ) ( NN model ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( RB about ) ( CD 4,000 ) ) ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( VBN equipped ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN option ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

GM 's Pontiac division is offering a turbo-charged V-6 engine on its Grand Prix model even though it expects to sell only about 4,000 cars equipped with that option


( FRAG ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN reason ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Items ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ narrow ) ( NN appeal ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ important ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN market ) ) ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ fragmented ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN today ) ( POS 's ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The reason Items with narrow appeal can be important in a market as fragmented as today 's


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 190 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS cars ) ( CC and ) ( VBZ trucks ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD 1 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD exceeded ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Polaroid ) ( NNP Co. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.86 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Americans spent more than 190 billion on new cars and trucks last year and just 1 % of that market exceeded Polaroid Co. 's sales of 1.86 billion


( SQ-1 ( SBAR-ADV ( RB Even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 1 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Barabba ) ) ) ) ( MD would ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VB throw ) ( PRT ( RP away ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN size ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Polaroid ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even if it 's only 1 % says GM 's Mr. Barabba would you throw away sales the size of Polaroid


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADJP-ADV ( JJR firmer ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBG making ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( JJ fifth ) ( JJ consecutive ) ) ( JJ daily ) ( NN gain ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Tokyo stocks closed firmer Monday with the Nikkei index making its fifth consecutive daily gain


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Stocks ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP London ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Frankfurt ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ mixed ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Stocks also rose in London while the Frankfurt market was mixed


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( NP ( CD 99.14 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 35585.52 ) ) ) ) )

In Tokyo the Nikkei index added 99.14 to 35585.52


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBN moved ) ( PP-DIR ( IN above ) ( NP ( CD 35670 ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN midmorning ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADVP ( RB nearly ) ) ( VP ( VBG reaching ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN record ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 35689.98 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN set ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 28 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The index moved above 35670 at midmorning nearly reaching the record of 35689.98 set Sept. 28


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ early ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ index-linked ) ( NN investment ) ( NN trust ) ( NN fund ) ( NN selling ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the market lost part of the early gains on index-linked investment trust fund selling


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( RB early ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1.08 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 35586.60 ) ) ) ) )

In early trading in Tokyo Tuesday the Nikkei index rose 1.08 points to 35586.60


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN On ) ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS traders ) ) ( VP ( VBD noted ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( NNS profits ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN backdrop ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ fast-paced ) ( NN recovery ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN plunge ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NNP Monday ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN reaction ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 13 ) ( NN drop ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN stock ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On Monday traders noted that some investors took profits against the backdrop of the Nikkei 's fast-paced recovery following its plunge last Monday in reaction to the Oct. 13 drop in New York stock prices


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ overall ) ( NN buying ) ( NN interest ) ) ( VP ( VBD remained ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ strong ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN through ) ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NNS observers ) ) ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ moderate ) ( NNS gains ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But overall buying interest remained strong through Monday with many observers saying they expect the Nikkei to continue with moderate gains this week


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Turnover ) ) ( VP ( VBD remained ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ small ) ) ) )

Turnover remained relatively small


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN Volume ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN section ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN estimated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 600 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.03 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Friday ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Volume on the first section was estimated at 600 million shares down from 1.03 billion shares Friday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NN stock ) ( NN price ) ( NN index ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ first ) ( NN section ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 7.81 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 2687.53 ) ) ) ) )

The Tokyo stock price index of first section issues was up 7.81 at 2687.53


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( ADJP ( RB Relatively ) ( JJ stable ) ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN currency ) ( NNS dealings ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN viewed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB favorably ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NN market ) ( NNS players ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS traders ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Relatively stable foreign currency dealings Monday were viewed favorably by market players traders said


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ institutional ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB wait ) ( ADVP-TMP-CLR ( NP ( DT a ) ( RB little ) ) ( RBR longer ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB appraise ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN direction ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ monetary ) ( NN policy ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dollar ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS traders ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

But institutional investors may wait a little longer to appraise the direction of the U.S. monetary policy and the dollar traders said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Hiroyuki ) ( NNP Wada ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ general ) ( NN manager ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NN department ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Okasan ) ( NNP Securities ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN trading ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unfocused ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Hiroyuki Wada general manager of the stock department at Okasan Securities said Monday 's trading was unfocused


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG picking ) ( NP ( JJ individual ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( PP-MNR ( VBN based ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ specific ) ( NNS incentives ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN likelihood ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR wider ) ( NN price ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ short ) ( NN term ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He said investors were picking individual stocks based on specific incentives and the likelihood of a wider price increase over the short term


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ selective ) ( NN approach ) ) ( VP ( VBD blurred ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS themes ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ domestic-demand ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( NP ( JJ large-capitalization ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN high-technology ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG providing ) ( NP ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( DT some ) ( NN trading ) ( NN direction ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Wada ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The selective approach blurred themes such as domestic-demand issues large-capitalization issues or high-technology shares which had been providing at least some trading direction over the past few weeks Mr. Wada said


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS Investors ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( NNS profits ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NN construction ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD advanced ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG shifting ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN attention ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ midsize ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Aoki ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Tobishima ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Maeda ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Investors took profits on major construction shares which advanced last week shifting their attention to some midsize companies such as Aoki Corp. Tobishima and Maeda


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Aoki ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( CD 60 ) ( NN yen ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1,480 ) ( NN yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 10.40 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Aoki gained 60 yen to 1,480 yen 10.40


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( JJ pharmaceutical ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ popular ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS rumors ) ) ( VP ( VBN related ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS products ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN introduced ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cancer ) ( NN conference ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD opened ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Nagoya ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some pharmaceutical shares were popular on rumors related to new products to be introduced at a cancer conference that opened in Nagoya


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Teijin ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 15 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 936 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Kyowa ) ( NNP Hakko ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( CD 30 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1,770 ) ) ) ) ) )

Teijin was up 15 at 936 and Kyowa Hakko gained 30 to 1,770


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mochida ) ) ( VP ( VBD advanced ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 40 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 4,440 ) ) ) ) )

Mochida advanced 40 to 4,440


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Fujisawa ) ) ( VP ( VBD continued ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB attract ) ( NP ( NNS investors ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NN earning ) ( NNS prospects ) ) ( VP ( VBG stemming ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ immune ) ( NN control ) ( NN agent ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Fujisawa continued to attract investors because of strong earning prospects stemming from a new immune control agent


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Fujisawa ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 2,060 ) ) ) ) )

Fujisawa gained 50 to 2,060


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Kikkoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 30 ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1,600 ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG receiving ) ( NP ( NN investor ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN land ) ( NN property ) ( NNS holdings ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN near ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN trader ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Kikkoman was up 30 to 1,600 receiving investor interest for its land property holdings near Tokyo a trader said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP London ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP ( RB modestly ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS thinnest ) ( NN turnover ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN condition ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD underscored ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lack ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN conviction ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ahead ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP U.K. ) ( NAC ( NN balance ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS payments ) ) ) ) ( NN report ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

London prices closed modestly higher in the year 's thinnest turnover a condition that underscored a lack of conviction ahead of a U.K. balance of payments report Tuesday


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Limited ) ( NN volume ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ahead ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP September ) ( NN trade ) ( NNS data ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD showed ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ nervous ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS dealers ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ modest ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD signaled ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP London ) ( NNS equities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Limited volume ahead of the September trade data showed the market is nervous but dealers added that the day 's modest gains also signaled some support for London equities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD pegged ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP-CLR ( ADVP ( RB largely ) ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN anticipation ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Britain ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ current ) ( NN account ) ( NN imbalance ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB much ) ( JJR worse ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJ near ) ( JJ record ) ) ( NNS deficits ) ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ( CC and ) ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They pegged the support largely to anticipation that Britain 's current account imbalance ca n't be much worse than the near record deficits seen in July and August


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ high ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ afraid ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ senior ) ( NN dealer ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Kleinwort ) ( NNP Benson ) ( NNP Securities ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

It 's a case of the market being too high to buy and too afraid to sell a senior dealer with Kleinwort Benson Securities said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR better ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB wait ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's better to wait


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Financial ) ( NNP Times ) ( JJ 100-share ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD finished ) ( ADVP-CLR ( NP ( CD 10.6 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 2189.7 ) ) ) ) )

The Financial Times 100-share index finished 10.6 points higher at 2189.7


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ 30-share ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP-CLR ( NP ( CD 11.6 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 1772.6 ) ) ) ) )

The 30-share index closed 11.6 points higher at 1772.6


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Volume ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 276.8 ) ( CD million ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP ( IN beneath ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ previous ) ( JJ low ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 280.5 ) ( CD million ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 25 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN session ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNP August ) ( NN trade ) ( NNS figures ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN released ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Volume was 276.8 million shares beneath the year 's previous low of 280.5 million shares Sept. 25 the session before the August trade figures were released


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Analysts ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS expectations ) ) ( VP ( VBP suggest ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP September ) ( JJ current ) ( NN account ) ( NN deficit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.6 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 2.54 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP August ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 2.0 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN deficit ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts ' expectations suggest a September current account deficit of 1.6 billion 2.54 billion compared with August 's 2.0 billion deficit


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Dealers ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS forecasts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB broadly ) ( JJ divergent ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS estimates ) ) ( VP ( VBG ranging ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dealers however said forecasts are broadly divergent with estimates ranging between 1 billion and 2 billion


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN range ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS expectations ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB so ) ( JJ broad ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN dealer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT another ) ( JJ major ) ( NNP U.K. ) ( NN brokerage ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN deficit ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( QP ( IN nearer ) ( CC or ) ( IN above ) ( CD 2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN impact ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The range of expectations is so broad a dealer at another major U.K. brokerage firm said the deficit may have to be nearer or above 2 billion for it to have any impact on the market


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Lucas ) ( NNP Industries ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ British ) ( UCP ( JJ automotive ) ( CC and ) ( JJ aerospace ) ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 13 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 614 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ pretax ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 28 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Lucas Industries a British automotive and aerospace concern rose 13 pence to 614 pence after it said its pretax profit for the year rose 28 %


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN Share ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Frankfurt ) ( NN stock ) ( NN exchange ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADJP-ADV ( RB narrowly ) ( JJ mixed ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ quiet ) ( NNS dealings ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG recovering ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ early ) ( NNS losses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Share prices on the Frankfurt stock exchange closed narrowly mixed in quiet dealings after recovering most of their early losses


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP DAX ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD eased ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 0.99 ) ( NN point ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB end ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 1523.22 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG falling ) ( NP ( CD 5.5 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB early ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN session ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The DAX index eased 0.99 point to end at 1523.22 after falling 5.5 points early in the session


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Brokers ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS declines ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB early ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP ( RB partly ) ) ( VP ( VBN caused ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNS losses ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ ruling ) ( NNP Christian-Democratic ) ( NNP Union ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ communal ) ( NNS elections ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN state ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Baden-Wuerttemberg ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Brokers said the declines early in the day were partly caused by losses of the ruling Christian-Democratic Union in communal elections in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN start ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weeklong ) ( NN conference ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP IG ) ( NNP Metall ) ( NN metal ) ( NN worker ) ( NN union ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Berlin ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG drawing ) ( NP ( NN attention ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ impending ) ( NN wage ) ( NNS negotiations ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB boost ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS companies ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS personnel ) ( VBZ costs ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The start of a weeklong conference by the IG Metall metal worker union in Berlin is drawing attention to the impending wage negotiations which could boost companies ' personnel costs next year they said


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ little ) ( NN selling ) ( NN pressure ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( RB even ) ( JJ small ) ( NNS orders ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR lower ) ( NNS levels ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sufficed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bring ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Friday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN opening ) ( NNS levels ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But there was little selling pressure and even small orders at the lower levels sufficed to bring the market back to Friday 's opening levels


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Traders ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ thin ) ( NN trading ) ( NN volume ) ) ( VP ( NNS points ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ continued ) ( NN uncertainty ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJS most ) ( NNS investors ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ record ) ( ADJP ( CD 13 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN loss ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Traders said the thin trading volume points to continued uncertainty by most investors following last Monday 's record 13 % loss


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP-ADV ( CD 4 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ short ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN level ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plunge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WRB how ) ( RB long ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP DAX ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN closed ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN gap ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The market is still 4 % short of its level before the plunge and analysts are n't sure how long it will take until the DAX has closed that gap


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Norbert ) ( NNP Braeuer ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( NN trader ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hessische ) ( NNP Landesbank ) ( NNP Girozentrale ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP Helaba ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN share ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB move ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB upward ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ coming ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Norbert Braeuer chief trader at Hessische Landesbank Girozentrale Helaba said he expects share prices to move upward in the coming weeks


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Banking ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS gainers ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NN hope ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN interest ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN peaked ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Deutsche ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Dresdner ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4 ) ( NNS marks ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT each ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 664 ) ( NNS marks ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 357 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( CD 326 ) ( NNS marks ) ) ( ADVP ( RB respectively ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Banking stocks were the major gainers Monday amid hope that interest rates have peaked as Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank added 4 marks each to 664 marks 357 and 326 marks respectively


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Commerzbank ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( CD 1 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 252.5 ) ) ) ) )

Commerzbank gained 1 to 252.5


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Auto ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ mixed ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Daimler-Benz ) ) ( VP ( VBD firmed ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 2 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 723 ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bayerische ) ( NNP Motoren ) ( NNP Werke ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN amount ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 554 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Volkswagen ) ) ( VP ( VBD inched ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 1.4 ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 451.6 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Auto shares were mixed as Daimler-Benz firmed 2 to 723 Bayerische Motoren Werke lost the same amount to 554 and Volkswagen inched down 1.4 to 451.6


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Elsewhere ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP-1 ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC-2 ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Amsterdam ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP=1 ( JJR lower ) ) ( PP-LOC=2 ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Zurich ) ( NNP Stockholm ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Milan ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADJP-ADV=1 ( JJ mixed ) ) ( PP-LOC=2 ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Brussels ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADJP-ADV=1 ( JJ unchanged ) ) ( PP-LOC=2 ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Paris ) ) ) ) ) )

Elsewhere prices closed higher in Amsterdam lower in Zurich Stockholm and Milan mixed in Brussels and unchanged in Paris


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Shares ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ) ( NP ( NNP Singapore ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Manila ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR lower ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Sydney ) ( NNP Seoul ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Taipei ) ) ) ) ) )

Shares closed higher in Hong Kong Singapore and Manila and were lower in Sydney Seoul and Taipei


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Wellington ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN closed ) ) ) )

Wellington was closed


( SINV ( ADVP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( RB Here ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NN price ) ( NNS trends ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ major ) ( NN stock ) ( NNS markets ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBN calculated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Perspective ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Geneva ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Here are price trends on the world 's major stock markets as calculated by Morgan Stanley Capital International Perspective Geneva


( S ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB directly ) ( JJ comparable ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT each ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN close ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1969 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG equaling ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To make them directly comparable each index is based on the close of 1969 equaling 100


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN percentage ) ( NN change ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-TMP-PRD ( IN since ) ( NP ( NN year-end ) ) ) ) )

The percentage change is since year-end


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Anne ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN family ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD immigrated ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 14 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD started ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 400 ) ) ) ) ) )

When Anne Volokh and her family immigrated to the U.S. 14 years ago they started life in Los Angeles with only 400


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP Union ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( CD 480 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stop ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( NP ( CD 80 ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ black ) ( NN velvet ) ( NN suit ) ) ) ) ) )

They 'd actually left the Soviet Union with 480 but during a stop in Italy Ms. Volokh dropped 80 on a black velvet suit


( S ( ADVP ( RB Not ) ( RB surprisingly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quickly ) ) ( VP ( VBD adapted ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ American ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) )

Not surprisingly she quickly adapted to the American way


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( NP ( CD Three ) ( NNS months ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD arrived ) ( PP-DIR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP L.A. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 120 ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN hat ) ) ) ) )

Three months after she arrived in L.A. she spent 120 she did n't have for a hat


( FRAG ( NP-1 ( DT A ) ( NN turban ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ specifies ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 14 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) )

A turban she specifies though it was n't the time for that 14 years ago


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD loved ) ( NP ( NNS turbans ) ) ) )

But I loved turbans


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Since ) ( NP ( RB then ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ wealthy ) ) ) ) )

Since then she has become wealthy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Her ) ( NX ( NX ( NN husband ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NX ( JJR older ) ( NN son ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN computer ) ( NN prodigy ) ) ( VP ( VBN profiled ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1981 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 13 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP run ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN software ) ( NN company ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ expected ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Her husband and older son a computer prodigy profiled in The Wall Street Journal in 1981 when he was 13 run a software company with expected sales this year of 10 million


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RBS Most ) ( RB recently ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN publisher ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Movieline ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ four-year-old ) ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NN magazine ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD began ) ( NP ( JJ national ) ( NN distribution ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ initial ) ( NN press ) ( NN run ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 100,000 ) ( NNS copies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most recently she has become the publisher of Movieline a four-year-old Los Angeles magazine that began national distribution last month with an initial press run of 100,000 copies


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Distributed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Hearst ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP News ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ glossy ) ( NN publication ) ) ( VP ( VBZ melds ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vanity ) ( NNP Fair ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ gossipy ) ( NN archness ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Premiere ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ earnest ) ( NN delving ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ behind-the-scenes ) ( NNS minutiae ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ special ) ( NN emphasis ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tinseltown ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN fashion ) ( NN trendsetter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Distributed by the Hearst Corp. 's Eastern News the glossy publication melds Vanity Fair 's gossipy archness and Premiere 's earnest delving into behind-the-scenes minutiae with a special emphasis on Tinseltown as fashion trendsetter


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS bookstores ) ) ( NP ( NNS newsstands ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ video ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's being sold through bookstores newsstands and some video stores