( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kane ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Memories ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NNP June ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN formed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( CD seven ) ( NNS electronics ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Advanced ) ( NNP Micro ) ( NNP Devices ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Digital ) ( NNP Equipment ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Hewlett-Packard ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Intel ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP International ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNP Machines ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP LSI ) ( NNP Logic ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP National ) ( NNP Semiconductor ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Kane became president and chief executive officer of U.S. Memories last June when the group was formed by seven electronics companies Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Digital Equipment Corp. Hewlett-Packard Co. Intel Corp. International Business Machines Corp. LSI Logic Corp. and National Semiconductor Corp


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kane ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( CD two ) ( CC or ) ( CD three ) ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS corporations ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB announce ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN participation ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Memories ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( RB soon ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBZ finishes ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN business ) ( NN plan ) ) ( NP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( RB late ) ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Kane said he expects two or three major corporations to announce their participation in U.S. Memories soon after the group finishes a business plan probably late this week


( S-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Memories ) ) ( VP ( VBZ needs ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN catalyst ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB inspire ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB join ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

U.S. Memories needs a catalyst he said to inspire others to join


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RBS most ) ( JJ potential ) ( NNS participants ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN decided ) ) ) )

But so far most potential participants have n't decided


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Sun ) ( NNP Microsystems ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB actively ) ) ( VP ( VBG evaluating ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Memories ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB meet ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Memories ) ( NNS representatives ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RB later ) ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sun Microsystems Inc. said it 's still actively evaluating U.S. Memories and plans to meet with U.S. Memories representatives later this week


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP American ) ( NNP Telephone ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Telegraph ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Memories ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN business ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. said it was waiting to see U.S. Memories ' business plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Personal-computer ) ( NN maker ) ( NNP AST ) ( NNP Research ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBG studying ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN situation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Personal-computer maker AST Research Inc. said it is still studying the situation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NNP Compaq ) ( NNP Computer ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decision ) ) ( ADVP ( RB yet ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( JJ active ) ( NN consideration ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A Compaq Computer Corp. spokeswoman said that the company has n't made a decision yet although it is n't under active consideration


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( NN age ) ( CD eight ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Josephine ) ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( PRP$ her ) ( NN mother ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ white ) ( NN woman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN house ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( NNS chores ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN exchange ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS meals ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN place ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sleep ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN place ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN basement ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN coal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At age eight Josephine Baker was sent by her mother to a white woman 's house to do chores in exchange for meals and a place to sleep a place in the basement with the coal


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( NN age ) ( CD 19 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NNP Paris ) ( NN sensation ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN transformed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ unwanted ) ( NN child ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ international ) ( NN sex ) ( NN symbol ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( IN over ) ( DT a ) ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At age 19 she was a Paris sensation transformed from unwanted child to international sex symbol in just over a decade


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stuff ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS dreams ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( RB also ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS traumas ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is the stuff of dreams but also of traumas


( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB Only ) ( DT the ) ( JJS bravest ) ( NNS spirits ) ) ( VP ( VBP survive ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NN roller ) ( NNS coasters ) ) ) )

Only the bravest spirits survive such roller coasters


( S ( CC And ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Baker ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN ride ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB far ) ( IN from ) ( RB over ) ) ) )

And for Ms. Baker the ride was far from over


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Her ) ( JJ bare ) ( NNS breasts ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN dancing ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN voice ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN beauty ) ) ( CC and ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( RB perhaps ) ) ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ( RB famously ) ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN derriere ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ prominent ) ( NNS attractions ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN courage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ rare ) ( NN sort ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ remarkable ) ( NN life ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ possible ) ) ) ) ) )

Her bare breasts her dancing her voice her beauty and perhaps most famously her derriere were prominent attractions but courage of a rare sort made her remarkable life possible


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bricktop ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( JJ American ) ( JJ black ) ( NN woman ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD found ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN measure ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN fame ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Paris ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( ADVP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VBN known ) ( NP ( NP ( NN anyone ) ) ( UCP ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR less ) ( JJ complicated ) ) ( NN view ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP$ whose ) ( NN life ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ complicated ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NNP Josephine ) ( POS 's ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bricktop another American black woman who found a measure of fame in Paris said I do n't think I 've ever known anyone with a less complicated view of life or whose life was more complicated than Josephine 's


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Men ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ constant ) ( NN complication ) ) ) )

Men were a constant complication


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS lots ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) )

Baker had lots of them


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB trust ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB reward ) ( NP ( NN trust ) ) ) ) ) )

But she did n't trust them and did n't reward trust


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ key ) ( NN love ) ( NN affair ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN problem ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ her ) ( NN infidelity ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ his ) ( NN jealousy ) ) ) ) )

As she saw one key love affair the problem was n't her infidelity it was his jealousy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Her ) ( NN appetite ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS children ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ large ) ) ) )

Her appetite for children also was large


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD adopted ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 12 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ assorted ) ( NNS races ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG naming ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Rainbow ) ( NNP Tribe ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG driving ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN husband ) ) ( ADVP-TMP-2 ( RB first ) ) ( PP-DIR-3 ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN despair ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP=2 ( RB then ) ) ( PP-DIR=3 ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Argentina ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She adopted 12 of assorted races naming them the Rainbow Tribe and driving her husband first to despair and then to Argentina


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ) ) )

She made money but spent more


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Friends ) ) ( VP ( VBD pitched ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ) )

Friends pitched in


( S ( ADVP ( RB Finally ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Prince ) ( NNP Rainier ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Princess ) ( NNP Grace ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD saved ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN house ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Monaco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Finally Prince Rainier and Princess Grace saved her with the offer of a house in Monaco


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Another ) ( JJ lifelong ) ( NN complication ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Phyllis ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NP ( NN Jazz ) ( NNP Cleopatra ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Josephine ) ( NNP Baker ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ Her ) ( NN Time ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP Doubleday ) ) ( NP ( CD 321 ) ( NNS pages ) ) ( NP ( CD 22.50 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NN racism ) ) ) )

Another lifelong complication as Phyllis Rose makes clear in Jazz Cleopatra Josephine Baker in Her Time Doubleday 321 pages 22.50 was racism


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ good ) ( NN luck ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB arrive ) ( PP-DIR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1925 ) ( NNP Paris ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS blacks ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ exotic ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Baker had the good luck to arrive in 1925 Paris where blacks had become exotic


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ African ) ( NN art ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN vogue ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS intellectuals ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG writing ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB breathlessly ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG dawning ) ( NN age ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN inspired ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS blacks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

African art was in vogue and some intellectuals were writing breathlessly of a dawning age to be inspired by blacks


( S ( S ( S-SBJ ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ exotic ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN patronized ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( VBN prized ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS most ) ( NN part ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Paris ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ friendly ) ( NN island ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ racist ) ( NN world ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To be exotic was to be patronized as well as prized but for the most part Paris was a friendly island in a racist world


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ bitter ) ( NN experience ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN bigotry ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNP St. ) ( NNP Louis ) ( NN childhood ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS days ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN theater ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN judged ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ dark ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ all-black ) ( NN chorus ) ( NN line ) ) ( VP ( VBG performing ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ all-white ) ( NNS audiences ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Baker had bitter experience of bigotry from her St. Louis childhood and her days in New York theater where she was judged too dark for an all-black chorus line performing of course for all-white audiences


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Paris ) ) ( VP ( VBD loved ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ first ) ( NN sight ) ) ) ) )

Paris loved her at first sight


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD wiggled ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN fanny ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PDT all ) ( DT the ) ( NNP French ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN love ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sniffed ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ literary ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Maria ) ( NNP Jolas ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB not ) ( RB entirely ) ) ( RB inaccurately ) ) )

She just wiggled her fanny and all the French fell in love with her sniffed the literary world 's Maria Jolas not entirely inaccurately


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP One ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( ADVP ( RB hardly ) ) ( VP ( VB overemphasize ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN importance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ rear ) ( NN end ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( VP ( VBZ writes ) ) )

One can hardly overemphasize the importance of her rear end Ms. Rose writes


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ teaches ) ( NP ( NN literature ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Wesleyan ) ( NNP University ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quickly ) ) ( VP ( VBZ proceeds ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB overemphasize ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG claiming ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Baker ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN dancing ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN uncovered ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN region ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN desire ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB thereby ) ) ( VP ( VBG ignoring ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS centuries ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS tributes ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN callipygous ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Rose who teaches literature at Wesleyan University quickly proceeds to overemphasize claiming that Baker 's dancing had uncovered a new region for desire and thereby ignoring centuries of tributes to the callipygous


( S ( NP-TTL-SBJ ( NN Jazz ) ( NNP Cleopatra ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contains ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ important ) ) ( JJ false ) ( NNS notes ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP undermine ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS most ) ( NN part ) ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ lively ) ( NN account ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN life ) ) ( ADJP ( RB already ) ( JJ familiar ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJR earlier ) ( NNS works ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jazz Cleopatra contains other more important false notes that undermine what is for the most part a lively account of a life already familiar from earlier works


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ easy ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Baker ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ free ) ( NN spirit ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD broke ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS restraints ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN convention ) ) ( VP ( VBZ places ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS women ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ attracts ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN author ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Parallel ) ( NNS Lives ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ wonderful ) ( NN study ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Victorian ) ( NN marriage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is easy to see why Baker a free spirit who broke many of the restraints convention places on women attracts Ms. Rose the author of Parallel Lives a wonderful study of Victorian marriage


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT the ) ( NN title ) ) ( VP ( VBZ raises ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS questions ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN author ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN vision ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN subject ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still even the title raises questions about the author 's vision of her subject


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Baker ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN art ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NN jazz ) ) ( PP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS widest ) ( NN stretch ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN term ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Baker 's art was jazz only by the widest stretch of the term


( S ( S-SBJ ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS parallels ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ other ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( JJ sexual ) ( NN appeal ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Cleopatra ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ requires ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ equal ) ( NN stretch ) ) ) )

To find parallels other than sexual appeal with Cleopatra requires an equal stretch


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP ( CD 68 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD died ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Paris ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS days ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ sold-out ) ( NN opening ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJS newest ) ( NN show ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ movie-like ) ( NN ending ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ cinematic ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Baker was 68 years old when she died in Paris two days after the sold-out opening of her newest show a movie-like ending to what was a cinematic life


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS scenes ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Casablanca ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP-CLR ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP Casablanca ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In fact Ms. Baker played scenes in Casablanca that could have made it into Casablanca


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( NNP World ) ( NNP War ) ( NNP II ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ uncomplicated ) ( NN view ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD led ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN conclusion ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNPS Nazis ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ evil ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN resisted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decision ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( RB about ) ( CD 2 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ French ) ( NNS citizens ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During World War II her uncomplicated view of life led her to the conclusion that the Nazis were evil and must be resisted a decision made by only about 2 % of French citizens


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ devoted ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Charles ) ( IN de ) ( NNP Gaulle ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN cause ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG accepting ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ great ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN sacrifice ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ considerable ) ( NN risk ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( NP-PRD ( ADVP-TMP ( RB first ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spy ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ one-woman ) ( NNP USO ) ( NN tour ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS forces ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Free ) ( NNP France ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She was devoted to Charles de Gaulle 's cause accepting great financial sacrifice and considerable risk to become first a spy and then a one-woman USO tour for the forces of Free France


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Humphrey ) ( NNP Bogart ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN nightclub ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Victor ) ( NNP Laszlo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ leads ) ( NP ( NNP Free ) ( NNP French ) ( NNS sympathizers ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP La ) ( NNP Marseillaise ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drown ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS Nazis ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Humphrey Bogart 's nightclub Victor Laszlo leads Free French sympathizers in La Marseillaise to drown out the Nazis


( S ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN night ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Germans ) ) ( VP ( VBD occupied ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP France ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD performed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Casablanca ) ) ) ) )

The night the Germans occupied all of France Baker performed in Casablanca


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Free ) ( NNP French ) ) ( VP ( VBD wore ) ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NN arm ) ( NNS bands ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD sang ) ( NP-TTL ( FW J'ai ) ( FW deux ) ( FW amours ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD wept ) ) ) )

The Free French wore black arm bands and when she sang J'ai deux amours they wept


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJS best ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ early ) ( NNS years ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP World ) ( NNP War ) ( NNP II ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Rose is best on the early years and World War II


( S ( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN introduction ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( VP ( VBZ writes ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ feels ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN common ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Baker ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Jazz ) ( NNP Cleopatra ) ) ( VP ( VBZ goes ) ( PRT ( RB on ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( VBN rushed ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN author ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG growing ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR less ) ( JJ interested ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In her introduction Ms. Rose writes that she feels she has much in common with Baker but as Jazz Cleopatra goes on it seems more rushed as though the author were growing less interested


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB sometimes ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN language ) ) ( VP ( VBZ fails ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB deliver ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN effect ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB want ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It does n't help that sometimes Ms. Rose 's language fails to deliver the effect she appears to want


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN chapter ) ) ( VP ( VBZ opens ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP World ) ( NNP War ) ( NNP II ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB not ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP France ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ glorious ) ( NNS moments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One chapter opens World War II was not one of France 's glorious moments


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Elsewhere ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN attempt ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB explain ) ( PP-MNR ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG stating ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB plainly ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-5 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( JJ gay ) ( NN following ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN career ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ overdressed ) ( NN singer ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( NX ( JJ underdressed ) ( NN dancer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Rose ) ) ( VP ( VBZ writes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ female ) ( NN impersonator ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD happened ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Elsewhere in an attempt to explain without stating it plainly that Baker had a large gay following later in her career when she was an overdressed singer rather than underdressed dancer Ms. Rose writes She was a female impersonator who happened to be a woman


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( JJ devoted ) ( NN fan ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Baker ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN spell ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1963 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( VBG collecting ) ( NP ( NNP Baker ) ( NNS memorabilia ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Bryan ) ( NNP Hammond ) ) ) )

One devoted fan who fell under Baker 's spell in 1963 and began collecting Baker memorabilia was Bryan Hammond


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NNP Josephine ) ( NNP Baker ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP Jonathan ) ( NNP Cape ) ) ( NP ( CD 304 ) ( NNS pages ) ) ( NP ( CD 35 ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN published ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Britain ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN distributed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Hammond ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN collection ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN album ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS photographs ) ( CC and ) ( NNS drawings ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN star ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Josephine Baker Jonathan Cape 304 pages 35 which was published in Britain last year and distributed in the U.S. this month Mr. Hammond has used his collection to produce an album of photographs and drawings of the star


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN text ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Patrick ) ( NNP O'Connor ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ tough ) ( NN read ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS pictures ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NN magnetism ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( VP ( VB explain ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ernest ) ( NNP Hemingway ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baker ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT The ) ( RBS most ) ( JJ sensational ) ( NN woman ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN anybody ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The text by Patrick O'Connor is a tough read but the pictures make her magnetism clear and help explain why Ernest Hemingway called Baker The most sensational woman anybody ever saw


( FRAG ( CC Or ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ) )

Or ever will


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lescaze ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN editor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Lescaze is foreign editor of the Journal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN series ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS explosions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD tore ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ huge ) ( NNP Phillips ) ( NNP Petroleum ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NNS plastics ) ( NN plant ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN near ) ( NP ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG injuring ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( CD hundred ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG closing ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS parts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Houston ) ( NNP Ship ) ( NNP Channel ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A series of explosions tore through the huge Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near here injuring more than a hundred and closing parts of the Houston Ship Channel


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT no ) ( JJ immediate ) ( NNS reports ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS deaths ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS workers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unaccounted ) ( PRT ( IN for ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There were no immediate reports of deaths but officials said a number of workers were still unaccounted for last night


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Bartlesville ) ( NNP Okla. ) ) ( NN oil ) ( NN company ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB late ) ( NN yesterday ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN said ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB officially ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD caused ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS explosions ) ( CC and ) ( NNS fires ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD sent ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS columns ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( JJ black ) ( NN smoke ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG billowing ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB high ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN air ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Bartlesville Okla. oil company late yesterday still had n't said officially what caused the explosions and fires which sent columns of heavy black smoke billowing high into the air


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( JJ local ) ( NNP Phillips ) ( NN manager ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN seal ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD blew ) ( PP-LOC-1 ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plant ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS reactors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One local Phillips manager said a seal blew in one of the plant 's reactors


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Glenn ) ( NNP Cox ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Phillips ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NX ( NX ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNP Phillips ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD flew ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Bartlesville ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB assess ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN damage ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB determine ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cause ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN afternoon ) ( NNS explosions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Glenn Cox Phillips ' president and chief operating officer and other Phillips officials flew from Bartlesville to assess the damage and determine the cause of the afternoon explosions


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Phillips ) ( NNP Petroleum ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1.125 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 23.125 ) ) ) ) )

In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange Phillips Petroleum shares fell 1.125 to 23.125


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS plastics ) ( NN plant ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN located ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ 800-acre ) ( NN tract ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN heart ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN petrochemical ) ( NN corridor ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ reaches ) ( PP-CLR ( IN along ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Gulf ) ( NNP Coast ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The plastics plant is located on an 800-acre tract in the heart of the petrochemical corridor that reaches along the U.S. Gulf Coast


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Coast ) ( NNP Guard ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( NP ( NP ( CD six ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Houston ) ( NNP Ship ) ( NNP Channel ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB about ) ( CD 150 ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ thick ) ( JJ black ) ( NN smoke ) ) ( VP ( VBD obscured ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. Coast Guard closed six miles of the Houston Ship Channel where about 150 companies have operations because the thick black smoke obscured the area


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Port ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Houston ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN terminal ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG handling ) ( NP ( JJ bulk ) ( NN cargo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Port of Houston closed its terminal for handling bulk cargo


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Broken ) ( NN water ) ( NNS lines ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN gas ) ( NNS leaks ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD hindered ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS firefighters ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS efforts ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( RB late ) ( NN yesterday ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS authorities ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN fire ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN control ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Broken water lines and gas leaks hindered firefighters ' efforts but by late yesterday authorities said they had the fire under control


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS blasts ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD blew ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NNS windows ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD spewed ) ( NP ( NN debris ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS miles ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD crumpled ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN area ) ( JJ elementary ) ( NN school ) ) ) ) ) )

The blasts blew out windows spewed debris for miles and crumpled the ceiling in an area elementary school


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( JJ initial ) ( NN fireball ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN caught ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNS cameras ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ downtown ) ( NNP Houston ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 10 ) ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( RB away ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The initial fireball was caught by cameras in downtown Houston about 10 miles away


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NAC-LOC ( JJ Nearby ) ( NNP Pasadena ) ( NNP Texas ) ) ( NN police ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD 104 ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN area ) ( NNS hospitals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ( NN toll ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB rise ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nearby Pasadena Texas police reported that 104 people had been taken to area hospitals but a spokeswoman said that toll could rise


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ injured ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ critical ) ( NN condition ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN treated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS burns ) ) ( NP ( NN breathing ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS cuts ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( VBG flying ) ( NN glass ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN hospital ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The injured including three in critical condition were treated for burns breathing problems and cuts from flying glass hospital officials said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN plant ) ) ( VP ( VBZ employs ) ( NP ( QP ( IN between ) ( CD 800 ) ( CC and ) ( CD 900 ) ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS shifts ) ) ) ) )

The plant employs between 800 and 900 on three shifts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN number ) ) ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN blast ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN known ) ) ) )

The number working at the time of the blast was n't known


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Yesterday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS explosions ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN round ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS plastics ) ( NN plant ) ) ) ) ) )

Yesterday 's explosions were the second round in two months at the plastics plant


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ late ) ( NNP August ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD four ) ( NN contract ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN injured ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD one ) ( NNS Phillips ) ( NN employee ) ) ( VP ( VBD died ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN explosion ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fuel ) ( NN supply ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN near ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN facility ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN boiler ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In late August four contract workers were injured and one Phillips employee died after an explosion at a fuel supply line near the facility 's boiler house


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Phillips ) ( NN facility ) ) ( VP ( VBZ manufactures ) ( NP ( NP ( NN polyethylene ) ( NN polypropylene ) ( CC and ) ( NN K-resin ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS plastics ) ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ wide ) ( NN array ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS applications ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NN milk ) ( NNS jugs ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS toys ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Phillips facility manufactures polyethylene polypropylene and K-resin plastics used in a wide array of applications including milk jugs and toys


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Plastics ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cornerstone ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Phillips ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS chemicals ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( JJ single ) ( NN contributor ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS profits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Plastics are the cornerstone of Phillips ' chemicals operations which is the biggest single contributor to the company 's profits


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Helen ) ( NNP Boehm ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN art ) ( NN porcelain ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sipped ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN luncheon ) ( NN cocktail ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD reeled ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS pals ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Prince ) ( NNP Charles ) ) ( NP ( NNP Princess ) ( NNP Diana ) ) ( NP ( NNP Sarah ) ( NNP Ferguson ) ) ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP Kluge ) ) ( NP ( NNP Milton ) ( NNP Petrie ) ) ) ) ) )

As Helen Boehm who owns an art porcelain company sipped her luncheon cocktail she reeled off the names of a few pals Prince Charles Princess Diana Sarah Ferguson John Kluge Milton Petrie


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Then ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG flashing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN diamond ) ( NN ring ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ big ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Ritz ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( FRAG ( NP ( JJ my ) ( NN day ) ( NN diamond ) ) ( NP-VOC ( NN darling ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( CD two ) ( NNS companions ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Vatican ) ( NNP Museum ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Rome ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then flashing a diamond ring as big as the Ritz my day diamond darling she told her two companions that she is on the board of the Vatican Museum in Rome


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ turns ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ important ) ( NNS members ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Winton ) ( NNP Blount ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NN postmaster ) ( JJ general ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Henry ) ( NNP Gaisman ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN widow ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN inventor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ auto-strop ) ( NN razor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vincent ) ( NNP Murphy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN investment ) ( NN banker ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Merrill ) ( NNP Lynch ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As it turns out the board has a lot of important members including Winton Blount former postmaster general of the U.S. Mrs. Henry Gaisman widow of the inventor of auto-strop razor and Vincent Murphy an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Boehm ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB mention ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Mrs. Boehm did n't mention any of them


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Helen ) ( NNP Boehm ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS names ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP James ) ( NNP Revson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN gossip ) ( NN columnist ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Newsday ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN son ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Joseph ) ( NNP Revson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN founder ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Revlon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Helen Boehm has a way with names says James Revson a gossip columnist for Newsday and son of Joseph Revson a founder of Revlon


( FRAG ( IN Like ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ droppable ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB not ) ) ) ) ) )

Like which are droppable and which are not


( S ( PP ( IN With ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fall ) ( JJ social ) ( NN season ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB well ) ) ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN way ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS name-droppers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB out ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN force ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB impress ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS betters ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB sometimes ) ) ( VB put ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS lessers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

With the fall social season well under way name-droppers are out in force trying to impress their betters and sometimes put down their lessers


( S ( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN truth ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB almost ) ( NN everyone ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN real-estate ) ( NNS agents ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN city ) ( NNS fathers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ name-drops ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ surprising ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ ancient ) ( NN uncle ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ claims ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD lived ) ( ADVP-LOC ( JJ next ) ( NN door ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cartoonist ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Katzenjammer ) ( NNP Kids ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the truth is that almost everyone from real-estate agents to city fathers name-drops and a surprising number of people have an ancient uncle who claims he lived next door to the cartoonist who did the Katzenjammer Kids


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN In ) ( NN case ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN forgotten ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN name ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Rudolph ) ( NNP Dirks ) ) ) )

In case you have forgotten his name was Rudolph Dirks


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Name-dropping ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ pervasive ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ( RB so ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN society ) ) ( VP ( VBZ becomes ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ complex ) ( CC and ) ( JJ alienating ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Herbert ) ( NNP Freudenberger ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN psychoanalyst ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ high-powered ) ( NN clientele ) ) ) ) ) )

Name-dropping is pervasive and getting more so as society becomes more complex and alienating says Herbert Freudenberger a New York psychoanalyst with a high-powered clientele


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN avenue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN entrance ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ certain ) ( NN sector ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN society ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It can be an avenue of entrance to a certain sector of society


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ provides ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ needed ) ( NN sense ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN affiliation ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( VP ( VB open ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN conversation ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN someone ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It provides some people a needed sense of affiliation and can help open up a conversation with someone you do n't know


( PP ( IN Like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Long ) ( NNP Island ) ( NN matron ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN theater ) ( NN district ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN day ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD swore ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stranger ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD met ) ( NP ( NNP Liza ) ( NNP Minnelli ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Like the Long Island matron in the theater district the other day who swore to a stranger that she once met Liza Minnelli


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG having ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN drink ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Sardi ) ( POS 's ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-ADV ( NP ( RB all ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ sudden ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN woman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN backside ) ) ( VP ( VBG coming ) ( PP ( RP up ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS steps ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG wearing ) ( NP ( JJ sequined ) ( NNS slacks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I was having a drink in Sardi 's when all of a sudden I saw a woman 's backside coming up the steps on the second floor and she was wearing sequined slacks


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD knew ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NN someone ) ( JJ important ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD followed ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS ladies ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB sure ) ( RB enough ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Liza ) ) ) ) )

I knew it was someone important so I followed her into the ladies room and sure enough it was Liza


( S ( IN So ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( INTJ ( UH Hello ) ) ) )

So I said Hello


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( INTJ ( UH Hello ) ) ) )

And she said Hello


( SQ ( MD Can ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VB imagine ) ) )

Can you imagine


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Liza ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( INTJ ( UH hello ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) )

Liza said hello to me


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB drop ) ( NP ( NNS names ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VB call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ irresistible ) ( NN impulse ) ) ) ) ) )

Some people must drop names call it an irresistible impulse


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( VP ( VBG talking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ big ) ( JJ important ) ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP know ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Freudenberger ) ) )

They ca n't help talking about the big important people they know even if they do n't really know them says Dr. Freudenberger


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Beauregard ) ( NNP Houston-Montgomery ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN writer ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD changed ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN name ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Stretch ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ inveterate ) ( NN name-dropper ) ) ) )

Beauregard Houston-Montgomery a New York writer who changed his name from William Stretch in 1980 is an inveterate name-dropper


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB innately ) ( CC and ) ( RB pathologically ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB occasionally ) ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN trouble ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBN gotten ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN access ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS parties ) ( CC and ) ( NN society ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I do it innately and pathologically and while it may occasionally get me into trouble it 's also gotten me access to parties and society he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Name-dropping ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Houston-Montgomery ) ) ( VP ( VB crash ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN party ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Fame ) ( NN magazine ) ) ( VP ( VBD threw ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 100 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 2,809 ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBN mentioned ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS diaries ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ late ) ( NNP Andy ) ( NNP Warhol ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Name-dropping recently helped Mr. Houston-Montgomery crash a party Fame magazine threw for 100 of the 2,809 people mentioned in the diaries of the late Andy Warhol


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP guess ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( NP-1 ( NNP Beauregard ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ drops ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ many ) ) ( JJ good ) ( NNS names ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD decided ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Steven ) ( NNP Greenberg ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN publisher ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Fame ) ) ) ) ) )

I guess I might have asked Beauregard to leave but he drops so many good names we decided to let him stay says Steven Greenberg publisher of Fame


( S ( PP ( IN After ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Warhol ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ ultimate ) ( NN namedropper ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG dropping ) ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS diaries ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After all Warhol was the ultimate namedropper dropping five a day in his diaries


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Beauregard ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN mentioned ) ( ADVP ( RB twice ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN although ) ( UCP-MNR ( ADVP ( JJ very ) ( NN briefly ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( VBG passing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And Beauregard was mentioned twice although very briefly and in passing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Houston-Montgomery ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN party ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD waved ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Malcolm ) ( NNP Forbes ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN publisher ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Forbes ) ( NN magazine ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN We've ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS columns ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB together ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mary ) ( NNP Boone ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN art ) ( NN dealer ) ) ( PRN ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( RB not ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bridget ) ( NNP Fonda ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN actress ) ) ( PRN ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( RB not ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS friends ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Houston-Montgomery says that at the party he waved to Malcolm Forbes publisher of Forbes magazine We've been in the columns together Mary Boone a New York art dealer I think she knows me but I 'm not sure and Bridget Fonda the actress She knows me but we 're not really the best of friends


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Revson ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN gossip ) ( NN columnist ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBP plan ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP$ whose ) ( NNS names ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drop ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG attending ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN party ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Revson the gossip columnist says there are people who actually plan whose names they are going to drop before attending a party


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT These ) ( NNS droppers ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB flaunt ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS friendships ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Trumps ) ) ( NP ( NNP Brooke ) ( NNP Astor ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP Georgette ) ( NNP Mosbacher ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

These droppers do n't flaunt only their friendships with the Trumps Brooke Astor or Georgette Mosbacher


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VBP drop ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ semi-obscure ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Wolfgang ) ( NNP Flottl ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP whom ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN everybody ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT these ) ( NNS days ) ) ( ADVP ( RB apparently ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN heard ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT no ) ( NN one ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Revson ) ) )

They even drop semi-obscure names like Wolfgang Flottl whom everybody these days apparently has heard of but no one really knows says Mr. Revson


( S-CLF ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN one-upsmanship ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN name-dropping ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ counts ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's the one-upsmanship of name-dropping that counts


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP name-dropping ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( RRC ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ civic ) ) ) ) ) )

But name-dropping has other benefits often civic


( S ( PP ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN name ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ civic ) ( NN pride ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN desire ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB nullify ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ negative ) ( NN image ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT some ) ( NN city ) ( NNS promoters ) ) ( VP ( VBP seek ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB link ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN municipality ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ recognizable ) ) ( NNS names ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB offer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the name of civic pride and from the desire to nullify a negative image some city promoters seek to link their municipality with the most recognizable names the city has to offer


( S ( VP ( VB Take ) ( NP ( NNP Cleveland ) ) ) )

Take Cleveland


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN gotten ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ bad ) ( NN rep ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( SBAR ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( RB once ) ( RB heavily ) ( JJ polluted ) ) ( NNP Cuyahoga ) ( NNP River ) ) ( VP ( VBD caught ) ( NP ( NN fire ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ former ) ( NNP Mayor ) ( NNP Ralph ) ( NNP Perk ) ) ( VP ( VBD set ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN hair ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN fire ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN acetylene ) ( NN torch ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ proposed ) ( NNP Rock ) ( CC 'n' ) ( NNP Roll ) ( NNP Hall ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Fame ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBN refused ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN urban-development ) ( NN grant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It has gotten a bad rep because its once heavily polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire because former Mayor Ralph Perk set his hair on fire with an acetylene torch and because its proposed Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was recently refused an urban-development grant


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP Mistake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP the ) ( NNP Lake ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-PRD-TPC-1 ( NNP Lake ) ( NNP Erie ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) ) )

Some people call it The Mistake on the Lake Lake Erie that is


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ helps ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB point ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WHADJP ( WRB how ) ( JJ many ) ) ( JJ important ) ( NNS people ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NNP Cleveland ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN top ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP George ) ( NNP Miller ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ executive ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Cleveland ) ( NNP Campaign ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ nonprofit ) ( NN organization ) ) ( ADJP ( VBN devoted ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG citing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS strengths ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It helps to point out how many important people came through Cleveland on their way to the top says George Miller executive director of the New Cleveland Campaign a nonprofit organization devoted to citing the city 's strengths


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Miller ) ) ( VP ( VBZ notes ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN actor ) ( NNP Paul ) ( NNP Newman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN family ) ) ( VP ( VBD owned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS sporting-goods ) ( NN store ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Cleveland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ late ) ( NN actress ) ( NNP Margaret ) ( NNP Hamilton ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD played ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ bad ) ( NN witch ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP-TTL ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Wizard ) ) ( PP ( IN Of ) ( NP ( NNP Oz ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD ran ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN nursery ) ( NN school ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Cleveland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NN comedian ) ( NNP Bob ) ( NNP Hope ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN father ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stonemason ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBN worked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN church ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ next ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Severence ) ( NNP Hall ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Cleveland ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ main ) ( NN concert ) ( NN hall ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Miller notes that actor Paul Newman 's family owned a sporting-goods store in Cleveland that the late actress Margaret Hamilton who played the bad witch in The Wizard Of Oz once ran a nursery school in Cleveland and that comedian Bob Hope 's father a stonemason once worked on a church next to Severence Hall Cleveland 's main concert hall


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Power ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB hurt ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN reputation ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Miller ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Power names like that do n't hurt the city 's reputation Mr. Miller says


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Hollywood ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT an ) ( JJ average ) ( NN family ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB gain ) ( NP ( NN cachet ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG moving ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN home ) ) ( VP ( VBN vacated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ famous ) ) ( CC or ) ( ADJP ( RB near ) ( JJ famous ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Hollywood an average family can gain cachet from moving into a home vacated by the famous or near famous


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( INTJ ( WRB Why ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VBD sold ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ three-bedroom ) ( NN house ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Nuys ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN price ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ firm ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weak ) ( NN real-estate ) ( NN market ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG noting ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ original ) ( NNP Lone ) ( NNP Ranger ) ) ( VP ( VBD lived ) ( NP-LOC-CLR ( EX there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Rambo ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN associate ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Jon ) ( NNP Douglas ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NN real-estate ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Why we even just sold a three-bedroom house in Van Nuys and were able to keep the price firm in a weak real-estate market by noting that the original Lone Ranger lived there says David Rambo a sales associate with Jon Douglas Co. a Los Angeles real-estate agency


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Most ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VB remember ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN name ) ) ) ) )

Most people ca n't even remember his name


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP John ) ( NNP Hart ) ) ) )

It is John Hart


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Rambo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 3.2-acre ) ( NN property ) ) ( VP ( VBG overlooking ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Fernando ) ( NNP Valley ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN priced ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 4 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ late ) ( NN actor ) ( NNP Erroll ) ( NNP Flynn ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD lived ) ( NP-LOC-CLR ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Rambo says that a 3.2-acre property overlooking the San Fernando Valley is priced at 4 million because the late actor Erroll Flynn once lived there


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Flynn ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN lived ) ( NP-LOC-CLR ( EX there ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN property ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN priced ) ( ADVP-CLR ( NP ( QP ( CD 1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( JJR lower ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Rambo ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG noting ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Flynn ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN house ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN bulldozed ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB only ) ( DT the ) ( VBG swimming ) ( NN pool ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If Flynn had n't lived there the property might have been priced 1 million lower says Mr. Rambo noting that Flynn 's house has been bulldozed and only the swimming pool remains


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Press ) ( NNS agents ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS public-relations ) ( NNS practitioners ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ notorious ) ( NNS name-droppers ) ) ) )

Press agents and public-relations practitioners are notorious name-droppers


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN malice ) ( JJ aforethought ) ) ) ) )

And some even do it with malice aforethought


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Len Kessler a financial publicist in New York sometimes uses it to get the attention of journalists who try to avoid him


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He says that when Dan Dorfman a financial columnist with USA Today has n't returned his phone calls he leaves messages with Mr. Dorfman 's office saying that he has an important story on Donald Trump Meshulam Riklis or Marvin Davis


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ admits ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN story ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS occasions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He admits he has no story on any of them on these occasions


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But it does get him to return my calls and it makes me feel better for the times he 's given me the brushoff Mr. Kessler says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ obvious ) ( NNS dangers ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ blatant ) ( JJ unsubstantiated ) ( NN name-dropping ) ) ) ) ) )

There are of course obvious dangers to blatant unsubstantiated name-dropping


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Jeffry Thal a publicity agent for the Lantz Office in Los Angeles warns that dropping the wrong name labels the dropper as a fake and a fraud


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Get caught and you 're dead in the water says Mr. Thal


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Mr. Thal says that Elizabeth Taylor a client hates being called Liz


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If directors or producers phone me and say they know Liz I know they 've never met her


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ prefers ) ( NP ( NNP Elizabeth ) ) ) )

She prefers Elizabeth


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN society ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Pat ) ( NNP Buckley ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ social ) ) ( NN wife ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN author ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Buckley ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS nicknames ) ( NX ( NX-TTL ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Buckles ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Patsy ) ) ) ) ) )

In New York society Pat Buckley the very social wife of author William Buckley has the nicknames Mrs. Buckles and Patsy


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And her husband sometimes calls her Ducky


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But call her Patty and it 's a sure giveaway you 're not in her circle because she does n't use that name says Joan Kron editor-in-chief of Avenue magazine a monthly publication sent to all the right names


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John Spencer Churchill a nephew of the late Sir Winston Churchill former prime minister of Great Britain is n't that impressed with most name-droppers he meets


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That 's because they only drop mere names says Mr. Churchill


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Currently writing his memoirs Mr. Churchill an artist tells how tycoons such as the late Jean Paul Getty the oil billionnaire were in fact known only by one initial their last


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When you 're at the club you ask whether they 've spoken to G


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Now they know who you mean and you know who you mean


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN one ) ) ( ADVP ( RB else ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ) )

But no one else does


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Now that 's name-dropping if you know what I mean


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Randolph W. McElroy a vice chairman of this bank-holding company was named to the additional position of chairman of its principal unit Sovran Bank


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Mr. McElroy 54 years old will remain president and chief executive officer of the unit


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Sovran also named John B. Werner a vice chairman of the parent company and the unit and elected him to the newly created position of chief credit officer of Sovran Financial increasing the number of corporate board members to 35


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Mr. Werner 58 was formerly senior executive vice president of the parent company and the unit


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Meson ) ( NNP Investment ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( NNP Vancouver ) ( JJ B.C.-based ) ) ( NN investment ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD raised ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Verit ) ( NNP Industries ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 8.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Meson Investment Ltd. a Vancouver B.C.-based investment firm said it raised its stake in Verit Industries to 8.9 % of the common shares outstanding


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In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Meson said it holds 67,400 Verit common shares including net purchases of 8,100 shares bought from Oct. 10 1988 to Oct. 11 1989 for 3.875 to 7 each


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Meson is the personal holding company of Steven Morfey a Vancouver securities dealer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN transaction ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN investment ) ( NNS purposes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He said the transaction was made for investment purposes


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Officials ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( ADJP ( NNP Sun ) ( NNP Valley ) ( JJ Calif.-based ) ) ( NNP Verit ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN comment ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Officials for Sun Valley Calif.-based Verit could n't be reached for comment


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In composite trading on the American Stock Exchange Verit closed unchanged yesterday at 3.875 a share


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With a Twist of the Wrist Boys with tops and Frisbee tossers And P.R. types with bees in their bonnet Have a goal in common all of them try To put the right spin on it


( NP ( NNP George ) ( NNP O. ) ( NNP Ludcke ) )

George O. Ludcke


Net Gain


( S ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Investment ) ( NNS letters ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP abound ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBP like ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB read ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP peruse ) ( NP ( NN enough ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN found ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN time ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB heed ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Investment letters now abound I really like to read them If I peruse enough I 've found I 've no time left to heed them


Bern Sharfman


Daffynition


( NP ( NP ( NN TV ) ( NN evangelist ) ) ( NP ( NN salesparson ) ) )

TV evangelist salesparson


( NP ( NNP Marguerite ) ( NNP Whitley ) ( NNP May ) )

Marguerite Whitley May


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP House ) ( NNP Appropriations ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ( VP ( VBD approved ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ estimated ) ( QP ( CD 2.85 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN emergency ) ( NN funding ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB assist ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP California ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN recovery ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB extend ) ( NP ( JJ further ) ( NN aid ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP East ) ( NNP Coast ) ( NNS victims ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Hurricane ) ( NNP Hugo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The House Appropriations Committee approved an estimated 2.85 billion in emergency funding to assist California 's recovery from last week 's earthquake and to extend further aid to East Coast victims of Hurricane Hugo


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The package was termed excessive by the Bush administration but it also provoked a struggle with influential California lawmakers who sought unsuccessfully to add nearly 1 billion more and waive current restrictions to expedite the distribution of funds


( S ( S ( PP-MNR ( IN By ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 26-7 ) ( NN margin ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBD scuttled ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ expensive ) ) ( NN alternative ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN debate ) ) ( VP ( VBD forced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ strained ) ( NN confrontation ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Appropriations ) ( NNP Committee ) ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Jamie ) ( NNP Whitten ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP D. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Miss ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN party ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN state ) ( NN delegation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By a 26-7 margin the committee scuttled the more expensive alternative and the debate forced a strained confrontation between Appropriations Committee Chairman Jamie Whitten D. Miss and his party 's largest state delegation in the House


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NNS regrets ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG going ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB forward ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Rep. ) ( NNP Vic ) ( NNP Fazio ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP D. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD sought ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB sometimes ) ( JJ hostile ) ) ( NN tone ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ long ) ( NN evening ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I have no regrets about going forward said Rep. Vic Fazio D. Calif. who sought later to play down the sometimes hostile tone of the long evening meeting


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We are the Golden State Mr. Fazio said and there is a certain amount of jealousy


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The 2.85 billion package incorporates 500 million for small-business loans 1 billion in highway construction funds and 1.35 billion divided between general emergency assistance and a reserve to be available to President Bush to meet unanticipated costs from the two disasters


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The funding is attached to a stopgap bill to keep most of the government operating through Nov. 15


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The measure is expected to come before the House today and Congress is under pressure to complete action before midnight EDT tomorrow when the current continuing resolution expires


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Given California 's size and political importance the White House is eager to appear generous


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But in private meetings yesterday Budget Director Richard Darman argued that only 1.5 billion in new federal appropriations are needed to supplement existing resources


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A White House budget office analysis estimates that 500 million or half the level in the committee bill is needed for highway assistance to meet California 's needs and the administration rejects the notion that new appropriations are needed to finance disaster loans by the Small Business Administration


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Everybody appreciates that it is a national disaster and that we 've got to address it said Mr. Darman who came to the Capitol to meet with Mr. Whitten and California lawmakers before the committee session


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I would hope very much that we would n't end up in a kind of situation where you have a bidding war and then a veto threat


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Although this White House pressure was clearly a factor among committee Republicans no single influence was greater than Mr. Whitten


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A master of pork-barrel politics he had crafted the 2.85 billion package in vintage style and used the full force of his chairmanship to keep the proposal intact and dismiss any alternative


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When Mr. Fazio offered the California-backed 3.84 billion plan Mr. Whitten insisted that the full 14 pages be read aloud by the panel 's clerk to underscore the range of legislative changes also sought by the delegation


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On the chairman 's motion the California package was subsequently reduced to less-binding report language and even when this was accepted as such on a voice vote Mr. Whitten pointedly opposed it


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More important than money in many cases are waivers California is seeking on current restrictions covering federal highway funds such as a 100 million cap on how much any single state can receive in emergency funds in a year


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Mr. Whitten 's package appears to accomplish this purpose but the state faces more resistance in its bid for an extended waiver on having to put up any matching funds on repairs completed in the next six months