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The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association a Lexington Ky.-based trade group has launched seminars for potential investors at race tracks around the country


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The group which has held half a dozen seminars so far also is considering promotional videos and perhaps a pitch to Wall Street investment bankers


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People in this business have been insulated says Josh Pons a horse breeder from Bel Air Md


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But the real future of this game is in a number of people owning a few horses


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At the Laurel race track the breeders are romancing people like Tim Hulings a beer packaging plant worker


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Right now Mr. Hulings is waving his racing program cheering for Karnak on the Nile a sleek thoroughbred galloping down the home stretch


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Hulings ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gloats ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD sold ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBD plummeted ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 190 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 13 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 45-acre ) ( NN horse ) ( NN farm ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Hulings gloats that he sold all his stocks a week before the market plummeted 190 points on Oct. 13 and he is using the money to help buy a 45-acre horse farm


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( RB Just ) ) ( VP ( VB imagine ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-2 ( WRB how ) ( JJ exciting ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ your ) ( NN horse ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Just imagine how exciting that would be if that 's your horse he says


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But experts caution that this is n't a game for anyone with a weak stomach or wallet


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It 's a big-risk business warns Charles C. Mihalek a Lexington attorney and former Kentucky state securities commissioner


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You have to go into it firmly believing that it 's the kind of investment where you can lose everything


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( RB just ) ( DT that ) ) ) ) )

And many have done just that


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Consider Spendthrift Farm a prominent Lexington horse farm that went public in 1983 but hit hard times and filed for bankruptcy-court protection last year


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A group of investors recently bought the remaining assets of Spendthrift hoping to rebuild it


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Other investors have lost millions in partnerships that bought thoroughbred racehorses or stallion breeding rights


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( JJ big ) ( NN problem ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ thoroughbred ) ( NN racehorse ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) )

One big problem has been the thoroughbred racehorse market


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From 1974 to 1984 prices for the best yearlings at the summer sales rose 918 % to an average of 544,681


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Since then prices have slumped to an average of 395,374 this summer


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But that 's for the best horses with most selling for much less as little as 100 for some pedestrian thoroughbreds


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Even while they move outside their traditional tony circle racehorse owners still try to capitalize on the elan of the sport


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Glossy brochures circulated at racetracks gush about the limelight of the winner 's circle and high-society schmoozing


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One handout promises Pedigrees parties post times parimutuels and pageantry


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It 's just a matter of marketing and promoting ourselves says Headley Bell a fifth-generation horse breeder from Lexington


( S ( ADVP ( RB Maybe ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( RB not ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB that ) ( NN simple ) ) ) )

Maybe it 's not that simple


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For starters racehorse buyers have to remember the basic problem of such ventures These beasts do n't come with warranties


( S ( CC And ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN champion ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB plenty ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS nags ) ) ) ) ) )

And for every champion there are plenty of nags


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Katherine Voss a veteran trainer at the Laurel Md. track offers neophytes a sobering tour of a horse barn noting that only three of about a dozen horses have won sizable purses


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One brown two-year-old filly was wheezing from a cold while another had splints on its legs keeping both animals from the racetrack


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You can see the highs and lows of the business all under one roof she tells the group


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS winners ) ) ) )

There are n't too many winners


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Perhaps the biggest hurdle owners face is convincing newcomers that this is a reputable business


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Some badly managed partnerships have burned investors sometimes after they received advice from industry consultants


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So owners have developed a code of ethics outlining rules for consultants and agents and disclosure of fees and any conflicts of interest


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ skeptical ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN code ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN effectiveness ) ) ) ) ) )

But some are skeptical of the code 's effectiveness


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The industry is based on individual honesty says Cap Hershey a Lexington horse farmer and one of the investors who bought Spendthrift


( S ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN drop ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS thoroughbreds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG owning ) ( NP ( CD one ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ cheap ) ) ) )

Despite the drop in prices for thoroughbreds owning one still is n't cheap


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At the low end investors can spend 15,000 or more to own a racehorse in partnership with others


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At a yearling sale a buyer can go solo and get a horse for a few thousand dollars


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But that means paying the horse 's maintenance on average it costs 25,000 a year to raise a horse


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN something ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN minority ) ( NN stake ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ total ) ( NN ownership ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS owners ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG considering ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ special ) ( NN sale ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ established ) ( NN horse ) ( NNS breeders ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 50 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS horses ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS newcomers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For those looking for something between a minority stake and total ownership the owners ' group is considering a special sale where established horse breeders would sell a 50 % stake in horses to newcomers


( PP-HLN ( IN From ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Sept. ) ( NNP 30-Oct ) ( CD 4 ) ( NN issue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP Economist ) ) ) ) )

From the Sept. 30-Oct 4 issue of The Economist


( S ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( WHNP-1 ( WP What ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD defeated ) ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Aoun ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB not ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN weight ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Syrian ) ( NN army ) ) ) ) ) )

What defeated General Aoun was not only the weight of the Syrian army


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The weight of Lebanon 's history was also against him and it is a history Israel is in danger of repeating


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Like Lebanon and however unfairly Israel is regarded by the Arab world as a colonial aberration


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Its best hope of acceptance by its neighbours lies in reaching a settlement with the Palestinians


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Like Lebanon Israel is being remade by demography


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Greater ) ( NNP Israel ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( PDT half ) ) ( DT the ) ( NNS children ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( CD six ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NNPS Muslims ) ) ) )

In Greater Israel more than half the children under six are Muslims


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Within 25 years Jews will probably be the minority


( S-1 ( ADVP ( RB Yet ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Israel ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( CC neither ) ( VP ( VB share ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( DT these ) ( NNS Arabs ) ) ) ) ( CC nor ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ present ) ( JJ prime ) ( NN minister ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB redraw ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS borders ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RBR closer ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ pre-1967 ) ( JJ Jewish ) ( NN heartland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet Israel will neither share power with all these Arabs nor says its present prime minister redraw its borders closer to its pre-1967 Jewish heartland


( S ( PP-MNR ( IN By ) ( S-NOM ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG choosing ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS options ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNPS Israelis ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB condemn ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ( PRN ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Maronites ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ perpetual ) ( NN war ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Muslims ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN midst ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB so ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ internal ) ( NN erosion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN state ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By not choosing one of these options Israelis will condemn themselves as the Maronites did to perpetual war with the Muslims in their midst and so to the internal erosion of their state


( S ( S ( PP ( IN Unlike ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Maronites ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Israel ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNPS Jews ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP themselves ) ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS weakest ) ( NN force ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN system ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ private ) ( NNS armies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Jerusalem ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Belfast ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ becomes ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Beirut ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Unlike the Maronites Israel 's Jews will not let themselves become the weakest force in a system of private armies Jerusalem will become Belfast before it becomes Beirut


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB not ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN consolation ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB draw ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN failure ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Aoun ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But that is not much of a consolation to draw from the failure of General Aoun


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Norfolk ) ( NNP Southern ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( NNS directors ) ) ( VP ( VBD authorized ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN railroad ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ many ) ( IN as ) ( CD 45 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ current ) ( NN value ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 1.7 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Norfolk Southern Corp. directors authorized the railroad company to buy back as many as 45 million of its shares which would have a current value of more than 1.7 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN buy-back ) ) ( VP ( VBN coupled ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB nearly ) ( VBN completed ) ) ( JJR earlier ) ( NN purchase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 20 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 26 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) )

The buy-back coupled with a nearly completed earlier purchase of 20 million shares would reduce shares outstanding by more than 26 %


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Norfolk ) ( NNP Va. ) ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 172.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) )

The Norfolk Va. company has 172.2 million shares outstanding


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN statement ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Arnold ) ( NNP B. ) ( NNP McKinnon ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD noted ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ repurchase ) ( NN program ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB serve ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB enhance ) ( NP ( NN shareholder ) ( NN value ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In a statement Arnold B. McKinnon chairman and chief executive officer noted that the new repurchase program should serve to enhance shareholder value


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB finance ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN buy-back ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN hand ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN borrowing ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Norfolk ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB generate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A spokeswoman said the company will finance the buy-back with cash on hand borrowing and cash Norfolk expects to generate


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD expected ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN action ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( VBD applauded ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ) ) )

Analysts said they expected the action and investors applauded the move


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Norfolk ) ( NNP Southern ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 37.875 ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 1.125 ) ) ) ) )

In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange Norfolk Southern shares closed at 37.875 up 1.125


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN buy-back ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB significantly ) ) ( VB affect ) ( NP ( JJ per-share ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ short ) ( NN term ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still analysts do n't expect the buy-back to significantly affect per-share earnings in the short term


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN impact ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB that ) ( JJ great ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Graeme ) ( NNP Lidgerwood ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) )

The impact wo n't be that great said Graeme Lidgerwood of First Boston Corp


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN part ) ) ) ( PP-PRP-PRD ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN effect ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG having ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB average ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

That is in part because of the effect of having to average the number of shares outstanding she said


( S-1 ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN addition ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Lidgerwood ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Norfolk ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB draw ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN cash ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB initially ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB finance ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS purchases ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB thus ) ) ( VB forfeit ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN interest ) ( NN income ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In addition Mrs. Lidgerwood said Norfolk is likely to draw down its cash initially to finance the purchases and thus forfeit some interest income


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-TMP ( JJR Longer ) ( NN term ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN buy-back ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( NNS earnings ) ) ( PP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( CD 1990 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Lidgerwood ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Longer term however the buy-back is expected to increase earnings especially after 1990 Mrs. Lidgerwood said


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ extensive ) ( NN program ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN effect ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ establishes ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN floor ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NN price ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Joel ) ( NNP Price ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Donaldson ) ( NNP Lufkin ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Jenrette ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover the extensive program in effect establishes a floor for the stock price said Joel Price analyst for Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN buy-back ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN comfort ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( WDT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( PRN ( NN price ) ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The buy-back is really a comfort to those who want to buy the stock that there is a price floor he said


( S ( PP ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ certain ) ( NN price ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( VBZ thinks ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ cheap ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB in ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) )

At a certain price if the management thinks the stock is cheap they can go in and buy it


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN program ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Norfolk ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ open ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under the program Norfolk plans to acquire shares in the open market


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR earlier ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Norfolk ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN authorized ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( QP ( IN up ) ( TO to ) ( CD 20 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under the earlier plan Norfolk was authorized in 1987 to buy up to 20 million shares


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN purchased ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 19 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It has purchased about 19 million of them


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Soichiro ) ( NNP Honda ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN picture ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hangs ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Henry ) ( NNP Ford ) ( VBZ 's ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Automotive ) ( NNP Hall ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Fame ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN game-show ) ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP Jeopardy ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ Sony-owned ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Soichiro Honda 's picture now hangs with Henry Ford 's in the U.S. Automotive Hall of Fame and the game-show Jeopardy is soon to be Sony-owned


( S ( CC But ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN matter ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( RB much ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Japan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gets ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN skin ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( NN mom ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN apple ) ( NN pie ) ) ) ) ) )

But no matter how much Japan gets under our skin we 'll still have mom and apple pie


( S ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( JJ second ) ( NN thought ) ) ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( NP-PRD ( RB just ) ( NN mom ) ) ) ) )

On second thought make that just mom


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN apple ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG cropping ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS orchards ) ) ) ( NP-MNR ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Hondas ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( VP ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS roads ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A Japanese apple called the Fuji is cropping up in orchards the way Hondas did on U.S. roads


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN By ) ( NP ( CD 1995 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN planted ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ( RB often ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( ADJP ( DT any ) ( JJ other ) ) ( NN apple ) ( NN tree ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ recent ) ( NN survey ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD six ) ( NN apple-industry ) ( NNS sages ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP University ) ( NN horticulturist ) ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Norton ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By 1995 it will be planted more often than any other apple tree according to a recent survey of six apple-industry sages by Washington State University horticulturist Robert Norton


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NN fruit ) ( NNS visionaries ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB someday ) ) ( VP ( VB tumble ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN top ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP America ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN apple ) ( NN heap ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some fruit visionaries say the Fuji could someday tumble the Red Delicious from the top of America 's apple heap


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP ( RB certainly ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADVP-LOC-CLR ( RB there ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS looks ) ) ) ) ) )

It certainly wo n't get there on looks


( S ( PP ( VBN Compared ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN exemplar ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN apple ) ( NN pulchritude ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS Fuji ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB decidedly ) ( RBR more ) ( JJ dowdy ) ) ( ADJP ( RB generally ) ( JJR smaller ) ) ( ADJP ( RBR less-perfectly ) ( JJ shaped ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ greenish ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS tinges ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN red ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Compared to the Red Delicious the exemplar of apple pulchritude the Fuji is decidedly more dowdy generally smaller less-perfectly shaped greenish with tinges of red


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB hear ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS growers ) ) ( VP ( VBP tell ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Paradise ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN serpent ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN proffered ) ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Eve ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To hear most U.S. growers tell it we 'd still be in Paradise if the serpent had proffered one to Eve


( FRAG ( CC But ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ sweet ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) )

But how sweet it is


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN sugar ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN apple ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VBN tested ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Duane ) ( NNP Greene ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC ( NNP University ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Massachusetts ) ) ) ) ( NX ( NX ( NN pomologist ) ) ( CC or ) ( NX ( NN apple ) ( NN scholar ) ) ) ) ) )

It has more sugar than any apple we 've ever tested says Duane Greene a University of Massachusetts pomologist or apple scholar


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ long ) ( NN shelf ) ( NN life ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB fool ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN public ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Grady ) ( NNP Auvil ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Orondo ) ( NNP Wash. ) ) ( NN grower ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG planting ) ( NP ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG spreading ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ good ) ( NN word ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It has a long shelf life and does n't fool the public says Grady Auvil an Orondo Wash. grower who is planting Fujis and spreading the good word about them


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB look ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ nice ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN outside ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ mealy ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB inside ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It does n't look nice on the outside while getting mealy inside


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Auvil ) ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( NN razor ) ( JJ sharp ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 83 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN picked ) ( CC and ) ( VBN packed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN zillion ) ( NNS pecks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD 65 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Auvil razor sharp at 83 has picked and packed a zillion pecks of apples over the past 65 years


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN known ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN father ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ U.S.-grown ) ( NNP Granny ) ( NNP Smith ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB radically ) ( JJ different ) ) ( NN apple ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ conventional ) ( NN wisdom ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VB catch ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He is known as the father of the U.S.-grown Granny Smith a radically different apple that the conventional wisdom once said would never catch on


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( VP ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG shaking ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN apple ) ( NN establishment ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS roots ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It did shaking the apple establishment to its roots


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( ADJP ( RB even ) ( RBR more ) ( JJ radical ) ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB afoot ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ grand ) ( JJ old ) ( NN maverick ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plays ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Hiroshi ) ( NNP Appleseed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now even more radical changes seem afoot as the grand old maverick of American apples plays the role of Hiroshi Appleseed


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT The ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN No. ) ( CD 1 ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB replace ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

The Fuji is going to be No. 1 to replace the Red Delicious he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Delicious ) ( NN hegemony ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB end ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB anytime ) ( RB soon ) ) ) ) )

The Delicious hegemony wo n't end anytime soon


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ New ) ( NN apple ) ( NNS trees ) ) ( VP ( VBP grow ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB slowly ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB almost ) ( RB as ) ( JJ entrenched ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN mom ) ) ) ) ) ) )

New apple trees grow slowly and the Red Delicious is almost as entrenched as mom


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Its ) ( NNS roots ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ patriotic ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NNS trees ) ) ( VP ( VBG appearing ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1872 ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN orchard ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN near ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Peru ) ) ( NP ( NNP Iowa ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S-ADV ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ exact ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Its roots are patriotic with the first trees appearing in 1872 in an orchard near Peru Iowa to be exact


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN For ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 50 ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN apple ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN eye ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For more than 50 years it has been the apple of our eye


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( JJ good ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( ADVP ( RB indeed ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ delicious ) ) ) ) )

A good Delicious can indeed be delicious


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( QP ( JJR More ) ( IN than ) ( RB twice ) ( IN as ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ( NNS apples ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN grown ) ( PP-2 ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Golden ) ( NN variety ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP America ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN No. ) ( CD 2 ) ( NN apple ) ) ) ) ) ) )

More than twice as many Red Delicious apples are grown as the Golden variety America 's No. 2 apple


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN apple ) ( NN industry ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ripe ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN change ) ) ) ) ) )

But the apple industry is ripe for change


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN overplanted ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN dropped ) ( PP-CLR ( IN below ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cost ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN production ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ( NNP State ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Norton ) ) )

Red Delicious has been overplanted and its prices have dropped below the cost of production says Washington State 's Mr. Norton


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN scare ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Alar ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN growth ) ( NN regulator ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS apples ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR redder ) ( CC and ) ( JJR crunchier ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ carcinogenic ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS consumers ) ) ( VP ( VB shy ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RP away ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP ( RBR less ) ) ( JJ affected ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP McIntosh ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The scare over Alar a growth regulator that makes apples redder and crunchier but may be carcinogenic made consumers shy away from the Delicious though they were less affected than the McIntosh


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NX ( NX ( NN glut ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ consequent ) ( JJR lower ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN combined ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN cancer ) ( NNS fears ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ serious ) ) ( NN blow ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS growers ) ) ) ) ) )

The glut and consequent lower prices combined with cancer fears was a very serious blow to growers


( S-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS growers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB around ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Norton ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN stopped ) ( S ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( NNP Alar ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A lot of growers wo n't be around in a few years says Mr. Norton although they have stopped using Alar


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Broderick ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Sterling ) ( NNP Mass. ) ) ( NN grower ) ) ) ) ) )

One may be William Broderick a Sterling Mass. grower


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ beautiful ) ( NN stuff ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB ruefully ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NNS boxes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ just-picked ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB next ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN barn ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This is beautiful stuff he says looking ruefully at big boxes of just-picked Red Delicious next to his barn


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lose ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 50,000 ) ( TO to ) ( CD 60,000 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But I 'm going to lose 50,000 to 60,000 on it


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( S-PRP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB eat ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'm going to have to get another job this year just to eat


( S ( PP ( IN Besides ) ( NP ( JJ rotten ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN hit ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NN hail ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ bark-nibbling ) ( NN horde ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS mice ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNS fungi ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS bugs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Besides rotten prices he has been hit recently by hail a bark-nibbling horde of mice fungi and bugs


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( QP ( DT Some ) ( CD 500 ) ) ( NNS insects ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( CD 150 ) ( NNS diseases ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP wiggle ) ( VBP chew ) ( CC and ) ( VBP romp ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS growers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS nightmares ) ) ) ( PP-2 ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS maggots ) ) ( NP ( NNS mites ) ) ( NP ( NN mildew ) ) ( NP ( NN thrips ) ) ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NN rot ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ flat-headed ) ( NN borer ) ) ) ) ) )

Some 500 insects and 150 diseases wiggle chew and romp through growers ' nightmares including maggots mites mildew thrips black rot and the flat-headed borer


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB Even ) ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN grower ) ) ( VP ( VBZ beats ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( CD 2,000 ) ( VBN rented ) ( NNS bees ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VP ( VB buzz ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB off ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS neighbors ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS orchards ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ) ( VP ( VBG pollinating ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Broderick ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Even if a grower beats them back his 2,000 rented bees might buzz off to the neighbors ' orchards instead of pollinating his Mr. Broderick says


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS growers ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN worm ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN apple ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB protect ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN price ) ( NNS vagaries ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( CD one ) ( NN variety ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG diversifying ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB recently ) ( VBN imported ) ) ( NNP Gala ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ sweet ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Zealand ) ( NN native ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Esopus ) ( NNP Spitzenburg ) ) ( RB reportedly ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP Jefferson ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ favorite ) ( NN apple ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ disease-resistant ) ( NNS kinds ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Liberty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Though growers ca n't always keep the worm from the apple they can protect themselves against the price vagaries of any one variety by diversifying into the recently imported Gala a sweet New Zealand native the Esopus Spitzenburg reportedly Thomas Jefferson 's favorite apple disease-resistant kinds like the Liberty


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN ripped ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Delicious ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN grafted ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS trees ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( JJ different ) ( NNS shoots ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Steve ) ( NNP Wood ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP West ) ( NNP Lebanon ) ( NNP N.H. ) ) ( NN grower ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG tramping ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ 100-acre ) ( NNP Poverty ) ( NNP Lane ) ( NNP Orchard ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ crisp ) ( NN autumn ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ) ) )

I 've ripped out a lot of Delicious and grafted the trees with many different shoots says Steve Wood a West Lebanon N.H. grower tramping through his 100-acre Poverty Lane Orchard on a crisp autumn day recently


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 70 ) ( NNS kinds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 've got 70 kinds of apples


( S ( SINV-TPC-3 ( ADVP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( RB Here ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNP Waltana ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ exclaims ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG picking ) ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN off ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN tree ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Here 's a Waltana he exclaims picking one off a tree


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ bites ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ scowls ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ throws ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RP down ) ) ) ) )

He bites it scowls and throws it down


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ real ) ( NN dog ) ) ) )

It 's a real dog


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Supermarkets ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN variety ) ( NN act ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB too ) ) ) ) )

Supermarkets are getting into the variety act too


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBP buy ) ( NP ( NNS apples ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB mainly ) ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ big ) ( JJ red ) ( JJ good ) ( NNS looks ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB so ) ( JJ many ) ) ( VP ( VBP taste ) ( PP-CLR ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS woodchucks ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN punching ) ( NNS bags ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They still buy apples mainly for big red good looks that 's why so many taste like woodchucks ' punching bags


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN freshness ) ) ( VP ( VBZ counts ) ( ADVP-CLR ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS stores ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG expanding ) ( NP ( NN shelf ) ( NN space ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ unconventional ) ( CC but ) ( JJR tastier ) ( CC and ) ( RB often ) ( JJR pricier ) ) ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But freshness counts more than it once did and stores are expanding shelf space for unconventional but tastier and often pricier apples


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-ADV ( RB Rather ) ( IN than ) ( S ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( JJ 39-cents-a-pound ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB maybe ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( JJ 79-cents-a-pound ) ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Chuck ) ( NNP Tryon ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS perishables ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Super ) ( NNP Valu ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Minneapolis ) ( NX ( NX ( NN supermarket ) ( NN chain ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN food ) ( NN distributor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Rather than sell 39-cents-a-pound Delicious maybe we can sell 79-cents-a-pound Fujis says Chuck Tryon perishables director for Super Valu Inc. a Minneapolis supermarket chain and food distributor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN product ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ meticulous ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( JJ pomological ) ( NN engineering ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD fostered ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN government ) ( NN research ) ( NN orchard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Fuji is a product of meticulous Japanese pomological engineering which fostered it 50 years ago at a government research orchard


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS researchers ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN bred ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS dozens ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS strains ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hone ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NX ( NX ( NN color ) ) ( NX ( NN taste ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN shelf ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Japanese researchers have bred dozens of strains of Fujis to hone its color taste and shelf life


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP age ) ( ADVP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB gracefully ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNPS Grannies ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ gold ) ( NN standard ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN storability ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now the best of them age as gracefully as Grannies the industry 's gold standard for storability


( S ( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cornucopia ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ go-go ) ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Fuji ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN track ) ( NN record ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stands ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD 15 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN gone ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( RB almost ) ( NN zilch ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB some ) ( CD 50 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the cornucopia of go-go apples the Fuji 's track record stands out During the past 15 years it has gone from almost zilch to some 50 % of Japan 's market


( S-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN apple ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ keyed ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ high ) ( NN quality ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Lane ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN scientist ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Canadian ) ( NN horticulture ) ( NN research ) ( NN center ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Summerland ) ) ( NP ( NNP British ) ( NNP Columbia ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS apples ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN delicacy ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB there ) ) ( PP-2 ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN food ) ( NN commodity ) ) ) ) ) )

The Japanese apple market is very keyed to high quality says David Lane a scientist at a Canadian horticulture research center in Summerland British Columbia and so apples are more of a delicacy there than a big food commodity


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Agriculture ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ estimates ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB eat ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 40 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( RBR more ) ) ( JJ fresh ) ( NNS apples ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( NN capita ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Japanese ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that this year Americans will eat about 40 % more fresh apples per capita than the Japanese


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ small ) ( NNS potatoes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-LOC ( ADVP ( RB mainly ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN fruit ) ( NNS boutiques ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Fuji is still small potatoes in the U.S. sold mainly in fruit boutiques


( S-1 ( CC But ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP California ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Craig ) ( NNP Ito ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Fuji-apple ) ( NN grower ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NNP Fuji ) ( NN apple ) ( NN cult ) ) ) )

But in California says Craig Ito a Fuji-apple grower There 's a Fuji apple cult


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN Once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN somebody ) ) ( VP ( VBZ eats ) ( NP ( CD one ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( VP ( JJ hooked ) ) ) )

Once somebody eats one they get hooked


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Auvil ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Washington ) ( NN grower ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Taiwan ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 40 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN box ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Auvil the Washington grower says that he could sell Fujis to Taiwan buyers at 40 a box if he had them


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Taiwan ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN importer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS places ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) )

Taiwan already is a big importer of Fujis from other places he adds


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ first ) ( NN crop ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN picked ) ( PP-TMP ( IN till ) ( NP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But his first crop wo n't be picked till next year


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP expect ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN demand ) ) ( VP ( VBP exceed ) ( NP ( NN supply ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( TO to ) ( CD 15 ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) )

I expect to see the demand exceed supply for Fujis for the next 10 to 15 years he adds


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Washington ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG wholesaling ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR less ) ( IN than ) ( CD 10 ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN box ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT these ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) )

Washington Red Delicious by the way are wholesaling for less than 10 a box these days


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Auvil ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sees ) ( NP-1 ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN part ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG striking ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN blow ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN perversion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS apples ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNS supermarkets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Auvil sees Fujis in part as striking a blow against the perversion of U.S. apples by supermarkets


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN chain ) ( NNS stores ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB no ) ( JJR longer ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN connection ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NN grower ) ( CC and ) ( NN consumer ) ) ) ) ) )

When the chain stores took over there was no longer a connection between grower and consumer


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT A ) ( NN guy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG sitting ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN office ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG deciding ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB eat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A guy is sitting up in an office deciding what you 're going to eat


( S ( PP ( IN After ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1950s ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT the ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ firm ) ( JJ delectable ) ( NN morsel ) ) ) )

After all until the 1950s even the Red Delicious was a firm delectable morsel


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Then ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS growers ) ) ( VP ( VBD bred ) ( NP-1 ( PRP them ) ) ( UCP-PRP ( PP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( VBZ looks ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB satisfy ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN supermarket ) ( NNS chains ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS demands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ long-term ) ( NN storage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Red ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN decline ) ) ) ) )

Then as growers bred them more for looks and to satisfy supermarket chains ' demands of long-term storage the Red went into decline


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT those ) ( JJ red ) ( JJ applelike ) ( NNS things ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS stores ) ) ( VP ( VBP sell ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN summer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP ( NP ( NN fruitbowl ) ) ( JJ lovely ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADVP ( RB usually ) ) ( RB not ) ( NP ( JJ good ) ( NN eating ) ) ) ) )

Now those red applelike things stores sell in summer are fruitbowl lovely but usually not good eating


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( VP ( VB deserve ) ( NP ( NN respect ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( RB almost ) ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( ADJP-1 ( RB probably ) ( JJ equal ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( RB about ) ( CD 106 ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ human ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They do deserve respect however they are almost a year old probably equal to about 106 in human years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ( PRN ( S-ADV ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NNS blemishes ) ) ( ADVP ( RB too ) ) ) )

The Fuji to be sure has blemishes too


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ ripens ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB later ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( JJS most ) ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG growing ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS areas ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ chilly ) ( NNS autumns ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ tricky ) ) ) ) ) )

It ripens later than most apples and growing it in U.S. areas with chilly autumns may be tricky


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ frumpy ) ( NNP Fuji ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB compete ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( RB increasingly ) ( JJ dolledup ) ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover the frumpy Fuji must compete with an increasingly dolledup Delicious


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Broderick ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Massachusetts ) ( NN grower ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ big ) ( NN boss ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN supermarket ) ( NN chain ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VBD rejected ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Delicious ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN waxed ) ( CC and ) ( VBN brushed ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ extra ) ( NN shine ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Broderick the Massachusetts grower says the big boss at a supermarket chain even rejected his Red Delicious recently because they were n't waxed and brushed for extra shine


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS hormones ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( JJ many ) ( NNS growers ) ) ( VP ( VBP employ ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB elongate ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNP Delicious ) ( NNS apples ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJR greater ) ( NN eye ) ( NN appeal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And he had n't used hormones which many growers employ to elongate their Delicious apples for greater eye appeal


( S-1 ( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Auvil ) ) ( VP ( VBZ points ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Grannies ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ popular ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( JJ big ) ( JJ red ) ( NNS looks ) ) ) ) ) ( RB so ) ( SBARQ ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB why ) ) ( SQ ( RB not ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Fujis ) ) ) ) )

Still Mr. Auvil points out Grannies became popular without big red looks so why not Fujis


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sees ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN shift ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS values ) ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( VP ( VBG regarding ) ( NP ( NNS apples ) ) ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN emphasis ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN substance ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJR less ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN glitz ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He sees a shift in American values at least regarding apples toward more emphasis on substance and less on glitz


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Taste ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB finally ) ) ( VP ( VBN come ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fore ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Taste has finally come to the fore he says


( FRAG ( CC Or ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN matter ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN core ) ) )

Or for that matter the core


Good grief


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Charlie ) ( NNP Brown ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) )

Charlie Brown is selling out


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Those ) ( NNP Metropolitan ) ( NNP Life ) ( NNS ads ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ bad ) ( RB enough ) ) ) )

Those Metropolitan Life ads were bad enough


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( CC But ) ( RB now ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Charlie ) ( NNP Brown ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( RB about ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB start ) ( S ( VP ( VBG pitching ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Chex ) ( NNP Party ) ( NNP Mix ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN light ) ( NNS bulbs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But now Charlie Brown is about to start pitching everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs


( SBARQ ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB Why ) ) ( SQ ( VBZ is ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBG cashing ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ) ) )

Why is he cashing in now


( S ( VP ( VBZ Turns ) ( PP ( RP out ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Charlie ) ( NNP Brown ) ) ( NP ( NNP Snoopy ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN gang ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP turn ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 40 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Scripps ) ( NNP Howard ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Media ) ( NN unit ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NN syndicator ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN licensing ) ( NN agent ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Charles ) ( NNP Schulz ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ comic ) ( NN strip ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sees ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bonanza ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG licensing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cartoon ) ( NNS characters ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bevy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS advertisers ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS ads ) ( NNS tie-ins ) ( CC and ) ( NNS promotions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Turns out that next year Charlie Brown Snoopy and the gang turn 40 and Scripps Howard 's United Media unit the syndicator and licensing agent for Charles Schulz 's comic strip sees a bonanza in licensing the cartoon characters to a bevy of advertisers for ads tie-ins and promotions


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Peanuts ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN culture ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Peter ) ( NNP Shore ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP United ) ( NNP Media ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN marketing ) ( CC and ) ( NN licensing ) ) ) ) ) )

Peanuts has become a major part of American culture says Peter Shore United Media 's vice president of marketing and licensing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ comic ) ( NN strip ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ magical ) ( JJ everlasting ) ( NN quality ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) )

The comic strip has a magical everlasting quality about it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Our ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB honor ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Charles ) ( NNP Schulz ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN strip ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB long ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Our plan is to honor Charles Schulz and the strip all year long


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN effort ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Peanuts ) ( NN gang ) ) ( NP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ familiar ) ) ( NNS pitchmen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1990 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The effort will make the Peanuts gang very familiar pitchmen in 1990


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP General ) ( NNP Electric ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS characters ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB plug ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Miser ) ( NN light ) ( NN bulb ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

General Electric plans to use the characters to plug its Miser light bulb


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Teleflora ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( NP ( NN TV ) ( NNS ads ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Valentine ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Day ) ) ) ( VP-1 ( VBG promoting ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NX-TTL ( NP ( NNP Snoopy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Love ) ( NNP Bouquet ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Teleflora will run TV ads at Valentine 's Day promoting its Snoopy 's Love Bouquet


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ralston ) ( NNP Purina ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB promote ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Chex ) ( NNP Party ) ( NNP Mix ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD three ) ( JJ new ) ( NN flavor ) ( NNS packets ) ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Charlie ) ( NNP Brown ) ) ( NP ( NNP Lucy ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Linus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ralston Purina will promote its Chex Party Mix 's three new flavor packets named for Charlie Brown Lucy and Linus


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS characters ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN featured ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ public ) ( NN service ) ( NN effort ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NN Way ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The characters will also be featured in a new public service effort for the United Way


( S ( PP ( IN Beyond ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS advertisements ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN syndicator ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG planning ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG traveling ) ( NN arena ) ( NN show ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN TV ) ( NNS specials ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP CBS ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( RB even ) ( DT an ) ( NN exhibit ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Smithsonian ) ( NNP Institute ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Beyond the advertisements the syndicator is planning a traveling arena show new TV specials for CBS and even an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ yearlong ) ( NN schedule ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS festivities ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN kicked ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( ADVP ( RB officially ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN combination ) ( UCP ( JJ live ) ( CC and ) ( NN animation ) ) ( NN half-time ) ( NN special ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Super ) ( NNP Bowl ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The yearlong schedule of festivities will be kicked off officially with a combination live and animation half-time special at the Super Bowl in January


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PDT All ) ( DT the ) ( NN tie-ins ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NN marketing ) ( NNS experts ) ) ( VP ( VBG questioning ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN party ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB too ) ( RB far ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All the tie-ins though have some marketing experts questioning whether the party may go too far


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBG participating ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Al ) ( NNP Ries ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Trout ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Ries ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Greenwich ) ) ( NP ( NNP Conn. ) ) ) ( NN marketing ) ( NN consulting ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) )

There are too many people participating says Al Ries of Trout & Ries a Greenwich Conn. marketing consulting firm


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN clutter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ your ) ( NN message ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( IN as ) ( JJ distinct ) ( JJ sharp ) ( CC and ) ( JJ individual ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( JJ possible ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If you want to cut through the clutter you have to make your message as distinct sharp and individual as possible


( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Sharing ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN character ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS advertisers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sharing a character with other advertisers is n't a way to do that


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP United ) ( NNP Media ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ scrupulous ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS contracts ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hands ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But United Media says it 's very scrupulous with the contracts it hands out


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( RB not ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ interested ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG promoting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT every ) ( JJ single ) ( NN product ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB along ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Shore ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

We 're not interested in promoting every single product that comes along Mr. Shore says


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Metropolitan ) ( NNP Life ) ( NN ad ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN use ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Peanuts ) ( NNS characters ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Metropolitan Life ad executives could n't be reached about the use of the Peanuts characters by others


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Shore ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ exclusive ) ( NN advertising ) ( NNS rights ) ) ( VP ( VBP extend ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN insurance ) ( CC and ) ( JJ financial ) ( NNS services ) ( NN category ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Mr. Shore says that company 's exclusive advertising rights extend only to the insurance and financial services category


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Berry ) ) ( VP ( VBZ Rejoins ) ( NP ( NNP WPP ) ( NNP Group ) ) ) )

Berry Rejoins WPP Group


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Norman ) ( NNP Berry ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ creative ) ( NN executive ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB apparently ) ) ( VP ( VBN squeezed ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Ogilvy ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Mather ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP June ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG returning ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ogilvy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ parent ) ( NN company ) ) ( NP ( NNP WPP ) ( NNP Group ) ( NNP PLC ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Norman Berry the creative executive who was apparently squeezed out of Ogilvy & Mather in June is returning to Ogilvy 's parent company WPP Group PLC


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Berry ) ) ( NP ( CD 58 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN resigned ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ogilvy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX ( NX ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Kenneth ) ( NNP Roman ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN title ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ creative ) ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR fuzzier ) ( JJ international ) ( NN role ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Berry 58 had resigned after being asked by Ogilvy 's chairman and chief executive officer Kenneth Roman to give up his title as creative head of the New York office and to take a fuzzier international role


( S ( NP-TMP ( NN Yesterday ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( DT a ) ) ( NN day ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Roman ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ top ) ( NN post ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP American ) ( NNP Express ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP WPP ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Berry ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB return ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ international ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ parent ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yesterday just a day after Mr. Roman announced he would leave to take a top post at American Express WPP said Mr. Berry would return to take an international role at the parent company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Berry ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN timing ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN coincidence ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN decision ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unrelated ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Roman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN departure ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Berry said the timing was a coincidence and that his decision was unrelated to Mr. Roman 's departure


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NNP RJR ) ) ( VP ( VBZ Taps ) ( NP ( NNP FCB\/Leber ) ) ) )

RJR Taps FCB\/Leber


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP RJR ) ( NNP Nabisco ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD awarded ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ national ) ( NN broadcast ) ( JJ media-buying ) ( NN assignment ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP FCB\/Leber ) ( NNP Katz ) ( NNP Partners ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN outpost ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Chicago-based ) ( NNP Foote ) ( NNP Cone ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Belding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

RJR Nabisco Inc. awarded its national broadcast media-buying assignment to FCB\/Leber Katz Partners the New York outpost of Chicago-based Foote Cone & Belding


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN naming ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP FCB\/Leber ) ( NNP Katz ) ( NNP Partners ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN agency ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN record ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nabisco ) ( NNP Brands ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Planters ) ( NNP LifeSavers ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ follows ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP RJR ) ( NNP Nabisco ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN announcement ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VP ( VB disband ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP RJR ) ( NNP Nabisco ) ( NNP Broadcast ) ( NN division ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB dismiss ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD 14 ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( VB Dec. ) ( CD 1. ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( NP ( NNS costs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The naming of FCB\/Leber Katz Partners as agency of record for Nabisco Brands Inc. and Planters LifeSavers Co. follows RJR Nabisco 's announcement last week that it will disband its RJR Nabisco Broadcast division and dismiss its 14 employees Dec. 1. to cut costs


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( ADJP ( NNP New ) ( JJ York-based ) ) ( NP ( NNP RJR ) ( NNP Nabisco ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ spends ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB annually ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN industry ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB spend ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 140 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( ADVP-2 ( IN down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 200 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

New York-based RJR Nabisco would n't say what it spends annually but industry executives say it will spend more than 140 million this year down from about 200 million last year


Ad Notes


EARNINGS


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Interpublic ) ( NNP Group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Cos. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ third-quarter ) ( NN net ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 15 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 6.9 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 21 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 18 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ year-earlier ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Interpublic Group of Cos. said third-quarter net rose 15 % to 6.9 million or 21 cents a share from 6 million or 18 cents a share in the year-earlier period


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 5 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 283.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 268.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

Revenue increased more than 5 % to 283.2 million from 268.6 million


( NP-HLN ( NN HOLIDAY ) ( NNP PROMOTION ) )

HOLIDAY PROMOTION


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP PepsiCo ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( PRT ( RP away ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4,000 ) ( NNS sets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NNP Game ) ( NNP Boy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nintendo ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ hand-held ) ( NN video ) ( NN game ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ two-month ) ( NN promotion ) ) ( VP ( VBN scheduled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

PepsiCo Inc. will give away 4,000 sets of Game Boy Nintendo 's new hand-held video game in a two-month promotion scheduled to begin Nov. 1


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Pepsi ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB spend ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG advertising ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN promotion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Pepsi said it will spend 10 million advertising the promotion


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBD scrambled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN significance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS guidelines ) ) ( VP ( VBG concerning ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS prosecutions ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN racketeering ) ( NN law ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Justice Department scrambled to play down the significance of its new guidelines concerning prosecutions under the federal racketeering law


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS guidelines ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN distributed ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS attorneys ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN summer ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN disclosed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NN press ) ( NNS reports ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) )

The guidelines were distributed to U.S. attorneys last summer but were disclosed for the first time by press reports this week


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They discourage prosecutors under certain circumstances from seeking court orders seizing the assets of racketeering defendants prior to trial


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But David Runkel chief Justice Department spokesman said the guidelines are a codification and a clarification far more than a new direction


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Use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law against white-collar defendants as opposed to alleged organized-crime figures has come under attack from some defense lawyers and legal scholars


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Critics have complained that the law unfairly strips defendants of assets before a jury determines they have committed a crime and that aggressive use of the forfeiture provisions can ruin corporate defendants or force them into unfavorable plea bargains


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In the new guidelines the Justice Department says that in attempting to freeze disputed assets before trial the government will not seek to disrupt the normal legitimate business activities of the defendant and will not seek to take from third parties assets legitimately transferred to them


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The guidelines also state The government 's policy is not to seek the fullest forfeiture permissible under the law where that forfeiture would be disproportionate to the defendant 's crime


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Another provision clarifies certain limits on when prosecutors may use tax-fraud charges as a basis for bringing a racketeering case


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Mr. Runkel declined to speculate on whether the guidelines would curb racketeering prosecutions against corporate defendants


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The impact if there is any will be impossible to judge ahead of time because the decision whether to use racketeering charges is made in individual cases by Justice Department officials in Washington he said


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In a memorandum describing the guidelines Assistant Attorney General Edward Dennis Jr. said that government efforts to freeze defendants ' assets pending racketeering prosecutions have been the subject of considerable criticism in the press


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But Mr. Runkel said the government is n't backing off on these kinds of matters at all


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP start ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ) ) )

People start their own businesses for many reasons


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But a chance to fill out sales-tax records is rarely one of them


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Red tape is the bugaboo of small business


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Ironically the person who wants to run his or her own business is probably the active results-oriented sort most likely to hate meeting the rules and record-keeping demands of federal state and local regulators


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Yet every business owner has to face the mound of forms and regulations and often is the only one available to tackle it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN hope ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN change ) ) ) ) ) )

There is hope of change


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP Malcolm ) ( NNP Wallop ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP R. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Wyo ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD held ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS hearings ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bill ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB strengthen ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ existing ) ( NN law ) ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( JJ regulatory ) ( NNS hassles ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ small ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Last week Sen. Malcolm Wallop R. Wyo held hearings on a bill to strengthen an existing law designed to reduce regulatory hassles for small businesses


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A great many federal regulations are meant for larger entities and do n't really apply to small businesses says Marian Jacob a legislative aide to Sen. Wallop