( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN mistrust ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN born ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Watergate ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ past ) ( NNS misdeeds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Central ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Agency ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Iran-Contra ) ( NN scandal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP appear ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ready ) ( PRN ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( RB now ) ) ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB trust ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( JJ other ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG setting ) ( NP ( NP ( NN policy ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ covert ) ( NNS activities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After years of mistrust born of Watergate past misdeeds of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Iran-Contra scandal President Bush and the Senate Intelligence Committee appear ready for now at least to trust each other when it comes to setting policy on covert activities


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If that attitude lasts it could infuse covert action planning with a level of care and confidence that has n't been seen in years


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( NN week ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBN informed ) ( PRN ( ADVP-TMP ( RB usually ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN advance ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ covert ) ( NNS actions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( JJ key ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS decisions ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN writing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Over the past week the president has agreed to keep the committee informed usually in advance of covert actions and to put key intelligence decisions in writing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( VBD handled ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS matters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That was n't always the way the Reagan administration handled such matters


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN pledged ) ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB respect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 14-year-old ) ( NN executive ) ( NN order ) ) ( VP ( VBG barring ) ( NP-2 ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS agents ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG assassinating ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VBG helping ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB so ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Bush has pledged as well to respect the 14-year-old executive order barring U.S. agents from assassinating foreign leaders or helping others to do so


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Congress ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB fully ) ) ( VBD trusted ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NNP CIA ) ( NN chief ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Casey ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP National ) ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Adviser ) ( NNP John ) ( NNP Poindexter ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB honor ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ban ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Congress never fully trusted former CIA chief William Casey and National Security Adviser John Poindexter to honor the ban


( S ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS objections ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP CIA ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN establishment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN inspector ) ( NN general ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP CIA ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ independent ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP CIA ) ( NN director ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Despite objections by the CIA Mr. Bush also has agreed to the establishment of an inspector general at the CIA who would be independent of the CIA director


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN return ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NN panel ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN dropped ) ( NP ( NNS efforts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB enact ) ( NP ( NP ( NN legislation ) ) ( VP ( VBG requiring ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB inform ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN within ) ( NP ( CD 48 ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN launching ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ covert ) ( NN activity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In return the Senate panel has dropped efforts to enact legislation requiring the administration to inform it within 48 hours of the launching of any covert activity


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN removed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN ban ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP CIA ) ( NN use ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN contingency ) ( NN fund ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ covert ) ( NNS acts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB wipe ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB away ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( ADJP ( JJ tortured ) ( CC and ) ( JJ legalistic ) ) ( NNS restrictions ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN coup ) ( NN planning ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN put ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN place ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB ensure ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP CIA ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN assassination ) ( NN game ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It also has removed a ban on CIA use of a contingency fund for covert acts and has agreed to wipe away some tortured and legalistic restrictions on coup planning put in place to ensure that the CIA did n't get back in the assassination game


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB finally ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB convince ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Casey ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Oliver ) ( NNP North ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB anymore ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( CD one ) ( NN administration ) ( NN official ) ) )

We 've finally been able to convince them that Casey and Oliver North do n't work here anymore says one administration official


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ new ) ( NN understanding ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VB spring ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ spontaneous ) ( NN eruption ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN sweetness ) ( CC and ) ( NN light ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The new understanding did n't just spring to life in a spontaneous eruption of sweetness and light


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD emerged ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ rancorous ) ( NN display ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ old-style ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS politics ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD followed ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBN failed ) ( NN coup ) ( NN attempt ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It emerged after a rancorous display of old-style intelligence politics that followed this month 's failed coup attempt in Panama


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( NP ( NP ( NN television ) ( NNS appearances ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS leaks ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB argue ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( ADJP ( RB congressionally ) ( VBN imposed ) ) ( NNS restrictions ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ covert ) ( NNS actions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS coups ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ difficult ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The White House used television appearances and leaks to argue that congressionally imposed restrictions on covert actions made U.S. support for such coups difficult


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Mr. Bush even disclosed privately that one Reagan-era deal with Congress required him to notify the odious Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega if the U.S. learned of a coup plot that might endanger his life


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The president also hinted he might veto this year 's intelligence authorization bill if it is too restrictive


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Intelligence Committee Chairman David Boren D. Okla and Vice Chairman William Cohen R. Maine for their part angrily accused the White House of selectively leaking classified documents and trying unfairly to shift the blame to Congress for the bungled attempt to topple Gen. Noriega


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The White House got the better of the exchange but took care not to press its advantage to the kind of constitutional confrontation sought by conservative Republicans who do n't want any congressional oversight of intelligence activities


( S ( ADVP ( RB Instead ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS aides ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD respected ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN role ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ conservative ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ moderate ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Cohen ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB iron ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS differences ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Instead Mr. Bush and his aides made it clear they respected Congress 's role and felt they could work with the conservative Mr. Boren and the moderate Mr. Cohen to iron out their differences


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS senators ) ) ( VP ( VBD responded ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN kind ) ) ) ) )

The senators responded in kind


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB happily ) ) ( VBD told ) ( NP ( NNS reporters ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS minds ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ clean ) ( NN slate ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ free ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS impediments ) ) ( VP ( VBN imposed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sen. Boren happily told reporters that there had been a meeting of the minds with the White House and that the committee had given Mr. Bush a clean slate free of the impediments imposed during the Reagan years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP Cohen ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN relationship ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN reverted ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ pre-Reagan ) ( NN character ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sen. Cohen said the relationship has reverted to its pre-Reagan character


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS details ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN nailed ) ( PRT ( IN down ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There still are some details to be nailed down


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG reserving ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN right ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ rare ) ( NNS instances ) ) ) ( S-3 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dark ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG asserting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ constitutional ) ( NN prerogative ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB recognize ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Bush is reserving the right in rare instances to keep Congress in the dark asserting a constitutional prerogative the committee does n't recognize


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG pending ) ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Department ) ( NN interpretation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN assassination ) ( NN ban ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB raise ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS questions ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN settled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And a pending Justice Department interpretation of the assassination ban could raise questions that would have to be settled


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT both ) ( NNS sides ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB face ) ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NNS critics ) ) ) ) )

Moreover both sides may face political critics


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS conservatives ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB accuse ) ( NP-1 ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( JJ promising ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ( NP ( RB too ) ( RB much ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some conservatives will accuse the president of promising Congress too much


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP continue ) ( S ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB anonymously ) ) ( VBG attacking ) ( NP-2 ( NNP CIA ) ( NNP Director ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Webster ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( VBG accommodating ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN committee ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And they continue anonymously attacking CIA Director William Webster for being too accommodating to the committee


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( JJ congressional ) ( NNS liberals ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB accuse ) ( NP-1 ( NNP Sens. ) ( NNP Boren ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Cohen ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG wimping ) ( PRT ( IN out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB warn ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS lawmakers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS concessions ) ) ( VP ( VBP raise ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN specter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( RBR more ) ( ADJP ( RB internationally ) ( JJ embarrassing ) ) ( JJ covert ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mining ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Nicaraguan ) ( NNS harbors ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Iran ) ( NNS arms ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the same time some congressional liberals will accuse Sens. Boren and Cohen of wimping out and they will warn that the lawmakers ' concessions raise the specter of more internationally embarrassing covert operations like the mining of Nicaraguan harbors and the Iran arms sales


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ cooperative ) ( NN attitude ) ) ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJR greater ) ( NN consultation ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ covert ) ( NNS activities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG entering ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN era ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ such ) ( JJ hare-brained ) ( NNS schemes ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN scrapped ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( PP-CLR ( IN off ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN drawing ) ( NNS boards ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( ADJP ( JJ risky ) ( CC but ) ( JJ well-planned ) ) ( JJ secret ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN undertaken ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( NN fear ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ panicky ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB balk ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But if the cooperative attitude holds and there is greater consultation on covert activities the country could be entering an era when such hare-brained schemes are scrapped before they get off the drawing boards while risky but well-planned secret operations can be undertaken without fear that a panicky Congress will balk


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NORTH ) ( NNP SIDE ) ( NNP SAVINGS ) ( NNP BANK ) ( NNS directors ) ) ( VP ( VBD declared ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ initial ) ( NN dividend ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ payable ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Dec. ) ( CD 5 ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN stock ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN record ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 21 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NORTH SIDE SAVINGS BANK directors declared an initial dividend of 10 cents a share payable Dec. 5 to stock of record Nov. 21


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Floral ) ( NNP Park ) ( NNP N.Y. ) ) ( NN thrift ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ strong ) ( NNS capital-to-assets ) ( NN ratio ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Vice ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Michael ) ( NNP D.N. ) ( NNP Confer ) ) )

The Floral Park N.Y. thrift has a strong capital-to-assets ratio said Vice President Michael D.N. Confer


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN thrift ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD converted ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stock ) ( NN form ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN ownership ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ mutual ) ( NN form ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP April ) ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RBR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD four ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) )

At Sept. 30 the thrift which converted to a stock form of ownership from a mutual form in April 1986 had more than four million shares outstanding


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 75th ) ( NN anniversary ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Federal ) ( NNP Reserve ) ( NNP System ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS members ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ fresh ) ( NN look ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ central ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This year is the 75th anniversary of the Federal Reserve System and some members of Congress think it 's time to take a fresh look at the nation 's central bank


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( CD 75 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB there ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS things ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( JJ worth ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG reexamining ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After 75 years there may be a few things that are worth reexamining


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The regional Federal Reserve Bank setup for instance may be out of date


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In earlier years it may have seemed reasonable to give Richmond Va. a bank and allow Los Angeles only a branch of the San Francisco bank but times have changed


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Maybe the whole regional system is an anachronism the Fed after all is a national central bank


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Some of the would-be reformers however want to restore an arrangement we once had or at least part of it


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In the beginning the treasury secretary and the comptroller of the currency were both ex officio members of the Federal Reserve Board


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But in 1935 when Congress was trying to find someone or something to blame for the Great Depression it decided to drop both the secretary and the comptroller from the board


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Carter Glass a former treasury secretary who was then back in Congress probably influenced the decision


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He said that when he was on the board he felt that he had a great deal of power and somehow he did n't think that was a good thing


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Times have changed


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Rep. Byron Dorgan D. N.D has introduced a bill in Congress co-sponsored by Rep. Lee Hamilton D. Ind. that would put the treasury secretary back on the board


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There is doubt that the change would accomplish much but at least Congress as in 1935 would be doing something


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So far no one has suggested putting the comptroller back on the board


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Nicholas Brady the incumbent treasury secretary is of course aware of the proposal and he does n't like it much


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Mr. Dorgen has changed tactics dropping the seat-for-the-secretary idea


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That may have pleased the secretary but H. Erich Heinemann chief economist of the investment firm of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. suggests that Mr. Brady may figure he already has all the power he needs


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Like most treasury secretaries Mr. Brady takes a keen interest in monetary matters of course


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He was in fact taking an especially keen interest in board matters even before he went to the treasury


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After the October 1987 market crash Mr. Brady as a private citizen headed a presidential commission that tried to decide what went wrong and what should be done about it


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One of the commission 's recommendations was that a single agency probably the Federal Reserve should coordinate regulation of all financial markets


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This recommendation might have encouraged a turf-hungry bureaucrat to try to expand his power but so far Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has n't made a pitch for the job


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The Fed has plenty of responsibilities in times of market turmoil and in 1987 and again in 1989 it appears to have handled them well


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Mr. Brady has said he thought government agencies in the latest market drop were better prepared to coordinate their actions but he has left no doubt that he still likes the ideas the commission advanced nearly two years ago


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In recent weeks moreover Mr. Brady has joined other administration officials in trying to urge the Fed toward lower interest rates


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The urging admittedly has been gentle


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In an interview with the Washington Post in early October the secretary said the Fed may be slightly more interested in curbing inflation than the administration is while the administration may put slightly more emphasis on spurring economic growth


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At least some economists of course would argue that inflation deserves a lot of emphasis


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Earlier this month the St. Louis Fed held a conference to assess the system 's first 75 years


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Allan Meltzer a Carnegie-Mellon University economist noted that the Fed 's record included the longest most sustained peacetime inflation in our history dating from either 1966 or 1967 to 1989


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The inflation-growth argument is an old one but Mr. Brady on the board or off is surely trying to influence Fed policy


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Equally importantly the treasury secretary has spearheaded the administration effort to bring the U.S. dollar down by shopping avidly for West German marks and Japanese yen


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The treasury can do something on its own but to have any hope of success it needs help from the Fed


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The central bank has been helping but apparently not especially eagerly


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The Fed has been intervening in foreign currency markets all right but through August at least it appeared to be sterilizing the intervention


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In other words it was offsetting purchases of marks and yen by buying dollars in the domestic money market


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Now sterilized intervention may have some effect


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When traders see the Fed is in the exchange market it may make them tread a little carefully for fear of what the central bank may do


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But it 's generally accepted that sterilized intervention has little or no lasting impact on currency values


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After August the Fed may have stopped sterilizing but it 's hard to see much impact on the dollar


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The dollar is still highly volatile


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The Fed has let interest rates slip slightly but whether the main reason was dollar intervention the gloomy reports on manufacturing employment or the Friday 13 market drop only Mr. Greenspan and his associates know


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Earlier this year Martin Feldstein president of the National Bureau of Economic Research argued forcefully that a government that wants steady stable exchange rates might try some steady stable economic policies


( S-2 ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB manage ) ( NP ( NN exchange ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( VBN desired ) ( NN level ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB mean ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBG diverting ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ monetary ) ( CC and ) ( JJ fiscal ) ) ( NNS policies ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ customary ) ( NNS roles ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB thereby ) ) ( VP ( VBG risking ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ excessive ) ( NN inflation ) ( CC and ) ( NN unemployment ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ inadequate ) ( NN capital ) ( NN formation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Trying to manage exchange rates to some desired level he said would mean diverting monetary and fiscal policies from their customary roles and thereby risking excessive inflation and unemployment and inadequate capital formation


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( X ( DT The ) ( RBR more ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ( X-ADV ( DT the ) ( RBR more ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP suspect ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brady ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( ADVP ( RB indeed ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN power ) ) ( SBAR-LOC ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The more we think about it the more we suspect Mr. Brady does indeed have enough power where he already is


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ bizarre ) ) ( NN garden ) ( NNS stories ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NNP Eden ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG unfolding ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS years ) ) ( ADVP ( RB now ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ private ) ( JJ paper-and-crayon ) ( NNS fantasies ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN artist ) ( NNP Jennifer ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One of the more bizarre garden stories since Eden has been unfolding for four years now in the private paper-and-crayon fantasies of artist Jennifer Bartlett


( S ( CC And ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP she ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Battery ) ( NNP Park ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP Authority ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP her ) ( ADJP ( RB horticulturally ) ( JJ inept ) ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ public ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ real ) ( NN garden ) ( NN artwork ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN downtown ) ( NN complex ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And if she and the Battery Park City Authority have their way her horticulturally inept plan will soon go public as a real garden artwork in the downtown complex


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( NN scheme ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB occupy ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( CD 3.5 ) ( NNS acres ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ open ) ( NN space ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS southwest ) ( NN tip ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Manhattan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

South Gardens as the Bartlett scheme is called will occupy the last 3.5 acres of open space at the southwest tip of Manhattan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VP ( VB cost ) ( NP-1 ( NNS taxpayers ) ) ( NP-2 ( QP ( CD 15 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( S-CLR-3 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB install ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NP=1 ( NNP BPC ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( NP=2 ( NP ( QP ( CD 1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( S-CLR=3 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It could cost taxpayers 15 million to install and BPC residents 1 million a year to maintain


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Created ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN artist ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ flaunts ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN ignorance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS plants ) ( CC and ) ( NNS gardens ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB as ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBN planned ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB die ) ( PP-PRP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ congestive ) ( NN garden ) ( NN design ) ) ) ) ) )

Created by an artist who flaunts her ignorance of plants and gardens South Gardens as now planned will die from congestive garden design


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN work ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD earned ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ international ) ( NN reputation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ non-horticultural ) ( NN art ) ( NN world ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( NNS gardens ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN nominal ) ( NN subject ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Bartlett 's previous work which earned her an international reputation in the non-horticultural art world often took gardens as its nominal subject


( S ( ADVP ( RB Mayhap ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( JJ metaphorical ) ( NN connection ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP BPC ) ( NNP Fine ) ( NNPS Arts ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ literal ) ( JJ green ) ( NN thumb ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mayhap this metaphorical connection made the BPC Fine Arts Committee think she had a literal green thumb


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB discuss ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN garden ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN article ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Bartlett would not discuss her garden for this article


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD boasted ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP HG ) ( NN magazine ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD 'd ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBN looked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Last year she boasted to HG magazine I 'd never looked at a garden in my life


( S ( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD proved ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( VBG shirking ) ( NN violet ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ initial ) ( NN statement ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP State ) ( JJ public ) ( NN benefit ) ( NN corporation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ only ) ( NN thing ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN interested ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG doing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( VBN complicated ) ) ( NN garden ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB cost ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ enormous ) ( NN amount ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ expensive ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And she proved no shirking violet in her initial statement to the BPCA a New York State public benefit corporation The only thing I was interested in doing was a very complicated garden which would cost an enormous amount of money and be very expensive to maintain


( S ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ Undeterred ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ) ( VP ( VBD hired ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( VBN confessed ) ( NN garden ) ( NN ignoramus ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN architect ) ( NNP Alexander ) ( NNP Cooper ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBD claimed ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN visited ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB much ) ( RBR less ) ) ( VBN built ) ) ( NP-2 ( DT a ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN project ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB view ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN landscape ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Undeterred the BPCA hired Ms. Bartlett and another confessed garden ignoramus the architect Alexander Cooper who claimed he had never visited much less built a garden and said of the project I do n't view this as a landscape


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP view ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN building ) ) ) ) )

I view this as a building


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ third ) ( NN principal ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ( NN adventure ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NN garden ) ( NN experience ) ) ) ) )

The third principal in the South Gardens adventure did have garden experience


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Bruce ) ( NNP Kelly\/David ) ( NNP Varnell ) ( NNP Landscape ) ( NNPS Architects ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN created ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Central ) ( NNP Park ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX ( NX ( NNP Strawberry ) ( NNPS Fields ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNP Shakespeare ) ( NNP Garden ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The firm of Bruce Kelly\/David Varnell Landscape Architects had created Central Park 's Strawberry Fields and Shakespeare Garden


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP BPCA ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NN team ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ stunning ) ( NN collaboration ) ) ) ) )

The BPCA called its team a stunning collaboration


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ( NN design ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( ADJP ( CD 100 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ uncollaborated ) ( NNP Jennifer ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ) )

After four years though the South Gardens design is 100 % uncollaborated Jennifer Bartlett


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( NP ( RB little ) ( RBR more ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VB recycle ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ standard ) ( NNS motifs ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNS trees ) ) ( NP ( NN water ) ) ( NP ( NN landscape ) ( NNS fragments ) ) ( NP ( JJ rudimentary ) ( NN square ) ( NNS houses ) ) ( NP ( NNS circles ) ) ( NP ( NNS triangles ) ) ( NP ( NNS rectangles ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB fit ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN grid ) ) ) ( SBAR-MNR ( IN as ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG making ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( JJ gridded ) ( JJ two-dimensional ) ( NNS works ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN gallery ) ( NN wall ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She has done little more than recycle her standard motifs trees water landscape fragments rudimentary square houses circles triangles rectangles and fit them into a grid as if she were making one of her gridded two-dimensional works for a gallery wall


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN grid ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 3-D ) ( NN network ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN masonry ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN hedge ) ( NNS walls ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ real ) ( NNS plants ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN inside ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But for South Gardens the grid was to be a 3-D network of masonry or hedge walls with real plants inside them


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN letter ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP kelly\/varnell ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ arbitrary ) ( CC and ) ( JJ amateurish ) ) ) ) )

In a letter to the BPCA kelly\/varnell called this arbitrary and amateurish


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN landscape ) ( NNS architects ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN expelled ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ) ) ) ) )

The landscape architects were expelled from the garden in July


( S ( NP-TMP ( PDT All ) ( DT the ) ( NN while ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ busy ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( NN assignment ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ serene ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN sense ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN self-tilth ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All the while Ms. Bartlett had been busy at her assignment serene in her sense of self-tilth


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( CD 1987 ) ( NN lecture ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Harvard ) ( NNP Graduate ) ( NNP School ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Design ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN garden ) ) ( S-ADV ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG knowing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN difference ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rhododendron ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN tulip ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As she put it in a 1987 lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design I have designed a garden not knowing the difference between a rhododendron and a tulip


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD proclaimed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN landscape ) ( NNS architects ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ wrong ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( CD 20 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN design ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ open ) ( NN space ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover she proclaimed that landscape architects have been going wrong for the last 20 years in the design of open space


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( ADVP ( RB further ) ) ( VP ( VBD stunned ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS listeners ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG revealing ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ secret ) ( NN garden ) ( NN design ) ( NN method ) ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG Commissioning ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN friend ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB spend ) ( NP ( QP ( CD five ) ( CC or ) ( CD six ) ( CD thousand ) ) ( NNS dollars ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS books ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ultimately ) ) ( VP ( VBD cut ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And she further stunned her listeners by revealing her secret garden design method Commissioning a friend to spend five or six thousand dollars on books that I ultimately cut up


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN layout ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ easy ) ) ) ) )

After that the layout had been easy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VBN relied ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB heavily ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN grid ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN found ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fail ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 've always relied heavily on the grid and found it never to fail


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN audience ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( ADVP ( RB absolutely ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB believe ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN compromise ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG giving ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN client ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ watered-down ) ( NNS versions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS things ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Bartlett told her audience that she absolutely did not believe in compromise or in giving in to the client because I do n't think you can do watered-down versions of things


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN problem ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN client ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( ADVP-TMP ( JJ long ) ( IN since ) ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( POS 's ) ) ( DT every ) ( NN whim ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This was never a problem with South Gardens because the client had long since given in to Ms. Bartlett 's every whim


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN public ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN afforded ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN preview ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN creation ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN tablemodel ) ( NN version ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP BPC ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ) ) ) )

Last year the public was afforded a preview of Ms. Bartlett 's creation in a tablemodel version at a BPC exhibition


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS labels ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ breathy ) ) ) ) ( SINV ( SINV ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN Within ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( VBG sheltering ) ( NNS walls ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN microcosm ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( CD thousand ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN garden ) ( NN design ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NX ( NX ( NN rose ) ( NN garden ) ) ( NX ( NN herb ) ( NN garden ) ) ( NX ( JJ serpentine ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN flower ) ( NNS fields ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN apple ) ( NN orchard ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN organized ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN patchwork ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ 50-by-50-foot ) ( NNS squares ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB form ) ( NP ( NNS rooms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SINV ( ADVP-LOC-PRD-TPC-3 ( RB here ) ( CC and ) ( RB there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ simple ) ( JJ architectural ) ( NNS forms ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ whimsical ) ( NN jet ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN water ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN conceit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ topiary ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN tartan ) ( NN plaid ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS chairs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN sort ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drag ) ( PP-CLR ( IN around ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The labels were breathy Within its sheltering walls is a microcosm of a thousand years in garden design a rose garden herb garden serpentine garden flower fields an apple orchard organized in a patchwork of 50-by-50-foot squares to form rooms here and there are simple architectural forms a whimsical jet of water a conceit of topiary or tartan plaid and chairs of every sort to drag around


( SINV ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN core ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN love ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS plants ) ) ) ) )

At the core of it all is a love for plants


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Plant ) ( NNS lovers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD studied ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN maquette ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN alarmed ) ) ) )

Plant lovers who studied the maquette were alarmed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD looked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN miniature ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ giant ) ( NN folly ) ) ) ) )

They looked at the miniature and saw a giant folly


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ little ) ( NNS rooms ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NN room ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS plants ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Bartlett 's little rooms left little room for plants or people


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Kelly\/Varnell ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN put ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN carrying ) ( NN capacity ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS people ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( NN room ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 100 ) ) ( NNS humans ) ) ( ADVP ( JJ overall ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Kelly\/Varnell had put South Gardens ' carrying capacity at four people per room or about 100 humans overall


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT This ) ( NN mincemeat ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ tiny ) ( JJ gridlocked ) ( NNS squares ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN inspired ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN artist ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS digs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ My ) ( NN loft ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NNS feet ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD seemed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN garden ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This mincemeat of tiny gridlocked squares was inspired by the artist 's own digs My loft was 50 by 100 feet so 50 feet by 50 feet seemed like a good garden room


( SINV ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN Inside ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN grid ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( CD 24 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NN plant ) ( NNS cells ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN jammed ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( RB full ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN clutter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Inside the grid were 24 of these plant cells jammed full of clutter


( S ( NP-TPC-1 ( CD One ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ topiary ) ( NN rec ) ( NN room ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ replete ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS plants ) ) ( VP ( VBN shaped ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Barcalounger ) ( NN TV ) ( NN piano ) ( CC and ) ( NNS chairs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One she made into a topiary rec room replete with plants shaped into a Barcalounger TV piano and chairs


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT another ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD requisitioned ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ topiary ) ( NNP MX ) ( NN missile ) ( NNS cones ) ) ( PRN ( VP ( VBG costing ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 10,000 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT each ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS heights ) ) ( PP ( IN up ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 20 ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In another she requisitioned topiary MX missile cones costing 10,000 each in heights up to 20 feet


( S ( NP-TPC-1 ( DT Another ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD stuffed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( CD eight ) ( JJ rectilinear ) ( NNS hedges ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ topiary ) ( NN geometry ) ( NN lesson ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN right-angling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS plants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Another she stuffed with eight rectilinear hedges for a topiary geometry lesson in the right-angling of plants


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ herbal ) ( NN lounge ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD specified ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ plaid ) ( NN knot ) ( NN garden ) ( NN decor ) ) ) )

In the herbal lounge she specified a plaid knot garden decor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD ordered ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN foyer ) ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ different ) ( NN plaid ) ( NN planting ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN landscape ) ( NNS architects ) ) ( VP ( VB study ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN book ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS tartans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She ordered the foyer done in a different plaid planting and made the landscape architects study a book on tartans


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN garden ) ( NN roomette ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD implanted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 43-foot ) ( NN square ) ( NN glass ) ( NN cube ) ) ( VP ( VBD meant ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ plaid ) ( NN tile ) ( NN floor ) ( NN conceit ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN zinc ) ( NN sink ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ huge ) ( NN fishbowl ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN carp ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN birdcage ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS cockatoos ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In one garden roomette she implanted a 43-foot square glass cube meant to show off a plaid tile floor conceit a zinc sink a huge fishbowl with carp and a birdcage with cockatoos


( S ( ADVP-PUT-TPC-4 ( JJ Next ) ( NN door ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR smaller ) ( JJ plaid-floored ) ( NN glass ) ( NN house ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB where ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD suggested ) ) ) ) ( S-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN flat ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS strawberries ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN displayed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dead ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN winter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Next door she put a smaller plaid-floored glass house where she suggested a flat of strawberries might be displayed in the dead of winter


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN compartment ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Linden ) ( NNP Bosque ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( CD 62 ) ( NN linden ) ( NNS trees ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN crowded ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB together ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG killing ) ( NNS intervals ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CC or ) ( CD 16 ) ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In another compartment called the Linden Bosque 62 linden trees were to be crowded together at killing intervals of 10 or 16 feet


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Lindens ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 36 ) ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) )

Lindens need about 36 feet


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN thing ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN doubt ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB demand ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ full-time ) ( NNS skills ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN battalion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ topiary ) ( NNS barbers ) ) ( NP ( NNS rosarians ) ) ( NP ( NNS orchardists ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS arborists ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One thing about the Bartlett plan was never in doubt It would demand the full-time skills of a battalion of topiary barbers rosarians orchardists and arborists


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB blithely ) ) ( VBD suggested ) ( S ( VP ( VBG calling ) ( PP-CLR ( IN upon ) ( NP ( JJ semi-skilled ) ( NN garden ) ( NN club ) ( NNS workers ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN maintenance ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Bartlett blithely suggested calling upon semi-skilled garden club workers for maintenance


( S ( ADVP ( RB Furthermore ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN insisted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS paths ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ narrow ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD five ) ( TO to ) ( CD eight ) ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ hedge ) ( NNS corners ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( RB square ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ standard ) ( NN maintenance ) ( NN equipment ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNS trucks ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( JJ cherry ) ( NNS pickers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB maneuver ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Furthermore she had insisted on paths so narrow five to eight feet and hedge corners so square that standard maintenance equipment trucks or cherry pickers could n't maneuver


( S ( ADVP ( RB Then ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT these ) ( NNS gardenettes ) ) ( ADVP ( RB quite ) ( RB literally ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NNS rooms ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN thrown ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ windowless ) ( NNS walls ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN brick ) ( NN lattice ) ( NN hedge ) ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD eight ) ( TO to ) ( CD 10 ) ) ( NNS feet ) ( JJ tall ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG casting ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS interiors ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ day-long ) ( JJ Stygian ) ( NN shade ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then to make these gardenettes quite literally rooms Ms. Bartlett had thrown up windowless walls brick lattice hedge eight to 10 feet tall casting her interiors into day-long Stygian shade


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ hard ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN photosynthesis ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VB happen ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG decking ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS walls ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Christmas-like ) ( NN array ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNPS Gro-Lites ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was hard to see how photosynthesis would ever happen in South Gardens without decking the walls in a Christmas-like array of Gro-Lites


( S ( ADVP ( RB Finally ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG flouting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS wishes ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ popular ) ( JJ two-mile ) ( NN riverside ) ( NNP Esplanade ) ) ( VP ( VBN prized ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ expansive ) ( NNS views ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Harbor ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Statue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Liberty ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Ellis ) ( NNP Island ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( VBD threw ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( RB yet ) ( DT another ) ( NN wall ) ) ( PRN ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN time ) ) ( ADJP ( NN concrete ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN time ) ) ( ADJP ( NP-ADV ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD 1\/2 ) ) ( NNS feet ) ) ( JJ tall ) ) ) ) ) )

Finally flouting the BPCA 's wishes to continue the popular two-mile riverside Esplanade prized for its expansive views of New York Harbor the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ms. Bartlett threw up yet another wall this time concrete this time 10 1\/2 feet tall


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD ran ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN length ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ( NN riverfront ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG blotting ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ great ) ( JJ natural ) ( NN water ) ( NNS features ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN harbor ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN river ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She ran it the length of the South Gardens riverfront blotting out the city 's great natural water features the harbor and the river


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Within ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN decreed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN waterfall ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rill ) ) ( NP ( NNS ponds ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ costly ) ( JJ trivial ) ( NN waterworks ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN beside ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Hudson ) ) ) ) ) )

Within her garden she has decreed a waterfall a rill ponds and other costly trivial waterworks beside the Hudson


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN model ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN view ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Manhattan ) ( NNP Community ) ( NNP Board ) ( CD 1 ) ) ( VP ( VBD passed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN resolution ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ) ) ) )

While the model was still on view Manhattan Community Board 1 passed a resolution against South Gardens


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNPS Parks ) ( NNP Council ) ) ( VP ( VBD wrote ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ private ) ( JJ exclusive ) ( JJ complex ) ( CC and ) ( JJ expensive ) ) ( VBN enclosed ) ( NN garden ) ) ( VP ( VBZ belongs ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( RB almost ) ( DT any ) ( NN location ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN waterfront ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Parks Council wrote the BPCA that this too private exclusive complex and expensive enclosed garden belongs in almost any location but the waterfront


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Lynden ) ( NNP B. ) ( NNP Miller ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN noted ) ( JJ public ) ( NN garden ) ( NN designer ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD restored ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Central ) ( NNP Park ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Conservatory ) ( NNP Garden ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN reaction ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ( NN model ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN light ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ public ) ( NN garden ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG designing ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP 42nd ) ( NNP Street ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Bryant ) ( NNP Park ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Bryant ) ( NNP Park ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1933 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD failed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ public ) ( NN space ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VB feel ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN trapped ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Lynden B. Miller the noted public garden designer who restored Central Park 's Conservatory Garden recalls her reaction to the South Gardens model in light of the public garden she was designing for 42nd Street 's Bryant Park Bryant Park as designed in 1933 failed as a public space because it made people feel trapped


( S ( PP-MNR ( IN By ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG removing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS hedges ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS walls ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNP Bryant ) ( NNP Park ) ( NNP Restoration ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG opening ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( IN up ) ) ) ) )

By removing the hedges and some walls the Bryant Park Restoration is opening it up


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN potential ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG making ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ horticultural ) ( NN jail ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ( CC and ) ( NNS plants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It seems to me the BPCA plan has the potential of making South Gardens a horticultural jail for people and plants


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( CD three ) ( JJ urban ) ( NN horticulture ) ( NNS experts ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Cornell ) ( NNP Cooperative ) ( NNP Extension ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD weighed ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN letter ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN garden ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB horticulturally ) ) ( VBN doomed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The three urban horticulture experts with Cornell Cooperative Extension weighed in with a letter to the BPCA that began We feel that the garden is horticulturally doomed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBD addressed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB decidedly ) ( JJ questionable ) ) ( NN safety ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ complex ) ( NN garden ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ endless ) ( NN hiding ) ( NNS places ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They then addressed the decidedly questionable safety of a complex garden of endless hiding places


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( ADJP ( CD 8 ) ( NN ft. ) ) ( NNS hedges ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP obstruct ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS views ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( CC and ) ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ small ) ( NNS rooms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP insure ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( NN garden ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ potential ) ( NN breeding ) ( NN ground ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN crime ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The 8 ft. hedges which obstruct views in and out of small rooms insure that this garden will be a potential breeding ground for crime


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NNP Harvard ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN declared ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS problems ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN safety ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At Harvard Ms. Bartlett had declared There are going to be problems with safety


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB address ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS questions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN safety ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'm not going to address questions of safety


( S ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ dire ) ( NNS assessments ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ knowledgeable ) ( NN garden ) ( NNS professionals ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP South ) ( NNPS Gardens ) ( NN design ) ) ( ADVP ( RB somehow ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( RB seemingly ) ( JJ impervious ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN reason ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN stalled ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( JJ bureaucratic ) ( NN lethargy ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ logistical ) ( NNS complications ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Despite the dire assessments of knowledgeable garden professionals Ms. Bartlett 's South Gardens design somehow continues on seemingly impervious to reason stalled only by bureaucratic lethargy and logistical complications


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP BPCA ) ( NNP President ) ( CC and ) ( NNP CEO ) ( NNP David ) ( NNP Emil ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hopes ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB negotiate ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN seawall ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB significantly ) ( RBR more ) ) ( RB visually ) ( JJ permeable ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

BPCA President and CEO David Emil hopes to negotiate a seawall that could be significantly more visually permeable


( S ( CC And ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG substituting ) ( NP ( NP ( RB yet ) ( DT another ) ( NN landscape ) ( NN architect ) ) ( NP ( NNP Nicholas ) ( NNP Quennell ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ insists ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB achieve ) ( NP ( NP ( DT that ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS accommodations ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN gardening ) ( NN reality ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBG preserving ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ artistic ) ( NN vision ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB truly ) ( JJ great ) ) ( NN artist ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And by substituting yet another landscape architect Nicholas Quennell he insists he can achieve that and other accommodations to gardening reality while still preserving the artistic vision of a truly great artist


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN progress ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN direction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ doubtful ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ viable ) ( NN collaboration ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RB suddenly ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ possible ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After four years of no progress in this direction it is doubtful any viable collaboration with Ms. Bartlett will suddenly now be possible


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Quennell ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN grid ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB regardless ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Quennell has said he plans to go with the grid regardless


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Gov. ) ( NNP Mario ) ( NNP Cuomo ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Fabian ) ( NNP Palomino ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BPCA ) ( NN board ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prevent ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ topiary ) ( NNP Tilted ) ( NNP Arc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There is still time however for Gov. Mario Cuomo or Fabian Palomino chairman of the BPCA board to prevent this topiary Tilted Arc


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT These ) ( NNS statesmen ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NN counsel ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Robinson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN author ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NNP The ) ( NNP English ) ( NNP Flower ) ( NNP Garden ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN gardener ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN bible ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( CD 1883 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN had ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Jennifer ) ( NNP Bartlett ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN mind ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD wrote ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB Unhappily ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ our ) ( NNS gardeners ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS ages ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN suffered ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS hands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ decorative ) ( NN artist ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-4 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG applying ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS designs ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN garden ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

These statesmen might take counsel from William Robinson author of The English Flower Garden the gardener 's bible since 1883 who seems to have had a Jennifer Bartlett in mind when he wrote Unhappily our gardeners for ages have suffered at the hands of the decorative artist when applying his designs to the garden


( S-CLF ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN adapting ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ absurd ) ( NNS knots ) ( POS ' ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS patterns ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ old ) ( NNS books ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN surface ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( DT a ) ( NN flower ) ( NN garden ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( DT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ leads ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ bad ) ( CC and ) ( JJ frivolous ) ) ( NN design ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ wrong ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( JJ hopeless ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN life ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS plants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is this adapting of absurd knots ' and patterns from old books to any surface where a flower garden has to be made that leads to bad and frivolous design wrong in plan and hopeless for the life of plants


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN centennial ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS events ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( NN century ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP stand ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS milestones ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN business ) ( NN history ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During its centennial year The Wall Street Journal will report events of the past century that stand as milestones of American business history


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN TAX ) ( NNS SHELTERS ) ) ( VP ( VBN CALLED ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP Individual ) ( NNP Retirement ) ( NNPS Accounts ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNPS IRAs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN created ) ( PP-MNR ( IN without ) ( NP ( NN fanfare ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 2 ) ( CD 1974 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD grew ) ( PP ( IN beyond ) ( NP ( NNS expectations ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN inducement ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ personal ) ( NN saving ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

TAX SHELTERS CALLED Individual Retirement Accounts or IRAs were created without fanfare on Sept. 2 1974 but grew beyond expectations as an inducement to personal saving


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT That ) ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Day ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ major ) ( NN act ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG succeeding ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ resigned ) ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP Nixon ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gerald ) ( NNP R. ) ( NNP Ford ) ) ( VP ( VBD signed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Employee ) ( NNP Retirement ) ( NNP Income ) ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Act ) ) ) )

That Labor Day in his first major act after succeeding the resigned Richard Nixon as president Gerald R. Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Pension ) ( NN reform ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ main ) ( NN thrust ) ) ) )

Pension reform was its main thrust


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Labor ) ( CC and ) ( NN business ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN quoted ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ( NNP Rose ) ( NNP Garden ) ( NNS rites ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD hailed ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS provisions ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG insuring ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Labor and business leaders quoted at the White House Rose Garden rites hailed its provisions for insuring corporate pension benefits


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS IRAs ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( PP-PRD ( JJ like ) ( NP ( NN stepchildren ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB there ) ) ) )

IRAs were like stepchildren there


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP IRA ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN conception ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ murky ) ) ) )

The IRA 's conception is murky


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1972 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB then ) ( NNP Treasury ) ( NNP Secretary ) ( NNP George ) ( NNP Shultz ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ key ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP Carl ) ( NNP Curtis ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sought ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN form ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS pensions ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ uncovered ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1972 then Treasury Secretary George Shultz with the key support of Sen. Carl Curtis sought some form of pensions for the uncovered


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT That ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ four-man ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBN headed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Lieber ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Legislation ) ( CC and ) ( NNPS Regulations ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Office ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Chief ) ( NNP Counsel ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Internal ) ( NNP Revenue ) ( NNP Service ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN assigned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN task ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG designing ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That year a four-man group headed by William Lieber in the Legislation and Regulations division of the Office of the Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service was assigned the task of designing a plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1962 ) ( NNP Keogh ) ( NNP Plan ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN pension ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBN created ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN congressman ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ self-employed ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ partial ) ( NN model ) ) ) ) )

They used the 1962 Keogh Plan a pension plan created by a New York congressman for the self-employed as a partial model


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN team ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB initially ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NN model ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP Personal ) ( NNP Retirement ) ( NNP Account ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP PRA ) ) ) ) ) )

This team initially called its new model Personal Retirement Account or PRA


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB sing ) ) ) )

But it did n't sing


( S ( IN So ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD opted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP IRA ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG naming ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ira ) ( NNP Cohen ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ brilliant ) ( NNP IRS ) ( NN actuary ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So they opted for IRA naming it after Ira Cohen a brilliant IRS actuary who helped them


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ira ) ) ( NP ( PRP himself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ confirms ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN account ) ) ) )

Ira himself confirms this account


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP IRA ) ( NNS rules ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) )

IRA rules have been changed over the years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1981 ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD raised ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 2,000 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 1,500 ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN amount ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN person ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( ADVP ( JJ tax-deductible ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ tax-deferred ) ( NNS accounts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN widened ) ( NP ( NN coverage ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN employer ) ( NN retirement ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One in 1981 raised to 2,000 a year from 1,500 the amount a person could put tax-deductible into the tax-deferred accounts and widened coverage to people under employer retirement plans


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBD caused ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN explosion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP IRA ) ( NNS promotions ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS brokers ) ) ( NP ( NNS banks ) ) ( NP ( JJ mutual ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This caused an explosion of IRA promotions by brokers banks mutual funds and others


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB sharply ) ) ( VBD reduced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB qualify ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP IRA ) ( NNS tax-deductions ) ) ( VP ( VBD slowed ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN roaring ) ( NN growth ) ) ) ) )

But in 1986 Congress sharply reduced the number of people who could qualify for its benefits and IRA tax-deductions slowed their roaring growth


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP IRA ) ( NN account ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN grown ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 400 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 393 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD 26 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1981 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

IRA account assets have grown to about 400 billion from 393 billion last year and just 26 billion in 1981


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Alvin ) ( NNP W. ) ( NNP Trivelpiece ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Oak ) ( NNP Ridge ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Laboratory ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Oak ) ( NNP Ridge ) ) ( NP ( NNP Tenn. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN elected ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NNS optical-products ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Alvin W. Trivelpiece director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tenn. was elected a director of this optical-products concern


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Trivelpiece ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 58 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ succeeds ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Bolger ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD died ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Trivelpiece 58 years old succeeds William Bolger who died in August


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 90 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN devaluation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( FW ruble ) ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dollar ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ private ) ( NNS transactions ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ apparent ) ( NN attempt ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB curb ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( RB rapidly ) ( VBG growing ) ) ( JJ black ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ hard ) ( NN currency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Soviet State Bank announced a 90 % devaluation of the ruble against the dollar for private transactions in an apparent attempt to curb the nation 's rapidly growing black market for hard currency