( S ( SBAR-ADV ( NNP Though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ outsized ) ( NN personality ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ dramatic ) ( NN flair ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB perfectly ) ) ( VP ( VBN suited ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN capitalism ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN practiced ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Hollywood ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Though Ms. Volokh is a small woman she has an outsized personality and dramatic flair that seem perfectly suited to capitalism as it is practiced in Hollywood


( S ( ADVP ( RB Certainly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN life ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB considerably ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS days ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Kiev ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD lived ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS parents ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN husband ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( CD two ) ( NNS sons ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 2 ) ( JJ 1\/2-room ) ) ( NN apartment ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( JJ silent ) ( JJ internal ) ( NN immigration ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG dreaming ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN escape ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Certainly life for her has changed considerably since the days in Kiev when she lived with her parents her husband and her two sons in a 2 1\/2-room apartment in what she calls silent internal immigration dreaming of escape


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( CD 48 ) ( NNS hats ) ) ) )

Now for example she owns 48 hats


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ remembers ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ lean ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN relish ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBG wearing ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP her ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ major ) ( JJ American ) ( NN purchase ) ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN turban ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB later ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG having ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NN boutique ) ( NN owner ) ) ( VP ( VB ask ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NNP Chanel ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However she remembers the lean years and recalls with relish wearing her first major American purchase that turban 10 years later and having a Los Angeles boutique owner ask her if it was a Chanel


( S ( PP-MNR ( IN With ) ( NP ( JJ obvious ) ( NN satisfaction ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( S ( INTJ ( UH No ) ) ( NP-VOC ( NN darling ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Chanel ) ( NN look ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

With obvious satisfaction she says she told him No darling I just give it a Chanel look


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ keeps ) ( NP-CLR ( NN track ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS hats ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG stapling ) ( NP ( NNP Polaroid ) ( NNS snapshots ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN outside ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN hatbox ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She keeps track of the rest of her hats by stapling Polaroid snapshots to the outside of each hatbox


( SQ ( VBP Are ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS hats ) ) ( ADVP ( RB merely ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP L.A. ) ( NN persona ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ many ) ( JJ ultra-thin ) ( NNP Capri ) ( NNS cigarettes ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ smokes ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS parties ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ throws ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 500 ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Chekovian ) ( NNS feasts ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ offers ) ( NP ( NNS guests ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN weekend ) ( NN place ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Santa ) ( NNP Barbara ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Are the hats merely part of her new L.A. persona along with the many ultra-thin Capri cigarettes she smokes the parties she throws for 500 people the Chekovian feasts she offers guests at her weekend place in Santa Barbara


( S ( FRAG-TPC-1 ( INTJ ( UH No ) ) ( NP-VOC ( NN darling ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ fluent ) ( RB slightly ) ( JJ affected ) ( NNP English ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN trip ) ) ( ADVP ( RB East ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB promote ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Movieline ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ national ) ( NN expansion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No darling she said recently in her fluent slightly affected English during a trip East to promote Movieline 's national expansion


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN born ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You have to be born with it


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB wear ) ( NP ( NNS hats ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Russia ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NNS dresses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I used to wear hats in Russia but I had to make them and my dresses


( S ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN hat ) ( NN side ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the hat side I was n't getting what I wanted


( S ( S-ADV ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP ( CD 48 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( JJ definite ) ( NNS ideas ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now 48 years old Ms. Volokh has definite ideas about what she wants


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NNP Movieline ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ specific ) ( NN paragraphing ) ) ( NP ( JJ specific ) ( NN tone ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ specific ) ( NN attitude ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ bright ) ( CC and ) ( JJ bold ) ( CC and ) ( JJ tongue-in-cheek ) ) ) ) ) )

At Movieline she wants specific paragraphing specific tone a specific attitude bright and bold and tongue-in-cheek


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS restaurants ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN case ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Russian ) ( NNP Samovar ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN restaurant ) ) ( VP ( VBN operated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( CC and ) ( IN for ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ Soviet ) ( NNS emigres ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB want ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ chirpy ) ( JJ folkish ) ( NN music ) ) ( VP ( VBG bouncing ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In restaurants in this case the Russian Samovar a New York restaurant operated by and for Soviet emigres she did n't want the chirpy folkish music bouncing through the room


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP You ) ( NNS people ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ Russian ) ( NN music ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN disdain ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN waitress ) ) ) ( SQ ( MD Could ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You people here think this is Russian music she said with disdain and called over to the waitress Could you turn it off


( S ( S-ADV ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBD spoke ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ rampant ) ( NN eloquence ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ many ) ( NNS attributes ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ feels ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN born ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN understanding ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN food ) ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ( NP ( JJ Russian ) ( NN culture ) ) ( NP ( JJ human ) ( NN nature ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS parties ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That done Ms. Volokh spoke with rampant eloquence about the many attributes she feels she was born with an understanding of food business Russian culture human nature and parties


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Parties ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB rather ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN state ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN mind ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG pausing ) ( S-PRP ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB taste ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB pass ) ( NP ( NN judgment ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ) ) ( NP-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ Georgian ) ( NN shashlik ) ) ( PRN ( ADJP ( ADJP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( RB little ) ) ( RB well ) ( VBN done ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ good ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Parties are rather a state of mind she said pausing only to taste and pass judgment on the Georgian shashlik a little well done but very good


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN born ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( NNS parties ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP give ) ( NP ( NNS parties ) ) ) )

If you are born to give parties you give parties


( S ( PP-LOC ( RB Even ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Russia ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD managed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( NNS parties ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even in Russia we managed to give parties


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( JJ lean ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( NNS parties ) ) ) )

In Los Angeles in our lean years we gave parties


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( NP ( NN publisher ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN magazine ) ) ( VP ( VBN devoted ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS movies ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS guideposts ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN fashion ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS fantasies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sees ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( NN party-giving ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ important ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As publisher of a magazine devoted to movies as guideposts for fashion and other fantasies Ms. Volokh sees her party-giving as an important part of business


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN thrown ) ( NP ( JJ extravagant ) ( NNS soirees ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS crowds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ prefers ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ intimate ) ) ( NNS gatherings ) ) ) ) )

She has thrown extravagant soirees for crowds of people but prefers more intimate gatherings


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN cocktail ) ( VBZ parties ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN everyone ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN over ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN shoulder ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB talk ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ) ( ADVP ( RB next ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At American cocktail parties everyone 's always looking over your shoulder to see who they can talk to next


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP like ) ( ADVP ( RB rather ) ) ( NP ( NN tea ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-TMP-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I like rather tea because it is at the end of the day


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ serves ) ( NP ( JJ high ) ( JJ Russian ) ( NN tea ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 5 ) ( RB p.m ) ) ) ) )

She serves high Russian tea at 5 p.m


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBN supposed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB later ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD moved ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) )

It 's supposed to be later but I just moved it


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ important ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB catch ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( PP-TMP ( RB just ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Los Angeles it 's important to catch people just after work


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB frequently ) ) ( VP ( VBZ invites ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS directors ) ) ( NP ( NNS producers ) ) ( NP ( NNS actors ) ) ( NP ( NNS writers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NN show ) ( NN business ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN coffee ) ( CC and ) ( NNS clips ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pleasure ) ( NN dome ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She also frequently invites directors producers actors writers and other show business people for coffee and clips in the pleasure dome


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Guests ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP bring ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS movies ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN tape ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP show ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ favorite ) ( ADJP ( JJ three-to-five ) ( NN minute ) ) ( NNS segments ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN screen ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ unrolls ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Volokhs ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ art-nouveau ) ( NN library ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( JJ the ) ( NN pleasure ) ( NN dome ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Guests bring movies on tape and show their favorite three-to-five minute segments on the screen that unrolls from the ceiling of the Volokhs ' art-nouveau library the pleasure dome


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP eat ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ sinful ) ( CC and ) ( JJ sensual ) ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP explain ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS clips ) ) ) ) )

They eat sinful and sensual things and explain their clips


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ revealing ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( NN soul ) ( VBG baring ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) )

It 's very revealing and soul baring said Ms. Volokh


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN idea ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Movieline ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN dreamed ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ old ) ( NN friend ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Volokhs ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Boris ) ( NNP Krutchensky ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN title ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN co-publisher ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Laurie ) ( NNP Halpern ) ( NNP Smith ) ) ( RRC ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN magazine ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN co-editor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The idea for Movieline actually was dreamed up by an old friend of the Volokhs Boris Krutchensky who has the title of co-publisher and Laurie Halpern Smith now the magazine 's co-editor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Krutchensky ) ) ( VP ( VBD approached ) ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG backing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN publication ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD started ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN listing ) ( NN guide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Krutchensky approached Ms. Volokh five years ago about backing the publication which started out as a listing guide


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ interested ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB only ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB guide ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB editorially ) ) ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She was interested only if she could guide it editorially as well


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( VB Anne ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB believe ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN blandness ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Smith ) ) )

Anne does n't believe in blandness said Ms. Smith


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS things ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ exciting ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She wants things to be exciting


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ inexhaustible ) ( NN energy ) ) ) )

And she has this inexhaustible energy


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN idea ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ editorial ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ impossible ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP us ) ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VB work ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She 'll think of an idea the editorial people think is impossible then she 'll have us make it work


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB just ) ( DT a ) ( JJ rich ) ( NN lady ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD needed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN hobby ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In fact Ms. Volokh was n't just a rich lady who needed a hobby


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Back ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP Union ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ respected ) ( NN journalist ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG writing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weekly ) ( NN column ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ national ) ( NN cuisine ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Sunday ) ( NNP Izvestia ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Back in the Soviet Union she was a respected journalist writing a weekly column about the national cuisine for Sunday Izvestia


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Those ) ( NNS columns ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ vivid ) ( NNS discussions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJ cultural ) ( CC and ) ( JJ literary ) ) ( NNS reverberations ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN food ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ practical ) ( NN advice ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB glamorize ) ( NP ( JJ dreary ) ( JJ Sovietized ) ( NNS meals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN basis ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( ADJP ( JJ erudite ) ( CC and ) ( JJ entertaining ) ) ( NN cookbook ) ) ( NP-TTL ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Art ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Russian ) ( NNP Cuisine ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN brought ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1983 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Macmillan ) ( NNP Publishing ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Those columns vivid discussions of the cultural and literary reverberations of food as well as practical advice on how to glamorize dreary Sovietized meals became the basis for her erudite and entertaining cookbook The Art of Russian Cuisine brought out in 1983 by Macmillan Publishing Co


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB trust ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB eat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( PRP she ) ) ( NP ( PRP herself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD stopped ) ( S ( VP ( VBG eating ) ( NP ( NN lunch ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drop ) ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NNS pounds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I do n't trust people who do n't eat said Ms. Volokh though she herself stopped eating lunch a few years ago to drop 25 pounds


( S ( VP ( VB Look ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Dostoevski ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Kafka ) ) ) ) )

Look at Dostoevski and Kafka


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT No ) ( NN one ) ) ( ADVP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VBZ eats ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS books ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( VP ( VB look ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) )

No one ever eats in their books and look at them


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP-1 ( NNP Tolstoy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS characters ) ) ( VP ( VBP eat ) ) ) ( S ( NP=1 ( NNP Pushkin ) ( POS 's ) ) ) ( S ( NP=1 ( NNP Gogol ) ( POS 's ) ) ) )

Tolstoy 's characters eat Pushkin 's Gogol 's


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN cookbook ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Macmillan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG bringing ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ soft ) ( NN cover ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ( PRN ( SBAR-ADV ( IN with ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNS blini ) ( NN recipe ) ) ( VP ( VBN revised ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ works ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ introduces ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN chapter ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ appropriate ) ( NNS quotations ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ Russian ) ( NN literature ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Pushkin ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS blini ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Goncharov ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS piroghi ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In her cookbook which Macmillan is bringing out in soft cover this month with the blini recipe revised so it works she introduces each chapter with appropriate quotations from Russian literature Pushkin on blini Goncharov on piroghi


( S ( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ offers ) ( NP ( JJ practical ) ( NN dieting ) ( NN advice ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VB Divide ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NNS meals ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( ADJP ( JJ important ) ( CC and ) ( JJ unimportant ) ) ) ) ) )

In life she offers practical dieting advice Divide your meals into important and unimportant


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ great ) ( NN restaurant ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB deprive ) ( NP ( PRP yourself ) ) ) ) )

In a great restaurant do n't deprive yourself


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS meals ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB matter ) ) ) )

The other meals do n't matter


( S ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ Amusing ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ frivolous ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB seem ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ serious ) ( NN person ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ difficult ) ( NNS memories ) ) ) ) ) )

Amusing as she is and frivolous as she can seem this is a serious person with some difficult memories


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN child ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ relative ) ( NN privilege ) ) ) ) ) )

She was the child of relative privilege


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Her ) ( NN mother ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN translator ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NN father ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ eternal ) ( NN vice ) ( NN director ) ) ) ) )

Her mother was a translator her father was the eternal vice director


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD emigrated ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB wear ) ( NP ( JJR better ) ( NNS hats ) ) ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( JJR better ) ( NNS parties ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN giggle ) ) ) ) )

I emigrated to wear better hats do better parties she said with a giggle


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NN number ) ( CD one ) ) ) ) )

But we should n't leave out political reasons number one


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP try ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN dignity ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( JJ difficult ) ( NNS circumstances ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You try to maintain your dignity under difficult circumstances


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP One ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB imagine ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP live ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP live ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( ADJP ( JJ double ) ( CC and ) ( JJ triple ) ) ( NNS lives ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One can not imagine how you live when you live those double and triple lives


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN By ) ( NP ( CD 1973 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ second ) ( NN child ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN born ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN husband ) ( NNP Vladimir ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN computer ) ( NN scientist ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S.S.R ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By 1973 after their second child was born it had become clear to Ms. Volokh and her husband Vladimir a computer scientist that they wanted to leave the U.S.S.R


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBD quit ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( NN job ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remove ) ( NP ( PRP herself ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ public ) ( NN eye ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Volokh quit her job to remove herself from the public eye


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN wait ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ miserable ) ) ) )

The wait was miserable


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG granting ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS parents ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN visa ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VBD required ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NN mother ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB obtain ) ( NP ( NN permission ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ first ) ( NN husband ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP whom ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN divorced ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 38 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Before granting Ms. Volokh 's parents a visa the government required her mother to obtain permission from her first husband whom she had divorced 38 years earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN fired ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB endure ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS hours ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ organized ) ( JJ verbal ) ( NN abuse ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS co-workers ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS accusations ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN sabotage ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ counterrevolutionary ) ( NNS activities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Volokh was fired from his job and had to endure hours of organized verbal abuse from his co-workers accusations of sabotage and counterrevolutionary activities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNPS Volokhs ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ afraid ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( VP ( VB end ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN friend ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP theirs ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD 'd ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN applied ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN visa ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN waited ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG having ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN demoted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN profession ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ theoretical ) ( NN mathematician ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN shipping ) ( NN clerk ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Volokhs were afraid that they 'd end up like a friend of theirs who 'd applied for a visa and waited for 10 years having been demoted from his profession of theoretical mathematician to shipping clerk


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ) )

They did n't


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Their ) ( NN visa ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( RB relatively ) ( JJ short ) ( NN order ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD moved ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ) ) )

Their visa came in relatively short order and they moved to Los Angeles


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( NP ( NP ( NN work ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN field ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) ( VP ( VBD refused ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJ obvious ) ( CC and ) ( JJ available ) ) ( NN occupation ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN translator ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Russian ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD spoke ) ( NP ( JJ fluent ) ( NNP English ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Volokh soon found work in his field but Ms. Volokh refused the obvious and available occupation as translator for a Russian who spoke fluent English


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

That 's always looking back she said


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I wanted to be in business


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN goal ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ first ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN paycheck ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG proofreading ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN book ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Polish ) ( NN poetry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD attended ) ( NP ( JJ secretarial ) ( NN school ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fund-raising ) ( NN organization ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the way to that goal she received her first U.S. paycheck for proofreading a book of Polish poetry attended secretarial school then went to work for a fund-raising organization


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Soon ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG running ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) )

Soon she was running the office


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NN husband ) ( CC and ) ( NN son ) ) ( VP ( VBD founded ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN computer ) ( NN company ) ) ( NP ( NNP Vesoft ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD worked ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN business ) ( NN manager ) ) ( NP ( NN bookkeeper ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN publicist ) ) ) ) ) )

When her husband and son founded their computer company Vesoft she worked as business manager bookkeeper and publicist


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Movieline ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN located ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN building ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP Vesoft ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now Movieline is located in the same building as Vesoft


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Things ) ) ( VP ( VBP work ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB unexpectedly ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Volokh ) ) )

Things work out unexpectedly in life said Ms. Volokh


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBP know ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN chosen ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN scapegoat ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ lucky ) ( CD one ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You never know if you 'll be chosen to be the scapegoat or the lucky one


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ lucky ) ) ) )

We were lucky


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( NNP Publications ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Haven ) ( NNP Register ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN transaction ) ) ( VP ( VBN valued ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 275 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ( NNP Newspaper ) ( NNP Group ) ( NNP Inc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ingersoll Publications Co. agreed to buy the New Haven Register in a transaction valued at 275 million from Goodson Newspaper Group Inc


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agreement ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD terminated ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN contract ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN under ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( VP ( VBZ manages ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 66 ) ( NNS newspapers ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ long ) ( NN association ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN turned ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB increasingly ) ( JJ bitter ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As part of the agreement Goodson also terminated the contract under which Ingersoll manages Goodson 's 66 newspapers ending a long association between the two companies that has turned increasingly bitter recently


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN accused ) ( NP-1 ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG paying ) ( NP-2 ( JJR less ) ( NN attention ) ) ( PP-CLR-3 ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS properties ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NP=2 ( JJR more ) ) ( PP-CLR=3 ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS ventures ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ recent ) ( NN launch ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP St. ) ( NNP Louis ) ( NNP Sun ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodson has accused Ingersoll of paying less attention to its properties and more to such ventures as the recent launch of the St. Louis Sun


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS terms ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN accord ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 255 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Register ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN daily ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( VP ( VBN bought ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 170 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under the terms of the accord Ingersoll will pay about 255 million for the Register a daily that Goodson bought for about 170 million in 1986


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ additional ) ( QP ( CD 20 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN settlement ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN management ) ( NN contract ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodson will pay the additional 20 million in settlement of the management contract


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD hired ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ former ) ( NX ( NX ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Goodson ) ( NNS papers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodson also announced that it hired the former president and senior vice president of Ingersoll to run the Goodson papers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS clashes ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Ralph ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( NNP Jr ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both executives left the company after clashes with Chairman Ralph Ingersoll Jr


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS proceeds ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN debt ) ) ( VP ( VBN associated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN purchase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Morristown ) ( NNP Daily ) ( NNP Record ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 155 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodson which is based here will use part of the proceeds to pay down debt associated with its purchase of the Morristown Daily Record for 155 million in 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Jersey ) ( NN paper ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP New ) ( NNP Haven ) ( NNP Conn. ) ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN purchased ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN behalf ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN management ) ( NN contract ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The New Jersey paper like the New Haven Conn. paper was purchased by Ingersoll on Goodson 's behalf as part of the management contract


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Industry ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN purchase ) ( NN price ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ high ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG causing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN strain ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS finances ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Industry analysts have said that the purchase price for the paper was too high causing a strain on Goodson 's finances


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Investment ) ( NNS bankers ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ familiar ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG seeking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN bank ) ( NN credit ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 190 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NNS newspapers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Investment bankers familiar with the company said Goodson is seeking a new bank credit line of 190 million and may have to sell additional newspapers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP N. ) ( NNP Hurwitz ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( NN operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN telephone ) ( NN interview ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NNS newspapers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

David N. Hurwitz president and chief operating officer of Goodson said in a telephone interview that the company does n't currently have any plans to sell additional newspapers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Carr ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( NNP Publications ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ray ) ( NNP Cockburn ) ) ( NP ( JJ former ) ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB head ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ in-house ) ( NN management ) ( NN team ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( NN revenue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 225 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodson said David Carr former president of Ingersoll Publications and Ray Cockburn former senior vice president would head the new in-house management team at Goodson which had revenue of 225 million in 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN association ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stretches ) ( ADVP ( RB back ) ) ( NP-EXT ( CD thirty ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN friendship ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NN television ) ( NN producer ) ( NNP Mark ) ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( NN founder ) ( NNP Ralph ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The association between the two companies stretches back thirty years to a friendship between television producer Mark Goodson and Ingersoll founder Ralph Ingersoll


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN latter ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN son ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ralph ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( NNP Jr. ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD took ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG managing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Goodson ) ( NNS properties ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG acting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN agent ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN purchase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS newspapers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Goodson ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The latter 's son Ralph Ingersoll Jr. took over the company and has been managing the Goodson properties and acting as an agent in the purchase of newspapers for Goodson


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( VBG focusing ) ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG expanding ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ( NN newspaper ) ( NN empire ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN partnership ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN investment ) ( NN banking ) ( NN firm ) ( NNP Warburg ) ( NNP Pincus ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But in recent years Mr. Ingersoll began focusing more on expanding his own newspaper empire in partnership with investment banking firm Warburg Pincus & Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 28 ) ( NNS dailies ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( CD 200 ) ( JJ other ) ( JJ non-daily ) ( NNS papers ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) )

Ingersoll has 28 dailies and 200 other non-daily papers in the U.S. and Europe


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NN revenue ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB exceed ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 750 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company said its revenue will exceed 750 million this year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP M. ) ( NNP Jelenic ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN statement ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ delighted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN conclusion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Goodson ) ( NN relationship ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB concentrate ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( PRP$ our ) ( NNS energies ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ingersoll ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS papers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ingersoll President Robert M. Jelenic said in a statement that the company is delighted by the conclusion of the Goodson relationship and will be able to concentrate all our energies on Ingersoll 's own papers


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Goodson ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ( NN statement ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR less ) ( JJ upbeat ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB unfortunately ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB increasingly ) ( JJ clear ) ) ( SBAR-3 ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ralph ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP I ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( JJ different ) ( NNS agendas ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ feels ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ comfortable ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN management ) ( NN team ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP$ whose ) ( JJ sole ) ( NN interest ) ( CC and ) ( NN responsibility ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Goodson ) ( NNS papers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Goodson in his own statement was less upbeat saying unfortunately over the past few years it has become increasingly clear that Ralph and I have different agendas and that he feels more comfortable with a management team whose sole interest and responsibility is in the Goodson papers


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Maidenform ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ loves ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ intimate ) ( PP ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( RB not ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN public ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Maidenform Inc. loves to be intimate with its customers but not with the rest of the public


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ 67-year-old ) ( NN maker ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS brassieres ) ( NNS panties ) ( CC and ) ( NN lingerie ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ enjoys ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ best-known ) ( NN brand ) ( NNS images ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN profile ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB closely ) ) ( VP ( VBN guarded ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNS members ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ founding ) ( NN family ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The 67-year-old maker of brassieres panties and lingerie enjoys one of the best-known brand images but its financial profile is closely guarded by members of the founding family


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ few ) ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB boast ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( PDT such ) ( DT a ) ( JJ close-knit ) ( NN group ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NN A. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 52 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NN president ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG succeeding ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Beatrice ) ( NNP Coleman ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN mother-in-law ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( NP-PRD ( NN chairman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There are very few companies that can boast of such a close-knit group says Robert A. Brawer 52 years old recently named president succeeding Beatrice Coleman his mother-in-law who remains chairman


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( VBG vanishing ) ( NN breed ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( NNS muses ) ) )

We are a vanishing breed he muses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Coleman ) ) ( NP ( CD 73 ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN interviewed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Maidenform ) ( NN strategist ) ) ) )

Mrs. Coleman 73 who declined to be interviewed is the Maidenform strategist


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Sales ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN tripled ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ 21-year ) ( NN tenure ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 200 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales have tripled during her 21-year tenure to about 200 million in 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ profitable ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ declines ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NNS specifics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Maidenform says it is very profitable but declines to provide specifics


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sells ) ( NP ( NN image ) ) ) )

The company sells image


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Its ) ( JJ current ) ( NN ad ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN on ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spent ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 15 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NN fall ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN underwear ) ( NNS products ) ) ( CC but ) ( RB rather ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS men ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Christopher ) ( NNP Reeve ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN star ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Superman ) ( NNS movies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG talking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN lingerie ) ( NNS turn-ons ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Its current ad campaign on which Maidenform has spent more than 15 million since fall 1987 does n't even show its underwear products but rather men like Christopher Reeve star of the Superman movies talking about their lingerie turn-ons


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Maidenform ) ( NN name ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN pop ) ( NN culture ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Joan ) ( NNP Sinopoli ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN account ) ( NN supervisor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Levine ) ( NNP Huntley ) ( NNP Schmidt ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Beaver ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN ad ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Maidenform name is part of American pop culture says Joan Sinopoli account supervisor of the campaign by Levine Huntley Schmidt & Beaver a New York ad firm


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ( VP ( VBD generated ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ memorable ) ( NNS campaigns ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( S-TTL ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD dreamed ) ( SBAR ( FRAG ( NP ( PRP I ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NNP Maidenform ) ( NN bra ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP-TTL ( DT The ) ( NNP Maidenform ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Maidenform generated such memorable campaigns as I dreamed I in my Maidenform bra and The Maidenform woman


( S-TTL ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBP know ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You never know where she 'll turn up


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Capitalizing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN brand ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ key ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP$ whose ) ( JJ immediate ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP include ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ further ) ( JJ international ) ( NN expansion ) ) ( CC and ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR better ) ( NN control ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN distribution ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN outside ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Capitalizing on the brand is key says Mr. Brawer whose immediate plans include further international expansion and getting better control of distribution outside the U.S.


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT The ) ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ( NN industry ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN perceived ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN growth ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB clearly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN force ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN reckoned ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP S. ) ( NNP Leibowitz ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ special ) ( NNS situations ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP American ) ( NNP Securities ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The intimate apparel industry is perceived to be a growth industry and clearly Maidenform is a force to be reckoned with says David S. Leibowitz a special situations analyst at American Securities Corp. in New York


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( VBG working ) ( NNS women ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN forced ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB wear ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN uniform ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB retain ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN femininity ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJR better ) ( NN quality ) ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ upscale ) ) ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Although working women are forced to wear the uniform of the day to retain their femininity they are buying better quality more upscale intimate apparel he said


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN appointment ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB long ) ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 25 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD precipitated ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN resignation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Alan ) ( NNP Lesk ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ( CC and ) ( NN merchandising ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although Mr. Brawer 's appointment as president was long expected the move on Sept. 25 precipitated the resignation of Alan Lesk as senior vice president of sales and merchandising


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD Three ) ( NNS days ) ) ( RB later ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lesk ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Olga ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG competing ) ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Warnaco ) ( NNP Inc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Three days later Mr. Lesk was named president and chief executive officer of Olga Co. a competing intimate apparel division of Warnaco Inc


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Warnaco ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS Warners ) ) ( NP ( DT another ) ( JJ major ) ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ( NN maker ) ) ) ) )

Warnaco also owns Warners another major intimate apparel maker


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lesk ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB comment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Lesk could n't be reached to comment


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Maidenform ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG spending ) ( NP ( CD 24 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lesk ) ) ( NP ( CD 48 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ top ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Maidenform officials say that after spending 24 years at Maidenform Mr. Lesk 48 made it clear he wanted the top job


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN presidency ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN firm ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP James ) ( NNP Mogan ) ) ( NP ( CD 45 ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG assuming ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS responsibilities ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lesk ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If you want the presidency of the company this is n't the firm to work for says James Mogan 45 who was named senior vice president of sales assuming some of the responsibilities of Mr. Lesk


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD downplayed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN loss ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lesk ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD split ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN merchandising ) ( NNS responsibilities ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN committee ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company downplayed the loss of Mr. Lesk and split his merchandising responsibilities among a committee of four people


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ My ) ( NN style ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR less ) ( JJ informal ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

My style is less informal Mr. Brawer says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Top ) ( NNS officers ) ) ( VP ( VBP insist ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Maidenform ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS greatest ) ( NN strength ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ its ) ( NN family ) ( NN ownership ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Top officers insist Maidenform 's greatest strength is its family ownership


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB anywhere ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ organizational ) ( NN chart ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP one ) ) ( VP ( VBZ delights ) ) )

You ca n't go anywhere in this company and find an organizational chart one delights


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NN fun ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( VBG competing ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ private ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

It is fun competing as a private company Mr. Brawer says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB think ) ( NP-MNR ( JJ long ) ( NN range ) ) ) ) )

You can think long range


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Other ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS players ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB apparently ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN way ) ) ) )

Other major players in intimate apparel apparently feel the same way


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Warnaco ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ private ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Spectrum ) ( NNP Group ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 487 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Warnaco was taken private by Spectrum Group in 1986 for about 487 million


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Playtex ) ( NNP Holdings ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ private ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 680 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

And last year Playtex Holdings Inc. went private for about 680 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBN split ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Playtex ) ( NNP Apparel ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ( NN division ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Playtex ) ( NNP Family ) ( NNP Products ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS tampons ) ) ( NP ( JJ hair-care ) ( NNS items ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was then split into Playtex Apparel Inc. the intimate apparel division and Playtex Family Products Corp. which makes tampons hair-care items and other products


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( RB Publicly ) ( VBN traded ) ( NNP VF ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NNP Vanity ) ( NNP Fair ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sara ) ( NNP Lee ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NNP Bali ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NNS forces ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ intimate ) ( NN apparel ) ) ) ) ) )

Publicly traded VF Corp. which owns Vanity Fair and Sara Lee Corp. which owns Bali Co. are also strong forces in intimate apparel


( S-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Buy-out ) ( NNS offers ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ infrequent ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Executive ) ( NNP Vice ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP David ) ( NNP C. ) ( NNP Masket ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB very ) ( RB seriously ) ) ) ) ) )

Buy-out offers for Maidenform are n't infrequent says Executive Vice President David C. Masket but they are n't taken very seriously


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gets ) ( NP ( NNS calls ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB consult ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Coleman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Masket ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

When he gets calls I do n't even have to consult with Mrs. Coleman Mr. Masket says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB command ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN price ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) )

The company could command a good price in the market


( SINV ( S-2 ( PP-TMP ( IN Over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN past ) ( QP ( CD three ) ( CC and ) ( DT a ) ( NN half ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN apparel ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WHNP ( DT many ) ) ( WHPP ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WP whom ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NN brand ) ( NNS names ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN bought ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 60 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Deborah ) ( NNP Bronston ) ) ( NP ( NNP Prudential-Bache ) ( NNP Securities ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( NN apparel ) ( NN analyst ) ) ) )

Over the past three and a half years apparel companies many of whom have strong brand names have been bought at about 60 % of sales says Deborah Bronston Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. apparel analyst


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ) ( ADVP ( RB along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Coleman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP her ) ( NN daughter ) ) ( NP ( NNP Elizabeth ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN attorney ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( RB vice ) ( NN chairman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN family ) ( NNS members ) ) ( ADJP ( VBN involved ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ employs ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 5,000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Brawer along with Mrs. Coleman and her daughter Elizabeth an attorney who is vice chairman are the family members involved in the operations of Maidenform which employs about 5,000


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN wife ) ) ( NP ( NNP Catherine ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Stroup ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Elizabeth ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN husband ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP round ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ five-member ) ( NN board ) ) ) )

Mr. Brawer 's wife Catherine and Robert Stroup Elizabeth 's husband round out the five-member board


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Each ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ equal ) ( NN vote ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ monthly ) ( NNS meetings ) ) ) ) )

Each has an equal vote at the monthly meetings


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB all ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ amiable ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brawer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

We are all very amiable Mr. Brawer says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Coleman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( VBN involved ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ day-to-day ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( NP ( NN product ) ( NN development ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Executives say Mrs. Coleman is very involved in the day-to-day operations especially product development


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ late ) ( NNS 1960s ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD designed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ lightweight ) ( JJ stretch ) ( NN bra ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD boosted ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the late 1960s she designed a lightweight stretch bra that boosted sales


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Her father William Rosenthal designed the then-dress making company 's first bra in the 1920s which he said gave women a maiden form compared with the boyish form they got from the flat bandages used for support at the time


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While Mr. Rosenthal introduced new undergarment designs his wife Ida concentrated on sales and other financial matters


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN name ) ( NNP Maidenform ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN coined ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ third ) ( NN business ) ( NN partner ) ) ( NP ( NNP Enid ) ( NNP Bissett ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The name Maidenform was coined by a third business partner Enid Bissett


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The company has 14 plants and distribution facilities in the U.S. Puerto Rico other parts of the Caribbean and Ireland


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Maidenform products are mainly sold at department stores but the company has quietly opened a retail store of its own in Omaha Neb. and has 24 factory outlets with plans to add more


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Before joining Maidenform in 1972 Mr. Brawer who holds a doctoral degree in English from the University of Chicago taught at the University of Wisconsin


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As a senior vice president he has headed the company 's designer lingerie division Oscar de la Renta since its inception in 1988


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To maintain exclusivity of that designer line it is n't labeled with the Maidenform name


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While the company has always been family-run Mr. Brawer is n't the first person to marry into the family and subsequently head Maidenform


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Coleman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN husband ) ) ( NP ( NNP Joseph ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN physician ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD succeeded ) ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Rosenthal ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD served ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN post ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN death ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1968 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mrs. Coleman 's husband Joseph a physician succeeded Mrs. Rosenthal as president and served in that post until his death in 1968


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Shareholders ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ( NNP Ambrosiano ) ( NNP S.p.A. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD voted ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB accept ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bid ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 5,500 ) ( NNS lire ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 4.03 ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP France ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Credit ) ( NNP Agricole ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 13.32 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG rejecting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJR earlier ) ( JJ equal ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Assicurazioni ) ( NNP Generali ) ( NNP S.p.A ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Shareholders of Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano S.p.A. voted to accept a bid of 5,500 lire 4.03 a share by France 's Credit Agricole for 13.32 % of the bank rejecting an earlier equal offer by Italy 's Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A


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The move will give Nuovo Banco a badly needed foreign presence and make Credit Agricole the bank 's largest shareholder


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It also opens a rift in the bank 's shareholders ' syndicate that could lead to a battle for control of the concern


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Nuovo Banco will become Italy 's biggest private-sector bank when it completes its scheduled merger with Banca Cattolica del Venetoen by year end


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Credit ) ( NNP Agricole ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( NP-1 ( DT a ) ( NNP Milan ) ( NN court ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sequester ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ Italian ) ( NN news ) ( NN agency ) ( NNP ANSA ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ) )

Credit Agricole asked a Milan court to sequester the Nuovo Banco shares the Italian news agency ANSA reported


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN tribunal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN scheduled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rule ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN request ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Friday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The tribunal is scheduled to rule on the request Friday


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT No ) ( NN reason ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN request ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ) ) )

No reason for the request was given


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Credit Agricole officials could n't be immediately reached for comment


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The decision to accept Credit Agricole 's bid valued at 283.3 billion lire 207.4 million came after a stormy weekend meeting


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ second ) ( JJS largest ) ) ( NN shareholder ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( NNP Fiat ) ( JJ S.p.A.-controlled ) ) ( NN investment ) ( NN concern ) ) ( NP ( NNP Gemina ) ( NNP S.p.A. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fought ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Generali ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN offer ) ) ( VP ( VBN approved ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nuovo Banco 's second largest shareholder the Fiat S.p.A.-controlled investment concern Gemina S.p.A. fought to have Generali 's offer approved


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Gemina ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 13.26 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD abstained ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ final ) ( NN vote ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Credit ) ( NNP Agricole ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB nonetheless ) ) ( VP ( VBN approved ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN majority ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS shareholders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Gemina which owns 13.26 % of Nuovo Banco abstained in the final vote on Credit Agricole which was nonetheless approved by a majority of shareholders


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN linkup ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Credit ) ( NNP Agricole ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN presence ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN since ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN formed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN wreck ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ old ) ( NNP Banco ) ( NNP Ambrosiano ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD collapsed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NN scandal ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN death ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Roberto ) ( NNP Calvi ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1982 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The linkup with Credit Agricole will give Nuovo Banco its first foreign presence since it was formed from the wreck of the old Banco Ambrosiano which collapsed amid scandal after the death of Chairman Roberto Calvi in 1982


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Since ) ( NP ( RB then ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN strengthened ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ Italian ) ( NN network ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN posted ) ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NNS results ) ) ) ) ) )

Since then the bank has strengthened its Italian network and has posted strong results


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS shareholders ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD needed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN presence ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD needed ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS links ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN insurance ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT an ) ( NNP Ambrosiano ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The shareholders felt we needed a foreign presence more than we needed links with an insurance company an Ambrosiano spokeswoman said


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Gemina said in a statement that it reserves the right to take any action to protect its rights as a member of the syndicate


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NN company ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN decided ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT what ) ( NNS measures ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB rule ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( JJ legal ) ( NN action ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A company spokeswoman said the company had n't decided what measures to take but did n't rule out legal action


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Generali ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NN insurer ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 5,500 ) ( NNS lire ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ( NN stake ) ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NNP Banco ) ( NNP Popolare ) ( NNP di ) ( NNP Milano ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN shareholder ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( NP ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS holdings ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RBR earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Generali Italy 's biggest insurer last month offered 5,500 lire a share for the Nuovo Banco stake held by Banco Popolare di Milano the bank 's largest shareholder which announced plans to sell the holdings earlier this year


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT A ) ( NNP Generali ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB comment ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN rejection ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN insurer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN offer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A Generali spokesman declined to comment on Nuovo Banco 's rejection of the insurer 's offer


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Milan ) ( NN stock ) ( NN exchange ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nuovo ) ( NNP Banco ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4,830 ) ( NNS lire ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT each ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 4,695 ) ( NNS lire ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Friday ) ) ) ) )

On the Milan stock exchange Nuovo Banco 's shares jumped to 4,830 lire each from 4,695 lire Friday


( NP ( NP ( JJ Annualized ) ( NN interest ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( NNS investments ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBN reported ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNP Federal ) ( NNP Reserve ) ( NNP Board ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weekly-average ) ( NN basis ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Annualized interest rates on certain investments as reported by the Federal Reserve Board on a weekly-average basis


( FRAG ( X ( SYM a ) ) ( NP ( JJ Discounted ) ( NN rate ) ) )

a Discounted rate


( FRAG ( X ( SYM b ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN Week ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP-CLR ( NP ( NNP Wednesday ) ( NNP October ) ( CD 18 ) ( CD 1989 ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Wednesday ) ( NNP October ) ( CD 11 ) ( CD 1989 ) ) ) ) ) )

b Week ended Wednesday October 18 1989 and Wednesday October 11 1989


( FRAG ( X ( SYM c ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS Yields ) ) ( VP ( VBN adjusted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ constant ) ( NN maturity ) ) ) ) ) )

c Yields adjusted for constant maturity


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Turner Broadcasting System Inc. said it formed a unit to make and distribute movies to theaters overseas and eventually to U.S. theaters too


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN operator ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN cable-television ) ( NNS networks ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP Turner ) ( NNP Pictures ) ( NN unit ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS movies ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB premiere ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Turner ) ( NNP Broadcasting ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Turner ) ( NNP Network ) ( NNP Television ) ( NN channel ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP TNT ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN released ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB internationally ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN movie ) ( NNS theaters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The operator of cable-television networks said the new Turner Pictures unit will produce movies that will premiere on Turner Broadcasting 's Turner Network Television channel or TNT and then will be released internationally in movie theaters


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN unit ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( CD two ) ( NNS offerings ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN slated ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ Secret ) ( NN Life ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Ian ) ( NNP Fleming ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN dramatization ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ former ) ( JJ British ) ( NN spy ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD wrote ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP James ) ( NNP Bond ) ( NNS novels ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NNP Treasure ) ( NNP Island ) ) ( VP ( VBN produced ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Charlton ) ( NNP Heston ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stars ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN movie ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The unit 's first two offerings are slated to be The Secret Life of Ian Fleming a dramatization about the former British spy who wrote the James Bond novels and Treasure Island produced by Charlton Heston who also stars in the movie


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Ted ) ( NNP Turner ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Turner ) ( NNP Broadcasting ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN chairman ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Turner ) ( NNP Pictures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Gerry ) ( NNP Hogan ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Turner ) ( NNP Entertainment ) ( NNP Networks ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN unit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ted Turner Turner Broadcasting 's chairman was named chairman of Turner Pictures and Gerry Hogan president of Turner Entertainment Networks was named president of the unit


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interview ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Hogan ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN subsidiary ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ primary ) ( NN mission ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NNS movies ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP TNT ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB distribute ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB internationally ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In an interview Mr. Hogan said the subsidiary 's primary mission will be to make movies for TNT and to distribute them internationally


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But he said Turner Broadcasting already has found some ideas that might work well as films for theatrical release in the U.S.


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When that occurs and when the time is right we 'll release the films in the U.S. he said adding that Turner Pictures may develop such movies next year for domestic release in 1991


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Turner has made several movies docudramas and documentaries for its networks in recent years but the company has never acted as a full-fledged movie studio and released its own pictures to theaters


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Mr. Hogan said The Secret Life of Ian Fleming and Treasure Island cost more than 6 million each to make which is only about one-third the cost of most movies made for theatrical release


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The Turner move is in line with a cable-TV trend toward more original programming and toward finding more ways to amortize the high cost of producing films


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In July Viacom Inc. formed Viacom Pictures to produce 12 low-budget movies a year that will premiere on Showtime network and be distributed later in various markets including foreign theaters


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Tandy Corp. said it wo n't join U.S. Memories the group that seeks to battle the Japanese in the market for computer memory chips


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Tandy 's decision is a second setback for U.S. Memories


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Last month Apple Computer Inc. said that it would n't invest in the group


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Apple said that its money would be better spent in areas such as research and development


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U.S. Memories is seeking major investors to back its attempt to crack the 10 billion market for dynamic random access memory chips a market dominated by the Japanese


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Those chips were in dire shortage last year hurting many U.S. computer companies that could n't get sufficient Japanese-supplied chips


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Tandy said its experience during the shortage did n't merit the 5 million to 50 million investment U.S. Memories is seeking from each investor


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At this time we elected not to get involved because we have been able to satisfy our need for DRAMs from the market as a rule said Ed Juge Tandy 's director of market planning


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Sanford Kane U.S. Memories president said the decision was disappointing but does n't presage U.S. Memories ' failure


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I would like to have had them he said


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But they were n't on my list of companies who were critical to be a part of it