( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ford ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Scorpio ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ford said then it would keep the Scorpio


( S ( S ( NP-TMP ( DT This ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Scorpio ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD plummeted ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN pace ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NNP Ford ) ) ( NP ( CD 242 ) ( NNS days ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NNP Scorpio ) ( NN inventory ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 4,600 ) ) ( NNS cars ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This year Scorpio sales plummeted and at the current sales pace it would take Ford 242 days to sell off the current Scorpio inventory of about 4,600 cars


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP LOTUS ) ( NNP DEVELOPMENT ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 61 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ year-earlier ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) )

LOTUS DEVELOPMENT Corp. 's net income rose 61 % in the third quarter from the year-earlier period


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Yesterday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN edition ) ) ( VP ( VBD misstated ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN percentage ) ( NN increase ) ) ) )

Yesterday 's edition misstated the percentage increase


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 34 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN jump ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ third-quarter ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ rocket-like ) ( NN recovery ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB nearly ) ( JJ ruinous ) ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS years ) ) ( IN ago ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD continued ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN fueled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NN growth ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN consumer ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( NN interest ) ( NNS margins ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ negligible ) ( NN loan ) ( NNS losses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

BankAmerica Corp. reported a 34 % jump in third-quarter earnings as its rocket-like recovery from nearly ruinous losses several years ago continued to be fueled by growth in consumer loans higher interest margins and negligible loan losses


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BankAmerica ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD earned ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 254 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.16 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 190 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 97 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the quarter BankAmerica said it earned 254 million or 1.16 a share compared with 190 million or 97 cents a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( NNS spokesmen ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ preliminary ) ( NNS reports ) ) ( VP ( VBP indicate ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB materially ) ) ( VBN affected ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNP Tuesday ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

BankAmerica spokesmen said preliminary reports indicate the company was n't materially affected by the Tuesday earthquake


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( DT All ) ( CC but ) ( CD eight ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 850 ) ( NNS branches ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ structural ) ( NN damage ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN reopened ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ) ) )

All but eight of the 850 branches which had some structural damage reopened yesterday for business


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( VBN Automated ) ( NN teller ) ( NN machine ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADVP ( IN up ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG operating ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN bank ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Automated teller machine operations also were up and operating yesterday a bank spokesman said


( S ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD two ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( NNS results ) ) ( VP ( VBD failed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB improve ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ consecutive ) ( NNS quarters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ attributable ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ special ) ( NNS factors ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the first time in nearly two years BankAmerica results failed to improve in consecutive quarters but the decline from the second quarter was attributable to special factors


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Third-quarter ) ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( NP ( CD 16 ) ( NN % ) ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( QP ( CD 304 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NX ( NX ( CD 1.50 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN earned ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1989 ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Third-quarter profit was 16 % below the 304 million or 1.50 a share earned in the 1989 second quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD cited ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS credits ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG totaling ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 63 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 28 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company cited higher tax credits in the second quarter totaling 63 million compared with 28 million in the third quarter


( S ( PP ( VBG Excluding ) ( NP ( NN tax ) ( NNS credits ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( NP ( CD 6 ) ( NN % ) ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) )

Excluding tax credits profit was 6 % below the second quarter


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT that ) ( NN drop ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN caused ) ( ADVP ( RB entirely ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Brazilian ) ( NN interest ) ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 54 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But that drop was caused entirely by a decline in Brazilian interest paid to 5 million from 54 million the second quarter


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP BankAmerica ) ) ( VP ( VBD continued ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN reserve ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( VBN troubled ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG boosting ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN loan-loss ) ( NN provision ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 170 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( UCP ( NP ( NP ( IN about ) ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( PP ( RB well ) ( IN above ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 100 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ year-earlier ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover BankAmerica continued to build its reserve against troubled foreign loans by boosting its loan-loss provision to 170 million about the same as the previous quarter but well above the 100 million in the year-earlier quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN provision ) ( NN rate ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( RB far ) ( IN above ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ actual ) ( JJ net ) ( NN credit ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 24 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 18 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 38 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The provision rate was far above BankAmerica 's actual net credit losses of 24 million in the third quarter compared with 18 million in the second period and 38 million a year earlier


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN result ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BankAmerica ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN reserve ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( VBN troubled ) ( JJ foreign-country ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ( PP ( RB once ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ amounts ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 45 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 6.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ non-trade ) ( NN debt ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calculates ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN owed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT those ) ( NNS nations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As a result BankAmerica said its reserve against troubled foreign-country loans once below 25 % now amounts to 45 % of the 6.4 billion of non-trade debt it calculates it is owed by those nations


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN level ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( UCP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( IN about ) ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ other ) ( JJ big ) ( NNS banks ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( PP ( RB far ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( CD 85 ) ( NN % ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( CD 100 ) ( JJ % ) ) ) ( NNS reserves ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNPS Bankers ) ( NNP Trust ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP J.P. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB respectively ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That level is about the same as some other big banks but far below the 85 % and 100 % reserves of Bankers Trust New York Corp. and J.P. Morgan & Co. respectively


( S ( PP ( IN By ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN measure ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ third-quarter ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ robust ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ equivalent ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 0.92 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN return ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VBG excluding ) ( NP ( NN tax ) ( NNS credits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By any measure third-quarter earnings were still robust equivalent to a 0.92 % return on assets even excluding tax credits


( S ( PP ( IN By ) ( NP ( NP ( DT that ) ( JJ key ) ( NN measure ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG operating ) ( NN efficiency ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BankAmerica ) ) ( VP ( VBD turned ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR better ) ( NN performance ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ well-regarded ) ( NNP Los ) ( JJ Angeles-based ) ( NN competitor ) ) ( NP ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Pacific ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD posted ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 0.89 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN return ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By that key measure of operating efficiency BankAmerica turned in a better performance than its well-regarded Los Angeles-based competitor Security Pacific Corp. which posted a 0.89 % return in the third quarter


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD continued ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB badly ) ) ( VB trail ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NN neighbor ) ) ( NP ( NNP Wells ) ( NNP Fargo ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ extraordinary ) ( ADJP ( CD 1.25 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN return ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it continued to badly trail its San Francisco neighbor Wells Fargo & Co. which reported an extraordinary 1.25 % return on assets


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NNS returns ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB include ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS credits ) ) ) ) )

Both returns do n't include any tax credits


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP They ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP BankAmerica ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP continue ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( NP ( JJ good ) ( NN performance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Donald ) ( NNP K. ) ( NNP Crowley ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Keefe ) ( NNP Bruyette ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Woods ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They BankAmerica continue to show good performance said Donald K. Crowley an analyst with Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc. San Francisco


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( JJ common ) ( NN stock ) ) ( VP ( VBD edged ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN up ) ( NP ( CD 12.5 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB close ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 32 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In composite trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange BankAmerica common stock edged up 12.5 cents to close at 32 a share


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Shareholder ) ( NN equity ) ) ( VP ( VBD improved ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 4.68 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 4.23 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) )

Shareholder equity improved to 4.68 % from 4.23 % in the previous quarter


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( ADJP ( CD 4.52 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ net ) ( NN interest ) ( NN margin ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN difference ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN yield ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS investments ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rate ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ pays ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS deposits ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS borrowings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB markedly ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 3.91 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN ratio ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The 4.52 % net interest margin or the difference between the yield on a bank 's investments and the rate it pays for deposits and other borrowings was still markedly higher than the 3.91 % ratio a year earlier and is among the best in the industry analysts said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ high ) ( NN margin ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB partly ) ) ( VBZ stems ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN continued ) ( JJ strong ) ( NN growth ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ high-yielding ) ( NN consumer ) ( NNS loans ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 31 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 17.47 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ residential ) ( NNS mortgages ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 25 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 12 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The high margin partly stems from continued strong growth in high-yielding consumer loans which jumped 31 % to 17.47 billion from a year earlier and residential mortgages which rose 25 % to 12 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ total ) ( NNS loans ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 8 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 71.36 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) )

BankAmerica 's total loans rose 8 % to 71.36 billion


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BankAmerica ) ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( VBD soared ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 81 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 833 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4.07 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 461 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 2.40 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the nine months BankAmerica profit soared 81 % to 833 million or 4.07 a share from 461 million or 2.40 a share


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Anglo ) ( NNP American ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNP Africa ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third-quarter ) ( VBN combined ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD six ) ( NN gold ) ( NNS mines ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 8.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Anglo American Corp. of South Africa Ltd. said the third-quarter combined profit of its six gold mines dropped 8.5 % from the previous quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Total ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 471.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NN rand ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 178.0 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 515.4 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NN rand ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP June ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) )

Total net income fell to 471.6 million rand 178.0 million from 515.4 million rand in the June quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Total ) ( NN gold ) ( NN production ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( CD six ) ( NNS mines ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 4 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 63,971 ) ( NNS kilograms ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 61,493 ) ( NNS kilograms ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Total gold production by all six mines rose 4 % to 63,971 kilograms from 61,493 kilograms in the previous quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN magazine ) ( CC and ) ( NN book ) ( NN publisher ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD three ) ( NNS men ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN elected ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNS directors ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG increasing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 10 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This magazine and book publisher said three men were elected directors increasing the board to 10


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NNP James ) ( NNP R. ) ( NNP Eiszner ) ) ( UCP ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 62 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP CPC ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP G. ) ( NNP Schwartz ) ) ( NP ( CD 61 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Metropolitan ) ( NNP Life ) ( NNP Insurance ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Walter ) ( NNP V. ) ( NNP Shipley ) ) ( NP ( CD 53 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Chemical ) ( NNP Banking ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They are James R. Eiszner 62 years old and chairman and chief executive officer of CPC International Inc. Robert G. Schwartz 61 chairman president and chief executive officer of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and Walter V. Shipley 53 chairman and chief executive officer of Chemical Banking Corp


( SBARQ ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB Where ) ) ( SQ ( VBP do ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN money ) ) ) ) )

Where do Americans put their money


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ depends ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP look ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It depends on when you look


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1900 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN instance ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( JJR less ) ( IN than ) ( CD 8 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN bank ) ( NNS deposits ) ) ) ) )

In 1900 for instance less than 8 % of assets went into bank deposits


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD 18 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN Depression ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB much ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( IN since ) ) ) ) ) )

That rose to nearly 18 % during the Depression and has n't changed much since


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Pension ) ( NNS reserves ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN hand ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB relatively ) ( JJ small ) ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN household ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( NN decade ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD skyrocketed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Pension reserves on the other hand made up a relatively small part of household assets until the last decade when they skyrocketed


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ drastic ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN importance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ unincorporated ) ( NN business ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( NNS thanks ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN industry ) ( NN consolidation ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN family ) ( NNS farms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And there has been a drastic decline in the importance of unincorporated business assets thanks to industry consolidation and a decline in family farms


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ emerges ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG following ) ( NNS charts ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP show ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS patterns ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD 90 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's some of what emerges from the following charts which show how Americans have changed their investment patterns over the past 90 years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS results ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ self-explanatory ) ) ) )

Some results are self-explanatory


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ other ) ( NNS figures ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ surprising ) ) ) )

But other figures are surprising


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Housing ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN instance ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN remained ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB fairly ) ( JJ steady ) ) ( NN component ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN household ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ common ) ( NN wisdom ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN increase ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Housing for instance has remained a fairly steady component of household assets over the past decade although common wisdom would have expected an increase


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN attention ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN housing ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN form ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN household ) ( NN wealth ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Edward ) ( NNP N. ) ( NNP Wolff ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN professor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS economics ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP University ) ) ) ) ) )

There is a lot of attention paid to housing as a form of household wealth says Edward N. Wolff professor of economics at New York University


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN increased ) ( ADVP ( RB much ) ) ( ADVP ( JJ relative ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it has n't increased much relative to other assets


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ suggests ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS households ) ) ( VP ( VBP accumulate ) ( NP ( NN wealth ) ) ( PP ( IN across ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ broad ) ( NN spectrum ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It suggests that households accumulate wealth across a broad spectrum of assets


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN housing ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ popular ) ( NN mind ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ major ) ( PRN ( VBG growing ) ) ( NN household ) ( NN asset ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ) )

And housing though it appears in the popular mind as being the major growing household asset is n't


( S ( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN addition ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS investors ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN desire ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hold ) ( NP ( NNS stocks ) ) ( PRN ( UCP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB directly ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( JJ mutual ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( S-CLR ( ADJP-PRD ( RB surprisingly ) ( JJ steady ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS stocks ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN importance ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB largely ) ) ( VBZ reflects ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS ups ) ( CC and ) ( NNS downs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB not ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN shift ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ stock-holding ) ( NNS preferences ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In addition investors ' desire to hold stocks directly and through mutual funds has held surprisingly steady stocks ' importance among assets largely reflects the ups and downs of the stock market and not a shift in stock-holding preferences


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Stocks ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN spread ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ general ) ( NN public ) ) ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fact ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN environment ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB much ) ( JJ different ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ concludes ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Avery ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN economist ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Cornell ) ( NNP University ) ) ) ) ) )

Stocks have not spread to the general public despite the fact that the environment is much different concludes Robert Avery an economist at Cornell University


( S ( PP-TPC-1 ( TO To ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( DT the ) ( NNS views ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP spend ) ( NP ( NP ( RB too ) ( RB much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN wealth ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN paper ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ways ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG holding ) ( NP ( NN wealth ) ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ similar ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( IN ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To me it says that despite all the views that we spend too much of our wealth on paper assets we have ways of holding wealth similar to 100 years ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS charts ) ) ( VP ( VBP show ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ househld ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN distributed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The charts show how househld assets have been distributed over time


( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ main ) ( NNS components ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ various ) ( NN asseet ) ( NNS categories ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN Housing ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Primary ) ( NN home ) ) ( CC but ) ( RB not ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN land ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The main components of the various asseet categories Housing Primary home but not the land it 's on


( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN Land ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ Other ) ( NNP Real ) ( NNP Estate ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Land ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN on ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ primary ) ( NN home ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN built ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN investment ) ( NN property ) ) ) )

Land and Other Real Estate Land on which primary home is built investment property


( NP ( NP ( NNP Consumer ) ( NNPS Durables ) ) ( NP ( NNS Automobiles ) ( NNS appliances ) ( NN furniture ) ) )

Consumer Durables Automobiles appliances furniture


( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ( NNPS Deposits ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN Currency ) ) ( NP ( JJ checking-account ) ( NNS deposits ) ) ( NP ( JJ small ) ( NNS savings ) ( CC and ) ( NN time ) ( NNS deposits ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS certificates ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS deposits ) ) ) ) ( NP ( JJ money-market ) ( NN fund ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) )

Bank Deposits Currency checking-account deposits small savings and time deposits certificates of deposits money-market fund shares


( NP ( NP ( NNS Bonds ) ) ( S ( VP ( NNS Excludes ) ( NP ( NN bond ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) )

Bonds Excludes bond funds


( NP ( NP ( NNP Stocks\/Mutual ) ( NNPS Funds ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS Stocks ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ mutual ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ other ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( JJ money-market ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Stocks\/Mutual Funds Stocks and mutual funds other than money-market funds


( NP ( NP ( NNP Unincorporated ) ( NNP Business ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS Partnerships ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ sole ) ( NNS proprietorships ) ) ) ( NP ( JJ professional ) ( NNS corporations ) ) ) )

Unincorporated Business Partnerships and sole proprietorships professional corporations


( NP ( NP ( NNP Pension ) ( NNPS Reserves ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS Holdings ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN pension ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) )

Pension Reserves Holdings by pension funds


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD two ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS lenders ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS notices ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN default ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN bank ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS actions ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB recover ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

HealthVest said two of its lenders have given it notices of default on bank loans and said they may take actions to recover their loans


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Austin ) ( NNP Texas ) ) ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ( NN investment ) ( NN trust ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Chemical ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lead ) ( NN bank ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ domestic ) ( NN bank ) ( NN agreement ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.3 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD owed ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( NN group ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN today ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB call ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 120 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN credit ) ( NN line ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

HealthVest an Austin Texas real estate investment trust said that Chemical Bank the lead bank under its domestic bank agreement told it that if 3.3 million owed to the bank group is n't paid by today the group will call the 120 million that HealthVest has outstanding under the credit line


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN bank ) ( NN group ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NNS advances ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 150 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN credit ) ( NN line ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The bank group also said that it wo n't make additional advances under the 150 million credit line


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBD missed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN payment ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ due ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ late ) ( NNP September ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

HealthVest missed a payment to the group that was due in late September


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN addition ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NNP Trust ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN notified ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN default ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NN action ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cure ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN default ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In addition HealthVest said Bank of Tokyo Trust Co. also has notified it of a default and said it might take action to cure the default


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBD missed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interest ) ( NN payment ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) )

HealthVest missed an interest payment to Bank of Tokyo on Oct. 1


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VBD indicated ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB accelerate ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP HealthVest ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN loan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However HealthVest said the Tokyo bank indicated that it wo n't accelerate HealthVest 's 50 million loan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ severe ) ( NN liquidity ) ( NN bind ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN affiliate ) ) ( NP ( NNP Healthcare ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN failed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 10.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN principal ) ( CC and ) ( NN interest ) ( NNS payments ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD owed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

HealthVest is in a severe liquidity bind because its affiliate Healthcare International Inc. has failed to make about 10.6 million in principal and interest payments owed since August


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Healthcare ) ) ( VP ( VBZ operates ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ health-care ) ( NNS properties ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP HealthVest ) ) ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Healthcare operates many of the health-care properties that HealthVest owns


Wall Street


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( UCP-PRD ( NP ( RB just ) ( DT a ) ( NN child ) ) ( CC And ) ( VP ( VBN confronted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( PRP$ my ) ( NNS fears ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS things ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD Had ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS fangs ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ pointed ) ( NNS ears ) ) ) ) )

When I was just a child And confronted by my fears The things that I thought would get me Had fangs and pointed ears


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Nothing ) ) ( ADJP ( RB much ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ My ) ( JJ periodic ) ( NNS scares ) ) ( VP ( VBP Are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ hostile ) ( NNS animals ) ) ) ) ) ( RB Only ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( NP-PRD ( NNS bulls ) ( CC and ) ( NNS bears ) ) ) ) )

Nothing much has changed My periodic scares Are still from hostile animals Only now they 're bulls and bears


Pat D'Amico


Daffynition


( NP ( NP ( VBN Trained ) ( NNS dolphins ) ) ( NP ( NNS pur-poises ) ) )

Trained dolphins pur-poises


( NP ( NNP Marrill ) ( NNP J. ) ( NNP Pederson ) )

Marrill J. Pederson


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP M. ) ( NNP Gintel ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN partner ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Greenwich ) ( NNP Conn. ) ) ( NN investment ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB launch ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN proxy ) ( NN fight ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Boston-based ) ( NNP Xtra ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Robert M. Gintel senior partner of a Greenwich Conn. investment firm said he plans to launch a proxy fight against the board of Boston-based Xtra Corp


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gintel ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Gintel ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB conduct ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN proxy ) ( NN contest ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB elect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN majority ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Xtra ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN board ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( JJ annual ) ( NNS stockholders ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Gintel head of Gintel & Co. said he plans to conduct a proxy contest to elect a majority of Xtra 's board at the next annual stockholders meeting


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Xtra ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN transportation ) ( VBG leasing ) ( NN company ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN statement ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN comment ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gintel ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ further ) ( NN information ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN disclosed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Xtra a transportation leasing company said in a statement it would have no comment on Mr. Gintel 's plans until further information has been disclosed by him


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( CD 1990 ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN scheduled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company also said its 1990 annual meeting has not been scheduled


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gintel ) ) ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 300,000 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( QP ( CD 6.3 ) ( CD million ) ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Gintel owns 300,000 of the company 's 6.3 million common shares outstanding


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Xtra ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD bought ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB approximately ) ( CD 55,000 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( JJ pursuant ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( VBG existing ) ( NN authorization ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ many ) ( IN as ) ( CD 650,000 ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Xtra said it recently bought back approximately 55,000 of its shares pursuant to its existing authorization to acquire as many as 650,000 shares


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gintel ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN filed ) ( NP ( NN suit ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Delaware ) ( NNP Chancery ) ( NNP Court ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG seeking ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( NN block ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Xtra ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ anti-takeover ) ( NN tactic ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Gintel has filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to block Xtra 's anti-takeover tactic


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN filing ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Securities ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Exchange ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gintel ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Xtra ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN pursued ) ( NP ( NP ( NN business ) ( NNS strategies ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS stockholders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Mr. Gintel said Xtra has pursued business strategies that are n't in the best interest of stockholders


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Pride ) ( NNP Petroleum ) ( NNPS Services ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ well-servicing ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( JJ third-quarter ) ( NN revenue ) ( CC and ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Pride Petroleum Services Inc. said it agreed to buy well-servicing assets of two companies and expects to report higher third-quarter revenue and earnings


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ year-earlier ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ well-servicing ) ( NN contractor ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 319,000 ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 3 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN revenue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 15 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the year-earlier quarter the well-servicing contractor had net income of 319,000 or 3 cents a share on revenue of about 15 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Results ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR earlier ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 100,000 ) ) ( NN restructuring ) ( NN charge ) ) ) )

Results for the earlier quarter included a 100,000 restructuring charge


( S ( ADVP ( RB Separately ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ Houston ) ( NN concern ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD signed ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS letters ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN intent ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cash ) ( CC and ) ( NN stock ) ( NNS purchases ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN total ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 29 ) ( JJ well-servicing ) ( NNS rigs ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ( VP ( VBN located ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Mexico ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP California ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Separately the Houston concern said it signed letters of intent for the cash and stock purchases of a total of 29 well-servicing rigs from two concerns located in New Mexico and California


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB disclose ) ( NP ( NNS specifics ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB complete ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS purchases ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It did n't disclose specifics but said it expects to complete the purchases by Nov. 1


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NEW ) ( NNP ENGLAND ) ( NNP CRITICAL ) ( NNP CARE ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 35 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ convertible ) ( VBN subordinated ) ( NNS debentures ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Prudential-Bache ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP Funding ) ) ) ) ) )

NEW ENGLAND CRITICAL CARE Inc. offered 35 million in convertible subordinated debentures through Morgan Stanley & Co. and Prudential-Bache Capital Funding


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS debentures ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ due ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 2014 ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN coupon ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 7 ) ( CD 3\/4 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ payable ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB semiannually ) ) ) ) ) )

The debentures due in 2014 have a coupon of 7 3\/4 % payable semiannually


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS debentures ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN converted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ common ) ( NN stock ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Westborough ) ( NNP Mass. ) ) ( NN home ) ( NN health ) ( NN care ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 52.50 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The debentures may be converted into common stock of the Westborough Mass. home health care concern at 52.50 a share


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Proceeds ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG working ) ( NN capital ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ general ) ( JJ corporate ) ( NNS purposes ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NN expansion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes including expansion of the company 's operations


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN Couple ) ( NN Counseling ) ) ( VP ( VBZ Grows ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB Defuse ) ( NP ( NN Stress ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Couple Counseling Grows to Defuse Stress


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR MORE ) ( NX ( NX ( NNS EXECUTIVES ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS spouses ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG seeking ) ( NP ( NN counseling ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN work ) ( CC and ) ( NN family ) ( NNS pressures ) ) ( VP ( VBP mount ) ) ) ) ) ) )

MORE EXECUTIVES and their spouses are seeking counseling as work and family pressures mount


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS employers ) ) ( VP ( VBP initiate ) ( NP ( NNS referrals ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN work ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( VP ( VBP threaten ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ top ) ( NN manager ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some employers initiate referrals especially if work problems threaten a top manager 's job


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Many ) ( NNS couples ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( UCP-PRD ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ships ) ) ( VP ( VBG passing ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS communications ) ( NN gulf ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ sparks ) ( NP ( NNS problems ) ) ( PP-LOC ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN job ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN psychologist ) ( NNP Harry ) ( NNP Levinson ) ) )

Many couples are like ships passing in the night a communications gulf that sparks problems on the job and at home says psychologist Harry Levinson


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( NNP Levinson ) ( NNP Institute ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Belmont ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mass. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN doubling ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS executives ) ( CC and ) ( NNS spouses ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ weeklong ) ( NN counseling ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His Levinson Institute in Belmont Mass. has seen in recent years a doubling in the number of executives and spouses at its weeklong counseling program


( S-2 ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNS Employers ) ) ( VP ( VBP foot ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bill ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG figuring ) ( SBAR ( S ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ good ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN couple ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ good ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Employers foot the bill he says figuring what 's good for the couple is good for the company


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( CD One ) ( NNP East ) ( NNP Coast ) ( VBG manufacturing ) ( NN executive ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN faced ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN job ) ( NN transfer ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN wife ) ) ( VP ( VBD resented ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN counseling ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( DT both ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS grips ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One East Coast manufacturing executive faced with a job transfer his wife resented found that counseling helped them both come to grips with the move


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( JJ Midwestern ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD realized ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT an ) ( JJ abrasive ) ( NN temperament ) ) ( VP ( VBD threatened ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN career ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN wife ) ) ( VP ( VBD confided ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ similar ) ( NN behavior ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD harmed ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN marriage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And the vice president of a large Midwestern company realized that an abrasive temperament threatened his career when his wife confided that similar behavior at home harmed their marriage


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR More ) ( JJ dual-career ) ( NNS couples ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( NN help ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NNS men ) ) ( ADVP ( RB increasingly ) ) ( VP ( VBG bringing ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( VBG working ) ( NNS wives ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ joint ) ( NN counseling ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

More dual-career couples also are getting help with men increasingly bringing their working wives for joint counseling


( SINV ( S-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN level ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN stress ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ high ) ) ( SBAR ( S-CLF ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NN husband ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ worried ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN psychologist ) ( NNP Marjorie ) ( NNP Hansen ) ( NNP Shaevitz ) ) )

The level of stress for a woman is often so high it 's the husband who says I 'm worried about her says psychologist Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Her ) ( NNP Institute ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Family ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Work ) ( NNPS Relationships ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP La ) ( NNP Jolla ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN noted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN doubling ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS couples ) ) ( VP ( VBG seeking ) ( NP ( NN help ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) )

Her Institute for Family and Work Relationships in La Jolla Calif. has noted a doubling in the number of couples seeking help the past two years


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( ADVP ( DT No ) ( NN matter ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ competent ) ( CC and ) ( JJ smart ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( DT both ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN relationship ) ) ( ADVP ( RB almost ) ( RB certainly ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB erode ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB talk ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NN fun ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sexual ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Shaevitz ) ) )

No matter how competent and smart you both are the relationship almost certainly will erode if you do n't have time to talk to have fun and to be sexual says Ms. Shaevitz


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ urges ) ( NP-1 ( NN client ) ( NNS couples ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN detoxification ) ( NN period ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG purging ) ( NP ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ social ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( JJ other ) ( JJ nonproductive ) ) ) ( NNS activities ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG setting ) ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB apart ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She urges client couples to begin a detoxification period purging social and other nonproductive activities and setting time apart for themselves


( S-1 ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Putting ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS times ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN calendar ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ important ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG remembering ) ( NP ( NN business ) ( NNS appointments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Putting those times on the calendar she says is as important as remembering business appointments


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Power ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Suggestion ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NNP Stronger ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) )

Power of Suggestion Stronger in Japan


( S ( S ( ADVP-PRD-TPC-3 ( RB HERE ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 'S ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( ADJP ( CD ONE ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NN explanation ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Japan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ tough ) ( JJ industrial ) ( NN competitor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( CD Two ) ( IN of ) ( CD three ) ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBP submit ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS suggestions ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB save ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( NN efficiency ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB boost ) ( NP ( NN morale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 8 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS workers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ) ) ) ) ) )

HERE 'S ONE more explanation for why Japan is a tough industrial competitor Two of three Japanese employees submit suggestions to save money increase efficiency and boost morale while only 8 % of American workers do


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Japanese ) ) ( VP ( VBP make ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB far ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NNS suggestions ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 2,472 ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( JJ eligible ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ( CC vs. ) ( NP ( NP ( RB only ) ( CD 13 ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( X ( DT the ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And the Japanese make far more suggestions 2,472 per 100 eligible employees vs. only 13 per 100 employees in the


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Data ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Suggestion ) ( NNPS Systems ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Japan ) ( NNP Human ) ( NNPS Relations ) ( NNP Association ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP indicate ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS employers ) ) ( VP ( VBP adopt ) ( NP ( QP ( CD four ) ( IN of ) ( CD five ) ) ( NNS suggestions ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS counterparts ) ) ( VP ( VBP accept ) ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD one ) ( IN in ) ( CD four ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Data for 1987 from the National Association of Suggestion Systems and the Japan Human Relations Association also indicate that Japanese employers adopt four of five suggestions while their U.S. counterparts accept just one in four


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ small ) ( NNS suggestions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN encouraged ) ) ) )

In Japan small suggestions are encouraged


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT Each ) ( JJ new ) ( NN employee ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB submit ) ( NP ( CD four ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB daily ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Each new employee is expected to submit four daily in the first few months on the job


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP tend ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB favor ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS suggestions ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP go ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN home ) ( NNS runs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Gary ) ( NNP Floss ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NN quality ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) )

U.S. companies tend to favor suggestions that go for the home runs says Gary Floss vice president of corporate quality at Control Data Corp


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ helps ) ( S ( VP ( VB explain ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ American ) ( NNS employers ) ) ( VP ( VBP grant ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ average ) ( NN award ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 604.72 ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( NN suggestion ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN payment ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 3.23 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That helps explain why American employers grant an average award of 604.72 per suggestion while Japan 's payment is 3.23


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS suggestions ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ net ) ( NNS savings ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( CD 274,475 ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ( CC vs. ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 24,891 ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still suggestions ' net savings per 100 employees is 274,475 in Japan vs. 24,891 in the U.S.


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBG developing ) ( NP ( NN management ) ( NNS teams ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG wrestling ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB handle ) ( NP ( JJ individual ) ( NN suggestion ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

U.S. companies developing management teams are wrestling with how to handle individual suggestion systems


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD one ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plays ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN employee ) ( NN suggestion ) ( NN program ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ favors ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN team-management ) ( NN focus ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Control Data for one plays down its employee suggestion program because it favors the team-management focus


( NP-HLN ( NP ( NNP Merger ) ( NNP Fallout ) ) ( S ( VP ( VB Beware ) ( NP ( NN Employee ) ( NN Dishonesty ) ) ) ) )

Merger Fallout Beware Employee Dishonesty


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ CORPORATE ) ( NN security ) ( NNS directors ) ) ( ADVP ( RB increasingly ) ) ( VP ( VBP worry ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN merger ) ( NN mania ) ) ( VP ( VBZ spawns ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rise ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN employee ) ( NN dishonesty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CORPORATE security directors increasingly worry that merger mania spawns a rise in employee dishonesty


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NNP Security ) ( NN magazine ) ( NN survey ) ) ( VP ( VBZ places ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN effect ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS takeovers ) ( CC and ) ( NNS buy-outs ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 10 ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NNS challenges ) ) ) ) )

A Security magazine survey places the effect of takeovers and buy-outs among the industry 's 10 biggest challenges


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ causes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN eye ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN off ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ball ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN inventory ) ( NN shrinkage ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN affected ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Lewis ) ( NNP Shealy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN loss ) ( NN prevention ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Marshall ) ( NNP Field ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN department ) ( NN store ) ( NN chain ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If it causes management to take their eye off the ball inventory shrinkage is going to be affected says Lewis Shealy vice president for loss prevention at Marshall Field 's the department store chain


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ separate ) ( NN study ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN extent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN employee ) ( NN misconduct ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD linked ) ( NP ( JJ general ) ( NN job ) ( NN satisfaction ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN property ) ( NN loss ) ) ) ) )

A separate study of the extent of employee misconduct linked general job satisfaction to property loss


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Co-author ) ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP Hollinger ) ) ( VP ( VBZ cites ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD happened ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ family-owned ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBN absorbed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT a ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN giant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Co-author Richard Hollinger cites what happened at one family-owned company absorbed by a foreign giant


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Pilferage ) ) ( VP ( VBD climbed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB dramatically ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( JJ angry ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN abandoned ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ former ) ( NNS owners ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NAC ( NNP University ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Florida ) ) ) ) ( NN sociologist ) ) )

Pilferage climbed dramatically as many angry employees felt abandoned by the former owners says the University of Florida sociologist


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ top ) ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB watch ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NN tell-tale ) ( NNS signs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN employee ) ( NNS misdeeds ) ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NN expense-account ) ( NN fudging ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN phone ) ( NN misuse ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But top management should watch for other tell-tale signs of employee misdeeds like expense-account fudging and phone misuse


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Security ) ( NN consultant ) ( NNP Dennis ) ( NNP Dalton ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ventura ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ thinks ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS mergers ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VBP trigger ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJR longer ) ( NN lunch ) ( NNS hours ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBN increased ) ( NN absenteeism ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN conduct ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB sap ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bottom ) ( NN line ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NNS thefts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Security consultant Dennis Dalton of Ventura Calif. thinks mergers often trigger longer lunch hours and increased absenteeism conduct which can sap the bottom line more than thefts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ New ) ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS steps ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( NN dishonesty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

New management can take several steps to reduce dishonesty


( SINV-2 ( ADJP-PRD-TPC-3 ( RBS Most ) ( JJ important ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS experts ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( S-SBJ ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ ethical ) ( NN tone ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN set ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN top ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most important experts say is to show that a company 's ethical tone is set at the top


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dalton ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recommends ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VB establish ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rumor ) ( NN control ) ( NN center ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB move ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB swiftly ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bolster ) ( NP ( NN morale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Dalton also recommends that the chief executive establish a rumor control center and move swiftly to bolster morale


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Consultant ) ( NNP John ) ( NNP Keller ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Southlake ) ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ urges ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ top ) ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( VB adopt ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ tough ) ( JJ hands-on ) ( NN approach ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ tight ) ) ( NNS controls ) ( CC and ) ( NN monitoring ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Consultant John Keller of Southlake Texas urges that top management adopt a tough hands-on approach with very tight controls and monitoring


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN security ) ( NN authority ) ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Duston ) ) ( VP ( VBZ favors ) ( S ( VP ( VBG disciplining ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP cheat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And security authority Robert L. Duston favors disciplining all employees who cheat


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Firms ) ) ( VP ( VBP Walk ) ( NP ( JJ Fine ) ( NN Line ) ) ( PP ( IN In ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG Distributing ) ( NP ( NNS Profits ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Firms Walk Fine Line In Distributing Profits


( SQ ( VBP ARE ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ CORPORATE ) ( NNS profits ) ) ( VP ( VBN distributed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB fairly ) ) ) )

ARE CORPORATE profits distributed fairly


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN survey ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sirota ) ( NNP Alper ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Pfau ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( VBG consulting ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ underscores ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN difficulty ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ top ) ( NN management ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG satisfying ) ( NP ( NNS employees ) ( CC and ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN score ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A survey by Sirota Alper & Pfau a New York consulting firm underscores the difficulty for top management in satisfying employees and investors on that score


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( RB Nearly ) ( CD seven ) ( IN of ) ( CD 10 ) ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP reinvest ) ( NP ( NP ( RB too ) ( JJ little ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS profits ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nearly seven of 10 investors think companies reinvest too little of their profits in the business


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PDT half ) ( DT the ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBN surveyed ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP dole ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( RB too ) ( JJ little ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And half the employees surveyed think companies dole out too little to them


( S ( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT both ) ) ( VP ( VBP see ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ common ) ( NN enemy ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN About ) ( CD 66 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 73 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS investors ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ senior ) ( NNS managers ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ big ) ) ( DT a ) ( NN slice ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN profit ) ( NN pie ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But both see a common enemy About 66 % of employees and 73 % of investors think senior managers get too big a slice of the profit pie


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ long ) ( JJ frightening ) ( NN night ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBG devastating ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Area ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( VP ( VBD searched ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN comfort ) ( CC and ) ( NN solace ) ) ) ( SBAR-LOC ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB wherever ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ) ) ) ) )

In the long frightening night after Tuesday 's devastating earthquake Bay Area residents searched for comfort and solace wherever they could


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN screen ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN computer ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some found it on the screen of a personal computer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Hundreds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNPS Californians ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS computers ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD checked ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( JJ other ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ electronic ) ( NN bulletin ) ( NNS boards ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP link ) ( NP ( NNS computers ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( JJ CB-radio-style ) ) ( PP ( IN via ) ( NP ( NN phone ) ( NNS lines ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Hundreds of Californians made their way to their computers after the quake and checked in with each other on electronic bulletin boards which link computers CB-radio-style via phone lines


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ vivid ) ) ( NNS bulletins ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PP-DIR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP Well ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Sausalito ) ( NNP Calif. ) ) ( NN board ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS liveliest ) ( NNS outposts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NN underground ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some of the most vivid bulletins came over The Well a Sausalito Calif. board that is one of the liveliest outposts of the electronic underground


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( IN About ) ( NNS two-thirds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Well ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 3,000 ) ( NNS subscribers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP live ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Area ) ) ) ) )

About two-thirds of the Well 's 3,000 subscribers live in the Bay Area


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN quake ) ) ( VP ( VBD knocked ) ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP Well ) ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD six ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( IN up ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD teemed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ emotional ) ( JJ first-hand ) ( NNS reports ) ) ) ) ) )

The quake knocked The Well out for six hours but when it came back up it teemed with emotional first-hand reports


( SINV ( VP ( VBG Following ) ) ( VBP are ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS excerpts ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NN traffic ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT that ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) )

Following are excerpts from the electronic traffic that night


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN time ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Pacific ) ( NNP Daylight ) ( NN Time ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS initials ) ( CC or ) ( NNS nicknames ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS subscribers ) ) ( VP ( VBP use ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB identify ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The time is Pacific Daylight Time and the initials or nicknames are those subscribers use to identify themselves


11:54 p.m


JCKC


Wow


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS avenues ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN floor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ old ) ( NN building ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP ( IN except ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN heart ) ) ( PRN ( INTJ ( NN Beat ) ( NN BEAT ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ OK ) ) ) ) )

I was in the avenues on the third floor of an old building and except for my heart Beat BEAT I 'm OK


( S ( S ( VP ( VBD Got ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Bolinas ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN everything ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN fallen ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( NP ( VBN broken ) ( NN poster ) ( NNS frames ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN glass ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN file ) ( NNS cabinets ) ) ( UCP ( ADJP ( JJ open ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VBN dumped ) ( PP-DIR ( IN onto ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Got back to Bolinas and everything had fallen broken poster frames with glass on the floor file cabinets open or dumped onto the floor


11:59 p.m


JKD


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( JJ favorite ) ( NN watering ) ( NN hole ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ( SBAR-CLR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN game ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB start ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I was in my favorite watering hole waiting for the game to start


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN temblor ) ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD glanced ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN table ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( JJ next ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP mine ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD smiled ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( JJ guilty ) ( NN smile ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP we ) ) ( NP ( DT both ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD mouthed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS words ) ) ( NP ( NN Earth-quake ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB together ) ) ) ) )

I felt the temblor begin and glanced at the table next to mine smiled that guilty smile and we both mouthed the words Earth-quake together


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB usually ) ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ long ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS temblors ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pass ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's usually how long it takes for the temblors to pass


( S ( S ( NP-TMP ( DT This ) ( NN time ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR stronger ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN building ) ) ( VP ( VBD started ) ( S ( VP ( VBG shaking ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB violently ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN up ) ( CC and ) ( IN down ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB as ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN child ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN toy ) ( NN block ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBD tossed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This time it just got stronger and then the building started shaking violently up and down as though it were a child 's toy block that was being tossed


12:06 a.m


HRH


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Berkeley ) ( NNP Main ) ( NN library ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ) ) ) ) )

I was in the Berkeley Main library when it hit


( FRAG ( NP ( JJ Endless ) ( NNS seconds ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG wondering ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT those ) ( JJ huge ) ( NNS windows ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VP ( VB buckle ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB shower ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN glass ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Endless seconds wondering if those huge windows would buckle and shower us with glass


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( RB Only ) ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ) ( NNS books ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN reading ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) )

Only a few books fell in the reading room


( S ( RB Then ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN auto ) ( NN paint ) ( NN shop ) ( NN fire ) ) ( VP ( VBD sent ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ evil-looking ) ( NN cloud ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NN smoke ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN air ) ) ) ) )

Then the auto paint shop fire sent an evil-looking cloud of black smoke into the air


12:07 a.m


ONEZIE


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ My ) ( JJR younger ) ( NN daughter ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP I ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ fine ) ) ) )

My younger daughter and I are fine


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN building ) ) ( VP ( VBD shook ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( NN hell ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD kept ) ( S ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR stronger ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This building shook like hell and it kept getting stronger


( S ( PP ( IN Except ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN gas ) ( NN tank ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hustead ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Towing ) ( NNP Service ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG exploding ) ( CC and ) ( VBG burning ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN downtown ) ( NNP Berkeley ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS things ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB quite ) ( JJ peaceful ) ) ) )

Except for the gas tank at Hustead 's Towing Service exploding and burning in downtown Berkeley things here are quite peaceful


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN car ) ( NNS alarms ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PRT ( IN off ) ) ) )

A lot of car alarms went off


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS cats ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ fine ) ( IN although ) ( JJ nervous ) ) ) )

The cats are fine although nervous


12:15 a.m


DHAWK


( NP ( NP ( JJ Huge ) ( NN fire ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( VBN broken ) ( NN gas ) ( NN main ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Marina ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP SF ) ) ) ) ) )

Huge fire from broken gas main in the Marina in SF


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Areas ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN fill ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP liquefy ) ) )

Areas that are made of fill liquefy


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN woman ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ three-story ) ( NN apartment ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB walk ) ( PP-DIR ( IN out ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN window ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN onto ) ( NP ( NN street ) ( NN level ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) )

A woman in a three-story apartment was able to walk out the window of the third floor onto street level after the quake


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN house ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD settled ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB right ) ( IN down ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ground ) ) ) ) )

The house just settled right down into the ground


12:38 a.m


DAYAC


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG driving ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN truck ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD stopped ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ red ) ( NN light ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN corner ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Shattuck ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Alcatraz ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Oakland-Berkeley ) ( NN border ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I was driving my truck stopped at a red light at the corner of Shattuck and Alcatraz at the Oakland-Berkeley border when it hit


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Worst ) ( NN part ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG watching ) ( NP ( NP ( NN power ) ( NNS lines ) ) ( VP ( VBG waving ) ( PP-LOC ( IN above ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN head ) ) ) ) ) ( FRAG ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drive ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB away ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Worst part was watching power lines waving above my head and no way to drive away


12:48 a.m


LMEYER


( S ( VP ( VBD Was ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( NP ( CD 300 ) ( NN ft. ) ) ( RB out ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN pier ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Rafael ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Was 300 ft. out on a pier in San Rafael


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD flopped ) ( ADVP-MNR ( DT all ) ( IN around ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( RB real ) ( JJ dramatic ) ) ) ) )

It flopped all around real dramatic


( NP ( NP ( JJ Many ) ( NN hairline ) ( NNS cracks ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ concrete ) ( NNS slabs ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB afterwards ) ) )

Many hairline cracks in the concrete slabs afterwards


( S ( VP ( VBN Ruined ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ damn ) ( NN fishing ) ) ) )

Ruined the damn fishing


1:00 a.m


HEYNOW


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD rode ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN floor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Leo ) ( POS 's ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ 55th ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Telegraph ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Oakland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I rode it out on the second floor of Leo 's at 55th and Telegraph in Oakland


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD heard ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS parts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN building ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN above ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN head ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG cracking ) ) ) ) )

I heard parts of the building above my head cracking


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB die ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I actually thought that I might die


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( ADVP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Marin ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ my ) ( NN house ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS stilts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I could n't decide if I should come home to Marin because my house is on stilts


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD decided ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB brave ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN storm ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I decided to brave the storm


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ horrible ) ( NN smell ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN gas ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD passed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Chevron ) ( NN refinery ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG crossing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Richmond-San ) ( NNP Rafael ) ( NNP Bridge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There was a horrible smell of gas as I passed the Chevron refinery before crossing the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS clouds ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bay ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ horrible ) ( NN fire ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NNP District ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I could also see the clouds across the bay from the horrible fire in the Marina District of San Francisco


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN felt ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ many ) ( NNS aftershocks ) ) ) ) )

I have felt many aftershocks


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ My ) ( NN back ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS knots ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ my ) ( NNS hands ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBG shaking ) ) ) ) )

My back is still in knots and my hands are still shaking


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS aftershocks ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( S-PRD ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ my ) ( NN body ) ) ( VP ( VBG shaking ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I think a few of the aftershocks might just be my body shaking


1:11 a.m.


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS flames ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN house ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bay ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I could see the flames from San Francisco from my house across the bay


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ hard ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG happening ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's hard to believe this really is happening


1:11 a.m


RD


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN Building ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN corner ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB severely ) ) ( VBN damaged ) ) ) ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ old ) ( NN lady ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ old ) ) ( NN mother ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN guest ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) ) )

Building on the corner severely damaged so an old lady and her very old mother are in the guest room


( FRAG ( NP ( NNS Books ) ( CC and ) ( NN software ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB everywhere ) ) )

Books and software everywhere


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN typed ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN standing ) ( NN position ) ) ) ) ) )

This being typed in a standing position


1:20 a.m


DGAULT


( NP ( NP ( NNP Bolinas ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN astride ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Andreas ) ( NNP Fault ) ) ) )

Bolinas astride the San Andreas Fault


( S ( VP ( VP ( VBD Did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB feel ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN thing ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD noticed ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ strange ) ( NN bird ) ( NN behavior ) ) ) ) )

Did n't feel a thing but noticed some strange bird behavior


Duck swarms


3:25 a.m


SAMURAI


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN aftershock ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( QP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ) ( NNS seconds ) ) ( IN ago ) ) ) )

I just felt another aftershock a few seconds ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ numb ) ) ) )

I 'm just numb


MACPOST


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN Downtown ) ( NNP Bolinas ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN town ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJS worst ) ( IN off ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Downtown Bolinas seems to be the part of town that 's worst off


( NP ( NP ( DT No ) ( NN power ) ) ( NP ( JJ minimal ) ( NNS phones ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN mess ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN mayonnaise ) ) ( NP ( NN wine ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ( ADJP ( RB else ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( ADVP ( DT all ) ) ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS floors ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ big ) ( JJ old ) ( JJ general ) ( NN store ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS People ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN Co-op ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No power minimal phones and a mess of mayonnaise wine and everything else all over the floors of the big old general store and the People 's Co-op


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS quivers ) ) ( VP ( VBP move ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN house ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT every ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ unpredictable ) ( NNS intervals ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mouse ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG living ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN kitchen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( NN refuge ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN desk ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The quivers move through my house every few minutes at unpredictable intervals and the mouse that 's been living in my kitchen has taken refuge under my desk


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN out ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB frantically ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB clearly ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB pretty ) ( JJ distressed ) ) ) ) )

It runs out frantically now and then and is clearly pretty distressed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Stinson ) ( NNP Beach ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ( VP ( VBD rolled ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NN town ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I was in Stinson Beach when the quake rolled through town


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( IN At ) ( JJ first ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN unfazed ) ) ) )

At first we were unfazed


( S ( RB Then ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS things ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR rougher ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD ran ) ( PP-DIR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN door ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( IN outside ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG watching ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN brick ) ( NN sidewalk ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG oozing ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN up ) ( CC and ) ( IN down ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS flowers ) ) ( VP ( VBG waving ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ eerie ) ( NN rhythm ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then as things got rougher we ran for the door and spent the next few minutes outside watching the brick sidewalk under our feet oozing up and down and the flowers waving in an eerie rhythm


( FRAG ( ADJP ( JJ Amazing ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN one ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN heart ) ( NN rate ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN one ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ short-term ) ( NN memory ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Amazing what it does to one 's heart rate and one 's short-term memory


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Everyone ) ) ( VP ( VBD looked ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ calm ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ surreal ) ( JJ low ) ( NN level ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN confusion ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS aftershocks ) ) ( VP ( VBD continued ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Everyone looked calm but there was this surreal low level of confusion as the aftershocks continued


4:02 a.m


SHIBUMI


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Power ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB back ) ) ( ADVP-PRD ( IN on ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP UCSF ) ( NP ( JJ medical ) ( NN center ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN quieted ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( NP ( NN triage ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN parking ) ( NN lot ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sound ) ( CC and ) ( NNS lights ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Power is back on and UCSF medical center seems to have quieted down for the night they were doing triage out in the parking lot from the sound and lights of it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN friend ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN mine ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ underground ) ( NN computer ) ( NN center ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN downtown ) ( NNP SF ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ) ) ) ) )

A friend of mine was in an underground computer center in downtown SF when the quake hit


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS computers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ three-foot ) ( NN trip ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG sliding ) ( PP-DIR ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He said that one of the computers took a three-foot trip sliding across the floor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Today ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ interesting ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP realize ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ hard ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN life ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN while ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Today should be interesting as people realize how hard life is going to be here for a while


4:30 a.m


KIM


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD let ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS dogs ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD noticed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS sounds ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN above ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN head ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN someone ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG walking ) ( UCP-LOC ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN roof ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN upstairs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I got home let the dogs into the house and noticed some sounds above my head as if someone were walking on the roof or upstairs


( S ( RB Then ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD noticed ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN car ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG bouncing ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN up ) ( CC and ) ( IN down ) ) ( SBAR-MNR ( RB as ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN someone ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG jumping ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then I noticed the car was bouncing up and down as if someone were jumping on it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD realized ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG happening ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD screamed ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS dogs ) ) ) ) ) )

I realized what was happening and screamed into the house for the dogs


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Cupboard ) ( NNS doors ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG flying ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trash ) ( NN can ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN kitchen ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD walked ) ( NP-EXT ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS feet ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS dogs ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( VP ( VBG running ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD scooted ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dog ) ( NN run ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD stood ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN doorway ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( PRP myself ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG watching ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ outside ) ( NN trash ) ( NNS cans ) ) ( VP ( VB dance ) ( PP-DIR ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN concrete ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Cupboard doors were flying the trash can in the kitchen walked a few feet the dogs came running and I scooted them into the dog run and stood in the doorway myself watching the outside trash cans dance across the concrete


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD realized ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( IN over ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD went ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD stood ) ( PP-LOC ( ADVP ( IN out ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN front ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ( CC and ) ( VBG praying ) ( SBAR-CLR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Merrill ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( ADVP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG shivering ) ( SBAR-MNR ( IN as ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( NP ( CD 20 ) ) ( IN below ) ( NP ( CD zero ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When I realized it was over I went and stood out in front of the house waiting and praying for Merrill to come home shivering as if it were 20 below zero until he got there


( SINV ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Never ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN life ) ) ) ( VBP have ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB so ) ( JJ frightened ) ) ) )

Never in my life have I been so frightened


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS pictures ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 880 ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Bridge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cry ) ) ) ) ) )

When I saw the pictures of 880 and the Bay Bridge I began to cry


5:09 a.m


JROE