( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT Each ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ( NN judgment ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS profits ) ( CC and ) ( NNS risks ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NNP UAL ) ( NN deal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Each Japanese bank has its own judgment on the profits and risks in that UAL deal he said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG becoming ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ independent ) ) ) ) )

They are becoming more independent


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

It 's a sound phenomenon


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Sanwa ) ( NNP Bank ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN bank ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD decided ) ( S ( RB not ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB participate ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NNP UAL ) ( NN proposal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sanwa Bank Ltd. is one Japanese bank that decided not to participate in the first UAL proposal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NNP Sanwa ) ( NNP Bank ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD denied ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN finance ) ( NN ministry ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN decision ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A Sanwa Bank spokesman denied that the finance ministry played any part in the bank 's decision


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( JJ own ) ( NN decision ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

We made our own decision he said


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Utsumi ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ hard ) ( NN time ) ) ( VP ( VBG convincing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN market ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP ( RB rightly ) ( CC or ) ( RB wrongly ) ) ( VP ( VBN believed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN ministry ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG orchestrating ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS moves ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still Mr. Utsumi may have a hard time convincing market analysts who have rightly or wrongly believed that the ministry played a role in orchestrating recent moves by Japanese banks


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT All ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ much ) ( NN speculation ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ financial ) ( NNS circles ) ) ( UCP-LOC ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB abroad ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ministry ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ real ) ( NN position ) ) ) ) ) )

All week there has been much speculation in financial circles in Tokyo and abroad about the ministry 's real position


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Bank analysts say ministry officials have been growing increasingly concerned during the past few months about Japanese banks getting in over their heads


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The ministry thinks the banks do n't know what they are doing that they have very little idea how to cope with risk said one foreign bank analyst who asked not to be identified


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT The ) ( NN ministry ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VB pull ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS horns ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ leveraged ) ( NNS buy-outs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ) )

The ministry wants to see the Japanese banks pull in their horns on leveraged buy-outs he added


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ involved ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( VBN proposed ) ( NN bid ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP UAL ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD bowed ) ( ADVP ( RB out ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS terms ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unattractive ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS observers ) ) ( NP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ hard ) ( NN time ) ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG believing ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ commercial ) ( NNS considerations ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ only ) ( NN reason ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although some of the Japanese banks involved in the first proposed bid for UAL bowed out because they found the terms unattractive observers here say they have a hard time believing that commercial considerations were the only reason


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NN pressure ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( RB well ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Japanese banks are under political pressure as well the analyst said


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP point ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reputation ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS deals ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB extremely ) ( JJ profitable ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP offer ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN chance ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ) ( VP ( VB cement ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ important ) ( NN business ) ( NN relationship ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VB curry ) ( NP ( NN favor ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ powerful ) ( NNS bureaucrats ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover analysts point out that Japanese banks have a reputation for doing deals that are n't extremely profitable if they offer the chance to build market share cement an important business relationship or curry favor with powerful bureaucrats


( S ( ADVP ( RB Clearly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( JJ financial ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ concerned ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ leveraged ) ( NNS buy-outs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Clearly some financial authorities are concerned about the Japanese banks role in leveraged buy-outs


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN news ) ( NN conference ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NAC ( NNP Bank ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ( NNP Gov. ) ( NNP Satoshi ) ( NNP Sumita ) ) ( VP ( VBD cautioned ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ prudent ) ( NN stance ) ) ( PP ( VBG regarding ) ( NP ( RB highly ) ( JJ leveraged ) ( NNS deals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At a news conference this week Bank of Japan Gov. Satoshi Sumita cautioned banks to take a prudent stance regarding highly leveraged deals


( S-CLF ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Sumita ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS statements ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Finance ) ( NNP Ministry ) ) ( RB not ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ central ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( NP ( NN policy ) ( NNS decisions ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Despite Mr. Sumita 's statements it is the Finance Ministry not the central bank that makes policy decisions


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ recent ) ( NNS events ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB cool ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ leveraged ) ( NN buy-out ) ( NN fever ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB walk ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB away ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN game ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While recent events may cool some of the leveraged buy-out fever Japanese banks are n't likely to walk away from the game


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS risks ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS deals ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ attractive ) ( NN way ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN presence ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN bank ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) )

Despite the risks the deals can be an attractive way for Japanese banks to increase their presence in the U.S. market bank analysts say


( S ( S-ADV ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ Flush ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJR fewer ) ( NNS customers ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lend ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( VBG leading ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ eager ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB expand ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB overseas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Flush with cash at home but with fewer customers to lend to leading banks are eager to expand overseas


( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Jumping ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB in ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NNS deals ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( RB high ) ( JJ profile ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB leapfrog ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN problem ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( RB not ) ( VBG having ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ strong ) ( JJ retail-banking ) ( NN network ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jumping in on big deals is a high profile way to leapfrog the problem of not having a strong retail-banking network


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Convex ) ( NNP Computer ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG continuing ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ rapid ) ( NN growth ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ other ) ( NN computer ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP falter ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( CD 87 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ third-quarter ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( ADVP ( RB earlier ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 50 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN revenue ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Convex Computer Corp. continuing its rapid growth while other computer companies falter reported an 87 % increase in third-quarter net income from a year earlier and a 50 % increase in revenue


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Net ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 16 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD nine ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Net was 3.1 million or 16 cents a share up from 1.6 million or nine cents a share


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( QP ( CD 41.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 27.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Revenue was 41.2 million up from 27.5 million


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN net ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( CD 7.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 41 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 97 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.9 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 22 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the nine months net was 7.7 million or 41 cents a share up 97 % from 3.9 million or 22 cents a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( QP ( CD 111.9 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 74.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Revenue was 111.9 million up 50 % from 74.8 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Convex ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS supercomputers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP sell ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( IN up ) ( TO to ) ( CD 2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ installed ) ( NN base ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 550 ) ( NNS systems ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( CD 340 ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( JJ world-wide ) ) ) ) ) )

Convex makes supercomputers that sell for up to 2 million and has an installed base of more than 550 systems and 340 customers world-wide


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD won ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ significant ) ( NNS contracts ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ five-year ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Institutes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Health ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN valued ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBN estimated ) ( QP ( CD 8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During the third quarter it said it won several significant contracts including a five-year contract with the National Institutes of Health valued at an estimated 8 million


( S ( NP-TMP ( RB Earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Convex ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bid ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB outflank ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NN supercomputer ) ( NNS competitors ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Digital ) ( NNP Equipment ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP International ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNPS Machines ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG adopting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ open ) ( NN set ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS standards ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ) ( VP ( VBG introducing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN hardware ) ( CC and ) ( NN software ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB link ) ( NP ( JJ different ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Earlier this month Convex made a bid to outflank other supercomputer competitors like Digital Equipment Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. by adopting an open set of standards and introducing new hardware and software to link different systems


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS products ) ) ( VP ( VBP allow ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS customers ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB add ) ( NP ( NNP Convex ) ( NNS machines ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ established ) ( NNS systems ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ other ) ( NNS manufacturers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ opens ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ phenomenal ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP J. ) ( NNP Paluck ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Convex ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN chairman ) ( NN president ) ( CC and ) ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ) )

The new products allow customers to add Convex machines to established systems made by other manufacturers which opens up a phenomenal market for us said Robert J. Paluck Convex 's chairman president and chief executive


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Convex ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Posix ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN standard ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN computer ) ( NN language ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP UNIX ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Convex also recently agreed to use Posix a standard for the computer language called UNIX


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Posix ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( CC or ) ( CD four ) ( NNS versions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP UNIX ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB increasingly ) ) ( VP ( VBN required ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN government ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tries ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB standardize ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN computer ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Posix is one of three or four versions of UNIX but it is increasingly required by the federal government as it tries to standardize its computer systems


( S ( S-TPC-5 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( RBS Most ) ( JJ other ) ( NN supercomputer ) ( NNS manufacturers ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB yet ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB adopt ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Posix ) ( NN standard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Paluck ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG adding ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP prefer ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ proprietary ) ( NNS systems ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP lock ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( NP ( NNS customers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most other supercomputer manufacturers have yet to adopt the Posix standard Mr. Paluck said adding that they prefer to maintain proprietary systems that lock in customers


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lobster ) ( NN trap ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( SBAR-TMP ( IN once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB in ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

They want a lobster trap once you get in you ca n't get out he said


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN customer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB want ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) )

But the customer does n't want that


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Convex ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ over-the-counter ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Friday ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 15.375 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 12.5 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ) )

Convex closed in over-the-counter trading on Friday at 15.375 a share down 12.5 cents


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Guardian ) ( NNP Royal ) ( NNP Exchange ) ( NNP Assurance ) ( NNP PLC ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( JJ British ) ( JJ composite ) ( NN insurer ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nationwide ) ( NNP Anglia ) ( NNP Building ) ( NNP Society ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN estate ) ( NN agency ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN range ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ commercial ) ( NNS linkages ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.K. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance PLC a major British composite insurer said it is taking a stake in Nationwide Anglia Building Society 's estate agency business as part of a plan to create a range of commercial linkages in the U.K. and Europe


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS Officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB disclose ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN value ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN transaction ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ exact ) ( NN stake ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GRE ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB hold ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Nationwide ) ( NNP Anglia ) ( NNP Estate ) ( NNPS Agents ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Officials declined to disclose the value of the transaction or the exact stake that GRE will hold in Nationwide Anglia Estate Agents


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nationwide ) ( NNP Anglia ) ( NNP Estate ) ( NNPS Agents ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB market ) ( NP ( NNP GRE ) ( NN life ) ( NN insurance ) ( NN pension ) ( CC and ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS products ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 1,000 ) ) ( JJ retail ) ( NNS outlets ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.K ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the companies said that Nationwide Anglia Estate Agents will market GRE life insurance pension and investment products through its more than 1,000 retail outlets in the U.K


( S ( PP ( IN Besides ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN marketing ) ( NN agreement ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GRE ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nationwide ) ( NNP Anglia ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( NN life ) ( NN insurance ) ( NNS products ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ composite ) ( NN insurer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Besides the marketing agreement GRE said Nationwide Anglia has agreed to develop life insurance products with the composite insurer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ top ) ( NN state ) ( JJ environmental ) ( NN official ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Massachusetts ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Clean ) ( NNPS Harbors ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ environmental-impact ) ( NN statement ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN proposed ) ( NN incinerator ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Braintree ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ inadequate ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The top state environmental official in Massachusetts said Clean Harbors Inc. 's environmental-impact statement for a proposed incinerator in Braintree was inadequate


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN official ) ) ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP DeVillars ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( NP ( NNP Clean ) ( NNPS Harbors ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN information ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG ruling ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN permit ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN site ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The official John DeVillars asked Clean Harbors for more information before ruling on a permit for the site


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Critics ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN town ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Braintree ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN incinerator ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN health ) ( NN hazard ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Critics of the plan including the town of Braintree say the incinerator is a health hazard


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Clean ) ( NNPS Harbors ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Quincy ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB proceed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB expeditiously ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB submit ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS data ) ) ( VP ( VBN requested ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Clean Harbors based in Quincy said it will proceed expeditiously to submit the data requested


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Alan ) ( NNP McKim ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Clean ) ( NNPS Harbors ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( RB much ) ( JJ encouraged ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN official ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN praise ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Clean ) ( NNPS Harbors ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quality ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS data ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Alan McKim chief executive officer of Clean Harbors said he was very much encouraged by the official 's praise of Clean Harbors for the quality of some of the data in the report


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ hard-hit ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NN neighborhood ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN life ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB often ) ( ADVP ( RB all ) ( RB too ) ) ( JJ real ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADJP ( RB sometimes ) ( JJ surreal ) ) ) ) )

In the hard-hit Marina neighborhood life after the earthquake is often all too real but sometimes surreal


( FRAG ( NP ( NP ( DT Some ) ( NNS scenes ) ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( NNP Saturday ) ( NN morning ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT a ) ( NN resident ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( CD 15 ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB scurry ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG sagging ) ( NN building ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB reclaim ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN life ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS possessions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some scenes Saturday morning a resident was given 15 minutes to scurry into a sagging building and reclaim what she could of her life 's possessions


( S ( NP-TMP ( NNP Saturday ) ( NN night ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD dined ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN shelter ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN salmon ) ( NNS steaks ) ) ( VP ( VBN prepared ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNS chefs ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ four-star ) ( NNS restaurants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Saturday night she dined in an emergency shelter on salmon steaks prepared by chefs from one of the city 's four-star restaurants


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mayor ) ( NNP Art ) ( NNP Agnos ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stands ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN glare ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN television ) ( NNS lights ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB explain ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 20th ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB severely ) ) ( VP ( VBG restricting ) ( NP ( NP ( NN access ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( RB badly ) ( JJ damaged ) ( NNS structures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mayor Art Agnos stands in the glare of television lights trying to explain for the 20th time why the city is severely restricting access to badly damaged structures


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN couple ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ fashionable ) ( NN spandex ) ( NN warm-up ) ( NNS suits ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ jogs ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB by ) ) ( S-ADV ( NP-SBJ ( NNS headphones ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB jauntily ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN place ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG weaving ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN along ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN street ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ fractured ) ( CC and ) ( JJ fallen ) ( NNS houses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A couple in fashionable spandex warm-up suits jogs by headphones jauntily in place weaving their way along a street of fractured and fallen houses


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ nearby ) ( NN corner ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP swerve ) ( ADVP-LOC-CLR ( RB perilously ) ( RB close ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG listing ) ( NN apartment ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ oblivious ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN danger ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At a nearby corner they swerve perilously close to a listing apartment house oblivious to any danger


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NN policeman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shakes ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN amazement ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ steers ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB away ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A policeman shakes his head in amazement as he steers them away


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ young ) ( NN woman ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN town ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shows ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NNP Middle ) ( NNP School ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB learn ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NN apartment ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN condemned ) ( NN list ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A young woman who has been out of town shows up at the Marina Middle School to learn that her apartment is on the condemned list


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB enter ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN unless ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN accompanied ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT an ) ( NN inspector ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She is told she ca n't enter unless she is accompanied by an inspector


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ bursts ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNS tears ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ walks ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB away ) ) ) ) )

She bursts into tears and walks away


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Nearby ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD five ) ( JJ temporary ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN school ) ( NN shelter ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP sit ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS stools ) ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( VBG having ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS necks ) ( CC and ) ( NNS backs ) ) ( VP ( VBN kneaded ) ( PP-LGS ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN volunteer ) ( NNS masseuses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nearby five temporary residents of the school shelter sit on stools having their necks and backs kneaded by volunteer masseuses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NN rescue ) ( NN center ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( RB very ) ( JJ San ) ( JJ Franciscan ) ( NN response ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN disaster ) ) ) ) ) )

The Marina rescue center offered a very San Franciscan response to the disaster


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN addition ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ free ) ( NNS massages ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ free ) ( NN counseling ) ) ( NP ( NN phone ) ( NNS calls ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ free ) ( NN shuttle ) ( NN bus ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN health ) ( NN club ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS showers ) ) ( NP ( NNS saunas ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ hot ) ( NNS tubs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In addition to free massages there was free counseling phone calls and a free shuttle bus to a health club which offered up its showers saunas and hot tubs


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN cafeteria ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP-1 ( VBN donated ) ( NNS croissants ) ( CC and ) ( NN brie ) ) ( PP-TMP-2 ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN breakfast ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( PP-TMP=2 ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN dinner ) ) ) ( NP=1 ( NP ( NP ( NN pasta ) ( NN salad ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chocolate ) ( NN mousse ) ( NNS torts ) ) ) ( PP ( IN along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN salmon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The cafeteria offered donated croissants and brie for breakfast and for dinner pasta salad and chocolate mousse torts along with the salmon


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ 15-pound ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN resident ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Joan ) ( NNP O'Shea ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ works ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN acupuncturist ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This has been a 15-pound earthquake for me said resident Joan O'Shea who works in an acupuncturist 's office


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP She ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS friends ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG considering ) ( S ( VP ( VBG offering ) ( NP ( NN earthquake ) ( NNS victims ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ free ) ( NN yoga ) ( NNS classes ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN aroma ) ( NN therapy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS massages ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ scented ) ( NNS oils ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She and some friends are considering offering earthquake victims free yoga classes and aroma therapy massages with scented oils


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ finds ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN response ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Marina ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( RB primarily ) ( NNS yuppies ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ elderly ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN devastation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS homes ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ incredible ) ) ) ) )

She finds the response of Marina residents primarily yuppies and elderly people to the devastation of their homes incredible


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ respectful ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( JJ other ) ) ) ) ) ) )

People have been very respectful of each other


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN happened ) ( NP-LOC ( RB somewhere ) ( RB else ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I do n't know if this would have happened somewhere else


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Out ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS streets ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( RB badly ) ( JJ damaged ) ( NNS buildings ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN allowed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 15-minute ) ( NN scavenger ) ( NN hunt ) ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS possessions ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Out on the streets some residents of badly damaged buildings were allowed a 15-minute scavenger hunt through their possessions


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB so ) ( JJ weird ) ) ( S-3 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB really ) ( JJ important ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Barbara ) ( NNP May ) ) )

It 's so weird to have to decide what 's really important to you said Barbara May


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB first ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ personal ) ( NNS mementos ) ) ) ) )

She went first for personal mementos


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ post-earthquake ) ( NN parlance ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NN building ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN red ) ) ) )

In post-earthquake parlance her building is a red


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN inspected ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNS buildings ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ substantial ) ( NN damage ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN color-coded ) ) ) )

After being inspected buildings with substantial damage were color-coded


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Green ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS residents ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB re-enter ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN yellow ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( NP ( JJ limited ) ( NN access ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN red ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS residents ) ) ( NP-PRD ( CD one ) ( JJ last ) ( NN entry ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB gather ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( PP-TMP ( IN within ) ( NP ( CD 15 ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Green allowed residents to re-enter yellow allowed limited access red allowed residents one last entry to gather everything they could within 15 minutes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Reds ) ( CC and ) ( NNS yellows ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN business ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN kind ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ measured ) ( NN grimness ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Reds and yellows went about their business with a kind of measured grimness


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB frantically ) ) ( VP ( VBD dumped ) ( NP ( NNS belongings ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNS pillowcases ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( VBD threw ) ( NP ( NNS goods ) ) ( PP ( IN out ) ( NP ( NNS windows ) ) ) ) ) )

Some frantically dumped belongings into pillowcases others threw goods out windows


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Saturday ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS days ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN sunshine ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD rained ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It did n't help that on Saturday after three days of sunshine it rained


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS guys ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS skis ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS stereos ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ personal ) ( NNS computers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Frank ) ( NNP Fitzgerald ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( VB empty ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS apartments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The guys are going for their skis their stereos their personal computers said Frank Fitzgerald who helped others empty their apartments


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS women ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( NP ( NP ( NN photo ) ( NNS albums ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ certain ) ( NN brooch ) ) ( NP ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB kind ) ( RB of ) ) ( JJ sentimental ) ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ) )

The women wanted photo albums a certain brooch kind of sentimental things


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD showed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ unbroken ) ( JJ still-ticking ) ( NN pocket ) ( NN watch ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD retrieved ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He showed an unbroken still-ticking pocket watch that he retrieved for one woman


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD belonged ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN grandfather ) ) ) ) )

It belonged to her grandfather


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT Some ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD defied ) ( NP ( NNS orders ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD returned ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ red ) ( NNS buildings ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB retrieve ) ( NP ( NNS goods ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some residents defied orders and returned to red buildings to retrieve goods


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD One ) ( NN building ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN upgraded ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ red ) ( NN status ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NNS things ) ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN resident ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN allowed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ( RB inside ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( PP-CLR ( IN up ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS stairs ) ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN girlfriend ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG telling ) ( NP-4 ( PRP her ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( S ( VP ( VBG sending ) ( NP ( NNS things ) ) ( PP-DIR ( RP down ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lobby ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One building was upgraded to red status while people were taking things out and a resident who was n't allowed to go back inside called up the stairs to his girlfriend telling her to keep sending things down to the lobby


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NN policewoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB in ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP her ) ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN policewoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( VP ( VB carry ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ last ) ( NN load ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A policewoman had to be called in to make her leave the policewoman helped carry out one last load


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Enforcement ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ restricted-entry ) ( NNS rules ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sporadic ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS residents ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Enforcement of restricted-entry rules was sporadic residents said


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN man ) ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remove ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS officials ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN garage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One man trying to remove his car was told by officials to get out of his garage


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD sneaked ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB try ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT a ) ( JJ different ) ( NN policeman ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN car ) ) ( PP-CLR ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When he sneaked back later to try again a different policeman offered to help him get the car out


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Marina ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ focal ) ( NN point ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN city ) ( NNS efforts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reunite ) ( NP ( NNS residents ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NNS pets ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN fled ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( VP ( VBN lost ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Marina also has become the focal point of city efforts to reunite residents with any pets that may have fled or become lost during the earthquake


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS lampposts ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN along ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Fillmore ) ( NNP Street ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NN artery ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS posters ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG offering ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 100 ) ) ( NN reward ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cat ) ) ( VP ( VBN lost ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On lampposts along Fillmore Street a major Marina artery posters were offering a 100 reward for a cat lost during the quake


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NNP Society ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Prevention ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Cruelty ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNPS Animals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG providing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ medical ) ( NN care ) ) ( NP ( NN food ) ) ( NP ( NN water ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ foster ) ( NNS homes ) ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ quake-displaced ) ( NNS animals ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also has been providing medical care food water and foster homes for quake-displaced animals


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP SPCA ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 100 ) ) ( NNS requests ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ foster ) ( NNS homes ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN behalf ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS dogs ) ( CC and ) ( NNS cats ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN sought ) ( NP ( JJ temporary ) ( NNS homes ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS birds ) ( CC and ) ( NN fish ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The SPCA says it has received more than 100 requests for foster homes on behalf of dogs and cats though some people have sought temporary homes for birds and fish


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN parakeet ) ( NN owner ) ) ( VP ( VBG returning ) ( NP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN apartment ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS others ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Marina ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NN heat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For example one parakeet owner returning home found that her apartment like many others in the Marina did n't have heat


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB there ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN heat ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN parakeet ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ deadly ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Daralee ) ( NNP Konowitch ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ animalcare ) ( NNS services ) ( NN manager ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP SPCA ) ) ) ) ) )

She can stay there with no heat but for a parakeet that can be deadly says Daralee Konowitch animalcare services manager for the SPCA


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT A ) ( JJ warm ) ( JJ foster ) ( NN home ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN found ) ) ) ) )

A warm foster home has been found


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN petroleum ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG beginning ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cast ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN shadow ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NN world ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS markets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

OPEC 's ability to produce more petroleum than it can sell is beginning to cast a shadow over world oil markets


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Output ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Organization ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Petroleum ) ( NNP Exporting ) ( NNPS Countries ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ high ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ( NN member ) ( NNS nations ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG running ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB flat ) ( RB out ) ) ) ) ) )

Output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is already at a high for the year and most member nations are running flat out


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN industry ) ( CC and ) ( NNP OPEC ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP agree ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN handful ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS members ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( JJ unused ) ( NN capacity ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB glut ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB cause ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN oil-price ) ( NN collapse ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( RB now ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP OPEC ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ( VP ( VB adopt ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN quota ) ( NN system ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB corral ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ chronic ) ( NNS cheaters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But industry and OPEC officials agree that a handful of members still have enough unused capacity to glut the market and cause an oil-price collapse a few months from now if OPEC does n't soon adopt a new quota system to corral its chronic cheaters


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN result ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN effort ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP OPEC ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB approve ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ permanent ) ( JJ production-sharing ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ( NP ( VBG increasing ) ( NN urgency ) ) ) ) )

As a result the effort by some oil ministers to get OPEC to approve a new permanent production-sharing agreement next month is taking on increasing urgency


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN organization ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN scheduled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB meet ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Vienna ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG beginning ) ( NP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 25 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The organization is scheduled to meet in Vienna beginning Nov. 25


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB So ) ( RB far ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( VBG rising ) ( NN demand ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( NN oil ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN production ) ( NN restraint ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS members ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN kept ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS prices ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ firm ) ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ rampant ) ( NN cheating ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So far this year rising demand for OPEC oil and production restraint by some members have kept prices firm despite rampant cheating by others


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB change ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN demand ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN oil ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ softens ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB seasonally ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ early ) ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB happen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But that could change if demand for OPEC 's oil softens seasonally early next year as some think may happen


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP OPEC ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VP ( VBG producing ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 22 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( PP ( RB sharply ) ( IN above ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ nominal ) ( JJ self-imposed ) ( JJ fourth-quarter ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 20.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN industry ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN oil ) ( NN conference ) ( RB here ) ) ( VP ( VBN sponsored ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Oil ) ( NNP Daily ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Herald ) ( NNP Tribune ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

OPEC is currently producing more than 22 million barrels a day sharply above its nominal self-imposed fourth-quarter ceiling of 20.5 million according to OPEC and industry officials at an oil conference here sponsored by the Oil Daily and the International Herald Tribune


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN rate ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN majority ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 13 ) ( NNS members ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN output ) ( NNS limits ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

At that rate a majority of OPEC 's 13 members have reached their output limits they said


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN estimated ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD three ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( RB possibly ) ( RB as ) ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD seven ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ spare ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ exists ) ( PP-LOC ( IN within ) ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it is estimated that at least three million barrels a day and possibly as much as seven million barrels a day of spare capacity still exists within OPEC


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Most ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN concentrated ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNP Persian ) ( NNP Gulf ) ( NNS countries ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Issam ) ( NNP Al-Chalabi ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Iraq ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN oil ) ( NN minister ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN conference ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Friday ) ) ) )

Most is concentrated in five Persian Gulf countries including his own Issam Al-Chalabi Iraq 's oil minister told the conference Friday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ puts ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ current ) ( NN capacity ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 28 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 29 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) )

He puts OPEC 's current capacity at 28 million to 29 million barrels a day


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS estimates ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's higher than some other estimates


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ali ) ( NNP Khalifa ) ( NNP Al-Sabah ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Kuwait ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN oil ) ( NN minister ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD estimated ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( NN capacity ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 25 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ali Khalifa Al-Sabah Kuwait 's oil minister recently estimated OPEC capacity at 25 million barrels a day


( S ( NP-ADV ( DT Either ) ( NN way ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN overhang ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ big ) ( RB enough ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB delicately ) ( JJ balanced ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS markets ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN edge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Either way the overhang is big enough to keep delicately balanced oil markets on edge


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB Even ) ( JJ modest ) ( NNS amounts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NN output ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ huge ) ( JJ extra ) ( NN capacity ) ( CC and ) ( NNS reserves ) ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saudi ) ( NNP Arabia ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Iraq ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB upset ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) )

Even modest amounts of additional output by those with the huge extra capacity and reserves such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq could upset the market


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ Iraqi ) ( NN oil ) ( NN minister ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ Saudi ) ( NN oil ) ( NN minister ) ( NNP Hisham ) ( NNP Nazer ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD insisted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS comments ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN conference ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS countries ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB act ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB responsibly ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ stable ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Iraqi oil minister and Saudi oil minister Hisham Nazer insisted in their comments to the conference that their countries would act responsibly to maintain a stable market


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS interviews ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RBR later ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT both ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ( VP ( VBD stressed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( JJ future ) ( NNP OPEC ) ( NNS quotas ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-CLR ( ADVP ( RB mainly ) ) ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN production ) ( NN capacity ) ( CC and ) ( NNS reserves ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN member ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However in interviews later both ministers stressed that they expect future OPEC quotas to be based mainly on the production capacity and reserves of each member


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN approach ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS countries ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( RBS most ) ( JJ unused ) ( NN oil ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR bigger ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ future ) ( NNS increases ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN production ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NN system ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under that approach countries with the most unused oil capacity would get bigger shares of any future increases in OPEC 's production ceiling than they would under the current system


( SINV ( SBARQ-TPC-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBG producing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 95 ) ( NN % ) ( CC or ) ( CD 100 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( SQ ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ good ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 105 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Al-Chalabi ) ) )

If you are already producing at 95 % or 100 % of your capacity what 's the good to be told you can produce at 105 % of capacity asked Mr. Al-Chalabi


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ inconclusive ) ( NNP Geneva ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ late ) ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB halfheartedly ) ) ( VP ( VBD approved ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD one ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN production ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ) ) ) )

At an inconclusive Geneva meeting late last month OPEC 's oil ministers halfheartedly approved another increase of one million barrels a day in their production ceiling


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD doled ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG existing ) ( NN formula ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD meant ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB even ) ( DT those ) ( NNS countries ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( JJ official ) ( NNS allotments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They doled it out using the existing formula however which meant that even those countries that could n't produce more received higher official allotments


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ main ) ( NN effect ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ceiling ) ( NN boost ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB legitimize ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN overproduction ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VBG coming ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quota ) ( NNS cheaters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The main effect of the ceiling boost was to legitimize some of the overproduction already coming from the quota cheaters


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN breakthrough ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Geneva ) ) ) ) )

Still there was a breakthrough at Geneva


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Previously ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT no ) ( NNP OPEC ) ( NN member ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ willing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB accept ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN percentage ) ( NN share ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ total ) ( NN output ) ( NN target ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN ceiling ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Previously no OPEC member had been willing to accept a reduction in its percentage share of the group 's total output target or ceiling


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN concept ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ disproportionate ) ( NNS quotas ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ unused ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN advanced ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB there ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ Iranian ) ( NN proposal ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB generally ) ) ( VP ( VBN endorsed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ) ) ) )

But the concept of disproportionate quotas for those with unused capacity advanced there in an Iranian proposal was generally endorsed by the ministers


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS politics ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) )

In the end politics got in the way


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Libya ) ) ( VP ( VBD accepted ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Iran ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB only ) ( RB so ) ( RB long ) ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN promised ) ( NP ( NP ( NN production ) ( NN parity ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Kuwait ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Libya accepted Iran 's proposal only so long as it was promised production parity with Kuwait


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Arab ) ( NNPS Emirates ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ chronic ) ( NN quota ) ( NN cheater ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD refused ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN guarantee ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB change ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS ways ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And the United Arab Emirates a chronic quota cheater refused to give any guarantee it would change its ways


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ( VP ( VBP continue ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB study ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN basis ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN discussion ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ next ) ( NN month ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the oil ministers continue to study the plan and it will probably be the basis for discussion at next month 's meeting


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBN understood ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ several ) ( NNS compromises ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN worked ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's understood several compromises already have been worked into the plan


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN lifted ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 21.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Kuwait ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Arab ) ( NNP Emirates ) ) ) ( NP ( RB much ) ( JJR higher ) ( JJ official ) ( NNS quotas ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( VP ( VBG reducing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN percentage ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS others ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ceiling would be lifted to 21.5 million barrels to provide Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates much higher official quotas while reducing percentage shares of some others


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Libya ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ previous ) ( NNS conditions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB no ) ( RB longer ) ) ( VP ( VBN considered ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Arab ) ( NNPS Emirates ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( NN issue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Libya 's previous conditions are no longer considered a problem although the United Arab Emirates is still an issue


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Saudi ) ( NNP Arabia ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN kingpin ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN surfaced ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN obstacle ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNP OPEC ) ( NNS sources ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Saudi Arabia OPEC 's kingpin also has surfaced as a possible obstacle some OPEC sources said


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Insisting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 24.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN share ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN ceiling ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Saudi ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB long ) ) ( VBN pressed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ pro ) ( JJ rata ) ( NN distribution ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS increases ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS members ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Insisting on a 24.5 % share of any ceiling Saudi officials have long pressed for the pro rata distribution of increases to all members


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Geneva ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD supported ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Iran ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN left ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Saudi ) ( NN percentage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP OPEC ) ( NN total ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ intact ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( NP ( JJ actual ) ( JJ Saudi ) ( NN volume ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD 5.3 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ( ADVP ( RB daily ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Geneva however they supported Iran 's proposal because it would have left the Saudi percentage of the OPEC total intact and increased actual Saudi volume to nearly 5.3 million barrels daily from five million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN proposed ) ( NNS modifications ) ) ( RB since ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( VP ( VBP call ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Saudi ) ( NNP Arabia ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ production-sharing ) ( NN pool ) ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ token ) ( CD 23,000 ) ( NNS barrels ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some of the proposed modifications since however call on Saudi Arabia to give back to the production-sharing pool a token 23,000 barrels


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Though ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ tiny ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) )

Though tiny that 's a reduction in its share


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Nazer ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Saudi ) ( NN oil ) ( NN minister ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD reiterated ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN kingdom ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB insist ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG maintaining ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN percentage ) ( NN share ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP OPEC ) ( NN production ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN quota ) ( NNS revisions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Nazer the Saudi oil minister reiterated here that the kingdom would insist on maintaining its percentage share of OPEC production under any quota revisions


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NNS circumstances ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Saudi ) ( NNP Arabia ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR more ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( JJR less ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Nazer ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Under any circumstances Saudi Arabia should get more rather than less Mr. Nazer said


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( VBG Spending ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ average ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS households ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( DT an ) ( JJ adjusted ) ( CD 1.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Statistics ) ( NNP Bureau ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Prime ) ( NNP Minister ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN Office ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Spending by average Japanese households in August fell an adjusted 1.9 % from a year earlier the Statistics Bureau of the Prime Minister 's Office said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN bureau ) ) ( VP ( VBD cited ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS typhoons ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD discouraged ) ( NP ( NN shopping ) ( CC and ) ( NN leisure ) ( NNS opportunities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The bureau cited typhoons in the month that discouraged shopping and leisure opportunities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Spending ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS households ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD averaged ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 290,782 ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 2,052.10 ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) )

Spending by Japanese households averaged 290,782 yen 2,052.10 in August


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ nominal ) ( NNS terms ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 0.6 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( ADVP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NN adjustment ) ) ) ) )

In nominal terms it rose 0.6 % from a year earlier before adjustment


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP August ) ( JJ adjusted ) ( NN spending ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ wage-earning ) ( NNS families ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 0.6 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 309,381 ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( ADVP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ) ) ) )

August adjusted spending by wage-earning families was down 0.6 % to 309,381 yen from a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ real ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ wage-earning ) ( NNS families ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD eased ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1.2 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 438,845 ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) )

The real income of wage-earning families in the month eased 1.2 % to 438,845 yen from the previous year


( S ( PP ( IN With ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN dust ) ) ( VP ( VBG settling ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN failed ) ( NN coup ) ( NN attempt ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ many ) ( VBG lingering ) ( NNS questions ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Bush ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB ponder ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT this ) ) ( SQ ( SQ ( VBZ Is ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Council ) ( NN staff ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ big ) ( RB enough ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SQ ( VBZ does ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN clout ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN job ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG coordinating ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN policy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

With the dust settling from the failed coup attempt in Panama one of the many lingering questions the Bush administration will ponder is this Is the National Security Council staff big enough and does it have enough clout to do its job of coordinating foreign policy


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ national ) ( NN security ) ( NN adviser ) ) ( NP ( NNP Lt. ) ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Brent ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN office ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ intent ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG making ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJR leaner ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ disciplined ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NN administration ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

President Bush 's national security adviser Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft came into office in January intent on making the NSC staff leaner and more disciplined than it had been during the Reagan administration


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN member ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Tower ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD investigated ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Iran-Contra ) ( NN affair ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Gen. Scowcroft was a member of the Tower Commission which investigated the Iran-Contra affair


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB all ) ( RB too ) ( JJ aware ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( ADJP ( RB inadequately ) ( JJ supervised ) ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN spun ) ( PP-CLR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN control ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB nearly ) ) ( VBD wrecked ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ second ) ( NN term ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He was all too aware of how a large inadequately supervised NSC staff had spun out of control and nearly wrecked President Reagan 's second term


( S ( ADVP ( RB So ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN style ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD pursued ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Ford ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ national ) ( NN security ) ( NN adviser ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS recommendations ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Tower ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN pruned ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD tried ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB ensure ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sticks ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ assigned ) ( NNS tasks ) ) ( ADVP ( RB namely ) ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG gathering ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS views ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( NP ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ( NN community ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG serving ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ honest ) ( NN broker ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG distilling ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN information ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VBG making ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ) ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ presidential ) ( NNS decisions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN carried ) ( ADVP ( RB out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So following both the style he pursued as President Ford 's national security adviser and the recommendations of the Tower Commission Gen. Scowcroft has pruned the NSC staff and tried to ensure that it sticks to its assigned tasks namely gathering the views of the State Department Pentagon and intelligence community serving as an honest broker in distilling that information for the president and then making sure presidential decisions are carried out


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Tower ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB specifically ) ) ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ small ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD warned ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG letting ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ energetic ) ( NNS self-starters ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NNP Lt. ) ( NNP Col. ) ( NNP Oliver ) ( NNP North ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB strike ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( VP ( VBG leaving ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ day-to-day ) ( NN execution ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS policies ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( NP ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP Central ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Tower Commission specifically said that the NSC staff should be small and warned against letting energetic self-starters like Lt. Col. Oliver North strike out on their own rather than leaving the day-to-day execution of policies to the State Department Pentagon or Central Intelligence Agency


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Panama ) ( NN episode ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN raised ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS questions ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB sufficiently ) ( JJ big ) ( JJ diverse ) ( CC and ) ( JJ powerful ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB coordinate ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN policy ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ tough ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However the Panama episode has raised questions about whether the NSC staff is sufficiently big diverse and powerful to coordinate U.S. policy on tough issues


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN coup ) ( NN attempt ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN aftermath ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP NSC ) ( NNS staffers ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN stretched ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB very ) ( JJ thin ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( CD one ) ( JJ senior ) ( NN administration ) ( NN official ) ) )

During the coup attempt and its aftermath NSC staffers were stretched very thin says one senior administration official


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ small ) ) ( NN shop ) ) ) )

It 's a very small shop


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN staff ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB right ) ( RB now ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG weighing ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN possibility ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN official ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) )

Gen. Scowcroft does n't plan to increase the staff right now but is weighing that possibility the official adds


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN horsepower ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN required ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ effective ) ( NN interagency ) ( NN process ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Frank ) ( NNP Gaffney ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NNP Pentagon ) ( NN aide ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Center ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Policy ) ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ conservative ) ( NNP Washington ) ( NN think-tank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The NSC staff does n't have the horsepower that I believe is required to have an effective interagency process says Frank Gaffney a former Pentagon aide who now runs the Center for Security Policy a conservative Washington think-tank


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN problem ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN administration ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN design ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB greatly ) ) ( VBN diminished ) ( PP ( DT both ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ physical ) ( NN sense ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ procedural ) ( NN sense ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The problem with this administration I think is that by design it has greatly diminished both in a physical sense and in a procedural sense the role of the NSC


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Council ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN established ) ( PP-TMP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1947 ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN policy ) ( NNS makers ) ) ( VP ( VBD sensed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN need ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( RB increasingly ) ( JJ complex ) ( NN world ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ formal ) ( NN system ) ) ( PP ( IN within ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ) ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS communications ) ) ( VP ( VBD flowed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB smoothly ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( NP ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The National Security Council itself was established in 1947 because policy makers sensed a need in an increasingly complex world for a formal system within the White House to make sure that communications flowed smoothly between the president and the State Department Pentagon and intelligence agencies


( S ( PP ( IN By ) ( NP ( NN law ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN council ) ) ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS secretaries ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN state ) ( CC and ) ( NN defense ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By law the council includes the president vice president and secretaries of state and defense


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN practice ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ central ) ( NN intelligence ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Joint ) ( NNPS Chiefs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Staff ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VBP serve ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ unofficial ) ( NNS members ) ) ) ) )

In practice the director of central intelligence and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also serve as unofficial members


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN size ) ( NN shape ) ( CC and ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( SBAR-CLR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ national ) ( NN security ) ( NN adviser ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the size shape and role of the NSC staff have been left for each president and his national security adviser to decide


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN task ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ perennial ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) )

That task is one of Washington 's perennial problems


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bush ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN size ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN staff ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ professional ) ( NNS officers ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RP down ) ( PP ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( IN about ) ( CD 50 ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( IN about ) ( CD 70 ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN administration ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) )

In the Bush White House the size of the NSC 's staff of professional officers is down to about 50 from about 70 in 1987 administration officials say


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Administration ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP insist ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN size ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN problem ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Panama ) ( NN crisis ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Administration officials insist that the size of the staff was n't a problem during the Panama crisis


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ clear ) ( NN problem ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN coup ) ( NN attempt ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staffer ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ experienced ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Latin ) ( NNP America ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Everett ) ( NNP Briggs ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN gone ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But one clear problem during the coup attempt was that the NSC staffer most experienced in Latin America Everett Briggs was gone


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VBN resigned ) ( PP-PRP ( PP ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN part ) ) ) ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN feud ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NAC ( NNP Assistant ) ( NNP Secretary ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP State ) ) ) ) ( NNP Bernard ) ( NNP Aronson ) ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN administration ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN policy ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN support ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nicaragua ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ Contra ) ( NNS rebels ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He had just resigned at least in part because of a feud with Assistant Secretary of State Bernard Aronson over the administration 's policy on Panama and support for Nicaragua 's Contra rebels


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN absence ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Briggs ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD underscored ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN inadequacy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ) )

The absence of Mr. Briggs underscored the possible inadequacy of the current NSC staff


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NP ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN deputy ) ) ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Gates ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS experts ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ U.S.-Soviet ) ( NNS affairs ) ) ) ) ) )

Both Gen. Scowcroft and his deputy Robert Gates are experts in U.S.-Soviet affairs


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB particularly ) ( JJ well-versed ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS arms ) ( NN control ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gates ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spent ) ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG studying ) ( NP ( JJ Soviet ) ( NNS politics ) ( CC and ) ( NN society ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Gen. Scowcroft is particularly well-versed in arms control and Mr. Gates has spent years studying Soviet politics and society


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS confidants ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both have become confidants of President Bush


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT neither ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ extensive ) ( NN background ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Latin ) ( NNP America ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Middle ) ( NNP East ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP Asia ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But neither has an extensive background in Latin America the Middle East or Asia


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP NSC ) ( NNS staffers ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB therefore ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ important ) ) ) ) )

In those areas the role of NSC staffers under them therefore have become more important


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN anyone ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NNS dangers ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ faces ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP NSC ) ( NNS staffers ) ) ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ relative ) ( NN anonymity ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN policy-making ) ( CC and ) ( JJ operational ) ( NNS tasks ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RBS best ) ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJR bigger ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ experienced ) ) ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Department ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Pentagon ) ( NNS bureaus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Gen. Scowcroft knows as well as anyone that one of the biggest dangers he faces is that NSC staffers working in relative anonymity will take over policy-making and operational tasks that are best left to bigger and more experienced State Department and Pentagon bureaus


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB just ) ( IN as ) ( FRAG ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT every ) ( JJ previous ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN adviser ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Scowcroft ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB mull ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN at ) ( WHNP ( WDT what ) ( NN point ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP NSC ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( VBZ becomes ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ lean ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ restrained ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But just as every previous NSC adviser has Gen. Scowcroft now will have to mull at what point the NSC staff becomes too lean and too restrained


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Immunex ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS scientists ) ) ( VP ( VBD isolated ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN molecule ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB hold ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ potential ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN treatment ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS disruptions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN immune-system ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG ranging ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN organ-transplant ) ( NN rejection ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS allergies ) ( CC and ) ( NN asthma ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Immunex Corp. said its scientists isolated a molecule which may hold potential as a treatment for disruptions of the immune-system ranging from organ-transplant rejection to allergies and asthma


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN molecule ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mouse ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN protein ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NN interleukin-4 ) ( NN receptor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The molecule is the mouse version of a protein called the interleukin-4 receptor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN IL-4 ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN hormone ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-5 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ directs ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN growth ) ( CC and ) ( NN function ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ white ) ( NN blood ) ( NNS cells ) ) ( VP ( VBN involved ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN body ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ immune ) ( NN response ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

IL-4 is a hormone which directs the growth and function of white blood cells involved in the body 's immune response


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN IL-4 ) ( NN receptor ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN surface ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS cells ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ receives ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN hormone ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN message ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rally ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN body ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN defense ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The IL-4 receptor on the surface of such cells receives the hormone 's message to rally the body 's defense


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( NNS conditions ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ autoimmune ) ( NNS diseases ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS allergies ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN transplant ) ( NN rejection ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS doctors ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB like ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB damp ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ immune ) ( NN response ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ such ) ( NNS cells ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB touch ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ harmful ) ( JJ inflammatory ) ( NNS reactions ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN cell ) ( NN destruction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But in certain conditions such as autoimmune diseases and allergies and transplant rejection doctors would like to damp the immune response so such cells do n't touch off harmful inflammatory reactions or cell destruction


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ soluble ) ( NN form ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN receptor ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ specific ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ immune ) ( NN response ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( JJ general ) ( JJ immune ) ( NN suppression ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

A soluble form of the receptor might turn off a specific part of the immune response without general immune suppression the company said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN IL-4 ) ( NN receptor ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ( JJ such ) ( NNS receptors ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( CC and ) ( VBN tested ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Receptech ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spinoff ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Immunex ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN proposed ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 30 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( JJ initial ) ( JJ public ) ( NN offering ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The IL-4 receptor is one of five such receptors to be developed and tested by Receptech Corp. a spinoff of Immunex through a proposed 30 million initial public offering


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Immunex ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB contract ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN spinoff ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN research ) ) ( NP ( NN development ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ initial ) ( NN testing ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS agents ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Immunex will contract with the spinoff to provide the research development and initial testing of the new agents


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Immunex ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN option ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ( NP ( NNP Receptech ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Immunex will have the option to buy back Receptech shares after five years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Investors ) ) ( VP ( VBD bailed ) ( PP-CLR ( RB out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS droves ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG driving ) ( NP ( NNS prices ) ) ( ADJP ( RBR lower ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG boosting ) ( NP ( NNS yields ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Investors bailed out of New York City bonds in droves last week driving prices lower and boosting yields


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN bond ) ( NN trader ) ) ( VP ( VBD estimated ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ( JJ general ) ( NN obligation ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN put ) ( PP-CLR ( IN up ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN sale ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( NNP Friday ) ) ( ADVP ( RB alone ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One bond trader estimated that more than 50 million of New York City general obligation bonds were put up for sale Friday alone


( S ( SBAR ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ represents ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NN percentage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ public ) ( NN debt ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Friday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN selling ) ) ( VP ( VBD followed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weeklong ) ( NN effort ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB unload ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ broad ) ( NN spectrum ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ institutional ) ( CC and ) ( JJ individual ) ( NNS investors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While that represents a small percentage of the city 's public debt outstanding Friday 's selling followed a weeklong effort to unload the bonds by a broad spectrum of institutional and individual investors


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ( NP ( NP ( IN so ) ( JJ many ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP G.O. ) ( NNS 's ) ) ( PP ( IN up ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN sale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT another ) ( NN trader ) ) )

I 've never seen so many New York City G.O. 's up for sale said another trader


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Every ) ( NN broker ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS blocks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN size ) ( CC and ) ( NN maturity ) ) ) ) ) )

Every broker has blocks of every size and maturity