( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP French ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Francois ) ( NNP Mitterrand ) ) ( NP ( NNP European ) ( NNP Community ) ( NNP Commission ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Jacques ) ( NNP Delors ) ) ( NP ( NNP Spanish ) ( NNP Prime ) ( NNP Minister ) ( NNP Felipe ) ( NNP Gonzalez ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN begun ) ( S ( VP ( VBG linking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ rapid ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP East ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB speed ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP West ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

French President Francois Mitterrand European Community Commission President Jacques Delors Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and others have begun linking the rapid changes in the East to the need to speed up changes in the West


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG stressing ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP West ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP East ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB move ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR faster ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN towards ) ( NP ( ADJP ( NNP Western ) ( NNP European ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ economic ) ( CC and ) ( JJ monetary ) ) ( NN unity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They are stressing that the best way for the West to help the East is to move faster towards Western European economic and monetary unity


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This would make the market-oriented system more attractive to Eastern countries they argue and allow greater economic aid and technological know-how to flow from West to East


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The only response to the challenge being presented to us by the East Mr. Mitterrand told the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday is to reinforce and accelerate the union and cohesion of the European Community


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Mitterrand ) ) ( VP ( VBD proposed ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT a ) ( NN conference ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN convened ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN fall ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB write ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN treaty ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP EC ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG allowing ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ European ) ( JJ central ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN treaty ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN ratified ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( CD 1992 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Mitterrand proposed that a conference be convened next fall to write a new treaty for the EC allowing a European central bank and that the treaty be ratified by 1992


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Mr. Mitterrand also proposed a separate Bank for Europe that would channel development money to the East


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One basis for linking change in the East and change in the West is the notion that integrating 110 million Eastern Europeans with 320 million Western Europeans is primarily the task of Europeans despite the U.S. 's obvious strategic and economic interest


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Says a European strategist The U.S. tends to look at Eastern Europe not including the Soviet Union as Europe looks at Latin America important but far away


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Western ) ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT these ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NNPS Europeans ) ) ( NP-LOC ( JJ next ) ( NN door ) ) ) )

But for us in Western Europe these are Europeans next door


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( VBN reintegrated ) ( NNP Europe ) ) ( VP ( VBZ implies ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ 40-year-old ) ( ADJP ( JJ military ) ( CC and ) ( JJ economic ) ) ( NNS policies ) ) ) ) ) )

A reintegrated Europe implies big changes in 40-year-old military and economic policies


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There is likely to be a natural division of labor says Francois Heisbourg director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London with the U.S. more engaged in strategic issues with the Soviet Union and Western Europe more involved with specific aid measures for the East


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN designation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP July ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN summit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( VBN industrialized ) ( NNS nations ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP EC ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN coordinator ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Western ) ( NN aid ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Poland ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Hungary ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ first ) ( NN step ) ) ) )

The designation at July 's economic summit of major industrialized nations of the EC Commission as coordinator of Western aid to Poland and Hungary was a first step


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In part this division is dictated by economics West Germany is a net exporter of capital while the U.S. is n't


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ American ) ( NN aid ) ( NNS efforts ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN limited ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NN budget ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP France ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ three-year ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( QP ( CD four ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNP French ) ( NN franc ) ) ( PRN ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 650 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( NN aid ) ( NN plan ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Poland ) ) ) ) ) )

While American aid efforts have been limited by budget problems yesterday France announced a three-year four billion French franc 650 million aid plan for Poland


( S ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ sudden ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ strategic ) ( NN equation ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT some ) ( ADJP ( JJ Western ) ( JJ European ) ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( NP ( JJ British ) ( NNP Prime ) ( NNP Minister ) ( NNP Margaret ) ( NNP Thatcher ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP remain ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ skeptical ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( JJ European ) ( ADJP ( JJ political ) ( CC and ) ( JJ economic ) ) ( NN unity ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unlikely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP East-West ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ( VP ( VB change ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS minds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Despite sudden changes in the strategic equation some Western European leaders especially British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher remain skeptical about European political and economic unity and are unlikely to let East-West concerns change their minds


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ British ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG beginning ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB link ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But British analysts are beginning to link the issues


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We need a Western Ostpolitik says John Roper of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London referring to West Germany 's longstanding policy of a diplomatic opening to the East


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For Poland and Hungary we need to think about a stick-and-carrot economic approach that would force them to price things realistically in return for removing all our tariff barriers


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He notes that the Marshall Plan of U.S. aid to Europe did n't just throw money at post-war Europe it also liberalized and opened up those markets


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ French ) ( NN analysis ) ) ( VP ( VBZ goes ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB further ) ) ) )

The French analysis goes further


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJS Most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP West ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB finally ) ) ( VP ( VBN concluded ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP we ) ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( FW perestroika ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN leader ) ( NNP Mikhail ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN policy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ economic ) ( NN restructuring ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB succeed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Hubert ) ( NNP Vedrine ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN security ) ( NN adviser ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Mitterrand ) ) ) ) ) )

Most of the West 's leaders have finally concluded that we all want perestroika Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev 's policy of economic restructuring to succeed says Hubert Vedrine security adviser to Mr. Mitterrand


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB yet ) ) ( VP ( VBN drawn ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ operational ) ( NN policy ) ( NNS conclusions ) ) ) ) )

But they have n't yet drawn the operational policy conclusions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN communism ) ) ( VP ( VBG collapsing ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( VP ( VBG scrambling ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rejuvenate ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN economy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Our ) ( NN interest ) ) ( VP ( VBZ lies ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN controlled ) ( NN transformation ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN contained ) ( JJ nuclear ) ( NN reaction ) ) ) ) ) ) ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( PP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB not ) ( RB just ) ) ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS words ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He adds that with communism collapsing and Mr. Gorbachev scrambling to rejuvenate the Soviet economy Our interest lies in a controlled transformation a contained nuclear reaction so we need to help him and not just with words


( S-1 ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Managing ) ( NP ( NN change ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB require ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NN aid ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ prominent ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP EC ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( RB especially ) ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG dealing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN question ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ German ) ( NN reunification ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Managing change he adds will require a lot more aid and a prominent role for the EC especially in dealing with the question of German reunification


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Thierry ) ( NNP de ) ( NNP Montbrial ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP French ) ( NNP Institutue ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP International ) ( NNPS Relations ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Paris ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB exactly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP West ) ( NNP Germany ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thierry de Montbrial director of the French Institutue for International Relations in Paris says it is n't clear what exactly West Germany wants


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Any push for a Gorbachev vision of a common European home implying the eventual dissolution of the EC a Soviet-German partnership and the withdrawal of U.S. forces would be a very very serious problem he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ doubts ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Bismarckian ) ( JJ super ) ( NN state ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB emerge ) ( SBAR-3 ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB dominate ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ warns ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN risk ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ profound ) ( NN change ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN heart ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP European ) ( NNP Community ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Germany ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ strong ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ democratic ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He doubts a Bismarckian super state will emerge that would dominate Europe but warns of a risk of profound change in the heart of the European Community from a Germany that is too strong even if democratic


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP We ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP EC ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB talk ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Germans ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB frankly ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB raise ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( JJ future ) ( NNS risks ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He adds We and the rest of the EC have to talk to the Germans now frankly and raise these future risks with them


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While many commentators particularly French ones worry that hasty and emotional reaction to the changes in the East might lead to dangerous pressures for a denuclearized Europe or the speeded-up withdrawal of American troops Mr. Roper in London sees a more positive scenario


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There seems to be a message from Moscow there 's a deal on offer he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( NN reassurance ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB try ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB undermine ) ( CC or ) ( VB destroy ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Warsaw ) ( NNP Pact ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They want reassurance we wo n't try to undermine or destroy the Warsaw Pact


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN return ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.K. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP France ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ nuclear ) ( NNS weapons ) ) ) ) )

In return the U.K. and France could keep their nuclear weapons


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN Once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT both ) ( NNS sides ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ comfortable ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB that ) ( RB much ) ( JJR easier ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN progress ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJ economic ) ( CC and ) ( JJ social ) ) ( NNS reforms ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBG starting ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP East ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He adds Once both sides feel comfortable it should be that much easier to make more progress toward the economic and social reforms that are now starting in the East


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bell ) ( NNP Atlantic ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB definitively ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN computer-maintenance ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bell Atlantic Corp. said it agreed definitively to acquire one of Control Data Corp. 's computer-maintenance businesses


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Terms ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN accord ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN disclosed ) ) ) )

Terms of the accord were n't disclosed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ third-party ) ( NN maintenance ) ( NN unit ) ) ( VP ( VBZ services ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS products ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB primarily ) ) ( VBN made ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Digital ) ( NNP Equipment ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP International ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNPS Machines ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Control Data 's third-party maintenance unit services products primarily made by Digital Equipment Corp. and International Business Machines Corp


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN unit ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( CD 6,000 ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( PRN ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN analyst ) ) ) ) ) ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ( NN revenue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 85 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The unit has 6,000 customers and according to one analyst had 1988 revenue of about 85 million


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB widely ) ) ( VBN expected ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bell ) ( NNP Atlantic ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN customer ) ( NN base ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( QP ( RB approximately ) ( CD 100 ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN maintenance ) ( NNS facilities ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 33 ) ) ( NNS cities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under the agreement which had been widely expected Bell Atlantic would be buying Control Data 's customer base and its approximately 100 U.S. maintenance facilities in about 33 cities


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NN maintenance ) ( NNS services ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS customers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Cyber ) ( NN product ) ( NN line ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However Control Data would continue to provide maintenance services for customers of its Cyber product line


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN unit ) ) ( VP ( VBZ represents ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NN portion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ Minneapolis-based ) ( NNP Control ) ( NNP Data ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ overall ) ( NN computer-servicing ) ( NN business ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBD posted ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 400 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The unit represents a small portion of Minneapolis-based Control Data 's overall computer-servicing business which last year posted sales of about 400 million


( S ( NP-TMP ( RBR Earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD sold ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ similar ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 25 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

Earlier this year the company sold a similar unit in Europe for about 25 million


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Lawrence Perlman Control Data 's president and chief operating officer said the maintenance business no longer fits into the company 's strategy to be a data solutions company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP Vassiliades ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bell ) ( NNP Atlantic ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN customer ) ( NNS services ) ( NN division ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Sorbus ) ( NN computer-maintenance ) ( NN unit ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ added ) ( NN expertise ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB increasingly ) ( JJ sophisticated ) ) ( NN workstation ) ( CC and ) ( JJ high-end ) ( NN mainframe ) ( NNS technologies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thomas Vassiliades president of Bell Atlantic 's customer services division said the acquisition would give the company 's Sorbus computer-maintenance unit added expertise in the increasingly sophisticated workstation and high-end mainframe technologies


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP National ) ( NNP Convenience ) ( NNPS Stores ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB shake ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS doldrums ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN convenience-store ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB rearrange ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN merchandise ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( CD 18 ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cater ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB better ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS neighborhoods ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN around ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

National Convenience Stores Inc. trying to shake the doldrums in the convenience-store business said it will rearrange the merchandise in all of its stores in the next 18 months to cater better to the neighborhoods around its stores


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Houston-based ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 1,100 ) ( NNP Stop ) ( NNP 'N ) ( NNP Go ) ( NNS stores ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN refocused ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB target ) ( ADJP ( JJ black ) ( NNP Hispanic ) ( JJ upscale ) ( CC or ) ( NN core ) ( NN middle-class ) ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As part of the plan the Houston-based company 's 1,100 Stop 'N Go stores will be refocused to target black Hispanic upscale or core middle-class customers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Stores ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN upper-income ) ( NNS neighborhoods ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN instance ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB carry ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ high-priced ) ( NNS wines ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS publications ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP Vanity ) ( NNP Fair ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN gourmet ) ( NN pasta ) ( NNS sauces ) ) ( NP ( NN oat ) ( NN bran ) ( NNS cereals ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Weight ) ( NNPS Watchers ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Pritikin ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ) )

Stores in upper-income neighborhoods for instance will carry high-priced wines publications such as Vanity Fair gourmet pasta sauces oat bran cereals and Weight Watchers and Pritikin products


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Stores ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Hispanic ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB stock ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN assortment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN Spanish-language ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ( NP ( JJ Mexican ) ( NN cooking ) ( NNS items ) ( CC and ) ( NNS candies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Stores in Hispanic areas will stock an assortment of Spanish-language magazines Mexican cooking items and candies


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Stores ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN core ) ( NN middle-class ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NP ( RBR more ) ( ADJP ( JJ frozen ) ( CC and ) ( JJ quick-to-prepare ) ) ( NNS foods ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR greater ) ( NN selection ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ bottled ) ( NN water ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Stores in the company 's core middle-class market will get more frozen and quick-to-prepare foods and a greater selection of bottled water


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP V.H. ) ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Horn ) ) ( NP ( NNP National ) ( NNP Convenience ) ( NX ( NX ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reflects ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN realization ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ poor ) ( NN performance ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stems ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN failure ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( NNS customers ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG increasing ) ( NN competition ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NN gasoline ) ( NNS stations ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ 24-hour ) ( NN grocery ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

V.H. Van Horn National Convenience president and chief executive officer said the move reflects the company 's realization that the industry 's poor performance stems from its failure to give customers what they want rather than from increasing competition from gasoline stations and 24-hour grocery stores


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Convenience ) ( NN store ) ( NN merchandise ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN kept ) ( NP-CLR ( NN pace ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ current ) ( NNS trends ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN consumer ) ( NNS preferences ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN speech ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ annual ) ( NNS shareholders ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Convenience store merchandise has not kept pace with current trends in consumer preferences he said in a speech at the company 's annual shareholders meeting


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ( CC and ) ( NNS competitors ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reflects ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG growing ) ( NN need ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB expand ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN customer ) ( NN base ) ) ( PP ( IN beyond ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ traditional ) ( JJ blue-collar ) ( NN worker ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ pops ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN convenience ) ( NN store ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sandwich ) ) ( NP ( NNS cigarettes ) ) ( NP ( NN soda ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN beer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts and competitors said the move reflects a growing need by the stores to expand their customer base beyond the traditional blue-collar worker who pops into a convenience store for a sandwich cigarettes soda or beer


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBG increasing ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( IN out ) ( EX there ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ time-poor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Chris ) ( NNP Vroom ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ retail ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Alex ) ( NNP Brown ) ( CC & ) ( NNPS Sons ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Baltimore ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There are an increasing number of people out there who are time-poor said Chris Vroom retail analyst with Alex Brown & Sons of Baltimore


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Those ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB primarily ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ white-collar ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN customer ) ( NN segment ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB historically ) ) ( VP ( VBN proved ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ elusive ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN convenience ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Those are primarily white-collar workers a customer segment that has historically proved elusive for convenience stores


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP National ) ( NNP Convenience ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN move ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN echoed ) ( PP-LGS ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS chains ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP note ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Southland ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN owner ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP 7-Eleven ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Circle ) ( NNP K ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ debt-heavy ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB roll ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( PDT such ) ( DT an ) ( JJ extensive ) ( NN effort ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

National Convenience 's move is likely to be echoed by other chains though analysts note that Southland Corp. owner of 7-Eleven stores and Circle K Corp. are too debt-heavy to roll out such an extensive effort


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Southland ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS franchisees ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG targeting ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN merchandise ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN begun ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB follow ) ( NP ( NN suit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still Southland said that its franchisees have been targeting their merchandise to their customers for years and that the company has begun to follow suit


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NN instance ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Southland ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN expanded ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ bottled ) ( NN water ) ( NN selection ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN added ) ( NP ( JJ fresh ) ( NNS sandwiches ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS outlets ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For instance Southland has expanded its bottled water selection in some stores and added fresh sandwiches in some outlets


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( JJ Several ) ( NNS months ) ) ( IN ago ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NN health ) ( CC and ) ( NN beauty ) ( NNS aids ) ( NNS displays ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Several months ago it also added black health and beauty aids displays to many stores a spokeswoman said


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( ADVP ( RB certainly ) ) ( VP ( VBP see ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBG increasing ) ( NN trend ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ) )

We certainly see an increasing trend toward that she added


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP National ) ( NNP Convenience ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN tested ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NN merchandise ) ( NN mix ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ favorable ) ( NNS results ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

National Convenience said it has tested its new merchandise mix in 100 stores with favorable results


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN effort ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN helped ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN decision ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( S-4 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( JJ point-of-sale ) ( NNS scanners ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 200 ) ( NNS stores ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG allowing ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP National ) ( NNP Convenience ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quickly ) ) ( VP ( VB track ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS items ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts said the company 's effort will be helped by its decision last year to put point-of-sale scanners in 200 stores allowing National Convenience to quickly track items that are selling and those that are n't


( S ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB promote ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NN strategy ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP National ) ( NNP Convenience ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB spend ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 12 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN advertising ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP June ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 10 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ fiscal ) ( CD 1989 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To promote its new strategy National Convenience said it plans to spend about 12 million on advertising for the year ending June 30 up from about 10 million in fiscal 1989


WASHINGTON


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP United ) ( NNPS Technologies ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD won ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 18 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NNP Army ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN helicopter ) ( NNS modifications ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ spare ) ( NNS parts ) ) ) ) ) ) )

United Technologies Corp. won an 18 million Army contract for helicopter modifications and spare parts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB modify ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( NNP UH-60A ) ( NNP Blackhawk ) ( NN transport ) ( NN helicopter ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN prototype ) ( NN MH-60K ) ( NN configuration ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN use ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ military ) ( JJ special ) ( NNS forces ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company will modify one UH-60A Blackhawk transport helicopter to the prototype MH-60K configuration for use by military special forces


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Ingalls ) ( NNP Shipbuilding ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Litton ) ( NNP Industries ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 15.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN extension ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN shipyard ) ( NNS services ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. a division of Litton Industries Inc. was given a 15.5 million extension on a contract for shipyard services


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Legal ) ( NNS controversies ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG assuming ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ symbolic ) ( NN significance ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB far ) ) ( VBG exceeding ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN involved ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ particular ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Legal controversies in America have a way of assuming a symbolic significance far exceeding what is involved in the particular case


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP speak ) ( NP ( NNS volumes ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN state ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN society ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN given ) ( NN moment ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They speak volumes about the state of our society at a given moment


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB so ) ) ) ) )

It has always been so


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In the 1920s a young schoolteacher John T. Scopes volunteered to be a guinea pig in a test case sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge a ban on the teaching of evolution imposed by the Tennessee Legislature


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN result ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ world-famous ) ( NN trial ) ) ( VP ( VBG exposing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ profound ) ( JJ cultural ) ( NNS conflicts ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN life ) ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ smart ) ( NN set ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP$ whose ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP H.L. ) ( NNP Mencken ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ religious ) ( NNS fundamentalists ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP whom ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mencken ) ) ( VP ( VBD derided ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ benighted ) ( NNS primitives ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The result was a world-famous trial exposing profound cultural conflicts in American life between the smart set whose spokesman was H.L. Mencken and the religious fundamentalists whom Mencken derided as benighted primitives


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Few ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP recall ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ actual ) ( NN outcome ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Scopes ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN convicted ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN fined ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ his ) ( NN conviction ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN reversed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN appeal ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN fine ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ excessive ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NNP Tennessee ) ( NN law ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Few now recall the actual outcome Scopes was convicted and fined 100 and his conviction was reversed on appeal because the fine was excessive under Tennessee law


( S ( ADVP-PRD-TPC-3 ( IN So ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Hiss ) ( NN case ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN generation ) ) ( RB later ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Alger ) ( NNP Hiss ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lightning ) ( NN rod ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS anxieties ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Cold ) ( NNP War ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG conflicting ) ( NNS attitudes ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Deal ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN served ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So it was with the Hiss case a generation later when Alger Hiss became a lightning rod for the anxieties of the Cold War and conflicting attitudes toward the New Deal he had served


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NNS trials ) ) ( VP ( VBD aroused ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ public ) ( NNS passions ) ) ( PP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NN proportion ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB rather ) ( JJ banal ) ) ( NNS secrets ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP ( RB allegedly ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN passed ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN intelligence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His trials aroused public passions out of all proportion to the rather banal secrets he allegedly had passed to Soviet intelligence


( S ( CC And ) ( ADVP-PRD-TPC-2 ( IN so ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Elizabeth ) ( NNP Morgan ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Washington ) ( NNP D.C. ) ) ( NN plastic ) ( NN surgeon ) ) ( VP ( VBN jailed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN child ) ( NN custody ) ( NN case ) ) ) ( PP-PRP-CLR ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG refusing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reveal ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN whereabouts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN daughter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And so it seems to be with the case of Elizabeth Morgan the Washington D.C. plastic surgeon jailed in a child custody case for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBN emerged ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP D.C. ) ( NN jail ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD two ) ) ( NNS years ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN confinement ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN contempt ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN court ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN heroine ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ many ) ( NNS supporters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dr. Morgan has just emerged from the D.C. jail after more than two years ' confinement for contempt of court a heroine to her many supporters


( S ( PP ( TO To ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN puzzle ) ) ) )

To the rest of us the case is a puzzle


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-NOM-PRD ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS lawyers ) ) ( VP ( VBP call ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NN fact ) ( JJ intensive ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is what lawyers call fact intensive


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ presents ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( JJ great ) ( NN issue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ legal ) ( NN principle ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( VBG overriding ) ( NN question ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN family ) ( NN law ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN law ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN contempt ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It presents no great issue of legal principle no overriding question of family law or the law of contempt


( S ( ADVP ( RB Instead ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ turns ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( VBN disputed ) ( CC and ) ( JJ elusive ) ) ( NNS facts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( WP what ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( WP whom ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Instead it turns on the disputed and elusive facts of who did what to whom


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ difficult ) ) ( PRN ( CONJP ( IN if ) ( RB not ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ impossible ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-3 ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN anyone ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN pored ) ( PP-CLR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS thousands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pages ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN court ) ( NNS pleadings ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS transcripts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ worthwhile ) ( NN opinion ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG underlying ) ( NNS merits ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN controversy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is difficult if not impossible for anyone who has not pored over the thousands of pages of court pleadings and transcripts to have a worthwhile opinion on the underlying merits of the controversy


( S ( ADVP ( RB Certainly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB not ) ) )

Certainly I do not


( S ( IN So ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB look ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB elsewhere ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN explanation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ unusual ) ( NN power ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN exerted ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS minds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( UCP-LOC ( CONJP ( RB not ) ( RB just ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADVP ( RB elsewhere ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( RB even ) ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So we must look elsewhere for an explanation of the unusual power this case has exerted over the minds of many not just in Washington but elsewhere in the country and even the world


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP suggest ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD three ) ( NNS themes ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN come ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB together ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ strange ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I suggest that three themes have come together in the strange case of Dr. Morgan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ first ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ represents ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ intense ) ( NN battle ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP James ) ( NNP Thurber ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB caricature ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN war ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS sexes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The first is that it represents an intense battle in what James Thurber used to caricature as the war between the sexes


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Thurber ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB so ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB gently ) ( CC and ) ( RB lightheartedly ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS supporters ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Thurber ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ memorable ) ( NN title ) ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP The ) ( NNP Male ) ( NNP Animal ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quite ) ( RB literally ) ) ) ) )

But although Thurber did so gently and lightheartedly many of Dr. Morgan 's supporters have taken Thurber 's memorable title The Male Animal quite literally


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN vehemence ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS emotions ) ) ( VP ( VBN aroused ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ testifies ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ symbolic ) ( NN importance ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN war ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Thurber ) ) ( VP ( VBD accepted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ eternal ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ human ) ( NN condition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The vehemence of the emotions aroused by the case testifies to its symbolic importance in the war that Thurber accepted as an eternal part of the human condition


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( JJ second ) ( NN theme ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN undercurrent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ social ) ( NN class ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN race ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ public ) ( NN reaction ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A second theme is the undercurrent of social class and race in the public reaction to the Morgan case


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB highly ) ( VBN educated ) ) ( JJ white ) ( NN professional ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD attended ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NNS schools ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dr. Morgan is a highly educated white professional who attended some of the best schools


( SQ ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS members ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Black ) ( NNP Caucus ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN debate ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN legislation ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD freed ) ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VBZ does ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN anyone ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB seriously ) ) ( VP ( VB believe ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ uneducated ) ( JJ black ) ( JJ working-class ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN rushed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pass ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ private ) ( NN relief ) ( NN bill ) ) ( VP ( VBG freeing ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As members of the Black Caucus in Congress asked during the debate on the legislation that freed Dr. Morgan does anyone seriously believe that if she were an uneducated black working-class woman Congress would have rushed to pass a private relief bill freeing her


( FRAG ( CC Or ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN hurried ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sign ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bill ) ) ( PP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN compassion ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN plight ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Or that the president would have hurried to sign the bill out of compassion for her plight


( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB ask ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS questions ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB answer ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To ask those questions is to answer them


( S ( ADVP ( RB Finally ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN opportunity ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB act ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ unaccustomed ) ( NN decisiveness ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB engage ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ favorite ) ( NNS pastimes ) ) ) ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG bashing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NAC ( NNP District ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Columbia ) ) ) ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Finally the case of Dr. Morgan gave Congress an opportunity to act with unaccustomed decisiveness and to engage in one of its favorite pastimes bashing the District of Columbia government


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT The ) ( JJ local ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN discredited ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS eyes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS residents ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN variety ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS reasons ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS congressmen ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP read ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NNS newspapers ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP watch ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN TV ) ( NNS newscasts ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV-1 ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS people ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The local government is discredited in the eyes of many residents for a variety of reasons and congressmen read the same newspapers and watch the same TV newscasts as other people in the area do


( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Bashing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP D.C. ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ risk-free ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS members ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB answer ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS constituents ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bashing the D.C. government is risk-free for members of Congress who do not have to answer to their own constituents for it


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN paralyzed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG acting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ great ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN budget ) ( NN deficit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Congress is paralyzed from acting on such great issues of the day as the federal budget deficit


( S ( RB Yet ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bill ) ) ( VP ( VBN tailored ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS interests ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ single ) ( NN individual ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD passed ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( RB almost ) ( JJ unimaginable ) ( NN speed ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( SBAR ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ judicial ) ( NN process ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN run ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN course ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( RB indeed ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG awaiting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN ruling ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ appellate ) ( NN court ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet a bill tailored to the interests of a single individual passed Congress with almost unimaginable speed before the judicial process had run its course and indeed while the Morgan case was awaiting a ruling by the appellate court


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( NN case ) ) ( ADVP ( RB thus ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tells ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( NP ( NP ( RB much ) ( RBR more ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NN state ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN sex ) ( NN class ) ( NN race ) ( CC and ) ( NNS politics ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN society ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( VP ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS facts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Morgan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ particular ) ( NN situation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Morgan case thus tells us much more about the current state of sex class race and politics in our society than it does about the facts of Dr. Morgan 's particular situation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB stand ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN metaphor ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ wide ) ( CC and ) ( JJ deep ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS divisions ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN society ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP continue ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( WHADVP-4 ( RB however ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP try ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB deny ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN existence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It may stand as a metaphor for how wide and deep the divisions in that society continue to be however we try to deny their existence


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Rezneck ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lawyer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ( NP ( NNP D.C ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Rezneck is a lawyer in Washington D.C


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP-TTL ( NN Parenthood ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN summer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ successful ) ( CC and ) ( JJ amusing ) ) ( NN movie ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NNS parents ) ( CC and ) ( NNS children ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB apparently ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( RB only ) ( DT the ) ( NN beginning ) ) ) )

Parenthood this summer 's successful and amusing movie about parents and children apparently was only the beginning


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( DT every ) ( NN day ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN movie ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ opens ) ( VP-1 ( VBG featuring ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN child ) ) ( VP ( VBG coping ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN mother ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN death ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN adoption ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( VBG aging ) ( NNS parents ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN pregnancy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It seems that every day a new movie opens featuring a child coping with a mother 's death or adoption or aging parents or pregnancy


( FRAG ( CC And ) ( WHADVP ( WRB why ) ) ( RB not ) )

And why not


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJS best ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ idiosyncratic ) ) ) ( NN film ) ( NNS makers ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Truffaut ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Fellini ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Woody ) ( NNP Allen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cue ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Chekhov ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ compelling ) ( NN drama ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN place ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some of our best and most idiosyncratic film makers from Truffaut to Fellini to Woody Allen have taken a cue from Chekhov When it comes to compelling drama there 's no place like home


( S ( ADVP ( RB Yet ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Hollywood ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB suffer ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN delusion ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN drama ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN home ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ interesting ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP live ) ( ADVP-LOC-CLR ( RB somewhere ) ( RB else ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet too many people working in Hollywood today seem to suffer from the delusion that the drama played out in every home will be interesting to people who live somewhere else


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB not ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ) )

This is not the case


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS diaries ) ) ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ worth ) ( S ( VP ( VBG snooping ) ( PP ( IN in ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some diaries simply are n't worth snooping in


( S ( CC Yet ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB sob ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NNP Immediate ) ( NNP Family ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB limply ) ( VBN constructed ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( JJ offensive ) ) ) ( NN movie ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NN adoption ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet there will be people who will sob at Immediate Family a limply constructed and offensive movie about adoption


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT These ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ sensitive ) ( NNS souls ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VP ( VB empathize ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VB enjoy ) ( VP ( VBG hearing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ) ) ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS people ) ) ( POS 's ) ( NNS troubles ) ) ) ( ADVP ( DT no ) ( NN matter ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-4 ( WRB how ) ( RB haltingly ) ( CC or ) ( RB predictably ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( JJ sad ) ( NN tale ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

These are the sensitive souls who can empathize with and even enjoy hearing about other people 's troubles no matter how haltingly or predictably the sad tale is told


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Written ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Barbara ) ( NNP Benedek ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN co-author ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP The ) ( NNP Big ) ( NNP Chill ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TTL-SBJ-2 ( NNP Immediate ) ( NNP Family ) ) ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN position ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ only ) ( JJ rich ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBG living ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ nice ) ( NNS houses ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NNS children ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Written by Barbara Benedek co-author of The Big Chill Immediate Family takes the position that only rich people living in nice houses should have children


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN film ) ( NNS makers ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN couched ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ offensive ) ( NN idea ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ pretty ) ( NN packaging ) ) ) ) ) )

The film makers have couched this offensive idea in pretty packaging


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Everyone ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ nice ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( JJ good-looking ) ) ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ adoptive ) ( NNS parents ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP Glenn ) ( NNP Close ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP James ) ( NNP Woods ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ teen-age ) ( NN couple ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP decide ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN baby ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN adoption ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mary ) ( NNP Stuart ) ( NNP Masterson ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Kevin ) ( NNP Dillon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Everyone is very nice and good-looking the adoptive parents Glenn Close and James Woods and the teen-age couple who decide to give up their baby for adoption Mary Stuart Masterson and Kevin Dillon


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Linda ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Michael ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Close ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Woods ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG pushing ) ( NP ( CD 40 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP live ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ large ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB tastefully ) ( VBN decorated ) ) ) ( NN home ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ suburban ) ( NNP Seattle ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Linda and Michael Ms. Close and Mr. Woods who seem to be pushing 40 live in a large and tastefully decorated home in suburban Seattle


( S ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS friends ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NNS children ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN child ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NN anything ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( RB perhaps ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB even ) ( JJR more ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Michael ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ fancy ) ( NN convertible ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ deluxe ) ( NN stereo ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All of their friends have children and they ca n't so now they want a child more than anything perhaps even more than Michael wanted his fancy convertible or his deluxe stereo equipment


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN idea ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN child-as-required-yuppie-possession ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG motivating ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN since ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ wealthy ) ( NN offspring ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS friends ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN shown ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ rude ) ( NNS brats ) ) ( RRC ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN therapy ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN age ) ( CD five ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The idea of a child-as-required-yuppie-possession must be motivating them since the wealthy offspring of their friends are shown to be rude brats in therapy by age five


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Having ) ( VP ( VBN exhausted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( JJ modern ) ( NNS aids ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN fertility ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Linda ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Michael ) ) ( VP ( VBP decide ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB adopt ) ) ) ) ) )

Having exhausted all modern aids to fertility Linda and Michael decide to adopt


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS actors ) ) ( VP ( VBP wear ) ( NP ( JJ pained ) ( NNS expressions ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB indicate ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ genuine ) ( NN longing ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ little ) ( CD one ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB maybe ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB not-so-subtly ) ) ( VP ( VBG commenting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN inadequacy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN script ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Jonathan ) ( NNP Kaplan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( PRN ( NP-TTL ( NNP The ) ( NNP Accused ) ) ) ( JJ dull ) ( NN direction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The actors wear pained expressions to indicate their genuine longing for a little one or maybe they 're not-so-subtly commenting on the inadequacy of the script and Jonathan Kaplan 's The Accused dull direction


( S ( S ( CC Or ) ( ADVP ( RB maybe ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN disgusted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( JJ literal-minded ) ( JJ musical ) ( NN score ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN character ) ) ( VP ( VBZ arrives ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN decision ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS thoughts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN revealed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sound ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-TTL ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD Can ) ( VP ( VB See ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB Clearly ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Or maybe they are disgusted by the literal-minded musical score when a character arrives at a major decision her thoughts are revealed by the sound of I Can See Clearly Now


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN adoption ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBZ insists ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG introducing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG adopting ) ( NNS parents ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN birth ) ( NN mother ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( IN so ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Linda ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Michael ) ) ( VP ( VBP pay ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ pregnant ) ( NNP Lucy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Masterson ) ) ) ( NN bus ) ( NN ticket ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Ohio ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The adoption agency insists on introducing the adopting parents to the birth mother so Linda and Michael pay for pregnant Lucy 's Ms. Masterson bus ticket from Ohio


( SBARQ ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB Why ) ) ( SQ ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS movies ) ) ) ( VBZ is ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ unwed ) ( JJ pregnant ) ( NN woman ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Ohio ) ) ) ) )

Why in these movies is the unwed pregnant woman always from Ohio


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP ask ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ( PP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB not ) ( RB necessarily ) ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ native ) ( NNP Ohioan ) ) ) ) )

I ask this not necessarily as a native Ohioan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Lucy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ pretty ) ( CC and ) ( JJ smart ) ) ( IN though ) ( ADJP ( JJ uneducated ) ) ) ) )

Lucy of course is pretty and smart though uneducated


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Everyone ) ) ( VP ( VBZ falls ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN love ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everyone ) ) ( ADJP ( RB else ) ) ) ) ) )

Everyone falls in love with everyone else


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT some ) ( NN pain ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Lucy ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN baby ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB feel ) ( PP-CLR ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN baby ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There is some pain when Lucy has the baby and did n't know she would feel like this and wants to keep the baby


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN everything ) ) ( VP ( VBZ turns ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN film ) ( NNS makers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ warped ) ( NN view ) ) ) ) )

But in the end everything turns out for the best in the film makers ' warped view


( S ( PP-MNR ( IN Like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS lawyers ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ hostile ) ( NN takeover ) ( NN field ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN baby ) ) ( VP ( VBZ goes ) ( SBAR-DIR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) ) )

Like lawyers in the hostile takeover field the baby goes where the money is


( S ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN life ) ( NN cycle ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP-TTL ( NNP Dad ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Gary ) ( NNP David ) ( NNP Goldberg ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN adaptation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Wharton ) ( NN novel ) ) ) ) ) )

At the other end of the life cycle is Dad Gary David Goldberg 's adaptation of the William Wharton novel


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN picture ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ middle-aged ) ( NN son ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( ADJP ( RB sure ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( VBN delayed ) ( NN bond ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN father ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB last ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cement ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( SBAR ( RB just ) ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ old ) ( NN man ) ) ( VP ( VBZ dies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This picture is about a middle-aged son who makes sure that his delayed bond with his father will last by waiting to cement it until just before the old man dies


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ glib ) ( JJ emotional ) ( NN style ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Goldberg ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN perfected ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN television ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Family ) ( NNPS Ties ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB benefit ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN magnification ) ) ) ) ) )

The glib emotional style Mr. Goldberg has perfected on television 's Family Ties does n't benefit from magnification


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NNS characters ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB practically ) ) ( VBP scamper ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ vast ) ( NN range ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ human ) ( NNS emotions ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS travelers ) ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( NNS cities ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD eight ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His characters practically scamper through a vast range of human emotions like travelers doing 10 cities in eight days


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP pause ) ( S-PRP ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB register ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NNS whimpers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN distress ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sighs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN satisfaction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS tourists ) ) ( VP ( VBG cataloging ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS sights ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN window ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They pause only to register little whimpers of distress and sighs of satisfaction like tourists cataloging the sights they 've seen from the window of a bus


( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB Not ) ( RB even ) ( NP ( NNP Jack ) ( NNP Lemmon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ expert ) ( JJ doddering ) ) ( VP ( NNS makes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT this ) ( NN trip ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NN worth ) ( S ( VP ( VBG taking ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Not even Jack Lemmon 's expert doddering makes this trip worth taking


( S ( IN So ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB entirely ) ( JJ possible ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( S-TTL-SBJ ( VP ( VB Look ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP Who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG Talking ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ entertaining ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN comparison ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ turgid ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS films ) ) ( VP ( VBG opening ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So it 's entirely possible that Look Who 's Talking is n't as entertaining as it seems in comparison to the turgid other films opening now


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN comparison ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( JJ fluffy ) ( NN comedy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( PP-CLR ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN gem ) ) ) ) )

But by comparison this fluffy comedy seems like a gem


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ starts ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN conception ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sperm ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN point ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN view ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( VBZ progresses ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN baby ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN point ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN view ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It starts with conception taking the sperm 's point of view then progresses to the baby 's point of view


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bruce ) ( NNP Willis ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS best ) ( NN attribute ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN actor ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ coy ) ( JJ lazy ) ( NN voice ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG speaking ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN baby ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bruce Willis 's best attribute as an actor is his coy lazy voice and that 's all you get of him here speaking for the baby


( S ( S ( ADVP ( RB Finally ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN family ) ( NN movie ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quite ) ( RB eloquently ) ) ( VBZ explores ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN depth ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ human ) ( NN emotion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS stars ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( VBZ bears ) ) ) ) )

Finally there is one family movie that quite eloquently explores the depth of human emotion only its stars are bears


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN movie ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP The ) ( NNP Bear ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP French ) ( NN director ) ( NNP Jean-Jacques ) ( NNP Annaud ) ) ( VP ( VBZ demonstrates ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADJP-1 ( RB just ) ( WRB how ) ( JJ powerful ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS pictures ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the second time in a movie called The Bear French director Jean-Jacques Annaud demonstrates just how powerful pictures can be


( S ( NP-TTL-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Quest ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Fire ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ) )

Quest for Fire was the first time


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN one ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wonders ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WHNP ( WDT what ) ( NN kind ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN man ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT this ) ) ( SBAR-6 ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ feels ) ( VP ( VBN compelled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB try ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB understand ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ primitive ) ) ( NN longing ) ( CC and ) ( NN instinct ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ requires ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ sophisticated ) ) ( NN appreciation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ visual ) ( NN storytelling ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To be sure one wonders what kind of man is this who feels compelled to try to understand the most primitive longing and instinct in a way that requires the most sophisticated appreciation of visual storytelling


( S ( ADVP ( RB Supposedly ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD proposed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN movie ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN producer ) ) ( NP ( NNP Claude ) ( NNP Berri ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS lines ) ) ) ) )

Supposedly he proposed the movie to his producer Claude Berri in four lines


( NP ( DT An ) ( JJ orphan ) ( NN bear ) ( NN cub ) )

An orphan bear cub


( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ big ) ( JJ solitary ) ( NN bear ) )

A big solitary bear


( NP ( NP ( CD Two ) ( NNS hunters ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN forest ) ) ) )

Two hunters in the forest


( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS animals ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN point ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN view ) ) ) )

The animals ' point of view


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT a ) ( JJ great ) ( JJ many ) ( NNS words ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB summarize ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ extraordinary ) ( NN pull ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN movie ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBN orphaned ) ( NN bear ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ adopts ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN parent ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But then even a great many words could n't summarize the extraordinary pull of this movie about an orphaned bear who adopts a parent


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( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NNS movies ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ child-parent ) ( NN thing ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( S-TTL ( VP ( NNP Raising ) ( NP ( NNP Arizona ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1987 ) ( NP ( NNP Coen ) ( NNS brothers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN comedy ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( VP ( ADVP ( RB definitely ) ) ( VBD was ) ( RB not ) ( PP-PRD ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS folks ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN next ) ( NP ( NN door ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One of the best movies about the child-parent thing in recent years was Raising Arizona the 1987 Coen brothers ' comedy that definitely was not about the folks next door


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Rochester ) ( NNP Telephone ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Viroqua ) ( NNP Telephone ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Viroqua ) ) ( NP ( NNP Wis ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Rochester Telephone Corp. said it agreed to buy Viroqua Telephone Co. of Viroqua Wis


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Terms ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN disclosed ) ) ) )

Terms were n't disclosed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Rochester ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB exchange ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ common ) ( NN stock ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Viroqua ) ( NNP Telephone ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ family-owned ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Rochester will exchange shares of its common stock for all shares outstanding of Viroqua Telephone a family-owned company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Viroqua ) ) ( VP ( VBZ serves ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 3,000 ) ) ( NN access ) ( NNS lines ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ western ) ( NNP Wisconsin ) ) ) ) ) )

Viroqua serves about 3,000 access lines in western Wisconsin


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT A ) ( NN merchant ) ( NN bank ) ( CC and ) ( NN investment ) ( NN fund ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB co-sponsor ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reorganization ) ( NN plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bring ) ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ( NNP Steel ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( PP-DIR-CLR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ( NNS proceedings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ steel-related ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN transaction ) ) ( VP ( VBN valued ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 300 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A merchant bank and investment fund have agreed to co-sponsor a reorganization plan to bring Sharon Steel Corp. out of Chapter 11 proceedings and to acquire the company 's steel-related assets in a transaction valued at more than 300 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Castle ) ( NNP Harlan ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN merchant ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Quantum ) ( NNP Fund ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN combination ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN assumption ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ certain ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS liabilities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Castle Harlan Inc. a New York merchant bank and Quantum Fund said they would acquire the assets for a combination of cash and the assumption of certain of Sharon 's liabilities


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN balance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS assets ) ( CC and ) ( NNS liabilities ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN transferred ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN company ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN owned ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The balance of the company 's assets and liabilities would be transferred to a new company that would be owned by Sharon 's creditors


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Quantum ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB purchase ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( RB much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN equity ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( FRAG ( ADJP ( JJ necessary ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN confirmation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Quantum said it has agreed to purchase as much as 50 million in equity in the new company if necessary for the confirmation of the plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Castle ) ( NNP Harlan ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Quantum ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN filed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN within ) ( NP ( CD 60 ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Bankruptcy ) ( NNP Court ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Pittsburgh ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Castle Harlan and Quantum said the plan is expected to be filed within 60 days with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Pittsburgh


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ subject ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( NNS conditions ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG obtaining ) ( NP ( NN financing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The agreement is subject to certain conditions including obtaining financing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Castle ) ( NNP Harlan ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ such ) ( NN financing ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN sought ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT a ) ( JJ formal ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ( NN trustee ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNP Sharon ) ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Castle Harlan said that such financing is already being sought and that a formal proposal would be made to Sharon 's Chapter 11 trustee and other Sharon creditors over the next few days


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Farrell ) ) ( NP ( NNP Pa. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN protection ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NNP Bankruptcy ) ( NNP Code ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP April ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) )

Sharon based in Farrell Pa. filed for protection from creditors under the federal Bankruptcy Code in April 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS maninstays ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ( NNP Beach ) ( NN financier ) ( NNP Victor ) ( NNP Posner ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN empire ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company had been one of the maninstays of Miami Beach financier Victor Posner 's empire


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Posner ) ) ( VP ( VBD resigned ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP April ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Posner resigned as president and chief executive officer of Sharon in April 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( NP-PRD ( NN chairman ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ wields ) ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NN power ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) )

He remains chairman but wields little power at the company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Quantum ) ( NNP Fund ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 2.1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN investment ) ( NN fund ) ) ( VP ( VBN managed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Soros ) ( NNP Fund ) ( NNP Management ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Quantum Fund based in New York is a 2.1 billion investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Quantum ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS largest ) ( JJ unsecured ) ( NN creditor ) ) ) )

Quantum is Sharon 's largest unsecured creditor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Castle ) ( NNP Harlan ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Walter ) ( NNP Sieckman ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NN chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Wolfgang ) ( NNP Jansen ) ) ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NN executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ) ) ) )

The Castle Harlan group includes Walter Sieckman former chief operating officer of Sharon and Wolfgang Jansen former executive vice president


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Executives ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Sharon ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB comment ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN proposal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Executives at Sharon declined to comment on the proposal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN trustee ) ) ( NP ( NNP F.E. ) ( NNP Agnew ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unavailable ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN comment ) ) ) ) ) )

The company 's trustee F.E. Agnew was unavailable for comment


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 25 ) ( NNP Tracking ) ( NNP Travel ) ( NN column ) ) ( VP ( VBZ advises ) ( NP-2 ( NNS readers ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB Charge ) ( PP-MNR ( IN With ) ( NP ( NN Caution ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG Traveling ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Abroad ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NN credit-card ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP charge ) ( NP ( CD 1 ) ( NN % ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB convert ) ( NP ( NN foreign-currency ) ( NNS expenditures ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNS dollars ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Sept. 25 Tracking Travel column advises readers to Charge With Caution When Traveling Abroad because credit-card companies charge 1 % to convert foreign-currency expenditures into dollars


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN bargain ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ available ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN someone ) ) ( VP ( VBG traveling ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB abroad ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In fact this is the best bargain available to someone traveling abroad


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN contrast ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 1 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN conversion ) ( NN fee ) ) ( VP ( VBN charged ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Visa ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN foreign-currency ) ( NNS dealers ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB routinely ) ) ( VP ( VBP charge ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 7 ) ( NN % ) ( CC or ) ( JJR more ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB convert ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS dollars ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN currency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In contrast to the 1 % conversion fee charged by Visa foreign-currency dealers routinely charge 7 % or more to convert U.S. dollars into foreign currency


( S ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( NN top ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN traveler ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ converts ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS dollars ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN currency ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN trip ) ) ( VP ( VBP starts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB lose ) ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN conversion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On top of this the traveler who converts his dollars into foreign currency before the trip starts will lose interest from the day of conversion


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trip ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT any ) ( JJ unspent ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN exchange ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN converted ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNS dollars ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN commission ) ) ( ADJP ( RB due ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the end of the trip any unspent foreign exchange will have to be converted back into dollars with another commission due


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN card ) ( NN holder ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ modest ) ( ADJP ( CD 1 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN fee ) ) ( PP-CLR ( RB only ) ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS amounts ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VBN needed ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The card holder will pay the modest 1 % fee only on the amounts actually needed