( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Koffman ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Jayark ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 40 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Kofcoh ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Jayark ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

David L. Koffman president and chief executive officer of Jayark holds about 40 % of Kofcoh Jayark said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Jayark ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ distributes ) ( CC and ) ( VBZ rents ) ( NP ( JJ audio-visual ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ prints ) ( NP ( JJ promotional ) ( NNS ads ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS retailers ) ) ) ) ) )

Jayark New York distributes and rents audio-visual equipment and prints promotional ads for retailers


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quarter ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP July ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Jayark ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN average ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 5.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) )

In the quarter ended July 31 Jayark had an average of 5.6 million shares outstanding


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN transaction ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ subject ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN approval ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN panel ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ disinterested ) ( NNS directors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG adding ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN shareholder ) ( NN approval ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN needed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The transaction is subject to approval by a panel of disinterested directors the company said adding that shareholder approval is n't needed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ajinomoto ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Tokyo-based ) ( NN food-processing ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ first ) ( NN half ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 8.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 8.2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 57.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 7.54 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ajinomoto Co. a Tokyo-based food-processing concern said net income in its first half rose 8.9 % to 8.2 billion yen 57.7 million from 7.54 billion yen a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Sales ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD six ) ( NNS months ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 4.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 229.03 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 219.27 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales in the six months ended Sept. 30 were up 4.5 % to 229.03 billion yen from 219.27 billion yen


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN business ) ( NNS categories ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NN growth ) ) ( VP ( VBG coming ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS foodstuffs ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN margarine ) ) ( NP ( NN coffee ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ frozen ) ( NN food ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 6.3 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales were higher in all of the company 's business categories with the biggest growth coming in sales of foodstuffs such as margarine coffee and frozen food which rose 6.3 %


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Oils ) ( CC and ) ( NNS fats ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB well ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG posting ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 5.3 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN increase ) ) ) ) ) )

Oils and fats also did well posting a 5.3 % sales increase


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Sales ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN category ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pharmaceuticals ) ) ( NP ( JJ amino ) ( NNS acids ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS chemicals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 4.7 ) ( NN % ) ) ) )

Sales in the category that includes pharmaceuticals amino acids and chemicals rose 4.7 %


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ajinomoto ) ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NNP March ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 480 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 460.05 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ fiscal ) ( CD 1989 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ajinomoto predicted sales in the current fiscal year ending next March 31 of 480 billion yen compared with 460.05 billion yen in fiscal 1989


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ full-year ) ( NN net ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 16 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 15 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS latest ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It said it expects full-year net of 16 billion yen compared with 15 billion yen in the latest year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP CNW ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ final ) ( NN step ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN completed ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN merger ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP CNW ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN subsidiary ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Chicago ) ( CC & ) ( NNP North ) ( NNP Western ) ( NNP Holdings ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CNW Corp. said the final step in the acquisition of the company has been completed with the merger of CNW with a subsidiary of Chicago & North Western Holdings Corp


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( VP ( VBN reported ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP CNW ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN acquired ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( VBN led ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Blackstone ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP Partners ) ( NNP Limited ) ( NNP Partnership ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 950 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As reported CNW agreed to be acquired by a group of investors led by Blackstone Capital Partners Limited Partnership for 50 a share or about 950 million


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP NBC ) ( NN network ) ) ( VP ( VBD canceled ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ new ) ( NN series ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fall ) ( NN TV ) ( NN season ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG killing ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mel ) ( NNP Brooks ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ wacky ) ( NN hotel ) ( NN comedy ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP The ) ( NNP Nutt ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The NBC network canceled its first new series of the fall TV season killing Mel Brooks 's wacky hotel comedy The Nutt House


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN show ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP NBC ) ( NN series ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN casualty ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD three ) ( NNS networks ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN fall ) ) ) )

The show one of five new NBC series is the second casualty of the three networks so far this fall


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP CBS ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD canceled ) ( NP-TTL ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP People ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( NNP Next ) ( NNP Door ) ) ) ) )

Last week CBS Inc. canceled The People Next Door


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP NBC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN comedy ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN aired ) ( NP-TMP ( NNS Wednesdays ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 9:30 ) ( NN p.m. ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS outings ) ) ) ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN drawn ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN average ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJ only ) ( CD 13.2 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS homes ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG lagging ) ( PP-CLR ( IN behind ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Jamie ) ( NNP Lee ) ( NNP Curtis ) ( NN comedy ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Anything ) ( NNP But ) ( NNP Love ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP ABC ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP CBS ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ one-hour ) ( NN drama ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Jake ) ( NNP and ) ( NNP the ) ( NNP Fatman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NBC 's comedy had aired Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. and in five outings had drawn an average of only 13.2 % of homes lagging behind the Jamie Lee Curtis comedy Anything But Love on ABC and CBS 's one-hour drama Jake and the Fatman


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP NBC ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Electric ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN decided ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ permanent ) ( NN replacement ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN canceled ) ( NN series ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NBC a unit of General Electric Co. has n't decided on a permanent replacement for the canceled series


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reach ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 120 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( QP ( CD 857 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ current ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 114.6 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Yutaka ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Nissan Motor Co. expects net income to reach 120 billion yen U.S. 857 million in its current fiscal year up from 114.6 billion yen in the previous year Yutaka Kume president said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS earnings ) ( NN projection ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ fiscal ) ( CD 1990 ) ) ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NNP March ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interview ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ automotive ) ( NNS writers ) ) ( VP ( VBG attending ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Show ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Kume made the earnings projection for fiscal 1990 ending next March 31 in an interview with U.S. automotive writers attending the Tokyo Motor Show


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN executive ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ anticipated ) ( NN earnings ) ( NN increase ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB fairly ) ( JJ modest ) ) ( UCP-PRP ( SBAR ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG spending ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB heavily ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bolster ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN dealership ) ( NN network ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( RB because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ currency-exchange ) ( NNS fluctuations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The executive said that the anticipated earnings increase is fairly modest because Nissan is spending heavily to bolster its dealership network in Japan and because of currency-exchange fluctuations


( S-1 ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB boost ) ( NP ( JJ overseas ) ( NN vehicle ) ( NN production ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB sufficiently ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB account ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN majority ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN outside ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During the next decade Mr. Kume said Nissan plans to boost overseas vehicle production sufficiently to account for a majority of sales outside Japan


( S-1 ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN year ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kume ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD exported ) ( NP ( QP ( RB slightly ) ( IN over ) ( CD one ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD produced ) ( NP ( CD 570,000 ) ( NNS cars ) ( CC and ) ( NNS trucks ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS factories ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP North ) ( NNP America ) ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Australia ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Last year Mr. Kume said Nissan exported slightly over one million vehicles and produced 570,000 cars and trucks at its factories in North America Europe and Australia


( S-1 ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( CD 1992 ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nissan ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD one ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN outside ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ( PRN ( CC or ) ( ADJP ( JJ sufficient ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB equal ) ( NP ( NNS exports ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But by 1992 he added Nissan will build one million vehicles a year outside Japan or sufficient to equal exports


( S-4 ( PP-TMP ( IN By ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS 1990s ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG producing ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB roughly ) ( CD two ) ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB overseas ) ) ( PP-3 ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN vehicle ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP export ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By the end of the 1990s he said we want to be producing roughly two vehicles overseas for every vehicle that we export from Japan


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( WDT That ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB involve ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ substantial ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ overseas ) ( NN manufacturing ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD acknowledged ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( JJ specific ) ( NNS details ) ) ) ) ) )

That will involve a substantial increase in overseas manufacturing capacity he acknowledged but did n't provide specific details


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NBI ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 31 ) ( NN dividend ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Series ) ( NNP A ) ( JJ convertible ) ( JJ preferred ) ( NN stock ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG allowing ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN holder ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB convert ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 27.7 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP NBI ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NBI Inc. said that it can not pay the Oct. 31 dividend on its Series A convertible preferred stock allowing the stock 's holder to convert the shares into as much as 27.7 % of NBI 's shares outstanding


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NBI ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dividend ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN surplus ) ( CC or ) ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( VBN required ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NNP Delaware ) ( NN law ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN payment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dividend ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NBI said that it has the funds to pay the dividend but that it does n't have the surplus or profit required under Delaware law for payment of the dividend


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PDT All ) ( DT the ) ( JJ preferred ) ( NN stock ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNP Yukon ) ( NNP Office ) ( NNP Supply ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Ownership ) ( NNP Plan ) ) ) ) ) )

All the preferred stock is held by the Yukon Office Supply Stock Ownership Plan


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS terms ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Yukon ) ( NNP ESOP ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB demand ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN redeemed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 4,090,000 ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NBI ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB legally ) ) ( VBN prohibited ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG making ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN redemption ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under terms of the stock the Yukon ESOP can demand that the stock be redeemed for 4,090,000 on Nov. 30 but NBI said it is legally prohibited from making the redemption


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Failure ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dividend ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ allows ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Yukon ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB convert ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( CC or ) ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNP NBI ) ( JJ common ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN conversion ) ( NN price ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP NBI ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN closing ) ( NN stock ) ( NN price ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Failure to pay the dividend allows Yukon to convert all or some of its shares into NBI common after Nov. 30 at a conversion price based on NBI 's closing stock price


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP NBI ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN maker ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN word-processing ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB predict ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT any ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ preferred ) ( NN stock ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN converted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NBI a maker of word-processing systems said it ca n't predict if any of the preferred stock will be converted


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NBI ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN hired ) ( NP-1 ( NNP Prudential-Bache ) ( NNPS Securities ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ financial ) ( NN adviser ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN investment ) ( NN banker ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VB restructure ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB financially ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB improve ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN balance ) ( NN sheet ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NBI also said it has hired Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. as its financial adviser and investment banker to help it restructure financially and improve its balance sheet


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Shiseido ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ leading ) ( NNS cosmetics ) ( NN producer ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 5.64 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 39.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ first ) ( NN half ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Shiseido Co. Japan 's leading cosmetics producer said it had net income of 5.64 billion yen 39.7 million in its first half which ended Sept. 30


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Exact ) ( NNS comparisons ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unavailable ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN change ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( IN fiscal ) ( NN calendar ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Exact comparisons with the previous year were unavailable because of a change in the company 's fiscal calendar


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ Tokyo-based ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( NN net ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.73 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN reporting ) ( NN period ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD four ) ( NNS months ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP March ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Tokyo-based company had net of 3.73 billion yen in the previous reporting period which was the four months ended March 31


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Sales ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN half ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 159.92 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( CD 104.79 ) ( CD billion ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ four-month ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) )

Sales in the first half came to 159.92 billion yen compared with 104.79 billion yen in the four-month period


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Shiseido ) ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NNP March ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( CD 318 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 340.83 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBD ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 30 ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Shiseido predicted that sales for the year ending next March 31 will be 318 billion yen compared with 340.83 billion yen in the year ended Nov. 30 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN net ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rise ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 11 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 8.22 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It said it expects net to rise to 11 billion yen from 8.22 billion yen


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Motors ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ general ) ( NN counsel ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hopes ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ outside ) ( NN law ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN auto ) ( NN maker ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( RB about ) ( CD 700 ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 200 ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN within ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

General Motors Corp. 's general counsel hopes to cut the number of outside law firms the auto maker uses from about 700 to 200 within two years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Harry ) ( NNP J. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( JJ general ) ( NN counsel ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP May ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ cost-cutting ) ( NN measure ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN effort ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN No. ) ( CD 1 ) ( NN auto ) ( NN maker ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ 134-lawyer ) ( JJ in-house ) ( JJ legal ) ( NN department ) ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS matters ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR better ) ) ( JJ equipped ) ( CC and ) ( JJ trained ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB handle ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Harry J. Pearce named general counsel in May 1987 says the reduction is a cost-cutting measure and an effort to let the No. 1 auto maker 's 134-lawyer in-house legal department take on matters it is better equipped and trained to handle


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GM ) ) ( VP ( VBD trimmed ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 40 ) ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ approved ) ( JJ local ) ( NN counsel ) ( NN list ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

GM trimmed about 40 firms from its approved local counsel list Mr. Pearce says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN move ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ consistent ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN trend ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ corporate ) ( JJ legal ) ( NNS staffs ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN work ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB in-house ) ) ( PP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG farming ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN law ) ( NNS firms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The move is consistent with a trend for corporate legal staffs to do more work in-house instead of farming it out to law firms


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBD set ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ in-house ) ( NN litigation ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP May ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS lawyers ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( JJ former ) ( JJ assistant ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS attorneys ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ extensive ) ( NN trial ) ( NN experience ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Pearce set up GM 's first in-house litigation group in May with four lawyers all former assistant U.S. attorneys with extensive trial experience


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ intends ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB add ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN litigation ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He intends to add to the litigation staff


( SINV ( PP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN Among ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS types ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS cases ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ in-house ) ( NNS litigators ) ) ( VP ( VBP handle ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS disputes ) ) ( VP ( VBG involving ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP GM ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ product-related ) ( NNS actions ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-3 ( IN in ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN driver ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG suing ) ( NP ( NNP GM ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS damages ) ) ( VP ( VBG resulting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN accident ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Among the types of cases the in-house litigators handle are disputes involving companies doing business with GM and product-related actions including one in which a driver is suing GM for damages resulting from an accident


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBN encouraged ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ his ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( NN work ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR more ) ( RB closely ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ technical ) ( NNS staffs ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( VP ( VB prevent ) ( NP ( JJ future ) ( NN litigation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Pearce has also encouraged his staff to work more closely with GM 's technical staffs to help prevent future litigation


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP GM ) ( NNS lawyers ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS technicians ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ uniform ) ) ( NN welding ) ( NNS procedures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT a ) ( NN vehicle ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN welded ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN durability ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

GM lawyers have been working with technicians to develop more uniform welding procedures the way a vehicle is welded has a lot to do with its durability


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT The ) ( NNS lawyers ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP monitor ) ( NP ( NNS suits ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB identify ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ specific ) ( NN automobile ) ( NNS parts ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP cause ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( JJ legal ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The lawyers also monitor suits to identify specific automobile parts that cause the biggest legal problems


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN law ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN chance ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG retaining ) ( CC or ) ( VBG winning ) ( NP ( NP ( NN business ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP GM ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( VP ( VBG providing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ highest-quality ) ( NN service ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN cost ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG echoing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ similar ) ( NNS directives ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN auto ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS suppliers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Pearce says law firms with the best chance of retaining or winning business with GM will be those providing the highest-quality service at the best cost echoing similar directives from GM 's auto operations to suppliers


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB necessarily ) ) ( VP ( VB mean ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR larger ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN advantage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GM ) ) ( VP ( NNS works ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJR smaller ) ( NNS firms ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ regards ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB highly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This does n't necessarily mean larger firms have an advantage Mr. Pearce said GM works with a number of smaller firms it regards highly


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearce ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN shaken ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ legal ) ( NN staff ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG eliminating ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS titles ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG establishing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS functions ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ special-projects ) ( NN group ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS films ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN safety ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ drunk ) ( NN driving ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Pearce has shaken up GM 's legal staff by eliminating all titles and establishing several new functions including a special-projects group that has made films on safety and drunk driving


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ FEDERAL ) ( NNS PROSECUTORS ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG concluding ) ( NP ( JJR fewer ) ( JJ criminal ) ( NNS cases ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS trials ) ) ) ) ) )

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS are concluding fewer criminal cases with trials


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN finding ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN study ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Department ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS researchers ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Syracuse ) ( NNP University ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's a finding of a new study of the Justice Department by researchers at Syracuse University


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Burnham ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS authors ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR fewer ) ( NNS trials ) ) ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( VP ( VBZ means ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG growing ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN plea ) ( NNS bargains ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

David Burnham one of the authors says fewer trials probably means a growing number of plea bargains


( S ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD 18 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NNS prosecutions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD concluded ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN trial ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 9 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) )

In 1980 18 % of federal prosecutions concluded at trial in 1987 only 9 % did


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN study ) ) ( VP ( VBD covered ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 11 ) ( JJ major ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS attorneys ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS offices ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Manhattan ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Brooklyn ) ) ( NP ( NNP N.Y. ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Jersey ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) )

The study covered 11 major U.S. attorneys ' offices including those in Manhattan and Brooklyn N.Y. and New Jersey from 1980 to 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBD rejected ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN implication ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS prosecutors ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ willing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( NN plea ) ( NN bargain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Justice Department rejected the implication that its prosecutors are currently more willing to plea bargain


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Our ) ( NN felony ) ( NNS caseloads ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ consistent ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 20 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 15 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS prosecutions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN trial ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN department ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Our felony caseloads have been consistent for 20 years with about 15 % of all prosecutions going to trial a department spokeswoman said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN discrepancy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB somewhat ) ( JJ perplexing ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN in ) ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Syracuse ) ( NNS researchers ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD based ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS conclusions ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN government ) ( NNS statistics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The discrepancy is somewhat perplexing in that the Syracuse researchers said they based their conclusions on government statistics


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN explanation ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NNS cases ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN trial ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Burnham ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS defendants ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN charged ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS crimes ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT all ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS attorneys ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB substantially ) ) ( VBN increased ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One possible explanation for this decline in taking cases to trial says Mr. Burnham is that the number of defendants being charged with crimes by all U.S. attorneys has substantially increased


( S-1 ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN study ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS prosecutors ) ) ( VP ( VBN surveyed ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( NP ( NNS charges ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NNS defendants ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT each ) ( CD 100,000 ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBN aged ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 18 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJR older ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1980 the study says prosecutors surveyed filed charges against 25 defendants for each 100,000 people aged 18 years and older


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS prosecutors ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( CD 35 ) ( NNS defendants ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( CD 100,000 ) ( NNS adults ) ) ) ) )

In 1987 prosecutors filed against 35 defendants for every 100,000 adults


( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT Another ) ( NN finding ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN study ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Prosecutors ) ) ( VP ( VBP set ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB significantly ) ( JJ different ) ) ( NNS priorities ) ) ) ) )

Another finding from the study Prosecutors set significantly different priorities


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Manhattan ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN attorney ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN office ) ) ( VP ( VBD stressed ) ( NP ( JJ criminal ) ( NNS cases ) ) ( PP-TMP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG averaging ) ( NP ( CD 43 ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( CD 100,000 ) ( NNS adults ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Manhattan U.S. attorney 's office stressed criminal cases from 1980 to 1987 averaging 43 for every 100,000 adults


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Jersey ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN attorney ) ) ( VP ( VBD averaged ) ( NP ( CD 16 ) ) ) )

But the New Jersey U.S. attorney averaged 16


( S ( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ civil ) ( NN side ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Manhattan ) ( NN prosecutor ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN average ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 11 ) ) ( NNS cases ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( CD 100,000 ) ( NNS adults ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN attorney ) ) ( VP ( VBD averaged ) ( NP ( CD 79 ) ) ) ) )

On the civil side the Manhattan prosecutor filed an average of only 11 cases for every 100,000 adults during the same period the San Francisco U.S. attorney averaged 79


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN study ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS reporters ) ) ( NP ( JJ academic ) ( NNS experts ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ raw ) ( NN data ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN on ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB base ) ( NP ( JJ further ) ( NNS inquiries ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The study is to provide reporters academic experts and others raw data on which to base further inquiries


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP IMELDA ) ( NNP MARCOS ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ asks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN dismissal ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN kidnapped ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

IMELDA MARCOS asks for dismissal says she was kidnapped


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ former ) ( JJ first ) ( NN lady ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Philippines ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( NP-2 ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN court ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Manhattan ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB dismiss ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG claiming ) ( PP ( IN among ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NN abducted ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN homeland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The former first lady of the Philippines asked a federal court in Manhattan to dismiss an indictment against her claiming among other things that she was abducted from her homeland


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Marcos ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ late ) ( NN husband ) ) ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NNPS Philippines ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Ferdinand ) ( NNP Marcos ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN charged ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG embezzling ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 100 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN country ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB fraudulently ) ) ( VBG concealing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS purchases ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ prime ) ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Manhattan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mrs. Marcos and her late husband former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos were charged with embezzling more than 100 million from that country and then fraudulently concealing much of the money through purchases of prime real estate in Manhattan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Marcos ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS attorneys ) ) ( VP ( VBD asked ) ( NP-1 ( JJ federal ) ( NNP Judge ) ( NNP John ) ( NNP F. ) ( NNP Keenan ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN access ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS documents ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ alleged ) ( NN abduction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mrs. Marcos 's attorneys asked federal Judge John F. Keenan to give them access to all U.S. documents about her alleged abduction


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN attorney ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS documents ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN response ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Marcos ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG making ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ fanciful ) ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB factually ) ( JJ unsupported ) ) ) ) ( NN claim ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN kidnapped ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN country ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN order ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB obtain ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ classified ) ( NN material ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. attorney 's office in documents it filed in response said Mrs. Marcos was making the fanciful and factually unsupported claim that she was kidnapped into this country in order to obtain classified material in the case


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN office ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Marcos ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN husband ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN brought ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN against ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN will ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Marcos ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN ousted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The office also said Mrs. Marcos and her husband were n't brought to the U.S. against their will after Mr. Marcos was ousted as president


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The prosecutor quoted statements from the Marcoses in which they said they were in this country at the invitation of President Reagan and that they were enjoying the hospitality of the U.S.


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Lawyers for Mrs. Marcos say that because she was taken to the U.S. against her wishes the federal court lacks jurisdiction in the case


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THE FEDERAL COURT of appeals in Manhattan ruled that the dismissal of a 1980 indictment against former Bank of Crete owner George Koskotas should be reconsidered


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The indictment which was sealed and apparently forgotten by investigators until 1987 charges Mr. Koskotas and three others with tax fraud and other violations


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He made numerous trips to the U.S. in the early 1980s but was n't arrested until 1987 when he showed up as a guest of then-Vice President George Bush at a government function


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A federal judge in Manhattan threw out the indictment finding that the seven-year delay violated the defendant 's constitutional right to a speedy trial


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The appeals court however said the judge did n't adequately consider whether the delay would actually hurt the chances of a fair trial


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Mr. Koskotas is fighting extradition proceedings that would return him to Greece where he is charged with embezzling more than 250 million from the Bank of Crete


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His attorney could n't be reached for comment


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PRO BONO VOLUNTARISM In an effort to stave off a plan that would require all lawyers in New York state to provide twenty hours of free legal aid a year the state bar recommended an alternative program to increase voluntary participation in pro bono programs


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The state bar association 's policy making body the House of Delegate voted Saturday to ask Chief Judge Sol Wachtler to give the bar 's voluntary program three years to prove its effectiveness before considering mandatory pro bono


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We believe our suggested plan is more likely to improve the availability of quality legal service to the poor than is the proposed mandatory pro bono plan and will achieve that objective without the divisiveness distraction administrative burdens and possible failure that we fear would accompany an attempt to impose a mandatory plan said Justin L. Vigdor of Rochester who headed the bar 's pro bono study committee


( S ( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NNP DALLAS ) ( CC AND ) ( NNP HOUSTON ) ( NN law ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( VP ( VBP merge ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Jackson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Walker ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 130-lawyer ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Datson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Scofield ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 70-lawyer ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Houston ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN principle ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB merge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

DALLAS AND HOUSTON law firms merge Jackson & Walker a 130-lawyer firm in Dallas and Datson & Scofield a 70-lawyer firm in Houston said they have agreed in principle to merge


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ consolidated ) ( NN firm ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB rank ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 10 ) ( JJS largest ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB operate ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN name ) ( NNP Jackson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Walker ) ) ) ) ) )

The consolidated firm which would rank among the 10 largest in Texas would operate under the name Jackson & Walker


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The merger must be formally approved by the partners of both firms but is expected to be completed by year end


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Jackson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Walker ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Fort ) ( NNP Worth ) ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Dotson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Scofield ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Orleans ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jackson & Walker has an office in Fort Worth Texas and Dotson & Scofield has an office in New Orleans


( S-HLN ( VP ( VBG PILING ) ( PRT ( RP ON ) ) ) )

PILING ON


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Piggybacking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN government ) ( NNS assertions ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP General ) ( NNP Electric ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN covered ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ fraudulent ) ( NNS billings ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD two ) ( NNS shareholders ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN filed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ civil ) ( NN racketeering ) ( NN suit ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) )

Piggybacking on government assertions that General Electric Co. may have covered up fraudulent billings to the Pentagon two shareholders have filed a civil racketeering suit against the company


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The suit was filed by plaintiffs ' securities lawyer Richard D. Greenfield in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia


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He seeks damages from the company 's 15 directors on grounds that they either participated in or condoned the illegal acts or utterly failed to carry out their duties as directors


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GE is defending itself against government criminal charges of fraud and false claims in connection with a logistics-computer contract for the Army


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN trial ) ) ( VP ( VBZ begins ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN court ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Philadelphia ) ) ) ) )

The trial begins today in federal court in Philadelphia


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN government ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS assertions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cover-up ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ last ) ( JJ minute ) ( JJ pretrial ) ( NNS motions ) ) ) ) ) )

The government 's assertions of the cover-up were made in last minute pretrial motions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP GE ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB vehemently ) ) ( VBZ denies ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS allegations ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD denounced ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Greenfield ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN suit ) ) ) )

GE which vehemently denies the government 's allegations denounced Mr. Greenfield 's suit


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It is a cheap-shot suit procedurally defective and thoroughly fallacious which was hurriedly filed by a contingency-fee lawyer as a result of newspaper reports said a GE spokeswoman


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She added that the company was considering bringing sanctions against Mr. Greenfield for making grossly inaccurate and unsupported allegations


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These are the last words Abbie Hoffman ever uttered more or less before he killed himself


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP Are ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB There ) ) ( ADVP ( NN sort ) ( IN of ) ) ) )

And You Are There sort of


( NP ( NP ( NNP ABBIE ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ OK ) ) ( NP-VOC ( NNP Jack ) ) ) ) )

ABBIE I 'm OK Jack


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ OK ) ) ) )

I 'm OK


( FRAG ( PRN ( S ( VP ( VBG listening ) ) ) ) ( INTJ ( UH Yeah ) ) )

listening Yeah


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN bed ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'm out of bed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP got ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ my ) ( NNS feet ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) ) )

I got my feet on the floor


Yeah


Two feet


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( NNP Wednesday ) ) ( NP ( NNP Thursday ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'll see you Wednesday Thursday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ listens ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB impassively ) ) ) )

He listens impassively


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ABBIE cont'd. I 'll always be with you Jack


( S ( VP ( VB Do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB worry ) ) ) )

Do n't worry


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Abbie ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ lies ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ leaves ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN frame ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ empty ) ) ) ) ) )

Abbie lies back and leaves the frame empty


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Of course that was n't the actual conversation the late anti-war activist protest leader and founder of the Yippies ever had with his brother


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It 's a script pieced together from interviews by CBS News for a re-enactment a dramatic rendering by an actor of Mr. Hoffman 's ultimately unsuccessful struggle with depression


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The segment is soon to be broadcast on the CBS News series Saturday Night With Connie Chung thus further blurring the distinction between fiction and reality in TV news


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP Journalism ) ) ( VP ( VBN come ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN television ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is the New Journalism come to television


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Ms. Chung 's program is just one of several network shows and many more in syndication that rely on the controversial technique of reconstructing events using actors who are supposed to resemble real people living and dead


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Ms. Chung 's however is said to be the only network news program in history to employ casting directors


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Abbie Hoffman in this case is to be played by Hollywood actor Paul Lieber who is n't new to the character


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He was Mr. Hoffman in a 1979 Los Angeles production of a play called The Chicago Conspiracy Trial


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Television news of course has always been part show-biz


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Broadcasters have a healthy appreciation of the role entertainment values play in captivating an audience


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But as CBS Broadcast Group president Howard Stringer puts it the network now needs to broaden the horizons of nonfiction television and that includes some experimentation


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Since its premiere Sept. 16 the show on which Ms. Chung appears has used an actor to portray the Rev. Vernon Johns a civil-rights leader and one to play a teenage drug dealer


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It has depicted the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie


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On Oct. 21 it did a rendition of the kidnapping and imprisonment of Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson who was abducted in March 1985 and is believed to be held in Lebanon


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The production had actors playing Mr. Anderson and former hostages David Jacobsen the Rev. Benjamin Weir and Father Lawrence Jenco


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ABC News has similarly branched out into entertainment gimmickry


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Prime Time Live a new show this season featuring Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer has a studio audience that applauds and that one night to the embarrassment of the network waved at the camera like the crowd on Let 's Make a Deal


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ABC stops short of using an applause sign and a comic to warm up the audience


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS stars ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ( NP-ADV ( PRP themselves ) ) ) )

The stars do that themselves


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NBC News has produced three episodes of an occasional series produced by Sid Feders called Yesterday Today and Tomorrow starring Maria Shriver Chuck Scarborough and Mary Alice Williams that also gives work to actors


( S ( VP ( VB Call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN fad ) ) ) ) )

Call it a fad


( S ( CC Or ) ( VP ( VB call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN wave ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN future ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Or call it the wave of the future


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NBC 's re-creations are produced by Cosgrove-Meurer Productions which also makes the successful prime-time NBC Entertainment series Unsolved Mysteries


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The marriage of news and theater if not exactly inevitable has been consummated nonetheless


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News programs particularly if they score well in the ratings appeal to the networks ' cost-conscious corporate parents because they are so much less expensive to produce than an entertainment show is somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 for a one-hour program


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN Entertainment ) ( NNS shows ) ) ( VP ( VBP tend ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cost ) ( NP ( RB twice ) ( DT that ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Entertainment shows tend to cost twice that


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Re-enactments have been used successfully for several seasons on such syndicated tabloid TV shows as A Current Affair which is produced by the Fox Broadcasting Co. unit of Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp


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That show whose host is Ms. Chung 's husband Maury Povich has a particular penchant for grisly murders and stories having to do with sex the Robert Chambers murder case the Rob Lowe tapes what have you


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Gerald ) ( NNP Stone ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN producer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP A ) ( NNP Current ) ( NNP Affair ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN opened ) ( NP ( NNS eyes ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( ADVP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ little ) ) ( RBR less ) ) ( JJ conservative ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ imaginative ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB present ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN news ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Gerald Stone the executive producer of A Current Affair says We have opened eyes to being a little less conservative and more imaginative in how to present the news


( SINV ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Nowhere ) ) ( VB have ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS eyes ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBD opened ) ( ADVP-CLR ( ADVP ( RBR wider ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP CBS ) ( NNP News ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nowhere have eyes been opened wider than at CBS News


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At 555 W. 57th St. in Manhattan one floor below the offices of 60 Minutes the most successful prime-time news program ever actors wait in the reception area to audition for Saturday Night With Connie Chung


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CBS News sends scripts to agents who pass them along to clients


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The network deals a lot with unknowns including Scott Wentworth who portrayed Mr. Anderson and Bill Alton as Father Jenco but the network has some big names to contend with too


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP James ) ( NNP Earl ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN cast ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Rev. ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Johns ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

James Earl Jones is cast to play the Rev. Mr. Johns


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Ned Beatty may portray former California Gov. Pat Brown in a forthcoming epsiode on Caryl Chessman the last man to be executed in California in 1960


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Saturday Night has cast actors to appear in future stories ranging from the abortion rights of teen-agers to a Nov. 4 segment on a man named Willie Bosket who calls himself a monster and is reputed to be the toughest prisoner in New York


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CBS News which as recently as two years ago fired hundreds of its employees in budget cutbacks now hires featured actors beginning at 2,700 a week


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-4 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bill ) ( NNP Cosby ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Connie ) ( NNP Chung ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN matter ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN guest ) ( NN shot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sitcom ) ) ( NP-TTL ( NNP Murphy ) ( NNP Brown ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That is n't much compared with what Bill Cosby makes or even Connie Chung for that matter who is paid 1.6 million a year and who recently did a guest shot of her own on the sitcom Murphy Brown


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NNS peanuts ) ) ( ADVP ( RB either ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB particularly ) ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN news ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) )

But the money is n't peanuts either particularly for a news program


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP CBS ) ( NNP News ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBG re-enacting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1979 ) ( NNP Three ) ( NNP Mile ) ( NNP Island ) ( JJ nuclear ) ( NN accident ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Middletown ) ) ( NP ( NNP Pa. ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN something ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJR less ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cast ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS thousands ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CBS News is also re-enacting the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Middletown Pa. with something less than a cast of thousands


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG combing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN town ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 10,000 ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 200 ) ) ( NNS extras ) ) ) ) ) )

It is combing the town of 10,000 for about 200 extras


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On Oct. 20 the town 's mayor Robert Reid made an announcement on behalf of CBS during half-time at the Middletown High School football game asking for volunteers


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There was a roll of laughter through the stands says Joe Sukle the editor of the weekly Press and Journal in Middletown


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They 're filming right now at the bank down the street and they want shots of people getting out of cars and kids on skateboards


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They are approaching everyone on the street and asking if they want to be in a docudrama


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Mr. Sukle says he would n't dream of participating himself


No way


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I think re-enactments stink


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Though a re-enactment may have the flavor Hollywood on the Hudson it is n't


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Some producers seem tentative about the technique squeamish even


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So the results while not news are n't exactly theater either at least not good theater


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And some people do think that acting out scripts is n't worthy of CBS News which once lent prestige to the network and set standards for the industry


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In his review of Saturday Night With Connie Chung Tom Shales the TV critic of the Washington Post and generally an admirer of CBS wrote that while the show is impressive one has to wonder if this is the proper direction for a network news division to take


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Re-creating events has in general upset news traditionalists including former CBS News President Richard S. Salant and former NBC News President Reuven Frank former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite and the new dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Joan Konner


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Says she Once you add dramatizations it 's no longer news it 's drama and that has no place on a network news broadcast


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They should never be on


Never


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Criticism of the Abbie Hoffman segment is particularly scathing among people who knew and loved the man


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That includes his companion of 15 years Johanna Lawrenson as well as his former wife Anita


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Both women say they also find it distasteful that CBS News is apparently concentrating on Mr. Hoffman 's problems as a manic-depressive


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This is dangerous and misrepresents Abbie 's life says Ms. Lawrenson who has had an advance look at the 36-page script


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It 's a sensational piece about someone who is not here to defend himself


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Mrs. Hoffman says that dramatization makes the truth flexible


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It takes one person 's account and gives it authenticity


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CBS News interviewed Jack Hoffman and his sister Phyllis as well as Mr. Hoffman 's landlord in Solebury Township Pa


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Also Jonathan Silvers who collaborated with Mr. Hoffman on two books