( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Some ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NNP Disneyland ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP claim ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN isolated ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN crisis ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB feed ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB care ) ( PP ( IN for ) ) ) ( NP-2 ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS people ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( JJ long ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some businesses like Disneyland claim that even if they became isolated in a crisis they would be able to feed and care for their people for as long as five days


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN Self-sufficiency ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cornerstone ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Stephanie ) ( NNP Masaki-Schatz ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN manager ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN planning ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Atlantic ) ( NNP Richfield ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Self-sufficiency has to be the cornerstone of your plan says Stephanie Masaki-Schatz manager of corporate emergency planning at Atlantic Richfield Co. in Los Angeles


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB save ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( JJ critical ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bring ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( JJ vital ) ( NN business ) ( NNS functions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If you do n't save your critical people you wo n't be able to bring up your vital business functions


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP ARCO ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN head ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP-LOC ( NP-ADV ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 300 ) ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN epicenter ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN affected ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS tremors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Masaki-Schatz ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN occasion ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB distribute ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ three-page ) ( NN memo ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Earthquake ) ( NNP Tips ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1,200 ) ( NNP ARCO ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although ARCO 's head office more than 300 miles from the epicenter was n't affected by this week 's tremors Ms. Masaki-Schatz used the occasion to distribute a three-page memo of Earthquake Tips to 1,200 ARCO employees


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB capitalize ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS moments ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everyone ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN attention ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

You need to capitalize on these moments when you have everyone 's attention she says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN reminder ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP we ) ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prepare ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB prior ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN event ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was a good reminder that we all need to prepare prior to an event


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP ARCO ) ( NN memo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ urges ) ( NP-2 ( NNS employees ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( NNS supplies ) ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ) ( PP-1 ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ solid ) ( NNS shoes ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( NNS gloves ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB clear ) ( NP ( NN debris ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ARCO memo urges employees to keep certain supplies at work such as solid shoes and heavy gloves to clear debris


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recommends ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ aware ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ everyday ) ( NN office ) ( NNS items ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN emergency ) ( NN care ) ( CC or ) ( NN shelter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It also recommends that employees be aware of everyday office items that could be used for emergency care or shelter


( FRAG ( PP-LOC ( IN Among ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS suggestions ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN Pantyhose ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS men ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS ties ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS slings ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ removable ) ( JJ wooden ) ( NNS shelves ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB aid ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG breaking ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NN office ) ( NNS walls ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Among the suggestions Pantyhose and men 's ties could be used for slings while removable wooden shelves might aid in breaking through office walls


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP ARCO ) ) ( VP ( VBZ maintains ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN payroll ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Pasadena ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN disrupted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

ARCO maintains an office in Dallas that would take over if payroll operations in Pasadena were disrupted


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD Two ) ( NNS months ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD set ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ toll-free ) ( NN number ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN outside ) ( NP ( NNP California ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB handle ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS queries ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNS employees ) ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NX ( NX ( NN earthquake ) ) ( CC or ) ( NX ( JJ other ) ( NN disaster ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Two months ago the company set up a toll-free number based outside California to handle queries from employees about when they should report back to work after an earthquake or other disaster


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP ARCO ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN account ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS details ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ( NNS aspects ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN business ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR busier ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( NNS times ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ARCO plan takes into account such details as which aspects of business are busier at certain times of the year


( S ( NP-MNR ( DT This ) ( NN way ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG depending ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-4 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN quake ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB strike ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS priorities ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN assigned ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS departments ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN brought ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN line ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( JJ first ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This way depending on when a quake might strike priorities can be assigned to departments that should be brought back on line first


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NNP Hewlett-Packard ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( SBAR-TMP ( RB just ) ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG reviewing ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ( NN emergency ) ( NNS procedures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At Hewlett-Packard Co. the earthquake came just as the company was reviewing its own emergency procedures


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG talking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG scheduling ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN practice ) ( NN drill ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP November ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Joan ) ( NNP Tharp ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ) )

We were talking about scheduling a practice drill for November says Joan Tharp a spokeswoman


( S ( ADVP ( RB Then ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ real ) ( CD one ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN afternoon ) ) ) ) )

Then we had a real one in the afternoon


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Palo ) ( NNP Alto ) ( NNP Calif. ) ) ( NN computer ) ( NN maker ) ) ( VP ( VBD scrambled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB set ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ special ) ( NN phone ) ( NN line ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB tell ) ( NP-3 ( NN manufacturing ) ( CC and ) ( NN support ) ( NN staff ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( ADVP-LOC-CLR ( NN home ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Wednesday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Palo Alto Calif. computer maker scrambled to set up a special phone line to tell manufacturing and support staff to stay home Wednesday


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS Sales ) ( CC and ) ( NN service ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN asked ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bay ) ( NN area ) ( NNS clients ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD called ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN computer ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales and service employees were asked to report to work to help Bay area clients who called with computer problems


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Hewlett-Packard ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( NP-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS systems ) ( NNS experts ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB restore ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ( NN computer ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Hewlett-Packard also called in its systems experts to restore its own computer operations


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ means ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VP ( VB accept ) ( NP ( NNS orders ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( S ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( ADJP ( JJ normal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Tharp ) ) )

That means we can accept orders and begin getting back to normal says Ms. Tharp


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Prompted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJR earlier ) ( NNP California ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fire ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NN office ) ( NN tower ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( JJ Great ) ( NNP Western ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN past ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD hired ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( NN emergency ) ( NNS planners ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( CD 75,000 ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG equipping ) ( NP-3 ( DT a ) ( NN trailer ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS communications ) ( NN gear ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB serve ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Prompted by an earlier California earthquake as well as a fire in a Los Angeles office tower Great Western Bank in the past year hired three emergency planners and spent 75,000 equipping a trailer with communications gear to serve as an emergency headquarters


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS savings ) ( CC and ) ( NN loan ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Great ) ( NNP Western ) ( NNP Financial ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS plans ) ( CC and ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( NP-CLR ( NN touch ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 24 ) ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 15 ) ( NNS branches ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN affected ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG knowing ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN injured ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS vaults ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN broken ) ( S-CLR ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ open ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although officials of the savings and loan a unit of Great Western Financial Corp. used some of their new plans and equipment during this week 's quake they still lost touch for more than 24 hours with 15 branches in the affected areas not knowing if employees were injured or vaults were broken open


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( ADVP ( JJ flat ) ( RP out ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP G. ) ( NNP Lee ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN emergency ) ( VBG planning ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NN security ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ Great ) ( NNP Western ) ) ) ) ) )

Some people flat out did n't know what to do says Robert G. Lee vice president for emergency planning and corporate security at Great Western


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD turned ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN bank ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN hurt ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS vaults ) ) ( VP ( VBD withstood ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS jolts ) ) ) ) )

As it turned out bank employees were n't hurt and the vaults withstood the jolts


( SINV ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lee ) ) ( S-2 ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB educate ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN phone ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB somehow ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT some ) ( NN way ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN someone ) ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NN status ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still says Mr. Lee We need to educate people that they need to get to a phone somehow some way to let someone know what their status is


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ confident ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN prepared ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some companies are confident that they 're prepared


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Occidental ) ( NNP Petroleum ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( NP ( JJ regular ) ( NN evacuation ) ( NNS drills ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NNS stocks ) ( NP ( NP ( NN food ) ) ( NP ( NN oxygen ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ non-prescription ) ( NNS drugs ) ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS checkpoints ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ 16-story ) ( NNS headquarters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Occidental Petroleum Corp. holds regular evacuation drills and stocks food oxygen and non-prescription drugs at checkpoints in its 16-story headquarters


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ maintains ) ( NP ( JJ rechargeable ) ( NNS flashlights ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS offices ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ changes ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ standby ) ( NN supply ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN drinking ) ( NN water ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT every ) ( CD three ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) )

The company also maintains rechargeable flashlights in offices and changes its standby supply of drinking water every three months


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT an ) ( NNP Occidental ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

We feel we are doing everything we can an Occidental spokesman says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Walt ) ( NNP Disney ) ( NNP Co. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Disneyland ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Anaheim ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stocks ) ( NP ( NP ( NN rescue ) ( NN equipment ) ) ( NP ( JJ medical ) ( NNS supplies ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN food ) ( CC and ) ( NN water ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB feed ) ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD 10,000 ) ) ( NNS visitors ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( JJ long ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN event ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN calamity ) ) ( VP ( VBZ isolates ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN theme ) ( NN park ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Walt Disney Co. 's Disneyland in Anaheim Calif. stocks rescue equipment medical supplies and enough food and water to feed at least 10,000 visitors for as long as five days in the event that a calamity isolates the theme park


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN park ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NN emergency ) ( NNS centers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( RB specially ) ( VBN trained ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB coordinate ) ( NP ( NN evacuation ) ( CC and ) ( NN rescue ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS walkie-talkies ) ) ( NP ( JJ cellular ) ( NNS phones ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ public-address ) ( NN system ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The park also has emergency centers where specially trained employees would go to coordinate evacuation and rescue plans using walkie-talkies cellular phones and a public-address system


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS centers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ complete ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS maps ) ) ( VP ( VBG detailing ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN utility ) ( NNS lines ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN beneath ) ( NP ( NNS rides ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ safe ) ( NNS havens ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN assembled ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB away ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS structures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The centers are complete with maps detailing utility lines beneath rides and safe havens where people can be assembled away from major structures


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Vista ) ( NNP Chemical ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NN chemical ) ( NNS plants ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( CC and ) ( IN near ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Lake ) ( NNP Charles ) ) ( NP ( NNP La. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ prepares ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN hurricane ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ enters ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Gulf ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mexico ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Keith ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Fogg ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN company ) ( NN safety ) ( NN director ) ) ) )

Vista Chemical Co. with three chemical plants in and near Lake Charles La. prepares for every hurricane that enters the Gulf of Mexico says Keith L. Fogg a company safety director


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Hurricane ) ( NNP Hugo ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NNP Atlantic ) ( NN storm ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB affect ) ( NP ( NNP Vista ) ) ) ) )

Hurricane Hugo an Atlantic storm did n't affect Vista


( S ( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD two ) ( JJ other ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS storms ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN threatened ) ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ( ADVP-TMP-2 ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP-TMP-3 ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP=2 ( RBS most ) ( RB recently ) ) ( NP-SBJ=1 ( NNP Hurricane ) ( NNP Jerry ) ) ( NP-TMP=3 ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) )

But two other major storms have threatened operations so far this year most recently Hurricane Jerry this week


( S ( S ( SBAR-PRP ( IN Because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS hurricanes ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB change ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB rapidly ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ sends ) ( NP ( NNS employees ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NNS shuts ) ( PRT ( VBP down ) ) ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS stages ) ) ) ) ) ) ( X ( SBAR-ADV ( X ( DT the ) ( RBR closer ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN storm ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gets ) ) ) ) ( X ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ complete ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN shutdown ) ) ) )

Because hurricanes can change course rapidly the company sends employees home and shuts down operations in stages the closer a storm gets the more complete the shutdown


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB wait ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ final ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ready ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS hurricanes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company does n't wait until the final hours to get ready for hurricanes


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS tons ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS things ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN considered ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Fogg ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

There are just tons of things that have to be considered Mr. Fogg says


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Empty tank cars will float away on you if you get a big tidal surge


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Vista ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP realize ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ fortunate ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still Vista officials realize they 're relatively fortunate


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With a hurricane you know it 's coming


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( JJ precautionary ) ( NNS mechanisms ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN place ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ notes ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNP Vista ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) )

You have time to put precautionary mechanisms in place notes a Vista spokeswoman


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A situation like San Francisco is so frightening because there 's no warning


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( CD 1986 ) ( NN tax ) ( NN overhaul ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NN achievement ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ second ) ( NN term ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG beginning ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fall ) ( PRT ( RB apart ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN interest ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG lining ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN tax ) ( NNS goodies ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( DT all ) ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNP Capitol ) ( NNP Hill ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The 1986 tax overhaul the biggest achievement of President Reagan 's second term is beginning to fall apart and interest groups are lining up for tax goodies all over Capitol Hill


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN Real-estate ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG lobbying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB ease ) ( NP ( JJ anti-tax-shelter ) ( NNS rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Real-estate executives are lobbying to ease anti-tax-shelter rules


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Charitable groups are trying to reinstate the write-off for contributions made by individuals who do n't itemize their deductions


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Big ) ( NN auction ) ( NNS houses ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS collectibles ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NN eligible ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJR lower ) ( JJ capital-gains ) ( NNS taxes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Big auction houses want to make collectibles eligible for lower capital-gains taxes


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN heavy-industry ) ( NNS lobbyists ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quietly ) ) ( VP ( VBG discussing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN possibility ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG reinstating ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN investment ) ( NN tax ) ( NN credit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And heavy-industry lobbyists are quietly discussing the possibility of reinstating the investment tax credit


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Everything ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN up ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS grabs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Theodore ) ( NNP Groom ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lobbyist ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ mutual ) ( NN life-insurance ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) )

Everything is up for grabs says Theodore Groom a lobbyist for mutual life-insurance companies


( SINV ( VP ( VBZ Adds ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Juliano ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN head ) ( NN lobbyist ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN variety ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS interests ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB protect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tax ) ( NN deduction ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN travel ) ( CC and ) ( NN entertainment ) ( NNS expenses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ whole ) ( NN thing ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB wide ) ( JJ open ) ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adds Robert Juliano the head lobbyist for a variety of interests that want to protect the tax deduction for travel and entertainment expenses It appears as though the whole thing is wide open again


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The catalyst has been the congressional move to restore preferential tax treatment for capital gains an effort that is likely to succeed in this Congress


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Other fundamental reforms of the 1986 act have been threatened as well


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The House seriously considered raising the top tax rate paid by individuals with the highest incomes


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The Senate Finance Committee voted to expand the deduction for individual retirement accounts and also to bring back income averaging for farmers a tax preference that allows income to be spread out over several years


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As part of the same bill the finance panel also voted in favor of billions of dollars in narrow tax breaks for individuals and corporations in what committee member Sen. David Pryor D. Ark calls a feeding frenzy of special-interest legislating


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS beneficiaries ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB range ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN pineapple ) ( NNS growers ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ rich ) ( NNS grandparents ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ tuxedo-rental ) ( NNS shops ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The beneficiaries would range from pineapple growers to rich grandparents to tuxedo-rental shops


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To be sure the full Senate facing a fast-approaching budget deadline last Friday stripped away all of the tax breaks that were contained in the Finance Committee bill


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But lawmakers of both parties agree that the streamlining was temporary


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Other bills will be moving soon that are expected to carry many of the tax cuts including both the capital-gains and IRA provisions


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( DT any ) ( NN doubt ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN thread ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD '86 ) ( NN code ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ mighty ) ( NN tug ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Rep. ) ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP Downey ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP D. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP N.Y ) ) ) ) ) )

There is n't any doubt that the thread of the '86 code has been given a mighty tug says Rep. Thomas Downey D. N.Y


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN unraveling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You 'll see the annual unraveling of it


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RP back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ tax-give-away ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ select ) ( JJ few ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Rep. ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Gray ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Pennsylvania ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third-ranking ) ( NNP Democrat ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's back to tax-give-away time for the select few says Rep. William Gray of Pennsylvania the third-ranking Democrat in the House


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Referring to the chairmen of the Senate and House tax-writing committees he adds Next year every special-interest group is going to be there knocking on Lloyd Bentsen 's door on Danny Rostenkowski 's door


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Many ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ( NP-TMP ( DT that ) ( JJ long ) ) ) ) )

Many groups are n't waiting that long


( S ( NP-TMP ( RB Just ) ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT a ) ( NNP House ) ( NNP Ways ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Means ) ( NN subcommittee ) ) ( VP ( VBD held ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ lengthy ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hear ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS pleas ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ individual ) ( NNS cities ) ( NNS companies ) ( CC and ) ( NN interest ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB open ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( JJ special ) ( NNS loopholes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Just last week a House Ways and Means subcommittee held a lengthy meeting to hear the pleas of individual cities companies and interest groups who want to open their own special loopholes


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN Swiss-cheese ) ( NN factory ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN cheese ) ) ( VP ( VBZ smells ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB pretty ) ( JJ good ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD commented ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN veteran ) ( NN lobbyist ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG watching ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS proceedings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's a Swiss-cheese factory and the cheese smells pretty good commented one veteran lobbyist who was watching the proceedings


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( RB Even ) ( NNS lobbyists ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( NN industry ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS interests ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( ADVP ( RBS hardest ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1986 ) ( NN bill ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN encouraged ) ) ) )

Even lobbyists for heavy industry one of the interests hit hardest in the 1986 bill are encouraged


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The return of pro-investment tax breaks such as those for capital gains and IRAs creates more of a mood or a mindset that is helpful for getting better depreciation write-offs or investment credits says Paul Huard a vice president for the National Association of Manufacturers


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Corporate lobbyist Charls Walker is planning a spring conference to discuss what tax changes to make to improve competitiveness


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN reaction ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( VBN proposed ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN legislation ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS groups ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG lobbying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( ADJP ( JJ sure ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( PP-CLR ( RP off ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN gravy ) ( NN train ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In reaction to proposed capital-gains legislation groups are lobbying to make sure they are n't left off the gravy train


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Real-estate ) ( NNS interests ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG protesting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN omission ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN proposal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB include ) ( NP ( NN real-estate ) ( NNS gains ) ) ) ) ) )

Real-estate interests for example are protesting an omission in President Bush 's capital-gains proposal It does n't include real-estate gains


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If there is going to be a tax scheme that contemplates lower treatment of capital gains they certainly want to be part of it says real-estate lobbyist Wayne Thevenot of Concord Associates


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In the House-passed tax bill Mr. Thevenot got his wish real-estate assets are included in the capital-gains provision


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But Sotheby 's Christie 's and the National Association of Antique Dealers are still trying to get theirs


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They have sent a letter to congressional tax-writers asking that gains from the sale of collectibles also be given preferential treatment


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Collectibles should continue to be recognized as capital assets the letter states


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN talk ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ antithetical ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Tax ) ( NNP Reform ) ( NNP Act ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All of this talk is antithetical to the Tax Reform Act of 1986


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN exchange ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB dramatically ) ( JJR lower ) ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS rates ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS framers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN legislation ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sought ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB eliminate ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS exemptions ) ( NNS deductions ) ( CC and ) ( NNS credits ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS taxpayers ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN advantage ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In exchange for dramatically lower tax rates the framers of that legislation sought to eliminate most of the exemptions deductions and credits that gave some taxpayers an advantage over others


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN goal ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB tax ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB roughly ) ( JJ equivalent ) ) ( NNS incomes ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB equally ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB eliminate ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ many ) ( NNS shelters ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ wealthy ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB escape ) ( NP ( NNS taxes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The goal was to tax people with roughly equivalent incomes equally and to eliminate the many shelters that allowed the wealthy to escape taxes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD Two ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS ways ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNS tax-writers ) ) ( VP ( VBD managed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB attain ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS ends ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB scrap ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ preferential ) ( NN treatment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN capital ) ( NNS gains ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB curtail ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN use ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN paper ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VBN known ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ passive ) ( NNS losses ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS shelters ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ possible ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Two of the major ways that tax-writers managed to attain these ends were to scrap the preferential treatment of capital gains and to curtail the use of paper losses also known as passive losses that made many tax shelters possible


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Many ) ( JJ other ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN swept ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB away ) ) ) ) )

Many other tax benefits also were swept away


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT This ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN prodding ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ busy ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( JJ same ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS preferences ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-PUT ( RB back ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN code ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This year Congress with prodding from President Bush has been busy trying to put many of these same tax preferences back into the code


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB likely ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( JJ next ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN form ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN preference ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ passive-loss ) ( NN restoration ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN enacted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It appears likely that this year or next some form of capital-gains preference and passive-loss restoration will be enacted


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Other ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN restored ) ( CC and ) ( VBN created ) ) ) ) )

Other tax benefits probably will be restored and created


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ main ) ( NN obstacle ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG finding ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The main obstacle is finding a way to pay for them


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( CD '86 ) ( NN act ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN fluke ) ) ) )

The '86 act was a fluke


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( NP ( NN reform ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN revolution ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN overhaul ) ( NN advocate ) ( NNP Rep. ) ( NNP Willis ) ( NNP Gradison ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP R. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Ohio ) ) ) ) ) )

They wanted reform and they got a revolution says overhaul advocate Rep. Willis Gradison R. Ohio


( SQ ( ADVP ( RB So ) ) ( VBZ is ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN tax ) ( NN code ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ open ) ( NN game ) ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) )

So is the tax code now open game again


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Juliano ) ) ( VP ( VBZ thinks ) ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ) )

Mr. Juliano thinks so


( S ( NP-TMP ( CD One ) ( JJ recent ) ( NNP Saturday ) ( NN morning ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD stayed ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN inside ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Capitol ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG monitoring ) ( NP ( JJ tax-and-budget ) ( NNS talks ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG flying ) ( PP-DIR-2 ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ( PP-PRP-3 ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fund-raiser ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( PP-DIR=2 ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN hometown ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Chicago ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP=3 ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 30th ) ( NN reunion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP St. ) ( NNP Ignatius ) ( NNP High ) ( NNP School ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One recent Saturday morning he stayed inside the Capitol monitoring tax-and-budget talks instead of flying to San Francisco for a fund-raiser and then to his hometown of Chicago for the 30th reunion of St. Ignatius High School


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ old ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB waste ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN weekend ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ 48-year-old ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Juliano ) ) ( VP ( VBZ moans ) ) )

I 'm too old to waste a weekend but that 's what I did the 48-year-old Mr. Juliano moans


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT These ) ( NNS days ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN anything ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB happen ) ) ) )

These days anything can happen


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mercury ) ( NNP Savings ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Loan ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD retained ) ( NP ( NNP Merrill ) ( NNP Lynch ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP Markets ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN lead ) ( NN investment ) ( NN banker ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB advise ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( VBG regarding ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ possible ) ( NX ( NX ( NN sale ) ) ( CC or ) ( NX ( JJ other ) ( NN combination ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Huntington ) ( NNP Beach ) ( NNP Calif. ) ) ( NN thrift ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mercury Savings & Loan Association said it retained Merrill Lynch Capital Markets as its lead investment banker to advise it regarding a possible sale or other combination of the Huntington Beach Calif. thrift


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mercury ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 24 ) ( NNS branches ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP California ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN action ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB improve ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ regulatory ) ( NN capital ) ( NN position ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN related ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB directly ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN capital ) ( NNS requirements ) ) ( VP ( VBN mandated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( ADJP ( RB recently ) ( VBN adopted ) ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN legislation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mercury which has assets of more than 2 billion and 24 branches in California said the action to improve its regulatory capital position is related directly to new capital requirements mandated by recently adopted federal legislation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mercury ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD extended ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ two-year ) ( JJ advisory ) ( NN relationship ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Montgomery ) ( NNP Securities ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mercury also said it extended its two-year advisory relationship with Montgomery Securities of San Francisco


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mercury ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN stock ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 4.875 ) ) ) ( ADJP-CLR ( JJ unchanged ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mercury 's stock closed yesterday at 4.875 unchanged in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NNS Vietnamese ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT these ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ tricky ) ( PRN ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ treacherous ) ) ) ( NNS times ) ) ) )

For Vietnamese these are tricky often treacherous times


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN hesitation ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( ADJP ( JJ economic ) ( CC and ) ( JJ political ) ) ( NN reform ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN embraced ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( VBG ringing ) ( NNS declarations ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP ( RB yet ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN translated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ much ) ( NN action ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After years of hesitation economic and political reform was embraced at the end of 1986 but ringing declarations have yet to be translated into much action


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Vietnam ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG finding ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG turning ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ stagnant ) ( JJ socialist ) ( NN order ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ dynamic ) ( JJ free ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB easy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Vietnam is finding that turning a stagnant socialist order into a dynamic free market does n't come easy


( SINV ( ADVP-LOC-PRD-TPC-1 ( RB Here ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( SBAR-SBJ ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD three ) ( NNS Vietnamese ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG coping ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN change ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Here is how three Vietnamese are coping with change


( NP-HLN ( DT The ) ( NN Tire ) ( NN King ) )

The Tire King


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( VBG living ) ( NN proof ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ old ) ( NNS ways ) ) ( VP ( VBP die ) ( ADVP-MNR ( JJ hard ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nguyen Van Chan is living proof that old ways die hard


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN oddity ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Hanoi ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ private ) ( NN entrepreneur ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Chan used to be an oddity in Hanoi a private entrepreneur


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NN business ) ( NN success ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ official ) ( NN target ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ pre-reform ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) )

His business success made him an official target in pre-reform days


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( RRC ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 64 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD invented ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fountain ) ( NN pen ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP he ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN family ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD produced ) ( PP-MNR ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ plastic ) ( NN waste ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Chan now 64 years old invented a fountain pen he and his family produced from plastic waste


( S ( ADVP ( RB Later ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD marketed ) ( NP ( NN glue ) ) ) )

Later he marketed glue


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NNS products ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB immensely ) ( JJ popular ) ) ) )

Both products were immensely popular


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS troubles ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN jailed ) ( NP-TMP ( CD three ) ( NNS times ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN between ) ( NP ( CD 1960 ) ( CC and ) ( CD 1974 ) ) ) ) ) )

For his troubles Mr. Chan was jailed three times between 1960 and 1974


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP$ his ) ( NN operation ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN registered ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( NP ( JJ only ) ( NN scrap ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN accused ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG conducting ) ( NP ( JJ illegal ) ( NN business ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG possessing ) ( NP ( JJ illegal ) ( NNS materials ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Though his operation was registered and used only scrap he was accused of conducting illegal business and possessing illegal materials


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Once ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN charged ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Once he was held for three months without being charged


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Things ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN supposed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB change ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ economic ) ( NNS reforms ) ) ( VP ( VBD gathered ) ( NP ( NN pace ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( ADVP ( RB awhile ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) )

Things were supposed to change when Vietnam 's economic reforms gathered pace and for awhile they did


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG experimenting ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VBD produced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ heavy-duty ) ( NN bicycle ) ( NN tire ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD outlasted ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ state-produced ) ( NN rival ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After years of experimenting Mr. Chan produced a heavy-duty bicycle tire that outlasted its state-produced rival


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN By ) ( NP ( CD 1982 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS thousands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS tires ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By 1982 he was selling thousands of tires


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Newspapers ) ) ( VP ( VBD published ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS articles ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN hailed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tire ) ( NN king ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Newspapers published articles about him and he was hailed as the tire king


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NNS efforts ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD earned ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ gold ) ( NN medal ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ national ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD attracted ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN renewed ) ( NN attention ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ local ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His efforts earned a gold medal at a national exhibition and attracted renewed attention from local authorities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN District ) ( NNS police ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1983 ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD descended ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ suburban ) ( NN home ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP he ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ large ) ( NN family ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NN residence ) ( CC and ) ( NN factory ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD demanded ) ( NP ( NN proof ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ( CC and ) ( NN equipment ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ his ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

District police in 1983 descended on his suburban home which he and his large family used as both residence and factory and demanded proof the house and equipment were his


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD produced ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) )

He produced it


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD won ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

That was the first time they lost and I won he says


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RBR further ) ) ( VP ( VBN questioned ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB determine ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ real ) ( VBG working ) ( NN man ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN exploiter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He was further questioned to determine if he was a real working man or an exploiter


( SINV ( VP ( VBZ Says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( S-2 ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD showed ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( JJ own ) ( NN brain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) )

Says Mr. Chan When I showed it was from my own brain they lost for the second time


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS days ) ) ( RBR later ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN police ) ) ( VP ( VBD accused ) ( NP-1 ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG stealing ) ( NP ( NN electricity ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG acquiring ) ( NP ( NN rubber ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN without ) ( NP ( NN permission ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( VBN stolen ) ( NN property ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But a few days later the police accused him of stealing electricity acquiring rubber without permission and buying stolen property


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBD Warned ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN jailed ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD fled ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN countryside ) ) ) ) )

Warned he was to be jailed again he fled to the countryside


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ His ) ( NN family ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS hours ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB leave ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( RB before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ( CC and ) ( NNS contents ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN confiscated ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His family was given three hours to leave before the house and contents were confiscated


( S ( PP ( IN With ) ( NP ( NP ( RB only ) ( DT the ) ( NNS clothes ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG wearing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN family ) ( NNS members ) ) ( VP ( VBD moved ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN home ) ) ( VP ( VBN owned ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS sons ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

With only the clothes they were wearing family members moved to a home owned by one of Mr. Chan 's sons


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( CD six ) ( NNS months ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN run ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VBD learned ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN order ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN arrest ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN canceled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After six months on the run Mr. Chan learned the order for his arrest had been canceled


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD rejoined ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN family ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ( CD 1984 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ long ) ( NN struggle ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN justice ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG pressing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everyone ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Hanoi ) ( JJ municipal ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP National ) ( NNP Assembly ) ( NNS deputies ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN restoration ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS rights ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He rejoined his family in January 1984 and began the long struggle for justice pressing everyone from Hanoi municipal officials to National Assembly deputies for restoration of his rights


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP He ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN family ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD kept ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB afloat ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG repairing ) ( NP ( NNS bicycles ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( NN fruit ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( NP ( JJ odd ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He and his family kept afloat by repairing bicycles selling fruit and doing odd jobs


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD achieved ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN breakthrough ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ minor ) ( NN celebrity ) ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ his ) ( NN story ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN published ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weekly ) ( NN newspaper ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Chan achieved a breakthrough in 1987 and became a minor celebrity again when his story was published in a weekly newspaper


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NP ( CD 18 ) ( NNS months ) ) ( RB after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ sixth ) ( NN congress ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB formally ) ) ( VP ( VBD endorsed ) ( NP ( JJ family-run ) ( JJ private ) ( NN enterprise ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN district ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB resume ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1988 18 months after the sixth congress formally endorsed family-run private enterprise district authorities allowed Mr. Chan to resume work


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN By ) ( NP ( JJ late ) ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN invited ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tire ) ( NN king ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB display ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS products ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ national ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

By late last year he was invited back as the tire king to display his products at a national exhibition


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ National ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( VP ( VBD stopped ) ( PP-LOC ( IN by ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN stand ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB commend ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS achievements ) ) ) ) ) ) )

National leaders stopped by his stand to commend his achievements


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ produces ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 1,000 ) ( NN bicycle ) ( CC and ) ( NN motorbike ) ( VBZ tires ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1,000 ) ( NNS tins ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ tire-patching ) ( NN glue ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN son ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ small ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Chan now produces 1,000 bicycle and motorbike tires a month and 1,000 tins of tire-patching glue in the son 's small house


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD Eighteen ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP pack ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD two ) ( NNS rooms ) ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS Chans ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD four ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( CD 10 ) ( NNS children ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS spouses ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( CD eight ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 22 ) ( NNS grandchildren ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Eighteen people pack the house 's two rooms the Chans four of their 10 children with spouses and eight of 22 grandchildren


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Most ) ) ( VP ( VBP sleep ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ) )

Most sleep on the floor


( S ( PP-TMP ( VBN Come ) ( NP ( NN daybreak ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD eight ) ( NN family ) ( NNS members ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS workers ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP unroll ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sheet ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ raw ) ( NN rubber ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBZ covers ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN floor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ spills ) ( ADVP ( IN out ) ) ( PP ( IN onto ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN street ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Come daybreak eight family members and two other workers unroll a sheet of raw rubber that covers the floor of the house and spills out onto the street


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ primitive ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP burst ) ( PP-DIR ( IN out ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ back ) ( NN door ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NN courtyard ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT an ) ( JJ ancient ) ( NN press ) ) ( VP ( VBZ squeezes ) ( NP ( NN rubber ) ( NN solution ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ flat ) ( NN strip ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( ADJP ( RB newly ) ( VBN made ) ) ( NNS tires ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN cooled ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bathtub ) ) ( VP ( VBN filled ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN water ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The primitive operations also burst out the back door into a small courtyard where an ancient press squeezes rubber solution into a flat strip and newly made tires are cooled in a bathtub filled with water


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Chan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ talks ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB optimistically ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG expanding ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB maybe ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VBG moving ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ import-export ) ( NN field ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Chan talks optimistically of expanding maybe even moving into the import-export field


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB First ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( JJ unfinished ) ( NN business ) ) ) )

First however he has unfinished business


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN district ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB resume ) ( NP ( VBG manufacturing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD released ) ( NP ( NP ( RB only ) ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS machines ) ) ) ) ) )

When district authorities allowed him to resume manufacturing they released only one of his machines


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB return ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rubber ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP represent ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN capital ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They did n't return the rubber stocks that represent his capital


( SINV ( CC Nor ) ( VBD did ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VB return ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN house ) ( CC and ) ( NNS contents ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ values ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 44,000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nor did they return his house and contents which he values at about 44,000


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB recover ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( RB just ) ( PRP$ his ) ( NN property ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ) )

He wants to recover more than just his property though


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN dignity ) ) ( PRT ( RB back ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I want my dignity back he says


The Editor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP Ngoc ) ) ( VP ( VBD seemed ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ obvious ) ( NN choice ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Vietnamese ) ( NNP Writers ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN editor ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reform ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ weekly ) ( NN newspaper ) ) ( NP ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Nghe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nguyen Ngoc seemed an obvious choice when the Vietnamese Writers Association was looking for a new editor to reform its weekly newspaper Van Nghe


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ sixth ) ( NN congress ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS journalists ) ) ( VP ( VBD seized ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN opportunity ) ) ( VP ( VBN provided ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN liberalization ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB probe ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB previously ) ( JJ taboo ) ) ( NNS subjects ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After the sixth congress journalists seized the opportunity provided by the liberalization to probe previously taboo subjects


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ngoc ) ) ( NP ( CD 57 ) ( NNS years ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( JJ solid ) ( JJ reformist ) ( NNS credentials ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN lost ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ official ) ( NN position ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN association ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP he ) ( RB early ) ( NNS 1980s ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD questioned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN intrusion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS politics ) ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN literature ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Ngoc 57 years old had solid reformist credentials He had lost his official position in the association in he early 1980s because he questioned the intrusion of politics into literature


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Appointed ) ( NP ( NP ( NN editor ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ngoc ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB rapidly ) ) ( VP ( VBD turned ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ staid ) ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Nghe ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS hottest ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) )

Appointed editor in chief in July 1987 Mr. Ngoc rapidly turned the staid Van Nghe into Vietnam 's hottest paper


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Circulation ) ) ( VP ( VBD soared ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN weekly ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-DIR ( ADVP ( NN way ) ) ( IN beyond ) ( NP ( JJ standard ) ( JJ literary ) ( NNS themes ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cover ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Vietnamese ) ( NN society ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS ills ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Circulation soared as the weekly went way beyond standard literary themes to cover Vietnamese society and its ills


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Readers ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN electrified ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN paper ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN audacity ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN appalled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ dark ) ( NN side ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD uncovered ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Readers were electrified by the paper 's audacity and appalled by the dark side of life it uncovered


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN article ) ) ( VP ( VBD recounted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ decade-long ) ( NN struggle ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN wounded ) ( NN soldier ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prove ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB officially ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ alive ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One article recounted a decade-long struggle by a wounded soldier to prove officially he was alive


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Another ) ) ( VP ( VBD described ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ tax-collection ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Thanh ) ( NNP Hoa ) ( NN province ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( CD one ) ( NN night ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD stormed ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NNS homes ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD confiscated ) ( NP ( NN rice ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( VBG starving ) ( NNS villagers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Another described how tax-collection officials in Thanh Hoa province one night stormed through homes and confiscated rice from starving villagers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN newspaper ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD ran ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN series ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ controversial ) ( JJ short ) ( NNS stories ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP Huy ) ( NNP Thiep ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NN history ) ( NN teacher ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBD stirred ) ( NP ( NN debate ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN interpretation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Vietnamese ) ( NN culture ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB thinly ) ( VBN veiled ) ) ( NN swipe ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS writers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN blocked ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN entry ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ official ) ( NN association ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The newspaper also ran a series of controversial short stories by Nguyen Huy Thiep a former history teacher who stirred debate over his interpretation of Vietnamese culture and took a thinly veiled swipe at writers who had blocked his entry into their official association


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Nghe ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quickly ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( JJ influential ) ( NNS enemies ) ) ) )

Van Nghe quickly made influential enemies


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT Those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP manage ) ( NP ( NN ideology ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS writers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD reacted ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB badly ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN restyled ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Lai ) ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP An ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ literary ) ( NN critic ) ) ) )

Those who manage ideology and a large number of writers reacted badly to the restyled paper says Lai Nguyen An a literary critic


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS months ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ internal ) ( NNS rumblings ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ngoc ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN fired ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NNP December ) ) ) ) )

After months of internal rumblings Mr. Ngoc was fired last December


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NN dismissal ) ) ( VP ( VBD triggered ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN furor ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( NNS intellectuals ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His dismissal triggered a furor among intellectuals that continues today


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ngoc ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Nghe ) ) ( VP ( VBD protected ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS people ) ) ( CONJP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP Duy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN poet ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN paper ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN bureau ) ( NN chief ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ southern ) ( NNP Vietnam ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under Mr. Ngoc Van Nghe protected the people instead of the government says Nguyen Duy a poet who is the paper 's bureau chief for southern Vietnam


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN paper ) ) ( VP ( VBD reflected ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN truth ) ) ) )

The paper reflected the truth


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN leadership ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ painful ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bear ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the leadership that was too painful to bear


( NP-HLN ( DT The ) ( NN Billionaire ) )

The Billionaire


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP Thi ) ( NNP Thi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN entrepreneur ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1980s ) ) ) ) ) )

Nguyen Thi Thi is Vietnam 's entrepreneur of the 1980s


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Her ) ( NN challenge ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN fledgling ) ( NN empire ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN top ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1990s ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Her challenge is to keep her fledgling empire on top in the 1990s


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Thi ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB wait ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS reforms ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN start ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mrs. Thi did n't wait for the reforms to get her start


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD charged ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB ahead ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN law ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB establish ) ( NP ( NNP Hochiminh ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP Food ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NN rice ) ( NN dealer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She charged ahead of the government and the law to establish Hochiminh City Food Co. as the biggest rice dealer in the country


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Her ) ( NN success ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD included ) ( S ( VP ( VBG alleviating ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ urban ) ( NN food ) ( NN shortage ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ early ) ( CD 1980s ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( VP ( VB persuade ) ( NP-2 ( NNP Hanoi ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN reform ) ( NN path ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Her success which included alleviating an urban food shortage in the early 1980s helped persuade Hanoi to take the reform path


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Her ) ( NN story ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG becoming ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ local ) ( NN folklore ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Her story is becoming part of local folklore


( S ( NP ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ lifelong ) ( NN revolutionary ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NN education ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD fought ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS French ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ U.S.-backed ) ( NNP Saigon ) ( NN regime ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD switched ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB effortlessly ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN commerce ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN war ) ) ) ) )

A lifelong revolutionary with little education who fought both the French and the U.S.-backed Saigon regime she switched effortlessly to commerce after the war


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Her ) ( NNS instincts ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ capitalistic ) ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN background ) ) ) ) )

Her instincts were capitalistic despite her background


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD rode ) ( PP-DIR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNS regulations ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB only ) ( PRP$ her ) ( NN friendship ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN party ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nguyen ) ( NNP Van ) ( NNP Linh ) ) ( RRC ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ho ) ( NNP Chi ) ( NNP Minh ) ( NNP City ) ( NN party ) ( NN secretary ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD kept ) ( NP ( PRP her ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN jail ) ) ) ) ) )

As she rode over regulations only her friendship with party leaders including Nguyen Van Linh then Ho Chi Minh City party secretary kept her out of jail


( S ( PP-TMP ( VBG Following ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Linh ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN appointment ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ secretary-general ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN party ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ sixth ) ( NN congress ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Thi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN darling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( FW doi ) ( FW moi ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Vietnamese ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( FW perestroika ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Following Mr. Linh 's appointment as secretary-general of the party at the sixth congress Mrs. Thi has become the darling of doi moi the Vietnamese version of perestroika


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN steered ) ( NP-1 ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS reporters ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN office ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN example ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN thinking ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The authorities have steered foreign reporters to her office to see an example of the new way of thinking


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Foreign ) ( NNS publications ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN responded ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS articles ) ) ( VP ( VBG declaring ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS richest ) ( NN woman ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Foreign publications have responded with articles declaring her Vietnam 's richest woman


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP me ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ communist ) ( NN billionaire ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( NP ( NNS visitors ) ) ) ) )

Some people call me the communist billionaire she has told visitors


( S ( ADVP ( RB Actually ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ 67-year-old ) ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Thi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB about ) ( RB as ) ( JJ poor ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( RB almost ) ( NN everyone ) ( RB else ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ impoverished ) ( NN land ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Actually 67-year-old Mrs. Thi is about as poor as almost everyone else in this impoverished land


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB indeed ) ) ( VP ( VBN turned ) ( NP ( NNP Hochiminh ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP Food ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG budding ) ( NN conglomerate ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ state-owned ) ) ) ) )

She has indeed turned Hochiminh City Food into a budding conglomerate but the company itself remains state-owned


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ manages ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN title ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN general-director ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She manages it with the title of general-director


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN heart ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN purchase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN rice ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS commodities ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN corn ) ( CC and ) ( NN coffee ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS farmers ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN south ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG paying ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN fertilizer ) ) ( NP ( NN farm ) ( NNS tools ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS items ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The heart of the business is the purchase of rice and other commodities such as corn and coffee from farmers in the south paying with fertilizer farm tools and other items


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Hochiminh ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP Food ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD bought ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( CD million ) ( JJ metric ) ( NNS tons ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBN unhusked ) ( NN rice ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 10 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN output ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Last year Hochiminh City Food says it bought two million metric tons of unhusked rice more than 10 % of the country 's output


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ operates ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fleet ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS trucks ) ( CC and ) ( NNS boats ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB transport ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS commodities ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS warehouses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company operates a fleet of trucks and boats to transport the commodities to its warehouses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( JJ subsidiary ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ processes ) ( NP ( NNS commodities ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS foods ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN instant ) ( NNS noodles ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rice ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ vast ) ( JJ retail ) ( NN network ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A subsidiary company processes commodities into foods such as instant noodles that are sold with the rice through a vast retail network


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Thi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN started ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB diversify ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 20 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB newly ) ( VBN established ) ) ( ADJP ( RB partly ) ( JJ private ) ) ( ADJP ( NNP Industrial ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Commercial ) ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG setting ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saigon ) ( NNP Petro ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( CC and ) ( VBZ operates ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( NN oil ) ( NN refinery ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In recent years Mrs. Thi has started to diversify the company taking a 20 % stake in newly established partly private Industrial and Commercial Bank and setting up Saigon Petro which owns and operates Vietnam 's first oil refinery


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Thi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Hochiminh ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP Food ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( NP ( JJ pretax ) ( NN profit ) ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 60 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN equivalent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 2.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 150 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mrs. Thi says Hochiminh City Food last year increased pretax profit 60 % to the equivalent of about 2.7 million on sales of 150 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT both ) ( NN revenue ) ( CC and ) ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB gain ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She expects both revenue and profit to gain this year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB almost ) ( JJ cavalier ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN possibility ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS reforms ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS rivals ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN home ) ( NN turf ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She is almost cavalier about the possibility Vietnam 's reforms will create rivals on her home turf


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB mind ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN competition ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN inside ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I do n't mind the competition inside the country she says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP am ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ afraid ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vietnam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ poor-quality ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB compete ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ neighboring ) ( NNS countries ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I am only afraid that with Vietnam 's poor-quality products we ca n't compete with neighboring countries


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Hunt ) ( NNS brothers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN bankruptcy ) ( NNS cases ) ) ( VP ( VBP sputter ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ second ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Minpeco ) ( NNP S.A. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN proposed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN deal ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB settle ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ huge ) ( NN claim ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN troubled ) ( NNP Texas ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS men ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As the Hunt brothers ' personal bankruptcy cases sputter into their second year Minpeco S.A. has proposed a deal to settle its huge claim against the troubled Texas oil men


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VBZ threatens ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB heighten ) ( NP ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN tension ) ( CC and ) ( NN confusion ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB already ) ) ( VBG surrounding ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS cases ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN filed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the plan only threatens to heighten the tension and confusion already surrounding the cases that were filed in September 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ Peruvian ) ( NN mineral ) ( NN concern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 251 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN claim ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stems ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ( NN jury ) ( NN award ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( VBG stemming ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS brothers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( VBN alleged ) ( NNS attempts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB corner ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1979-80 ) ( NN silver ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Peruvian mineral concern 's 251 million claim stems from 1988 jury award in a case stemming from the brothers ' alleged attempts to corner the 1979-80 silver market


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Minpeco ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ willing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB settle ) ( PP-CLR ( RP for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN up ) ( TO to ) ( CD 65.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN brother ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ actual ) ( NN amount ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB much ) ( JJR less ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Minpeco now says it is willing to settle for up to 65.7 million from each brother although the actual amount would probably be much less


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN approved ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ federal ) ( NNP Judge ) ( NNP Harold ) ( NNP C. ) ( NNP Abramson ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP W. ) ( NNP Herbert ) ( NNP Hunt ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Peruvian ) ( NN mineral ) ( NN concern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN proposal ) ) ) ) ) )

Although the proposal must be approved by federal Judge Harold C. Abramson W. Herbert Hunt has agreed to the Peruvian mineral concern 's proposal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nelson ) ( NNP Bunker ) ( NNP Hunt ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG considering ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN attorney ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ jeopardizes ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ tentative ) ( NN settlement ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Internal ) ( NNP Revenue ) ( NNP Service ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBZ claims ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS brothers ) ) ( VP ( VBP owe ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ back ) ( NNS taxes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( ADVP ( RB far ) ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NN creditor ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS cases ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nelson Bunker Hunt is considering it although his attorney says he wo n't do it if the proposal jeopardizes a tentative settlement he has reached with the Internal Revenue Service which claims the brothers owe 1 billion in back taxes and is by far the biggest creditor in both cases


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN tentative ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP IRS ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Nelson ) ( NNP Bunker ) ( NNP Hunt ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG awaiting ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Department ) ( NN approval ) ) ) ) )

The tentative agreement between the IRS and Nelson Bunker Hunt is awaiting U.S. Justice Department approval


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ former ) ( NN billionaire ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN liquidated ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP IRS ) ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 80 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS proceeds ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( VP ( NN being ) ( VP ( VBN divided ) ( PP-CLR ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS creditors ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Minpeco ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Manufacturers ) ( NNP Hanover ) ( NNP Trust ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG seeking ) ( NP ( NP ( NN repayment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 36 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN loan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under it the former billionaire 's assets would be liquidated with the IRS getting 80 % of the proceeds and the rest being divided among other creditors including Minpeco and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. which is seeking repayment of a 36 million loan