( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS Representatives ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG accounting ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Ernst ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Young ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS securities ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Goldman ) ( NNP Sachs ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN hired ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB consult ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ financial ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN committee ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ private ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS latest ) ( NN plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB emerge ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN bankruptcy-law ) ( NN protection ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB far ) ( JJR riskier ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJR earlier ) ( CD one ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD won ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS creditors ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN approval ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Representatives of the accounting firm of Ernst & Young and the securities firm of Goldman Sachs & Co. hired by creditors to consult on Eastern 's financial plans told the committee in a private meeting yesterday that Eastern 's latest plan to emerge from bankruptcy-law protection is far riskier than an earlier one which won the creditors ' approval


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According to one person present at the meeting Eastern 's new plan is financially overly optimistic


( S ( S ( VP ( VBN Asked ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS consultants ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS reports ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT an ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB totally ) ) ( VBP disagree ) ) ) ) ) )

Asked about the consultants ' reports an Eastern spokeswoman said we totally disagree


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN oversimplified ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ erroneous ) ( NNS assumptions ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NN analysis ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB completely ) ( JJ off-base ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She said they have oversimplified and made some erroneous assumptions that make their analysis completely off-base


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ later ) ( NN news ) ( NN conference ) ( RB here ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Frank ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN parent ) ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Air ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG exceeding ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS goals ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADVP-CLR ( NN back ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( NN operation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB emerge ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NN Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ( NN protection ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RB early ) ( IN next ) ( NN year ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG operating ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN service ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP ( RB originally ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN scheduled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At a later news conference here Frank Lorenzo chairman of Eastern 's parent Texas Air Corp. said Eastern was exceeding its goals for getting back into operation and predicted it would emerge from Chapter 11 protection from creditors early next year operating with more service than it originally had scheduled


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD insisted ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( IN before ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS creditors ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( ADJP ( JJ full ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He insisted as he has before that creditors would be paid in full under the plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN mention ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ negative ) ( NN response ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Lorenzo made no mention of creditors ' negative response to his plan


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN process ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG discussing ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBN amended ) ( NN plan ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP anticipate ) ( S ( VP ( VBG filing ) ( NP ( IN that ) ( VBN amended ) ( NN plan ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB shortly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( NNS reporters ) ) ) )

We 're in the process of discussing an amended plan with the creditors and anticipate filing that amended plan shortly Mr. Lorenzo told reporters


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG meeting ) ( CC and ) ( VBG surpassing ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NNS goals ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ) )

We 're meeting and surpassing our goals he added


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In July Eastern and its creditors agreed on a reorganization plan that called for Eastern to sell 1.8 billion in assets and to emerge from bankruptcy-law protection at two-thirds its former size


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pieces ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP East ) ( NNP Coast ) ( NN shuttle ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Philadelphia ) ( NN hub ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ various ) ( NNS planes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG stumbling ) ( NN block ) ) ) )

But after selling off pieces such as its East Coast shuttle its Philadelphia hub and various planes Eastern hit a stumbling block


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It could n't sell its South American routes one of the major assets marked for disposal


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Those routes valued by the creditors ' professionals at about 400 million were to be sold to AMR Corp. 's American Airlines


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A last-minute snag in negotiations with AMR over an unrelated lawsuit between American and another Texas Air unit caused the deal to collapse


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Eastern ultimately decided it would have to keep and operate the routes itself which would leave it with less cash for its reorganization


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It also would leave Eastern a bigger carrier than the scaled-down one proposed under the initial plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Those ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN condition ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD meant ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN reorganization ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB previously ) ) ( VBN presented ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN revamped ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Those changes in its condition meant the reorganization plan previously presented to creditors would have to be revamped


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Since ) ( NP ( RB then ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG negotiating ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNS revisions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS creditors ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG having ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS problems ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS revisions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Since then Eastern has been negotiating with creditors over revisions but the creditors committee has been having problems with the revisions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS experts ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( PP ( IN on ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB analyze ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The committee has two groups of experts it calls on to analyze Eastern 's plans


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB work ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both said the new plan would n't work


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ernst ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Young ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB miss ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS projections ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS earnings ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NN interest ) ( NN tax ) ( CC and ) ( NN depreciation ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN by ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 100 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBD presented ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN comfort ) ( NN level ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN source ) ) ( ADJP ( NN present ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NN yesterday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN session ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ernst & Young said Eastern 's plans will miss its projections of earnings before interest tax and depreciation by 100 million and that Eastern 's plan presented no comfort level according to a source present at yesterday 's session


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Experts ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Goldman ) ( NNP Sachs ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD estimated ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB miss ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN mark ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN by ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 120 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 135 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN source ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Experts from Goldman Sachs estimated Eastern would miss the same mark by 120 million to 135 million the source said


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The experts said they expected Eastern would have to issue new debt to cover its costs and that it would generate far less cash than anticipated


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Other ) ( NNS costs ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ) ( PP-1 ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NN maintenance ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJR older ) ( NN fleet ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Other costs also would increase including maintenance because Eastern has an older fleet


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN news ) ( NN conference ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Phil ) ( NNP Bakes ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD presented ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( JJ far ) ( JJR rosier ) ) ( NN assessment ) ) ) )

At the news conference Mr. Lorenzo and Eastern President Phil Bakes presented a far rosier assessment


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Flanked ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NN flight ) ( NNS attendants ) ) ( NP ( NNS pilots ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN gate ) ( NNS agents ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN dressed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ spiffy ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ blue ) ( NNS uniforms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN exceeded ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ operational ) ( NNS goals ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG filling ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS seats ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Flanked by flight attendants pilots and gate agents dressed in spiffy new blue uniforms they said Eastern has exceeded its operational goals and is filling its seats


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Starting ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( S ( VP ( VBG flying ) ( NP ( CD 775 ) ( NNS flights ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB daily ) ) ( PP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB previously ) ( VBN announced ) ) ( CD 700 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Starting next month Eastern will begin flying 775 flights daily instead of the previously announced 700 they said


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bakes ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( ADVP-CLR ( IN out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ daily ) ( NNS losses ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB dip ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cash ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN asset ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VBN held ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN escrow ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Bakes declined to give out Eastern 's daily losses but said he did n't expect Eastern would have to dip into the cash from asset sales currently held in escrow


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT These ) ( NNS accounts ) ) ( VP ( VBP hold ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( CD hundred ) ( CD million ) ( NNS dollars ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB primarily ) ) ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN asset ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) )

These accounts hold several hundred million dollars primarily from asset sales


( S-3 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN plan ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hopes ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pursue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( VP ( NNS calls ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 390 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN end ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The plan Eastern hopes to pursue he said calls for Eastern to have 390 million in cash by year 's end


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP he ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT that ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN confirmed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both he and Mr. Lorenzo predicted that plan might be confirmed in January


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS negotiations ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS remarks ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN conference ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP they ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNS talks ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP come ) ( PRT ( RP along ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As to negotiations with creditors Mr. Lorenzo said in remarks after the conference we 'll have to see how they talks come along


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( RB not ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN requirement ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN accepted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However he added it 's not a requirement that the plan be accepted by creditors


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN accepted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN court ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It must be accepted by the court


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( NN bankruptcy ) ( NN law ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ exclusive ) ( NNS rights ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ certain ) ( NN period ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ( NN reorganization ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under bankruptcy law Eastern has exclusive rights for a certain period to develop its own reorganization plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN deadline ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN extended ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN extended ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That deadline has been extended once and could be extended again


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NN creditor ) ( NN support ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN court ) ( NN confirmation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ swift ) ) ) ) )

If Eastern can get creditor support court confirmation of its plan could be relatively swift


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS creditors ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ free ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB press ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN court ) ( NN approval ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN court ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VP ( VB ignore ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS sides ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB draw ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But creditors are free to press for court approval of their own plan or the court could ignore both sides and draw its own


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN event ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ familiar ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( NN question ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN court ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB act ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBN forecast ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bakes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In any event some people familiar with the case question whether the court will act by January as forecast by Mr. Lorenzo and Mr. Bakes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBD sought ) ( NP ( NN bankruptcy-law ) ( NN protection ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS days ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ crippling ) ( NN strike ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP March ) ( CD 4 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Eastern sought bankruptcy-law protection a few days after a crippling strike began March 4


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lorenzo ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( NNS reporters ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN reorganization ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Eastern ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG pursuing ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN carrier ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 85 ) ( NN % ) ( TO to ) ( CD 90 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN size ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pre-bankruptcy ) ( NNP Eastern ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Lorenzo told reporters the reorganization Eastern is pursuing would create a carrier 85 % to 90 % of the size of the pre-bankruptcy Eastern


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He projected it would be operating about 1,000 flights a day by late spring only slightly fewer than the carrier 's old volume of 1,050 a day


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Amstrad PLC a British maker of computer hardware and communications equipment posted a 52 % plunge in pretax profit for the latest year


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The 76.6 million 120.6 million in pretax profit for the 12 months to June 30 was down from 160 million 252 million a year earlier and below market expectations of 80 million and 90 million


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The slump in profit which came despite steady sales was attributed to increased costs for parts and problems with model introductions


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Amstrad 's profit after taxes fell a similarly steep 51 % to 51.1 million from 105 million a year earlier


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Sales edged up fractionally to 626.3 million from 625.4 million a year earlier


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Procter & Gamble Co. Cincinnati expanding its presence in the food service market said it acquired Maryland Club Foods a coffee supplier from an investor group led by F. Philip Handy of Winter Park Fla


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

Terms were n't disclosed


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Houston-based Maryland Club Foods which had sales of about 200 million last year sells coffee under the Maryland Club and Butter-Nut brands to restaurants hotels offices and airlines


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The acquisition gives us additional production capacity for the food service coffee business and a stronger distribution network a P&G spokesman said


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P&G already sells its Folgers ground roast coffee to food service concerns but not to as many markets as Maryland Club


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For example P&G up until now has n't sold coffee to airlines and does only limited business with hotels and large restaurant chains


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Maryland Club also distributes tea which fits well with P&G 's Tender Leaf brand and hot cocoa products


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The company said the acquisition has been completed and reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission


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The purchase includes a coffee-roasting plant in Omaha Neb. and a leased facility in Houston


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Control Data Corp. Minneapolis signed a joint development agreement with MIPS Computer Systems Inc. to incorporate an emerging computing architecture in future machines


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MIPS is a leader in what is known as reduced-instruction set computing or RISC a technology combining microprocessors and sophisticated software


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In joining MIPS Control Data follows several competitors in embracing RISC as a new design approach


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Digital Equipment Corp. Tandem Computers Inc. NEC Corp. and Group Bull among others have similar arrangements with MIPs based in Sunnyvale Calif


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Control Data said it expects its first RISC-based mainframe machine to be introduced next year


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The accord with MIPS calls for Control Data to share its expertise in data storage the companies said


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Control Data also said it is developing what it called a supermainframe computer the Cyber 2000 intended for scientists engineers and other users of generalpurpose high-performance computers


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An experimental vaccine can alter the immune response of people infected with the AIDS virus a prominent U.S. scientist said


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However that does n't mean they can benefit from the vaccine


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Its effectiveness ca n't be determined until a large clinical trial is undertaken by the Army in January according to Robert Redfield chief of acquired immune deficiency syndrome research at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research


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Dr. Redfield 's report on early experiments using an AIDS vaccine made by MicroGeneSys Inc. of West Haven Conn. came at a meeting of AIDS vaccine researchers in Florida late Monday


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The vaccine VaxSyn HIV-1 has been safely given to 14 people some of whom are experiencing substantial increases in certain antibodies


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The conventional wisdom used to be that you could n't modify the immune response of an infected individual by innoculating them with synthetic viral proteins Dr. Redfield said


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We 've demonstrated that you can


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He said certain volunteers developed kinds of antibodies associated with early AIDS


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Other antibodies sparked by the preparation are of a sort rarely present in large quantities in infected or ill individuals he added


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One of the mysteries of AIDS remains why infected people produce large quantities of antibodies but deteriorate nonetheless


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Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi set a date next month for general elections that some analysts say could cost him and his ruling Congress I Party control of the government


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Other analysts say the Indian leader could retain control with a slim majority or be forced to rule as the dominant partner in a coalition with other parties


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Elections in this large diverse and passionate nation are always hard to predict


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Much depends on the opposition a loose group of regional and ideological parties led by former Gandhi cabinet minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh


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The biggest certainty is that the elections will be a vote for or against Mr. Gandhi and his five years in power five years of ups and downs promises and disappointments and wide fluctuations in popularity


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Yesterday four days after an unusual parliamentary defeat for the ruling party Mr. Gandhi called elections for the lower house of Parliament on Nov. 22 and 24


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The elections will be held in different states on one of the two days


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The lower house 's five-year term expires in January the Parliament 's upper house is appointed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS elections ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ rigorous ) ( NN test ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 45-year-old ) ( JJ prime ) ( NN minister ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ( NN I ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ various ) ( NNS forms ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN ruled ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 40 ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP India ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 42 ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN independence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The elections will be a rigorous test for the 45-year-old prime minister and Congress I which in various forms has ruled for 40 of India 's 42 years of independence


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN landslide ) ( NN win ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1984 ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS polls ) ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( PP-TMP-CLR ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN assassination ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN mother ) ) ( NP ( NNP Indira ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN popularity ) ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN roller ) ( NN coaster ) ( NN ride ) ) ) ) ) )

After a landslide win in 1984 in polls held after the assassination of his mother Indira Gandhi Mr. Gandhi saw his popularity begin a roller coaster ride


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( JJ early ) ( NNS promises ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP India ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ modern ) ( NN nation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP remain ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBD bogged ) ( IN down ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ bloated ) ( NN bureaucracy ) ) ) ) ) )

His early promises to make India a modern nation remain bogged down in bloated bureaucracy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NN pledge ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB clean ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ local ) ( NN administration ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Indian ) ( NNS politics ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ( NN party ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unfulfilled ) ) ) )

His pledge to clean up local administration and Indian politics including his own party went unfulfilled


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ His ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Clean ) ( NN image ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN muddied ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN arms-kickback ) ( NN scandal ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN campaign ) ( NN issue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His Mr. Clean image was muddied by an arms-kickback scandal which will be a major campaign issue


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP predict ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN disappointment ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBN spent ) ( NN pledge ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( NP ( NN corruption ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ heavy-handed ) ( JJ local ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB crest ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS polls ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some analysts predict that disappointment in Mr. Gandhi 's spent pledge to reduce corruption and heavy-handed local government will crest at the polls


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ wide ) ( NN feeling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN indignation ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bhabani ) ( NNP Sen ) ( NNP Gupta ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Center ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Policy ) ( NNP Research ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Delhi ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There 's a wide feeling of indignation across the country says Bhabani Sen Gupta of the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG judging ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN regime ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ petty ) ( NN policeman ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ corrupt ) ( NN revenue ) ( NN collector ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I think the people will be judging the regime by a petty policeman by a corrupt revenue collector


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN protest ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ administrative ) ( NN failure ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This could be a big protest against an administrative failure


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB Even ) ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ retains ) ( NP ( NP ( NN control ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB push ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS initiatives ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN hobbled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT a ) ( JJR thinner ) ( NN majority ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even if the Congress I retains control of the government Mr. Gandhi 's ability to push through major initiatives might be hobbled by a thinner majority


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Economic ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ trail-blazing ) ( NN liberalization ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Indian ) ( NN economy ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ incomplete ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG hoping ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS liberalizations ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN returned ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB firmly ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Economic analysts call his trail-blazing liberalization of the Indian economy incomplete and many are hoping for major new liberalizations if he is returned firmly to power


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Lok ) ( NNP Sabha ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR lower ) ( NN house ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Parliament ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 542 ) ( VBN elected ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( VBN appointed ) ) ( NX-1 ( NNS seats ) ) ) ) )

The Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament has 542 elected and two appointed seats


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1984 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN captured ) ( NP ( CD 405 ) ( NNS seats ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN victory ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN history ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ Indian ) ( NN democracy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1984 the Congress I captured 405 seats the largest victory in the history of Indian democracy


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN landslide ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN fueled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NN panic ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD prevailed ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP India ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The landslide was fueled by panic that prevailed in India at the time


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN assassinated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ separatist ) ( NNPS Sikhs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NNPS Indians ) ) ( VP ( VBD feared ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NN country ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB split ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB apart ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mrs. Gandhi had been assassinated by separatist Sikhs and many Indians feared their country might split apart


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( CD three ) ( JJ general ) ( NNS elections ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ similar ) ( JJ national ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( VP ( VBD clinched ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN vote ) ) ) )

In the previous three general elections similar national issues clinched the vote


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1971 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ( NNP Party ) ) ( VP ( VBD won ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP India ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN victory ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bangladesh ) ( NN war ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1971 the Congress Party won after India 's victory in the Bangladesh war


( S ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1977 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN thrown ) ( S ( ADVP-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ 19-month ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN rule ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ her ) ( NNS successors ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN mess ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( CD three ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN restored ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1977 Mrs. Gandhi was thrown out of office after her 19-month emergency rule and in 1980 after her successors made a mess of their three years in power she was restored to office


( S ( NP-SBJ ( RBS Most ) ( JJ political ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( VP ( VBZ unites ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB field ) ( NP ( JJ single ) ( NNS candidates ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJS most ) ( NNS precincts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB lose ) ( ADVP-MNR ( JJ big ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most political analysts say that if Mr. Gandhi 's opposition unites to field single candidates in most precincts the Congress I will lose big


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN fractured ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NN majority ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VB lead ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN coalition ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) )

But if the opposition remains fractured the Congress I could win a small majority or lead a coalition government


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Chimanbhai ) ( NNP Mehta ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN parliamentarian ) ( CC and ) ( JJ former ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ( NN ally ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ predicts ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( NP ( RB only ) ( CD 150 ) ( NNS seats ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN quarter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN house ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( VP ( VBZ fields ) ( NP ( JJ single ) ( NNS candidates ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 80 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS races ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Chimanbhai Mehta a parliamentarian and former Gandhi ally predicts Congress I will win only 150 seats a quarter of the house if the opposition fields single candidates in 80 % of the races


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB struggle ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB unite ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NN success ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ announces ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ final ) ( NN list ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ parliamentary ) ( NNS candidates ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts say the opposition will struggle this week to unite and its success will be clear only when it announces its final list of parliamentary candidates


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN arms-kickback ) ( NN scandal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ big ) ( VBG talking ) ( NNS points ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN campaign ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unclear ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN viewed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ average ) ( JJ Indian ) ( NNS voters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The arms-kickback scandal is likely to be one of the big talking points in the campaign but it 's unclear how it is viewed by average Indian voters


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP India ) ) ( VP ( VBD signed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 1.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP AB ) ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Nobel ) ( NNPS Industries ) ( NNP Sweden ) ( NNP AB ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB purchase ) ( NP ( CD 400 ) ( NN artillery ) ( NNS pieces ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1986 India signed a 1.4 billion contract with AB Bofors a unit of Nobel Industries Sweden AB to purchase 400 artillery pieces


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN contract ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN negotiated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS countries ) ( POS ' ) ) ( CD two ) ( JJ prime ) ( NNS ministers ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN supposed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ free ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS commissions ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS agents ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS costs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The contract was negotiated by the countries ' two prime ministers and was supposed to be free of commissions or agents ' costs


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP April ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN evidence ) ) ( VP ( VBD surfaced ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNS commissions ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In April 1987 evidence surfaced that commissions were paid


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD charged ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bribe ) ( NP ( JJ Indian ) ( NN government ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN allegation ) ) ( VP ( VBN denied ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN administration ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The opposition charged that the money was used to bribe Indian government officials an allegation denied by Mr. Gandhi 's administration


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS statements ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN issue ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Parliament ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB subsequently ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN proven ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ wrong ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ documentary ) ( NN evidence ) ) ) ) ) )

But many of his statements on the issue in Parliament subsequently were proven wrong by documentary evidence


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN scandal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN faded ) ( CC and ) ( VBN flared ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ recent ) ( NNS disclosures ) ) ( VP ( VBD propelled ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ( PP ( IN onto ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ front ) ( NNS pages ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN helped ) ( S ( VP ( VB galvanize ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( VP ( VBD blocked ) ( NP ( NP ( NN passage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ constitutional ) ( NN amendment ) ( NNS bills ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The scandal has faded and flared but recent disclosures propelled it back onto the front pages and that has helped galvanize the opposition which last week blocked passage of two constitutional amendment bills


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 20 ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ such ) ( NN government ) ( NNS bills ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN defeated ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was the first time in 20 years that such government bills were defeated


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN country ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN bribe ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN needed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( UCP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN phone ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN job ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN school ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN name ) ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ potent ) ( NN rallying ) ( NN cry ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In a country where a bribe is needed to get a phone a job and even into a school the name Bofors has become a potent rallying cry against the government


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ illustrates ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN kind ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN disappointment ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NNPS Indians ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP whom ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB zestfully ) ) ( VBD elected ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB enthusiastically ) ) ( VBD supported ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ first ) ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That illustrates the kind of disappointment many Indians feel toward Mr. Gandhi whom they zestfully elected and enthusiastically supported in his first two years in power


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NN term ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN produced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( JJ spectacular ) ( NNS failures ) ) ( PP-LOC ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS politics ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN economy ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ military ) ( NN front ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN chalked ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS successes ) ) ) ) ) )

His term has produced no spectacular failures in politics in the economy or on the military front and has chalked up some successes


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ average ) ( NNP Indian ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ tremendous ) ( NN hope ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ youthful ) ( NN leader ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN promise ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT both ) ( NP ( NP ( NN government ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG ruling ) ( NN party ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJR more ) ( JJ effective ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RBR less ) ( JJ corrupt ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the average Indian had tremendous hope in the youthful leader and his promise to make both government and the ruling party more effective and less corrupt


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( NNS failures ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( CD two ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB deeply ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB sometimes ) ( RB bitterly ) ) ) ( VBN disappointed ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNPS Indians ) ) ) )

His failures in those two areas deeply and sometimes bitterly disappointed many Indians


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Sooraji ) ( NNP Jath ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN farmer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ western ) ( NN state ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN Gujarat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We do n't like the Congress I says Sooraji Jath a farmer in the western state of Gujarat


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Congress ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS farmers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN bread ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG giving ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN support ) ) ) ) ) )

The Congress government is taking the farmers ' bread and not giving us any support


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN well ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( NP ( NN light ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( NP ( NN road ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tells ) ( NP-2 ( PRP us ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB forget ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When there are well problems light problems road problems the government tells us to forget it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJS greatest ) ( NN thing ) ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ( NN Party ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ poor ) ( NN reputation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN opposition ) ) ) ) ) )

The greatest thing going for Mr. Gandhi and the Congress I Party is the poor reputation of the opposition


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB Even ) ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ unites ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS elections ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NN coherence ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ temporary ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even if it unites for the elections its coherence is likely to be temporary


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1977 ) ( NN election ) ) ( PP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBN hated ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN rule ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ similar ) ( NN coalition ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBD disintegrated ) ) ) )

When the Congress I lost the 1977 election following Mrs. Gandhi 's hated emergency rule a similar coalition took power and then disintegrated


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Many ) ( NNPS Indians ) ) ( VP ( VBP fear ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN repeat ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN experience ) ) ) ) ) )

Many Indians fear a repeat of that experience


( NP-HLN ( NNP March ) ( CD 24 ) ( CD 1986 ) )

March 24 1986


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP AB ) ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Nobel ) ( NNPS Industries ) ( NNP Sweden ) ( NNP AB ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ enters ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 1.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP India ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Defense ) ( NNP Ministry ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB supply ) ( NP ( CD 400 ) ( NNP Bofors ) ( NNP FH-77B ) ( CD 155-mm ) ( NN field ) ( NN howitzer ) ( NNS guns ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

AB Bofors a unit of Nobel Industries Sweden AB enters into a 1.4 billion contract with India 's Defense Ministry to supply 400 Bofors FH-77B 155-mm field howitzer guns


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1985 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Prime ) ( NNP Minister ) ( NNP Rajiv ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS talks ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ then ) ( NNP Swedish ) ( NNP Prime ) ( NNP Minister ) ( NNP Olof ) ( NNP Palme ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD imposed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN condition ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN contract ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NNS middlemen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1985 Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in his talks with then Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme imposed the condition that the contract have no middlemen


( NP-TMP-HLN ( NNP April ) ( CD 16 ) ( CD 1987 ) )

April 16 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Swedish ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Radio ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reports ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 40 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD 3 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ total ) ( NN contract ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP-LGS ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Bofors ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS commissions ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS middlemen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Swedish National Radio reports that about 40 million nearly 3 % of the total contract was paid by Bofors as commissions to middlemen


( NP-TMP-HLN ( NNP June ) ( CD 1 ) ( CD 1987 ) )

June 1 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Sweden ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Audit ) ( NNP Bureau ) ) ( VP ( VBZ releases ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBG confirming ) ( NP ( NP ( NN payment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 40 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ unidentified ) ( NNPS Indians ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sweden 's National Audit Bureau releases its report confirming payment of about 40 million to unidentified Indians


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS investigations ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB severely ) ) ( VBN hampered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NN lack ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN cooperation ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Bofors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The report says that investigations were severely hampered by lack of cooperation from Bofors


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB disclose ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS middlemen ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB jeopardize ) ( NP ( JJ industrial ) ( NN confidentiality ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bofors says it ca n't disclose the names of the middlemen because it would jeopardize industrial confidentiality


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN portion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG containing ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS middlemen ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN withheld ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNS officials ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( VBG citing ) ( NP ( NN bank ) ( NN secrecy ) ( NNS requirements ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A portion of the report containing names of the middlemen is withheld by officials citing bank secrecy requirements


Aug. 6 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Prime ) ( NNP Minister ) ( NNP Gandhi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tells ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Indian ) ( NNP Parliament ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CC neither ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP I ) ) ( CC nor ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN member ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN family ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN consideration ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS transactions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Prime Minister Gandhi tells the Indian Parliament neither I nor any member of my family has received any consideration in these transactions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NN truth ) ) ) )

That is the truth


Aug. 26 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( VP ( VBZ admits ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS payments ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 41 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS middlemen ) ) ) ) ) )

Bofors admits payments of 41 million to middlemen


( NP-TMP-HLN ( NNP April ) ( CD 22 ) ( CD 1988 ) )

April 22 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Hindu ) ( NN newspaper ) ) ( VP ( VBZ publishes ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS facsimiles ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN bank ) ( NNS documents ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ foreign-exchange ) ( NNS remittances ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS letters ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( JJ private ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( VBN related ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sale ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS guns ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP India ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Hindu newspaper publishes facsimiles of bank documents for foreign-exchange remittances and letters between Bofors and certain private companies related to the sale of the guns to India


( NP-TMP-HLN ( NNP April ) ( CD 26 ) ( CD 1988 ) )

April 26 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ parliamentary ) ( JJ investigative ) ( NN committee ) ) ( VP ( VBN dominated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ( PRN ( NP ( NN I ) ) ) ( NNP Party ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ concludes ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NNS middlemen ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN deal ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN payment ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ Indian ) ( NN individual ) ( CC or ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A parliamentary investigative committee dominated by the Congress I Party concludes that there were no middlemen in the deal and no payment to any Indian individual or company


( NP-TMP-HLN ( NNP July ) ( CD 18 ) ( CD 1989 ) )

July 18 1989


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN comptroller ) ( CC and ) ( NN auditor-general ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP India ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reports ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ serious ) ( NNS lapses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ technical ) ( CC and ) ( JJ financial ) ) ( NN evaluation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bofors ) ( NN deal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The comptroller and auditor-general of India reports serious lapses in the government 's technical and financial evaluation of the Bofors deal


Sept. 15 1989


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NAC ( VBN Retired ) ( NN army ) ( NNP Chief ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Staff ) ) ) ) ( NNP Krishnaswami ) ( NNP Sundarji ) ) ( VP ( VBZ discloses ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interview ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD suggested ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP May ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VB cancel ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bofors ) ( NN contract ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Retired army Chief of Staff Krishnaswami Sundarji discloses in an interview that he suggested in May 1987 that the government cancel the Bofors contract


( S ( PP ( VBG According ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Sundarji ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN forced ) ( NP ( NNP Bofors ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB disclose ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS middlemen ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( NNS kickbacks ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

According to Gen. Sundarji that would have forced Bofors to disclose the names of the middlemen who received kickbacks from the company


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ His ) ( NN recommendation ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN rejected ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) )

His recommendation was rejected by the government


( NP-TMP-HLN ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 9. ) ( CD 1989 ) )

Oct. 9. 1989


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Hindu ) ( NN newspaper ) ) ( VP ( VBZ publishes ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN withheld ) ( NN portion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Swedish ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Audit ) ( NNP Bureau ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ) )

The Hindu newspaper publishes the withheld portion of the Swedish National Audit Bureau 's report


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS disclosures ) ) ( VP ( NN state ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS commissions ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Bofors ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ Indian ) ( NN agent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS arms ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The disclosures state that commissions were paid by Bofors to an Indian agent of the arms company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP A.F. ) ( NNP Sloan ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 60 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB retire ) ( NP-TMP-CLR ( JJ next ) ( NNP April ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN snack ) ( NN food ) ( CC and ) ( NN bakery ) ( NNS products ) ( NN maker ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A.F. Sloan 60 years old announced that he will retire next April as chairman and chief executive officer of this snack food and bakery products maker


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT No ) ( NN replacement ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB immediately ) ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ) ) )

No replacement was immediately named


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Sloan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remain ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ current ) ( NN term ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expires ) ( PP-TMP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP April ) ( CD 1991 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNP Lance ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Mr. Sloan plans to remain on the board until his current term expires in April 1991 a Lance spokesman said


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN Lung-cancer ) ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 45 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN age ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN begun ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decline ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ federal ) ( NNS researchers ) ) ( VP ( VBP report ) ) )

Lung-cancer mortality rates for people under 45 years of age have begun to decline federal researchers report


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN drop ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB particularly ) ( JJ large ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ white ) ( NNS males ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NNS males ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ white ) ( CC and ) ( JJ black ) ( NNS women ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP show ) ( NP ( JJR lower ) ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The drop is particularly large for white males although black males and white and black women also show lower mortality rates


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN report ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN issue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP-TTL ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Cancer ) ( NNP Institute ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ projects ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ overall ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NN lung ) ( NN cancer ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG leading ) ( NN cause ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN cancer ) ( NN death ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drop ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN cigarette ) ( NN smoking ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB abate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A report in this week 's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute also projects that overall U.S. mortality rates from lung cancer the leading cause of cancer death should begin to drop in several years if cigarette smoking continues to abate


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN report ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Surgeon ) ( NNP General ) ) ( VP ( VBD issued ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBG warning ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS dangers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN smoking ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS strongest ) ( NN indication ) ) ( PP-TMP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN date ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN smoking ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG leading ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR lower ) ( NN death ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN lung ) ( NN cancer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The report which comes 25 years after the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report warning against the dangers of smoking is the strongest indication to date that the reduction in smoking is leading to lower death rates from lung cancer


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP What ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG saying ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN surgeon ) ( NN general ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN message ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG having ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN impact ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Melvyn ) ( NNP Tockman ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN epidemiologist ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Johns ) ( NNP Hopkins ) ( NNP School ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hygiene ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Public ) ( NNP Health ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Baltimore ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

What this is saying is that the surgeon general 's message is having an impact said Melvyn Tockman an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Cancer ) ( NNP Institute ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBZ compares ) ( NP ( NP ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS ages ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 35 ) ( CC and ) ( CD 44 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decade ) ) ( RB apart ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The National Cancer Institute report compares mortality rates of two groups of people between the ages of 35 and 44 a decade apart


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN death ) ( NN rate ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NN lung ) ( NN cancer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ white ) ( NNS males ) ) ( VP ( VBN aged ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 35 ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 44 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD mid-1970s ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD 13.4 ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( CD 100,000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mortality ) ( NN rate ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN age ) ( NN group ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD mid-1980s ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD 9.6 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 28.7 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The death rate from lung cancer of white males aged 35 to 44 in the mid-1970s was 13.4 per 100,000 but the mortality rate of the same age group in the mid-1980s was 9.6 a decline of 28.7 %


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Measured ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NNS males ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 14.2 ) ( NN % ) ) ) )

Measured the same way the decline for black males was 14.2 %


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN drop ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS women ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR less ) ( JJ steep ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 8.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS blacks ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 5.3 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS whites ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The drop in mortality rates for women was less steep 8.9 % for blacks and 5.3 % for whites


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN study ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Susan ) ( NNP Devesa ) ) ( NP ( NNP William ) ( NNP Blot ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Joseph ) ( NNP Fraumeni ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN institute ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shows ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN incidence ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN lung ) ( NN cancer ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN death ) ( NN rate ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 35-44 ) ( NN age ) ( NN bracket ) ) ) ( PP ( IN except ) ( NP ( JJ black ) ( NNS men ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The study by Susan Devesa William Blot and Joseph Fraumeni of the institute 's staff also shows that the incidence of lung cancer as well as the death rate declined over the decade for all groups in the 35-44 age bracket except black men


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN lung-cancer ) ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG increasing ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN whole ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBZ projects ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN death ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB decline ) ( PP-TMP-2 ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1990s ) ) ) ( PP-3 ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS men ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( PP-TMP=2 ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ( CD 2000 ) ) ) ( PP=3 ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS women ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although lung-cancer mortality rates are increasing for the nation as a whole the report projects that death rates will begin to decline in the 1990s for men and after the year 2000 for women


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN Lung-cancer ) ( NN mortality ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP increase ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN age ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG continuing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rise ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NN age ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( CD 55 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ sharp ) ( NNS increases ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everybody ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( JJ white ) ( NNS men ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Lung-cancer mortality rates increase with age and are continuing to rise for all age groups over 55 with sharp increases for everybody but white men


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Fraumeni ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS authors ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-TPC-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG declining ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG seeing ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJR younger ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( S ( VP ( MD may ) ( S ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN harbinger ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG declining ) ( NN mortality ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN future ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Dr. Fraumeni one of the authors of the report said the declining rates we 're seeing for younger people we believe may be a harbinger of declining mortality in the future


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD stressed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN improvement ) ) ( VP ( VBZ depends ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN continued ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN smoking ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However he stressed that the improvement depends on a continued reduction in smoking


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB Even ) ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT these ) ( JJ favorable ) ( NNS trends ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN lung-cancer ) ( NN mortality ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP affect ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NN sex ) ( CC and ) ( NN race ) ( NNS groups ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( ADJP ( VBN granted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Even though these favorable trends in lung-cancer mortality affect all sex and race groups they ca n't be taken for granted the report says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Smoking ) ( NN prevention ) ( NNS programs ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB reach ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJR larger ) ( NNS segments ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN population ) ) ) ) ( NP ( RB especially ) ( NNS children ) ( NNS adolescents ) ( CC and ) ( NNS minorities ) ) ) ) ) )

Smoking prevention programs should reach larger segments of the population especially children adolescents and minorities


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An editorial in the NCI Journal says the report of declining lung-cancer mortality among young men and women in the U.S. indicates that we finally may be winning the battle this even in a country where the tobacco industry spends over 2 billion a year for promotion of the addictive habit of smoking


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But the editorial by Jan Stjernsward of the World Health Organization notes that tobacco consumption and lung-cancer mortality rates are rising in developing countries


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Non-smoking should be established as the norm of social behavior around the world the editorial says through the enactment of laws that limit advertising boost tobacco prices and promote anti-smoking education


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Asked for comment Walker Merryman a vice president of the Tobacco Institute said new efforts to restrict tobacco advertising in the U.S. could violate the First Amendment protection of free speech


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According to the American Cancer Society smoking is responsible for 85 % of the lung-cancer cases among men and 75 % among women


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The NCI report attributes the differences in mortality rates by race to different smoking patterns


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A higher proportion of black men smoke than white men


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While nearly equal percentages of black and white women currently smoke in both sexes more whites have given up smoking than blacks


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In comparing changes in mortality rates over the past decade the NCI study looked only at blacks and whites


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Asians and native Americans were n't studied Hispanics were included with whites


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Recent changes in average annual age-specific lung-cancer rates per 100,000 population by race and sex


White Males


( NP-HLN ( NNP White ) ( NNPS Females ) )

White Females


Black Males


( NP-HLN ( NNP Black ) ( NNPS Females ) )

Black Females


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J.P. Morgan & Co. New York will help the statutory managers of DFC New Zealand Ltd. to evaluate the failed investment bank 's condition


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Earlier this month the Reserve Bank of New Zealand the country 's central bank appointed the managers to run the investment bank and pay creditors


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DFC asked the central bank to appoint managers after it revised loan-loss provisions to around the same level of shareholders ' funds of 180 million New Zealand dollars 105.4 million