( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Sales ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN category ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 24 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 35.23 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG reflecting ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN increased ) ( NN production ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN automobile ) ( JJR airconditioner ) ( CC and ) ( JJ electric ) ( NN machine ) ( NNS industries ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS users ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN wire ) ( CC and ) ( NN cable ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales by category rose 24 % to 35.23 billion yen reflecting increased production in automobile airconditioner and electric machine industries which are major users of wire and cable products


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Sales ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ electric ) ( NNS wires ) ( CC and ) ( NNS cables ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 13.2 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 153.93 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) )

Sales for electric wires and cables rose 13.2 % to 153.93 billion yen


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP France ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN unemployment ) ( NN rate ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ steady ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB seasonally ) ) ( VBN adjusted ) ) ( CD 9.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Social ) ( NNPS Affairs ) ( NNP Ministry ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

France 's unemployment rate was steady at a seasonally adjusted 9.5 % in September the Social Affairs Ministry said


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ jobless ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 0.1 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 2.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB seasonally ) ) ( VBN adjusted ) ) ( NN basis ) ) ) ) )

In September the number of jobless rose 0.1 % from the previous month to 2.5 million on a seasonally adjusted basis


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( JJ impressed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN perceptiveness ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( ADJP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 12 ) ) ( NN story ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NP ( JJ Rural ) ( NN Enterprise ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Tough ) ( NNP Row ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB Hoe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I was impressed by the perceptiveness of your Sept. 12 story Rural Enterprise Tough Row To Hoe


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD lived ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ rural ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ many ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VBP live ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP St. ) ( NNP Louis ) ( NNP County ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mo ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We lived in rural areas many years but now live in St. Louis County Mo


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This morning as I drove the 13 miles to my law office and endured the routine heavy traffic during that twice-daily journey I thought of how fortunate it was that we made the decision to be residents of an expanding community with so many opportunities and where so much is happening


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN presence ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBG competing ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN evidence ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ healthy ) ( NN economy ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN place ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB live ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The presence of so many people cars and competing businesses is evidence of a healthy economy in a place where people want to live


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ( ADVP ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ small ) ( RB sparsely ) ( JJ populated ) ( NNS communities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I thought back to our time in small sparsely populated communities


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I remembered how hard it was for an outsider to become accepted by long-established stake-holding residents and what pitfalls awaited an original thinker in societies that were long accustomed to unchanging safe ways of thought and action


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD remembered ) ( S ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN fired ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN age ) ( CD 44 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS children ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-4 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP$ my ) ( NNS views ) ( CC and ) ( NNS actions ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN deemed ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unsettling ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT a ) ( JJ timid ) ( JJ small-town ) ( NN employer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I remembered being fired at age 44 with five children at home when my views and actions were deemed unsettling by a timid small-town employer


( SBAR ( WHADJP-1 ( WRB How ) ( JJ difficult ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( VBG thinking ) ( NN person ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB live ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS societies ) ) ( VP ( VBN rooted ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN past ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

How difficult it is for a thinking person to live among societies rooted in the past


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Now I revel in the freedom culture activity and diversity of this great metropolitan area with its traffic jams and perpetual road-building projects


( S ( ADVP ( RB Yet ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ my ) ( JJS youngest ) ( NN child ) ) ( VP ( VBD died ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD buried ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN church ) ( NN cemetery ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ small ) ( NNP Missouri ) ( NN town ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet when my youngest child died two years ago I buried him in the church cemetery of a small Missouri town


( S ( ADVP ( RB So ) ) ( PP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB even ) ( DT the ) ( JJS bitterest ) ( NN critic ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ rural ) ( NN exclusivity ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ harbors ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG continuing ) ( NN yearning ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ( JJ scarce ) ( JJ rural ) ( NNS virtues ) ) ( VP ( VBN thought ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB exist ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS fields ) ) ( NP ( NNS forests ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN country ) ( NNS lanes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So after all even the bitterest critic of rural exclusivity harbors a continuing yearning for those scarce rural virtues thought to exist amid fields forests and country lanes


( NP ( NP ( NNP Ronald ) ( NNP Edwin ) ( NNP Parsons ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Ballwin ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mo ) ) ) )

Ronald Edwin Parsons Ballwin Mo


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Trinova ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB resume ) ( S ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( PRT ( RP back ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ many ) ( IN as ) ( CD three ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN program ) ) ( VP ( VBN announced ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Trinova Corp. said it will resume buying back as many as three million of its common shares under a program announced two years ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Trinova ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 34.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN repurchased ) ( NP ( CD 29,700 ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NNP October ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJS latest ) ( NN announcement ) ) ) ) ) )

Trinova which had 34.2 million common shares outstanding Sept. 30 had repurchased 29,700 shares since October 1987 before this latest announcement


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( S ( VP ( VBG making ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN commitment ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB purchase ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ specific ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company said it is n't making a commitment to purchase a specific number of shares


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Trinova ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 32.125 ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 12.5 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ) )

In New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday Trinova closed at 32.125 up 12.5 cents


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP SYDNEY-Qintex ) ( NNP Australia ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NN pressure ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN bank ) ( NNS lenders ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( NP-1 ( NN accounting ) ( NN firm ) ( NNP Peat ) ( NNP Marwick ) ( NNP Hungerfords ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( VP ( VP ( VB oversee ) ( NP ( NN asset ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB restructure ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NNS resorts ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNS media ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

SYDNEY-Qintex Australia Ltd. under pressure from bank lenders has called in accounting firm Peat Marwick Hungerfords to help oversee asset sales and restructure the resorts and media company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB presage ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB even ) ( JJR harsher ) ) ( NN action ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS banks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts said the move could presage even harsher action by the banks


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN move ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS banks ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Australia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN management ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB threaten ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB operate ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ national ) ( NN television ) ( NN network ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN under ) ( NP ( JJ Australian ) ( NN broadcast ) ( NN license ) ( NNS rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But any move by the banks to take over Qintex Australia 's management could threaten its ability to operate its national television network under Australian broadcast license rules


( S ( NP-SBJ ( IN That ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN turn ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB substantially ) ) ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN value ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN television ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That in turn could substantially reduce the value of the television assets


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN appointment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Peat ) ( NNP Marwick ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ specializes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG advising ) ( NP ( JJ troubled ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PRT ( RP about ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN result ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN round ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS meetings ) ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Australia ) ( NNP Chairman ) ( NP ( NNP Christopher ) ( NNP Skase ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN bank ) ( NNS creditors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The appointment of Peat Marwick which has a unit that specializes in advising troubled companies came about as a result of a round of meetings held by Qintex Australia Chairman Christopher Skase with bank creditors


( S ( NP-TMP ( NN Yesterday ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Skase ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ solvent ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ continued ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS bankers ) ) ) ) ) ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB meet ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ financial ) ( NNS commitments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yesterday Mr. Skase said the company is solvent and with the continued support of its bankers is able to meet its financial commitments


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Australia ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Ltd ) ) ) ) ) )

Qintex Australia is a unit of Qintex Ltd


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Qintex ) ( NN group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN earnest ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP March ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Skase ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NNP MGM\/UA ) ( NNPS Communications ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Qintex group 's problems began in earnest in March when Mr. Skase agreed to buy MGM\/UA Communications Co


( S ( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN transaction ) ) ( VP ( VBD faltered ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP September ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Australia ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN forced ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP-EXT ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN counterbid ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Rupert ) ( NNP Murdoch ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN deal ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PRT ( RP apart ) ) ( ADVP ( RB altogether ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RBR earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) )

But the transaction faltered in September when Qintex Australia was forced to increase its offer to 1.5 billion following a counterbid from Rupert Murdoch the deal fell apart altogether earlier this month


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Australia ) ) ( VP ( VBZ owes ) ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ( NP ( QP ( IN around ) ( CD 1.2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) )

Qintex Australia owes creditors around 1.2 billion


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NNP Friday ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Qintex ) ( NNP Entertainment ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ 43%-owned ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN TV ) ( NN production ) ( CC and ) ( NN distribution ) ( NN affiliate ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ( NN protection ) ) ) ) )

Last Friday Qintex Entertainment Inc. its 43%-owned U.S. TV production and distribution affiliate filed for Chapter 11 protection


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( JJ following ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBN filed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Securities ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Exchange ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ) ) ) )

The following issues were recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission


( NP ( NP ( NNP Anheuser-Busch ) ( NNP Cos. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN shelf ) ( NN offering ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 575 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN debt ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Anheuser-Busch Cos. shelf offering of 575 million of debt securities


( NP ( NP ( NNP Coca-Cola ) ( NNP Bottling ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NNP Consolidated ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN shelf ) ( NN offering ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 200 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN debt ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN via ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Salomon ) ( NNPS Brothers ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Goldman ) ( NNP Sachs ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) )

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated shelf offering of 200 million of debt securities via Salomon Brothers Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co


( NP ( NP ( NNP First ) ( NNPS Brands ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN proposed ) ( NN offering ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 6,475,000 ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-3 ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD 1,475,000 ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-2 ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ=1 ( NP ( QP ( CD five ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( PP=2 ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS holders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN via ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Credit ) ( NNP Suisse ) ( NNP First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Ltd ) ) ) ) ) )

First Brands Corp. proposed offering of 6,475,000 common shares of which 1,475,000 common shares will be sold by the company and five million shares by holders via First Boston Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd


( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Home ) ( NNP Nutritional ) ( NNPS Services ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB wholly ) ( JJ owned ) ) ( NN subsidiary ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Healthdyne ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( VBD proposed ) ( JJ initial ) ( NN offering ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD four ) ( CD million ) ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-3 ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD 1.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Home ) ( NNP Nutritional ) ( NNPS Services ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( CD 2.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Healthdyne ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN via ) ( NP ( NNP Smith ) ( NNP Barney ) ( NNP Harris ) ( NNP Upham ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) )

Home Nutritional Services Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthdyne Inc. proposed initial offering of four million common shares of which 1.8 million will be sold by Home Nutritional Services and 2.2 million will be sold by Healthdyne via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co


( NP ( NP ( NNP Parametric ) ( NNP Technology ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ initial ) ( JJ public ) ( NN offering ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-3 ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( CD 1,365,226 ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN offered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( CD 334,774 ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN offered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS holders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN via ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Alex ) ( NNP Brown ) ( CC & ) ( NNPS Sons ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Hambrecht ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Quist ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Wessels ) ( NNP Arnold ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Henderson ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Parametric Technology Corp. initial public offering of 1.7 million common shares of which 1,365,226 will be offered by the company and 334,774 will be offered by holders via Alex Brown & Sons Inc. Hambrecht & Quist Inc. and Wessels Arnold & Henderson


( NP ( NP ( NNPS SynOptics ) ( NNPS Communications ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( VBD proposed ) ( JJ public ) ( NN offering ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-3 ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NP ( CD 1,003,884 ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-5 ( NP ( CD 496,116 ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS holders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN via ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Hambrecht ) ( CC & ) ( NP ( NNP Quist ) ) ) ) ) ) )

SynOptics Communications Inc. proposed public offering of 1.5 million common shares of which 1,003,884 shares are to be sold by the company and 496,116 shares are to be sold by holders via Morgan Stanley & Co. and Hambrecht & Quist


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Service ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( NNP International ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 15 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Service Corp. International said it expects to report net income of 15 cents a share for the third quarter


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The company said it expects to release third-quarter results in mid-November


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The funeral home and cemetery operator changed from a fiscal year to a calendar year in December


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In the comparable year-ago quarter the second quarter ended Oct. 31 Service Corp. had a loss of about 12.5 million or 26 cents a share on revenue of 175.4 million


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Results for that quarter included a 30 million or 40 cents a share write-down associated with the consolidation of a facility


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Joe Frank Sanderson Jr. was elected president and chief executive officer of this poultry producer


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Joe Frank Sanderson who is currently chairman chief executive and treasurer will remain chairman


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The current president and chief operating officer J. Odell Johnson was elected to the new position of vice chairman of the board


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At a time when foreign banks are pouring vast resources and personnel into West Germany 's financial center the opening of a three-man office on a Frankfurt side street should n't attract much attention


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Unless of course it happens to be run by the Rothschilds


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After an 88-year absence from the birthplace of the family banking empire the return of the Rothschild group to Frankfurt was greeted by the glare of television lights curious reporters and a mayoral reception in Town Hall


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Like other foreign banks establishing a presence here the family describes its move as a calculated decision to set up a financial services outlet in Europe 's largest economy ahead of the integration of European Community markets after 1992


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Yet the Rothschilds do n't deny an emotional element to the decision


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In 1796 Mayer Amschel Rothschild founded Bankhaus M.A. Rothschild & Sons and later sent his four sons to London Paris Vienna and Naples to begin the bank 's expansion during the early 19th century


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The original bank in Frankfurt closed in 1901 after the death of Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild and the family 's banking activities focused on London and Paris


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Baron Elie de Rothschild the family 's elder spokesman explains that by the end of the 19th century Berlin had replaced Frankfurt as Germany 's financial center


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Yet the chief reason for the closure he says was rooted in a family tradition that would n't allow a bank to bear the Rothschild name without a Rothschild in its management


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At the time we had only daughters explains the 72-year-old patriarch so we had to close the bank


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN family ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN mystique ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD remained ) ) )

Much of the family 's mystique remained


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Although its palatial residence was destroyed by bombs during World War II the Rothschilds ' place in Frankfurt 's history is still recalled by the city park and a street bearing the Rothschild name


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The family 's long absence is understandable


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The family was in Allied countries during both World War I and the long period of economic strife of the 1920s


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During the Third Reich the Rothschilds were a target of Nazi propaganda against Jewish financiers


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The persecution pursued the Rothschilds across Europe as the Nazis grabbed countries confiscating the family 's property in the process


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American journalist William L. Shirer in his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich wrote of how in Vienna he had witnessed squads of Nazi SS men carting off silver tapestries paintings and other loot from the Rothschild palace


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In the immediate postwar years the Rothschilds concentrated on rebuilding their other European operations delaying their return to Frankfurt


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For a member of the Rothschild family the return to Frankfurt is a very meaningful event although it might not mean as much to German banking as it means to us says Baron David de Rothschild Elie 's younger cousin and a partner in Rothschild & Cie Banque in Paris


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Indeed the competition is n't greatly concerned


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It would be surprising if they did n't come to Frankfurt in time for 1992 and they bring an interesting tradition


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But the market really is n't going to be stood on its head said a banker at one of Frankfurt 's Big Three banks


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN return ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Rothschilds ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ modest ) ) ) )

The return of the Rothschilds is modest


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The new representative office with one manager and two assistants none a member of the Rothschild family will carry out no banking operations of its own


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Instead it is to seek out corporate financing business and sell investment products on behalf of the family 's mainstay banking units N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd. in London Rothschild & Cie. in Paris and Rothschild Bank AG in Zurich


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS constraints ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB bother ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN office ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ 54-year-old ) ( NN manager ) ) ( NP ( NNP Erich ) ( NNP Stromeyer ) ) ) ) ) )

The constraints do n't bother the office 's 54-year-old manager Erich Stromeyer


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He left his job as general manager of Shearson Lehman Hutton Holdings Inc. 's Frankfurt office because he says When the Rothschilds called I could n't resist


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Each Rothschild bank is linked by family ties and cross-ownership


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In March N M Rothschild in London and Rothschild Bank in Zurich showed assets of 4.1 billion 6.51 billion and 1.26 billion Swiss francs 774 million respectively


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Paris ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB publish ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN figure ) ) ) ) )

The Paris bank does n't publish that figure


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In Europe the Rothschilds banks are focusing on mergers and acquisitions as European industry restructures ahead of 1992


( S ( ADVP ( RB Yet ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ limited ) ( NNS resources ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN niche ) ( NN player ) ) ) ) )

Yet the group 's limited resources makes it a niche player


( S-2 ( S ( ADVP ( RB Obviously ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ quantitative ) ( NNS limitations ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN assistance ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ concedes ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Baron ) ( NNP David ) ( FW de ) ( NNP Rothschild ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS cards ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Obviously there are quantitative limitations on the assistance we can provide concedes Baron David de Rothschild but we feel we have some cards to play


( SINV-2 ( PP-LOC-PRD-1 ( IN Among ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN family ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ traditional ) ( NNS ties ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ old ) ( NN wealth ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS decision-makers ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN banking ) ( CC and ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ( UCP-LOC ( PP ( IN throughout ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( IN beyond ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Among them he says is the family 's traditional ties to old wealth and decision-makers in banking and industry throughout Europe and beyond


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNPS Rothschilds ) ) ( VP ( NN hope ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP-2 ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ long ) ( NN history ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ private ) ( NN banking ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN aura ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN exclusivity ) ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB attract ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ private ) ( CC and ) ( JJ institutional ) ) ( NNS investors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Rothschilds hope to use a long history in private banking and an aura of exclusivity to attract private and institutional investors


( S ( ADVP ( RB As ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Zurich ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN minimum ) ( NN investment ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS individuals ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ high ) ) ( NP-2 ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( DT a ) ( CD million ) ) ( JJ German ) ( NNS marks ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 538,000 ) ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( QP ( CD three ) ( NNS times ) ) ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( JJ other ) ( ADJP ( JJ West ) ( JJ German ) ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBP require ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As at the Zurich bank the minimum investment for individuals will be high about a million German marks 538,000 three times what many other West German investment banks require


( S-1 ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NNS exceptions ) ) ( PRN ( SINV ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( VBG smiling ) ( NNP Baron ) ( NNP Elie ) ( FW de ) ( NNP Rothschild ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ young ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ rich ) ) ( NNS parents ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But we do make exceptions says a smiling Baron Elie de Rothschild especially if they are very young and have very rich parents


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP S.A. ) ( NNP Brewing ) ( NNPS Holdings ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( VBG laying ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN groundwork ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB launch ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ rival ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bond ) ( NNP Corp ) ( NNPS Holdings ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ Australian ) ( NN brewing ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

S.A. Brewing Holdings Ltd. began laying the groundwork to launch a rival offer for Bond Corp Holdings Ltd. 's Australian brewing operations


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Such ) ( DT an ) ( NN offer ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB torpedo ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN plan ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Lion ) ( NNP Nathan ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Zealand ) ) ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( PDT half ) ( DT the ) ( NN brewing ) ( NNS interests ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Such an offer could torpedo a plan by Lion Nathan Ltd. of New Zealand to acquire half the brewing interests


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN amount ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ debt-ridden ) ( NNP Bond ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB earn ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN transaction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it would probably increase the amount of cash that debt-ridden Bond Corp. would earn from the transaction


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Australia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP National ) ( NNPS Companies ) ( CC and ) ( NNPS Securities ) ( NNP Commission ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB allow ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP S.A. ) ( NNP Brewing ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN option ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 20 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bell ) ( NNPS Resources ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Bond ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN process ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG acquiring ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bond ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN brewing ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 2.5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( JJ Australian ) ( NNS dollars ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.93 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Australia 's National Companies and Securities Commission said it will allow S.A. Brewing to acquire an option on as much as 20 % of Bell Resources Ltd. a unit of Bond Corp. that is in the process of acquiring Bond Corp. 's brewing businesses for 2.5 billion Australian dollars 1.93 billion


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP S.A. ) ( NNP Brewing ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ 20%-owned ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNPS Elders ) ( NNP IXL ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Australia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN brewer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN takeover ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Bell ) ( NNPS Resources ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ exercises ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN option ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ corporate ) ( NNS regulators ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN statement ) ) ) ) )

S.A. Brewing which is 20%-owned by Elders IXL Ltd. Australia 's largest brewer will make a takeover offer for all of Bell Resources if it exercises the option the corporate regulators said in a statement


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Bond ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN brewing ) ( NN property ) ( NNS media ) ( CC and ) ( NNS resources ) ( NN concern ) ) ( VP ( VBN controlled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NN financier ) ( NNP Alan ) ( NNP Bond ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 6.9 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN debt ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bond Corp. a brewing property media and resources concern controlled by financier Alan Bond is selling many of its assets to reduce an 6.9 billion debt


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Exxon ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB move ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Manhattan ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Exxon Corp. said it will move its headquarters from Manhattan to Dallas


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJS Most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 300 ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN oil ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ midtown ) ( NN headquarters ) ( NN building ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN management ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unaware ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( VP ( VBN informed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN morning ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Lawrence ) ( NNP G. ) ( NNP Rawl ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most of the 300 employees at the oil company 's midtown headquarters building including much of senior management were unaware of the plan until informed at a morning meeting by Chairman Lawrence G. Rawl


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN shift ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB affect ) ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) )

The shift wo n't affect operations


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN restructuring ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Exxon ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD moved ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT those ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD sold ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ 53-floor ) ( NNP Rockefeller ) ( NNP Center ) ( NN skyscraper ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) )

As part of its restructuring several years ago Exxon moved most of those out of the city and sold its 53-floor Rockefeller Center skyscraper to a Japanese company


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN pullout ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN embarrassment ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG coming ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ high ) ( NN office ) ( NN building ) ( NN vacancy ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS departures ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ major ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the pullout is an embarrassment to New York City officials coming at a time of high office building vacancy rates and departures by other major companies


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mobil ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN process ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG vacating ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS headquarters ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ huge ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP J.C. ) ( NNP Penney ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Trans ) ( NNP World ) ( NNPS Airlines ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ) ) ) )

Mobil Corp. is in the process of vacating its headquarters here and huge operations like J.C. Penney & Co. and Trans World Airlines have recently left


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ( VP ( VBN informed ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD reacted ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN concern ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( RB even ) ( DT some ) ( NN anger ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN idea ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ third-largest ) ( NN corporation ) ) ( VP ( VBG leaving ) ( PP-MNR ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG giving ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN opportunity ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB accommodate ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

New York authorities informed yesterday about the move reacted with concern and even some anger to the idea of the nation 's third-largest corporation leaving without giving them an opportunity to accommodate it


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ dismayed ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN nothing ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Stanley ) ( NNP Grayson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ( NN deputy ) ( NN mayor ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN finance ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ economic ) ( NN development ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We are dismayed but there 's nothing we can do about it now said Stanley Grayson New York City deputy mayor for finance and economic development


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Meanwhile ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Dallas ) ) ( VP ( VBD welcomed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ) )

Meanwhile Dallas welcomed the move


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN City ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( EX there ) ) ) ( X ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ aware ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG moving ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS negotiations ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( DT all ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN conducted ) ( PP-MNR ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN law ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN code ) ( NN name ) ) ( NP ( NNS Everglades ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

City officials there had been were aware that a large company was moving in but negotiations had all been conducted through a law firm and under the code name Everglades


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Exxon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN beyond ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNS expectations ) ) ) ) ) ( FRAG ( WHNP ( WP what ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN coup ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Tom ) ( NNP Lewis ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ( NNP Partnership ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN development ) ( NN affiliate ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Chamber ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Commerce ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When we were told it was Exxon it was beyond all expectations what a coup said Tom Lewis senior vice president of Dallas Partnership the economic development affiliate of the city 's Chamber of Commerce


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( NN economy ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN oil ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-PRD-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN slump ) ) ) ) ) )

Dallas its economy based on oil and real estate has been in a slump


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Exxon ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 132-acre ) ( NN tract ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 10-year-old ) ( NNP Las ) ( NNP Colinas ) ( NN complex ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN suburb ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Irving ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Exxon said it will build a new headquarters on a 132-acre tract in the 10-year-old Las Colinas complex in the suburb of Irving


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN Until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN building ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN completed ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Exxon ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB rent ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBG existing ) ( NN office ) ( NN tower ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Until the building is completed Exxon will rent part of an existing office tower


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Las ) ( NNP Colinas ) ) ( NP ( ADVP ( RB once ) ) ( DT a ) ( JJ huge ) ( NNP Texas ) ( NN ranch ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG sprawling ) ( NN complex ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN office ) ( NNS buildings ) ) ( NP ( NNS homes ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ recreational ) ( NNS facilities ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS developers ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG struggling ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB populate ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Las Colinas once a huge Texas ranch is a sprawling complex of office buildings homes and recreational facilities that its developers have been struggling to populate in recent years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Exxon ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB cost ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJR less ) ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Las ) ( NNP Colinas ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-3 ( IN than ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Exxon officials said it will cost less to run its headquarters at Las Colinas than in New York


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ much ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB save ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( X ( IN during ) ) ( PP-LOC-TPC-2 ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN interim ) ( NN location ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS sources ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RB likely ) ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( NP ( VB rent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( TO to ) ( CD 15 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( JJ square ) ( NN foot ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company wo n't say how much it will save but during at its interim location sources say it will likely pay rent of 10 to 15 per square foot


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Owners ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN building ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG asking ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( JJ square ) ( NN foot ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN rent ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fill ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN space ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Exxon ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG vacating ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Owners of the building in New York say they will be asking 50 per square foot for rent to fill the space that Exxon is vacating


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS taxes ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN development ) ( NNS costs ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR lower ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

In Texas taxes and development costs are also lower they said


( S-1 ( CC Plus ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD one ) ( NNP Exxon ) ( NN official ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG eliminating ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB typically ) ( JJ long ) ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNS commutes ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NN office ) ( CC and ) ( NN home ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 40 ) ( NNS hours ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ) ) ( PP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 35-hour ) ( NN work ) ( NN week ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Plus one Exxon official said by eliminating the typically long New York commutes between office and home management will expect employees to work 40 hours a week in Dallas rather than a 35-hour work week in New York


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Initial ) ( NNS claims ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN state ) ( NN unemployment ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB seasonally ) ( JJ adjusted ) ) ( CD 332,000 ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN week ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 14 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 396,000 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 332,000 for the week ended Oct. 14 from 396,000 the previous week the Labor Department said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBG receiving ) ( NP ( NN state ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN week ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 7 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB seasonally ) ( JJ adjusted ) ) ( CD 2,202,000 ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 2.1 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ covered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN unemployment ) ( NN insurance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 2,205,000 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN week ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ insured ) ( NN unemployment ) ( NN rate ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 2.2 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The number of people receiving state benefits in the week ended Oct. 7 fell to a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000 or 2.1 % of those covered by unemployment insurance from 2,205,000 the previous week when the insured unemployment rate was 2.2 %


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Counting ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NN state ) ( CC and ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN benefit ) ( NNS programs ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBG receiving ) ( NP ( NN unemployment ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN week ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 7 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1,784,400 ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 1,810,700 ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ) ) )

Counting all state and federal benefit programs the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in the week ended Oct. 7 fell to 1,784,400 from 1,810,700 a week earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT These ) ( NNS figures ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB seasonally ) ( JJ adjusted ) ) ) )

These figures are n't seasonally adjusted


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP read ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Tomsho ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 28 ) ) ( NN page-one ) ( NN article ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Redford ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S-TTL ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Sundance ) ( NNP Kid ) ) ( VP ( VBZ Gets ) ( NP ( JJ Little ) ( NN Respect ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN Around ) ( NP ( NNP Sundance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We read with interest Robert Tomsho 's Sept. 28 page-one article on Robert Redford The Sundance Kid Gets Little Respect Around Sundance


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Misunderstanding ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS conversations ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Tomsho ) ) ( VP ( VBD argued ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Redford ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ environmental ) ( NNS views ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNS odds ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Utah ) ( NNS residents ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Misunderstanding conversations with us Mr. Tomsho argued that Mr. Redford 's environmental views are at odds with Utah residents


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ true ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS times ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( PP-LOC ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Utah ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This may have been true 10 years ago but times have changed even in Utah


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Redford ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB no ) ( RB longer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ stands ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN extremist ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Redford no longer stands out as an extremist


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN around ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ) ) )

He has not changed but those around him have


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ Many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS views ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN protection ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN wilderness ) ( NNS areas ) ) ( NP ( NNS rivers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS canyons ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBN embraced ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( ADJP ( JJ mainstream ) ( JJ conservative ) ) ( NNPS Utahans ) ) ) ) ) )

Many of his views on the protection of wilderness areas rivers and canyons are now embraced by mainstream conservative Utahans


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Recently ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( QP ( DT some ) ( CD 60 ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ environmental ) ( CC and ) ( JJ outdoor ) ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( VP ( VBG representing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ divergent ) ( NNS points ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN view ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Sierra ) ( NNP Club ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP League ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Women ) ( NNPS Voters ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Rifle ) ( NNP Association ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD joined ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB together ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB request ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reassessment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB environmentally ) ( JJ unsound ) ) ( NNP Central ) ( NNP Utah ) ( NNP Project ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Recently some 60 environmental and outdoor groups representing such divergent points of view as the Sierra Club the League of Women Voters and the National Rifle Association joined together to request a reassessment of the environmentally unsound Central Utah Project


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Utah ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB not ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB yet ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN haven ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN environmentalism ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ public ) ( NNS views ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN environment ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB significantly ) ) ( VBN improved ) ) ) )

While Utah is not yet a haven for environmentalism public views toward the environment have significantly improved


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In one of the most conservative Republican states in the entire nation the greening of Robert Redford 's neighbors is the real story that Mr. Tomsho missed


( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sammye ) ( NNP Meadows ) ) ( NP ( NNP Sam ) ( NNP Rushforth ) ) ( NP ( NNP Gary ) ( NNP Bryner ) ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Heber ) ( NNP City ) ) ( NP ( NNP Utah ) ) ) )

Sammye Meadows Sam Rushforth Gary Bryner Heber City Utah


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Redford ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN accepted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS people ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Utah ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ advisory ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( RB instead ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG forcing ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ personal ) ( NNS preferences ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If Mr. Redford wanted to be accepted by the people of Utah he should have taken an advisory role instead of one of forcing his personal preferences


( S ( ADVP ( RB Furthermore ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS actions ) ) ( VP ( VBP imply ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ damaging ) ( CC or ) ( JJ costly ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN society ) ) ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NNS jobs ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NN power-plant ) ( NN construction ) ) ( NP ( NN coal ) ( NN mining ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( NNS roads ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ public ) ( NN safety ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ adverse ) ( NN impact ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN environment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB just ) ( JJ fine ) ( CC and ) ( JJ dandy ) ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB transform ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN mountain ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB high ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Wasatch ) ( NNP Range ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ ski ) ( NN resort ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Furthermore his actions imply that it is too damaging or costly for society to provide jobs through power-plant construction coal mining or to build roads for public safety because of the adverse impact on the environment but it is just fine and dandy for him to transform a mountain high in the Wasatch Range into a ski resort


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ astounds ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB rationalize ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( ADJP ( JJ self-righteous ) ( CC and ) ( JJ greedy ) ) ( NNS actions ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Utah ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It astounds me he can rationalize his self-righteous and greedy actions in Utah


( S ( NP-TPC-1 ( DT An ) ( JJ excellent ) ( JJ environmental ) ( NN actor ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) )

An excellent environmental actor he is


( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Vranian ) ) ( NP ( NNP M.B.A. ) ( NNP Student ) ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NP ( NNP University ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Colorado ) ) ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Boulder ) ) ( NP ( NNP Colo ) ) ) ) )

David Vranian M.B.A. Student University of Colorado Boulder Colo


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Mr. Redford like it or not is like a braking system on a runaway truck kind of slowing it down into control


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He 's rich famous and intelligent and has the time to do something that not even the federal government will do


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Mr. Redford is slowing down a mindless speeding maniac known as the progress of mankind


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Personally I 'm glad there are people like him around to slow down the profit takers and those who are in such a blind hurry for something that may appear to benefit them in the immediate future not caring about the long-range implications


Ron Dyer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bausch ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Lomb ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB introduce ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sunglasses ) ) ( VP ( VBG containing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN melanin ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pigment ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ protects ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( NN damage ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ ultraviolet ) ( NNS rays ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bausch & Lomb Inc. said it plans to introduce next year a new line of sunglasses containing melanin the pigment that protects against damage from ultraviolet rays


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ optical ) ( NNS products ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN signed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN licensing ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Photoprotective ) ( NNPS Technologies ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB closely ) ) ( JJ held ) ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Antonio ) ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN method ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB incorporate ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ synthetic ) ( NN melanin ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ plastic ) ( NNS lenses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The optical products company has signed a licensing agreement with Photoprotective Technologies Inc. a closely held firm in San Antonio Texas which has developed a method to incorporate the synthetic melanin into plastic lenses


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

Terms were n't disclosed


( SINV ( PP-LOC-CLR-TPC-1 ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN office ) ( NN wall ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NN committee ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hangs ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN quote ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP David ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP Do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB hold ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN ticket ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN 'til ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN show ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RP over ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On an office wall of the Senate intelligence committee hangs a quote from Chairman David Boren Do n't hold your ticket 'til the show 's over


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ closed-door ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( NN meaning ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB shrink ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NN action ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NNP Manuel ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He once used that line in a closed-door meeting on Panama meaning do n't shrink from taking action against Manuel Noriega


( SBARQ ( RB So ) ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ) ( SQ ( VBD did ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN senator ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ) ) ( VP ( NN end ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB up ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG approving ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN policy ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD required ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB warn ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN coup ) ( NN plot ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So how did a good senator like this end up approving a policy that required the U.S. to warn Mr. Noriega of any coup plot against him


( S ( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP agree ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ridiculous ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB indeed ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( ADVP ( RB now ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ ridiculous ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ only ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB describe ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-5 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ decides ) ( S ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( ADVP ( RB rather ) ) ( S ( RB not ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ) ) ) ( NP-1 ( JJ covert ) ( NN action ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I agree it 's ridiculous says Mr. Boren and indeed by now ridiculous may be the only way to describe how the U.S. decides to take or rather not to take covert action


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP George ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD disclosed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN policy ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG reading ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP GOP ) ( NNS senators ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB perhaps ) ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG shifting ) ( NP ( NP ( NN blame ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Panama ) ( NN fiasco ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

George Bush disclosed the policy last week by reading it to GOP senators perhaps as a way of shifting blame for the Panama fiasco to Congress


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJR broader ) ( NN truth ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ complicated ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( JJ dismaying ) ) ) ) )

But the broader truth is more complicated and dismaying


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN policy ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN contained ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN exchange ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS letters ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NNP October ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NN committee ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NNP CIA ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNP National ) ( NNP Security ) ( NNP Council ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The policy was contained in an exchange of letters last October between the Senate intelligence committee and the CIA and National Security Council


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( NN Staff ) ( NNS lawyers ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS sides ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ busy ) ( S ( VP ( VBG agreeing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN one ) ( DT another ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB oust ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN thug ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Staff lawyers for both sides were busy agreeing with one another about what the U.S. could not do to oust the Panamanian thug


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP They ) ) ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN carried ) ( RB away ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG interpreting ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN executive ) ( NN order ) ) ( VP ( VBG banning ) ( NP ( NNS assassinations ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VBN meant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They simply got carried away with interpreting what the executive order banning assassinations really meant


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ( NP ( PRP himself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB discover ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ warn-your-enemy ) ( NN nuance ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB privately ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Boren himself did n't discover the warn-your-enemy nuance until Mr. Bush told him privately at the White House last week


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ironic ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP David ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN center ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN mire ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's ironic that David Boren should be in the center of this mire


( S ( S-ADV ( NP-PRD ( DT A ) ( JJ former ) ( NNP Oklahoma ) ( NN governor ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ thoughtful ) ( NN defender ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ presidential ) ( NNS powers ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN policy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A former Oklahoma governor he 's a thoughtful defender of presidential powers in foreign policy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ rare ) ( JJ Democratic ) ( NN hawk ) ) ) )

He 's a rare Democratic hawk


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN senator ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( JJS most ) ) ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Arthur ) ( NNP Vandenberg ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP GOP ) ( NN senator ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Michigan ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD worked ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB forge ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ bipartisan ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN policy ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS 1940s ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He 's the senator most like Arthur Vandenberg the GOP senator from Michigan who worked to forge a bipartisan foreign policy in the 1940s


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Vandenberg ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Rayburn ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS heroes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN mine ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG referring ) ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sam ) ( NNP Rayburn ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Democratic ) ( NNP House ) ( NN speaker ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD cooperated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Eisenhower ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Vandenberg and Rayburn are heroes of mine Mr. Boren says referring as well to Sam Rayburn the Democratic House speaker who cooperated with President Eisenhower


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( NN country ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ credible ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They allowed this country to be credible


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VB happen ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I really want to see that happen again


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( CD 1949 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Boren ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VB succeed ) ) ) )

If this were 1949 Mr. Boren might even succeed


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1989 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ( NNS senators ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS ideas ) ) ) )

But in 1989 most senators have other ideas


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Last July his committee rejected a Reagan administration plan to support a coup in Panama


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Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum refused to support any plan that might get people hurt a charming notion for a great power


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Maine Republican William Cohen said the plan might violate the assassination ban


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So the administration dropped it


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By October when the committee rejected a much more modest covert proposal even the administration was agreeing little should be done


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Mr. Boren does n't think all this influenced the failed coup this month but he does concede that Congress has made mistakes


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In the aftermath of Vietnam in the aftermath of Iran-Contra I can understand some people might think that if they plan a coup they have to bring their lawyers he says


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But even Mr. Boren defends congressional oversight


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Writing in the Harvard International Review he says that his committee approves covert operations only when there 's a consensus


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So what does consensus mean


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It does n't mean unanimous he insists though he implies it means a bipartisan majority


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The sustainability of U.S. foreign policy is essential he explains


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Why was containment so successful


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Because it had bipartisan support


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Mr. Boren is confusing consensus on general principles with agreement on specific actions


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Elliott Abrams a veteran of intelligence committee debates doubts that even Grenada or the Libyan raid would have taken place if consensus had been required


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Vandenberg and Rayburn were wise enough to leave specific operations to presidents modern senators Mr. Boren notwithstanding are less modest


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The result is that the Senate committee has what amounts to veto power over every covert action


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I would n't say it 's quite a veto Mr. Boren demurs


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But would n't a president who acted despite Senate objections be taking grave political risks


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He would agrees the chairman


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But that is something the president ought to know before he goes ahead


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Mr. Boren even spies a silver lining


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He figures the episode will help clarify any ambiguities between the committee and administration


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He points to a letter on his desk his second in a week from President Bush saying that they do n't disagree