( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN firm ) ) ( VP ( VBD brought ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB strengthen ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN structure ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ liable ) ) ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ) ) ) )

The firm brought in to strengthen the structure could be liable as well


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The results of the quake certainly raise questions about whether reasonable care was taken Mr. Messina says


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Given the seismic history of the Bay Area it seems to me that a 6.9 earthquake is a foreseeable event


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Caltrans ' Mr. Drago defended the agency 's work on the Nimitz Freeway


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The work was done properly he said


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Basically we had a severe earthquake of significant duration and it was just something the structure could n't withstand


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Ironically Caltrans this year began working on a second round of seismic reinforcements of freeways around the state this time wrapping freeway columns in steel blankets to reinforce them


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But only bridges supported with single rows of columns were top priority and the Nimitz Freeway supported by double rows was left out Mr. Drago explained


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The reason is that the technology is such that we 're not able to retrofit multi-column structures he said


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Charles McCoy in San Francisco and John R. Emshwiller in Los Angeles contributed to this article


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP CALIFORNIA ) ) ( VP ( VBD STRUGGLED ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN aftermath ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NN area ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CALIFORNIA STRUGGLED with the aftermath of a Bay area earthquake


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As aftershocks shook the San Francisco Bay area rescuers searched through rubble for survivors of Tuesday 's temblor and residents picked their way through glass-strewn streets


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Oakland ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS hopes ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD faded ) ( PP-1 ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG finding ) ( NP ( ADJP ( DT any ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NNS survivors ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN within ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN concrete ) ( CC and ) ( NN steel ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN collapse ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ interstate ) ( NN highway ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Oakland hopes faded for finding any more survivors within the concrete and steel from the collapse of an interstate highway


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At least 270 people were reported killed and 1,400 injured in the rush-hour tremor that caused billions of dollars of damage along 100 miles of the San Andreas fault


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD declared ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN region ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN disaster ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN military ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN mobilized ) ( S-TPC ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prevent ) ( NP ( NN looting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Bush declared the region a major disaster area and the military was mobilized to prevent looting


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The baseball commissioner said the third game of the World Series between the Giants and the Athletics would be played Tuesday in Candlestick Park


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP HONECKER ) ) ( VP ( VBD WAS ) ( VP ( VBN OUSTED ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN leader ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP East ) ( NNP Germany ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( VBG growing ) ( NN unrest ) ) ) ) ) )

HONECKER WAS OUSTED as leader of East Germany amid growing unrest


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The 77-year-old official who oversaw the building of the Berlin Wall was removed during a meeting of the 163-member Communist Party Central Committee in East Berlin


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Honecker who was reported ill following gall-bladder surgery in August said he was resigning for health reasons


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He was succeeded by internal-security chief Egon Krenz 52 a hard-liner who quickly ruled out any sharing of power with pro-democracy groups


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Honecker 's departure came after weeks of street protests and an exodus to the West of East Germans who had become disenchanted with his rule


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP HUNGARY ) ) ( VP ( VBD ADOPTED ) ( NP ( JJ constitutional ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB form ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ democratic ) ( NN system ) ) ) ) ) ) )

HUNGARY ADOPTED constitutional changes to form a democratic system


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At a nationally televised legislative session in Budapest the Parliament overwhelmingly approved changes formally ending one-party domination in the country regulating free elections by next summer and establishing the office of state president to replace a 21-member council


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The country was renamed the Republic of Hungary


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Like other Soviet bloc nations it had been known as a people 's republic since


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The voting for new laws followed dissolution of Hungary 's Communist Party this month and its replacement by a Western-style Socialist Party


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The space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit from Cape Canaveral Fla. and its crew of five astronauts launched the nuclear-powered Galileo space probe on a flight to the planet Jupiter


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The 1.4 billion robot spacecraft 's exploratory mission is to take six years


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The shuttle is slated to return Monday to California


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South Korea 's President Roh addressed a joint House-Senate meeting and urged patience over U.S. demands for the opening of Seoul 's markets to more American goods saying trade issues would be resolved to mutual satisfaction


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He also said tragic results could follow any hint of weakening of the U.S. defense commitment to Seoul


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The Census Bureau reported that 13.1 % of the U.S. population or 31.9 million people were living in poverty in 1988


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Last year 's figure was down from 13.4 % in 1987 and marked the fifth consecutive annual decline in the poverty rate


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Per capita income rose 1.7 % to 13,120 but median family income fell 0.2 %


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The Bush administration accused Israeli Prime Minister Shamir of hindering peace efforts in the Mideast with unhelpful and disappointing statements


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Shamir said Tuesday that he was prepared to risk a policy conflict with the U.S. over an Egyptian plan to hold direct Israeli-Palestinian talks which the premier 's Likud bloc opposes


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Cuba was elected to the U.N. Security Council for the first time since its Castro-led revolution 30 years ago


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The election was by secret ballot in the General Assembly


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The U.S. did n't openly oppose Cuba 's seating as the Latin American council delegate


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Britain 's Prime Minister Thatcher told a Commonwealth summit in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia that sanctions against South Africa were utterly irresponsible officials said


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But other nations at the opening of the 49-nation meeting of Britain and its former colonies pressed for continued or stronger embargoes in an effort to end apartheid


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Arab officials in Saudi Arabia said three-week-old talks by Lebanese lawmakers aimed at ending Lebanon 's civil war appeared about to collapse


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Christian legislators are insisting on a Syrian troop pullout from Lebanon before agreeing to political changes giving the nation 's Moslems a greater role in Beirut 's government


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Colombia 's judges launched a 72-hour strike to press security demands following Tuesday 's murder of a High Court justice in Medellin


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The country 's narcotics traffickers claimed responsibility for the slaying


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Most of the country 's 20,000 judges and judicial employees joined the work stoppage


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AVX Corp. and Unitrode Corp. said they completed the previously reported sale of Unitrode 's San Diego-based Passive Components division to AVX


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AVX a New York-based maker of passive electronic products paid 11 million in cash to Unitrode a Lexington-based maker of semiconductor products


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Passive Components makes capacitors and filters used to protect electronics


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Whether or not great cases make bad-law as Justice Holmes asserted who can doubt that when great confirmation hearings turn on the nominee 's response to these great cases they make bad judicial history


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Ethan Bronner 's Battle for Justice How the Bork Nomination Shook America Norton 399 pages 22.50 is a spirited narrative of the nastiest of these hearings done with journalistic verve but with a flawed legal philosophy


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While the book amply justifies its subtitle the title itself is dubious


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What shook America was not a battle for justice but for naked power in which an army of judicial activists rolled over a judge they had demonized


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In its basic structure and style the book is novelistic with piquant character portrayal hard-wire action and devious intrigue of the sort more likely to be encountered in a Washington docudrama than in a constitutional history


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Mr. Bronner seems to believe that the hearings could have gone either way


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP doubt ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) )

I doubt that


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Given Democratic frustration with the Reagan victories and Court appointments the contingency plans in place and Mr. Bork 's paper trail of vulnerable writings it was pretty clear that Judge Bork never stood much chance of being confirmed


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As Mr. Bronner himself says the smell of raw meat was in the air


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Perhaps because they won Mr. Bork 's attackers come through more vividly than his defenders


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Ralph Neas was the organizing genius whipping a conglomerate of pressure groups into an irresistible attacking force


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Harvard 's Laurence Tribe was the constitutional heavy laying out legal strategies for the senators and witnesses to follow


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But it was Ted Kennedy who scored most effectively with his searing portrayal of Robert Bork 's America the parade of imaginary horribles that would follow logically he claimed from the positions Mr. Bork had taken over the space of two decades


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Sen. Kennedy never mind his dubious credentials for the moral high ground emoted brilliantly


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP add ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS others ) ) ) )

I add two others


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Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania engaged the nominee in a verbal contest aimed at showing that Mr. Bork was willing to stretch the Constitution in one area free speech while remaining rigid in all the others


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It achieved a good media play and enabled Sen. Specter and others to vote against Mr. Bork out of conscience


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Further ammunition came from left legal theorist Ronald Dworkin who in the New York Review of Books painted a picture of a constitutional zombie willfully reading his personal prejudices into the Constitution particularly in the area of original intent


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The charge of being outside the mainstream of legal thought gravely undercut Mr. Bork 's scholarly standing leaving him bleeding on the platform


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The nomination still might have been salvaged if a number of Democratic moderates in the South and Southwest had broken party lines


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But Democratic Sen. Bennett Johnson of Louisiana reminded the little band that anti-Bork blacks and women could furnish the margin to punish them in their next Senate elections


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Demographics converged with mainstream and demonizing to seal Robert Bork 's fate


( FRAG ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN upshot ) ) )

The upshot


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Mr. Bork 's opponents chose the battlefield held it and kept it


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Yet with the smooth confirmation of Anthony Kennedy an 80 percenter only slightly less supportive of judicial restraint than Mr. Bork the Democrats may have won the battle but lost the war


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Another upshot however was the chilling message the Bork hearings sent into the judicial culture from which the Supreme Court draws its talent


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The word went forth to every law school that those with federal court ambitions must travel a safe constitutional journey with no paper trail and no bite to their tongue or pen


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Unfortunately the author simply does n't supply the philosophical frame to sustain his reportorial talents


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He has too readily swallowed the case for the activist law school culture


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Probing more deeply into the doctrine of judicial restraint he would have found a long history going back to the great decisions of Justice Holmes


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He would discover it also in Alexander Bickel a subtle constitutional scholar Mr. Bork 's closest friend at Yale whose influence on the judge goes well beyond Mr. Bronner 's reporting


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Still the long view of Robert Bork as constitutional thinker must be a spotty one


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His strength lies in his majoritarian doctrine which keeps the Court clear of transient group pressures and leaves most decisions in a democracy to elected legislatures and executives


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Unfortunately Mr. Bork failed to distinguish between such pressures and the emergence of great issues critical to a society that must be settled judicially if it is to cohere


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN question ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ segregated ) ( NNS schools ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Brown ) ) ( PP ( IN vs. ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Board ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Education ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( PDT such ) ( DT an ) ( NN issue ) ) ) )

The question of segregated schools in Brown vs. Board of Education was such an issue


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In our time abortion has become another best left to a line of Supreme Court decisions rather than to the chaos of 50 state legislatures


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A reflective and growing consensus of Americans clearly wishes to apply the right to privacy in contraceptive matters decided in the Griswold case to abortion as well


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One can understand Mr. Bork 's fear that the new right to privacy will become intolerably stretched though a Supreme Court composed of men and women with realism guts and a sense of limits should be able to manage it


( S ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( WHNP-1 ( WP What ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ certain ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBP allow ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN happening ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ degrading ) ( NNP Bork ) ( NN confirmation ) ( NN circus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN peril ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

What is certain is that if Americans allow another happening like the degrading Bork confirmation circus it will be at their peril


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lerner ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN writer ) ( CC and ) ( NN historian ) ) ( VP ( VBG living ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Lerner is a writer and historian living in New York


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Beazer PLC a major British building materials and construction concern reported a 24 % jump in pretax profit for its latest financial year helped largely by contributions from its U.S. unit Koppers Co


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ Pretax ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-TMP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP June ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 142.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 224.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 114.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 180.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB broadly ) ) ( VBG matching ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS analysts ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS expectations ) ) ) ) ) )

Pretax profit for the year to June 30 rose to 142.5 million 224.5 million from 114.7 million 180.7 million broadly matching analysts ' expectations


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Profit ) ) ( PP-TMP ( PP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS taxes ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN minority ) ( NNS interests ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( PP ( IN before ) ( NP ( JJ extraordinary ) ( NNS items ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 22 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 92.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 75.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( ADJP ( RB fully ) ( VBN diluted ) ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 29.90 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 47 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 24.68 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 39 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Profit after taxes and minority interests but before extraordinary items increased 22 % to 92.6 million from 75.6 million a year earlier while fully diluted earnings per share rose to 29.90 pence 47 cents from 24.68 pence 39 cents


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNP Motors ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Chevrolet ) ( NN division ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG reacting ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ slow ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB offer ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( CD 800 ) ) ( NNS rebates ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD 1990 ) ( NNP Beretta ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ two-door ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ core ) ( NN compact-car ) ( NN line ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

General Motors Corp. 's Chevrolet division reacting to slow sales said it will offer 800 rebates on its 1990 Beretta the two-door version of its core compact-car line


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Sluggish ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Beretta ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ four-door ) ( JJ sister ) ( NN car ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Corsica ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD prompted ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP GM ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB idle ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( NNS plants ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP build ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS automobiles ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( DT a ) ( NN total ) ( IN of ) ( CD three ) ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sluggish sales of the Beretta and its four-door sister car the Corsica prompted GM to idle the two plants that build the automobiles for a total of three weeks this month


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Corsica ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Beretta ) ) ( VP ( VBP make ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ highest-volume ) ( NN car ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN Chevrolet ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS vehicles ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB off ) ( NP ( CD 9.6 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( DT a ) ( JJ steep ) ( CD 34 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( JJ early ) ( NNP October ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Corsica and Beretta make up the highest-volume car line at Chevrolet but sales of the vehicles are off 9.6 % for the year and fell a steep 34 % during early October


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Chevrolet already is offering an 800 rebate on the 1990-model Corsica


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJS latest ) ( NN rebate ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ good ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNP Beretta ) ( NNS models ) ) ) ) ) )

The latest rebate is good for all Beretta models


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Chevrolet buyers can take the rebate or get discount financing at rates ranging from 6.9 % on 24-month loans to 10.9 % on 60-month loans


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN reassured ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ strong ) ( NN rally ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD erased ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN day ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Japanese investors reassured by Monday 's strong rally on Wall Street erased most of that day 's losses on the Tokyo Stock Exchange


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN rebound ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB remove ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ cautious ) ( NN mood ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But analysts said the rebound did n't remove the cautious mood from the market


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In London stocks closed lower in volatile trading as an opening rally was obliterated by worse-than-expected U.S. trade figures


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Paris ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ similar ) ( NN reaction ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ( JJ other ) ( JJ European ) ( NNS bourses ) ) ( VP ( VBD posted ) ( NP ( NNS gains ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( SINV ( VBD did ) ( NP-SBJ ( PDT all ) ( JJ major ) ( ADJP ( JJ Asian ) ( CC and ) ( JJ Pacific ) ) ( NN stock ) ( NNS markets ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Paris shares had a similar reaction but most other European bourses posted gains as did all major Asian and Pacific stock markets


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ( NNP Index ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 225 ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 527.39 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB close ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 34996.08 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Tokyo 's Nikkei Index of 225 stocks jumped 527.39 points to close at 34996.08


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN rise ) ) ( VP ( VBD came ) ( PP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN day ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS biggest ) ( NN drop ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( NP ( CD 647.33 ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( CD 1.8 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN response ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Friday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( CD 6.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN plunge ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The rise came a day after the year 's biggest drop on Monday when the Nikkei fell 647.33 or 1.8 % in response to Friday 's 6.9 % plunge on Wall Street


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ early ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Wednesday ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Nikkei ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 19.30 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 35015.38 ) ) ) ) )

In early trading Wednesday in Tokyo the Nikkei index rose 19.30 points to 35015.38


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN On ) ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ broader-based ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Price ) ( NNP Index ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS issues ) ) ( VP ( VBN listed ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN section ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 45.66 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( NP ( CD 41.76 ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( CD 1.61 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 2642.64 ) ) ) ) )

On Tuesday the broader-based Tokyo Stock Price Index of issues listed in the first section which fell 45.66 Monday rose 41.76 or 1.61 % to 2642.64


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN Trading ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ thin ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ estimated ) ( QP ( CD 650 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJR brisker ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( QP ( CD 526 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Trading was relatively thin at an estimated 650 million shares though brisker than Monday 's 526 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( VBG Advancing ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( VP ( VBD outnumbered ) ( NP ( NNS decliners ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( CD 821-201 ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN with ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD 103 ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unchanged ) ) ) ) ) )

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners 821-201 with 103 unchanged


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN square ) ( CD one ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Simon ) ( NNP Smithson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Kleinwort ) ( NNP Benson ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Inc ) ) ) ) ) )

We 're back to square one said Simon Smithson an analyst in Japan for Kleinwort Benson International Inc


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( JJ domestic ) ( NNS institutions ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NN trust ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN investment ) ( NN management ) ( NNS firms ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS sidelines ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN fall ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB back ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Japanese domestic institutions including trust banks and investment management firms that had been on the sidelines during Monday 's fall were back in the market analysts said


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Foreign investors reportedly started off selling but later joined in the buying


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The Tokyo rally seemed to confirm the view frequently expressed in Japan in the past few days that the drop in New York was a local problem related to merger and acquisition activity in the U.S.


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-TMP ( DT This ) ( NN time ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB worry ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN official ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Daiwa ) ( NNP Securities ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) )

This time we do n't really have to worry about Tokyo said an official at Daiwa Securities Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Nothing ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB fundamentally ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) )

Nothing has changed fundamentally in the Tokyo market


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unharmed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NN market ) ( NN volatility ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ( CC and ) ( NNS traders ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN horizon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But even though Tokyo appears unharmed by recent market volatility analysts and traders say there are still a few concerns on the horizon


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ particular ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG keeping ) ( NP-CLR ( DT a ) ( JJ wary ) ( NN eye ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ 88.12-point ) ( NN rally ) ) ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( RB as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ fresh ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ economic ) ( NNS data ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN released ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In particular Japanese investors will be keeping a wary eye on Wall Street to see whether Monday 's 88.12-point rally holds up as fresh U.S. economic data are released


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG placing ) ( NP ( JJ small ) ( NNS bets ) ) ) ) )

People are placing small bets


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT no ) ( JJ huge ) ( NN buying ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Stephen ) ( NNP Hill ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN equity ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Jardine ) ( NNP Fleming ) ( NNP Securities ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There 's no huge buying said Stephen Hill head of equity sales at Jardine Fleming Securities Ltd. in Tokyo


( S ( NP-SBJ ( ADJP ( RB Really ) ( JJ brave ) ) ( NNS views ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB right ) ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ foolhardy ) ) ) ) )

Really brave views right now would be foolhardy


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Yesterday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ( VP ( VBD favored ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ) ( NP ( NN construction ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ large-capitalization ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG reflecting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fact ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NNP Tokyo ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR safer ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB domestically ) ( VBN oriented ) ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Yesterday 's buyers favored real estate construction and other large-capitalization issues reflecting the fact that many Tokyo investors now feel safer with domestically oriented stocks analysts said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ concerned ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ persistent ) ( NN strength ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dollar ) ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN yen ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJR weaker ) ( NN yen ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ leads ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( NN import ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ domestic ) ( JJ inflationary ) ( NNS pressures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They also are concerned about the persistent strength of the dollar against the yen as a weaker yen leads to higher import prices in Japan and adds to domestic inflationary pressures


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Currency ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP weigh ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB heavily ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN interest ) ( JJ rate-sensitive ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN banking ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ financial ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS fears ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN interest ) ( NNS rates ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rise ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN dollar ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN check ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Currency concerns also weigh heavily on interest rate-sensitive stocks such as banking and other financial issues because of fears that Japanese interest rates might have to rise to keep the dollar in check


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Among ) ( NP ( NN steel ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NKK ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 19 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 705 ) ( NN yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 4.97 ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nippon ) ( NNP Steel ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 17 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 735 ) ) ) ) ) )

Among steel shares NKK rose 19 to 705 yen 4.97 a share and Nippon Steel gained 17 to 735


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Construction ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD gained ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Shimizu ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 130 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 2,080 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Construction shares that gained included Shimizu which rose 130 to 2,080


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ( NN sector ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mitsui ) ( NNP Real ) ( NNP Estate ) ( NNP Development ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 2,760 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mitsubishi ) ( NNP Estate ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( CD 80 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 2,360 ) ) ) ) ) )

In the real estate sector Mitsui Real Estate Development was up 100 at 2,760 and Mitsubishi Estate gained 80 to 2,360


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP London ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Financial ) ( NNP Times-Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ( JJ 100-share ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 27.9 ) ( NNS points ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 2135.5 ) ) ) ) )

London 's Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index fell 27.9 points to 2135.5


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB down ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 40 ) ) ( NNS points ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN half-hour ) ) ( IN before ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN close ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG marking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 61.5-point ) ( NN turnaround ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ high ) ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( CD 15 ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN trading ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was down more than 40 points a half-hour before the close marking a 61.5-point turnaround from its high reached in the first 15 minutes of trading


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJR narrower ) ( NNP Financial ) ( NNP Times ) ( JJ 30-share ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 29.6 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1730.7 ) ) ) ) )

The narrower Financial Times 30-share index fell 29.6 to 1730.7


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Volume ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ active ) ( QP ( CD 643.3 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( UCP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( RB double ) ) ( DT the ) ( JJ recent ) ( NNS levels ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 959.3 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN day ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN U.K. ) ( NNS traders ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN dubbed ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP Manic ) ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Volume was an active 643.3 million shares about double the recent levels but down from 959.3 million the previous day which U.K. traders have dubbed Manic Monday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Prices ) ) ( VP ( VBD opened ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB strongly ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN basis ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NN rally ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN yesterday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Tokyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Prices opened strongly on the basis of Monday 's Wall Street rally and yesterday 's gains in Tokyo


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN advance ) ) ( VP ( VBD faltered ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS index-options ) ( NNS traders ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS investors ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ jittery ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.K. ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN outlook ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the advance faltered as index-options traders and investors jittery about the U.K. economic outlook took over


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( ADJP ( RB unexpectedly ) ( JJ wide ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP August ) ( NN trade ) ( NN deficit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10.77 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( RB already ) ( JJ jittery ) ) ( NNP U.K. ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN midafternoon ) ) ) ) )

The unexpectedly wide U.S. August trade deficit of 10.77 billion hit an already jittery U.K. market in midafternoon


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Michael ) ( NNP Hicks ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ manages ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ( CC and ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN brokerage ) ( NN concern ) ( NNP Societe ) ( NNP Generale ) ( NNP Strauss ) ( NNP Turnbull ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ nervous ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) )

Michael Hicks who manages sales and trading for brokerage concern Societe Generale Strauss Turnbull said It 's a nervous market


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB all ) ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN place ) ) ) ) )

It was all over the place


( S ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBD bought ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP wish ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBD sold ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP wish ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If you bought you wish you had n't and if you sold you wish you had n't


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( RB all ) ( IN about ) ( NP ( NN sentiment ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sentiment ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP London ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( ADJP ( CD 90 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN anxiety ) ( CC and ) ( NN worry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He said the current market is all about sentiment and the sentiment in London is 90 % anxiety and worry


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Britain ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ economic ) ( NNS fundamentals ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB look ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ bright ) ) ) ) )

Britain 's economic fundamentals he said do n't look very bright


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Dealers ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP London ) ) ( VP ( VBD showed ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS signs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG calming ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN midafternoon ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ) ( VP ( VBD avoided ) ( NP ( JJ sharp ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trade ) ( NN report ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN wave ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ futures-related ) ( NN selling ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN session ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sent ) ( NP ( NNS buyers ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS sidelines ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dealers said London showed signs of calming in midafternoon after Wall Street avoided sharp losses despite the trade report but a wave of futures-related selling later in the session sent buyers back to the sidelines


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT some ) ( NNS sectors ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( NP ( NN buying ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB actively ) ) ( VBN sold ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still some sectors found buying interest after being actively sold in recent weeks


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Merchant ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR stronger ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ) ) )

Merchant banks were stronger across the board


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Grenfell ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN mentioned ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN takeover ) ( NNS rumors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 20 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 392 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 6.18 ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) )

Morgan Grenfell which has been mentioned in takeover rumors rose 20 to 392 pence 6.18 a share


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP S.G. ) ( NNP Warburg ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ rumored ) ( NN target ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ European ) ( NN banking ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD finished ) ( ADVP-CLR ( NP ( CD 22 ) ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 400 ) ) ) ) )

S.G. Warburg a rumored target of some European banking concerns finished 22 higher at 400


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Hambros ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 5 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 204 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Schroders ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 25 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 12.75 ) ) ) ) ) )

Hambros rose 5 to 204 and Schroders rose 25 to 12.75


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ corporate ) ( NN front ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ford ) ( NNP Motor ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD raised ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP U.K. ) ( NN luxury ) ( NN car ) ( NN maker ) ( NNP Jaguar ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 10.4 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 5 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the corporate front Ford Motor announced that it raised its stake in U.K. luxury car maker Jaguar to 10.4 % from 5 %


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Jaguar ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 23 ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG easing ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB close ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 654 ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( NP ( CD 6 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jaguar shares jumped 23 before easing to close at 654 up 6


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Amstrad ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ British ) ( NN computer ) ( NN hardware ) ( CC and ) ( NNS communications ) ( NN equipment ) ( NN maker ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD eased ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 4 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 47 ) ) ) ) )

Amstrad a British computer hardware and communications equipment maker eased 4 to 47


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 52 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN plunge ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ pretax ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS latest ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It announced a 52 % plunge in pretax profit for the latest year


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Brewery ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ firm ) ( TO to ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN talk ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ early ) ( NN bargain-hunting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ) ( VP ( VBD ended ) ( PP-LOC ( IN below ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS peaks ) ) ) ) ) )

Brewery stocks were firm to higher on talk of early bargain-hunting but most ended below their peaks


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bass ) ) ( VP ( VBD ended ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( NP ( CD 3 ) ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 966 ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Guinness ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 589 ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 7 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Scottish ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Newcastle ) ) ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 11 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 359 ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Whitbread ) ( NNP Class ) ( DT A ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 17 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 363 ) ) ) ) ) )

Bass ended up 3 higher at 966 Guinness closed at 589 down 7 and Scottish & Newcastle dropped 11 to 359 but Whitbread Class A shares rose 17 to 363


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Dealers ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ late ) ( NN talk ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Whitbread ) ( NN sale ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN brewing ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Scottish ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Newcastle ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dealers said there was late talk of a Whitbread sale of brewing operations to Scottish & Newcastle


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( RBS most ) ( JJ active ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS blue-chips ) ) ( NP ( NP ( RB particularly ) ( NNS oils ) ( CC and ) ( NNS utilities ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP British ) ( NNP Gas ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP British ) ( NNP Telecommunications ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The most active shares were major blue-chips particularly oils and utilities such as British Gas and British Telecommunications


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Traders ) ) ( VP ( VBD attributed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN action ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( ADVP ( RB largely ) ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ defensive ) ( NN positioning ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ volatile ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Traders attributed the action in them largely to defensive positioning in a volatile market


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP British ) ( NNP Gas ) ) ( VP ( VBD finished ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 197 ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 2 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 13 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP British ) ( NNP Petroleum ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 8 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 291 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 9.4 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP British ) ( NNP Telecom ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( NP ( CD 4 ) ) ( JJR lower ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 261 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN turnover ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

British Gas finished at 197 down 2 on 13 million shares British Petroleum fell 8 to 291 on 9.4 million shares and British Telecom was 4 lower at 261 on turnover of 10 million shares


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Cable ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Wireless ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 20 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 478 ) ) ) ) )

Cable & Wireless fell 20 to 478


( S ( ADVP ( RB Also ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ active ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP British ) ( NNP Steel ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 124 ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( CD 20 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD changed ) ( NP ( NNS hands ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Also in active trading British Steel fell 1 to 124 as 20 million shares changed hands


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Racal ) ( NNP Electric ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD traded ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 11 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 12 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 218 ) ) ) ) )

Racal Electric which traded 11 million shares declined 12 to 218


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ European ) ( NNS markets ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN share ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB sharply ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Frankfurt ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Zurich ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD posted ) ( NP ( JJ moderate ) ( NNS rises ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Stockholm ) ( NNP Amsterdam ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Milan ) ) ) ) ) )

In other European markets share prices closed sharply higher in Frankfurt and Zurich and posted moderate rises in Stockholm Amsterdam and Milan


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Paris ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP-CLR ( JJR lower ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJS most ) ( NNS Brussels ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unable ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB trade ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ second ) ( JJ consecutive ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ technical ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) )

Paris closed lower and most Brussels shares were unable to trade for a second consecutive day because of technical problems


( S ( NP-SBJ ( ADJP ( JJ South ) ( JJ African ) ) ( NN gold ) ( NNS stocks ) ) ( VP ( VBD closed ) ( ADVP-CLR ( JJR higher ) ) ) )

South African gold stocks closed higher


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Elsewhere ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN share ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBD rebounded ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ) ( NP ( NNP Sydney ) ) ( NP ( NNP Singapore ) ) ( NP ( NNP Wellington ) ) ( NP ( NNP Taipei ) ) ( NP ( NNP Manila ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Seoul ) ) ) ) ) )

Elsewhere share prices rebounded in Hong Kong Sydney Singapore Wellington Taipei Manila and Seoul


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ) ( NP ( NNP Sydney ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Singapore ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS largest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS exchanges ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS stocks ) ) ( VP ( VBD recovered ) ( NP ( NP ( NN one-third ) ( TO to ) ( NN one-half ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ground ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD lost ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN plunge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( JJ major ) ( NN market ) ( NNS indexes ) ) ( VP ( VBG posting ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 3.6 ) ( NN % ) ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 4.4 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Hong Kong Sydney and Singapore the largest of those exchanges stocks recovered one-third to one-half of the ground they lost in Monday 's plunge with major market indexes posting gains of 3.6 % to 4.4 %


( S ( ADVP-LOC-TPC-PRD-1 ( RB Here ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN price ) ( NNS trends ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ major ) ( NN stock ) ( NNS markets ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBN calculated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Stanley ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Perspective ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Geneva ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Here are price trends on the world 's major stock markets as calculated by Morgan Stanley Capital International Perspective Geneva


( S ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB directly ) ( JJ comparable ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT each ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN close ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1969 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG equaling ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To make them directly comparable each index is based on the close of 1969 equaling 100


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN percentage ) ( NN change ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN since ) ( NP ( NN year-end ) ) ) ) )

The percentage change is since year-end


( PRN ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ centennial ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS events ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( NN century ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( DT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( NN stand ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS milestones ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN business ) ( NN history ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During its centennial year The Wall Street Journal will report events of the past century that stand as milestones of American business history


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT THE ) ( NNP YOM ) ( NNP KIPPUR ) ( NNP WAR ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB WHEN ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP EGYPT ) ) ( VP ( VBD CRASHED ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNP Israel ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 6 ) ( CD 1973 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS holiest ) ( NN day ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Jewish ) ( NN calendar ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD lasted ) ( NP ( QP ( RB barely ) ( DT a ) ) ( NN month ) ) ) )

THE YOM KIPPUR WAR WHEN EGYPT CRASHED into Israel on Oct. 6 1973 the holiest day in the Jewish calendar lasted barely a month


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( CD one ) ( JJ far-afield ) ( NN effect ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ) )

But one far-afield effect is still with us


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ Arab ) ( NNS states ) ) ( ADJP ( RB always ) ( RB bitterly ) ( JJ resentful ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NNP Israel ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD realized ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD held ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ irresistable ) ( NN weapon ) ) ( NP ( NN oil ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Arab states always bitterly resentful of U.S. support toward Israel realized they held an irresistable weapon oil


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Early in October six Arab nations in the Persian Gulf jacked up prices sharply


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On Oct. 22 led by Saudi Arabia the world 's largest exporter they embargoed oil shipments to the U.S. and to the Netherlands Israel 's staunchest European ally


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN timing ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ perfect ) ) ) )

The timing was perfect


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The Arabs had tried embargos before


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In 1956 when Britain France and Israel invaded Egypt to seize the Suez Canal Arab producers cut off supplies to Europe


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Texas ) ) ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VP ( VBD pumped ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR harder ) ) ) )

Texas simply pumped harder


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U.S. oil supplies however had peaked in 1970 and 1971 and by 1973 were declining


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Imports then six million barrels a day came primarily from Venezuela and Canada


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But Middle East supplies were growing in importance


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By 1973 the U.S. was bringing in two million barrels of Arab oil a day more than 10 % of the 17.3 million barrels consumed daily


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Politics ) ( CC and ) ( NNS economics ) ) ( VP ( VBD conspired ) ) )

Politics and economics conspired


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Japan and Europe far more dependent on Mideast oil than the U.S. would n't offend the Arabs or trade off their precious supplies


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The U.S. did manage to supply the Dutch with oil by relabeling supplies once oil is shipped no one can tell its source


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But car-happy Americans panicked and so did the U.S. and other oil-consuming governments


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Shortage and crisis became buzz words although neither really applied


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The spot dislocations that showed up were largely the result of confusion much of it in Washington though that was cold comfort for drivers waiting in mile-long lines at the gas pumps


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The embargo lasted only six months but the price hikes became a fact of life


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What the Arabs started inflation finished


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Once and for all 5-a-barrel crude oil and 35-cents-a-gallon gasoline were history


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Par Pharmaceutical Inc. said it named its interim president and chief executive officer Kenneth I. Sawyer to those posts permanently and elected him to the board


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Par also said it was advised by the U.S. attorney for Maryland that it is one of a number of companies being investigated by a federal grand jury for alleged violations of the federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act


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Par a generic-drug maker that has been plagued by management problems was already the subject of a federal criminal inquiry into the drug-approval process and a Food and Drug Administration investigation