( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Adm. ) ( NNP Goupil ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN navy ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB wait ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1998 ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ naval ) ( NNP Rafale ) ) ( VP ( VBZ becomes ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ available ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB replace ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ obsolete ) ( NN fleet ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American-made ) ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS 1950s ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB protect ) ( NP ( NNS carriers ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN attack ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adm. Goupil said the navy ca n't wait until 1998 when the naval Rafale becomes available to replace its obsolete fleet of American-made Crusaders used since the 1950s to protect carriers from attack


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( RB Rather ) ( IN than ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VB renovate ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Dassault ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG proposing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN around ) ( CD 1.8 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( JJ French ) ( NNS francs ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 286.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NNP Adm. ) ( NNP Goupil ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( DT the ) ( NN navy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( JJ used ) ( NNS F-18s ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Navy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Rather than renovate the Crusaders which Dassault is proposing to do for around 1.8 billion French francs 286.6 million Adm. Goupil said the navy wants to buy used F-18s from the U.S. Navy


( S ( ADVP ( RB Officially ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN statement ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN attack ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Rafale ) ) ) ) ) )

Officially the statement is n't an attack on the Rafale


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Adm. ) ( NNP Goupil ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS F-18s ) ) ( VP ( VBP wear ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN navy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ prepared ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( NNPS Rafales ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB replace ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adm. Goupil said that when the F-18s wear out the navy is prepared to take Rafales to replace them


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP ( RB unofficially ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ senior ) ( NN navy ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB sharply ) ) ( VBP criticize ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Rafale ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN air ) ( NN force ) ( NN plane ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ ill-suited ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN carrier ) ( NN use ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But unofficially senior navy officials sharply criticize the Rafale as an air force plane ill-suited to carrier use


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB so ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB publicly ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN secret ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN preference ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN F-18 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ operational ) ( NNS grounds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although they never said so publicly they have made no secret of their preference for the F-18 on operational grounds


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Adm. ) ( NNP Goupil ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS comments ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB inflame ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR broader ) ( NN dispute ) ) ( PP ( IN within ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ military ) ( NN establishment ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Dassault ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adm. Goupil 's comments are likely to inflame the broader dispute within the military establishment here over the role of Dassault


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( FRAG ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ government-controlled ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Dassault ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN run ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN founder ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN son ) ) ( NP ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Serge ) ( NNP Dassault ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB fiercely ) ) ( VBN protected ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN independence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although government-controlled Dassault still is run by the founder 's son Chairman Serge Dassault who has fiercely protected his company 's independence


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Rafale ) ( NN project ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN result ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP France ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN inability ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB jointly ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN plane ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS countries ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ French ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP question ) ( SBAR-NOM ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN state ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( S ( VP ( VBG paying ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ expensive ) ( JJ independent ) ( NNS programs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Rafale project is the result of France 's inability jointly to develop a plane with other countries and French officials question whether the state can continue paying for expensive independent programs


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB So ) ( RB far ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dassault ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN resisted ) ( NP ( NN pressure ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB change ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So far Mr. Dassault has resisted pressure to change


( S ( SBAR-NOM-SBJ ( WHNP-1 ( WP What ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD brought ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ naval ) ( NN issue ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN head ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB literally ) ) ( VP ( VBG falling ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB apart ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ immediate ) ( NN plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB replace ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

What brought the naval issue to a head is that the Crusaders are literally falling apart without any immediate plan to replace them


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Adm. ) ( NNP Goupil ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NNP Crusader ) ( NN squadron ) ( NN leader ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( JJ other ) ( NN country ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Philippines ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD retired ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ last ) ( NNS ones ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adm. Goupil a former Crusader squadron leader said that the last other country to use Crusaders the Philippines retired its last ones two years ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( JJ French ) ( NNP Crusader ) ( NN crash ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( VP ( VBD heightened ) ( NP ( NP ( NN pressure ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS planes ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) )

A French Crusader crash a few months ago heightened pressure for new planes here


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Adm. ) ( NNP Goupil ) ) ( VP ( VBD rejected ) ( NP ( NP ( NN Dassault ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN proposal ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB renovate ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN cost ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ impossible ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB estimate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Adm. Goupil rejected Dassault 's proposal to renovate the Crusaders saying the cost was impossible to estimate


( S-3 ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( RB Even ) ( JJ modernized ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ( VP ( VBP represent ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ obsolete ) ( CC and ) ( JJ dangerous ) ( NN protection ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN aircraft ) ( NNS carriers ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP France ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB meet ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS crises ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS wars ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Lebanon ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Persian ) ( NNP Gulf ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even modernized he said the Crusaders represent an obsolete and dangerous protection for the aircraft carriers France has sent to meet such crises as the wars in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Defense ) ( NNP Minister ) ( NNP Jean-Pierre ) ( NNP Chevenement ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Anglo-American ) ( NNP Press ) ( NNP Association ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN question ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG modernizing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Crusaders ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( NN buying ) ( NP ( JJ used ) ( NNS F18s ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ political ) ( NN decision ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ due ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Defense Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement told a meeting of the Anglo-American Press Association that the question of modernizing the Crusaders or buying used F18s is a political decision that he will make in due time


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP McCormick ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ final ) ( JJ proration ) ( NN factor ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD 0.628394 ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ oversubscribed ) ( ADJP ( JJ 3-a-share ) ) ( NN tender ) ( NN offer ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ many ) ( IN as ) ( CD 1.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ common ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

McCormick Capital Inc. said the final proration factor was 0.628394 on its oversubscribed 3-a-share tender offer to buy back as many as 1.1 million of its common shares


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Payment ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( ADVP-TMP-CLR ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB soon ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 25 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Payment will begin as soon as Oct. 25 the company said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP McCormick ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN developer ) ( CC and ) ( NN manager ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ futures-investment ) ( JJ limited ) ( NNS partnerships ) ) ) ) ) )

McCormick is a developer and manager of futures-investment limited partnerships


( S-1 ( PP ( IN Through ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ separate ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Peter ) ( NNP Dauchy ) ) ( NP ( NN president ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG selling ) ( NNS shareholders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dauchy ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( CD 231,405 ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG boosting ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 717,000 ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 50.7 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN total ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN buy-back ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Through a separate agreement between Peter Dauchy president and a group of selling shareholders the company said Mr. Dauchy will on Oct. 30 buy 231,405 shares from the group boosting his stake to about 717,000 shares or 50.7 % of the total after the buy-back


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Royal ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNP Group ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( NP-CLR ( NN suit ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN court ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG charging ) ( NP-2 ( NP ( NNP Realist ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS directors ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG violating ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NNS securities ) ( NNS laws ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG engaging ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN scheme ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prevent ) ( NP-4 ( NNP Royal ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG acquiring ) ( NP ( NNP Realist ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Royal Business Group Inc. said it filed suit in federal court here charging Realist Inc. and its directors with violating federal securities laws by engaging in a scheme to prevent Royal from acquiring Realist


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Royal ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( CC and ) ( VBZ distributes ) ( NP ( NN business ) ( NNS forms ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( CD 8 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Realist ) ) ) ) ) )

Royal which makes and distributes business forms owns an 8 % stake in Realist


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Royal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contends ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Realist ) ) ( VP ( VBD failed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB disclose ) ( NP ( NP ( NN material ) ( NN information ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Realist ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS negotiations ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NNP Ammann ) ( NNP Laser ) ( NNP Technik ) ( NNP AG ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS stockholders ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( RB prior ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Realist ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP June ) ( CD 6 ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Royal contends that Realist failed to disclose material information including Realist 's negotiations to acquire Ammann Laser Technik AG to stockholders prior to Realist 's June 6 annual meeting


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Royal ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN suit ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contends ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNP Ammann ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB entrench ) ( NP ( NN management ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB thwart ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Royal ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN offer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Royal 's suit contends that the Ammann acquisition was designed to entrench management and thwart Royal 's offer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Royal ) ) ( VP ( VBD withdrew ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN offer ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Realist ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN maker ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ optical ) ( CC and ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Menomonee ) ( NNPS Falls ) ) ( NP ( NNP Wis. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 14.06 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Realist ) ) ( VP ( VBD disclosed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Ammann ) ( NN purchase ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Royal withdrew its offer to buy Realist a maker of optical and electronic products based in Menomonee Falls Wis. for 14.06 a share in July after Realist disclosed the Ammann purchase


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN suit ) ) ( VP ( VBZ seeks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN excess ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 350,000 ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS damages ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The suit seeks in excess of 350,000 in damages


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NNP Realist ) ( NN official ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB yet ) ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ full ) ( NN complaint ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN response ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN opportunity ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB review ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A Realist official said the company had n't yet received the full complaint and would n't have a response until it had an opportunity to review it


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP Dallas ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ long-yardage ) ( NN situation ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG struggling ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pull ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB ahead ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Atlanta ) ( NNPS Falcons ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Dallas Cowboys are looking at a long-yardage situation struggling to pull ahead of the Atlanta Falcons


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Up ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN stadium ) ( NN box ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( ADJP ( JJ new ) ( CC and ) ( JJ controversial ) ) ( NN owner ) ) ( NP ( NNP Jerral ) ( NNP Jerry ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ watches ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB anxiously ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN team ) ) ( VP ( VBZ bounds ) ( PP-DIR ( IN up ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN scrimmage ) ( NN line ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Up in his stadium box their new and controversial owner Jerral Jerry Jones watches anxiously as the team bounds up to the scrimmage line


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( NP-CLR ( RB heart ) ) ) )

Mr. Jones takes heart


( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB There ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN center ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pack ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN quarterback ) ( NNP Troy ) ( NNP Aikman ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN key ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN comeback ) ( NN strategy ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There in the center of the pack is quarterback Troy Aikman the key to the Cowboys ' comeback strategy


( FRAG ( ADJP ( RB So ) ( JJ key ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD signed ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP April ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 11.4 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( CD six ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN record ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rookie ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So key in fact that Mr. Jones signed him in April for 11.4 million over the next six years a record for a rookie


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ genuine ) ( JJ Wheaties-box ) ( NN athlete ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gushes ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) )

He 's a genuine Wheaties-box athlete gushes Mr. Jones


( S ( PP ( IN With ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ( ADJP ( VBN left ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN clock ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Aikman ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN snap ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ steps ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ fires ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 21-yard ) ( NN pass ) ) ( PP-DIR ( RB straight ) ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS hands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NNP Atlanta ) ( JJ defensive ) ( NN back ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

With three minutes left on the clock Mr. Aikman takes the snap steps back and fires a 21-yard pass straight into the hands of an Atlanta defensive back


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN crowd ) ) ( VP ( VBZ groans ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shakes ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN head ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ( VP ( VBP lose ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN game ) ) ) ) )

The crowd groans Mr. Jones shakes his head the Cowboys lose the game


( S ( PP-TMP ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS days ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NNP Sept. ) ( CD 17 ) ( NN game ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Aikman ) ) ( VP ( VBD broke ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN finger ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG sidelining ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A few days after that Sept. 17 game Mr. Aikman broke a finger sidelining him for weeks


( FRAG ( INTJ ( UH Ah ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN glamour ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ professional ) ( NNS sports ) ) ) ) )

Ah the glamour of professional sports


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ) ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG losing ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN quarterback ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB temporarily ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB just ) ( DT the ) ( JJS latest ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN string ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS setbacks ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VP ( VBN beset ) ( NP-2 ( DT the ) ( NNP Dallas ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP=2 ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Football ) ( NNP League ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For Mr. Jones losing his quarterback temporarily was just the latest in a string of setbacks that has beset the Dallas Cowboys and this year much of the National Football League


( S ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( RB Once ) ( JJ fat ) ( CC and ) ( JJ happy ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG losing ) ( NP ( NNS games ) ( NNS fans ) ( CC and ) ( NN money ) ) ) ) )

Once fat and happy the Cowboys now are losing games fans and money


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN team ) ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN red ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 30 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN revenue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Last year the team ended up 2 million in the red on 30 million in revenue


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS highest ) ( NNS costs ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN league ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It has some of the highest costs in the league


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Its ) ( NN attendance ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-PRD ( IN off ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 23 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( ADVP ( NP ( CD six ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) )

Its attendance is off 23 % from six years ago


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At the very least Mr. Jones who cultivates the society circuit as eagerly as his bench can take comfort in one fact These days he is n't alone


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Nearly half the owners of the 28 National Football League teams are losing money the result of flat attendance aging stadiums and more than anything skyrocketing salaries for star players like Mr. Aikman


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Last year the top 12 players on each NFL team took home an average 536,000 a figure comparable to baseball and higher than in basketball


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First-round draft picks have done even better Average salaries and bonuses for them rose to 685,000 this year up 44 % from 1987


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It 's a vicious circle says Art Modell owner of the Cleveland Browns


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One team pays so much and the other pays more


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We just do n't have that kind of income stream


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All this is causing convulsions in professional football


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Owners largely complacent in the past are now almost desperately looking for ways to lower costs and raise revenue embracing some revolutionary ideas in the process


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Though not intentionally the Cowboys ' Mr. Jones has come to represent this new breed of owner


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Shortly after buying 66 % of the team from H.R. Bum Bright for 145 million and mindful of the Cowboys ' ragged bottom line the 47-year-old Mr. Jones set about his own round of team cuts


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First he unceremoniously sacked Tom Landry the legendary coach who took the Cowboys to five Super Bowls and 20 consecutive winning seasons


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In Dallas Mr. Landry has a standing just shy of sainthood


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Anti-Jones sentiment flooded the local press A crude obnoxious hick said one writer a real oink said another Who in the hell does he think he is wrote a third


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For Mr. Jones it was just the beginning


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He quickly cut the team 's bloated administrative staff by half shut down a Cowboys-owned dance academy and in July announced plans to sell Valley Ranch the team 's 30-acre practice camp and the most lavish training facility in the NFL


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Mr. Jones calls the ranch the Pentagon of Sportdom


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It is a maze of halls that connects film rooms elaborate spas and weight-training centers that testify to a richer more free-spending era


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He likes to tell the yarn of how he got lost on the expansive ranch during an early visit took refuge in an office and called the front desk for help


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Somebody ) ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I said Somebody come get me


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN extension ) ( CD 29 ) ) ) ) )

I 'm at extension 29


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With a new day dawning on the sport Mr. Jones does n't see a place for this sort of luxury


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB just ) ( RB not ) ( NN cost ) ( JJ efficient ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

It 's just not cost efficient he says


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The place costs nearly 2 million a year to maintain


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When he sells it he says the Cowboys will move to a more practical read affordable grass practice field near Texas Stadium


( S ( CC And ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Tom ) ( NNP Landry ) ) ) ) ( INTJ ( UH well ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN mind ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN played ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( VBG winning ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) )

And as for Tom Landry well in Mr. Jones 's mind he had played out his winning years


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After posting losing seasons in each of the last three years the Cowboys needed a change he says


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Football has long been Mr. Jones 's passion both on and off the field


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An Arkansas native he started at guard on the undefeated 1964 University of Arkansas team that won a national championship


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After college he worked at his father 's insurance company in Little Rock and in 1966 led an aborted attempt to buy the San Diego Chargers


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Years later with cash from the sale of the insurance company he founded Arkoma Production Corp. an oil and gas exploration company based in Little Rock


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So it was n't surprising that Mr. Jones returned to his Arkansas roots when he went looking for a replacement for Mr. Landry


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He tapped Jimmy Johnson a teammate on the 1964 University of Arkansas squad and the head coach at the University of Miami where he led the Hurricanes to five winning seasons and a national championship in 1987


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Whatever Mr. Johnson 's talents in the hearts and minds of many Dallas fans he is no Tom Landry


( S ( NP-TMP ( NP ( CD Seven ) ( NNS games ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN loss ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Kansas ) ( NNP City ) ( NNPS Chiefs ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ) ( NP ( CD seven ) ( NNS losses ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN season ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB any ) ( RBR better ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Seven games and after a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday seven losses into the season the new Cowboys are n't doing any better than the old


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( ADVP-MNR ( DT this ) ( RB badly ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-TMP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1960 ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ opening ) ( NN season ) ) ) ) ) )

In fact the last time they played this badly was in 1960 their opening season


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NN Average ) ( NN attendance ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS games ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 49,000 ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( ADVP-CLR ( JJ flat ) ) ) )

Average attendance at their games about 49,000 last year continues flat


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Mr. Jones is attacking the problem on several fronts


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He continues to reshuffle the team trading famed running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings this month for a slew of players and future draft picks


( S ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB try ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB draw ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NNS fans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN dropped ) ( NP ( NN end-zone ) ( NN ticket ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 25 ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 19 ) ) ) ) ) )

To try to draw more fans he has dropped end-zone ticket prices from 25 to 19


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But the general trend given rising costs in the league has been to raise prices and Mr. Jones is expected to eventually follow suit


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It 's simple says Lamar Hunt who owns the Kansas City Chiefs and last year raised ticket prices by 2.40 to an average 17


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN red ) ) ) ) ) )

If we did n't increase prices we 'd be in the red


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Mr. Jones has also beefed up his marketing staff to sell the 118 luxury suites topping Texas Stadium his deal with Bum Bright included operating rights for the stadium


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The suites are air-conditioned have wet bars and plush seating and offer a clear view of the field all for a sale price of 475,000 to 1 million depending on their size and location


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Mr. Jones has been taking prospective suite owners onto the field during practice to let them rub elbows with players and promises those who actually buy one of the rooms an insider 's look at the team 's strategy before game time


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The sales job seems to be paying off When he bought the team only six of the suites had been sold


( S ( NP-TMP ( NN Today ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( CD 30 ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ) )

Today 30 have


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Gate receipts are only the Cowboys ' second largest source of cash


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The biggest is the NFL 's contract with national television for broadcast of the league 's games


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Last year the Cowboys ' share of that pie came to 17.6 million


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The team additionally earns between 2 million and 4 million for local radio and television broadcast rights


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Mr. Jones is currently trying to jack up the price for those local rights


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He is also trying to get more stations in Mexico where the Cowboys have a following to pick up the games


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Mr. Jones whose twangy voice and folksy ways belie an intense businessman who works 16-hour days is resigned to the hefty salaries he pays his players these days


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He calls the contracts critical to winning in the NFL and has played his part in the bidding wars


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Besides signing Mr. Aikman to a sizable contract Mr. Jones has agreed to pay rookie quarterback Steve Walsh 4.1 million over the next four years


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This wage inflation is bleeding the NFL dry the owners contend


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Soon only large corporations will be able to afford to buy and run football teams predicts John J. Veatch Jr. an investment banker with Salomon Brothers who handled the Cowboys sale


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To tackle the problem NFL owners have proposed setting a rookie wage scale to try to rein in salaries


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Details of the plan which would go into effect in 1993 are sketchy but each player would apparently be paid a base salary keyed to his position and ability


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Bonuses would be paid based on playing time and performance


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The NFL Players Association meanwhile contends that athletes are paid a wage commensurate with their ability to draw fans and that some owners are in financial trouble because of poor business management not players ' salaries


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The owners are trying to boost profit in other ways too


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Many have launched promotions to attract new fans and are renegotiating dated stadium contracts


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Most of the owners must pay up to 10 % of gross ticket sales for leases on stadiums they say are either too small or too old


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In Chicago for example size is the issue


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We have the worst lease in the NFL contends Michael B. McCaskey the president of the Chicago Bears and a grandson of George Halas who founded the NFL 's predecessor organization


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We 're in a metro area with millions of Bear fans and only a small number can be accommodated


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When the lease expires in 1999 he says It 's got to be changed


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This year the NFL also imposed an 80-player limit on teams going into training camp down from 120 in a move meant to trim payroll costs


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And the league is trying to get more for its three-year national network contract which expires after this season


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ current ) ( NN contract ) ) ( VP ( VBZ pays ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NFL ) ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) )

The current contract pays the NFL 1.4 billion


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Owners say they expect the league to demand a 50 % increase despite the fact that televised football games have had lackluster ratings


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An NFL spokesman also says the league will probably expand its offerings to cable TV companies like ESPN


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN come ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB easy ) ) ) ) )

The changes have n't come easy


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Like the game of professional football the NFL organization itself is in turmoil


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The new breed of team owner Mr. Jones included has been fighting the NFL bureaucracy for a greater say in league affairs and the battle has produced a form of organizational gridlock


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In July 11 NFL owners almost all of them new blocked an effort to install Jim Finks as a replacement for retiring league commissioner Pete Rozelle


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Mr. Finks is perceived by some owners as a standard-bearer for the Old Guard


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Earlier this month another effort to choose a commissioner failed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS owners ) ) ( VP ( VBP meet ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB again ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN tomorrow ) ) ) )

The owners meet again tomorrow


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For his part Jerry Jones says he 's in the business for the long haul and his work style seems to support that


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He puts in busy six-day weeks excluding game days and on one recent afternoon fielded questions in the course of an hour from a TV producer his luxury-suite marketing manager a disgruntled customer and a roomful of Arkansas reporters


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To keep his schedule on track he flies two personal secretaries in from Little Rock to augment his staff in Dallas


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When I made this investment I made it on a lifetime basis he explains


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I 'm not here to make money by reselling the team later on


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN investment ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB accept ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN future ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While the Cowboys may not be the best investment now I do n't accept they ca n't be in the future


( S ( ADVP ( IN Besides ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( NN extent ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( PP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN team ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ keeps ) ( VP ( VBG losing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Besides to a large extent Mr. Jones may already be getting what he wants out of the team even though it keeps losing


( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Owning ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cowboys ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN bought ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( NP ( FW entree ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ glitzy ) ( NN life ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG drilling ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN oil ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Arkansas ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Owning the Cowboys has bought him entree to a glitzy life that drilling for oil in Arkansas just did n't provide


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ private ) ( NN jet ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN platoon ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS assistants ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS invitations ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NNS parties ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN television ) ( NNS appearances ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS shows ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ Prime ) ( NN Time ) ( JJ Live ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There is the new private jet the platoon of assistants invitations to the best parties and television appearances on shows such as Prime Time Live


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Jones ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VBD entertained ) ( NP ( NNP Elizabeth ) ( NNP Taylor ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ private ) ( NN suite ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Stadium ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A few weeks ago Mr. Jones even entertained Elizabeth Taylor in his private suite at Texas Stadium


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ catbird ) ( NN seat ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT every ) ( NN day ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN job ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

You 're in the catbird seat every day in this job he says


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Troubled ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN attracted ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS offers ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN advertising ) ( NNS units ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( JJ potential ) ( NNS suitors ) ) ( VP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NNP Interpublic ) ( NNP Group ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN rejected ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ familiar ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Troubled Saatchi & Saatchi Co. has attracted offers for some of its advertising units with potential suitors including Interpublic Group but has rejected them people familiar with the company said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Industry ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Interpublic ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD approached ) ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Campbell-Mithun-Esty ) ( NN unit ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN turned ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Chairman ) ( NNP Maurice ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Industry executives said Interpublic approached Saatchi in August about buying its Campbell-Mithun-Esty unit but was turned down by Chairman Maurice Saatchi


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP-TMP ( RBR More ) ( RB recently ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Interpublic ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD inquired ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJR smaller ) ( NNS communications ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ( PRN ( VP ( VBN identified ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Rowland ) ( JJ public ) ( NNS relations ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ several ) ( NN industry ) ( NNS executives ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB again ) ) ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN rebuffed ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

More recently Interpublic inquired about one of Saatchi 's smaller communications companies identified as the Rowland public relations firm by several industry executives but again was rebuffed they said


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Interpublic ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN chairman ) ( CC and ) ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ( NP ( NNP Philip ) ( NNP Geier ) ( NNP Jr. ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS pitches ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS visits ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP London ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Interpublic 's chairman and chief executive officer Philip Geier Jr. made the pitches in visits to Mr. Saatchi in London the executives said


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT A ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB comment ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NNP Interpublic ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A Saatchi spokesman declined to comment about Interpublic


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD confirmed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS inquiries ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBN interested ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG acquiring ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Campbell-Mithun ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Rowland ) ( NNS units ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the spokesman confirmed that Saatchi has received several inquiries from companies interested in acquiring its Campbell-Mithun and Rowland units


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN intention ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( CC either ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He added We have no intention of selling either business


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Interpublic ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( NP ( NN comment ) ) ) )

Interpublic declined comment


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS offers ) ) ( VP ( VBP come ) ( SBAR-CLR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG struggling ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( RBS most ) ( JJ troubled ) ( NN period ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ 19-year ) ( NN history ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The offers come as Saatchi is struggling through the most troubled period in its 19-year history


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Takeover ) ( NN speculation ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ rife ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NN consulting ) ( NN business ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN block ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN shareholder ) ) ( NP ( NNP Southeastern ) ( NNP Asset ) ( NNP Management ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN approached ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ third ) ( NNS parties ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG regarding ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN restructuring ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Takeover speculation has been rife its consulting business is on the block and its largest shareholder Southeastern Asset Management has said it 's been approached by third parties regarding a possible restructuring


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB continually ) ) ( VP ( VBN lowered ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS earnings ) ( NNS estimates ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NN outlook ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ short ) ( NN term ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ bleak ) ) ) ) )

Analysts have continually lowered their earnings estimates for the company and their outlook at least for the short term is bleak


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN midst ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NN turmoil ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG attempting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB shore ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN ad ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the midst of the current turmoil Saatchi is attempting to shore up its ad businesses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD named ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NNP IMS ) ( NNP International ) ( NN head ) ) ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Louis-Dreyfus ) ) ) ) ) )

It named a new chief executive officer former IMS International head Robert Louis-Dreyfus


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD rebuffed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Carl ) ( NNP Spielvogel ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Backer ) ( NNP Spielvogel ) ( NNP Bates ) ( NN unit ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lead ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN management ) ( NN buy-out ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( CC or ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It rebuffed an offer by Carl Spielvogel head of Saatchi 's Backer Spielvogel Bates unit to lead a management buy-out of all or part of Saatchi


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ close ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Maurice ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN brother ) ) ( NP ( NNP Charles ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB lead ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN buy-out ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ hostile ) ( NN bid ) ) ( VP ( VBD emerged ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And last week people close to Saatchi said Maurice Saatchi and his brother Charles would lead a buy-out if a hostile bid emerged


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS troubles ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VBN whipped ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS outsiders ) ) ( VP ( VBN interested ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG picking ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pieces ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN ad ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Saatchi 's troubles have only whipped up interest among outsiders interested in picking off pieces of its ad businesses


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ major ) ( NN agency ) ( NNS networks ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP Backer ) ( NNP Spielvogel ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( NNP Advertising ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ difficult ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT any ) ( NN ad ) ( NN firm ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( RB because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ potential ) ( NN client ) ( NNS conflicts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( JJR smaller ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB quite ) ( JJ attractive ) ) ) )

While Saatchi 's major agency networks Backer Spielvogel and Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising would be difficult for any ad firm to buy because of potential client conflicts its smaller businesses are quite attractive


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Campbell-Mithun-Esty ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NNS problems ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ offers ) ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NNS offices ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS areas ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NNP Minneapolis ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Chicago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Campbell-Mithun-Esty for example has had big problems at its New York office but offers strong offices in other areas of the country including Minneapolis and Chicago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ appealing ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN network ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( RB as ) ( NP ( NNP Interpublic ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ healthy ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN presence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That would would make it appealing to a network such as Interpublic that already has a healthy New York presence


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT some ) ( NN client ) ( NNS conflicts ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB nearly ) ( RB as ) ( JJ onerous ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While there would be some client conflicts they would n't be nearly as onerous as with Saatchi 's other agencies


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Campbell-Mithun ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ sizable ) ( NN addition ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN agency ) ( NN network ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS billings ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 850 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ blue-chip ) ( NNS clients ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNPS Mills ) ) ( NP ( NNP Jeep\/Eagle ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Dow ) ( NNPS Brands ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Campbell-Mithun also would be a sizable addition to an agency network It has billings of about 850 million and blue-chip clients including General Mills Jeep\/Eagle and Dow Brands


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Rowland ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB meanwhile ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN expanded ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB aggressively ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VBZ ranks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ fifth-largest ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ public ) ( NNS relations ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP O'Dwyer's ) ) ( NNP Directory ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Public ) ( NNPS Relations ) ( NNPS Firms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Rowland meanwhile has expanded aggressively and now ranks as the fifth-largest U.S. public relations firm according to O'Dwyer's Directory of Public Relations Firms


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ attractive ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Interpublic ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ few ) ( JJ big ) ( NN agency ) ( NNS groups ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ affiliated ) ( NN public ) ( NNS relations ) ( NN firm ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It would be attractive to an agency such as Interpublic one of the few big agency groups without an affiliated public relations firm of its own


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Other ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( NNS units ) ) ( VP ( VBP include ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN ad ) ( NN agency ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP McCaffrey ) ( CC & ) ( NNP McCall ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Mercedes ) ( NN account ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG attempting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Howard ) ( NNP Marlboro ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS sports ) ( CC and ) ( NN event ) ( NN marketing ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) )

Other Saatchi units include ad agency McCaffrey & McCall which has the Mercedes account and which has been attempting to buy itself back and Howard Marlboro a sports and event marketing firm


( S ( PP ( IN Despite ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ firm ) ( NN stand ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN ad ) ( NNS units ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ultimately ) ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR smaller ) ( NNS units ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Despite Saatchi 's firm stand against selling its ad units U.S. analysts believe the company may ultimately sell some of the smaller units


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Louis-Dreyfus ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ recent ) ( NN interview ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ marginal ) ( NN agency ) ( CC or ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Louis-Dreyfus in a recent interview said he might sell a marginal agency or office


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ultimately ) ) ( VP ( VB dispose ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ non-advertising ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts believe he may ultimately dispose of some of the non-advertising businesses


( NP ( NP ( NNP Prudential ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ Final ) ( CD Four ) )

Prudential 's Final Four


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Prudential ) ( NNP Insurance ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD selected ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD four ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pitch ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 60 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 70 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN account ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Prudential Insurance Co. of America said it selected four agencies to pitch its 60 million to 70 million account


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( NN addition ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Backer ) ( NNP Spielvogel ) ( NNP Bates ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( NN unit ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN handled ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN account ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( CD 1970 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ( VP ( VBP include ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Lowe ) ( NNP Marschalk ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Lowe ) ( NNP Group ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Grey ) ( NNP Advertising ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP WPP ) ( NNP Group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Scali ) ( NNP McCabe ) ( NNP Sloves ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) )

In addition to Backer Spielvogel Bates a Saatchi unit that has handled the account since 1970 the other agencies include Lowe Marschalk a unit of the Lowe Group Grey Advertising and WPP Group 's Scali McCabe Sloves agency


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT All ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NNP New ) ( JJ York-based ) ) ) )

All agencies are New York-based


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN insurance ) ( CC and ) ( JJ financial ) ( NNS services ) ( NN firm ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Newark ) ) ( NP ( NNP N.J. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hopes ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decision ) ) ( PP ( IN within ) ( NP ( QP ( CD three ) ( TO to ) ( CD four ) ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A spokesman for the insurance and financial services firm based in Newark N.J. said it hopes to make a decision within three to four months


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Jamaica ) ) ( VP ( VBZ Fires ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB Back ) ) ) )

Jamaica Fires Back


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Jamaica ) ( NNP Tourist ) ( NNP Board ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN wake ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Young ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Rubicam ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS charges ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD bribed ) ( NP ( JJ Jamaican ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN account ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1981 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD released ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ scathing ) ( NN memo ) ) ( VP ( VBG blaming ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ embarrassing ) ( NN incident ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Jamaica Tourist Board in the wake of Young & Rubicam 's indictment on charges that it bribed Jamaican officials to win the account in 1981 released a scathing memo blaming the agency for the embarrassing incident


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT The ) ( NN memo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ attempts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remove ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tourist ) ( NN board ) ) ( ADVP-DIR ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( RB far ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( RB possible ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD pleaded ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ innocent ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS charges ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The memo attempts to remove the tourist board as far as possible from the agency which pleaded innocent to the charges


( S ( PP ( IN Among ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN memo ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contends ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Young ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Rubicam ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( JJ false ) ( NNS assurances ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN investigation ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB uncover ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN information ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB embarrass ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Jamaica ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Jamaica ) ( NNP Tourist ) ( NNP Board ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Among other things the memo contends that Young & Rubicam gave false assurances that the investigation would n't uncover any information that would embarrass the government of Jamaica or the Jamaica Tourist Board


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contends ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Young ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Rubicam ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tourist ) ( NN board ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN relationship ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ad ) ( NNPS Ventures ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Jamaican ) ( NN firm ) ) ( VP ( VBN hired ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It also contends that Young & Rubicam never told the tourist board about its relationship with Ad Ventures a Jamaican firm hired by the agency


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( VP ( VBZ charges ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ad ) ( NNPS Ventures ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN front ) ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB funnel ) ( NP ( NNS kickbacks ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN then-minister ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN tourism ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. indictment charges Ad Ventures was a front used to funnel kickbacks to the then-minister of tourism


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN memo ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ chastises ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN timing ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN announcement ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Thursday ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB no ) ( RB longer ) ) ( VP ( VB handle ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 5 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN account ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The memo also chastises the agency for the timing of its announcement Thursday that it would no longer handle the 5 million to 6 million account


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( NP ( NN comment ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( NP ( NN work ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN chosen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The agency declined comment but said it will continue work until a new agency is chosen


Ad Notes


NEW ACCOUNT


( UCP ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP American ) ( NNP Suzuki ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Brea ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD awarded ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( VBN estimated ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 30 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN account ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Asher\/Gould ) ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ) ) ) )

American Suzuki Motor Corp. Brea Calif. awarded its estimated 10 million to 30 million account to Asher\/Gould Los Angeles


( SINV ( VP-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( RB Also ) ) ( VBG participating ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS finals ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NN agency ) ) ( NP ( NNP Hakuhodo ) ( NNP Advertising ) ( NNP America ) ) ) )

Also participating in the finals was Los Angeles agency Hakuhodo Advertising America


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP American ) ( NNP Suzuki ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN agency ) ) ( NP ( NN Keye\/Donna\/Pearlstein ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB participate ) ) ) )

American Suzuki 's previous agency Keye\/Donna\/Pearlstein did n't participate


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NNP AYER ) ) ( VP ( VBZ TALKS ) ) )

AYER TALKS


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP N ) ( NNP W ) ( NNP Ayer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN president ) ( CC and ) ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ( NP ( NNP Jerry ) ( NNP J. ) ( NNP Siano ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG holding ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS conversations ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG acquiring ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Zwiren ) ( NNP Collins ) ( NNP Karo ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Trusk ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ midsized ) ( NNP Chicago ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT a ) ( NN deal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB yet ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ close ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN completed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

N W Ayer 's president and chief executive officer Jerry J. Siano said the agency is holding conversations about acquiring Zwiren Collins Karo & Trusk a midsized Chicago agency but a deal is n't yet close to being completed


( SBARQ-HLN ( WHNP-2 ( WP WHO ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 'S ) ( NP-PRD ( NN NEWS ) ) ) ) )

WHO 'S NEWS


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP Wells ) ) ( NP ( CD 47 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NN president ) ( CC and ) ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP N ) ( NNP W ) ( NNP Ayer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Chicago ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN management ) ( NN director ) ( CC and ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN account ) ( NNS services ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP WPP ) ( NNP Group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP J. ) ( NNP Walter ) ( NNP Thompson ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Chicago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

John Wells 47 former president and chief executive of N W Ayer 's Chicago office was named management director and director of account services at WPP Group 's J. Walter Thompson agency in Chicago


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Shelly ) ( NNP Lazarus ) ) ( NP ( CD 42 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN president ) ( CC and ) ( JJ chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ogilvy ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Mather ) ( NNP Direct ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ direct ) ( NN mail ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP WPP ) ( NNP Group ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Ogilvy ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Mather ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Shelly Lazarus 42 was named president and chief operating officer of Ogilvy & Mather Direct the direct mail division of WPP Group 's Ogilvy & Mather agency


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Burmah ) ( NNP Oil ) ( NNP PLC ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ British ) ( JJ independent ) ( NN oil ) ( CC and ) ( NNS specialty-chemicals ) ( NN marketing ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP SHV ) ( NNP Holdings ) ( NNP N.V. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN built ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 7.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN stake ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Burmah Oil PLC a British independent oil and specialty-chemicals marketing concern said SHV Holdings N.V. has built up a 7.5 % stake in the company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN holding ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 13.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB up ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 6.7 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN stake ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ( NNP Burmah ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP SHV ) ) ( VP ( VBD held ) ( PP-TMP ( IN as ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The holding of 13.6 million shares is up from a 6.7 % stake that Burmah announced SHV held as of last Monday


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP SHV ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Netherlands ) ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBD merged ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP North ) ( NNP Sea ) ( NN oil ) ( CC and ) ( NN gas ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Calor ) ( NNP Group ) ( NNP PLC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ owns ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 40 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Calor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN identified ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN suitor ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Burmah ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

SHV of the Netherlands which last year merged its North Sea oil and gas operations with those of Calor Group PLC and which owns 40 % of Calor was identified as a possible suitor for Burmah


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Burmah ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NNS discussions ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP SHV ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN deal ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN nature ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN contemplation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Burmah said it had n't held any discussions with SHV and that no deal of any nature is in contemplation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Office ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Thrift ) ( NNP Supervision ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD banned ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( NNP B.J. ) ( NNP Garman ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN failed ) ( NNP Vision ) ( NNP Banc ) ( NNPS Savings ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Kingsville ) ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN institution ) ) ( VP ( VBN insured ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Office of Thrift Supervision banned B.J. Garman a former director of the failed Vision Banc Savings Association of Kingsville Texas from working in any financial institution insured by the government