( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ( NN bacterium ) ) ( VP ( VBZ produces ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN toxin ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN vaccine ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB induce ) ( NP ( NP ( NN immunity ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ whooping ) ( NN cough ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This bacterium produces a toxin that if used as a vaccine can induce immunity to whooping cough


( S ( ADVP ( RB Unfortunately ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ poisonous ) ) ) )

Unfortunately the toxin is also poisonous


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ Italian-led ) ( JJ scientific ) ( NN team ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN succeeded ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS bacteria ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ non-toxic ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pertussis ) ( NN toxin ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ safe ) ( NN vaccine ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Italian-led scientific team said they had succeeded in getting bacteria to produce a non-toxic version of the pertussis toxin which could be used as a safe vaccine


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS researchers ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pluck ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD five ) ( NNS genes ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD produced ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pertussis ) ( NN bacterium ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The researchers reported they have been able to pluck the five genes that produced the toxin out of the pertussis bacterium


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD turned ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB out ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( QP ( DT all ) ( CD five ) ) ( NNS genes ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB only ) ( CD one ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ responsible ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN virulence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It turned out that although it took all five genes to produce the toxin only one was responsible for the toxin 's virulence


( S ( ADVP ( RB Ordinarily ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ genetic ) ( NN engineering ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( NP ( DT each ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS genes ) ) ) ) ( PP ( CC minus ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN one ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD caused ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN virulence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN transferred ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN bacterium ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP E. ) ( NNS coli ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ nonvirulent ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ordinarily in genetic engineering each of these genes minus the one that caused the virulence would have been transferred to another bacterium called E. coli which would then produce a nonvirulent version of the toxin


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS researchers ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB induce ) ( NP ( NP ( NN immunity ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ whooping ) ( NN cough ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The researchers said they did this but the toxin did n't induce immunity to whooping cough


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS scientists ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD five ) ( NN toxin ) ( NNS genes ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD triggered ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN mutation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD one ) ( NN gene ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD caused ) ( NP ( NN virulence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The scientists then took the five toxin genes and triggered a mutation in the one gene that caused virulence


( S ( ADVP ( RB Then ) ) ( S-MNR ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN technique ) ) ( PRN ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( RB homologous ) ( NN recombination ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG introducing ) ( NP ( NNS genes ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNS cells ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD transferred ) ( NP ( QP ( DT all ) ( CD five ) ) ( NNS genes ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS bacteria ) ) ( ADJP ( RB closely ) ( JJ related ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pertussis ) ( NN organism ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then using a new technique called homologous recombination for introducing genes into cells they transferred all five genes to bacteria closely related to the pertussis organism


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT These ) ( JJ bacterial ) ( NNS cousins ) ) ( ADVP ( RB ordinarily ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBP make ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN toxin ) ) ) ) )

These bacterial cousins ordinarily do n't make the toxin


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS genes ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN accompanied ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN piece ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP DNA ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN promoter ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ turns ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS genes ) ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the genes were accompanied by a piece of DNA called a promoter that turns the genes on


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS bacteria ) ( NNS recipients ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS genes ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( VBG producing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN pertussis ) ( NN toxin ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ mutant ) ( NN virulence ) ( NN gene ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( DT no ) ( JJR longer ) ) ( NN toxic ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The new bacteria recipients of the genes began producing pertussis toxin which because of the mutant virulence gene was no longer toxic


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Experiments ) ) ( VP ( VBD showed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJ new ) ( JJ non-virulent ) ) ( NN toxin ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ capable ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG inducing ) ( NP ( NN immunity ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS researchers ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Selavo ) ( NNP Research ) ( NNP Center ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Siena ) ) ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Medical ) ( NNP College ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Wisconsin ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Milwaukee ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Japanese ) ( NNP National ) ( NNPS Institutes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Health ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Experiments showed that the new non-virulent toxin is capable of inducing immunity according to the researchers from the Selavo Research Center in Siena Italy the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and the Japanese National Institutes of Health


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN drug ) ( NNS users ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Boston ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It has more drug users than Boston has people


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD Thirty-four ) ( CD thousand ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS children ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP live ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ foster ) ( NNS homes ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD 50,000 ) ( NNS residents ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NNS homes ) ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( DT all ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thirty-four thousand of its children live in foster homes while 50,000 residents have no homes at all


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Its ) ( NN tax ) ( NN base ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG shrinking ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN budget ) ( NN deficit ) ) ( VP ( VBZ looms ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ( VP ( VBZ faces ) ( NP ( NP ( NN contract ) ( NNS negotiations ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( JJ major ) ( JJ municipal ) ( NNS unions ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) )

Its tax base is shrinking a 1 billion budget deficit looms and the city faces contract negotiations with all major municipal unions next year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ) ) )

This is New York City


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN dust ) ( CC and ) ( NN dirt ) ) ( VP ( VBP settle ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ extra-nasty ) ( JJ mayoral ) ( NN race ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN man ) ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB gain ) ( NP ( NP ( NN custody ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( DT this ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN career ) ( NN politician ) ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP David ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When the dust and dirt settle in an extra-nasty mayoral race the man most likely to gain custody of all this is a career politician named David Dinkins


( S ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Running ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJS largest ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ ornery ) ) ) ( NN city ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT no ) ( NN treat ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( PP ( IN at ) ( ADJP ( JJS least ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Running the nation 's largest and most ornery city may be no treat but at least Mr. Dinkins knows what to expect from it


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hits ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN home ) ( NN stretch ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS voters ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ little ) ) ( NN idea ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As the campaign hits the home stretch however voters still have very little idea what they can expect from him


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN city ) ( NNS politics ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP David ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( NN enigma ) ) ) )

After 25 years in city politics David Dinkins remains an enigma


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ soft-spoken ) ( JJ silver-haired ) ( NNP Manhattan ) ( NN borough ) ( NN president ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ black ) ( NN man ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Democratic ) ( NN nomination ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN mayor ) ) ) ) ( NP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ single ) ( JJ prominent ) ( JJ political ) ( NN enemy ) ) ) ) )

The soft-spoken silver-haired Manhattan borough president the first black man to win the Democratic nomination for mayor here does n't have a single prominent political enemy


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB widely ) ) ( VBN described ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN man ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ deep ) ( NNS convictions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ few ) ( JJ major ) ( JJ political ) ( NNS programs ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB call ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While he is widely described as a man with deep convictions he has few major political programs that he can call his own


( S ( S ( VP ( VBN Asked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJS greatest ) ( NN achievement ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ public ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB first ) ) ( VP ( VBZ speaks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quality ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Asked about his greatest achievement in public life he first speaks about the quality of his staff


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN election ) ( NN day ) ) ( VP ( VBZ nears ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT some ) ( NNS supporters ) ) ( VP ( VBP wonder ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wins ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mayoralty ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 7 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now as election day nears even some supporters wonder what he will do if he wins the mayoralty on Nov. 7


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP wonder ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ firm ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ longtime ) ( NNS allies ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN union ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NNS cronies ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB seek ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN place ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trough ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They wonder whether he can be firm with his longtime allies including union leaders and political cronies who may seek a place at the trough


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP wonder ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN know-how ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB steer ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ possible ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN crisis ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP wonder ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG advising ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They wonder whether he has the economic know-how to steer the city through a possible fiscal crisis and they wonder who will be advising him


( SQ ( SQ ( MD Will ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wins ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN thrall ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ liberal ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS allies ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP advocate ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS policies ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN rent ) ( NN control ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ commercial ) ( NNS buildings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( SQ ( MD will ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VB tilt ) ( PP-DIR ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN real-estate ) ( NNS interests ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN funneled ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN campaign ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Will he if he wins be in the thrall of the most liberal of his allies who advocate such policies as rent control for commercial buildings or will he tilt toward the real-estate interests that have funneled money into his campaign


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ decisive ) ( NN primary ) ( NN victory ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNP Mayor ) ( NNP Edward ) ( NN I. ) ( NNP Koch ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ) ( VP ( VBD coasted ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( RB recently ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ quite-comfortable ) ( NN lead ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ Republican ) ( NN opponent ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Rudolph ) ( NNP Giuliani ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ former ) ( NN crime ) ( NN buster ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN proved ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN something ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bust ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN candidate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After his decisive primary victory over Mayor Edward I. Koch in September Mr. Dinkins coasted until recently on a quite-comfortable lead over his Republican opponent Rudolph Giuliani the former crime buster who has proved a something of a bust as a candidate


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN stumbled ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD two ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN campaign ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS payments ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ black ) ( NN activist ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( VBN convicted ) ( NN kidnapper ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN handling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stock ) ( NN sale ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN son ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Mr. Dinkins has stumbled in the past two weeks over his campaign 's payments to a black activist who is a convicted kidnapper and over his handling of a stock sale to his son


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Polls ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN recorded ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN slippage ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN support ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( JJ Jewish ) ( NNS voters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ citywide ) ( NNS projections ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN lead ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( IN between ) ( CD four ) ( CC and ) ( CD 20 ) ) ( NN percentage ) ( NNS points ) ) ) ) ) )

Polls also have recorded some slippage in Mr. Dinkins 's support among Jewish voters and citywide projections now put his lead at between four and 20 percentage points


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interview ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS reporters ) ( CC and ) ( NNS editors ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dinkins ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB quite ) ( JJ confident ) ( PP ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN victory ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB handle ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mayoralty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In an interview with reporters and editors of The Wall Street Journal Mr. Dinkins appears quite confident of victory and of his ability to handle the mayoralty


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( PRT ( RP away ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN store ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB assure ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( RB not ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

A lot of people think I will give away the store but I can assure you I will not he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP am ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ aware ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( JJ real ) ( JJ budgetary ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I am aware we have real budgetary problems


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN city ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ full ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG aging ) ( NX ( NX ( NNS bridges ) ) ( NX ( NN water ) ( NNS mains ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNS roadways ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN need ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS billions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS dollars ) ) ) ) ) ( JJ worth ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN repair ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The city is full of aging bridges water mains and roadways that are in need of billions of dollars worth of repair


( S ( NP-SBJ ( VBN Renewed ) ( NNS efforts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fight ) ( NP ( NNS drugs ) ( CC and ) ( NN crime ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ costly ) ) ) ) )

Renewed efforts to fight drugs and crime will be costly


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN city ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN tax ) ( NNS revenues ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( JJ lagging ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But city officials say tax revenues are lagging


( S ( CC And ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN decade ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ explosive ) ( NN job ) ( NN growth ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN period ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN contraction ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN way ) ) ) ) )

And after a decade of explosive job growth on Wall Street a period of contraction is under way


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Koch ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN announced ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB drop ) ( NP ( CD 3,200 ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( NN payroll ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB enough ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Koch already has announced he will drop 3,200 jobs from the city payroll but that wo n't be enough


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Comptroller ) ( NNP Edward ) ( NNP Regan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ predicts ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 1.3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN budget ) ( NN gap ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ next ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN gap ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB grow ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN recession ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

New York State Comptroller Edward Regan predicts a 1.3 billion budget gap for the city 's next fiscal year a gap that could grow if there is a recession


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If elected Mr. Dinkins will probably have no choice but to raise taxes on overburdened businesses or cut spending in already under-serviced neighborhoods


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He is going to face a mess says City Council President Andrew Stein


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His supporters are not venal but their solution to everything will be to spend more money and he wo n't have any money


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By and large Mr. Dinkins has finessed the touchy question of whose ox he would gore


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Instead of focusing on the financial future Mr. Dinkins has sold himself as a unifier for a city recently touched by racial violence and as a soothing antidote to 12 years of commotion generated by Mayor Koch


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The thing about the Dinkins candidacy is that it offers hope to a broad range of people says Meyer Frucher a real-estate executive and former aide to Gov. Mario Cuomo


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It is a feel-good candidacy


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No doubt Mr. Dinkins has been a calming influence


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He is an avuncular figure who remembers the birthdays of colleagues ' children opens doors for women and almost never has a bad word to say about anybody


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More important he emerged as a peacemaker last summer after the Central Park rape of a white jogger in which a group of Harlem teens was charged and the racial murder of a black teen-ager in the white Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst


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Rather than scaring off white voters as many predicted he would Mr. Dinkins attracted many whites precisely because of his reputation for having a cool head


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Keeping cool is a Dinkins priority On humid days this summer he was known to change his double-breasted suits as many as four times a day


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But even in his front-runner campaign he has shown signs of the indecisiveness and confusion that some say has plagued his tenure as Manhattan borough president and might hinder him as mayor


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Over the last few weeks he has frittered away roughly half of what was once a 33-point lead in the polls over Mr. Giuliani


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A story about how he mishandled the sale to his son of his stock in a media company controlled by his political patron Percy Sutton was allowed to fester a full week before Mr. Dinkins faced the media


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He has canceled numerous campaign appointments and was largely inaccessible to the media until the stock story broke


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His campaign was caught flat-footed amid allegations it paid almost 10,000 for what it said was a get-out-the-vote effort by black activist Sonny Carson a convicted kidnapper who later said publicly that he is anti-white


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Critics have said the payment looked like an attempt by the Dinkins camp to get Mr. Carson to stop leading confrontational demonstrations protesting the Bensonhurst murder protests the campaign may have feared could cause some white voters to turn from a black candidate


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Mr. Dinkins also has failed to allay Jewish voters ' fears about his association with the Rev. Jesse Jackson despite the fact that few local non-Jewish politicians have been as vocal for Jewish causes in the past 20 years as Mr. Dinkins has


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These campaign problems have echoed difficulties Mr. Dinkins has run into before


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A former U.S. Marine Mr. Dinkins got off to a quick start in politics joining a local Democratic political club in the 1950s linking up with black urban leaders such as Charles Rangel Basil Paterson and Mr. Sutton and getting himself elected to the state assembly in 1965


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But his chance to become deputy mayor under Mayor Abraham Beame a plan boosted by Mr. Sutton was squandered because of Mr. Dinkins 's failure still largely unexplained to file income tax returns for four years running


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I always thought of this as a thing that could always be done tomorrow he said at the time


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Later Mr. Dinkins became more deeply indebted to Mr. Sutton and other city pols including then-City Council President Paul O'Dwyer when they helped him get appointed city clerk a largely ceremonial post responsible for the city 's marriage bureau among other things


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Mr. O'Dwyer is now one of the lawyers for Mr. Sutton 's media company


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The debt rose further in 1977 when Mr. Sutton resigned his position as Manhattan borough president to run for mayor


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Mr. Sutton recalls When I left I sat down with Charlie Rangel Basil Paterson and David and David said Who will run for borough president And I said You will


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David Garth Mayor Koch 's longtime media adviser says of Mr. Dinkins He really is the personification of the patronage system


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But the guy is so personally decent people tend to forget that


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Mr. Dinkins lost twice by wide margins before finally getting elected borough president in 1985


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But by most accounts he made little of the post and was best known among city politicians for his problems making up his mind on matters before the city 's Board of Estimate the body that votes on crucial budget and land-use matters


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Colleagues today recall with some humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours as Mr. Dinkins would march his staff out of board meetings and into his private office to discuss en masse certain controversial proposals


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He taught me how to drink herbal tea instead of coffee at 3 a.m. I 'll give him that says Deputy Mayor Robert Esnard


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Often Mr. Dinkins 's procrastination prevented him from having a say in the way things turned out critics claim


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On the campaign stump he often points out that he was the only Board of Estimate member to vote against a controversial real-estate project at Manhattan 's Columbus Circle


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But board members say he took so long to decide how to vote that by the time he decided it was too late to try to draw other members to his position


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Says one city official Everybody else had brought in the wagons and made their deal


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He would have got a lot more done if he made up his mind faster


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One Board member Bronx Borough President Ferdinand Ferrer was said to be so impatient with Mr. Dinkins 's behavior at many meetings that he withheld his support for Mr. Dinkins 's mayoral effort until late in the primary campaign


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I had some problem from time to time on the length of time he would take to make up his mind Mr. Ferrer admits but he maintains that he did n't delay his support of Mr. Dinkins and that he backs the Democratic candidate enthusiastically


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Mr. Dinkins 's campaign manager and former chief of staff Bill Lynch denies that the Manhattan borough president has taken too long to decide important issues


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We did n't rubber-stamp everything that came to us Mr. Lynch says


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On some occasions when Mr. Dinkins has discussed the issues during the campaign he has run into a familiar kind of trouble


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Some supporters were stunned this summer when Mr. Dinkins suggested weakening the law forbidding public employees to go on strike


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He withdrew the remark


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When he later sided with striking hospital workers some allies cringed a little more concerned that Mr. Dinkins was setting the wrong tone for coming contract negotiations with city employees


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Then two days before receiving an endorsement from environmental groups Mr. Dinkins promised he would issue a three-year moratorium on construction of garbage-incinerator plants


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That announcement was roundly criticized by Mayor Koch who has endorsed Mr. Dinkins because the city faces a garbage crisis and has already spent 5 million planning for an incinerator that would be scrapped under Mr. Dinkins 's proposal


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While his public statements have at times been confusing Mr. Dinkins 's position papers have more consistently reflected anti-development sentiment


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He favors a form of commercial rent control which the financial community believes would make it more difficult to attract investment in the city


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In the midst of a labor shortage he proposes linking city subsidies to businesses to their record of hiring New York City residents


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With an untrained local labor pool many experts believe that policy could drive businesses from the city


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And he favors a more cooperative approach toward the neighboring states of New Jersey and Connecticut in the battle over companies thinking of moving employees out of New York City


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Many economic-development officials say the Koch administration 's aggressive approach helped save 5,000 Chase Manhattan Bank jobs from moving across the Hudson


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But Mr. Dinkins 's economic planks do n't seem to bother the business community where he draws significant support


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Steven Spinola president of the Real Estate Board of New York an industry organization says Mr. Dinkins 's economic development program is shortsighted but when it comes down to it he can be reasonable


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Mr. Dinkins 's inner circle of advisers appears to include both ideologues and pragmatists leaving voters with little clue as to who will be more influential


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The key man seems to be the campaign manager Mr. Lynch


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A disheveled roly-poly son of a Long Island potato farmer Mr. Lynch is a veteran union organizer who worked on the presidential campaigns of Sen. Edward Kennedy and Mr. Jackson


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But as the Dinkins campaign hit tough times this month Andrew Cuomo the politically seasoned son of the New York governor is also said to have taken a more active role on strategy


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Another close ally is Ruth Messinger a Manhattan city councilwoman some of whose programs such as commercial rent control have made their way into Mr. Dinkins 's position papers


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If she remains influential with Mr. Dinkins as some suggest she will his mayoralty may take on a more anti-development flavor


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But Lincoln Center President Nathan Leventhal who would head a Dinkins transition team is more mainstream as is real-estate executive Anthony Gliedman another insider


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Mr. Dinkins also has said he would receive economic advice from a board that would include American Express Co. chairman James D. Robinson III investment banker Felix Rohatyn leveraged-buy-out specialist Reginald Lewis and attorney Joseph Flom


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Some business leaders and others also believe that Mr. Dinkins would place significant responsibility in the hands of a deputy mayor with a strong administrative background


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Names of possible deputies that have surfaced include former mayoral candidate Richard Ravitch former schools chancellor Frank Macchiarola and Messrs. Leventhal and Gliedman


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Then there are Mr. Dinkins 's old-time Harlem colleagues such as U.S. Rep. Rangel former Deputy Mayor Paterson and Mr. Sutton


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Having attained positions of real influence or wealth these men constitute the Old Guard of New York City black politics they are less confrontational than the younger more activist black political community that has been based largely in Brooklyn


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Part of Mr. Dinkins 's strength is his ability to win the support of both the Brooklyn and Harlem factions


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We know there are potholes for the city out there says Mr. Paterson Mr. Dinkins 's former law partner


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If any of us think we 're going to sidetrack David 's determination to be the best possible mayor because of his obligations to us we are making a sad mistake


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Adds Ms. Messinger who is expected to win the borough president 's job Mr. Dinkins is vacating You have to remember David is a pragmatist


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But Mr. Dinkins 's sense of pragmatism often comes across more as an insider 's determination not to upset the political apple cart


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He is taken aback in an interview when asked whether as mayor he plans on reforming the political fiefdoms that perpetuate the monumental ineffectiveness of New York 's school system


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I will sit down and talk some of the problems out but take on the political system Uh-uh he says with a shake of the head


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Despite many doubts about his candidacy white New Yorkers who gave Mr. Dinkins 30 % of their votes in the primary are n't expected to desert in sufficient numbers to turn the election to Mr. Giuliani


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The former U.S. attorney who prosecuted targets ranging from Mafia dons to Wall Street executives has succeeded in raising questions about Mr. Dinkins 's ethical standards but so far has failed to generate excitement about his own candidacy


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As a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic city Mr. Giuliani has an inherent handicap


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As a first-time candidate he has been slow to learn the nuances of New York City politicking


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Mr. Giuliani is finding that Mr. Dinkins in his many years in public life has built up considerable good will that so far has led many voters to overlook certain failings


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The bottom line is that he is a very genuine and decent guy says Malcolm Hoenlein a Jewish community leader


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In the end I think David will be judged for being David


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The surprise resignation yesterday of British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson sent sterling into a tailspin against the dollar by creating uncertainties about the direction of the British economy


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The U.S. unit also firmed against other currencies on the back of sterling 's tumble as market participants switched out of pounds


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The pound also dropped precipitously against the mark falling below the key 2.90-mark level to 2.8956 marks from 2.9622 marks late Wednesday


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Mr. Lawson 's resignation shocked many analysts despite the recent recurring speculation of a rift between the chancellor and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher


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Indeed only hours earlier Mrs. Thatcher had called Mr. Lawson 's economic policies sound and said she has always supported him


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There was a general feeling that we 'd seen the worst said Patrick Foley deputy chief economic adviser for Lloyds Bank in London


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The resignation came as a great surprise


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Graham Beale manager of foreign-exchange operations at Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. in New York added that Mrs. Thatcher 's comments reinforced the market 's growing confidence about sterling and compounded the unit 's later decline


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The market was caught totally the wrong way


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Everyone was extremely long on sterling Mr. Beale said


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In late New York trading yesterday the dollar was quoted at 1.8400 marks up from 1.8353 marks late Wednesday and at 142.10 yen up from 141.52 yen late Wednesday


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Sterling was quoted at 1.5765 sharply down from 1.6145 late Wednesday


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In Tokyo Friday the U.S. currency opened for trading at 142.02 yen up from Thursday 's Tokyo close of 141.90 yen


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Few analysts had much good to say about the pound 's near-term prospects despite the fact that most do n't anticipate a shift in Mrs. Thatcher 's economic policies


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Mr. Foley of Lloyds noted that Mr. Lawson 's replacement John Major the British foreign minister will take time to establish his credibility and in the meantime sterling could trend downward in volatile trade


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Foley ) ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ few ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN policy ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( ADVP ( RB ahead ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG commenting ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Major ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shares ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ similar ) ) ( NN view ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Lawson ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Mr. Foley predicted few economic policy changes ahead commenting that Mr. Major shares a very similar view of the world with Mr. Lawson


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Bob Chandross chief economist at Lloyds Bank in New York also noted that the pound 's sharp decline is pegged more to uncertainty in the market than a vision of altered United Kingdom economic policies


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Unless Mr. Lawson 's resignation leads to a change in British interest-rate policy Mrs. Thatcher 's administration firmly supports high interest rates to keep inflation in check or posturing toward full inclusion in the European Monetary System 's exchange-rate mechanism Mr. Lawson 's withdrawal will have little long-term impact on exchange rates Mr. Chandross concluded


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Also announcing his resignation Thursday was Alan Walters Mrs. Thatcher 's economic adviser and Mr. Lawson 's nemesis


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The pound which had been trading at about 1.6143 in New York prior to Mr. Lawson 's announcement sank more than two cents to 1.5930 prompting the Federal Reserve Bank to buy pounds for dollars


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Fed ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN move ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VBD proved ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stopgap ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pound ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN slide ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Fed ) ) ( VP ( VBD intervened ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ second ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( IN around ) ( CD 1.5825 ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNS traders ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Fed 's move however only proved a stopgap to the pound 's slide and the Fed intervened for a second time at around 1.5825 according to New York traders


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Meanwhile dollar trading was relatively uninspired throughout the session according to dealers who noted that Thursday 's release of the preliminary report on the U.S. third-quarter gross national product was something of a nonevent


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP GNP ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN rate ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 2.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) )

U.S. GNP rose at an annual rate of 2.5 % in the third quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ implicit ) ( NN price ) ( NN deflator ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN measure ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN inflation ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB down ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 2.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN rate ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN increase ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 4.6 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN rate ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN gain ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ) )

The implicit price deflator a measure of inflation was down to a 2.9 % annual rate of increase in the quarter from a 4.6 % rate of gain in the second quarter


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN dollar ) ) ( VP ( VBD ended ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RBR lower ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ dull ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ) )

In Europe the dollar ended lower in dull trading


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The market closed prior to Mr. Lawson 's announcement


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Commodity ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN gold ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ current ) ( NN delivery ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 3.40 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 372.50 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN ounce ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( NN trading ) ) ) ) )

On the Commodity Exchange in New York gold for current delivery rose 3.40 to 372.50 an ounce in heavy trading


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN close ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS highest ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ( CD 3 ) ) ) ) ) )

The close was the highest since August 3


( S ( NP-SBJ ( VBN Estimated ) ( NN volume ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( QP ( CD five ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS ounces ) ) ) )

Estimated volume was five million ounces


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( RB early ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Friday ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN gold ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN quoted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 370.85 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN ounce ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In early trading in Hong Kong Friday gold was quoted at 370.85 an ounce


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Finnish ) ( NN government ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG negotiating ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS creditors ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Waertsilae ) ( NNP Marine ) ( NNP Oy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN shipyard ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN bankruptcy ) ( NN protection ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NP ( NN confusion ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBG mounting ) ( NNS doubts ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN collapse ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ entire ) ( NN shipbuilding ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN averted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Finnish government officials are negotiating with creditors of Waertsilae Marine Oy a major shipyard that filed for bankruptcy protection this week amid confusion and mounting doubts that collapse of the nation 's entire shipbuilding industry can be averted


( SINV ( PP-PRD-TPC-2 ( IN At ) ( NP ( NN stake ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB almost ) ( CD 10,000 ) ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN industry ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mainstay ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Finland ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ post-war ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN revival ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At stake are almost 10,000 jobs in an industry that has been the mainstay of Finland 's post-war economic revival


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Shipbuilding ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN point ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN pride ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Finnish ) ( NNS shipyards ) ) ( VP ( VBD remained ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ profitable ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( ADVP ( RB long ) ) ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS rivals ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD collapsed ) ( PP-LOC-1 ( DT all ) ( IN over ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Shipbuilding became a point of pride as Finnish shipyards remained profitable long after rivals collapsed all over Europe


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( PRN ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP fear ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Waertsilae ) ( NNP Marine ) ) ( VP ( VBZ joins ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS ranks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBN failed ) ( NNS shipyards ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN remembered ) ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN blemish ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Finland ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ international ) ( NN reputation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But if as many now fear Waertsilae Marine joins the ranks of failed shipyards it might turn out to be remembered most as a blemish on Finland 's international reputation