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Under Mr. Gorbachev Mr. Goode said the Soviets are openly stealing Western corporate communications


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He cited the case of a Swiss oil trader who recently put out bids via telex for an oil tanker to pick up a cargo of crude in the Middle East


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Among the responses the Swiss trader got was one from the Soviet national shipping company which had n't been invited to submit a bid


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The Soviets ' eavesdropping paid off however because they got the contract


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The government will try to sell all the real estate managed by the Federal Asset Disposition Association in one fell swoop said William Seidman chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp


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The FADA real-estate package with an asking price of 428 million is comprised of 150 properties in Texas California Colorado Arizona and Florida


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It includes apartments shopping centers office buildings and undeveloped land


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Mr. Seidman is chairman of the Resolution Trust Corp. established to sell or merge the nation 's hundreds of insolvent savings-and-loan associations


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The RTC created by this year 's S&L bailout legislation is trying to sell FADA 's network of offices separately


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FADA which holds problem assets of thrifts that were closed before the bailout legislation was enacted is being liquidated


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The properties held by FADA wo n't be sold piecemeal Mr. Seidman said in a speech before Southern Methodist University Business School in Dallas


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You need to buy the entire lot Mr. Seidman said so get out your checkbooks


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Senate Democrats favoring a cut in the capital-gains tax have decided under pressure from their leaders not to offer their own proposal placing another obstacle in the path of President Bush 's legislative priority


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A core group of six or so Democratic senators has been working behind the scenes to develop a proposal to reduce the tax on the gain from the sale of assets


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The plan was complete except for finishing touches and there was talk that it would be unveiled as early as yesterday


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But Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell D. Maine a vigorous opponent of the capital-gains tax cut called the group to meet with him Wednesday night and again yesterday


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Sen. Mitchell urged them to desist


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Afterward leaders of the dissident Democrats relented and said they would n't offer their own proposal as they had planned


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The decision is a setback for President Bush who needs the support of Democrats to pass the tax cut through the Democratic-controlled Senate


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Having a proposal sponsored by Democrats would have given the president an advantage


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Having only a Republican measure makes the task harder


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Still Sen. Bob Packwood R. Ore. the lead sponsor of the Republican capital-gains amendment predicted that the tax cut would be enacted this year


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He said a clear majority of senators back the tax reduction and that ultimately there would be enough senators to overcome any procedural hurdle the Democratic leadership might erect


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But Sen. Mitchell buoyed by his victory among fellow Democrats strongly disagreed


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Mr. Mitchell has been predicting that the president 's initiative would fail this year


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Yesterday in an interview he added that the Democrats ' decision increases the likelihood that a capital-gains tax cut will not pass this year


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Mr. Mitchell 's first victory came last week when the Senate passed a deficit-reduction bill that did n't contain a capital-gains provision


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That vote made it unlikely that a capital-gains tax cut would be included in the final bill now being drafted by House and Senate negotiators


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The House version of the bill does include the tax cut


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Now Republican leaders are concentrating on attaching a capital-gains amendment to some other bill perhaps a measure raising the federal borrowing limit or a second tax bill that would follow on the heels of the deficit-reduction legislation


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To help lay the groundwork for that fight President Bush plans early next week to meet at the White House with some 20 Democratic senators who favor cutting the capital-gains tax or are undecided on the issue


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The president apparently will have only one bill to push Sen. Packwood 's and at least some of the dissident Democrats plan to support it


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I may want to offer additional amendments to improve it when the bill comes to the floor said Sen. David Boren D. Okla. a leader of those Democrats


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The Packwood plan as expected would allow individuals to exclude from income 5 % of the gain from the sale of a capital asset held for more than one year


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The exclusion would rise five percentage points for each year the asset was held until it reached a maximum of 35 % after seven years


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The exclusion would apply to assets sold after Oct. 1


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As an alternative taxpayers could chose to reduce their gains by an inflation index


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For corporations the top tax rate on the sale of assets held for more than three years would be cut to 33 % from the current top rate of 34 %


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That rate would gradually decline to as little as 29 % for corporate assets held for 15 years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Packwood ) ( NN plan ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB include ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Roth ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP R. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Del. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ individual ) ( NN retirement ) ( NNS accounts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Packwood plan also would include a proposal designed by Sen. William Roth R. Del. that would create new tax benefits for individual retirement accounts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Roth ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ non-deductible ) ( NNP IRA ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN from ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN money ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN withdrawn ) ( ADVP ( JJ tax-free ) ) ( PP-PRP ( CONJP ( RB not ) ( JJ only ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN retirement ) ) ) ( CONJP ( CC but ) ( RB also ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN purchase ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ first ) ( NN home ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN education ) ( NNS expenses ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ medical ) ( NNS expenses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Roth plan would create a new non-deductible IRA from which money could be withdrawn tax-free not only for retirement but also for the purchase of a first home education expenses and medical expenses


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Current ) ( NNS IRAs ) ) ( VP ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN rolled ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS IRAs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ subject ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN tax ) ) ( PP ( IN though ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN penalty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Current IRAs could be rolled over into the new IRAs but would be subject to tax though no penalty


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Directors ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ state-owned ) ( NNP Banca ) ( NNP Nazionale ) ( DT del ) ( NNP Lavoro ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD approved ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ two-step ) ( JJ capital-boosting ) ( NN transaction ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN change ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS rules ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VB operate ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ private-sector ) ( NN institution ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Directors of state-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro approved a two-step capital-boosting transaction and a change in the bank 's rules that will help it operate more like a private-sector institution


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Until ) ( ADVP ( RB now ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP BNL ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ top ) ( NNS managers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS directors ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN appointed ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Treasury ) ( NN decree ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Until now BNL 's top managers and its directors have been appointed by a Treasury decree


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBN proposed ) ( NNS statutes ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN assembly ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS shareholders ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB approve ) ( NP ( NN board ) ( NNS members ) ) ) ) )

But under the bank 's proposed statutes an assembly of shareholders must approve board members


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN chairman ) ( CC and ) ( NN director ) ( NN general ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP sit ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN appointed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNP Treasury ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The bank 's chairman and director general who also sit on the board still would be appointed by the Treasury


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP BNL ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN controlled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NNP Italian ) ( NNP Treasury ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN rocked ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN disclosure ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( SBAR-4 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Atlanta ) ( NN branch ) ) ( VP ( VBD extended ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ unauthorized ) ( NNS credits ) ) ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Iraq ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

BNL which is controlled by the Italian Treasury was rocked by the disclosure last month that its Atlanta branch extended more than 3 billion in unauthorized credits to Iraq


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( DT The ) ( VBG ensuing ) ( NN scandal ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN in ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN management ) ) ( VP ( VBD resigned ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN helped ) ( S ( VP ( VB renew ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS calls ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN privatization ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( DT an ) ( NN overhaul ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Italy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN banking ) ( NN system ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP-ADV ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 80 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ state-controlled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ensuing scandal in which the bank 's management resigned has helped renew calls for privatization or at least an overhaul of Italy 's banking system which is about 80 % state-controlled


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN related ) ( NN move ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD proposed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN board ) ( NN representation ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN linked ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR more ) ( RB closely ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ new ) ( NN shareholding ) ( NN structure ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In a related move the bank also proposed that board representation be linked more closely to the bank 's new shareholding structure


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BNL ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS shareholders ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN assembly ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP December ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB vote ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS proposals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

BNL called a shareholders ' assembly meeting in December to vote on the proposals


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP BNL ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 75,000 ) ) ( JJ nonvoting ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN listed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Milan ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

BNL has about 75,000 nonvoting shares that are listed on the Milan Stock Exchange


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN suspended ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN trading ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( NN disclosure ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Atlanta ) ( NN scandal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Consob ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NN exchange ) ( JJ regulatory ) ( NN body ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB reportedly ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB end ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trading ) ( NN suspension ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The shares were suspended from trading following disclosure of the Atlanta scandal Consob the stock exchange regulatory body reportedly will decide soon whether to end the trading suspension


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN game ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP World ) ( NNP Series ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ( NN night ) ) ) ( SBAR-MNR ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBN scheduled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Wednesday ) ( CC or ) ( NNP Thursday ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB either ) ) ) ) ) )

They did n't play the third game of the World Series on Tuesday night as scheduled and they did n't play it on Wednesday or Thursday either


( SQ ( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBD knew ) ( NP ( IN that ) ) ) ) ( SQ ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ) )

But you knew that did n't you


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN supposed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN game ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Candlestick ) ( NNP Park ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They are supposed to play the game next Tuesday in Candlestick Park here


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN theory ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stadium ) ) ( VP ( VBN damaged ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN repaired ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The theory is that the stadium damaged by Tuesday 's earthquake will be repaired by then and that people will be able to get there


( S ( PP ( IN Like ) ( NP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ( IN about ) ) ( NN everything ) ( RB else ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Like just about everything else that remains to be seen


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Aftershocks ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB intervene ) ) ) )

Aftershocks could intervene


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( ADJP ( JJS least ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN law ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS averages ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN swung ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ favorable ) ( NN side ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But at least the law of averages should have swung to the favorable side


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB seem ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ trivial ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB worry ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP World ) ( NNP Series ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN destruction ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Area ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD wrought ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN name ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN column ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-TTL-PRD ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( NNS Sports ) ) ) ) ) ) ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( ADJP ( VBN obliged ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It may seem trivial to worry about the World Series amid the destruction to the Bay Area wrought by Tuesday 's quake but the name of this column is On Sports so I feel obliged to do so


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN interested ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN baseball ) ( RB not ) ( NN survival ) ) ( VP ( VBD appeared ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN thought ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN crowd ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ 60,000-odd ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN gathered ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Candlestick ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 5:04 ) ( NN p.m. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN half-hour ) ) ( IN before ) ( NP ( NN game ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ( VP ( VBD struck ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You might be interested to know that baseball not survival appeared to be the first thought of most of the crowd of 60,000-odd that had gathered at Candlestick at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday a half-hour before game time when the quake struck


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB As ) ( RB soon ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN tremor ) ) ( VP ( VBD passed ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( NNS people ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB spontaneously ) ) ( VP ( VBD arose ) ( CC and ) ( VBD cheered ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ novel ) ( NN kind ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ pre-game ) ( NN show ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As soon as the tremor passed many people spontaneously arose and cheered as though it had been a novel kind of pre-game show


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN fan ) ) ( VP ( VBN seated ) ( PP ( NP-ADV ( JJ several ) ( NNS rows ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN front ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ open ) ( JJ upper-deck ) ( JJ auxiliary ) ( NN press ) ( NN section ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN stationed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD faced ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN assembled ) ( NNS newsies ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB laughingly ) ) ( VBD shouted ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD arranged ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ( NNS guys ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One fan seated several rows in front of the open upper-deck auxiliary press section where I was stationed faced the assembled newsies and laughingly shouted We arranged that just for you guys


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ sure ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) ( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN bothered ) ) ) ) ) )

I thought and I 'm sure others did You should n't have bothered


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( VP ( VBD slept ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( JJ only ) ( JJ previous ) ( NN brush ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ natural ) ( NN disaster ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN tornado ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( QP ( CD 15 ) ( CC or ) ( RB so ) ) ( NNS summers ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN near ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Traverse ) ( NNP City ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mich. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unprepared ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN reaction ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN urge ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB talk ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'd slept through my only previous brush with natural disaster a tornado 15 or so summers ago near Traverse City Mich. so I was unprepared for one reaction to such things the urge to talk about them


( S ( S-ADV ( ADVP ( RB Perhaps ) ) ( VP ( VBN primed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ daily ) ( NN diet ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NN radio ) ( CC and ) ( NN TV ) ( NNS reporters ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG thrusting ) ( NP ( NNS microphones ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS faces ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG asking ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN calamity ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT another ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( JJ fellow ) ( NNS reporters ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS civilians ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD spied ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN press ) ( NN credential ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ eager ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB chat ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Perhaps primed by the daily diet of radio and TV reporters thrusting microphones into people 's faces and asking how they feel about one calamity or another fellow reporters and civilians who spied my press credential were eager to chat


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( SBAR ( IN like ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN station ) ( NN platform ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN train ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RP by ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( CD one ) ( NN man ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG describing ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( JJ own ) ( NN reaction ) ) ) ) )

It felt like I was on a station platform and a train went by said one man describing my own reaction


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NNS women ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN park ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ light ) ( NNS standards ) ) ( VP ( VB sway ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A women said she saw the park 's light standards sway


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NN man ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ upper ) ( NN rim ) ) ( VP ( VBP undulate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A man said he saw the upper rim undulate


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( NP ( RB neither ) ) ) )

I saw neither


( S ( S-ADV ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Dictates ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ good ) ( NN sense ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN contrary ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB not ) ( VBG withstanding ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ general ) ( NN inclination ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB believe ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN disturbance ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ brief ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN ball ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN played ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dictates of good sense to the contrary not withstanding the general inclination was to believe that the disturbance would be brief and that ball would be played


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN near ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN top ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stadium ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN steel ) ( NN girder ) ) ( VP ( VB bow ) ( PP-LOC ( NP-ADV ( CD six ) ( NNS feet ) ) ( IN from ) ( SBAR-LOC ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD sat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD stayed ) ( PRT ( VBN put ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CC or ) ( CD 15 ) ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD confessed ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN friend ) ) )

I was near the top of the stadium and saw a steel girder bow six feet from where I sat but I stayed put for 10 or 15 minutes confessed a friend


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP guess ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD thought ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP World ) ( NNP Series ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG gon ) ( S ( VP ( TO na ) ( VP ( VB wimp ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I guess I thought This is the World Series and I 'm not gon na wimp out


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( RB Here ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Global ) ( NNP Village ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS folks ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ uninformed ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( ADVP ( RB long ) ) ) ) ) )

Here in the Global Village though folks do not stay uninformed for long


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Electrical ) ( NN power ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ out ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ still-daylighted ) ( NNP Candlestick ) ( NNP Park ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ battery-operated ) ( NNS radios ) ( CC and ) ( NN television ) ( NNS sets ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ plentiful ) ) ) ) )

Electrical power was out in still-daylighted Candlestick Park but battery-operated radios and television sets were plentiful


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN Within ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ true ) ( NN extent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN catastrophe ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG becoming ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ clear ) ) ) ) )

Within a few minutes the true extent of the catastrophe was becoming clear


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ Its ) ( NNP Richter ) ( NNP Scale ) ( NN measurement ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN reported ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 6.5 ) ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( NP ( CD 6.9 ) ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( NP ( CD 7.0 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Its Richter Scale measurement was reported as 6.5 then 6.9 then 7.0


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN section ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Bridge ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN collapsed ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( SINV ( VBD had ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Interstate ) ( NNP Highway ) ( CD 880 ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Oakland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed as had a part of Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN died ) ) ) )

People had died


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( CD 5:40 ) ( NN p.m. ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( NP-SBJ ( VBN scheduled ) ( NN game ) ( NN time ) ) ( VP ( VBG having ) ( VP ( VBN passed ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS fans ) ) ( VP ( VBD chanted ) ( S ( VP ( VB Let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( POS 's ) ) ( VP ( NNP Play ) ( NP ( NNP Ball ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At 5:40 p.m. scheduled game time having passed some fans chanted Let 's Play Ball


( S ( S-ADV ( ADVP-TMP ( DT No ) ( RBR longer ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ innocent ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD qualified ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNS fools ) ) ) ) )

No longer innocent they qualified as fools


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN stadium ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN ordered ) ( S ( VP ( VBN evacuated ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ( RB afterward ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN announcement ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-MNR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NN police ) ( NNS bullhorns ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD cited ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN power ) ( NN outage ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN revealed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN damage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sort ) ) ( VP ( VBN reported ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( PRP$ my ) ( NN friend ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The stadium was ordered evacuated soon afterward the announcement made over police bullhorns cited the power outage but it later was revealed that there also had been damage of the sort reported by my friend


( S ( ADVP-LOC ( JJ Outside ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD spotted ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD two ) ( JJ young ) ( NNS men ) ) ( VP ( VBG lugging ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS blocks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN concrete ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Outside I spotted two young men lugging blocks of concrete


( S ( NP-TPC-1 ( NP ( NNP Pieces ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Candlestick ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Pieces of Candlestick they said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN crowd ) ) ( VP ( VBD remained ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ good ) ( JJ natured ) ) ( ADJP ( RB even ) ( JJ bemused ) ) ) ) )

The crowd remained good natured even bemused


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN TV ) ( NNS reporters ) ) ( VP ( VBD interviewed ) ( NP ( NNS fans ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN parking ) ( NNS lots ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NN while ) ( S ( ADVP-LOC ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS feet ) ) ( RB away ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( VBD watched ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS interviews ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ portable ) ( NNS TVs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

TV reporters interviewed fans in the parking lots while a few feet away others watched the interviews on their portable TVs


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ only ) ( NN frenzy ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD saw ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ commercial ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Booths ) ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( NNP World ) ( NNP Series ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ commemorative ) ( NNS stamps ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( VBN dated ) ( NNS postmarks ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN besieged ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NN fledgling ) ( NNS speculators ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD saw ) ( NP ( JJ future ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS items ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The only frenzy I saw was commercial Booths selling World Series commemorative stamps and dated postmarks were besieged by fledgling speculators who saw future profit in the items


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN traffic ) ( NN jam ) ) ( PP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN park ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ monumental ) ) ) )

The traffic jam out of the park was monumental


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( NP-2 ( DT a ) ( NN half-hour ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB move ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 10 ) ( NNS feet ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN parking ) ( NN spot ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ outer ) ( NN lot ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN aisle ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NP=2 ( DT an ) ( JJ additional ) ( NN hour ) ) ( S=1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reach ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ inner ) ( NN roadway ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN half-block ) ) ( RB away ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It took me a half-hour to move 10 feet from my parking spot in an outer lot to an aisle and an additional hour to reach an inner roadway a half-block away


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ six-mile ) ( NN trip ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN airport ) ( NN hotel ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( CD 20 ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RBR earlier ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD three ) ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) )

The six-mile trip to my airport hotel that had taken 20 minutes earlier in the day took more than three hours


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN hotel ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Westin ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN power ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ out ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT some ) ( JJ interior ) ( NN plaster ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN broken ) ( S-CLR ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ loose ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN water ) ( NN damage ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( JJ little ) ( RB else ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At my hotel the Westin power was out some interior plaster had broken loose and there had been water damage but little else


( S ( S ( PP ( IN With ) ( NP ( JJ Garpian ) ( NN randomness ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN hotel ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN street ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Amfac ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN hit ) ( ADVP ( RBR harder ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ large ) ( NN sheet ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ concrete ) ( NN facade ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NN window ) ( NNS balconies ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN torn ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB away ) ) ) ) ) )

With Garpian randomness a hotel across the street the Amfac had been hit harder A large sheet of its concrete facade and several window balconies were torn away


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Westin ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB kindly ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN set ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( VBN lighted ) ( NNS candles ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ballroom ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD prepared ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NP ( NNS cold-cuts ) ( NN buffet ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD passed ) ( PRT ( RP around ) ) ( NP ( NNS pillows ) ( CC and ) ( NNS blankets ) ) ) ) ) )

The Westin staff had kindly set out lighted candles in the ballroom prepared a cold-cuts buffet and passed around pillows and blankets


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( S-CLR ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ asleep ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lobby ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( IN next ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN man ) ) ( VP ( VBG wearing ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Chicago ) ( NNP Cubs ) ( NN jacket ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I fell asleep on the lobby floor next to a man wearing a Chicago Cubs jacket


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD expected ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ) ( ADVP ( RB so ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG snoring ) ) ) ) )

I expected him to say I told you so but he already was snoring


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ journalistic ) ( NN consensus ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP World ) ( NNP Series ) ) ( VP ( VB seem ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unimportant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The journalistic consensus was that the earthquake made the World Series seem unimportant


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ My ) ( NN response ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS sports ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB rarely ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ important ) ) ( RB only ) ( ADJP ( VBG diverting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ( ADVP ( RB merely ) ) ( VP ( VBD highlighted ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN fact ) ) ) ) )

My response was that sports rarely are important only diverting and the quake merely highlighted that fact


( SQ ( MD Should ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Series ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN played ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( DT all ) ) ) ) )

Should the rest of the Series be played at all


Sure


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN quake ) ( CC and ) ( NN baseball ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN related ) ( PP ( IN unlike ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN massacre ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS athletes ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD attended ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1972 ) ( NNS Olympics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The quake and baseball were n't related unlike the massacre of athletes that attended the 1972 Olympics


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( IN That ) ( ADJP ( RB heavily ) ( VBN politicized ) ) ( NN event ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD learned ) ( NP ( NN nothing ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ horrifying ) ( NN experience ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ seems ) ( ADJP ( VBN doomed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB repeat ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That heavily politicized event learned nothing from the horrifying experience and seems doomed to repeat it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD Two ) ( NNS ironies ) ) ( VP ( VBP intrude ) ) )

Two ironies intrude


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADVP ( RB widely ) ) ( VP ( VBN dubbed ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP BART ) ( NNP Series ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ local ) ( NN subway ) ( NN line ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Bridge ) ( NNP Series ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This has been widely dubbed the BART Series after the local subway line and the Bay Bridge Series


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Flags ) ) ( VP ( VBP fly ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ half-staff ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN death ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bart ) ( NNP Giamatti ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ late ) ( NN baseball ) ( NN commissioner ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Bridge ) ) ( VP ( VBZ lies ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS ruins ) ) ) ) ) )

Flags fly at half-staff for the death of Bart Giamatti the late baseball commissioner and now the Bay Bridge lies in ruins


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NNP Series ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG shaping ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS dullest ) ) ( PP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ one-sided ) ( ADJP ( JJ Detroit-over-San ) ( JJ Diego ) ) ( NN go ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1984 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ memorable ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJS least ) ( JJ fortunate ) ) ( NN way ) ) ) ) ) )

A Series that was shaping up as the dullest since the one-sided Detroit-over-San Diego go of 1984 has become memorable in the least fortunate way


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( NN edge ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN lost ) ) ) )

Still its edge is lost


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN played ) ( ADVP ( RB mostly ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN record ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN wrapped ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB quickly ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( JJ possible ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( JJ off ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It now will be played mostly for the record and should be wrapped up as quickly as possible without off days


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) ( VP ( VB complain ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rainout ) ) ) ) ) )

And I will never again complain about a rainout


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP SANTA ) ( NNP FE ) ( NNP PACIFIC ) ( NNP PIPELINE ) ( NNP PARTNERS ) ( NNP Limited ) ( NNP Partnership ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( NP-1 ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ quarterly ) ( NN cash ) ( NN dividend ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 60 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 55 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ payable ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Nov. ) ( CD 14 ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS units ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN record ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE PARTNERS Limited Partnership of Los Angeles increased its quarterly cash dividend to 60 cents a unit from 55 cents payable Nov. 14 to units of record Oct. 31


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ independent ) ( JJ refined-petroleum-products ) ( NN pipeline ) ) ( VP ( VBG serving ) ( NP ( CD six ) ( JJ Western ) ( NNS states ) ) ) ) ) )

The company is an independent refined-petroleum-products pipeline serving six Western states


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP American ) ( NNP Brands ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ third-quarter ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 13 ) ( NN % ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG reflecting ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN tobacco ) ( CC and ) ( VBN distilled ) ( NNS spirits ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

American Brands Inc. said third-quarter net income rose 13 % reflecting strong gains in its tobacco and distilled spirits businesses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS businesses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN life ) ( NN insurance ) ) ( NP ( NN office ) ( NNS products ) ( CC and ) ( NN hardware ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN home-improvement ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 166.4 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.71 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 146.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.53 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company which also has businesses in life insurance office products and hardware and home-improvement products said net income rose to 166.4 million or 1.71 a share from 146.8 million or 1.53 a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ Year-earlier ) ( NNS results ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quarter ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN restated ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reflect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN change ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( VBG accounting ) ( NNS standards ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Year-earlier results for the quarter and the nine months were restated to reflect a change in accounting standards


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 2 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.06 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.13 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sale ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Southland ) ( NNP Life ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP March ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN impact ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJR stronger ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN dollar ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ overseas ) ( NNS results ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Revenue declined 2 % to 3.06 billion from 3.13 billion because of the sale of Southland Life in March and the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar on overseas results


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Operating ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ world-wide ) ( NN tobacco ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 10 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 247.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

Operating profit for world-wide tobacco products rose 10 % to 247.6 million


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( VBN distilled ) ( NNS spirits ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN operating ) ( NN profit ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 36 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 24.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

For distilled spirits operating profit rose 36 % to 24.8 million


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 458.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4.76 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 452 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4.50 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) )

In the first nine months net rose 1.5 % to 458.8 million or 4.76 a share from 452 million or 4.50 a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ year-earlier ) ( NN period ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 40.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 41 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( VBN discontinued ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) )

The year-earlier period included 40.1 million or 41 cents a share from discontinued operations


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 9.03 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 8.98 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) )

Revenue rose to 9.03 billion from 8.98 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ average ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS shares ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ outstanding ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 2 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ third ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 4 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) )

The average number of shares outstanding rose 2 % in the third quarter but was down 4 % for the nine months


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP American ) ( NNP Brands ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1.75 ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 73 ) ) ) ) )

In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange American Brands shares rose 1.75 to 73


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Holiday ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 89 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB partly ) ) ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN strength ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN record ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN gaming ) ( NN division ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Holiday Corp. said net income jumped 89 % partly on the strength of record operating income in its gaming division


( S ( ADVP ( RB Separately ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN hotel ) ( CC and ) ( NN gambling ) ( NN giant ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG proceeding ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN tender ) ( NN offer ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB solicit ) ( NP ( NNS consents ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN respect ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB approximately ) ( CD 1.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( RB publicly ) ( VBN traded ) ) ( NN debt ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Separately the hotel and gambling giant said it was proceeding with plans to make a tender offer and solicit consents with respect to approximately 1.4 billion of its publicly traded debt


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN debt ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 2.1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Holiday ) ( NN debt ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bass ) ( NNP PLC ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Britain ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB retire ) ( CC or ) ( VB assume ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Holiday ) ( NNP Inn ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That debt is part of the 2.1 billion of Holiday debt that Bass PLC of Britain said it would retire or assume when it agreed to buy the Holiday Inn business in August


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Holiday ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ third-quarter ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 39.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.53 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 21 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 84 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Holiday said third-quarter earnings rose to 39.8 million or 1.53 a share from 21 million or 84 cents a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Results ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 19.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ pretax ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NN property ) ( NNS transactions ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sale ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( NNP Embassy ) ( NNP Suites ) ( NN hotel ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG nonrecurring ) ( NNS costs ) ) ( VP ( VBN associated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Holiday ) ( NNP Inn ) ( NN business ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Bass ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Results for the quarter included 19.2 million in pretax gains from property transactions including the sale of one Embassy Suites hotel and 3.5 million of nonrecurring costs associated with the acquisition of the Holiday Inn business by Bass


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Holiday ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN operating ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBN related ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN gaming ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 4.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN record ) ( QP ( CD 61.4 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 58.8 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Holiday said operating income related to gaming increased 4.5 % to a record 61.4 million from 58.8 million a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN jump ) ) ( VP ( VBD reflected ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN record ) ( NNS results ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Las ) ( NNP Vegas ) ) ( NP ( NNP Nev. ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Atlantic ) ( NNP City ) ) ( NP ( NNP N.J. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ full ) ( NN quarter ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS results ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Harrah ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Del ) ( NNP Rio ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Laughlin ) ) ( NP ( NNP Nev ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The jump reflected record results in Las Vegas Nev. and Atlantic City N.J. as well as a full quarter 's results from Harrah 's Del Rio in Laughlin Nev


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Third-quarter ) ( NN revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 2.7 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 433.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 422.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

Third-quarter revenue rose 2.7 % to 433.5 million from 422.1 million


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS earnings ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 2.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 99.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 3.86 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 102.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 4.10 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) )

For the nine months earnings fell 2.9 % to 99.1 million or 3.86 a share from 102.1 million or 4.10 a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Revenue ) ) ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 1.6 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.21 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.23 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) )

Revenue dropped 1.6 % to 1.21 billion from 1.23 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN tender ) ( NN offer ) ( CC and ) ( NN consent ) ( NN solicitation ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS debtholders ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP December ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The tender offer and consent solicitation will be made to debtholders in December


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN effect ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Holiday ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG asking ) ( NP ( NNS holders ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN permission ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Bass ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN debt ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In effect Holiday is asking holders for permission for Bass to buy their debt


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Holiday ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Salomon ) ( NNP Brothers ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN retained ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB act ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NN dealer-manager ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ financial ) ( NN adviser ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN connection ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN offer ) ( CC and ) ( NN solicitation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Holiday said Salomon Brothers Inc. has been retained to act as the dealer-manager and financial adviser in connection with the offer and solicitation


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN debt ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( VP ( VBN involved ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( VBN proposed ) ( NN consent ) ( NNS fees ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN cash ) ( NN tender ) ( NN offer ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN expressed ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1,000 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN principal ) ( NN amount ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN as ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ follows ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD 1\/2 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ senior ) ( NNS notes ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ due ) ( NP-TMP ( CD 1994 ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 101 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( CD 11 ) ( NN % ) ) ( VBN subordinated ) ( NN debt ) ) ( ADJP ( RB due ) ( NP-TMP ( CD 1999 ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 102 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 9 ) ( CD 3\/8 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( NNS notes ) ) ( ADJP ( RB due ) ( NP-TMP ( CD 1993 ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 8 ) ( CD 3\/8 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( NNS notes ) ) ( ADJP ( RB due ) ( NP ( CD 1996 ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 95.25 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The debt issues involved and the proposed consent fees and cash tender offer prices expressed per 1,000 of principal amount are as follows 10 1\/2 % senior notes due 1994 at 101 % 11 % subordinated debt due 1999 at 102 % 9 3\/8 % notes due 1993 at 100 % and 8 3\/8 % notes due 1996 at 95.25 %


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Holiday ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( CD 15 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NNS notes ) ) ( ADJP ( RB due ) ( NP-TMP ( CD 1992 ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN included ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tender ) ( NN offer ) ( CC and ) ( NN consent ) ( NN solicitation ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN price ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN determined ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Holiday ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB prior ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN commencement ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN offer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Holiday said its 15 % notes due 1992 also will be included in the tender offer and consent solicitation at a price to be determined by Holiday prior to the commencement of the offer


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Domestic ) ( NN lending ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ real ) ( NN estate ) ( CC and ) ( NN property ) ( NN development ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN source ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ( NNP Bumiputra ) ( NNP Malaysia ) ( NNP Bhd. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ recent ) ) ( NN spate ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ financial ) ( NNS troubles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN institution ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN chairman ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mohamed ) ( NNP Basir ) ( NNP Ismail ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Domestic lending for real estate and property development was the source of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd. 's most recent spate of financial troubles the institution 's executive chairman Mohamed Basir Ismail said


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Speaking ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS reporters ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ( NNP Bumiputra ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS shareholders ) ) ( VP ( VBD approved ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rescue ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Tan ) ( NNP Sri ) ( NNP Basir ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( VBG lending ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN property ) ( NN sector ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rocked ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN property ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD plummeted ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1984-85 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Speaking to reporters this week after Bank Bumiputra 's shareholders approved a rescue plan Tan Sri Basir said heavy lending to the property sector rocked the bank when property prices in Malaysia plummeted in 1984-85


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB wait ) ( ADVP-CLR ( DT any ) ( RBR longer ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB recover ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS borrowers ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB service ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He said the bank could n't wait any longer for prices to recover and for borrowers to service their loans


( S ( IN So ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN board ) ) ( VP ( VBD decided ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.23 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( JJ Malaysian ) ( NNS dollars ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( QP ( CD 457 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS provisions ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN interest ) ( NNS payments ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS loans ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB previously ) ) ( VBN recorded ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN revenue ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VBN received ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB submit ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bailout ) ( NN package ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB replenish ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ paid-up ) ( NN capital ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So the bank 's board decided to make 1.23 billion Malaysian dollars 457 million in provisions for interest payments from loans previously recorded as revenue but never actually received by the bank and to submit a bailout package to replenish the bank 's paid-up capital


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN predicament ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ similar ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ( CD 1982-83 ) ( JJ property-price ) ( NN collapse ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-84 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD exposed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN involvement ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ( NNP Bumiputra ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ former ) ( NN subsidiary ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN colony ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN banking ) ( NN scandal ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN history ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The predicament he added was similar to the Hong Kong 1982-83 property-price collapse which exposed the involvement of Bank Bumiputra 's former subsidiary in the colony in the largest banking scandal in Malaysia 's history


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN subsidiary ) ) ( NP ( NNP Bumiputra ) ( NNP Malaysia ) ( NNP Finance ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 2.26 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ bad ) ( NNS loans ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ( NN property ) ( NNS speculators ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The subsidiary Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Ltd. was left with 2.26 billion in bad loans made to Hong Kong property speculators


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ( NNS episodes ) ) ( VP ( VBD wiped ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ( NNP Bumiputra ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS shareholders ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) )

Both episodes wiped out Bank Bumiputra 's shareholders ' funds


( S ( NP-TMP ( DT Each ) ( NN time ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( CD 90 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN shareholder ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Petroliam ) ( NNP Nasional ) ( NNP Bhd. ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP Petronas ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ national ) ( NN oil ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( PP-CLR ( IN upon ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rescue ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN institution ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Each time the bank 's 90 % shareholder Petroliam Nasional Bhd. or Petronas the national oil company has been called upon to rescue the institution


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Petronas ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ dominant ) ( NN shareholder ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( CD 1984 ) ( NN rescue ) ( NN exercise ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spent ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 3.5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prop ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN troubled ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In five years Petronas which became the dominant shareholder in a 1984 rescue exercise has spent about 3.5 billion to prop up the troubled bank


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tan ) ( NNP Sri ) ( NNP Basir ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN capital ) ( NN restructuring ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN approved ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX ( NX ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP Issues ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ central ) ( NN bank ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Tan Sri Basir said the capital restructuring plan has been approved by Malaysia 's Capital Issues Committee and central bank


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP High ) ( NNP Court ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB approve ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Malaysia 's High Court is expected to approve the plan


( S-3 ( SBAR-TMP ( RB Once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN approved ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tan ) ( NNP Sri ) ( NNP Basir ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ( NNP Bumiputra ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBG nonperforming ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADVP ( RB fully ) ) ( VP ( VBN provided ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN track ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ pretax ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( IN between ) ( CD 160 ) ( CD million ) ( CC and ) ( CD 170 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBG ending ) ( NP-TMP-CLR ( NNP March ) ( CD 31 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Once the plan is approved Tan Sri Basir said most of Bank Bumiputra 's nonperforming loans will have been fully provided for and the bank will be on track to report a pretax profit of between 160 million and 170 million for the fiscal year ending March 31


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ previous ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN reported ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ pretax ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 168 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS provisions ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nonperforming ) ( NNS loans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

For the previous financial year the bank would have reported a pretax profit of 168 million if it had n't made provisions for the nonperforming loans he said


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Banking ) ( NNP Secrecy ) ( NNP Act ) ) ( VP ( VBD prohibited ) ( NP-1 ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG identifying ) ( NP ( JJ delinquent ) ( NNS borrowers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tan ) ( NNP Sri ) ( NNP Basir ) ) )

Malaysia 's Banking Secrecy Act prohibited the bank from identifying delinquent borrowers said Tan Sri Basir


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ public ) ( NNS documents ) ) ( VP ( VBP indicate ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( NN % ) ( CC or ) ( JJR more ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS provisions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ foregone ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 200 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN loan ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Malaysia ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ dominant ) ( JJ political ) ( NN party ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Malays ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Organization ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN convention ) ( CC and ) ( NN headquarters ) ( NN complex ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Kuala ) ( NNP Lumpur ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But public documents indicate 10 % or more of the bank 's provisions were made for foregone interest on a 200 million loan to Malaysia 's dominant political party the United Malays National Organization to build its convention and headquarters complex in Kuala Lumpur


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN loan ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP UMNO ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ( CD 1983 ) ) ) ) ) )

The loan to UMNO was made in September 1983


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD lent ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( PP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN place ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Tan ) ( NNP Sri ) ( NNP Basir ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD refused ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB discuss ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ outstanding ) ( NNS loans ) ) ( X ( TO to ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We lent a lot of money all over the place said Tan Sri Basir who refused to discuss the bank 's outstanding loans to


( S ( PP ( RB As ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 1.23 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS provisions ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN announced ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 6 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN restructuring ) ( NN package ) ) ( VP ( VBZ covers ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ additional ) ( QP ( CD 450 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS provisions ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJR earlier ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VBN reflected ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ paid-up ) ( NN capital ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As well as the 1.23 billion in provisions announced on Oct. 6 the restructuring package covers an additional 450 million in provisions made in earlier years but never reflected in a reduction of the bank 's paid-up capital


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN exercise ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cash ) ( NN injection ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Petronas ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ paid-up ) ( NN capital ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.15 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( ADVP ( RB virtually ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBD wiped ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS provisions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the end of the exercise the cash injection from Petronas will increase the bank 's paid-up capital to 1.15 billion after virtually being wiped out by the new provisions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP DILLARD ) ( NNP DEPARTMENT ) ( NNP STORES ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 9 ) ( CD 1\/2 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( NNS debentures ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ due ) ( NP-TMP ( CD 2001 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN par ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES Inc. said it offered 50 million of 9 1\/2 % debentures due 2001 at par


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Little ) ( NNP Rock ) ( NNP Ark. ) ) ( NN department-store ) ( NN retailer ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS proceeds ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( NP ( JJ short-term ) ( NN debt ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Little Rock Ark. department-store retailer said proceeds will be used to reduce short-term debt


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goldman ) ( NNP Sachs ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NN underwriter ) ) ) )

Goldman Sachs & Co. was the underwriter


( S ( PP-TMP ( RB After ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG watching ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN sport ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB plummet ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN ski ) ( NN industry ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lift ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After watching interest in the sport plummet for years the ski industry is trying to give itself a lift


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS resorts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNS fireworks ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ classical-music ) ( NNS concerts ) ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB attract ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Across the country resorts are using everything from fireworks to classical-music concerts to attract new customers


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN built ) ( NP ( NP ( NN health ) ( NNS spas ) ) ( NP ( NN business ) ( NNS centers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN shopping ) ( NNS villages ) ) ) ) ) ) ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS visitors ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( FRAG ( VP ( VB ski ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some have built health spas business centers and shopping villages so visitors have more to do than ski


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And this week the industry 's efforts will go national for the first time when it unveils a 7 million advertising campaign


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Such efforts unheard of only a few years ago are the latest attempts to revive the sagging 1.76 billion U.S. ski industry


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Since the start of the decade lift-ticket sales have grown only 3 % a year on average compared with 16 % annual growth rates in the '60s and '70s


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Last season lift-ticket sales fell for the first time in seven years


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By some estimates nearly a fourth of all U.S. ski areas have been forced to shut down since the early '80s


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Competition ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBG mounting ) ( NN insurance ) ( CC and ) ( NN equipment ) ( NNS costs ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN undoing ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS resorts ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Competition and mounting insurance and equipment costs have been the undoing of many resorts


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But another big problem has been the aging of baby boomers


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Skiing after all has mainly been for the young and daring and many baby boomers have outgrown skiing or have too many family responsibilities to stick with the sport


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In its new ad campaign created by D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Inc. Chicago the ski industry is trying to change its image as a sport primarily for young white people


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( JJ 60-second ) ( NN TV ) ( NN spot ) ) ( VP ( VBZ features ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ diverse ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS skiers ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB gracefully ) ) ( VBG gliding ) ( PP-DIR ( RB down ) ( NP ( JJ sun-drenched ) ( NNS slopes ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NNS citizens ) ) ( NP ( NNS minorities ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS families ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS children ) ) ) ) ( RB even ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ blind ) ( NN skier ) ) ) ) ) )

One 60-second TV spot features a diverse group of skiers gracefully gliding down sun-drenched slopes senior citizens minorities families with children even a blind skier


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Ski school is great cries out a tot bundled in a snowsuit as he plows down a bunny slope


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR-TMP ( RB 'til ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP try ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ black ) ( NN skier ) ) )

You 'll never know 'til you try says a black skier


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD used ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ hot-dog ) ( NN skier ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS twenties ) ( CC or ) ( NNS thirties ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( PP-DIR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN edge ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cliff ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Kathe ) ( NNP Dillmann ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Ski ) ( NNP Industries ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trade ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBG sponsoring ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN campaign ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We used to show some hot-dog skier in his twenties or thirties going over the edge of a cliff says Kathe Dillmann a spokeswoman for the United Ski Industries Association the trade group sponsoring the campaign


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Ski ) ( NNS promotions ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP ( RB traditionally ) ) ( VP ( VBN avoided ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ touchy ) ( NN issue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN safety ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ski promotions have traditionally avoided the touchy issue of safety


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS commercials ) ) ( VP ( VBP deal ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB indirectly ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG showing ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN woman ) ) ( VP ( VBG smiling ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tries ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fall ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the new commercials deal with it indirectly by showing a woman smiling as she tries to get up from a fall


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ okay ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP fall ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Dillmann ) ) )

We wanted to show it 's okay if you fall says Ms. Dillmann


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Most ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP slip ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB wind ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN body ) ( NN cast ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most people think if you slip you 'll wind up in a body cast


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN ad ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( VP ( VBZ represents ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ unusual ) ( NN spirit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN cooperation ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS resorts ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN ski ) ( NN equipment ) ( NNS makers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB normally ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VBP run ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ads ) ) ( VP ( VBG hyping ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS products ) ( CC and ) ( NNS facilities ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ad campaign represents an unusual spirit of cooperation among resorts and ski equipment makers normally they only run ads hyping their own products and facilities


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT these ) ( NN crunch ) ( NNS times ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ski ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS resorts ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Angel ) ( NNP Fire ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP River ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Taos ) ( NN ski ) ( NNS areas ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Mexico ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN started ) ( S ( VP ( NN shuttle-busing ) ( NP ( NNS skiers ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT each ) ( JJ other ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS slopes ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ( VBP plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS tickets ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ good ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( JJ local ) ( NNS lifts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But in these crunch times for the ski industry some resorts such as the Angel Fire Red River and Taos ski areas in New Mexico have even started shuttle-busing skiers to each other 's slopes and next year plan to sell tickets good for all local lifts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Many ) ( NNS resorts ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG focusing ) ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN service ) ( NN side ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Many resorts also are focusing more on the service side of their business