( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN Before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bill ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( NN committee ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP Edward ) ( NNP Kennedy ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP D. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Mass ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD attached ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN amendment ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB allow ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN defendant ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB escape ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN death ) ( NN sentence ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS jurisdictions ) ) ( VP ( VBN shown ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN meted ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NNS executions ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN racist ) ( NN manner ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Before the bill left committee Sen. Edward Kennedy D. Mass attached an amendment that would allow a defendant to escape from a death sentence in jurisdictions shown to have meted out executions in a racist manner


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN amendment ) ) ( VP ( VBD prompted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ ironic ) ( NN protest ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Thurmond ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD complained ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB kill ) ( NP ( JJ capital ) ( NN punishment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The amendment prompted an ironic protest from Mr. Thurmond who complained that it would kill capital punishment


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ large ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS studies ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP suggest ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN state ) ( NNS judges ) ( CC and ) ( NNS juries ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN imposed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN penalty ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB racially ) ( JJ discriminatory ) ) ( NN fashion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A large number of studies suggest that state judges and juries have imposed the penalty in a racially discriminatory fashion


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Kennedy ) ( NN amendment ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB invade ) ( NP ( ADJP ( CONJP ( RB not ) ( RB only ) ) ( JJ federal ) ( CC but ) ( NN state ) ) ( NNS sentencings ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ important ) ( NNS ways ) ) ) ) ) )

And the Kennedy amendment would invade not only federal but state sentencings in two important ways


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB allow ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT all ) ( NNS defendants ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB introduce ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ statistical ) ( NN evidence ) ) ( VP ( VBG showing ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB racially ) ( JJ disproportionate ) ) ( NN application ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN death ) ( NN penalty ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN past ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It would allow all defendants to introduce statistical evidence showing racially disproportionate application of the death penalty in the past


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB shift ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN burden ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS prosecutors ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB disprove ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN discrimination ) ) ( VP ( VBD caused ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ statistical ) ( JJ racial ) ( NNS disparities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And it would shift the burden to prosecutors to disprove that discrimination caused any statistical racial disparities


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN burden ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ difficult ) ) ( CONJP ( IN if ) ( RB not ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ impossible ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB meet ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Boyd ) ) )

That burden is very difficult if not impossible to meet says Mr. Boyd


( SBARQ ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB How ) ) ( SQ ( VB do ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP prove ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN negative ) ) ) ) )

How do you prove a negative


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Since most prosecutors would n't be able to demonstrate conclusively that racial considerations did n't affect sentencing executions everywhere might come to a halt Mr. Boyd explains


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At least 15 major studies purport to show that particular states have imposed the death penalty disproportionately against killers of whites compared with blacks and against black defendants compared with white defendants


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Conservatives ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP question ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN validity ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS studies ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP note ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Supreme ) ( NNP Court ) ) ( VP ( VBD ruled ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ such ) ( NN research ) ) ( ADVP ( RB regardless ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN accuracy ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ relevant ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ constitutional ) ( NN attack ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ particular ) ( NN death ) ( NN sentence ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Conservatives question the validity of the studies and note that the Supreme Court ruled in 1987 that such research regardless of its accuracy is n't relevant to a constitutional attack on a particular death sentence


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Kennedy ) ( NN amendment ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN effect ) ) ) ( VP ( VB legislate ) ( PP ( IN around ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Supreme ) ( NNP Court ) ( NN ruling ) ) ) ) ) )

The Kennedy amendment would in effect legislate around the Supreme Court ruling


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Lawyers ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB eagerly ) ) ( VP ( VB seize ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN provision ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN death-penalty ) ( NNS appeals ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP Burr ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP NAACP ) ( NNP Legal ) ( NNP Defense ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Educational ) ( NNP Fund ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN capital-punishment ) ( NN defense ) ( NN team ) ) ) ) ) )

Lawyers would eagerly seize on the provision in their death-penalty appeals says Richard Burr director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 's capital-punishment defense team


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Kennedy ) ) ( VP ( VBD failed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN amendment ) ) ( VP ( VBN incorporated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ anti-drug ) ( NN legislation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB severely ) ) ( VP ( VBN attacked ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NN floor ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN time ) ( RP around ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Kennedy failed to get his amendment incorporated into last year 's anti-drug legislation and it will be severely attacked on the Senate floor this time around


( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ survives ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB prompt ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ statutory ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Burr ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But if it survives it could prompt other statutory changes according to the Mr. Burr


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It might force Congress and the states to narrow the death penalty only to convictions shown to be relatively free of racial imbalance murders by repeat offenders who torture their victims perhaps


( S ( NP-SBJ ( S ( VP ( VBG Narrowing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN penalty ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN fashion ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB clearly ) ) ( VP ( VB reduce ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT whatever ) ( NN deterrent ) ( NN effect ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Narrowing the penalty in this fashion would clearly reduce whatever deterrent effect it now has


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN turn ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VB strengthen ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN argument ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP oppose ) ( NP ( NP ( NN execution ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NNS circumstances ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And that in turn would only strengthen the argument of those who oppose execution under any circumstances


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( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP Supreme ) ( NNP Court ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NNP Pension ) ( NNP Benefit ) ( NNP Guaranty ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB require ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP LTV ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reassume ) ( NP ( NP ( NN funding ) ( NN responsibility ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 2.3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN shortfall ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. may require LTV Corp. to reassume funding responsibility for a 2.3 billion shortfall in the company 's pension plans


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ high ) ( NN court ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN decision ) ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN spring ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB affect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stability ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ( JJ large ) ( JJ corporate ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN relied ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN availability ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN pension ) ( NN insurance ) ) ( VP ( VBN provided ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN pension ) ( UCP ( JJ regulatory ) ( CC and ) ( NN insurance ) ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The high court 's decision expected next spring may affect the stability of many large corporate pension plans that have relied on the availability of pension insurance provided by the federal pension regulatory and insurance agency


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN agency ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN funded ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NN insurance ) ( NNS premiums ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNS employers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ insures ) ( NP ( NN pension ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( CD 30 ) ( CD million ) ( JJ private-sector ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP take ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ single-employer ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The agency which is funded through insurance premiums from employers insures pension benefits for some 30 million private-sector workers who take part in single-employer pension plans


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS assets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 2.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS liabilities ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It recently reported assets of 2.4 billion and liabilities of 4 billion


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN appeal ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ high ) ( NN court ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NNS appeals ) ( NN court ) ( NN ruling ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD favored ) ( NP ( NNP LTV ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD threatened ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB transform ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN insurer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBN troubled ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ open-ended ) ( NN source ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN industry ) ( NNS bailouts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In its appeal to the high court the agency said the federal appeals court ruling which favored LTV threatened to transform the agency from an insurer of troubled pension plans into an open-ended source of industry bailouts


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN ruling ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB determine ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( RB quickly ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP LTV ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB complete ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ( NN reorganization ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ruling also may determine how quickly LTV is able to complete its Chapter 11 reorganization


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP LTV ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN protection ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NNP Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN bankruptcy ) ( NN court ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) )

LTV filed for protection under Chapter 11 in federal bankruptcy court in 1986


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN filing ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB partly ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN result ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 2.3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN shortfall ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP LTV ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD three ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( VP ( VBN operated ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP LTV ) ( NNP Steel ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NN subsidiary ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The filing was partly the result of the 2.3 billion shortfall in LTV 's three pension plans operated for its LTV Steel Co. subsidiary 's employees


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP LTV ) ( NNP Steel ) ) ( VP ( VBD continued ) ( VP ( VBG operating ) ( SBAR-TMP ( NN while ) ( S ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN reorganization ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD terminated ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD three ) ( NNP LTV ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB keep ) ( NP-3 ( PRP$ its ) ( NN insurance ) ( NN liability ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG increasing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In January 1987 as LTV Steel continued operating while under reorganization the agency terminated the three LTV pension plans to keep its insurance liability from increasing


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Termination means that the agency 's insurance assumes the liabilities and pays the pension benefits already owed under the plans but workers do n't accrue new benefits


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ( RB later ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NN pressure ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNP Steelworkers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP LTV ) ) ( VP ( VBD instituted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN program ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NP ( NN retirement ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ similar ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN terminated ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A few months later under pressure from the United Steelworkers of America LTV instituted a new program to provide retirement benefits similar to those in the terminated plans


( S ( SBAR-PRP ( IN Because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN pension ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( PRT ( RP over ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ old ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP LTV ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ responsible ) ( RB only ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS benefits ) ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Because the federal pension agency had taken over the old plans LTV would be responsible only for benefits paid under the new pension plans


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD viewed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN creation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN abuse ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN pension ) ( NN law ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN attempt ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB transfer ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN liability ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 2.3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN shortfall ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP LTV ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN insurance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the agency viewed the creation of the new plans as an abuse of federal pension law and an attempt to transfer the liability of the 2.3 billion shortfall from LTV to federal insurance


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN agency ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD concluded ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP LTV ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN status ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN improved ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN reorganization ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The agency also concluded that LTV 's financial status had improved while it was under reorganization


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP September ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD ordered ) ( NP-1 ( NNP LTV ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reassume ) ( NP ( NP ( NN liability ) ( CC and ) ( VBG funding ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD three ) ( JJ original ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In September 1987 it ordered LTV to reassume liability and funding for the three original plans


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP LTV ) ) ( VP ( VBD challenged ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN order ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN district ) ( NN court ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP June ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD ruled ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB improperly ) ) ( VBD ordered ) ( NP-1 ( NNP LTV ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reassume ) ( NP ( NP ( NN responsibility ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

LTV challenged the order and a federal district court in New York in June 1988 ruled that the agency improperly ordered LTV to reassume responsibility for the plans


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP May ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ federal ) ( NNS appeals ) ( NN court ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD acted ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB unlawfully ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In May a federal appeals court in New York agreed that the agency acted unlawfully


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS appeals ) ( NN court ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT no ) ( NN evidence ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( VBD intended ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB allow ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN pension ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB consider ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN creation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN benefit ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN basis ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG ordering ) ( NP-2 ( DT that ) ( NN company ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB reassume ) ( NP ( NP ( NN liability ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ old ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The appeals court said there was no evidence that Congress intended to allow the pension agency to consider a company 's creation of new benefit plans as a basis for ordering that company to reassume liability for old plans


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS appeals ) ( NN court ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB consider ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ long-term ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fund ) ( NP ( NN pension ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ( RB not ) ( RB just ) ( NP ( JJ short-term ) ( VBN improved ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN status ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The appeals court also said the agency had to consider a company 's long-term ability to fund pension plans not just short-term improved financial status


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Dallas ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP LTV ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN disappointed ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN court ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hear ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ believes ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN move ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RBR further ) ) ( VP ( VB delay ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Chapter ) ( CD 11 ) ( NNS proceedings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In Dallas LTV said that it was disappointed that the court agreed to hear the case because it believes the move will further delay its Chapter 11 proceedings


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN reorganization ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN part ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ sizable ) ( NN disagreement ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pension ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company has n't been able to come up with a reorganization plan in part because of the sizable disagreement with the pension agency


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP LTV ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN steel ) ( NN aerospace ) ( CC and ) ( NN energy ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ confident ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Supreme ) ( NNP Court ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB uphold ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lower-court ) ( NNS decisions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS discussions ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN settlement ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN reviewed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But LTV a steel aerospace and energy concern said it is confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the lower-court decisions and said it expects to continue discussions with the agency about a settlement while the case is being reviewed


( NP ( NP ( NNP Pension ) ( NNP Benefit ) ( NNP Guaranty ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( PP ( IN vs. ) ( NP ( NNP LTV ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) )

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. vs. LTV Corp


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NN BROKERAGE ) ( NN HIRING ) ) ( VP ( VBZ languishes ) ( PP-LOC ( IN amid ) ( NP ( NN market ) ( NN turmoil ) ) ) ) )

BROKERAGE HIRING languishes amid market turmoil


( S-HLN ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS survivors ) ) ( VP ( VBP earn ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ) )

But survivors earn more


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Shearson ) ( NNP Lehman ) ( NNP Hutton ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ counts ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJ under ) ( CD 39,000 ) ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 100 ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN start ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( IN off ) ( NP ( CD 8,500 ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN merger ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ( NN collapse ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. counts under 39,000 workers down 100 from the start of the year and off 8,500 from after its merger and the market collapse two years ago


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Another ) ( JJ major ) ( NN firm ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN cut ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 6,000 ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 13 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NNP Black ) ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) )

Another major firm has cut 6,000 workers 13 % of its staff since Black Monday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Bureau ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Statistics ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS securities ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP City ) ) ( ADVP ( RB alone ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN slashed ) ( NP ( CD 17,000 ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( UCP-TMP ( NNP December ) ( CD 1987 ) ) ( NN peak ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 163,000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says securities firms in New York City alone have slashed 17,000 jobs from the December 1987 peak of 163,000


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Average ) ( JJ annual ) ( NNS earnings ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN hung ) ( PRT ( RP on ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( VP ( VBD surged ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 78,625 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 69,553 ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) )

Average annual earnings of those who have hung on though surged to 78,625 last year from 69,553 in 1987


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT Any ) ( VBG hiring ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN confined ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ retail ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) )

Any hiring is confined to retail sales


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Illinois ) ( NNP Company ) ( NNP Investments ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG trimming ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS ranks ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN summer ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Illinois Company Investments had been trimming its ranks until last summer


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN acquired ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Household ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Inc ) ) ) ) ) )

But then it was acquired by Household International Inc


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ offers ) ( NP ( JJR richer ) ( NNS commissions ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lure ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN broker ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now it offers richer commissions to lure a broker a week


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Interstate\/Johnson ) ( NNP Lane ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( NP ( CD 70 ) ( NNS people ) ) ( PRN ( S-ADV ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD 60 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN retail ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ 1,300-member ) ( NN staff ) ) ) ) )

Interstate\/Johnson Lane Inc. this year adds 70 people 60 of them in retail to its 1,300-member staff


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP A.G. ) ( NNP Edwards ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Sons ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( NP ( NN training ) ( NNS classes ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ looks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ experienced ) ( NNS brokers ) ) ) ) ) )

A.G. Edwards & Sons runs training classes and looks for experienced brokers


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hire ) ( NP ( NP ( NN someone ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP consider ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN winner ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT an ) ( NNP Edwards ) ( NN official ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

We 're always going to hire someone we consider to be a winner an Edwards official says


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ SKILLED ) ( NNS WORKERS ) ) ( JJ aplenty ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ available ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cope ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN earthquake ) ( NN damage ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

SKILLED WORKERS aplenty are available to cope with earthquake damage


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB foresee ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NNS shortages ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ken ) ( NNP Allen ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN official ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Operating ) ( NNP Engineers ) ( NNP Local ) ( CD 3 ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I do n't foresee any shortages over the next few months says Ken Allen an official of Operating Engineers Local 3 in San Francisco


( S ( ADVP ( RB Ironically ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN up ) ( PP ( IN until ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB desperately ) ) ( VBD tried ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fill ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS jobs ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB especially ) ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN crane ) ( CC and ) ( NN bulldozer ) ( NNS operators ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ironically up until the quake we desperately tried to fill jobs especially for crane and bulldozer operators


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 17 ) ( NN temblor ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN halt ) ) ( PP-PUT ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ much ) ( JJ nonessential ) ( NN building ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( NNS rains ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD slowed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG freeing ) ( NP ( NN construction ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN earthquake ) ( NNS repairs ) ) ) ) ) )

But the Oct. 17 temblor put a halt to much nonessential building and heavy rains last week slowed the rest freeing construction workers for earthquake repairs


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN supply ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBN experienced ) ( JJ civil ) ( NNS engineers ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR tighter ) ) ) )

The supply of experienced civil engineers though is tighter


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP California ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Transportation ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG recruiting ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Pennsylvania ) ( NNP Arizona ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Texas ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS engineers ) ) ( ADJP ( VBN experienced ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN road ) ( CC and ) ( NN bridge ) ( NN design ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In recent months California 's Transportation Department has been recruiting in Pennsylvania Arizona and Texas for engineers experienced in road and bridge design


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN state ) ) ( VP ( VBG offering ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 39,000 ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP California ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ high ) ( NN standard ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN living ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB too ) ( JJ many ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB choose ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Brent ) ( NNP Scott ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN recruiting ) ( NN officer ) ) ) )

But with the state offering only 39,000 a year and California 's high standard of living there are n't too many to choose from says Brent Scott a recruiting officer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN department ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( CD 75 ) ( NNS openings ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ wants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hire ) ( NP ( CD 625 ) ( JJ civil ) ( NNS engineers ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( CD 15 ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He says the department now has 75 openings and wants to hire 625 civil engineers over the next 15 months


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( DT THE ) ( NNP IRS ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB taketh ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBZ giveth ) ) ) ) ) ) )

THE IRS may taketh what the Labor Department giveth


( S ( CC But ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN tuned ) ) ) )

But stay tuned


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Employee-benefit ) ( NNS specialists ) ) ( VP ( VBD drew ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ collective ) ( NN sigh ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN relief ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ early ) ( NNP October ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBD backed ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB away ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN proposal ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ former ) ( NNS employees ) ( CC and ) ( NNS beneficiaries ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ active ) ( NNS workers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB borrow ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS balances ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 401 ) ( NN k ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ similar ) ( NNS savings ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Employee-benefit specialists drew a collective sigh of relief in early October when the Labor Department backed away from a proposal that companies let former employees and beneficiaries along with active workers borrow against balances in 401 k and similar savings plans


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ advisory ) ( NN letter ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN department ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( VBG starting ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 18 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS loans ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN limited ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS parties ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB generally ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ means ) ( NP ( JJ active ) ( NNS workers ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS retirees ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP continue ) ( PP-MNR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS directors ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( ADJP ( CD 10 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NNS shareholders ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In an advisory letter the department said that starting Oct. 18 loans could be limited to parties in interest which generally means active workers but also includes retirees who continue as directors and 10 % shareholders


( SINV ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( VBZ comes ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN word ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP IRS ) ( NNS regulations ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN drafted ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN violation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tax ) ( NN code ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP make ) ( NP ( NNS loans ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN retiree ) ( NNS shareholders ) ( CC and ) ( NNS directors ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ available ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ former ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB usually ) ) ( VP ( VBD earned ) ( NP ( JJR less ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now comes word that IRS regulations being drafted could put companies in violation of the tax code if they make loans to retiree shareholders and directors but do n't make them available to other former workers who usually earned less


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP IRS ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN question ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN settled ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNS regulations ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN issued ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB shortly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The IRS says the question wo n't be settled until the regulations are issued shortly


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN violation ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB bring ) ( NP ( JJ substantial ) ( NN tax ) ( NNS penalties ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NN employer ) ( CC and ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ) )

But violation could bring substantial tax penalties to both employer and employees


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ severe ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ regulatory ) ( NN whiplash ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ complains ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Henry ) ( NNP Saveth ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN consultant ) ( NNP A. ) ( NNP Foster ) ( NNP Higgins ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) )

It 's a severe case of regulatory whiplash complains Henry Saveth of consultant A. Foster Higgins & Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Frederick ) ( NNP Rumack ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Buck ) ( NNP Consultants ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN asked ) ( NP-1 ( NNP Labor ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB recraft ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN rule ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remove ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP IRS ) ( NN threat ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Frederick Rumack of Buck Consultants has asked Labor to recraft its rule to remove the IRS threat


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( JJ CORPORATE ) ( NN DOWNSIZING ) ) ( VP ( VBZ digs ) ( ADVP ( JJR deeper ) ) ) )

CORPORATE DOWNSIZING digs deeper


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Outplacement ) ( NN consultant ) ( NNP Right ) ( NNP Associates ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ average ) ( NN pay ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS clients ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 66,743 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 70,765 ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ severance ) ( NN pay ) ) ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 29 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Outplacement consultant Right Associates says the average pay of its clients fell to 66,743 last year from 70,765 in 1987 severance pay dropped to 25 weeks from 29


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Both ) ) ( VP ( VBP reflect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dismissal ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ lower-level ) ( CC and ) ( JJ shorter-tenure ) ) ( NNS executives ) ) ) ) ) )

Both reflect the dismissal of lower-level and shorter-tenure executives


( S-HLN ( ADVP-TMP ( RB FIRST ) ) ( VP ( VB TEACH ) ( NP ( PRP THYSELF ) ) ) )

FIRST TEACH THYSELF


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Executives ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB universally ) ) ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS workers ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ employer-sponsored ) ( NNS benefits ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Executives universally believe workers should know their employer-sponsored benefits


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( CD three ) ( IN out ) ( IN of ) ( CD four ) ) ( NNS managers ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB accurately ) ) ( VBP state ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN value ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS packages ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN consultant ) ( NNP Noble ) ( NNP Lowndes ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

But three out of four managers ca n't accurately state the value of their own packages consultant Noble Lowndes says


MEA CULPA


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Fully ) ( CD 62 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS doctors ) ) ( VP ( VBN surveyed ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Metropolitan ) ( NNP Life ) ( NNP Insurance ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ fellow ) ( NNS physicians ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ responsible ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ rising ) ( NN health-care ) ( NNS costs ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB ahead ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS hospitals ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 55 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS patients ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 48 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Fully 62 % of the doctors surveyed for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. think their fellow physicians are responsible for rising health-care costs ahead of hospitals 55 % and patients 48 %


( S-HLN ( INTJ ( RB NO ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP YOU ) ) ( VP ( VBP WORK ) ) )

NO YOU WORK


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Only ) ( CD one ) ( IN in ) ( CD four ) ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ flexible ) ( NN benefit ) ( NNS plans ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ lets ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS workers ) ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( CC or ) ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NN vacation ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN consultant ) ( NNP Towers ) ( NNP Perrin ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Only one in four companies with flexible benefit plans lets workers buy or sell vacation days consultant Towers Perrin says


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Employees ) ) ( VP ( VBP like ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN option ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS firms ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ tough ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB run ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Employees like the option but firms say it 's too tough to run


( S-HLN ( NP-SBJ ( NNS STUDENTS ) ) ( VP ( VBP SHUN ) ( NP ( NN burger ) ( VBG flipping ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS jobs ) ) ( VP ( VBN tied ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS careers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

STUDENTS SHUN burger flipping for jobs tied to careers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ) ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( VP ( VBP study ) ) )

Some even study


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Fast-food ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ popular ) ) ( ADVP ( DT no ) ( NN matter ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP pay ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNP Tufts ) ( NN official ) ) )

Fast-food jobs are n't popular no matter what they pay says a Tufts official


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Working ) ( NNS students ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ explains ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN satisfaction ) ) ) )

Working students she explains want some satisfaction


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NAC ( NNP University ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Michigan ) ) ) ) ( NNS students ) ) ( VP ( VBP look ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS jobs ) ) ( VP ( VBN related ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( VBN planned ) ( NNS careers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

University of Michigan students look for jobs related to planned careers


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Carnegie ) ( NNP Mellon ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS students ) ) ( VP ( VBP conclude ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS careers ) ) ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG hitting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS books ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG opting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB build ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS resumes ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ good ) ( NNS grades ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN leadership ) ( NNS roles ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS fraternities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Carnegie Mellon though says some students conclude they can help their careers most by hitting the books They 're opting to build their resumes through good grades and leadership roles in fraternities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Slowing ) ( NNS economies ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP limit ) ( NP ( NN student ) ( NN choice ) ) ) )

Slowing economies in some areas limit student choice


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Student ) ( NN job ) ( NNS postings ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP University ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP slip ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 10 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 10 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN drop ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Student job postings at Boston University slip 10 % this year following a 10 % drop in 1988


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN school ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ ample ) ( NN number ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN pay ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-PRD ( IN up ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 7.20 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN hour ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 6.90 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still the school says there are an ample number and pay is up to 7.20 an hour from 6.90 last year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP M.B.A. ) ( NNS candidates ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP University ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Pittsburgh ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP earn ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN up ) ( TO to ) ( CD 15 ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN hour ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN marketing ) ( CC or ) ( NN computer ) ( NNS projects ) ) ) ) )

M.B.A. candidates at the University of Pittsburgh earn up to 15 an hour on marketing or computer projects


( NP-HLN ( NP ( DT THE ) ( NN CHECKOFF ) ) ( NP ( JJ Fiery ) ( NN ambition ) ) )

THE CHECKOFF Fiery ambition


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Hyatt ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ hires ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC ( NNP University ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Wyoming ) ) ) ) ( NN graduate ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS degrees ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN geology ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN petroleum ) ( NN engineering ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 7.50 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN hour ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB tend ) ( NP ( NP ( NN wood ) ( NNS fires ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Colorado ) ( NN ski ) ( NN resort ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Hyatt Corp. hires a University of Wyoming graduate with degrees in geology and petroleum engineering for 7.50 an hour to tend wood fires at a Colorado ski resort


( SQ ( VBZ Is ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN somebody ) ) ( VP ( VBG telling ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( NP ( NN something ) ) ) )

Is somebody telling us something


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ Our ) ( NN copy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Racine ) ( PRN ( NP-LOC ( NNP Wis ) ) ) ( NN Labor ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ( S-MNR ( VP ( VBN wrapped ) ( PP-CLR ( IN around ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS sections ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Baseball ) ( NNP Card ) ( NNP News ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Our copy of Racine Wis Labor comes through the mail wrapped around two sections of Baseball Card News


( NP ( NP ( NN Part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN Series ) ) ) )

Part of a Series


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tom ) ( NNP Panelli ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB perfectly ) ( JJ good ) ) ( NN reason ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 300 ) ) ( NN rowing ) ( NN machine ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD bought ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Tom Panelli had a perfectly good reason for not using the 300 rowing machine he bought three years ago


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD ate ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ bad ) ( NN tuna ) ( NN sandwich ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( NN food ) ( NN poisoning ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN shot ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ my ) ( NN shoulder ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S-ADV-4 ( VP ( VBG making ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ painful ) ) ( S-3 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB row ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I ate a bad tuna sandwich got food poisoning and had to have a shot in my shoulder he says making it too painful to row


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN soreness ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ admits ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB away ) ) ( PP-TMP ( NP ( RB about ) ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN shot ) ) ) ) )

The soreness he admits went away about a week after the shot


( S ( CC Yet ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN rowing ) ( NN machine ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN touched ) ( ADVP-TMP ( IN since ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN moved ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB twice ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet the rowing machine has n't been touched since even though he has moved it across the country with him twice


( S ( S ( S-ADV ( NP-PRD ( DT A ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NN lawyer ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Panelli ) ) ( VP ( VBD rowed ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB religiously ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB first ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN machine ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ complains ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD left ) ( NP ( NN grease ) ( NNS marks ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN carpet ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBG boring ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A San Francisco lawyer Mr. Panelli rowed religiously when he first got the machine but he complains it left grease marks on his carpet and it was boring


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ horrible ) ( NN machine ) ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ) )

It 's a horrible machine actually


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ashamed ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP own ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ stupid ) ( NN thing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I 'm ashamed I own the stupid thing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Panelli ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NN plenty ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Panelli has plenty of company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Nearly ) ( JJ three-fourths ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP own ) ( NP ( NN home ) ( NN exercise ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB much ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD planned ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP American ) ( NNP Way ) ( IN of ) ( NNP Buying ) ) ( NN survey ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nearly three-fourths of the people who own home exercise equipment do n't use it as much as they planned according to The Wall Street Journal 's American Way of Buying survey


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Roper ) ( NNP Organization ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD conducted ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN survey ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB almost ) ( NN half ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN exercise ) ( NN equipment ) ( NNS owners ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR duller ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD expected ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Roper Organization which conducted the survey said almost half of the exercise equipment owners found it duller than they expected


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB just ) ( NN exercise ) ( NN gear ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN workout ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is n't just exercise gear that is n't getting a good workout


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN fitness ) ( NN craze ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN gone ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ soft ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN survey ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ) )

The fitness craze itself has gone soft the survey found


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJR Fewer ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sweat ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS activities ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN jogging ) ( NN tennis ) ( NN swimming ) ( CC and ) ( NN aerobics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Fewer people said they were working up a sweat with such activities as jogging tennis swimming and aerobics


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Half ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( VP ( VBN surveyed ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VP ( VB walk ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS days ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN exercise ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Half of those surveyed said they simply walk these days for exercise


( S ( NP-SBJ ( IN That ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ good ) ( NN news ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS marketers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN walking ) ( NNS shoes ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's good news for marketers of walking shoes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN survey ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD detected ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN bit ) ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN golf ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ positive ) ( NN sign ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN country ) ( NNS clubs ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN golf ) ( NN club ) ( NNS makers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The survey also detected a bit more interest in golf a positive sign for country clubs and golf club makers


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN survey ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS findings ) ) ( ADVP ( RB certainly ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ encouraging ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS marketers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ health-club ) ( NNS memberships ) ) ( NP ( NN tennis ) ( NNS rackets ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN home ) ( NN exercise ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ good ) ( NNS intentions ) ) ( CONJP ( IN if ) ( RB not ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS actions ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG keeping ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN fitness ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ healthy ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The survey 's findings certainly are n't encouraging for marketers of health-club memberships tennis rackets and home exercise equipment but people 's good intentions if not their actions are keeping sales of some fitness products healthy


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NN instance ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS treadmills ) ) ( NP ( NN exercise ) ( NNS bikes ) ) ( NP ( NN stair ) ( NNS climbers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ like ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB rise ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 8 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 1.52 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Sporting ) ( NNP Goods ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ sees ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN home ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS hottest ) ( NN growth ) ( NNS areas ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1990s ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For instance sales of treadmills exercise bikes stair climbers and the like are expected to rise 8 % to about 1.52 billion this year according to the National Sporting Goods Association which sees the home market as one of the hottest growth areas for the 1990s


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT that ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS machines ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB much ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But even that group knows some people do n't use their machines as much as they should


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ first ) ( NN excuse ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN research ) ( NN director ) ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP Doyle ) ) )

The first excuse is they do n't have enough time says research director Thomas Doyle


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN second ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN discipline ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The second is they do n't have enough discipline


( S-1 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN With ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( RBR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 15 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NN exercise ) ( NNS bikes ) ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD five ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS garages ) ( NNS basements ) ( CC and ) ( NNS attics ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN populated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) )

With more than 15 million exercise bikes sold in the past five years he adds a lot of garages basements and attics must be populated with them


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ average ) ( NN price ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS bikes ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 145 ) ) ) ) )

Still the average price of such bikes rose last year to 145


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Doyle ) ) ( VP ( VBZ predicts ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN trend ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR fewer ) ( NNS pieces ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN home ) ( NN exercise ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJR higher ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Doyle predicts a trend toward fewer pieces of home exercise equipment being sold at higher prices


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Electronic ) ( NNS gimmicks ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ key ) ) ) )

Electronic gimmicks are key


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Premark ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ peddles ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP M8.7sp ) ( NNP Electronic ) ( NNP Cycling ) ( NNP Simulator ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 2,000 ) ) ( JJ stationary ) ( NN cycle ) ) ) ) )

Premark International Inc. for example peddles the M8.7sp Electronic Cycling Simulator a 2,000 stationary cycle


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN video ) ( NN screen ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS riders ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 30 ) ( JJ different ) ( NNS rides ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( UCP ( JJ urban ) ( NN mountain ) ( CC and ) ( NN desert ) ) ( NNS scenes ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB check ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WHADJP ( WRB how ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS calories ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN burned ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN minute ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On a video screen riders can see 30 different rides including urban mountain and desert scenes and check how many calories are burned a minute


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Nancy ) ( NNP Igdaloff ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ works ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NNS payments ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN prospect ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( DT a ) ( NN gizmo ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nancy Igdaloff who works in corporate payments at Bank of America in San Francisco may be a good prospect for such a gizmo


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP She ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 150 ) ) ( NN exercise ) ( NN bike ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD bought ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD five ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN roommate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

She 's trying to sell a 150 exercise bike she bought about five years ago for her roommate


( S ( S ( CC But ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ( S ( VP ( VB write ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NN home ) ( NN fitness ) ( NN equipment ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBD traded ) ( PRT ( RB up ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Igdaloff ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VBD paid ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 900 ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR fancier ) ( JJ stationary ) ( NN bike ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN timer ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS dials ) ) ( VP ( VBG showing ) ( NP ( JJ average ) ( CC and ) ( NN maximum ) ( NNS speeds ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ comfortable ) ( NN seat ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ feels ) ( ADVP ( RB almost ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN chair ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But rather than write off home fitness equipment she traded up Ms. Igdaloff just paid about 900 for a fancier stationary bike with a timer dials showing average and maximum speeds and a comfortable seat that feels almost like a chair


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I 'm using it a lot she says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ much ) ) ( NN money ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP look ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( RB not ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ guilty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I spent so much money that if I look at it and I 'm not on it I feel guilty


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN poll ) ) ( VP ( VBZ points ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS inconsistencies ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( SBAR-NOM ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The poll points up some inconsistencies between what people say and what they do


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ surprising ) ( CD 78 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP exercise ) ( ADVP ( RB regularly ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB up ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 73 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1981 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A surprising 78 % of people said they exercise regularly up from 73 % in 1981


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ conjures ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS images ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN nation ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ full ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ trim ) ( JJ muscular ) ( NNS folks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ suggests ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN couch ) ( NNS potatoes ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( PP-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN season ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This conjures up images of a nation full of trim muscular folks and suggests couch potatoes are out of season


( S ( PP ( IN Of ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ) )

Of course that is n't really the case


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN discrepancy ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( SBAR-PRP-PRD ( RB because ) ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG asking ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN fitness ) ( NN regime ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN bit ) ) ( IN like ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG inquiring ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN love ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The discrepancy may be because asking people about their fitness regime is a bit like inquiring about their love life


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN bound ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB exaggerate ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They 're bound to exaggerate


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP swim ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB mean ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-DIR-PRD ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN beach ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Krys ) ( NNP Spain ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN research ) ( NN specialist ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP President ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Council ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Physical ) ( NNP Fitness ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Sports ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

People say they swim and that may mean they 've been to the beach this year says Krys Spain research specialist for the President 's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ hard ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG responding ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB truthfully ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's hard to know if people are responding truthfully


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( VBN embarrassed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( NN anything ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

People are too embarrassed to say they have n't done anything


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While she applauds the fact that more Americans are getting up from the television to stroll or garden she says the percentage of Americans who do real exercise to build the heart is only 10 % to 20 %


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( ADJP ( RB So ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP fudge ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS answers ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NN exercise ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP president ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN council ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( JJ specific ) ( NNS criteria ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB determine ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN considered ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ vigorous ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS contractions ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ large ) ( NN muscle ) ( NNS groups ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB achieve ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 60 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN maximum ) ( JJ aerobic ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD three ) ( CC or ) ( JJR more ) ) ( NNS times ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN minimum ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 20 ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So many people fudge on answers about exercise the president 's council now uses specific criteria to determine what is considered vigorous It must produce contractions of large muscle groups must achieve 60 % of maximum aerobic capacity and must be done three or more times a week for a minimum of 20 minutes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN council ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS goals ) ) ( VP ( VBN set ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 60 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS adults ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 65 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN age ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( JJ vigorous ) ( NN exercise ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( CD 1990 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One of the council 's goals set in 1980 was to see more than 60 % of adults under 65 years of age getting vigorous exercise by 1990


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT That ) ( NN target ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN revised ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 30 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ( CD 2000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That target has been revised to 30 % by the year 2000


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( RB even ) ( DT that ) ( NN goal ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB prove ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ optimistic ) ) ) ) )

But even that goal may prove optimistic


( S ( PP-TPC-1 ( IN Of ) ( NP ( CD 14 ) ( NNS activities ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Journal ) ( NN survey ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NP ( CD 12 ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NN bicycling ) ( NN skiing ) ( CC and ) ( NN swimming ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( JJR fewer ) ( NNS Americans ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ( PP-2 ( IN than ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD eight ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Of 14 activities the Journal survey found that 12 including bicycling skiing and swimming are being done by fewer Americans today than eight years ago


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN Time ) ( NNS pressures ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ebb ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fitness ) ( NN fad ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN cited ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS reasons ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN decline ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Time pressures and the ebb of the fitness fad are cited as reasons for the decline


( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB Only ) ( NN walking ) ( CC and ) ( NN golf ) ) ( VP ( VBD increased ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN popularity ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1980s ) ) ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( ADVP-EXT ( RB only ) ( RB slightly ) ) ) ) )

Only walking and golf increased in popularity during the 1980s and only slightly


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Jeanette ) ( NNP Traverso ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP California ) ( NN lawyer ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( S ( VP ( NN running ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS times ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ weekly ) ( NN round ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN golf ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG finding ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ social ) ( CC and ) ( JJ serene ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jeanette Traverso a California lawyer gave up running three times a week to play a weekly round of golf finding it more social and serene


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN activity ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ feels ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG pulling ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN golf ) ( NN cart ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP she ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gets ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN workout ) ) ) ) )

It 's an activity she feels she can do for life and by pulling a golf cart she still gets a good workout


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB really ) ( VBN wiped ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG walking ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I 'm really wiped out after walking five hours she says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Most ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP exercise ) ( PP ( DT both ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN health ) ( CC and ) ( NN enjoyment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most people said they exercise both for health and enjoyment


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP sit ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT all ) ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD 'll ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ stiff ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Joyce ) ( NNP Hagood ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Roxboro ) ( NNP N.C. ) ) ( NN homemaker ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ walks ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If you sit down all the time you 'll go stiff says Joyce Hagood a Roxboro N.C. homemaker who walks several miles a week


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ relaxing ) ) ) )

And it 's relaxing


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Sometimes ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN headache ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VP ( VB go ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB out ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB walk ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB right ) ( RP off ) ) ) ) ) )

Sometimes if you have a headache you can go out and walk it right off


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Only ) ( RB about ) ( DT a ) ( NN quarter ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS respondents ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP exercise ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lose ) ( NP ( NN weight ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Only about a quarter of the respondents said they exercise to lose weight


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( RB Slightly ) ( RBR more ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Leslie ) ( NNP Sherren ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN law ) ( NN librarian ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ attends ) ( NP ( NN dance ) ( NN aerobics ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS times ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP exercise ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB relieve ) ( NP ( NN stress ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Slightly more like Leslie Sherren a law librarian in San Francisco who attends dance aerobics five times a week exercise to relieve stress


( S-1 ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Working ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS lawyers ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) )

Working with lawyers she says I need it


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB fully ) ( CD 90 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( VP ( VBN polled ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB need ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB belong ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN health ) ( NN club ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But fully 90 % of those polled felt they did n't need to belong to a health club


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( VBN crowded ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN everybody ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG showing ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Joel ) ( NNP Bryant ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 22-year-old ) ( NN student ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Pasadena ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They 're too crowded and everybody 's showing off says Joel Bryant a 22-year-old student from Pasadena Calif


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS guys ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ macho ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS girls ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG walking ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RP around ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The guys are being macho and the girls are walking around in little things


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( RB not ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB there ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They 're not there to work out


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP show ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ) )

But at least they show up


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Nearly ) ( NN half ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD joined ) ( NP ( NN health ) ( NNS clubs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB use ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN membership ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB often ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD planned ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nearly half of those who joined health clubs said they did n't use their membership as often as they planned


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Feeling ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB devote ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS families ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ many ) ( NNS yuppies ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG skipping ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ once-sacred ) ( NN workout ) ) ) ) )

Feeling they should devote more time to their families or their jobs many yuppies are skipping their once-sacred workout


( S ( ADVP ( RB Even ) ( RB so ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Association ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Quality ) ( NNP Clubs ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ health-club ) ( NN trade ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Boston ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN membership ) ( NNS revenues ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB rise ) ( NP-EXT ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 5 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( QP ( CD 5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Even so the Association of Quality Clubs a health-club trade group in Boston says membership revenues will rise about 5 % this year from last year 's 5 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT A ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG considering ) ( S ( VP ( VBG offering ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN behavior-modification ) ( NN course ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ similar ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN smoking-cessation ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB teach ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ways ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A spokeswoman adds however that the group is considering offering a behavior-modification course similar to a smoking-cessation program to teach people ways to stay with it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ die-hard ) ( NNS bodies ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ) ) )

There are die-hard bodies of course


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN proprietor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sante ) ( NNP West ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN aerobics ) ( NN studio ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NN district ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN hit ) ( ADVP ( JJ hard ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( NP-PRD ( NNS nuts ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN minute ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD opened ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( NP-ADV ( CD three ) ( NNS days ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The proprietor of Sante West an aerobics studio in San Francisco 's Marina district which was hit hard by the earthquake says People were going nuts the minute we opened three days after the quake


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ emotional ) ( NN aspect ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( VBG draining ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD needed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN workout ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The emotional aspect is so draining they needed a good workout


( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB Perhaps ) ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ disturbing ) ) ( NN finding ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bowling ) ( NN alley ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( VBN endangered ) ( JJ American ) ( NN institution ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Perhaps the most disturbing finding is that the bowling alley may be an endangered American institution


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN survey ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP bowl ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB regularly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN fallen ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD 8 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 17 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1981 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The survey reported the number of people who said they bowl regularly has fallen to just 8 % from 17 % in 1981


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ American ) ( NNP Bowling ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ claims ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR higher ) ( NN percentage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ public ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ bowls ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB regularly ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ concedes ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NN membership ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN declined ) ( NP-TMP ( DT this ) ( NN decade ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The American Bowling Congress claims a higher percentage of the public bowls regularly but concedes its membership has declined this decade


( S ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO To ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( FRAG ( WHADVP ( WRB why ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN group ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD commissioned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN study ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD 20 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ bowling-related ) ( NN research ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

To find out why the group recently commissioned a study of the past 20 years of bowling-related research


( S ( NP-SBJ-5 ( NP ( CD Three ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN pinpointed ) ( NP-4 ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN preference ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VP ( VBG watching ) ( NP ( NP ( NN bowling ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS sports ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN television ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VBG bowling ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( JJ dowdy ) ( NN bowling ) ( NNS centers ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN dissatisfaction ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG bowling ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Three reasons were pinpointed a preference for watching bowling and other sports on television rather than actually bowling dowdy bowling centers and dissatisfaction with bowling itself


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS People ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP start ) ( S ( VP ( NN bowling ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG expecting ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ pleasurable ) ( NN exercise ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADVP ( RB generally ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN disappointed ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

People who start bowling expecting it to be a pleasurable exercise have been generally disappointed the report said


( FRAG ( CC But ) ( RB not ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP Cottrell ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NN cab ) ( NN driver ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ bowls ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ weekly ) ( NNS leagues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But not Richard Cottrell a San Francisco cab driver who bowls in two weekly leagues


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS lanes ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN advice ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN doctor ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He hit the lanes three years ago on the advice of his doctor


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ good ) ( NN exercise ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

It 's good exercise he says


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( NN anything ) ) ( ADVP ( JJ score-wise ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP like ) ( VP ( VBG meeting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS girls ) ) ) ) ) )

I ca n't do anything score-wise but I like meeting the girls


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN bowling ) ) ( VP ( VBZ helps ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( VB shed ) ( NP ( NNS pounds ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT that ) ( NN effort ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB sometimes ) ) ( VP ( VBN thwarted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN fact ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( VP ( VBG drinking ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP bowl ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB better ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He says bowling helps him shed pounds though that effort is sometimes thwarted by the fact that when I 'm drinking I bowl better


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( NNP Tuesday ) ( NN night ) ( NN team ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Leftovers ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ first ) ( NN place ) ) ) ) )

His Tuesday night team the Leftovers is in first place


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The American Stock Exchange said a seat was sold for 160,000 down 5,000 from the previous sale last Friday


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Seats are currently quoted at 151,000 bid and 162,000 asked


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Secretary of State Baker we read decided to kill a speech that Robert Gates deputy national security adviser and a career Soviet expert was going to give to a student colloquium the National Collegiate Security Conference


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We keep wondering what Mr. Gates wanted to say


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Perhaps he might have cited Mr. Gorbachev 's need for a stable currency free and competitive markets private property and real prices and other pie-in-the-sky reforms


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Perhaps he 'd have called for a decentralized political and economic system without a dominant communist party


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Or political arrangements to alleviate the grievances and demands of Soviet ethnic minorities and republics


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Why a Bob Gates might even have said Nor are Soviet problems susceptible to rescue from abroad through abundant Western credits


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If Mr. Gates had been allowed to say these things we would now be hearing about discord and disarray on foreign policy


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Dark hints would be raised that parts of the administration hope Mr. Gorbachev would fail just as they were when Vice President Quayle voiced similar sentiments


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It 's somehow OK for Secretary Baker himself however to say all the same things


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In fact he did the quotes above are from Mr. Baker 's speech of two weeks ago


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So far as we can see there is no disagreement among Mr. Baker Mr. Quayle the Mr. Gates we 've read or for that matter President Bush


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They all understand point one Nothing the U.S. can do will make much difference in whether Mr. Gorbachev succeeds with perestroika


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Perhaps Mr. Gates would emphasize more than Mr. Baker the many hurdles the Soviet leader must leap if he is going to succeed


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But everyone agrees that Mr. Gorbachev 's problems result from the failure of his own system


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They can be relieved only by changing that system not by pouring Western money into it


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GATT membership will not matter to Donbas coal miners short of soap nor will a START treaty make any difference to Ukrainian nationalists


( S ( PP ( IN On ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN hand ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB long ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG easing ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN grip ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN empire ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN everyone ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN heard ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ agrees ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB benefit ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG engaging ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the other hand so long as Mr. Gorbachev is easing his grip on his empire everyone we 've heard agrees that the U.S. can benefit by engaging him