( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ front ) ( NN cover ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN prospectus ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Citibank ) ( NN credit-card ) ( NN receivables ) ( VBG offering ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( NNS points ) ( PRT ( JJ out ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ bold ) ( NN capital ) ( NNS letters ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS certificates ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP represent ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB specially ) ( VBN created ) ) ( NN trust ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB represent ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS interests ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS obligations ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ) ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS banks ) ) ( NP ( NNP Citibank ) ( NNP N.A. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Citicorp ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN affiliate ) ( RB thereof ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The front cover of the prospectus for the Citibank credit-card receivables offering points out in bold capital letters that the certificates represent an interest only in the specially created trust and do not represent interests in or obligations of the banks Citibank N.A. Citicorp or any affiliate thereof


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS words ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Citibank ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rescue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In other words if there 's a problem do n't expect Citibank to come to the rescue


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN prospectus ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ notes ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS securities ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN guaranteed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT any ) ( NN government ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The prospectus also notes that the securities are not guaranteed by any government agency


( S ( NP-SBJ ( IN That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ means ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB focus ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quality ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN debt ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ lies ) ( PP-LOC ( IN beneath ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN credit ) ( NN enhancement ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN issue ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN credit ) ( NNS ratings ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN issue ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That means investors have to focus on the quality of the debt that lies beneath the securities as well as on the credit enhancement for the issue and the credit ratings the issue has received


( S ( NP-SBJ ( IN That ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ easy ) ) ) )

That also is n't easy


( S ( VP ( VB Take ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN credit ) ( NNS enhancements ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB typically ) ) ( VP ( VBP include ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bank ) ( NN letter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN credit ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( NN insurance ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ bond-insurance ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Take the credit enhancements which typically include a bank letter of credit or insurance from a bond-insurance company


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN letter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN credit ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB typically ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN offered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS assets ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB back ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The letter of credit typically is not offered by the bank selling the assets to back the securities


( SINV ( CC Nor ) ( VBZ does ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VB cover ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ entire ) ( NN portfolio ) ) ) )

Nor does it cover the entire portfolio


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Details ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN credit ) ( NNS enhancements ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP vary ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB widely ) ) ( PP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN issue ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN issue ) ) ) ) ) )

Details of credit enhancements vary widely from issue to issue


( S ( ADVP ( RB Still ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP play ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ crucial ) ( NN role ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG winning ) ( NP ( JJ top ) ( NNS ratings ) ) ( PP-BNF ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJS most ) ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN turn ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN yield ) ) ( PP ( IN above ) ( NP ( NNPS Treasurys ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB so ) ( JJ slim ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Still they play a crucial role in winning top ratings for most asset-backed issues which in turn is why the yield above Treasurys is so slim


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS skeptics ) ) ( VP ( VBP ask ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB bother ) ( S ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN stuff ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB only ) ( RB slightly ) ) ( JJR lower ) ) ( NNS yields ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ government-guaranteed ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But skeptics ask why you should bother buying this stuff when you can get only slightly lower yields on government-guaranteed paper


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP buy ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NN issue ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP take ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN risk ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bank ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN insurer ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ unexpected ) ( NNS difficulties ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When you buy an asset-backed issue you take the risk that a bank or an insurer could run into unexpected difficulties


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bank ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN credit ) ( NN rating ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN lowered ) ( PP-PRP ( RB because ) ( IN of ) ( INTJ ( VB say ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS loans ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ Third ) ( NNP World ) ( NNS nations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VB affect ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS ratings ) ( NN liquidity ) ( CC and ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VBZ supports ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If a bank 's credit rating was lowered because of say its loans to Third World nations that could also affect the ratings liquidity and prices of the asset-backed issues that the bank supports


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Underwriters ) ) ( VP ( VBP insist ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT these ) ( NNS issues ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN constructed ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB withstand ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB extremely ) ( JJ tough ) ) ( JJ economic ) ( NNS conditions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Underwriters insist these issues are constructed to withstand extremely tough economic conditions


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN credit ) ( NNS enhancements ) ) ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ high ) ( NNS ratings ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NN money ) ( NNS managers ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBP worry ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN recession ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB wreak ) ( NP ( NN havoc ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG underlying ) ( NNS assets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But despite the credit enhancements despite the high ratings some money managers still worry that a recession could wreak havoc on the underlying assets


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ leveraged ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS eyeballs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ heady ) ( NN gamble ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS consumers ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB repay ) ( NP ( NNS loans ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ hard ) ( NNS times ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At a time when Americans are leveraged to their eyeballs asset-backed investors may be taking a heady gamble that consumers will be able to repay loans in hard times


( S ( PP ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJS least ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN recession ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB prompt ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS investors ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ highest-quality ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB find ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NNPS Treasurys ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the very least a recession would prompt investors to buy the highest-quality bonds they can find that is Treasurys


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VP ( VB widen ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN yield ) ( VBN spread ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NNPS Treasurys ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR tougher ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB unload ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ latter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That could widen the yield spread between Treasurys and asset-backed securities as well as make it tougher to unload the latter


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB much ) ( JJR worse ) ) ) ) )

But it could be much worse


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB especially ) ( JJ wary ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN credit-card ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) )

Some analysts are especially wary of credit-card issues


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( CD one ) ( NN thing ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN credit-card ) ( NNS loans ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unsecured ) ) ) )

For one thing credit-card loans are unsecured


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN addition ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP fear ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS banks ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ overeager ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB issue ) ( NP ( NNS cards ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN public ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG giving ) ( NP ( NNS cards ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ many ) ) ( JJ big ) ( NNS spenders ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB default ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN recession ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In addition they fear that banks have been overeager to issue cards to the public giving cards to too many big spenders who will default during a recession


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN day ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN reckoning ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG coming ) ( SBAR-LOC ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB place ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ high ) ( NN premium ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ highest-quality ) ( NN debt ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( ADVP ( RB therefore ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN debt ) ( NN investment ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN government ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Craig ) ( NNP Corcoran ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Davis\/Zweig ) ( NNP Futures ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN investment ) ( JJ advisory ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) )

A day of reckoning is coming where we think the market will place a high premium on the highest-quality debt issues and therefore we think the best debt investment is U.S. government bonds says Craig Corcoran of Davis\/Zweig Futures Inc. an investment advisory firm


( FRAG ( WHNP ( WP What ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( JJ triple-A-rated ) ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS issues ) ) ) )

What about triple-A-rated asset-backed issues


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( INTJ ( UH Nope ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP we ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB stick ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNPS Treasurys ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Corcoran ) ) ( VP ( VBZ replies ) ) )

Nope we still say to stick with Treasurys Mr. Corcoran replies


( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Ratings ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ notes ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ subject ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( VB change ) ) ) ) ) )

Ratings he notes are subject to change


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT All ) ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS securities ) ) ( VP ( VB seem ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB too ) ( JJ risky ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All this makes asset-backed securities seem too risky for many people


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reminds ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Raymond ) ( NNP F. ) ( NNP DeVoe ) ( NNP Jr. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN market ) ( NN strategist ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Legg ) ( NNP Mason ) ( NNP Wood ) ( NNP Walker ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP DeVoe ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ Unprovable ) ) ( CC but ) ( ADJP ( NNP Highly ) ( NNP Probable ) ) ) ( NNP Theory ) ( NN No. ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And it reminds Raymond F. DeVoe Jr. a market strategist at Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. of what he calls DeVoe 's Unprovable but Highly Probable Theory No. 1


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( JJR More ) ( NN money ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN lost ) ( S-MNR ( VP ( VBG reaching ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN yield ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN than ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NNS speculations ) ( NNS scams ) ( CC and ) ( NNS frauds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

More money has been lost reaching for yield than in all the stock speculations scams and frauds of all time


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Herman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN staff ) ( NN reporter ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN bureau ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Herman is a staff reporter in The Wall Street Journal 's New York bureau


( NP-HLN ( NP ( NN Volume ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS securities ) ) ( VP ( VBN issued ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB annually ) ) ) ) ) )

Volume of asset-backed securities issued annually


( FRAG ( X ( SYM \* ) ) ( NP ( NN Principal ) ( NN amount ) ) )

\* Principal amount


( FRAG ( X ( SYM \*\* ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN As ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) )

\*\* As of August 30


\* Principal amount


( NP ( NP ( NN Source ) ) ( NP ( NNP Securities ) ( NNP Data ) ( NNP Co ) ) )

Source Securities Data Co


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB First ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP us ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NNS computers ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN information ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

First they get us to buy computers so we can get more information


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Then ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( VP ( VBP give ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN information ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ( VP ( VB read ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then the computers give us more information than we can ever read


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP plan ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS products ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP sift ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( DT the ) ( NN information ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-4 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-5 ( PRP we ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB know ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now they plan to sell us products that sift through all the information to give us what we really want to know


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS products ) ) ( VP ( VBP range ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ computer-edited ) ( JJ personal ) ( NNS newsletters ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS systems ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBP sit ) ( PP-LOC ( IN inside ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN computer ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP pick ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS stories ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( VBN selected ) ( NNS topics ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN off ) ( NP ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The products range from computer-edited personal newsletters to systems that sit inside a personal computer and pick stories on selected topics off news wires


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( VBN Filtered ) ( NN news ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-NOM-PRD ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Esther ) ( NNP Dyson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN editor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Release ) ( CD 1.0 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN industry ) ( NN newsletter ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ spots ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS developments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Filtered news is what people want says Esther Dyson editor of Release 1.0 an industry newsletter that spots new developments


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJS Most ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( VBD read ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( NNS times ) ) ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( ADJP ( JJ necessary ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN in ) ( NN order ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBP need ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most people read 10 times more than necessary in order to find out what they really need


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Geoffrey ) ( NNP Goodfellow ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( PP-CLR ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ high ) ( NN school ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB back ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1970s ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB manage ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN computer ) ( NN network ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP California ) ( NN research ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( JJ Old ) ( NN network ) ( NNS hands ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN started ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN network ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB wade ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN muck ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Geoffrey Goodfellow who dropped out of high school back in the 1970s to manage a computer network at a California research firm says Old network hands have started to turn off the network because they do n't have time to wade through the muck


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Goodfellow ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN started ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Menlo ) ( NNP Park ) ( NNP Calif. ) ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP Anterior ) ( NNP Technology ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ provides ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ human ) ( NNS editors ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ public ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NNS networks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Goodfellow has started a Menlo Park Calif. company called Anterior Technology that provides human editors for public electronic networks


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP see ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sewage ) ( NN treatment ) ( NN plant ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I see it as a sewage treatment plant he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ new ) ( NN product ) ) ( NP ( NNP NewsEdge ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ carries ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NN business ) ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB simultaneously ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN user ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN computer ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NNS beeps ) ( CC and ) ( NNS flashes ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB whenever ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN article ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( SBAR-2 ( WHNP-1 ( DT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN user ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A new product NewsEdge carries five business news wires simultaneously into a user 's computer and beeps and flashes whenever an article appears that is of interest to the user


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN product ) ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Desktop ) ( NNP Data ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Waltham ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mass. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ scans ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS wires ) ) ( S-MNR ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS articles ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP contain ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ key ) ( NNS words ) ) ( VP ( VBN specified ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN user ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The product developed by Desktop Data Corp. a new company based in Waltham Mass. scans the wires looking for articles that contain key words specified by the user


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( JJ early ) ( NN user ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Semmel ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Chicago ) ( NN venture ) ( NN capitalist ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN investor ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Desktop ) ( NNP Data ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB track ) ( NP ( NN takeover ) ( NNS developments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One early user David Semmel a Chicago venture capitalist and investor in Desktop Data says he uses it to track takeover developments


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD told ) ( NP-1 ( NNP NewsEdge ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB look ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS stories ) ) ( VP ( VBG containing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS words ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN takeover ) ( NN acquisition ) ( NN acquire ) ( NNP LBO ) ( NN tender ) ( NN merger ) ( NN junk ) ( CC and ) ( NN halted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He says he told NewsEdge to look for stories containing such words as takeover acquisition acquire LBO tender merger junk and halted


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB pretty ) ( JJ confident ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( VP ( VBG catching ) ( NP ( NN everything ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

I 'm pretty confident I 'm catching everything he says


( UCP ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP NewsEdge ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ pricey ) ) ) ) ( FRAG ( FRAG ( NP ( NP ( CD 7,500 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN limited ) ( NN version ) ) ) ) ( FRAG ( NP ( NP ( CD 40,000 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cost ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( DT the ) ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN included ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NewsEdge is pricey 7,500 a year for a limited version 40,000 a year if the cost of all the news wires is included


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ works ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBS best ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ high-powered ) ( JJ personal ) ( NNS computers ) ) ) ) )

And it works best in high-powered personal computers


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS investors ) ( CC and ) ( NNS consultants ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN tried ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ enthusiastic ) ) ) )

But some investors and consultants who have tried it are enthusiastic


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Jeffrey ) ( NNP Tarter ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN editor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP SoftLetter ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Watertown ) ( NNP Mass. ) ) ( NN industry ) ( NN newsletter ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG fooling ) ( PRT ( RP around ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS fringes ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG filtering ) ( NN information ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jeffrey Tarter editor of SoftLetter a Watertown Mass. industry newsletter says I 've seen a lot of people fooling around on the fringes of filtering information


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBN seen ) ( NP ( NP ( NN something ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB imagine ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG using ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This is the first time I 've seen something I could imagine a lot of people using


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP NewsEdge ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NNP FM ) ( NN radio ) ( NN band ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB carry ) ( NP ( NP ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ( VP ( VBN provided ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NNP Reuters ) ) ( NP ( NNP McGraw-Hill ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Dow ) ( NNP Jones ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP PR ) ( NNP Newswire ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ carries ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NN press ) ( NNS releases ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

NewsEdge uses an FM radio band to carry news wires provided by Reuters McGraw-Hill and Dow Jones & Co. as well as PR Newswire which carries corporate press releases


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT An ) ( NNP FM ) ( NN receiver ) ) ( VP ( VBN attached ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN user ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN computer ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ receives ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN information ) ) ) )

An FM receiver attached to a user 's personal computer receives the information


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS organizations ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN devised ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NNS systems ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sort ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NN news ) ( NN wire ) ( NNS items ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP come ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB in ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some organizations have devised their own systems to sort through news wire items as they come in


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP George ) ( NNP Goodwin ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN account ) ( NN manager ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Royal ) ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Canada ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD adapted ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Lotus ) ( NNP Development ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( NN program ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP Agenda ) ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( NN sort ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( JJ international ) ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

George Goodwin an account manager at Royal Bank of Canada adapted a Lotus Development Corp. program called Agenda to sort through international news wires


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB automatically ) ) ( VP ( VBZ selects ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS stories ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ particular ) ( NNS countries ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG reading ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ international ) ( NNS bankers ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ responsible ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG lending ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS areas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It automatically selects stories from particular countries for reading by the international bankers responsible for lending in those areas


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB need ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( VBN personalized ) ( NN information ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( NN moment ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN moment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ( NNS services ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG offering ) ( NP ( JJ overnight ) ( NNS newsletters ) ) ) ) )

For those who do n't need their personalized information moment by moment some services are offering overnight newsletters


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Individual ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN company ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Brookline ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mass. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG filtering ) ( NN technology ) ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Cornell ) ( NNP University ) ( NN computer ) ( NN scientist ) ( NNP Gerard ) ( NNP Salton ) ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB automatically ) ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN customized ) ( NNS newsletters ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sends ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB electronically ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS subscribers ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 8 ) ( NN a.m. ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Individual Inc. a new company in Brookline Mass. uses filtering technology developed by Cornell University computer scientist Gerard Salton to automatically produce customized newsletters it sends electronically to subscribers by 8 a.m. the next day


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG operating ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN information ) ( NN refinery ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ broad ) ( NN stream ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ raw ) ( NNS data ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ turns ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ actionable ) ( NN knowledge ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Yosi ) ( NNP Amram ) ) ( NP ( NN founder ) ( CC and ) ( NN president ) ) ) )

We are operating an information refinery that takes a broad stream of raw data and turns it into actionable knowledge says Yosi Amram founder and president


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ daily ) ( NN newsletter ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB widely ) ( JJ available ) ) ( ADVP ( RB yet ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN base ) ( NN cost ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 2,000 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ provides ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ full ) ( NN text ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ relevant ) ( NNS articles ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NN license ) ( NNS agreements ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Reuters ) ) ( NP ( NNP McGraw ) ( NNP Hill ) ) ( NP ( NNP United ) ( NNP Press ) ( NNP International ) ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NN press ) ( NN release ) ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Kyodo ) ( NN news ) ( NN service ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The daily newsletter which is n't widely available yet will have a base cost of 2,000 a year and provides full text of relevant articles under license agreements with Reuters McGraw Hill United Press International two press release news wires and Japan 's Kyodo news service


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( JJ early ) ( NN user ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP NEC ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN printer ) ( NN marketing ) ( NN arm ) ) ) )

One early user is NEC Corp. 's U.S. printer marketing arm


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ full ) ( NN press ) ( NNS releases ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NN printer ) ( NNS announcements ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN competition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Amram ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

They want the full press releases on printer announcements by their competition Mr. Amram says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tracks ) ( NP ( NP ( UCP ( NNS personnel ) ( CC and ) ( JJ financial ) ) ( NNS announcements ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP NEC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS distributors ) ( CC and ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ) ) )

It also tracks personnel and financial announcements by NEC 's distributors and customers


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Individual ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN technology ) ) ( VP ( VBZ goes ) ( PP-DIR ( IN beyond ) ( NP ( NN word ) ( NNS searches ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ computerized ) ( NN thesaurus ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Individual Inc. 's technology goes beyond word searches by using a computerized thesaurus


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN customer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ asks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS stories ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NNP IBM ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN computer ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VB supply ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS stories ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP mention ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP I.B.M. ) ) ( NP ( NNP International ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNP Machines ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP Big ) ( NNP Blue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Amram ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

If a customer asks for stories about IBM the computer will also supply stories that mention I.B.M. International Business Machines or Big Blue Mr. Amram says


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Individual ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB weigh ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN value ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN article ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( RB closely ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN story ) ) ( VP ( VBZ matches ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN subscriber ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN interest ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover Individual Inc. 's computers can weigh the value of an article based on how closely the story matches the subscriber 's interest area


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ compares ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN position ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ key ) ( NNS words ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN story ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS words ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX ( NX ( NN headline ) ) ( CC or ) ( NX ( JJ first ) ( NN paragraph ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR higher ) ( NN value ) ) ) ) )

It compares the position of key words in the story words in the headline or first paragraph get a higher value


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calculates ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( RB often ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS words ) ) ( VP ( VBP appear ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN story ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ( RB often ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP appear ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ entire ) ( NN data ) ( NN base ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And it calculates how often the words appear in the story compared with how often they appear in the entire data base


( X ( X ( X ( DT The ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ratio ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS hits ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ total ) ( NNS words ) ) ) ) ) ( X ( X ( DT the ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN presumed ) ( NN value ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN reader ) ) ) ) ) )

The higher the ratio of hits to total words the higher the presumed value to the reader


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( NNP Pinpoint ) ( NNP Information ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Chantilly ) ) ( NP ( NNP Va. ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN producer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ 1,800-a-year ) ) ( VBN personalized ) ( NNS newsletters ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN computer ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD started ) ( NP ( JJ full ) ( NN operation ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ relies ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP-2 ( CD 12 ) ( JJ human ) ( NNS readers ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB code ) ( NP ( NN news ) ( NNS releases ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN topic ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN in ) ( NN order ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB select ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS items ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN subscriber ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Pinpoint Information Corp. Chantilly Va. a producer of 1,800-a-year personalized newsletters about the computer industry that started full operation last month relies on 12 human readers to code news releases by topic in order to select items for each subscriber


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( VP ( VBP find ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( DT the ) ( JJ key ) ( NNS words ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS editors ) ) ( VP ( VBP confirm ) ( NP ( DT every ) ( CD one ) ) ) ) )

The computers find all the key words they can but the editors confirm every one


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Computer ) ( NN picking ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ perfect ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Harvey ) ( NNP Golomb ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ( CC and ) ( NN founder ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Pinpoint ) ) ) ) ) )

Computer picking is n't perfect says Harvey Golomb president and founder of Pinpoint


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS humans ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP write ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS abstracts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS articles ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( CD 200 ) ( NN computer ) ( NN industry ) ( NNS publications ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The humans also write abstracts of articles from some 200 computer industry publications


( S ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( RB Once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT all ) ( DT the ) ( NNS articles ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN coded ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN put ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN data ) ( NN base ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Pinpoint ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP pick ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ relevant ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN subscriber ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD lay ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ three-to-five-page ) ( NN newsletter ) ( NN format ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT each ) ( NN newsletter ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB directly ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN computer ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN subscriber ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN fax ) ( NN machine ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Once all the articles are coded and put in a data base Pinpoint 's computers pick the most relevant for each subscriber and lay them out in a three-to-five-page newsletter format each newsletter is sent directly from the computer to the subscriber 's fax machine


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Golomb ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT each ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS computers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB produce ) ( CC and ) ( VB send ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 75 ) ) ( JJ unique ) ( NNS newsletters ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Golomb says each of his computers can produce and send about 75 unique newsletters a night


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( JJ Many ) ( NN computer ) ( NN network ) ( NNS users ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBP see ) ( NP ( NN news ) ( NNS wires ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB like ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sort ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB automatically ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Many computer network users who never see news wires would like to sort through their electronic mail automatically


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ So-called ) ( NN E-mail ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN collection ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ inter-office ) ( NNS memos ) ) ( NP ( NN gossip ) ) ( NP ( JJ technical ) ( NNS data ) ) ( NP ( NNS schedules ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS directives ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN distributed ) ( PP-MNR ( IN over ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ local ) ( CC and ) ( JJ national ) ) ( NN computer ) ( NNS networks ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So-called E-mail is the collection of inter-office memos gossip technical data schedules and directives distributed over local and national computer networks


( SINV ( S-TPC-5 ( NP-SBJ ( DT All ) ( DT these ) ( VBN interconnected ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( VP ( VBP make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ difficult ) ) ( S-4 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sort ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NN junk ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ important ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Chuck ) ( NNP Digate ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NNP Lotus ) ( NNP Development ) ( NN executive ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN started ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( NN company ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cope ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All these interconnected computers make it difficult to sort out what 's junk and what 's important says Chuck Digate a former Lotus Development executive who has started a new company to cope with the problem


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Digate ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN firm ) ) ( NP ( NNP Beyond ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN licensed ) ( NP ( NP ( NN technology ) ) ( VP ( VBN known ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNP Information ) ( NNP Lens ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Massachusetts ) ( NNP Institute ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Technology ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ commercial ) ( NN use ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Digate says his firm Beyond Inc. has licensed technology known as Information Lens from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and plans to develop it for commercial use


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP MIT ) ( NN project ) ) ( VP ( VBD devised ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ways ) ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN E-mail ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB automatically ) ) ( VP ( VBN categorized ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ top ) ( NN priority ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ certain ) ( VBN designated ) ( NNS senders ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VBZ requires ) ( NP ( NN action ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( NN couple ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The MIT project devised ways for E-mail to be automatically categorized as top priority if it comes from certain designated senders or requires action in the next couple of days


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Digate ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Beyond ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB refine ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN product ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN message ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ smart ) ( RB enough ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB come ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB bother ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN week ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Digate says that Beyond will refine the product so the message will be smart enough to know to come back and bother you again next week


( S ( CC And ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN user ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ busy ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB set ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN crisis ) ( NN mode ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP Do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB bother ) ( NP ( PRP me ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNS reports ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And if a user is busy he can set it for crisis mode Do n't bother me with reports until Monday


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN program ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP Notes ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NN development ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Lotus ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sort ) ( NP ( NP ( NN E-mail ) ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( PP-LOC ( IN within ) ( NP ( NN work ) ( NNS groups ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A program called Notes which is under development by Lotus also is designed to sort E-mail sent within work groups


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN thing ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN E-mail ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ difficult ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sift ) ( PP-CLR ( IN through ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT each ) ( NN item ) ) ( VP ( VBZ looks ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One thing that makes E-mail difficult to sift through is that each item looks the same


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Notes ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ advanced ) ( NNS computers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( VP ( NN display ) ( NP ( NNS graphics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ allows ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN mail ) ( NNS senders ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( JJ different ) ( NNS logos ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Notes which is designed for advanced computers that display graphics allows mail senders to put different logos on their mail


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ daily ) ( NN news ) ( NN briefing ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( NN librarian ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ distinctive ) ( NN format ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN screen ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-MNR ( RB just ) ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN paper ) ( NN version ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A daily news briefing from the company librarian for example would have a distinctive format on the screen just as a paper version would have


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( PP ( IN With ) ( NP ( NN E-mail ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ visual ) ( NNS clues ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Tarter ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN editor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP SoftLetter ) ) ) ) ) )

With E-mail you do n't have the visual clues of paper says Mr. Tarter the editor of SoftLetter


( S ( PP ( IN With ) ( NP ( NNP Notes ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB visually ) ( JJ distinct ) ) ) )

With Notes they 're visually distinct


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sheldon ) ( NNP B. ) ( NNP Lubar ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Lubar ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Murray ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Universal ) ( NNP Foods ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN elected ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN engine ) ( NN maker ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sheldon B. Lubar chairman of Lubar & Co. and John L. Murray chairman of Universal Foods Corp. were elected to the board of this engine maker


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP succeed ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP W. ) ( NNP Kasten ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP R. ) ( NNP Parker ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD reached ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ mandatory ) ( NN retirement ) ( NN age ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They succeed Robert W. Kasten and John R. Parker who reached the mandatory retirement age


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB result ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ wholesale ) ( NN downgrading ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN bond ) ( NNS ratings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( JJ major ) ( NN rating ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The earthquake that hit the San Francisco Bay area is n't likely to result in wholesale downgrading of bond ratings officials at the two major rating agencies said


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Standard ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Poor ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG reviewing ) ( NP ( NP ( NN debt ) ) ( VP ( VBN issued ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( CD 12 ) ( NNP California ) ( NNS counties ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ potential ) ( VBN isolated ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Hyman ) ( NNP Grossman ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG managing ) ( NN director ) ) ) )

Standard & Poor 's Corp. is reviewing debt issued by 12 California counties and there are potential isolated problems said Hyman Grossman a managing director


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN agency ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG preparing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN report ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN issued ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN impact ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( NN property- ) ( CC and ) ( JJ casualty-insurance ) ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The agency is preparing a report to be issued today on the earthquake 's impact on the property- and casualty-insurance industry


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ only ) ( NNS securities ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN singled ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( VP ( VBN issued ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP View ) ( NNP Federal ) ( NNP Savings ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Loan ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The only securities so far to be singled out are those issued by Bay View Federal Savings & Loan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Moody ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Investors ) ( NNP Service ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG reviewing ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN eye ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN downgrade ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS ratings ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP View ) ( NNP Federal ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ( NP ( JJ long-term ) ( NNS deposits ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ preferred-stock ) ( NN rating ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN parent ) ( NN company ) ) ( NP ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP View ) ( NNP Capital ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Moody 's Investors Service Inc. said it is reviewing with an eye toward a possible downgrade the ratings on Bay View Federal bonds long-term deposits and the preferred-stock rating of its parent company Bay View Capital Corp


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN property ) ( CC and ) ( NN casualty ) ( NNS insurers ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Moody ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ preliminary ) ( NNS estimates ) ) ( VP ( VBP suggest ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS losses ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ significant ) ( NN impact ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ( NNS insurers ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN condition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ raises ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS concerns ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB potentially ) ( JJ substantial ) ) ( NNS risks ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ longer-term ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As for property and casualty insurers Moody 's said preliminary estimates suggest that losses should not have a significant impact on most insurers ' financial condition but it raises concerns about potentially substantial risks longer-term


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Losses ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( PP-PRD ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ similar ) ( NN magnitude ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Hurricane ) ( NNP Hugo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Moody ) ( POS 's ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Losses from the earthquake are expected to be of similar magnitude to those of Hurricane Hugo according to Moody 's


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Reebok ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( VP ( VBD posted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 35 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ third-quarter ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ slight ) ( NN decline ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Reebok International Ltd. posted a 35 % increase in third-quarter net income despite a slight decline in sales


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ athletic ) ( NN footwear ) ( NN maker ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 49.9 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 44 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 37.1 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 32 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The athletic footwear maker said net rose to 49.9 million or 44 cents a share from 37.1 million or 32 cents a share a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD declined ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 3 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 524.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 539.4 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales declined 3 % to 524.5 million from 539.4 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Paul ) ( NNP Fireman ) ) ( NP ( NNP Reebok ) ( NX ( NX ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( JJ chief ) ( JJ executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Our ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS earnings ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP provide ) ( NP ( JJ further ) ( NN evidence ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS controls ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN put ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN place ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NNS sales ) ( NN mix ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG continuing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB improve ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ overall ) ( NN profit ) ( NN performance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Paul Fireman Reebok chairman and chief executive officer said Our gains in earnings provide further evidence that the controls we have put in place and our sales mix are continuing to improve the company 's overall profit performance


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS sales ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB improve ) ( PP-PRP ( RB due ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN pump ) ( NN basketball ) ( NN shoe ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN inflated ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB better ) ) ( VP ( VB fit ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN foot ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company said it expects sales to improve due to a number of new products including a pump basketball shoe that can be inflated to better fit the foot


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( CD nine ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ net ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( CD 140 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.23 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 1.44 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the first nine months net was 140 million or 1.23 a share on sales of 1.44 billion


( S ( ADVP ( NNP Separately ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Reebok ) ) ( VP ( VBD completed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN acquisition ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP CML ) ( NNP Group ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Whaler ) ( NN unit ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN builder ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN power ) ( NNS boats ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Separately Reebok completed the acquisition of CML Group Inc. 's Boston Whaler unit a builder of power boats


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP CML ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Acton ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mass. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Reebok ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD 42 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CML Acton Mass. had agreed to sell the unit to Reebok for about 42 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( SBAR ( IN for ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Reebok ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB receive ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS warrants ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB purchase ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 400,000 ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP CML ) ( JJ common ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 31.25 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ exercisable ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The agreement also called for Reebok to receive warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of CML common at 31.25 a share exercisable at any time before July 1


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT An ) ( JJ outside ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP CML ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNS terms ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN changed ) ( PP-EXT ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ minor ) ( NN extent ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB disclose ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT those ) ( NNS changes ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

An outside spokesman for CML said the terms were changed to a minor extent but would n't disclose what those changes were


( S ( NP-SBJ ( UCP ( NN Business ) ( CC and ) ( JJ civic ) ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( VP ( VBD lurched ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NN normalcy ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ congressional ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD estimated ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN price ) ( NN tag ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN emergency ) ( NN assistance ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ earthquake-ravaged ) ( NNP California ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB total ) ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD 2.5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Business and civic operations lurched back toward normalcy here as congressional officials estimated that the price tag for emergency assistance to earthquake-ravaged California would total at least 2.5 billion


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN minimum ) ( NN figure ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP underscore ) ( NP ( NN minimum ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP House ) ( NNP Speaker ) ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP Foley ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP D. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Wash ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG conferring ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP California ) ( NNS lawmakers ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That is a minimum figure and I underscore minimum said House Speaker Thomas Foley D. Wash after conferring with California lawmakers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ impossible ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ exact ) ( NN figure ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) )

It 's impossible to put an exact figure on it at this time


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Office ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Management ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Budget ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN begun ) ( S ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NN legislation ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN earthquake ) ( NNS repairs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Office of Management and Budget has begun looking into legislation to provide more funds for earthquake repairs


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NP ( NNP California ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ 45-member ) ( NN delegation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP House ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB propose ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN emergency ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN added ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ stop-gap ) ( NN spending ) ( NN bill ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( DT the ) ( NNP House ) ( NNP Appropriations ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB consider ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And California 's 45-member delegation in the House is expected to propose that emergency funds be added to a stop-gap spending bill that the House Appropriations Committee is to consider Monday


( S ( PP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS most ) ( NN part ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS corporations ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS headquarters ) ( CC and ) ( NNS plants ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unaffected ) ) ( CC or ) ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB only ) ( RB slightly ) ) ( VBN damaged ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD registered ) ( NP ( CD 6.9 ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Richter ) ( NN scale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

For the most part major corporations ' headquarters and plants were unaffected or only slightly damaged by Tuesday 's earthquake which registered 6.9 on the Richter scale


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( CD One ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( JJ big ) ( NNS employers ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Silicon ) ( NNP Valley ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB report ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Seagate ) ( NNP Technology ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ expects ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP ( RB back ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ full ) ( NN strength ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One of the last big employers in the Silicon Valley to report in Seagate Technology said it expects to be back at full strength Monday


( S ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN day ) ) ( PP ( IN before ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Seagate ) ) ( VP ( VBD completed ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS days ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN emergency ) ( NN training ) ( CC and ) ( NNS drills ) ) ) ) ) )

The day before the quake Seagate completed three days of emergency training and drills


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Echoing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN response ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( RB almost ) ( DT all ) ( JJ big ) ( NNS corporations ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Area ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Don ) ( NNP Waite ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Seagate ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ chief ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ significant ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN impact ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Echoing the response of almost all big corporations in the Bay Area Don Waite Seagate 's chief financial officer said I would n't expect this to have any significant financial impact


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN recovery ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ uneven ) ) ) )

The city 's recovery from the earthquake was uneven


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Banks ) ) ( VP ( VBD indicated ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG operating ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJR greater ) ( IN than ) ( CD 90 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ usual ) ( NN capacity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNP Nob ) ( NNP Hill ) ( NN hotel ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS tourists ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN fled ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG leaving ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( RB previously ) ( JJ full ) ( NN hotel ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( CD 80 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN vacancy ) ( NN rate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Banks indicated they were operating at greater than 90 % of their usual capacity but a Nob Hill hotel said tourists had fled leaving the previously full hotel with an 80 % vacancy rate


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN City ) ( NNS crews ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD tallied ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN wreckage ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS buildings ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBD lacked ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ clear ) ( NN sense ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB how ) ( RB gravely ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN transportation ) ( NNS arteries ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN disabled ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

City crews tallied the wreckage to buildings but lacked a clear sense of how gravely transportation arteries were disabled


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Among ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS banks ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( DT all ) ( CC but ) ( CD eight ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD 850 ) ( NNS branches ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ open ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Among the city 's banks Bank of America said all but eight of its 850 branches were open


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( VBN closed ) ( NNS branches ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ( NP ( NNP Hayward ) ) ( NP ( NNP Santa ) ( NNP Clara ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Santa ) ( NNP Cruz ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sustained ) ( NP ( JJ structural ) ( NN damage ) ) ) )

The closed branches in San Francisco Hayward Santa Clara and Santa Cruz sustained structural damage


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Power ) ( NNS failures ) ) ( VP ( VBD kept ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB just ) ( CD seven ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD 1,500 ) ( JJ automated-teller ) ( NNS machines ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ off-line ) ) ) ) )

Power failures kept just seven of its 1,500 automated-teller machines off-line


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Securities-trading ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN moved ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Concord ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( JJ foreign-exchange ) ( NN trading ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN shifted ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN bank ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Securities-trading operations were moved to Bank of America 's Concord office and foreign-exchange trading operations were shifted to Los Angeles the bank said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Wells ) ( NNP Fargo ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Emergency ) ( NNP Operations ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD met ) ( NP-TMP ( DT all ) ( NN night ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD moved ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ global-funds ) ( NN transfer ) ( NN system ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP El ) ( NNP Monte ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( NP-ADV ( CD 500 ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN south ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Wells Fargo & Co. said its Emergency Operations Committee which met all night Tuesday moved its global-funds transfer system to El Monte Calif. 500 miles to the south


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB Only ) ( CD five ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 496 ) ( NNS branches ) ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB statewide ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP remain ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ closed ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD 23 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 600 ) ( JJ automated-teller ) ( NNS machines ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD remained ) ( PP-PRD ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN order ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Only five of 496 branches statewide remain closed while 23 of 600 automated-teller machines remained out of order


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ extensive ) ) ( NN damage ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ small ) ( NNS towns ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN near ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN epicenter ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( NP ( CD 80 ) ( NNS miles ) ) ( RB south ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The most extensive damage was in small towns near the quake 's epicenter 80 miles south of San Francisco


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Santa ) ( NNP Cruz ) ( NNP County ) ) ( VP ( VBZ estimates ) ( NP ( JJ total ) ( NN damage ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD 600 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) )

Santa Cruz County estimates total damage at nearly 600 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Santa ) ( NNP Clara ) ( NNP County ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG running ) ( NN total ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN of ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 504 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG excluding ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ hard-hit ) ( NN city ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Gatos ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Santa Clara County has a running total so far of 504 million excluding the hard-hit city of Los Gatos


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Oakland ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ uncertain ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN magnitude ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ structural ) ( NN damage ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ late ) ( NN yesterday ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN section ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP I-880 ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ twotiered ) ( NN highway ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD collapsed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Oakland ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG causing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN majority ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS deaths ) ) ( VP ( VBG resulting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Oakland officials were still uncertain about the magnitude of structural damage late yesterday a section of I-880 a twotiered highway collapsed in Oakland causing a majority of the deaths resulting from the quake


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NNP Mayor ) ( NNP Art ) ( NNP Agnos ) ) ( VP ( VBD estimated ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS damages ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP total ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos estimated that damages to the city total 2 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS dwellings ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN ravaged ) ( NNP Marina ) ( NN district ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN demolished ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN peeled ) ( NN business ) ( NNS facades ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB south ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Market ) ( NNP Street ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS houses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ outer ) ( NNP Richmond ) ( NN district ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-4 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN heaved ) ( PP-DIR ( IN off ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS foundations ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That includes dwellings in the ravaged Marina district that must be demolished peeled business facades south of Market Street and houses in the city 's outer Richmond district that were heaved off their foundations


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Many ) ( NNS streets ) ( CC and ) ( NNS sidewalks ) ) ( VP ( VBD buckled ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ subterranean ) ( NN water ) ( NNS mains ) ( CC and ) ( NN service ) ( NNS connections ) ) ( VP ( VBD ruptured ) ) ) )

Many streets and sidewalks buckled and subterranean water mains and service connections ruptured


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ federal ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN range ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS programs ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Federal ) ( NNP Emergency ) ( NNP Management ) ( NNP Agency ) ) ( NP ( NN highway ) ( NN construction ) ( NNS accounts ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Small ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNP Administration ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Rep. ) ( NNP Vic ) ( NNP Fazio ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NNP D. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NNP Calif ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The federal funds would go to a range of programs including the Federal Emergency Management Agency highway construction accounts and the Small Business Administration according to Rep. Vic Fazio D. Calif


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP FEMA ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ coordinates ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN disaster ) ( NN relief ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB already ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN strapped ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS costs ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG cleaning ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hurricane ) ( NNP Hugo ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Carolinas ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

FEMA which coordinates federal disaster relief is already strapped by the costs of cleaning up after Hurricane Hugo which hit the Carolinas last month


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 800 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB initially ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB eventually ) ) ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Fazio ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN member ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP House ) ( NNP Appropriations ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is likely to get as much as 800 million initially in additional funds and eventually could get more than 1 billion according to Mr. Fazio a member of the House Appropriations Committee


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ( NN spokesman ) ( NNP Marlin ) ( NNP Fitzwater ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN money ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN hand ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB deal ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ immediate ) ( NNS requirements ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said there is enough money on hand to deal with immediate requirements


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Bush ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN disposal ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 273 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS funds ) ) ) ( VP ( JJ remaining ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 1.1 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( VBN released ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cleanup ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NNP Hurricane ) ( NNP Hugo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Bush administration has at its disposal 273 million in funds remaining from the 1.1 billion Congress released for the cleanup after Hurricane Hugo


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP feel ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ necessary ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB handle ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ immediate ) ( JJ short-term ) ( NNS requirements ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Fitzwater ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

We feel we have the money necessary to handle the immediate short-term requirements Mr. Fitzwater said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD added ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Office ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Management ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Budget ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Transportation ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG developing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ longer-term ) ( NN legislation ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ready ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He added that the Office of Management and Budget the Transportation Department and other agencies are developing longer-term legislation that should be ready soon


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ Much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN cost ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG cleaning ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN earthquake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB involve ) ( S ( VP ( VBG repairing ) ( NP ( NNS highways ) ( CC and ) ( NNS bridges ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Much of the cost of cleaning up after the earthquake will involve repairing highways and bridges


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP California ) ( NNS lawmakers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG seeking ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS rules ) ) ( VP ( VBG governing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ federal ) ( NN highway ) ( NN relief ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( RB so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJR more ) ( NN money ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ available ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN state ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

California lawmakers are seeking changes in rules governing the federal highway relief program so more money can be made available for the state


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT Some ) ( NNS things ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN repaired ) ) ) ) )

Some things ca n't be repaired


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Asian ) ( NNP Art ) ( NNP Museum ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Golden ) ( NNP Gate ) ( NNP Park ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reports ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 10 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 15 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN damage ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( VBN shattered ) ( NNS porcelains ) ( CC and ) ( NN stone ) ( NNS figures ) ) ) ) ) )

The Asian Art Museum in Golden Gate Park reports 10 million to 15 million in damage including shattered porcelains and stone figures


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ Its ) ( NN neighbor ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP De ) ( NNP Young ) ( NNP Museum ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD totaled ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 3 ) ( CD million ) ( TO to ) ( CD 5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ structural ) ( NN damage ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBN shattered ) ( NN sculpture ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Its neighbor the De Young Museum totaled 3 million to 5 million in structural damage and shattered sculpture


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ main ) ( NN library ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN closed ) ( PP-PRP ( RB because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS fissures ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD opened ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS walls ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NN marble ) ( NNS facings ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ ornamental ) ( NN plaster ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Beaux ) ( NNP Arts ) ( NNP City ) ( NNP Hall ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD broke ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN temblor ) ) ) ) ) )

The city 's main library is closed because of fissures that opened in its walls and marble facings and ornamental plaster at the Beaux Arts City Hall broke off in the temblor


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN ground ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN along ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Embarcadero ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN street ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ skirts ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX ( NX ( JJ eastern ) ( NN boundary ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NNS piers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD dropped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD six ) ( NNS inches ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG wreaking ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NN damage ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD one ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS piers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ground along the Embarcadero the street that skirts the city 's eastern boundary and piers dropped six inches after the quake wreaking major damage to at least one of the piers


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( NNP International ) ( NNP Airport ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN shock ) ( NNS waves ) ) ( VP ( VBD wrecked ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN control ) ( NN tower ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG knocking ) ( ADVP-DIR ( IN down ) ) ( NP ( NNS computers ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG shattering ) ( NP ( NN glass ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At San Francisco International Airport shock waves wrecked the control tower knocking down computers and shattering glass


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS Offices ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Rent ) ( NNP Board ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN destroyed ) ) ) )

Offices of the city 's Rent Board were destroyed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mayor ) ( NNP Agnos ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN estimate ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB include ) ( NP ( NP ( NN damage ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN freeway ) ( NNS arteries ) ) ( VP ( VBG leading ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WHNP ( DT some ) ) ( WHPP ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD remained ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ closed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mayor Agnos 's 2 billion estimate does n't include damage to freeway arteries leading into the city some of which remained closed


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ major ) ( NN chunk ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( QP ( CD 2 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN eaten ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NN overtime ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN city ) ( NNS workers ) ) ( VP ( VBN deployed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN emergency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Agnos ) ) ) ) )

A major chunk of the 2 billion is expected to be eaten up by overtime for city workers deployed in the emergency said a spokesman for Mr. Agnos


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 5.9 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN reserve ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN spent ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( CD 24 ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN overtime ) ( NNS salaries ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

All of the city 's 5.9 million emergency reserve was spent in the first 24 hours on overtime salaries he said


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Insurers ) ) ( VP ( VBD struggled ) ( X ( TO to ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ firm ) ( NN grasp ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN volume ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS claims ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG pouring ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS offices ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Insurers struggled to to get a firm grasp on the volume of claims pouring into their offices


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Fireman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Fund ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD 142 ) ( NNS claims ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN received ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( CD 24 ) ( NNS hours ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN quake ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN braced ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( JJ many ) ( IN as ) ( CD 5,000 ) ) ( NNS claims ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NX ( NX ( CD 35,000 ) ( JJ residential ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( CD 35,000 ) ( NN business ) ) ( NX-3 ( NNS policyholders ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN affected ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At Fireman 's Fund Corp. a spokesman said 142 claims were received in the first 24 hours after the quake and the company is braced for as many as 5,000 claims from its 35,000 residential and 35,000 business policyholders in the affected area


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Claims ) ) ( VP ( VBP range ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN scratched ) ( NN fender ) ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ awful ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS cars ) ) ( VP ( VBN damaged ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN processing ) ( NN plant ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Claims range from a scratched fender and there were an awful lot of cars damaged in this to a major processing plant a spokesman said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG delivering ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN check ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD 750,000 ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ automotive ) ( NN business ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Berkeley ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD burned ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We 're delivering a check for 750,000 to an automotive business in Berkeley that burned on Tuesday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Fireman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 38 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN syndicate ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ supplies ) ( NP ( NP ( NN business ) ( NN interruption ) ( NN insurance ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN city ) ) ) ) ( PP-1 ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bay ) ( NNP Bridge ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( WHNP-4 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB pay ) ( NP ( NNS employees ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD three ) ( NNS weeks ) ( QP ( CC or ) ( JJR more ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-6 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( UCP-PRD ( PP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN service ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN deprived ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN toll ) ( NN income ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Fireman 's is part of a 38 million syndicate that supplies business interruption insurance to the city on the Bay Bridge which must pay employees during the three weeks or more it is expected to be out of service and deprived of toll income


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP California ) ( NNS lawmakers ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB eliminate ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB temporarily ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 100 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN cap ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN amount ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN highway ) ( NN relief ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN state ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN disaster ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB as ) ( RB well ) ( IN as ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN prohibition ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG using ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN emergency ) ( NN highway ) ( NN aid ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB repair ) ( NP ( NN toll ) ( NNS roads ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

California lawmakers want to eliminate temporarily a 100 million cap on the amount of federal highway relief for each state for each disaster as well as a prohibition on using the emergency highway aid to repair toll roads


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In addition under the highway-relief program the federal government provides 100 % of emergency highway aid for only the first 90 days of a repair effort


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After that the federal share diminishes


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For interstate highways the federal share normally would drop to 90 % of the cost of repairs and the state would have to pick up the remainder of the cost


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But lawmakers want to extend the period for 100 % federal funding for several months


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Those changes also would apply to two areas hit hard by Hurricane Hugo South Carolina and the U.S. Virgin Islands according to an aide to Rep. Fazio


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Meanwhile the FEMA announced a toll-free telephone number 800-462-9029 to expedite service to victims of the earthquake


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Lines will be available 24 hours a day to take applications for such disaster relief as temporary housing and emergency home repairs by phone


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Transportation officials are expecting utter traffic pandemonium beginning Monday and growing worse over the next several weeks


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Some 250,000 cars normally cross the closed Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco daily


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Officials say it is clear that alternate routes ca n't handle the overflow


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The state is calling in a flotilla of navy landing vessels and other boats to expand ferry service across the bay and hopes to add numerous new bus routes and train departures to help alleviate the traffic problem


( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN state ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG urging ) ( NP-1 ( NN freight ) ( NNS haulers ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB bypass ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ many ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN area ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ main ) ( NNS highways ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB travel ) ( UCP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB late ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN night ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( PP ( IN during ) ( NP ( JJ predawn ) ( NNS hours ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Moreover state officials are urging freight haulers to bypass many of the area 's main highways and to travel late at night or during predawn hours


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Even so We 're looking for chaos said George Gray a deputy district director at the California Department of Transportation


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD ought ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB go ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Idaho ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( NP ( NN fishing ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN while ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

If there 's any way you can do it you ought to go to Idaho and go fishing for a while


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJS Most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP San ) ( NNP Francisco ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS tourists ) ( CC and ) ( NN business ) ( NNS travelers ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( PP ( IN despite ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN hotel ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS offers ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN rate ) ( NNS cuts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most of San Francisco 's tourists and business travelers already have left despite hotel 's offers of rate cuts


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Everyone left said Peter Lang reservations manager of the Mark Hopkins Hotel


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNP Westin ) ( NNP St. ) ( NNP Francis ) ( NN hotel ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD survived ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1906 ) ( NN earthquake ) ( CC and ) ( NN fire ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP-ADV ( QP ( JJR less ) ( IN than ) ( CD 50 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( VBN occupied ) ) ) )

The Westin St. Francis hotel which survived the 1906 earthquake and fire currently is less than 50 % occupied


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( JJ die-hard ) ( NN baseball ) ( NNS fans ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

We still have our die-hard baseball fans a spokesman said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN lady ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP she ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( ADVP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP World ) ( NNP Series ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-PRD ( JJ over ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One lady from New York said she 's not going home until the World Series is over