( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NP ( NP ( NNP A ) ( NNP Payroll ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB Meet ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP A ) ( NNP Story ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Greed ) ( NNP Corruption ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Football ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP SMU ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP Macmillan ) ) ( NP ( CD 221 ) ( NNS pages ) ) ( NP ( CD 18.95 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP Whitford ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( NP ( NNP Big ) ( NNP Red ) ( NNP Confidential ) ) ( PP ( NNP Inside ) ( NP ( NNP Nebraska ) ( NNP Football ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP Contemporary ) ) ( NP ( CD 231 ) ( NNS pages ) ) ( NP ( CD 17.95 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Armen ) ( NNP Keteyian ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( FRAG-TTL ( ADVP-TMP ( NNP Never ) ) ( ADJP ( NNP Too ) ( NNP Young ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB Die ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP The ) ( NNP Death ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Len ) ( NNP Bias ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NNP Pantheon ) ) ( NP ( CD 252 ) ( NNS pages ) ) ( NP ( CD 18.95 ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Lewis ) ( NNP Cole ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They are A Payroll to Meet A Story of Greed Corruption and Football at SMU Macmillan 221 pages 18.95 by David Whitford Big Red Confidential Inside Nebraska Football Contemporary 231 pages 17.95 by Armen Keteyian and Never Too Young to Die The Death of Len Bias Pantheon 252 pages 18.95 by Lewis Cole


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The pick of the group is Payroll it should be required reading for every college president


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It chronicles how over a period of a dozen years Southern Methodist University bought its way to football respectability in the Southwest Conference only to find itself trapped and strangled by the athlete-payoff system it created


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The school was the first in 1987 to receive the NCAA 's death penalty two years without football for repeated rules violations


( S ( PP ( VBN Given ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ current ) ( NNS headlines ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP University ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Florida ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ) ) ) )

Given current headlines about the University of Florida it may not be the last


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The man who brought the bribe to the Dallas school was Ron Meyer a flashy sort who came in 1975 to rescue a woebegone program Mr. Whitford writes


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Mr. Meyer 's personal style was illustrated by his pinning a 100 bill to a high-school bulletin board on which other coaches tacked their cards


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One recruiter working with Mr. Meyer was so generous with 10 and 20 bills that prospects sang Here Comes Santa Claus when he approached


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Paying players at SMU was no casual operation


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It involved the athletics director two different football coaching staffs and school trustees and governors just about everybody it seemed but Donald Shields the university 's president


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There 's a memorable passage in which Mr. Shields having finally learned of the practice expresses his outrage to Bill Clements then a university governor and now the governor of Texas and oil man Edwin Cox chairman of the board of trustees


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You stay out of it author Whitford quotes Mr. Clements as saying


( S ( VP ( VB Go ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN university ) ) ) ) )

Go run the university


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Which was about what Mr. Shields did and quietly until he resigned a few years later pleading ill health when the stuff hit the fan


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Mr. Whitford drew on voluminous news media coverage of the SMU scandal and on a university internal investigation


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Mr. Keteyian had to do most of his own digging on University of Nebraska football which is to date high and dry as far as the NCAA is concerned


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Unfortunately he gets low grades as an investigative reporter relying heavily on what Chicago 's late mayor Richard J. Daley called insinuendo


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Discrepancies go unexplained in Confidential one ex-player claims he received 4,000 to 5,000 for his season football tickets while others said theirs brought only a few hundred dollars and when Mr. Keteyian ca n't nail down something like who really owned a car driven by Husker tailback Doug Dubose he simply reprints his notes


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There are gratuitous references to supposed romantic liaisons between Husker players and a low-level female university employee


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A serious charge that star flanker Irving Fryar threw the 1984 Orange Bowl game by intentionally dropping a pass in the end zone is included even though the Nebraska assistant coach quoted denied making it


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Still the book produces more smoke than a smoldering sofa along with a few flames especially concerning the use of steroids


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Dean Steinkuhler a spectacularly bulked-up former lineman confesses that he used 'em and says other Huskers did too


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It 's a mystery how this could have escaped the notice of Nebraska coaches


( S ( ADVP ( RB Probably ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ) )

Probably it did n't


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Never Too Young is a different sort of work focusing on the 1986 death from cocaine ingestion of Bias a University of Maryland basketball star ticketed for sure pro stardom


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While the university was no more to blame for that than for the similar fate of any other student it must bear responsibility for its conduct in the aftermath


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Bias 's coach Lefty Driesell ordered the room in which Bias died to be cleaned before the police could arrive the order was n't carried out and the school 's athletics director issued false information about the academic standing of Bias and other players


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Those of course were the responses of people with something to hide


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One wonders how other college athletic officials would behave under the same circumstances


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Tomorrow 's On Sports column will look at another aspect of the college sports mess


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ALAMCO Inc. said its board has approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split


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The Clarksburg W.Va. producer of gas and oil said it wants shareholders to approve the split because it would enhance the marketability and trading of the stock


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If approved at a shareholder meeting in December the number of shares outstanding would decrease to five million from 50 million and par value would rise to 10 cents from a penny


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP George ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Manzanec ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 53 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN elected ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN group ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ natural-gas-pipeline ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

George L. Manzanec 53 years old senior vice president of Texas Eastern Corp. was elected a group vice president of this natural-gas-pipeline concern


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Manzanec ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ succeeds ) ( NP ( VBG retiring ) ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP C. ) ( NNP Dixon ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ responsible ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN gas ) ( NN supply ) ) ( NP ( JJ regulatory ) ( NNS affairs ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN marketing ) ( CC and ) ( NN transportation ) ( CC and ) ( NN exchange ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panhandle ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Pipe ) ( NNP Line ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Trunkline ) ( NNP Gas ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Transmission ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Algonquin ) ( NNP Gas ) ( NNP Transmission ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Manzanec who succeeds retiring Richard C. Dixon will be responsible for gas supply regulatory affairs and marketing and transportation and exchange for Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. Trunkline Gas Co. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. and Algonquin Gas Transmission Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS units ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panhandle ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD acquired ) ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RBR earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All of the companies are units of Panhandle Eastern Corp. which acquired Texas Eastern Corp. earlier this year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Parker ) ( NNP Hannifin ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD three ) ( JJ automotive ) ( NNS parts ) ( NNS divisions ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ management-led ) ( NN investor ) ( NN group ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 80 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Parker Hannifin Corp. said it agreed to sell its three automotive parts divisions to a management-led investor group for 80 million


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( JJ buy-out ) ( NN group ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN headed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Paul ) ( NNP R. ) ( NNP Lederer ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Parker ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ automotive ) ( NN group ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ includes ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD three ) ( NNS divisions ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The buy-out group is headed by Paul R. Lederer president of Parker 's automotive group and includes several other executives of the three divisions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS units ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Edelmann ) ( NNP Ideal ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Plews ) ( NNS divisions ) ) ) )

The units are the Edelmann Ideal and Plews divisions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ Net ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS units ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBD ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP June ) ( CD 30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( QP ( CD 135.6 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) )

Net sales for the units for the fiscal year ended June 30 were 135.6 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Parker ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG selling ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS units ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB focus ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ other ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Parker officials said the company is selling the units to focus on its other businesses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Burmah ) ( NNP Oil ) ( NNP PLC ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ British ) ( JJ independent ) ( NN oil ) ( NN company ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( JJ West ) ( JJ German ) ) ( NN subsidiary ) ( NNP Castrol ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 49 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN share ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Explonaft ) ( NNP G.m.b.H. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ Polish ) ( NNS lubricants ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Burmah Oil PLC a British independent oil company said its West German subsidiary Castrol has a 49 % share in Explonaft G.m.b.H. a new Polish lubricants company


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( VBG remaining ) ( CD 51 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ joint ) ( NN venture ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN controlled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( JJ Polish ) ( NNS lubricants ) ( NNS manufacturers ) ( NNS refiners ) ( CC and ) ( JJ technical ) ( NN institutes ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The remaining 51 % of the joint venture will be controlled by Polish lubricants manufacturers refiners and technical institutes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Explonaft ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VP ( VB develop ) ( NP ( NP ( NN application ) ( NNS guidelines ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS lubricants ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP ( JJ high-quality ) ( NN mineral ) ( NNS oils ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB offer ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS services ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ industrial ) ( NN cleaning ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBN related ) ( NNS fields ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Explonaft will develop application guidelines for lubricants sell high-quality mineral oils and offer services in industrial cleaning and related fields


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Burmah ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ strong ) ( NN market ) ( NN position ) ) ( VP ( VBG supplying ) ( NP ( NP ( NN marine ) ( NNS lubricants ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ metal-working ) ( NNS fluids ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Poland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD described ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ joint ) ( NN venture ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( RB fairly ) ( JJ small ) ) ) ) )

Burmah which has a strong market position supplying marine lubricants and metal-working fluids in Poland described the joint venture as fairly small


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS details ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN setup ) ( NNS costs ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It did n't provide details of setup costs


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Motorola ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG fighting ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN against ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) )

Motorola is fighting back against junk mail


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( RB So ) ( RB much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stuff ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD poured ) ( PP-CLR ( IN into ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Austin ) ( NNP Texas ) ) ( NNS offices ) ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN mail ) ( NNS rooms ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB there ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB simply ) ) ( VP ( VBD stopped ) ( S ( VP ( VBG delivering ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So much of the stuff poured into its Austin Texas offices that its mail rooms there simply stopped delivering it


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS thousands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS mailers ) ) ( NP ( NNS catalogs ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS sales ) ( NNS pitches ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP go ) ( PP-DIR ( RB straight ) ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN trash ) ) ) ) )

Now thousands of mailers catalogs and sales pitches go straight into the trash


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN staff ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB deliver ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC nor ) ( SINV ( VBP do ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN space ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Schaumburg ) ( NNP Ill. ) ) ( NNS electronics ) ( NN company ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 5,000 ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Austin ) ( NN area ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We just do n't have the staff to deliver it nor do we have the space or the time says a spokesman for the Schaumburg Ill. electronics company which has 5,000 employees in the Austin area


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN overload ) ( NN problem ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN weight ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's the overload problem and the weight problem we have


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Motorola ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ good ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) )

Motorola is in good company


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Businesses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADJP-PRD ( VBN fed ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT some ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB anymore ) ) ( ADVP ( RB literally ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Businesses across the country are getting fed up with junk mail and some are saying they just are n't going to take it anymore literally


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT no ) ( NN one ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN tracked ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WHADJP ( WRB how ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NN company ) ( NN mail ) ( NNS rooms ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP throw ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ direct-mail ) ( NN advertising ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG growing ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While no one has tracked how many company mail rooms throw out junk mail direct-mail advertising firms say the number is growing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP General ) ( NNPS Motors ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RBR earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB deliver ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ bulk ) ( NN mail ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( JJ free ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Flint ) ( NNP Mich. ) ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Air ) ( NNPS Products ) ( CC & ) ( NNPS Chemicals ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Allentown ) ) ( NP ( NNP Pa. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ screens ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VBZ throws ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN given ) ( NN mass ) ( NN mailing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

General Motors earlier this year said it would n't deliver bulk mail or free magazines in its Flint Mich. office while Air Products & Chemicals Allentown Pa. says it screens junk mail and often throws out most of a given mass mailing


( FRAG ( WHADVP ( WRB Why ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN revolt ) ) )

Why the revolt


( UCP ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Anybody ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN mailbox ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB answer ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN sheer ) ( JJ overwhelming ) ( JJ mind-numbing ) ( NN volume ) ) )

Anybody with a mailbox can answer that sheer overwhelming mind-numbing volume


( S ( PP ( VBG According ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Direct ) ( NNP Marketing ) ( NNP Association ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ total ) ( JJ direct ) ( NN mail ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS businesses ) ( CC and ) ( NNS consumers ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 50 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 65.4 ) ( CD billion ) ) ( NNS pieces ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) )

According to the Direct Marketing Association total direct mail to both businesses and consumers jumped 50 % to 65.4 billion pieces in 1988 from five years earlier


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ direct ) ( NN mail ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN broken ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB separately ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN association ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG growing ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB even ) ( RBR faster ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Though direct mail to businesses is n't broken out separately the association says it 's growing even faster


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN deluge ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spurred ) ( NP ( JJ cost-conscious ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN action ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN mail ) ( NNS rooms ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG throwing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stuff ) ) ( PRT ( IN out ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ( CC or ) ( NN money ) ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB deliver ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The deluge has spurred cost-conscious companies to action with mail rooms throwing the stuff out rather than taking the time or money to deliver it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ direct-mail ) ( NN industry ) ) ( ADVP ( RB not ) ( RB surprisingly ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG fuming ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN injustice ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The direct-mail industry not surprisingly is fuming at the injustice of it all


( S ( PP ( IN After ) ( NP ( DT all ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( JJ hard ) ( JJ enough ) ) ( NN time ) ) ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN respect ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( DT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN butt ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ many ) ) ( NNS jokes ) ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN television ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP L.A. ) ( NNP Law ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ portrays ) ( NP ( NN direct-mail-mogul ) ( NNP David ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ short ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ bald ) ) ( ADJP ( RB intensely ) ( JJ nerdy ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB unremittingly ) ( JJ boring ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After all this is the industry that has a hard enough time getting any respect that is the butt of so many jokes that television 's L.A. Law portrays direct-mail-mogul David as short bald intensely nerdy and unremittingly boring


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN practice ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NNS businesses ) ) ( VP ( VBG throwing ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB commonly ) ( VBN known ) ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG increasing ) ( SBAR-CLR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBP attempt ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( PRT ( RP through ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN budget ) ( NNS cuts ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN across ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB right ) ( IN down ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mail-room ) ( NN level ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Stephen ) ( NNP Belth ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NX ( NX ( NN list ) ( NN consultant ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NX ( NN chairman ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Direct ) ( NNP Marketing ) ( NNP Association ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN business-to-business ) ( NN council ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The practice of businesses throwing out junk mail is a commonly known problem and it 's increasing as companies attempt to put through budget cuts across the board right down to the mail-room level says Stephen Belth a list consultant and chairman of the Direct Marketing Association 's business-to-business council


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( PP-PRD ( IN like ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG biting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN hand ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ feeds ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT every ) ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( JJ direct ) ( NN marketing ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it 's like biting the hand that feeds them because every one of these companies uses direct marketing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB almost ) ( JJ impossible ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB track ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBG trashing ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN since ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN decision ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB usually ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mail ) ( NN room ) ) ( PRN ( RB not ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN board ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's almost impossible to track the number of companies trashing junk mail since the decision is usually made in the mail room not the board room


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN practice ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VBZ varies ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN location ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN location ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( RB even ) ( IN within ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) )

And the practice often varies from location to location even within a company


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN industry ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS businesses ) ) ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB especially ) ( VBN inclined ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB dump ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS mailers ) ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS titles ) ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ individual ) ( NNS names ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But industry executives say businesses seem especially inclined to dump mailers sent to titles rather than to individual names


( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NP ( NNP Motorola ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Austin ) ( NN operation ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB lose ) ( NP ( NN patience ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG deciding ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS years ) ) ( IN ago ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB junk ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ bulk ) ( NN mail ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( DT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBD addressed ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN individual ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Motorola 's Austin operation was one of the first to lose patience deciding a few years ago to junk any bulk mail that was n't addressed to an individual


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Magazines ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN delivered ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( DT all ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN individual ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN name ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN listed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( NNS employees ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP want ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pick ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mail ) ( NN room ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( NN library ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB change ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS subscriptions ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN home ) ( NNS addresses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Magazines are n't delivered at all even if an individual 's name is listed employees who want their magazines have to pick them up from the mail room or the company library and are told to change the subscriptions to their home addresses


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( NNP Air ) ( NNPS Products ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB meanwhile ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN mailroom ) ( NN staff ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ opens ) ( NP ( NN junk ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VBZ throws ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RB away ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( VP ( VBN addressed ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN individual ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At Air Products meanwhile the mailroom staff opens junk mail and often throws it away even if addressed to an individual


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 50 ) ( NNS packets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN something ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP open ) ( NP ( CD one ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP see ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP throw ) ( NP ( CD 48 ) ) ( PRT ( RB away ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP send ) ( NP ( CD two ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS people ) ( CC or ) ( NNS departments ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ appropriate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN spokesman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

If they get 50 packets of something they open one see what it says throw 48 away and send two to people or departments they think are appropriate a spokesman says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Direct ) ( NNS marketers ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB especially ) ( VBN alarmed ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNPS Motors ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN country ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS largest ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ big ) ( NN direct-mail ) ( NN user ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD entered ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN junk-mail ) ( NN battle ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Direct marketers were especially alarmed when General Motors one of the country 's largest companies and a big direct-mail user itself entered the junk-mail battle


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN As ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP March ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Flint ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 2,500 ) ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD stopped ) ( S ( VP ( VBG delivering ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ bulk ) ( NN mail ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ non-subscription ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As of March 1 its Flint office with about 2,500 employees stopped delivering bulk mail and non-subscription magazines


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Employees ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS publications ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( ADVP-DIR ( NN home ) ) ( ADVP ( RB instead ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Employees were told that if they really wanted the publications they would have to have them sent home instead


( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN reason ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN overload ) ) ( PP ( RB especially ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ non-subscription ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ) ) )

The reason overload especially of non-subscription magazines


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Direct-mail ) ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP see ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP GM ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN stand ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ ominous ) ( NN sign ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB even ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ junk-mail ) ( NNS kings ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( VP ( VB bring ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Direct-mail executives see GM 's stand as an ominous sign even if the junk-mail kings did bring it on themselves


( SINV ( FRAG-TPC-3 ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB Why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN anyone ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB close ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ direct ) ( NN mail ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( FW a ) ( FW priori ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN sense ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Michael ) ( NNP Bronner ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bronner ) ( NNP Slosberg ) ( NNPS Associates ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NN directmail ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) )

Why anyone would want to close themselves off from direct mail a priori does n't make any sense says Michael Bronner of Bronner Slosberg Associates a Boston directmail firm


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ smacks ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ big ) ( NN brotherism ) ) ) ) )

It smacks of big brotherism


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decide ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( VP ( MD can ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( RB not ) ) ( VP-2 ( VB read ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They 're going to decide what their employees can or can not read


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN practice ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ legal ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJS most ) ( NNS cases ) ) ) ) )

The practice is however legal in most cases


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Jack ) ( NNP Ellis ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ postal ) ( NN inspector ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Postal ) ( NNP Service ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ only ) ( NN job ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB deliver ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mail ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN mail ) ( NN room ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN once ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gets ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ wishes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Jack Ellis a U.S. postal inspector in New York says the Postal Service 's only job is to deliver the mail to the mail room once it gets there a company can do with it what it wishes


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN junk-mail ) ( NNS titans ) ) ( S-ADV ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ optimistic ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG looking ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS ways ) ) ( PP ( IN around ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The junk-mail titans ever optimistic are looking for ways around the problem


( S-1 ( ADVP-TMP ( IN So ) ( RB far ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN had ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ noticeable ) ( NN effect ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN response ) ( NNS rates ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So far they say it has n't had any noticeable effect on response rates


( S ( CC And ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN clutter ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD created ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN situation ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN place ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And before it does they 're trying to cut back on the clutter that created the situation in the first place


( S ( PP ( IN Among ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ standardized ) ( NN business ) ( NNS lists ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP cut ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS duplications ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Among other things the industry is trying to come up with standardized business lists that cut down on duplications


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB mail ) ( ADVP ( ADVP-TMP ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( JJR less ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP-MNR ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( RBR smarter ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Jack ) ( NNP Miller ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Quill ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NAC-LOC ( NNP Lincolnshire ) ( NNP Ill. ) ) ( NN business-to-business ) ( NN mail-order ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) )

We 're going to have to mail a lot less and a lot smarter says Jack Miller president of Quill Corp. a Lincolnshire Ill. business-to-business mail-order company


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ( RB again ) ) ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG mailing ) ( ADVP ( ADVP-TMP ( RBR less ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RBR smarter ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD wo ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( RB much ) ( VB help ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN mail ) ) ( VP ( VBZ ends ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN garbage ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB anyway ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But then again mailing less and smarter wo n't be much help if the mail ends up in the garbage anyway


( NP-HLN ( NNP New ) ( NNP Hyundai ) ( NNP Campaign ) )

New Hyundai Campaign


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Hyundai ) ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP America ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG fighting ) ( NP ( NP ( NN quality ) ( NNS complaints ) ) ( NP ( VBG declining ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN management ) ( NN turmoil ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( VP ( VBD unveiled ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( CD 1990 ) ( NN ad ) ( NN strategy ) ) ( VP ( VBN tagged ) ( S ( S-TTL-PRD ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG Making ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR More ) ( NN Sense ) ) ( PP ( IN Than ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Ever ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Hyundai Motor America fighting quality complaints declining sales and management turmoil yesterday unveiled its 1990 ad strategy tagged We 're Making More Sense Than Ever


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN ad ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( VP ( VBN created ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Saatchi ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Saatchi ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Backer ) ( NNP Spielvogel ) ( NNP Bates ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN extension ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN auto ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NAC-TTL ( NNS Cars ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT That ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP Make ) ( NP ( NN Sense ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD emphasized ) ( NP ( NN affordability ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The ad campaign created by Saatchi & Saatchi 's Backer Spielvogel Bates agency is an extension of the auto company 's Cars That Make Sense campaign which emphasized affordability


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN TV ) ( NNS ads ) ) ( VP ( VBG plugging ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ new ) ( NNP V-6 ) ( NNP Sonata ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ souped-up ) ( NNP Excel ) ( NN subcompact ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( VP ( VBG appearing ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) )

TV ads plugging the company 's new V-6 Sonata and its souped-up Excel subcompact will begin appearing Monday


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN spot ) ) ( VP ( VBZ shows ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Sonata ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( JJ next ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ rival ) ( JJ midsized ) ( NN car ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT an ) ( NN announcer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( S ( VP ( VB Listen ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Hyundai ) ( NNP Sonata ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One spot shows a Sonata next to a rival midsized car and an announcer says Listen to what they 're saying about the Hyundai Sonata


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN As ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN announcer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ reads ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ favorable ) ( NNS quotes ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN model ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Motor ) ( NNP Trend ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Road ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Track ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN car ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ white ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB slowly ) ) ( VBZ turns ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ green ) ) ) )

As the announcer reads favorable quotes about the model from Motor Trend and Road & Track magazines the other car which is white slowly turns green


( S ( NP-TPC-1 ( RB No ) ( VB wonder ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN competition ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NN green ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN envy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN announcer ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

No wonder the competition 's green with envy the announcer says


Ad Notes


ACQUISITION


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP EWDB ) ) ( VP ( VBN formed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN merger ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eurocom ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Della ) ( NNP Femina ) ( NNP McNamee ) ( NNP WCRS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Vizeversa ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN agency ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Barcelona ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

EWDB formed by the merger of Eurocom and Della Femina McNamee WCRS said it agreed to buy Vizeversa an agency in Barcelona


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS Terms ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN disclosed ) ) ) )

Terms were n't disclosed


HOLIDAY ADS


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Seagram ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ interactive ) ( NNS ads ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP December ) ( NNS magazines ) ) ) ( VP-4 ( VBG promoting ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNP Chivas ) ( NNP Regal ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Crown ) ( NNP Royal ) ( NNS brands ) ) ) ) ) )

Seagram will run two interactive ads in December magazines promoting its Chivas Regal and Crown Royal brands


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Chivas ) ( NN ad ) ) ( VP ( VBZ illustrates ) ( PRN ( PP-MNR ( IN via ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN series ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS pullouts ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ wild ) ( NNS reactions ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pool ) ( NN man ) ( NN gardener ) ( CC and ) ( NNS others ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( NNP Chivas ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Christmas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Chivas ad illustrates via a series of pullouts the wild reactions from the pool man gardener and others if not given Chivas for Christmas


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ three-page ) ( NNP Crown ) ( NNP Royal ) ( NN ad ) ) ( VP ( VBZ features ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ black-and-white ) ( NN shot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ boring ) ( NN holiday ) ( NN party ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN set ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ colorful ) ( NNS stickers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN with ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS readers ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB dress ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The three-page Crown Royal ad features a black-and-white shot of a boring holiday party and a set of colorful stickers with which readers can dress it up


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT Both ) ( NNS ads ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN designed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Omnicom ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP DDB ) ( NNP Needham ) ( NN agency ) ) ) ) ) )

Both ads were designed by Omnicom 's DDB Needham agency


( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN amount ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN blood ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ surgical ) ( NNS patients ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB donate ) ( CC and ) ( VB store ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NN surgery ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN increased ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( ADJP ( RB genetically ) ( VBN engineered ) ) ( NN drug ) ) ( NP ( NNP EPO ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The amount of blood surgical patients can donate and store before surgery can be increased by the new genetically engineered drug EPO


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP EPO ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN erythropoietin ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN protein ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( JJ human ) ( NN body ) ) ( VP ( VBZ makes ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB stimulate ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN growth ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ red ) ( NN blood ) ( NNS cells ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

EPO or erythropoietin is a protein the human body makes to stimulate the growth of red blood cells


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT A ) ( ADJP ( RB genetically ) ( VBN engineered ) ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ human ) ( NN protein ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Amgen ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Thousand ) ( NNP Oaks ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN marketed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Ortho ) ( NNP Pharmaceuticals ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Johnson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Johnson ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A genetically engineered version of the human protein developed by Amgen Corp. of Thousand Oaks Calif. recently has been marketed by the Ortho Pharmaceuticals division of Johnson & Johnson


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT A ) ( VBG competing ) ( NN version ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP EPO ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Genetics ) ( NNP Institute ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Cambridge ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mass ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A competing version of EPO is being developed by Genetics Institute Inc. in Cambridge Mass


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN drug ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( ADVP ( RB primarily ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB treat ) ( NP ( NNS anemias ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The drug is being used primarily to treat anemias


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( JJ new ) ( NN experiment ) ) ( VP ( VBN reported ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP England ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Medicine ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD involved ) ( S ( VP ( VBG giving ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS injections ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Amgen ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP EPO ) ) ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 23 ) ( NNS patients ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB store ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS units ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ( NN blood ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A new experiment reported in this week 's New England Journal of Medicine involved giving injections of Amgen 's EPO to 23 patients who wanted to store units of their own blood


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNS patients ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( VBG receiving ) ( NP ( NNP EPO ) ( NNS injections ) ) ( PP-TMP ( NP-ADV ( QP ( IN about ) ( DT a ) ) ( NN month ) ) ( IN before ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( VBN scheduled ) ( NN surgery ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The patients began receiving EPO injections about a month before their scheduled surgery


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP They ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBD began ) ( S ( VP ( VBG donating ) ( NP ( NN blood ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RB twice ) ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG receiving ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NNP EPO ) ( NN injection ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT each ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They then began donating blood twice a week receiving an EPO injection each time


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS tests ) ) ( VP ( VBD indicated ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ low ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ red ) ( NNS cells ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN blood ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ) ) )

If tests indicated a low number of red cells blood was n't taken


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ EPO-treated ) ( NNS patients ) ) ( VP ( VBD donated ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN average ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 5.4 ) ( NNS units ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN blood ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT each ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN compared ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 4.1 ) ) ( NNS units ) ) ( VP ( VBN donated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ similar ) ( NN group ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ surgical ) ( NNS patients ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN placebo ) ( NN injection ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The EPO-treated patients donated an average of 5.4 units of blood each compared with only 4.1 units donated by a similar group of surgical patients who received a placebo injection


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN volume ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ red ) ( NNS cells ) ) ( VP ( VBN donated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( JJ EPO-treated ) ( NNS patients ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-PRD ( NP ( CD 41 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJR higher ) ) ( PP ( IN per ) ( NP ( NN donor ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN research ) ( NN team ) ) ( VP ( VBG representing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS hospitals ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN blood ) ( NNS banks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ) )

The volume of red cells donated by the EPO-treated patients was 41 % higher per donor the research team representing a number of hospitals and blood banks reported


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ stunning ) ( NNS events ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN behind ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( NNP Iron ) ( NNP Curtain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ interesting ) ( NNS shifts ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ official ) ( JJ American ) ( NN policy ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NNP Moscow ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This has been a week of stunning events behind what was once called the Iron Curtain and interesting shifts in official American policy toward Moscow


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN week ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN inside-the-beltway ) ( NNP Washington ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN had ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ high ) ( JJ old ) ( NN time ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( NN gnawing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ ex-President ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ multimillion-dollar ) ( NN junket ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It has also been a week when inside-the-beltway Washington has had a high old time gnawing over ex-President Reagan 's multimillion-dollar junket in Japan


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN latter ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB seem ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB oddly ) ( JJ irrelevant ) ) ( IN if ) ( ADJP ( RB not ) ( RB downright ) ( JJ trivial ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ big ) ( NN picture ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN handled ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN capital ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( NN nothing ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB dispel ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN impression ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The latter may seem oddly irrelevant if not downright trivial given the big picture and the way we have handled it in the nation 's capital has done nothing to dispel that impression


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NN fact ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ casual ) ( NN debasement ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN office ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB so ) ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD held ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ raises ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS issues ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-2 ( IN about ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( NP ( NN something ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In fact however Mr. Reagan 's casual debasement of the office he so recently held raises issues about which Americans can actually do something


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ Our ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB influence ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN outcome ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS events ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Europe ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP Union ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB far ) ( RBR more ) ) ( JJ marginal ) ) ) )

Our ability to influence the outcome of events in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union is far more marginal


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Those events continue to move at a rate and in a direction which leave informed commentary let alone policy far in their wake


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Earlier this week Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze confessed that the U.S.S.R. ignored universal human values by invading Afghanistan and to put it bluntly engaged in a violation of the ABM Treaty by building its radar station at Krasnoyarsk


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Hungary is no longer a Socialist Peoples republic the Communist Party no longer has automatic delegates in the U.S.S.R. 's Congress of Peoples Deputies and Egon Krenz was not backed unanimously by his fellow party functionaries when he took over as East Germany 's new maximum leader


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT that ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( PP-PRD ( RB just ) ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS starters ) ) ) ( PRN ( CC or ) ( S ( ADVP-TPC-2 ( IN so ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS hundreds ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS thousands ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNPS Europeans ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS streets ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hope ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB certainly ) ) ( VP ( VBG demanding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All of that is just for starters or so the hundreds of thousands of Eastern Europeans in the streets seem to hope and are certainly demanding


( S ( PP ( IN Of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( ADJP ( JJ like ) ) ( PRN ( IN though ) ( ADJP ( JJR lesser ) ) ) ) ( NN note ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NAC ( NNP Secretary ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP State ) ) ) ) ( NNP James ) ( NNP Baker ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN administration ) ) ( PP-PUT ( NP-ADV ( NN four-square ) ) ( PP ( IN behind ) ( NP ( FW perestroika ) ( CC and ) ( FW glasnost ) ) ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB therefore ) ) ( PP ( IN behind ) ( NP ( NNP Mikhail ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN pair ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB carefully ) ( VBN reasoned ) ) ( NNS speeches ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( NN week ) ( QP ( CC or ) ( RB so ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Of like though lesser note Secretary of State James Baker put the administration four-square behind perestroika and glasnost and therefore behind Mikhail Gorbachev in a pair of carefully reasoned speeches over the past week or so


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And last but not least President George Bush now views the changes in Eastern Europe as absolutely extraordinary and believes that Mr. Krenz ca n't turn the clock back in East Germany because the change is too inexorable as he told the New York Times 's R.W. Apple Jr


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In other words after some highly visible dithering and public airing of differences the administration has come down on the side of those who believe that what we are witnessing from Berlin to Siberia is a good thing to be welcomed rather than a new thing to be feared or viewed with suspicion


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All of this is what history will note assuming that events do n't make it seem a bad joke when the record of this time is put down


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For journalists however who write what they fondly view as history 's first draft this has also been a week to give a lot of space and time to Ron and Nancy 's sales appearance in Japan on behalf of a communications giant and its controversial founder


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It has been a well-paid transaction this bartering away of the prestige of the republic 's highest office


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The Japanese industrialist has coughed up at least 2 million the Japanese government has put up just about as much or so it is reported and at least one estimate puts the total tab at 7 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( WDT which ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN enabled ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP enjoy ) ( S ( VP ( VBG wallowing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NNS things ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJ high ) ( JJ public ) ( NN dudgeon ) ) ) ( SBAR-MNR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Apple ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP I ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( VP ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( NN night ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP ABC ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Nightline ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

All of which has enabled those of us in Washington who enjoy wallowing in such things to go into high public dudgeon as Mr. Apple and I did the other night on ABC 's Nightline


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Punching away we raised what I still think were all the right issues and landed more than one hard blow but at the end of the affair there was just the tiniest nagging worry that we had been aiming at the wrong target


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As one of his defenders so aptly put it President Reagan was simply doing what he had always done before his election and some would say thereafter as well


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG performing ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN pay ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBARQ ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB why ) ) ( SQ ( MD should ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN anyone ) ) ( VP ( VB expect ) ( NP ( NP ( NN anything ) ) ( ADJP ( JJR more ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He was performing for pay and why should anyone expect anything more


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Primarily because there 's more to the matter than Ronald Reagan 's personal values or lack of them


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Selling the presidency for a mess of pottage is not so much a devaluation from the norm of public life today as it is a reflection of the disintegration of public standards


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN theme ) ( NN song ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 1980s ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( S-TTL-PRD ( NP-SBJ ( NN Anything ) ) ( VP ( VBZ Goes ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN whistled ) ( PP-MNR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NN gusto ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS highest ) ( NNS peaks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN televangelism ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The theme song for the 1980s has been Anything Goes and it has been whistled with gusto from Wall Street to some of the highest peaks of televangelism


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There are those who say that this is nothing new that America has always suffered from a bad case of schizophrenia when it comes to the dichotomy between what is professed and what is practiced


( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN evidence ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB support ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN view ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

There is evidence to support that view


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Eighty-three years ago William James wrote to H.G. Wells The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch goddess success that with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success is our national disease


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But if it was the national disease in 1906 it is today the national commonplace


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If there is no law against it do it


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If the law leaves loopholes use them


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If there is no moral prohibition that expressly forbids it full speed ahead


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And if you are caught or if people complain simply argue that everyone does it or no one said I should n't and brazen it out


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As a last recourse when all else has failed and you are pinned apologize for having disappointed those who trusted you but deny having actually done anything wrong


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See for instance Jim Bakker 's remarks upon being sentenced to prison this Tuesday for defrauding the faithful


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Consider the troubling dissonance between Mr. Shevardnadze 's speech of confession this week and the hang-tough defense of everyone concerned with the Iran-Contra affair


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The Soviet foreign minister publicly concedes that his government violated norms of behavior in Afghanistan and just plain lied about the radar station


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We have people in high place still lying through their teeth about Iran-Contra and that apparently is n't going to change


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For that matter those long ago identified as liars are still given respectful hearings in the press


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That is the key to the current national disease


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No one seems willing to hold anyone in public life to a standard higher than the narrowest construction of the law


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The occasional media witch hunt about some politician 's private peccadilloes notwithstanding the general inclination is to offer a version of the old refrain Who am I to judge


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Thus no standards no judgment and no values


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You are mad because he 's making so much money say President Reagan 's defenders


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No we ought to be mad because he has demeaned the office we gave him enlisting it in the service of private gain just as we ought to be mad that public officials lie through their teeth play disingenuous games about their activities or to steal a phrase make public service a private trough


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I 'm not going to be stampeded into overreacting to any of this President Bush told Mr. Apple in this week 's interview


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He was referring to the absolutely extraordinary events in Eastern Europe and it is a defensible position


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But there is no defense at all for the ethos of the 1980s


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We did n't stampede into it we slithered and slipped down the long slope and now we have as its quintessential symbol a former president huckstering for a foreign poohbah


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Or perhaps that is a fitting symbol for the United States of 1989 Everything for sale nothing of real value


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Mr. Carter is a political commentator who heads a television production firm


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The average unemployment rate in the 15 biggest industrialized democracies was steady in August at the 6.1 % rate of the two previous months the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD said


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The August rate was 0.6 percentage point lower than in the like month a year earlier reflecting the pickup of activity in the 15 countries


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The OECD said that most of the improvement occurred in the second half of last year since February of this year unemployment has been steady at around 6.2 % of the labor force


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Western European leaders who favor speedy economic and monetary union are adding a new argument to their arsenal the dizzying political changes under way in Eastern Europe