( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR ( RB even ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( ADJP ( RB virtually ) ( DT all ) ) ( NN corn ) ( NNS seeds ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VBN planted ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NNS hybrids ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ genetic ) ( NN approach ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB obviate ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN need ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ mechanical ) ( NN emasculation ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS anthers ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-38 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ costs ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN seed ) ( NNS producers ) ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 70 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB annually ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He said that even though virtually all corn seeds currently planted are hybrids the genetic approach will obviate the need for mechanical emasculation of anthers which costs U.S. seed producers about 70 million annually


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN demand ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN hybrid ) ( NNS seeds ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spurred ) ( NP ( NN research ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chemical ) ( CC and ) ( NN biotechnology ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monsanto ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Shell ) ( NNP Oil ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Eli ) ( NNP Lilly ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In recent years demand for hybrid seeds has spurred research at a number of chemical and biotechnology companies including Monsanto Co. Shell Oil Co. and Eli Lilly & Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN technique ) ) ( VP ( VBN developed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ involves ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN chemical ) ( NN spray ) ) ( VP ( VBD supposed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB kill ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN plant ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN pollen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One technique developed by some of these companies involves a chemical spray supposed to kill only a plant 's pollen


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NNS problems ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( NN chemical ) ( NNS sprays ) ) ( VP ( VBG damaging ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS plants ) ( POS ' ) ) ( JJ female ) ( JJ reproductive ) ( NNS organs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN concern ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN toxicity ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NN chemical ) ( NNS sprays ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS humans ) ) ( NP ( NNS animals ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ beneficial ) ( NNS insects ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But there have been problems with chemical sprays damaging plants ' female reproductive organs and concern for the toxicity of such chemical sprays to humans animals and beneficial insects


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Paul ) ( NNP Johanson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Monsanto ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN plant ) ( NNS sciences ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN chemical ) ( NN spray ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ overcomes ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS problems ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ gentle ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ female ) ( NN organ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However Paul Johanson Monsanto 's director of plant sciences said the company 's chemical spray overcomes these problems and is gentle on the female organ


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Biosource ) ( NNP Genetics ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP-LOC ( NP ( NNP Vacaville ) ) ( NP ( NNP Calif. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG developing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spray ) ) ( VP ( VBG containing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN gene ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-39 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBZ spreads ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN cell ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN cell ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ interferes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS genes ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-40 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ responsible ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG producing ) ( NP ( NN pollen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Biosource Genetics Corp. Vacaville Calif. is developing a spray containing a gene that spreads from cell to cell and interferes with the genes that are responsible for producing pollen


( S ( NP-SBJ-23 ( NP ( DT This ) ( NN gene ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NN gametocide ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN carried ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plant ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN virus ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-41 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ remains ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ active ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This gene called gametocide is carried into the plant by a virus that remains active for a few days


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP Erwin ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Biosource ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Plant ) ( NNP Genetic ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN approach ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ interesting ) ( CC and ) ( JJ novel ) ( CC and ) ( JJ complementary ) ( PP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ( ADJP ( JJ competitive ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Robert Erwin president of Biosource called Plant Genetic 's approach interesting and novel and complementary rather than competitive


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( NN market ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN out ) ( NP ( RB there ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ hungry ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ hybrid ) ( NNS seeds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

There is a large market out there hungry for hybrid seeds he said


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Mr. Robinson of Delta & Pine the seed producer in Scott Miss. said Plant Genetic 's success in creating genetically engineered male steriles does n't automatically mean it would be simple to create hybrids in all crops


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( SBAR-PRP-PRD ( RB because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN pollination ) ) ( SBAR ( IN while ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ easy ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN corn ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN carrier ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NN wind ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ complex ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ involves ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS insects ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NNS carriers ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS crops ) ) ( PP ( JJ such ) ( IN as ) ( NP ( NN cotton ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That 's because pollination while easy in corn because the carrier is wind is more complex and involves insects as carriers in crops such as cotton


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD-3 ( CD one ) ( NN thing ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB sterilize ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NP-PRD=3 ( DT another ) ) ( S=2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB successfully ) ) ( VB pollinate ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

It 's one thing to say you can sterilize and another to then successfully pollinate the plant he said


( S-1 ( ADVP ( RB Nevertheless ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG negotiating ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Plant ) ( NNP Genetic ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN technology ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB try ) ( S ( VP ( VBG breeding ) ( NP ( JJ hybrid ) ( NN cotton ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nevertheless he said he is negotiating with Plant Genetic to acquire the technology to try breeding hybrid cotton


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Boston Edison Co. said it will take a previously reported 60 million charge against earnings in the fourth quarter


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN charge ) ) ( VP ( VBD resulted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN settlement ) ) ( VP ( VBN approved ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Massachusetts ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Public ) ( NNPS Utilities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The charge resulted from a settlement approved yesterday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities


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As expected the settlement limits rate increases for three years and ties future charges to customers for operation of the troubled Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to that plant 's performance


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In its order the state regulatory agency said the company must be held accountable for the mistakes made in the management of the plant 's operation


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Pilgrim had been closed for 32 months


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W. Ed Tyler 37 years old a senior vice president at this printing concern was elected president of its technology group a new position


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ average ) ( NN interest ) ( NN rate ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 8.3875 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Citicorp ) ( POS 's ) ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( JJ weekly ) ( NN auction ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ 91-day ) ( JJ commercial ) ( NN paper ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( JJ corporate ) ( NNS IOUs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 8.337 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN sale ) ) ) ) ) )

The average interest rate rose to 8.3875 % at Citicorp 's 50 million weekly auction of 91-day commercial paper or corporate IOUs from 8.337 % at last week 's sale


( S ( NP-SBJ-97 ( NP ( NNS Bids ) ) ( VP ( VBG totaling ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 515 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN submitted ) ) ) )

Bids totaling 515 million were submitted


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Accepted bids ranged from 8.38 % to 8.395 %


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Citicorp ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ average ) ( NN rate ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 8.0087 ) ( NN % ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( NN auction ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ 182-day ) ( JJ commercial ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 7.962 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN sale ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Citicorp also said that the average rate rose to 8.0087 % at its 50 million auction of 182-day commercial paper from 7.962 % at last week 's sale


( S ( NP-SBJ-98 ( NP ( NNS Bids ) ) ( VP ( VBG totaling ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 475 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN submitted ) ) ) )

Bids totaling 475 million were submitted


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Accepted bids ranged from 8 % to 8.019 %


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN bank ) ( NN holding ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB auction ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( DT another ) ( CD 50 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT each ) ( NN maturity ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NNP Tuesday ) ) ) ) )

The bank holding company will auction another 50 million in each maturity next Tuesday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Southern ) ( NNP Co. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Gulf ) ( NNP Power ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NN subsidiary ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD pleaded ) ( NP ( JJ guilty ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( NN felony ) ( NNS charges ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN conspiracy ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( JJ illegal ) ( JJ political ) ( NNS contributions ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN tax ) ( NN evasion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD paid ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 500,000 ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS fines ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Southern Co. 's Gulf Power Co. subsidiary pleaded guilty to two felony charges of conspiracy to make illegal political contributions and tax evasion and paid 500,000 in fines


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Gulf Power 's guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Robert L. Vining yesterday marks the end of only one part of a wide-ranging inquiry of Southern Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN subject ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ federal ) ( JJ grand ) ( NN jury ) ( NN investigation ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN utility ) ( NNS subsidiaries ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD conspired ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cover ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN accounting ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ spare ) ( NNS parts ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB evade ) ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN income ) ( NNS taxes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The company is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into whether its officials and its utility subsidiaries conspired to cover up their accounting for spare parts to evade federal income taxes


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS terms ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP ( RB strictly ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNPS States ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Gulf ) ( NNP Power ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Attorney ) ( NNP Robert ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Barr ) ) )

The terms announced today are strictly between the United States and Gulf Power said U.S. Attorney Robert L. Barr


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB only ) ( DT a ) ( JJ further ) ( NN step ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ lengthy ) ( NN investigation ) ) ) ) ) )

This is only a further step in a lengthy investigation


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The plea settlement does not allow Southern Co. to charge any of the 500,000 to its customers or take action against employees who provided information during the federal inquiry


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Gulf Power had been under investigation for violating the Utility Holding Company Act which prohibits public utilities from making political contributions


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN statement ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Southern ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Edward ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP Addison ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP believe ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ our ) ( NN decision ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB plead ) ( NP ( JJ guilty ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT these ) ( NNS charges ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ responsible ) ( CC and ) ( JJ proper ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In a statement Southern Co. President Edward L. Addison said We believe our decision to plead guilty to these charges is responsible and proper


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN action ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB allow ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gulf ) ( NNP Power ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB avoid ) ( NP ( JJ prolonged ) ( JJ distracting ) ( JJ legal ) ( NNS proceedings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And our action today will allow Gulf Power to avoid prolonged distracting legal proceedings


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He did not say what effect if any the 500,000 fine would have on the company 's earnings


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Mr. Barr said yesterday 's plea by Gulf Power which came after months of negotiations was based on evidence that Gulf Power had set up an elaborate payment system through which it reimbursed outside vendors primarily three Florida advertising agencies for making illegal political contributions on its behalf


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The Appleyard Agency for example allegedly made contributions from 1982 to 1984 to various funds for political candidates then submitted bills to Gulf Power


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The contributions were funded by monthly payments of 1,000 to 2,000 to Appleyard in the guise of a special production fee in effect hiding the nature of the payments from the Internal Revenue Service federal prosecutors said


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The government also indicated that former Gulf Power senior vice president Jacob F. Jake Horton was the mastermind behind the use of the ad agencies Appleyard Dick Leonard Group II Inc. and Hemmer & Yates Corp. to make payments to various political candidates from 1981 to 1988


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Mr. Horton who oversaw Gulf Power 's governmental-affairs efforts died mysteriously in a plane crash in April after learning he might be fired following the uncovering of irregularities in a company audit


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Government officials declined to say whether the investigation includes the ad agencies or the politicians involved


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In New York Stock Exchange trading Southern Co. rose 50 cents a share to 27.125


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President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will hold an informal meeting in early December a move that should give both leaders a political boost at home


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The White House is purposely not calling the meeting a summit so that there wo n't be any expectation of detailed negotiations or agreements


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Rather senior administration officials said that the unexpected meeting was scheduled at Mr. Bush 's request because of his preference for conducting diplomacy through highly personal and informal meetings with other leaders


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The two leaders will meet on Dec. 2 and 3 alternating the two days of meetings between a U.S. and a Soviet naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea


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The unusual seaborne meeting wo n't disrupt plans for a formal summit meeting next spring or summer at which an arms-control treaty is likely to be completed


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In announcing the meeting yesterday Mr. Bush told reporters at the White House that neither he nor Mr. Gorbachev expects any substantial decisions or agreements


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Instead he said that the purpose is simply for the two to get better acquainted and discuss a wide range of issues without a formal agenda


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Despite the informal nature of the session and the calculated effort to hold down expectations the meeting could pay significant political dividends for both leaders


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Mr. Gorbachev badly needs a diversion from the serious economic problems and ethnic unrest he faces at home


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American officials have said that a meeting with the leader of the U.S. could help bolster his stature among Soviet politicians and academics whose support he needs


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For his part Mr. Bush has been criticized regularly at home for moving too slowly and cautiously in reacting to Mr. Gorbachev 's reforms and the historic moves away from communism in Eastern Europe


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A face-to-face meeting with Mr. Gorbachev should damp such criticism though it will hardly eliminate it


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Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell D. Maine who has been the most prominent Democratic critic of Mr. Bush 's handling of the Soviet relationship praised the president for arranging the meeting


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But he added The mere fact of a meeting does n't deal with the substance of policy


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Mr. Bush said that the December meeting which was announced simultaneously in Moscow will be held in the unusual setting of ships at sea to hold down the fanfare and force the two sides to limit participation to just small groups of advisers


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By doing it in this manner we can have I would say more time without the press of social activities or mandatory joint appearances things of that nature for public consumption Mr. Bush said


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Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze at a news conference in Moscow said As the two sides plan to hold a full-scale summit in late spring-early summer next year they found it useful I would say even necessary to hold an interim informal meeting


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Although no specific agreements are expected Mr. Shevardnadze said that does n't mean they will be without an agenda


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If the two leaders cover the subjects that have been featured in lower level U.S.-Soviet meetings their talks would include human rights Soviet reforms regional disputes relations with allies economic cooperation arms control and joint efforts to fight narcotics terrorism and pollution


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The president specifically mentioned U.S. economic advice to Moscow as a possible topic


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Mr. Gorbachev has for months been publicly urging the U.S. to drop its restrictions on Soviet trade


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He recently told a small group of American businessmen in Moscow that he hoped to sign a general trade agreement with the U.S. possibly at the 1990 summit


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The Soviets hope a trade agreement would give them Most-Favored Nation status which would lower the tariffs on Soviet exports to the U.S.


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In an unusually candid article about the latest economic woe unemployment Pravda yesterday reported that three million Soviets have lost their jobs as a result of perestroika and the number could grow to 16 million by the year 2005


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Economists in Moscow are now proposing that the state start a system of unemployment benefits


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But one Bush administration official knowledgeable about the summit plan cautioned against assuming that there will be bold new initiatives on the Soviet economy or other issues


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Do n't take this as some big opening for major movement on economic cooperation or arms control or the environment he said


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Those things will all come up but in a fairly informal way


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Instead this official said This is vintage George Bush


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNP George ) ( NNP Bush ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ own ) ( NN idea ) ) ) )

This was George Bush 's own idea


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( S-PRD ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP George ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBG wanting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB meet ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN leader ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB talk ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB directly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's George Bush wanting to meet a foreign leader and talk to him directly


( S ( ADVP ( RB Aside ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN plight ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS talks ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG cutting ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ strategic ) ( CC and ) ( JJ chemical ) ) ( NNS arms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ other ) ( NN issue ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB raise ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ naval ) ( NN force ) ( NNS reductions ) ) ) )

Aside from the Soviet economic plight and talks on cutting strategic and chemical arms one other issue the Soviets are likely to want to raise is naval force reductions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Western ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( PP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN meeting ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN setting ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN sea ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ unlikely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pass ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN opportunity ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB press ) ( ADVP ( RB once ) ( RB again ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( VBN negotiated ) ( NNS cuts ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS navies ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP North ) ( NNP Atlantic ) ( NNP Treaty ) ( NNP Organization ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Warsaw ) ( NNP Pact ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Western analysts say that given the meeting 's setting at sea Gorbachev is unlikely to pass up the opportunity to press once again for negotiated cuts in the navies of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN theme ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( VBG recurring ) ( NN one ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ Soviet ) ( JJ military ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That theme has been a recurring one for Soviet military officials for much of this year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP argue ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Kremlin ) ) ( VP ( VBZ follows ) ( PRT ( RP through ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ announced ) ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( NP ( NP ( NN land ) ( NNS forces ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN area ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJS greatest ) ( NN strength ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN willingness ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( NP ( NP ( NN sea ) ( NNS forces ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN area ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJS greatest ) ( NN superiority ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They argue that as the Kremlin follows through on announced plans to cut land forces the Soviets ' area of greatest strength the U.S. should show more willingness to cut sea forces Washington 's area of greatest superiority


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Bush ) ( NN administration ) ( NNS aides ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ anxious ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB insist ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( VBG coming ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ informal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( S-PRD ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB avoid ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS comparisons ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( JJ such ) ( ADJP ( RB loosely ) ( JJ structured ) ) ( NN superpower ) ( NN gathering ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( CD 1986 ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Reykjavik ) ) ( NP ( NNP Iceland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One of the reasons Bush administration aides are anxious to insist that the coming meeting will be informal is to avoid comparisons with the last such loosely structured superpower gathering former President Reagan 's 1986 meeting with Mr. Gorbachev in Reykjavik Iceland


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT That ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( VP ( VBD sent ) ( NP ( NNS shivers ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Western ) ( NN alliance ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-230 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reagan ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN pulled ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG discussing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN elimination ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ nuclear ) ( NNS weapons ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG consulting ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS allies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That meeting sent shivers through the Western alliance because Mr. Reagan was pulled into discussing the possible elimination of nuclear weapons without consulting American allies


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD initiated ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS talks ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ informal ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG sending ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN proposal ) ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NNP July ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN leader ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB readily ) ) ( VP ( VBD accepted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Bush said that he initiated talks with the Soviets on the informal meeting by sending a proposal to Mr. Gorbachev last July which the Soviet leader readily accepted


( S ( CC But ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NN word ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ possible ) ( NN session ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB closely ) ) ( VBN held ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN handful ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ top ) ( NNS aides ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN word ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB reach ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( JJ second-level ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But word of the possible session was closely held by the president and a handful of top aides and word of it did n't reach many second-level officials until the past few days


( S ( ADVP ( RB Indeed ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ many ) ( JJ senior ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG insisting ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ interested ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ such ) ( DT an ) ( JJ informal ) ( NN get-together ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Indeed many senior officials had been insisting for weeks that Mr. Bush was n't interested in such an informal get-together


( S-CLF ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ political ) ( NNS critics ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NN home ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG urging ) ( NP-1 ( PRP him ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB open ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ direct ) ) ( NN dialogue ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS arguments ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS leaders ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN within ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN bloc ) ) ( NP ( PRP itself ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-261 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD led ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB seek ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP December ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Though President Bush 's political critics at home have been urging him to open a more direct dialogue with Mr. Gorbachev it actually was the arguments of leaders within the Soviet bloc itself that led the president to seek the December meeting


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-3 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD decided ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD wanted ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN meeting ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG talking ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Poland ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Hungary ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-262 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD urged ) ( NP-1 ( PRP him ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB support ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS efforts ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB transform ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN system ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB urge ) ( NP-4 ( PRP him ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB loosen ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN grip ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Eastern ) ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ senior ) ( NN aide ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Mr. Bush decided he wanted the meeting after talking in Europe in July with the leaders of Poland and Hungary who urged him to support Mr. Gorbachev 's efforts to transform the Soviet system and to urge him to loosen his grip on Eastern Europe a senior aide said


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN While ) ( S ( VP ( VBG flying ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB home ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT those ) ( NNS discussions ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD drafted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN letter ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG suggesting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ informal ) ( NN get-together ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB precede ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ formal ) ( NN summit ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

While flying home from those discussions Mr. Bush drafted a letter to Mr. Gorbachev suggesting an informal get-together to precede their formal summit next year


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Peter ) ( NNP Gumbel ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Moscow ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD contributed ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN article ) ) ) ) )

Peter Gumbel in Moscow contributed to this article


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS largest ) ( NN pension ) ( NN fund ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-10 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ oversees ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 80 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN college ) ( NNS employees ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB offer ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ new ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS options ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( QP ( CD 1.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS participants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The nation 's largest pension fund which oversees 80 billion for college employees plans to offer two new investment options to its 1.2 million participants


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNPS Teachers ) ( NNP Insurance ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Annuity ) ( NNP Association-College ) ( NNP Retirement ) ( NNPS Equities ) ( NNP Fund ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB introduce ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stock ) ( CC and ) ( NN bond ) ( NN fund ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-11 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB invest ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB socially ) ( JJ responsible ) ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN bond ) ( NN fund ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund said it will introduce a stock and bond fund that will invest in socially responsible companies and a bond fund


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT Both ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( NP ( NN operation ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN around ) ( NP ( NNP March ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ( ADJP-ADV ( JJ subject ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNPS Securities ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Exchange ) ( NNP Commission ) ( NN approval ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Both funds are expected to begin operation around March 1 subject to Securities and Exchange Commission approval


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN For ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS employees ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sign ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS options ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN college ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB approve ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) ) )

For its employees to sign up for the options a college also must approve the plan


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( DT Some ) ( CD 4,300 ) ) ( NNS institutions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pension ) ( NN fund ) ) ) ) ) )

Some 4,300 institutions are part of the pension fund


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS options ) ) ( VP ( VBP carry ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN agreement ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-12 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN pension ) ( NN fund ) ) ( S-ADV ( PP-PRD ( IN under ) ( NP ( NN pressure ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB relax ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ strict ) ( NN participation ) ( NNS rules ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS options ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN reached ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP SEC ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP December ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The new options carry out part of an agreement that the pension fund under pressure to relax its strict participation rules and to provide more investment options reached with the SEC in December


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ social ) ( NN choice ) ( NN fund ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB shun ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS securities ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP-1 ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( VBN linked ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP South ) ( NNP Africa ) ) ( NP ( JJ nuclear ) ( NN power ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS cases ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Northern ) ( NNP Ireland ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The new social choice fund will shun securities of companies linked to South Africa nuclear power and in some cases Northern Ireland


( SINV ( ADVP ( RB Also ) ) ( VP-TPC-2 ( VBN excluded ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNS investments ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ significant ) ( NN business ) ) ( VP ( VBG stemming ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS weapons ) ( NN manufacture ) ) ( NP ( JJ alcoholic ) ( NNS beverages ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NN tobacco ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Also excluded will be investments in companies with significant business stemming from weapons manufacture alcoholic beverages or tobacco


( S ( NP-SBJ-5 ( NP ( CD Sixty ) ( NN percent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fund ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN invested ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS stocks ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN rest ) ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS bonds ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( JJ short-term ) ( NNS investments ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Sixty percent of the fund will be invested in stocks with the rest going into bonds or short-term investments


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN bond ) ( NN fund ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB invest ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ high-grade ) ( CC or ) ( JJ medium-grade ) ) ( NNS bonds ) ) ( NP ( NNS mortgages ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ asset-backed ) ( NNS securities ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( JJ as ) ( RB much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 15 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The bond fund will invest in high-grade or medium-grade bonds mortgages or asset-backed securities including as much as 15 % in foreign securities


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN fund ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB buy ) ( CC and ) ( VB sell ) ( NP ( NNS futures ) ( CC and ) ( NNS options ) ( NNS contracts ) ) ( ADJP-ADV ( JJ subject ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN approval ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Insurance ) ( NNP Department ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The fund also might buy and sell futures and options contracts subject to approval by the New York State Insurance Department


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN Under ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS features ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS participants ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB transfer ) ( NP ( NN money ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( PRN ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-6 ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN terminated ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VB receive ) ( NP ( NN cash ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS funds ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Under two new features participants will be able to transfer money from the new funds to other investment funds or if their jobs are terminated receive cash from the funds


( S ( NP-SBJ-7 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN investment ) ( NNS choices ) ) ( VP ( VBN offered ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT the ) ( NN pension ) ( NN fund ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN limited ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN stock ) ( NN fund ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN annuity ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN money-market ) ( NN fund ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The investment choices offered by the pension fund currently are limited to a stock fund an annuity and a money-market fund


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP-1 ( NNP Raymond ) ( NNP E. ) ( NNP Ross ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 53 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( NP ( NP ( RB formerly ) ( NN group ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS plastics ) ( NN machinery ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN machine ) ( NN tool ) ( NNS plastics ) ( NN machinery ) ( CC and ) ( NNS robots ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( NP ( JJ industrial ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG succeeding ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NN A. ) ( NNP Entrekin ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-49 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD resigned ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Raymond E. Ross 53 years old formerly group vice president U.S. plastics machinery at this machine tool plastics machinery and robots concern was named senior vice president industrial systems succeeding David A. Entrekin who resigned Monday


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Alltel ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 55 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Pond ) ( NNP Branch ) ( NNP Telephone ) ( NNP Company ) ( NNP Inc. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ cellular ) ( NN franchise ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB own ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Alltel Corp. said it will acquire the 55 % of Pond Branch Telephone Company Inc. 's cellular franchise that it does n't own already


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

Terms were n't disclosed


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Alltel ) ) ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 45 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN franchise ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-59 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Aiken ) ) ( NP ( NNP S.C. ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Augusta ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ga ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Alltel holds 45 % of the franchise which has operations in Aiken S.C. and Augusta Ga


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Alltel ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-60 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ provides ) ( NP ( JJ local ) ( NN telephone ) ( NN service ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 25 ) ( NNS states ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD exercised ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN right ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ first ) ( NN refusal ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN offer ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ undisclosed ) ( JJ third ) ( NN party ) ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB acquire ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN majority ) ( NN position ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN franchise ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Alltel which provides local telephone service in 25 states said it exercised its right of first refusal following an offer from an undisclosed third party to acquire the majority position in the franchise


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Solo ) ( NN woodwind ) ( NNS players ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ creative ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ their ) ( NN repertoire ) ( CC and ) ( NN audience ) ( NN appeal ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ limited ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Solo woodwind players have to be creative if they want to work a lot because their repertoire and audience appeal are limited


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN oboist ) ( NNP Heinz ) ( NNP Holliger ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ hard ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN problem ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VP ( VBZ commissions ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB splendidly ) ) ( VBZ interprets ) ) ( NP-2 ( JJ fearsome ) ( JJ contemporary ) ( NNS scores ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN conducting ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ( NNP Mozart ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Strauss ) ( NNS concertos ) ) ( ADVP ( RB over ) ( CC and ) ( RB over ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The oboist Heinz Holliger has taken a hard line about the problem He commissions and splendidly interprets fearsome contemporary scores and does some conducting so he does n't have to play the same Mozart and Strauss concertos over and over again


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN taken ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR gentler ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ audience-friendly ) ) ( NN approach ) ) ) ) )

Richard Stoltzman has taken a gentler more audience-friendly approach


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( NNS Years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD collaborated ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ new ) ( NN music ) ( NNS gurus ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Peter ) ( NNP Serkin ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Fred ) ( NNP Sherry ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ countercultural ) ) ( NN chamber ) ( NN group ) ) ( NP ( NNP Tashi ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-13 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD won ) ( NP ( NNS audiences ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RP over ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ dreaded ) ( JJ contemporary ) ( NNS scores ) ) ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Messiaen ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NP ( NN Quartet ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN End ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN Time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Years ago he collaborated with the new music gurus Peter Serkin and Fred Sherry in the very countercultural chamber group Tashi which won audiences over to dreaded contemporary scores like Messiaen 's Quartet for the End of Time


( S ( NP-TMP ( NN Today ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ pixie-like ) ( NN clarinetist ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB mostly ) ) ( VP ( VBN dropped ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ missionary ) ( NN work ) ) ( PRN ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN touch ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ old ) ( NNP Tashi ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBZ survives ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBZ goes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN road ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN piano ) ) ( NP ( NN bass ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN slide ) ( NN show ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN repertoire ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-14 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ ranges ) ( PP-DIR ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ light ) ( JJ classical ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ light ) ( NN jazz ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ light ) ( NN pop ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( JJ notable ) ( NNS exceptions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Today the pixie-like clarinetist has mostly dropped the missionary work though a touch of the old Tashi still survives and now goes on the road with piano bass a slide show and a repertoire that ranges from light classical to light jazz to light pop with a few notable exceptions


( FRAG ( NP ( RB Just ) ( DT the ) ( NN thing ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Vivaldi-at-brunch ) ( NN set ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN yuppie ) ( NN audience ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-15 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN embraced ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Age ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( ADJP ( RB very ) ( JJ own ) ) ( JJ easy ) ( NN listening ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Just the thing for the Vivaldi-at-brunch set the yuppie audience that has embraced New Age as its very own easy listening


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB dismiss ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN music ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS motives ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( RB as ) ( ADJP ( RB merely ) ( JJ commercial ) ( CC and ) ( JJ lightweight ) ) ) ) ) )

But you ca n't dismiss Mr. Stoltzman 's music or his motives as merely commercial and lightweight


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ believes ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-16 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plays ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ plays ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB superbly ) ) ) ) )

He believes in what he plays and he plays superbly


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( JJ recent ) ( NN appearance ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Metropolitan ) ( NNP Museum ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN dubbed ) ( S ( NP-TTL-PRD ( DT A ) ( JJ Musical ) ( NN Odyssey ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN case ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN point ) ) ) ) ) )

His recent appearance at the Metropolitan Museum dubbed A Musical Odyssey was a case in point


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( PP-CLR ( PP ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ) ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN party ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB highly ) ( JJ polished ) ) ( NN jam ) ( NN session ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS friends ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ classical ) ( NN concert ) ) ) ) ) )

It felt more like a party or a highly polished jam session with a few friends than a classical concert


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Clad ) ( PP-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN trademark ) ( JJ black ) ( NN velvet ) ( NN suit ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( JJ soft-spoken ) ( NN clarinetist ) ) ( VP ( VBD announced ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-9 ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ new ) ( NN album ) ) ( NP-TTL ( JJ Inner ) ( NNS Voices ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN released ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN family ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-LOC-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN front ) ( NN row ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN mother ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN birthday ) ) ) ) ( RB so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( JJ favorite ) ( NN tune ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN record ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Clad in his trademark black velvet suit the soft-spoken clarinetist announced that his new album Inner Voices had just been released that his family was in the front row and that it was his mother 's birthday so he was going to play her favorite tune from the record


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD launched ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saint-Saens ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( DT The ) ( NN Swan ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP-TTL ( NP ( NN Carnival ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS Animals ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ favorite ) ( NN encore ) ( NN piece ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS cellists ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ lovely ) ( JJ glossy ) ( NN tone ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN bite ) ) ) ) ) )

He launched into Saint-Saens 's The Swan from Carnival of the Animals a favorite encore piece for cellists with lovely glossy tone and no bite


( S ( RB Then ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN as ) ( IN if ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB play ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB fast ) ) ( ADVP ( IN as ) ( RB well ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN movement ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Saint-Saens ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NP ( NN Sonata ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN Clarinet ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ whimsical ) ( JJ puckish ) ( NN tidbit ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-17 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD reflected ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ flip ) ( NN side ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ( NN personality ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Then as if to show that he could play fast as well he offered the second movement from Saint-Saens 's Sonata for Clarinet a whimsical puckish tidbit that reflected the flip side of the Stoltzman personality


( UCP ( S ( CC And ) ( ADVP-TPC-1 ( RB so ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-TMP ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN half ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( RB ingeniously ) ( VBN chosen ) ) ( NN potpourri ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pieces ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN none ) ) ( ADJP ( JJR longer ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN none ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-18 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB disturb ) ( CC or ) ( VB challenge ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN listener ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And so it went through the first half an ingeniously chosen potpourri of pieces none longer than five minutes none that would disturb or challenge a listener


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( VP ( VBD introduced ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS colleagues ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bill ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN pianist\/bassoonist\/composer ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ old ) ( NN buddy ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Yale ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN jazz ) ( NN bassist ) ( NNP Eddie ) ( NNP Gomez ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Stoltzman introduced his colleagues Bill Douglas pianist\/bassoonist\/composer and an old buddy from Yale and jazz bassist Eddie Gomez


( S ( NP-SBJ-10 ( DT An ) ( JJ improvisational ) ( NN section ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN built ) ( PP-CLR ( IN around ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pieces ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( NN beginning ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP-TTL ( JJ Golden ) ( NN Rain ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ lilting ) ( JJ laid-back ) ( NN lead ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ uptempo ) ( NX-TTL ( NN Sky ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-19 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN opportunity ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB wail ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ high ) ( NN register ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB show ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ fleet ) ( NNS fingers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

An improvisational section was built around pieces by Mr. Douglas beginning with Golden Rain a lilting laid-back lead in to the uptempo Sky which gave Mr. Stoltzman the opportunity to wail in a high register and show off his fleet fingers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Bach ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NN Air ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD followed ) ) )

Bach 's Air followed


( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD tied ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN composer ) ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG proclaiming ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ great ) ( NN improviser ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 18th ) ( NN century ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ( VP ( VBD built ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN image ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG joining ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNP Bach ) ( JJ two-part ) ( NNS inventions ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB cleverly ) ) ( VBN arranged ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN clarinet ) ( CC and ) ( NN bassoon ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Stoltzman tied the composer in by proclaiming him the great improviser of the 18th century and then built on the image by joining with Mr. Douglas in some Bach two-part inventions cleverly arranged for clarinet and bassoon by Mr. Douglas


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Keeping ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN mood ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ light ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD chanted ) ( CC and ) ( VBD chortled ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( JJ murderous ) ( NNS polyrhythms ) ) ( VP ( VBN devised ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN alternative ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hindemith ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ dry ) ( VBG theory-teaching ) ( NNS techniques ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( RB then ) ( VP ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Gomez ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD soared ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD improvised ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN composer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ tight ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Bebop ) ( NNP Etudes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Keeping the mood light the two then chanted and chortled their way through some murderous polyrhythms devised by Mr. Douglas as an alternative to Hindemith 's dry theory-teaching techniques and then with Mr. Gomez soared and improvised on the composer 's tight Bebop Etudes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN end ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN half ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( VP ( VBD brought ) ( NP ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-1 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( JJ standing-room-only ) ( NN crowd ) ) ( VP ( VBD seemed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pop ) ( NN singer ) ) ( NP ( NNP Judy ) ( NNP Collins ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-20 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP-TTL ( JJ Inner ) ( NNS Voices ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The end of the first half however brought what the standing-room-only crowd seemed to be waiting for the pop singer Judy Collins who appears on Inner Voices


( S ( S-ADV ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ Glamorous ) ( CC and ) ( JJ pure-voiced ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ever ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Collins ) ) ( VP ( VBD sang ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Joni ) ( NNP Mitchell ) ( POS 's ) ) ( PP-TTL ( IN For ) ( ADJP ( RB Free ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN encounter ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ street-corner ) ( NN clarinetist ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( TO to ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( VP ( VBD contributed ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN clarinet ) ( NN obligatto ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Douglas ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ lush ) ( NN setting ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Gaelic ) ( NN blessing ) ) ( NP-TTL ( JJ Deep ) ( NN Peace ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Glamorous and pure-voiced as ever Ms. Collins sang Joni Mitchell 's For Free about an encounter with a street-corner clarinetist to which Mr. Stoltzman contributed a clarinet obligatto and Mr. Douglas 's lush setting of a Gaelic blessing Deep Peace


( S ( NP-TTL-SBJ ( JJ Deep ) ( NN Peace ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD featured ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN slide ) ( NN show ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ lovely ) ( CC but ) ( JJ predictable ) ) ( NNS images ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS clouds ) ( NNS beaches ) ( NNS deserts ) ( NNS sunsets ) ( FW etc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Deep Peace also featured a slide show of lovely but predictable images of clouds beaches deserts sunsets etc


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB all ) ( RB too ) ( JJ mellow ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN believed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB probably ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN gotten ) ( PRT ( RP away ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( SINV ( VBD had ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( VP ( VBN compelled ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB add ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Collins ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN signature ) ( NN tune ) ) ( NP-TTL ( JJ Amazing ) ( NN Grace ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB ask ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN audience ) ( NN participation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was all too mellow to be believed but they probably would have gotten away with it had they not felt compelled to add Ms. Collins 's signature tune Amazing Grace and ask for audience participation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( WDT That ) ) ( VP ( VBD went ) ( PP-DIR ( IN over ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ permissible ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ warm ) ( CC and ) ( JJ fuzzy ) ) ( NNS feelings ) ) ) ) ) ) )

That went over the permissible line for warm and fuzzy feelings


( SQ ( VBD Was ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB why ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN audience ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD departed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( CC or ) ( IN during ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN half ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Was this why some of the audience departed before or during the second half


( SQ ( CC Or ) ( VBD was ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( SBAR-PRP-PRD ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Collins ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN gone ) ) ) ) ) )

Or was it because Ms. Collins had gone


( S ( NP-ADV ( DT Either ) ( NN way ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN pity ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stolzman ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RBS most ) ( JJ substantial ) ) ( NN music ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN evening ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( IN after ) ( NP ( NN intermission ) ) ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Steve ) ( NNP Reich ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN Counterpoint ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN series ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Reich ) ( NNS works ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-21 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP juxtapose ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ live ) ( NN performer ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ recorded ) ( NNS tracks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( PRP$ his ) ( CC or ) ( PRP$ her ) ) ( JJ own ) ( NN playing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Either way it was a pity because Mr. Stolzman offered the most substantial music of the evening just after intermission Steve Reich 's New York Counterpoint one of a series of Reich works that juxtapose a live performer with recorded tracks of his or her own playing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reich ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ new ) ( NX-TTL ( JJ Different ) ( NNS Trains ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN string ) ( NN quartet ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN technique ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB magisterially ) ) ) )

Mr. Reich 's new Different Trains for string quartet uses the technique magisterially


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN worried ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP$ his ) ( NN audience ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ able ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD warned ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN advance ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-TTL-SBJ ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NN Counterpoint ) ) ( VP ( VBZ lasts ) ( NP-TMP ( QP ( CD 11 ) ( CD 1\/2 ) ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Stoltzman must have worried that his audience might not be able to take it He warned us in advance that New York Counterpoint lasts 11 1\/2 minutes


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( ADVP ( RB unfortunately ) ) ( VP ( VBD illustrated ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ intricate ) ( JJ jazzy ) ( NN tapestry ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Pearson ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS images ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( UCP ( JJ geometric ) ( CC or ) ( JJ repeating ) ) ( NNS objects ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ kitschy ) ( NN mirroring ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ musical ) ( NN structure ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-22 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB thoroughly ) ) ( VBG distracting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reich ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN piece ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ elegant ) ( NN execution ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He also unfortunately illustrated this intricate jazzy tapestry with Mr. Pearson 's images this time of geometric or repeating objects in a kitschy mirroring of the musical structure that was thoroughly distracting from Mr. Reich 's piece and Mr. Stoltzman 's elegant execution of it


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN rest ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN concert ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( JJ straight ) ( NN jazz ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ mellow ) ( NNS sounds ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN written ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP Charlie ) ( NNP Parker ) ) ( NP ( NNP Ornette ) ( NNP Coleman ) ) ( NP ( NNP Bill ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Eddie ) ( NNP Gomez ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS pictures ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Douglas ) ( NNS pieces ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The rest of the concert was more straight jazz and mellow sounds written by Charlie Parker Ornette Coleman Bill Douglas and Eddie Gomez with pictures for the Douglas pieces


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ enjoyable ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB hear ) ( NP ( JJ accomplished ) ( NN jazz ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG having ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sit ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ smoke-filled ) ( NN club ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( PP ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN half ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ much ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJ easy ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB take ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB ultimately ) ( JJ forgettable ) ) ) ) ) )

It was enjoyable to hear accomplished jazz without having to sit in a smoke-filled club but like the first half much of it was easy to take and ultimately forgettable


( SQ ( VBZ Is ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN future ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN chamber ) ( NN music ) ) ) ) )

Is this the future of chamber music


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Managers ) ( CC and ) ( NNS presenters ) ) ( VP ( VBP insist ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN chamber ) ( NN music ) ( NNS concerts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ hard ) ( NN sell ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( SQ ( MD can ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS audiences ) ) ( ADVP ( RB really ) ) ( VP ( VB enjoy ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( RB only ) ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN music ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN purged ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ threatening ) ( NNS elements ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN served ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ bite-sized ) ( NNS morsels ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN accompanied ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNS visuals ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Managers and presenters insist that chamber music concerts are a hard sell but can audiences really enjoy them only if the music is purged of threatening elements served up in bite-sized morsels and accompanied by visuals


( SBARQ ( WHNP-23 ( WP What ) ) ( SQ ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ next ) ) ) ) )

What 's next


( FRAG ( NP ( NP ( NNS Slides ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB illustrate ) ( NP ( NNP Shostakovich ) ( NNS quartets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Slides to illustrate Shostakovich quartets


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( RB not ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( JJ unpleasant ) ( NN evening ) ) ( ADVP ( RB certainly ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( NNS thanks ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ high ) ( NN level ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN performance ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ compositional ) ( NNS talents ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Douglas ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ obvious ) ( NN sincerity ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN with ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Stoltzman ) ) ( VP ( VBZ chooses ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS selections ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was not an unpleasant evening certainly thanks to the high level of performance the compositional talents of Mr. Douglas and the obvious sincerity with which Mr. Stoltzman chooses his selections


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( UCP-PRD ( ADJP-PRD ( RB neither ) ( JJ deep ) ( CC nor ) ( JJ lasting ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ light ) ( NN entertainment ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-24 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN substitute ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN evening ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Brahms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it was neither deep nor lasting light entertainment that was no substitute for an evening of Brahms


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Ms. ) ( NNP Waleson ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ free-lance ) ( NN writer ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Ms. Waleson is a free-lance writer based in New York


( S ( NP-SBJ-91 ( NP ( NNP Scott ) ( NNP C. ) ( NNP Smith ) ) ( NP ( NP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB formerly ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( NP ( NN finance ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NNS media ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ) ) ) )

Scott C. Smith formerly vice president finance and chief financial officer of this media concern was named senior vice president


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Smith ) ) ( NP ( CD 39 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ retains ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN title ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Smith 39 retains the title of chief financial officer


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Japan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN index ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( VBG leading ) ( NNS indicators ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 63.6 ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ( PP-LOC-3 ( IN above ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ so-called ) ( JJ boom-or-bust ) ( NN line ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NNP May ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Economic ) ( NNP Planning ) ( NNP Agency ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Japan 's index of leading indicators rose to 63.6 in August above the so-called boom-or-bust line of 50 for the first time since May the Economic Planning Agency said


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( VBG leading ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBD recovered ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP July ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ revised ) ( NN level ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 36.6 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ strong ) ( NNS performances ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN consumer ) ( NNS durables ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN machinery ) ( NNS orders ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS factors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN agency ) ( NN spokeswoman ) ) ) ) ) )

The leading index recovered from July 's revised level of 36.6 on strong performances in consumer durables and machinery orders among other factors according to an agency spokeswoman


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN intended ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB measure ) ( NP ( JJ future ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN performance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The index is intended to measure future economic performance


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN figure ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN above ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ indicates ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN economy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB expand ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN below ) ( NP ( CD 50 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ indicates ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN contraction ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB ahead ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A figure above 50 indicates the economy is likely to expand one below 50 indicates a contraction may be ahead


( S ( NP-SBJ-59 ( NP ( NNP Thomas ) ( NN A. ) ( NNP Donovan ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 37 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ( NP ( NP ( RB formerly ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( NP ( NNP West ) ( NNP Coast ) ( NNS operations ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN hazardous-waste-site ) ( NN remediation ) ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( ADJP ( RB newly ) ( VBN created ) ) ( NNS posts ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN director ) ) ( PRN ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG filling ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN vacancy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thomas A. Donovan 37 years old formerly vice president West Coast operations at this hazardous-waste-site remediation concern was named executive vice president and chief operating officer both newly created posts and a director filling a vacancy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Canonie ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ anticipates ) ( S ( VP ( VBG naming ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Donovan ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB succeed ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Richard ) ( NNP F. ) ( NNP Brissette ) ) ( NP ( CD 55 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-ADV ( JJ effective ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP March ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Canonie said it anticipates naming Mr. Donovan to succeed Richard F. Brissette 55 as president and chief executive officer effective March 1


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Brissette ) ) ( VP ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB remain ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NNP Canonie ) ( NN board ) ( NN member ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN consultant ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Brissette will remain a Canonie board member and will be a consultant to the company


( S ( PP ( IN As ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN money ) ( NN manager ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ grass-roots ) ( NN environmentalist ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB very ) ( JJ disappointed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB read ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ premiere ) ( NN issue ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Garbage ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Wall ) ( NNP Street ) ( NNP Journal ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 220,000 ) ( JJ metric ) ( NNS tons ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN newsprint ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( DT each ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 1.4 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ recycled ) ( NN paper ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

As a money manager and a grass-roots environmentalist I was very disappointed to read in the premiere issue of Garbage that The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year but that only 1.4 % of it comes from recycled paper


( S ( PP ( IN By ) ( NP ( NN contrast ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ( NNP Times ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ uses ) ( NP ( ADJP ( CD 83 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ recycled ) ( NN paper ) ) ) )

By contrast the Los Angeles Times for example uses 83 % recycled paper