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a DT B
group NN I
of IN O
Merck NNP B
's POS B
established VBN I
human NN I
and CC I
animal-health NN I
products NNS I
, , O
including VBG O
Aldomet NNP B
and CC I
Indocin NNP I
. . O

In IN O
New NNP B
York NNP I
Stock NNP I
Exchange NNP I
composite JJ I
trading NN I
yesterday NN B
, , O
Merck NNP B
shares NNS I
closed VBD O
at IN O
$ $ B
75.25 CD I
, , O
up IN O
50 CD B
cents NNS I
. . O

Warner-Lambert NNP B
Co NNP I
. . I

Warner-Lambert NNP B
, , O
Morris NNP B
Plains NNP I
, , O
N.J. NNP B
, , O
reported VBD O
sales NNS B
that WDT B
were VBD O
a DT B
record NN I
for IN O
any DT B
quarter NN I
and CC O
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eighth JJ I
quarter NN I
in IN O
a DT B
row NN I
of IN O
20 CD B
% NN I
or CC I
more RBR I
per-share JJ I
earnings NNS I
growth NN I
. . O

Spurred VBN O
by IN O
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in IN O
world-wide JJ B
sales NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
company NN I
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prescription NN I
drugs NNS I
, , O
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said VBD O
1989 CD B
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be VB O
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best JJS I
year NN I
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its PRP$ B
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, , O
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per-share JJ B
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to TO O
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more JJR B
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20 CD I
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to TO O
about RB B
$ $ I
6.10 CD I
. . O

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for IN O
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quarter NN I
rose VBD O
to TO O
$ $ B
1.11 CD I
billion CD I
from IN O
$ $ B
1.03 CD I
billion CD I
. . O

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world-wide JJ I
sales NNS I
rose VBD O
9 CD B
% NN I
in IN O
the DT B
quarter NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
340 CD I
million CD I
; : O
U.S. NNP B
sales NNS I
rose VBD O
15 CD B
% NN I
. . O

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segment NN I
's POS B
growth NN I
was VBD O
led VBN O
by IN O
sales NNS B
of IN O
the DT B
cardiovascular JJ I
drugs NNS I
Lopid NNP B
, , O
a DT B
lipid NN I
regulator NN I
, , O
and CC O
Dilzem NNP B
, , O
a DT B
calcium NN I
channel NN I
blocker NN I
. . O

World-wide JJ B
sales NNS I
of IN O
Warner-Lambert NNP B
's POS B
non-prescription JJ I
health-care NN I
products NNS I
, , O
such JJ O
as IN O
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cough NN I
tablets NNS I
, , O
Rolaids NNP B
antacid NN I
, , O
and CC O
Lubriderm NNP B
skin NN I
lotion NN I
, , O
increased VBN O
3 CD B
% NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
362 CD I
million CD I
in IN O
the DT B
third JJ I
quarter NN I
; : O
U.S. NNP B
sales NNS I
rose VBD O
5 NN B
% NN I
. . O

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products NNS I
sales NNS I
also RB O
had VBD O
strong JJ B
growth NN I
in IN O
the DT B
quarter NN I
. . O

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sales NNS I
of IN O
Trident NNP B
gum NN I
, , O
Certs NNP B
breath NN I
mints NNS I
, , O
and CC O
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gum NN I
and CC I
breath NN I
mints NNS I
, , O
increased VBN O
12 CD B
% NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
277 CD I
million CD I
. . O

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shares NNS I
closed VBD O
at IN O
$ $ B
109.50 CD I
a DT B
share NN I
, , O
up IN O
$ $ B
1.50 CD I
, , O
in IN O
Big NNP B
Board NNP I
composite JJ I
trading NN I
yesterday NN B
. . O

Eli NNP B
Lilly NNP I
& CC I
Co NNP I
. . I

Lilly NNP B
attributed VBD O
record NN B
third-quarter JJ I
and CC I
nine-month JJ I
results NNS I
to TO O
world-wide JJ B
gains NNS I
for IN O
pharmaceuticals NNS B
, , O
medical JJ B
instruments NNS I
and CC O
plant-science NN B
products NNS I
despite IN O
poor JJ B
exchange NN I
rates NNS I
for IN O
the DT B
dollar NN I
that WDT B
slowed VBD O
sales NNS B
abroad RB O
. . O

Earnings NNS B
continued VBD O
to TO O
pace VB O
sales NNS B
because IN O
of IN O
a DT B
lower JJR I
tax NN I
rate NN I
, , O
profit NN B
from IN O
the DT B
renegotiation NN I
of IN O
the DT B
debt NN I
instrument NN I
received VBD O
from IN O
Faberge NNP B
Inc. NNP I
in IN O
connection NN B
with IN O
Lilly NNP B
's POS B
sale NN I
of IN O
Elizabeth NNP B
Arden NNP I
Inc. NNP I
in IN O
1987 CD B
, , O
and CC O
net JJ B
proceeds NNS I
from IN O
the DT B
settlement NN I
of IN O
patent NN B
litigation NN I
at IN O
Lilly NNP B
's POS B
Hybritech NNP I
Inc. NNP I
unit NN I
. . O

Third-quarter JJ B
sales NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
Indianapolis NNP I
, , I
Ind. NNP I
, , I
company NN I
rose VBD O
11 CD B
% NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
1.045 CD I
billion CD I
from IN O
$ $ B
940.6 CD I
million CD I
. . O

Nine-month JJ B
sales NNS I
grew VBD O
12 CD B
% NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
3.39 CD I
billion CD I
from IN O
$ $ B
3.03 CD I
billion CD I
a DT B
year NN I
earlier RBR O
. . O

Sales NNS B
of IN O
Prozac NNP B
, , O
an DT B
anti-depressant NN I
, , O
led VBN O
drug-sales NNS B
increases NNS I
. . O

Higher JJR B
sales NNS I
of IN O
pesticides NNS B
and CC O
other JJ B
plant-science NN I
products NNS I
more JJR O
than IN O
offset VB O
a DT B
slight JJ I
decline NN I
in IN O
the DT B
sales NNS I
of IN O
animal-health NN B
products NNS I
to TO O
fuel VB O
the DT B
increase NN I
in IN O
world-wide JJ B
agricultural JJ I
product NN I
sales NNS I
, , O
Lilly NNP B
said VBD O
. . O

Advanced NNP B
Cardiovascular NNP I
Systems NNP I
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and CC O
Cardiac NNP B
Pacemakers NNPS I
Inc. NNP I
units NNS I
led VBD O
growth NN B
in IN O
the DT B
medical-instrument JJ I
systems NNS I
division NN I
. . O

Lilly NNP B
shares NNS I
closed VBD O
yesterday NN B
in IN O
composite JJ B
trading NN I
on IN O
the DT B
Big NNP I
Board NNP I
at IN O
$ $ B
62.25 CD I
, , O
down RB O
12.5 CD B
cents NNS I
. . O

Reuben NNP B
Mark NNP I
, , O
chairman NN B
of IN O
Colgate-Palmolive NNP B
Co. NNP I
, , O
said VBD O
he PRP B
is VBZ O
`` `` O
comfortable JJ O
'' '' O
with IN O
analysts NNS B
' POS B
estimates NNS I
that IN O
third-quarter JJ B
earnings NNS I
rose VBD O
to TO O
between IN B
95 CD I
cents NNS I
and CC I
$ $ I
1.05 CD I
a DT B
share NN I
. . O

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compares VBZ O
with IN O
per-share JJ B
earnings NNS I
from IN O
continuing VBG B
operations NNS I
of IN O
69 CD B
cents NNS I
the DT B
year NN I
earlier RBR O
; : O
including VBG O
discontinued VBN B
operations NNS I
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per-share NN B
was VBD O
88 CD B
cents NNS I
a DT B
year NN I
ago RB O
. . O

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per-share JJ I
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mean VBP O
the DT B
consumer-products NNS I
company NN I
's POS B
net JJ I
income NN I
, , O
increased VBN O
to TO O
between IN B
$ $ I
69.5 CD I
million CD I
and CC I
$ $ I
76 CD I
million CD I
, , O
from IN O
$ $ B
47.1 CD I
million CD I
the DT B
year-before JJ I
period NN I
. . O

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estimate VBP O
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's POS B
world-wide JJ I
third-quarter JJ I
sales NNS I
rose VBD O
about IN B
8 CD I
% NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
1.29 CD I
billion CD I
. . O

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Mark NNP I
attributed VBD O
the DT B
earnings NNS I
growth NN I
to TO O
strong JJ B
sales NNS I
in IN O
Latin NNP B
America NNP I
, , O
Asia NNP B
and CC O
Europe NNP B
. . O

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were VBD O
also RB O
bolstered VBN O
by IN O
`` `` B
a DT I
very RB I
meaningful JJ I
'' '' I
increase NN I
in IN O
operating VBG B
profit NN I
by IN O
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's POS B
U.S. NNP I
business NN I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Mark NNP I
said VBD O
. . O

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profit NN I
at IN O
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's POS B
U.S. NNP I
household NN I
products NNS I
and CC I
personal-care JJ I
businesses NNS I
jumped VBD O
25 CD B
% NN I
in IN O
the DT B
quarter NN I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Mark NNP I
added VBD O
. . O

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said VBD O
the DT B
improvement NN I
was VBD O
a DT B
result NN I
of IN O
cost NN B
savings NNS I
achieved VBN O
by IN O
consolidating VBG O
manufacturing NN O
operations NNS B
, , O
blending VBG O
two CD B
sales NNS I
organizations NNS I
and CC O
focusing VBG O
more RBR O
carefully RB O
the DT B
company NN I
's POS B
promotional JJ I
activities NNS I
. . O

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estimated VBN I
improvement NN I
in IN O
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's POS B
U.S. NNP I
operations NNS I
took VBD O
some DT B
analysts NNS I
by IN O
surprise NN B
. . O

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's POS B
household NN I
products NNS I
business NN I
, , O
which WDT B
includes VBZ O
such JJ B
brands NNS I
as IN O
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laundry NN I
detergent NN I
and CC O
Ajax NNP B
cleanser NN I
, , O
has VBZ O
been VBN O
a DT B
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performer NN I
. . O

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estimate VBP O
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sales NNS I
of IN O
household NN B
products NNS I
in IN O
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U.S. NNP I
were VBD O
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for IN O
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, , O
and CC O
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margins NNS I
at IN O
only RB B
1 CD I
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to TO I
3 CD I
% NN I
. . O

`` `` O
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you PRP B
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say VB O
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in IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
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mediocre JJ O
, , O
but CC O
great JJ O
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, , O
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says VBZ O
Bonita NNP B
Austin NNP I
, , O
an DT B
analyst NN I
with IN O
Wertheim NNP B
Schroder NNP I
& CC I
Co NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
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a DT B
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. . O
'' '' O

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conceded VBD O
that IN O
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's POS B
domestic JJ I
business NN I
, , O
apart RB O
from IN O
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. . O

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to TO O
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`` `` O
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profitability NN B
of IN O
U.S. NNP B
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an DT B
extremely RB I
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in IN O
the DT B
company NN I
. . O
'' '' O

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focus VB O
on IN O
its PRP$ B
global JJ I
consumer-products NNS I
business NN I
, , O
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sold VBD O
its PRP$ B
Kendall NNP I
health-care NN I
business NN I
in IN O
1988 CD B
. . O

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Anthony NNP I
Ittleson NNP I
was VBD O
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of IN O
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company NN I
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in IN O
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and CC I
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stations NNS I
, , O
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the DT B
number NN I
of IN O
seats NNS B
to TO O
five CD B
. . O

Osborn NNP B
also RB O
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franchises NNS I
, , O
entertainment NN B
properties NNS I
and CC O
small JJ B
cable-television NN I
systems NNS I
. . O

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Ittleson NNP I
is VBZ O
executive NN B
, , O
special JJ B
projects NNS I
, , O
at IN O
CIT NNP B
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, , O
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is VBZ O
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by IN O
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Corp NNP I
. . O

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`` `` O
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`` `` O
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. . O
'' '' O

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your PRP$ B
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went VBD O
. . O

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, , O
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spare VB O
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when WRB O
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on IN O
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as IN O
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`` `` I
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'' '' I
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, , O
or CC O
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Coach NNP I
Raymond NNP I
`` `` I
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Ray NNP I
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, , O
yesterday NN B
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on IN O
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of IN O
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replaced VBD O
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photos NNS I
in IN O
the DT B
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pages NNS I
this DT B
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. . O

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late JJ B
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night NN I
, , O
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, , O
bending VBG O
to TO O
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of IN O
his PRP$ B
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, , O
scrapped VBD O
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. . O

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says VBZ O
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pictures NNS I
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of IN O
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. . O

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was VBD O
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. . O

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in IN O
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on IN O
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'' '' O

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of IN O
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-LRB- ( O
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. . O
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, , O
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at IN O
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`` `` I
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of IN O
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`` `` O
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. . O

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`` `` O
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Americans NNPS I
have VBP O
left VBN O
him PRP B
without IN O
a DT B
way NN I
out RB I
. . O

It PRP B
is VBZ O
easy JJ O
to TO O
fight VB O
when WRB O
you PRP B
do VBP O
n't RB O
have VB O
any DT B
other JJ I
option NN I
. . O
'' '' O

His PRP$ B
chief JJ I
advantage NN I
in IN O
the DT B
fight NN I
: : O
his PRP$ B
intimate JJ I
knowledge NN I
of IN O
American JJ B
ways NNS I
and CC I
weaknesses NNS I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
often RB O
tells VBZ O
friends NNS B
that WDT O
patience NN B
is VBZ O
the DT B
best JJS I
weapon NN I
against IN O
the DT B
gringos NNS I
, , O
who WP B
have VBP O
a DT B
short JJ I
attention NN I
span NN I
and CC O
little JJ B
stomach NN I
for IN O
lasting VBG B
confrontation NN I
. . O

The DT B
U.S. NNP I
discovered VBD O
the DT B
young JJ I
Tony NNP I
Noriega NNP I
in IN O
late JJ B
1959 CD I
, , O
when WRB O
he PRP B
was VBD O
in IN O
his PRP$ B
second JJ I
year NN I
at IN O
the DT B
Chorrillos NNP I
Military NNP I
Academy NNP I
in IN O
Lima NNP B
, , O
according VBG O
to TO O
former JJ B
U.S. NNP I
intelligence NN I
officials NNS I
. . O

The DT B
contact NN I
occurred VBD O
through IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
half-brother NN I
, , O
a DT B
Panamanian JJ I
diplomat NN I
based VBN O
in IN O
Peru NNP B
named VBD O
Luis NNP B
Carlos NNP I
Noriega NNP I
Hurtado NNP I
. . O

Luis NNP B
Carlos NNP I
, , O
knowing VBG O
that IN O
helping VBG O
the DT B
Americans NNPS I
could MD O
advance VB O
the DT B
career NN I
of IN O
any DT B
Panamanian JJ I
officer NN I
, , O
relayed VBD O
Tony NNP B
's POS B
reports NNS I
on IN O
the DT B
leftist JJ I
tendencies NNS I
he PRP B
observed VBD O
among IN O
his PRP$ B
fellow NN I
students NNS I
and CC O
, , O
more RBR O
important JJ O
, , O
among IN O
his PRP$ B
officers NNS I
and CC I
instructors NNS I
. . O

A DT B
spy NN I
was VBD O
born VBN O
. . O

It PRP B
was VBD O
a DT B
heady JJ I
experience NN I
for IN O
the DT B
pockmarked JJ I
and CC I
slightly RB I
built VBN I
Mr. NNP I
Noriega NNP I
, , O
who WP B
was VBD O
known VBN O
to TO O
his PRP$ B
friends NNS I
as IN O
Cara NNP B
la FW I
Pina NNP I
-- : O
pineapple NN B
face NN I
. . O

Born VBN O
the DT B
illegitimate JJ I
son NN I
of IN O
his PRP$ B
father NN I
's POS B
maid NN I
, , O
he PRP B
was VBD O
raised VBN O
on IN O
the DT B
mean NN I
streets NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
central JJ I
market NN I
district NN I
of IN O
Panama NNP B
City NNP I
. . O

Tony NNP B
was VBD O
four CD B
years NNS I
older JJR O
than IN O
most RBS B
of IN O
his PRP$ B
fellow NN I
cadets NNS I
, , O
and CC O
gained VBD O
admission NN B
to TO O
the DT B
academy NN I
because IN O
his PRP$ B
brother NN I
had VBD O
falsified VBN O
his PRP$ B
birth NN I
certificate NN I
. . O

He PRP B
considered VBD O
himself PRP B
intellectually RB O
superior JJ O
to TO O
his PRP$ B
Peruvian JJ I
peers NNS I
, , O
many NN O
of IN O
whom WP B
were VBD O
wayward JJ B
sons NNS I
sent VBN O
by IN O
their PRP$ B
well-off JJ I
families NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
highly RB I
disciplined VBN I
, , I
French-modeled JJ I
academy NN I
as IN O
a DT B
sort NN I
of IN O
reform NN B
school NN I
. . O

In IN O
his PRP$ B
peaked VBD I
military JJ I
cap NN I
and CC I
neatly RB I
pressed VBN I
, , I
French-made JJ I
uniform NN I
, , O
Noriega NNP B
felt VBD O
more RBR O
respected VBN O
and CC O
powerful JJ O
than IN O
ever RB B
in IN O
his PRP$ B
underprivileged JJ I
life NN I
, , O
friends NNS B
from IN O
the DT B
period NN I
say VBP O
. . O

`` `` O
He PRP B
had VBD O
an DT B
elegant JJ I
uniform NN I
with IN O
gold NN B
buttons NNS I
in IN O
a DT B
country NN I
where WRB O
there EX B
was VBD O
a DT B
cult NN I
of IN O
militarism NN B
, , O
where WRB O
officers NNS B
were VBD O
the DT B
elite NN I
with IN O
special JJ B
privileges NNS I
, , O
'' '' O
recalls VBZ O
Darien NNP B
Ayala NNP I
, , O
a DT B
fellow NN I
student NN I
in IN O
Peru NNP B
and CC O
a DT B
lifelong JJ I
friend NN I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
relationship NN I
to TO O
American JJ B
intelligence NN I
agencies NNS I
became VBD O
contractual JJ O
in IN O
either DT B
1966 CD I
or CC I
1967 CD I
, , O
intelligence NN B
officials NNS I
say VBP O
. . O

His PRP$ B
commanding NN I
officer NN I
at IN O
the DT B
Chiriqui NNP I
Province NNP I
garrison NN I
, , O
Major NNP B
Omar NNP I
Torrijos NNP I
, , O
gave VBD O
him PRP B
an DT B
intriguing JJ I
assignment NN I
: : O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
would MD O
organize VB O
the DT B
province NN I
's POS B
first JJ I
intelligence NN I
service NN I
. . O

The DT B
spy NN I
network NN I
would MD O
serve VB O
two CD B
clients NNS I
: : O
the DT B
Panamanian JJ I
government NN I
, , O
by IN O
monitoring VBG O
political JJ B
opponents NNS I
in IN O
the DT B
region NN I
, , O
and CC O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
, , O
by IN O
tracking VBG O
the DT B
growing VBG I
Communist NNP I
influence NN I
in IN O
the DT B
unions NNS I
organized VBN O
at IN O
United NNP B
Fruit NNP I
Co. NNP I
's POS B
banana NN I
plantations NNS I
in IN O
Bocas NNP B
del NNP I
Toros NNP I
and CC O
Puerto NNP B
Armuelles NNP I
. . O

United NNP B
Fruit NNP I
was VBD O
one CD B
of IN O
the DT B
two CD I
largest JJS I
contributors NNS I
to TO O
Panama NNP B
's POS B
national JJ I
income NN I
. . O

Satisfying VBG O
its PRP$ B
interests NNS I
was VBD O
a DT B
priority NN I
for IN O
any DT B
Panamanian JJ I
leader NN I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
initial JJ I
retainer NN I
was VBD O
only RB B
$ $ I
50 CD I
to TO I
$ $ I
100 CD I
a DT B
month NN I
, , O
plus CC O
occasional JJ B
gifts NNS I
of IN O
liquor NN B
or CC I
groceries NNS I
from IN O
the DT B
American NNP I
PX NNP I
, , O
a DT B
former JJ I
intelligence NN I
official NN I
says NNS O
. . O

It PRP B
was VBD O
modest JJ B
pay NN I
by IN O
American JJ B
standards NNS I
, , O
but CC O
a DT B
healthy JJ I
boost NN I
to TO O
his PRP$ B
small JJ I
military JJ I
salary NN I
, , O
which WDT B
fellow NN B
officers NNS I
remember VBP O
as IN O
having VBG O
been VBN O
$ $ B
300 CD I
to TO I
$ $ I
400 CD I
monthly JJ O
. . O

`` `` O
He PRP B
did VBD O
it PRP B
very RB O
well RB O
, , O
'' '' O
recalls VBZ O
Boris NNP B
Martinez NNP I
, , O
a DT B
former JJ I
Panamanian JJ I
colonel NN I
who WP B
managed VBD O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
and CC O
his PRP$ B
operation NN I
. . O

`` `` O
He PRP B
started VBD O
building VBG O
the DT B
files NNS I
that WDT B
helped VBD O
him PRP B
gain VBP O
power NN B
. . O
'' '' O

A DT B
National NNP I
Guard NNP I
job NN I
assumed VBN O
by IN O
Capt. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
in IN O
1964 CD B
-- : O
as IN O
chief NN B
of IN O
the DT B
transit NN I
police NN I
in IN O
David NNP B
City NNP I
, , O
capital NN B
of IN O
the DT B
Chiriqui NNP I
Province NNP I
-- : O
was VBD O
tailor-made JJ O
for IN O
an DT B
aspiring JJ I
super-spy NN I
. . O

By IN O
pressuring VBG O
taxi NN B
and CC I
bus NN I
drivers NNS I
who WP B
needed VBD O
licenses NNS B
, , O
he PRP B
gained VBD O
a DT B
ready JJ I
cache NN I
of IN O
information NN B
. . O

He PRP B
knew VBD O
which WDT B
local JJ I
luminaries NNS I
had VBD O
been VBN O
caught VBN O
driving VBG O
drunk JJ O
, , O
which WDT B
had VBD O
been VBN O
found VBN O
with IN O
their PRP$ B
mistresses NNS I
. . O

This DT B
proved VBD O
particularly RB O
valuable JJ O
to TO O
the DT B
Panamanian JJ I
government NN I
in IN O
1967 CD B
, , O
when WRB O
union NN B
leaders NNS I
were VBD O
planning VBG O
a DT B
May NNP I
Day NNP I
march NN I
that IN B
the DT B
government NN I
feared VBD O
could MD O
turn VB O
violent JJ O
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
had VBD O
learned VBN O
that IN O
a DT B
local JJ I
union NN I
leader NN I
was VBD O
sleeping VBG O
with IN O
the DT B
wife NN I
of IN O
his PRP$ B
deputy NN I
. . O

So RB O
he PRP B
splashed VBD O
the DT B
information NN I
on IN O
handbills NNS B
that IN B
he PRP B
distributed VBD O
throughout IN O
the DT B
banana-exporting JJ I
city NN I
of IN O
Puerto NNP B
Armuelles NNP I
, , O
which WDT B
was VBD O
ruled VBN O
by IN O
United NNP B
Fruit NNP I
Co NNP I
. . O

The DT B
campaign NN I
so RB O
divided VBD O
union NN B
leaders NNS I
that IN O
the DT B
government NN I
found VBD O
them PRP B
far RB O
easier JJR O
to TO O
control VB O
. . O

`` `` O
It PRP B
was VBD O
like IN O
a DT B
play NN I
on IN O
Broadway NNP B
, , O
'' '' O
recalls VBZ O
Mr. NNP B
Martinez NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
Noriega NNP B
managed VBD O
the DT B
whole JJ I
thing NN I
. . O

He PRP B
was VBD O
superb JJ O
. . O

Noriega NNP B
was VBD O
an DT B
expert NN I
at IN O
bribing VBG O
and CC O
blackmailing VBG O
people NNS B
. . O
'' '' O

During IN O
his PRP$ B
years NNS I
in IN O
Chiriqui NNP B
, , O
however RB O
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
also RB O
revealed VBD O
himself PRP B
as IN O
an DT B
officer NN I
as RB O
perverse JJ O
as IN O
he PRP B
was VBD O
ingenious JJ O
. . O

Rodrigo NNP B
Miranda NNP I
, , O
a DT B
local JJ I
lawyer NN I
and CC I
human-rights JJ I
monitor NN I
, , O
recalls VBZ O
an DT B
intoxicated JJ I
Noriega NNP I
visiting VBG O
prisoners NNS B
in IN O
their PRP$ B
cells NNS I
at IN O
the DT B
5th NNP I
Zone NNP I
Garrison NNP I
headquarters NN I
in IN O
David NNP B
, , O
where WRB O
he PRP B
had VBD O
his PRP$ B
offices NNS I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
would MD O
order VB O
them PRP B
all DT O
to TO O
take VB O
off IN O
their PRP$ B
clothes NNS I
and CC O
run VB O
around IN O
the DT B
courtyard NN I
naked JJ O
, , O
laughing VBG O
at IN O
them PRP B
and CC O
then RB O
retreating VBG O
to TO O
his PRP$ B
office NN I
. . O

`` `` O
People NNS B
started VBD O
wondering VBG O
if IN O
something NN B
was VBD O
wrong JJ O
with IN O
him PRP B
, , O
'' '' O
Mr. NNP B
Miranda NNP I
recalls VBZ O
. . O

But CC O
through IN O
this DT B
period NN I
, , O
so RB O
far RB O
as IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
military NN I
was VBD O
concerned VBN O
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
was VBD O
a DT B
model NN I
recruit NN I
. . O

He PRP B
signed VBD O
up IN O
for IN O
intelligence NN B
and CC I
counter-intelligence JJ I
training NN I
under IN O
American JJ B
officers NNS I
at IN O
Fort NNP B
Gulick NNP I
in IN O
Panama NNP B
in IN O
July NNP B
1967 CD I
, , O
according VBG O
to TO O
a DT B
copy NN I
of IN O
a DT B
1983 CD I
resume NN I
with IN O
details NNS B
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
has VBZ O
since IN O
classified VBN O
as IN O
secret NN O
. . O

He PRP B
flew VBD O
to TO O
Fort NNP B
Bragg NNP I
, , O
N.C. NNP B
, , O
in IN O
September NNP B
of IN O
that DT B
year NN I
for IN O
a DT B
course NN I
in IN O
psychological JJ B
operations NNS I
, , O
returning VBG O
to TO O
the DT B
School NNP I
of IN O
the DT B
Americas NNP I
in IN O
Panama NNP B
for IN O
a DT B
two-month JJ I
course NN I
called VBN O
`` `` O
military JJ B
intelligence NN I
for IN O
officers NNS B
. . O
'' '' O

Some DT B
American JJ I
officers NNS I
interpreted VBD O
his PRP$ B
eagerness NN I
and CC I
studiousness NN I
as IN O
a DT B
sign NN I
of IN O
loyalty NN B
, , O
but CC O
they PRP B
did VBD O
so RB O
falsely RB O
. . O

He PRP B
rose VBD O
to TO O
chief NN B
of IN O
intelligence NN B
in IN O
Panama NNP B
's POS B
socalled JJ I
G-2 NN I
in IN O
1970 CD B
after IN O
providing VBG O
populist JJ O
dictator NN O
Torrijos NNP B
the DT B
critical JJ I
support NN I
to TO O
defeat VB O
a DT B
coup NN I
attempt NN I
against IN O
him PRP B
a DT B
year NN I
earlier RBR O
. . O

He PRP B
became VBD O
Gen. NNP B
Torrijos NNP I
's POS B
inseparable JJ I
shadow NN I
, , O
and CC O
the DT B
holder NN I
of IN O
all DT B
Panama NNP I
's POS B
secrets NNS I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
, , O
by IN O
now RB B
a DT B
lieutenant NN I
colonel NN I
, , O
expanded VBD O
his PRP$ B
contacts NNS I
to TO O
include VB O
the DT B
Cubans NNPS I
-- : O
not RB O
to TO O
mention VB O
the DT B
Israelis NNPS I
, , O
the DT B
Taiwanese JJ I
and CC O
any DT B
other JJ I
intelligence NN I
service NN I
that WDT B
came VBD O
knocking VBG O
. . O

When WRB O
U.S. NNP B
diplomats NNS I
complained VBD O
to TO O
the DT B
CIA NNP I
of IN O
Col. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
moonlighting NN I
, , O
intelligence NN B
experts NNS I
always RB O
insisted VBD O
that IN O
his PRP$ B
allegiance NN I
was VBD O
first JJ O
to TO O
the DT B
Americans NNPS I
. . O

`` `` O
Early RB O
on IN O
in IN O
the DT B
State NNP I
Department NNP I
, , O
we PRP B
took VBD O
to TO O
calling VBG O
him PRP B
the DT B
rent-a-colonel NN I
, , O
in IN O
tribute NN B
to TO O
his PRP$ B
ability NN I
to TO O
simultaneously RB O
milk NN O
the DT B
antagonistic JJ I
intelligence NN I
services NNS I
of IN O
Cuba NNP B
and CC O
the DT B
United NNP I
States NNPS I
, , O
'' '' O
recalls VBZ O
Francis NNP B
J. NNP I
McNeil NNP I
, , O
who WP B
, , O
as IN O
deputy NN B
assistant NN I
secretary NN I
of IN O
state NN B
for IN O
inter-American JJ B
affairs NNS I
, , O
first JJ O
ran VBD O
across IN O
reports NNS B
about IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
in IN O
1977 CD B
. . O

`` `` O
Some DT B
of IN O
us PRP B
wondered VBD O
how WRB O
our PRP$ B
intelligence NN I
people NNS I
could MD O
put VB O
so RB B
much JJ I
stock NN I
in IN O
his PRP$ B
information NN I
when WRB O
he PRP B
was VBD O
just RB O
as IN O
close RB O
to TO O
the DT B
Cubans NNPS I
. . O
'' '' O

Even RB O
at IN O
this DT B
early JJ I
stage NN I
, , O
drugs NNS B
caused VBD O
additional JJ B
concerns NNS I
. . O

During IN O
the DT B
Nixon NNP I
administration NN I
, , O
the DT B
Drug NNP I
Enforcement NNP I
Administration NNP I
became VBD O
dismayed VBN O
at IN O
the DT B
extent NN I
of IN O
the DT B
G-2 NN I
's POS B
connections NNS I
to TO O
arrested VBN B
drug NN I
traffickers NNS I
. . O

One CD B
DEA NNP I
agent NN I
drew VBD O
up IN O
a DT B
list NN I
of IN O
five CD B
options NNS I
for IN O
dealing VBG O
with IN O
Col. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
, , O
one CD O
of IN O
which WDT B
was VBD O
assassination NN B
. . O

The DT B
head NN I
of IN O
the DT B
DEA NNP I
at IN O
the DT B
time NN I
, , O
John NNP B
Ingersoll NNP I
, , O
scotched VBD O
the DT B
assassination NN I
plan NN I
. . O

But CC O
he PRP B
did VBD O
fly VB O
to TO O
Panama NNP B
to TO O
scold VB O
dictator NN B
Torrijos NNP I
on IN O
the DT B
drug NN I
ties NNS I
of IN O
Panamanian JJ B
officials NNS I
, , O
including VBG O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Ingersoll NNP I
later RB O
recalled VBD O
that IN O
Gen. NNP B
Torrijos NNP I
seemed VBD O
afraid JJ O
to TO O
act VB O
on IN O
the DT B
concerns NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
Everybody NN B
was VBD O
afraid JJ O
of IN O
him PRP B
, , O
'' '' O
Mr. NNP B
Ingersoll NNP I
says VBZ O
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
became VBD O
an DT B
even RB I
greater JJR I
threat NN I
in IN O
1976 CD B
, , O
when WRB O
U.S. NNP B
intelligence NN I
services NNS I
discovered VBN O
that IN O
he PRP B
had VBD O
been VBN O
buying VBG O
recordings NNS B
of IN O
electronically RB B
monitored VBN I
conversations NNS I
from IN O
three CD B
sergeants NNS I
working VBG O
for IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
Army NNP I
's POS B
470th NNP I
Military NNP I
Intelligence NNP I
Group NNP I
. . O

The DT B
tapes NNS I
included VBD O
wiretaps NNS B
of IN O
Gen. NNP B
Torrijos NNP I
's POS B
own JJ I
phone NN I
, , O
according VBG O
to TO O
American JJ B
intelligence NN I
officials NNS I
. . O

`` `` O
We PRP B
caught VBD O
him PRP B
with IN O
his PRP$ B
hands NNS I
on IN O
our PRP$ B
cookie NN I
jar NN I
, , O
'' '' O
says VBZ O
former JJ B
CIA NNP I
Director NNP I
Stansfield NNP I
Turner NNP I
. . O

For IN O
the DT B
first JJ I
time NN I
, , O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
considered VBD O
cutting VBG O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
from IN O
its PRP$ B
intelligence NN I
payroll NN I
-- : O
and CC O
the DT B
deliberations NNS I
were VBD O
intense JJ O
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Turner NNP I
says VBZ O
. . O

`` `` O
In IN O
the DT B
world NN I
of IN O
intelligence NN B
, , O
if IN O
you PRP B
want VBP O
to TO O
get VB O
information NN B
, , O
you PRP B
get VBP O
it PRP B
from IN O
seedy JJ B
characters NNS I
. . O

The DT B
question NN I
is VBZ O
how WRB O
much JJ O
you PRP B
get VBP O
tied VBN O
in IN O
with IN O
seedy JJ B
characters NNS I
so IN O
they PRP B
can MD O
extort VB O
you PRP B
. . O
'' '' O

Intelligence NN B
officials NNS I
to TO O
this DT B
day NN I
worry NN O
whether IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
sold VBD O
sensitive JJ B
information NN I
on IN O
the DT B
recordings NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
Cubans NNPS I
or CC O
others NNS B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Turner NNP I
was VBD O
troubled JJ O
enough RB O
to TO O
cancel VB O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
contract NN I
with IN O
the DT B
rent-a-colonel NN I
at IN O
the DT B
beginning NN I
of IN O
the DT B
Carter NNP I
administration NN I
. . O

The DT B
U.S. NNP I
soon RB O
found VBD O
new JJ B
cause NN I
for IN O
concern NN B
: : O
gun-running JJ B
. . O

Prosecutors NNS B
in IN O
Southern NNP B
Florida NNP I
indicted VBD O
five CD B
Panamanians NNS I
on IN O
charges NNS B
of IN O
illegally RB O
running VBG O
arms NNS B
to TO O
Sandinista NNP B
rebels NNS I
trying VBG O
to TO O
overthrow VB O
the DT B
Nicaraguan JJ I
government NN I
of IN O
Mr. NNP B
Somoza NNP I
. . O

They PRP B
included VBD O
one CD B
of IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
closest JJS I
friends NNS I
and CC I
business NN I
partners NNS I
, , O
Carlos NNP B
Wittgreen NNP I
. . O

And CC O
the DT B
investigators NNS I
were VBD O
quickly RB O
closing VBG O
in IN O
on IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
himself PRP B
. . O

At IN O
the DT B
time NN I
, , O
though RB O
, , O
in IN O
1979 CD B
, , O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
was VBD O
once RB O
again RB O
flirting VBG O
with IN O
its PRP$ B
longtime JJ I
Latin NNP I
American JJ I
spy NN I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
made VBD O
plans NNS B
to TO O
fly VB O
to TO O
Washington NNP B
for IN O
a DT B
meeting NN I
with IN O
his PRP$ B
counterpart NN I
at IN O
the DT B
Pentagon NNP I
. . O

Dade NNP B
County NNP I
and CC I
federal JJ I
authorities NNS I
, , O
learning VBG O
that IN O
he PRP B
intended VBD O
to TO O
fly VB O
through IN O
Miami NNP B
, , O
made VBN O
plans NNS B
to TO O
arrest VB O
him PRP B
on IN O
the DT B
gun-running JJ I
charges NNS I
as RB O
soon RB O
as IN O
he PRP B
hit VBD O
U.S. NNP B
soil NN I
. . O

It PRP B
was VBD O
a DT B
Friday NNP I
in IN O
June NNP B
. . O

The DT B
Pentagon NNP I
foiled VBD O
the DT B
plan NN I
. . O

According VBG O
to TO O
military JJ B
officers NNS I
at IN O
the DT B
time NN I
, , O
word NN B
was VBD O
passed VBN O
to TO O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
by IN O
his PRP$ B
American JJ I
hosts NNS I
that IN O
the DT B
police NN I
would MD O
be VB O
waiting VBG O
. . O

On IN O
Monday NNP B
, , O
U.S. NNP B
officials NNS I
received VBD O
a DT B
routine NN I
, , I
unclassified JJ I
message NN I
from IN O
the DT B
military JJ I
group NN I
commander NN I
in IN O
Panama NNP B
. . O

`` `` O
Due JJ O
to TO O
health NN B
reasons NNS I
, , O
Lt. NNP B
Col. NNP I
Noriega NNP I
has VBZ O
elected VBN O
to TO O
postpone VB O
his PRP$ B
visit NN I
to TO O
Washington NNP B
, , O
'' '' O
it PRP B
read VBP O
. . O

Prosecutors NNS B
in IN O
Miami NNP B
received VBD O
yet RB B
another DT I
setback NN I
. . O

Their PRP$ B
original JJ I
indictment NN I
against IN O
Mr. NNP B
Wittgreen NNP I
, , O
the DT B
friend NN I
of IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
, , O
and CC O
the DT B
other JJ I
four CD I
was VBD O
dismissed VBN O
on IN O
a DT B
technicality NN I
. . O

But CC O
now RB O
, , O
along IN O
with IN O
reindicting VBG O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
pal NN I
, , O
they PRP B
intended VBD O
to TO O
charge VB O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
himself PRP B
, , O
on IN O
allegations NNS B
that IN O
he PRP B
was VBD O
involved VBN O
in IN O
the DT B
illegal JJ I
trading NN I
of IN O
some DT B
$ $ I
2 CD I
million CD I
in IN O
arms NNS B
. . O

In IN O
January NNP B
1980 CD I
, , O
Jerome NNP B
Sanford NNP I
, , O
as IN O
assistant NN B
U.S. NNP I
attorney NN I
, , O
was VBD O
summoned VBN O
to TO O
a DT B
meeting NN I
with IN O
a DT B
Federal NNP I
Bureau NNP I
of IN O
Investigation NNP B
agent NN O
assigned VBN O
to TO O
the DT B
Bureau NNP I
of IN O
Alcohol NN B
, , I
Tobacco NNP I
and CC I
Firearms NNP I
in IN O
Miami NNP B
. . O

Panamanian JJ O
dictator NN O
Torrijos NNP B
, , O
he PRP B
was VBD O
told VBN O
, , O
had VBD O
granted VBN O
the DT B
shah NN I
of IN O
Iran NNP B
asylum NN B
in IN O
Panama NNP B
as IN O
a DT B
favor NN I
to TO O
Washington NNP B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Sanford NNP I
was VBD O
told VBN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
friend NN I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Wittgreen NNP I
, , O
would MD O
be VB O
handling VBG O
the DT B
shah NN I
's POS B
security NN I
. . O

It PRP B
would MD O
n't RB O
be VB O
a DT B
good JJ I
idea NN I
to TO O
indict VB O
him PRP B
-- : O
much RB O
less JJR O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
, , O
the DT B
prosecutor NN I
was VBD O
told VBN O
. . O

After IN O
prodding VBG B
from IN O
Mr. NNP B
Sanford NNP I
, , O
U.S. NNP B
Attorney NNP I
Jack NNP I
Eskenazi NNP I
pleaded VBD O
with IN O
Justice NNP B
Department NNP I
officials NNS I
in IN O
Washington NNP B
to TO O
let VB O
the DT B
indictment NN I
proceed VB O
. . O

`` `` O
Unfortunately RB O
, , O
'' '' O
Mr. NNP B
Eskenazi NNP I
wrote VBD O
in IN O
a DT B
letter NN I
, , O
`` `` O
those DT B
of IN O
us PRP B
in IN O
law NN B
enforcement NN I
in IN O
Miami NNP B
find NN O
ourselves PRP B
frequently RB O
attempting VBG O
to TO O
enforce VB O
the DT B
laws NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
United NNP I
States NNPS I
but CC O
simultaneously RB O
being VBG O
caught VBN O
between IN O
foreign JJ B
policy NN I
considerations NNS I
over IN O
which WDT B
we PRP B
have VBP O
no DT B
control NN I
. . O
'' '' O

The DT B
letter NN I
, , O
along IN O
with IN O
a DT B
detailed VBN I
prosecution NN I
memo NN I
, , O
sat VBD O
on IN O
the DT B
desks NNS I
of IN O
Justice NNP B
officials NNS I
for IN O
months NNS B
before IN O
the DT B
case NN I
died VBD O
a DT B
quiet JJ I
death NN I
. . O

`` `` O
I PRP B
think VBP O
if IN O
we PRP B
had VBD O
been VBN O
allowed VBN O
to TO O
go VB O
ahead RB O
then RB O
we PRP B
would MD O
n't RB O
have VB O
the DT B
problems NNS I
we PRP B
have VBP O
now RB O
, , O
'' '' O
Mr. NNP B
Sanford NNP I
says VBZ O
. . O

`` `` O
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he PRP B
had VBD O
been VBN O
found VBN O
guilty JJ O
, , O
we PRP B
could MD O
have VB O
stopped VBN O
him PRP B
. . O
'' '' O

In IN O
August NNP B
1983 CD I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
took VBD O
over IN O
as IN O
General NNP B
and CC O
de-facto JJ B
dictator NN I
of IN O
Panama NNP B
, , O
having VBG O
maneuvered VBN O
his PRP$ B
way NN I
to TO O
the DT B
top JJ I
only RB B
two CD I
years NNS I
after IN O
the DT B
mysterious JJ I
death NN I
in IN O
a DT B
plane NN I
crash NN I
of IN O
his PRP$ B
old JJ I
boss NN I
Omar NNP I
Torrijos NNP I
. . O

Soon RB O
, , O
the DT B
military NN I
became VBD O
a DT B
veritable JJ I
mafia NN I
controlling VBG O
legal JJ B
and CC I
illegal JJ I
businesses NNS I
. . O

The DT B
Reagan NNP I
administration NN I
also RB O
put VB O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
G-2 NN I
back RB O
on IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
payroll NN I
. . O

Payments NNS B
averaged VBD O
nearly RB B
$ $ I
200,000 CD I
a DT B
year NN I
from IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
Defense NNP I
Intelligence NNP I
Agency NNP I
and CC O
the DT B
CIA NNP I
. . O

Although IN O
working VBG O
for IN O
U.S. NNP B
intelligence NN I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
was VBD O
hardly RB O
helping VBG O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
exclusively RB O
. . O

During IN O
the DT B
Reagan NNP I
years NNS I
he PRP B
expanded VBD O
his PRP$ B
business NN I
and CC I
intelligence NN I
contacts NNS I
with IN O
the DT B
Cubans NNPS I
and CC O
the DT B
Sandinistas NNPS I
. . O

He PRP B
allegedly RB O
entered VBD O
into IN O
Panama NNP B
's POS B
first JJ I
formal JJ I
business NN I
arrangement NN I
with IN O
Colombian JJ B
drug NN I
bosses NNS I
, , O
according VBG O
to TO O
Floyd NNP B
Carlton NNP I
, , O
a DT B
pilot NN I
who WP B
once RB O
worked VBD O
for IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
and CC O
who WP B
testified VBD O
before IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
grand JJ I
jury NN I
in IN O
Miami NNP B
that WDT B
would MD O
ultimately RB O
indict VB O
the DT B
Panamanian JJ I
on IN O
drug NN B
charges NNS I
. . O

But CC O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
was VBD O
convinced VBN O
the DT B
Reagan NNP I
White NNP I
House NNP I
would MD O
n't RB O
act VB O
against IN O
him PRP B
, , O
recalls VBZ O
his PRP$ B
close NN I
ally NN I
Jose NNP B
Blandon NNP I
, , O
because IN O
he PRP B
had VBD O
an DT B
insurance NN I
policy NN I
: : O
his PRP$ B
involvement NN I
with IN O
the DT B
Contra NNP I
rebels NNS I
in IN O
Nicaragua NNP B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Blandon NNP I
says VBZ O
the DT B
general JJ I
allowed VBN O
the DT B
Contras NNPS I
to TO O
set VB O
up IN O
a DT B
secret JJ I
training NN I
center NN I
in IN O
Panama NNP B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
also RB O
conveyed VBD O
intelligence NN B
from IN O
his PRP$ B
spy NN I
operation NN I
inside IN O
the DT B
Nicaraguan JJ I
capital NN I
of IN O
Managua NNP B
. . O

And CC O
on IN O
at IN B
least JJS I
one CD I
occasion NN I
, , O
in IN O
the DT B
spring NN I
of IN O
1985 CD B
, , O
he PRP B
helped VBD O
arrange VB O
a DT B
sabotage NN I
attack NN I
on IN O
a DT B
Sandinista NNP I
arsenal NN I
in IN O
Nicaragua NNP B
. . O

Although IN O
, , O
his PRP$ B
help NN I
for IN O
the DT B
Contra NNP I
cause NN I
was VBD O
limited JJ O
, , O
it PRP B
was VBD O
enough RB O
to TO O
win VB O
him PRP B
important JJ B
protectors NNS I
in IN O
the DT B
Reagan NNP I
administration NN I
, , O
says VBZ O
Sen. NNP B
Patrick NNP I
Leahy NNP I
, , O
a DT B
Vermont NNP I
Democrat NNP I
who WP B
then RB O
served VBN O
on IN O
the DT B
Senate NNP I
Intelligence NNP I
Committee NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
Noriega NNP B
played VBD O
U.S. NNP B
intelligence NN I
agencies NNS I
and CC O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
government NN I
like IN O
a DT B
violin NN I
, , O
'' '' O
he PRP B
says VBZ O
. . O

An DT B
incident NN I
in IN O
1984 CD B
suggested VBD O
one CD B
additional JJ I
means NNS I
by IN O
which WDT B
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
might MD O
have VB O
maintained VBN O
such JJ B
influence NN I
with IN O
Washington NNP B
-- : O
by IN O
compromising VBG O
U.S. NNP B
officials NNS I
. . O

Curtin NNP B
Windsor NNP I
, , O
then RB O
the DT B
ambassador NN I
to TO O
Costa NNP B
Rica NNP I
, , O
recalls VBZ O
being VBG O
invited VBN O
to TO O
Panama NNP B
by IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
brother NN I
Luis NNP B
Carlos NNP I
for IN O
a DT B
weekend NN I
of IN O
deep JJ B
sea NN I
fishing NN I
and CC O
`` `` O
quiet JJ B
, , I
serious JJ I
conversation NN I
'' '' O
on IN O
the DT B
Aswara NNP I
Peninsula NNP I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Windsor NNP I
notified VBD O
Everett NNP B
E. NNP I
Briggs NNP I
, , O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
ambassador NN I
to TO O
Panama NNP B
, , O
of IN O
the DT B
invitation NN I
. . O

`` `` O
Briggs NNP B
screamed VBD O
, , O
'' '' O
Mr. NNP B
Windsor NNP I
recalls VBZ O
. . O

He PRP B
says VBZ O
Mr. NNP B
Briggs NNP I
told VBD O
him PRP B
he PRP B
was VBD O
being VBG O
set VBN O
up IN O
for IN O
a DT B
`` `` I
honey NN I
trap NN I
, , O
'' '' O
in IN O
which WDT B
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
would MD O
try VB O
to TO O
involve VB O
him PRP B
in IN O
an DT B
orgy NN I
and CC O
then JJ O
record NN O
the DT B
event NN I
`` `` O
with IN O
sound NN B
and CC I
video NN I
. . O
'' '' O

Mr. NNP B
Briggs NNP I
, , O
on IN O
vacation NN B
after IN O
resigning VBG O
his PRP$ B
position NN I
at IN O
the DT B
National NNP I
Security NNP I
Council NNP I
, , O
could MD O
n't RB O
be VB O
reached VBN O
for IN O
comment NN B
. . O

As IN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
's POS B
political JJ I
troubles NNS I
grew VBD O
, , O
so RB O
did VBD O
his PRP$ B
offers NNS I
of IN O
assistance NN B
to TO O
the DT B
Contras NNPS I
, , O
an DT B
apparent JJ I
attempt NN I
to TO O
curry VB O
more JJR B
favor NN I
in IN O
Washington NNP B
. . O

For IN O
instance NN B
, , O
he PRP B
helped VBD O
steal VB O
the DT B
May NNP I
1984 CD I
Panamanian JJ I
elections NNS I
for IN O
the DT B
ruling NN I
party NN I
. . O

But CC O
just RB B
one CD I
month NN I
later RB O
, , O
he PRP B
also RB O
contributed VBD O
$ $ B
100,000 CD I
to TO O
a DT B
Contra NNP I
leader NN I
, , O
according VBG O
to TO O
documents NNS B
released VBN O
for IN O
Oliver NNP B
North NNP I
's POS B
criminal JJ I
trial NN I
in IN O
Washington NNP B
, , O
D.C NNP B
. . O

Yet RB O
, , O
his PRP$ B
political JJ I
setbacks NNS I
mounted VBN O
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
was VBD O
accused VBN O
of IN O
ordering VBG O
in IN O
1985 CD B
the DT B
beheading NN I
of IN O
Hugo NNP B
Spadafora NNP I
, , O
his PRP$ B
most RBS I
outspoken JJ I
political JJ I
opponent NN I
and CC O
the DT B
first JJ I
man NN I
to TO O
publicly RB O
finger NN O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
on IN O
drug NN B
trafficking NN I
charges NNS I
. . O

He PRP B
then RB O
ousted VBD O
President NNP B
Nicholas NNP I
Ardito NNP I
Barletta NNP I
, , O
a DT B
former JJ I
World NNP I
Bank NNP I
official NN I
with IN O
close NN B
ties NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
, , O
after IN O
Mr. NNP B
Barletta NNP I
tried VBD O
to TO O
create VB O
a DT B
commission NN I
to TO O
investigate VB O
the DT B
murder NN I
. . O

And CC O
, , O
all PDT B
the DT I
while NN I
, , O
Panama NNP B
's POS B
debt NN I
problems NNS I
continued VBD O
to TO O
grow VB O
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
was VBD O
growing VBG O
desperate JJ O
. . O

In IN O
late JJ B
1986 CD I
, , O
he PRP B
made VBD O
an DT B
offer NN I
he PRP B
thought VBD O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
could MD O
n't RB O
refuse VB O
. . O

As IN O
recounted VBN O
in IN O
a DT B
stipulation NN I
that WDT B
summarized VBD O
government NN B
documents NNS I
released VBN O
for IN O
the DT B
North NNP I
trial NN I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Noriega NNP I
offered VBD O
to TO O
assassinate VB O
the DT B
Sandinista NNP I
leadership NN I
in IN O
exchange NN B
`` `` O
for IN O
a DT B
promise NN I
to TO O
help VB O
clean JJ O
up IN O
Noriega NNP B
's POS B
image NN I
and CC O
a DT B
commitment NN I
to TO O
lift VB O
the DT B
-LCB- ( I
U.S. NNP I
. . I
-RCB- ) I
ban NN I
on IN O
military JJ B
sales NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
Panamanian NNP I
Defense NNP I
Forces NNPS I
. . O
'' '' O

`` `` O
North NNP B
, , O
'' '' O
the DT B
document NN I
went VBD O
on IN O
, , O
referring VBG O
to TO O
Oliver NNP B
North NNP I
, , O
`` `` O
has VBZ O
told VBN O
Noriega NNP B
's POS B
representative NN I
that IN O
U.S. NNP B
law NN I
forbade VBD O
such JJ B
actions NNS I
. . O

The DT B
representative NN I
responded VBD O
that IN O
Noriega NNP B
had VBD O
numerous JJ B
assets NNS I
in IN O
place NN B
in IN O
Nicaragua NNP B
and CC O
could MD O
accomplish VB O
many JJ B
essential JJ I
things NNS I
, , O
just RB O
as IN O
Noriega NNP B
had VBD O
helped VBN O
-LCB- ( O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
. . O
-RCB- ) O
the DT B
previous JJ I
year NN I
in IN O
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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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'' '' O
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, , O
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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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men NNS I
. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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`` `` O
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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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water-treatment NN I
plants NNS I
toward IN O
the DT B
end NN I
of IN O
the DT B
19th JJ I
century NN I
. . O

Medicine NNP B
in IN O
the DT B
19th JJ I
century NN I
was VBD O
dedicated VBN O
mostly RB O
to TO O
combating VBG O
sepsis NN B
and CC O
diagnostic JJ B
analysis NN I
. . O

Then RB O
the DT B
20th JJ I
century NN I
saw VBD O
the DT B
evolution NN I
of IN O
private-sector JJ B
wonder NN I
drugs NNS I
, , O
which WDT B
promulgated VBD O
medical JJ B
therapy NN I
. . O

The DT B
process NN I
dramatically RB O
increased VBD O
our PRP$ B
average JJ I
life NN I
expectancy NN I
, , O
eliminated VBN O
much JJ B
pain NN I
and CC O
constantly RB O
improved VBN O
health NN B
and CC I
well-being NN I
. . O

Most JJS B
public-health JJ I
measures NNS I
were VBD O
handled VBN O
at IN O
the DT B
local JJ I
level NN I
. . O

New NNP B
Environmentalism NNP I
probably RB O
started VBD O
in IN O
1962 CD B
with IN O
the DT B
publication NN I
of IN O
Rachel NNP B
Carson NNP I
's POS B
book NN I
`` `` O
Silent NNP B
Spring NNP I
. . O
'' '' O

Shortly RB O
thereafter RB O
, , O
hysterical JJ B
articles NNS I
began VBD O
to TO O
appear VB O
predicting VBG O
that WDT O
advanced VBD B
industrial JJ I
societies NNS I
would MD O
produce VB O
a DT B
blackened VBN I
, , I
uninhabitable JJ I
planet NN I
possibly RB O
by IN O
the DT B
turn NN I
of IN O
the DT B
century NN I
. . O

These DT B
apocalyptic JJ I
predictions NNS I
were VBD O
advanced VBN O
by IN O
such JJ B
stalwarts NNS I
as IN O
Paul NNP B
Ehrlich NNP I
, , O
Barry NNP B
Commoner NNP I
, , O
Rene NNP B
Dubois NNP I
and CC O
George NNP B
Wald NNP I
. . O

Writing VBG O
in IN O
the DT B
1960s CD I
Ms. NNP B
Carson NNP I
suggested VBD O
that IN O
the DT B
human JJ I
race NN I
could MD O
be VB O
eliminated VBN O
in IN O
20 CD B
years NNS I
, , O
and CC O
Mr. NNP B
Wald NNP I
suggested VBD O
that DT O
life NN B
on IN O
earth NN B
might MD O
end VB O
by IN O
1985 CD B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Ehrlich NNP I
predicted VBD O
unprecedented JJ B
famine NN I
by IN O
1980 CD B
. . O

There EX B
were VBD O
many RB B
more JJR I
. . O

Thousands NNS B
of IN O
chemical NN B
products NNS I
were VBD O
categorized VBN O
as IN O
carcinogenic JJ O
, , O
with IN O
recommendations NNS B
that IN O
they PRP B
be VBP O
banned VBN O
from IN O
industrial JJ B
use NN I
because IN O
they PRP B
produced VBD O
malignant JJ B
tumors NNS I
in IN O
overdosed VBN B
rats NNS I
. . O

Unknown JJ O
before IN O
1960 CD B
were VBD O
the DT B
inconclusive JJ I
effects NNS I
of IN O
acid NN B
rain NN I
, , O
greenhouse NN B
warming NN I
and CC O
ozone NN B
depletion NN I
, , O
all DT O
of IN O
which WDT B
required VBD O
burgeoning VBG B
political JJ I
power NN I
and CC O
gargantuan JJ B
expense NN I
. . O

Meanwhile RB O
, , O
the DT B
New NNP I
Environmentalists NNS I
systematically RB O
opposed VBN O
the DT B
methods NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
Old NNP I
Environmentalists NNS I
. . O

Local JJ B
pollution NN I
problems NNS I
require VBP O
cheap JJ B
energy NN I
and CC O
capital NN B
for IN O
their PRP$ B
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. . O

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the DT B
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oppose VBP O
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wealth NN I
creation NN I
-LRB- ( O
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, , O
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, , O
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-RRB- ) O
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-LRB- ( O
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-RRB- ) O
. . O

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of IN O
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the DT B
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for IN O
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of IN O
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of IN O
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as IN O
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. . O

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is VBZ O
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attack NN I
on IN O
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of IN O
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of IN O
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for IN O
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power NN I
. . O

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as IN O
heretofore RB O
. . O

Harry NNP B
Lee NNP I
Smith NNP I
Alpharetta NNP B
, , O
Ga NNP B
. . O

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of IN O
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`` `` O
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: : O
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? . O
'' '' O

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of IN O
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. . O

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, , O
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Academy NNP I
of IN O
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than IN I
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of IN O
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in IN O
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. . O

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was VBD O
to TO O
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conference NN I
title NN I
, , O
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itself PRP I
. . O

Nor CC O
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of IN O
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, , O
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raised VBN O
. . O

Each DT B
speaker NN I
was VBD O
asked VBN O
to TO O
address VB O
a DT B
specific JJ I
topic NN I
, , O
not RB O
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a DT B
point NN I
of IN O
view NN B
. . O

Each DT B
scientist NN I
independently RB O
concluded VBD O
society NN B
and CC I
government NN I
are VBP O
underreacting VBG O
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to TO O
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policy NN I
change NN I
. . O

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leads VBZ O
to TO O
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very RB I
special JJ I
sense NN I
of IN O
urgency NN B
. . O

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the DT B
media NNS I
decide VBP O
to TO O
work VB O
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at IN O
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the DT B
public NN I
about IN O
these DT B
complex JJ I
and CC I
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, , O
that IN B
hardly RB O
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be VB O
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non-objective JJ B
journalism NN I
. . O

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environment NN I
can MD O
no RB O
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normal JJ I
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, , O
to TO O
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with IN O
on IN O
a DT B
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increments NNS I
of IN O
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. . O

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have VBP O
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the DT B
chemistry NN I
and CC I
physics NN I
of IN O
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's POS B
atmosphere NN I
. . O

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portends VBZ O
consequences NNS B
from IN O
what WP B
we PRP B
have VBP O
already RB O
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that WDT B
will MD O
be VB O
very RB O
destabilizing VBG O
to TO O
social JJ B
and CC I
economic JJ I
systems NNS I
. . O

The DT B
problems NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
environment NN I
are VBP O
so RB O
interrelated VBN O
, , O
so RB O
inextricably RB O
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with IN O
our PRP$ B
current JJ I
way NN I
of IN O
life NN B
and CC O
so RB O
large JJ O
that IN O
it PRP B
is VBZ O
unlikely JJ O
we PRP B
will MD O
be VB O
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to TO O
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effectively RB O
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major JJ B
changes NNS I
are VBP O
made VBN O
in IN O
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than IN I
10 CD I
years NNS I
. . O

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consensus NN I
from IN O
the DT B
scientific JJ I
community NN I
is VBZ O
that IN O
there EX B
is VBZ O
sufficient JJ B
evidence NN I
to TO O
advise VB O
major JJ B
policy NN I
changes NNS I
. . O

No DT O
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are VBP O
not RB O
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. . O

Thomas NNP B
E. NNP I
Lovejoy NNP I
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Secretary NNP I
for IN O
External NNP B
Affairs NNP I
Smithsonian NNP B
Institution NNP I

Coca-Cola NNP B
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, , O
fulfilling VBG O
its PRP$ B
dismal JJ I
earnings NNS I
forecast NN I
for IN O
1989 CD B
, , O
said VBD O
its PRP$ B
third-quarter JJ I
net JJ I
income NN I
fell VBD O
68 CD B
% NN I
on IN O
flat JJ B
revenue NN I
. . O

Stung VBN O
by IN O
higher JJR B
marketing NN I
costs NNS I
and CC O
slowing VBG B
volume NN I
growth NN I
, , O
the DT B
giant NN I
Coke NNP I
bottling NN I
operation NN I
said VBD O
net NN B
fell VBD O
to TO O
$ $ B
12.7 CD I
million CD I
, , O
or CC O
six CD B
cents NNS I
a DT B
share NN I
, , O
from IN O
$ $ B
39.9 CD I
million CD I
, , O
or CC O
26 CD B
cents NNS I
a DT B
share NN I
, , O
the DT B
year NN I
earlier RBR O
. . O

The DT B
results NNS I
met VBD O
estimates NNS B
of IN O
analysts NNS B
, , O
who WP B
had VBD O
already RB O
slashed VBN O
their PRP$ B
projections NNS I
after IN O
the DT B
company NN I
said VBD O
in IN O
late JJ B
August NNP I
that IN O
its PRP$ B
1989 CD I
earnings NNS I
could MD O
tumble VB O
as RB B
much JJ I
as IN I
37 CD I
% NN I
. . O

A DT B
company NN I
spokesman NN I
said VBD O
yesterday NN B
that IN O
Coca-Cola NNP B
Enterprises NNPS I
sticks NNS O
by IN O
its PRP$ B
1989 CD I
forecast NN I
. . O

Third-quarter JJ B
revenue NN I
was VBD O
flat JJ O
at IN O
$ $ B
1.02 CD I
billion CD I
. . O

The DT B
year-ago JJ I
results NNS I
, , O
however RB O
, , O
included VBD O
the DT B
operations NNS I
of IN O
a DT B
bottling NN I
business NN I
, , O
which WDT B
was VBD O
sold VBN O
last JJ B
December NNP I
. . O

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that DT B
bottling NN I
business NN I
, , O
Coca-Cola NNP B
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' POS B
volume NN I
, , O
measured VBN O
by IN O
cases NNS B
of IN O
soda NN B
, , O
rose VBD O
only RB B
1 CD I
% NN I
. . O

The DT B
volume NN I
is VBZ O
well RB O
below IN O
the DT B
industry NN I
's POS B
4 CD I
% NN I
to TO I
5 VB I
% NN I
growth NN I
rate NN I
of IN O
recent JJ B
years NNS I
, , O
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in IN O
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with IN O
other JJ B
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companies NNS I
for IN O
the DT B
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. . O

The DT B
latest JJS I
third-quarter JJ I
volume NN I
also RB O
compares VBZ O
with IN O
a DT B
very RB I
strong JJ I
10 CD I
% NN I
growth NN I
in IN O
the DT B
year-ago JJ I
quarter NN I
. . O

Coca-Cola NNP B
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blamed VBD O
the DT B
lower JJR I
volume NN I
on IN O
its PRP$ B
soft-drink NN I
prices NNS I
, , O
which WDT B
were VBD O
about IN O
3 CD O
% NN O
higher JJR O
in IN O
the DT B
third JJ I
quarter NN I
. . O

Consumers NNS B
have VBP O
been VBN O
accustomed VBN O
to TO O
buying VBG O
soft-drinks NNS B
at IN O
discounted VBN B
prices NNS I
for IN O
several JJ B
years NNS I
. . O

Coca-Cola NNP B
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said VBD O
it PRP B
had VBD O
to TO O
boost VB O
spending NN B
for IN O
trade NN B
and CC I
dealer NN I
incentives NNS I
to TO O
try VB O
to TO O
keep VB O
volumes NNS B
from IN O
slipping VBG O
. . O

The DT B
company NN I
said VBD O
it PRP B
expects VBZ O
consumers NNS B
will MD O
adjust VB O
to TO O
higher-priced JJ B
soft JJ I
drinks NNS I
. . O

A DT B
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attributed VBD O
the DT B
bulk NN I
of IN O
a DT B
14 CD I
% NN I
increase NN I
in IN O
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, , I
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-- : O
to TO O
$ $ B
324.9 CD I
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-- : O
to TO O
marketing NN B
costs NNS I
. . O

`` `` O
They PRP B
're VBP O
out IN O
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promoting VBG O
like IN O
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trying VBG O
to TO O
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prices NNS B
up IN O
by IN O
promotion NN B
, , O
'' '' O
said VBD O
Roy NNP B
Burry NNP I
, , O
an DT B
analyst NN I
with IN O
Kidder NNP B
, , I
Peabody NNP I
& CC I
Co NNP I
. . O

For IN O
the DT B
nine CD I
months NNS I
, , O
Coca-Cola NNP B
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' POS B
net NN I
fell VBD O
31 CD B
% NN I
to TO O
$ $ B
65 CD I
million CD I
, , O
or CC O
39 CD B
cents NNS I
a DT B
share NN I
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from IN O
$ $ B
93.8 CD I
million CD I
, , O
or CC O
63 CD B
cents NNS I
a DT B
share NN I
. . O

Revenue NN B
was VBD O
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at IN O
about RB B
$ $ I
2.97 CD I
billion CD I
. . O

Coca-Cola NNP B
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, , O
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is VBZ O
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by IN O
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about IN B
1.2 CD I
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of IN O
its PRP$ B
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during IN O
the DT B
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. . O

The DT B
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is VBZ O
part NN B
of IN O
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, , O
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Coca-Cola NNP B
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of IN O
9.7 CD B
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shares NNS I
. . O

Separately RB O
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Purchase NNP B
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269.3 CD I
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241.6 CD I
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91 CD B
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. . O

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25 CD B
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to TO O
$ $ B
3.90 CD I
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from IN O
$ $ B
3.13 CD I
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. . O

The DT B
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results NNS I
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an DT B
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of IN O
$ $ B
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of IN O
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Spain NNP B
. . O

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composite JJ B
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on IN O
the DT B
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, , O
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at IN O
$ $ B
16.375 CD I
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. . O

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closed VBD O
at IN O
$ $ B
58.50 CD I
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share NN I
, , O
up IN O
$ $ B
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. . O

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to TO O
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in IN O
principle NN B
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to TO O
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to TO O
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, , O
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with IN O
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talks NNS I
. . O

L.J. NNP B
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, , O
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in IN O
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, , O
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for IN O
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11 CD I
bankruptcy NN I
protection NN I
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. . O

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, , O
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of IN O
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, , O
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, , O
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by IN O
a DT B
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. . O

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that IN O
GE NNP B
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, , O
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of IN O
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of IN O
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for IN O
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of IN O
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, , O
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in IN O
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, , O
Calif NNP B
. . O

A DT B
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for IN O
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declined VBD O
to TO O
comment VB O
. . O

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has VBZ O
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with IN O
L.J. NNP B
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. . O

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providing VBG O
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in IN O
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to TO O
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and CC O
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much JJ I
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$ $ B
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in IN O
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from IN O
B. NNP B
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& CC I
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Teller NNP I
, , O
L.J. NNP B
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. . O

Sam NNP B
Merksamer NNP I
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executive JJ I
officer NN I
of IN O
the DT B
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, , O
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Sigoloff NNP I
, , O
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, , O
should MD O
offer VB O
the DT B
hope NN I
of IN O
something NN B
better JJR O
than IN O
that DT B
. . O

My PRP$ B
statement NN I
, , O
read VB O
verbatim RB O
from IN O
a DT B
printed VBN I
text NN I
available JJ O
to TO O
all DT B
reporters NNS I
attending VBG O
the DT B
National NNP I
Cancer NNP I
Institute NNP I
news NN I
conference NN I
, , O
was VBD O
the DT B
following VBG I
: : O
`` `` O
New NNP B
clinical JJ I
trials NNS I
are VBP O
already RB O
in IN O
operation NN B
seeking VBG O
to TO O
improve VB O
these DT B
results NNS I
. . O

These DT B
research NN I
protocols NNS I
offer VBP O
to TO O
the DT B
patient NN I
not RB O
only RB O
the DT B
very RB I
best JJS I
therapy NN I
which WDT B
we PRP B
have VBP O
established VBN O
today NN B
but CC O
also RB O
the DT B
hope NN I
of IN O
something NN B
still RB O
better JJR O
. . O

I PRP B
feel VBP O
any DT B
patient NN I
with IN O
high-risk JJ B
cancer NN I
is VBZ O
getting VBG O
short JJ B
shrift NN I
if IN O
he PRP B
is VBZ O
not RB O
offered VBN O
this DT B
opportunity NN I
. . O
'' '' O

We PRP B
have VBP O
very RB B
exciting JJ I
prospects NNS I
for IN O
far RB B
more RBR I
impressive JJ I
advances NNS I
in IN O
the DT B
treatment NN I
of IN O
colon NN B
cancer NN I
during IN O
the DT B
years NNS I
immediately RB O
ahead RB O
. . O

This DT B
hope NN I
, , O
however RB O
, , O
will MD O
never RB O
be VB O
realized VBN O
if IN O
we PRP B
use VBP O
levamisole NN B
and CC I
5-fluorouracil JJ I
as IN O
a DT B
stopping VBG I
point NN I
. . O

Charles NNP B
G. NNP I
Moertel NNP I
M.D NNP I
. . I
Mayo NNP B
Clinic NNP I
Rochester NNP B
, , O
Minn NNP B
. . O

The DT B
oil NN I
and CC I
auto NN I
industries NNS I
, , O
united VBN O
in IN O
their PRP$ B
dislike NN I
of IN O
President NNP B
Bush NNP I
's POS B
proposal NN I
for IN O
cars NNS B
that WDT B
run VBP O
on IN O
alternative NN B
fuels NNS I
, , O
announced VBD O
a DT B
joint JJ I
research NN I
program NN I
that WDT B
could MD O
turn VB O
up IN O
a DT B
cleaner-burning JJ I
gasoline NN I
. . O

Officials NNS B
of IN O
the DT B
Big NNP I
Three CD I
auto NN I
makers NNS I
and CC O
14 CD B
petroleum NN I
companies NNS I
said VBD O
they PRP B
are VBP O
setting VBG O
out IN O
to TO O
find VB O
the DT B
most RBS I
cost-effective JJ I
fuel NN I
for IN O
reducing VBG O
cities NNS B
' POS B
air-pollution NN I
problems NNS I
, , O
with IN O
no DT B
bias NN I
toward IN O
any DT B
fuel NN I
in IN O
particular NN B
. . O

However RB O
, , O
their PRP$ B
search NN I
notably RB O
wo MD O
n't RB O
include VB O
natural JJ B
gas NN I
or CC O
pure JJ B
methanol NN I
-- : O
the DT B
two CD I
front-running JJ I
alternative NN I
fuels NNS I
-- : O
in IN O
tests NNS B
to TO O
be VB O
completed VBN O
by IN O
next JJ B
summer NN I
. . O

Instead RB O
, , O
the DT B
tests NNS I
will MD O
focus VB O
heavily RB O
on IN O
new JJ B
blends NNS I
of IN O
gasoline NN B
, , O
which WDT B
are VBP O
still RB O
undeveloped JJ O
but CC O
which WDT B
the DT B
petroleum NN I
industry NN I
has VBZ O
been VBN O
touting VBG O
as IN O
a DT B
solution NN I
for IN O
automobile NN B
pollution NN I
that WDT B
is VBZ O
choking VBG O
urban JJ B
areas NNS I
. . O

Environmentalists NNS B
criticized VBD O
the DT B
program NN I
as IN O
merely RB B
a DT I
public-relations NNS I
attempt VBP I
to TO O
head VB O
off IN O
a DT B
White NNP I
House NNP I
proposal NN I
to TO O
require VB O
a DT B
million CD I
cars NNS I
a DT B
year NN I
that WDT B
run VBP O
on IN O
cleaner-burning JJ B
fuels NNS I
by IN O
1997 CD B
. . O

While IN O
major JJ B
oil NN I
companies NNS I
have VBP O
been VBN O
experimenting VBG O
with IN O
cleaner-burning JJ B
gasoline NN I
blends NNS I
for IN O
years NNS B
, , O
only RB B
Atlantic NNP I
Richfield NNP I
Co. NNP I
is VBZ O
now RB O
marketing VBG O
a DT B
lower-emission NN I
gasoline NN I
for IN O
older JJR B
cars NNS I
currently RB O
running VBG O
on IN O
leaded JJ B
fuel NN I
. . O

The DT B
initial JJ I
$ $ I
11 CD I
million CD I
research NN I
program NN I
will MD O
conduct VB O
the DT B
most RBS I
extensive JJ I
testing NN I
to TO O
date VB B
of IN O
reformulated VBN B
gasolines NNS I
, , O
said VBD O
Joe NNP B
Colucci NNP I
, , O
head NN B
of IN O
fuels NNS B
and CC I
lubricants NNS I
at IN O
General NNP B
Motors NNPS I
Corp. NNP I
research NN I
laboratories NNS I
. . O

It PRP B
will MD O
compare VB O
21 CD B
different JJ I
blends NNS I
of IN O
gasolines NNS B
with IN O
three CD B
mixtures NNS I
of IN O
up IN B
to TO I
85 CD I
% NN I
methanol NN I
. . O

A DT B
second JJ I
phase NN I
of IN O
research NN B
, , O
which WDT B
is VBZ O
still RB O
being VBG O
planned VBN O
, , O
will MD O
test VB O
reformulated VBN B
gasolines NNS I
on IN O
newer JJR B
engine NN I
technologies NNS I
now RB O
being VBG O
developed VBN O
for IN O
use NN B
in IN O
1992 CD B
or CC I
1993 CD I
cars NNS I
. . O

There EX B
was VBD O
no DT B
cost NN I
estimate NN I
for IN O
the DT B
second JJ I
phase NN I
. . O

`` `` O
The DT B
whole JJ I
idea NN I
here RB I
is VBZ O
the DT B
automobile NN I
and CC I
oil NN I
companies NNS I
have VBP O
joint JJ B
customers NNS I
, , O
'' '' O
said VBD O
Keith NNP B
McHenry NNP I
, , O
a DT B
senior JJ I
vice NN I
president NN I
of IN O
technology NN B
at IN O
Amoco NNP B
Corp NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
And CC O
we PRP B
are VBP O
looking VBG O
for IN O
the DT B
most RBS I
cost-effective JJ I
way NN I
to TO O
clean VB O
up IN O
the DT B
air NN I
. . O
'' '' O

But CC O
David NNP B
Hawkins NNP I
, , O
an DT B
environmental JJ I
lawyer NN I
with IN O
the DT B
Natural NNP I
Resources NNP I
Defense NNP I
Council NNP I
, , O
said VBD O
the DT B
research NN I
appears VBZ O
merely RB O
to TO O
be VB O
a DT B
way NN I
to TO O
promote VB O
reformulated VBN B
gasoline NN I
. . O

Oil NNP B
and CC I
auto NN I
companies NNS I
supported VBD O
a DT B
move NN I
on IN O
Capitol NNP B
Hill NNP I
last JJ B
week NN I
to TO O
gut VB O
Mr. NNP B
Bush NNP I
's POS B
plans NNS I
to TO O
require VB O
auto NN B
makers NNS I
to TO O
begin VB O
selling VBG O
alternative-fueled JJ B
cars NNS I
by IN O
1995 CD B
. . O

Instead RB O
, , O
a DT B
House NNP I
subcommittee NN I
adopted VBD O
a DT B
clean-fuels NNS I
program VBP I
that WDT B
specifically RB O
mentions VBZ O
reformulated VBN B
gasoline NN I
as IN O
an DT B
alternative NN I
. . O

The DT B
Bush NNP I
administration NN I
has VBZ O
said VBD O
it PRP B
will MD O
try VB O
to TO O
resurrect VB O
its PRP$ B
plan NN I
when WRB O
the DT B
House NNP I
Energy NNP I
and CC I
Commerce NNP I
Committee NNP I
takes VBZ O
up IN O
a DT B
comprehensive JJ I
clean-air JJ I
bill NN I
. . O

William NNP B
Seidman NNP I
, , O
chairman NN B
of IN O
the DT B
Federal NNP I
Deposit NNP I
Insurance NNP I
Corp. NNP I
, , O
said VBD O
Lincoln NNP B
Savings NNP I
& CC I
Loan NNP I
Association NNP I
should MD O
have VB O
been VBN O
seized VBN O
by IN O
the DT B
government NN I
in IN O
1986 CD B
to TO O
contain VB O
losses NNS B
that IN B
he PRP B
estimated VBD O
will MD O
cost VB O
taxpayers NNS B
as RB B
much JJ I
as IN I
$ $ I
2 CD I
billion CD I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
, , O
who WP B
has VBZ O
been VBN O
the DT B
nation NN I
's POS B
top JJ I
bank NN I
regulator NN I
, , O
inherited VBD O
the DT B
problems NNS I
of IN O
Lincoln NNP B
, , O
based VBN O
in IN O
Irvine NNP B
, , O
Calif. NNP B
, , O
after IN O
his PRP$ B
regulatory JJ I
role NN I
was VBD O
expanded VBN O
by IN O
the DT B
new JJ I
savings-and-loan JJ I
bailout NN I
law NN I
. . O

He PRP B
made VBD O
his PRP$ B
comments NNS I
before IN O
House NNP B
Banking NNP I
Committee NNP I
hearings NNS I
to TO O
investigate VB O
what WP B
appears VBZ O
to TO O
be VB O
the DT B
biggest JJS I
thrift NN I
disaster NN I
in IN O
a DT B
scandal-ridden JJ I
industry NN I
. . O

The DT B
inquiry NN I
also RB O
will MD O
cover VB O
the DT B
actions NNS I
of IN O
Charles NNP B
Keating NNP I
Jr. NNP I
, , O
who WP B
is VBZ O
chairman NN B
of IN O
American NNP B
Continental NNP I
Corp. NNP I
, , O
Lincoln NNP B
's POS B
parent NN I
, , O
and CC O
who WP B
contributed VBD O
heavily RB O
to TO O
several JJ B
U.S. NNP I
senators NNS I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
told VBD O
the DT B
committee NN I
that IN O
the DT B
Resolution NNP I
Trust NNP I
Corp. NNP I
, , O
the DT B
agency NN I
created VBN O
to TO O
sell VB O
sick JJ B
thrifts NNS I
, , O
has VBZ O
studied VBN O
Lincoln NNP B
's POS B
examination NN I
reports NNS I
by IN O
former JJ B
regulators NNS I
dating VBG O
back RB O
to TO O
1986 CD B
. . O

`` `` O
My PRP$ B
staff NN I
indicated VBD O
that WDT O
had VBD O
we PRP B
made VBD O
such JJ B
findings NNS I
in IN O
one CD B
of IN O
our PRP$ B
own JJ I
institutions NNS I
, , O
we PRP B
would MD O
have VB O
sought VBN O
an DT B
immediate JJ I
cease-and-desist JJ I
order NN I
to TO O
stop VB O
the DT B
hazardous JJ I
operations NNS I
, , O
'' '' O
Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
said VBD O
. . O

When WRB O
Lincoln NNP B
was VBD O
seized VBN O
by IN O
the DT B
government NN I
, , O
for IN O
example NN B
, , O
15 CD B
% NN I
of IN O
its PRP$ B
loans NNS I
, , O
or CC O
$ $ B
250 CD I
million CD I
, , O
were VBD O
to TO O
borrowers NNS B
who WP B
were VBD O
buying VBG O
real JJ B
estate NN I
from IN O
one CD B
of IN O
American NNP B
Continental NNP I
's POS B
50 CD I
other JJ I
subsidiaries NNS I
, , O
according VBG O
to TO O
Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
. . O

But CC O
the DT B
government NN I
did VBD O
n't RB O
step VB O
in IN O
until IN O
six CD B
months NNS I
ago RB O
, , O
when WRB O
thrift NN B
officials NNS I
put VBP O
Lincoln NNP B
into IN O
conservatorship NN B
-- : O
the DT B
day NN I
after IN O
American NNP B
Continental NNP I
filed VBD O
for IN O
Chapter NN B
11 CD I
bankruptcy NN I
protection NN I
from IN O
creditors NNS B
. . O

The DT B
bankruptcy NN I
filing NN I
, , O
the DT B
government NN I
has VBZ O
charged VBN O
in IN O
a DT B
$ $ I
1.1 CD I
billion CD I
civil JJ I
lawsuit NN I
, , O
was VBD O
part NN B
of IN O
a DT B
pattern NN I
to TO O
shift VB O
insured VBN B
deposits NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
parent NN I
company NN I
, , O
which WDT B
used VBD O
the DT B
deposits NNS I
as IN O
a DT B
cache NN I
for IN O
real-estate NN B
deals NNS I
. . O

The DT B
deposits NNS I
that WDT B
have VBP O
been VBN O
transferred VBN O
to TO O
other JJ B
subsidiaries NNS I
are VBP O
now RB O
under IN O
the DT B
jurisdiction NN I
of IN O
the DT B
bankruptcy NN I
court NN I
. . O

`` `` O
I PRP B
think VBP O
it PRP B
's VBZ O
fairly RB O
clear JJ O
-LCB- ( O
Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
-RCB- ) O
knew VBD O
, , O
'' '' O
that IN O
regulators NNS B
were VBD O
set VBN O
to TO O
seize VB O
Lincoln NNP B
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
said VBD O
. . O

Further JJ B
investigation NN I
, , O
he PRP B
said VBD O
, , O
may MD O
result VB O
in IN O
further JJ B
actions NNS I
against IN O
Lincoln NNP B
's POS B
executives NNS I
, , O
said VBD O
Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
, , O
`` `` O
including VBG O
fraud NN B
actions NNS I
. . O
'' '' O

Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
, , O
for IN O
his PRP$ B
part NN I
, , O
has VBZ O
filed VBN O
suit NN B
alleging VBG O
that IN O
regulators NNS B
unlawfully RB O
seized VBN O
the DT B
thrift NN I
. . O

Leonard NNP B
Bickwit NNP I
, , O
an DT B
attorney NN I
in IN O
Washington NNP B
for IN O
Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
, , O
declined VBD O
to TO O
comment VB O
on IN O
the DT B
hearings NNS I
, , O
except VB O
to TO O
say VB O
, , O
`` `` O
We PRP B
will MD O
be VB O
responding VBG O
comprehensively RB O
in IN O
several JJ B
forums NNS I
to TO O
each DT B
of IN O
these DT B
allegations NNS I
at IN O
the DT B
appropriate JJ I
time NN I
. . O
'' '' O

Lincoln NNP B
's POS B
treatment NN I
by IN O
former JJ B
thrift NN I
regulators NNS I
, , O
in IN O
an DT B
agency NN I
disbanded VBN O
by IN O
the DT B
new JJ I
law NN I
, , O
has VBZ O
proved VBN O
embarrassing JJ O
for IN O
five CD B
senators NNS I
who WP B
received VBD O
thousands NNS B
of IN O
dollars NNS B
in IN O
campaign NN B
contributions NNS I
from IN O
Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
said VBD O
yesterday NN B
, , O
for IN O
example NN B
, , O
that IN O
Sen. NNP B
Dennis NNP I
DeConcini NNP I
-LRB- ( O
D. NNP B
, , O
Ariz. NNP B
-RRB- ) O
, , O
who WP B
received VBD O
$ $ B
48,100 CD I
in IN O
contributions NNS B
from IN O
Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
, , O
phoned VBD O
Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
to TO O
request VB O
that IN O
he PRP B
push VBP O
for IN O
a DT B
sale NN I
of IN O
Lincoln NNP B
before IN O
it PRP B
would MD O
be VB O
seized VBN O
. . O

After IN O
the DT B
government NN I
lawsuit NN I
was VBD O
filed VBN O
against IN O
Lincoln NNP B
, , O
Sen. NNP B
DeConcini NNP I
returned VBD O
the DT B
campaign NN I
contributions NNS I
. . O

The DT B
senator NN I
's POS B
spokesman NN I
said VBD O
yesterday NN B
that IN O
he PRP B
pushed VBD O
for IN O
the DT B
sale NN I
of IN O
Lincoln NNP B
because IN O
`` `` O
hundreds NNS B
of IN O
Arizona NNP B
jobs NNS I
-LCB- ( O
at IN O
Lincoln NNP B
-RCB- ) O
were VBD O
on IN O
the DT B
line NN I
. . O
'' '' O

Senate NNP B
Banking NNP I
Committee NNP I
Chairman NNP I
Donald NNP I
Riegle NNP I
-LRB- ( O
D. NNP B
, , O
Mich NNP B
. . I
-RRB- ) O
has VBZ O
also RB O
returned VBN O
contributions NNS B
he PRP B
received VBD O
from IN O
Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
a DT B
year NN I
ago RB O
. . O

Sens. NNP O
John NNP O
Glenn NNP O
-LRB- ( O
D. NNP B
, , O
Ohio NNP B
-RRB- ) O
, , O
John NNP O
McCain NNP O
, , O
-LRB- ( O
R. NNP B
, , O
Ariz. NNP B
-RRB- ) O
and CC O
Alan NNP O
Cranston NNP O
-LRB- ( O
D. NNP B
, , O
Calif. NNP B
-RRB- ) O
also RB O
received VBD O
substantial JJ B
contributions NNS I
from IN O
Mr. NNP B
Keating NNP I
and CC O
sought VBD O
to TO O
intervene VB O
on IN O
behalf NN B
of IN O
Lincoln NNP B
. . O

House NNP B
Banking NNP I
Committee NNP I
Chairman NNP I
Henry NNP I
Gonzalez NNP I
-LRB- ( O
D. NNP B
, , O
Texas NNP B
-RRB- ) O
said VBD O
Sen. NNP B
Cranston NNP I
volunteered VBD O
to TO O
appear VB O
before IN O
the DT B
House NNP I
committee NN I
, , O
if IN O
necessary JJ O
. . O

But CC O
a DT B
committee NN I
staff NN I
member NN I
said VBD O
the DT B
panel NN I
is VBZ O
unlikely JJ O
to TO O
pursue VB O
closely RB O
the DT B
role NN I
of IN O
the DT B
senators NNS I
. . O

At IN O
the DT B
hearing NN I
, , O
Mr. NNP B
Seidman NNP I
said VBD O
the DT B
RTC NNP I
has VBZ O
already RB O
pumped VBN O
$ $ B
729 CD I
million CD I
into IN O
Lincoln NNP B
for IN O
liquidity NN B
. . O

He PRP B
also RB O
held VBD O
out IN O
little JJ B
hope NN I
of IN O
restitution NN B
for IN O
purchasers NNS B
of IN O
$ $ B
225 CD I
million CD I
in IN O
American NNP B
Continental NNP I
subordinated VBD I
debt NN I
. . O

Some DT B
of IN O
those DT B
debtholders NNS I
have VBP O
filed VBN O
a DT B
suit NN I
, , O
saying VBG O
they PRP B
believed VBD O
they PRP B
were VBD O
buying VBG O
government-insured JJ B
certificates NNS I
of IN O
deposit NN B
. . O

`` `` O
We PRP B
have VBP O
no DT B
plans NNS I
at IN O
this DT B
time NN I
to TO O
pay VB O
off IN O
those DT B
notes NNS I
, , O
'' '' O
he PRP B
said VBD O
. . O

Eastern NNP B
Airlines NNPS I
' POS B
creditors NNS I
committee NN I
, , O
unhappy JJ O
with IN O
the DT B
carrier NN I
's POS B
plans NNS I
for IN O
emerging VBG O
from IN O
bankruptcy-law NN B
proceedings NNS I
, , O
asked VBD O
its PRP$ B
own JJ I
experts NNS I
to TO O
devise VB O
alternate JJ B
approaches NNS I
to TO O
a DT B
reorganization NN I
. . O

Representatives NNS B
of IN O
the DT B
accounting NN I
firm NN I
of IN O
Ernst NNP B
& CC I
Young NNP I
and CC O
the DT B
securities NNS I
firm NN I
of IN O
Goldman NNP B
, , I
Sachs NNP I
& CC I
Co. NNP I
, , O
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creditors NNS B
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, , O
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's POS B
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protection NN I
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' POS B
approval NN I
. . O

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. . O
'' '' O

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`` `` O
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. . O
'' '' O

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`` `` O
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. . O
'' '' O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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to TO O
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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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creditors NNS I
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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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said VBD O
. . O

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. . O

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. . O

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the DT B
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Phil NNP I
Bakes NNP I
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. . O

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, , O
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. . O

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will MD O
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. . O

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Bakes NNP I
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to TO O
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's POS B
daily JJ I
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into IN O
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in IN O
escrow NN B
. . O

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accounts NNS I
hold VBP O
several JJ B
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, , O
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from IN O
asset NN B
sales NNS I
. . O

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plan NN I
Eastern NNP B
hopes VBZ O
to TO O
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said VBD O
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for IN O
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to TO O
have VB O
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. . O

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he PRP B
and CC O
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Lorenzo NNP I
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plan NN I
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. . O

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to TO O
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Lorenzo NNP I
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the DT B
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`` `` O
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. . O

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by IN O
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. . O
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, , O
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has VBZ O
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for IN O
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to TO O
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plan NN I
. . O

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and CC O
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be VB O
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again RB O
. . O

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Eastern NNP B
can MD O
get VB O
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be VB O
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. . O

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, , O
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. . O

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by IN O
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as IN O
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by IN O
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Lorenzo NNP I
and CC O
Mr. NNP B
Bakes NNP I
. . O

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sought VBD O
bankruptcy-law NN B
protection NN I
a DT B
few JJ I
days NNS I
after IN O
a DT B
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strike NN I
began VBD O
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4 CD I
. . O

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Lorenzo NNP I
told VBD O
reporters NNS B
the DT B
reorganization NN I
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is VBZ O
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would MD O
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85 CD B
% NN I
to TO I
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of IN O
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of IN O
the DT B
pre-bankruptcy NN I
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. . O

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projected VBD O
it PRP B
would MD O
be VB O
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about IN B
1,000 CD I
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day NN I
by IN O
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, , O
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than IN O
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carrier NN I
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of IN O
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day NN I
. . O

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OF IN O
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1990 CD B
are VBP O
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. . O

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method NN I
of IN O
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, , O
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. . O

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that WDT B
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in IN O
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; : O
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have VBP O
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to TO O
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off IN O
this DT B
year NN I
. . O

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and CC I
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simplification NN I
plan NN I
in IN O
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, , O
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to TO O
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. . O

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to TO O
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corporate JJ I
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. . O

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of IN O
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. . O

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of IN O
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, , I
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. . O

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is VBZ O
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. . O

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'S VBZ B
RAVAGES NNS I
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by IN O
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for IN O
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. . O

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law NN I
aids VBZ O
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by IN O
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as IN O
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after IN O
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. . O

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lets VBZ O
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to TO O
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on IN O
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1988 CD I
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16 CD I
to TO O
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. . O

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1988 CD I
return NN I
to TO O
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for IN O
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, , O
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to TO O
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publisher NN B
Prentice NNP I
Hall NNP I
. . O

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recoveries NNS I
-- : O
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to TO O
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that IN O
it PRP B
exceeds VBZ O
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the DT B
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exceed VBP O
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of IN O
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; : O
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may MD O
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when WRB O
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is VBZ O
lower JJR O
and CC O
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higher JJR O
. . O

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filing VBG O
an DT B
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, , O
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one CD B
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; : O
that WDT B
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. . O

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for IN O
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's POS B
victims NNS I
. . O

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for IN O
1988 CD B
from IN O
people NNS B
with IN O
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filing NN I
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were VBD O
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, , O
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the DT B
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in IN O
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wo MD O
n't RB O
be VB O
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for IN O
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filing NN I
if IN O
their PRP$ B
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are VBP O
marked VBN O
`` `` O
Hugo NNP B
'' '' O
and CC O
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by IN O
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16 CD I
. . O

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will MD O
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on IN O
unpaid JJ B
taxes NNS I
, , O
but CC O
late-payment NN B
penalties NNS I
on IN O
the DT B
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will MD O
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if IN O
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balance NN I
due JJ O
and CC O
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% NN I
or CC I
less JJR I
of IN O
the DT B
liability NN I
. . O

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89-136 CD I
describes VBZ O
this DT B
and CC O
other JJ B
deadline NN I
relief NN I
for IN O
Hugo NNP B
's POS B
victims NNS I
. . O

Among IN O
the DT B
provisions NNS I
: : O
Fiscal-year JJ B
taxpayers NNS I
with IN O
returns NNS B
due JJ O
last JJ B
Monday NNP I
wo MD O
n't RB O
be VB O
penalized VBN O
if IN O
they PRP B
file VBP O
-- : O
or CC O
request VB O
an DT B
extension NN I
-- : O
and CC O
pay VB O
tax NN B
due JJ O
by IN O
Nov. NNP B
15 CD I
. . O

Excise-tax JJ B
returns NNS I
due JJ O
by IN O
Oct. NNP B
31 CD I
or CC O
Nov. NNP B
30 CD I
may MD O
be VB O
delayed VBN O
to TO O
Jan. NNP B
16 CD I
. . O

Extensions NNS B
ca MD O
n't RB O
be VB O
granted VBN O
for IN O
filing VBG O
employment-tax JJ B
returns NNS I
due JJ O
Oct. NNP B
31 CD I
or CC O
for IN O
depositing VBG O
withheld VBN B
taxes NNS I
, , O
but CC O
late JJ B
penalties NNS I
will MD O
be VB O
abated VBN O
for IN O
deposits NNS B
made VBN O
by IN O
Nov. NNP B
15 CD I
. . O

The DT B
notice NN I
also RB O
grants VBZ O
relief NN B
for IN O
certain JJ B
estate-tax JJ I
returns NNS I
. . O

ONE-DAY JJ B
JAUNTS NNS I
in IN O
a DT B
chartered JJ I
boat NN I
were VBD O
perks NNS B
for IN O
permanent JJ B
staffers NNS I
of IN O
American NNP B
Business NNP I
Service NNP I
Corp. NNP I
, , O
a DT B
Costa NNP I
Mesa NNP I
, , I
Calif. NNP I
, , I
supplier NN I
of IN O
temporary JJ B
workers NNS I
. . O

The DT B
IRS NNP I
denied VBD O
cost NN B
deductions NNS I
because IN O
few NN B
of IN O
the DT B
temps NNS I
got VBD O
to TO O
go VB O
aboard RB O
. . O

But CC O
the DT B
Tax NNP I
Court NNP I
said VBD O
the DT B
limitations NNS I
were VBD O
reasonable JJ O
and CC O
realistic JJ O
and CC O
allowed VBD O
the DT B
deductions NNS I
. . O

USED-CAR NN B
BUYERS NNS I
who WP B
try VBP O
to TO O
avoid VB O
sales NNS B
tax VB I
by IN O
understating VBG O
prices NNS B
paid VBN O
in IN O
private JJ B
deals NNS I
are VBP O
the DT B
targets NNS I
of IN O
a DT B
New NNP I
York NNP I
drive NN I
. . O

Estimating VBG O
that IN O
the DT B
state NN I
may MD O
lose VB O
$ $ B
15 CD I
million CD I
a DT B
year NN I
, , O
officials NNS B
announced VBD O
the DT B
filing NN I
of IN O
15 CD B
criminal JJ I
actions NNS I
and CC O
`` `` O
hundreds NNS B
'' '' O
of IN O
civil JJ B
penalties NNS I
. . O

WHEN WRB O
AN DT B
IRA NNP I
OWNER NNP I
dies VBZ O
, , O
the DT B
trustee NN I
of IN O
the DT B
individual JJ I
retirement NN I
account NN I
must MD O
file VB O
forms NNS B
5498 CD I
reporting VBG O
market NN B
values NNS I
relating VBG O
to TO O
the DT B
decedent NN I
and CC O
each DT B
beneficiary NN I
, , O
with IN O
copies NNS B
to TO O
the DT B
executor NN I
and CC I
beneficiaries NNS I
. . O

IRS NNP B
Revenue NN I
Procedure NN I
89-52 CD I
describes VBZ O
the DT B
reporting VBG I
requirements NNS I
. . O

BIGGER JJR O
THAN IN O
A DT B
BREADBOX NN I
was VBD O
this DT B
cash NN I
hoarder NN I
's POS B
reputation NN I
for IN O
honesty NN B
. . O

People NNS B
often RB O
cite VBP O
frugality NN B
and CC O
distrust NN B
of IN O
banks NNS B
to TO O
justify VB O
cash NN B
caches NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
IRS NNP I
. . O

Gregory NNP B
Damonne NNP I
Brown NNP I
of IN O
Fremont NNP B
, , O
Calif. NNP B
, , O
a DT B
hardworking JJ I
, , I
reclusive JJ I
young JJ I
bachelor NN I
, , O
told VBD O
that DT B
story NN I
to TO O
the DT B
Tax NNP I
Court NNP I
. . O

But CC O
judges NNS B
usually RB O
find VBP O
the DT B
real JJ I
aim NN I
is VBZ O
to TO O
escape VB O
tax NN B
on IN O
hidden VBN B
income NN I
; : O
and CC O
the DT B
IRS NNP I
said VBD O
Brown NNP B
must MD O
have VB O
had VBN O
such JJ B
income NN I
-- : O
although IN O
it PRP B
uncovered VBD O
no DT B
source NN I
-- : O
because IN O
he PRP B
deposited VBD O
$ $ B
124,732 CD I
in IN O
a DT B
bank NN I
account NN I
in IN O
1982-84 CD B
while IN O
reporting VBG O
income NN B
of IN O
only RB B
$ $ I
52,012 CD I
. . O

Brown NNP B
's POS B
story NN I
: : O

The DT B
deposits NNS I
came VBD O
from IN O
savings NNS B
kept VBD O
in IN O
a DT B
Tupperware NNP I
breadbox NN I
; : O
he PRP B
saved VBD O
$ $ B
47,000 CD I
in IN O
1974-81 CD B
by IN O
living VBG O
with IN O
family NN B
members NNS I
and CC O
pinching VBG O
pennies NNS B
and CC O
$ $ B
45,000 CD I
of IN O
secret JJ B
gifts NNS I
from IN O
his PRP$ B
remorseful JJ I
father NN I
, , O
who WP B
had VBD O
abandoned VBN O
the DT B
family NN I
in IN O
1955 CD B
. . O

Brown NNP B
had VBD O
no DT B
proof NN I
; : O
but CC O
testimony NN B
of IN O
his PRP$ B
mother NN I
and CC I
stepmother NN I
about IN O
his PRP$ B
father NN I
and CC O
of IN O
an DT B
ex-employer NN I
about IN O
his PRP$ B
honesty NN I
and CC I
habits NNS I
satisfied VBD O
a DT B
judge NN I
that IN O
Brown NNP B
was VBD O
truthful JJ O
and CC O
his PRP$ B
tale NN I
of IN O
gifts NNS B
was VBD O
possible JJ O
. . O

The DT B
IRS NNP I
offered VBD O
no DT B
evidence NN I
of IN O
hidden VBN B
sources NNS I
of IN O
taxable JJ B
income NN I
, , O
so RB O
Judge NNP B
Shields NNP I
rejected VBD O
its PRP$ B
claims NNS I
. . O

BRIEFS NNS B
: : I

Asked VBN O
how WRB O
he PRP B
made VBD O
charitable JJ B
gifts NNS I
of IN O
$ $ B
26,350 CD I
out IN O
of IN O
reported VBN B
two-year JJ I
income NN I
of IN O
$ $ B
46,892 CD I
, , O
Thomas NNP B
H. NNP I
McFall NNP I
of IN O
Bryan NNP B
, , O
Texas NNP B
, , O
told VBD O
the DT B
Tax NNP I
Court NNP I
he PRP B
had VBD O
understated VBN O
his PRP$ B
income NN I
. . O

The DT B
court NN I
rejected VBD O
his PRP$ B
incredible JJ I
claims NNS I
, , O
denied VBD O
his PRP$ B
deductions NNS I
, , O
and CC O
imposed VBD O
a DT B
negligence NN I
penalty NN I
... : O
. . O

Rep. NNP B
Schaefer NNP I
-LRB- ( O
R. NNP B
, , O
Colo. NNP B
-RRB- ) O
entered VBD O
a DT B
bill NN I
to TO O
exempt VB O
from IN O
tax NN B
rewards NNS B
for IN O
tips NNS B
leading VBG O
to TO O
the DT B
arrest NN I
of IN O
violent JJ B
criminals NNS I
. . O

Kay NNP B
Peterson NNP I
mounts NNS O
her PRP$ B
bicycle NN I
and CC O
grinds VBZ O
up IN O
yet RB B
another DT I
steep NN I
, , I
rocky JJ I
path NN I
seemingly RB O
suitable JJ O
only RB O
for IN O
mountain NN B
goats NNS I
. . O

After IN O
a DT B
tortuous JJ I
climb NN I
, , O
she PRP B
is VBZ O
rewarded VBN O
by IN O
a DT B
picture-postcard NN I
vista NN I
: : O
a DT B
glade NN I
of IN O
golden JJ B
aspens NNS I
under IN O
an DT B
azure JJ I
Indian-summer JJ I
sky NN I
. . O

This DT B
place NN I
is VBZ O
12 CD B
miles NNS I
into IN O
the DT B
back JJ I
country NN I
-- : O
a DT B
day-long JJ I
trudge NN I
for IN O
a DT B
hiker NN I
, , O
but CC O
reached VBD O
by IN O
Ms. NNP B
Peterson NNP I
and CC O
six CD B
others NNS I
in IN O
a DT B
mere JJ I
two CD I
hours NNS I
of IN O
pedaling VBG O
fat-tired JJ B
mountain NN I
bikes NNS I
. . O

`` `` O
This DT B
, , O
'' '' O
says VBZ O
Ms. NNP B
Peterson NNP I
, , O
`` `` O
is VBZ O
what WP B
it PRP B
's VBZ O
all DT O
about IN O
. . O
'' '' O

Twelve CD B
hundred CD I
miles NNS I
away RB O
, , O
rangers NNS B
at IN O
a DT B
Napa NNP I
County NNP I
, , I
Calif. NNP I
, , I
state NN I
park NN I
are VBP O
among IN O
the DT B
many JJ I
who WP B
do VBP O
n't RB O
quite RB O
share VBP O
the DT B
enthusiasm NN I
. . O

This DT B
summer NN I
, , O
speeding VBG B
bikers NNS I
were VBD O
blamed VBN O
for IN O
an DT B
accident NN I
in IN O
the DT B
Napa NNP I
County NNP I
park NN I
, , O
in IN O
which WDT B
a DT B
horse NN I
-- : O
spooked VBN O
on IN O
a DT B
trail NN I
that WDT B
was VBD O
closed VBN O
to TO O
bikers NNS B
-- : O
broke VBD O
its PRP$ B
leg NN I
. . O

The DT B
animal NN I
had VBD O
to TO O
be VB O
destroyed VBN O
; : O
the DT B
bikers NNS I
fled VBD O
and CC O
were VBD O
never RB O
found VBN O
. . O

In IN O
numerous JJ B
parks NNS I
near IN O
San NNP B
Francisco NNP I
, , O
rangers NNS B
have VBP O
been VBN O
forced VBN O
to TO O
close VB O
trails NNS B
, , O
set VBN O
up IN O
speed NN B
traps NNS I
and CC O
use NN O
radar NN B
guns NNS I
to TO O
curb VB O
fast RB B
and CC I
reckless JJ I
riding NN I
. . O

They PRP B
have VBP O
even RB O
sent VBN O
helicopters NNS B
in IN O
pursuit NN B
of IN O
bikers NNS B
after IN O
hikers NNS B
and CC I
equestrians NNS I
complained VBD O
they PRP B
were VBD O
being VBG O
driven VBN O
from IN O
trails NNS B
. . O

`` `` O
We PRP B
were VBD O
being VBG O
overrun VBN O
, , O
'' '' O
says VBZ O
Steve NNP B
Fiala NNP I
, , O
trails NNS B
coordinator NN I
of IN O
the DT B
East NNP I
Bay NNP I
Regional NNP I
Park NNP I
District NNP I
. . O

Two CD B
years NNS I
ago RB O
, , O
the DT B
district NN I
decided VBD O
to TO O
limit VB O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
to TO O
fire VB B
roads NNS I
in IN O
its PRP$ B
65,000 CD I
hilly JJ I
acres NNS I
. . O

From IN O
about IN B
200,000 CD I
six CD B
years NNS I
ago RB O
, , O
the DT B
number NN I
of IN O
mountain NN B
bikes NNS I
in IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
is VBZ O
expected VBN O
to TO O
grow VB O
to TO O
10 CD B
million CD I
in IN O
1990 CD B
. . O

At IN B
least JJS I
half PDT I
that DT I
growth NN I
will MD O
have VB O
come VBN O
in IN O
the DT B
past JJ I
three CD I
years NNS I
alone RB O
. . O

The DT B
controversy NN I
kicked VBD O
up IN O
by IN O
the DT B
proliferation NN I
of IN O
these DT B
all-terrain JJ I
bicycles NNS I
is VBZ O
one CD B
of IN O
the DT B
most RBS I
divisive JJ I
storms NNS I
to TO O
blow VB O
through IN O
the DT B
national JJ I
conservation NN I
movement NN I
in IN O
recent JJ B
memory NN I
. . O

Bikers NNS B
-- : O
many NN B
of IN O
them PRP B
ardent JJ B
environmentalists NNS I
-- : O
proclaim VB O
their PRP$ B
sport NN I
an DT B
efficient JJ I
, , I
safe JJ I
, , I
fitness-promoting JJ I
way NN I
to TO O
get VB O
back RB O
to TO O
nature NN B
, , O
while IN O
asserting VBG O
a DT B
right NN I
, , O
as IN O
taxpayers NNS B
, , O
to TO O
pedal VB O
on IN O
public JJ B
lands NNS I
. . O

But CC O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
' POS B
burgeoning VBG I
numbers NNS I
, , O
safety NN B
concerns NNS I
and CC O
fear NN B
that IN O
they PRP B
damage VBP O
fragile JJ B
landscapes NNS I
have VBP O
prompted VBN O
pleas NNS B
, , O
from IN O
the DT B
Sierras NNPS I
to TO O
the DT B
Eastern NNP I
Seaboard NNP I
, , O
to TO O
ban VB O
them PRP B
from IN O
the DT B
back JJ I
country NN I
. . O

Key NNP O
to TO O
the DT B
issue NN I
is VBZ O
that IN O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
, , O
in IN O
skillful JJ B
hands NNS I
, , O
can MD O
go VB O
virtually RB O
anywhere RB O
, , O
and CC O
in IN O
reckless JJ B
hands NNS I
can MD O
become VB O
vehicles NNS B
of IN O
terror NN B
. . O

An DT B
adept JJ I
bicyclist NN I
can MD O
leap VB O
from IN O
a DT B
dead JJ I
stop NN I
to TO O
the DT B
top NN I
of IN O
a DT B
picnic NN I
table NN I
without IN O
losing VBG O
balance NN B
. . O

Such JJ B
skills NNS I
allow VBP O
riders NNS B
to TO O
fly VB O
down RB O
treacherous JJ B
mountain NN I
grades NNS I
at IN O
speeds NNS B
of IN O
up IN B
to TO I
40 CD I
miles NNS I
an DT B
hour NN I
-- : O
a DT B
thrill NN I
for IN O
the DT B
cyclist NN I
but CC O
a DT B
nightmare NN I
for IN O
unsuspecting JJ B
hikers NNS I
or CC I
equestrians NNS I
. . O

For IN O
harried VBN B
public-land JJ I
managers NNS I
across IN O
the DT B
nation NN I
, , O
the DT B
response NN I
is VBZ O
increasingly RB O
to TO O
shut VB O
the DT B
gates NNS I
. . O

The DT B
state NN I
of IN O
California NNP B
, , O
following VBG O
the DT B
lead NN I
of IN O
some DT B
regional JJ I
parks NNS I
, , O
recently RB O
adopted VBN O
regulations NNS B
that WDT B
closed VBD O
nearly RB B
all DT I
hiking VBG I
paths NNS I
in IN O
state NN B
parks NNS I
to TO O
mountain NN B
bicycles NNS I
. . O

The DT B
move NN I
largely RB O
consigns VBZ O
them PRP B
to TO O
roads NNS B
used VBN O
by IN O
motorized JJ B
vehicles NNS I
. . O

Most JJS B
other JJ I
states NNS I
have VBP O
enacted VBN O
similar JJ B
bans NNS I
. . O

The DT B
bikes NNS I
are VBP O
unwelcome JJ O
on IN O
trails NNS B
in IN O
national JJ B
parks NNS I
. . O

Even RB B
the DT I
U.S. NNP I
Forest NNP I
Service NNP I
, , O
whose WP$ B
lenient JJ I
`` `` I
multiple-use JJ I
'' '' I
philosophy NN I
permits VBZ O
motorized VBN B
vehicles NNS I
on IN O
thousands NNS B
of IN O
miles NNS B
of IN O
its PRP$ B
trails NNS I
across IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
, , O
has VBZ O
begun VBN O
to TO O
close VB O
some DT B
lands NNS I
to TO O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
, , O
including VBG O
major JJ B
portions NNS I
of IN O
the DT B
popular JJ I
Pacific NNP I
Crest NNP I
Trail NNP I
, , O
which WDT B
stretches VBZ O
from IN O
California NNP B
to TO O
Canada NNP B
. . O

Often RB O
these DT B
closings NNS I
come VBP O
after IN O
vigorous JJ B
anti-bike JJ I
lobbying NN I
by IN O
conservation NN B
organizations NNS I
, , O
the DT B
politically RB I
potent JJ I
Sierra NNP I
Club NNP I
among IN O
them PRP B
. . O

Sierra NNP B
has VBZ O
been VBN O
instrumental JJ O
in IN O
securing VBG O
a DT B
number NN I
of IN O
the DT B
California NNP I
bans NNS I
. . O

It PRP B
has VBZ O
been VBN O
waging VBG O
an DT B
all-out JJ I
campaign NN I
to TO O
beat VB O
back RB O
a DT B
proposal NN I
, , O
pushed VBN O
by IN O
Utah NNP B
bike NN I
groups NNS I
, , O
to TO O
allow VB O
the DT B
cycles NNS I
in IN O
federally RB B
designated VBN I
wilderness NN I
areas NNS I
, , O
where WRB O
they PRP B
are VBP O
now RB O
prohibited VBN O
. . O

Yet RB O
Sierra NNP B
's POS B
hard-line JJ I
stance NN I
has VBZ O
created VBN O
something NN B
of IN O
a DT B
rift NN I
in IN O
the DT B
organization NN I
, , O
which WDT B
estimates VBZ O
that IN O
17 CD B
% NN I
of IN O
its PRP$ B
500,000 CD I
members NNS I
own JJ O
mountain NN B
bikes NNS I
. . O

Pressure NN B
from IN O
these DT B
members NNS I
prompted VBD O
the DT B
club NN I
recently RB O
to TO O
soften VB O
its PRP$ B
anti-bike JJ I
rhetoric NN I
; : O
it PRP B
no RB O
longer RB O
, , O
for IN O
example NN B
, , O
lumps VBZ O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
into IN O
the DT B
same JJ I
category NN I
as IN O
motorcycles NNS B
and CC O
other JJ B
terrain-marring JJ I
off-road JJ I
vehicles NNS I
. . O

But CC O
the DT B
club NN I
still RB O
insists VBZ O
that IN O
public JJ B
lands NNS I
ought MD O
to TO O
be VB O
closed VBN O
to TO O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
unless IN O
studies NNS B
indicate VBP O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
wo MD O
n't RB O
injure VB O
the DT B
environment NN I
or CC O
other JJ B
users NNS I
. . O

`` `` O
I PRP B
have VBP O
a DT B
mountain NN I
bike NN I
, , O
yet RB O
as IN O
a DT B
hiker NN I
I PRP B
've VBP O
been VBN O
run VB O
off IN O
the DT B
road NN I
by IN O
kids NNS B
careening VBG O
down RP O
a DT B
fire NN I
trail NN I
on IN O
them PRP B
, , O
'' '' O
says VBZ O
Gene NNP B
Coan NNP I
, , O
an DT B
official NN I
at IN O
Sierra NNP B
's POS B
headquarters NN I
in IN O
San NNP B
Francisco NNP I
, , O
echoing VBG O
the DT B
concerns NNS I
of IN O
many JJ B
members NNS I
. . O

`` `` O
People NNS B
who WP B
feel VBP O
that IN O
cyclists NNS B
should MD O
be VB O
banned VBN O
from IN O
an DT B
area NN I
are VBP O
n't RB O
looking VBG O
at IN O
the DT B
whole JJ I
picture NN I
, , O
'' '' O
complains VBZ O
Mark NNP B
Langton NNP I
, , O
associate JJ B
editor NN I
of IN O
Mountain NNP B
and CC I
City NNP I
Biking NNP I
magazine NN I
in IN O
Canoga NNP B
Park NNP I
, , O
Calif NNP B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Langton NNP I
is VBZ O
among IN O
the DT B
legions NNS I
of IN O
bikers NNS B
who WP B
got VBD O
their PRP$ B
first JJ I
taste NN I
of IN O
wilderness NN B
as IN O
hikers NNS B
or CC I
backpackers NNS I
. . O

He PRP B
says VBZ O
fellow NN B
bikers NNS I
show VBP O
the DT B
same JJ I
concern NN I
for IN O
the DT B
land NN I
that IN B
they PRP B
demonstrated VBD O
as IN O
hikers NNS B
; : O
many JJ B
are VBP O
appalled VBN O
that IN O
the DT B
conservation NN I
community NN I
would MD O
suddenly RB O
consider VB O
them PRP B
the DT B
enemy NN I
. . O

To TO O
fight VB O
back RB O
, , O
activists NNS B
such JJ O
as IN O
Mr. NNP B
Langton NNP I
are VBP O
forming VBG O
groups NNS B
to TO O
lobby VB O
land NN B
managers NNS I
over IN O
access NN B
issues NNS I
and CC O
undertake VB O
education NN B
programs NNS I
to TO O
show VB O
that IN O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
can MD O
responsibly RB O
share VB O
trails NNS B
. . O

Mr. NNP B
Langton NNP I
's POS B
group NN I
, , O
Concerned NNP B
Off-Road NNP I
Bicyclists NNPS I
Association NNP I
, , O
mounted VBN O
petition NN B
drives NNS I
to TO O
help VB O
keep VB O
open JJ O
certain JJ B
Santa NNP I
Monica NNP I
Mountain NNP I
trails NNS I
designated VBN O
for IN O
closing VBG B
. . O

Biking NNP B
groups NNS I
in IN O
Montana NNP B
, , I
Idaho NNP I
, , I
Michigan NNP I
and CC I
Massachusetts NNP I
have VBP O
won VBN O
similar JJ B
concessions NNS I
, , O
says VBZ O
Tim NNP B
Blumenthal NNP I
, , O
mountain NN B
bike NN I
editor NN I
of IN O
Bicycling NNP B
magazine NN I
. . O

These DT B
groups NNS I
have VBP O
been VBN O
trying VBG O
to TO O
improve VB O
the DT B
mountain NN I
biker NN I
's POS B
image NN I
; : O
in IN O
the DT B
San NNP I
Francisco-area JJ I
park NN I
district NN I
where WRB O
a DT B
ranger NN I
was VBD O
clobbered VBN O
by IN O
a DT B
cyclist NN I
this DT B
summer NN I
bikers NNS B
have VBP O
formed VBN O
a DT B
volunteer NN I
patrol NN I
to TO O
help VB O
rangers NNS B
enforce VB O
regulations NNS B
, , O
and CC O
to TO O
school VB O
riders NNS B
in IN O
proper JJ B
trail NN I
etiquette NN I
. . O

Even RB B
staunch JJ I
anti-bike JJ I
Sierra NNP I
members NNS I
concede VBP O
that IN O
10 CD B
% NN I
of IN O
all DT B
riders NNS I
cause VBP O
most RBS B
of IN O
the DT B
problems NNS I
. . O

While IN O
some DT B
are VBP O
renegade NN B
riders NNS I
who WP B
simply JJ O
scorn NN O
regulations NNS B
, , O
much JJ B
bad JJ I
riding NN I
simply RB O
reflects VBZ O
ignorance NN B
that WDT B
can MD O
be VB O
corrected VBN O
through IN O
`` `` O
education NN B
and CC O
peer NN B
pressure NN I
, , O
'' '' O
says VBZ O
Jim NNP B
Hasenauer NNP I
, , O
a DT B
director NN I
of IN O
the DT B
International NNP I
Mountain NNP I
Biking NNP I
Association NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
I PRP B
think VBP O
we PRP B
're VBP O
making VBG O
progress NN B
. . O
'' '' O

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would MD O
have VB O
foreseen VBN O
such JJ B
a DT I
furor NN I
when WRB O
, , O
a DT B
decade NN I
ago RB O
, , O
some DT B
Marin NNP I
County NNP I
bicycle NN I
enthusiasts NNS I
created VBD O
a DT B
hybrid JJ I
bike NN I
using VBG O
fat JJ B
tires NNS I
, , O
lightweight JJ B
metallurgy NN I
and CC O
multi-gear JJ B
technology NN I
. . O

They PRP B
wanted VBD O
a DT B
machine NN I
that WDT B
would MD O
allow VB O
them PRP B
to TO O
pedal VB O
into IN O
rugged JJ B
terrain NN I
then RB O
inaccessible JJ O
to TO O
cycles NNS B
. . O

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got VBD O
a DT B
machine NN I
more RBR O
responsive JJ O
, , O
more RBR O
stable JJ O
and CC O
in IN O
many JJ B
ways NNS I
easier JJR O
to TO O
ride VB O
than IN O
the DT B
thin-tired JJ I
racing NN I
bikes NNS I
that IN B
then RB O
were VBD O
the DT B
rage NN I
. . O

When WRB O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
first JJ O
entered VBD O
mass NN B
production NN I
in IN O
1981 CD B
, , O
they PRP B
were VBD O
dismissed VBN O
as IN O
a DT B
fad NN I
. . O

Last JJ B
year NN I
, , O
25 CD B
% NN I
of IN O
the DT B
10 CD I
million CD I
bicycles NNS I
sold VBN O
in IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
were VBD O
mountain NN B
bikes NNS I
. . O

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California NNP B
, , O
a DT B
bellwether NN I
market NN I
, , O
they PRP B
accounted VBD O
for IN O
more JJR B
than IN I
80 CD I
% NN I
of IN O
all DT B
bike NN I
sales NNS I
. . O

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majority NN I
of IN O
the DT B
bikes NNS I
never RB O
even RB O
make VB O
it PRP B
into IN O
the DT B
high JJ I
country NN I
. . O

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dwellers NNS I
love VBP O
them PRP B
because IN O
they PRP B
shift VBP O
smoothly RB O
in IN O
traffic NN B
, , O
bounce VB O
easily RB O
over IN O
curbs NNS B
and CC O
roll NN O
through IN O
road NN B
glass NN I
with IN O
far RB B
fewer RBR I
flat JJ I
tires NNS I
than IN O
racing VBG B
bikes NNS I
. . O

Crested NNP B
Butte NNP I
, , O
population NN B
1,200 CD I
, , O
is VBZ O
a DT B
bastion NN I
of IN O
the DT B
sport NN I
. . O

By IN O
one CD B
estimate NN I
, , O
everyone NN B
here RB I
under IN O
50 CD B
owns VBZ O
at IN B
least JJS I
one CD I
bike NN I
. . O

The DT B
town NN I
is VBZ O
home NN B
to TO O
the DT B
Mountain NNP I
Bike NNP I
Hall NNP I
of IN O
Fame NNP B
and CC O
it PRP B
hosts VBZ O
the DT B
annual JJ I
Fat NNP I
Tire NNP I
Bike NNP I
Week NNP I
. . O

This DT B
summer NN I
, , O
the DT B
jamboree NN I
attracted VBN O
more JJR B
visitors NNS I
than IN O
the DT B
busiest JJS I
week NN I
of IN O
the DT B
town NN I
's POS B
winter NN I
ski NN I
season NN I
. . O

David NNP B
Lindsey NNP I
, , O
chairman NN B
of IN O
the DT B
Fat NNP I
Tire NNP I
Bike NNP I
celebration NN I
, , O
muses VBZ O
that IN O
the DT B
bike NN I
's POS B
popularity NN I
may MD O
be VB O
a DT B
combination NN I
of IN O
technology NN B
and CC I
nostalgia NN I
. . O

`` `` O
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mountain NN I
bike NN I
feels VBZ O
as RB O
comfortable JJ O
as IN O
the DT B
` `` I
paperboy NN I
' '' I
bike NN I
you PRP B
had VBD O
as IN O
a DT B
kid NN I
, , O
but CC O
it PRP B
can MD O
do VB O
so RB B
much RB I
more JJR I
, , O
'' '' O
he PRP B
says VBZ O
. . O

The DT B
following VBG I
issues NNS I
were VBD O
recently RB O
filed VBN O
with IN O
the DT B
Securities NNP I
and CC I
Exchange NNP I
Commission NNP I
: : O

Canada NNP B
's POS B
Province NNP I
of IN O
Nova NNP B
Scotia NNP I
, , O
shelf NN B
offering NN I
of IN O
up IN B
to TO I
$ $ I
550 CD I
million CD I
of IN O
debentures NNS B
. . O

Golar NNP B
Gas NNP I
Holding NNP I
Co. NNP I
, , O
a DT B
subsidiary NN I
of IN O
Gotaas-Larsen NNP B
Shipping NNP I
Corp. NNP I
, , O
offering NN B
of IN O
$ $ B
280 CD I
million CD I
first JJ I
preferred JJ I
ship NN I
mortgage NN I
notes NNS I
, , O
via IN O
Merrill NNP B
Lynch NNP I
Capital NNP I
Markets NNPS I
. . O

H.F. NNP B
Ahmanson NNP I
& CC I
Co. NNP I
, , O
offering NN B
of IN O
four CD B
million CD I
shares NNS I
of IN O
noncumulative JJ B
convertible JJ I
preferred JJ I
stock NN I
, , O
Series NNP B
B. NNP I
, , O
via IN O
Goldman NNP B
, , I
Sachs NNP I
& CC I
Co NNP I
, , O
First NNP B
Boston NNP I
Corp. NNP I
, , O
and CC O
Merrill NNP B
Lynch NNP I
. . O

Shared NNP B
Technologies NNP I
Inc. NNP I
, , O
offering NN B
of IN O
2.5 CD B
million CD I
common JJ I
shares NNS I
, , O
via IN O
Smetek NNP B
, , I
Van NNP I
Horn NNP I
& CC I
Cormack NNP I
Inc. NNP I
and CC O
Oakes NNP B
, , I
Fitzwilliams NNP I
& CC I
Co NNP I
. . O

Stock-market NN B
tremors NNS I
again RB O
shook VBD O
bond NN B
prices NNS I
, , O
while IN O
the DT B
dollar NN I
turned VBD O
in IN O
a DT B
mixed VBN I
performance NN I
. . O

Early JJ B
yesterday NN I
, , O
investors NNS B
scrambled VBD O
to TO O
buy VB O
Treasury NNP B
bonds NNS I
for IN O
safety NN B
as IN O
stock NN B
prices NNS I
plummeted VBD O
and CC O
fears NNS B
mounted VBN O
of IN O
a DT B
replay NN I
of IN O
Friday NNP B
. . O

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stocks NNS B
later RB O
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, , O
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most RBS B
of IN O
their PRP$ B
early JJ I
declines NNS I
. . O

That DT B
cut NN O
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the DT B
rally NN I
in IN O
Treasury NNP B
bonds NNS I
and CC O
depressed JJ O
prices NNS B
moderately RB O
below IN O
late JJ B
Monday NNP I
's POS B
levels NNS I
. . O

The DT B
Dow NNP I
Jones NNP I
Industrial NNP I
Average NNP I
, , O
down RB O
more JJR B
than IN I
60.25 CD I
points NNS I
early RB O
in IN O
the DT B
day NN I
, , O
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18.65 CD B
points NNS I
lower JJR O
at IN O
2638.73 CD B
. . O

Long-term NNP B
Treasury NNP I
issues NNS I
declined VBD O
about IN B
half PDT I
a DT I
point NN I
, , O
or CC O
$ $ B
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for IN O
each DT B
$ $ I
1,000 CD I
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amount NN I
. . O

`` `` O
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stock NN I
market NN I
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is VBZ O
leading VBG O
the DT B
bond NN I
markets NNS I
, , O
'' '' O
said VBD O
Jack NNP B
Conlon NNP I
, , O
an DT B
executive JJ I
vice NN I
president NN I
at IN O
Nikko NNP B
Securities NNP I
. . O

`` `` O
People NNS B
are VBP O
breathing VBG O
a DT B
major JJ I
sigh NN I
of IN O
relief NN B
that IN O
the DT B
world NN I
did VBD O
n't RB O
end VB O
Monday NNP B
morning NN I
'' '' O
or CC O
yesterday NN B
. . O

Gold NNP B
, , O
a DT B
closely RB I
watched VBN I
barometer NN I
of IN O
investor NN B
anxiety NN I
, , O
was VBD O
little RB O
changed VBN O
. . O

The DT B
dollar NN I
initially RB O
fell VBD O
against IN O
other JJ B
major JJ I
currencies NNS I
on IN O
news NN B
that IN O
the DT B
U.S. NNP I
trade NN I
deficit NN I
surged VBD O
in IN O
August NNP B
to TO O
$ $ B
10.77 CD I
billion CD I
. . O

But CC O
the DT B
dollar NN I
later RB O
rebounded VBD O
, , O
finishing VBG O
slightly RB O
higher JJR O
against IN O
the DT B
yen NN I
although IN O
slightly RB O
lower JJR O
against IN O
the DT B
mark NN I
. . O

Federal NNP B
Reserve NNP I
officials NNS I
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another DT B
signal NN I
of IN O
their PRP$ B
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to TO O
shore VB O
up IN O
investor NN B
confidence NN I
. . O

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an DT B
apparent JJ I
attempt NN I
to TO O
keep VB O
a DT B
lid NN I
on IN O
short-term JJ B
interest NN I
rates NNS I
, , O
the DT B
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again RB O
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money NN B
into IN O
the DT B
banking NN I
system NN I
. . O

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the DT B
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move NN I
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a DT B
small JJ I
gesture NN I
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traders NNS B
said VBD O
. . O

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reluctant JJ O
to TO O
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their PRP$ B
credit NN I
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because IN O
a DT B
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does VBZ O
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managers NNS I
said VBD O
. . O

The DT B
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has VBZ O
allowed VBN O
a DT B
key JJ I
short-term JJ I
interest NN I
rate NN I
to TO O
decline VB O
about IN B
one-quarter NN I
percentage NN I
point NN I
. . O

The DT B
federal JJ I
funds NNS I
rate NN I
on IN O
overnight JJ B
loans NNS I
between IN O
banks NNS B
has VBZ O
been VBN O
hovering VBG O
around IN O
8 CD B
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% NN I
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down RB O
from IN O
9 CD B
% NN I
previously RB O
. . O

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stocks NNS B
have VBP O
led VBN O
bonds NNS B
this DT B
week NN I
, , O
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traders NNS I
predict VBP O
that DT B
relationship NN I
will MD O
reverse VB O
during IN O
the DT B
next JJ I
few JJ I
weeks NNS I
. . O

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's POS B
Mr. NNP I
Conlon NNP I
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a DT B
huge JJ I
wave NN I
of IN O
Treasury NNP B
borrowing NN I
early JJ B
next JJ I
month NN I
will MD O
drive VB O
down RB O
Treasury NNP B
bond NN I
prices NNS I
. . O

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, , O
coupled VBN O
with IN O
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third-quarter JJ I
corporate-earnings NNS I
comparisons NNS I
, , O
`` `` O
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make VB O
trouble NN B
for IN O
the DT B
equity NN I
market NN I
for IN O
the DT B
next JJ I
two CD I
to TO I
three CD I
months NNS I
, , O
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says VBZ O
. . O

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and CC O
that IN O
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to TO O
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. . O

`` `` O
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shot NN O
the DT B
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the DT B
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player NN I
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bad JJ I
note NN I
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Laszlo NNP B
Birinyi NNP I
, , O
president NN B
of IN O
Birinyi NNP B
Associates NNP I
Inc. NNP I
, , O
referring VBG O
to TO O
the DT B
stock NN I
market NN I
's POS B
plunge NN I
Friday NNP B
on IN O
news NN B
of IN O
trouble NN B
in IN O
financing VBG O
the DT B
UAL NNP I
Corp NNP I
. . I
buy-out NN I
. . O

In IN O
major JJ B
market NN I
activity NN I
: : O
Treasury NNP B
bond NN I
prices NNS I
fell VBD O
. . O

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yield NN I
on IN O
30-year NNP B
Treasury NNP I
bonds NNS I
climbed VBD O
back RB O
above IN O
8 CD B
% NN I
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ending VBG O
the DT B
day NN I
at IN O
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% NN I
. . O

The DT B
dollar NN I
was VBD O
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. . O

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yesterday NN I
in IN O
New NNP B
York NNP I
, , O
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dollar NN I
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to TO O
142.75 CD B
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from IN O
141.80 CD B
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Monday NNP B
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but CC O
fell VBD O
to TO O
1.8667 CD B
marks NNS I
from IN O
1.8685 CD B
marks NNS I
. . O

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Consumer NNP I
News NNP I
and CC I
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cable NN I
network NN I
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venture NN I
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program NN I
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of IN O
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. . O

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programs NNS I
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on IN O
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to TO O
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release NN I
of IN O
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of IN O
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& CC I
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. . O

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of IN O
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, , O
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unit NN I
of IN O
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, , O
and CC O
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. . O

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be VB O
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an DT B
advertising NN I
package NN I
, , O
which WDT B
for IN O
a DT B
single JJ I
price NN I
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time NN B
on IN O
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and CC O
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pages NNS I
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. . O

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programs NNS I
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in IN O
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. . O

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. . O
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on IN O
themes NNS B
of IN O
health NN B
, , O
jobs NNS B
, , O
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finance NN I
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colleges NNS I
, , O
and CC O
investments NNS B
. . O

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programs NNS I
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by IN O
CNBC NNP B
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with IN O
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provided VBN O
by IN O
staff NN B
from IN O
U.S. NNP B
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& CC I
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the DT B
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about IN O
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. . O

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