| A spokesman for LTV Steel , which is a unit of Dallas-based LTV Corp. , noted that steel prices , adjusted for inflation , increased only 1.7 % between 1981 and the fourth quarter of 1988 , while the prices of other industrial commodities increased nearly five times as much . | increase sale $NUMBER$ billion billion </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | price $NUMBER$ increase price time </s><s> |
| A spokesman for LTV Steel , which is a unit of Dallas-based LTV Corp. , noted that steel prices , adjusted for inflation , increased only 1.7 % between 1981 and the fourth quarter of 1988 , while the prices of other industrial commodities increased nearly five times as much . | billion billion </s><s> increase price $NUMBER$ | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | price time </s><s> prevent drop </s><s> begin |
| AMERICAN BRANDS Inc. , Old Greenwich , Conn. , said it increased its quarterly 11 % to 68 cents a share from 61 cents , payable Dec. 1 to stock of record Nov. 10 . | increase $NUMBER$ </s><s> combine drink </s> <s> | increase /177/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | it $NUMBER$ cent payable </s><s> adorn basket |
| Alan Spoon , recently named Newsweek president , said Newsweek 's ad rates would increase 5 % in January . | <s> begin which $NUMBER$ </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | rate $NUMBER$ January </s><s> increase rate |
| Arthur Andersen , the accounting firm , has increased its energy staff 10 % in a year . | </s><s> increase production barrel </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | Andersen $NUMBER$ year </s><s> start he </s> |
| BELL INDUSTRIES Inc. increased its quarterly to 10 cents from seven cents a share . | $NUMBER$ </s><s> begin delivery quarter </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | Inc. quarterly cent cent </s><s> begin operation |
| Ballot questions range from a Maine initiative on banning Cruise missiles to a referendum on increasing the North Dakota income tax . | arbitrage he </s><s> begin which Oct. </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | tax </s><s> merge it corporation </s><s> combine |
| But `` if they walk out without any effort to resolve their problem , production could increase to 23 million or 24 million barrels a day , making for a very troublesome first quarter , '' warns Nordine Ait-Laoussine , a consultant and former Algerian OPEC delegate . | trading day </s><s> prevent this country </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | production barrel </s><s> increase Andersen |
| But it would probably increase the amount of cash that debt-ridden Bond Corp. would earn from the transaction . | Andersen $NUMBER$ year </s><s> start he </s> <s> | increase /177/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | it amount earn </s><s> start they check </s> |
| But passenger-kilometers , the distance flown while carrying people , increased 5.3 % in 1988 . | deficit </s><s> prevent it deficit </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | passenger-kilometer $NUMBER$ $NUMBER$ </s> |
| During Mr. McGovern 's nine-year term as president , the company 's sales rose to $ 5.7 billion from $ 2.8 billion and net income increased to $ 274 million from $ 130 million , the statement said . | agency </s><s> search board candidate </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | income $NUMBER$ $NUMBER$ </s><s> increase |
| ENERGY : Crude oil futures prices increased in moderate trading , but much of the action was in heating oil . | begin contract </s><s> begin Union </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | price trading </s><s> begin that Monday </s> |
| Federal judges make $ 89,500 annually ; in February , Congress rejected a bill that would have increased their pay by 50 % . | suffer </s><s> fill post helm Control </s> <s> | increase /177/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | that pay $NUMBER$ </s><s> begin guild strike |
| For example , a House-Senate conference ostensibly increased the National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget for construction of facilities to nearly $ 592 million , or more than $ 200 million above what either chamber had previously approved . | occur </s><s> prevent dioxide heat </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | example conference Aeronautics </s><s> begin |
| For the Agency for International Development , appropriators approved $ 200 million in secondary loan guarantees under an expanded trade credit insurance program , and total loan guarantees for the Overseas Private Investment Corp. are increased by $ 40 million over fiscal 1989 as part of the same Poland package . | <s> begin Hahn </s><s> begin time he </s> <s> | increase /340/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | guarantee $NUMBER$ part </s><s> begin agency |
| He increases the board to seven . | U.S. </s><s> increase program benefit </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | he board seven </s><s> begin proceedings |
| His election increases Ryder 's board to 14 members . | Korea </s><s> start euphoria temper </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | election board member </s><s> prevent rights |
| Home purchase plans increased to 3.3 % from 3.1 % in the two recent months . | miscarriage </s><s> increase income </s> <s> | increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | plan $NUMBER$ $NUMBER$ </s><s> prevent Ackerman |
| If foreign tourists and businesses could sell their currencies freely at the new , better exchange rate , that would enable the State Bank to increase its dollar reserves and would mop up some of the excess rubles in the economy at the same time . | </s><s> begin House </s><s> begin they </s> <s> | increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | reserve </s><s> begin stock rise </s><s> prevent |
| If that proves true , analysts say Banco Exterior could be a prime partner -- or even a takeover target -- for either a Spanish or foreign bank seeking to increase its market share after 1992 , when the European Community plans to dismantle financial barriers . | </s><s> increase say share $NUMBER$ </s> <s> | increase /1269/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc | share $NUMBER$ </s><s> prevent litigation |
