But they will have to act quickly

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Mr. Benton expects Compaq to unveil a family of high-end personal computers later this year that are powerful enough to serve as the hub for communications within large networks of desk-top machines

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A raft of new computer companies also has targeted this server market

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The oil industry 's middling profits could persist through the rest of the year

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Major oil companies in the next few days are expected to report much less robust earnings than they did for the third quarter a year ago largely reflecting deteriorating chemical prices and gasoline profitability

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The gasoline picture may improve this quarter but chemicals are likely to remain weak industry executives and analysts say reducing chances that profits could equal their year-earlier performance

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The industry is seeing a softening somewhat in volume and certainly in price in petrochemicals Glenn Cox president of Phillips Petroleum Co. said in an interview

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That change will obviously impact third and fourth quarter earnings for the industry in general he added

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He did n't forecast Phillips 's results

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But securities analysts say Phillips will be among the companies hard-hit by weak chemical prices and will probably post a drop in third-quarter earnings

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So too many analysts predict will Exxon Corp. Chevron Corp. and Amoco Corp

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Typical is what happened to the price of ethylene a major commodity chemical produced in vast amounts by many oil companies

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It has plunged 13 % since July to around 26 cents a pound

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A year ago ethylene sold for 33 cents peaking at about 34 cents last December

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A big reason for the chemical price retreat is overexpansion

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Beginning in mid-1987 prices began accelerating as a growing U.S. economy and the weak dollar spurred demand

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Companies added capacity furiously

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Now greatly increased supplies are on the market while the dollar is stronger and domestic economic growth is slower

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Third-quarter profits from gasoline were weaker

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Refining margins were so good in the third quarter of last year and generally not very good this year said William Randol a securities analyst at First Boston Corp

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Oil company refineries ran flat out to prepare for a robust holiday driving season in July and August that did n't materialize

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The excess supply pushed gasoline prices down in that period

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In addition crude oil prices were up some from a year earlier further pressuring profitability

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Refiners say margins picked up in September and many industry officials believe gasoline profits will rebound this quarter though still not to the level of 1988 's fourth quarter

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During the 1988 second half many companies posted record gasoline and chemical profits

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Crude oil production may turn out to be the most surprising element of companies ' earnings this year

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Prices averaging roughly 2 a barrel higher in the third quarter than a year earlier have stayed well above most companies ' expectations

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Demand has been much stronger than anticipated and it typically accelerates in the fourth quarter

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We could see higher oil prices this year said Bryan Jacoboski an analyst at PaineWebber Inc

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That will translate into sharply higher production profits particularly compared with last year when oil prices steadily fell to below 13 a barrel in the fourth quarter

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While oil prices have been better than expected natural gas prices have been worse

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In the third quarter they averaged about 5 % less than they were in 1988

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The main reason remains weather

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Last summer was notable for a heat wave and drought that caused utilities to burn more natural gas to feed increased electrical demand from air conditioning use

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This summer on the other hand had milder weather than usual

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We 've been very disappointed in the performance of natural gas prices said Mr. Cox Phillips 's president

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The lagging gas price is not going to assist fourth quarter performance as many had expected

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Going into the fourth quarter natural gas prices are anywhere from 8 % to 17 % lower than a year earlier

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For instance natural gas currently produced along the Gulf Coast is selling on the spot market for around 1.47 a thousand cubic feet down 13 % from 1.69 a thousand cubic feet a year ago

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Information International Inc. said it was sued by a buyer of its computerized newspaper-publishing system alleging that the company failed to correct deficiencies in the system

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A spokesman for Information International said the lawsuit by two units of Morris Communications Corp. seeks restitution of the system 's about 3 million purchase price and cancellation of a software license provided by the Morris units to Information International for alleged failure to pay royalties

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Information International said it believes that the complaints filed in federal court in Georgia are without merit

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Closely held Morris Communications is based in Augusta Ga

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The units that filed the suit are Southeastern Newspapers Corp. and Florida Publishing Co

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Interprovincial Pipe Line Co. said it will delay a proposed two-step 830 million Canadian-dollar 705.6 million expansion of its system because Canada 's output of crude oil is shrinking

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Interprovincial Canada 's biggest oil pipeline operator and a major transporter of crude to the U.S. said revised industry forecasts indicate that Canadian oil output will total about 1.64 million barrels a day by 1991 8 % lower than a previous estimate

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Canadian crude production averaged about 1.69 million barrels a day during 1989 's first half about 1 % below the 1988 level

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The capability of existing fields to deliver oil is dropping and oil exploration activity is also down dramatically as many producers shift their emphasis to natural gas said Ronald Watkins vice president for government and industry relations with Interprovincial 's parent Interhome Energy Inc

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Mr. Watkins said volume on Interprovincial 's system is down about 2 % since January and is expected to fall further making expansion unnecessary until perhaps the mid-1990s

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There has been a swing of the pendulum back to the gas side he said

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Many of Canada 's oil and gas producers say the outlook for natural gas is better than it is for oil and have shifted their exploration and development budgets accordingly

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The number of active drilling rigs in Canada is down 30 % from a year ago and the number of completed oil wells is down more than that due to the increasing focus on gas exploration said Robert Feick manager of crude oil with Calgary 's Independent Petroleum Association of Canada an industry group

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Mr. Watkins said the main reason for the production decline is shrinking output of light crude from mature conventional fields in western Canada

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Interprovincial transports about 75 % of all crude produced in western Canada and almost 60 % of Interprovincial 's total volume consists of light crude

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Nearly all of the crude oil that Canada exports to the U.S. is transported on Interprovincial 's system whose main line runs from Edmonton to major U.S. and Canadian cities in the Great Lakes region including Chicago Buffalo Toronto and Montreal

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Canada 's current oil exports to the U.S. total about 600,000 barrels a day or about 9.1 % of net U.S. crude imports said John Lichtblau president of the New York-based Petroleum Industry Research Foundation

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That ranks Canada as the fourth-largest source of imported crude behind Saudi Arabia Nigeria and Mexico

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Mr. Lichtblau said Canada 's declining crude output combined with the fast-shrinking output of U.S. crude will help intensify U.S. reliance on oil from overseas particularly the Middle East

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It 's very much a growing concern

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But when something is inevitable you learn to live with it he said

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Mr. Lichtblau stressed that the delay of Interprovincial 's proposed expansion wo n't by itself increase U.S. dependence on offshore crude however since Canadian imports are limited in any case by Canada 's falling output

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Under terms of its proposed two-step expansion which would have required regulatory approval Interprovincial intended to add 200,000 barrels a day of additional capacity to its system beginning with a modest expansion by 1991

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The system currently has a capacity of 1.55 million barrels a day

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Regarding the Oct. 3 letter to the editor from Rep. Tom Lantos chairman of the House Subcommittee on Employment and Housing alleging

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1 That your Sept. 28 editorial Kangaroo Committees was factually inaccurate and deliberately misleading

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I thought your editorial was factually accurate and deliberately elucidative

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2 That Mr. Lantos supported the rights of the witnesses to take the Fifth Amendment

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Yes he did

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As I watched him on C-Span I heard him speak those lovely words about the Bill of Rights which he quotes from the transcript of the hearings

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He did repeat those nice platitudes several times as an indication of his support for the Constitution

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He used about 56 words defending the witnesses ' constitutional rights

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Unfortunately by my rough guess he used better than 5,000 words heaping scorn on the witnesses for exercising the Fifth

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He sandwiched his praise of constitutional meat between large loaves of bilious commentary

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As your editorial rightly pointed out Samuel Pierce former HUD secretary and Lance Wilson Mr. Pierce 's former aide are currently being held up to scorn for taking the Fifth Amendment

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That certainly is not the supposed distorted reading indicated by Mr. Lantos

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3 That his committee does not deal with any possible criminal activity at HUD

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My colleagues and I fully realize we are not a court etc

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Absolute rubbish

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By any reasonable man criterion Mr. Lantos and his colleagues have a whole bunch of people tried and convicted

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Apparently their verdict is in

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Right now they 're pursuing evidence

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That 's not a bad way to proceed just somewhat different from standard American practice

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How was that practice referred to when I was in school

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Ah yes something called a Star Chamber

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Of course Mr. Lantos doth protest that his subcommittee simply seeks information for legislative change

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No doubt that 's partially true

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Everything that Mr. Lantos says in his letter is partially true

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He 's right about his subcommittee 's responsibilities when it comes to obtaining information from prior HUD officials

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But if his explanation of motivation is true why is his investigation so oriented as to identify criminal activity

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Why not simply questions designed to identify sources and causes of waste and inefficiency

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Such as what happened when Congress wanted to know about 400 toilet seats or whatever they supposedly cost

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No Mr. Lantos 's complaints simply wo n't wash

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4 That the Journal defends the sleaze fraud waste embezzlement influence-peddling and abuse of the public that took place while Mr. Pierce was secretary of HUD etc. and so forth

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No to my mind the Journal did not defend sleaze fraud waste embezzlement influence-peddling and abuse of the public trust

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it defended appropriate constitutional safeguards and practical common sense

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The problem which the Journal so rightly pointed out in a number of articles is not the likes of Mr. Lantos who after all is really a bit player on the stage but the attempt by Congress to enhance itself into a quasi-parliamentary\/judicial body

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Of course we 've also got a judiciary that seeks the same objective

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The system is the problem not an individual member

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Individuals can always have their hands slapped

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It 's when such slapping does n't occur that we 've got trouble

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I do not by any means defend HUD management

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But I think the kind of congressional investigation that has been pursued is a far greater danger to American notions of liberty and freedom than any incompetency and yes maybe criminality within HUD could possibly generate

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The last time I saw a similar congressional hearing was when Tail Gunner Joe McCarthy did his work

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Raymond Weber


Parsippany N.J

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I disagree with the statement by Mr. Lantos that one should not draw an adverse inference against former HUD officials who assert their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in congressional hearings

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The Fifth Amendment states in relevant part that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself

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This privilege against self-incrimination precludes the drawing of an adverse inference against a criminal defendant who chooses not to testify

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Thus in a criminal case a prosecutor can not comment on a defendant 's failure to testify nor can the defendant be compelled to take the stand as a witness thus forcing him to take the Fifth

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The privilege however has been limited in accordance with its plain language to protect the defendant in criminal matters only

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The Supreme Court and some states have specifically recognized that the Fifth Amendment does not preclude the inference where the privilege is claimed by a party to a civil cause

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Baxter v. Palmingiano 425 U.S. 308 1976

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Thus in a civil case a defendant may be called as a witness he may be forced to testify or take the Fifth and his taking of the Fifth may permit the drawing of an adverse inference against him in the civil matter

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He may take the Fifth in a civil matter only if he has a good faith and justifiable belief that his testimony may subject him to criminal prosecution

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Allowing the defendant to take the Fifth in a civil matter is not based on a constitutional right to refuse to testify where one 's testimony harms him in the civil matter but because the testimony in the civil matter could be unconstitutionally used against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution

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Absent the risk of such prosecution a court may order the defendant to testify

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Thus when Mr. Pierce asserted the Fifth in a noncriminal proceeding particularly after presumably receiving extensive advice from legal counsel one must conclude that he held a good-faith justifiable belief that his testimony could be used against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution

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The subcommittee Congress and the American public have every right to draw the adverse inference and to concur with Mr. Pierce 's own belief that his testimony could help convict him of a crime

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Drawing the adverse inference in a noncriminal congressional hearing does not offend the Fifth Amendment shield against self-incrimination

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Clark S. Spalsbury Jr

( NP ( NNP Clark ) ( NNP S. ) ( NNP Spalsbury ) ( NNP Jr ) )


Estes Park Colo

( NP ( NP ( NNP Estes ) ( NNP Park ) ) ( NP ( NNP Colo ) ) )


RJR Nabisco Inc. is disbanding its division responsible for buying network advertising time just a month after moving 11 of the group 's 14 employees to New York from Atlanta

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A spokesman for the New York-based food and tobacco giant taken private earlier this year in a 25 billion leveraged buy-out by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. confirmed that it is shutting down the RJR Nabisco Broadcast unit and dismissing its 14 employees in a move to save money

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The spokesman said RJR is discussing its network-buying plans with its two main advertising firms FCB\/Leber Katz and McCann Erickson

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We found with the size of our media purchases that an ad agency could do just as good a job at significantly lower cost said the spokesman who declined to specify how much RJR spends on network television time

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An executive close to the company said RJR is spending about 140 million on network television time this year down from roughly 200 million last year

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The spokesman said the broadcast unit will be disbanded Dec. 1 and the move wo n't affect RJR 's print radio and spot-television buying practices

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The broadcast group had been based in New York until a year ago when RJR 's previous management moved it to Atlanta the company 's headquarters before this summer

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One employee with the group said RJR moved 11 employees of the group back to New York in September because there was supposed to be a future

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He said the company hired three more buyers for the unit within the past two weeks wooing them from jobs with advertising agencies

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The RJR spokesman said the company moved the 11 employees to New York last month because the group had then been in the midst of purchasing ad time for the networks ' upcoming season

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The studies on closing the unit could n't be completed until now he said

( S ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( NNS studies ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN on ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG closing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN unit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN completed ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( RB now ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )


The group 's president Peter Chrisanthopoulos was n't in his office Friday afternoon to comment

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CBS Inc. is cutting The Pat Sajak Show down to one hour from its current 90 minutes

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CBS insisted the move was n't a setback for the program which is the network 's first entry into the late-night talk show format since 1972

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I have every intention of making this the best possible show and having it run one hour is the best way to it said Rod Perth who was named vice president of late night entertainment in August

( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( S ( NP-SBJ-4 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN intention ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG making ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJS best ) ( JJ possible ) ) ( NN show ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG having ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP-TMP ( CD one ) ( NN hour ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Rod ) ( NNP Perth ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ late ) ( NN night ) ( NN entertainment ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


This will raise the energy level of the show

( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB raise ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN energy ) ( NN level ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN show ) ) ) ) ) ) )


CBS will continue to program action-adventure shows to follow the Sajak hour

( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP CBS ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB program ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ action-adventure ) ( NNS shows ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB follow ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Sajak ) ( NN hour ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


But CBS News will extend its four-hour Nightwatch by 30 minutes and begin at 1:30 a.m

( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP CBS ) ( NNP News ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VP ( VB extend ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ four-hour ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Nightwatch ) ) ) ( PP-EXT ( IN by ) ( NP ( CD 30 ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB begin ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( CD 1:30 ) ( RB a.m ) ) ) ) ) ) )


The show despite a promising start has slipped badly in the weekly ratings as compiled by A.C. Nielsen Co. finishing far below Tonight on NBC a unit of General Electric Co. and Nightline on ABC-TV a unit of Capital Cities\/ABC Inc

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Further fractioning the late-night audience is the addition of the Arsenio Hall Show syndicated by Paramount Communications Inc

( SINV ( VP-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( RB Further ) ) ( VBG fractioning ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ late-night ) ( NN audience ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN addition ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NX-TTL ( NNP Arsenio ) ( NNP Hall ) ( NNP Show ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN syndicated ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Paramount ) ( NNP Communications ) ( NNP Inc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


The crowded field for notebook-sized computers is about to become a lot more crowded

( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ crowded ) ( NN field ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ notebook-sized ) ( NNS computers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB about ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( RBR more ) ) ( JJ crowded ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Compaq Computer Corp. 's long-awaited entry today into the notebook field is expected to put immediate heat on others in the market especially Zenith Electronics Corp. the current market leader and on a swarm of promising start-ups

( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Compaq ) ( NNP Computer ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ long-awaited ) ( NN entry ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN today ) ) ( PP ( IN into ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN notebook ) ( NN field ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( JJ immediate ) ( NN heat ) ) ( PP-PUT ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( RB especially ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Zenith ) ( NNP Electronics ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NN market ) ( NN leader ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN swarm ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ promising ) ( NNS start-ups ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Compaq 's series of notebooks extends a trend toward downsizing in the personal computer market

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Compaq ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN series ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS notebooks ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ extends ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN trend ) ) ( PP ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NN downsizing ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN computer ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) )


One manufacturer already has produced a clipboard-sized computer called a notepad and two others have introduced even smaller palmtops

( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NN manufacturer ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN produced ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT a ) ( JJ clipboard-sized ) ( NN computer ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN notepad ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD two ) ( NNS others ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN introduced ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB even ) ( JJR smaller ) ) ( NNS palmtops ) ) ) ) ) )


But those machines are still considered novelties with keyboards only a munchkin could love and screens to match

( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT those ) ( NNS machines ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VBN considered ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNS novelties ) ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS keyboards ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( RB only ) ( DT a ) ( NN munchkin ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB love ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( VBZ screens ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB match ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Compaq 's notebooks by contrast may be the first in their weight class not to skimp on features found in much bigger machines

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Compaq ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS notebooks ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NN contrast ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN weight ) ( NN class ) ) ) ) ( VP ( RB not ) ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB skimp ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS features ) ) ( VP ( VBN found ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB much ) ( JJR bigger ) ) ( NNS machines ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Analysts say they 're faster and carry more memory than anything else of their size on the market and they 're priced aggressively at 2,400 to 5,000

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR faster ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBP carry ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN memory ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NN anything ) ) ( ADJP ( RB else ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN size ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP 're ) ( VP ( VBN priced ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB aggressively ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 2,400 ) ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 5,000 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


All of this comes in a machine that weighs only six pounds and fits comfortably into most briefcases

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT All ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT this ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN machine ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VBZ weighs ) ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD six ) ) ( NNS pounds ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ fits ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB comfortably ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( JJS most ) ( NNS briefcases ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


In recent months Compaq 's competition including Zenith Toshiba Corp. Tandy Corp. and NEC Corp. all have introduced portables that weigh approximately the same and that are called notebooks perhaps misleadingly

( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Compaq ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN competition ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Zenith ) ) ( NP ( NNP Toshiba ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Tandy ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP NEC ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ( DT all ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN introduced ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS portables ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP weigh ) ( NP ( RB approximately ) ( DT the ) ( JJ same ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-4 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNS notebooks ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB perhaps ) ( RB misleadingly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


One analyst noting that most such machines are about two inches thick takes exception to the name

( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( CD One ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG noting ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ( JJ such ) ( NNS machines ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( RB about ) ( CD two ) ) ( NNS inches ) ) ( JJ thick ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ takes ) ( NP ( NN exception ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN name ) ) ) ) )


This is n't quite a notebook I call it a phonebook he says

( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP ( RB quite ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN notebook ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP call ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN phonebook ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )


That ca n't be said of the 2,400 notepad computer introduced a few weeks ago by GRiD Systems Corp. a unit of Tandy

( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT That ) ) ( VP ( MD ca ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 2,400 ) ) ( NN notepad ) ( NN computer ) ) ( VP ( VBN introduced ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NNP GRiD ) ( NNP Systems ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN unit ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Tandy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Instead of a keyboard it features a writing surface an electronic pen and the ability to read block printing

( S ( PP ( RB Instead ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN keyboard ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ features ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN writing ) ( NN surface ) ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ electronic ) ( NN pen ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB read ) ( NP ( JJ block ) ( NN printing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


At 4 1\/2 pounds it may be too ambitiously named but it nevertheless opens up the kind of marketing possibilities that make analysts froth

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Palmtops are n't far behind

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Palmtops ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( ADVP-LOC-PRD ( RB far ) ( RB behind ) ) ) )


Atari Corp. 's Portfolio introduced in Europe two months ago and in the U.S. in early September weighs less than a pound costs a mere 400 and runs on three AA batteries yet has the power to run some spreadsheets and word processing programs

( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Atari ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Portfolio ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBN introduced ) ( PP-LOC-3 ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP-4 ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS months ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( PP-LOC=3 ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( PP-TMP=4 ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ early ) ( NNP September ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ weighs ) ( NP ( QP ( RBR less ) ( IN than ) ( DT a ) ) ( NN pound ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ costs ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ mere ) ( CD 400 ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( NN AA ) ( NNS batteries ) ) ) ) ( CC yet ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN power ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NX ( NX ( NNS spreadsheets ) ) ( CC and ) ( NX ( NN word ) ( NN processing ) ( NNS programs ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Some critics however say its ability to run commonplace programs is restricted by a limited memory

( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS critics ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( VP ( VB say ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP$ its ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( JJ commonplace ) ( NNS programs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBN restricted ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( DT a ) ( JJ limited ) ( NN memory ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Poquet Computer Corp. meanwhile has introduced a much more sophisticated palmtop that can run Lotus 1-2-3 and other sophisticated software programs but costs five times as much

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Poquet ) ( NNP Computer ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB meanwhile ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN introduced ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( ADVP ( RB much ) ( RBR more ) ) ( JJ sophisticated ) ) ( NN palmtop ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-4 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Lotus ) ( NNP 1-2-3 ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( JJ sophisticated ) ( NN software ) ( NNS programs ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ costs ) ( NP ( QP ( CD five ) ( NNS times ) ) ( RB as ) ( JJ much ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


At stake is what Mike Swavely Compaq 's president of North America operations calls the Holy Grail of the computer industry the search for a real computer in a package so small you can take it everywhere

( SINV ( PP-PRD-TPC-1 ( IN At ) ( NP ( NN stake ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( SBAR-NOM ( WHNP-2 ( WP what ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mike ) ( NNP Swavely ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Compaq ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP North ) ( NNP America ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Holy ) ( NNP Grail ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN computer ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN search ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ real ) ( NN computer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN package ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ small ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB everywhere ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


The market is so new nobody knows yet how big it can be

( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB so ) ( JJ new ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN nobody ) ) ( VP ( VBZ knows ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB yet ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-1 ( WRB how ) ( JJ big ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


I 've had a lot of people trying to sell me services to find out how big it is says Tom Humphries director of marketing for GRiD

( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB sell ) ( NP-BNF ( PRP me ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS services ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB find ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADJP-4 ( WRB how ) ( JJ big ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Tom ) ( NNP Humphries ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN marketing ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP GRiD ) ) ) ) ) )


Whether it 's 5 billion or 3.5 billion it does n't matter

( S ( SBAR ( IN Whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( CD 5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 3.5 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( NP ( NN matter ) ) ) )


It 's huge

( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ huge ) ) ) )


Consider the growth of portables which now comprise 12 % of all personal computer sales

( S ( VP ( VB Consider ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN growth ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS portables ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBP comprise ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 12 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT all ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN computer ) ( NNS sales ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Laptops generally anything under 15 pounds have become the fastest-growing personal computer segment with sales doubling this year

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Responding to that demand however has led to a variety of compromises

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Making computers smaller often means sacrificing memory

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It also has precluded use of the faster more powerful microprocessors found in increasing numbers of desktop machines

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Size and weight considerations also have limited screen displays

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The competitive sniping can get pretty petty at times

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A Poquet spokesman for example criticizes the Atari Portfolio because it requires three batteries while the Poquet needs only two

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Both palmtops are dismissed by notebook makers who argue that they 're too small a problem Poquet also encountered in focus groups admits Gerry Purdy director of marketing

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Poquet trying to avoid the gadget label responded with the tag line The Poquet PC a Very Big Computer

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Despite the sniping few question the inevitability of the move to small machines that do n't make compromises

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Toward that end experts say the real battle will take place between center-stage players like Toshiba Zenith and now Compaq

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Compaq 's new machines are considered a direct threat to start-up firms like Dynabook Inc. which introduced in June a computer that like Compaq 's uses an Intel 286 microprocessor and has a hard disk drive

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But the Dynabook product is twice as heavy and costs more than Compaq 's

( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Dynabook ) ( NN product ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB twice ) ( IN as ) ( JJ heavy ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NNS costs ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NNP Compaq ) ( POS 's ) ) ) ) ) ) )


Compaq 's announcement also spells trouble for Zenith which last year had 28 % of the U.S. laptop market but recently agreed to sell its computer business to Cie. des Machines Bull the French government-owned computer maker

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Zenith holders will vote in December on the proposed 635 million sale a price that could slip because it is pegged to Zenith 's share and sales

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Compaq is already taking aim at Zenith 's market share

( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Compaq ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBG taking ) ( NP ( NN aim ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Zenith ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) )


Rod Canion Compaq 's president and chief executive officer notes pointedly that Zenith 's 2,000 MinisPort uses an unconventional two-inch floppy disk whereas Compaq 's new machines use the more common 3 1\/2-inch disk

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John P. Frank president of Zenith Data Systems simply shrugs off such criticism noting that 3 1\/2-inch floppies were also unconventional when they first replaced five-inch disks

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