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Though President John F. Kennedy was primarily concerned with the crucial problems of Berlin and disarmament adviser McCloy 's unexpected report from Khrushchev, his new enthusiasm and reliance on personal diplomacy involved him in other key problems of U. S. foreign policy last week.	involved	{ "name": "involve", "sense_definitions_list": [ "connect closely and often incriminatingly", "engage as a participant", "have as a necessary feature", "require as useful, just, or proper", "contain as a part", "occupy or engage the interest of", "make complex or intricate or complicated...	[ "engage as a participant" ]	[ "involve%2:42:04::" ]
High up on the President 's priority list was the thorny question of Bizerte.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
On this issue, the President received a detailed report from his U. N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, who had just returned from Paris, and Mr. Kennedy asked Stevenson to search for a face-saving way - for both Paris and Tunis - out of the imbroglio.	received	{ "name": "receive", "sense_definitions_list": [ "get something; come into possession of", "receive a specified treatment (abstract)", "register (perceptual input)", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "express willingness to have in one's home or environs", "accept as t...	[ "get something; come into possession of" ]	[ "receive%2:40:00::" ]
On this issue, the President received a detailed report from his U. N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, who had just returned from Paris, and Mr. Kennedy asked Stevenson to search for a face-saving way - for both Paris and Tunis - out of the imbroglio.	returned	{ "name": "return", "sense_definitions_list": [ "document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability", "a coming to or returning home", "the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction", "getting something back again", "the act of going back to...	[ "go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before" ]	[ "return%2:38:00::" ]
On this issue, the President received a detailed report from his U. N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, who had just returned from Paris, and Mr. Kennedy asked Stevenson to search for a face-saving way - for both Paris and Tunis - out of the imbroglio.	asked	{ "name": "ask", "sense_definitions_list": [ "inquire about", "make a request or demand for something to somebody", "direct or put; seek an answer to", "consider obligatory; request and expect", "address a question to and expect an answer from", "require as useful, just, or proper", "req...	[ "make a request or demand for something to somebody" ]	[ "ask%2:32:01::" ]
On this issue, the President received a detailed report from his U. N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, who had just returned from Paris, and Mr. Kennedy asked Stevenson to search for a face-saving way - for both Paris and Tunis - out of the imbroglio.	search	{ "name": "search", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone", "an investigation seeking answers", "an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property", "the examination of alternative hypotheses", ...	[ "try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of" ]	[ "search%2:35:00::" ]
Ideally, the President would like the French to agree on a `` status quo ante '' on Bizerte, and accept a new timetable for withdrawing their forces from the Mediterranean base.	like	{ "name": "like", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a similar kind;,", "a kind of person", "prefer or wish to do something", "find enjoyable or agreeable", "be fond of", "feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard", "want to have", "resembling or similar; having the same or some...	[ "prefer or wish to do something" ]	[ "like%2:37:01::" ]
Ideally, the President would like the French to agree on a `` status quo ante '' on Bizerte, and accept a new timetable for withdrawing their forces from the Mediterranean base.	agree	{ "name": "agree", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be in accord; be in agreement", "consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something", "be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics", "go together", "show grammatical agreement", "be agreeable or suitable", ...	[ "consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something" ]	[ "agree%2:32:01::" ]
Ideally, the President would like the French to agree on a `` status quo ante '' on Bizerte, and accept a new timetable for withdrawing their forces from the Mediterranean base.	accept	{ "name": "accept", "sense_definitions_list": [ "consider or hold as true", "receive willingly something given or offered", "give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to", "react favorably to; consider right and proper", "admit into a group or community", "take on as one's own the expe...	[ "give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to" ]	[ "accept%2:32:00::" ]
Ideally, the President would like the French to agree on a `` status quo ante '' on Bizerte, and accept a new timetable for withdrawing their forces from the Mediterranean base.	withdrawing	{ "name": "withdraw", "sense_definitions_list": [ "pull back or move away or backward", "withdraw from active participation", "release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles", "cause to be returned", "take back what one has said", "keep away from others", "break from a me...	[ "pull back or move away or backward" ]	[ "withdraw%2:38:00::" ]
To continue their important conversations about the Tunisian issue and the whole range of other problems, Mr. Kennedy invited stevenson to Cape Cod for the weekend.	continue	{ "name": "continue", "sense_definitions_list": [ "continue a certain state, condition, or activity", "continue talking; he continued,", "keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last", "move ahead; travel onward in time or space", "allow to remain in a place or position or m...	[ "continue a certain state, condition, or activity" ]	[ "continue%2:42:01::" ]
To continue their important conversations about the Tunisian issue and the whole range of other problems, Mr. Kennedy invited stevenson to Cape Cod for the weekend.	invited	{ "name": "invite", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a colloquial expression for invitation", "increase the likelihood of", "invite someone to one's house", "give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting", "ask someone in a friendly way to do something", "have as a guest", "ask to en...	[ "invite someone to one's house" ]	[ "invite%2:41:00::" ]
The President also discussed the Bizerte deadlock with the No. 2 man in the Tunisian Government, Defense Minister Bahi Ladgham, who flew to Washington last week to seek U. S. support.	discussed	{ "name": "discuss", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible", "a disk used in throwing competitions", "to consider or examine in speech or writing", "speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a ...	[ "speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion" ]	[ "discuss%2:32:00::" ]
The President also discussed the Bizerte deadlock with the No. 2 man in the Tunisian Government, Defense Minister Bahi Ladgham, who flew to Washington last week to seek U. S. support.	flew	{ "name": "fly", "sense_definitions_list": [ "two-winged insects characterized by active flight", "flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent", "an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth", "(basebal...	[ "travel through the air; be airborne" ]	[ "fly%2:38:00::" ]
The President also discussed the Bizerte deadlock with the No. 2 man in the Tunisian Government, Defense Minister Bahi Ladgham, who flew to Washington last week to seek U. S. support.	seek	{ "name": "seek", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk", "try to get or reach", "try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of", "make an effort or attempt", "go to or towards", "inquire for" ] }	[ "try to get or reach" ]	[ "seek%2:40:00::" ]
The conversation apparently convinced Mr. Kennedy that the positions of France and Tunisia were not irreconcilable.	convinced	{ "name": "convince", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something" ] }	[ "make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something" ]	[ "convince%2:32:00::" ]
The conversation apparently convinced Mr. Kennedy that the positions of France and Tunisia were not irreconcilable.	were	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Through Ladgham, Mr. Kennedy sent a message along those lines to Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba ; and one U. S. official said :	sent	{ "name": "send", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to go somewhere", "to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place", "cause to be directed or transmitted to another place", "transport commercially", "assign to a station", "transfer", "cause to be admitted; o...	[ "cause to be directed or transmitted to another place" ]	[ "send%2:32:00::" ]
Through Ladgham, Mr. Kennedy sent a message along those lines to Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba ; and one U. S. official said :	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "report or maintain" ]	[ "say%2:32:01::" ]
`` The key question now is which side picks up the phone first ''.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]	[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
`` The key question now is which side picks up the phone first ''.	picks up	{ "name": "pick_up", "sense_definitions_list": [ "take and lift upward", "take up by hand", "give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift", "gather or collect", "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally", "get in addition, as an increase", "take into custody", "buy casually or...	[ "take up by hand" ]	[ "pick_up%2:35:01::" ]
On the Latin American front, the President held talks with Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon before sending him to Uruguay and the Inter-American Economic and Social Council ( which the President himself had originally hoped to attend ).	held	{ "name": "hold", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of grasping", "understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something", "power by which something or someone is affected or dominated", "time during which some action is awaited", "a state of being confined (usually for ...	[ "organize or be responsible for" ]	[ "hold%2:36:00::" ]
On the Latin American front, the President held talks with Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon before sending him to Uruguay and the Inter-American Economic and Social Council ( which the President himself had originally hoped to attend ).	sending	{ "name": "send", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to go somewhere", "to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place", "cause to be directed or transmitted to another place", "transport commercially", "assign to a station", "transfer", "cause to be admitted; o...	[ "cause to go somewhere" ]	[ "send%2:38:01::" ]
On the Latin American front, the President held talks with Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon before sending him to Uruguay and the Inter-American Economic and Social Council ( which the President himself had originally hoped to attend ).	hoped	{ "name": "hope", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a specific instance of feeling hopeful", "the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled", "grounds for feeling hopeful about the future", "someone (or something) on which expectations are centered", "United States comedian (born in England)...	[ "expect and wish" ]	[ "hope%2:37:01::" ]
On the Latin American front, the President held talks with Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon before sending him to Uruguay and the Inter-American Economic and Social Council ( which the President himself had originally hoped to attend ).	attend	{ "name": "attend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.", "take charge of or deal with", "to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result", "work for or be a servant to", "give heed (to)" ] }	[ "be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc." ]	[ "attend%2:42:00::" ]
Main purpose of the meeting : To discuss President Kennedy 's Alliance for Progress.	discuss	{ "name": "discuss", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible", "a disk used in throwing competitions", "to consider or examine in speech or writing", "speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a ...	[ "speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion" ]	[ "discuss%2:32:00::" ]
And that was not all.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]	[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
In conferences with Nationalist China 's dapper, diminutive Vice President Chen Cheng, Mr. Kennedy assured Chiang Kai-shek 's emissary that the U. S. is as firmly opposed as ever to the admission of Red China to the United Nations.	assured	{ "name": "assure", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make certain of", "inform positively and with certainty and confidence", "assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence", "be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something", "cause t...	[ "make certain of" ]	[ "assure%2:32:03::" ]
In conferences with Nationalist China 's dapper, diminutive Vice President Chen Cheng, Mr. Kennedy assured Chiang Kai-shek 's emissary that the U. S. is as firmly opposed as ever to the admission of Red China to the United Nations.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; however the President, who would like to woo the former Chinese province away from both Peking and Moscow, would promise Chen nothing more than an abstention by the U. S. if Outer Mongolia 's admission comes to a vote.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; however the President, who would like to woo the former Chinese province away from both Peking and Moscow, would promise Chen nothing more than an abstention by the U. S. if Outer Mongolia 's admission comes to a vote.	like	{ "name": "like", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a similar kind;,", "a kind of person", "prefer or wish to do something", "find enjoyable or agreeable", "be fond of", "feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard", "want to have", "resembling or similar; having the same or some...	[ "prefer or wish to do something" ]	[ "like%2:37:01::" ]
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; however the President, who would like to woo the former Chinese province away from both Peking and Moscow, would promise Chen nothing more than an abstention by the U. S. if Outer Mongolia 's admission comes to a vote.	woo	{ "name": "woo", "sense_definitions_list": [ "seek someone's favor", "make amorous advances towards" ] }	[ "seek someone's favor" ]	[ "woo%2:41:01::" ]
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; however the President, who would like to woo the former Chinese province away from both Peking and Moscow, would promise Chen nothing more than an abstention by the U. S. if Outer Mongolia 's admission comes to a vote.	promise	{ "name": "promise", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future", "grounds for feeling hopeful about the future", "make a promise or commitment", "promise to undertake or give", "make a prediction about; tell in...	[ "make a promise or commitment" ]	[ "promise%2:32:00::" ]
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; however the President, who would like to woo the former Chinese province away from both Peking and Moscow, would promise Chen nothing more than an abstention by the U. S. if Outer Mongolia 's admission comes to a vote.	comes	{ "name": "come", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract", "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody", "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress", "come to pass; arriv...	[ "come to pass; arrive, as in due course" ]	[ "come%2:30:01::" ]
The President also conferred with emissaries from Guatemala and Nepal who are seeking more foreign aid.	conferred with	{ "name": "confer_with", "sense_definitions_list": [ "get or ask advice from" ] }	[ "get or ask advice from" ]	[ "confer_with%2:32:00::" ]
The President also conferred with emissaries from Guatemala and Nepal who are seeking more foreign aid.	seeking	{ "name": "seek", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk", "try to get or reach", "try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of", "make an effort or attempt", "go to or towards", "inquire for" ] }	[ "try to get or reach" ]	[ "seek%2:40:00::" ]
To Africa, he sent his most trusted adviser, his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, on a good-will mission to the Ivory Coast.	sent	{ "name": "send", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to go somewhere", "to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place", "cause to be directed or transmitted to another place", "transport commercially", "assign to a station", "transfer", "cause to be admitted; o...	[ "cause to go somewhere" ]	[ "send%2:38:01::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	playing	{ "name": "play", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage", "a theatrical performance of a drama", "a preset plan of action in team sports", "a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill", "a state in which action is feasible"...	[ "act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome" ]	[ "play%2:41:12::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	practicing	{ "name": "practice", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a customary way of operation or behavior", "systematic training by multiple repetitions", "translating an idea into action", "the exercise of a profession", "knowledge of how something is usually done", "carry out or practice; as of jobs and...	[ "carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions" ]	[ "practice%2:41:00::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	preached	{ "name": "preach", "sense_definitions_list": [ "deliver a sermon", "speak, plead, or argue in favor of" ] }	[ "speak, plead, or argue in favor of" ]	[ "preach%2:32:00::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	declared	{ "name": "declare", "sense_definitions_list": [ "state emphatically and authoritatively", "announce publicly or officially", "state firmly", "declare to be", "authorize payments of", "designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand", "make a declaration (of dutiable go...	[ "state firmly" ]	[ "declare%2:32:01::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	be	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	discuss	{ "name": "discuss", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible", "a disk used in throwing competitions", "to consider or examine in speech or writing", "speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a ...	[ "speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion" ]	[ "discuss%2:32:00::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	talk	{ "name": "talk", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an exchange of ideas via conversation", "discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')", "the act of giving a talk to an audience", "a speech that is open to the public", "idle gossip or rumor", "exchange thoughts; ...	[ "exchange thoughts; talk with" ]	[ "talk%2:32:01::" ]
All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared : `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen,...	listen	{ "name": "listen", "sense_definitions_list": [ "hear with intention", "listen and pay attention", "pay close attention to; give heed to" ] }	[ "hear with intention" ]	[ "listen%2:39:00::" ]
From International Airport in Los Angeles to International Airport in Houston, as the great four-jet Boeing 707 flies, is a routine five hours and 25 minutes, including stopovers at Phoenix, El Paso, and San Antonio.	flies	{ "name": "fly", "sense_definitions_list": [ "two-winged insects characterized by active flight", "flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent", "an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth", "(basebal...	[ "travel through the air; be airborne" ]	[ "fly%2:38:00::" ]
From International Airport in Los Angeles to International Airport in Houston, as the great four-jet Boeing 707 flies, is a routine five hours and 25 minutes, including stopovers at Phoenix, El Paso, and San Antonio.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
From International Airport in Los Angeles to International Airport in Houston, as the great four-jet Boeing 707 flies, is a routine five hours and 25 minutes, including stopovers at Phoenix, El Paso, and San Antonio.	including	{ "name": "include", "sense_definitions_list": [ "have as a part, be made up out of", "consider as part of something", "add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category", "allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and respo...	[ "consider as part of something" ]	[ "include%2:31:00::" ]
When Continental Airlines night-coach Flight 54 took off at 11 : 30 one night last week, there was no reason to think it would take any longer.	took off	{ "name": "take_off", "sense_definitions_list": [ "leave", "take away or remove", "depart from the ground", "take time off from work; stop working temporarily", "mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner", "remove clothes", "get started or set in motion, used figuratively", ...	[ "leave" ]	[ "take_off%2:38:00::" ]
When Continental Airlines night-coach Flight 54 took off at 11 : 30 one night last week, there was no reason to think it would take any longer.	think	{ "name": "think", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an instance of deliberate thinking", "judge or regard; look upon; judge", "expect, believe, or suppose", "use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments", "recall knowl...	[ "expect, believe, or suppose" ]	[ "think%2:31:03::" ]
When Continental Airlines night-coach Flight 54 took off at 11 : 30 one night last week, there was no reason to think it would take any longer.	take	{ "name": "take", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property", "the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption", "carry out", "require (time or space)", "take somebody somewhere", "get into ...	[ "require (time or space)" ]	[ "take%2:40:06::" ]
The plane put down on schedule at 1 : 35 a. m. in Phoenix.	put down	{ "name": "put_down", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place", "put in a horizontal position", "cause to come to the ground", "reduce in worth or character, usually verbally", "leave or unload", "put (an animal) to death", "put down in writ...	[ "cause to come to the ground" ]	[ "put_down%2:38:00::" ]
Thirty-one minutes later, when it took off for El Paso, hardly anyone of the crew of six or the 65 other passengers paid any attention to the man and teen-age boy who had come aboard.	took off	{ "name": "take_off", "sense_definitions_list": [ "leave", "take away or remove", "depart from the ground", "take time off from work; stop working temporarily", "mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner", "remove clothes", "get started or set in motion, used figuratively", ...	[ "leave" ]	[ "take_off%2:38:00::" ]
Thirty-one minutes later, when it took off for El Paso, hardly anyone of the crew of six or the 65 other passengers paid any attention to the man and teen-age boy who had come aboard.	paid	{ "name": "pay", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something that remunerates", "give money, usually in exchange for goods or services", "convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow", "cancel or discharge a debt", "bring in", "do or give something to somebody in return", "ded...	[ "convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow" ]	[ "pay%2:32:00::" ]
Thirty-one minutes later, when it took off for El Paso, hardly anyone of the crew of six or the 65 other passengers paid any attention to the man and teen-age boy who had come aboard.	come	{ "name": "come", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract", "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody", "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress", "come to pass; arriv...	[ "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress" ]	[ "come%2:38:04::" ]
At 3 : 58 a. m., with the plane about twenty minutes out of El Paso, passenger Robert Berry, a San Antonio advertising man, glanced up and saw the man and boy, accompanied by a stewardess, walking up the aisle toward the cockpit.	glanced	{ "name": "glance", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a quick look", "throw a glance at; take a brief look at", "hit at an angle" ] }	[ "throw a glance at; take a brief look at" ]	[ "glance%2:39:00::" ]
At 3 : 58 a. m., with the plane about twenty minutes out of El Paso, passenger Robert Berry, a San Antonio advertising man, glanced up and saw the man and boy, accompanied by a stewardess, walking up the aisle toward the cockpit.	saw	{ "name": "see", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive or be contemporaneous with", "imagine; conceive of; see in one's min...	[ "perceive or be contemporaneous with" ]	[ "see%2:39:02::" ]
At 3 : 58 a. m., with the plane about twenty minutes out of El Paso, passenger Robert Berry, a San Antonio advertising man, glanced up and saw the man and boy, accompanied by a stewardess, walking up the aisle toward the cockpit.	accompanied	{ "name": "accompany", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be present or associated with an event or entity", "go or travel along with", "perform an accompaniment to", "be a companion to somebody" ] }	[ "go or travel along with" ]	[ "accompany%2:38:00::" ]
At 3 : 58 a. m., with the plane about twenty minutes out of El Paso, passenger Robert Berry, a San Antonio advertising man, glanced up and saw the man and boy, accompanied by a stewardess, walking up the aisle toward the cockpit.	walking	{ "name": "walk", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of traveling by foot", "(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls", "manner of walking", "the act of walking somewhere", "a path set aside for walking", "a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always o...	[ "use one's feet to advance; advance by steps" ]	[ "walk%2:38:00::" ]
`` The man was bent over with his hand on his stomach '', Berry said.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
`` The man was bent over with his hand on his stomach '', Berry said.	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
`` I figured he was sick ''.	figured	{ "name": "figure", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a diagram or picture illustrating textual material", "alternative names for the body of a human being", "one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration", "a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)", "a well-known or nota...	[ "judge to be probable" ]	[ "figure%2:31:01::" ]
`` I figured he was sick ''.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
John Salvador, a farmer from Palm Desert, Calif., was sitting up front and could see through the door as the trio entered the cockpit.	sitting	{ "name": "sit", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be seated", "be around, often idly or without specific purpose", "take a seat", "be in session", "assume a posture as for artistic purposes", "sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions", "be located or situat...	[ "be around, often idly or without specific purpose" ]	[ "sit%2:42:00::" ]
John Salvador, a farmer from Palm Desert, Calif., was sitting up front and could see through the door as the trio entered the cockpit.	see	{ "name": "see", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive or be contemporaneous with", "imagine; conceive of; see in one's min...	[ "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight" ]	[ "see%2:39:00::" ]
John Salvador, a farmer from Palm Desert, Calif., was sitting up front and could see through the door as the trio entered the cockpit.	entered	{ "name": "enter", "sense_definitions_list": [ "to come or go into", "become a participant; be involved in", "register formally as a participant or member", "be or play a part of or in", "make a record of; set down in permanent form", "come on stage", "take on duties or office", "put...	[ "to come or go into" ]	[ "enter%2:38:00::" ]
`` The kid had a.45 automatic, like they issue in the Army '', he said.	had	{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...	[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]	[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
`` The kid had a.45 automatic, like they issue in the Army '', he said.	issue	{ "name": "issue", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an important question that is in dispute and must be settled", "one of a series published periodically", "some situation or event that is thought about", "the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)", ...	[ "circulate or distribute or equip with" ]	[ "issue%2:41:00::" ]
`` The kid had a.45 automatic, like they issue in the Army '', he said.	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
`` The other fellow had a.38 ''.	had	{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...	[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]	[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
Salvador saw the youth hold his.45 against the head of stewardess Lois Carnegey ; the man put his.38 at the head of Capt. Byron D. Rickards.	saw	{ "name": "see", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive or be contemporaneous with", "imagine; conceive of; see in one's min...	[ "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight" ]	[ "see%2:39:00::" ]
Salvador saw the youth hold his.45 against the head of stewardess Lois Carnegey ; the man put his.38 at the head of Capt. Byron D. Rickards.	hold	{ "name": "hold", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of grasping", "understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something", "power by which something or someone is affected or dominated", "time during which some action is awaited", "a state of being confined (usually for ...	[ "have or hold in one's hands or grip" ]	[ "hold%2:35:00::" ]
Salvador saw the youth hold his.45 against the head of stewardess Lois Carnegey ; the man put his.38 at the head of Capt. Byron D. Rickards.	put	{ "name": "put", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date", "put into a certain place or abstract location", "cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation", "formulate in a particular ...	[ "put into a certain place or abstract location" ]	[ "put%2:35:00::" ]
To Rickards, a 52 - year-old veteran 30 years in the air, it was an old story : His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much as it had happened in 1930, when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]	[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
To Rickards, a 52 - year-old veteran 30 years in the air, it was an old story : His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much as it had happened in 1930, when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa.	hijacked	{ "name": "hijack", "sense_definitions_list": [ "seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination", "take arbitrarily or by force", "seize control of" ] }	[ "take arbitrarily or by force" ]	[ "hijack%2:35:00::" ]
To Rickards, a 52 - year-old veteran 30 years in the air, it was an old story : His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much as it had happened in 1930, when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa.	happened	{ "name": "happen", "sense_definitions_list": [ "come to pass", "happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (Santayana)", "chance to be or do something, without intention or causation", "come into being; become reality", "come upon, as if by accident; meet with" ] }	[ "come to pass" ]	[ "happen%2:30:00::" ]
To Rickards, a 52 - year-old veteran 30 years in the air, it was an old story : His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much as it had happened in 1930, when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa.	made	{ "name": "make", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a recognizable kind", "the act of mixing cards haphazardly", "engage in", "give certain properties to something", "make or cause to be or to become", "cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner", "give rise to; cause to happen or occur,...	[ "compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way" ]	[ "make%2:36:15::" ]
To Rickards, a 52 - year-old veteran 30 years in the air, it was an old story : His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much as it had happened in 1930, when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa.	land	{ "name": "land", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the land on which real estate is located", "material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)", "territory over which rule or control is exercised", "the solid part of the ea...	[ "cause to come to the ground" ]	[ "land%2:38:01::" ]
But last week 's pirates, like the Cuban-American who recently hijacked an Eastern Airlines Electra ( Newsweek, Aug. 7 ), wanted to go to Havana.	hijacked	{ "name": "hijack", "sense_definitions_list": [ "seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination", "take arbitrarily or by force", "seize control of" ] }	[ "take arbitrarily or by force" ]	[ "hijack%2:35:00::" ]
But last week 's pirates, like the Cuban-American who recently hijacked an Eastern Airlines Electra ( Newsweek, Aug. 7 ), wanted to go to Havana.	wanted	{ "name": "want", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a state of extreme poverty", "the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable", "anything that is necessary but lacking", "a specific feeling of desire", "feel or have a desire for; want strongly", "have need of", "hunt or look ...	[ "feel or have a desire for; want strongly" ]	[ "want%2:37:00::" ]
But last week 's pirates, like the Cuban-American who recently hijacked an Eastern Airlines Electra ( Newsweek, Aug. 7 ), wanted to go to Havana.	go	{ "name": "go", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)", "street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine", "a usually brief attempt", "a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the o...	[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]	[ "go%2:38:00::" ]
`` Tell your company there are four of us here with guns '', the elder man told Rickards.	Tell	{ "name": "tell", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)", "exp...	[ "let something be known" ]	[ "tell%2:32:00::" ]
`` Tell your company there are four of us here with guns '', the elder man told Rickards.	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "happen, occur, take place" ]	[ "be%2:42:04::" ]
`` Tell your company there are four of us here with guns '', the elder man told Rickards.	told	{ "name": "tell", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)", "exp...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "tell%2:32:04::" ]
The pilot radioed El Paso International Airport with just that message.	radioed	{ "name": "radio", "sense_definitions_list": [ "medium for communication", "an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals", "a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves", "transmit messages via radio waves", "indicating radiation or ...	[ "transmit messages via radio waves" ]	[ "radio%2:32:00::" ]
But, he told the `` skyjackers '', the 707 did n't carry enough fuel to reach Havana ; they would have to refuel at El Paso.	told	{ "name": "tell", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)", "exp...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "tell%2:32:04::" ]
But, he told the `` skyjackers '', the 707 did n't carry enough fuel to reach Havana ; they would have to refuel at El Paso.	carry	{ "name": "carry", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of carrying something", "move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body", "have with oneself; have on one's person", "transmit or serve as the medium for transmission", "serve as a means for expressing somethi...	[ "move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body" ]	[ "carry%2:35:02::" ]
But, he told the `` skyjackers '', the 707 did n't carry enough fuel to reach Havana ; they would have to refuel at El Paso.	reach	{ "name": "reach", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the limits within which something can be effective", "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:", "the act of physically reaching or thrusting out", "the limit of capability", "reach a destination, either real or abstract...	[ "reach a destination, either real or abstract" ]	[ "reach%2:38:01::" ]
But, he told the `` skyjackers '', the 707 did n't carry enough fuel to reach Havana ; they would have to refuel at El Paso.	refuel	{ "name": "refuel", "sense_definitions_list": [ "provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars", "take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car" ] }	[ "take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car" ]	[ "refuel%2:40:00::" ]
Most passengers did n't know what had happened until they got on the ground.	know	{ "name": "know", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people", "be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about", "know how to do or perform something", "be aware of the truth of something...	[ "be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about" ]	[ "know%2:31:01::" ]
Most passengers did n't know what had happened until they got on the ground.	happened	{ "name": "happen", "sense_definitions_list": [ "come to pass", "happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (Santayana)", "chance to be or do something, without intention or causation", "come into being; become reality", "come upon, as if by accident; meet with" ] }	[ "come to pass" ]	[ "happen%2:30:00::" ]
Most passengers did n't know what had happened until they got on the ground.	got	{ "name": "get", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent", "come into the possession of something concrete or abstract", "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "cause to move; cause to be in...	[ "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress" ]	[ "get%2:38:00::" ]
Jerry McCauley of Sacramento, Calif., one of some twenty Air Force recruits on board, awoke from a nap in confusion.	awoke	{ "name": "awake", "sense_definitions_list": [ "stop sleeping", "not in a state of sleep; completely conscious", "mentally perceptive and responsive" ] }	[ "stop sleeping" ]	[ "awake%2:29:00::" ]
`` The old man came from the front of the plane and said he wanted four volunteers to go to Cuba '', McCauley said, `` and like a nut I raised my hand.	came	{ "name": "come", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract", "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody", "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress", "come to pass; arriv...	[ "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody" ]	[ "come%2:38:00::" ]
`` The old man came from the front of the plane and said he wanted four volunteers to go to Cuba '', McCauley said, `` and like a nut I raised my hand.	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
`` The old man came from the front of the plane and said he wanted four volunteers to go to Cuba '', McCauley said, `` and like a nut I raised my hand.	wanted	{ "name": "want", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a state of extreme poverty", "the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable", "anything that is necessary but lacking", "a specific feeling of desire", "feel or have a desire for; want strongly", "have need of", "hunt or look ...	[ "feel or have a desire for; want strongly" ]	[ "want%2:37:00::" ]
`` The old man came from the front of the plane and said he wanted four volunteers to go to Cuba '', McCauley said, `` and like a nut I raised my hand.	go	{ "name": "go", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)", "street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine", "a usually brief attempt", "a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the o...	[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]	[ "go%2:38:00::" ]
`` The old man came from the front of the plane and said he wanted four volunteers to go to Cuba '', McCauley said, `` and like a nut I raised my hand.	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
`` The old man came from the front of the plane and said he wanted four volunteers to go to Cuba '', McCauley said, `` and like a nut I raised my hand.	raised	{ "name": "raise", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the amount a salary is increased", "an upward slope or grade (as in a road)", "increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)", "the act of raising something", "raise the level or amount of something", "raise from a lower to a higher position", ...	[ "move upwards" ]	[ "raise%2:38:02::" ]

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