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Search for articles by authors who have been divorced, have red hair, or voted Republican in at least three but not more than five of the past six presidential elections; | Search for articles by those who have divorced, have red hair, or voted Republican in three to five of the past six elections; | 7 |
2. Which explanation did NATO spokesman David Wilby give for the attack that killed 10 civilians in a residential area of Pristina last week? | What reason did NATO's David Wilby give for an attack that killed 10 civilians in Pristina last week? | 6 |
That said, let me add that Scott is not a racist--just a little weak on statistical inferences, like many otherwise excellent journalists. | Scott is not a racist--just a little weak on statistical inferences, like many journalists. | 6 |
If you missed the most recent installments of this column, here they are: posted Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Friday, Oct. 30. | Here are the most recent segments of this column: Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Friday, Oct. 30. | 6 |
Go to the Mirror, Boy: John McLaughlin designated fellow commentarian George Stephanopoulos the year's "Most Boring Person" for his "predictable and platitudinous commentary" on This Week . | Go to the Mirror, Boy: John McLaughlin made George Stephanopoulos the year's "Most Boring Person" for his "predictable commentary." | 6 |
Reread your life story in A Christmas Carol . If you have no problem more serious than boredom with an excess of Christmas, you are fortunate indeed. | If you have no problem more serious than boredom with an excess of Christmas, you are fortunate indeed. | 6 |
Fill in the blank in this quote from cognitive scientist Bruce Bagemihl: "We shouldn't have to look to __________ to see what's normal or ethical." | Bruce Bagemihl said "We shouldn't have to look to __________ to see what's normal or ethical." | 6 |
Actual headline : Richard Bernstein's review of the latest volume of Henry Kissinger's memoirs: "An Architect of Diplomacy Seeks Détente with History" | Richard Bernstein's review of Henry Kissinger's memoirs: "An Architect of Diplomacy Seeks Détente with History" | 6 |
Best and Worst: Tasters chose one Best and one Worst from the "flight" (as they would call it if this were a wine test). | Best and Worst: Tasters chose one Best and one Worst from the "flight." | 6 |
3. In Palestine, after a funeral for a youth killed by a rubber-coated steel pellet, rioters hurl stones and firebombs at Israeli police. | Rioters hurl stones and firebombs at Israeli police, after a youth is killed by a rubber-coated pellet. | 6 |
Making the strongest argument for the return of the National Endowment is The Four Statesmen, depicting everybody's favorite '70s political hacks: Gerald Ford, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, James Callaghan, and Helmut Schmidt. | The Four Statesmen, Gerald Ford, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, James Callaghan and Helmut Schmidt make the strongest argument for the return of the National Endowment. | 6 |
The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times lead with the product of decades of debate and intensive lobbying--an agreement to transform American banking laws. | The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times lead with an agreement to transform American banking laws. | 6 |
If you missed the most recent installments of this column, here they are: posted Tuesday, Oct. 27, and Friday, Oct. 23. | Here are the recent installments of this column: posted Tues, Oct. 27, and Fri, Oct. 23. | 6 |
A search for Bill Gates (or Bill, Gates or Bill and Gates ) will find articles containing both the word bill and the word gates . | A search for "Bill Gates" will find articles containing both the word bill and the word gates . | 6 |
Looking at job flows by firm size (see Figure 3), we see that firms that remained small (including those that entered or went out of business) lost 192,000 jobs during this recession period. | Looking at job flows by firm size, we see that firms that remained small lost 192,000 jobs during this recession period. | 6 |
At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overheadIn a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited;An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small In blast-beruffled plume,Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom. | At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited; An aged thrush. | 11 |
And the notion of a hormonally unbalanced national leader, with the world's most powerful arsenal and fighting forces at his command, is profoundly frightening. | The notion of an unbalanced national leader, with the world's most powerful arsenal and forces at his command, is scary. | 6 |
But for the sake of argument, let's assume FBI tests show there is DNA on the dress: Should Starr tell the president this before Aug. 17? | Let's assume FBI tests show DNA on the dress: Should Starr tell the president before Aug. 17? | 6 |
A. "A bare-assed codger was killed near Bangkok this morning when his motorcycle collided with a low-flying game bird that police say was 'hurled in his path by a vengeful god. | A naked codger was killed near Bangkok when his motorcycle collided with a game bird that police say was hurled in his path by god. | 6 |
And this is to give you fortitude: Prudie's close doctor friend tells her that good doctors understand these things and do not take affront. | Prudie's close friend tells her that good doctors understand these things and do not take affront. | 6 |
A Note From Prudie : What kids call grown-ups is still riling some readers, so here is a knock for Prudie that was at least civil. | The name kids call grownups is still surprising to readers, here is a civil knock for Purdie. | 6 |
Hell, if my ire at forced participation in the Social Security program is self-pity, then sign me up--particularly if that might somehow allow me to get out. | Sign me up if my IRE forced participation in the Social Security Program is self pity! | 7 |
So just as I'm about to tell my doctor, Leopold, all this, she's staring at the X-ray and absently says, "You know, 90 percent of these back problems are hereditary." | As I am about to tell my doctor, Leopold, she absently remarks, "you know, 90 percent of these back problems are hereditary." | 6 |
The popular parlance conflates nerd with nebbish . But the overlap between the two concepts is not large, more on the order of this: | "Nerd" is popularly conflated with "nebbish," but the two concepts are fairly different, as such: | 6 |
By the way, let's not forget that in a conventional bookstore, you can also--if you choose--acquire books in zero days, by "going to" the store in the pre-Internet sense of actually going there. | Remember, you can also--if you choose--acquire books in zero days, by "going to" the store in the pre-Internet sense of actually going there. | 6 |
If Culturebox didn't know better, she would say that Janet Maslin was driven from the New York Times by the shame of almost having Lee Siegel agree with her. | Culturebox might say that Janet Maslin was driven from the NYT by the shame of almost having Siegel agree with her. | 6 |
[After months of denials and futile delays, Clinton finally testifies before the Starr grand jury and argues that, technically, he didn't lie. | After months, Clinton finally testifies before the grand jury and argues that he technically didn't lie. | 6 |
If you meet a madman who says that he is a fish and that we are all fishes, do you take off your clothes to show him that you do not have fins? | If you meet a madman who says that we are all fishes, do you disrobe to show him that you don't have fins? | 6 |
(Note: "Life and Art" is an occasional column that compares fiction, in various media, with the real-life facts on which it is ostensibly based.) | (Note: "Life and Art" is a column that compares fiction with real-life facts on which it is based.) | 6 |
But I too wish there were more worthwhile things to watch--say, an enlightening discussion of microeconomic theory by a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute. | I wish there were better things to watch--say, a discussion of theory by a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute. | 6 |
The true relevance of lateralization of function will be ascertained only by careful research that acknowledges that aspects of this function develop throughout the life span, beginning at birth, if not before. | The true relevance of lateralization of function will be found by research that acknowledges that this function develops since birth, if not before. | 6 |
Then, of course, there's the simpler observation that some movies are just badly imagined and badly written, and nobody cares enough to do anything about it. | Some movies are just badly imagined and badly written and nobody cares enough to do anything about it. | 6 |
The WP , which credits (sister publication) Newsweek in the fourth paragraph of its inside Unabomber story, treats the new round of negotiations as still open. | WP, which credits Newsweek in the 4th paragraph of its Unabomber story, treats the negotiations as still open. | 6 |
House and Senate Republicans passed separate $792 billion, 10-year tax-cut bills, which they hope to reconcile in conference committee before the summer recess begins at the end of this week. | Republicans passed $792 billion, 10 yr tax-cut bills, which they'll reconcile in conference committee before summer recess begins. | 6 |
As I said, get me to Sydney, get me to the opening ceremony and the torch and the hymns, and I'll be fine. | Get me to Sydney, get me to the opening ceremony, and I'll be fine. | 6 |
A USAT front-page story reports that Honda has developed a virtually pollution-free gasoline engine that will be as powerful as conventional ones, and yet not more expensive. | Honda has developed a virtually pollution-free gas engine that will be as powerful as conventional ones, and not more expensive. | 6 |
So, the 2.97 seconds it takes to put on your seat belt is just too long a period to make economic sense. | The 2.97 seconds it takes to put on your seat belt is too long to make sense. | 8.5 |
L'affaire Brown was worth maybe one story in Slate . When you reach the point of needing a roundup, you might want to re-examine your editorial priorities. | L'affaire Brown was worth a story. But when needing a roundup, you might want to re-examine your priorities. | 6 |
In the case of the Examiner , it's weirdly uncomfortable to read its coverage, sort of like listening to an elderly relative talk obsessively about his own imminent death. | It is uncomfortable to read the Examiner, akin to listening to an elderly relative discuss their death. | 6 |
If amusing but ultimately unusable newspaper clippings are the dust bunnies of a free-lance humorist's living room, then the News Quiz Spring Cleaning Extra is the rug under which to sweep them. | If amusing but unusable newspaper clippings are the dust of a free-lance living room, then the News Quiz Spring Cleaning Extra is the rug. | 6 |
As 1998 has drawn to a close, I have found myself in evaluation mode and have felt ever increasingly blue and bluer. | As 1998 is ending, I have found myself in evaluation mode and have felt down. | 6 |
EUROPEN FOR BUSINESS: Now that the money is a different color, foreigners will be able to buy a lot more things, or perhaps a lot fewer. | EUROPEN FOR BUSINESS: With money being a different color, foreigners can buy more, or perhaps less. | 6 |
Question: "They're really in the vanguard of setting the agenda for the corporate culture along the lines of the radical gay movement." | "They're really in the vanguard of setting the agenda for the radical gay movement." | 6 |
Since it is stated that Prudie "responds to questions about manners, personal relations, politics, and other subjects," here's one about politics--sort of. | Since Prudie "responds to questions about manners, personal relations, politics" etc, here's one about politics. | 6 |
Then there's the underplayed fact that Fitzsimmons' mendacity could not possibly have influenced the national debate, because the segments of the Nightline interview in which Fitzsimmons says he lied through his teeth never aired! | There's the fact that Fitzsimmons' mendacity couldn't have influenced the national debate, because the interview in which Fitzsimmons says he lied never aired! | 6 |
2) White House staffers, including Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, are contacting members of Congress to see how they would react to a mea culpa . | 2) White House staffers are contacting members of Congress to see how they would react to a mea culpa . | 6 |
--Did steward Bayani Nelvis see Clinton and Monica alone in the study near the Oval Ofice, as reported in the Wall Street Journal ? | Did steward Bayani Nelvis see Clinton and Monica alone in the study near the Oval Office? | 6 |
It is possible to search for words other than Bill Gates , but that is not recommended, and Slate cannot be held responsible for the result. | It is possible to search for words other than Bill Gates, but Slate cannot be responsible for results. | 6 |
"By a curious paradox Richard Nixon was one of the very few people who emerged from the Watergate affair with credit." | Richard Nixon emerged from the Watergate affair with credit. | 6 |
The writer Edward Jay Epstein has sent Chatterbox the following e-mail message, subject: "Preliminary Concerns I Have About Monica and Other Babes From Beverly Hills." | Edward Jay Epstein sent the following e-mail: "Preliminary Concerns I Have About Monica and Other Babes From Beverly Hills." | 6 |
Newsweek previews the summer blockbusters: The Lost World , Men in Black , and Hercules should do well; Titanic may sink. | Newsweek: blockbusters Lost World, Men in Black, Hercules should do well; Titanic may not. | 6 |
e) Protected herself with immunity when she needed to, even though her testimony would do enormous harm to Clinton and the nation. | e) Protected herself with immunity, even though her testimony would harm Clinton and the nation. | 6 |
"Barnes & Noble continues to permit browsing, instead of forcing its tightwad, cappuccino-swilling, pick-up-minded clientele to BUY the books they have pawed through." | "Barnes & Noble still permits browsing, instead of forcing its tightwad clientele to BUY the books they have pawed through." | 6 |
Krugman seems to cast himself as a white blood corpuscle defending the body of economics against the invading pathogens of the liberal reformers. | Krugman seems to cast himself as a white blood corpuscle defending the body of economics. | 6 |
It could have been a movie I haven't yet seen: Tim Roth's The War Zone , Hurricane , Any Given Sunday , Errol Morris's Mr. Death . | It could have been a movie I haven't seen: The War Zone, Hurricane, Any Given Sunday, Mr. Death. | 6 |
I mention this history, rather than dueling with Sedlak and Broadhurst's statistics, because I think that it exemplifies their selective presentation of information. | Rather than dueling with Sedlak and Broadhurst’s data, this history best shows their selective presentation of information. | 6 |
Currently working out of Oliver North's old office, Clarke maintains a lighthearted attitude toward the law that has not discouraged President Clinton from expanding counterterror activities into an $11 billion a year endeavor. | Clarke maintains a lighthearted attitude toward the law that hasn't discouraged Clinton from expanding counterterror activities into an $11B/year endeavor. | 6 |
New chairman, Tim Zagat, announced that his first act will be to change the name of the organization to "NY & Company," presumably to make it clear whose interests the city will continue to serve. | Chairman Zagat said that his first act will be to change the group's name to "NY & Co.," presumably to show whose interests the city will serve. | 6 |
B ribing poor women and girls to implant Norplant would coerce them into not having children, thus violating their rights to reproductive choice, like the one-child-per-family policy and coerced abortions in China. | Bribing poor women and girls to implant Norplant would coerce them into not having children, thus violating their rights, like in China. | 6 |
Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan's team from the National Science Foundation and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography was surprised by the extent, thickness, and persistence. | Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan's team from the Institution of Oceanography was surprised by the extent, thickness, and persistence. | 6 |
I think you got it, but I'm not sure, and since I appreciate your weekly advice I wanted to be clear. | I wanted to be sure you got it, since I appreciate your weekly advice. | 6 |
8. Will Hillary stick with Bill or ditch him like a hot potato as soon as he is out of office? | Will Hillary stick with Bill or ditch him? | 6 |
McColl's insistence that the new bank's headquarters are in perpetual motion, swirling around him, didn't satisfy many natives, who wondered why one of the deal's few specific stipulations was moving HQ out of San Francisco. | McColl's insistence that the new bank's headquarters are in motion didn't satisfy natives, who wondered why one of the deal's specific stipulations was moving HQ. | 6 |
As I said, I'm sometimes less genial than my fellow Oklahomans, so I trust that you will not take these remarks as a reflection upon their general temperament. | I am sometimes less genial than fellow Oklahomans & trust you wouldnt make remarks as reflection on general temperament | 6 |
Yet Stein can now write: "But I know of nothing in his behavior to me, to my family, to Israel, or to Jews in general that entitles him to anything less than my total loyalty." | Stein wrote "I know of nothing in his behavior that entitles him to anything less than my total loyalty. | 6 |
Q: Does Betty Loren-Maltese think her law should apply to convicted felons like her late husband and to those in organized crime? | Q: Does Betty Loren-Maltese think her law should apply to convicted felons in organized crime? | 6 |
Also in Newsweek , a column on the Helsinki summit concludes that it was successful but barely newsworthy, since Russia is so weak. | The column in Newsweek on the Helsinki summit was barely newsworthy since Russia is so weak. | 6 |
Issue 3, Bob Bennett's decision not to detail Paula Jones' love life for the court, is portrayed as the triumph of politics over sound legal strategy (Robert Novak, Capital Gang ; George Will). | Issue 3, Decision to not detail Jones' love life in court, was a trick of politics not legal strategy (Robert Novak, Capital Gang; George Will). | 7 |
As for Prudie's thoughts, she is sick of the subject, and to distract herself from the pharmacological drama going on she is entertained by imagining the drug being given to Dr. Judah Folkman's mice. | Prudie is sick of the subject. To distract herself from the drama going on she is entertained by imagining the drug being given to mice. | 6 |
BC (with rising delight): No couple in public life has ever done as much to try and figure out how to help families. | No couple in public life has ever done as much to try and figure out how to help. | 6 |
Thank you to everyone in the Fray who's taken the time to comment on this month's "" ["Enquiring Minds in Slovakia"]. | Thank you to everyone who commented on this month's "" ["Enquiring Minds in Slovakia"]. | 6 |
Both the NYT and WP quote an expert's observation that the recent trend of school shootings has accelerated from single specific victims to indiscriminate multiple homicides. | NYT and WP quote an expert's observation that the school shootings have accelerated from single victims to multiple homicides. | 6 |
B. "A Thai group this week threatened to sue 20 th Century Fox, claiming The Beach , starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was responsible for the destruction of a beach in a protected national park area." | B. "A Thai group threatened to sue 20th Century Fox, claiming The Beach was responsible for the destruction of a beach in a national park area." | 6 |
In horse country, everyone will always remember precisely where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news that Cigar was shooting blanks. | In horse country, everyone will always remember when they first heard the news that Cigar was shooting blanks. | 6 |
2) Franzoni worked with Punch Productions for six to eight months as a writer on the "Echo of Lions Project" while Punch was licensed to use Chase-Riboud's book and helped pitch this project to Warner Bros. | Franzoni helped Punch Products pitch "Echo of Lions Project" to Warner Bros after working as a writer for six to eight months. | 6 |
The president's gun buy-back plan does not include a proposal to eliminate the middleman and funnel the $15 million directly to Smith & Wesson. | The president's gun buy-back plan does not include a proposal to eliminate the middleman. | 11 |
Midwest stoicism being what it is, Dole still seems uncomfortable talking about the wounds that nearly killed him as he lead (sic) a platoon up an Italian hill April 12, 1945. | Dole still seem uncomfortable discussing the injuries that nearly killed him while leading a platoon on April 12, 1945. | 6 |
Surely it's assembled with a goofy sort of ethnic pride, but once it's on the Posse Comitatus site, does that matter? | It's assembled with ethnic pride, but once it's on the site, does that matter? | 6 |
Boone, Iowa -- Today the Democratic contest felt a lot like 1992, with Al Gore playing Bill Clinton and Bill Bradley cast involuntarily in the role of Paul Tsongas. | In Iowa Today, the election contest felt like 1992, with Al Gore being Bill Clinton and Bill Bradley being Paul Tsongas. | 6 |
I look forward to reading his future nitpickings; I just hope that somewhere along the way he develops a sense of humor. | I await his future nitpickings; I just hope that he forms a sense of humor along the way. | 6 |
The night before the game, Eugene Robinson, one of five Falcons visiting the zone north of downtown Miami, was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. | Robinson, one of five Falcons visiting downtown Miami, was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. | 6 |
"To tell you the truth," he sighs, summing up his of life on public radio, "I don't see any way out of this." | "To tell you the truth," he sighs, "I don't see any way out of this." | 6 |
Among the other places I have been reading Slate , Salon, an electronic version of the Wall Street Journal , and the e-texts of various novels and short stories, in last couple of weeks: | During the last two weeks, I've read Slate, Salon, an e-version of the Wall Street Journal, and the various e-texts. | 6 |
USAT reports that Vernon Jordan met four times with Lewinsky, but never mentions that this was first reported yesterday by the WP . | Vernon Jordan met four times with Lewinsky, but never mentions the first reported yesterday. | 11 |
1) "Lagers are the light-colored, relatively lightly flavored brews that make up most of the vattage of beer consumption in the United States." | Lagers are the lightly colored and flavored brews that are consumed the most in the U.S. | 6 |
Comment : Admirable use of quiz form to slyly denigrate the military-industrial complex, although the fourth choice might have been "Bill Gates." | Comment : Admirable use of quiz form to slyly denigrate the military-industrial complex. | 11 |
I note he does not reply to my observation that most of the critics he mentions have given negative reviews to most of the films he says we praised. | He does not reply to my view that the critics have given negative reviews to the films he says we praised. | 6 |
The WSJ also reports that in their grand jury appearances, George Stephanopoulos and Clinton personal secretary Betty Currie confirmed that Nelvis did have the access he claimed. | The WSJ reports that in their grand jury appearances, George Stephanopoulos and Betty Currie confirmed that Nelvis did have access. | 6 |
Stewart says that B. will be mailed an apology, plus Southwest peanuts, plus a coupon book for free drinks--including mixed drinks! | On top of an apology B. will receive Southwest peanuts and a coupon book for free mixed drinks. | 6 |
Like misprinted stamps that become valuable because they are mistakes, the beautiful blanket will have a little extra meaning--plus nice memories--because of the erroneous date. | Like misprinted stamps, the beautiful blanket will have extra meaning because of the erroneous date. | 6 |
It's called wing-rowing, the wing-burdened armsunbending, yielding, striking a balance,walking the white invisible line drawnjust ahead in the air, first sign the slur, | It's called wing-rowing, yielding, striking a balance, walking the invisible line drawn in the air, first sign the slur, | 6 |
In other words, I aim to occupy the same high ground claimed by Abraham Lincoln in his sixth debate against Stephen A. Douglas: | I aim to occupy the same ground claimed by Lincoln in his sixth debate against Douglas. | 6 |
In Belgrade, one group includes the American Center, the British Council, the Goethe Institute, and the French Cultural Center; the other group includes the Original Levi's Store and You've Got Mail . What's the distinction? | In Belgrade, 1 group includes the American Center and the French Cultural Center; the other includes the Original Levi's Store and You've Got Mail. What's different? | 6 |
TG: No one could do that any better than the sunshine of all our lives, our first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. | TG: No one could do that any better than Hillary Rodham Clinton. | 6 |
Newsweek notes the marketing overkill of the new James Bond movie: Heineken, Smirnoff, BMW, Visa, and Ericsson are running commercials that hawk both their products and the movie. | Newsweek notes the marketing overkill of the James Bond movie: Companies are running ads that hawk their products and the movie. | 6 |
Prudie has zero tolerance for this kind of thinking and, as a matter of fact, has always considered the Social Register the American Kennel Club for humans. | Prudie consideres the Social Registar as the American Kennel Club for humans. | 6 |
How is it, asked San Franciscans on considering the news, that it requires more public scrutiny to cut down a redwood than it does to uproot a bank? | San Franciscans asked how cutting redwoods have more public scrutiny than uprooting banks. | 6 |
The story of M. reminds the Shopping Avenger of a central truth of consumer service: It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. | The Shopping Avenger is reminded of a central truth: It's not the crime but the cover-up. | 6 |
Although Swiss law requires new mothers to take an eight-week leave, the Swiss have rejected financial assistance for mothers four times since the maternity leave law was enacted in 1945. | The Swiss have rejected financial assistance four times since enacting the Maternity Leave Law requiring new moms to take an 8 week leave. | 6 |
The smirk resurfaced at last week's New Hampshire debate, according to The New Yorker 's Joe Klein, who in the Dec. 13 issue writes that Bush | The smirk resurfaced at last week's New Hampshire debate, according to The New Yorker's Joe Klein. | 6 |
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