set
list
[ "The Random House Dictionary notes that : `` The term Canuck is first recorded about 1835 as an Americanism ( American term ) , originally referring specifically to a French Canadian .", "Some possibilities are : The Random House Dictionary says that : `` The term Canuck is first recorded about 1835 as an America...
[ "This was probably the original meaning , though in Canada and other countries , `` Canuck '' refers to any Canadian . ''", "This was probably the original meaning , though in Canada and other countries , Canuck now more often refers to any Canadian . ''" ]
[ "`` Canuck '' \\ / kəˈnʌk \\ / is an sometimes offensive slang term for a Canadian .", "`` Canuck '' is a slang term for Canadian people ." ]
[ "Carl Reiner ( born March 20 , 1922 ) is an American stand-up comedian , actor , director , producer , writer and voice artist .", "Carl Reiner ( born March 20 , 1922 ) is an American stand-up comedian , actor , director , producer , writer , voice artist , and comedian ." ]
[ "Reiner was born in the Bronx , New York on March 20 , 1922 , the son of Irving , who was a watchmaker , and Bessie ( née Mathias ) Reiner .", "He is the son of Irving , who was a watchmaker , and Bessie ( nee Mathias ) Reiner ." ]
[ "Reiner has described himself as a Jewish atheist .", "Reiner self-identifies as a Jewish atheist ." ]
[ "Reiner is the father of actor and director Rob Reiner ( b. 1947 ) , poet , playwright and author Sylvia Anne ( Annie ) Reiner ( b. 1949 ) , and painter , actor , and director Lucas Reiner ( b. 1960 ) .", "They had three children together : actor-director Rob Reiner ( born 1947 ) , writer Annie Reiner ( born 1957...
[ "Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , OD ( born 27 December 1986 ) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter .", "Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , OD ( born December 27 , 1986 ) is a Jamaican sprinter ." ]
[ "Hajiro 's Medal of Honor recognized his heroism in frontline fighting in eastern France in 1944 .", "Hajiro 's Medal of Honor recognized his conduct in frontline fighting in eastern France in 1944 ." ]
[ "In March 1943 , Hajiro volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team .", "Hajiro volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team ." ]
[ "Barney Fushimi Hajiro ( September 16 , 1916 - January 21 , 2011 ) was an American and combat veteran of World War II who had received the Medal of Honor , the highest United States military award for valor .", "Barney Fushimi Hajiro ( September 16 , 1916-January 21 , 2011 ) was a United States Army soldier ." ]
[ "Two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , he was drafted into the U.S. Army and performed menial labor as part of an engineering battalion .", "Two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , he joined the US Army ." ]
[ "The 442nd was mostly made up of second-generation Americans citizens of Japanese descent from Hawaii and the mainland .", "This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland ." ]
[ "President Bill Clinton presented Hajiro the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House on June 21 , 2000 .", "In a ceremony at the White House on June 21 , 2000 , he was presented with his medal by President Bill Clinton ." ]
[ "Hajiro was born in Hawaii , the eldest of nine children born to Japanese immigrant parents His parents had moved from Hiroshima to Maui during World War I. Two of his siblings died in infancy .", "Hajiro was born in Hawaii to Japanese immigrant parents He is a Nisei , which means that he is a second generation J...
[ "In 1948 , he was awarded the Military Medal by the British government .", "He received the British Military Medal in 1948 ." ]
[ "All emphasize and generalize the essential features of the human figure and show an increasingly accurate comprehension of human anatomy .", "All emphasize and generalize the essential features of the human figure and show an increasingly accurate understanding of human anatomy ." ]
[ "Three types of figures prevailed-the standing nude youth ( kouros , plural kouroi ) , the standing draped girl ( kore , plural korai ) , and the seated woman .", "Three types of figures are common - the standing nude youth ( kouros , plural kouroi ) , the standing draped girl ( kore , plural korai ) , and the se...
[ "They were used to depict the battles , mythology , and rulers of the land known as Ancient Greece .", "Sculpture was used to show the battles , mythology , and rulers of the area known as Ancient Greece ." ]
[ "After about 575 BCE , figures such as these , both male and female , began wearing the so-called archaic smile .", "After about 575 BC , figures such as these , both male and female , began wearing the so-called ` archaic smile ' ." ]
[ "Inspired by the monumental stone sculpture of Egypt and Mesopotamia , the Greeks began again to carve in stone .", "The Greeks began again to carve in stone as they came out of their Dark Age ." ]
[ "This expression , which has no specific appropriateness to the person or situation depicted , may have been a device to give the figures a distinctive human characteristic .", "This may have been a device to give the figures a distinctive human appearance ." ]
[ "It was the Nashville Predators ' 11th season in the National Hockey League .", "The 2008-09 season is the Nashville Predators ' tenth season in the National Hockey League ." ]
[ "Sundials indicate the local solar time , unless corrected for some other time .", "A sundial shows the current solar time during the day ." ]
[ "The remains of the quays , Bryggen , is a World Heritage Site .", "The old wharf Bryggen is a world heritage site ." ]
[ "Beethoven 's Symphony No. 7 , Bruckner 's Symphony No. 6 and Mendelssohn 's Symphony No. 4 comprise a nearly complete list of symphonies in this key in the Romantic era .", "Beethoven 's Symphony No. 7 , Bruckner 's Symphony No. 6 and Mendelssohn 's Symphony No. 4 are almost all the symphonies in this key in the...
[ "Mozart 's Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet are both in A major , and generally Mozart was more likely to use clarinets in A major than in any other key besides E-flat major .", "Mozart 's Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet are both in A major ." ]
[ "In connection to Beethoven 's Kreutzer Sonata , Peter Cropper said that A major `` is the fullest sounding key for the violin . ''", "Peter Cropper said that A major `` is the fullest sounding key for the violin . ''" ]
[ "Its key signature has three sharps .", "A major ( or the key of A ) is a major scale with a base note of A. Its key signature has three sharps ." ]
[ "The key of A major is the only key where a Neapolitan sixth chord on requires both a flat and a natural accidental .", "The key of A-major is the only key where a Neapolitan sixth chord on needs both a flat and a natural accidental ." ]
[ "According to Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart , A major is a key suitable for `` declarations of innocent love , ... hope of seeing one 's beloved again when parting ; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God . ''", "According to Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart , A major is a key that is good for `` declara...
[ "For orchestral works in A major , the timpani are typically set to A and E a fifth apart , rather than a fourth apart as for most other keys .", "When music for orchestra is in A major , the timpani are normally set to A and E a fifth apart ." ]
[ "Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor .", "Its relative minor is F-sharp minor ." ]
[ "A major occurs frequently in chamber music .", "In chamber music , A major is used a lot ." ]
[ "Art historian Ernst Gombrich described Cubism as `` the most radical attempt to stamp out ambiguity and to enforce one reading of the picture-that of a man-made construction , a colored canvas . ''", "Art historian Ernst Gombrich described cubism as `` the most radical attempt to stamp out ambiguity , and to enf...
[ "French art critic Louis Vauxcelles used the terms `` bizarre cubiques '' in 1908 after seeing a picture by Braque .", "French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first used the term Cubism , or `` bizarre cubiques '' , in 1908 after seeing a picture by Braque ." ]
[ "He described it as ` full of little cubes ' .", "He described it as ` full of little cubes ' , after which the term quickly gained wide use ." ]
[ "The Cubist style spread quickly throughout Paris and then Europe .", "The Cubist movement spread quickly throughout Paris and Europe ." ]
[ "Joseph Haydn worked for many years as Kapellmeister for the Eszterházy family , a high-ranking noble family of the Austrian Empire .", "Joseph Haydn worked for many years as Kapellmeister for the Eszterházy family , a very important noble family of the Austrian Empire ." ]
[ "A Kapellmeister might also be the director of music for a church .", "A Kapellmeister could also be the Director of Music for a church ." ]
[ "George Frideric Handel served as Kapellmeister for George , Elector of Hanover ( who eventually became George I of Great Britain ) .", "George Frideric Handel was Kapellmeister for George , Elector of Hanover , who later became George I of Great Britain ." ]
[ "Mozart never was a Kapellmeister in the sense given above .", "Beethoven , for example , never became a Kapellmeister ." ]
[ "Nevertheless , MOSFETs are widely used in many types of analog circuits because of certain advantages .", "Almost all MOSFETs are used in integrated circuits ." ]
[ "Although the MOSFET is a four-terminal device with source ( S ) , gate ( G ) , drain ( D ) , and body ( B ) terminals , the body ( or substrate ) of the MOSFET often is connected to the source terminal , making it a three-terminal device like other field-effect transistors .", "MOSFET stands for metal-oxide-semi...
[ "The valence shell is the outermost shell of an atom .", "The valence shell is the outermost shell of an atom in its uncombined state , which contains the electrons most likely to account for the nature of any reactions involving the atom and of the bonding interactions it has with other atoms ." ]
[ "The electrons in the outermost occupied shell ( or shells ) determine the chemical properties of the atom ; it is called the valence shell .", "Electrons in the valence shell are referred to as valence electrons ." ]
[ "Retailing can be done in either fixed locations like stores or markets , door-to-door or by delivery .", "Retailing can be done at shops and stores ." ]
[ "Neighboring districts are ( from west clockwise ) Saarbrücken , Neunkirchen , Kusel , Kaiserslautern , Südwestpfalz , district-free Zweibrücken , and the French département Moselle .", "Neighboring districts are ( from west clockwise ) Saarbrücken , Neunkirchen , Kusel , Südwestpfalz , district-free Zweibrücken ...
[ "Since 1997 the district has had a partnership with Henrico County , Virginia .", "Since 1997 the district has a partnership with Henrico County , Virginia ." ]
[ "The part which went into the Saar became commonly known as Saarpfalz , and was administrated by the two Bezirksamt St. Ingbert and Homburg .", "The part which went into the Saar became commonly known as Saarpfalz , and was administered by the two Bezirksamt : St. Ingbert and Homburg ." ]
[ "The Palatinate area , then part of Bavaria , was therefore split in two parts .", "When after World War I the Saar area went under special government of the League of Nations , the Palatinate area , then part of Bavaria , was split in two parts ." ]
[ "It slowly acquired tropical characteristics , and late on December 10 , the National Hurricane Center declared it Subtropical Storm Olga while just north of Puerto Rico .", "It slowly acquired subtropical characteristics , and late on December 10 , the NHC declared it Subtropical Storm Olga while just north of P...
[ "Based on reconnaissance data received from an NOAA plane investigating the depression , it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Erin on August 15 .", "Looking at reconnaissance info gotten from an NOAA plane investigating the depression , it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Erin on August 15 ." ]
[ "By May 9 the previously extratropical cyclone had transformed into Subtropical Storm Andrea while located about 140 miles ( 225 km ) southeast of Savannah , Georgia .", "On May 9 , a extratropical cyclone formed into Subtropical Storm Andrea while about 140 miles ( 225 km ) southeast of Savannah , Georgia ." ]
[ "An area of disturbed weather east of the Windward Islands was designated Tropical Depression Six on August 31 .", "On August 31 , an area of weather east of the Windward Islands became strong enough , and was named Tropical Depression Six ." ]
[ "Six hours later the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Karen .", "It slowly became organized , by early on September 25 , it became a tropical depression , and 6 hours later was upgraded to Tropical Storm Karen ." ]
[ "It weakened to a tropical depression as it made landfall near Lamar , Texas , on August 16 , and the NHC issued its last advisory on the system shortly thereafter as it moved inland .", "It weakened to a tropical depression as it made landfall near Lamar , Texas , on August 16 and the NHC gave out its last advis...
[ "On the evening of September 25 , a Hurricane Hunter aircraft found evidence that the low qualified as a tropical depression .", "During the evening of September 25 a United States Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft found that the area of low pressure had developed into a tropical depression ." ]
[ "The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season that produced 17 tropical cyclones , 15 tropical storms , six hurricanes , and two major hurricanes .", "The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was a time of year when tropical cyclones happened in the year 2007 ." ]
[ "During the evening of October 27 a low pressure system that had been slowly developing over the eastern Caribbean organization into Tropical Depression Sixteen .", "During the evening of October 27 , a low pressure system that had been slowly developing over the eastern Caribbean gained enough organization to be...
[ "An area of low pressure formed near the Bahamas on July 28 and gradually began to organize while moving north-northeast .", "An area of low pressure area formed near the Bahamas on July 28 , and slowly organized while moving to the north-northeast ." ]
[ "On June 1 , Tropical Storm Barry developed on the first day of the hurricane season .", "On June 1 , the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season , this cyclone organized into Tropical Storm Barry , even thought it was in an area of high wind shear ." ]
[ "It was the first pre-season storm to develop since Tropical Storm Ana in April 2003 and the first Atlantic named storm in May since Tropical Storm Arlene in 1981 .", "It is the first named storm to form in May since Arlene in the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season , and the first pre-season storm since Ana in April ...
[ "There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Ingrid because the storm never threatened land .", "Ingrid was the first storm of the 2007 season not to threaten land , and there were no reports of damage or casualties ." ]
[ "A tropical wave moved off the western coast of Africa on September 11 , traversed the Caribbean and crossed the Yucatán on September 21 .", "A strong tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa in the second week of August ." ]
[ "However , the precursor system spawned a damaging tornado in Eustis , Florida , where 20 houses were destroyed and 30 more were damaged .", "Damage from the precursor low was reported in Eustis , Florida from one or more tornadoes that damaged or destroyed about 50 houses , but caused no serious injuries ." ]
[ "In Mexico , Hurricane Dean made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula on August 21 as a Category 5 hurricane .", "The hurricane made another landfall in Mexico on August 22 and Dean died the next day ." ]
[ "A subtropical depression formed on September 21 in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico from the interaction of a tropical wave , the tail end of a cold front , and an upper-level low .", "Tropical Depression Nine formed from a non-tropical low in the north-western Gulf of Mexico on September 12 ." ]
[ "Tropical Storm Erin formed on August 16 in the Gulf of Mexico from a persistent area of convection .", "On May 30 , a large low pressure area formed in the Gulf of Honduras ." ]
[ "Rapid intensification brought Lorenzo to hurricane status early that evening , less than twelve hours after becoming a tropical storm .", "Continued intensification that afternoon brought Lorenzo to near hurricane intensity ." ]
[ "It is the first post-season storm since Tropical Storm Zeta in the 2005 season .", "It is the first post-season storm since Tropical Storm Zeta in the 2005 season , making this season one of the few with activity both before and after the official bounds of the hurricane season ." ]
[ "The disturbance developed a small surface low on September 24 while moving erratically over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico .", "Over the next few days the broad area of low pressure was moving erratically over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico but convection remained limited due to strong upper-level winds ." ]
[ "Early on September 1 , it was named Tropical Storm Felix , and it was upgraded to a hurricane later that day .", "Early on September 1 , it was changed to a tropical storm and named Felix ." ]
[ "In advance of the storm , tropical cyclone watches and warnings were issued for coastal areas , while rescue teams and the U.S. Coast Guard were put on standby .", "Tropical storm watches were immediately issued for parts of coastal Georgia and Florida , though were later dropped ." ]
[ "In Puerto Rico , moderate rainfall caused one death .", "Flooding and mudslides caused at least 22 deaths - one in Puerto Rico , two in Haiti and at least 19 in the Dominican Republic ." ]
[ "On August 11 , a tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa , and , encountering favorable conditions , quickly spawned Tropical Depression Four , roughly 520 miles ( 835 km ) west-southwest of Cape Verde .", "Tropical Depression Four was made on August 13 in the east part of the Atlantic from the tropical...
[ "The most common playground design of seesaw features a board balanced in the center .", "When one end of the seesaw goes up the other goes down ." ]
[ "Who 's Ready to Party ?", "and Who 's Ready to Party ? )" ]
[ "In 2012 Fred : The Show aired , consisting of 24 11-minute episodes , as well as a third movie , Fred 3 : Camp Fred .", "There is a third Fred film called Fred 3 : Camp Fred ." ]
[ "By April 2009 , the channel had over one million subscribers , making it the first YouTube channel to do so , and the most subscribed channel at the time .", "By April 2009 , Fred 's YouTube subscription page had over one million subscribers , making him the most subscribed person on YouTube ." ]
[ "Fred 2 : Night of the Living Fred is a 2011 Halloween-themed sequel to Fred : The Movie .", "The show came to production after the success of Fred 2 : Night of the Living Fred ." ]
[ "The abundant water flowing in the Amu Darya comes almost entirely from glaciers in the Pamir Mountains and Tian Shan , which , standing above the surrounding arid plain , collect atmospheric moisture which otherwise would probably escape somewhere else .", "The abundant water flowing in the Amu Darya almost enti...
[ "This includes most of Tajikistan , the southwest corner of Kyrgyzstan , the northeast corner of Afghanistan , a long narrow portion of eastern Turkmenistan and about half of Uzbekistan .", "This includes most of Tajikistan , the southwest corner of Kyrgyzstan , the northeast corner of Afghanistan , a long narrow...
[ "Then , the French explorer and geographer Thibaut Viné collected a lot of information about this area during five expeditions between 1856 and 1862 .", "Then , the French explorer and geographer Thibaut Viné collected a lot of informations about this area during five expeditions between 1856 and 1862 ." ]
[ "The river 's drainage lies in the area between the former empires of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great , although they occurred at very different times .", "The river 's drainage lies in the area between the former empires of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great , although they occurred at much different time...
[ "Sometimes , the flow through the two branches was more or less equal , but often most of the Amu Darya 's flow split to the west and flowed into the Caspian .", "Sometimes , the flow through the two branches was more or less equal , but often , most of the Amu Darya 's flow split to the west and flowed into the ...
[ "People began to settle along the lower Amu Darya and the Uzboy in the 5th century , establishing a thriving chain of agricultural lands , towns , and cities .", "People began to settle along the lower Amu Darya and the Uzboy in the 5th century A.D. , establishing a thriving chain of agricultural lands , towns , ...
[ "In ancient times , the river was regarded as the boundary between Greater Iran and Tūrān .", "In ancient times , the river was regarded as the boundary between Iran and Tūrān ." ]
[ "He found modern-day Lake Zorkul , called it Lake Victoria and proclaimed he had found the source .", "He found modern day Lake Zorkul , called it Lake Victoria and proclaimed he had found the source ." ]
[ "The name Amu is said to have come from the medieval city of Āmul , ( later , Chahar Joy\\/Charjunow , and now known as Türkmenabat ) , in modern Turkmenistan , with Darya being the Persian word for `` river '' .", "The name Amu is said to have come from the medieval city of Āmul , ( later , Chahar Joy\\/Charjuno...
[ "Even before large-scale irrigation began , high summer evaporation meant that not all of this discharge reached the Aral Sea - though there is some evidence the large Pamir glaciers provided enough melt water for the Aral to overflow during the 13th and 14th centuries .", "Even before large-scale irrigation bega...
[ "Much of the time , the most recent period being in the 13th century to the late 16th century , the Amu Darya emptied into both the Aral and the Caspian Seas , the latter via a large distributary called the Uzboy River .", "Much of the time , the most recent period being in the 13th century to the late 16th centu...
[ "The river 's total length is 2,400 kilometres ( 1,500 mi ) and its drainage basin totals 534,739 square kilometres ( 206,464 sq mi ) in area , providing a mean discharge of around 97.4 cubic kilometres ( 23.4 cu mi ) of water per year .", "The river 's total length is 2,400 kilometres ( 1,500 mi ) and its draina...
[ "The Amu Darya could be said to be a river with a watershed almost in reverse , for long reputed to be sourced by a powerful glacier-fed stream high in the Pamir Knot at the eastern end of Afghanistan 's Wakhan Corridor , and ending not at the sea but spreading out into the sands of Turkmenistan 's Kyzyl Kum desert...
[ "Without its mountain water sources , the Amu Darya would not contain any water-would not exist-because it rarely rains in the lowlands through which most of the river flows .", "Without its mountain water sources , the Amu Darya would not contain any water because it rarely rains in the lowlands that characteriz...
[ "Historians mention that one of the names for the Oxus or Amu in ancient Afghanistan was Gozan , and that this name was used by Greek , Mongol , Chinese , Persian , Jewish , and Afghan historians .", "Historians tell us that one of the most ancient names for the Oxus or Amu in ancient Afghanistan was Gozan ." ]
[ "The Amu Darya ( Persian : آمودریا , Āmūdaryā ; Turkmen : Amyderýa ; Turkish : Amuderya ; Uzbek : Amudaryo ; Tajik : Амударё ; Pashto : د آمو سيند , da Āmú Sínd ; Ancient Greek : Ὦξος , Oxos ; Latin : Oxus ) , also called Amu River , is a major river in Central Asia .", "The Amu Darya ( Persian : آمودریا , Āmūdar...
[ "In classical antiquity , the river was known as the Ōxus in Latin and Ὦξος Oxos in Greek-a clear derivative of Vakhsh - the name of the largest tributary of the river .", "In classical antiquity , the river was known as the Ōxus in Latin and Ὦξος Oxos in Greek ." ]
[ "It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers and flows into the Aral Sea .", "It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj ." ]
[ "Another to reach the region in the Great Game period was a naval officer called John Wood .", "The first British explorer who reached the region was a naval officer called John Wood ." ]