Input: Johnson's donations last year included $287,490 for Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine

donations

Johnson

last year


Input: Jim, you're not the only one mining the data on political contributions

contributions


Input: Just the folks who support his father-in-law on the condition he support their road plans

support

the folks who support his father-in-law on the condition he support their road plans

his father-in-law


Input: Total contributions received: $81,615.42

contributions


Input: Werkheiser leads all challengers statewide in total contributions raised and funds on-hand

contributions

Werkheiser

all challengers statewide


Input: Cash received: $55,119.75

received


Input: Cash received: $67,814.09

received


Input: I am humbled by the support of so many citizens in the 42nd District who are voting with their pocketbooks for a change in leadership

support

I

I

so many citizens in the 42nd District who are voting with their pocketbooks for a change in leadership

the 42nd District


Input: Loans: $10,500 (from himself

Loans

himself


Input: He maintains his political independence as well as any pundit and this donation affirms that the words he's always used to describe his commitment to UVA are genuine

donation

He


Input: Basically they are slush funds for local politicians, who too often sluice the federal money to their developer friends to build ugly downtown hotels

sluice

their

their developer friends

their developer friends


Input: He gets rewarded by having to pay an immigration attorney thousands of dollars while getting yanked around by the Immigration Service... not to mention, he's paying the government thousands in taxes

pay

He

an immigration attorney

thousands of dollars


Input: He gets rewarded by having to pay an immigration attorney thousands of dollars while getting yanked around by the Immigration Service... not to mention, he's paying the government thousands in taxes

paying

he

the government

thousands


Input: They aren't paying lawyers, and they pay nothing into the system

paying

They

lawyers


Input: They aren't paying lawyers, and they pay nothing into the system

pay

they


Input: Poor, native-born Americans who otherwise would be paid higher wages for their manual labor

paid

Poor, native-born Americans who otherwise would be paid higher wages for their manual labor

who


Input: And the rest of us who won't hire anyone to work for us unless they're paying their taxes, even if it means we pay more

paying

they


Input: And the rest of us who won't hire anyone to work for us unless they're paying their taxes, even if it means we pay more

pay

we


Input: Of course, the Americans who employ illegal immigrants are happy to pay in cash because it means cheaper labor for them

pay

the Americans who employ illegal immigrants


Input: While this legislation is still under consideration, Homeland Security appropriations designated $60 million in FY2004 and $61 million in FY2005 to fund a program to develop and test prototype missile countermeasure systems for commercial aircraft based on existing military technology

fund

Homeland Security

$60 million

$61 million


Input: Why would an NBC reporter (who also reports on the U.N. for National Public Radio) take money from the U.N. lobby

money

an NBC reporter

the U.N. lobby


Input: Linda Fasulo, the U.N. correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, has written a pro-U.N. book, An Insider's Guide to the U.N. , which reads like the U.N. paid for it

paid

Linda Fasulo

the U.N


Input: In the past two weeks, the officials said, France has rebuffed appeals by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which would prevent it from raising money in Europe through charity groups

raising money

Hezbollah

Hezbollah

Europe

charity groups


Input: Schrenko stole 20 times what Martha Stewart did, and I bet she won't see the wrong side of a jail cell door, and that's sad

stole

Schrenko


Input: You never EVER show up at court, especially facing indictment for stealing large sums of money, wearing a fucking FUR COAT

stealing

You


Input: He could have sex with an endangered Bald Eagle, and they'd STILL have to pay him

pay

they

him


Input: Of course, it was discovered that his men's basketball coach had directly given six grand to a Yugoslavian recruit, but that was just his stipend for travel and coach Jim O'Brien was just having a problem with the currency exchange rates...right Andy

given

his men's basketball coach

six grand

a Yugoslavian recruit


Input: Allegations have come to light that several OSU players received illegal benefits including cash, access to cars, etc

received

several OSU players


Input: It shouldn't surprise Buckeye fans either, since Tressel had similar problems at Youngstown State, and left a wake of controversy behind himself there as well, including (surprise) illegal benefits including cash, cars, grade fixing, etc

benefits


Input: And I won't dwell on the irony of an Oracle employee being driven out of Oracle, starting his own company, and forcing Ellison to spend $10.3 billion to get his company -- but not him -- back (though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

spend

Ellison

$10.3 billion


Input: Though, of course, there's always the chance that these fund managers were stupid and shortsighted, not actually criminal; apparently, the money stolen was lent to or invested in companies the managers controlled -- so they're guilty of front-running, at the least

lent

companies the managers controlled


Input: While North Carolina's excise tax is only 5 cents, the total taxes given to North Carolina by smokers adds up to more than 61 cents per pack

given

North Carolina

North Carolina

smokers

61 cents


Input: Okay, okay -- since the tobacco companies pay lots of money to the states, that's technically accurate

pay

the tobacco companies

the states


Input: I'd love to call it a classic raid -- he's making an offer for the company, nominating his own board, claiming management can accept one or the other or both, and hinting that if they paid him enough, he'd probably go away

paid

they

him


Input: Of course outspoken organizations such as Planned Parenthood, which gives a lot of money to Democrats, will fight with everything they've got to keep the Democratic platform as liberal as possible

gives

Planned Parenthood, which gives a lot of money to Democrats

Democrats


Input: Liberal feminist organizations rushed to Yates' defense, most notably the National Organization for Women, which provided money for her defense fund and held candlelight vigils

provided

which

her


Input: You know we've come along way when African Americans aren't just winning elected office, as former Gov. Douglas Wilder did, but they're bankrolling candidates for office-- white candidates for office

bankrolling

they

candidates for office

candidates for office

white candidates for office

white candidates for office


Input: Johnson's donations last year included $287,490 for Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine

donations

Johnson

last year

Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine

Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine


Input: The single largest political donor in the second half of 2004 was Sheila C. Johnson, of the Plains, who made five contributions totaling $320,490

contributions

the second half of 2004

Sheila C. Johnson

the Plains


Input: I am humbled by the support of so many citizens in the 42nd District who are voting with their pocketbooks for a change in leadership

support

I

I

so many citizens in the 42nd District who are voting with their pocketbooks for a change in leadership

the 42nd District


Input: Jim, you're not the only one mining the data on political contributions

contributions


Input: Cash received: $55,119.75

received


Input: Greg Werkheiser, candidate for the House of Delegates from the 42nd District in southern Fairfax County, has raised significantly more money to date than his incumbent opponent, David Albo, and leads all challengers statewide in fundraising, according to reports filed with the State Board of Elections on January 18, 2005

raised


Input: Cash received: $67,814.09

received


Input: Werkheiser out-raised his opponent by almost 2 to 1: Werkheiser $81,615; Albo $55,119

out-raised

Werkheiser

Werkheiser


Input: Werkheiser's contributions come from 200 individuals; Albo had 8 individual contributors

contributions

Werkheiser

Werkheiser

200 individuals


Input: Werkheiser's contributions come from 200 individuals; Albo had 8 individual contributors

had

Albo

Albo

8 individual contributors


Input: Werkheiser leads all challengers statewide in total contributions raised and funds on-hand

contributions

Werkheiser

Werkheiser


Input: He maintains his political independence as well as any pundit and this donation affirms that the words he's always used to describe his commitment to UVA are genuine

donation

He

UVA

UVA


Input: Basically they are slush funds for local politicians, who too often sluice the federal money to their developer friends to build ugly downtown hotels

sluice

their

their developer friends

their developer friends


Input: He gets rewarded by having to pay an immigration attorney thousands of dollars while getting yanked around by the Immigration Service... not to mention, he's paying the government thousands in taxes

pay

He

an immigration attorney

thousands of dollars


Input: He gets rewarded by having to pay an immigration attorney thousands of dollars while getting yanked around by the Immigration Service... not to mention, he's paying the government thousands in taxes

paying

he

the government

thousands


Input: They aren't paying lawyers, and they pay nothing into the system

paying

They

lawyers


Input: They aren't paying lawyers, and they pay nothing into the system

pay

they

the system


Input: Of course, the Americans who employ illegal immigrants are happy to pay in cash because it means cheaper labor for them

pay

the Americans who employ illegal immigrants


Input: Poor, native-born Americans who otherwise would be paid higher wages for their manual labor

paid

Poor, native-born Americans who otherwise would be paid higher wages for their manual labor

who


Input: And the rest of us who won't hire anyone to work for us unless they're paying their taxes, even if it means we pay more

paying

they


Input: And the rest of us who won't hire anyone to work for us unless they're paying their taxes, even if it means we pay more

pay

we


Input: In August 2002 international donors forced Arafat to sign over his investments to the Palestine Investment Fund, which was audited by U.S. accountants and managed by Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund official

In August 2002 international donors forced Arafat to sign over his investments to the Palestine Investment Fund, which was audited by U.S. accountants and managed by Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund official

August 2002

Arafat

the Palestine Investment Fund

the Palestine Investment Fund


Input: Arafat's death means his followers may never know just how much more they may be owed, "writes TIME's Matt Rees in "Where's Arafat's Money

Arafat's death means his followers may never know just how much more they may be owed, "writes TIME's Matt Rees in "Where's Arafat's Money

his followers


Input: Arafat wife Suha's outburst that his successors were "trying to bury [him] alive" came after she learned that Arafat had signed over at least $800 million to the government of the Palestinian Authority two years ago, TIME reports

Arafat wife Suha's outburst that his successors were "trying to bury [him] alive" came after she learned that Arafat had signed over at least $800 million to the government of the Palestinian Authority two years ago, TIME reports

Arafat

at least $800 million

the government of the Palestinian Authority

the government of the Palestinian Authority

two years ago


Input: Top Palestinian officials say Suha wants the new chief of the P.L.O., Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei to give her money out of the P.L.O.'s party coffers

Top Palestinian officials say Suha wants the new chief of the P.L.O., Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei to give her money out of the P.L.O.'s party coffers

Suha

Suha

the new chief of the P.L.O

Palestinian prime minister


Input: But a senior P.L.O. official tells TIME, "they'll pay her a pension, and that's it

But a senior P.L.O. official tells TIME, "they'll pay her a pension, and that's it

they

her

her


Input: People familiar with Arafat's finances say the Palestinian leader sent Suha $200,000 a month out of the Palestinian Authority's budget for the Office of the President

People familiar with Arafat's finances say the Palestinian leader sent Suha $200,000 a month out of the Palestinian Authority's budget for the Office of the President

the Palestinian leader

Suha

Suha


Input: French authorities are investigating transfers of $15 million from Swiss banks to Paris accounts in Suha's name at the Arab Bank and at BNP Paribas Bank, a French bank, TIME reports

French authorities are investigating transfers of $15 million from Swiss banks to Paris accounts in Suha's name at the Arab Bank and at BNP Paribas Bank, a French bank, TIME reports

$15 million

Swiss

Paris

Suha

Suha


Input: Senior Palestinian security officials tell TIME that Arafat also shipped money to the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

Senior Palestinian security officials tell TIME that Arafat also shipped money to the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

Arafat

the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades


Input: Last year auditors discovered Arafat was guilty of skimming $2 million a month from the gasoline trade in the territories, TIME reports

Last year auditors discovered Arafat was guilty of skimming $2 million a month from the gasoline trade in the territories, TIME reports

Arafat

Arafat

$2 million


Input: After scouring corporations throughout the Arab world and bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg, the auditors identified $800 million, which has been made a part of the Palestinian Authority's official budget

After scouring corporations throughout the Arab world and bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg, the auditors identified $800 million, which has been made a part of the Palestinian Authority's official budget

the Arab world

the Cayman Islands

Luxembourg

$800 million

the Palestinian Authority


Input: Breaking the gasoline smuggling and corruption boosted the Palestinian Authority's official treasury by $10 million a month and cut gas prices for ordinary Palestinians

Breaking the gasoline smuggling and corruption boosted the Palestinian Authority's official treasury by $10 million a month and cut gas prices for ordinary Palestinians

the Palestinian Authority

the Palestinian Authority

$10 million


Input: While this legislation is still under consideration, Homeland Security appropriations designated $60 million in FY2004 and $61 million in FY2005 to fund a program to develop and test prototype missile countermeasure systems for commercial aircraft based on existing military technology

While this legislation is still under consideration, Homeland Security appropriations designated $60 million in FY2004 and $61 million in FY2005 to fund a program to develop and test prototype missile countermeasure systems for commercial aircraft based on existing military technology

Homeland Security

$60 million

$61 million


Input: She also thanks the Rockefeller Brothers Fund "for helping to fund the project

fund

She

She


Input: In the past two weeks, the officials said, France has rebuffed appeals by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which would prevent it from raising money in Europe through charity groups

In the past two weeks, the officials said, France has rebuffed appeals by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which would prevent it from raising money in Europe through charity groups

Hezbollah

Hezbollah

Europe

charity groups


Input: Schrenko stole 20 times what Martha Stewart did, and I bet she won't see the wrong side of a jail cell door, and that's sad

stole

Schrenko


Input: You never EVER show up at court, especially facing indictment for stealing large sums of money, wearing a fucking FUR COAT

stealing

You


Input: So he told the media that he should have done what Shaq always did, just pay the women to shut up

pay

he

the women


Input: Kobe also alleged that O'neal had paid upwards of one million dollars in this way as hush money over the years

paid

O'neal

upwards of one million dollars


Input: He could have sex with an endangered Bald Eagle, and they'd STILL have to pay him

pay

they

him


Input: Allegations have come to light that several OSU players received illegal benefits including cash, access to cars, etc

received

several OSU players


Input: Of course, it was discovered that his men's basketball coach had directly given six grand to a Yugoslavian recruit, but that was just his stipend for travel and coach Jim O'Brien was just having a problem with the currency exchange rates...right Andy

given

his men's basketball coach

six grand

a Yugoslavian recruit


Input: It shouldn't surprise Buckeye fans either, since Tressel had similar problems at Youngstown State, and left a wake of controversy behind himself there as well, including (surprise) illegal benefits including cash, cars, grade fixing, etc

benefits


Input: Settle out-of-court by having the execs give the SEC some pittance

pittance

the SEC

the SEC


Input: for which they'll likely be compensated by the company

compensated

they

the company


Input: While North Carolina's excise tax is only 5 cents, the total taxes given to North Carolina by smokers adds up to more than 61 cents per pack

given

North Carolina

North Carolina

smokers

61 cents


Input: Okay, okay -- since the tobacco companies pay lots of money to the states, that's technically accurate

pay

the tobacco companies

the states


Input: I'd love to call it a classic raid -- he's making an offer for the company, nominating his own board, claiming management can accept one or the other or both, and hinting that if they paid him enough, he'd probably go away

paid

they

him


Input: Planned Parenthood, which gives a lot of money to Democrats

gives

Planned Parenthood

Democrats

Democrats


Input: Liberal feminist organizations rushed to Yates' defense, most notably the National Organization for Women, which provided money for her defense fund and held candlelight vigils

provided

the National Organization for Women, which provided money for her defense fund and held candlelight vigils

her

her


Input: Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday

paid

Taylor Ostergaard

Lindsey Jo Zellitte

Thursday


Input: The pair were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs after neighbor Wanita Renea Young, 49, filed a lawsuit complaining that the unsolicited cookies, left at her house after the girls knocked on her door, had triggered an anxiety attack that sent her to the hospital the next day

pay

The pair

court


Input: The single largest political donor in the second half of 2004 was Sheila C. Johnson, of the Plains, who made five contributions totaling $320,490

contributions

Sheila C. Johnson, of the Plains, who made five contributions totaling $320,490


Input: You know we've come along way when African Americans aren't just winning elected office, as former Gov. Douglas Wilder did, but they're bankrolling candidates for office-- white candidates for office

bankrolling

they

candidates for office

white candidates for office


Input: Johnson's donations last year included $287,490 for Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine

donations

Johnson

last year

Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine


Input: Johnson's donations last year included $287,490 for Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine

donations

Johnson

last year


Input: Jim, you're not the only one mining the data on political contributions

contributions


Input: Just the folks who support his father-in-law on the condition he support their road plans

support

the folks who support his father-in-law on the condition he support their road plans

his father-in-law


Input: Total contributions received: $81,615.42

contributions


Input: Werkheiser leads all challengers statewide in total contributions raised and funds on-hand

contributions

Werkheiser

all challengers statewide


Input: Cash received: $55,119.75

received


Input: Cash received: $67,814.09

received


Input: Loans: $10,500 (from himself

Loans

himself


Input: He maintains his political independence as well as any pundit and this donation affirms that the words he's always used to describe his commitment to UVA are genuine

donation

He

his

he


Input: Basically they are slush funds for local politicians, who too often sluice the federal money to their developer friends to build ugly downtown hotels

sluice

who

their developer friends


Input: Why would an NBC reporter (who also reports on the U.N. for National Public Radio) take money from the U.N. lobby

money

an NBC reporter

an NBC reporter

the U.N. lobby


Input: Linda Fasulo, the U.N. correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, has written a pro-U.N. book, An Insider's Guide to the U.N. , which reads like the U.N. paid for it

paid

Linda Fasulo

the U.N


Input: In a monstrous conflict of interest for a supposed straight news reporter, Fasulo acknowledges Ted Turner's U.N. Foundation and Better World Campaign for "their generous financial support" of her book project

financial support

a supposed straight news reporter

a supposed straight news reporter

Ted Turner's U.N. Foundation

Better World Campaign


Input: She also thanks the Rockefeller Brothers Fund "for helping to fund the project

fund

She

She

the Rockefeller Brothers Fund


Input: In the past two weeks, the officials said, France has rebuffed appeals by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which would prevent it from raising money in Europe through charity groups

raising money

it

Europe

charity groups


Input: Of course, it was discovered that his men's basketball coach had directly given six grand to a Yugoslavian recruit, but that was just his stipend for travel and coach Jim O'Brien was just having a problem with the currency exchange rates...right Andy

given

his men's basketball coach

six grand

a Yugoslavian recruit

a Yugoslavian recruit


Input: And I won't dwell on the irony of an Oracle employee being driven out of Oracle, starting his own company, and forcing Ellison to spend $10.3 billion to get his company -- but not him -- back (though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

spend

Ellison

$10.3 billion


Input: I've been keeping a careful eye on the Blockbuster / Hollywood machinations for a while (and well I should -- I have stock in one of the deal's participants, Movie Gallery ), but even so I'm surprised that Blockbuster's latest gambit is to buy up Hollywood's debt

buy

Blockbuster

Hollywood

Hollywood


Input: Though, of course, there's always the chance that these fund managers were stupid and shortsighted, not actually criminal; apparently, the money stolen was lent to or invested in companies the managers controlled -- so they're guilty of front-running, at the least

lent

companies the managers controlled


Input: Of course outspoken organizations such as Planned Parenthood, which gives a lot of money to Democrats, will fight with everything they've got to keep the Democratic platform as liberal as possible

gives

Planned Parenthood

Democrats

Democrats


Input: Liberal feminist organizations rushed to Yates' defense, most notably the National Organization for Women, which provided money for her defense fund and held candlelight vigils

provided

the National Organization for Women, which provided money for her defense fund and held candlelight vigils

her


Input: Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday

paid

Taylor Ostergaard

Lindsey Jo Zellitte

Thursday


Input: The single largest political donor in the second half of 2004 was Sheila C. Johnson, of the Plains, who made five contributions totaling $320,490

contributions

the second half of 2004

Sheila C. Johnson, of the Plains, who made five contributions totaling $320,490

the Plains


Input: You know we've come along way when African Americans aren't just winning elected office, as former Gov. Douglas Wilder did, but they're bankrolling candidates for office-- white candidates for office

bankrolling

they

candidates for office

white candidates for office


Input: Johnson's donations last year included $287,490 for Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine

donations

Johnson

last year

Domocratic gubernatorial hopeful Tim Kaine


Input: Jim, you're not the only one mining the data on political contributions

contributions


Input: Just the folks who support his father-in-law on the condition he support their road plans

support

the folks who support his father-in-law on the condition he support their road plans

his father-in-law


Input: Total contributions received: $81,615.42

contributions


Input: Werkheiser leads all challengers statewide in total contributions raised and funds on-hand

contributions

Werkheiser

all challengers statewide


Input: Cash received: $55,119.75

received


Input: Cash received: $67,814.09

received


Input: I am humbled by the support of so many citizens in the 42nd District who are voting with their pocketbooks for a change in leadership

support

so many citizens in the 42nd District who are voting with their pocketbooks for a change in leadership


Input: Loans: $10,500 (from himself

Loans

himself


Input: He maintains his political independence as well as any pundit and this donation affirms that the words he's always used to describe his commitment to UVA are genuine

donation

He


Input: Basically they are slush funds for local politicians, who too often sluice the federal money to their developer friends to build ugly downtown hotels

sluice

who

their developer friends

their developer friends


Input: He gets rewarded by having to pay an immigration attorney thousands of dollars while getting yanked around by the Immigration Service... not to mention, he's paying the government thousands in taxes

pay

He

an immigration attorney

thousands of dollars


Input: He gets rewarded by having to pay an immigration attorney thousands of dollars while getting yanked around by the Immigration Service... not to mention, he's paying the government thousands in taxes

paying

he

the government

thousands


Input: They aren't paying lawyers, and they pay nothing into the system

paying

They

lawyers


Input: They aren't paying lawyers, and they pay nothing into the system

pay

They

lawyers


Input: Poor, native-born Americans who otherwise would be paid higher wages for their manual labor

paid

who


Input: And the rest of us who won't hire anyone to work for us unless they're paying their taxes, even if it means we pay more

paying

they


Input: And the rest of us who won't hire anyone to work for us unless they're paying their taxes, even if it means we pay more

pay

we


Input: Of course, the Americans who employ illegal immigrants are happy to pay in cash because it means cheaper labor for them

pay

the Americans who employ illegal immigrants


Input: Arafat wife Suha's outburst that his successors were "trying to bury [him] alive" came after she learned that Arafat had signed over at least $800 million to the government of the Palestinian Authority two years ago, TIME reports

signed over

him

at least $800 million

the Palestinian Authority

two years ago


Input: He innovated suicide bombers and plane hijacking plus he embezzelled hundreds of millions of dollars from aid funds....and this guy got a nobel peace prize, what a disgrace

embezzelled

he

hundreds of millions of dollars


Input: Last year auditors discovered Arafat was guilty of skimming $2 million a month from the gasoline trade in the territories, TIME reports

skimming

Last year

Arafat

Arafat

$2 million

a month


Input: In August 2002 international donors forced Arafat to sign over his investments to the Palestine Investment Fund, which was audited by U.S. accountants and managed by Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund official

sign over

August 2002

Arafat

the Palestine Investment Fund


Input: But a senior P.L.O. official tells TIME, "they'll pay her a pension, and that's it

pay

they

her


Input: Top Palestinian officials say Suha wants the new chief of the P.L.O., Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei to give her money out of the P.L.O.'s party coffers

give

her

the P.L.O


Input: People familiar with Arafat's finances say the Palestinian leader sent Suha $200,000 a month out of the Palestinian Authority's budget for the Office of the President

sent

the Palestinian leader

Suha

a month

the Palestinian Authority

the Office of the President


Input: Senior Palestinian security officials tell TIME that Arafat also shipped money to the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

shipped

Arafat

the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades


Input: Breaking the gasoline smuggling and corruption boosted the Palestinian Authority's official treasury by $10 million a month and cut gas prices for ordinary Palestinians

boosted

the Palestinian Authority

$10 million


Input: Arafat's death means his followers may never know just how much more they may be owed, "writes TIME's Matt Rees in "Where's Arafat's Money

owed

his followers


Input: French authorities are investigating transfers of $15 million from Swiss banks to Paris accounts in Suha's name at the Arab Bank and at BNP Paribas Bank, a French bank, TIME reports

transfers

$15 million

Swiss

Paris

Suha


Input: While this legislation is still under consideration, Homeland Security appropriations designated $60 million in FY2004 and $61 million in FY2005 to fund a program to develop and test prototype missile countermeasure systems for commercial aircraft based on existing military technology

fund

Homeland Security

$60 million

$61 million


Input: Why would an NBC reporter (who also reports on the U.N. for National Public Radio) take money from the U.N. lobby

money

an NBC reporter

the U.N. lobby


Input: Linda Fasulo, the U.N. correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, has written a pro-U.N. book, An Insider's Guide to the U.N. , which reads like the U.N. paid for it

paid

Linda Fasulo

the U.N


Input: In the past two weeks, the officials said, France has rebuffed appeals by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which would prevent it from raising money in Europe through charity groups

raising money

it

Europe

charity groups


Input: Schrenko stole 20 times what Martha Stewart did, and I bet she won't see the wrong side of a jail cell door, and that's sad

stole

Schrenko


Input: You never EVER show up at court, especially facing indictment for stealing large sums of money, wearing a fucking FUR COAT

stealing

You


Input: So he told the media that he should have done what Shaq always did, just pay the women to shut up

pay

he

the women


Input: Kobe also alleged that O'neal had paid upwards of one million dollars in this way as hush money over the years

paid

O'neal

upwards of one million dollars


Input: He could have sex with an endangered Bald Eagle, and they'd STILL have to pay him

pay

they

him


Input: Of course, it was discovered that his men's basketball coach had directly given six grand to a Yugoslavian recruit, but that was just his stipend for travel and coach Jim O'Brien was just having a problem with the currency exchange rates...right Andy

given

his men's basketball coach

six grand

a Yugoslavian recruit


Input: Allegations have come to light that several OSU players received illegal benefits including cash, access to cars, etc

received

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Input: Now, Iraq's minister of information today said that the coalition did not have control of the airport, that this was some sort of contrived video from the first day, and that, in fact, hundreds of coalition soldiers had been killed, and their graves were now at the airport

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Input: As part of the 11-billion-dollar sale of USA Interactive's film and television operations to the French media company in December 2001, USA Interactive received 2.5 billion dollars in preferred shares in Vivendi Universal Entertainment

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Input: The report came as the indebted group said it was planning to sell off its US unit Vivendi Universal Entertainment and other assets, to focus on its telecoms activities and its French cable television business

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Input: Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday that the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment was a major goal for 2003, and that negotiations were already under way

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Input: Mirjana Markovic, the power behind the scenes during Milosevic's 13-year reign, is accused of illegally providing their grandson's nanny with a state-owned luxury apartment in Belgrade in 2000

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Input: Neither club immediately returned phone calls from The Associated Press to inquire about the buyout talks

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Input: American units advancing west of Basra have already secured the Rumeila oil field, whose daily output of 1.3 million barrels makes it Iraq's most productive

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Input: Jakarta has recently purchased some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines

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Input: Currently, Indonesia uses short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

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Input: The Air Force is reportedly considering purchasing several squadrons of Sukhoi Su-27 interceptors, considered the world's premier dogfighters

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Input: A U.S. military official in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday North Korea is believed to have exported US$580 million worth of missiles to Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in 2001

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Input: Last Saturday night, rebels in the Central Africa Republic, captured the airport in the capital city of Bangui and the residence of  President Ange-Felix Patasse, who is out of the country

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Input: As part of the 11-billion-dollar sale of USA Interactive's film and television operations to the French media company in December 2001, USA Interactive received 2.5 billion dollars in preferred shares in Vivendi Universal Entertainment

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Input: Beleaguered French media group Vivendi Universal is in advanced negotiations to sell its theme park business to a US firm for around 1.5 billion dollars, the Los Angeles Times said Friday

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Input: Vivendi earlier this week confirmed months of press speculation that it planned to shed its entertainment assets by the end of the year, including its famed Universal movie studio and television assets

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Input: Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday that the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment was a major goal for 2003, and that negotiations were already under way

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Input: The acquisition of GE Edison is expected to boost AIG's annual life insurance premium revenue in Japan to about 1.1 trillion yen, ranking it sixth in the Japanese life insurance business

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Input: American International Group Inc. is likely to acquire all shares in GE Edison Life Insurance by the end of September and also take over GE's US car and fire insurance operations, the reports said

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Input: As part of their withdrawal, Israeli troops also returned control of Gaza's main highway following a truce declaration late Sunday by four Palestinian militant groups, marking the first major progress under the roadmap aimed at creating a lasting peace

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Input: Mirjana Markovic, the power behind the scenes during Milosevic's 13-year reign, is accused of illegally providing their grandson's nanny with a state-owned luxury apartment in Belgrade in 2000

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Input: Neither club immediately returned phone calls from The Associated Press to inquire about the buyout talks

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Input: American units advancing west of Basra have already secured the Rumeila oil field, whose daily output of 1.3 million barrels makes it Iraq's most productive

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Input: Until Basra, U.S. and British troops had encountered little resistance, even when they seized nearby Umm Qasr, and moved to secure key oil fields

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Input: They instead moved in with friends or are renting homes for the duration of the war, reports say

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Input: Since coalition troops seized Baghdad's international airport, they have encircled the heavily-bombed city of 5 million people, blocking off entry and exits and monitored all movement from the air

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Baghdad's international airport


Input: Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN that U.S. forces drove though portions of the Iraqi capital, seizing Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers

seizing

U.S. forces

Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers

Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers


Input: Southeast of Baghdad, Marines seized one of Saddam's palaces and poked through remnants of a Republican Guard headquarters

seized

Marines

one of Saddam's palaces

Saddam


Input: Also to the south, U.S. forces took control Sunday of the center of the holy city of Karbala, the Army Times newspaper reported from the scene

took control


Input: They seized the Rasheed Airport and captured enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops

seized

They

the Rasheed Airport


Input: They seized the Rasheed Airport and captured enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops

captured

They

enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops


Input: Ominously, they also took a prison where they found U.S. Army uniforms and chemical weapons suits possibly belonging to American POWs

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they

a prison where they found U.S. Army uniforms and chemical weapons suits possibly belonging to American POWs


Input: Yet, Washington maintains a 12-year ban on arms sales to the world's most populous Muslim nation with the aim of curbing human rights abuses still happening despite momentous political change

sales

the world's most populous Muslim nation


Input: The United States quickly became the Southeast Asian country's main weapons supplier, and annual arms sales peaked at US$400 million in the 1980s

sales

arms


Input: Jakarta has recently purchased some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines

purchased

Jakarta

some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines


Input: Currently, Indonesia uses short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

purchased

Indonesia

short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

30 years


Input: The interim administration could begin handing power back to Iraqi officials within three to six months, but forming a government will take longer, said Maj. Gen. Tim Cross, the top British member of Garner's team

The interim administration could begin handing power back to Iraqi officials within three to six months, but forming a government will take longer, said Maj. Gen. Tim Cross, the top British member of Garner's team

The interim administration

Iraqi officials

three to six months


Input: Garner's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance is charged with coordinating humanitarian assistance, rebuilding infrastructure shattered by years of war and U.N. sanctions, and gradually handing back power to Iraqis leading a democratically elected government

Garner's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance is charged with coordinating humanitarian assistance, rebuilding infrastructure shattered by years of war and U.N. sanctions, and gradually handing back power to Iraqis leading a democratically elected government

Garner's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance

Iraqis

a democratically elected government


Input: Aladdin Gaming LLC has agreed to sell its bankrupt Las Vegas casino-hotel to a joint venture involving Planet Hollywood's co-founder and the Starwood hotel chain

sell

Aladdin Gaming LLC

its bankrupt Las Vegas casino-hotel

Planet Hollywood's co-founder

Starwood hotel


Input: The group also is buying Aladdin's 7,000-seat Theatre of Performing Arts

buying

The group

Aladdin

Aladdin's 7,000-seat Theatre of Performing Arts


Input: The deal includes buying the $35 million Northwind Aladdin power plant on Aladdin property that provides the property with hot and cold water and a backup generator

buying

the $35 million Northwind Aladdin power plant on Aladdin property that provides the property with hot and cold water

Aladdin

a backup generator


Input: The purchase does not include the adjoining Desert Passage Mall, which is owned by Aladdin Bazaar

purchase


Input: Marc Falcone, a Deutsche Bank gambling analyst in New York, said the selling price for the hotel-casino was fair

selling

the hotel-casino


Input: Seoul officials said North Korean delegates have not confirmed a U.S. claim that during talks in Beijing last week they told an American envoy that they may test, sell or use atomic weapons, depending on Washington's actions

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they

atomic weapons


Input: Representatives of those countries will meet with British officials May 7 and Polish officials May 22 to determine what forces each country will contribute and whether they will be put under British or Polish command

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Representatives of those countries

British officials

May 7

Polish officials

May 22

forces


Input: Rumsfeld said, however, that the more troops other countries contribute to the stability effort, the fewer U.S. troops will be needed inside Iraq

contribute

other countries

the stability effort

the stability effort

U.S

Iraq


Input: A U.S. military official in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday North Korea is believed to have exported US$580 million worth of missiles to Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in 2001

exported

North Korea

US$580 million

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Iran

Pakistan

Libya

Syria

Egypt

Yemen

the United Arab Emirates


Input: The rebels have captured the country's main international airport, said a top official in a 300-strong African security force policing the city

captured

the country

the country's main international airport


Input: Last Saturday night, rebels in the Central Africa Republic, captured the airport in the capital city of Bangui and the residence of  President Ange-Felix Patasse, who is out of the country

captured

Last Saturday night

the Central Africa Republic

the airport in the capital city of Bangui

the residence of  President Ange-Felix Patasse, who is out of the country


Input: The payment, if approved by the courts, would settle a slew of suits by clients over auctions held between 1993 and 2000 outside the United States, it said in a statement

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Input: The litigation covers buyers in auctions outside the United States between January 1, 1993 and February 7, 2000, and sellers between September 1, 1995 and February 7, 2000

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buyers in auctions outside the United States between January 1, 1993 and February 7, 2000

outside the United States

between January 1, 1993 and February 7, 2000

sellers between September 1, 1995 and February 7, 2000

between September 1, 1995 and February 7, 2000


Input: Similar claims over US-based auctions were settled in an agreement struck in September 2000 for a total of 512 million dollars

auctions

US


Input: As part of the 11-billion-dollar sale of USA Interactive's film and television operations to the French media company in December 2001, USA Interactive received 2.5 billion dollars in preferred shares in Vivendi Universal Entertainment

sale

USA Interactive

USA Interactive's film and television operations

the French media company

December 2001


Input: Vivendi Universal, the world's second-largest media group after AOL Time Warner of the United States, has been digging out from under a mountain of debt since the removal of expansionist boss Jean-Marie Messier last July, largely through asset sales

sales

Vivendi Universal

last July


Input: Speculation has been rife that troubled Vivendi has been weighing a spinoff or sale of its US film, television and theme park operations as part of its restructuring

sale

troubled Vivendi

its US film, television and theme park operations


Input: US sources with authoritative knowledge of the Beijing meetings said the head of the North Korean delegation Li Gun had confirmed to US envoy James Kelly that the Stalinist state had developed nuclear weapons and hinted it may sell or use them, depending on US actions

sell

it

them


Input: Chief executive Andrew Harris said the company was likely to abandon plans to acquire a hotel in Sydney's Kings Cross red light district and acquire another property three times the size in a better location

acquire

the company

a hotel in Sydney's Kings Cross red light district

Sydney's Kings Cross red light district


Input: Chief executive Andrew Harris said the company was likely to abandon plans to acquire a hotel in Sydney's Kings Cross red light district and acquire another property three times the size in a better location

acquire

the company

another property three times the size in a better location

a better location


Input: Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday that the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment was a major goal for 2003, and that negotiations were already under way

sale

the group

Vivendi Universal Entertainment


Input: Vivendi earlier this week confirmed months of press speculation that it planned to shed its entertainment assets by the end of the year, including its famed Universal movie studio and television assets

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the end of the year

its famed Universal movie studio


Input: The takeover, which is subject to approval by 75.01 percent of Zaragozano shareholders, is expected to be completed in July

takeover

July


Input: The company has already sold his Georgia-based yacht building business for 15 million dollars, and is close to selling his ranch in British Colombia, which is expected to bring 60 to 70 million dollars, the Journal said

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The company

his Georgia-based yacht building business

15 million dollars


Input: The company has already sold his Georgia-based yacht building business for 15 million dollars, and is close to selling his ranch in British Colombia, which is expected to bring 60 to 70 million dollars, the Journal said

selling

The company

his ranch in British Colombia

60 to 70 million dollars


Input: Major US insurance group AIG is in the final stage of talks to take over General Electric's Japanese life insurance arm in a deal to create Japan's sixth largest life insurer, reports said Wednesday

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Major US insurance group

General Electric

General Electric's Japanese life insurance arm


Input: American International Group Inc. is likely to acquire all shares in GE Edison Life Insurance by the end of September and also take over GE's US car and fire insurance operations, the reports said

acquire

American International Group Inc

GE Edison Life Insurance

the end of September


Input: American International Group Inc. is likely to acquire all shares in GE Edison Life Insurance by the end of September and also take over GE's US car and fire insurance operations, the reports said

take over

American International Group Inc


Input: The acquisition of GE Edison is expected to boost AIG's annual life insurance premium revenue in Japan to about 1.1 trillion yen, ranking it sixth in the Japanese life insurance business

acquisition

GE Edison

AIG


Input: Mirjana Markovic, the power behind the scenes during Milosevic's 13-year reign, is accused of illegally providing their grandson's nanny with a state-owned luxury apartment in Belgrade in 2000

providing

Mirjana Markovic

their grandson's nanny

a state-owned luxury apartment in Belgrade

Belgrade


Input: Cash-strapped Vivendi wants to sell Universal Studios, its Universal theme parks and television production company

sell

Cash-strapped Vivendi

Universal Studios

its Universal theme parks and television production company

its Universal theme parks and television production company


Input: Former oilman Marvin Davis has offered $20 billion for VUE, plus Universal Music Group

offered

Former oilman Marvin Davis

$20 billion

VUE

Universal Music Group


Input: Barry Diller resigned as co-chief executive of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, saying it was appropriate for him to step down while Paris-based Vivendi Universal entertains bids for Universal Studios, Universal's theme parks and other entertainment assets

bids

Paris-based Vivendi Universal

Universal

Universal's theme parks

other entertainment assets


Input: Vivendi also is holding talks with Viacom, MGM and other buyers interested in acquiring all or parts of its entertainment companies

acquiring

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MGM

other buyers interested in acquiring all or parts of its entertainment companies

all or parts of its entertainment companies

parts of its entertainment companies


Input: In a recent interview, Diller told The Associated Press he would be interested in an opportunity to bid as long as it did not require him to serve as chief executive

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Input: American units advancing west of Basra have already secured the Rumeila oil field, whose daily output of 1.3 million barrels makes it Iraq's most productive

secured

American units advancing west of Basra

Basra

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Input: Until Basra, U.S. and British troops had encountered little resistance, even when they seized nearby Umm Qasr, and moved to secure key oil fields

secure

U.S. and British troops

key oil fields


Input: The proceeds from oil sales are deposited in a U.N.-controlled escrow account

sales


Input: The 7-year-old program allows Iraq to sell unlimited quantities of oil to buy food, medicine and other humanitarian goods

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Iraq

Iraq


Input: The Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade , including elite Army Rangers, jumped out of low-flying C-17 transport planes under cover of darkness Wednesday and secured a snow-dusted airfield, which will be used to bring in supplies and support personnel

secured

The Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade

The Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade

Wednesday

a snow-dusted airfield


Input: Military officials say they would have liked to have secured key oil fields around the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk  _  and perhaps the cities themselves  _  by now

secured

Military officials

key oil fields around the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk

the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk

now


Input: Capture of the airport would give American and British troops a facility for airlifting equipment and troops to Baghdad

Capture of the airport would give American and British troops a facility for airlifting equipment and troops to Baghdad

the airport

American and British troops


Input: To the far north, U.S. special forces and Kurdish militiamen captured the town of Bardarash and a nearby bridge, one of few routes into the city of Mosul near government-held oil fields

To the far north, U.S. special forces and Kurdish militiamen captured the town of Bardarash and a nearby bridge, one of few routes into the city of Mosul near government-held oil fields

U.S. special forces

Kurdish militiamen

the town of Bardarash

a nearby bridge


Input: Since coalition troops seized Baghdad's international airport, they have encircled the heavily-bombed city of 5 million people, blocking off entry and exits and monitored all movement from the air

seized

coalition troops

Baghdad

Baghdad's international airport


Input: Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN that U.S. forces drove though portions of the Iraqi capital, seizing Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers

seizing

U.S. forces

portions of the Iraqi capital

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Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers


Input: Southeast of Baghdad, Marines seized one of Saddam's palaces and poked through remnants of a Republican Guard headquarters

seized

Marines

one of Saddam's palaces


Input: They seized the Rasheed Airport and captured enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops

seized

the Rasheed Airport


Input: Ominously, they also took a prison where they found U.S. Army uniforms and chemical weapons suits possibly belonging to American POWs

took

a prison where they found U.S. Army uniforms and chemical weapons suits possibly belonging to American POWs


Input: The United States quickly became the Southeast Asian country's main weapons supplier, and annual arms sales peaked at US$400 million in the 1980s

sales

The United States

the Southeast Asian country

the Southeast Asian country

weapons

arms

US

400 million

the 1980s


Input: Jakarta has recently purchased some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines

purchased

Jakarta

Jakarta

some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines

Russian

10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles

a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters

a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines

its marines


Input: Currently, Indonesia uses short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

purchased

Indonesia

Indonesia

short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

Rapier

30 years ago


Input: The Air Force is reportedly considering purchasing several squadrons of Sukhoi Su-27 interceptors, considered the world's premier dogfighters

purchasing

The Air Force

The Air Force

several squadrons of Sukhoi Su-27 interceptors, considered the world's premier dogfighters


Input: But neighboring Malaysia's success in integrating Russian MiG-29s and American F/A-18 Hornets persuaded them otherwise, Sudarsono said

integrating

neighboring Malaysia

Russian MiG-29s

American F/A-18 Hornets


Input: Trade between Indonesia and Russia increased by dlrs 36.2 million to dlrs 203.5 million in 2001  _  the last year for which statistics are available

Trade

Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia

Russia

Russia

Russia

203.5 million


Input: Air defense commanders want to augment the Rapiers with Russia's impressive long-range S-300 missiles, or shorter-range systems such as the SA-15 Gauntlet or shoulder-fired Igla

augment

Air defense commanders

Air defense commanders

Russia

Russia's impressive long-range S-300 missiles

shorter-range systems such as the SA-15 Gauntlet or shoulder-fired Igla


Input: I don't think they are overpaying,'' he said

overpaying

they


Input: The group also is buying Aladdin's 7,000-seat Theatre of Performing Arts

buying

The group

Aladdin

Aladdin's 7,000-seat Theatre of Performing Arts


Input: China, the North's ally and major aid donor, says it doesn't want Pyongyang to acquire nuclear weapons and has appealed for a negotiated settlement to the crisis

acquire

Pyongyang

nuclear weapons


Input: A U.S. military official in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday North Korea is believed to have exported US$580 million worth of missiles to Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in 2001

exported

North Korea

US$580 million

missiles

Iran

Pakistan

Libya

Syria

Egypt

Yemen

the United Arab Emirates


Input: Germany promised a field hospital, Sweden and Switzerland sent sniffer dogs, Russia dispatched rescue experts

promised

Germany

a field hospital


Input: Turkey pitched in with a search team, tents and medicine

pitched in

Turkey

tents


Input: Chien was convicted of receiving a stereo set worth 27 million dong (US$1,750) from Nam Cam's family

receiving

Chien

Chien

27 million dong (US$1,750

Nam Cam's family


Input: As part of the 11-billion-dollar sale of USA Interactive's film and television operations to the French media company in December 2001, USA Interactive received 2.5 billion dollars in preferred shares in Vivendi Universal Entertainment

sale

USA Interactive's film and television operations

the French media company

December 2001

USA Interactive


Input: Speculation has been rife that troubled Vivendi has been weighing a spinoff or sale of its US film, television and theme park operations as part of its restructuring

sale

troubled Vivendi

its US film, television and theme park operations


Input: US sources with authoritative knowledge of the Beijing meetings said the head of the North Korean delegation Li Gun had confirmed to US envoy James Kelly that the Stalinist state had developed nuclear weapons and hinted it may sell or use them, depending on US actions

sell

it

them


Input: Chief executive Andrew Harris said the company was likely to abandon plans to acquire a hotel in Sydney's Kings Cross red light district and acquire another property three times the size in a better location

acquire

Chief executive Andrew Harris

a hotel in Sydney's Kings Cross red light district


Input: Chief executive Andrew Harris said the company was likely to abandon plans to acquire a hotel in Sydney's Kings Cross red light district and acquire another property three times the size in a better location

acquire

Chief executive Andrew Harris

another property three times the size in a better location


Input: The report came as the indebted group said it was planning to sell off its US unit Vivendi Universal Entertainment and other assets, to focus on its telecoms activities and its French cable television business

sell

the indebted group

its US unit Vivendi Universal Entertainment


Input: Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday that the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment was a major goal for 2003, and that negotiations were already under way

sale

the group

Vivendi Universal Entertainment


Input: Vivendi earlier this week confirmed months of press speculation that it planned to shed its entertainment assets by the end of the year, including its famed Universal movie studio and television assets

shed

it

the end of the year

its famed Universal movie studio


Input: The takeover, which is subject to approval by 75.01 percent of Zaragozano shareholders, is expected to be completed in July

takeover

July


Input: The company has already sold his Georgia-based yacht building business for 15 million dollars, and is close to selling his ranch in British Colombia, which is expected to bring 60 to 70 million dollars, the Journal said

sold

The company

his Georgia-based yacht building business

15 million dollars


Input: The company has already sold his Georgia-based yacht building business for 15 million dollars, and is close to selling his ranch in British Colombia, which is expected to bring 60 to 70 million dollars, the Journal said

selling

The company

his ranch in British Colombia, which is expected to bring 60 to 70 million dollars

60 to 70 million dollars


Input: The acquisition of GE Edison is expected to boost AIG's annual life insurance premium revenue in Japan to about 1.1 trillion yen, ranking it sixth in the Japanese life insurance business

acquisition

GE Edison

AIG


Input: American International Group Inc. is likely to acquire all shares in GE Edison Life Insurance by the end of September and also take over GE's US car and fire insurance operations, the reports said

take over

American International Group Inc

the end of September

GE


Input: Mirjana Markovic, the power behind the scenes during Milosevic's 13-year reign, is accused of illegally providing their grandson's nanny with a state-owned luxury apartment in Belgrade in 2000

providing

Mirjana Markovic

their grandson's nanny

a state-owned luxury apartment in Belgrade

Belgrade


Input: Neither club immediately returned phone calls from The Associated Press to inquire about the buyout talks

buyout


Input: Cash-strapped Vivendi wants to sell Universal Studios, its Universal theme parks and television production company

sell

Cash-strapped Vivendi

Universal Studios

its Universal theme parks and television production company

its Universal theme parks and television production company


Input: Barry Diller resigned as co-chief executive of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, saying it was appropriate for him to step down while Paris-based Vivendi Universal entertains bids for Universal Studios, Universal's theme parks and other entertainment assets

bids

Paris-based Vivendi Universal

Universal's theme parks

other entertainment assets


Input: Vivendi also is holding talks with Viacom, MGM and other buyers interested in acquiring all or parts of its entertainment companies

acquiring

Vivendi

Viacom

MGM

other buyers interested in acquiring all or parts of its entertainment companies

all or parts of its entertainment companies

parts of its entertainment companies


Input: In a recent interview, Diller told The Associated Press he would be interested in an opportunity to bid as long as it did not require him to serve as chief executive

bid

he


Input: American units advancing west of Basra have already secured the Rumeila oil field, whose daily output of 1.3 million barrels makes it Iraq's most productive

secured

American units advancing west of Basra

Basra


Input: Until Basra, U.S. and British troops had encountered little resistance, even when they seized nearby Umm Qasr, and moved to secure key oil fields

secure

U.S. and British troops

key oil fields


Input: Capture of the airport would give American and British troops a facility for airlifting equipment and troops to Baghdad

Capture

the airport

American and British troops


Input: To the far north, U.S. special forces and Kurdish militiamen captured the town of Bardarash and a nearby bridge, one of few routes into the city of Mosul near government-held oil fields

captured

U.S. special forces

Kurdish militiamen

the town of Bardarash

a nearby bridge


Input: Since coalition troops seized Baghdad's international airport, they have encircled the heavily-bombed city of 5 million people, blocking off entry and exits and monitored all movement from the air

seized

coalition troops

Baghdad's international airport

the heavily-bombed city of 5 million people


Input: Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN that U.S. forces drove though portions of the Iraqi capital, seizing Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers

seizing

U.S. forces

Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers

Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers


Input: Southeast of Baghdad, Marines seized one of Saddam's palaces and poked through remnants of a Republican Guard headquarters

seized

Baghdad

Marines

one of Saddam's palaces


Input: They seized the Rasheed Airport and captured enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops

seized

They

the Rasheed Airport

enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops


Input: Ominously, they also took a prison where they found U.S. Army uniforms and chemical weapons suits possibly belonging to American POWs

took

they

a prison where they found U.S. Army uniforms and chemical weapons suits possibly belonging to American POWs


Input: They seized the Rasheed Airport and captured enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops

captured

They

enough ammunition for an estimated 3,000 troops


Input: The United States quickly became the Southeast Asian country's main weapons supplier, and annual arms sales peaked at US$400 million in the 1980s

sales

The United States

the Southeast Asian country

arms

$400 million

the 1980s


Input: Jakarta has recently purchased some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines

purchased

Jakarta

some Russian weapons, including 10,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a squadron of naval Mil-2 helicopters and a dozen BTR-80A amphibious carriers for its marines


Input: Currently, Indonesia uses short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

purchased

Indonesia

short-range Rapier missiles purchased 30 years ago to protect its vital oil and natural gas fields in Sumatra, Borneo and Papua from air attack

30 years ago


Input: The Air Force is reportedly considering purchasing several squadrons of Sukhoi Su-27 interceptors, considered the world's premier dogfighters

purchasing

The Air Force

several squadrons of Sukhoi Su-27 interceptors, considered the world's premier dogfighters


Input: China, the North's ally and major aid donor, says it doesn't want Pyongyang to acquire nuclear weapons and has appealed for a negotiated settlement to the crisis

acquire

Pyongyang

nuclear weapons


Input: A U.S. military official in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday North Korea is believed to have exported US$580 million worth of missiles to Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in 2001

exported

North Korea

US$580 million

missiles

Iran

Pakistan

Libya

Syria

Egypt

Yemen

the United Arab Emirates


Input: Last Saturday night, rebels in the Central Africa Republic, captured the airport in the capital city of Bangui and the residence of  President Ange-Felix Patasse, who is out of the country

captured

Last Saturday night

the Central Africa Republic

the airport in the capital city of Bangui

the residence of  President Ange-Felix Patasse, who is out of the country


Input: The rebels have captured the country's main international airport, said a top official in a 300-strong African security force policing the city

captured

The rebels

the country's main international airport


Input: I now live in Watertown, MA, 12 miles from Boston's Logan airport, in a lovely two family house I bought as an investment with my boss, my 9 year old Yorkshire Terrier, Teddy

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Input: If I give him shares in my corporation in Feb 2004 of my S Corporation making him 30% shareholder, and I finally distributed profit this year, will the creditors attempt to that take money from him in 2005

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my corporation

Feb 2004


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Input: I believe you had said that you gave him the shares in February 2004 but that the discharge didn't come until June of 2004

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Input: We also had a buyer for the building at a prize much higher than it was eventually sold for and a commitment for 4% bank financing in Crossville

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it


Input: In order to seize them, she felt she had to attack and destroy the naval power of the US

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Input: Thus, for a "3 to 6 month" operation in China in 1937, Japan would embark on a war that would strip her of all the possessions and industries she had acquired in 70 years

acquired

Japan

all the possessions and industries she had acquired in 70 years

70 years


Input: Now the nut of the question should be, What if Iran gives, sells, provides nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists to smuggle into the United States and at 10 AM on a Wednesday pop 2 or 3 in New York City, destroying Wall street, the large banks, the large Insurance companies, the large sock brokerage houses and many other world wide financial institutions

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Iran

nuclear weapons

Islamic extremists


Input: Now the nut of the question should be, What if Iran gives, sells, provides nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists to smuggle into the United States and at 10 AM on a Wednesday pop 2 or 3 in New York City, destroying Wall street, the large banks, the large Insurance companies, the large sock brokerage houses and many other world wide financial institutions

sells

Iran

nuclear weapons

Islamic extremists


Input: Now the nut of the question should be, What if Iran gives, sells, provides nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists to smuggle into the United States and at 10 AM on a Wednesday pop 2 or 3 in New York City, destroying Wall street, the large banks, the large Insurance companies, the large sock brokerage houses and many other world wide financial institutions

provides

Iran

nuclear weapons

Islamic extremists


Input: We also had a buyer for the building at a prize much higher than it was eventually sold for and a commitment for 4% bank financing in Crossville

sold

We

the building


Input: In the meantime, they have been struggling with cash flow and have been selling off a lot of their buildings and properties to keep the company afloat

selling off

they

a lot of their buildings and properties

a lot of their buildings and properties


Input: In India, Bechtel along with General Electric are the new owners of the notorious and currently defunct Enron power project

new

Bechtel

General Electric

Enron