Input: He said that one of the computers took a three-foot trip sliding across the floor .

said

He

that one of the computers took a three-foot trip sliding across the floor

trip

one of the computers

three-foot

sliding across the floor

sliding

across the floor

one of the computers


Input: Then I noticed the car was bouncing up and down as if someone were jumping on it .

noticed

I

the car was bouncing up and down as if someone were jumping on it

jumping

someone

on it


Input: Cupboard doors were flying , the trash can in the kitchen walked a few feet , the dogs came running , and I scooted them into the dog run and stood in the doorway myself , watching the outside trash cans dance across the concrete .

flying

Cupboard doors

scooted

I

them

into the dog run

walked

a few feet

the trash can in the kitchen

dance

the outside trash cans

across the concrete

running

the dogs

came

the dogs

running

watching

I

the outside trash cans dance across the concrete


Input: When I saw the pictures of 880 and the Bay Bridge , I began to cry .

began

I

to cry

When I saw the pictures of 880 and the Bay Bridge


Input: 5:09 a.m. JROE : The Sunset { District } was more or less like a pajama party all evening , lots of people & dogs walking around , drinking beer .

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party

walking

lots of people & dogs

drinking

people

beer


Input: It 's a flimsy structure , built up on supports , and it was really rocking around .

built

on supports

a flimsy structure

on

built up

supports


Input: The three of us stopped breathing for a moment , and then when it kept on coming we lunged for the doorway .

coming

it

lunged

we

for the doorway


Input: Needless to say , it was an interesting first session !

say

it was an interesting first session


Input: 7:13 a.m. CALLIOPE : Albany escaped embarrassingly unscathed .

escaped

Albany


Input: 8:01 a.m. HLR : Judy and I were in our back yard when the lawn started rolling like ocean waves .

started

the lawn

rolling


Input: While I was standing on the lawn with Mame , waiting for another tremor , I noticed that all the earthworms were emerging from the ground and slithering across the lawn !

noticed

I

that all the earthworms were emerging from the ground and slithering across the lawn

emerging

the earthworms

from the ground

slithering

across the lawn

the earthworms

on

I was standing

the lawn


Input: 9:31 a.m. GR8FLRED : It 's amazing how one second can so completely change your life .

change

one second

your life


Input: 9:38 a.m. FIG : I guess we 're all living very tentatively here , waiting for the expected but dreaded aftershock .

guess

I

we 're all living very tentatively here


Input: It 's hard to accept that it 's over and only took 15 seconds .

hard

to accept that it 's over and only took 15 seconds

over

it


Input: I walked along Shattuck between Delaware and Cedar at a few minutes before eight this morning .

walked

I

along Shattuck between Delaware and Cedar


Input: Why ca n't we teach our children to read , write and reckon ?

teach

we

our children

to read , write and reckon

write

our children


Input: These beliefs so dominate our educational establishment , our media , our politicians , and even our parents that it seems almost blasphemous to challenge them .

educational


Input: In practice , it ends up being equated with a `` self-expression '' that encourages the youngsters ' `` self-esteem .

encourages

the youngsters ' `` self-esteem

a `` self-expression

that

the youngsters


Input: The whole notion of `` creativity '' in education was ( and is ) part and parcel of a romantic rebellion against disciplined instruction , which was ( and is ) regarded as `` authoritarian , '' a repression and frustration of the latent talents and the wonderful , if as yet undefined , potentialities inherent in the souls of all our children .

rebellion

against disciplined instruction , which was ( and is ) regarded as `` authoritarian , '' a repression and frustration of the latent talents and the wonderful , if as yet undefined , potentialities inherent in the souls of all our children

romantic

instruction

education


Input: Their commitment to `` creativity '' can not survive adolescent illiteracy .

commitment

Their


Input: It is nice for teachers to think they are engaged in `` personality development '' and even nicer to minimize those irksome tests with often disappointing results .

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teachers

engaged

they

in `` personality development ''


Input: I myself took such courses in college , thinking I might end up a schoolteacher .

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I

schoolteacher


Input: But it is unfair to dump on teachers , as distinct from the educational establishment .

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teachers

educational

dump

on teachers


Input: I know many schoolteachers and , on the whole , they are seriously committed to conscientious teaching .

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schoolteachers

committed

to conscientious teaching

they


Input: They may not be among the `` best and brightest '' of their generation -- there are very few such people , by definition .

are

very few such people


Input: Yes , we all can remember one or two truly inspiring teachers from our school days .

teachers

teachers

inspiring

teachers


Input: If he is competent and conscientious , he serves us well .

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he

us


Input: Our teachers are not an important factor in our educational crisis .

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teachers

educational

crisis

our

crisis


Input: It is silly libel on our teachers to think they would educate our children better if only they got a few thousand dollars a year more .

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teachers

educate

they

our children

got

they

a few thousand dollars a year more


Input: It is the kind of libel the teachers ' unions do n't mind spreading , for their own narrow purposes .

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teachers

spreading

the teachers ' unions

the kind of libel


Input: If there were such evidence , you can be sure you would have heard of it .

were

such evidence


Input: There are many successful schools scattered throughout this nation , some of them in the poorest of ghettos , and they are all sending us the same message .

There

many successful schools scattered throughout this nation , some of them in the poorest of ghettos

sending

they

all

us

the same message


Input: We know that very early exposure to schooling improves performance in the first grade , but afterward the difference is quickly washed away .

washed

the difference

improves

very early exposure to schooling

performance in the first grade


Input: Let us sum up what we do know about education and about those education reforms that do work and do n't work : -- `` Parental involvement '' is a bad idea .

involvement

Parental

education


Input: Parents are too likely to blame schools for the educational limitations of their children .

educational


Input: Parents should be involved with their children 's education at home , not in school .

involved

Parents

with their children 's education

education

their children 's


Input: Locally elected school boards , especially in our larger cities , become the prey of ambitious , generally corrupt , and invariably demagogic local politicians or would-be politicians .

become

Locally elected school boards , especially in our larger cities

the prey of ambitious , generally corrupt , and invariably demagogic local politicians or would-be politicians

elected

school boards

school boards

Locally


Input: The reason is simple : Education takes place in the classroom , where the influence of money is minimal .

reason

Education


Input: Decades of educational research tell us unequivocally that even smaller classes have zero effect on the academic performance of the pupils -- though they may sometimes be desirable for other reasons .

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educational

tell

us

Decades of educational research

that even smaller classes have zero effect on the academic performance of the pupils -- though they may sometimes be desirable for other reasons

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pupils

educational

reasons


Input: There is neither mystery nor paradox in the fact that as educational expenditures ( in real terms ) have increased sharply in the past quarter-of-a-century -- we now spend more per pupil than any other country in the world -- educational performance has declined .

is

in the fact that as educational expenditures ( in real terms ) have increased sharply in the past quarter-of-a-century -- we now spend more per pupil than any other country in the world -- educational performance has declined

neither mystery nor paradox

real

terms

pupil

pupil

educational


Input: -- Students should move up the educational ladder as their academic potential allows .

Students

Students

educational

move

Students

up the educational ladder


Input: This means `` tracking , '' whose main purpose is less to permit the gifted youngsters to flourish ( though that is clearly desirable ) than to ensure that the less gifted get the necessary grounding for further study or for entering the modern world of work .

get

the less gifted

the necessary grounding

entering

the modern world of work

work


Input: The purpose of education is to encourage young men and women to realize their full academic potential .

encourage

young men and women

to realize their full academic potential

education

education

realize


Input: They are based on dubious psychological and sociological theories rather than on educational experience .

educational


Input: -- Most important of all , schools should have principals with a large measure of authority over the faculty , the curriculum , and all matters of student discipline .

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student


Input: Study after study -- the most recent from the Brookings Institution -- tells us that the best schools are those that are free of outside interference and are governed by a powerful head .

tells

Study after study -- the most recent from the Brookings Institution

us

that the best schools are those that are free of outside interference and are governed by a powerful head

interference

outside

Study

study


Input: Schools that are structured in this way produce students with higher morale and superior academic performance .

students

students

produce

Schools that are structured in this way

students with higher morale and superior academic performance


Input: Paula_Zahn : Questions about the facts or what were presented as facts that led the United States into the war in Iraq spilled into open warfare today on the Senate floor .

war

warfare

on

the Senate floor

Questions about the facts or what were presented as facts that led the United States into the war in Iraq spilled into open warfare


Input: Ed_Henry : A Democratic sneak attack that sent shock waves through the Senate .

attack

Democratic

sent

A Democratic sneak attack

that

shock waves

through the Senate


Input: Harry_Reed : Mr. President enough time has gone by .

gone

enough time

by


Input: I demand on behalf of the American people that we understand why these investigations are n't being conducted .

demand

I

that we understand why these investigations are n't being conducted

investigations

conducted

these investigations


Input: Ed_Henry :An easy but rare maneuver with extraordinary consequences .

easy

maneuver


Input: Bill_Frist : Not with the previous Democratic leader or or the current Democratic leader have ever I been slapped in the face with such an affront to the leadership of this grand institution .

slapped

I

in the face

with such an affront to the leadership of this grand institution


Input: Bill_Frist : There has been at least consideration for the other side of the aisle before a stunt .

been

at least consideration for the other side of the aisle

before a stunt


Input: Harry_Reed : We have lost over two thousand of our best and bravest .

lost

We

over two thousand of our best and bravest


Input: Over fifteen thousand have been seriously wounded .

wounded

Over fifteen thousand


Input: Ed_Henry : Democrats say they also want to signal they 're ready to stand up to the Republican majority and may even filibuster the president 's latest Supreme Court pick Samuel Alito a move that would make these events seem like the opening fireworks in a much nastier battle .

say

Democrats

they also want to signal they 're ready to stand up to the Republican majority and may even filibuster the president 's latest Supreme Court pick Samuel Alito a move that would make these events seem like the opening fireworks in a much nastier battle

signal

they

they 're ready to stand up to the Republican majority

ready

they

to stand up to the Republican majority

battle

pick

Samuel Alito

the president 's

move

move


Input: A debate that 's likely to rage on for many many months to come .

debate


Input: The most common and deadly form has already spread in birds from South Asia to Europe .

deadly

form


Input: Paula_Zahn : Speeding up production of vaccines and buying the anti-viral drugs ( ( Tamoflu ) ) and ( ( Rolenzo ) ) which in some cases prevent flu infection .

production

of vaccines

buying

the anti-viral drugs ( ( Tamoflu ) ) and ( ( Rolenzo ) ) which in some cases prevent flu infection

prevent

flu infection

the anti-viral drugs ( ( Tamoflu ) ) and ( ( Rolenzo ) )

which


Input: Paula_Zahn : Where bird flu has in the past two years killed at least sixty-two people .

killed

bird flu

at least sixty-two people


Input: On one hand it is it is remarkable that the president is devoting as much time and as much money uh all towards a disease that does n't exist yet .

On

one hand

it is it is remarkable that the president is devoting as much time and as much money uh all towards a disease that does n't exist yet

exist

a disease

that

yet


Input: Dr _Gupto : On the other hand to be able to outline and do the thing that were talked about today to basically completely revamp the public health system so that local officials can talk to state officials that can talk to federal officials to be able to pinpoint exactly when a cluster of bird flu happens that takes probably a lot more money and a and a really a complete revamping of our public health systems .

do

the thing that were talked about today

talked

the thing

that

about

talk

local officials

to state officials that can talk to federal officials


Input: They are antiviral drugs uh designed to basically shorten uh how bad the flu might effect you uh try to lessen its impact .

designed

They


Input: Dr _Gupto : But we only know that it might work because of laboratory studies and animal studies uh uh in particular .

studies


Input: Paula_Zahn : Dr . Sanjay Gupto thanks for the update .

thanks

for the update


Input: I can assure you that Paula .

assure

I

you

that


Input: I made a free house call for you doctor .

free

house call

call

I


Input: Fossils tell an obscure story of man 's slow and sporadic development .

tell

Fossils

an obscure story of man 's slow and sporadic development


Input: Around 3000 b.c. , native Archaic Indians began to develop a lasting hunting and gathering culture .

began

native Archaic Indians

to develop a lasting hunting and gathering culture

Around 3000 b.c.

develop

native Archaic Indians

a lasting hunting and gathering culture


Input: Many springs lay in areas that would eventually become the center of the modern Las Vegas metropolis .

lay

Many springs

in areas that would eventually become the center of the modern Las Vegas metropolis

become

areas

that

the center of the modern Las Vegas metropolis


Input: This permitted the Anasazi to achieve a benchmark of advanced society -- the ability to live in permanent shelters year-round without need to follow wildlife .

achieve

a benchmark of advanced society -- the ability to live in permanent shelters year-round without need to follow wildlife

the Anasazi

permitted

This

the Anasazi

to achieve a benchmark of advanced society -- the ability to live in permanent shelters year-round without need to follow wildlife


Input: Unable to replicate the agricultural techniques of the Anasazi , the Paiutes were destined to a semi-nomadic lifestyle until European settlers arrived , changing the nature of existence in the valley forever .

arrived

European settlers

changing

the nature of existence in the valley

existence

in the valley


Input: In 1844 , American explorer John C. Fremont parked his horses at Big Springs , and his report to the government resulted in a mail route leading past the spot on its way to California .

parked

his horses

at Big Springs

American explorer John C. Fremont

report

report

to the government

his

resulted

his report to the government

in a mail route leading past the spot on its way to California


Input: In 1855 , Mormon leader Brigham Young responded to promising reports of Las Vegas by sending 30 missionary settlers to the valley ; they eventually built a fort not far from today 's Downtown .

responded

to promising reports of Las Vegas

by sending 30 missionary settlers to the valley

Mormon leader Brigham Young

reports

of Las Vegas

reports

built

they

a fort

not far from today 's Downtown


Input: Surrounded by acres of farmland hewn from the hard desert , the adobe fort became a focal point for the development of Las Vegas for the next fifty years .

became

the adobe fort

a focal point for the development of Las Vegas for the next fifty years


Input: Additional pressures from arriving miners pushed the missionaries ' plight beyond recovery .

arriving

miners

pushed

Additional pressures from arriving miners

the missionaries ' plight

beyond recovery


Input: Despite the fact that the local land was rich in silver , by 1865 most of the mining traffic through Las Vegas was of prospectors headed to California or Northern Nevada in search of gold .

headed

to California or Northern Nevada

prospectors

search

of gold


Input: He expanded the ranch and irrigated the land so that it would support crops and cattle .

expanded

He

the ranch

support

it

crops and cattle


Input: His determination had other results as well : Gass was named a justice of the peace and a territorial legislator .

results

results

His determination


Input: In 1903 , officials of the San Pedro , Los Angeles , and Salt Lake Railroad arrived in Las Vegas , eager to secure a right-of-way for their Los Angeles - Salt Lake connection .

arrived

in Las Vegas

officials of the San Pedro , Los Angeles , and Salt Lake Railroad

secure

a right-of-way for their Los Angeles - Salt Lake connection

officials of the San Pedro , Los Angeles , and Salt Lake Railroad


Input: As mapped , the track traveled directly through Helen Stewart 's Las Vegas Ranch .

traveled

the track

directly through Helen Stewart 's Las Vegas Ranch


Input: Stewart sold 99.5 percent of her ranch to the railroad .

sold

Stewart

99.5 percent of her ranch

to the railroad


Input: Land speculators and locals alike were anxious to own a part of the newest railroad boomtown , and within an afternoon , more than 80 percent of the lots were sold .

sold

more than 80 percent of the lots


Input: With rail service in place and forty blocks of private property , it was ready to become a real town .

become

it

a real town

real

town


Input: Businesses sprang up overnight , and wooden houses were erected to replace the tent city in which many of the early settlers had lived .

sprang

Businesses

erected

wooden houses


Input: From the beginning , Las Vegas was built to serve travelers .

built

Las Vegas

travelers

travelers

serve

travelers


Input: Growth continued for ten years , and by 1915 the town had telephones , round-the-clock electricity , and a growing population -- many of whom worked in the railroad repair shop .

Growth

worked

many of whom

in the railroad repair shop


Input: But such heady progress would soon come to a halt .

come

heady progress

to a halt


Input: The growing competition in rail transport resulted in Union Pacific buying the Los Angeles - Salt Lake line .

transport

rail

resulted

rail transport

in Union Pacific buying the Los Angeles - Salt Lake line

buying

Union Pacific

the Los Angeles - Salt Lake line

competition

in rail transport

competition


Input: These unfortunate circumstances threatened to relegate Las Vegas to the status of a small desert community that could no longer support its 3000 residents .

support

its 3000 residents

a small desert community

that


Input: Providing an influx of $165 million to the southwestern economy , Hoover Dam played a major role in preventing Las Vegas from drying up , both financially and literally .

Providing

an influx of $165 million

to the southwestern economy

Hoover Dam

influx

of $165 million

to the southwestern economy

preventing

Las Vegas

from drying up , both financially and literally

Hoover Dam


Input: The construction of Hoover Dam did not single-handedly save Las Vegas , however .

construction

of Hoover Dam


Input: Vices outlawed or heavily controlled elsewhere were legal here , available any hour of any day ( or night ) .

legal

Vices outlawed or heavily controlled elsewhere


Input: Additional catalysts for the valley 's growth came from World War II .

War

growth

valley 's


Input: Both the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School ( which became Nellis Air Force Base and the Nevada Test Site ) in the north , and Basic Magnesium in the nearby town of Henderson , arrived in the early 1940s as a result of America 's war effort .

became

the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School

which

Nellis Air Force Base and the Nevada Test Site

arrived

Both the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School ( which became Nellis Air Force Base and the Nevada Test Site ) in the north , and Basic Magnesium in the nearby town of Henderson

result

of America 's war effort

Both the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School ( which became Nellis Air Force Base and the Nevada Test Site ) in the north , and Basic Magnesium in the nearby town of Henderson , arrived in the early 1940s

war

America 's


Input: While many gambling halls opened Downtown in the 1930s and early 1940s , only two were built on the stretch of old Los Angeles Highway that ultimately became the Strip .

built

only two

on the stretch of old Los Angeles Highway that ultimately became the Strip

on

the stretch of old Los Angeles Highway that ultimately became the Strip

only two

became

the Strip

the stretch of old Los Angeles Highway

that


Input: By 1945 Siegel had become one of Las Vegas 's original visionaries , planning an opulent resort on the southern end of the LA Highway .

become

Siegel

one of Las Vegas 's original visionaries

on

an opulent resort

the southern end of the LA Highway


Input: Emerging stars , no longer content with playing small nightclubs , came to Las Vegas with dreams of making it big .

Emerging

stars

came

to Las Vegas

Emerging stars


Input: Frank Sinatra , Wayne Newton , and Louis Prima each arrived with mediocre status and suddenly found themselves with names as big as the marquees on which they were written .

arrived

Frank Sinatra , Wayne Newton , and Louis Prima each

found

themselves with names as big as the marquees on which they were written

Frank Sinatra , Wayne Newton , and Louis Prima each

written

they

on

the marquees

which

they were written


Input: The Thunderbird , Desert Inn , Sahara , Sands , and Riviera hotels were erected during this period , luring a curious clientele drawn by tales of all-night partying , exclusive entertainment , and cheap accommodations .

erected

The Thunderbird , Desert Inn , Sahara , Sands , and Riviera hotels

drawn

a curious clientele

by tales of all-night partying , exclusive entertainment , and cheap accommodations

cheap

accommodations


Input: Organized crime was soon to have a formidable adversary in its bid to control Las Vegas -- corporate cash .

crime

crime


Input: That would change dramatically with the 1966 arrival of billionaire Howard Hughes .

arrival

of billionaire Howard Hughes


Input: A legitimate businessman , Hughes was nonetheless eccentric and dramatic , a style suited to the Las Vegas ethos .

legitimate

businessman


Input: Several weeks later he was asked -- then ordered -- to vacate the room to make room for high rollers , whereupon he promptly bought the property and fired the management .

asked

he

to vacate the room to make room for high rollers

ordered

he

to vacate the room to make room for high rollers

bought

he

the property


Input: Thus began Hughes ' legendary three-year , $300-million Las Vegas buying spree .

began

Hughes ' legendary three-year , $300-million Las Vegas buying spree

buying

Las Vegas

Hughes


Input: As corporations moved in and the mob was slowly pushed out , a new Las Vegas emerged .

moved

corporations

in

pushed

out

the mob

emerged

a new Las Vegas


Input: He bought several Strip properties -- the Silver Slipper and Castaways among them -- and demolished them to make way for a new kind of resort -- Mirage -- which became an instant success .

bought

He

several Strip properties

demolished

them

He

became

an instant success

Mirage

which


Input: This trend has led to many more demolitions , including the Dunes ( replaced by Bellagio ) , Aladdin ( the new Aladdin ) and Sands ( Venetian ) hotels .

led

This trend

many more demolitions

demolitions


Input: Excalibur , the MGM Grand , the Luxor , and New York - New York all followed Mirage 's lead during the 1990s , offering themed environments and attractions for families .

offering

themed environments and attractions

for families


Input: Additionally , a handful of resorts -- such as the South-Seas themed Mandalay Bay , the Mirage , and the new Four Seasons -- are now catering exclusively to the luxury travel market .

catering

to the luxury travel market

a handful of resorts -- such as the South-Seas themed Mandalay Bay , the Mirage , and the new Four Seasons

travel


Input: Perhaps more important , such high-end accommodations raise the standards of expectations back to the mythology of the Rat Pack era .

raise

such high-end accommodations

the standards of expectations

back to the mythology of the Rat Pack era


Input: Recent business projections for Las Vegas predict challenges ; tourism revenues must increase substantially to sustain what is already built , while actual figures show visitation as steady or declining .

challenges

challenges

revenues

tourism

built

what

tourism


Input: The growth that has characterized Las Vegas for nearly a century may be facing a roadblock .

growth


Input: BASRA , Iraq ( AP ) A U.S. lawmaker assessing the impact of U.N. sanctions on Iraq said Wednesday it is important not only to force Baghdad to give up its weapons of mass destruction but also to do more to ease the hardships on ordinary Iraqis .

said

it is important not only to force Baghdad to give up its weapons of mass destruction but also to do more to ease the hardships on ordinary Iraqis

A U.S. lawmaker assessing the impact of U.N. sanctions on Iraq

do

more

sanctions

sanctions

U.N.

on Iraq


Input: Rep . Tony Hall , D- Ohio , did not call for a lifting of sanctions imposed on Iraq for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait , but said the United Nations should make sure that sanctions do not hurt innocent Iraqis .

call

Rep . Tony Hall , D- Ohio

for a lifting of sanctions imposed on Iraq for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait

lifting

of sanctions imposed on Iraq for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait

said

the United Nations should make sure that sanctions do not hurt innocent Iraqis

Rep . Tony Hall , D- Ohio

sure

that sanctions do not hurt innocent Iraqis

the United Nations

hurt

innocent Iraqis

sanctions

sanctions

sanctions


Input: One way would be to speed up the flow of health supplies and other urgent commodities to the country under a U.N. humanitarian program , he said .

said

he

One way would be to speed up the flow of health supplies and other urgent commodities to the country under a U.N. humanitarian program


Input: The U.S. government says it wants to ensure that Iraq is not buying items that appear to be humanitarian in nature but that could be used for making weapons .

says

The U.S. government

it wants to ensure that Iraq is not buying items that appear to be humanitarian in nature but that could be used for making weapons

buying

items that appear to be humanitarian in nature but that could be used for making weapons

Iraq

used

for making weapons

items

making

weapons


Input: Rep . Tony Hall , D- Ohio , urges the United Nations to allow a freer flow of food and medicine into Iraq .

urges

the United Nations

to allow a freer flow of food and medicine into Iraq

Rep . Tony Hall , D- Ohio ,

allow

a freer flow of food and medicine into Iraq

the United Nations


Input: Hall , who recently returned from a trip to Iraq , said U.N. economic sanctions have hurt millions of civilians there .

returned

who

Hall

from a trip to Iraq

trip

to Iraq

who

Hall

said

Hall , who recently returned from a trip to Iraq

U.N. economic sanctions have hurt millions of civilians there

sanctions

U.N.

sanctions

hurt

millions of civilians there

U.N. economic sanctions


Input: Almost every assignment is a challenge in a different way and it never seems to get easier .

challenge

Almost every assignment

easier

it


Input: I often feel as if I only get half the story sometimes , so I typically do a massive amount of reporting that is most often much more than I will ever need .

get

I

half the story

do

I

a massive amount of reporting that is most often much more than I will ever need


Input: I think that is why I welcomed doing a book -- it gives one the ability to use so much of what is left on the cutting room floor of daily journalism .

use

so much of what is left on the cutting room floor of daily journalism

gives

it

one

the ability to use so much of what is left on the cutting room floor of daily journalism


Input: In any case , there certainly is no lack of information available about the moguls of technology now as they all become our current pop icons .

is

no lack of information available about the moguls of technology

now

become

they all

our current pop icons


Input: I would posit that Bill and Michael and Steve and Jerry have become the Madonnas of the current age of stock market mania and celebration of the entrepreneur .

become

Bill and Michael and Steve and Jerry

the Madonnas of the current age of stock market mania and celebration of the entrepreneur


Input: I personally always thought it was a risk to pin the image of Microsoft on just one man -- at AOL , for example , there was a conscious effort to develop other `` characters , '' for lack of a better word .

was

a conscious effort to develop other `` characters

pin

the image of Microsoft

on just one man

develop

other `` characters , ''


Input: Steve Ballmer , of course , is now getting a lot more attention at Microsoft , but it still seems to be Bill 's show over there .

getting

Steve Ballmer

a lot more attention at Microsoft


Input: That 's ironic , since I think it was just that insularity that helped them , much in the same way that AOL has benefited from being in the Virginia suburbs rather than in Silicon Valley .

helped

insularity

that

them

since

That 's ironic

it was just that insularity that helped them , much in the same way that AOL has benefited from being in the Virginia suburbs rather than in Silicon Valley


Input: Or will it be none of them because the Internet allows and encourages a plethora of strong companies and a complex interconnection of businesses where none are allowed to dominate ?

because

will it be none of them

the Internet allows and encourages a plethora of strong companies and a complex interconnection of businesses where none are allowed to dominate

encourages

the Internet

a plethora of strong companies and a complex interconnection of businesses where none are allowed to dominate

allows

the Internet

a plethora of strong companies and a complex interconnection of businesses where none are allowed to dominate

allowed

to dominate


Input: I always use two simple words when people tell me that one company -- whether it is AOL or Microsoft or Disney -- is in charge of all our destinies : Babylon was .

use

I

two simple words

tell

people

me

that one company -- whether it is AOL or Microsoft or Disney -- is in charge of all our destinies

was

Babylon


Input: Perhaps you could hasten a prediction of where this is all going .

going

where

this

all

hasten

you

a prediction of where this is all going


Input: As for me , I 'll stick with my philosophy of reporting and , I guess , life -- nobody knows .

guess

I

I 'll stick with my philosophy of reporting and

life


Input: I HAVE NOT TALKED TO YOU IN A WHILE .

TALKED

I

TO YOU


Input: SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT BACHELOR PARTY .

PARTY

BACHELOR

THIS


Input: U.S. Democratic Party Congressman Tony Hall left here Thursday after concluding his landmark visit to Iraq , which has been under sweeping U.N. sanctions since 1990 .

left

U.S. Democratic Party Congressman Tony Hall

here

visit

his

to Iraq , which has been under sweeping U.N. sanctions since 1990

sanctions

U.N.

which

Iraq


Input: In a statement , Hall expressed regret over the negative impacts of the decade-old sanctions on Iraqi people .

statement

Hall

sanctions

sanctions

on Iraqi people


Input: The U.S. lawmaker got acquainted with the sufferings of the Iraqi children because of acute shortage of food and medicine as a direct result of the embargo , reported the Iraqi News Agency ( INA ) .

of

The U.S. lawmaker got acquainted with the sufferings of the Iraqi children

acute shortage of food and medicine as a direct result of the embargo

result

of the embargo

acute shortage of food and medicine

reported

the Iraqi News Agency ( INA )

The U.S. lawmaker got acquainted with the sufferings of the Iraqi children because of acute shortage of food and medicine as a direct result of the embargo


Input: Hall said on Monday that he regretted the miserable humanitarian situation in Iraq while visiting a hospital in the Mansour district of the Iraqi capital .

said

Hall

that he regretted the miserable humanitarian situation in Iraq

visiting

a hospital in the Mansour district of the Iraqi capital

Hall


Input: Iraq has claimed that over 1.2 million people , mostly children and the elderly , have died during the last 10 years , and blames the deaths on shortages of food , medicine and other essential supplies .

claimed

Iraq

that over 1.2 million people , mostly children and the elderly , have died during the last 10 years

died

over 1.2 million people

deaths


Input: `` There are a lot of issues I want to look at , but the issue of humanitarian concerns is number one , '' he said .

are

a lot of issues I want to look at

look

I

at

a lot of issues

said

he

`` There are a lot of issues I want to look at , but the issue of humanitarian concerns is number one , ''


Input: I want to say Oklahoma .

say

I

Oklahoma


Input: Um , but I think if we quit , uh , building these Taj Mahals with the color TVs and sixty dollars sixty thousand a year to keep an inmate in there - on a - on a - on a life sentence , we should start hanging them and get it over with and let 's just screwing up the system uh .

building

we

these Taj Mahals with the color TVs

start

we

hanging them

quit

we

building these Taj Mahals with the color TVs and sixty dollars sixty thousand a year to keep an inmate in there - on a - on a - on a life sentence


Input: I just saw on the news last night that they said the average time a sentenced murderer , you know , is in jail is two years before he 's paroled and a rapists is like six months and a burglar is like two months .

said

they

the average time a sentenced murderer , you know , is in jail is two years before he 's paroled and a rapists is like six months and a burglar is like two months

murderer

murderer


Input: Because they just say there 's either no room in the system , you know , in the jails for them or , you know , it 's just that it seems like the automatic sentences - if - if a judge has leeway on what he 's going to , you know , sentence someone for between , you know , two months and uh fifty years and you know what 's his whim to decide it should be two months .

say

they

there 's either no room in the system , you know , in the jails for them or

's

either no room in the system , you know , in the jails for them or


Input: So what , you know , let 's quit BSing with the system .

quit

s

BSing with the system


Input: Uh , when there 's - uh my understanding - when there 's , uh , a verdict and it , for example , there 's a hung jury here in Fort Worth two day in eight to four and bam bam the guy got off .

's

a verdict


Input: Uh , he was , uh , he - he - was a veterinarian and killed two - a father and a son - okay .

killed

he

two


Input: And the victims you know the family of these people that have been murdered they just have to have it dragged on for years and years before they ever get any resolution .

victims

victims

murdered

these people

that


Input: Exactly because it 's not next day they have the start the trial which is X number of months and just prolongs the situation that much more .

because

Exactly

it 's not next day they have the start the trial which is X number of months and just prolongs the situation that much more

start

they

the trial which is X number of months


Input: Well if I - I saw on one of the talk shows this woman judge i believe from Florida and she just has just really stiff penalties and i saw that in in the hands of a judge that really was conscientious and really , you know , took the pains to give a sentence for what was deserved , it could - you could have a - a judge that would really make a good impact , but likewise you could have the flip side and have some judge that was paid off or you know had good - a good old boy network , or , for whatever reasons , you know , politics , just let all kinds of people through so he - he would have a heck - or - she would have a heck of a lot of power , you know , if used wrongly .

give

a sentence for what was deserved

used


Input: So , at least the jury system does something to prevent that , you know , or help it - with it - anyway .

does

the jury system

something to prevent that , you know , or help it - with it

prevent

something

that

help

it

something


Input: I do n't know if it prevents it but seems like the jury system does have it 's advantages , but i also - i 've also heard on trials that sometimes they go through , like , three hundred jurors before they hand pick these jurors that they think are going to be the ones that are going to be the most lenient you know .

prevents

it

it

pick

these jurors that they think are going to be the ones that are going to be the most lenient

they


Input: And i do n't know how much they 're getting just a jury of their peers at that point .

getting

they

just a jury of their peers


Input: Yeah , yeah , I get back to Price 's comment when he , uh , was found guilty he said , well , he did n't have any blacks , uh , you know from his neck of the woods .

comment

Price 's

said

he

well , he did n't have any blacks , uh , you know from his neck of the woods


Input: Well , give me a break you know .

give

me

a break


Input: Well , this has been an interesting conversation .

conversation


Input: Okay thanks a lot .

thanks


Input: Oh goodness well i 'll let you get .

let

i

you

get


Input: A cold and melancholy walk of a couple of miles brought us to a high wooden gate , which opened into a gloomy avenue of chestnuts .

walk

of a couple of miles

us

brought

A cold and melancholy walk of a couple of miles

to a high wooden gate , which opened into a gloomy avenue of chestnuts .

us


Input: He stepped across the grass plot and tapped with his hand on the pane .

stepped

He

across the grass plot


Input: Then when you tapped at the window I thought it had come again . "

come

it


Input: " That what had come again ? "

come

what


Input: I don 't know what made me look up , but there was a face looking in at me through the lower pane .

look

me

up

looking

a face

at me

through the lower pane .

in

made

what

look up ,

me


Input: And the look of it - the great staring goggle eyes , and the line of white teeth like a hungry beast .

staring

eyes


Input: I tell you , sir , I couldn 't move a finger , nor get my breath , till it whisked away and was gone .

tell

I

you

I couldn 't move a finger , nor get my breath , till it whisked away and was gone

whisked

it

away


Input: Out I ran and through the shrubbery , but thank God there was no one there . "

ran

I

Out

through the shrubbery

there

no one

there


Input: " If I didn 't know you were a good man , Walters , I should put a black mark against you for this .

put

I

a black mark

against you


Input: " Yes , " he reported , after a short examination of the grass bed , " a number twelve shoe , I should say .

reported

he

" Yes , "

a number twelve shoe , I should say

say

I

a number twelve shoe ,

shoe

shoe

examination

he

of the grass bed


Input: " He seems to have broken through the shrubbery and made for the road . "

made

He

for the road . "


Input: " Well , " said the inspector with a grave and thoughtful face , " whoever he may have been , and whatever he may have wanted , he 's gone for the present , and we have more immediate things to attend to .

said

the inspector

" Well , "

whoever he may have been , and whatever he may have wanted , he 's gone for the present , and we have more immediate things to attend to


Input: The various bedrooms and sitting-rooms had yielded nothing to a careful search .

search

The various bedrooms and sitting-rooms


Input: Apparently the tenants had brought little or nothing with them , and all the furniture down to the smallest details had been taken over with the house .

brought

the tenants

little or nothing


Input: " Nothing in all this , " said Baynes , stalking , candle in hand , from room to room .

said

Baynes

" Nothing in all this , "

stalking

Baynes

from room to room .


Input: The table was piled with half-eaten dishes and dirty plates , the debris of last night 's dinner .

dinner

dinner

eaten

dishes


Input: " Look at this , " said Baynes .

Look

at this , "

said

Baynes

" Look at this , "


Input: He held up his candle before an extraordinary object which stood at the back of the dresser .

stood

which

at the back of the dresser .

an extraordinary object

held

He

his candle


Input: It was so wrinkled and shrunken and withered that it was difficult to say what it might have been .

difficult

to say what it might have been .

say

what it might have been .


Input: Finally I was left in doubt as to whether it was animal or human .

left

I

in doubt as to whether it was animal or human


Input: " Very interesting - very interesting , indeed ! " said Holmes , peering at this sinister relic .

peering

Holmes

at this sinister relic .

said

Holmes

Very interesting - very interesting , indeed


Input: " A white cock , " said he .

said

he

" A white cock , "


Input: From under the sink he drew a zinc pail which contained a quantity of blood .

contained

which

a quantity of blood .

a zinc pail

drew

he

a zinc pail which contained a quantity of blood .

From under the sink


Input: Then from the table he took a platter heaped with small pieces of charred bone .

took

he

a platter heaped with small pieces of charred bone .

from the table


Input: We raked all these out of the fire .

raked

We

all these

out of the fire


Input: Holmes smiled and rubbed his hands .

rubbed

Holmes

his hands .


Input: If they did we should have them , for every port is watched .

watched

every port


Input: I should be glad to be able to say afterwards that I had solved it without your help . "

say

I

that I had solved it without your help . "

solved

I

it

help

your

I had solved it


Input: " Well , well , Inspector , " said he .

said

he

Well , well , Inspector


Input: I could tell by numerous subtle signs , which might have been lost upon anyone but myself , that Holmes was on a hot scent .

tell

I

by numerous subtle signs , which might have been lost upon anyone but myself

that Holmes was on a hot scent


Input: As impassive as ever to the casual observer , there were none the less a subdued eagerness and suggestion of tension in his brightened eyes and brisker manner which assured me that the game was afoot .

there

a subdued eagerness and suggestion of tension in his brightened eyes and brisker manner which assured me that the game was afoot

manner

his

brisker


Input: All would come round to me in due time .

come

round

to me

All


Input: Day succeeded day , and my friend took no step forward .

step

my friend

forward


Input: One morning he spent in town , and I learned from a casual reference that he had visited the British Museum .

learned

I

that he had visited the British Museum .

from a casual reference

visited

he

the British Museum .


Input: " It is very pleasant to see the first green shoots upon the hedges and the catkins on the hazels once again .

upon

the hedges

the first green shoots

on

the hazels

the catkins


Input: Occasionally in our rambles we came across Inspector Baynes .

came

we

across Inspector Baynes

rambles

our


Input: He said little about the case , but from that little we gathered that he also was not dissatisfied at the course of events .

said

He

little

about the case ,

gathered

we

from that little

that he also was not dissatisfied at the course of events .


Input: I must admit , however , that I was somewhat surprised when , some five days after the crime , I opened my morning paper to find in large letters :

find

I

crime

crime

admit

I

that I was somewhat surprised when , some five days after the crime


Input: Holmes sprang in his chair as if he had been stung when I read the headlines .

sprang

Holmes


Input: Every effort was made by Inspector Baynes , who has the case in hand , to ascertain the hiding place of the fugitives , and he had good reason to believe that they had not gone far but were lurking in some retreat which had been already prepared .

ascertain

Inspector Baynes ,

in hand ,

the case

has

who

the hiding place of the fugitives ,

gone

they

far


Input: Inspector Baynes , considering that such a visit must have some purpose in view and was likely , therefore , to be repeated , abandoned the house but left an ambuscade in the shrubbery .

visit


Input: We understand that when the prison is brought before the magistrates a remand will be applied for by the police , and that great developments are hoped from his capture . "

brought

before the magistrates

the prison


Input: We hurried down the village street and found , as we had expected , that the inspector was just leaving his lodgings .

found

We

that the inspector was just leaving his lodgings .

leaving

the inspector

his lodgings .

hurried

We

down the village street


Input: " I have looked into this case with some care , and I am not convinced that you are on the right lines .

looked

I

into this case


Input: " I assure you I speak for your good . "

assure

I

you

I speak for your good . "


Input: " Oh , very good , " said Holmes .

said

Holmes

Oh , very good


Input: Well , as he says , we must each try our own way and see what comes of it .

says

he

we must each try our own way and see what comes of it


Input: But there 's something in Inspector Baynes which I can 't quite understand . "

there

something in Inspector Baynes which I can 't quite understand . "


Input: " Just sit down in that chair , Watson , " said Sherlock Holmes when we had returned to our apartment at the Bull .

returned

we

to our apartment at the Bull

said

Sherlock Holmes

Just sit down in that chair , Watson


Input: Let me show you the evolution of this case so far as I have been able to follow it .

evolution

of this case


Input: " We will go back to the note which was handed in to Garcia upon the evening of his death .

death

his

handed

to Garcia

which

the note


Input: We may put aside this idea of Baynes 's that Garcia 's servants were concerned in the matter .

concerned

Garcia 's servants

in the matter .


Input: It was Garcia , then , who had an enterprise , and apparently a criminal enterprise , in hand that night in the course of which he met his death .

death

his


Input: " We can now see a reason for the disappearance of Garcia 's household .

disappearance

of Garcia 's household .

reason

reason

for the disappearance of Garcia 's household .


Input: If it came off when Garcia returned , any possible suspicion would be warded off by the Englishman 's evidence , and all would be well .

returned

Garcia


Input: It had been arranged , therefore , that in such a case his two subordinates were to make for some prearranged spot where they could escape investigation and be in a position afterwards to renew their attempt .

escape

they

investigation

investigation

make

his two subordinates

some prearranged spot


Input: " The next step is the note received by Garcia at the dinner .

dinner

dinner

received

by Garcia

the note


Input: I have already shown you that it could only lie in some large house , and that the number of large houses is limited .

shown

that it could only lie in some large house , and that the number of large houses is limited .

I

you

lie

it

in some large house ,


Input: My first days in this village were devoted to a series of walks in which in the intervals of my botanical researches I made a reconnaissance of all the large houses and an examination of the family history of the occupants .

researches

my

botanical

walks

examination

of the family history of the occupants .

reconnaissance

of all the large houses


Input: It is the famous old Jacobean grange of High Gable , one mile on the farther side of Oxshott , and less than half a mile from the scene of the tragedy .

tragedy

tragedy


Input: But Mr . Henderson , of High Gable , was by all accounts a curious man to whom curious adventures might befall .

befall

curious adventures

to whom

a curious man


Input: He is a man of fifty , strong , active , with iron-gray hair , great bunched black eyebrows , the step of a deer and the air of an emperor - a fierce , masterful man , with a red-hot spirit behind his parchment face .

step


Input: You see , Watson , we have come already upon two sets of foreigners - one at Wisteria Lodge and one at High Gable - so our gaps are beginning to close .

beginning

to close .

our gaps

come

we

two sets of foreigners - one at Wisteria Lodge and one at High Gable -


Input: I may add that he is enormously rich , and whatever his whims may be he can very easily satisfy them .

add

I

that he is enormously rich , and whatever his whims may be he can very easily satisfy them


Input: " So much I learned partly from village gossip and partly from my own observation .

gossip

village

learned

I

partly from village gossip and partly from my own observation .

So much

observation

own


Input: I call it luck , but it would not have come my way had I not been looking out for it .

call

I

it

luck

looking

I

for it .


Input: Governess and children hardly go out at all , except into the garden .

go

Governess and children

out


Input: Henderson never by any chance walks alone .

walks

Henderson


Input: The gossip among the servants is that their master is terribly afraid of something .

gossip

among the servants


Input: Twice Henderson has lashed at folk with his dog-whip , and only his long purse and heavy compensation have kept him out of the courts .

lashed

Henderson

at folk

with his dog-whip ,


Input: Who wrote the note ?

wrote

Who

the note ?


Input: What , then , might she be expected to do if she heard of his death ?

death

his

do

she

What


Input: Still , in her heart , she must retain bitterness and hatred against those who had killed him and would presumably help so far as she could to have revenge upon them .

help

she

to have revenge upon them .

killed

who

him

revenge

she

upon them


Input: From that evening she has utterly vanished .

vanished

she


Input: There is the point which we still have to decide .

decide

we

which


Input: " You will appreciate the difficulty of the situation , Watson .

difficulty

the situation ,


Input: The woman 's disappearance counts for nothing , since in that extraordinary household any member of it might be invisible for a week .

since

in that extraordinary household any member of it might be invisible for a week .

The woman 's disappearance counts for nothing

disappearance

The woman 's


Input: All I can do is to watch the house and leave my agent , Warner , on guard at the gates .

watch

I

the house

do

I

All


Input: My suggestion is that you and I go to-night and see if we can strike at the very heart of the mystery . "

go

you and I


Input: It was not , I must confess , a very alluring prospect .

confess

I

a very alluring prospect .

It was not


Input: The old house with its atmosphere of murder , the singular and formidable inhabitants , the unknown dangers of the approach , and the fact that we were putting ourselves legally in a false position all combined to damp my ardour .

approach

The old house

murder

putting

we

ourselves

in a false position all combined to damp my ardour .


Input: One knew that thus , and only thus , could a solution be found .

found

a solution


Input: It was about five o 'clock , and the shadows of the March evening were beginning to fall , when an excited rustic rushed into our room .

beginning

to fall ,

the shadows of the March evening

rushed

an excited rustic

into our room .


Input: " They 've gone , Mr . Holmes .

gone

They


Input: They went by the last train .

went

They

by the last train .


Input: " Excellent , Warner ! " cried Holmes , springing to his feet .

springing

Holmes


Input: " When the carriage came out I followed it to the station .

came

the carriage

out


Input: She was like one walking in her sleep , but when they tried to get her into the train she came to life and struggled .

walking

one

struggled

she


Input: " Why , Mr . Holmes , when you were crawling in the shrubbery at High Gable I was up one of the trees in the plantation and saw you down below .

crawling

you


Input: " Then why did you arrest the mulatto ? "

arrest

you

the mulatto ? "


Input: I arrested the wrong man to make him believe that our eyes were off him .

arrested

I

the wrong man

make

believe that our eyes were off him .

him

I arrested the wrong man


Input: Holmes laid his hand upon the inspector 's shoulder .

laid

Holmes

his hand

upon the inspector 's shoulder .


Input: You have instinct and intuition , " said he .

said

he

You have instinct and intuition , "


Input: We can 't arrest without her evidence , that is clear , so the sooner we get a statement the better . "

arrest

We

get

we

a statement

statement


Input: " Every minute she gets stronger , " said Holmes , glancing at the governess .

glancing

Holmes

at the governess .

said

Holmes ,

" Every minute she gets stronger , "


Input: " But tell me , Baynes , who is this man Henderson ? "

tell

me

who is this man Henderson ? "


Input: At the end of that time there was a universal rising against him .

rising

against him .

was

a universal rising against him .


Input: But he was as cunning as he was cruel , and at the first whisper of coming trouble he had secretly conveyed his treasures aboard a ship which was manned by devoted adherents .

conveyed

he

his treasures

aboard a ship which was manned by devoted adherents


Input: It was an empty palace which was stormed by the insurgents next day .

stormed

which

by the insurgents

an empty palace


Input: " If you look it up you will find that the San Pedro colours are green and white , same as in the note , Mr . Holmes .

find

you

that

the San Pedro colours are green and white


Input: They 've been looking for him all the time for their revenge , but it is only now that they have begun to find him out . "

begun

they

to find him out . "

revenge

their

out

they

him


Input: " They discovered him a year ago , " said Miss Burnet , who had sat up and was now intently following the conversation .

conversation

discovered

They

him

said

Miss Burnet ,

" They discovered him a year ago , "


Input: " But how come you into this matter , Miss Burnet ? " asked Holmes .

come

you

into this matter ,

how


Input: We have learned the truth in sorrow and in suffering .

learned

We

the truth


Input: " No doubt , " said Holmes , " he was as you say .

said

Holmes , "

" No doubt , "

he was as you say

say

you

as


Input: This villain 's policy was to murder , on one pretext or another , every man who showed such promise that he might in time come to be a dangerous rival .

murder

every man who showed such promise that he might in time come to be a dangerous rival .

rival

he


Input: They banded themselves into a society which should never be dissolved until the work was done .

banded

They

into a society which should never be dissolved until the work was done .

themselves

done

the work


Input: It was my part after we had discovered in the transformed Henderson the fallen despot , to attach myself to his household and keep the others in touch with his movements .

discovered

we

the fallen despot ,


Input: This I was able to do by securing the position of governess in his family .

securing

the position of governess in his family .

I

position

I

of governess

in his family

do

I

This


Input: We zigzagged swiftly here and there over Europe to throw off the pursuers and finally returned to this house , which he had taken upon his first arrival in England .

arrival

his

in England .

returned

We

to this house , which he had taken upon his first arrival in England .

zigzagged

We

over Europe

swiftly

here and there


Input: Knowing that he would return there , Garcia , who is the son of the former highest dignitary in San Pedro , was waiting with two trusty companions of humble station , all three fired with the same reasons for revenge .

return

he

there

revenge

all three

fired with the same reasons


Input: At night , however , he slept alone , and the avenger might find him .

avenger

avenger

he


Input: On a certain evening , which had been prearranged , I sent my friend final instructions , for the man was forever on the alert and continually changed his room .

sent

I

final instructions ,

my friend


Input: He and his master dragged me to my room and held judgment upon me as a convicted traitress .

dragged

He and his master

me

to my room


Input: Then and there they would have plunged their knives into me could they have seen how to escape the consequences of the deed .

escape

they

the consequences of the deed

plunged

they

their knives

into me

deed

deed


Input: Finally , after much debate , they concluded that my murder was too dangerous .

concluded

they

that my murder was too dangerous

debate

murder

my


Input: They had gagged me , and Murillo twisted my arm round until I gave him the address .

gave

I

him

the address

twisted

Murillo

my arm

gagged

They

me


Input: I swear that he might have twisted it off had I understood what it would mean to Garcia .

swear

I

that he might have twisted it off had I understood what it would mean to Garcia .

twisted

he

it

mean

it

to Garcia .

what


Input: How they murdered him I do not know , save that it was Murillo 's hand who struck him down , for Lopez had remained to guard me .

murdered

they

him

How

I do not know


Input: I believe he must have waited among the gorse bushes through which the path winds and struck him down as he passed .

passed

he

struck

he

him


Input: At first they were of a mind to let him enter the house and to kill him as a detected burglar ; but they argued that if they were mixed up in an inquiry their own identity would at once be publicly disclosed and they would be open to further attacks .

argued

that if they were mixed up in an inquiry their own identity would at once be publicly disclosed and they would be open to further attacks .

they

attacks

they

disclosed

their own identity

publicly

enter

him

the house

kill

they

him

let

they

enter the house

him

inquiry


Input: With the death of Garcia , the pursuit might cease , since such a death might frighten others from the task .

death

of Garcia ,


Input: I was confined to my room , terrorized by the most horrible threats , cruelly ill-used to break my spirit - see this stab on my shoulder and the bruises from end to end of my arms - and a gag was thrust into my mouth on the one occasion when I tried to call from the window .

threats

I

thrust

into my mouth

a gag


Input: In a sort of dream I remember being half-led , halfcarried to the carriage ; in the same state I was conveyed to the train .

conveyed

to the train .

I


Input: Only then , when the wheels were almost moving , did I suddenly realize that my liberty lay in my own hands .

moving

the wheels

realize

I

that my liberty lay in my own hands .

lay

my liberty

in my own hands


Input: I sprang out , they tried to drag me back , and had it not been for the help of this good man , who led me to the cab , I should never had broken away .

drag

they

me

back

sprang

I

out

help

of this good man , who led me to the cab


Input: " Our police work ends , but our legal work begins . "

begins

our legal work

ends

" Our police work


Input: " A plausible lawyer could make it out as an act of self-defence .

act

of self-defence .

defence

self


Input: There may be a hundred crimes in the background , but it is only on this one that they can be tried . "

crimes

crimes

they

be

a hundred crimes

in the background ,


Input: Self-defence is one thing .

defence

Self


Input: Wily and bold , he and his companion threw their pursuer off their track by entering a lodging-house in Edmonton Street and leaving by the back-gate into Curzon Square .

entering

he and his companion

a lodging-house in Edmonton Street

leaving

he and his companion

into Curzon Square .

by the back-gate


Input: Some six months afterwards the Marquess of Montalva and Signor Rulli , his secretary , were both murdered in their rooms at the Hotel Escurial at Madrid .

murdered

the Marquess of Montalva and Signor Rulli , his secretary ,


Input: The crime was ascribed to Nihilism , and the murderers were never arrested .

arrested

the murderers

murderers

murderers

crime

crime


Input: " A chaotic case , my dear Watson , " said Holmes over an evening pipe .

said

Holmes

A chaotic case , my dear Watson


Input: Is there any point which is not quite clear to you ? "

there

any point which is not quite clear to you ? "


Input: " The object of the mulatto cook 's return ? "

return

the mulatto cook 's


Input: He waited three days longer , and then his piety or his superstition drove him to try once more .

drove

him

his piety or his superstition

to try once more .


Input: Inspector Baynes , who , with his usual astuteness , had minimized the incident before me , had really recognized its importance and had left a trap into which the creature walked .

recognized

Inspector Baynes , who , with his usual astuteness , had minimized the incident before me ,

its importance

walked

the creature

into which

a trap


Input: Since Hong Kong is a duty - free port and charges no sales tax , goods are cheaper here than in the country where they were made .

Since

Hong Kong is a duty - free port and charges no sales tax

goods are cheaper here than in the country where they were made

sales

cheaper

goods

made

they


Input: On photographic equipment , electronic goods , and watches , you avoid the luxury tax payable in your home country .

avoid

you

the luxury tax payable in your home country


Input: Custom - made garments by skillful Hong Kong tailors are still much in demand and cost less than elsewhere for comparable garments .

garments

garments

cost

Custom - made garments by skillful Hong Kong tailors

less than elsewhere


Input: You 'll find that prices are about the same in Hong Kong Central and Kowloon , and somewhat cheaper in Causeway Bay , which caters to local shopping .

find

You

that prices are about the same in Hong Kong Central and Kowloon , and somewhat cheaper in Causeway Bay , which caters to local shopping

caters

Causeway Bay

which

to local shopping

shopping


Input: Large shops on the fashionable thoroughfares tend to be more expensive than smaller `` family '' shops tucked away in the side streets .

on

Large shops

the fashionable thoroughfares

expensive

Large shops on the fashionable thoroughfares

tucked

away

in the side streets

smaller `` family '' shops


Input: Some people say you can test the authenticity by touch?—?real jade feels smooth and cool .

test

you

by touch

the authenticity


Input: In subtropical Hong Kong you can swim from April to early November .

swim

you


Input: A 12-year-old boy reports seeing a man launch a rubber boat from a car parked at the harbor .

reports

A 12-year-old boy

seeing a man launch a rubber boat from a car parked at the harbor

parked

a car

at the harbor


Input: The FBI finds traces of explosives on clothes found ; neighbors say they saw two men who they describe as `` Arab-looking '' living there for several weeks .

clothes

say

neighbors

they saw two men who they describe as `` Arab-looking '' living there for several weeks


Input: Police also find a second house where authorities believe two others may have assembled the bomb , possibly doing some welding .

assembled

two others

the bomb

welding


Input: Passports found in one of the houses identify the men as from a privilege convenience province noted for lawless tribes .

identify

the men as from a privilege convenience province noted for lawless tribes


Input: Meantime, analysts at the FBI crime lab try to discover what the bomb was made from .

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analysts

at the FBI crime lab

discover

analysts at the FBI crime

what the bomb was made from

made

the bomb

from

what


Input: No conclusions yet , U.S. officials say , but a working theory , plastic explosive .

conclusions

say

U.S. officials

No conclusions yet

but a working theory , plastic explosive


Input: But Yemen 's president says the FBI has told him the explosive material could only have come from the U.S. , Israel or two Arab countries .

says

Yemen 's president

the FBI has told him the explosive material could only have come from the U.S. , Israel or two Arab countries

told

the FBI

him

the explosive material could only have come from the U.S. , Israel or two Arab countries

come

the explosive material

from the U.S. , Israel or two Arab countries


Input: AMMAN , Jordan ( AP ) U.S. Representative Tony Hall arrived in Jordan on Saturday en route to Iraq , where he is expected to look into the plight of Iraqis after nearly 10 years of U.N. trade sanctions .

arrived

U.S. Representative Tony Hall

in Jordan

trade

sanctions

sanctions

U.N.


Input: Hall , an Ohio Democrat and one of very few U.S. congressmen to visit Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait , is scheduled to embark Sunday the 12-hour overland trip to the Iraqi capital , Baghdad .

War

over Kuwait

trip

to the Iraqi capital

overland

visit

one of very few U.S. congressmen

Iraq


Input: During his four days in Iraq , Hall said he wanted to investigate reports from relief agencies that a quarter of Iraqi children may be suffering from chronic malnutrition .

said

Hall

he wanted to investigate reports from relief agencies that a quarter of Iraqi children may be suffering from chronic malnutrition

reports

from relief agencies

that a quarter of Iraqi children may be suffering from chronic malnutrition

investigate

he

reports from relief agencies that a quarter of Iraqi children may be suffering from chronic malnutrition

suffering

from chronic malnutrition

a quarter of Iraqi children


Input: If supplies are not reaching the people who need them , Hall said , he wanted to find out whether the United Nations or relief agencies needed to handle things differently , or whether `` Iraq needs to get out of the way and let us do the job . ''

reaching

supplies

the people who need them

said

Hall

If supplies are not reaching the people who need them

he wanted to find out whether the United Nations or relief agencies needed to handle things differently , or whether `` Iraq needs to get out of the way and let us do the job

out

whether the United Nations or relief agencies needed to handle things differently , or whether `` Iraq needs to get out of the way and let us do the job

he

do

the job

us

let

us

Iraq

do the job


Input: The sanctions can not be lifted until U.N. inspectors certify that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction and the means to produce them .

sanctions

lifted

The sanctions

until U.N. inspectors certify that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction and the means to produce them

inspectors

eliminated

Iraq

its weapons of mass destruction and the means to produce them

produce

them

certify

U.N. inspectors

that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction and the means to produce them


Input: Iraq says it has done so and has barred inspectors since late 1998 .

says

Iraq

it has done so and has barred inspectors since late 1998

done

it

so

inspectors


Input: At least one other congressman has visited Iraq .

visited

one other congressman

Iraq


Input: Energy Secretary Bill Richardson went to Baghdad in 1995 while a representative for New Mexico .

went

to Baghdad

Energy Secretary Bill Richardson


Input: Forest fires burn on in Greece ; death toll nears 50

death


Input: Karamanlis said , `` This is a day of national mourning ... I wish to express my deep grief over the lost lives ... We are fighting against heavy odds , on many fronts and under particularly tough conditions . ''

said

Karamanlis

This is a day of national mourning ... I wish to express my deep grief over the lost lives ... We are fighting against heavy odds , on many fronts and under particularly tough conditions

fighting

We

against heavy odds

on

many fronts

We are fighting against heavy odds

tough

conditions


Input: Greece 's government yesterday asked its European Union allies for help .

asked

Greece 's government

its European Union allies

for help

help


Input: Some helicopters and airplanes , which were to drop water on the fires , continued to be delayed by strong winds .

drop

water

on the fires

which

Some helicopters and airplanes

delayed

by strong winds


Input: The art of change-ringing is peculiar to the English , and , like most English peculiarities , unintelligible to the rest of the world .

art

of change-ringing


Input: ASLACTON , England -- Of all scenes that evoke rural England , this is one of the loveliest : An ancient stone church stands amid the fields , the sound of bells cascading from its tower , calling the faithful to evensong .

stands

An ancient stone church

calling

the sound of bells

the faithful

to evensong

evensong


Input: The parishioners of St. Michael and All Angels stop to chat at the church door , as members here always have .

chat

The parishioners of St. Michael and All Angels


Input: In the tower , five men and women pull rhythmically on ropes attached to the same five bells that first sounded here in 1614 .

pull

five men and women

on ropes attached to the same five bells that first sounded here in 1614


Input: But there is also a discordant , modern note in Aslacton , though it ca n't be heard by the church-goers enjoying the peal of bells this cool autumn evening .

is

a discordant , modern note

in Aslacton


Input: Like most of the other 6,000 churches in Britain with sets of bells , St. Michael once had its own `` band '' of ringers , who would herald every Sunday morning and evening service .

service


Input: They belong to a group of 15 ringers -- including two octogenarians and four youngsters in training -- who drive every Sunday from church to church in a sometimes-exhausting effort to keep the bells sounding in the many belfries of East Anglia .

training

two octogenarians and four youngsters


Input: `` To ring for even one service at this tower , we have to scrape , '' says Mr. Hammond , a retired water-authority worker .

service

says

`` To ring for even one service at this tower , we have to scrape , ''

Mr. Hammond , a retired water-authority worker


Input: Mr. Hammond worries that old age and the flightiness of youth will diminish the ranks of the East Anglian group that keeps the Aslacton bells pealing .

diminish

old age and the flightiness of youth

the ranks of the East Anglian group that keeps the Aslacton bells pealing


Input: Each variation , or change , can occur only once , the rules state .

state

the rules

Each variation , or change , can occur only once


Input: `` Ringing does become a bit of an obsession , '' admits Stephanie Pattenden , master of the band at St. Mary Abbot and one of England 's best female ringers .

become

Ringing

a bit of an obsession

admits

`` Ringing does become a bit of an obsession , ''

Stephanie Pattenden , master of the band at St. Mary Abbot and one of England 's best female ringers


Input: When their changes are completed , and after they have worked up a sweat , ringers often skip off to the local pub , leaving worship for others below .

skip

ringers

off

to the local pub

worship


Input: Two years ago , the Rev. Jeremy Hummerstone , vicar of Great Torrington , Devon , got so fed up with ringers who did n't attend service he sacked the entire band ; the ringers promptly set up a picket line in protest .

set

the ringers

a picket line

service


Input: But there still are n't enough ringers to ring more than six of the eight bells .

are

enough ringers to ring more than six of the eight bells


Input: At St. Mary 's Church in Ilminster , Somerset , the bells have fallen silent following a dust-up over church attendance .

dust-up

over church attendance


Input: `` But C.J.B. Marshall , vicar of a nearby church , feels the fault is in the stairs from the bell tower that are located next to the altar .

located

the stairs from the bell tower

that


Input: `` So crunch , crunch , crunch , bang , bang , bang -- here come the ringers from above , making a very obvious exit while the congregation is at prayer , '' he says .

come

the ringers

here

from above

exit

the ringers

prayer

the congregation

says

he

`` So crunch , crunch , crunch , bang , bang , bang -- here come the ringers from above , making a very obvious exit while the congregation is at prayer , ''


Input: `` The sound of bells is a net to draw people into the church , '' he says .

says

he

`` The sound of bells is a net to draw people into the church , ''

draw

a net

people

into the church


Input: `` I live in hopes that the ringers themselves will be drawn into that fuller life .

drawn

the ringers themselves

into that fuller life


Input: It hopes to speak to students at theological colleges about the joys of bell ringing and will shortly publish a booklet for every vicar in the country entitled , `` The Bells in Your Care .

speak

It

to students at theological colleges

about the joys of bell ringing

students

students


Input: But the council 's program to attract and train ringers is only partly successful , says Mr. Baldwin .

train

ringers

ringers

says

the council 's program to attract and train ringers is only partly successful

Mr. Baldwin


Input: `` Right now , we 're lucky if after five years we keep one new ringer out of 10 , '' he adds .

adds

`` Right now , we 're lucky if after five years we keep one new ringer out of 10 , ''

he


Input: The oldest bell-ringing group in the country , the Ancient Society of College Youths , founded in 1637 , remains male-only , a fact that 's particularly galling to women because the group is the sole source of ringers for Britain 's most prestigious churches , St. Paul 's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey .

founded

The oldest bell-ringing group in the country , the Ancient Society of College Youths

because

the group is the sole source of ringers for Britain 's most prestigious churches , St. Paul 's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey

a fact that 's particularly galling to women


Input: One writer , signing his letter as `` Red-blooded , balanced male , '' remarked on the `` frequency of women fainting in peals , '' and suggested that they `` settle back into their traditional role of making tea at meetings .

meetings

meetings

remarked

One writer , signing his letter as `` Red-blooded , balanced male , ''

on the `` frequency of women fainting in peals , ''

signing

One writer

his letter

suggested

One writer , signing his letter as `` Red-blooded , balanced male

that they `` settle back into their traditional role of making tea at meetings


Input: In the torrent of replies that followed , one woman ringer from Solihull observed that `` the average male ringer leaves quite a lot to be desired : badly dressed , decorated with acne and a large beer-belly , frequently unwashed and unbearably flatulent in peals .

replies

dressed

the average male ringer

observed

one woman ringer from Solihull

that `` the average male ringer leaves quite a lot to be desired : badly dressed , decorated with acne and a large beer-belly , frequently unwashed and unbearably flatulent in peals


Input: I have seen one or two men die , bless them .

die

one or two men


Input: However , no nuclear weapons program has ever materialized or been initiated .

materialized

no nuclear weapons program

initiated

no nuclear weapons program


Input: It appears that the Syrian nuclear program continues to be focused solely on civilian nuclear research , based on international cooperation , and set to support a continued domestic aspiration for a nuclear power program .

research

nuclear

civilian

cooperation

international


Input: The International Atomic Energy Association ( IAEA ) has assisted Syria on numerous projects including uranium exploration , uranium extraction from phosphoric acid , isotope production , construction of a cyclotron facility , development of nuclear research laboratories , and preparation for a nuclear power program .

assisted

The International Atomic Energy Association ( IAEA )

Syria

on numerous projects including uranium exploration , uranium extraction from phosphoric acid , isotope production , construction of a cyclotron facility , development of nuclear research laboratories , and preparation for a nuclear power program

production

isotope

construction

of a cyclotron facility

research

nuclear


Input: It took this step to obtain the political and technical benefits that come from signing the treaty .

step

step

It

obtain

the political and technical benefits that come from signing the treaty

It

signing

the treaty

It


Input: Additionally , the government wanted to take advantage of technical assistance from the IAEA and its member states that is only available after a state signs the NPT .

assistance

from the IAEA and its member states

signs

a state

the NPT


Input: Also in 1983 , Syrian and Soviet scientists carried out a joint study on the construction of a nuclear power reactor in Syria .

carried

Syrian and Soviet scientists

a joint study on the construction of a nuclear power reactor in Syria

study

on the construction of a nuclear power reactor in Syria

construction

of a nuclear power reactor

in Syria


Input: Although Syria has probably never attempted to indigenously build nuclear weapons , there have been rumors that it might be interested in obtaining such weapons to deter an Israeli nuclear weapons threat .

build

Syria

nuclear weapons

obtaining

it

such weapons

been

rumors that it might be interested in obtaining such weapons to deter an Israeli nuclear weapons threat


Input: Upon completion of several uranium exploration projects , Syria began experiments to extract uranium from its vast phosphoric rock reserves .

began

Syria

experiments to extract uranium from its vast phosphoric rock reserves

extract

Syria

uranium

from its vast phosphoric rock reserves


Input: The plant would be the forerunner to a commercial plant if Syria obtained a nuclear power reactor and needed fresh fuel regularly .

obtained

Syria

a nuclear power reactor


Input: That facility went critical in 1996 and become fully operational in 1998 .

become

That facility

fully operational

operational

That facility


Input: The MNSR gives Syria the capability to produce neutrons for nuclear analysis , isotopes for industrial applications , and radioisotopes for training purposes , but is unsuitable for weapons production .

produce

neutrons

the capability

analysis

nuclear

industrial

production

weapons

training

gives

The MNSR

Syria

the capability to produce neutrons for nuclear analysis , isotopes for industrial applications , and radioisotopes for training purposes


Input: In 1997 , the IAEA approved a technical assistance project to provide Syria with a cyclotron facility .

assistance

provide

a technical assistance project

Syria

with a cyclotron facility


Input: It was to be built at the Nuclear Medicine Centre in Damascus .

built

It

at the Nuclear Medicine Centre in Damascus


Input: The Cyclon-30 cyclotron , provided by Belgium 's Ion Beam Applications , is the same model as the cyclotron in Iran , where it is suspected of being used to enrich uranium .

provided

The Cyclon-30 cyclotron

by Belgium 's Ion Beam Applications

used

to enrich uranium

it


Input: In more recent years , Syria has continued to develop its nuclear research facilities and other facilities to help manage its nuclear material .

research

nuclear

help

manage its nuclear material

its nuclear research facilities and other facilities

develop

Syria

its nuclear research facilities and other facilities


Input: These allegations were never confirmed .

allegations

allegations

confirmed

These allegations


Input: In 2003 , Russian and Syrian officials continued their negotiations for the construction of a nuclear facility that would include a nuclear power plant and a seawater atomic desalination plant .

negotiations

their

construction

of a nuclear facility that would include a nuclear power plant and a seawater atomic desalination plant


Input: Open sources reported that the Russian Minister of Atomic Energy confirmed that discussions over supplying Syria with a power plant and a desalination plant were taking place .

reported

Open sources

that the Russian Minister of Atomic Energy confirmed that discussions over supplying Syria with a power plant and a desalination plant were taking place

confirmed

the Russian Minister of Atomic Energy

that discussions over supplying Syria with a power plant and a desalination plant were taking place

discussions

over supplying Syria with a power plant and a desalination plant

supplying

Syria

with a power plant and a desalination plant


Input: However , the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman refuted the Minatom statement and denied that any discussion had taken place .

refuted

the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman

the Minatom statement

statement

statement

Minatom

discussion


Input: A Syria - EU trade accord hurdle was resolved in October with agreement on a WMD clause , subject to final approval by EU foreign ministers .

trade

resolved

A Syria - EU trade accord hurdle

with agreement on a WMD clause , subject to final approval by EU foreign ministers


Input: The head of the Iraq Survey Group Charles Duelfer has exhausted his search for WMD in Iraq .

Survey

Iraq

search

for WMD in Iraq

his


Input: Thanks you so much for working on these as fast as you have - there was a priority in getting them out .

Thanks

you

for working on these as fast as you have


Input: And when would be the earliest that we would make the payment ?

payment

we


Input: Do you want me to pay Pasadena on Friday for these months or do you want me to hold off until I finish July and August ?

pay

me

Pasadena

for these months


Input: Again , I do not have all of the information for July and August , so I can not give you any numbers .

so

I can not give you any numbers

Again , I do not have all of the information for July and August


Input: I need to forecast the money today , so please let me know what you would like to do .

do

what

you

know

me

what you would like to do


Input: I hope Patti can help you soon .

help

Patti

you


Input: Let me know if you do n't hear from her today .

know

me

if you do n't hear from her today


Input: If I can get all of the information today , I can tell you this afternoon .

get

I

all of the information

tell

I

you


Input: If necessary , I can come pick it up .

come

I

pick it up


Input: I have sent Patti a list .

sent

I

Patti

a list


Input: For payment , we have to forecast the money two days out .

payment


Input: On payment ... We are now having to forecast five days out .

payment


Input: If I do n't know today , I can not pay Pasadena until next Thursday .

pay

I

Pasadena


Input: Dubai 10-28 ( FP ) - Dubai 's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated a free zone for e-commerce today , called Dubai Internet City .

called

Dubai

Internet City

Dubai 's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum


Input: Sheikh Mohamed , who is also the Defense Minister of the United Arab Emirates , announced at the inauguration ceremony that `` we want to make Dubai a new trading center . ''

Defense

announced

that `` we want to make Dubai a new trading center

Sheikh Mohamed , who is also the Defense Minister of the United Arab Emirates ,

make

Dubai

a new trading center

we


Input: He said companies engaged in e-commerce would be able to set up offices , employ staff and own equipment in the open zone , including fully-owned foreign companies .

said

He

companies engaged in e-commerce would be able to set up offices , employ staff and own equipment in the open zone , including fully-owned foreign companies

engaged

companies

in e-commerce

open

zone

up

companies engaged in e-commerce

offices

including fully-owned foreign companies


Input: The e-commerce free zone is situated in north Dubai , near the industrial free zone in Jebel Ali , the top regional and tenth international leading area in container transit .

situated

The e-commerce free zone

in north Dubai

industrial


Input: The big green - and - white boat weaves its way through an ever-changing obstacle course of both large and small craft , and the soaring skyline of Hong Kong Island draws nearer .

weaves

The big green - and - white boat

its way through an ever-changing obstacle course of both large and small craft


Input: There are restaurants and a Starbuck's in the basement , and you can access the raised pedestrian crosswalk from the escalators on the ground floor .

are

restaurants and a Starbuck's

in the basement

on

the escalators

the ground floor


Input: Next to the Jardine building is Exchange Square , a complex with a large shopping mall ; just behind it is the General Post Office with a philatelic center on the ground floor .

shopping

on

the ground floor

a philatelic center


Input: On Connaught Road Central , you 'll find one of Hong Kong 's curiosities , the 244 - m - ( 800 - ft - ) long Mid-Levels outdoor escalator .

find

you

one of Hong Kong 's curiosities , the 244 - m - ( 800 - ft - ) long Mid-Levels outdoor escalator

On

Connaught Road Central

you 'll find one of Hong Kong 's curiosities , the 244 - m - ( 800 - ft - ) long Mid-Levels outdoor escalator


Input: It ferries commuters from the Mid-Levels apartment complexes downhill from 6 to 10 am , and uphill from 10 am to midnight .

ferries

It

commuters

from the Mid-Levels apartment complexes


Input: Go through the underground walkway to Statue Square ; on the east side of the square is the Legislative Council Building , one of the few colonial buildings left in Hong Kong .

Go

through the underground walkway

to Statue Square

on

the east side of the square

the Legislative Council Building , one of the few colonial buildings left in Hong Kong


Input: From inside the vast atrium you can view the whole structure as well as the mechanical workings of the building .

view

you

the whole structure as well as the mechanical workings of the building


Input: Built 1847 - 1849 , this usually deserted Anglican foundation is Hong Kong 's oldest church .

Built


Input: During World War II , the church was turned into a club for Japanese officers ; it was restored after the war .

turned

the church

into a club for Japanese officers

restored

it

war


Input: The park 's 10.5 hectares ( 25 acres ) of landscaped gardens and lakes contains a large greenhouse that holds many species of plants , and an aviary of exotic birds .

contains

The park 's 10.5 hectares ( 25 acres ) of landscaped gardens and lakes

a large greenhouse that holds many species of plants , and an aviary of exotic birds

holds

a large greenhouse

that

many species of plants


Input: If you leave the park and walk up Cotton Tree Drive , you will find the Peak Tram terminal .

leave

you

the park

walk

up Cotton Tree Drive

you


Input: The Peak Tram starts its scenic climb just across the street and around the corner from the American Consulate in Garden Road and makes its way , sometimes at a startlingly steep incline , to the summit at 398 m ( 1,305 ft ) .

starts

The Peak Tram

its scenic climb


Input: The right-of-way travels past fancy apartment blocks , bamboo stands , and jungle flowers .

travels

The right-of-way

past fancy apartment blocks , bamboo stands , and jungle flowers


Input: During the spring and autumn festivals , when people traditionally seek out the hilltops , the throngs are so large you would be better advised to try another time .

festivals

festivals

spring

autumn


Input: At the upper terminus there is a four - level shopping center , the Peak Galleria , and the Peak Tower , which resembles an airport control tower and has shops , entertainment , and restaurants .

is

a four - level shopping center , the Peak Galleria , and the Peak Tower , which resembles an airport control tower and has shops , entertainment , and restaurants

shopping


Input: You can walk around the peak for impressive views of Hong Kong , the coastline , and the islands in 45 minutes on Lugard and Harlech roads .

walk

You

around the peak

on Lugard and Harlech roads


Input: There are also souvenir stands , benches for a rest , and perhaps Hong Kong 's last surviving rickshaws - however these are not for rides , but are a tourist photo opportunity .

are

souvenir stands , benches for a rest , and perhaps Hong Kong 's last surviving rickshaws

tourist

tourist


Input: These gardens used to belong to the governor 's mountain lodge , but the building was demolished by the Japanese during the occupation of Hong Kong .

demolished

the building

by the Japanese


Input: Across from the mansion , the Zoological and Botanical Gardens ( gardens open daily 6 am - 10 pm ; zoo 6 am - 7 pm ; admission free ) provide a welcome oasis amid the big - city pressures .

free

admission

provide

a welcome oasis amid the big - city pressures

the Zoological and Botanical Gardens


Input: Both young and old go through ballet - like movements in slow motion to discipline the mind and body .

go

Both young and old

ballet - like movements


Input: The Western District is one of Hong Kong 's oldest neighborhoods , and its narrow streets hold a collection of fascinating traditional shops and enterprises .

hold

its narrow streets

a collection of fascinating traditional shops and enterprises


Input: It is more interesting for its architecture than for its shopping ; it 's situated in a four - story Edwardian building built in 1906 .

shopping

situated

it

in a four - story Edwardian building built in 1906

built

a four - story Edwardian building


Input: When it opened in 1912 , the university had a total of 72 students .

students

students


Input: The University 's Fung Ping Shan Museum , 94 Bonham Road ( open Monday - Saturday 9:30 am - 6 pm , admission free ) holds a significant collection of antiquities : bronzes , dating from 3000 b.c. , and ceramics , including Han Dynasty tomb pottery .

free

free

admission

holds

a significant collection of antiquities : bronzes , dating from 3000 b.c. , and ceramics , including Han Dynasty tomb pottery

The University 's Fung Ping Shan Museum


Input: Take the Mid - Levels Escalator to Hollywood road , known for its antiques and curio shopping .

shopping

antiques and curio


Input: Here the windows and open doors of the shops reveal an alluring selection of Asian furniture , carpets , carvings , tomb figures , porcelain , and bronze .

selection

of Asian furniture , carpets , carvings , tomb figures , porcelain , and bronze


Input: Walk west along Hollywood Road until you come to Man Mo Temple , the island 's oldest house of worship ( though the date of its founding is subject to dispute ) .

Walk

west

along Hollywood Road

come

you

to Man Mo Temple , the island 's oldest house of worship

worship

founding

its

dispute

the date of its founding


Input: The gold - plated sedan chairs on the left-hand side of the temple were once used for transporting the statues of the temple 's gods in religious processions .

used

The gold - plated sedan chairs on the left-hand side of the temple

for transporting the statues of the temple 's gods in religious processions

transporting

the statues of the temple 's gods


Input: Go down one flight of steps to Lascar Row , popularly known as Cat Street , for more antiques and curio shops .

Go

to Lascar Row , popularly known as Cat Street


Input: Walk up the steps to reach Caine Lane , where you 'll find the Museum of Medical Sciences ( open Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm ; admission by donation ) .

Walk

up the steps

to reach Caine Lane , where you 'll find the Museum of Medical Sciences ( open Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm ; admission by donation )

reach

Caine Lane , where you 'll find the Museum of Medical Sciences ( open Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm ; admission by donation )

donation


Input: The old laboratory is still intact , and there are exhibits on Chinese pharmacology and the history of medicine in Hong Kong .

are

exhibits on Chinese pharmacology and the history of medicine

in Hong Kong


Input: Servicemen relaxing from the rigors of the Vietnam War poured millions of dollars into the Wan Chai boom of the 1960s .

War


Input: On Wan Chai 's Bowen Road , Maiden 's Rock , also called Lover 's Rock , is the gathering place for the annual Maiden 's festival .

gathering

festival

festival

Maiden 's


Input: A prosperous tourist district , it is full of shopping centers and department stores , along with a number of good restaurants .

tourist

tourist

district

shopping


Input: On the nautical side is the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter , where expensive yachts are anchored almost gunwale to gunwale , and the Hong Kong Yacht Club has its headquarters .

On

the nautical side

the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter , where expensive yachts are anchored almost gunwale to gunwale , and the Hong Kong Yacht Club has its headquarters

expensive

yachts


Input: It 's not clear how the custom started .

started

the custom


Input: As a result , the merchants were forced to limit their salvoes to one a day - and from then on , they signaled the noon hour daily for all to hear .

result

the merchants were forced to limit their salvoes to one a day - and from then on , they signaled the noon hour daily for all to hear

forced

the merchants

to limit their salvoes to one a day

signaled

the noon hour

they

for all to hear


Input: Up Tai Hang Road behind Causeway Bay is Aw Boon Haw ( Tiger Balm) Gardens ( open daily 9:30 am - 4 pm ) , founded in 1935 by the late Aw Boon Haw , who became a millionaire by producing the medicinal Tiger Balm .

open

founded

became

producing


Input: Aberdeen 's theatrical floating restaurants have been a tourist attraction for many years .

tourist

tourist


Input: If you can get up early enough , you can attend the pre-dawn auction held at the vast local wholesale fish market ; otherwise , have a look at the street market that goes on later in the day .

auction

look

at the street market that goes on later in the day


Input: The peninsula opposite the east coast of Ap Lei Chau island contains Ocean Park ( open daily 10 am - 6 pm ; admission HK$150 adults , HK$75 children ) , which has become one of Hong Kong 's biggest attractions .

contains

The peninsula opposite the east coast of Ap Lei Chau island

Ocean Park ( open daily 10 am - 6 pm ; admission HK$150 adults , HK$75 children ) , which has become one of Hong Kong 's biggest attractions

become


Input: Linking the lowland and highland sections of the park , a cable-car system offers spectacular views across to the islands of the South China Sea .

offers

a cable-car system

spectacular views across to the islands of the South China Sea


Input: The Oceanarium is said to be the largest in the world , and the Ocean Theatre features displays by dolphins , killer whales , seals , and pelicans .

said

to be the largest in the world

The Oceanarium


Input: Continuing around the coast in a counter-clockwise direction , Deep Water Bay offers a good beach and harbors .

offers

Deep Water Bay

a good beach and harbors


Input: It 's so attractive and so easy to reach that it 's packed with sunbathers all summer long .

easy

to reach

reach

packed

it

with sunbathers


Input: The well-known Stanley Market ( see page 55 ) is a major source for bargain clothing and other merchandise .

clothing

clothing


Input: Most of Kowloon 's attractions for visitors are centered near the tip of the peninsula in the district known as Tsim Sha Tsui .

visitors


Input: If you continue to the end of the promenade , you will be in Tsim Sha Tsui East , a busy commercial district built on more than 60 hectares ( 150 acres ) of reclaimed land .

built

busy commercial district

on more than 60 hectares ( 150 acres ) of reclaimed land


Input: Hong Kong 's major venue for the performing arts , the building has been criticized for its fortress - like architecture and windowless facade .

arts

arts

criticized

the building

for its fortress - like architecture and windowless facade