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Clinton's partisans have linked Starr to Jesse Helms, Jerry Falwell, and other bogeymen. | It's not impossible that Starr and Jesse Helms had some kind of business together | entailment |
In Newsday , James Wood optimistically proposes the One feels behind the postmodernism an old realist modernist grinding away, eager to notate reality (though in funky ways). | James Wood proposes his play on reality in Time magazine. | contradiction |
As I understand it, an exit strategy is a sort of poor man's Powell Doctrine. | Exit strategies have been compared to the Powell Doctrine, but a worse version of it. | entailment |
This may be justified or not--we like him well enough around here! | no one around here dislikes him. | neutral |
Newsweek also lets Martha Stewart describe her successful foray into Web marketing. | Martha Stewart had previously attempted to get in to web marketing, but was unsuccessful. | contradiction |
What Murray likes about the idea is that it would finally discharge society's obligation to members of the underclass. | Murray would like society to not responsible for it's underclass. | entailment |
and that the Shopping Avenger would hear about this treatment and seek vengeance. | The Shopping Avenger is a vigilante who hears everything. | neutral |
In fact, the evidence thus far is quite depressing in this regard. | The evidence is depressing, in fact. | entailment |
That about marked the end of Nash's career as a mathematical genius. | Nash was once known to be skilled in math. | entailment |
The company, which is now traded publicly, was started in 1980 by a psychologist named Stephen Gordon, who was restoring a Queen Anne-style house in Eureka, Calif., and found it maddeningly difficult to locate the period-style fixtures he needed. | Stephen Gordon started a company in 1980 restoring a house he wanted to give up on. | neutral |
I hope the next generation is large enough to include that person. | The author would like to see that person as a member of the following generation. | entailment |
Reducing very high tax rates can, at the very least, encourage less tax evasion and avoidance. | Less tax evasion from high profile people could be avoided by reducing higher tax rates. | neutral |
They're regular old spending that Republicans happen not to like, such as support for the International Monetary Fund and highway demonstration projects in Democratic districts. | Republicans tend not to like policies or projects that Democrats like. | entailment |
Bush, or the Al Gore who is. | It's neither Bush or Gore. | contradiction |
Either someone is privileged, or he is not. | People do not consider other people as being privileged. | contradiction |
Ehrlich's theories lost steam after he lost a famous 1980 bet with economist Julian Simon, who wagered that any basket of resources Ehrlich might name would be cheaper at any date in the future. | Ehrlich never recovered and spent his remaining days in poverty-stricken hermitage. | neutral |
The prototypical criminal turned out to be way too handsome. | The criminals were terribly ugly and unpleasant to look at. | contradiction |
So all the money from the sales of the manufacturing operations, $3 billion, is going to a share buyback program, which is to say that instead of being used to create new wealth, it will simply be redistributed from the company to investors. | The money from the sales of the manufacturing process amounted to only $1 billion. | contradiction |
The art historian Linda Nochlin has traced what she calls Degas' perfectly ordinary anti-Semitism to status anxiety. | Degas had a love for and devotion to Jewish people. | contradiction |
The larger bill would fortify the Border Patrol, facilitate deportations, and restrict the benefits available to illegal aliens; the detached bill would let states exclude children of illegal aliens from public schools. | The larger bill will put the majority of its focus on the Border Patrol. | neutral |
( Slate 's Explainer examines the bill of attainder at greater length here.) | Slate's Explainer quickly glosses over the details of the bill. | contradiction |
But nothing like this ever gets said. | It exists a number of things that's better not to say | entailment |
Equity options themselves aren't the problem--they have legitimate uses--and without the ability to lock in positions that equity options offer, certain folks might not be in the equity market in the first place. | Equity options always are the best way to go. | neutral |
Rumors of Albright's Jewish background have been circulated ever since she was appointed United Nations ambassador in 1993. | Albright was considered non jewish. | contradiction |
In the 1830s and 1840s, the system accounted for more than three-quarters of U.S. federal employees. | The system was a good way to count the employees. | neutral |
All too often, however, such statements are zingers, as if whipped out from the comfort of his easy chair or dashed off for the op-ed page of a conservative newspaper. | The statements are often rational and uninflammatory, as if taken from a liberal magazine. | contradiction |
He faces a 75% chance that he will be impeached by the full House and put on trial in the Senate. | He is guaranteed to be in serious trouble, and lose his job. | contradiction |
From the podium, Dunn and Rice, two of the committee's three front women, implored Bush's wife and daughters to endure the campaign's trial by fire. | Dunn and Rice begged Bush's wife to try to give up on the campaigns trials. | contradiction |
Ask any current teacher of legal ethics in any law school in the United States ( including a law school in New York). | New York law schools are more innumerable than in any other state. | neutral |
Life aboard ship is tough | Living on a ship is as easy as cake. | contradiction |
Which has a curious--and perhaps salutary--effect. | It produces very beneficial effects. | entailment |
There's something about [Corgan's] whole grandiosity that is very four years ago. | Corgan's grandiosity fell out of trend four years ago. | entailment |
I suppose you could argue that a best-dressed list encourages women to dress more beautifully or that a list of the greatest works of journalism of the 20 th century will motivate those who didn't make it to try a bit harder during the next 100 years. | A best-dressed list will help women to avoid dressing in an ugly manner. | entailment |
The Associated Press notes she's leaving two months after The New Yorker brought in a new publisher and began to merge operations with other Conde Nast publications to save money. | The AP said she planned to stay after she was hired by the New Yorker. | contradiction |
The rest is only half-glimpsed, fantasized, or saturated by memory--or is the present the memory? | The rest is a very well documented and fact based. | contradiction |
The Washington Post reported more evidence of the alleged Chinese plot to influence U.S. elections. | China significantly influenced the US elections | neutral |
MLS's dilemma is If it doesn't pay for talent, it will certainly remain a minor league. | MLS wants to be in the major league. | neutral |
She claims the Air Force treated her unfairly and that her commanding officers gave her no guidance. | She does not claim she was treated fairly. | entailment |
The Los Angeles Times told readers that the real news was the wall-to-wall press throng at the news conference. | The Los Angeles Times knows what real news is. | entailment |
Reply All, our experimental novel-by-e-mail written by three anonymous authors in three different cities, moves outside the subscription wall for a while, beginning today. | Reply All was exceedingly popular with the middle-class. | neutral |
We don't know, for example, if Earthlike planets are common. | We are not certain of the commonality of planets like Earth within space. | entailment |
In this context, it's hard to know what makes a kaffeeklatsch odd. | Generation X's think a kaffeeklatsch is odd, but who can say why really. | neutral |
The spread of nuclear and biological weapons, the growth of international organized crime, and global environmental degradation are a few examples. | Racism and extreme poverty are two of the examples. | contradiction |
I am not an intolerant person, having grown up in New York City, where one man's ceiling is another man's floor. | In New York City, people often grow up in single family houses. | contradiction |
Pol Pot is in captivity | Pol Pot is free to go at anytime. | contradiction |
The bishops called their position old news, but gay Catholics found the shift in emphasis significant. | Bishops said that the news was unheard of | contradiction |
This has rekindled the concern and outrage sparked a few weeks ago by the similar death of a pledge at Louisiana State University. | A few weeks ago, a pledge died at Louisiana State University. | entailment |
They were denied my entree into the world of conservative journalism. | I made it into Republican press. | contradiction |
An article hypes the Hale-Bopp comet, which will be visible for the next month, as the best celestial show in decades. | An article creates excitement regarding the upcoming comet. | entailment |
The fact that voters can and do reject incumbents will strike them as an epiphany. | Newcomers are also disrespected by citizens. | neutral |
We wonder if they, too, would feel uncomfortable with our differences made so plainly apparent. | The differences were very minor. | neutral |
Slate .) But distinguishing between the two markets undermines Microsoft's thesis that IE and Windows are integrated. | Distinguishing between the two markets will undermine the writings of Microsoft. | entailment |
I love the Native Americans. | There's no one that feels sympathy or love for the Native Americans | contradiction |
But the most affecting act is the kaddish , the statement of mourning that a son says on the death of his father. | The kaddish is the most impactful thing a son can say during his father's death. | entailment |
But Spielberg doesn't have to catch them all. | Spielberg doesn't need them all. | entailment |
At the time, only Canada, thanks to its giant neighbor, lived in anything like the world he envisaged; today we all do. | America, as a neighbor, helped Canada to live in such a way that others aspired to. | entailment |
They are well armed and wear bulletproof vests. | All police officers wear bulletproof vests and carry guns when responding to a call. | entailment |
You've got to get Tripp to give him the go-ahead. | Forget about talking to Tripp, Mary can give you the go-ahead. | contradiction |
McCain, for example, demands an investigation of the allegations about technology transfer [and] all these campaign contributions that came out of China. | McCain plans to drop any allegation of technology transfer and Chinese campaign contributions. | contradiction |
Skeptical doctors assert that such NDEs are purely physiological (naval pilots exposed to extreme gravity also have visions of bright lights and a God figure). | A few doctors believe in NDEs. | neutral |
I obeyed, but nothing I was still sleepless. | I was dealing with a lot of stress. | neutral |
Terrible scenes of massacres, bombings, and the like are displayed almost daily. | Imagery of awful events are shown with great regularity. | entailment |
Behind these explanations lies a coldly realistic assessment of America's If our soldiers are killed, the public will turn against the war; and if the public turns against the war, Clinton will have to withdraw our forces. | Clinton will engage in war with or without public support. | contradiction |
For the remaining puzzle is why the world provided LTCM with so much money to lose. | LTCM has so much money to lose because of the world providing them money. | entailment |
Young people work in a corporate world by day but play in a moral and cultural universe shaped by the Sixties. | The values inherited by nowadays generations are the ones of the generation of the Sixties | entailment |
This is a tricky territory for parents who enjoy sex and drugs and liberal politics. | All subjects are simple for parents. | contradiction |
I don't see any reason to postpone the vote. | The vote took place immediately. | neutral |
It would take only one-tenth of one second to download a Slate article via ADSL. | ADSL can download a slate article in less than a second. | entailment |
Remaining an enigma lets her retain the benefit of the doubt. | Her indecipherable qualities give her an advantage. | entailment |
I wrote no such thing, and Arthur has never, to my knowledge, claimed any such thing. | I have never written such a thing. | entailment |
Adequately warned, why do people persist in sucking cancer-causing tars into their lungs? | The author was a former smoker. | neutral |
I see a method to his madness. | I grasp the ideas that are being presented. | entailment |
And according to the WP TV column, the two talk when they're in the exercise yard together--about old-time flicks they've enjoyed on Turner Classic Movies, which they see via the prison's free cable hook-up. | They watch movies from a free cable hook-up. | entailment |
For example, no reasonable person would expect the United States to invade or bomb Turkey to stop genocide against the Kurds. | There was a significant number of casualties due to the genocide against the Kurds. | neutral |
Death of a Salesman , his greatest play, is about the devastating effects of professional failure. | This piece was especially popular among the working class audience. | neutral |
But then she found that he was making unseemly demands upon her, including the demand to lie on his behalf. | She would no longer take his abuse. | neutral |
Can a meeting with Al Gore (or at least Hillary Clinton) be far behind? | After the possible new democratic administration, I would expect Joe Biden to meet with Al Gore or possibly Hillary Clinton. | entailment |
When some of his Giants players had drug problems, Parcells spent a week at a rehab center, scouting if it was good enough for his men. | Parcells would go into a rehab center for one of his players who had a drug problem. | entailment |
Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path. | Whether or not the complaints will actually be read is another matter. | neutral |
Delicious dish, but watch out for the aftertaste. | The taste in your mouth is great after eating this scrumptious dish. | contradiction |
Careful what you wish for, Mayer cautions her fellow You'll miss his clownish antics when he's gone. | Think before you say that you want him to leave. | entailment |
But calculated honestly, the penalty is a lot smaller than people claim. | Penalty is more than the people being fined can afford to pay. | neutral |
In return, the vice president occasionally helps them. | The vice president returns favors. | entailment |
It was immediately clear that Lott should not have said this. | Lott immediately realized it should not have been said. | entailment |
And can anybody remember Renee Richards, the transsexual tennis-playing physician? | Richards was an excellent tennis player. | neutral |
these many columns and articles on the subject. | No one has ever written anything on the subject. | contradiction |
The piece finds the Supreme Court justice bitter at his lot and deeply suspicious of the white world. | The Supreme Court justice decided to resign because of what happened. | neutral |
So if the mechanics of affirmative action in the military mimic those of affirmative action in higher education, why hasn't the military taken the same flak? | Higher educations goals with affirmative action were the same as the militarizes. | neutral |
Cynics' He's playing dead . Anti-Microsoft analysts spin the same theory the other Gates, having been pulled over by the cops for aggressive driving, is sliding into the passenger seat and giving the wheel to Ballmer, whose record is clean, so that the cops will go easy on the company. | Ballmer has as bad of a record as Gates. | contradiction |
It forces us to justify doing otherwise. | This justification is useful in ever day life. | neutral |
So Edgar Jr. will fail in Hollywood, but when he does, it won't be the failure of a romantic. | Edgar Jr. continued to work hard in Hollywood, seeking to avoid failure, and maintaining his romantic spirit throughout hit career. | neutral |
Tina and the Weinsteins all have highbrow pretensions but feel no shame in embracing pop culture. | Tina and the Weinsteins have zilch in common to include pop culture. | contradiction |
At his 1977 trial, Flynt was sentenced to seven to 25 years for obscenity and for engaging in organized crime. | Flynt received a sentenced between seven and twenty-five years for both obscenity and engaging in organized crime. | entailment |
The bleakest lesson of After the Madness is perhaps that prison has lost its capacity to shock. | Prisons are no longer shocking to people. | entailment |
, I'm with you (thought I must admit Merchant of Venice ain't my all-time favorite. | The author's favorite movie is the Merchant of Venice. | contradiction |
But even these relatively honest conservatives have let all the fat fish wriggle off the hook. | Liberals have been lax | contradiction |
Pecker is a breezy, agreeable picture--a charmer, thumbs-up, three stars--but there's something disappointing about a John Waters film that's so evenhanded and all-embracing, even if its sunniness is ironic. | Pecker is better compared to any John Waters film. | neutral |
The Vatican barred an American priest and nun from ministering to gays. | The Vatican doesn't like to minister to gays. | entailment |
Listen, for instance, to the 33 minute Circle in the Round, in which Hancock plays celesta and the band is joined by guitarist Beck, and imagine it being played on FM radio. | Circle in the Round was initially planned to last less than half one hour | neutral |
I almost wish she'd included more voice-over narration, more commentary on the things that, as a filmmaker, she hasn't learned to bring out. | She has been making movies for only the past two years. | neutral |
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