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Last year, advertisers spent $2 billion on the Internet, compared with $35 billion spent on broadcast TV and $10 billion spent on cable. | Next year the money spent on Internet will surpass the money spent on cable. | neutral |
The market for general-interest weekly magazines has long since dried Look and the Saturday Evening Post are dead. | People are very much interested in general-interest weekly magazines. | contradiction |
That's why labor is making fewer endorsements. | Labor has been making less endorsements. | entailment |
I already know I am an idiot, but am I to be a happy idiot or a miserable one? | If I work really hard at it, I could stop being an idiot. | neutral |
When they married 20 years ago, the Globe reports, people said it wouldn't last. | The Globe reports that the marriage is still happening. | neutral |
Television, radio, and print outlets are donating less time and space to anti-drug advertising. | Entertainment outlets do not care much about anti-drug ads. | entailment |
And if there were, any elective late abortion--even by induction--would be wrong, though D and E and partial-birth abortion would seem especially cruel. | Late abortions are seen negatively by many pro-choice too. | entailment |
The notion that millions of union members are being forced against their will to help finance this union campaign is simply a Republican fantasy. | The majority of union members was willing to finance this campaign | neutral |
But in child care, as in the behavioral sciences generally, we could have saved ourselves a lot of time and trouble by recognizing at the outset that people are animals, and pondering the implications of that fact. | People are animals in the eyes of behavioral science. | entailment |
(The New York Post 's Page Six gossip column ran a lead item on the Enquirer story on Christmas Day.) | The Enquirer ran an article on Page Six for Easter. | contradiction |
This makes it one of the few possible end runs around the meritocratic-credentialing complex, whereby standardized test scores determine future opportunities. | The meritocratic-credentialing complex would receive an overhaul in the future. | neutral |
He then blames military leaders for overestimating the effectiveness of bombing. | The bombing went according to plan. | contradiction |
Chances are that if you know she's running around, it's likely your brother does, too. | It's likely their sister knows if she's running around. | contradiction |
They seem to represent a third way, a healthy distrust of government and the market, levelheadedness leavened by a kind heart. | Distrust of markets is healthier than distrust of government. | neutral |
He stood for what he believed in. | He held fast to his beliefs. | entailment |
However, if the second possibility were correct, then both George Bush Sr.'s and George W.' southern identities would have to be called into question. | If the second possibility is true, the fundamental nature of George Bush Sr. and George W. would have to be reexamined. | entailment |
The 1990s even saw a major overhaul, when Charlotte introduced magnet schools devoted to excellence in a single area, such as math, and open to students from all neighborhoods--to give whites extra incentive to travel long distances to school. | Charlotte wanted to entice white students to travel longer distances to school. | entailment |
Gore, like Clinton, has often used cultural issues such as abortion to make the GOP look extreme. | Gore employs tactics that make his opponents appear to be extremists. | entailment |
The problem, for Slate and other Internet sites, comes from having to charge for usage, when what they're selling is intellectual property with a flat production cost. | Intellectual property usually has less value than cheap physical objects | neutral |
Today, after our investigation, I come to a point that frankly I prayed I would never reach. | Following investigation, no issues have been uncovered. | contradiction |
In the latter, the director used farce not to lighten the drama but to darken it, so that the slapstick debacles seemed to spring from the hero's roiling unconscious. | The slapstick debacles harm the hero. | neutral |
President Clinton, who never did get his draft story straight, said in a radio address last year that a wave of black church burnings brought back vivid and painful memories of black churches being burned in my own state when I was a child. | President Clinton spoke on the radio. | entailment |
Unfortunately, mine were no less vocal in their objections to being kicked out of our bed at those ages than when they were infants. | The author laments about her children talking about being on her bed. | entailment |
And by planting what looks like a bold idea--that the purpose of campaigning is to engender optimism and renew our faith--he erases his obligation to tell us how he would govern. | His campaign lacked optimism. | contradiction |
PBS's Nova is offering lots of bang-'em-up footage in its two-part series , ESCAPE! | PBS's Nova is a great series! | neutral |
Dentists can now make crowns that last forever, bridges that stay anchored, dentures that behave almost like real teeth. | Bridges always have to replaced. | contradiction |
One week, you're the only one he can turn to when Newt shuts down the government; the next, you're bucking him up for Saddam. | Things change with Newt from one week to the next. | entailment |
He is much more heartfelt about prison reform than about Wachtler reform. | He felt stronger towards prison reform than he did about Wachtler reform. | entailment |
Last June, the Supreme Court ruled that political parties (as well as PACs, interest groups, and individuals) can make unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates. | The legislation can cause political spending to get out of hand. | neutral |
(Billy is said to be the family peacemaker.) | Billy prefers to keep things calm for his own personal reasons. | neutral |
The National Basketball Association fined Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman $50,000 for insulting Mormons. | Dennis Rodman was fined because Mormons are white. | neutral |
While this may have been true for a good many (Beatles, Dylan), the requirements of publishing every two weeks meant others, like the Moodies, Vanilla Fudge, Jefferson Airplane (Son of Jesus, anyone?) | Publishing every two weeks was good for the Beatles. | entailment |
It's impossible today to realize how shocking The Picture of Dorian Gray was to 1890s readers. | The Picture of Dorian Gray was viewed as being very pleasant by readers in the 1890's. | contradiction |
After the return to Colgate Gel--because of its positive characteristics when used with the Sonicare cordless brush--my mouth was just about back to normal. | There were no changes when Colgate Gel and Sonicare brush were used together. | contradiction |
And in that case, the white candidate at 99 th place today wouldn't get in anyway. | The person in 99th place is not eligible to receive any candy as a reward. | neutral |
Then, each boy was taken aside and asked how he would divide up rewards among individual boys from your group and the other group. | Each kid chose how they would split rewards among other kids from the group. | entailment |
The Korbels and Simova continued to correspond after the war, and Simova met Albright briefly in Prague just after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. | Simova corresponded wtih Albright after the revolution. | entailment |
As the century's greatest thinker, as an immigrant who fled from oppression to freedom, as a political idealist, he best embodies the century, says Time . | There were a large amount of people whose lives could also embody the century well. | neutral |
But it remains exceedingly hard to watch, not so much because of the repulsiveness of De Niro's Jake La Motta as because of its overall sense of aesthetic claustrophobia. | The overall sense of aesthetic claustrophobia is hard to watch for mostly older men. | neutral |
Or, perhaps most striking of all, consider a set piece in which Reich speaks to the National Association of Manufacturers. | Reich used to speak about Nazism to the National Association of Manufacturers | contradiction |
Had Flytrap never occurred, Gore surely would be running on the Clinton-Gore economic boom. | Gore would have enjoyed being a part of the Clinton-Gore economic boom. | neutral |
Colleagues had called Notra Trulock's allegations against Wen Ho Lee racist and had said there was not a shred of evidence against Lee . Trulock countered that only three of the 12 initial suspects in the case were of Chinese background and called a recent report exonerating the Clinton administration a whitewash. | Notra Trulock has been misunderstood | neutral |
Russia continues to bomb Chechnya. | Chechnya wants to continue to fight Russia. | neutral |
Other figures of the Reagan-Thatcher era chose other retirement plans. | People looked over retirement plans to see what would suit them best. | neutral |
And yet it ended up foundering as a result of the inherent uncertainty of the free-market system. | The free market system is the reason it foundered. | entailment |
The Old 97's take their name from The Wreck of the Old 97, a song popularized by Vernon Dalhart in 1924. | Vernon Dalhart was an actor from 2020. | contradiction |
(If you want to see the original of the pose, you can cross the Mall to the National Gallery, where Jacques-Louis David's 1812 Napoleon in His Study hangs.) | The painting is located in the National Gallery. | entailment |
And can anybody remember Renee Richards, the transsexual tennis-playing physician? | Renee Richards, the transexual doctor, played tennis. | entailment |
She says, according to the Post , the secret is opening your mouth 'really wide' when eating. | According to the Post, barely opening your mouth is the secret when eating. | contradiction |
Then, when the groups learned of one another's existence, the boys immediately drew lines in the sand. | The groups were unaware that the others existed. | contradiction |
He makes TV commercials in London. | His television commercials are well known. | neutral |
' All of President Clinton's untruths, all of his lying under oath, if you will, about an extramarital relationship does not subvert the Constitution (Schumer). | President Clinton's affairs did not have anything to do with the Constitution. | entailment |
Its well-tended (by the federal government) parks, monuments, mansions, embassies, and museums can compare with those of any city in the world. | The government refuses to spend money to support the sites. | contradiction |
I assume that the whole thing was being broadcast, although I came in at the beginning of the last act. | I arrived at the beginning of the last act. | entailment |
In fact, if I understand the rules, a $17 billion foundation will have to give away roughly $170 million per quarter and, in today's market and economy, ought to have considerably more than that to spend, even after hedging against inflation. | Each cooperation gives away fifty percent each quarter. | contradiction |
Why, it's their Chineseness, of course. | Why, it's their Canadianness, of course. | contradiction |
After Democrats lost the House, the NEA budget was cut in half. | This continued the cycle of the NEA having its budget decreased and increased. | neutral |
Starr's goal--as Bruce Shapiro, in a perceptive anti-Starr Salon essay , recognizes--is most likely not to vindicate Willey but to unravel a presidential cover-up conspiracy. | Willey recognizes the presidential cover-up conspiracy. | neutral |
(Belize and Gibraltar are best, because they don't recognize American divorce judgments.) | Belize and Gibraltar have the same divorce judgements as the America. | contradiction |
TV demos capture neither the exhilaration nor the fear, conveying instead the smug fatuity of some second-unit director who believes social change is for saps; DGA cards are for winners. | DGA cards are for losers. | contradiction |
At this point, I imagine that readers have three objections. | The author imagines the objections of the readers. | entailment |
Consider just the Pell Grants for students who have already defaulted on past That one mistake cost $210 million. | Students feel guilty for defaulting on their pell grants. | neutral |
(In last week's win against Minnesota, the Jets committed only one.) | The Jets played Miami last week. | contradiction |
And in a final act of disintermediation, Son of 695 retaliates against all these mayors and council members who thought they got the drop on It will roll back all taxes and fees increased since July 1999, when I-695 qualified for the ballot. | I-695 will lower taxes and fees that were raised since 1999. | entailment |
Need a good book store with a series of author appearances, maybe starting with Susan Faludi? | Bookstores have author appearances. | entailment |
The nanny, by comparison, can be trusted to control the children, but her constant presence irritates the children and slows down the shoot. | The shoot was slowed by the constant presence and irritation of the children caused by the nanny. | entailment |
I also watched a boy in Lucca try to run over pigeons with his bike. | There were a few pigeons injured during the biking incident. | neutral |
(Two baseball broadcasters discussed this year's Series in a Slate Dialogue. | Reference to this years Series failed to appear in the Slate Dialogue. | contradiction |
These rapacious European phone monopolies have given birth to independent call-back services. | European phone monopolies developed independent call-back services. | entailment |
Even when Forrest Sawyer is sitting in, it's still World News Tonight With Peter Jennings . Just because Johnny goes on vacation, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson doesn't suddenly become The Tonight Show With Jay Leno . The task of a guest host is delicate. | Some shows get different hosts but the name of the show stays the same. | neutral |
Best wishes until we meet again--perhaps over Volume 9 of some future 14-volume biography of Rosalynn Carter. | We will part ways for the time being. | entailment |
Negotiations with the powerful postal unions begin in August, with contracts due to expire in November. | Negotiations with the postal union came close to expiring, but a deal was finally reached before the deadline. | neutral |
His skepticism and short fuse, which once seemed so radical, are taught at the Actors Studio. | His influence is what led to the passionate style taught at the Actor's Studio. | neutral |
He models No Limit on the mob, not the Fortune 500. | The mob has supported him his whole life. | neutral |
There is no good way to measure the gap between women's earnings and their productivity, but it is reasonable to say that their earnings have risen pretty much in line with their productivity. | Women's pay has been going up steadily for the past several years. | neutral |
No way he'd be with her if this wasn't an instructional sex video! | The sex video features a straight couple | entailment |
Not all the time-wasters in the Pentagon are civilians. | The majority of civilians in the Pentagon aren't time-wasters | neutral |
Wealth would indeed be moved around, some people enriched, and others would be financial losers. | By some growing richer and some growing poorer, wealth can be seen to spread about. | entailment |
Likewise, if the presidency is worth $50 million and there are many potential candidates with essentially identical chances of winning, they'll keep entering the race until they've collectively spent at least $50 million. | The author is running for the presidency theirself. | contradiction |
To aid the larger lexicographical enterprise, I'm interested in collecting samples of references to yadda yadda yadda (or similarly imitative terms) in any communications media other than paper. | I need references samples that are digital-only media to add to my perpetual collection. | neutral |
Then his pathetic self-loathing might have been exorcised. | He is no longer critical of himself. | entailment |
So while the colors may fade less, your detergent is also cleaning less. | An effective detergent will make colors fade | entailment |
Gays should come up with a word for their own committed relationships. | It is agreed upon that gays and heterosexuals use the same term when describing their committed relationship. | contradiction |
As geologist Nathan Winslow puts it in a gently skeptical review on self-organized criticality, A theory can, once in the pop science regime, acquire a level of acceptance and momentum that may or may not be warranted by its actual scientific credibility. | Nathan Winslow was skeptical in his belief that a theory could be accepted. | entailment |
If only Lamar had won 3,500 more votes in the 1996 New Hampshire primary, he would have edged Bob Dole for second, driven Dole out of the race, and cruised to the nomination. | Lamar won the primary in the next election. | neutral |
What a country should not apologize for is a basically sound foreign policy. | A country with a sound foreign policy is likely to succeed in it's dealings with other nations around the world. | neutral |
Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost. | Perhaps the cost should not be a determining factor in deciding whether to save a premature baby. | entailment |
Regular Sunday reviewers, on the model of Cyril Connolly, the longtime critic for the Sunday Times , become trusted guides. | The reviewers of Regular Sunday provide helpful feedback akin to that that of Cyril Connolly's. | entailment |
I've been hit with a restraining order prohibiting me from finishing the sentence. | I have a restraining order against me. | entailment |
The cover story asserts that Kenneth Starr's indictment of Julie Hiatt Steele is based on unbelievable assertions by Kathleen Willey, who choreographed her allegations to make them more marketable. | Kathleen Willey is a master at making false allegations. | entailment |
The ad displays information in a format similar to a stock ticker. | Ads display information in formats that change only a few times a year. | neutral |
He's usually tiptop at fielding tough questions, agrees everyone. | He is bad at extemporaneous speaking. | contradiction |
When the nation's overall trade deficit increases, it means that Americans, on average, are spending more than they are earning. | America seems to avoid having a trade deficit most of the time. | neutral |
Cheap oral hydration, for example, has been studied and used to treat dehydration for diarrheal illness in developing countries. | The fix for the lack of water that causes the runs has been researched and implemented. | entailment |
The NYT and LAT fronts report that a Vanderbilt University study, to be published today in Science , indicates that blacks are far less likely than whites to make use of the Internet. | Whites tend to find the internet less useful than Blacks do. | contradiction |
But even then, the Thernstroms equivocate. | The Thernstroms decided to utilize ambiguous language. | entailment |
But society awaits a popular novelist who is a writer in full--one with Wolfe's eye and a heart to go with it. | The new novelist is different than Wolfe. | contradiction |
But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick. | The face of the ballet is decorated with makeup. | entailment |
But for the role of spiritual guru to a candidate with a charisma deficit, he seems like just the guy. | The candidate has amazing charm. | contradiction |
These countries only reluctantly agreed to this week's new U.N. sanctions that bar international travel by Iraqi officials linked to the inspection dispute. | A few countries were hesitant to follow UN on the travel rules of Iraqi officials. | entailment |
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