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The Times speculated that NATO officials leaked the bad news to persuade Congress not to pull out the troops. | The Times speculated about NATO officials' motives. | entailment |
(The magazine revised its methodology to reward high spending on instruction.) | The magazine rewarded instruction. | entailment |
Such a state, with a constitution and identical rights for all citizens, could guarantee long-term security in a way that the current fake peace doesn't. | Identical rights for everyone should be in a state's constitution. | neutral |
Denis Diderot has much to say about dress in the theater, and Honore de Balzac wrote an incisive treatise on neckties, among his many essays on elegance. | Denis Diderot thinks dress in the theater should always be formal. | neutral |
So the Bill Clinton paradox--his reckless pursuit of sex and his timid clinging to office--is indeed no paradox. | Bill Clinton was a very chaste man. | contradiction |
Election 97 uses a new Virtual Reality Modeling Language technology to provide 3-D maps that give British voters a better understanding of how constituencies are spread throughout the country and where the critical districts lie. | British voters have a clear understanding of the critical districts | contradiction |
Not only do people appreciate my respect for their preferences, but I also don't have to choose to whom to cater in mixed situations. | Being considerate of others often causes troubles | contradiction |
And, clearly, everyone knew the facts of the matter today. | The facts of the matter were hard to accept. | neutral |
Time 's cover story celebrates Hip-Hop Nation and chronicles the genre's 20 year rise. | The musical form of Hip Hop was created 20 years ago. | entailment |
But when he became impotent, it took his identity away. | His identity was taken away after he became impotent. | entailment |
8) The common currency will help global corporations while stripping each European nation of its power to make its own destiny. | A global currency will help European nations to decide their own fate. | contradiction |
Faking appreciation is always, of course, er, appreciated. | People always know when someone is faking appreciation. | neutral |
The basic premise of this line is that the findings of faith and reason are not at odds--only their methods are. | Faith and reason don't oppose each other, the way to find them does. | entailment |
4) Court records indicate that a jewelry-fraud ring used illegal third-party campaign donations to get President Clinton to pose in photos with its principals. | Clinton new that the money came from a jewelry-fraud ring. | neutral |
Some condemn the novel, in which an arrogant barrister who defends rogues is murdered, for its cliched depiction of lawyering and its unconvincingly tidy ending. | The novel was completely unique in terms of subject and writing process. | contradiction |
The other significant story of Clinton's continuing sexual adventuring was Michael Isikoff's account last August of a murky encounter between White House volunteer Kathleen Willey and the president. | Clinton had no known sexual encounters during his term. | contradiction |
Wealth would indeed be moved around, some people enriched, and others would be financial losers. | Financial gains and losses are unrelated to wealth moving, as wealth exchange remains stagnant. | contradiction |
He's a schemer, a politician, a calculating populist who has built his career on sexy, attention-getting issues. | At times, focusing on these issues have gotten him into trouble. | neutral |
Coming to a store near a genuine Austin Powers Swedish Penis Enlarger. | The Austin Powers Swedish Penis Enlarger is a cheap knock off baby, yeah. | contradiction |
Good economic news, as the man once said, always comes bundled with bad. | The good economic news and bad economic news tend to balance one another out. | neutral |
Twenty-four terms is enough for anyone. | Even thirty terms is insufficient. | contradiction |
Broadly speaking, I agree with the points David Plotz makes in . Congress has the sole power to declare war, and a bipartisan Congress and the president have cheerfully ignored that clear constitutional fact. | Presidents had been responsible for declaring war in the past. | neutral |
Dll stands for dynamic-link library, and .dll files are small chunks of computer code that are intended to be shared by more than one application. | All .dll files are shared with other applications. | neutral |
Domestic manufacturers of chemicals are pushing hard for the treaty. | All employees want the treaty for all domestic manufacturing plants of chemicals. | entailment |
Actually, three, if you count Jerry Falwell's Jew Town, but that's a scary place. | More than two can be counted if including Jerry Falwell's. | entailment |
And so, as I said, the co-op's story helps me to resist the pull of fatalism and pessimism. | The co-op story has a positive influx on the author | entailment |
The distinction blurs a bit in Fantastic Voyage, the movie where Raquel Welch was part of a medical team shrunk to microscopic size and injected into the body of some guy with a brain tumor. | Raquel Welch was an actor in Fantastic Voyage. | entailment |
If that is the administration's strategy, it is foolhardy. | Administration's sometimes have good strategies. | neutral |
(DiGenova says it has since issued five subpoenas and has a hearing scheduled for late next month.) | Many are called to testify in the courtroom. | entailment |
Time excerpts its own 1979 article about cult leaders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Nettles (then Bo and Peep). | The Time article is the best article that was written on the subject. | neutral |
Of course, said Bork, who appears as a regular cast member in those situation comedies that pass as talk shows every night, vigorously extolling the virtues and honesty of Judge Starr. | Bork fervently talked about how crooked and dishonest Judge Starr is. | contradiction |
Founding editor = permanent voice in growth of Wired ! Move forward together! | One can choose the direction Wired takes as a founding editor. | neutral |
Unfortunately, that's a principle that doesn't seem to be at work in a capital market that just can't say no. | The principle involves financial freedom. | neutral |
He united the Western coalition, and he led Gorbachev over the precipice. | By uniting the Western coaition, he ruined Gorbachev. | neutral |
In hindsight, should you have stopped all private law practice? | It's been the right thing to do not to stop the private law practice | neutral |
When Pooh is on CD-ROM, you know he really has it made. | A CDROM release was sure to be the demise of Pooh. | contradiction |
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? | The military hasn't taken the same amount of flak as higher education about affirmative action. | entailment |
Truman himself encountered him, he wrote, in the form of mysterious knocks on the door and receding footfalls. | He met him in a secretive manner. | neutral |
If they want to support me in the objectives I have outlined, that's fine, but I don't take positions or make votes in response to offers of contributions. | He does not choose sides based on contributions that are offered to him. | entailment |
The speech was long and, I can now see, rather platitudinous. | The platitudinous speech was long. | entailment |
White Sox) and showcase the sport's stars in more cities, thereby boosting attendance and merchandise sales, which, in turn, will enable owners to satisfy players' skyrocketing salary demands. | The players have very high pay requirements. | entailment |
George W. is lying either when he professes his faith or when he denies its implications. | George W. is telling the entire truth when he talks about his religion. | contradiction |
It sounds as if things are just fine as long as your correspondent doesn't have to visit her friend's house. | Things stay the same regardless of where she goes. | contradiction |
But if God has taken flight, in Gattaca and elsewhere, at least a few of his imitators are trying to save their souls. | His imitators have been very sinful and need to repent. | neutral |
Lucas II (1987, of the painter Lucas Samaras) has a wild-man intensity--part Ezra Pound, part Jerry Garcia--accentuated by Close's one-time experimentation with a radiating circular grid. | Lucas II contains a radiating circular grid. | entailment |
Of course the information-technology sector has been wonderfully successful--but that is because it has been in a position to exploit the extraordinary possibilities offered by photolithography, not because of any special virtue in the way it operates. | The information-technology sector has been doing terribly. | contradiction |
Take the long U.S. policy wobbles because it is always responding to the crisis du jour--the Cox report, WTO, the latest suppression of dissidents, etc. | The U.S. policy is always having to deal with a defacto crisis very often. | entailment |
How do Mary Matalin and James Carville do it? | It isn't an easy feat for Matalin and Carville to do it. | neutral |
Some argue that Russia is still reeling from its misguided plan for privatization. | Russia is still upset. | neutral |
A map with holes in it is a mnemonic for the global-warming treaty and its supposedly glaring loopholes. | The Loopholes in the treaty for the most part aren't abused. | neutral |
Fortunately, perhaps, for those who favor tolerance and democracy, there is also no Khomeini--the leading Muslim organizations are deeply divided. | The Muslim religion has different parts who believe in different things. | entailment |
In the first Tikkun guide, Reed edges out Bard for the top spot, for what it's worth, as any hierarchy is by nature counterharmonious. | Bard and Reed often compete against each other. | neutral |
Framed this way, the story is dying. | The story is framed in a certain way. | entailment |
The result is a vivid picture showing that the strong bonds that developed in those fabled neighborhoods of yore were kindled by conditions that we might find discomforting today--fear of authority, lack of choice, and poverty. | Strong bonds were kindled in the neighborhoods. | entailment |
Editorialists lamented that Carey's campaign against union corruption now bears the taint of union corruption. | Carey's campaign shows no sign of corruption. | contradiction |
It is a beautiful, sad little movie about betrayal. | People rather not watch a movie about betrayal. | neutral |
To take only the most extreme Outright bribes do not, as far as we can tell, play a big role in determining federal policies--and who doubts that they would if they were legal? | The taking of outrageous bribes doesn't affect our laws very much. | entailment |
Without seeing his work all the way through, it's hard for me to say whether Borchardt has talent, but he might not be such a stumblebum after all. | Borchardt is labeled as a wonderful artist. | contradiction |
Which might suggest that real business news is no more popular than it ever was. | Real business news was barely mentioned in the past. | neutral |
It's true that different pieces benefit from different treatment | Treatment is always the same. | contradiction |
Buying a new tie would be fun, not an obsessive, central, tail-wagging-the-dog-of-life activity. | Buying a new tie is always boring | contradiction |
Newsweek also runs an essay from Clinton-loyalist-cum-moralist George Stephanopoulos, who urges the prez to come clean. | Stephanopoulos voted for Clinton in the last election. | neutral |
The Progressive Policy Institute's Rob Shapiro, who invented the concept of corporate welfare before Reich gave it a name, has identified $300 billion worth. | $300 billion was identified by Rob Shapiro of the Progressive Policy Institute. | entailment |
If you missed the link about the really big marriage penalty--the one created by the earned-income tax credit, click . | There was more write offs allowed to help with the marriage penalty. | neutral |
It is not foolish to consider intent, hence the distinction between murder and accident and serious dieting. | Serious dieting has caused at least a few confusing deaths. | neutral |
I think neglecting to mention this shows that the Journal 's editorial page lacks intellectual integrity. | The Journal's editorial page is neglectful and lacks integrity. | entailment |
Moreover, typical viewers aren't apt to stumble upon these sites. | These sites are not something a person would find without looking for it. | entailment |
In the spirit of the ongoing pile-on on journalists, I have to argue that journalists are to blame for rock pomposity. | To follow others who have also attacked journalists, I too will accuse them of rock pomposity. | entailment |
But Dowd must have had a little trouble making her word she hits Nexis (aka Columnist Helper) pretty hard, filling out her wicked but simple point with quotes from Alexander Woolcott, P.G. | Dowd used Nexis to help her find quotes. | entailment |
In fact, although all other nominees are welcome, Slate 's software-development team--through a simple iterative program--has already cast 1.8 million votes for Bill Gates. | Slate's software development team failed to complete their program in time for the votes. | contradiction |
Do it too soon and you seem glib and You're sorry? | If you rush, I think you'll seem glib. | entailment |
In Sulloway's theory, as in life, Daniel is the category-defying, black sheep Baldwin. | Sulloway got to know many people like Daniel | neutral |
It seems like only yesterday that Gen. | This morning it felt like it was just the day before today. | neutral |
It's a full-time job just controlling the young hotheads on some NBA squads. | The NBA is full of all young stable men. | contradiction |
Newsweek 's cover story explores how schools handle learning disabilities. | It is against the law for Newsweek to report on how schools deal with learning disabilities. | contradiction |
The most controversial part of Finkelstein's book, though, is the last chapter, in which he sets out to explain why the Goldhagen book was such a big deal. | The most agreed-upon part is not the last chapter. | entailment |
It is one of the most cherished questions in Romantic poetry. | It is a highly honored question in Romantic poetry. | entailment |
This is so great because I haven't been getting any of this lately. | It is upsetting for them to finally understand. | contradiction |
In the frame game, nuance is almost always a loser. | Nuance is not usually the way to win the frame game. | entailment |
The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed. | The deck has been moving for the past 100 years. | entailment |
Time 's James Collins calls it pretty good, gooey, yearning, adolescent fun, and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker calls it a solid weekly soap opera. | Various experts found it to be excellent. | entailment |
Crest is the standard here, while Colgate products tend toward runniness. | Crest is superior to Colgate. | entailment |
Coming from a conservative background, my partner has stated on many occasions that his parents won't allow him to stay over at my apartment, even though on some nights this would be preferable to his making the long drive home. | Due to his conservative background, his parents won't allow him to spend the night at my apartment. | entailment |
Has the government not tried hard enough? | The governments effort succeeded making everyone happy. | contradiction |
I think I can read your story between the lines. | Reading between the lines is what the author wants to do to the story. | entailment |
Russian soldiers will shell Grozny to its foundations and fly their flags, but they won't engage in street-to-street It's too bloody. | Russian soldiers would rather attack from a safe distance than engage in close quarters combat. | entailment |
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 630 points in a week. | The Dow Jones will be up gains next week. | neutral |
In 1897 he was in Moscow, staying at the Great Moscow Hotel, when he began to cough blood profusely. | The Great Moscow Hotel is in St. Petersburg | contradiction |
Maybe next week's Times business section's lead media article should be about whether newspapers have become more like magazines in their struggle to maintain and build readership in these trying digital times. | Times business section wrote many articles about our digital times | neutral |
Many Protestants have no doubt that Jesus is really present in the Communion distributed at Catholic Masses. | The Communion is attended by thousands of church goers each year. | neutral |
Save The Diaries of Dawn Powell (1995) for last. | Save the 1995 diaries for last. | entailment |
Investigators are examining whether mobsters diverted funds--including foreign aid--out of the country through an offshore network built by a former International Monetary Fund official. | Investigators suspect a former IMF official to be involved with the mob. | entailment |
The piece notes that the 10-year survival rate for heart transplants is an astonishing 60 percent, orders of magnitude higher than it was in the '70s. | The heart surgery didn't make significant improvements in the last 50 years | contradiction |
The article's author, Smithsonian curator Paul Forman, accused Gross and Levitt of trying to place science back on its pre-postmodern pedestal. | Paul Forman worked with museums | entailment |
George Custer's left pinkie has, over the years, been traded for a horse and sold for its weight in gold. | The left pinkie of George Custer has shown significant value to buyers over the years. | entailment |
Like Seattle's software, bookselling, and coffee tycoons, Chihuly has triumphed by marketing and branding the hell out of his product, elevating it to something at once precious and ubiquitous. | Chihuly was not able to break into the market with his product. | contradiction |
But, hey, where is the millennium? | Everyone is aware of the millennium's location. | contradiction |
--DeParle refers to Milwaukee's growing homeless shelter population, but doesn't give any figures on how much it's growing. | Deparle refers to an absence of homeless shelters in Milwaukee. | contradiction |
(Most A fictitious manservant, supposed to be a sort of African-American Everyman, contemplates assassinating Wallace.) | It entered a mind to murder Wallace. | entailment |
Instead she runs through all the euphemisms for oral sex and then the video cuts to XXX action with gratuitous commentary. | A man goes through different words for sex. | contradiction |
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