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The third-most-visited Gore site, according to Direct Hit, is an Al Gore joke repository, posted on the home page of a GeoCities member and sponsored by the Ripon College Republicans.
Al Gore published personally his website about jokes on Altavista
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Such an affair is improbable, but--take heart, Clinton-haters--it's not impossible.
Those who oppose Clinton should take hope in this small possibility.
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Ultimately, what I say in my defense is completely meaningless.
What the author says during his defense will be taken seriously by everyone.
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Recently, three economists named Harold Cole, George Mailath, and Andrew Postlewaite (for whom I will use the collective abbreviation CMP) have proposed a compromise between the two On the one hand, people do not care directly about their relative positions in the wealth distribution.
The author argues that people care about where they are in wealth distribution.
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Conde Nast has also created a class of mandarin journalists, writers who live much better than they ever could if they wrote only for normal magazines.
The mandarin journalists used to be destitute a few months ago.
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The cover story clucks over the dismal state of Sino-U.S. relations.
The U.S. and Sino are working on their relationship.
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How did Clinton win public support for bombing Serbia?
The public brought out their pitch forks for Clinton after the Serbia bombing.
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Don't faint when it happens.
If it happens, I might faint.
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The Red Hat manual offered clearer directions, and the new version automatically partitioned my hard drive.
The Red Hat manual instructions were vague and complicated.
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Remember, the last guy to argue for a distinction between ideology and competence was Michael Dukakis.
Michael Dukakis wanted to separate ideologies and competences.
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Nearly 30 homosexuals are featured in prime time, but few shows are sophisticated enough to script love lives for their homocharacters.
Primetime includes close to 30 homeosexuals
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The Liberal Humanitarians are a product of the post-Cold War peace.
Post-Cold War Peace produced the Liberal Humanitarians.
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And no one will be nicer.
There is no possibility of a nicer person.
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Appealing as that position might sound, it's also suspiciously incoherent.
The position is very controvertial.
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Time 's feature argues that settling is trickier than it Can Clinton acknowledge Jones' claim and not admit to any wrongdoing?
Clinton can successfully navigate the treacherous waters of Jones' claims.
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His viewing procedures are quite advanced.
His procedures stay the same over time.
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After I finished this worthy and dull book, a distressing thought came to Its banality might be the fault neither of the judge nor of the legal profession.
The book was the best book ever written.
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But Milosevic, in turn, may have underestimated Clinton's agility.
Milosevic does not trust many people, including Clinton.
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The first lies in the assumption that all three-second periods are worth the same.
There is a preconceived notion that all periods are two -seconds.
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Maybe even Al Gore will soon exalt with a broad smile the vibrant U.S. ecology.
Even Al Gore will approve of the vibrant U.S ecology.
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Bush has several decisive advantages on this question.
He also have some serious disadvantages.
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Falling demand for other things would necessarily result in falling prices for those things.
If the demand falls so does the price.
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MLS's dilemma is If it doesn't pay for talent, it will certainly remain a minor league.
MLS has a dilemma.
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But are the jocks serving Bradley well?
The athletes are irrelevant to Bradley.
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1) It' a product of classic Hollywood opportunism, cashing in on widepread cynicism about presidential ethics.
Hollywood refused to cash in on cynicism about presidential ethics.
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Yes, we're all suffering from scandal fatigue, but rape?
the scandals which caused the fatigue were equally as evil.
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Among the black agents courting rookies are Puffy Combs, Master P, and Johnnie Cochran.
The black agents care about adding new rucruits to their team.
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In the warren of grungy rooms beneath the dance floor--the celebrities' sanctum sanctorum--the coke was consumed by the linear foot, and (according to the author) the odd European contessa could be found handcuffed to a water pipe, getting squired from the rear by one of the pretty shirtless busboys.
The police were never called to the activities.
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Democrats, unwilling to take another beating, folded, voting unanimously for the bill in full committee.
The general public, sensitive to the obvious sway that influenced the Democrats' votes, swiftly reacted in an uproar.
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Critics worry that the kids underestimate the importance of blue-chip college credentials.
Critics fear kids don’t put enough weight into blue chip college credentials.
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He's obviously spending too much time online.
He wastes a lot of time on the Internet.
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Newsweek also lets Martha Stewart describe her successful foray into Web marketing.
The interview with Newsweek took place last month.
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That sort of thing generally entails a coach or an east regional sales manager exhorting you to do something pointless, painful, or profitable to someone else.
Leadership makes these suggestions for the greater good of the company.
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White critics of integration include the neo-conservatives , former liberals who supported the civil-rights mainstream until the early '70s.
Neo-conservatives were strongly for the equality of all people.
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I have never given it a second thought, but recently people seem to be noticing my sneezing and commenting on it, some suggesting I see a doctor.
My sneezing has been noticeable lately by people.
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As Van Buren knew, parties are inherently democratic, the most effective way of organizing otherwise powerless individuals.
Being democratic was ineffective at organization of the powerless people.
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The more she's covered, the less people care about her, and the more reporters hyperbolize.
Showing some legs attracts more attention than showing some cleavage
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After I finished this worthy and dull book, a distressing thought came to Its banality might be the fault neither of the judge nor of the legal profession.
The reader kept reading the book to the end.
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Bob Barr, R-Ga., have given speeches to a white citizens' group whose members attended Duke's latest fund raiser.
All of the speech attendees were caucasian.
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A better explanation is that males' reproductive fate depends more strongly than females' on competing when they are young.
Males do not need to compete in regards to their reproductive rate.
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No wonder, then, that right-wingers think of PBS as liberal and lefties regard it as a corporate/conservative tool.
PBS is seen as being in favor of the opposite party, based on the perspectives of each political party.
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Whereas fashion photography--in the '50s as always--aimed to arouse active lust for new goods, the clothes in '50s movies were so thoroughly surreal as to look quite unfit for normal wear, even if they were waitresses' uniforms or girl-next-door dresses.
Fashion photography aimed to arouse lust for new girl-next-door dresses.
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The new health scare is a staph germ that is becoming immune to the antibiotic of last resort.
The latest health scare is a virus.
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Its language pointedly avoids accusing him of perjury or obstruction of justice.
He clearly implicates himself in perjury and obstruction of justice by the way it's phrased.
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High praise for The New Yorker writer's stories about disaffected youth.
The writer received high praise.
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Today's Papers is sorry that the Journal wasn't curious enough to find out the average age of those CEOs.
The richest CEOs are in their fifties.
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And the computer animation and cheerful music suggest that sex is a fun consumable.
Computer animation is made mainly with Photoshop
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Well, these little nothings called neutrinos have a lot to say, if only we could find a press willing to pass on the message.
Neutrinos lack media coverage to spread their words.
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But because the Net gets clogged and packets are waylaid, the sound quality is low and interruptions are common.
The sound quality is low probably because the Net gets clogged
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As we bow gratefully to this wonderful final year of the first century of film, let us hope it is not one of the final years of celluloid itself.
Let us hope this wonderful year is not one of the final years of celluloid film.
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We won't be making extravagant claims for the Internet anymore, but will accept that it's just a tool--sometimes extremely useful, sometimes not.
All the information on the Internet is reliable.
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Throughout the controversy, Bennett has made much of the cause of truth with a capital T. His Standard article, portentously titled Clinton, Gays, and the Truth, accused the Clintonites of scanting that important commodity.
Bennett criticized the Clinton family for their misuse of a commodity.
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He sat next to Johnny Carson and in his helium-pitched foreign man voice told jokes without punch lines (Her cooking ees so bad--ees terrible) and did non-impressionistic impressions
The guy's jokes were hilarious with those punch lines.
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Does he himself play, or has he merely observed others?
He is thought to neither play nor observe.
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We Americans mocked the militarism of German youth in the '30s, and now we're embracing Louis Caldera's ballistic schemes.
As we were before against the German militarism, we are now opposed to Caldera's enterprises.
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The University of Chicago has chosen a new president--but the debate over the ongoing shake-up at the school continues.
The middle school in Chicago democratically chose their new president.
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One much-discussed cybertrend is especially relevant the scenario in which various data brokers offer a Daily Me, a batch of articles tailored to your tastes, cheaply gleaned from all over the Web.
Daily Me gives you personalized articles.
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Twenty-five days after that conversation, Johnson invited Kennedy to the Oval Office and told him face to face that he didn't want him as a running mate.
Johnson no longer wanted Kennedy to be his running mate.
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Critics point out, however, that neither the Federal Election Commission nor the state of Arizona has certified any standards for Internet voting.
Internet voting is considered controversial by voters in Arizona.
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The formula doesn't exist.
The formula has not been created yet.
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Tamara Jenkins, the writer and first-time director, has an eye for absurd juxtapositions that was obviously sharpened by the pain of her nomadic upbringing.
Tamara Jenkins's eye for presenting a story in an absurd and interesting way, has helped her to stand out from others, as well as help her to progress further in her career.
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It did work for Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, a self-professed sex addict who rehabilitated himself politically after a drug conviction by declaring his powerlessness over drugs and sex, repenting, and entering a program.
Mayor Marion Barry often felt worthless.
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When I checked a couple of years ago, the shelter population had indeed increased, but only by a handful of families.
The shelter has been in business since 1995.
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This is a controversial practice even in Mozart concertos, and unheard of in 19 th -century works.
Musical compositions of the 19th century were much more contentious than they are now.
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That's not your demographic profile on the Net, observes consultant Rob Arena, of Presage Internet Consulting, who coordinated Bob Dole's Internet campaign in 1996.
Rob Arena coordinated Bob Dole's Internet campaign as a consultant for Presage Internet Consulting in 1996.
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Any nontechnologist ventures into the browser wars at his peril, but here is how I understand After initially missing the significance of the Internet, Microsoft has gone to the other extreme, designing Windows 95 so that it uses an Internetlike metaphor for everything.
Microsoft didn't design MS-Dos to be internet-friendly
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Microsoft isn't preventing anyone from using Netscape or charging Netscape for the right of access; it's providing Internet Explorer free, but then that would be normal practice in this kind of industry even if IE wasn't allegedly an integral part of Windows 95.
Internet Explorer is free because it's a bad product
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Nudity on stage can be powerful, and is still protested, but not as powerful as the frightening glimpse I had as a child of Ethel Merman in Gypsy . Now, if you could get the ghost of Ethel Merman and the undead Mickey Rooney to strip to the waist for 10 rounds of bare-knuckle action, that would be truly frightening sta...
Gypsy was extremely controversial at the time of its release and censored heavily.
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That said, I am now officially Hillary'd out.
They are tired of Hillary.
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There is only one airline the Shopping Avenger believes understands the fundamentals of customer service, and that is Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines only provides bus services.
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If the number of voters is literally infinite, then the conclusion can be overturned.
Voters often overturn conclusions.
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When you buy something online or fill out a warranty card, there's often a little box at the Check here if you wish to receive announcements about our new products and services that may delight and amuse you.
The box is not present online.
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U.S. immigration law permits spouses of American citizens to become American citizens with only a few exceptions, such as sham marriages undertaken for the purpose of obtaining citizenship.
Sham marriages were created solely so that people could become US citizens.
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Invented in 1993: After a big interception, Packers safety Leroy Butler . The populist Leap is particularly suited to the NFL's only publicly owned team, the zealously beloved Pack.
The Lambeau Leap would only work in Green Bay because they're publicly owned.
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In a state lottery, your odds of winning depend only on how many tickets you hold compared with everyone else.
Your odds of winning a state lottery depend on how many tickets you hold.
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We're having debates.
We stopped talking to each other a week ago because we never agree on anything.
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It's been a long haul, and very much a gendered haul.
We've been planning a long haul, but have to still make up our minds about it.
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Spun and spun and spun the president's denial for months without bothering to check if it was true.
The president accepted it without denial.
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Politicians get away with advertising bogus family bliss
Every politicians will consistently reveal their happy home life to the public.
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The Pescis and Esther Williams won't come unless they get some!
The Pescis and Esther Williams will come even if they receive nothing.
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That's why labor is making fewer endorsements.
Labor will continue to do less endorsements.
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Among experts who treat and study compulsive behaviors and chemical dependencies, there is controversy over the meaning of the term addiction and the efficacy of the disease model for a range of supposed addictions, from alcoholism to compulsive gambling.
Most experts agree that treating alcoholics is done best through AA.
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There is lots of truth to that view.
Their aren't any people who actually believe that view.
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Not Homo economicus is not a central pillar of my faith--he is merely a working assumption, albeit one that is extremely useful in many circumstances.
The author is an atheist that refuses to hold any pillar of faith.
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Fred Thompson (who will chair the investigation), and campaign reform.
Fred Thompson has never been a leader in anything.
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The Indonesian movement was a rather spontaneous resistance led by ordinary students, workers, the unemployed, and the lower-middle classes.
The resistance was a well-coordinated, thoroughly planned movement.
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God, what do you think of me?
Someone is feeling incredulous.
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into prose of crystalline clarity and grace, it is ...
The prose is dirty and raunchy.
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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.
Votes were casted using a simple program.
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As Lost in the Funhouse notes, Kaufman actually joined Lawler on the professional circuit and traveled across the country in a kind of touring carnival.
The pair enjoy the glitz and glamour of national fame.
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The tide has turned so much that one might wonder whether Wilson needs to make such a fuss about the unity of knowledge.
Wilson's criticisms are inspiring during these mundane times where change is rare but greatly welcome.
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Or Caltech on Top (Until We Fiddle With Rules Again).
Caltech is on the bottom.
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Teacher of the Year Andrew Baumgartner is the kind of educator who has delighted his kindergarten students with a wedding for Sleeping Beauty, complete with limousine and cake, teaching them, I suppose, that nothing is worthwhile unless it is entertaining.
Andrew Baumgartner is an eclectic teacher
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Meanwhile, John McLaughlin stares directly at Fred Beetle Barnes, pauses, and calls him Pat Buchanan.
Fred Beetle Barnes was intentionally called the wrong name.
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Alfred Kazin jowled that Oprah's club represents the carpet bombing of the American mind, but even a stuffed shirt like Kazin can't complain when 15 million TV watchers are urged to read Toni Morrison and do.)
Kazin believes Oprah's club should reach more viewers in general.
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The Supreme Court began its new term.
The new term was initiated by the Supreme Court.
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But anti-Semitism permeated Nazi ideology, and Finkelstein is deaf to its nuances.
Finkelstein is often criticized as being against pro-Israeli scholars.
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Still, the tip of political e-commerce is beginning to poke up through the Web's surface.
Political e-commerce has been a long time in the making.
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Researchers in Boston are already implanting fetal pig cells in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients.
In Boston, researchers having been implanting fetal sheep cells into patients with Parkinson's disease.
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He thought that the use of these drugs would make the population indifferent and willing to accept control by political leaders.
He believed the population wouldn't be indifferent to the drugs and would accept control of them by political leaders.
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