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But these individual successes can't disguise the very curious reality that we're living in a world that is somehow saturated by the media without actually paying all that much attention to it. | Everyone is completely sheltered from unwanted communications. | contradiction |
Rupert Murdoch is rumored to be interested in buying it and turning it into a West Coast version of the New York Post . A circulation-hungry Willes vs. the rapacious That's just the kind of fight the American newspaper industry needs. | Rupert Murdoch has revealed his plans for forming a West Coast facsimile of the New York Post, as well as the fact that he'll do all that he can to defeat any challengers try and block him. | neutral |
It takes a man to stand. | A man will stand on his feet. | entailment |
The students who the year before had marched and chanted and proclaimed it is forbidden to forbid had been arguing for liberation of the oppressed of virtually every kind, and when it comes to the sexually oppressed, Berman says, the last two decades can be seen as a victory. | None of the rallies were of any success. | contradiction |
And it reports that a friend says Sheen likes free-basing and he keeps loaded guns in the house. | Sheen takes unnecessary risks. | entailment |
Rubin himself probably does not care about such back scratching, but it is a lesson that heir-apparent Summers, an eager press hound, has surely absorbed. | Rubin appreciates the way Summers carries on. | neutral |
The example of loyalty and When he had just taken over as the chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers, he hired a young staff economist named Ron Hoffman (brother of Dustin Hoffman). | He held the position of Chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers. | entailment |
TP had to read yesterday's WP twice before noticing that key members of the Post editorial staff are apparently suffering the cerebral ill effects of too much exposure to brightly colored polyester. | The color of the polyester had minimal effect on the staff. | contradiction |
Tobacco growers managed to avoid that fate last year. | Tobacco growers were lucky last year! | entailment |
The best parts of Conley's book are about deep, institutional resistance to the way that otherwise admirable male professors understandably draw on their training of 20 years ago, which assumed the 70 kilogram male body as the human norm and left them totally ignorant of female health problems; the way training in eli... | Conley showed gender basis in his research. | entailment |
And in 1976 Beatty resisted pleas to make a late primary challenge to Jimmy Carter. | Jimmy Carter ran in the Primaries in 1976 and almost lost. | neutral |
Police are said to be inept and corrupt. | The police are honest and efficient. | contradiction |
Spot enforcement, well-publicized with blue flashing lights, is what maintains speed limits on the highway. | Speed limits on the highway are enforced by spot enforcement. | entailment |
Instead of equalizing things by scrapping the New York payment scheme, Congress decided to equalize things by nationalizing it. | The New York payment scheme was decided on by Congress. | neutral |
In reality, it takes more work and more character for poor student X to finish in the top ten percent of his or her public school class and obtain a mediocre SAT score than it does for rich kid Y to finish in the bottom half of his private school class and score slightly higher on the SAT. | Rich kid Y, who was in the lower half of his private school class, obtained a higher SAT score and managed to get into a decent college, while student X fell short. | neutral |
Continue to give a 20-percent discount on hardback books to unborn children. | There are discounts available for children not yet born | entailment |
Consilience is, in any case, an excellent book. | I love to read Consilience, anytime I have the opportunity. | neutral |
As Aeschylus wrote of Zeus in Prometheus Bound , He cannot fly from Fate. | Zeus always tries to escape his fate. | neutral |
The play is Spencer's life reduced to Two Weddings and a Funeral , a quaint and titillating Bloomsbury parallelogram, says the Wall Street Journal 's Donald Lyons. | Spencer has been to two weddings and one funeral. | entailment |
Nothing in Siegel's work could explain this perception. | Siegel's work wasn't clear about the perception. | entailment |
The problem, Keynes wrote, was that people desire the moon--a perfectly safe place to store their wealth. | People desire Mars to store their wealth in. | contradiction |
People will argue about where to draw the line. | A person argues about where to draw the line. | entailment |
On Saturday, Mainichi Shimbun devoted its main editorial to Britain's new defense cuts, pointing out that Britain expects to save 141 billion yen on its defense bill over the next three years, while Japan's defense expenditure continues to rise. | Japan and UK are adopting diametrically opposite defense policies | entailment |
Halfway through the film, Tarzan, a Victorian-era Enkidu, lured by Jane, is prepared to follow her back to England. | Tarzan is ready to follow Jane back to a city in England. | entailment |
But the IRS isn't out of control. | The IRS is very adept at going after people who evade taxes. | neutral |
It will be pointed out again and again that Bradley is just as awkward a campaigner as Gore. | It is wrong that they are awkward campaigners. | neutral |
Police are said to be inept and corrupt. | The police are probably . | neutral |
The magazines do the math on the State of the Union address. | Magazines fail to provide any true insight into the State of the Union address. | contradiction |
Then, each boy was taken aside and asked how he would divide up rewards among individual boys from your group and the other group. | The boys usually divided things evenly among the members. | neutral |
Yes, Sex, Please--We're Scientists! | Scientists like sex. | entailment |
Newsweek 's cover Home schooling--it's not just for zealots anymore! | Homeschooled children were ostracized growing up. | neutral |
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in effect charged construction authorities with , and international papers roundly condemned their shoddy building standards. | It is no surprise that the authorities who had spoken so confidently in previous weeks chose to close the building for renovations shortly after. | neutral |
You can view him as the classic case of the doomed artist, his genius and self-destruction bound up together. | He is clearly destined for success owing to his flourishing personality. | contradiction |
Not all the time-wasters in the Pentagon are civilians. | There is military personnel working in the Pentagon that's not particularly "workaholic" | entailment |
Victorious Couch Potatoes | People assumed to be lazy lose in the end. | contradiction |
It's a major omission, then, that we never see those schools or the kids' interaction with their stable, well-to-do Beverly Hills counterparts. | Not showing those schools is a major omission. | entailment |
Naturally, European governments want to tax call-back services out of existence. | European governments put large taxes on call-back services. | entailment |
But, except on election night, these were a relatively small part of their Web sites, let alone their overall news. | The site was an entertainment blog. | contradiction |
(The predictable lesson--justice isn't cut and dry--clogs the film's gears, says the Washington Post 's Eric Brace.) | Eric Brace is critial of the film's lesson about justice. | entailment |
Two tons of metal are not enough to defend your children, however. | They would need to use a different method in order to keep the children safe. | neutral |
but made mother smoke it up just in case, | Smoking things up is a good strategy in plenty of cases | neutral |
High Crimes is supposed to show that Clinton's enemies have a strong legal case against him. | There is a strong legal case against Clinton. | entailment |
Grisham is content with the simple and compelling observation that as a society we fail to treat the homeless with the dignity they deserve. | Grisham believe that homeless are treated with less respect than they deserve. | entailment |
3. But the victory feels pretty hollow. | They moved on to the very next matter, giving no further thought to meaningless victory, as they prepared engage in battle once more. | neutral |
The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence. | The Kodak-Fuji case was a case to come after the WTO. | contradiction |
On Wednesday , NBC sinks to new lows with The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us? | No one tunes in to watch the show on aliens. | neutral |
It was exciting, albeit in a slightly childish way, to see your name on that signboard, confirming that you still had your cushy job in this historic broadcasting center. | It was confirmed that they still have their laborious job in the telemarketing center. | contradiction |
But it won't do this because of some ancestral memory in the genes. | Most genes lack any ancestral memory. | contradiction |
Surprising Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder. | Alexander Calder and Mark Rothko were surprised. | entailment |
The book's plot (about a man's anonymous love letters to his girlfriend) is said to be trite, and the ending is called a cop out. | The story was unheard of | contradiction |
In a delicious turn, Christopher Plummer makes the co-anchor less a journalist than a pompous prima donna, but he also gives him a bullying force and real charisma. | Christopher Plummer is a famous TV anchor | contradiction |
Messages about alcohol don't come out the way you say them when they're broadcast, he replied. | People take messages about alcohol out of context because they hate drunks. | neutral |
Your wanderings on the Web leave more footprints than you may realize. | The footprint left with Web browsing is negligible. | contradiction |
He speaks very, very slowly. | He has a voice. | entailment |
I am still tempted to do that, but since I encountered that quotation, I have resisted. | The temptation to do that was strong. | neutral |
Clinton has the ability to sustain that perception despite the test ban's defeat. | Despite the test ban's defeat, Clinton was still able to maintain a proper air of perception about the matter. | entailment |
Starr told me that, and Bennett confirmed it but would not tell me specifics. | Starr told me what it was. | contradiction |
However, they should not be punished without due process in the name of 'national security' or 'protection of citizens' lives. | It is good to punish others in order to protect others in the country. | contradiction |
Most praise her for being able to hold her own, as opposed to noticing any genuine musical ability, and note that the album is far more pop-oriented than the drum 'n' bass and jungle she spins live. | The album is very similar to the drum 'n' bass of her live shows. | contradiction |
The Post notes the deep disappointment in Malaysia over the no-show by President Clinton, who stayed home to cope with the Iraqi crisis and sent Vice President Al Gore instead. | Al Gore went to Malaysia in representation of the US government | entailment |
Disney's Tarzan is not only post-imperial, post-racist, and post-classist but also post-masculine. | The movie was made as a social commentary on America. | neutral |
Because Accidents Happen , on Tuesday and Wednesday (8-10 p.m.) Using the fig leaf of studying survival engineering and safety pointers, PBS gives us fires, crashes, and sinking ships. | PBS does not air anything on the study of survival engineering and safety. | contradiction |
Leaving a Doll's House and What Falls Away seem less like vindictive, manipulative performances than like baby steps in the right direction. | Leaving a Doll's House and What Falls Away are both built on revenge. | entailment |
The cover story attributes teen-agers' mercurial behavior to underdeveloped brains. | The cover story is based on scientific fact. | neutral |
As companies found themselves increasingly squeezed between the demands of workers and stockholders, however, they started pressuring their insurers, who passed that pressure on to hospitals, doctors, and other providers. | The demands of workers and stockholders caused companies to pass the buck. | neutral |
The question is, said Alice, whether you CAN make words mean so many different things. | Alice wonders if you can make sentences mean a lot of different things/ | neutral |
When Time asks if Jiang should make a gesture on human rights to ease relations with America, Jiang I would like to know what you refer to specifically as a gesture. | Strong records on human rights improve relations with the USA. | neutral |
And in the next chapter we're asked to take it as an established fact that all women, everywhere, since the beginning of time, have lived in fear of entering The Slut's Dominion. | No woman wants to be known as a slut. | entailment |
The site, of course, will still be available, including all current contents, The Compost, and The Fray. | The site will still be available with the same contents. | entailment |
The important question is not whether these stories are true | If the stories are true isn't a question that's important. | entailment |
In the 1970s, he was known as a tough-minded supporter who could be counted on for a meticulous review of how the endowments were spending their money. | He was able to disclose important information that cast a light on the dealings of the endowments. | neutral |
The White House Web site's theme of the Supporting America's Families in Times of Distress. | The government is attentive to the families in times of distress | entailment |
Then comes the CNN/ Time sarin story to prove the professionals deserve all the scrutiny anyone else can muster. | CNN musters scrutiny to professionals. | neutral |
But what if times get tough and caps start to pinch? | Our behavior will have to change if times are tough enough. | entailment |
If it doesn't wake up soon, another scandalous case will inevitably surface, and the government will take matters into its own hands. | There is the potential for creating a scandal | entailment |
Smith's press secretary, Ken Wolfe, boasts that by offering that bill, We have called their bluff. | Ken Wolfe was modest in dicussing the bill. | contradiction |
Winesburg, Ohio, like cyberspace, was a perfectly efficient information market. | Winesburg is in Ohio, and was a good marketplace of information. | entailment |
The wise course for Republicans might be to accept a plea bargain under which neither Clinton's behavior nor Starr's will be further investigated with regard to the Lewinsky matter. | Republicans are hesitant to accept any sort of plea bargain no matter how tempting it is. | neutral |
Why would you assume that this comment has to do with African-Americans anyway? | The author wants the African-American to make the assumption. | contradiction |
No inside-the-beltway PR victory is worth that kind of demoralization. | A public relations victory is of utmost important for boosting the morale of the team. | contradiction |
On the rare occasions the service is queried, it invokes the Dead President. | It invokes the dead President when the service is queried. | entailment |
Columba Bush, wife of the Florida governor, declared only $500 worth of goods upon her return from a Paris vacation, but agents found $19,000 in receipts in her passport and fined her $4,100 on the spot. | None of the items were for herself, but were rather gifts. | neutral |
Any blood sport can be barbaric, whether it's boxing or wrestling or ultimate fighting. | Sports that involve blood are considered barbaric often. | entailment |
Politicians get away with advertising bogus family bliss | One thing politicians always get away with is their fake family happiness. | entailment |
I also really believe that what people were responding to during the World Cup was the spirit of those women. | The ladies had great spirit surrounding the World Cup. | entailment |
I'm about as big a media hound as anyone, McCain told one newspaper, but I've turned down at least 500--maybe 600 or 700--requests to go on talk shows on this issue. | McCain declined a lot of media requests. | entailment |
Also, studies showed that, at the lower, pasteurization doses, radiation does not degrade nutrients. | This lower radiation level could still be dangerous to humans. | neutral |
The first question to ask is what the right thing would have been. | Asking what would have been correct is an acceptable initial response. | entailment |
But unlike Roosevelt, Rockefeller never developed the resilience to stay in power. | Rockefeller was unable to adapt well in the face of adversity. | entailment |
He should mind his own lesson. | He should pay attention to other people's lessons. | contradiction |
There are, to be sure, pivotal generational experiences. | Generational experiences have been known to be pivotal. | entailment |
There's more good stuff in Briefing, including Explainer, The Week/The Spin, and Slate | The Briefing has been read over countless times. | neutral |
He opens people up by agreeing with them. | He is argumentative and people avoid talking to him.. | contradiction |
Similarly, China Telecom has said that it will explore opportunities for strategic investments in [China's] telecommunications industry. | China Telecom sometimes looks for opportunities in China's telecommunication industry. | neutral |
The authors claim to demonstrate that high IQ is more predictive of economic success than any other factor, and that low IQ is more predictive of poverty and social breakdown. | The authors claim IQ predicts wealth. | entailment |
One profession's sophistry foils the other's cowardice. | There is a rivalry between the two professions. | neutral |
Unlike Howard Stern and Dave Letterman, Feldman sees to it that his foils have as much fun as he does. | Feldman, Stern and Letterman are expressive people with identical views on how to treat their adversaries. | contradiction |
Much of the liberal Catholic case against the pope deals with sexuality. | There has never been a case against the church. | contradiction |
Maybe we should have seen it journalists destroyed rock | The rock was unharmed. | contradiction |
And when GS asks, who is to stop congress from spending too much money. | Congress lacks access to money. | contradiction |
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