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What Isikoff couldn't pin down was whether the advance was welcome or not. | Isikoff's previous advance had an unknown impact. | entailment |
The long Relax, dynasties haven't killed the men's game. | There is a women's game. | neutral |
The term slice of life has come to mean dreary naturalism, but for the superb Richard LaGravenese, who wrote and directed Living Out Loud , that slice includes fantasy, fairy tale connections, sultry musical interludes, bridges that lead out, and bridges that lead nowhere. | Slice of life means a lot of things to Richard LaGravenese | entailment |
Milosevic points to 1989. | Milosevic did not reference 1989. | contradiction |
At his 1977 trial, Flynt was sentenced to seven to 25 years for obscenity and for engaging in organized crime. | Flynt was a convicted criminal. | entailment |
Is the problem now more severe? | The problem is too tamed to notice. | contradiction |
Friends of mine, especially women, found sitting through the film akin to being smeared with excrement. | The film was compared to being smeared with poop by my female friends. | entailment |
Added tiers devoted to luxury seating at the new parks also push the upper deck away from the field. | Moving the upper deck seats closer to the field reduced the amount of luxury seating. | contradiction |
This was 1892, remember, when 25,000 bucks was still 25,000 bucks, and you didn't have to split it with accountants, managers, coke dealers, and any traumatized ex-catamite whose father has a smart lawyer. | You had to split money in 1892 | contradiction |
But he was abrupt with her--not rude, just abrupt. | He was quick with her | entailment |
An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve slot machines and video poker, proceeds of which will be used to build esteem among the native peoples. | An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve dog racing. | contradiction |
Why was a senator from Kansas so interested in bananas? | They were unconcerned why a senator from Kansas was so interested in bananas. | contradiction |
Quality-of-life drugs offer not just the pleasing possibility that you can do something about impotence, baldness, blackened toenails. | Few drugs offer benefits | contradiction |
Challenged by the Human Rights Campaign's Elizabeth Birch in the letters column of the Dec. 8 Standard , Bennett, remarkably, dug in to defend the Cameron numbers, which he said coincided with the views of other authorities such as psychiatrist . Satinover's 1996 book, Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth , does dis... | Bennett has failed to cite anyone else to back up his position. | contradiction |
How could an economist of Greenspan's sophistication fumble such important questions in such an unsophisticated manner? | Greenspan economist failed to answer important questions. | entailment |
In fact, the immediate result of the trials was to widen the breach between Haywood (who became increasingly radical) and his more cautious WFM associates (who wound up pulling back from the revolutionary IWW). | The immediate result of the trials was to narrow the breach between Haywood and his less cautious WFM associates. | contradiction |
I have a Pavlovian reaction to the pre-title black-white-and-red bit with Monty Norman's theme and the gun site roving over the latest 007 as he saunters to the center of the frame--I go, Kill 'em, Bond! | I despise the thought of enduring another Cubby Broccoli production. | contradiction |
This is where I disagree with Michael Lind--and with you, Fred, I'm guessing. | The author has not spoken with Fred about the disagreement, but knows enough about Fred to reasonably gauge his opinion. | neutral |
They were men without color, literally wearing gray and beige and brown. | The men's shirts matched their socks. | neutral |
It would take only one-tenth of one second to download a Slate article via ADSL. | It takes a very small amount of time to download a Slate article via ADSL. | entailment |
It seems to me an unnecessary expense to spend many millions of dollars to reduce a few people's travel time by five minutes. | The cost of this project is only $1 million. | contradiction |
He's a veteran, isn't he? | The man is a veteran. | neutral |
(Remember, they weren't Time Warner fans prior to the AOL deal.) | Time Warner and AOL entered into a deal together. | entailment |
What has allowed Intel to dominate its many competitors, who are perennially nipping at its heels with computer chips that are supposedly faster or cheaper, is that Intel does a much better job of making chips reliably and efficiently. | Intel's chips are unreliable | contradiction |
He's obviously spending too much time online. | They thought he was spending too much time online. | entailment |
The assumption is that private investors who buy and sell won are depressing its value below its equilibrium rate. | It is assumed that private investors are depressing its value. | entailment |
But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick. | This is all an abomination. | contradiction |
Well, did she or didn't she? | It is unknown if the lady did or did not do the action. | entailment |
Group is involved in joint ventures with Ford and Nynex.) | Ford and Nynex does business with Group. | entailment |
Chinese President Jiang Zemin is attracting scrutiny now that his mentor, Deng Xiaoping, is dead. | Deng Xiaoping is alive | contradiction |
in which Quentin Compson puts together a story that rattles family skeletons and points up the reality that white Southern culture is blacker than meets the eye. | Quentin Compson's story did not rattle any family skeletons. | contradiction |
Maybe she would like the Pentagon. | The headquarters building for the Department of Defense is in the Smithsonian. | contradiction |
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. | All women, everywhere, since the beginning of time, have lived in The Slut's Dominion. | contradiction |
Part uplift for black kids, part thrilling feats of circus daring, it's family programming that can appeal to adults of all races. | This family programming is targeting a Black audience. | neutral |
The site is actually no longer at the address that Direct Hit found to be most visited (a common problem with search engines). | The site is actually no longer at the address that Direct Hit found to be most visited. | entailment |
The benefits of managed care are unremarkable and undramatic (lower premiums, more preventive care). | Lower premiums and additional preventive care are common elements of managed care. | entailment |
Outside the world of pop psychology, it is likely to engender skepticism. | This would only be taken seriously within the realm of pop psychology. | entailment |
Or maybe only 30 are true, in which case three should be confirmed overwhelmingly. | only 1 should be confirmed | contradiction |
Have the threats to our security doubled since then? | Our security is strong. | neutral |
One historian has argued cogently that Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems helped .) | At least one historian convincingly claimed that Coolidge's mental issues were actually helpful. | entailment |
And the labor-market success of millions of unskilled immigrants in recent years makes it hard to sustain the case that only highly trained or educated workers are in demand--at least for the moment. | Unskilled immigrants are sought after | neutral |
That much his memoir gets right. | The memoir is a complete work of fiction. | contradiction |
In Serbia, President Slobodan Milosevic sanctioned the removal in 1987 of the body of Serbian hero Czar Lazar, killed 600 years before by Turks at the Battle of Kosovo, so it could be paraded around Slovenia and Croatia in a display of Serb power. | Serbian President Milosevic had the body of a 600 year old hero used as a symbol of Serb power. | entailment |
If Woodward had shaken the baby, why did his neck show no signs of damage? | Woodward was accused of killing the baby by shaking it too hard. | neutral |
Oh, Just Give the Damn Answer | The answer is Gucci loafers | neutral |
Audiences literally boo avant-garde director Robert Wilson for his minimalist staging of Richard Wagner's classic opera, and most critics agree with the verdict. | Critics agreed with the audience when they booed director Robert Wilson. | entailment |
Largely because they have heard so many alarming tales about HMOs. | The tales told about HMOs are false. | neutral |
Cold Warriors like Kissinger hardly argued that the Cuban Missile Crisis ended Soviet credibility. | The Cuban Missile Crisis had international consequences. | entailment |
But 49ers fans will always love Joe Montana more. | Joe Montana was hated in San Francisco | contradiction |
This was the 10 th study since 1975--and all studies showed similar problems. | There are plans to run an 11th study | neutral |
Nearing the end of my trip, I realize that my observations have been largely about race. | Racial issues were the furthest thing from their mind, as this was the first time they had seen someone of another skin color or culture before. | contradiction |
Krugman would also have found out that the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange is not representative of the way things Bonds are important, and what businessmen are doing is important. | The behavior of the stock market determines the behavior of bonds. | contradiction |
He calls his artists No Limit Soldiers. | No Limit Soldiers are devoid of creativity. | contradiction |
Especially now, when any investor can obtain almost perfect diversification with index funds and index options--and thus get the exact return of the market as a whole. | Investors expect to do worse than the market | contradiction |
As Horn argues, in most cases there is relatively little that parole agents can do to keep an offender who is determined to commit new crimes from committing them. | Parole agents are ineffective and inefficient against preventing crime. | neutral |
The WP reports that following a year of sensitive negotiations, the German government has finally agreed to spend $110 million to compensate 18,000 Jewish victims of the Nazis who are living in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. | Germany did not pay zero compensation after negotiations. | entailment |
Some might even take a sketchpad instead, or a paperback volume of Homer. | Some might even take a sketchpad instead or a paperback volume of Homer Simpson quotes. | neutral |
Bond rejected this advice. | Bond accepted the advice | contradiction |
According to the actress, they couldn't. | The actress exists | entailment |
Newsweek 's Michael Jordan cover story focuses on off-the-court Jordan. | Michael Jordan did not want to share personal information. | contradiction |
Book and software pirates are prosecuted under the copyright laws, but pirates are not really plagiarists. | Copyright law is the tool that law enforcement uses to prosecute book and software pirates. | entailment |
Among the single digits, no number is less evocative than six. | The number equal to 3+3 is least evocative among the single digits | entailment |
At the same time it would teach today's youth about the real-life value of the Second Amendment. | The NRA funds this venture, robbing Peter to pay Paul, so they must cut back on lobbying. | neutral |
It's the kind where you look for everything, you vacuum up everything that's unfavorable, use all of it, whether it's rumor, fact, innuendo, hearsay, use all it, and don't let a kind word get in the whole thing. | It's positive and happy. | contradiction |
Hong Kongers are increasingly restless about Chinese rule. | Those of Hong Kong are partial to Chinese rule. | entailment |
Does Boston Tea Party ring any bells? | The Boston Tea Party is a conservative group, similar to the republicans. | contradiction |
Government-mandated integration is wrong, he writes, because any endorsement of racial preferences is immoral. | People view endorsing racial preferences as bad and corrupt. | entailment |
Loral denies that its report to the Chinese divulged sensitive information about rocket guidance systems, as a Defense Department report claims. | Loral's report to the Chinese told secrets about the rocket guidance systems. | neutral |
The bleakest lesson of After the Madness is perhaps that prison has lost its capacity to shock. | People turn their lives around after experiencing prison. | neutral |
In the last debate, Hatch gave a patronizing lecture about how the unseasoned Bush would make a fine vice-presidential choice for him. | Bush is Hatch's vice president. | contradiction |
Anyone who knows, please feel free to leak it to me. | There is something I want to know. | entailment |
I had to format both drives. | Both drives were formatted. | entailment |
The RPH has hidden literary talents. | People are well aware of the RPH's famous literary talents | contradiction |
But his heart is clearly with the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu, who Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony. | Laws ruin most harmony. | neutral |
Personally, I think the Bush camp is acting like brats that didn't get everything they wanted at Christmas. | The author thinks the Bush camp is acting like brats. | entailment |
The difference is that whereas campaign finance is an immensely complicated problem that can only be fixed with changes in the law, the Augean stables of K Street could be cleaned up pretty easily if anyone cared. | The Augean stables of K street is an easier problem to solve than the campaign finance. | entailment |
This brief period may have been the most fertile of his career. | this was the peak of his career and it went down him from there | neutral |
In the case of Microsoft, Blumenthal of Connecticut appears to have won the coveted prize, managing to eclipse Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who is chairman of the NAAG's antitrust committee, and New York's Vacco, who heads the consumer committee. | A lawmaker from California came out on top | contradiction |
And it gives a package of free collectibles to any Webmaster who picks up its banner. | Any Webmaster who picks up its banner is charged for a package of collectibles. | contradiction |
If he had lied under oath about parking illegally I wouldn't be so disgusted. | He considered lying under oath. | neutral |
Newsweek 's longer piece likens this to swapping Katharine Hepburn for Whitney was revered for her practicality, whereas Fuller exudes buzz. | Whitney was known for her buzz. | contradiction |
Right now, I'd settle for a creative genius who could teach us how to think about the population problem. | I want someone who can solve the population anything less is unacceptable. | contradiction |
But Press didn't call anyone a racist. | The Press didn't refer to anyone as a racist. | entailment |
Markets get caught in self-perpetuating cycles of undue optimism and hysterical panic. | Markets don't caught in cycles. | contradiction |
) The narrative is laced throughout with colorful, distinctly Southern characters, including a Delta store owner who displays a Happy Holidays sign year round ([w]e have a holiday every two months or so) and a Georgia rabbi whose rock 'n' roll temple fuses Jewish and Southern ways ([w]e're sort of reconformadox). | The narrative took place in the North, during reconstruction. | contradiction |
Perversely, Weld lost the ideology/competence battle by winning the drugs/morality battle. | Weld won one battle while losing another | entailment |
(Click for more on the U.S. role in that restriction.) | The United States' restriction on the other countries was seen as draconian. | neutral |
This one-way connection will offer speeds up to 150,000 bits per second. | This is a two-way connection. | contradiction |
Readers are of course invited to submit their candidates to the Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes at culturebox@slate.com. | A reader is allowed to submit a candidate to the sweepstakes | entailment |
Or, better yet, he should build houses for the poor under the supervision of Jimmy Carter. | Jimmy Carter should supervise him. | entailment |
Still, for barbed wisdom, surprises, and technique, there's no one like Spark. | Spark is the go to person in his area of expertise. | neutral |
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. | Players are asking for higher salaries. | entailment |
Reading this book helped me see that I am a minimal realist. | I realized that I'm a minimal realist when I read this book. | entailment |
Best wishes until we meet again--perhaps over Volume 9 of some future 14-volume biography of Rosalynn Carter. | Everyone is interested in a very long biography of Rosalynn Carter. | contradiction |
Among the Kids with unmotivated parents are left behind in bad public schools, and charters dupe parents by promising more than they deliver. | Children of unmotivated parents do well in school. | contradiction |
In a recent op-ed article in the New York Times , the theologian Michael Novak argued that a new appreciation for, and sensitivity to, religious matters was stirring everywhere. | Michael Novak believes there is a current religious awakening. | entailment |
It is not foolish to consider intent, hence the distinction between murder and accident and serious dieting. | Intent could be considered foolishly. | neutral |
The paper declared, A smile costs nothing, but it brightens up the moment for the one who flashes it, and the one who watches. | Smiling makes the recipient feel worse | contradiction |
Microsoft is reaching out to computer novices , says a piece. | A piece claims that computer novices are being actively sought out by Microsoft. | entailment |
Mightn't the eviscerated cows and the fowl in the throes of death be experienced as modernist mementi mori, fetishistic reminders of the darkest, cruelest, and most primitive human instincts? | The cows are unharmed | contradiction |
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