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What does this calendar tell us about the Spice Girls?
The author knows the relation to the British pop group.
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Why would you assume that this comment has to do with African-Americans anyway?
The person assuming has only race on their mind.
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It sketches out a pattern of Clinton aides attempting to convince multiple Clinton alleged paramours (Dolly Kyle Browning, Monica Lewinsky, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey) to keep silent.
Monica Lewinsky is an alleged lover of Clinton
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The Presidential Initiative to Increase Seat Belt Use Nation-wide
Seat belt use could be increased
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Should we reward him for keeping us out of war?
There are no winners in war.
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A self-appraisal (and remember, the entire purpose of a reference group is to serve as a yardstick for self-appraisal) would entail evaluating the richness of relationships and the satisfactions of accomplishments, rather than the cataloging of possessions.
Figuring out your worth should not be making a list of what you own.
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More Did Kaufman himself consider some of his experiments failures, or had his aesthetic finally become so punk/pro-wrestling that he thought driving people crazy was enough?
Kaufmen considered his experiments a failure
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The official Bush campaign, of course, kept its distance from such efforts, and claimed to use Horton only in race-neutral ways.
The Bush campaign claimed to use Horton only in race-neutral ways
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I now have my own literary oeuvre . This entitles me to certain privileges, such as employing foreign words in my writings (see previous sentence) and living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
A literary oeuvre does not entitle one to certain privileges.
contradiction
Believing a firm response was demanded, I've relegated such inapt answers to Page 2. (Click for some quite amusing if not entirely germane replies.)
A number of replies that were on page two are amusing.
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Upon him All ultimatelyrests.
Everything sits on his shoulders.
entailment
Publishers regularly write bonuses into contracts to factor in the possibility that a book will makes the Times list.
The Times doesn't have a book list.
contradiction
Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.
Hillary Clinton committed adultery, meanwhile America lost its moral compass
contradiction
It recounts the misdeeds of Phantomd, a teen-age cracker who infiltrated computers at nuclear-weapons labs, military bases, banks, dams, and major corporations before he was caught.
The teenager will be hired by a company in which he will find weaknessess within their security.
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In 1897 he was in Moscow, staying at the Great Moscow Hotel, when he began to cough blood profusely.
He had left the Great Moscow Hotel in Moscow when he started coughing up blood.
contradiction
The precedent-setting risk would be greater if the president were convicted by a strictly party-line vote.
A strictly party-line vote is risky
entailment
Go-Gurt rang up $37 million in sales during its first year of limited distribution.
Go-Gurt rang up $333 million during its first four quarters
contradiction
According to those who know him, he has learned why newspapers are a public trust since his unfortunate cereal interview.
his cereal interview went well
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Faster, Pussycats!
Unbeknownst to the speaker, the cats are already moving as quickly as they can.
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Am I supposed to look at the ceiling the entire meeting, steal the occasional glance, or just assume it's a '90s thing?
They stared at the floor the entire meeting.
contradiction
(Remember, they weren't Time Warner fans prior to the AOL deal.)
AOL experienced an increase in customers after making a deal with Time Warner.
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The old western was almost always a tale of a courageous loner imposing order on lawlessness, as in the Wayne films and Shane (1953).
old westerns portrayed loners as cowardly criminals.
contradiction
The Republican platform advocated that citizenship be denied to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants.
Illegal immigrants are American citizens
contradiction
Unlike his cold-eyed assistants, he preferred to visit the battlefield after the corpses had been cleared away.
He was glad there were still corpses present when he visited the battlefield.
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There will be enough for everybody!
They will be sold at a price.
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Will Tina tame these tough guys?
These tough guys are close to being tamed by Tina.
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A tightly wrapped head, with encapsulated eyes, nose, and mouth, doubtless suited the publicly shrouded female of antiquity, whose intelligence flowered wholly unseen.
A female of antiquity is shrouded with a tightly wrapped head on certain occasions.
neutral
Nash pioneered game theory, became schizophrenic, recovered, then won a Nobel Prize late in life.
Nash was awarded a Nobel Prize.
entailment
There's something about [Corgan's] whole grandiosity that is very four years ago.
Corgan's humility is legendary.
contradiction
When almost anything can be said in public, profanity ceases to exist in any meaningful way at all.
profanity is only meaningful when certain things aren't tolerated in public conversation
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Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week.
Marjorie has been a delightful correspondence for the week.
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The biography exposes the pioneer sexologist as a gay masochist who organized and filmed orgies.
The sexologist has a lot of experience in their field.
entailment
O'Connor's desire for a baseball-free Good Friday, on the other hand, is surely heartfelt.
O'Connor is devoutly religious
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A woman of my acquaintance recently announced that she has a boyfriend and wants everyone to introduce the fellow by that title.
The woman and her boyfriend have been dating for 3 months.
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Some of my friends in the financial industry think that hedge funds were not just a , but the source of instability in the late crisis.
The financial crisis was completely unavoidable.
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Never mind that according to Time , he privately told several financial backers in January, I love my wife.
The man told others he hates his significant other.
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But apparently no definitive number ...
The speaker wants a definitive number.
neutral
It's true that different pieces benefit from different treatment
It's recommended to use different treatments for different pieces.
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They were all slaves, weren't they?
It is clear that they were not slaves
contradiction
Plimpton got lost in his list at one point, but despite referring to one of the contributors to the display's soundtrack as Cecille Dion, he brought to the event his patrician sonorities and his fabled familiarity with fireworks.
Plimpton is a celebrity figure.
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Encryption is OK because its authority is created in my very own machine.
The encryption, which helps to secure data from wandering eyes, was acceptable.
entailment
As Devine has no living relations, it makes sense for the impoverished old men to cook up a scheme by which Michael will assume the dead fisherman's identity, and the pair will divide the money between themselves.
The pair will divide the money
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Right now, I'd settle for a creative genius who could teach us how to think about the population problem.
There's someone out there who will solve the population problem.
neutral
. The reason Jews have an injunction against portraying God is that Neanderthals cannot draw.
Jews are not fans of any drawings from Neanderthals.
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Israelis sided with the Serbs against the Croats, who had been truly monstrous toward Jews during the war.
Croats were monsters toward Jews only after the war
contradiction
They end up on the cover of Vanity Fair and Wired . They foreshadow the world in which we're all either symbolic analysts or hamburger flippers.
This wasn't their first time on the cover of a magazine.
neutral
Cook might just as well be gambling on what color tie President Clinton will wear tomorrow.
The color of the tie will suit President Clinton.
neutral
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.
Dole got more votes than Lamar
entailment
New Englanders, fearing British corruption and tyranny, provoked the American Revolution.
New Englanders welcomed British rule
contradiction
In Other Magazines sizes up the Time , Newsweek , and other major periodicals--usually before they hit your mailbox or local newsstand.
The publications all shifted to digital formats and are unavailable for delivery or at newsstands.
contradiction
I'd say some News Quiz participants owe some quasi-autonomous but government-regulated agency a letter of apology.
The participants are from the government agency itself.
contradiction
As noted, lexicographers for obvious reasons have far more trouble gathering oral citations than written ones.
Merriam Webster is the company that employs the largest number of lexicographers
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who turns out to have had sex with a dog, like maybe a golden retriever (unless things turn around and I get to do it at Fox in which case the dog will be a chimp, but that makes sense dramatically) who can't keep a secret (see, it's a talking dog), but it takes this big check from some tabloid where they JUST MAKE THI...
Tabloids only report the truth.
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In outline, The Limey is a lean little B-movie revenge melodrama about a felonious Brit (Terence Stamp) who's newly sprung from prison and flies to Southern California to get to the bottom of his beautiful daughter's My name's Wilson ...
The Limey is British crime movie starring Terence Stamp.
entailment
As noted previously, the Shopping Avenger is but one superhero, and he issues abject apologies to all those who did not receive personal responses.
The Shopping avenger is a villain.
contradiction
We want to see it again.
We will see it again in the future
neutral
Missed the link to more blather on independence?
The link has a very small font.
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I take my 15 cents and head for the liquor store.
After arriving at the liquor store, I will buy whiskey
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Are we talking about dozens of people or thousands?
We thus speak of exactly Four Score Philistines, seeking to loose the hounds of hell.
contradiction
I begin to count Rep.
I plan to be done quickly.
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Babies, especially preemies, are more relaxed, have better digestion, and are generally happier when they are massaged.
Preemies don't like messages.
contradiction
The Vermont Supreme Court granted gays greater partnership rights.
In Vermont gays now have greater partnership rights.
entailment
( Slate published a piece co-authored by Glass last year.
Slate and Glass worked together to publish a piece.
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The intervention could be stopped by a block of isolationist senators and House members.
Congress has no impact on the outcome.
contradiction
Issue 3, the viability of the long-suffering tobacco bill, confounds everyone.
The tobacco bill gets very little attention
contradiction
Anthony Hopkins plays the zillionaire communications baron whom Death enlists in the hope of understanding the human condition--an odd choice for a tour guide, since most people's condition doesn't involve personal helicopters, sprawling mansions on Long Island Sound, or Manhattan apartments that sport Olympic-size swi...
Death rides in a helicopter
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The Globe reports that both singer Tom Jones and actor Hugh O'Brian have unacknowledged sons.
Tom Jones has multiple daughters.
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This is the favorite of the savvier Dems, notably House Democratic Caucus head Vic Fazio and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.
Although Vic Fazio is labeled a Democrat, he often displays libertarian ideals.
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An accompanying survey ranks the 100 biggest health Fallon Community comes out on top.
Fallon Community rarely ranks well and is always absent from the top 100 lists for surveys.
contradiction
He'd probably pick it up in his fillings.
There is zero chance his fillings will pick it up.
contradiction
Taliban leaders declared a holy war against the various warlords who carved up Afghanistan, and preached the role of strict Islamic rules as a unifying force.
Afghanistan has imprisoned the warlords who damaged it.
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But when he became impotent, it took his identity away.
His self-esteem and confidence were unaffedted by his sudden lack of ability.
contradiction
We don't see him surprise the nation in 1964 with strong showings in the Maryland and Wisconsin Democratic primaries--states outside the Deep South where he wasn't expected to fare well.
Maryland was a strong win during the primary.
contradiction
In the face of this opposition, Republicans played the molester card.
The Republican tactic was not successful.
neutral
Called WebRecord, it has some advantages over PrintSmart.
WebRecord came out in 2012
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The Times claimed that the number boycotting never reached a critical mass that would have threatened the integrity of its list.
There was boycotting
entailment
But Ved Mehta was always the butt of the worst abuse.
Ved Mehta got abused the most.
entailment
Well, his proof does leave one loophole.
A loophole exists in his proof
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Starr fought off the linkage, telling reporters that his criminal investigation was independent of the civil litigation.
Starr was trying to hide his criminal acts.
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The report expresses shock at the flagrant illegality of the expenditures.
The account by the auditor fully endorsed the disbursements.
contradiction
The buck still stops with them.
They are a political party, held in higher esteem, than the other party.
neutral
When I checked a couple of years ago, the shelter population had indeed increased, but only by a handful of families.
More families were i the shelter as of a few years ago.
entailment
Critics worry that the kids underestimate the importance of blue-chip college credentials.
Critics are worried that kids put too much emphasis on the importance of blue-chip college credentials.
contradiction
In the age of the divine entrepreneur, no one cares how badly you treat your kid.
Even when people did care about how badly kids were treated, these people were shunned and ignored.
neutral
If so, it seems to have worked.
Another solution needs to be figured out.
contradiction
Thou shalt not bow down before any other school-targeting marketers other than me.
This marketer is successful in their field.
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Bob Barr, R-Ga., have given speeches to a white citizens' group whose members attended Duke's latest fund raiser.
Bob Barr has spoken at whites-only gatherings.
entailment
Boone claims that the album's purpose is to attract metal enthusiasts to Jesus, and that his get-up was a spoof of his old choirboy image.
The album has an intended purpose.
entailment
Circulation has barely risen since World War II, and it's been falling for five years.
Circulation stopped in the 1930s.
contradiction
If a politician were to say today that he opposes abortion except when yadda yadda yadda , we would all know what he means, and we would know what was meant if, after an arrest, a police officer pulled out a card and just said yadda yadda
Both politicians and police officers can be completely trusted to say exactly what they believe.
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As American multinationals ship their production overseas, the likelihood of getting business to support an import tariff (which would now tax their own imports) becomes equally small.
Corporations are not in the business of creating taxes for themselves.
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To the contrary, Jacob, he declared.
He declared Jacob.
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Barr, who's a champion publicity hound, has national ambitions.
Barr was someone who wanted to play a role that was bigger than the states.
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Capital Legislator Want More Facts on Daylight Savings Time from Mexico's News . A close second is Why Farm Sheep at All?
Daylight Savings is going to change with further legislation.
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Or you can download a new copy from www.microsoft.com/ie/.)
It is easy to find a copy of what you need at Microsoft's website.
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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.
Nine of the possibilities were European in origin
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And odd as it sounds, hiring influence peddlers generates good will on Capitol Hill.
Hiring people to influence other seems strange.
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So all the money from the sales of the manufacturing operations, $3 billion, is going to a share buyback program, which is to say that instead of being used to create new wealth, it will simply be redistributed from the company to investors.
share buyback program earned very little money.
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Then Bauer hit Bush for not adhering to conservative values, being clandestinely pro-abortion, and assorted other sins.
Bauer criticized Bush's lack of traditional values
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Quayle may be a formidable candidate, but the subsequent article explains that George W. Bush has already been anointed the inevitable one.
Republicans played kingmaker, deciding among themselves their representative, early.
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