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With 14 million subscribers and minority stakes in everything from the Learning Channel to Time Warner, he has the resources to be patient, and the experience of the last four years shows he has the will to be patient as well.
He has the resources and the will to be patient.
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They're regular old spending that Republicans happen not to like, such as support for the International Monetary Fund and highway demonstration projects in Democratic districts.
Democrats and Republicans have been able to foster bipartisan support for the IMF.
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Our Today's Papers column will be posted Friday (but not Thanksgiving Day).
A post will be available on Friday.
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But there would not be, nor could there have been, an overall increase in prices.
Prices rose sharply
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As surrogate mothers have proved, knowing that you've given no genes to an infant needn't stop the bonding process.
It is possible to bond with a baby that you don't share genetics with.
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Prior to its alliance with the government, the PDFA merely hogged the drug debate.
The PDFA refused to mention drugs prior to their alliance with the government.
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The team now faces China, which crushed defending champion Norway 5-0.
The team from China defeated Norway by a score of 5-0.
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They can score, but they can't play D.
The team has no defense
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Just look at dolphins, the very model of marine sophistication, a creature whose intelligence we're always called upon to admire like some horrible precocious child.
Bottlenose dolphins have the highest intelligence of all dolphins
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Museum of Jewish A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York City).
Nazis killed exactly 6 million Jews
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Can I, should I, even, expect her to change?
She has already changed
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Kutchins and Kirk claim that the DSM isn't a true account of mental illness because it's informed by particular social values.
Kutchins and Kirk criticize the DSM.
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The Post 's Michael Kelly goes cutesy today, dedicating his column to the regular broadcasts of what he calls National Tom Radio, the daily pronouncements of his 2 a year-old, in the process probably setting some kind of record for the number of occurrences of the word mommy in a Post op-ed piece.
Michael Kelly writes on National Tom Radio on weekdays but not weekends.
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In practice, they tend to make wild claims about the former and ignore the latter.
The latter tends to be ignored
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Idealists don't like the way it's being fought.
Idealists don't like the way it's being battled.
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Take the case of the late Ron Brown, who was accused of selling favors to the Vietnamese government for a price of $700,000.
Ron Brown has yet to be accused of doing wrong.
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The unveiling of plans for an annex to MoMA caps a season of architectural extravaganzas.
There have been many architectural changes to MoMa recently.
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The seductive and corrupting film noir downtowns featured in so many admired cheap second features might as well all have been demolished, along with the long-gone Bijous and Palaces where these films first played.
Many theaters that showed film noir movies have been torn down.
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She made a great number of friends, from village women to guerrilla leaders, multiplying the number of foreign contacts she faithfully reported on the security form required of all CIA applicants.
The CIA checks applicants background thoroughly.
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Gay liberation, like feminism, is central to the whole individualist ethos of the last two decades.
Gay liberation and feminism have made the most headway in the last two decades.
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He is a sort of vanguard, and follows her upon exiting.
She follows him upon exiting.
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They also see it as easing their way toward economic integration with Western Europe.
Economic integration will be beneficial for Western Europe.
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The Los Angeles Times told readers that the real news was the wall-to-wall press throng at the news conference.
The press conference was a dud
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(If you want to see the original of the pose, you can cross the Mall to the National Gallery, where Jacques-Louis David's 1812 Napoleon in His Study hangs.)
The painting hung in the Louvre before it came to the National Gallery
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5) The superstars are eating up all the available money and crowding out new talent.
The superstars are not worth the money they are eating up
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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.
It takes poor students less work to obtain a high SAT score than rich kids in a private school.
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( Post defectors include Celestine Bohlen, Gwen Ifill, Julia Preston, Michael Specter, Patrick Tyler, Patti Cohen, and David Richards--who defected back.
Celestine Bohlen was a defector.
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This question generated, by far, a record number of similarlies all focused on Pat Buchanan's politics.
Pat Buchanan has mostly shied away from politics.
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This is a drop in the bucket.
It was a tiny part of what needed to be done.
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Programmers are furiously debugging old software, so we're likely to avoid catastrophic shutdowns of electrical grids, banks, air-traffic computers, medical equipment, and the like.
Catastrophic shutdowns of electrical grids, banks, air-traffic computers, medical equipment, and the like will now be avoided for years.
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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...
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 some assumed the 70 kilogram male body as the human norm and left them totally ignorant of female health problems; the way training in...
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No adult ever played with Ninja Turtles or Power Rangers.
In the late 1980's, when Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers were popular, I heard it on the grapevine that only Kids really liked them.
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He sees a sign that says Chain-Up Area Next Exit and finds it hilariously suggestive.
Some people could take Chain-Up Area Next Exit to mean more than it is meant to.
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The flames are nearly a foot high, they arc out from underneath the black leather hood; there is smoke, the huge buzzing sound of the electricity, there are white walls and Venetian blinds and linoleum underfoot.
The flames continue to grow in height up the white walls.
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The unofficial spin, from James Jones is a puppet of greedy right-wingers, and besides, Clinton is whipping her in the polls.
She is portrayed as being too radical, like a wolf in sheeps clothing, deceptively dangerous.
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Political analysts pretend to explain the past and predict the future with the same certainty as natural scientists.
Natural scientists predict political events effectively.
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First, they should deliver maximum moral benefit at minimum practical cost.
The practical costs outweigh the good results.
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Of course, the magnitude of the threats faced by the United States bears no fixed relation to the size of our economy.
War is one of the threats facing the U.S.
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We're having debates.
The author is participating in a debate.
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We are supposed to believe that Pitt's Harrer has learned to be a better person; offered as proof is his changed attitude toward his son, Rolf (whose name in real life is Peter).
Pitt's Harrer has changed over time.
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But there are arguments to the contrary.
The arguments are nonexistent.
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Even his admirers admit he's dour and humorless.
His personality has been dour since he was a child
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A wall panel explains that a film of milk covers the top of the marble, so that a living substance (milk) has been stilled, thus embodying the quintessential definition of the still life.
The wall panel that describes is not important in understanding the primary intention of the piece.
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to the credible evolution of what's really become of me.
I have not become anything.
contradiction
That's what I remember about Woodstock.
Woodstock came and went with little attention
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If I really own my modem, then I must have an unqualified right to dial up anywhere, any time, and suck in whatever is out there to be sucked.
Owning a modem is better than renting
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2) An elderly Milwaukee couple are soliciting women to conceive and bear their grandchild, using frozen sperm from their dead son.
Sperm is used in conception
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Even the detective hired by the Clinton campaign in 1992 to intimidate bimbos was a People's Detective!
The detective was unsuccessful
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The old conventional Sibelius was a vulgar nationalist (a la Wagner) and a windy Romantic bore.
Sibelius' political opinions are largely unknown.
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This Just In--Nuclear War Averted
The speaker was being facetious when saying that nuclear war has been averted.
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That is the feeling that makes the children take out the broken tea pot and empty jam tin.
The children left the tea pot for someone else to clean up
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The White House packed its millennium party with tech leaders.
very few people attended the millennium party
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Unlike Howard Stern and Dave Letterman, Feldman sees to it that his foils have as much fun as he does.
Howard Stern has fun at the expense of others.
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Lamar Alexander's campaign never got off the ground because the American people can recognize a phony ().
Lamar Alexander's campaign got off the ground
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Television, radio, and print outlets are donating less time and space to anti-drug advertising.
There are more anti-drug ads on TV than in the past
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Slate is scheduled to take up residence Monday, Oct. 27, as an anchor tenant on AOL's news-channel newsstand.
Slate is a skilled newsman
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Chamber of Commerce spent $7 million on advertising in support of GOP candidates
A prominent organization which represents business interests disbursed a substantial sum of money on Republican nominees.
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Like my real name couldn't be Pierre LeCluck.
Pierre LeCluck is a cool name.
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In contrast, this may not be the case in Sunni-dominated Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
It is the case in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
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During last month's State of the Union address, every member of Congress, Republican and Democratic, rose repeatedly to give Clinton standing ovations.
Clinton's speech at the State of the Union address was well received by everyone.
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Does his behavior add up to grounds for removal from office?
Many wondered if his behavior was sufficient to request his removal.
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I just wanted to thank you for allowing Mark Alan Stamaty a forum for his hilarious--and often insightful--cartoon about a (slightly) warped world.
Mark was allowed a forum.
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(Perkins did not respond to several requests for an interview.)
Perkins did not accept interview requests.
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(Aniston, by the way, might want to compare notes with The Enquirer says that she too fell victim to a freak rear end accident this month when an overzealous deer nipped her hindquarters.
Aniston met an aggressive deer.
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If the job were held by someone other than Tripp, would it pay any less or involve any more work?
Tripp was payed more than normal for the job.
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(Most A fictitious manservant, supposed to be a sort of African-American Everyman, contemplates assassinating Wallace.)
A man plots to end Wallace's life
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Furthermore she wrote, scathingly, about class, and Americans have never liked to hear about class.
She wrote about class and people from the United States have never liked to hear about class.
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It will be pointed out again and again that Bradley is just as awkward a campaigner as Gore.
Bradley's campaign is more comfortable than Gore's.
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I suppose Franke-Ruta was compelled to read every single line without really wanting to at all?
Franke-Ruta was an accomplished thespian at the time he read those lines, and he still is today.
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Scientists are now convinced that a vast internal ocean is, or was recently, roiling the surface and providing the heat and chemicals necessary to create life.
Scientists remain unconvinced that a vast internal ocean has been providing the heat and chemicals necessary to create life.
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Go-Gurt rang up $37 million in sales during its first year of limited distribution.
Strawberry was Go-Gurt's best-selling flavor during its first four quarters
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A companion piece advocates destroying food bacteria with low-level radiation.
Bacteria can be destroyed
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Other nation products--its purported AIDS cure, for instance--have undermined their claim that black businesses are less exploitative than white ones.
A business falsely claimed to have an AIDS cure
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It's not clear that Beatty is willing to do that.
Beatty will refuse to do that.
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During the war, hawks who prized human rights and vigilance accused Clinton of going easy on the Serbs.
Clinton was a warhawk who put pressure on the Serbs.
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Jesse Ventura to obstruct Pat Buchanan's run for the Reform Party nomination.
Ventura is an ally of Pat Buchanan.
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Dexfenfluramine (tradenamed Redux), a cousin of fenfluramine, was just released.
fenfluramine is expensive
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The only standard by which news organizations feel comfortable evaluating a policy is success or failure, not right or wrong.
News organizations assess policies honestly
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The message confused some of Red Eye's subscribers, and Red Herring rapidly began a damage control campaign.
Red Herring was able to repair the damage by improving the relationship between Red Eye and their subscribers.
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Hanson co-wrote the underrated White Dog (1982) with Sam Fuller, and there's a touch of Fuller in this film's lugubrious trashiness.
Fuller is known for writing cheery dialog in many popular comedies.
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The use of mind-altering drugs has probably increased as Huxley foresaw, although probably not to the extent that he foresaw.
Huxley proclaimed that taxes would rise.
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Steve Roberts medals in singles competition for shoehorning his opinion that presidential diplomacy is indispensable in the New World Order into both Washington Week in Review and Late Edition . Never one for complacency, he teams up with his wife, Cokie Roberts of This Week , for the doubles The pair repeat the predi...
Steve Roberts's spouse is Ivanka Trump
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Mayhem, family collapse, the occasional terrorist bomb, mad government policies, human platitudes--in this pleasant springtime of 1997, these, as Roth renders them, do seem to be everyone's favorite topics of conversation.
People were not concerned about these political topics.
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Both are actors who involved themselves in politics.
They are both actors who have involved themselves in politic for decades.
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He was killed in a dispute over timber by a Pamunkey Indian from Virginia who would have been considered black in Virginia but escaped prosecution because he was considered white in Mississippi.
He was killed by a Pamunkey Indian, who used an axe
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But, hey, where is the millennium?
The millennium is no where to be found.
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Hours before, Netanyahu had given a speech insisting that Israel would not halt the rapid construction of a controversial housing project in East Jerusalem or make further concessions to halt terrorism.
further concessions to halt terrorism would never be made.
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A few years later, he developed a fascination with the comely Catherine Oxenberg, then starring in the TV show Dynasty . Salinger traveled to California and had shown up on the set, according to biographer Hamilton.
Catherine Oxenberg starred in the TV show Dynasty .
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That is, because you can always declare bankruptcy and walk away, it is as if you owned the right to sell those assets at a fixed price, whatever might happen in the market.
The individual who owns the rights to the assets is dependent on what happens in the market
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Even if they use the meat.
Other options exist besides the meat.
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In preparation for our trip, I spent months studying Italian soccer on television.
Soccer is unavailable on television.
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He carried on affairs with several men and a mistress, who bore him a son he refused to lift a finger to support.
Thy bastard son cannot inherit thy lands nor carry thy house's honorable name
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It's impossible today to realize how shocking The Picture of Dorian Gray was to 1890s readers.
It is possible to determine the effect of The Picture of Dorian Gray towards 19th century readers.
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You don't understand how important this is.
The importance of this was misunderstood by him.
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Not so the New York Times , which editorially called for legislation to overturn the ruling.
The New York Times wants the ruling overturned.
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Likewise, if the presidency is worth $50 million and there are many potential candidates with essentially identical chances of winning, they'll keep entering the race until they've collectively spent at least $50 million.
The candidates get their money mostly from donations.
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When pollsters talk about a representative sample they mean a sampling that accurately reflects the population at large.
Pollsters avoid representative samples in their polling.
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Remember that only one generation before my remembered holiday party, most people didn't have health insurance at all.
One generation before my remembered holiday party, every customer had health insurance.
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Trent Lott recently called the agency intrusive, abusive, and out of control.
Trent Lott called the agency private, caring and capable.
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Washington wants the pope to condemn Slobo, and the White House might offer humanitarian aid to Serb cities that oppose him.
Washington wants the pope to condemn Slobo.
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