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Don Michael Randel, currently provost at Cornell University, has been selected to succeed Hugo Sonnenschein, who stepped down in June. | Don Randel works at Cornell University. | entailment |
In a sense, the advertising industry is reluctantly moving toward a business model much closer to the so-called free-agent economy than to the traditional idea of a corporation. | Changing the business model will change how advertisments are done. | neutral |
Here's what Hatfield writes about what Eufaula told | Hatfield ignored what Eufaula said. | contradiction |
(Read William Saletan's to see how the doctors cultivated their common touch.) | Medical evolution has been covered in this book. | entailment |
She is attracted to me and we would like to see more of each other. | I am repulsive | contradiction |
In this, it is very much like another Microsoft product, the new Encarta Dictionary . The dictionary and its style guide would make Mrs. Grundy proud. | It's like a Microsoft product | entailment |
You are nice to weigh in as a Prudie. | You are a Prudie. | entailment |
Mafia boss Sam Giancana allegedly canceled the hit after hearing a Sinatra album. | It is said after hearing a Sinatra, Sam Giancana called off the hit. | entailment |
At one point he imagines this middle-class By dismissing our fears about declining morality out of hand, you fail to recognize that middle-class morality is not necessarily opposed to the values of inclusion and equality that you currently profess. | Middle-class morality is more modernistic than not. | neutral |
In the meantime, Ventura is pursuing the Bulworth option. | While waiting, The Bulworth choice looks promising to Ventura. | entailment |
Deciding he'd like to make an eccentric regional comedy with universal themes, he journeyed to a village in Ireland, set himself up in the pub, and took notes on what he saw and heard. | The comedy, which was set in an Irish Pub, won universal acclaim. | neutral |
I love the Native Americans. | The Native Americans are loved due to their culture. | neutral |
Suppose Shepard is right that we are understating productivity growth by, say, 1 percent. | Shepard is in charge of productivity growth. | neutral |
They're interested in the clash of personalities. | Not all peoples personalities are compatiable. | entailment |
We hate to sound like Girl Scouts, but you really must accept cookies if you're going to subscribe to | Girl scouts have run out cookies. | contradiction |
It is the cuisine equivalent of the landlord banging at your door. | It is unpleasant for the landlord to bang on your door. | entailment |
And you have made other people happy, as well. | Your existence brings joy to all. | neutral |
It half-works right up to the point where people start getting gassed, and then Benigni's moist-eyed heroism and tenacious faith in his own irresistibility start to seem like a monstrous ego trip--a clown's megalomania. | Benigni doesn't have long lasting faith in his own attraction. | contradiction |
By June, Gerth was writing, with a tinge of desperation, that the Pentagon did not find grave damage but did conclude that the United States national security had been harmed. | National security continued to fall after June | neutral |
He's a hippie in a suit. | Even dressed to the nines, this is obviously a student of the "flower-child" era. | entailment |
Time reports on a peculiar development in medical fake operations. | Medical fake operations have increased in number recently. | neutral |
Staying on that show is like staying in an abusive marriage. | Staying on the show is like staying with a loving family that cares deeply about you. | contradiction |
He is, as one writer put it, the efficient ethnic cleanser. | Some people think of him as an efficient ethnic cleanser. | entailment |
Dr. Richards, can you write a prescription for the tabloids? | Tabloids are a new medicine | contradiction |
In restaurants she cleans out the bread basket and transfers everything to her purse. | she has a strange habit of pilfering the bread baskets at our local eateries. | entailment |
In theory, mandatory insurance could make life better for everyone , including those who currently prefer to be uninsured. | Some prefer to be uninsured. | entailment |
I am surprised, Richard, that you find Faludi's characterizations of the male crisis to fit the British profile. | The Falud characterizes the female crisis. | contradiction |
That much his memoir gets right. | He was the subject of a memoir. | entailment |
Should he try and then fail, Beijing will conclude that it is dealing with a weak administration. | If he tries and fails the country will assume the administration is weak. | entailment |
dull, provincial, and oddly prevalent on U.S. comedy shows. | Comedy shows exist in America. | entailment |
complaining to her about their disgusting fellow citizens. | She was liked by the complainers | neutral |
Issue 3, the viability of the long-suffering tobacco bill, confounds everyone. | the tobacco bill confounds everyone | entailment |
The man who gave the Iron Curtain its name is the true democratic hero of our age. | The Iron Curtain was named by a democratic leader that is recognized today, but became famous years ago. | entailment |
It might also be pointed out that Dole supported the political pardons meted out by Gerald Ford, when he served as Ford's running mate in 1976. | Tricky Dick, or Richard Nixon, was pardoned by Gerald Ford with Dole's tacit support. | neutral |
However, subsequent government supervision of these unions has reduced mob involvement. | Before government supervision, some unions were completely run by the mob. | neutral |
And, as SurfWatch's promotional literature is happy to point out, filters can help protect management from liability for permitting sexually explicit material in the workplace. | SurfWatch is a popular resource that companies use and read to protect themselves. | neutral |
Hispanics, Asians, even African and Caribbean blacks, are by and large following the classic patterns of immigrant and ethnic assimilation. | European immigrants are not following classic patterns of ethnic assimilation | neutral |
The notion is ludicrous on the face of it. | The idea being discussed is serious. | contradiction |
The Clinton health-care plan is a case in point. | The health care plan is from Clinton. | entailment |
1 bank in loans, deposits, business lending (large and small), and ATMs (15,000); | ATMs are used more thank banks | neutral |
our casual voodoo the pleasure to give pain that gives pleasure of pain, unmerited, cruel, free creation | The pain that gives pleasure is a short sensation | neutral |
Considering how hard it was for the extraordinary Frank McCourt to learn how to teach, one has to wonder whether individual teachers can really measure their own progress. | It was simple for Frank McCourt to learn how to teach others. | contradiction |
Throughout the story, Ellison uses the symbol of horns, investing them with a number of meanings relating to sexual desire (the horny young boys), artistic creation (the instrument of jazz), and masculinity (the symbol of a bull). | In the story Ellison used horns to symbolize sexual desire, artistic creation, and masculinity. | entailment |
Government-mandated integration is wrong, he writes, because any endorsement of racial preferences is immoral. | Endorsing racial preferences is bad and will be punished. | neutral |
Crest is the standard here, while Colgate products tend toward runniness. | Colgate doesn’t run | contradiction |
(Clinton to We're basically following your game plan. | Clinton told them he was basically following their game plan. | entailment |
Chamber of Commerce spent $7 million on advertising in support of GOP candidates | The Republican nominees were unable to find the money they needed for advertising. | contradiction |
Waking Ned Devine might have been a snooze if Jones hadn't stocked it with a slew of old actors with magically lived-in visages. | There were a lot of old actors. | neutral |
During the farewell tour of his legislative district, Paxon indicated the depth of his enthusiasm in raising Suby when he let Molinari change the diaper as their plane touched down in Buffalo, N.Y. | Paxon and Molinari were on the plane with baby Suby as they landed in Buffalo, N.Y. | entailment |
All praise is reserved for the production The staging is infinitely inventive, says New York 's John Simon. | John Simon praises the production. | entailment |
It was simply to say the industry is prepared to make revolutionary changes in its behavior if it gets some protection from these giant suits, and this is a good deal for the public. | The industry has the processes available to make changes. | entailment |
Prudie must confess that your advice is a tad more constructive than her own. | Prudie gives better advices than most people. | neutral |
You could argue that Joe Avid is so hooked on Slate that we can afford to put him over a barrel at the micropayment rate, even though it means that he will pay a lot more. | Joe Avid loves Slate. | entailment |
It's redeploying assets to boost the stock price. | The stock price will be boosted due to redeployed assests. | entailment |
In a state lottery, your odds of winning depend only on how many tickets you hold compared with everyone else. | The odds of winning depend on how many tickets everyone else holds and how many you hold. | entailment |
I'm prepared to say what is desirable, he tells him. | I refuse to speak | contradiction |
USA Snapshots and other regular graphs abound. | The USA snapshots graphs regularly. | contradiction |
That report could deliver a knockout blow to Clinton. | The report could affect Clinton. | entailment |
But what it isn't is a rational way to run an industry. | It's an irrational manner of running an industry | entailment |
Second, that the rankings suffer from a serious conceptual flaw. | there is a serious conceptual flaw with the rankings | entailment |
The new regimens are themselves feasible (at costs from pennies to $60 per patient, they seem to be). | The regimens are prohibitively expensive | contradiction |
(In Paragraph 19, Line 106, replace the words 'Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction' with the words 'seven hundred fifty million dollars. | There are 105 lines before the line with the words that were changed to read as 'seven hundred fifty million dollars'. | entailment |
Naturally, European governments want to tax call-back services out of existence. | call-back services are being targeted by European governments. | entailment |
The Reagan defense budgets helped, as did an aggressive marketing plan abroad and, most importantly, the merger with Martin Marietta and the acquisition of General Dynamics' F-16 fighter division. | General Dynamic's F-16 fighter division was acquired | entailment |
No matter how fast we all run, someone must be behind. | Doesn't matter how fast you go someone is always has to be last | entailment |
In fact, if there's one thing that is unequivocally true about M&A activity, it's that companies dramatically underestimate how much it will cost and how long it will take to make two companies--with their attendant managerial hierarchies, corporate cultures, and computer systems--into one. | Underestimating the cost of merging can lead to catastrophic failure. | neutral |
According to the Washington Post , Steve Forbes and George W. Bush are criticizing Al Gore for naively accepting Russian pledges of economic reform. | It has been intimated by The Washington post that Al Gore has recognized Russian pledges of economic reform to be true. | entailment |
The face of Europe might look quite a bit different. | Europe's appearance will change. | entailment |
He became a devoted editor of George , which seems likely to founder in his absence. | He never worked as an editor of George. | contradiction |
Henry V would have inspired no one on St. Crispin's day by | Henry V wouldn't have inspired anybody on St. Crispin's Day. | entailment |
When almost anything can be said in public, profanity ceases to exist in any meaningful way at all. | certain words are universally inappropriate | contradiction |
He was evading a question about Universal's troubled Pig in the City . He's under oath. | He evaded the question because he did not want to lie under oath. | neutral |
When I checked a couple of years ago, the shelter population had indeed increased, but only by a handful of families. | There is no longer a need for the shelter. | contradiction |
In 1990, Milliken supplied crucial seed money to the Economic Strategy Institute, a think tank headed by former Reagan administration official Clyde Prestowitz; thereafter, he contributed more than 10 percent of ESI's budget. | Milliken provided money to an organization headed by Clyde Prestowitz | entailment |
Nor does he believe in military conscription in wartime ([t]he libertarian believes that people will voluntarily defend a country worth defending). | Libertarians consider the draft necessary | contradiction |
To remain a tool for continued desegregation and not just for excellence, the magnet schools had to maintain set-asides for black students. | Some blacks performed well in school | 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. | Jiang can't be caught dead appeasing Americans on human rights when we are viewed as being abusive by the average Chinese citizen. | neutral |
but made mother smoke it up just in case, | Mom inhaled it | entailment |
Fortunately, perhaps, for those who favor tolerance and democracy, there is also no Khomeini--the leading Muslim organizations are deeply divided. | The leading Muslim organizations have all agreed that democracy is the way forward. | contradiction |
So World War II is avoided, millions of lives--you know, the right sort of lives--are saved, and history is transformed in ways so utopian, you'd never recognize the present. | Avoiding WWII does not change history | contradiction |
She is attracted to me and we would like to see more of each other. | I am pleasing to her | entailment |
Winesburg, Ohio, like cyberspace, was a perfectly efficient information market. | Winesburg, OH was an inefficient information market. | contradiction |
What's more, the latter reads more like it slugs a story about the Amalgamated Interior Decorators and Salon Stylists. | Salon Stylists and the Amalgamated Interior Decorators have a lot in common. | neutral |
Has the government not tried hard enough? | It is uncertain whether the state has tried hard enough | entailment |
1) It' a product of classic Hollywood opportunism, cashing in on widepread cynicism about presidential ethics. | The widespread cynicism about presidential ethics was cashed in and used by Hollywood. | entailment |
Anticipating the patient's regular tics, the researchers monitored how his grip on the sensor box changed as his arm twitched. | They had little reason to think his tics were associated with his arm twitching. | contradiction |
Schumer, like D'Amato, is aggressive, opportunistic, and unpleasant in more ways that I care to discover. | D'Amato shares qualities with Schumer | entailment |
When they married 20 years ago, the Globe reports, people said it wouldn't last. | They married 20 months ago | contradiction |
Internet telephony, one of the coolest new online applications, illustrates packet switching's drawbacks. | Internet telephony is a well-established online application. | contradiction |
But Spielberg doesn't have to catch them all. | Spielberg can rely on power to get what he wants. | neutral |
Well, why read any type of fiction? | There exists only one type of fiction. | contradiction |
Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path. | Complaints can be sent to others outside of Critical Path. | neutral |
A year ago, when News Quiz debuted, Slate was free. | Slate was free when news Quiz debuted. | entailment |
In addition, the unions sponsored voter guides and a get-out-the-vote campaign. | The money put toward the campaign made a difference. | neutral |
He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her. | She helped him with tasks daily. | contradiction |
Don't take my word for it. | You shouldn't take my word for it. | entailment |
This passage could easily belong to a piece of nonfiction--to one of the witty old Letters from Europe that used to run in The New Yorker . And in fact, in the best of these character studies, a vivid picture of Cold War Europe--infected with mediocre rhetoric, imprisoned by fake boundaries, inhabited by numb and ambiv... | This part of the story involves a film noir type, who done it. | neutral |
The New Yorker puzzles over Stern's His program is pure id--vile, cruel, crude--yet he remains a faithful husband and devoted father. | The New Yorker dislikes Stern. | neutral |
He can drop the pretense that he's nonpartisan. | He tries to be neutral. | neutral |
But Milosevic, in turn, may have underestimated Clinton's agility. | Milosevic misjudged Clinton's prowess and he is scared. | neutral |
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