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Investigators are examining whether mobsters diverted funds--including foreign aid--out of the country through an offshore network built by a former International Monetary Fund official.
Mobsters were suspected of diverting funds.
entailment
Does he himself play, or has he merely observed others?
He likes to play rather than watch.
neutral
People who gorged themselves survived winter famines and reproduced more than others.
Having food leads to more children.
neutral
Also, most individuals do not screen their e-mail address books politically, meaning that a solicitation sent out to all a person's contacts may well end up in the hands of someone who doesn't want it--which could turn into a public relations problem.
An e-mail solicitation ending up in the hands of someone that doesn't want it could turn into a public relations problem.
entailment
(All gynaecologists are idealists.
Gynecologists have strong morals and beliefs as a result of their Hippocratic Oath.
neutral
At worst, he is amassing credentials, fame, and wealth on the basis of others' uncredited labor--once considered a scholarly sin.
There is no doubt about his work
contradiction
Would it be rude if I took a nice bottle of French wine (OK, maybe two)?
French wine is so bad, most people use it as vinegar.
contradiction
The Street Lawyer avoids the kind of self-righteousness that usually accompanies homeless activism.
The self-righteousness that usually accompanies homeless activism is avoided by the Street Lawyer.
entailment
He felt a bond with us as fellow writers.
He has been writing for a long time.
neutral
(For more on the meeting, see .) (2/22/99)
The meeting was well attended
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But if the answer is no--if we have no obligations to those imprisoned souls--then it seems there can be no moral objection to our trashing Earth, to the point where there will be no future generations.
There can be no moral objection to our trashing Earth if we do have obligations to those imprisoned souls
contradiction
Good Kids watch less television.
Good kids watch a lot of TV
contradiction
Boston Globe : Following his impeachment, Bill Clinton meets with colorful, possibly apocryphal, salt-of-the-earth Boston characters.
Clinton met with well wishers in Boston.
neutral
Of course the little things matter.
Bigger things matter too.
neutral
Fearing his powers might be waning as he approached 30, Nash decided he would solve the most important unresolved problem in the Riemann Zeta conjecture.
Nash was a super hero.
neutral
The writers had to make their points in terms that people of the time would understand.
The writers wrote their argument in layman's terms.
entailment
The forgery story churned its way into the Washington Times on Oct. 26.
The Washington Times reported a story about forgery
entailment
Sports pundits likened him to Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus.
Sports pundits thought he was nothing like Jack Nicklaus or Michael Jordan.
contradiction
In 19 th -century Britain, this tough love helped keep the divorce rate near zero even amid the stark status inequality of a modern nation.
tough love was the only reason 19th-century Britain was near zero divorce rate.
neutral
A spate of explicit parental responsibility laws passed by states and communities over the last couple of years give judges the power to make parents pay for juvenile detention or undergo counseling with their kids.
Over the last couple of years, explicit parental responsibility laws passed by states and communities took the power away from judges to make parents pay for juvenile detention.
contradiction
, higher taxes, more generous provisions for the poor) are not what they want.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with underreporting your taxes since those crooks in DC steal so much from us already
neutral
The two most successful stories here, That I Had the Wings and Flying Home, are less self-conscious than A Coupla Scalped Indians.
These stories are the worst they could come up with.
contradiction
Reply All, our experimental novel-by-e-mail written by three anonymous authors in three different cities, moves outside the subscription wall for a while, beginning today.
An experimental novel by email written by three authors called Reply All, is extremely popular with the public.
neutral
An even older source reminds me of an investment for old age at which Cicero only hints.
Cicero's ability to make good decisions has allowed his advice to cross two millenia of time.
neutral
Besides the CBS suit, it won $1,700 plus legal fees from USA Today after the newspaper reprinted the I Have a Dream speech without permission.
The I Have a Dream speech was used inappropriately by USA Today.
neutral
Newsweek 's longer piece likens this to swapping Katharine Hepburn for Whitney was revered for her practicality, whereas Fuller exudes buzz.
Whitney was revered for her practicality.
entailment
(Belize and Gibraltar are best, because they don't recognize American divorce judgments.)
American divorce judgements are recognized everywhere except Belize and Gibraltar.
neutral
One reject was asked earnestly why on earth he had gone to live in Prague after graduation, surviving on odd jobs instead of starting a career back home.
He had family living in Prague
neutral
The commander in chief has made a commitment on behalf of the United States, and the United States must honor that commitment.
The commander in chief makes no commitments
contradiction
Movie stars can control their images.
Actors can not direct their outward representation.
contradiction
This is the resentful perception so many mainstream feminists seem stuck in today.
Mainstream feminists are stuck in a resentful peception.
entailment
The baby gets new toys every day, because used toys are immediately discarded.
The baby likes to play with used toys given to her by friends.
contradiction
Or Morris could have contacted Dorothy Healey, who was the chair of the Southern California Communist Party during the '40s.
Dorthey Healyey knew Morris.
neutral
The year he returned to Congress, 1965, the national endowments for the arts and humanities were voted into existence.
Additional national endowments were created in 1965.
entailment
This is a drop in the bucket.
It was everything that needed to be done, and then some.
contradiction
Intellectual property refers, basically, to nontangible creative product and, like a rising sea, it seems to cover new territory with every passing year.
A video game character is an example of intellectual property.
entailment
In the early stages of her career, Evita was fleshier and raunchier and blended better with Madonna's present persona.
Evita was fleshy and raunchy - the absolute antithesis of what Madonna is today.
contradiction
Words are now rarely carved in stone
You can no longer tell if what you read will still be true tomorrow.
entailment
Or, maybe higher savings wouldn't really increase growth.
After raising savings, growth wouldn't increase
entailment
Lewis won the close bout in a unanimous decision , making him the first undisputed titleholder since 1992.
Lewis lost the competition in the early 90s.
contradiction
In January 1993, the Bush administration launched cruise missiles at Baghdad to force compliance.
The Bush administrated fired at Baghdad.
entailment
The sixth version of the classic cookbook occasions nostalgia for the 1931 original.
There is only 1 version of the cookbook available
contradiction
Allergy treatment is a burgeoning sector of the economy.
Stocks in that sector are growing.
neutral
Tudjman, who is fond of Il Duce-type uniforms, rigged the parliamentary elections so that his nationalist party, HDZ, could not lose.
Tudjman was an American who became governor of California, leading many popular socialist reforms, showing you can't rain on someone's parade.
contradiction
But who window shops anymore, except at 35 mph, through a window set in the frame of a vehicle?
Drivers with tinted windows do window shopping
neutral
Until recently, their industry was illegal almost everywhere.
After years of legal operation, their industry was recently deemed to be illegal.
contradiction
In either case, stripped to its essentials, a left-of-center program seeks to help the less prosperous at the expense of everybody else (i.e.
A liberal program seeks to help the less prosperous with housing at the expense of everybody else.
neutral
It's an odd maxim for a man whose work is dedicated to the idea that the way to amass wealth is to take it, not create it.
The man gambles for a living.
neutral
Here again, Artaud's ferocity, anguish, and hallucinatory paranoia are matched and joined by his intelligence and paradoxical control.
Neither Artaud's hallucinatory paranoia nor paradoxical control are depicted.
contradiction
There's more good stuff in Briefing, including Explainer, The Week/The Spin, and Slate
Briefing contains top works from publications or sites.
entailment
In Newsday , James Wood optimistically proposes the One feels behind the postmodernism an old realist modernist grinding away, eager to notate reality (though in funky ways).
The One is long
neutral
I do not know whether this theory is true.
They are uncertain as to whether the theory is true or not.
entailment
He got $3 million for Basic Instinct , then $2.
He lost popularity after Basic Instinct.
neutral
Manifolds, one must understand, are fairly wild and exotic beasts in mathematics.
Manifolds are not encountered often in the field of mathematics.
entailment
There are, to be sure, pivotal generational experiences.
even major experience are unlikely to effect an entire generation
contradiction
The neat 6:3:2 mathematical relationship among the price groups should be noted.
there is a pattern to the prices.
entailment
It costs virtually the same amount to produce, no matter how many people use it, and no matter how heavy the use.
The amount of people and heavy use has no effect on the cost to produce it.
entailment
The resistance literature often comments on Hitler's amazing luck, or his uncanny ability to sense danger; but the failures of the resistance might be better ascribed to the calculated unluck of the resisters, their own ability to sense danger and step away from it, and their overall minuscule number.
The resistance wounded Hitler
neutral
He opens people up by agreeing with them.
After agreeing with them, others close themselves up to him
contradiction
The second variety of white race-consciousness--whiteness-as-burden--is no less tangled up in hypocrisy.
Being white is hard for certain people.
neutral
If you missed the link to the refresher on harassment law and its history, click .
The refresher course is mandatory
neutral
Greed, liquor, jingoism, and bad taste.
Greed is a bad thing
entailment
They're more interested in spiritual self-flagellation and renewal.
They are unwilling to endure physical pain for spiritual retribution.
contradiction
It is a society in which every want is fulfilled.
Having every want fulfilled is a dream.
neutral
And that's why there's nothing at all wrong with this picture.
The picture is flawless
entailment
This, surely, is where the Clinton sex policy and the Clinton social policy combine.
The author is making a joke about Clinton's past.
neutral
Suppose, for example, that an estate of $400 is to be divided among creditors who claim $100, $200, and $300.
The author wants you to suppose that creditors who claim $100, $200, and $300 divide an estate of $400 equally.
neutral
Second, Finkelstein echoes conventional historical thinking when he says Nazism's main appeal lay in Hitler's promises to restore order in post-Weimar Germany, end unemployment, and make the country an international power.
Hitler was attractive to those who wanted Germany to be an international power.
entailment
Not only do people appreciate my respect for their preferences, but I also don't have to choose to whom to cater in mixed situations.
I single people out.
contradiction
Glimpses into his character do not add up to a full motivation for Bunt's aimlessness (Thomas Keneally, the New York Times Book Review ).
Thomas Keneally review suggests Bunt is aimless.
entailment
The movie is a passable entertainment--call it The Half Monty . It has standard issue (but funny) farcical sight gags and a score of panpipes to provide the requisite undercurrent of Celtic melancholy.
Round up the usual suspects, you'll need them, this show has no redeeming qualities, you'll need someone to question.
contradiction
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court had never ruled that the First Amendment could be used in this way.
The Supreme Court can not rule on issues of the First Amendment.
contradiction
As a college student familiar with all the latest urban lingo, I believe the proper term to be used in these contexts is boink.
Boink is the proper term to use in these context.
entailment
I had to format both drives.
Someone else formatted the drives.
contradiction
Critics praise her eclectic style--funk, blues, soul, and dance--and dwell on her racy lyrics.
Her lyrics describe her sexual exploits.
neutral
Not to orthodox quiz participants, for whom greeting cards are to genuine manifestations of feeling what Big Macs are to real hamburgers, with some sort of joke about Hallmark and bulimia--and an ugly image that would be, if only I had the wit to express it.
Orthodox quiz participants are a pretentious group in the author's eyes.
neutral
The USAT lead states that leaks indicate that in his deposition last Saturday, Clinton was asked detailed questions about his sexual history with at least four women, including one woman escorted by a state trooper to a rendezvous just days before he became president.
Clinton was a virgin.
contradiction
The agonized expression on his face looks like a kind of rapture.
You could see the pain written all over his face and he looked miserable.
contradiction
The effort to convert won into dollars and other foreign currencies depressed the value of the won, despite the Korean government's efforts to sustain it by using its reserves.
The Korean Government successfully stopped foreign currencies from coming in and devaluing the won.
contradiction
It's agreeable to find him grounded in the here and now--the magic is there but below the surface.
He was previously considered to be mentally unstable.
neutral
An even older source reminds me of an investment for old age at which Cicero only hints.
It was the younger source, rather than the older one, which was reminiscent of a bit of advice by Cicero.
contradiction
Well, if we extend the co-op's story a little bit, it is not hard to generate something that looks a lot like Japan's problems--and to see the outline of a solution.
Not extending the co-op's story will not do anything at all.
contradiction
Consider the sex lives of older Americans.
Older Americans enjoy sex less than the younger Americans.
entailment
Out of her stillness she suddenly shrieks, not as an appeal but as a demand, I'm a human being!
That lady was scary quiet, then like a howl in the night, she erupted.
entailment
Hillary must energize blacks and Hispanics without alienating white ethnic suburbanites who favor Giuliani.
All white suburbanites should be alienated.
contradiction
But the most affecting act is the kaddish , the statement of mourning that a son says on the death of his father.
The Kaddish must be spoken in the original text, set in stone, with no variation in inflection.
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But I'm not kidding, it's time for her to go.
She ignored the calls for her to leave for several weeks
neutral
What Bradley needed was a policy expert who could block Brazile's cheap shot.
Bradley wanted the policy expert to be British
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 that low IQ is predictive of of economic success.
contradiction
That report could deliver a knockout blow to Clinton.
The report could save Clinton.
contradiction
But the more important question How many teen-age girls are getting pregnant in the first place?
The author is wondering about the amount of teenagers getting pregnant.
entailment
The Constitution requires only that a senator when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
You could live outside of the state you want to represent in the senate prior to the election.
neutral
Keyes' answer didn't precisely address the question, but which was more interesting and enlightening?
Keyes' response answered the question explicitly
contradiction
But I begin to see in the public's indifference to the myriad accusations of presidential adultery that Weisberg speaks for the majority.
Most of the accusations of presidential adultery were true.
neutral
Tripp has spent 26 years in this cocoon, which will enable her to retire on a handsome pension, based on the average of her three highest consecutive years of pay.
Tripps pension is based on her highest consecutive years income.
entailment
In his Feb. 3 from the Clinton trial, he writes, History and the American people have already rendered their verdict.
Clinton writes that the Americans already rendered their verdict.
contradiction
The clearest proof of the new left's poverty is what Clinton and Blair have to say about the middle class.
Blair looks down on the middle class
neutral
I fear that a certain software billionaire may be a nut job.
Writing software requires a different type of brain.
neutral
But none of these revelations improves the case that Hollywood Communism was a significant threat to democracy.
The relevations improve the case that Hollywood Communism was a threat to democracy.
contradiction
Maybe if I were gay, but I'm not.
Hey, I'm interested no matter what!
contradiction