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What does this calendar tell us about the Spice Girls? | The author questions the relation to a British pop group. | entailment |
The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times withhold the story from their first editions but include it on Page One of the home-delivery editions. | The Washington Post includes the story on Page One | entailment |
The Booker, and all the laurels, are about my past, not my future, says this ace of the apothegm. | The boomers are in the past | entailment |
Consider for instance, the following item in today's Times : An article on July 18 about allegations of sexual misconduct among New York City police officers misstated the street number of what was said to be a brothel frequented by officers. | The Times corrected the mistake in the next issue. | neutral |
I don't want to belabor that point (though it is fun, as all the They should have seen it coming headlines on stories about Inphomation's bankruptcy suggest). | I would like to talk excessively about that point | contradiction |
But in the presence of competition among dealers, there is no difference between setting a standard of service and setting a retail For a given service standard, competition will lower the price until it's commensurate with the service standard, and for a given price, competition will raise the service standard until ... | Competition is good for consumers | neutral |
The pictures' precariousness, their de Kooningness, has unmistakably begun to leak away. | The pictures are plain. | contradiction |
Newsweek also hints that 13 Heaven's Gate members--the ground crew--may be traveling through the Southwest, waiting for a signal from the spaceship. | Heaven's Gate members are travelling to Germany. | contradiction |
It's also hard to find anyone who knows Brinkley and doesn't worry about his obsession with fame. | Brinkley's loved ones are worried about his fixation on fame. | entailment |
Not until that supremely attractive female butt crossed my radar in Nordstrom did I start to feel better. | The woman in Nordstrom had an unattractive figure. | contradiction |
Hispanics, Asians, even African and Caribbean blacks, are by and large following the classic patterns of immigrant and ethnic assimilation. | Caribbean blacks are an immigrant group | entailment |
It has been tempting to see in Soutine's flayed forms a premonition of things to come. | Soutine's flayed can see the future exactly as it will be. | contradiction |
(It is this same vision that Kaplan so admires.) | Kaplan admires this same vision | entailment |
Is this reasonable caution or self-important delight in martial law? | Is there a difference? | neutral |
In short, the place made Bosch look like a Methodist picnic. | Overall, the place was quite different from Bosch, despite some similarities. | neutral |
Last June, the Supreme Court ruled that political parties (as well as PACs, interest groups, and individuals) can make unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates. | The Supreme Court ruled corruption is illegal. | contradiction |
How come you give George a pass? | Everyone knows why George got a pass | contradiction |
Were they in there? | There is a place they could have gone without being seen. | entailment |
My wife went to Florida with her mother once. | My husband went to Florida | contradiction |
Newsweek 's cover package, pegged to the release of Steven Spielberg's film Amistad , assesses the legacy of slavery. | Amistad details the legacy of gold mining. | contradiction |
She upset 16-year-old champion Michelle Kwan, who fell down twice during her routine. | Michelle Kwan is undefeated. | contradiction |
As a result, sentences are short and clear, often brilliantly compressed. | They managed to write sentences that were very long and unclear. | contradiction |
McCain : Theodore Roosevelt was my hero and is. | McCain hated Theodore Roosevelt. | contradiction |
One regular precaution before driving out into the boonies used to be marking a giant TV with adhesive tape on the back and side windows, which we believed was easy-to-spot shorthand for don't shoot, I'm a reporter. | The backwoods of rural America is the safest part of the country. | contradiction |
H ome Every baby superstore features a section that could be called the Wall of Death. | The baby superstores offer nothing but fun, happy experiences | contradiction |
Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound. | Police had little fear deciding to raid the compound. | contradiction |
The American left has gone international to win a phony treaty that curbs greenhouse gases, Kristol alleged, because they can't accomplish their goal domestically. | Kristol alleged that the American left has gone international to win a phony treaty that curbs greenhouse gases. | entailment |
He's capable of much more than he usually gives. | He has only so little to give. | contradiction |
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 expresses regret. | entailment |
To her way of thinking no nonessential spending, no desire to possess things, can ever be innocent or morally neutral. | To her a lack of desire to obtain matter is innocent. | contradiction |
The more she's covered, the less people care about her, and the more reporters hyperbolize. | People care about her more when she has less clothes on. | contradiction |
Update on the campaign-finance 1) The Democratic money scandal is converging with the Teamsters scandal. | The scandal will cost Democrats votes. | neutral |
This esteem reverses the judgment of Abstract Expressionists who denied Dove's paternity of their movement and dismissed his landscapes as simple-minded. | Dove branched out at the end of his career by painting portraits | neutral |
The Majic Bus brought Brinkley minor fame. | Brinkley wrote The Majic Bus alone. | neutral |
So now we are living in the world everyone has long claimed to where we judge politicians based only on the issues and their public records of governance. | Politicians were judged on the issues and their record of governance. | entailment |
The book that resulted, Bosnia and the Failure of the West , is an unrelenting indictment of the international community's inability--or unwillingness--to step in and stop the killing. | Bosnia didn’t ask for help | neutral |
He and Els were on the 17 th green, tied at 4 under. | He and Els were tied | entailment |
He telegraphs the ending--you know the Limey will somehow be at the root of his daughter's death--but it's still an emotional wow. | The Limey's daughter dies by drowning | neutral |
will be more accurate than jurors who are unsure about only one criterion (does my doubt exceed 5 percent?) | Jurors need to be good at math. | neutral |
Why didn't Ellison finish--or publish--the book? | The book was published by Ellison. | contradiction |
By the way, an old corporate pro once told me never to discuss anything of importance in a bathroom or an elevator. | Elevators and bathrooms are places to be quiet as a mouse, keeping your own counsel, except for minimal required speech. | entailment |
Sheppard, Time ). Skeptics renew old attacks on sociobiology's all-encompassing view of human nature. | Sociobiology has uncontested views. | contradiction |
Both Germany and the United States classify the PKK as a terrorist organization . | Germany and the United States are not the only ones to say PKK is a terrorist organization. | neutral |
But the overall thrust of the incarceration section of the 1994 edition is that too many criminals are avoiding jail sentences. | The 1994 edition was very in depth on jail sentencing. | neutral |
Time 's feature argues that settling is trickier than it Can Clinton acknowledge Jones' claim and not admit to any wrongdoing? | Time wrote about Clinton. | entailment |
Smith's press secretary, Ken Wolfe, boasts that by offering that bill, We have called their bluff. | Ken Wolfe, who is employed by Smith, bragged that by pushing the bill they have effectively called their bluff. | entailment |
Here's a quick review of possible objections, left and | There was more than one possible statement. | entailment |
And then there's everyone else in the city. | The city has a population of 100. | contradiction |
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. | Each man will get half of the money | neutral |
I spent 10 years in commercial aviation with two U.S. flag carriers and offer the following comments based on that experience. | I spent 10 years in aviation. | entailment |
And at a time when ad people all seem to be drawing from the same palette of colors and styles, creativity and distinctiveness are, oddly enough, not synonymous. | Ad creators seem to go along with each other in using similar colors and styles. | entailment |
And they look so cool. | They were initially thought of as not appearing to be cool. | neutral |
But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick. | The whole thing is very beautiful. | neutral |
Let me enlighten Almost every time I need to use the disabled stall (I am in a wheelchair), I have to wait for an AB to leave, and they all apologize meekly when they leave. | The author feels that people are unkind and violent to them because of their need to use the disabled stall. | contradiction |
Kill 'em with kindness, and they don't know where to look. | Kindness is the tactic that the speaker recommends. | entailment |
Dr. Arthur Caplan, the only ethicist at the hearing who betrayed any awareness of the new issues, focused instead on the morality of trade-offs. | Arthur Caplan focused on the new issues. | contradiction |
Alternatively, he could have used his address to the Christian Coalition last Friday to criticize religious intolerance. | Another option, he could have used his address to the Christian Coalition last Friday to criticize religious intolerance | entailment |
But in the closing days of the campaign, it stands as an apt description of his faltering Republican opponents. | The campaign has many months remaining | contradiction |
However, most college-bound Colorado students take a different college entrance exam, making the SAT an unreliable measure of school quality. | The SAT is still used on a limited basis in Colorado. | neutral |
Scientists say they have found the source of HIV . They traced HIV-1, the virus that has caused most of the AIDS epidemic, to a related virus carried by an African chimpanzee subspecies. | HIV-1 is the virus that caused most of the AIDS epidemic. | entailment |
*The scalpers-and-brokers point was brought to Chatterbox's attention by Randolph Cohen's brother Andrew, who is an assistant professor of history at Syracuse. | Andrew Cohen is Jewish | neutral |
Is Lee Harvey Oswald in his grave or in Russia? | Lee Harvey Oswald's death is questionable because he may be in his grave, or in Russia. | neutral |
This is, admittedly, just a single line from a long-ago interview, but it suggests that the Clintons are locked into a denial. | The Clintons are locked into a denial, based on a single line from a long-ago interview | entailment |
I think neglecting to mention this shows that the Journal 's editorial page lacks intellectual integrity. | The Journal's editorial page is biased. | neutral |
But my point Who's going to hire him? | They are unconcerned with making a point. | contradiction |
Goodman's explanations of Jewish ritual sometimes veer from the helpful to the condescendingly overexplicit, as if she were writing for young adults. | Goodman explains a religious ritual about preparing food properly | neutral |
Submitting a decision to the U.S. | A hot inside tip is submitted to the US | contradiction |
For the remaining puzzle is why the world provided LTCM with so much money to lose. | LTCM was quite poor. | contradiction |
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 are convinced that a vast internal ocean has been providing the heat and chemicals necessary to create life. | entailment |
Jerry Falwell apologized for saying the Antichrist must be Jewish . At a prayer breakfast, he said, I apologize to my Jewish friends here and around the world and I apologize to the Christians here for having created any kind of rift. | The pastor who said the Antichrist must be Jewish refused to apologize | contradiction |
The portion is tiny, the chicken is in rubbery cubes so uniform they barely look like food, and the noodles are all clumped together on one side. | The dish has poultry in it | entailment |
It disgusting, childish, and unnecessary. | It is behavior unbecoming an adult. | entailment |
That problem was there at the beginning, when meritocracy appeared to have triumphed, whether at the University of California or Yale, and it is still with us. | Meritocracy appeared to have won in New Haven. | entailment |
Why would you assume that this comment has to do with African-Americans anyway? | There is an assumption that African-Americans had to do with the comment. | entailment |
The Red Hat manual offered clearer directions, and the new version automatically partitioned my hard drive. | The manual, which I ordered, gave more concise directions. | entailment |
It forces us to justify doing otherwise. | Justification would be useless. | neutral |
It also helps if you can send your husband on Larry King Live to grovel before the nation, as Frank did. | It would be detrimental and unhelpful if you send your husband to grovel on a live tv show. | contradiction |
I >n cases labeled as serious physical abuse, the reported injury could be mental or emotional. | There is serious emotional harm done in all cases of physical abuse. | neutral |
But lately he has taken to cruising college campuses in his Miata, looking for recruits. | He gets recruits from colleges using his Miata as a transportation. | entailment |
For example, no reasonable person would expect the United States to invade or bomb Turkey to stop genocide against the Kurds. | The United States is expected to stop every conflict on the global scale. | contradiction |
All this time, the land for the library has sat undisturbed, covered with tall weeds and empty buildings, its intended purpose marked only by a banner that has grown progressively more tattered. | There is no interest in moving the library plans forward. | neutral |
The Falcons, who have stunk perennially, are football's best Cinderella story in years. | The Falcons are well respected. | contradiction |
Stimulate global growth by boosting consumer demand from the bottom up. | Consumer demand has no correlation to economic growth at the global scale. | contradiction |
Let's pause for a moment to map the nuances of that pitch. | The pitch given was a baseball pitch. | neutral |
Whenever the country emerges from a national trauma and focuses on its piggy bank, presidential expectations shrink. | Presidential expectations shrink after a national trauma | entailment |
Of course the governors and the president managed to turn deficits into surpluses. | The deficient got worse under the governors and the president. | contradiction |
I'd be smoking right now if it weren't for the part about the hideous respiratory illness and coughing away my life in a painful and protracted demise. | Smoking is perfectly safe and harmless. | contradiction |
A gesture clearly suited to football's warlike nature, the Salute is named for Denver's Mile High Stadium. | A gesture is named for a stadium in Denver. | entailment |
By contrast, Mundell's writings since the early '70s have been discursive, one might almost say rambling, and often reveal a sort of hankering for the lost certainties of the gold standard. | Mundell's work is concise, eloquent, and optimistic of the future. | contradiction |
This path has been smoothed by the nihilism of those Arab intellectuals--including Said--who prefer utopian dreams to a view of politics as the art of compromise. | Said spent years at university, trying to learn more about ideal societies. | neutral |
But after the election, says Blankley, there is a 99. | The election was canceled due to a coup. | contradiction |
Apparently there are enough 18-year-old book buyers in the first flush of marijuana to keep Hunter in tequila and narcotics for the rest of his life. | 18 year olds only buy books for their parents. | neutral |
As Buchanan put it, the boys in the War Room had won a little victory today over this little girl who is going to be denied justice. | According to Buchanan, The War room was responsible for a little girl's demise. | entailment |
The drive to find and eat food was integral to the survival of our early ancestors. | Our ancestors also depended on shelter for survival. | neutral |
And if there was a bit of buggery and whatnot going on up in the balcony, what of it? | The author doesn't care what was going on on the balcony. | entailment |
In the 1830s and 1840s, the system accounted for more than three-quarters of U.S. federal employees. | The system accounted for a minority of U.S. federal employees in the 1830s and 1840s. | contradiction |
In a statement, Sawyer said she played no role in this decision. | Sawyer admitted to her part in the decision. | contradiction |
All this is called devolution, to rhyme with evolution (and not to rhyme with revolution). | Devolution is meant to rhyme with revolution. | contradiction |
Fischel is also the author of The Conspiracy To Destroy Michael Milken and His Financial Revolution . Administrators protest that they are only keeping pace with their UNEXT has already signed on with Columbia, while Harvard, Stanford, and Cornell are considering commercial partners for their own online programs. | UNEXT has already signed on with Cornell | contradiction |
Critics have demanded that UFC install ropes instead. | critics suggested string be installed | contradiction |
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