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By continuing to appease Buchanan, several of our candidates appear to have put politics ahead of our party's principles. | Buchanan was mollified continuously. | entailment |
Entrepreneurs now use cheap new technology, such as remote-operated vehicles, to salvage artifacts from ancient wrecks. | No use crying over spilt milk, you can easily get lost treasure from the ocean floor without endangering human life. | entailment |
Like Mark Twain, who said that suicide is the only sane thing the young or old ever do in this life, we imagine that the elderly and the ill desire death rationally. | No one has ever imagined that the ill and the elderly's desire for death is rational. | contradiction |
Nudity on stage can be powerful, and is still protested, but not as powerful as the frightening glimpse I had as a child of Ethel Merman in Gypsy . Now, if you could get the ghost of Ethel Merman and the undead Mickey Rooney to strip to the waist for 10 rounds of bare-knuckle action, that would be truly frightening sta... | All nudity on stage is banned. | contradiction |
The first moral is that children are never safer than when staring at a computer screen. | Kids are safest when they are looking at a computer screen. | entailment |
Chernow attributes this attitude to Rockefeller's uncommon respect for the dollar. | According to Chernow, Rockefeller respected the dollar | entailment |
The most extreme version of this concept, called group selection, is Gaia, which suggests that all of life cooperates so as to ensure its continued survival. | Gaia promotes survival of the fittest. | contradiction |
The Jerusalem Post pointed to a novelty-seeking and risk-taking gene discovered in Israel (see International Papers for ). Michael Kelly asks Washington Post readers why we lard up the sorrow with this great and gross festival of national media blah-blah about Camelot and royalty and The Kennedy Curse. | The risk taking gene was discovered at a University | neutral |
The Dow Jones industrial average topped 7,000 . Financial reporters, while proclaiming once again that the optimists have been vindicated, are having more and more trouble finding anyone on Wall Street who was this optimistic. | The Dow Jones industrial average remained at 7,000 for more than a day. | neutral |
Every computer Apple makes costs a lot to make. | Apple stopped making computers. | contradiction |
Starr was putting his own guys to sleep. | Starr wanted his guys to sleep. | entailment |
We remember the Marshall Plan today not because Secretary of State George Marshall gave a great speech (he didn't) or because President Truman maneuvered the bill creating the staff and bureaucracy of the European Recovery Administration through Congress. | England, France, and their neighbors owe a debt of gratitude to the US who helped guide and endow them. | entailment |
He Moves in Mysterious Proving himself as adept with a parable as with a football, Rep. | All he is good at is football. | contradiction |
Then every share of Daimler-Benz stock sold between 1950 and 1980 sells at a discount reflecting that expectation. | One could buy stock in Daimler-Benz in 1960. | entailment |
Time 's cover story argues that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact could not have been worse for Microsoft and could be used against Microsoft by competitors in private antitrust actions. | Microsoft and Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson exchanged letters and fell in love. | contradiction |
Then the electricity hits him again, and the fire rises from his head, from the black leather mask, and he shudders forward and is slammed back against the chair. | He was in the electric chair for committing a murder. | neutral |
Human nature puts Clinton at a disadvantage in this debate. | Clinton participated in a debate. | entailment |
As a jazz composer, Sun Ra never fulfilled the bright promise of his early recordings like Jazz in Silhouette . But by founding a cult, he earned a lasting place in the larger culture, which otherwise might have eluded him. | Sun Ra enjoyed viewing the designs of famous intricately-made bridges. | neutral |
You dropped the ball big time in your response to Doubting, about the able-bodied using stalls for the disabled. | The author thinks the able-bodied should not use stalls for the disabled. | neutral |
After the review was published, Science received a flood of angry telephone calls and letters, according to the editor in question, Katherine Livingston. | The review has already been published. | entailment |
In response to one of the proposed symptoms, Spitzer's wife protested, I do that sometimes, and Spitzer responded, OK, take it out. | Spitzer wanted the symptom to be left on the list | contradiction |
The milk proponents offer a variety of responses as to why osteoporosis is far less common in the nonmilk-drinking world. | There is disagreement as to whether milk prevents osteoporosis. | entailment |
Oreskes declined to tell him, of course, who the Times ' sources were. | Oreskes is working with time. | neutral |
Mount Marty administrators allegedly violated the due-process rights and academic freedom of an English professor, who had been trying to revive a local chapter of the AAUP, when they fired him a few months ago. | Not to beat a dead horse but the professor was trying to start the defunct AAUP chapter when it should have been allowed to stay dead. | neutral |
Of these, or the many other similar examples I've collected, there is no mention in the book . The reason that I didn't mention them was that to do so seemed to me a cheap shot--concentrating on the ephemeral and the inconsequential--the scummy froth atop the waves of any discourse. | The author thought focusing on the examples was petty. | entailment |
Since communism closed shop in Russia, all the volunteers have disappeared. | Volunteers moved on for a better life somewhere else. | neutral |
Defense So could we. | I have someone with me. | entailment |
Adam Michnik was arrested in a demonstration in Warsaw in February of 1968, went on to become the leading theorist of the Solidarity protest movement of the 1980s, and survived to take up a role as middle-aged statesman in the Polish political world that succeeded the collapse of communism in 1989. | Due to demonstrating in Warsaw, Adam Michnik was arrested. | entailment |
Why hasn't natural selection corrected the immune system's misguided response? | Natural selection is incapable of modulating the innerworkings of the immune system | neutral |
Junger is grimly precise about the mechanics of drowning, says Time 's John Skow. | Junger is clueless about how drowning works. | contradiction |
You know, everything has to be robust a robust foreign policy, a robust national defense, a robust air attack on Serbia, a robust police crackdown, a robust anti-drug policy, a robust investigation of abuses. | Many things are robust. | entailment |
As previously mentioned, the e-rate discount won't cover any portion of the hardware bill either, leaving the local community responsible for PCs, modems, and training for teachers and supervisors. | There is a hardware bill | entailment |
Also, a stunning overhead photo depicts droves of worshipers at Mecca. | The photo was taken from the ground | contradiction |
At its worst, it's become a new refuge for the untalented musician, a fact that Ryan Adams from the band Whiskeytown owns up to in the song Faithless Street: I had started this damn country band/ 'cause punk rock was too hard to sing. | Ryan Adams is from the band Smash Mouth | contradiction |
Deducing that the whole of the Old Testament was the work of aliens is, therefore, perfectly logical. | It's logical to think that aliens wrote both the Old and New Testaments. | neutral |
They don't see a need for Washington. | In their view, Washington and its politics is of no benefit to them. | entailment |
Talk about when you became out of touch with her and maybe why. | You could eventually get in touch with her. | neutral |
Other people's chants, particularly when chanted in translation, sound a little silly. | When translated from English to another language, all chants sound silly. | neutral |
Likewise, the Israeli army's chief medical officer, responding to the public outrage, said that if authorities ban his doctors from practicing on fallen soldiers, it will be the injured who will suffer. | Israel wants all medical resources for soldiers only. | contradiction |
Group is involved in joint ventures with Ford and Nynex.) | It is profitable for the companies to work together in ventures. | neutral |
They arrived in the summer of 1996. | It was in the summer of 1996 when the group arrived. | entailment |
So we call impotence erectile dysfunction, baldness hypotrichosis, and so on. | Many ailments have more than one name. | entailment |
And has the following point been made on the Op-Ed that Arianna Huffington and Warren Beatty have chosen to attack centrist Democrats as cynical sellouts who ignore American poverty just when, according to the Census Bureau, those cynical centrists are making the greatest strides against poverty that have been made in... | The Census Bureau has recently released their information. | neutral |
Explainer thanks many Slate readers for suggesting this topic. | Explainer writes about numerous topics. | neutral |
It's possible that Besieged is meant to be vaguely The African is seduced by the crumbling decadence of Europe while the European falls for the childlike simplicity of Africa. | The film Besieged is about an African and a European. | entailment |
Now, the pope himself attends Lutheran and Jewish services as a participant! | The pope began attending Lutheran services over a year ago | neutral |
And it reports that a friend says Sheen likes free-basing and he keeps loaded guns in the house. | Sheen is very risk averse | contradiction |
Then one of two things must Your taxes will rise by $10,000, or else, your share of the debt will rise by $10,000. | The taxes will rise by $10,000 or the share of the debt will rise $10,000. | entailment |
Or you can download a new copy from www.microsoft.com/ie/.) | Microsoft provides online copies of some of their products. | entailment |
Yet in almost any diaspora--whether black, yellow, brown, or white --the dispersed are far better off, at least materially, than those back home. | The diaspora is in only one unified color. | contradiction |
It's the most prestigious, appearing as it does in the premier book review in the country. | It appeared in the premier book review in the country. | entailment |
Critics love this British film directed by Udayan Prasad about the life and dreams of a downtrodden Pakistani taxi driver in the north of England. | Udayan Prasad failed to release the film he had directed. | contradiction |
Dexter and Jones are also seeking financing for their piace de resistance , the King Dream Center, a $50-million interactive museum complete with virtual-reality games. | The interactive museum will make a lot of money. | neutral |
So much for the cruel stereotype of the pea-brained dinosaur. | Dinosaurs are geniuses | contradiction |
Lana's mother, Linda Gutierres (not her name in the film), told them where they could find Brandon. | Linda Gutierres uses her real name in the film. | contradiction |
Aside from pure anti-Jesuit animus, this nuance probably arose from the work of some 17th-century Jesuit theologians who imperfectly employed a method known as casuistry in resolving questions of moral theology--an approach that gave the broadest possible leeway to individual behavior. | 17th-century Jesuit theologians imperfectly employed a method known as casuistry in resolving questions of moral theology. | entailment |
She's still working on it, a Pentagon source tells me. | Her progress is extremely slow. | neutral |
In this group, it's common for moms to march into school at the beginning of the year and obtain several months' worth of assignments in advance so their children can get a head start. | The children turn the assignments they got ahead of time in early. | neutral |
However, we put no claim on the other, lesser characters. | The lesser characters are actually the most important. | contradiction |
LeTourneau was the boy's teacher in both second and sixth grades, and he describes their relationship When I was six or seven, she encouraged me in my drawing. | The boy was encouraged to draw by his teacher. | entailment |
He had been able to get some Chinese-made replacement valves. | Valves are made in Asia. | entailment |
The NYT and LAT fronts report that a Vanderbilt University study, to be published today in Science , indicates that blacks are far less likely than whites to make use of the Internet. | Vanderbilt University performed a study that shows that black people are not as likely to use the Internet. | entailment |
The House passed the partial-birth-abortion ban , as expected. | A majority of the members of the House voted for the bill banning partial-birth-abortion | entailment |
Editorialists agree that Milosevic is a treacherous butcher, but nobody knows how to stop him without a major bombing campaign, for which Europe and the United States lack the stomach. | The United States and Europe lack the confidence to undergo a large bombing campaign. | entailment |
Last year, Clinton signed legislation prohibiting federal recognition of gay marriages, then bragged about it in campaign ads. | This actually hurt his campaign. | neutral |
Or go the other way and revive Al Gore's sagging fortunes with a time-honored sitcom helper--big campaign closer--a wedding! | Al Gore's fortunes do not need revival. | contradiction |
The civil rights movement was great. | People have less rights today than in the past. | contradiction |
It's a big week for women's health at Newsweek , too. | The recent issue of Newsweek is sexist and demeans women by ignoring their health needs. | contradiction |
b) Did not quit on principle after Clinton admitted lies. | Clinton confessed | entailment |
If I lose, then it's a reflection on the whole family. | The whole family loses | neutral |
In the future, I'll try to be, if not more discerning, at least more cunning about concealing my limitations--you know, like Johnny Cash in that movie where he cudn't reed gud. | They are going to show their limitations. | contradiction |
He adopted an upbeat American organicism derived from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. | He favored Whitman over Thoreau. | neutral |
The cover story purports to critically examine the hype surrounding Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut but really just adds to it. | The story was published in Time magazine | neutral |
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 Cokie Roberts | entailment |
Do you have a human resources department? | They do have a resource department. | neutral |
Progressives are more definitive than most other observations about patently obvious things in society. | there is nothing obvious about society. | contradiction |
I'm from a small country [New Zealand], but I don't see what we are doing here as a threat to our sovereignty. | I have lived outside of New Zealand before. | neutral |
3) Fragmentary intelligence suggests that China wanted to channel money to Clinton's campaign. | China did not want to see Clinton become president. | contradiction |
The only new fact in Flytrap that would qualify as genuine news would be one proving Bill Clinton didn't have sex with Lewinsky. | There a lot of new facts to be discovered that are news worthy. | contradiction |
Somewhere in the Maryland panhandle, E and I were for some reason discussing Wendy Shalit's book, The Return of Modesty , which makes the case for chastity, patience, courtship, etc. | Wendy Shalit is a poor writer., | contradiction |
A boxer cannot fight with a heart condition or dementia. | A boxer fights. | entailment |
So I knew Browder as a somewhat gloomy but kind old gent who took a daily constitutional up the block to Nassau street, where he would buy me and Julie a package of Hostess cupcakes--the orange-flavored ones, with icing squiggles on top. | Browder enjoyed treating Julie and me because he too enjoyed cupcakes. | neutral |
Critics have savaged her fraudulent persona and monomaniacal perfectionism for a long time. | Critics savage her perfectionism | entailment |
In the latter, the director used farce not to lighten the drama but to darken it, so that the slapstick debacles seemed to spring from the hero's roiling unconscious. | The director made the drama darker. | entailment |
The Pescis and Esther Williams won't come unless they get some! | Esther Williams thinks that the cake is a lie, and they won't get anything. | neutral |
Even liberal economists who are opposing the CPI adjustment understand how good the status quo is for the GOP. | Not all economists are in favor of the CPI adjustment | entailment |
Also shown are a lot of stars--24 or 25, one of them could be a dust speck--symbolizing something to do with the sky or night time or celebrities or spaceships or celebrities in spaceships like in Star Wars . There are a helmet and some ferns or laurel, some kind of leaves, and a Latin motto, Salus Populi Suprema Lex E... | The Latin motto "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto" is a punny statement about traffic laws. | 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 their talent for yodeling and dancing the highland fling. | contradiction |
It was force backing up diplomacy, insists a fuming Buchanan. | Buchanan was happy about it | contradiction |
Bill, our program manager (chief tech guy) answers questions about problems and possibilities in reading SLATE. | Slate once featured a story about Bill. | neutral |
In one massacre, an 11-year-old girl watched her father being marched off and later found his charred body. | An 11-year-old girl found her mother's charred body in a ditch. | contradiction |
The superficial The even split of many of his assets vindicates her argument and bodes well for corporate wives. | His assets, of which there were many, were unevenly split. | contradiction |
Both the Post and ABC claim to have copies of the original TP. | The Post and ABC will share their findings. | neutral |
Forty thousand of us die that way each year. | At least forty thousand die in the described manner each year. | entailment |
I'm about as big a media hound as anyone, McCain told one newspaper, but I've turned down at least 500--maybe 600 or 700--requests to go on talk shows on this issue. | He will turn down talk show appearances if he believes they are not worth his time, McCain has said to multiple reporters who work for newspapers. | entailment |
Phil Knight, CEO of Nike, forced by inclement weather to abandon his attempt to become the first man to circumnavigate the globe riding on the back of an 11-year-old Indonesian girl. | The Nike boss, Knight, flew a balloon most of the way around the world, alone with a girl. | neutral |
It is the cuisine equivalent of the landlord banging at your door. | Food is not necessary. | contradiction |
Get With It, Ye of Little Faith | No one believes in religion | contradiction |
There's no scientific or psychological basis for believing that children are affected in their sexual development or eventual sexual orientation by exposure to homosexuality--on television or in real life. | Kids are scarred for life after witnessing homosexuality on television or in real life | contradiction |
A companion piece advocates destroying food bacteria with low-level radiation. | Low-level radiation is safe | neutral |
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