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The race was notable for the last several laps, in which Earnhardt rode Gordon's bumper at 190 mph.
The race was for the championship Nascar race.
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If we want to change that attitude, Hollywood should not be the main place we look.
Hollywood will be crucial to shift that attitude
contradiction
, people who don't exist) are suitable candidates for Jedi knighthood (perhaps Yoda will enlarge his definition of fear in subsequent episodes).
The Jedi knighthood prefer people who don't exist because they work undercover.
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It'll be a good thing for all of us if she finally gets into the habit of speaking for herself.
It will be positive if she starts sticking up for herself
entailment
Smith's press secretary, Ken Wolfe, boasts that by offering that bill, We have called their bluff.
The bill some how how puts the other side in a bad position according to a Smith employee.
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We see a worker clocking in while the narrator points to 10 million new jobs and, as the spot cuts to a Kennedyesque Clinton with children, it concludes with the phrase a better future.
The author is describing a political ad.
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Their issuing of short-term buy or short-term hold recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.
73% of companies beat expectations
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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.
Republicans do not easily support initiatives in Democratic districts.
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Surprising Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder.
It was a pleasant surprise
neutral
But it is not a transitional problem.
The problem is not related to transition.
entailment
These are the Most nominees are confirmed smoothly.
Complications are a frequent occurrence during the nomination process
contradiction
But if you look at the international monetary literature when Mundell was in his glory days, you get the impression that he was 15 or 20 years ahead of his contemporaries.
Mundell was much smarter than everyone else.
neutral
Cholesterol isn't necessarily unhealthy, and margarine is as bad as butter.
Cholesterol may be found out to be more harmful in the future.
neutral
How do we tell them to get out of our house without causing family problems?
Their houseguests have overstayed their welcome
entailment
Wolf did both, by turning the issue into an object lesson on women's professional success.
Wolf prefers to talk about class economics more so than gender.
neutral
I particularly enjoyed your colored sky; a nice choice, blue, popular, everybody likes that blue.
The critic is talking about a professional artist.
neutral
(Note to Hollywood Try to hire someone who looks like Lillian Hellman to be your husband's personal assistant.)
Looks are important in Hollywood.
entailment
The magazines do the math on the State of the Union address.
Translating the State of the Union address into Russian is something magazines engage in.
contradiction
What it does mean, though, is that commoditization does its work not by becoming a reality (which would entail ever-shrinking margins and stagnant stock prices) but by remaining a perpetually present threat.
Commoditization improves the stock market by remaining a perpetually present threat.
neutral
It's also why he would make a lousy president.
Donald Trump would make a lousy president.
entailment
Nor can we simply ascribe their market dominance to advertising.
Advertising was less important in gaining market Dominance than design.
neutral
Even when Forrest Sawyer is sitting in, it's still World News Tonight With Peter Jennings . Just because Johnny goes on vacation, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson doesn't suddenly become The Tonight Show With Jay Leno . The task of a guest host is delicate.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson doesn't suddenly become Jay Leno's show
entailment
Twenty percent of students take psychopharmaceuticals, from Adderall to Zoloft.
psychopharmaceuticals are given to a significant number of children
entailment
The former does seem to explain the latter.
The latter is much clearer to understand.
neutral
Also, a stunning overhead photo depicts droves of worshipers at Mecca.
There are thousands of worshipers in the photo
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Even the singers don't like these songs.
The singers would rather sing other songs for people.
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Between 1989 and 1993, 48,000 students received Pell Grant overpayments; 35,000 received Pell Grants from two separate schools simultaneously; and 101,000 students, ineligible for Pell Grants because they had defaulted on federally guaranteed loans, received them anyway.
The Pell Grant program is a failure, and has been unable to send payments since before 1989.
contradiction
The rules are very clear.
Everyone was in agreement about the rules.
neutral
Hammerschmidt-Hummel, working with a team of scientists using advanced photographic techniques, found close similarities between the mask and a famous bust of Shakespeare, which she believes was copied from it.
The mask resembles a bust of Marlowe
contradiction
Remember, the last guy to argue for a distinction between ideology and competence was Michael Dukakis.
Michael Dukakis is simple minded.
contradiction
It's impossible today to realize how shocking The Picture of Dorian Gray was to 1890s readers.
The Picture of Dorian Gray presently sells millions of digital copies each year.
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And then he published a triumphal scoop.
The scoop would capture the interest of readers.
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The fully cynical The joke is on us, because the building faithfully reflects Reagan's continuation of big government, despite his rhetoric.
Reagan's views on the size and control of government have changed over the past five years.
neutral
Coming from a conservative background, my partner has stated on many occasions that his parents won't allow him to stay over at my apartment, even though on some nights this would be preferable to his making the long drive home.
The partner's parents' conservative background prevented the partner from staying over at the apartment.
entailment
However, there are currently no federal laws prohibiting the second category.
The first category is the only legal one
contradiction
He has threatened to veto the five remaining appropriations bills in the 2000 budget because of Republicans' proposed cuts in social programs.
The Republicans want to cut the social programs to cut back on spending.
neutral
We will all sleep better at night knowing that our commander in chief's libido is compartmentalized, and that he's not bombing Sudanese pharmaceutical plants just to get his Iraqs off.
Knowing that our commander in chief's not going to be bombing Sudanese pharmaceutical plants in the future allows us to sleep better at night.
neutral
Pokemon creates an entire alternate universe, a land with its own cities, ecosystem, and rules.
Pokemon's ecosystem is similar to Earth's.
neutral
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 article in question is an opinion piece.
entailment
By continuing to appease Buchanan, several of our candidates appear to have put politics ahead of our party's principles.
Buchanan enjoyed being mollified.
neutral
[w]hether they call themselves socialist or not.
They aren’t socialist
contradiction
Membership in this group would be defined in a possession-neutral way.
Membership is possession neutral
entailment
And parents of both sexes should remember that growing children are the fastest-paced Americans of them all.
Children have busy lives.
entailment
You are right that there was no obvious winner in your wager--not you, your friend, or even, alas, the president.
There isn't an obvious winner.
entailment
Maybe lime green was a big mistake, but it's his mistake to live with.
He bought some lime green clothes.
neutral
Were these counterparts--mainly big banks and other institutional investors--simply naive?
Big banks were counterparts
entailment
That's why he resisted the temptation to bomb Iraq Nov. 14, when the political case for it was open and shut, but the moral case was dubious.
He didn't bomb Iraq on Nov. 14.
entailment
into prose of crystalline clarity and grace, it is ...
The prose is written with clarity and grace yet is often misunderstood.
neutral
News Quiz participants scorn not just electronic greeting cards, but all greeting cards as prepackaged expressions of sentiment for the emotionally illiterate.
News Quiz participants love greeting cards and think they're fantastic.
contradiction
Yet, assume that this famous still was not portraying an act of Would it be a relief or a disappointment?
The still portrays a fruit bowl on a table.
contradiction
Then you can celebrate your license by getting high.
If they get he liscence they can get high.
entailment
The White House says there's no such system.
There is a system
contradiction
Top aides from recent administrations are The Secret Service never lets the president escape its protection.
The president often evades The Secret Service
contradiction
Can I, should I, even, expect her to change?
Whether or not she will change is up in the air
entailment
Halfway through the film, Tarzan, a Victorian-era Enkidu, lured by Jane, is prepared to follow her back to England.
This reel of the film shows Tarzan, naked, trying to communicate with Jane.
neutral
The answer to the question How does the device work?
A device is being discussed.
entailment
The other puzzle is the incoherence of Clinton's critics, punctuated by DeLay's bizarre complaint that Clinton has 1) hollowed out our forces while he's running around having these adventures all over the world; and 2) fallen short of victory in Kosovo by using excessive rhetoric supported by underwhelming force in a c...
DeLay is one of the incoherent critics of Clinton
entailment
Scientists were once ostracized for holding religious beliefs but can now worship without embarrassment.
Religion was formerly embarrassing in the scientific community
entailment
As she has become more self-sufficient, she has become more interesting.
Her self sufficiency has made her less interesting.
contradiction
[w]hether they call themselves socialist or not.
They call themselves socialist
entailment
As she leaned over the counter to hand me my purchase, it became clear that her lingerie preference was none at all.
She looked normal, except for the fact that she wasn't wearing undergarments.
neutral
Crucial information is delayed and denied, which brings us back to the motif of Juneteenth, the day when slaves found out they'd been free for two and a half years.
Juneteenth originated in 1865
neutral
But if God has taken flight, in Gattaca and elsewhere, at least a few of his imitators are trying to save their souls.
Some imitators of God are trying to save their souls.
entailment
On other questions as well, U.S. officials use fatalism and objective language to minimize American responsibility and rule out options.
fatalism and objective language in a way to provide censorship.
neutral
The first day after the Democratic primary, Schumer unleashed Too many lies for too long ads.
It was the first day of the Democratic primary.
entailment
Truscott compares the intensive training you get in the Army with one of these weapons long before you're ever allowed to fire it, and then only under the supervision of an expert marksman, with the situation in states like Arkansas, where it's legal for a 10-year-old to own a semiautomatic assault weapon without a mom...
Expert marksmen own semiautomatic assault weapons.
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There's a name for this personnel It's called Pass the Trash.
The name is Pass the Trash
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But mostly there is the spectacle of technique brought to bear on form; and although this is a minimal definition of art, there is nothing minimal about the results.
The maximized explanation of the art technique here seems to bear on the form seen here almost undetected in this instance.
contradiction
Somehow I doubt that Bill Gates thinks of Dell as parasitic because its computers run only on Windows.
Dell computers run on macs.
contradiction
What Isikoff couldn't pin down was whether the advance was welcome or not.
Isikoff's advance was executed poorly back at that time.
neutral
It is hard to imagine, though, why any government would embargo such a product, unless the plastic surgeons' lobby has already got to them.
The government does not control embargos
contradiction
I thank Joe Conason for pointing out my errors, and I apologize to the readers of S late for my carelessness.
The speaker was grateful to Conason for helping him with his mistakes.
neutral
At the Pentagon, real-world combat requirements come first--except when they don't.
The pentagon deals with real world combat issues.
entailment
In the age of the divine entrepreneur, no one cares how badly you treat your kid.
How parents treat their kids are often ignored in this age of entrepreneurship.
entailment
More importantly, it reminds us that racial identity is utterly malleable--and that racial essence is utterly artificial.
Everyone's race is easily identifiable and accurate at birth.
contradiction
How did the team do last night?
The team disbanded last night.
contradiction
I can confirm he does, for I have tried to convey the same Ionian Enchantment in my recent book How the Mind Works.
Ionian Enchantment is ongoing today.
contradiction
Sad organ music is suddenly replaced by an upbeat, jazzy The owner opens the drawer and takes the package.
The change in music indicates that the package is a musical item.
neutral
Does his behavior add up to grounds for removal from office?
His behavior was abhorrent, and no one wanted to support him.
neutral
In a poll of 773 chief executives in 23 countries, consultants Watson Wyatt Worldwide found that most think productivity peaks around age 43.
Young employees don't get work done.
neutral
If there is a cultural civil war going on, the Mediaphiles--led by Wall Street--have routed the 'phobes.
Wall Street is made up of mediaphobes.
contradiction
NBC had fired him a year and a half ago after he pleaded guilty to biting a woman during sex.
He claimed innocence
contradiction
Indeed, there are dozens of clinical experiments showing that high doses of calcium either arrest bone loss or even build bone in older women.
Older women should take calcium daily.
neutral
For example, had the writer of the Genesis creation story been composing for a 20 th century readership, he or she would have explained God's hand in the evolutionary process as opposed to the more magical creation story in the Bible.
If the Genesis story were written in the 1900's the Darwinian aspect would have been explained.
entailment
He must know that no one can be shocked when everyone's in on the joke, but he doesn't seem to want (or to be able) to step outside the camp aesthetic and play anything straight.
He is unable to step outside the camp aesthetic because it gives him so much joy.
neutral
USA Today described the models as struggling actresses, reported that they were unaware of the health risks of donating eggs, and quoted one as saying, I'd rather do this than do Playboy or Penthouse . Harris' sole verified bidder told the paper that selling eggs was better than prostitution.
The health risks of donating eggs are not a major concern for the women involved
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USA Today described the models as struggling actresses, reported that they were unaware of the health risks of donating eggs, and quoted one as saying, I'd rather do this than do Playboy or Penthouse . Harris' sole verified bidder told the paper that selling eggs was better than prostitution.
Donating eggs is devoid of potential health consequences
contradiction
Massachusetts' highest court decided that British au pair Louise Woodward will not go back to jail.
Louise Woodward was spared the fate of rotting in jail by Massachusetts' highest court.
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Her protagonist (Natasha Lyonne) spends her teen-age years being shuttled with her two brothers from one cheap dive to another in the 90210 ZIP code, all because her egregiously unsuccessful father (Alan Arkin) wants them to be educated in the best schools.
Natasha was a spoiled Beverly Hills Debutante who got the best of both worlds, a Mansion to live in, and Elite Beverly Hills private schools.
contradiction
The unusual picks include Robert Smithson and Donald Judd.
Donald Judd is a common choice.
contradiction
Both are Democrats who converted to conservative Republicanism.
They felt Democrats failed them.
neutral
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in effect charged construction authorities with , and international papers roundly condemned their shoddy building standards.
Construction authorities prioritized profits.
neutral
Columba Bush, wife of the Florida governor, declared only $500 worth of goods upon her return from a Paris vacation, but agents found $19,000 in receipts in her passport and fined her $4,100 on the spot.
Columba Bush lies a lot to hide her purchases from the public.
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Le Monde 's editorial Sunday said the action might be terribly counterproductive because it won't change the minds of Serbs who believe Milosevic's propaganda, but it will appear pointlessly destructive of human lives to those who don't.
Milosevic's disinformation is spreading quickly
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Contribution limits don't stop you from associating publicly or privately with a candidate or cause, working for the campaign, or even signifying your association by donating money.
Contribution limits don't prohibit people from working for a campaign
entailment
What happened to Rocker's right to free (albeit despicable) speech?
Rocker says illegal things.
neutral
One thing that is clear is that the West--the IMF, the Western governments who provided the funds for the last, doomed rescue package--have come out looking like chumps.
Western funds were provided to try and salvage the rescue package, but it did not work as well as hoped.
entailment
Didion, in other words, has written a fast-paced story, not just her usual series of fractured stories.
Didion usually writes fractured stories
entailment
She studied the First Amendment with Tommie the Commie Emerson and was seen around the influential circle of Robert Borosage, later connected to the Institute for Policy Studies which promoted pro-Soviet movements in the Third World at the height of the renewed Cold War.
She was friends with and later aided people who supported and promoted Soviet ideology during the Cold War.
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recalls one ex- Vogue staffer wistfully.
An ex-vogue staffer wistfully recalls.
entailment