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The military's officer corps, especially the Army's, has been successfully transformed from a clubby elite, where promotions depended on golfing partners, into a more integrated meritocracy.
One can rise through the ranks of the military elite without connections.
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Police are said to be inept and corrupt.
It's rumored that cops are crooked.
entailment
According to the actress, they couldn't.
The actress wishes otherwise
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If I lose, then it's a reflection on the whole family.
I lose the whole family on reflection
contradiction
And while Lewis believes Said to be motivated by a crude anti-Western leftist animus, Ahmad finds him altogether too enamored of the canons of European literature and avers that Said possesses a very conservative mind, essentially Tory in its structure.
Tories are conservative.
entailment
He then blames military leaders for overestimating the effectiveness of bombing.
military leaders were blamed for the poor result of bombing.
entailment
Bending over backward to show how sensitive they can be, they forget that violence--even if it's just emotional violence--belongs in ordinary dramas, too.
They remembered that violence--even if it's just emotional violence--belongs in ordinary dramas, too.
contradiction
As Jodie T. Allen in Slate in 1997, a primary function of any disaster is to funnel pork to important states.
Pork is loved by everyone.
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But in both cases, the feds can help.
In both cases, help from the feds is necessary.
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An accident 40 times worse than Chernobyl is possible.
An accident worse than Chernobyl can happen again.
entailment
Time has fresh shots of an anguished Ethel and a plaintive Rory Kennedy.
Rory Kennedy and Ethel were both very sad and upset.
entailment
The price of getting the story is often a promise of full anonymity.
In order to tell the narrative, one must be okay with their identity being exposed.
contradiction
This is the administration's favorite description.
The public disagreed with the administration's favorite description.
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(Watch previews and join The Odyssey chat on NBC's site.)
The Odyssey chat is on ABC's site.
contradiction
What Meier's work lacks is heat, an organic flow.
After acquiring heat, Meier will become famous
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The spread of nuclear and biological weapons, the growth of international organized crime, and global environmental degradation are a few examples.
Weapons are constructed of both nuclear and biological material.
entailment
Plimpton got lost in his list at one point, but despite referring to one of the contributors to the display's soundtrack as Cecille Dion, he brought to the event his patrician sonorities and his fabled familiarity with fireworks.
Plimpton got list in his own list.
entailment
The only thing I liked about the first episode is Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante imitating Michael and Kay Corleone.
Steven Van Zandt had a role in the first episode
entailment
President Clinton, comparing the negotiations to those over the 1996 welfare bill, signaled that he will accept a compromise plan.
Before passing the 1996 welfare bill, President Clinton accepted a compromise plan.
neutral
A gesture clearly suited to football's warlike nature, the Salute is named for Denver's Mile High Stadium.
There are gestures named after other places.
neutral
Otherwise you will not get a good table or will have crumbs brushed into your laptop, even though, strictly speaking, you are abiding by the rules.
The restaurant only employees male waiters.
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And as for Hillary, forget it.
Hillary is not part of this.
neutral
It did work for Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, a self-professed sex addict who rehabilitated himself politically after a drug conviction by declaring his powerlessness over drugs and sex, repenting, and entering a program.
Marion Barry, the mayor of Washington D.C., lives in Pennsylvania.
contradiction
While the home still evinces mutterings of Xanadu from the envious, it is actually smaller than Aaron Spelling's 50,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills, and no one in California thinks it unseemly that the genius who brought us Charlie's Angels shouldn't reap the fruits of his labor.
Aaron Spelling has a mansion.
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The WP points out that the scandal has been good media business, with USAT distributing an extra 500,000 copies of its weekend edition, the WP printing about 15,000 copies of its daily run, Time adding 100,000 copies to its usual newsstand run of 250,000, CNN's viewership up about 40 percent, and ABC's Nightline and Th...
Every single media outlet has benefited from the scandal.
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In one way, though, it is more exact.
It is controversial
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But just between you and me, it's really bad.
We both know it's not good.
entailment
lowest-ranked playoff team in their division ever to accomplish this feat.
They have never been the highest-ranked playoff team in their division.
neutral
Are we backing the Kosovo Liberation Army?
They wondered if we are backing the Kosovo Liberation Army?
entailment
Little Herring ? What the hell kind of moniker is that?
What kind of moniker is Little Herring?
entailment
But, said De Long and Lang, out of 78 true hypotheses, surely there should be at least a few that are overwhelmingly confirmed.
Out of the 78 there will be one that is confirmed.
neutral
So while the colors may fade less, your detergent is also cleaning less.
Detergents keep color on all clothes.
contradiction
Lose the dismal cover illustrations and return to having a lead review or cover essay.
The covers and essays are great.
contradiction
But I'm single, [so] I'm allowed to do that, I guess.
I wish I was in a relationship with someone, so that I can hear the word "couple".
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Moreover, the obits also recorded lots of violent and accidental deaths.
The obits mentioned deaths.
entailment
Johnson's naivete is as convincingly natural as her nose, her lips, and her breasts.
Johnson's breasts do not appear to be convincingly natural.
neutral
Broder and Waas say they have spoken with two ex- Spectator employees who anonymously corroborate Mann and Rand's assertion that the Arkansas Project paid Hale.
Ex-Spectator employees spoke with Broder and Waas, corroborating Mann and Rand's assertion.
neutral
The RPH does not much elaborate on how he would balance the budget after his cuts.
The budget isn't balanced.
neutral
I e-mailed all three galleries, asking them to explain the disparity in their prices.
Galleries charge differently from each other.
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Rather than ignore or disparage the Internet, the malls exploit it.
Malls use the internet to sell their goods.
entailment
This esteem reverses the judgment of Abstract Expressionists who denied Dove's paternity of their movement and dismissed his landscapes as simple-minded.
A number of artists thought that Dove's art was too simple
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But all that ended long ago.
I was much younger when that happened.
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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.
There were ten other studies in the same issue of Science that the Vanderbilt University study appeared in.
neutral
The contributors repeat this figure as though it had talismanic power.
Contributors treated the figure as though it had power.
entailment
There's something unbearably sad about a 60-year-old man who still takes drugs.
Everyone will find you to be cool if you are still taking drugs when you are 60 years old.
contradiction
Jenkins hasn't quite figured out how to shape her narrative, which is full of episodes that are there because they actually happened but that don't have a payoff.
Her narrative is full of episodes that happened but don't have a payoff
entailment
Congratulations to all our winners.
There are more than one winner.
entailment
For the first time, the standard of living for the nation's poor (although not the very poor) is rising.
The standard of living for the poor is still terrible.
neutral
Sad organ music is suddenly replaced by an upbeat, jazzy The owner opens the drawer and takes the package.
The owner sees the package after opening the drawer.
entailment
Consider Only 13 nations participated in 1896, but there were 172 in 1992.
A baker's dozen of nations participated in 1896, but nearly two-hundred participated in 1992.
entailment
Eight pages later, a tribute to Princess Diana emphasizes her embodiment of, yes, Globalization has become the decade's most overused word, but at its heart, it embodies a real technology has made this a planet of shared experiences.
The Princess Diana tribute was only two pages.
contradiction
His son and heir, Bashar, is inexperienced (he's an ophthalmologist by training).
Bashar cares for eyes
entailment
Could this anti-missile insurance policy reawaken a Cold War confrontation thought dead, lo, these past 10 years?
The anti-missile insurance policy is going to end the Cold War confrontation once and for all.
contradiction
In this context, it's hard to know what makes a kaffeeklatsch odd.
A kaffeeklatsch includes hot beverages.
entailment
The Seagram Co. expanded plans to advertise liquor on television, defying President Clinton's plea to honor the half-century-old voluntary ban.
Liquor advertisements on television are a bad idea.
neutral
Other fragments and versions will add to what Callahan has assembled, not overwrite it.
Fragments and versions will overwrite the thing that Callahan has assembled
contradiction
The headline over the NYT 's online version doesn't mention the homosexual angle, while the WP 's headline--FRANCE LEGALIZES GAY UNIONS--doesn't mention the heterosexual angle.
Many issues were avoided in the New York Times' article about France legalizing gay unions.
neutral
This brings soft money and other much criticized practices under scrutiny.
Soft money is a criticized practice.
entailment
) says herbal remedies can work--Saint Johnswort does cure some folks' mild depression--but herbs also have nasty side effects.
Saint Johnswort causes lethal headaches in people that take it.
contradiction
We admire perfectionist monomania in Internet tycoons, so why not in Martha?
We admire people who strive for perfection.
entailment
The postal system was even more important for civil society and democratic politics than for commerce.
The postal system isn't important for commerce at all.
contradiction
Ehrlich's theories lost steam after he lost a famous 1980 bet with economist Julian Simon, who wagered that any basket of resources Ehrlich might name would be cheaper at any date in the future.
Julian Simon only makes bets that he knows are sure things.
neutral
Music critics complain about the computer's tin ear, but artificial intelligence experts are impressed.
Experts in artificial intelligence are impressed by the computer's tin ear.
entailment
The newer ballets aim for more universal and fundamental emotions than amazement--for a sense of beauty, or joy, or love, or sorrow.
The newer ballets changed their style recently to gain new audiences.
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officials have played a key role in concocting the treaty and stewarding it to its conclusion.
Others besides officials have had major roles in completing the treaty.
neutral
You have definitely identified a problem for the '90s.
A problem exists for the '80s.
neutral
Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor's waiting to receive their leader.
The barbarians plan to negotiate a peace deal with the emperor
neutral
Nevertheless, they were trumpeted throughout the nation, because the media had little else to talk about.
The media wouldn't stop talking about them.
entailment
And that's the key point.
The key point is subtle.
neutral
Close banks for one day to allow them to reorganize
Banks never close
contradiction
The cover profile makes Jerry Seinfeld seem quite charming, if a tad immature.
Jerry Seinfeld makes the cover profile seem immature, if a tad charming.
contradiction
How can you make the capital gains tax a litmus test issue but say that the slaughter of millions of innocent children is something about which you have only a mild preference and don't care much if people disagree?
The capital gains tax increase is historically large.
neutral
while pointing to a chart.
There are numerical values on the chart.
neutral
PinochetAid concert.
Everyone loved Pinochet.
contradiction
In addition, any effects of the winner's curse are offset by the fact that losing bidders become winning sellers when they re-auction products.
The winner's curse effect can't be affected.
contradiction
There were no pigs in pokes, no when pigs fly, no in a pig's ear, no Pigmeat Markham, no pork salad Annie, no Gadarene swine, no Piggly Wiggly, no E. B. White's Wilbur, no there in the wood the piggy-wig stood.
A pig was held in the highest regard and therefore, any usage of pig related idioms was banned and considered inappropriate.
neutral
The milk proponents offer a variety of responses as to why osteoporosis is far less common in the nonmilk-drinking world.
milk prevents osteoporosis
neutral
Nero was emperor until 70 A.D.
Nero was an emperor long ago.
entailment
The vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will, says Gigot--the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.
Gigot says the vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will.
entailment
I don't mind a girl who thinks,
They like a girl who thinks.
neutral
One problem with online polling is that pollsters can't e-mail people at random.
Online polling is not a perfect system.
entailment
Physicians will unionize against managed care.
All Physicians are going on strike against managed care.
neutral
I >n cases labeled as serious physical abuse, the reported injury could be mental or emotional.
Serious physical abuse never causes mental or emotional injuries.
contradiction
Why was a senator from Kansas so interested in bananas?
They wondered why a senator from Kansas was so interested in bananas.
entailment
With the global economy showing signs of coming apart at the seams, it is truly disappointing that the leaders of the two countries who ought to be co-operating to prevent a worldwide crisis are having to struggle for their own political lives, it said.
The leaders are prioritizing the world economy.
contradiction
Dll stands for dynamic-link library, and .dll files are small chunks of computer code that are intended to be shared by more than one application.
code is complicated
neutral
He is a tedious corporate drone, as innocuous as the lackluster buildings erected by Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has erected buildings
entailment
( Goodfellas ? Fuh-get about it.)
Goodfellas is an Italian mob movie.
neutral
It seems no one can stand this, and whenever we encounter friends or relatives, they invariably ask personal questions to try to get each of us to speak ill of the other.
Friends and relatives dislike us.
neutral
aside for the kids' education and--BOP--I have so much trouble with that the
the kids have an education.
entailment
Why no journalistic outrage about that ? Well, for starters, try looking at a grainy newsweekly-sized photo of Lou Gerstner and see if it makes you remember Pearl Harbor.
Journalists were not upset about Lou Gerstner being in the papers.
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I can't in good conscience argue that you shouldn't field a team.
I can give you tips, though.
neutral
Which brings us to the third side of Rockefeller's personality and the main theme of the book, that of empire-building.
Rockerfeller is well versed on the capitalism system.
neutral
If you don't like reading on a computer screen, for example, there's a special version of SLATE that you can print out in its entirety, reformatted like a traditional print magazine.
SLATE has a special option for those that do not like reading on a computer screen.
entailment
These groups give workers a selection of plans and reduce paperwork hassles for employers.
Paperwork is a hassle for employers.
entailment
Bottomless Mug
The drinks are always flowing with the Bottomless Mug.
entailment
Crazy Richard Nixon and All That Jazz , by Leonard Garment (Times Books).
This publication states that Nixon was nuts and liked Jazz.
neutral
The technology might usefully be applied in local races, in which it's hard to sort out the platform of every potential state senator, judge, school board official, and city council member.
The technology is capable of solving a lot of previous issues.
neutral
All three have high per-student expenditures and all three are especially strong in the hard sciences.
The weakest subject for the three are hard sciences.
contradiction
Many teen-agers are not moved by the possibility of an early death in four decades.
The possibility of an early death in four decades doesn't move teenagers, but two decades does
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