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Eastwood did more to make killing casual than anyone in mainstream cinema.
Casuals enjoy Eastwood films
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Bush was asked no questions about education and only one about welfare.
Welfare was a bigger issue at the time of the interview.
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An accident 40 times worse than Chernobyl is possible.
Chernobyle is regarded as a happy event.
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Reporters tried to provoke Bush into making news or embarrassing his hosts, while ignoring the social policy issues on his agenda.
Bush's social policy was anti-gay
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Good economic news, as the man once said, always comes bundled with bad.
Ya never hear any good news about economics.
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Bloom glides over her motives.
Bloom does not understand her motives
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She says, Have a nice day.
She never has anything to say.
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A year ago, the wife of the Oxford don noticed that the pattern on Kleenex quilted tissue uncannily resembled the Penrose Arrowed Rhombi tilings pattern, which Sir Roger had invented--and copyrighted--in 1974.
Kleenex was worried about getting sued.
neutral
But Will He Bring Back the Football Team?
He plans to bring the team back.
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But unlike Roosevelt, Rockefeller never developed the resilience to stay in power.
The president was well-respected.
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In the United States in 1996, big organizations funded the general election sites that everyone used--ABC, the Washington Post , and the National Journal fathered PoliticsNow, and Time and CNN sired AllPolitics -- and most major papers and TV channels, notably the new MSNBC, had election pages.
Mainstream media funded themselves without big organization's help.
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Dissenters congratulate Quindlen for having moved beyond veiled autobiography.
Quindlen was recognized for moving beyond veiled autobiography.
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A few minutes later, Stephanie Trotter, a local NBC reporter, asked the candidates, Gentlemen, I'm curious.
Stephanie Trotter has reported on local elections in the past.
neutral
That is a rough description of what Kevin Phillips later called the emerging Republican the crowd whose voting habits were molded by the act of detesting the likes of Bobby Kennedy--politicians who never worked a day in their lives, who were eager (so the perception went) to oppress the plain folk with burdensome taxe...
The emerging Republican crowd consisted of white, middle class Americans.
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Others, though, bash Pfitzner's work as a pale imitation of Wagner, massively bloated [and] endlessly meandering, and say its American performance would have been [b]etter never, perhaps, than late (Martin Bernheimer, the Los Angeles Times ).
Pfitzner's work is universally well-regarded
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So there is no way yet to know for sure who wins and loses.
There will be a winner.
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One is The old neighborhoods are breaking up, and it's the old neighborhoods that produced the mob farm teams.
The old neighborhoods produced the mob farm teams.
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He would take notes on his yellow pad and sum up the sense of our meetings in an orderly manner, as he had always done.
HIs notes were a valuable asset to the team.
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What one does not expect in a book of this kind--a book that is technical even as it is beautiful--is that the author will be not just fastidious but also an evocative and wonderfully quirky writer.
Nobody expects a quirky writer to write a technical book.
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In the old days, nobody paid much attention, and the artists on NEA panels were free to make meritorious decisions.
The writers, however, were under strict scrutiny.
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Carter, the family's patriarch, was certifiably rural; he grew up in southwestern Virginia's Poor Valley.
Carter grew up in the country.
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Administration officials confirmed that Clinton was deliberately 1) rolling out the carpet to enhance Arafat's prestige and 2) sending Israel a warning not to screw up the peace process by provoking further conflict.
Arafat's prestige showed negative impact by Clinton.
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Makes you want to watch Sunday's game just to see how it turns out.
A game is scheduled to take place on Sunday.
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But these actors also convey the sense of an internal furnace of pain and anxiety that gives fevered glow to such minutiae (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). However, the play itself is found wanting.
Mr. Brantley thought the actors did a good job.
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We will continue to consider it, says Jack Ludwig, vice president and research director at Gallup.
Jack Ludwig has considered things before.
neutral
Through diagrams and interviews with physicists, the story describes how separate universes could break away from ours (a bit like a soap bubble dividing in two).
Physicts have studied this for years.
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All we've done is checked that the first two creditors divided their collective share of $125 appropriately
The $125 was shared equally between ten creditors.
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60-per-minute Belgacom charge, and make it cheaper to call Antwerp--just 40 miles away--via California than directly.
Belgacom charges different amounts depending on the destination of the call.
neutral
I must, however, give you kudos for being the first writer I've ever seen limn Beck's Godley Creme influence.
I give you praise for your achievement
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Fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi River has killed sea life over an area the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico, says an article. Farmers are resisting calls to curtail fertilizer use.
Farmers are calling for a total ban on fertilizer usage.
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Another favorite Republican cause is the Small Business Administration, which exists to make loans to companies that banks deem nonviable.
Small businesses benefit from Republican ideas.
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If my dog is reading this, he'd better run now.
I have a canine
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It's a major omission, then, that we never see those schools or the kids' interaction with their stable, well-to-do Beverly Hills counterparts.
Interaction between the kids and their counterparts was omitted on purpose.
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It works terrifically, and the New York Observer 's John Heilpern says it has us ...
It is broken.
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The gentle giant plays with a tiny mouse-- Of Mice and Men . The stricken executioner gets blessed by his beatific sacrifice-- Billy Budd . You could add a score of prison movies, along with E.T. (1982), Starman (1984), and even some vigilante pictures.
Tiny mice make good pets
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For example, we asked Jeeves, Where can I find information about Bill Bradley and Medicaid?
The author used a search engine to look for information about a person and a government run healthcare program.
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The Company Man has been replaced by a fiercely independent gang of free agents, new nomads, and globalists, who write their own job descriptions, schedules, and rules.
Over the last few decades there has been a replacement of The Company Man by a fiercely independent gang of free agents.
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And eventually people are no longer eager to live on garbage dumps.
Living on garbage dumps is not enjoyable
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I think our country deserves a president who, when he makes a mistake, is willing to acknowledge it and willing to learn from it, because I believe that the presidency is not an academic exercise.
The country deserves a president who is willing to accept acknowledge mistakes and not cast blame to others.
neutral
(And yes, we'd like one, hypocrites that we are, thank you very much.)
Why would anyone ever want one, these are unwanted by everyone.
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It is the cuisine equivalent of the landlord banging at your door.
Landlords are unnecessarily difficult.
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It was not always this way.
The way has changed over time.
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If you take a closer look, though, you notice that instead of Klimt's erotic glamour, which hints at dangerous passions unleashed by the unconscious, Close's doodles depict doughnuts, hot dogs, and lozenges.
Klimt draws hotdogs.
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Who ever heard of a wiener dog named Fluffy?
The wiener dog is a female.
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She has yet to come to terms, artistically ...
She is still finding her artistic place.
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For one thing, it's relentless--80,000 houses.
It was a pretty severe storm.
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That is George Richey, widower of country singer Tammy Wynette.
George Richey is a singer
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His first effort was the prototype pop hit After The Ball, which, 104 years later, you can still hear every night of the week in the current Broadway revival of Show Boat . Back then, it began earning him $25,000 per week almost immediately, and went on to sell 5 million copies of sheet music.
After the Ball was his initial prototype.
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Please, do you have an answer for these well-wishers that would not require giving them private and personal information?
Can you answer these well-wishers by giving them private and personal information?
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Negotiations with the powerful postal unions begin in August, with contracts due to expire in November.
In order to avoid anyone "going postal", the postal unions have decided to hold off on any negotiations until an undetermined date.
contradiction
In Crace's version, a rebellious, bratty Jesus dies of starvation at the end of his 40-day sojourn in the wilderness.
Crace's version is pretty bleak.
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As Felicia, the coltish Elaine Cassidy manages to look both luminous and unformed, and Bob Hoskins gives Hiditch's bland homilies so much subtext he made me think of the Paris Opera House in the Phantom of the Opera : basement under basement under basement down to the dungeons.
Elaine Cassidy portrays Felicia.
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It takes a man to stand.
Only men can stand
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He became a devoted editor of George , which seems likely to founder in his absence.
There is some hope that he will return to his role as devoted editor of George.
neutral
Click to read my letter, Anderson's response, and my annotations.
If you click here, you can read my correspondence.
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Religious people are finding evidence of God in recent scientific discoveries.
There is a God.
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This is so great because I haven't been getting any of this lately.
This is positive for me, I'm finally catching on.
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The paper's art critic compared the exhibit to unprocessed sewage and said that if Emin wins the prize, as she very well might, her victory will testify not to the vitality of British art but to a campaign of promotion so brazen that it has left even the cynical London art world awestruck.
The paper's art critic was in awe of the beauty and talent displayed in the exhibit.
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This may be justified or not--we like him well enough around here!
He has always been favored.
neutral
In the early stages of her career, Evita was fleshier and raunchier and blended better with Madonna's present persona.
The Evita of the past was fleshy enough to give Madonna a run for her money today.
neutral
And when it comes from the white right, it's narcissism in the service of hypocrisy.
The right is sincere
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Stephen King dumped his longtime publisher, Viking, and is seeking more than $17 million for his new book.
Stephen King's novels were very profitable for Viking.
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One answer is that there is no honor among thieves--that the oligarchs are caught in a classic prisoners' dilemma, in which it is in the collective interest of the group that everyone pay some taxes, but in the individual interest of each oligarch to free-ride on the others.
One answer is that there is no honor among thieves--that the oligarchs are infrequently caught in a classic prisoners' dilemma, in which it is in the collective interest of the group that everyone pay some taxes, but in the individual interest of each oligarch to free-ride on the others.
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The Easter spirit is A week after Time 's heaven cover story, Newsweek and U.S.
Americans like to read about religious stories in their media.
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Nevertheless, outraged viewers complained to the Christian television network that had been airing his show, causing its cancellation.
The cancellation of the show was caused by angry viewers.
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And, as for the type of respect we Machiavelli's advice--that it is better to be feared than loved--will make much less sense in the 21 st century than it did in the 16 th . Goodwill toward America is becoming a national-security asset worth cultivating.
Machiavelli's comments are supposed to make more sense today than in the past.
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The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence.
Kodak-Fuji case had little impact.
contradiction
Perhaps people who work in group settings where some hand is always out can start a reverse Limit forced-march giving to $2.
workers get tired of all the hands asking for things.
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Everybody says--every politician--[that] it's to your disadvantage not to answer it.
Every politician says that it's to your disadvantage not to answer it.
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Few people these days believe that evil spirits cause illness, that the rain god causes rain, or that electric-light bulbs are mystical.
People no longer believe that evil spirits cause illness.
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In that same year, it sold American Re, a reinsurer, to a German company for a profit of $1.
American Re was sold for a dollar.
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the thing is I don't know how I can pick one or the other as maid of honor.
both maid of honor options are great
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Speaking of The third-place finisher, Forget Me Not , features an animated condom in a drawer.
Forget Me Not finished this year in third-place.
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The only reason to release it now is political, and national security officials shouldn't play politics.
National security is more important than political gain.
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His signature pictures--of adolescent girls exhibiting their genitalia--contain most of this show's electricity (John Updike, the New York Review of Books ). Several critics observe that Schiele can only do nudes.
Critics say he's good at everything.
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All you've said when you endorse privatization is that if there were water, it should be used to make lemonade.
Privatization can be used to make lemonade.
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Almost nothing is going to happen if a majority must already favor it before any political leader will speak out in its favor.
The Minority, which has less political power than the Majority, can't get support on a law passage.
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It's not like we want it by mid-February.
Mid-February is the date that we want it by.
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These rapacious European phone monopolies have given birth to independent call-back services.
Europe has issues with phone monopolies
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News ' Web shopping package centers on the America Online-Netscape merger.
The America Online - Netscape merger has nothing to do with the New's Webb package.
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Once you get your adolescent to endorse this idea (and to forget that Juliet was just 14), you've won.
A notion is in pending approval by another.
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The photos were released by Bill Ballance, 80, a former radio talk show host who says he and Schlessinger were once lovers, who, in his memorable phrase, used to thrash around like a couple of crazed weasels.
Ballance has never met Schlessinger.
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The natural paste, meanwhile, lacks all bite, and your mouth feels dirtier after you've brushed.
Natural paste is not the best to use when brushing your teeth.
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Equity options themselves aren't the problem--they have legitimate uses--and without the ability to lock in positions that equity options offer, certain folks might not be in the equity market in the first place.
Equity options have a down side.
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Upon returning to Apple, he began criticizing almost immediately the company's 1995 decision to finally allow a limited number of companies to manufacture Mac clones, calling these firms leeches.
Leeches have a negative impact on tech companies like Apple.
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Navel-gazingly yours, Katharine
Katharine has never looked at a navel.
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It is quite likely that you are suffering from the Grass-Is-Greener Syndrome.
You seem content with your present circumstances and would choose to keep everything the same.
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According to Newsweek , Clinton attorney David Kendall is gathering dirt about Lewinsky's mendacity and presidential obsession.
Lewinsky's inability to be unconcerned about the president is what caused Clinton's attorneys to look into her.
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So Hollings embraces Inglis' charges that he's a pork- He calls it pork.
Hollings is against Inglis' charges.
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Sometimes it's because there are nonmarket goods involved--the high value people place on personal safety, national security, a clean environment, or social welfare.
Personal safety, national security, a clean environment, and social welfare are the only nonmarket goods
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Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path.
Critical Path receives complaints.
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The Republican champion is Philip Morris, which gave $2,131,955.
Phillip Morris, gave $2,131.955.00 to Republicans.
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[W]itty popular science that you enjoy ...
You can enjoy witty pop science.
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James BeauSeigneur, a premill from Rockville, Md., has written a fictional trilogy dramatizing the End Times.
James BeauSeigneur was born in Rockville, MD.
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And as for Hillary, forget it.
Hillary should be forgotten.
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We don't trust Madison Avenue to tell us the truth about fabric softener, so why are we letting it brainwash our children about drugs?
Madison Avenue advertises fabric softener
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On other questions as well, U.S. officials use fatalism and objective language to minimize American responsibility and rule out options.
American options are unaffected by the US officials.
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Lohengrin (Metropolitan Opera, New York City).
New York City lacks an opera.
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even falling knowing already he was dead, and how much I pray to myself I want not, ever,
He was deceased
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Every computer Apple makes costs a lot to make.
Apple makes computers.
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