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In the '70s, the Left-Behind White appeared in the form of the unmeltable ethnic, that long-assimilated Italian- or Irish- or Polish-American who, in the wake of the Black Power movement, felt it necessary to dust off and revive the ways of the Old Country. | Italians were not considered white in the sixties. | neutral |
Howard Kurtz, the media reporter of the Washington Post , does this a bit from time to time. | Howard Kurtz was later fired for incompetence. | contradiction |
He brought along this whole plane full of African-Americans, and some of our really fine citizens are African-Americans in government, in business, in athletics, in show business. | There are African-Americans serving in our government. | entailment |
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. | He's mostly known for his pictures of naked girls. | entailment |
Lifeboats have been constructed for the top dozen employees. | There are not enough life boats on the ship to save everyone. | contradiction |
It works out to about 5 cents per lie. | could make a living off endless lies. | neutral |
And then he published a triumphal scoop. | His scoop will be boring and useless | contradiction |
They were men without color, literally wearing gray and beige and brown. | The men wore neutral colors. | entailment |
As one Washington PR person explains, these cases are often marketed to the state attorneys general by corporate and public-interest lobbyists. | The lobbyists are usually successful | neutral |
We can all agree on that, without agreeing on which are the exceptions. | We all agree on that. | neutral |
Paying homage to the great war photographer's courage and talent, he nonetheless notes the conflicting stories of the photo's origins, Capa's own silence about the image in his writings, and other writers' questions. | A war was photographed by someone brave. | entailment |
That fragmented system without oversight had its deviance (not all doctors provided good care) and cost (the doctors drove up the bills). | The majority of physicians were mindful of their patients. | neutral |
The Air Force says the case was less about adultery and more about Flinn's subsequent lying and cover-up. | Flinn lied and covered up his adultery | entailment |
Could we curb Milosevic's aggression through diplomacy rather than bombing? | Milosevic's aggression is not a problem. | contradiction |
While King vacillated, Malcolm X seized the nation's attention with his calls for retribution, tempting blacks weary of King's nonviolence and sending whites into a panic. | Whites feared Malcolm X's calls for violence | entailment |
The first question to ask is what the right thing would have been. | The first question to ask is who is Sneed | contradiction |
The media's class bias protected Clinton from women like Jones and Gennifer Flowers--surely he couldn't be attracted to a woman who wasn't a Yale Law School graduate! | The media protected Clinton | entailment |
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 returned from a Paris vacation. | entailment |
There is plenty of evidence that the first gap has been declining--fairly rapidly by historical standards. | The disparity has been getting smaller | entailment |
Finally, Pollitt and Sullivan are disappointed that Unauthorized | Pollitt and Sullivan usually agree and share the same views and feelings on issues. | neutral |
As Horn argues, in most cases there is relatively little that parole agents can do to keep an offender who is determined to commit new crimes from committing them. | If an offender is determined to commit a new crime, there is little parole agents can do to stop them. | entailment |
The Di news continues as both mags chronicle the life and final drunken hours of Di driver Henri Paul. | Henri Paul was intoxicated in his final hours. | entailment |
Republicans have long demanded smaller government. | Republicans will succeed in shrinking the government. | neutral |
An entire six pack. | There was less than a six pack. | contradiction |
And later, a la Rousseau, As my understanding of the kinds of scripts about sexuality available to women bore down on me, the forest would function the way that fantasies of wilderness functioned for the urbanized eighteenth-century European I would find myself making a mental reference to the forest when I searched f... | Segments of urbanized eighteenth-century Europeans fantasized about wilderness | entailment |
After the treaty, they will fall into one of two 1) those that suffer economic sanctions and a clear-cut stigma, and 2) those that have agreed to allow short-notice inspections of any suspicious site in their territory. | The treaty separated people into two groups, the majority of them would rather be in the second group than the first group. | neutral |
The short-term question was how such a nut got drafted into the Israeli army | The Israeli army's psychological tests are not effective at screening out problematic individuals. | neutral |
I still get up when a woman enters the room, open a door for her, and offer my seat on a bus. | I am courteous to women. | entailment |
I begin to count Rep. | I'm starting to count. | entailment |
And these are things that, in this day and age, are rarely said at all. | In this day and age, nothing is left unsaid. | contradiction |
Questioned about China at his press conference, President Clinton admitted for the first time that his constructive-engagement policy hasn't improved China's behavior, but he maintained that it will in the future. | President Clinton's policy could start seeing results next week. | neutral |
Also, Newsweek tells the weird story of Jerry Stuchiner, a high-level Immigration and; Naturalization Service agent alleged to have sold passports to illegal Chinese immigrants. | Chinese immigrants got illegal passports | entailment |
That is the sense in which we are all on the same bus. | Everyone in this topic has their own agenda. | contradiction |
There are people who are not members of the Libertarian Party but who are open-minded about it and willing to listen, even though you may not be able to convert them. | All Libertarian Party members are open-minded. | neutral |
He felt a bond with us as fellow writers. | We are solely artists. | contradiction |
After clicking your purchases into a shopping cart, you are directed to a secure Netscape server that will encrypt your credit-card information. | Netscape is not secure with credit card information. | contradiction |
Would Shuger ever have Why did Irving Goldberg play 'Sol Bernstein'? | Irving Goldberg resisted performing the role and forever shunned the role of 'Sol Bernstein'. | contradiction |
I have certainly forgiven Bob Inglis. | Bob Inglis spread rumors about me behind my back. | neutral |
variety at the stand-ups, and pleasant trifles at the washstands. | There is a person who distributes towels at the washstands. | neutral |
A considerably audible tsk, tsk I send you, Slate. | I must judge you Slate. | entailment |
The data are computerized, but for policy reasons the reports are not available online. | Even though the data is digital, the reports are never going to be available online. | neutral |
As Jodie T. Allen in Slate in 1997, a primary function of any disaster is to funnel pork to important states. | States could care less what happens in a disaster. | contradiction |
With the glorious exception of the St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V , there is nothing more demoralizing than an inspirational address. | Henry V's St. Crispin's Day speech is widely considered to have some of the best passages of any of his speeches. | neutral |
Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text. | Scalia was well known | neutral |
I've always said that victory is the best exit strategy. | Defeat is the best exit strategy. | 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. | When Mundell was at his peak it felt like he was 20 yrs ahead of everyone else. | entailment |
Twenty-four terms is enough for anyone. | Terms in this context is about word definitions. | neutral |
But who window shops anymore, except at 35 mph, through a window set in the frame of a vehicle? | Window shopping occurs at 90 MPH | contradiction |
Signs of a renaissance of the handwritten word are here and there discernible. | It is possible to discern signs of handwritten word returning. | entailment |
Mossad, which employs about 1,200 people, now has difficulty competing with private-sector recruiters . Its early agents were well-educated, European-born cosmopolitans who ran the agency like an exclusive club. | Mossad is falling behind the current curve. | neutral |
But by the time Avis' employees bought the company, the new thinking was that there was no better way of encouraging their creativity and dedication. | Avis is one of the best places to work. | neutral |
If we don't spend seven evenings a week together, if we don't talk on the phone each day during work, if I want to spend any time alone, my girlfriend pouts and gets angry, or cries. | My girlfriend is very clingly. | entailment |
If increasing democratization is the test for access to the international-trading system, China has flunked. | Increasing democratization will guarantee access to the international-trading system. | neutral |
America rescued him from minor cult status and gave him to the world (at a not-insignificant profit). | He didn't want America to rescue him of his cult status. | neutral |
More immediately important, it puts the market's recent, quickly overturned correction in quite a different light. | Stocks have traditionally been very simple to forecast for a significant profit. | contradiction |
Careful what you wish for, Mayer cautions her fellow You'll miss his clownish antics when he's gone. | Mayer will not miss his behavior. | neutral |
One must be a little skeptical of Sperling's personal experience with the game. | Sperling did not have an objective experience playing the game. | entailment |
The talking animals and discombobulated cityscapes are so exquisite that I started to snivel about 10 minutes in and more or less kept it up for the next hour and a half. | This is a work of fiction. | neutral |
But there is a more fruitful way to look at He is the first high-profile newspaper man in a long time who actually believes in newspapers. | The newspaper is dying | neutral |
His philosophy might have prepared him for his own death | The death of this person was totally unexplained. | contradiction |
is for the peacekeeping mission to extend its mandate beyond the deadline by which U.S. forces are supposed to pull out. | U.S. forces have a deadline by which they are supposed to pull out. | entailment |
In the age of possibility that beckons, one thing that apparently will not be possible is a policy that imposes a fiscal burden on this group. | A policy that imposes a fiscal burden on this group will apparently not be possible. | entailment |
Paul Samuelson had good reasons for beginning his textbook with Keynesian analysis. | Paul Samuelson wrote a textbook about economics | entailment |
Even if you handle it right, you still don't want this kind of thing out there, argued Susan Estrich on Fox News Sunday . There's some people who only hear a piece of it and say to themselves, is something wrong with John McCain? | Fox News supports McCain | neutral |
The cover story says that megabillionaire and stock-picking legend Warren Buffett has quietly shifted his focus from buying individual stocks to purchasing companies. | Warren Buffett only deals in the stock market. | contradiction |
The rules we've always had is that politics stop at the shore, one senior White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. | The White House official spoke on the record | contradiction |
But I love it even more because it has saved me so much trouble. | It has saved the author before. | entailment |
Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign and the Partnership for a Drug Free America propagandized ceaselessly about the perils of drugs. | Both Nancy Reagan and the Partnership for a Drug Free America worked towards a common goal about the perils of drugs. | entailment |
On the other hand, some states have passed new laws that treat juvenile criminals as responsible adults. | Juveniles who commit crimes are treated differently than adults in every state. | contradiction |
That Explains Why Clinton's Finger The McLaughlin Group spends 11 minutes in a straight-faced discussion of Maureen Dowd's jokey suggestion that Clinton is actually ... | The McLaughlin Group has no idea how the Clintons are | contradiction |
Starr is batting 10 for 10 against presidential legal challenges, note Tim Russert ( Meet the Press ) and Fred Barnes ( Fox News Sunday ), proving that he's not a rogue prosecutor (Susan Page, Late Edition ). The judge was downright scornful of the White House, adds Barnes. | All Media outlets are singing the praises of prosecutor Starr. | neutral |
Also, check out this illustrated, in-depth exploration of Beck's fashion choices.) | Back had fashion choices. | entailment |
During last month's State of the Union address, every member of Congress, Republican and Democratic, rose repeatedly to give Clinton standing ovations. | Clinton's popularity among every member of Congress, makes her the perfect presidential candidate. | neutral |
Instead of engendering hope and optimism, they breed mistrust and cynicism. | Optimism and cynicism occur from the same cause. | contradiction |
(Some of these folks are still writing for Commentary today.) | Folks are writing. | entailment |
Multiple stories about it have appeared, for example, in major Czech newspapers. | The stories have appeared in a European country. | entailment |
Critics also welcome his ambivalence on Russia's Unlike most Russia watchers, Mr. | He supports Russia. | contradiction |
You look like f--ing hell, Brando, the Star reports he said, and he advised the actor to lose maybe a hundred pounds, pallie. | The actor was advised to lose weight | entailment |
Actually, more than a year ago (June 18, 1996) the Wall Street Journal 's Michael Frisby wrote a long story on Peter Knight that disclosed Knight's connection to Molten, Molten's donations to the Democrats, and the company's success in obtaining contracts from the Clinton administration. | There was a long article on Peter Knight in the wall street journal | entailment |
Someone, maybe a family counselor, needs to deal with the alienation the youngster feels and the hostility harbored by your husband. | The family is experiencing a phase of peace and harmony. | contradiction |
He's got oil to sell, and we've got gas guzzlers to keep rolling. | oil is needed to keep cars moving. | entailment |
Personally, I think the Bush camp is acting like brats that didn't get everything they wanted at Christmas. | The Bush camp didn't get everthing they wanted but, in the end, because they tried, they got what they needed. | neutral |
Without seeing his work all the way through, it's hard for me to say whether Borchardt has talent, but he might not be such a stumblebum after all. | It's clear the Borchardt is an imposter, stealing all his ideas from others, seeing all his task through. | contradiction |
But this is not the way to debate free-market pricing of technology. | Technology can arguably be priced according to free-market principles. | entailment |
2) And yet you secretly desire one so you can capture some magical moments from your childhood. | You had a traumatic childhood. | contradiction |
According to Kristol, Deputy Editor John Podhoretz turned down Tucker Carlson's Norquist proposal because he didn't want the magazine to be seen as carrying on a vendetta against Gingrich. | Deputy Editor John Podhoretz was concerned that Gingrich would be upset. | neutral |
The great historical novels are always about contemporary consciousness. | Many authors write about contemporary consciousness as readers show interest in this area over other areas. | neutral |
And he would certainly consent if the alternative was impeachment. | He would rather be impeached than choose the alternative. | contradiction |
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 only takes place in Africa and Rome. | neutral |
You could say to your surgeon friend what Ivana Trump I'm very well rested, and I changed my makeup. | The surgeon has exactly zero friends | contradiction |
The benefits of managed care are unremarkable and undramatic (lower premiums, more preventive care). | Managed care is irresponsible, as it increases premiums and offers less preventive care. | contradiction |
Physical modesty is not a Baldwin trait. | Baldwin likes to wear skimpy outfits. | neutral |
Morris' small-bore ideas, as he calls them, made the presidency look somewhat ridiculous in 1995 and 1996. | Morris was instrumental in maintaining presidential respect in the mid 90's, | contradiction |
Podhoretz implies that Sharpton's behavior is both representative of and entirely in keeping with the character of African-Americans in general. | Podhoretz believes the stereotype of blacks. | neutral |
Now that consumers know that there is a fluid aftermarket for video games, they are more likely to go into a store and buy one of these games for full price on the day it comes out. | The more expensive the video game was, the more you can ask for it when you sell it on the resale market. | neutral |
A charmless, surprisingly chintzy affair (Greg Evans, Variety ), the play features a script eviscerated of interesting characters. | The critic was paid to tank the review. | neutral |
(DiGenova says it has since issued five subpoenas and has a hearing scheduled for late next month.) | DiGenova is an attorney. | neutral |
He then blames military leaders for overestimating the effectiveness of bombing. | All of the bombings were over estimated. | neutral |
Today, after our investigation, I come to a point that frankly I prayed I would never reach. | No one investigated anything today. | contradiction |
Not all Republicans think this way. | Republicans think in the same way as that of Libertarians. | neutral |
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