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Most agree that he's a Clinton-style weather vane, adapting his positions to the demands of contrary constituencies ranging from the army to foreign investors to Western diplomats. | He is adaptable and flexible so that he can meet the needs of his people. | entailment |
The high-end beers cost roughly three times as much as the cheapest ones, and twice as much as the middle range. | High-end beers are much more expensive than the cheap ones. | entailment |
Rupert Murdoch is rumored to be interested in buying it and turning it into a West Coast version of the New York Post . A circulation-hungry Willes vs. the rapacious That's just the kind of fight the American newspaper industry needs. | Rupert Murdoch expressed interest in buying a newspaper. | entailment |
Blockades have always been regarded as acts of war. | It has long been considered an act of war to blockade another nation | entailment |
Chief among Will China preserve the rule of law and free speech, which are essential for business prosperity? | China's laws about free speech are subjective. | neutral |
You could say to your surgeon friend what Ivana Trump I'm very well rested, and I changed my makeup. | The author has new makeup and sufficient rest | entailment |
These groups give workers a selection of plans and reduce paperwork hassles for employers. | Employers want more paperwork. | contradiction |
Tripp protests that she made the tapes to protect herself because Lewinsky was pressuring her to lie in the Paula Jones case. | Lewinski wanted Tripp to lie for her in the Paula Jones case. | entailment |
Is it proper for attendants to wear black at a wedding? | Wearing black at a wedding maybe controversial. | neutral |
The Red Hat manual offered clearer directions, and the new version automatically partitioned my hard drive. | The new version, which the company updated, made my hard drive run quieter. | neutral |
Microsoft's position is that Jackson did not actually remove Internet Explorer from his computer because the add/remove procedure leaves components of Internet Explorer on the machine. | There are other ways to eliminate all traces of Internet Explorer from your computer. | neutral |
I would encourage a reinterpretation of the exclusionary principle to keep criminals in jail where they belong, but only if the cops and prosecutors are severely punished for their crimes as well. | The exclusionary principle frees more guilty people than innocent people. | neutral |
The word fundamentally in the previous paragraph carries a lot of weight, but it is important to think of what is fundamental. | There are at least 2 paragraphs. | entailment |
He was a very spiritual man, seeor . Some of the birds, however, would just fly straight up and dive down into the ground, embedding their beaks like the Daffy Duck of the gringo cartoon features. | The birds kept going up forever | contradiction |
And U.K. giant British Telecom purchased MCI. | The acquisition was part of a monopoly. | neutral |
Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound. | The compound was located in South Texas. | neutral |
Many responses were built on the assumption that Southern Baptists are bad in bed. | Southern Baptists are stereotyped as being bad in bed. | entailment |
Another part of the answer--one that Kindleberger suggested two decades ago--is that to introduce global financial markets into a world of merely national monetary authorities is, in a very real sense, to walk a tightrope without a net. | Kindleberger has nothing to say about global finances. | contradiction |
But the stallions who run Ruby see the place as purely evil. | The stallions are comfortable with the location. | contradiction |
It was actually a luxurious 20/80 cotton-poly blend. | The cotton-poly blend costs much more. | neutral |
While poisoning dogs is strictly illegal, there have to be two witnesses who saw the laying down of the poison, and even then the punishment is only a modest fine. | The fine for poisoning a dog is less than $100. | neutral |
It is one of the most cherished questions in Romantic poetry. | The described is a question of Romantic poetry. | entailment |
It may be a long-shot strategy, but Dole is far behind. | It may be a long-shot strategy, but Dole is far ahead. | contradiction |
There's a flower called Wandering Jew. | Wandering Jews produce colorful flowers | neutral |
Investors can decide not only that Microsoft owes its success to the abuse of monopoly power, and not only that the courts will strip the company of this ability, but that Microsoft doesn't know any other way to survive. | Investors should pull their money out of Microsoft due to the negative information. | neutral |
But all that ended long ago. | It's been awhile since it happened. | entailment |
Or, to the extent that it really means keep the government out, it sounds like an attempt by the earlier settlers of the new domain to monopolize its structure at the expense of later comers who wish to play by a different set of rules in some portion of that space. | The earlier settlers were American settlers. | neutral |
The New York Times ' Janet Maslin says the film works precisely because it is derivative--its stars, Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise, emulate the characters in The Usual Suspects , which gives them extraordinary opportunities to preen. | Janet Maslin writes for the New York Times. | entailment |
So if we really want to pull every possible moral out of our story, we should think about the other people whose interests are at stake when you decide to buy a house. | Buying a house is risk free for all parties. | contradiction |
As Devine has no living relations, it makes sense for the impoverished old men to cook up a scheme by which Michael will assume the dead fisherman's identity, and the pair will divide the money between themselves. | One man will take all the money | contradiction |
After the injection they--honestly--seem rather depressed. | They looked sad after being poked with a needle. | entailment |
sadistic (Alex Ross, The New Yorker ). A few critics take the audience's boos as evidence of New York opera-goers' conservatism. | the audience booed at the opera | entailment |
But Royko also challenged white Chicago's prejudices, skewering bigots who tried to keep a white couple that had adopted a black baby out of their neighborhood or a funeral parlor that didn't want to bury a black soldier killed in Vietnam. | Royko skewered bigots and challenged white Chicago's prejudices. | entailment |
Second, a humbler labor movement might be less likely to cut shortsighted political deals that undercut its larger purpose. | Political deals are always bad for the labor movement. | neutral |
If a Milosevic knew with reasonable certainty that ethnic cleansing would be prevented and punished, he might not attempt it. | Milosevic was told by advisors not to attempt ethnic cleansing. | neutral |
The Encyclopedia of New York states that, after 1935, Luciano and Lansky took over the Harlem racket. | Luciano and Lansky controlled the Harlem racket until the 1950s. | neutral |
The team now faces China, which crushed defending champion Norway 5-0. | The team from China was the number three seed. | neutral |
Howard Kurtz, the media reporter of the Washington Post , does this a bit from time to time. | Howard Kurtz has worked for Washington Post for years. | neutral |
The errors range from the trivial (misspelling the name of former Gov. | The Gov. resented his name being misspelled | neutral |
But giving drove him near to nervous collapse. | He was overly generous to the point of bankruptcy. | neutral |
If the fast-food world had only three players, and McDonalds's proposed to buy out Burger King, how reassured would we be if they offered the palliative of selling a few franchises to Taco Bell? | McDonald's is a fast-food place. | entailment |
Recently amended federal confidentiality laws have prompted such schools as the University of Delaware, Indiana University, and Penn State to notify parents when students under 21 violate campus rules concerning drugs or alcohol. | Parents at all schools are notified immediately if their children violate school rules. | neutral |
Upon rebooting you'll find that the Internet Explorer icon is gone from your desktop and Windows works fine. | Windows is damaged from a reboot of your computer. | contradiction |
Microsoft has used the image of its competitors' political influence to portray its own lobbying as self-defense. | Microsoft used lobbying in its own defense. | entailment |
Wolf sees the telling of her own personal experiences as a triumph for all women. | Wolf's telling of her own personal experiences is far from a failure. | entailment |
Newt Gingrich said that if the evidence holds up, the United States should consider a military strike against Iran. | New would have to convince others to join in on this adventure. | neutral |
Religious conservatives complain that the GOP has ignored their causes. | Religious conservatives are unhappy with the GOP. | entailment |
As he went from floor to floor removing the signs, did he realize what was going to happen after he'd taken down the final one? | did he realize what was going to happen after he took down the final sign as he went floor to floor? | entailment |
Messages about alcohol don't come out the way you say them when they're broadcast, he replied. | Broadcasts on alcohol usually are misconstrued. | neutral |
Pleasure, for Klein, is the opposite of It's all about gratification and excess. | Klien finds it hard to stop anytime. | neutral |
Critics are as frantic about saving their novel these days as they were about killing it 40 years ago. | Critics, who tried to kill their novel 40 years ago, are now trying to save it. | entailment |
Oh, it often gets the least important things right, the facts, the small t truth. | It's not widely used because few people trust it. | neutral |
Victorious Couch Potatoes | The Couch Potatoes will win in the future. | neutral |
The herbal extract shows success in treating mild dementia and preventing Alzheimer's memory loss. | Using the herbal extract shows promise in treating headaches. | 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 is in close with the Clintons | neutral |
Is this reasonable caution or self-important delight in martial law? | Caution is not delight in martial law. | entailment |
It is simple, dog-like gratitude for a reason to declare the presidential race more interesting. | The author continued to follow the race. | neutral |
But Solitaire's so f****** hard . Who made those rules, anyway? | Solitaire is not the easiest game to play | entailment |
Critics mostly applaud this movie about a female necrophiliac who works in a funeral home. | That well reviewed show was disturbing because the lady in it had physical attraction to those who were deader than a doornail. | entailment |
Both Germany and the United States classify the PKK as a terrorist organization . | Germany and the United States agree on how the PKK should be classified. | entailment |
We have never been a moral majority, concedes one. | One of them admits to there never being a moral majority. | entailment |
Somehow I am happy to be too formal for your society. | He is rough cut and ragged around the edges often mistaken for homeless. | contradiction |
After a great Moyers show, viewers nod in agreement. | Moyers had spoken longer than usual this evening. | neutral |
Henry liked flowers that could make a lady squeal. | The flowers that could make a girl squeal are usually very expensive. | neutral |
There are indeed invocations of the Holocaust to which I'd apply this description. | Other invocations, however, don't fit. | neutral |
We can all agree on that, without agreeing on which are the exceptions. | We don't have to agree on the exceptions. | entailment |
If you haven't filled it out yet, click here for the survey. | It is too late to complete the questionnaire. | contradiction |
In Congress, where people think of themselves as underpaid, there's hostility toward Bill Gates based on the fact that he's got a lot of dough and doesn't share it with people like them. | Bill Gates is a very poor man. | contradiction |
In particular, an increase in the savings rate will translate into higher investment after all, because the Fed will make sure that it does. | More savings leads to lest investment. | contradiction |
If we focus on small problems that make headlines, we will ignore bigger problems that don't. | If we focus on headlines exclusively, we will eradicate all problems. | contradiction |
Some even think that while Internet competition may drive prices down initially, prices will rise as sellers are matched with buyers and the market clears. | Initially the prices will drop but will rise again once everyone has caught up. | entailment |
The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft. | People like me, see things in the world as very hard. | contradiction |
The development of Microsoft FashionSense 2.0 is long overdue, and I for one would like to offer my services as a volunteer beta tester. | The tester who offered his services is interested in Microsoft FashionSense 2.0 | entailment |
In a 1970 study, teen-age boys were asked their preferences among paintings by two foreign painters. | The same painter was chosen by all the teenagers. | neutral |
So, the argument that we would simply have to find new buyers for government bonds is beside the point in the short run--and irrelevant in the long run, when Social Security will stop running surpluses. | The argument to find new buyers for government bonds is irrelevant and pointless in both the short and long run. | entailment |
It draws sidelong glances and playground taunts, and it may give the adopted child an identity crisis. | The child is up for adoption next week. | neutral |
Martha is finally being treated as the CEO of a company called Omnimedia, not as a bitchy hausfrau. | Martha was voted out of the CEO seat | contradiction |
Along with many Americans, I first caught Andy Kaufman on the Tonight Show in the mid-'70s. | I had seen Andy Kaufman much earlier than the mid-'70s | contradiction |
As Buchanan put it, the boys in the War Room had won a little victory today over this little girl who is going to be denied justice. | The little girl won her case against the boys in the War Room. | contradiction |
For example, I've heard many agents complain of having to revoke the parole of guys who failed a drug test but who were not, in the agent's best judgment, doing anything more than getting high. | The agents secretly get high too | neutral |
This Just In--Nuclear War Averted | People must be evacuated to fallout shelters immediately. | 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 does its work by remaining a perpetually present threat. | entailment |
This tax-cutting initiative, which he is readying for the November 2000 election, will cap annual property-tax appraisals at 2 percent and exempt vehicles from the property tax (on the long shot that the government might start taxing cars as property). | The tax-cutting initiative helps the common person. | 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. | Borchardt can be proven legitimate and able after he completes his work. | neutral |
A rancid little nothing of a movie (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ) that's a grim, gross wannabe Farrelly brothers flick. | Stephen Holden wrote for the New York Times in 2004. | neutral |
While four other witnesses criticized the duplicity of pro-drug forces and the naivete of the voters, Romley bluntly identified the central choices facing law go after doctors, federalize marijuana enforcement, go to court, and get a strategy. | pro-drug forces were criticized. | entailment |
In her memoir, Stranger at the Party (1975), she quotes the New York Daily Mirror on the news that he was sentenced to six-to-10 in Sing Harlem is in a state of rejoicing that his reign of terror is over. | The autobiographical account of her life, Stranger at a Party (1975) was a number one best seller. | neutral |
Glimpses into his character do not add up to a full motivation for Bunt's aimlessness (Thomas Keneally, the New York Times Book Review ). | Thomas Keneally did not like the book. | neutral |
Wolf did both, by turning the issue into an object lesson on women's professional success. | Wolf performs poorly at making lessons from issues. | contradiction |
What's to gain? | A question has been asked about results. | entailment |
A telltale sign of the leader-preacher inaugural is the use of the phrase, Let us ... | Leader- preachers never refer to themselves and others as us. | contradiction |
So the Bill Clinton paradox--his reckless pursuit of sex and his timid clinging to office--is indeed no paradox. | Some refer to it as the Bill Clinton paradox. | entailment |
But there's a larger explanation. | All explanations are similar in size | contradiction |
I wind up doing many things alone on weekends and in the evenings because she always has plans with the girls. | One spends time with others in the evenings. | contradiction |
But the chats are basic Q and A' Chatters ask routine questions, the candidate types back a canned response. | Routine questions often bore candidates, who then offer canned responses. | neutral |
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. | Being in the electric chair was an enjoyable experience. | contradiction |
Just the sight of Mastering Linux induced the stomach-churning sense of dread that my sixth-grade math textbook once gave I don't get this. | I do not like the Mastering Linux textbook. | entailment |
When I interviewed Klein for my piece about the Microsoft case, he singled out Brian Arthur as the economist who has most influenced his thinking about the way in which high-technology markets operate. | Because high-tech markets were Brian's specialty as an economist, he was highly sought after by lawyers. | neutral |
This makes it one of the few possible end runs around the meritocratic-credentialing complex, whereby standardized test scores determine future opportunities. | Standardized test scores are planned to be rounded according to the highest score of that specific year. | neutral |
China is the most eager customer, buying surplus material through U.S.-based scrap-metal dealers. | The Chinese are voracious consumers of American scrap-metal. | entailment |
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