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Monica moves to the Pentagon, but the relationship intermittently continues.
The relationship continued even after the move.
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The idea, Leger claimed, was to prove that machines and fragments of them, that ordinary manufactured objects, have plastic possibilities.
Leger thought that the machines were static and should be used just for their original intended purposes.
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Even this was Lentauw and Yamasami, Zulu tribesmen, entered the marathon because they happened to be in St. Louis as part of an exhibit about the Boer war.
They entered the marathon because they happened to be in Pittsburgh.
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Utah looks like my dream come true.
A monolith was discovered in Utah recently.
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The great historical novels are always about contemporary consciousness.
Great historical novels are always about dogs and cats.
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He has made his pre-testimony-leaks-don't-apply argument in sealed court papers and also has publicly denied believing anything so foolish, Brill points out.
Brill agrees with him when he says that pre-testimony leaks are fine.
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I felt like a moron for not being able to figure this out myself.
Everyone else was able to figure it out on their own.
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Time calls Bill Bradley's nascent presidential campaign strategy charming and insane.
Bill Bradley has a fully developed presidential campaign strategy.
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An interview with Unabomber Ted Kaczynski finds him good-humored and sincere.
A good sense of humor was a notable attribute of the Unabomber.
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The most ordinary features are, aesthetically, the most extraordinary.
keep it simple stupid and it will look good
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She says, according to the Post , the secret is opening your mouth 'really wide' when eating.
The advice was good
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As usual, Washington Week doesn't get around to the week's real thing (Flytrap) until the closer.
Flytrap is the main feature in this week's Washington Week.
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And no one will be nicer.
One person will be nicer than all the others.
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John McCain because he has become McCain's friend.
McCain has known John McCain for a long time.
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Despite all the completely compelling arguments offered in the preceding paragraphs, it would be silly and dishonest to insist that
People who insist on this particular stance will be seen as serious and honest.
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Chief among Will China preserve the rule of law and free speech, which are essential for business prosperity?
Corporations are eyeballing China's laws about free speech.
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Ajami's heroes are figures such as Egypt's novelist Naguib Mahfuz, the Palestinian academic Sari Nusseibah, and the tragic Hawi--men of integrity imbued with the old, confident spirit of cosmopolitanism and an openness to the Western ideas that led to the Arab awakening in the first place.
Ajami has admired Naguib Mahfuz, before, and later felt he was a sort of hero of his.
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Even readers who share Wilson's worldview will find much to provoke them.
Wilson is an author.
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If Oprah's not safe, no one is.
Oprah Winfrey, one of the wealthiest woman in America, is very safe.
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The relationship it describes may strike many as exploitative or ugly for other reasons, but it is not illegal.
The relationship is not only gross but highly illegal.
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At the Naval Academy, McCain was nicknamed Punk, and that's what he is.
McCain's superiors gave him the nickname.
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I find it interesting that Alfred Gingold, in Onward, Christian Clothiers, doesn't have a problem with pro-abortion T-shirts or vulgar T-shirts (shit happens, coed nude basketball, bitch on wheels, etc.) but finds it necessary to tee off on evangelical Christian apparel.
Alfred Gingold is a very religious person.
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Most shops closed at 6 p.m. weekdays and on Saturday were not open or were open only until noon.
Most shops had limited or no weekend hours.
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(Thank you.)
The author expresses gratitude.
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This is, admittedly, just a single line from a long-ago interview, but it suggests that the Clintons are locked into a denial.
The Clintons are locked into a denial, based on a single line from a long-ago interview with Tucker Carlson
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Still, Frisby did a better job than Woodward in offering meaning.
Both Frisby and Woodward offered meaning.
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Modern Japanese, he contends, derives from an archaic form of Korean that took root in Japan but was stamped out in Korea during the first several centuries.
Japanese language has been influenced by Sottish language in the past.
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But there have been cases where the candidate gave us relevant numbers--and with success.
Sometimes the candidates give relevant numbers.
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Yes, he's an asshole-junkie, but, in the capable hands of Michael Imperioli, he is not only He is a cursing, bitch-slapping metaphor for the entire decline of the mob.
The junkie is well liked and kind.
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TV demos capture neither the exhilaration nor the fear, conveying instead the smug fatuity of some second-unit director who believes social change is for saps; DGA cards are for winners.
TV demos are able to capture the exhilaration and the fear.
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If you'd like to know more about Kwanzaa, you can read The Complete Celebrating our Cultural Harvest , by Dorothy Winbush Riley; A Kwanzaa Celebrating the Holiday With New Traditions and Feasts , by Jessica B. Harris; or Merry Christmas, A Christmas and Kwanzaa Treasury , edited by Felix H. Liddell and Paula L. Wood...
Author Dorothy Winbush Riley is married.
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Forcing HMOs to stay in a failing business cannot be good for seniors and would chill entry by others.
HMO's are always profitable ,no matter their business model.
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The OPEN sign is not pretty, but it provides the information you need.
The business was closed permanently
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Presidents and their speech writers have mined their predecessors for memorable words and repeated them without attribution.
Speech writers write an entire speech before getting input from the President.
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Which might suggest that real business news is no more popular than it ever was.
real business news wasn't popular to begin with.
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This is why managed care is a genuinely confusing Should voters believe the anecdotes, which are real and horrifying, or should they accept the evidence that people are mostly happy with their own insurance, happy to be paying less, and as healthy as they have ever been?
People now have to pay more and actually have no coverage because they have to pay much more for what's there.
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Perhaps so, but in that case somebody should tell this to Joel Klein, the assistant attorney general in charge of the antitrust division.
Joel Klein is the attorney general in charge of the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section.
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Because the $50,000 prize to be announced July 29 is for the artist's whole oeuvre and not the work submitted for the show, I would award it, if forced to choose, to South African William Kentridge, who is known for powerful , many with anti-apartheid themes.
Kentridge is primarily inspired by the apartheid.
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In addition to all the things we can't foresee, the historical verdict on Clinton will also hinge on such issues as whether he manages to steer welfare reform back in the right direction; whether he avoids being drawn into a counterproductive tax cut; and whether he overcomes his own recent history to lead campaign-fin...
Clinton can do very little to repair his reputation.
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Who's winning the war over the draft?
Opinions about the draft are unanimous
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They don't see a need for Washington.
Washington's politics is viewed by them as pointless because of its ineffectiveness.
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Other IOC members have resigned or are still being investigated.
The IOC is losing members to resignation.
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The magazine predicts softer GOP stances on gun control and abortion.
The magazine made a prediction about Republicans
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According to an editorial in the Daily Telegraph , The decision is cause for collective rejoicing among those who deplore Mr. Fayed's malevolent influence on our public affairs, particularly his disgraceful claim that the British secret services assassinated Diana, Princess of Wales.
Fayed asserts that Princess Diana was killed by British secret Service.
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Plato's girlfriend is worried the former actress is on a downward spiral to death.
Plato's girlfriend is unconcerned about how the former actress is doing
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Of course, in some sense Dunlap must think that growth is important, because otherwise he wouldn't have spent billions of dollars to buy Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands.
Dunlap refused to invest in Coleman, First Alert, and Signature Brands because he felt that growth is unimportant.
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Thanks to this blurring of the victim-perpetrator distinction, Ted's nephew Joe was able to get elected to Congress despite his own car accident, which likewise devastated his passenger, four years after Chappaquiddick.
Joe's car accident did not occur before Chappaquiddick.
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The unofficial spin, from James Jones is a puppet of greedy right-wingers, and besides, Clinton is whipping her in the polls.
Like betting on a losing horse, she is a lost cause, unable to raise enough for filing fees.
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News remains wary, doubting the chances for a continuing, multidecade boom.
The news is optimistic about a boom continuing for many more decades.
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The cover story clucks over the dismal state of Sino-U.S. relations.
Sino-U.S. relations is a sad state of affairs.
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So, what kind of Jew am I after 60 years of consciousness-raising?
He has been consciousness-raising for 60 years.
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1) The script leaves out crucial parts of Winchell's story.
The script about Winchell is not a completely factual retelling.
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Book and software pirates are prosecuted under the copyright laws, but pirates are not really plagiarists.
The author feels that these pirates are not committing plagiarism, but may still be committing a crime under laws other than copyright laws.
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In January 1996, Qaddafi promised the nation a $1-billion gift, which has not been received because of U.S. sanctions against Libya.
The US sanctions are because of terrorism
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Guess what, so is the Chinese rate of osteoporosis.
There is no such thing as osteoporosis
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Time explains why the anti-sweatshop movement is growing on college The AFL-CIO has jump-started the protests by lavishing student activists with internships and trips to countries with poor working conditions.
College aged students protest too much and have little sway.
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Tamara Jenkins, the writer and first-time director, has an eye for absurd juxtapositions that was obviously sharpened by the pain of her nomadic upbringing.
Tamara Jenkins seems to notice absurd juxtapositions everywhere.
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Especially now, when any investor can obtain almost perfect diversification with index funds and index options--and thus get the exact return of the market as a whole.
It is easy for investors to diversify now.
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When Sam Donaldson pointed out on This Week that two Republicans, President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, had pioneered engagement in the Shanghai Communique, George Will I was for impeaching Nixon over the Shanghai Communique!
Shanghai Communique was proven to be a hurdle for Nixon.
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Everyone wonders what Starr will do.
All people guess Starr is unpredictable.
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Most Falwell-style Christians would probably say yes, since the Antichrist is a false Messiah, he'll have to be Jewish, like Christ himself.
People who follow Falwell-style Christianity number in the millions.
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They even agree that this would be a big mistake.
They believed that it could lead to some very bad outcomes.
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Newsweek lambastes the president for diplomatic errors and missed opportunities: Security advisers originally told the administration to offer President Slobodan Milosevic a face-saving compromise; when action became inevitable, they recommended strengthening NATO's military threat; finally, as airstrikes began, they u...
The magazine noted the commander-in-chief's perfect performance
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In return, the vice president occasionally helps them.
The vice president helps sometimes.
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Do you have a human resources department?
Someone is already fimiliar that they have a resource department.
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The piece might be weightier if it addressed such issues.
The piece doesn't have issues.
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Suppose all of SLATE's articles featured the authors reading their visionary musings into digital audio format.
SLATE is a publication that writes articles.
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And now, judging by News Quiz responses, these wan titans are barely portrayed at all.
Wan titans are hardly portrayed in the News Quiz responses.
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No one blinks 40-car motorcades that shut down interstates and gridlock traffic, the 200-plus-strong Secret Service delegation that accompanies the president abroad, the transformation of the open White House into an impenetrable fortress.
A lot of staff accompany the President when he travels.
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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.
All the pig related idioms were abundant.
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Today, such a book--not that Wachtler has written one--would be greeted with a shrug.
Wachtler will write a book in the future.
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They call him ruthless, bombastic, in-your-face, an aggressive hardliner, a bulldog, and a hit man.
He is a bully.
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The private quarters, a k a the residence, occupy the second and third floors of the White House.
The second and third floors of the White House contain the private quarters.
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In one famous case, Inglis helped kill federal funding for a needed highway, requiring the state to build a toll road instead.
Inglis worked hard to get funding for New York from the Federal Government for roads.
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Now that the background material he sent to Congress has been released, the press has become interested in whether Linda Tripp doctored her tapes and whether Starr's agents and prosecutors improperly detained Lewinsky or misrepresented their treatment of her in the Jan.
Congress got to see the material before the public had a chance.
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Natural dark-haired beauty--despised or exoticized for eons by Europeans, Britons, and Americans--has at last been universally recognized and welcomed.
Natural dark hair is more popular than ever.
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Those who want to believe in the Torah codes will always be able to find ELS that impress them.
Followers of the Torah codes will always be disappointed by every related ELS.
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DNA evidence shows that Neanderthals were not our ancestors.
This evidence was made recently through biologists.
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Microsoft did not demand that Netscape be removed, only that IE be there as well.
Microsoft is owned by Netscape.
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Majority Whip Tom DeLay, another Texan, is Armey's opposite--the Republican Jim Wright.
Tom DeLay is a Republican.
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At the conference, they defended their activities against numerous Solidarity leaders denied they made too many compromises; priests denied they had been co-opted by the party; and Communists denied they had committed treason.
very likely the defense worked
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Similarly, China Telecom has said that it will explore opportunities for strategic investments in [China's] telecommunications industry.
China Telecom has dealt with phones for more than 50 years.
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You could be truthful and say your own version of I was overcome by curiosity about this much talked about doc, and now I know his work is as good as yours.
Not to beat a dead horse but I just wish you'd be honest about you checking out the new doc, just tell the truth.
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Because CNN executives crash so frequently, CNN devotes round-the-clock coverage to wait, that doesn't quite follow.
CNN is heavily dependent on what the executives do.
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The flames are nearly a foot high, they arc out from underneath the black leather hood; there is smoke, the huge buzzing sound of the electricity, there are white walls and Venetian blinds and linoleum underfoot.
There is no smoke emanating from the fire.
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori has worked well enough to send countless young men to their deaths through the ages.
The murder of young men have been allowed to happen.
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Changing identities is the goal of Monica Lewinsky, according to this week's Star . Though the publication doesn't report any plastic surgery in her future, when her legal troubles are over she wants to make a fresh start and plans to do so with a name change.
Monica Lewinsky doesn't want to be associated with her current problems
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Is money money similarly presages Bob Dole on the 1996 campaign stump reminding people, It's your money!
It's your mom's money
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But even then, the Thernstroms equivocate.
The Thernstroms equivocated for days.
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This is certainly not democracy, but it's not totalitarianism either.
Democracy more common than totalitarianism.
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(Yes, if it uses speed attacks rather than electrical ones.)
There are different types of attacks
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Newsweek notes that while the Dalai Lama promotes religious understanding and meditation, he opposes abortion, contraception, and homosexual acts.
The Dalai Lama follows the Christian religion.
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How much further could the ball have gone?
The ball is green.
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You've got to look in the mirror every morning and ask 'What am I organizing for ?'
Your mirror is large
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1 bank in loans, deposits, business lending (large and small), and ATMs (15,000);
The bank only offers personal lending.
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Second, we said that government does have a limited role in addressing the problem.
The citizens make the decisions
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far off, unseen, but audible,repeats its syncopated intervals,a song that's not a cry
The song is inaudible.
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You'd have to invoke your own gods for the requisite charm.
The charm will only work if you call on gods you believe in.
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Others point to Waas' supposedly shoddy reporting of a Pulitzer Prize-nominated article on arms sales to Iraq that he co-wrote for the Los Angeles Times . There is no evidence that the pair repeated any of these alleged sins in their reporting on Hale.
Waas' byline appeared in the Los Angeles Times
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(Click for more on the U.S. role in that restriction.)
The United States played a role in placing a restriction.
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