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The elder Korbels came from a small town near the Czech/German border where Jews were almost entirely assimilated into secular life, hardly practicing, and lacking any communal institutions, including a synagogue. | The Jews had decided to assimilate in order to build harmony with the local Czech and German populations. | neutral |
The Jerusalem Post pointed to a novelty-seeking and risk-taking gene discovered in Israel (see International Papers for ). Michael Kelly asks Washington Post readers why we lard up the sorrow with this great and gross festival of national media blah-blah about Camelot and royalty and The Kennedy Curse. | Michael Kelly does not have disdain for Camelot, royalty, and the Kennedys. | contradiction |
Today we cede our vision of '50s female fashion to the movie version, as if that were the real mirror of the decade--everything blatantly cleansed of error, willfully idealized into unreality, odorless, effortless, affectless. | The vision on the 50's woman fashion has been thoroughly surrendered. | entailment |
Drug-policy experts and social scientists seem to agree that social and cultural factors are driving up teen drug use. | Social factors are much more of an impact than the cultural factors are when considering the reasons why teen drug use is up. | neutral |
Besides denying reproductive freedom to women, such efforts would increase the number of children born and reared in impoverished single-parent families. | Women have no reproduction freedom at all. | neutral |
Tina Brown resigned as editor of The New Yorker . She will chair a multimedia publishing company in partnership with Miramax Films. | Tina Brown loves to paint. | neutral |
A related piece, based on polls, says that Americans back gay rights in theory but dislike public displays of gay affection. | Americans love it when gay people show affection in public. | contradiction |
He was killed in a dispute over timber by a Pamunkey Indian from Virginia who would have been considered black in Virginia but escaped prosecution because he was considered white in Mississippi. | A Pamunkey Indian skin is very tan. | neutral |
None of the Jewish groups has reversed its support for Pollard's release. | Every single Jewish group reversed its support of Pollard's release. | contradiction |
After the injection they--honestly--seem rather depressed. | The injection does not make them feel uplifted. | entailment |
Time identifies a new racial bilingual education. | Time disputes a new racial bilingual education. | contradiction |
The allegation, reported in Newsweek , is that when Willey met alone with Clinton at the White House in 1993 to ask for a paying job, Clinton made a pass at her--a charge denied by the president's attorney. | It was alleged that Clinton made a pass at Willey when they went to request a job. | entailment |
The New York Times reported that HMOs, rationing, and other medical-insurance nightmares conjured up in 1994 by enemies of the Clinton health-care plan are coming to pass anyway. | The New York Times tends to favor Clinton in its reporting. | neutral |
The NYT runs an op-ed by writer Janna Malamud Smith that states If we're going to make simplistic rules about truth-telling, mine would start Ms. | Janna Malamud Smith is a prolific writer. | neutral |
She says Newsweek 's Eleanor Clift has gone beyond the call of duty to earn [her] presidential kneepads. | Eleanor Clift is associated with Newsweek. | entailment |
Vouchers need to be worth enough to afford real avenues of escape. | The vouchers provide educational funding to escape a life of poverty. | neutral |
The unofficial spin, from James Jones is a puppet of greedy right-wingers, and besides, Clinton is whipping her in the polls. | Clinton is doing well on the polls. | entailment |
Since then, there's been no mention of tollbooths on the bridge to the 21 st century. | It would benefit everybody if there was a tollbooth on the bridge. | neutral |
A second answer is that the Fed can express concern , as Greenspan did. | There are more than two answers possible. | neutral |
Not so the New York Times , which editorially called for legislation to overturn the ruling. | The New York Times called for legislation to overturn the ruling. | entailment |
And this means that capital is not playing its necessary disciplining role. | Capital has been disciplining effectively | contradiction |
Failure to ratify the treaty by April 29 squanders U.S. influence . Only representatives from the member states can sit on the committee that finalizes the treaty's logistics, and the United Nations won't hire verification inspectors from nonmember countries. | The United Nations always hires verification inspectors from nonmember countries. | contradiction |
Wilson uses a stage backdrop of nothing but stark blue and projects bands of white light across it, while his performers stand almost motionless. | Wilson's stage uses 50 different colors. | contradiction |
Last year, Clinton signed legislation prohibiting federal recognition of gay marriages, then bragged about it in campaign ads. | The campaign ads featured Clinton in the act of prohibiting federal recognition for same sex marriages. | entailment |
She says, Have a nice day. | She is polite. | entailment |
In Rome, La Repubblica reported from New York on the ambivalence of President Clinton's attitude toward Hollywood, pointing out that a few hours after accusing it of promoting violence and having direct responsibility for massacres in American schools, he had gone to dinner in Beverly Hills with film industry friends w... | President Clinton had dinner with movie directors in Beverly Hills. | neutral |
Most alarmingly, convenience gambling exacts huge social costs in the form of addiction and financial hardship without providing any economic benefit. | gambling is a risk-free hobby that has only pros and no cons. | contradiction |
The product itself won't be in stores until summer, so it's way too early to know how the shaving public will respond. | We know exactly how popular the product will be. | contradiction |
Prior to its alliance with the government, the PDFA merely hogged the drug debate. | The PDFA and the government are sworn enemies. | contradiction |
It half-works right up to the point where people start getting gassed, and then Benigni's moist-eyed heroism and tenacious faith in his own irresistibility start to seem like a monstrous ego trip--a clown's megalomania. | Benigni is clearly a hero. | contradiction |
The substantive issue at stake is hard news vs. soft Each network is accusing the others of going soft in pursuit of ratings. | Soft news leads to better TV ratings. | entailment |
If you missed the link to the refresher on harassment law and its history, click . | If you missed the refresher then pull out your text book and review it now. | contradiction |
Contribution limits don't stop you from associating publicly or privately with a candidate or cause, working for the campaign, or even signifying your association by donating money. | You can still associate with a candidate and work for their campaign because the contribution limits don't stop you. | entailment |
Since, as the papers point out, the federal program allows monitorees to go to and from work, look for Kim to be inundated with arduous meetings from early morning till late at night. | Kim should have more free time tomorrow morning. | neutral |
But I think he misses an important Though the conflict may not reveal a previously hidden incentive (as in 2), it may create one. | He does not miss anything. | contradiction |
The decline in the won, by making imports more expensive and exports more competitive, would help bring about the decline in the current-account deficit, or the generation of a surplus. | A decline in the won would impact other world currencies. | neutral |
Indeed, he sounds almost like a lefty relativist when he says we must accept global multiculturality and discard the linear view of history, which sees Western values as the inexorable fate of humankind. | Agreeing with global multiculturality will make you sound like a lefty relativist. | entailment |
Visually we wanted to create a little bit of hope, a transition to the rest of the spot and the HRC logo, which picks up and repeats the color. | HRC is a large sheet metal manufacturer. | neutral |
At this point, I imagine that readers have three objections. | All of the reader's objections have to do with foreign policy issues. | neutral |
And Rupert Murdoch ( of Fox TV ) recently bid an estimated $350 million for the Los Angeles Dodgers and their stadium. | Murdoch had no interest in owning a baseball team. | contradiction |
In the short term, readjustment hits EITC, Social Security, WIC, food stamps, and school lunches, says Dean Baker of the Economic Policy Institute, but in the long term, taxes will be 30 [percent] or 40 percent higher. | Taxes and credits will not change as a result of the policy. | contradiction |
Biskind's book, accordingly, concludes with a litany of spectacular Coppola's Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart, Spielberg's 1941 , William Friedkin's Sorcerer, and, of course, Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate . According to Mardik Martin, Scorsese's erstwhile writing partner (as quoted by Biskind): The auteur theor... | Biskind interviewed Martin and Scorsese for his book. | neutral |
The message confused some of Red Eye's subscribers, and Red Herring rapidly began a damage control campaign. | Red Herring was concerned with how the subscribers reacted to the message. | entailment |
But somehow you expect that from Republicans, whereas you don't expect it from big-name national Democrats, especially Northerners like George Mitchell. | You have similar expectations from Republicans and Democrats. | contradiction |
Democrats have done themselves a lot of harm by refusing to discriminate between those programs that are vital and those that are not. | There are negative outcomes when we do not carefully decide how to regulate government programs. | neutral |
Similarly, China Telecom has said that it will explore opportunities for strategic investments in [China's] telecommunications industry. | China Telecom is openly exploring various places where investments can be made within their industry. | entailment |
Yankees, Cubs vs. | The Yankees will beat the Cubs. | neutral |
One reject was asked earnestly why on earth he had gone to live in Prague after graduation, surviving on odd jobs instead of starting a career back home. | The applicant had been accepted to what they had applied to. | contradiction |
As developers kill the bugs, they incorporate the solutions into a daily build of the program and test the build to make certain the solutions don't cause additional bugs. | Developers should be personally financially responsible for the bugs in their software. | neutral |
AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED TO START A CHAIN LETTER TO INFORM PEOPLE | Her dying wish was to inform other people by means of chain letter. | entailment |
Framed this way, the story is dying. | The story is thriving. | contradiction |
In last week's episode, Apu, the Indian convenience store owner, goes down to the docks to donate porno magazines to sailors. | The sailors knew the magazines were from Apu. | neutral |
Didion has always been an expert on coolness, numbness, in hot climates. | It is comforting to feel a coolness sensation when residing in a hot climate. | neutral |
) to keep him out of their way. | Everyone wanted him to be in their way. | contradiction |
Blockades have always been regarded as acts of war. | blockades are rather new, only popping up about 20 years ago. | neutral |
(Neither Toobin nor Random House returned my repeated calls.) | Toobin and Random House did not know they had calls they needed to return. | neutral |
When I think of someone like Tolly Greenberg, I think of my grandpa Ben, he writes. | many things remind me of my grandpa. | neutral |
It might be desirable for me to say nothing. | The person quoted may be testifying in court. | neutral |
Moreover, after Gerth's article the White House released a series of documents detailing the decision. | The White House would not have released the documents if not for Gerth's article. | neutral |
Is $25 million more going to be enough in a state like Wisconsin? | It's possible that $25 million more is not going to be enough in Wisconsin. | entailment |
But there are arguments to the contrary. | There are no arguments. | contradiction |
And now, judging by News Quiz responses, these wan titans are barely portrayed at all. | The wan titans did not deserve to be portrayed heavily. | neutral |
Eszterhas' posturing He became the celebrity he'd always hoped to be--brash, appealing, larger than life. | Eszterhas is a humble celebrity who avoids the limelight. | contradiction |
Entrepreneurs now use cheap new technology, such as remote-operated vehicles, to salvage artifacts from ancient wrecks. | The entrepreneurs are featured on the discovery channel. | neutral |
Woodward's 1996 campaign finance pieces struck a chord that still rings, and I predict a similar impact for Barton Gellman's two-part series last week about how the United States and China nearly went to war in 1996 (click here and here). | Woodward's first written piece was in 1998. | contradiction |
Wal-Mart still won't stock adult videos, although it no longer carries its own store editions of mainstream hits with the naughty bits edited out, as it was once rumored to do. | Wal-Mart does not stock adult videos. | entailment |
In this group, it's common for moms to march into school at the beginning of the year and obtain several months' worth of assignments in advance so their children can get a head start. | The mothers in this group pay little heed to their children's education. | contradiction |
Once you get your adolescent to endorse this idea (and to forget that Juliet was just 14), you've won. | All kids know that Juliet is 14. | neutral |
And by planting what looks like a bold idea--that the purpose of campaigning is to engender optimism and renew our faith--he erases his obligation to tell us how he would govern. | He planted the idea that the purpose of a campaign is to sow distrust and inspire fear among the voters. | contradiction |
We hate to sound like Girl Scouts, but you really must accept cookies if you're going to subscribe to | No cookies are involved for subscribing. | contradiction |
Remember, the last guy to argue for a distinction between ideology and competence was Michael Dukakis. | The author personally believes in the ideology presented by Michael Dukakis. | neutral |
Are we for affirmative action based on need, as I am, or based on race? | Affirmative action does nothing to help minority races. | contradiction |
The boycott has been called off, but demands persist for full disclosure of records of Holocaust victims' assets, and there's little sign the Swiss will recover their pristine image any time soon. | The people leading the boycott are reinstating it. | contradiction |
I don't suppose that everyone is like that. | Their views on humanity were informed by past experiences and religious beliefs. | neutral |
The reason to see Man on the Moon is Jim Carrey. | Jim Carrey stars in the Man on the Moon. | entailment |
the thing is I don't know how I can pick one or the other as maid of honor. | I know exactly who to pick as the maid of honor. | contradiction |
Stimulate global growth by boosting consumer demand from the bottom up. | Increasing consumer demand is the only way to improve the global economy. | neutral |
But that wacky theory aside, the point for Lemann's book is He brilliantly shows how the Protestant Establishment gave way to the educated elite. | The Protestant Establishment deferred to the educated elite in the period following World War II. | neutral |
He looks like he's still alive. | He appears to be alive. | entailment |
All this amounts to clear and convincing proof of Jones' allegation--which has never been specifically denied by the president personally or by his lawyer Robert Bennett--that then-governor Clinton sent a state trooper to interrupt a state employee's performance of her job and bring her to his hotel room. | Governor Clinton sent a state trooper to interrupt another person and bring her to his hotel room. | entailment |
Some people insist they don't know what they think until they hear what they say. | Everybody is completely aware of their thought process and their internal thoughts. | contradiction |
I begin to count Rep. | I will not begin counting. | contradiction |
House Rules Committee Chairman Gerald Solomon, R-N.Y., has so far refused to schedule a hearing on Barr's resolution. | The hearing on Barr's resolution has been scheduled. | contradiction |
To track all of this month's four-star movies, check out the TV-Now website Four Star Movies February TV Schedule. | The TV-Now website is no longer in operation. | contradiction |
Western analysts now fear that the generals are using Chechnya to reassert control over national security and foreign policy. | Chechnya is a piece of a larger plot by the generals. | neutral |
Unless the name of your house is Ritz-Carlton, bag the subtle approach, and give them a deadline for their departure. | A deadline should be very clear to them. | entailment |
They were a breeze to enter--a few mouse clicks and a password. | It was extremely easy to enter. | entailment |
Physical modesty is not a Baldwin trait. | Baldwin is a handsome man. | neutral |
Was Toobin's own judgment distorted by his presumably large Random House advance? | Random House caused Toobin to change his view. | neutral |
The cover story on Trent Lott doubts that he can control the Republican Senate. | Lott was a senator from Alabama. | neutral |
We also don't know how life originates and to what extent it evolves in an orderly pattern. | It's unclear exactly how life originated. | entailment |
Facing little competition, these magnates possess fantastic wealth--mainly from monopolies on natural resources--and own major media outlets. | The magnates used the media outlets they controlled to influence government regulations. | neutral |
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. | Employees at Mossad are paid well. | neutral |
He is troubled over whether to accept donations from the professional kirkbuzzers'* guild. | He thinks the guild has a bit of a bad reputation in the area. | neutral |
The Virtual Library on International Development is another source for material on these issues. | There were multiple sources about the issue obtained at various places. | neutral |
To life in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression? | Many people often ask about life in during the Great Depressions. | neutral |
The conservatives have managed to cast themselves as the scourge of pedophiles, insinuate that the president is soft on pedophilia, and link Clinton to a sub rosa campaign to lower the age of consent--and all this is based on a report that no one noticed until the Christian right uncovered it, that no one in the White ... | Pedophilia isn't a major concern to the conservative party. | contradiction |
Instead, McCain spends the evening attacking Bush. | McCain gave Bush many compliments that evening. | contradiction |
Bloom glides over her motives. | Bloom is capable of gliding. | entailment |
It's not hard to see why they use it. | They never use it. | contradiction |
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