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Bombing the crap out of Third World countries and aspirin factories when you need a quick pick-me-up at the polls. | Attacking foreign countries can raise your favorability in the polls. | entailment |
But in fact Boulaye had advocated supporting a party, meaning the Conservative Party. | The Liberal Party received Boulaye's endorsement. | contradiction |
Pecker is a breezy, agreeable picture--a charmer, thumbs-up, three stars--but there's something disappointing about a John Waters film that's so evenhanded and all-embracing, even if its sunniness is ironic. | Pecker is a box office hit. | neutral |
It depends on such questions as 1) how effectively the industrialized nations can monitor the average rogue state once they start synergistically pooling their intelligence, and 2) how tough economic sanctions have to be before even the Syrias of the world fall into line. | It depends on such questions as how easily the rogue states can be conquered, and how tough does the occupying force need to be? | contradiction |
The Washington Post called him everyone's favorite Arab moderate. | Nobody found this individual to be their favorite. | contradiction |
When you buy something online or fill out a warranty card, there's often a little box at the Check here if you wish to receive announcements about our new products and services that may delight and amuse you. | You are not allowed to purchase items online. | contradiction |
On the other hand, some states have passed new laws that treat juvenile criminals as responsible adults. | The new states include: California, Oregon, and Washington. | neutral |
But, says Kull, One would not expect a real bounce until you see some signs of success. | You will surely experience a bounce whether there is success or failure. | contradiction |
This couplet sends us back to an already famous passage in Omeros , in which women loading coal are compared to a line of ants--and so on. | This passage in Omeros is known for the image of several women loading coal. | entailment |
Newsweek notes that while the Dalai Lama promotes religious understanding and meditation, he opposes abortion, contraception, and homosexual acts. | The Dalai Lama thinks that men shouldn't have sex with other men. | entailment |
No ballots will be accepted after May 6, 1998. | Ballot voting is stopped after May 6, 1998. | entailment |
I have never given it a second thought, but recently people seem to be noticing my sneezing and commenting on it, some suggesting I see a doctor. | I have always thought others noticed my sneezing. | contradiction |
notion of divine sanction for democratic values. | The divine strongly oppose democracy. | neutral |
Before proceeding, write down or remember the directories where these files are found. | No one thinks that it is necessary to remember the directories where the files are located. | contradiction |
The effect of these stories from the nether regions of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy has been like crying wolf. | The stories have had no effect. | contradiction |
Still a larger question Why don't companies ever quit while they're ahead? | It is good for companies never to quit when they are ahead. | neutral |
The goal shouldn't be to make the desert bloom. | It's hard to make the desert bloom | neutral |
Oreskes declined to tell him, of course, who the Times ' sources were. | He eventually found out who the source was. | neutral |
In part, this is because Las Vegas has itself become one of the world's most powerful brand names. | Las Vegas is famous throughout the world. | entailment |
Seconds after tipoff, Jordan launched a turnaround jumper, his new signature shot, hitting nothing but net. | Jordan made the basket and scored two points. | entailment |
Above all, the story of the co-op tells you that economic slumps are not punishments for our sins, pains that we are fated to suffer. | Economic slumps are not caused by fate. | entailment |
This is too bad, because Pokemon is undoubtedly much smarter and more charming than what will supplant it. | Pokemon is smart and has a charm to it. | entailment |
He winked broadly, then gave her a wide, rakish smile that lit her soul with excitement. | He ignored her and did not give her any time of day, her soul was dim with loneliness. | contradiction |
Give Microsoft a monopoly on browsers, and you'll intensify the downward pressure on the price of its operating systems. | Microsoft is a small company in a large industry. | contradiction |
Finally, as he prepares to launch his own daily TV show, we thought we'd highlight National Enquirer columnist Mike Walker's confident prediction that there'll never, ever be a post-Lewinsky photo showing Bill [Clinton] with a cigar. | Mike Walker is a National Enquirer columnist | entailment |
But the studio system in Hollywood disappeared while studio execs remained important as deal makers, and the same could happen in advertising. | Things that happen to the Hollywood studio system can not be compared to or correlated with any other field. | contradiction |
I was greatly encouraged to see Michael Goff's proposal of a Microsoft fashion-upgrade strategy, titled Dressing Up the Nerds. | I'm excited about Michael Goff's proposal of a Microsoft fashion-upgrade. | entailment |
Other IOC members have resigned or are still being investigated. | Some IOC members resigned. | entailment |
All this is called devolution, to rhyme with evolution (and not to rhyme with revolution). | the words do not rhyme whatsoever. | contradiction |
Update on the campaign-finance 1) The Democratic money scandal is converging with the Teamsters scandal. | There are at least two scandals. | entailment |
What a fascinating and generous letter. | The letter is boring. | contradiction |
Mine's a full week old, and he's still acting like a drunk. | I have had mine for years. | contradiction |
variety at the stand-ups, and pleasant trifles at the washstands. | The best trifles are chocolate flavor. | neutral |
Someone has to absorb the loss. | The loss will be absorbed. | neutral |
Instead, you're still leading with Jacob Weisberg on Clinton's African apology (Sorry Excuse) and Cullen Murphy's discourse on lying (The Lie of the Land). | Jacob Weisberg and Cullen Murphy are equally interesting. | neutral |
However you fiddle with the rates, there will always be a perceived penalty on somebody. | Rates are firm and cannot move. | contradiction |
Even readers who share Wilson's worldview will find much to provoke them. | Readers sharing Wilson's perspective will find his new work quite noninflammatory and disarming. | contradiction |
It's a big week for women's health at Newsweek , too. | Newsweek covers women's health. | entailment |
Gay liberation, like feminism, is central to the whole individualist ethos of the last two decades. | The author equates the importance of both Gay liberation and feminism. | entailment |
The game of payback never ends. | Payback ends quickly. | contradiction |
What makes a late abortion disturbing is that the fetus is big now--like a fully formed child. | Early term abortions usually happen when the fetus is about the size of a peanut. | neutral |
I particularly enjoyed your colored sky; a nice choice, blue, popular, everybody likes that blue. | I really did not care for your choice to use blue for the color of the sky. | contradiction |
The McCain campaign has more specific evidence of success. | McCain did not have any success. | contradiction |
A piece reports on a new treat for yogurt in a tube. | Yogurt in a tube is being reported on. | entailment |
No, as it happens, it doesn't. | It definitely does. | contradiction |
The cover package forecasts Al Gore's electoral strategy. | The cover package doesn't cover political strategy. | contradiction |
He feels liberated but looks like a man hugging a slot machine. | The man feels like he is kept in captivity. | contradiction |
The incremental reforms that traditionalists favor to put the system's books in long-term balance all assume that the current trust fund balances, held in the form of Treasury bonds, are really being compounded and preserved. | Treasury bonds are central to the proposal. | entailment |
Songs like their biggest hit, , are sense-less but skillful pastiches of classic Beatles moments. | Their biggest hit song sounds very similar to that of a popular Beatles song. | neutral |
A message from Michael Most college guides privilege corporate values, treating education like a commodity. | Colleges guides give privilege to individual values and ideals. | contradiction |
Seconds after tipoff, Jordan launched a turnaround jumper, his new signature shot, hitting nothing but net. | When Jordan took the shot, the shot was contested by a defender. | neutral |
By forbidding its dealers to compete with each other via prices, Schwinn forces them to compete with each other via quality of service, to the ultimate benefit of consumers. | Businesses must find other ways to attract and retain customers beyond price. | neutral |
Why, it's their Chineseness, of course. | Someone's heritage is provided as an explanation. | entailment |
Do they have an open marriage in which his extracurricular activity is accepted, or is each new revelation a painful surprise to her? | There is no amount of infidelity in their marriage. | contradiction |
Can you suggest a metaphor for rationalizing my past? | The speaker is not interested in any sort of metaphors about their past. | contradiction |
As a result, they avoid the concussive head wounds that kill boxers--and the long-term neurological damage that cripples them. | Some of the boxers get head injuries outside of the ring. | neutral |
To track all of this month's four-star movies, check out the TV-Now website Four Star Movies February TV Schedule. | TV-Now has listings for network and paid channels. | neutral |
Reply All, our experimental novel-by-e-mail written by three anonymous authors in three different cities, moves outside the subscription wall for a while, beginning today. | Three people wrote Reply All, a novel-by-email. | entailment |
Is it proper for attendants to wear black at a wedding? | There is a question as to what color attire is acceptable to wear to weddings. | entailment |
They show Ellison exploring black folklore as a source for black fiction, using flight, for example, as a metaphor for escape--a common trope among slaves who imagined themselves able to fly back to Africa. | Ellison used flight as a metaphor when exploring black folklore. | entailment |
He is either masochistically neurotic or is figuring out how to extricate himself. | A man might want to leave a situation. | entailment |
In theory, for-profits are equipped to do it through greater efficiency--economies of scale, easier closure of failing operations, and better access to capital. | The author believes for-profits are incapable of the businesses that they run. | contradiction |
Specifically, it wants $90,000 for a confiscated file of telegrams and letters sent in response to Nixon's famous Silent Majority speech. | The confiscated file of telegrams and letters were given up for free. | contradiction |
But I do worry that the Barro offer sends the wrong signals to younger economists--that by telling them the profession still insists on the appearance of superstardom, that it only values home runs when we really ought to be looking for a solid series of base hits, it will encourage what is already a disturbing propens... | The author isn't concerned with the direction that the study of economics has taken. | contradiction |
But from there, he goes wrong. | He still has the opportunity to correct himself, however. | neutral |
DeParle also notes that her husband, Donald, recently found a job, as a hotel maintenance man. | Donald found a job as a hotel maintenance man. | entailment |
But, The Christians are at it again? | The Christians are not at it again. | contradiction |
Johnson encouraged Kennedy to run and promised to do whatever he could to help him. | One reason Kennedy chose to run was due to the motivation he received from Johnson. | entailment |
According to the publication, just months after the skiing accident death of her husband, Sonny, she tossed piles of irreplaceable mementos of the late singer-congressman into the dumpster, where they were retrieved by one of his former restaurant employees. | The mementos tossed out by Sonny were never found. | contradiction |
Part uplift for black kids, part thrilling feats of circus daring, it's family programming that can appeal to adults of all races. | A show that helps race relations is on television. | entailment |
In 1992, only 1,070 abortions were performed after the 25 th week. | Abortions were not allowed in 1992. | contradiction |
A two-hour look at the evolution of underwear, the special is as silly as it sounds. | There is nothing meaningful to be gathered by watching a documentary about underwear. | neutral |
An editorial from the Chinese Xinhua news agency vilified Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui for venturing down a dead alley and swimming against the historical tide of unification. | President Lee Teng-hui was honored by a Chinese news agency. | contradiction |
Monica gets out first and opens the courthouse door. | Monica went to court with her lawyer so that she can contest her parking tickets. | neutral |
Sunday's NYT was more than a little fascinated with the topic of whether or not companies with 20th Century in their names would change with the times. | Sunday's NYT was fascinated with the idea of possible name changes in companies with 20th Century in them. | neutral |
And good afternoon to you, too, President Reagan. | President Reagan demanded to be greeted formally and politely by all his staff. | neutral |
3) The study is flawed because it assumes the participants correctly recalled their dietary habits. | There are no flaws with people recalling their dietary habits. | contradiction |
The Progressive Policy Institute's Rob Shapiro, who invented the concept of corporate welfare before Reich gave it a name, has identified $300 billion worth. | Reich didn't invent the concept of corporate welfare. | entailment |
This time, they were looking for a candidate who knew how to speak the language of love. | It was time to consider a new candidate. | entailment |
But Szwed overlooks a crucial distinction between Sun Ra and his forebears. | Szwed wasn't very smart. | neutral |
We must make do with the public domain. | The public domain has a lot of issues. | neutral |
In particular, he has spoken of Salon 's dedication to a mission of exposing important facts. | Salon has no regard for facts. | contradiction |
It would take only one-tenth of one second to download a Slate article via ADSL. | Articles downloaded from Slate are faster than articles downloaded from The New Republic. | neutral |
Crazy Richard Nixon and All That Jazz , by Leonard Garment (Times Books). | The book was published by Times Books. | entailment |
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. | Mr.Fayed has never been criticized by the press about his views on Princess Diana's death. | contradiction |
The general principle is that these questions, unfortunately, are going to be asked. | Questions are going to be asked. | entailment |
Recently, three economists named Harold Cole, George Mailath, and Andrew Postlewaite (for whom I will use the collective abbreviation CMP) have proposed a compromise between the two On the one hand, people do not care directly about their relative positions in the wealth distribution. | In terms of wealth distribution, the vast majority of people care how they place. | contradiction |
Some houses--big and small--have trimmed their lists, consulting closely with the chains to determine what is commercial, and have seen their profits and sales rise. | No houses have trimmed their lists. | contradiction |
Had Apple allowed Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, perhaps even IBM to build hardware running the Mac OS, it might very well have seen its software become the industry standard. | Mac OS is not the most popular operating system. | entailment |
Unfortunately, that's a principle that doesn't seem to be at work in a capital market that just can't say no. | Capital markets have a hard time saying no. | entailment |
And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man, so maybe I should take him to a good stylist who would no doubt be, as so many of them are, gay. | On average, stylists are homosexual more often than that of the general population. | neutral |
This is odd because it collapses the distinction between willingness to pay and ability to pay. | There is a big difference between willingness to pay and ability to pay. | contradiction |
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? | Burger King is known for their fine dining restaurants. | contradiction |
High Crimes is supposed to show that Clinton's enemies have a strong legal case against him. | High Crimes is not related to American politics. | contradiction |
Albright says her parents expressed vivid recollections of childhood Easter and Christmas celebrations . These recollections may well have been true. | Easter and Christmas were the Albright's favorite holidays. | neutral |
On behalf of the Harvard Square respondents, it must be said that ignorance was masked by a bravura self-confidence. | Confidence helped to hide their ignorance. | entailment |
Manifolds, one must understand, are fairly wild and exotic beasts in mathematics. | Manifolds are not common. | entailment |
He has already demonstrated his acumen at milking the confrontation with Helms for its maximum theatrical and political value. | He is very effective at drumming up drama and controversy with his confrontation with Helms. | entailment |
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori has worked well enough to send countless young men to their deaths through the ages. | Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori is a dangerous quote. | neutral |
Entire conferences and whole scholarly volumes have been devoted to this catechism, with roughly the same results. | People haven't given much consideration to this catechism. | contradiction |
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