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Clinton has the ability to sustain that perception despite the test ban's defeat.
Clinton fought to promote the test ban.
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And parents of both sexes should remember that growing children are the fastest-paced Americans of them all.
Children can be categorized as fast-paced Americans.
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Of course the information-technology sector has been wonderfully successful--but that is because it has been in a position to exploit the extraordinary possibilities offered by photolithography, not because of any special virtue in the way it operates.
Photolithography is related to the success of the information-technology sector.
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Upon him All ultimatelyrests.
He feels burdened.
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This is a drop in the bucket.
this is a really big deal.
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It disgusting, childish, and unnecessary.
The disgusting part is how he got the object in there.
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Starr's failures stemmed not from evil but from errant good.
Starr has succeeded in everything they've ever tried to do.
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To hold costs down, the $24 billion program doesn't cover kids who are currently insured.
The program takes measures to reduce costs.
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Re Paste Test: I'll have to put the hex on Colgate Total.
He wants to put a hex on the toothpaste.
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Salinger wrote similar letters to other young female writers.
Salinger never spoke to women.
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All these numbers may be climbing, but they remain low.
All the numbers are increasing.
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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.
Molten donated over 30 million dollars to the DNC.
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In 19 th -century Britain, this tough love helped keep the divorce rate near zero even amid the stark status inequality of a modern nation.
Britain existed during the 19th century.
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Another time I had to go and look after my brother Kenny in Buffalo.
The author was raised in Buffalo
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Lohengrin (Metropolitan Opera, New York City).
Lohengrin is a production played by the Metropolitan Opera.
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As Prince Charles arrived Monday in Sri Lanka for an official visit marking the 50 th anniversary of its independence from Britain, he was reported to be considering canceling a plan to confer a knighthood there on the expatriate British writer Arthur C. Clarke ( 2001: A Space Odyssey ) following a front-page story in ...
Prince Charles is no longer going to confer a knighthood to Arthur C. Clark.
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On the 10 th anniversary of the liberation of Eastern Europe, we often refer to that event in shorthand as the fall of the Berlin Wall.
We celebrate the anniversary with parties.
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I then launched Xwindows.
I opened a computer program.
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And Pooh belongs to America for economic reasons as well as literary ones.
Americans all claim Pooh is theirs.
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In recent months, Chinese corporations have taken stakes in Hong Kong Telecom, Dragon Air, and China Light & Power.
Dragon Air is a good investment.
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This is where I disagree with Michael Lind--and with you, Fred, I'm guessing.
It is certain that Fred differs in opinion from the quote's source.
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Fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi River has killed sea life over an area the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico, says an article. Farmers are resisting calls to curtail fertilizer use.
Farmers are being very compliant about less fertilizer use.
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For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.
The majority of students preferred their professors give them written evaluations.
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Didion has always been an expert on coolness, numbness, in hot climates.
His expertise specifically relates to weather conditions in less temperate climates.
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Then, each boy was taken aside and asked how he would divide up rewards among individual boys from your group and the other group.
Each boy was asked how to distribute rewards among the groups.
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Between 1989 and 1993, 48,000 students received Pell Grant overpayments; 35,000 received Pell Grants from two separate schools simultaneously; and 101,000 students, ineligible for Pell Grants because they had defaulted on federally guaranteed loans, received them anyway.
The Pell Grant has given out more money than they were suppose to to thousands of students.
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A map with holes in it is a mnemonic for the global-warming treaty and its supposedly glaring loopholes.
The global warming treaty is perfect and there is nothing wrong with it.
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Well, his proof does leave one loophole.
There are no loopholes in his proof.
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While conservatives bash Bulworth for its political correctness, The Nation likens it to Citizen Kane . Like [Orson] Welles, [Warren] Beatty brings to this production a history of left-liberal politics and an admiration for black musicians, says Stuart Klawans.
Stuart argues that the Beatty approves of progressive ideas.
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As a jazz composer, Sun Ra never fulfilled the bright promise of his early recordings like Jazz in Silhouette . But by founding a cult, he earned a lasting place in the larger culture, which otherwise might have eluded him.
Sun Ra record Jazz in Silhouette at the beginning of his career.
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The Shopping Avenger right away made contact with the Super 8 executive offices.
After making contact with the Super 8 executive offices the Shopping Avenger made a complaint.
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Time 's feature argues that settling is trickier than it Can Clinton acknowledge Jones' claim and not admit to any wrongdoing?
Jones' claim had nothing to do with President Clinton.
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At least, Chatterbox thinks that's what Johnsen said ...
Chatterbox has some ideas about what Johnsen said.
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(Yes, if it uses speed attacks rather than electrical ones.)
Speed and electric are two types of attacks.
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Costly error or painful recriminations lie on either side of my position.
No matter which way things go, there's no chance that anything negative happens.
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You can have a park in your backyard (as I do) and still make it to work in 15 minutes (if you keep a sharp eye out for the potholes).
Potholes make your work commute faster.
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the guy over there, in charge, in Taiwan ...
The guy is the leader.
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This kid-gloves treatment reflects our ostensible reluctance to involve ourselves in costly overseas conflicts, and our ostensible respect for the national sovereignty of the foreign countries.
A hard and no-nonsense approach has always been taken toward other nations.
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Ajami's book is an indispensable guide to why anyone in the Arab world still listens to it.
Ajami has written a book relevant to the Arab world.
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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.
Red hair is loved by lots of cultures.
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These decisions are made by middle management, who are free to indulge their prejudices, regardless of a calculation of what's best for the corporate bottom line.
Some middle managers ignore what's best for corporate's profits.
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Johnson's naivete is as convincingly natural as her nose, her lips, and her breasts.
The author fings Johnson's naivete to be fake.
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Makes you want to watch Sunday's game just to see how it turns out.
There will be no game this Sunday, as it was canceled.
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to be such excellent quiz wranglers.
They are not good quiz wranglers.
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For example, suppose that the U.S. stock market was to crash, threatening to undermine consumer confidence.
Consumer confidence is not always shaken when there is a stock market crash.
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By 1968, that annus horribilis when Johnson cracked from the pressure of mediating an increasingly centripetal Democratic Party and Kennedy fell to an assassin's bullet, two political ideal-types had a silent majority who supported Johnson's war on Vietnam and voted in Richard Nixon, and a new class of liberal profess...
The youth were mostly of African descent.
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Most societies prohibit adultery--sex between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse--at least, formally.
Nearly all nations and peoples of the world encourage adultery.
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You look as hot as that pie, darlin', he said, glancing at the cleavage of her firm, young breasts, while her breath quickened with expectation.
He is not blind, he is able to see.
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Mir's crew was docked pay for its incompetence.
Mir's crew made a mistake.
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There will be no Revenge of the Nebbishes , no nebbish liberation.
Revenge will not happen.
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Lonely and anxious to be used, the condom grows so weary of the wait that he throws away his Either the condom's owner is abstinent, or he's careless.
he practices safe sex and always uses condoms.
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It would be more true to say that Gopnik's need to see Picasso as a rascal deforms his view of Picasso's art.
Gopnik admired Picasso with rose-colored glasses.
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Ryan just isn't the man she thought she married ...
Ryan hadn't changed since the wedding.
contradiction
The Majic Bus brought Brinkley minor fame.
Brinkley never achieved any sort of popularity on The Majic Bus.
contradiction
(The Yankees have a 12-year, $486-million cable deal.)
The cable deal is worth more less than $40 million a year.
entailment
The Washington Post reported more evidence of the alleged Chinese plot to influence U.S. elections.
The Washington Post alleges that there was a Chinese plot to influence U.S. elections.
entailment
I observe that 50 years ago Mad magazine observed the popularity of Chinese restaurants with an elegant piece of satire called Two Chinese Guys Go Into an American Restaurant.
Two Chinese Guys Go Into an American Restaurant was written by a female author.
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Given this prospect, the country should save heavily to make provision for the future--and lacking the kind of pay-as-you-go Social Security system that allows Americans to ignore such realities, it does.
We don't need to worry about spending and social security.
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Heavily promote the collected Edmund Wilson-Paula Barbieri letters.
It is about letters by Edmund Wilson-Paula Barbieri
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Neither exercise is intended to revive the patient.
The patient was revived anyways.
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Last weekend, journalist couple Christopher Hitchens and Carol Blue signed affidavits claiming that Blumenthal told them last March that Lewinsky was a stalker.
Christopher Hitchens is a single journalist.
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(Read the transcripts of the better CNN chats here . Look for the Allpolitics section toward the bottom of the page.)
CNN has the best chats.
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It's not just a question of men disinclined to violence getting killed off.
Violent men will kill each other off and the pacifists will live on in peace.
contradiction
Dissatisfied with the chump change earned by selling untaxed cigarettes and fireworks, the Indians have opened gambling casinos on reservations all over the state.
Very few Native Americans make money from the casinos.
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After 15 years of almost uninterrupted superlative performance--which not even the Katzenberg and Ovitz contretemps could seriously slow down--it's almost impossible to remember how close Disney was to being dismantled in the early 1980s.
Disney was almost at the point of ending in the 1980s.
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Should we reward him for keeping us out of war?
He should be prosecuted for forcing them into the war.
contradiction
While continuing to endorse the ideal of integration, they say affirmative action, busing, and the rest do more harm than good.
Some politicians endorsed the ideals of integration, but then express caution regarding actual integration laws.
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From an erratic performance on the David Letterman show to a violent confrontation with a boyfriend to the latest, her odd behavior at the Cannes Film Festival.
She's had a domestic dispute with her current boyfriend.
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An article explores McDonald's niche offerings.
the article completely ignores McDonald's.
contradiction
There's more free stuff available online to fill up the time when the boss isn't around than the proxy-censor will ever let us read.
The boss is not around very much.
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Monica gets out first and opens the courthouse door.
Monica opened the door before anyone else.
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Earlier, Novak actually ask ed Carlson if he could interrupt!
Novak and Carlson know each other.
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No wonder many hate it in France, especially for schoolgirls, who are meant to mix with others on an equal footing in all respects; and in determinedly modernized Turkey, too.
Schoolgirls in France are supposed to mix with other people.
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Analysts consider Jiang a clumsy weakling compared with Deng, and are debating whether 1) he will continue Deng's reforms or return to authoritarianism and 2) he can consolidate power or will be outmaneuvered by rivals.
It is known how Jiang is going to run the country compared to Deng.
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Anything to keep from turning into one of those people.
The author implies that turning into one of "those people" is a negative event.
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Twenty-five years ago, Pennsylvania pinball machines displayed this for entertainment purposes only.
The Pennsylvania pinball machines were displayed in New York City.
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The judge agreed there were extenuating circumstances because both songwriters had been inspired by old blues music.
Lawyers argued that copyright infringement had taken place.
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In preparation for our trip, I spent months studying Italian soccer on television.
will the airplane offer alcohol on the trip?
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This is where I disagree with Michael Lind--and with you, Fred, I'm guessing.
Michael and Fred share the same opinion.
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The word fundamentally in the previous paragraph carries a lot of weight, but it is important to think of what is fundamental.
The last paragraph uses the word fundamentally.
entailment
The only really arresting work he did after 1950 is . With its electric brightness, this huge painting, which Pollock's friends started for him, is stunning but sad, a big smile for the camera and perhaps a kind of requiem for his earlier work.
Pollock retired in 1949.
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And while Lewis believes Said to be motivated by a crude anti-Western leftist animus, Ahmad finds him altogether too enamored of the canons of European literature and avers that Said possesses a very conservative mind, essentially Tory in its structure.
Lewis is correct in his views of Said.
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Richard Lamm, who attempted to wrest leadership of the party away from Perot, is a classic Greater New England progressive, as is former Connecticut Gov.
At least one former governor of Connecticut is a progressive.
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(In Paragraph 19, Line 106, replace the words 'Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction' with the words 'seven hundred fifty million dollars.
The replacement of the words 'Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction' is on Line 110.
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The leading example of such an auction is the stock market.
Stock of companies cannot be purchased on the stock market.
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Last June, the Supreme Court ruled that political parties (as well as PACs, interest groups, and individuals) can make unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates.
the Supreme Court ruled that there can only be a limited amount of private expenditures.
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You mentioned yesterday that today you were going to take on his concluding section.
There was mention of a planned action yesterday.
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On the same day, another Albanian paper, iKoha Jonei , published some impressive statistics about corruption in the Albanian government.
There has been no investigation into corruption in the Albanian government.
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The face of Europe might look quite a bit different.
Europe's face may appear quite a bit different.
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Tim has not only been invited to interview at several bulge-bracket firms, he has been warmly received, even by those he lampooned.
Tim was looking forward to the interview process even though he was concerned about how he would be treated.
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Where is beauty?
Beauty is fleeting.
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driving a car--that are not wrong in themselves, just wrong for a 5-year-old.
The car is great for a 5 year old.
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Luckily, he is highly placed, but I mean, how does one gracefully NOT contribute?
contributing nets you many benefits.
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He's (briefly) a slick but wholesome yuppie and then (interminably) Death, who takes over the young man's body when he's thumped by a couple of cars in the movie's most promising moment.
The moment is promising thanks to the superb acting and the novel plot twist.
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A basic tenet of biology used to be that the energy requirements of all living things are met ultimately by the sun--mainly through plants converting sunlight into more easily digestible forms of energy.
Plants don't convert solar energy into digestible energy for animals.
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McCain's media cheering section neglects its favorite candidate's lack of coherence on tax and health-care policy.
The media's 2nd most favorite candidate is Obama.
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Doctor and refusing women their reproductive rights.
The author thinks that sometimes people take away women's rights.
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Can a meeting with Al Gore (or at least Hillary Clinton) be far behind?
The author thinks a meeting with Hillary Clinton or Al Gore might happen fairly soon.
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K has no trouble deciding which it is now that he needs a few second-order considerations to refine his argument.
The argument is on whether he should join ISIS.
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They may want to consult an astrophysicist as well as a plastic surgeon.
Getting consulting from an astrophysicist is enough.
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