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The group of student donors who collectively gave $200,000 to Clinton used different designations when contributing an additional $100,000 to him and others. | Clinton did not receive a cent from student donors. | contradiction |
The NYT and LAT fronts report that a Vanderbilt University study, to be published today in Science , indicates that blacks are far less likely than whites to make use of the Internet. | The New York Times and Los Angeles Times have both reported that a Vanderbilt Study shows African-Americans use the internet far more than whites | contradiction |
Thanks again for enduring what must have been a trying cartoon to publish. | Getting through the publishing process for this cartoon deserves their gratitude. | entailment |
The two films cited most often are Heathers , in which Christian Slater is foiled in an attempt to detonate his school, and The Basketball Diaries , in which Leonardo DiCaprio fantasizes about gunning down his classmates and a priest Terminator -style while his buddies cheer. | DiCaprio never portrayed someone contemplating homicide. | contradiction |
The Nation 's Katha Pollitt takes Putnam's very example, the shift from league bowling to ad hoc bowling, and suggests that [that] story could be told as one of happy progress from a drink-sodden night of spouse-avoidance with the same old faces from work to temperate and spontaneous fun with one's intimate friends and... | The story changes from monotone to fun. | entailment |
The piece might be weightier if it addressed such issues. | The piece was possibly not as impactful as it could have been. | entailment |
As Lost in the Funhouse notes, Kaufman actually joined Lawler on the professional circuit and traveled across the country in a kind of touring carnival. | Kaufman traveled with Lawler for the first half of the circuit before dropping out. | neutral |
It would be more entertaining to consider mixed motives, mitigating circumstances, conflicting social pressures, complicated histories, and then find that in this unique situation you really should shoot the guy. | They are looking for a loophole to shoot a guy. | neutral |
Newsweek says Starr's post-Paula Jones case may be stronger than it looks, reporting that 1) Betty Currie spent four days in a hotel room with FBI agents working for Starr in the days after the Monica story broke and 2) Frank Carter (Lewinsky's first lawyer, who helped prepare her denial of a relationship with Clinton)... | Newsweek has become more popular because of their coverage on Clinton. | neutral |
The breakup of the U.S.S.R. shattered the army into 15 pieces, as Russia lost nukes, ships, bases, and many of its best officers to newly independent republics. | The USSR remains today, despite attempts to establish independent republics. | contradiction |
Considering how hard it was for the extraordinary Frank McCourt to learn how to teach, one has to wonder whether individual teachers can really measure their own progress. | Frank McCourt was known for being an effective educator but he had to work at it in order to be successful. | entailment |
Massachusetts' highest court decided that British au pair Louise Woodward will not go back to jail. | Louise Woodward deserves to remain in jail. | neutral |
He then made a speech in September 1980 in which he laid out the quantities involved and the underlying assumptions. | His speech was groundbreaking. | neutral |
Both haggard and elfin, she moves in and out of sanity, now distraught with grief, now giddy with superior insight. | Her sanity was slowly whittled away by spending years and years alone, removed from civilization. | neutral |
Or the ad when the Wagnerian soprano (G.W.) | The ad featured a soprano singing works by Wagner. | entailment |
On democracy, for example, American activists are raging over China's recent suppression of all democratic dissent. | China encourages democratic dissent. | contradiction |
Bennett is right to the extent that there's no excuse for telling falsehoods in the course of raising otherwise legitimate issues. | Bennett believes lies should not be used when bringing up legitimate issues. | entailment |
This is a delightful example of what lawyers call a bootstrap argument: If anyone points out that you've broken the rules, that's a challenge to your integrity, which requires reassuring the public, which means you have no longer broken the rules! | The bootstrap argument is circular. | entailment |
The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence. | The WTO had to spend years addressing the Kodak-Fuji case. | neutral |
But then I'd be swept up in the sinuous motion of his filmmaking, in the elation of watching point of view passed like a baton from hand to hand, in the liberating force of his language and soundtrack. | I found his filmmaking to be tedious and uninteresting. | contradiction |
The drive to find and eat food was integral to the survival of our early ancestors. | Wild food such as game and berries were plentiful to our ancestors. | neutral |
But there are several pharmacological and social differences that reduce the relevance of rat research to social policy. | Rat research can relate to social policy easily; there is no difference testing on rats as there is humans. | contradiction |
Dr. Arthur Caplan, the only ethicist at the hearing who betrayed any awareness of the new issues, focused instead on the morality of trade-offs. | Dr. Arthur Caplan does not consider ethical implications. | contradiction |
But otherwise, so long as his religious convictions, no matter how weak or strong they may be, are not geared toward the outright oppression or destruction/neglect of those who fail to share his views, they should not matter, and warrant no scrutiny. | We should worry a great deal about his religious beliefs regardless of any circumstance. | contradiction |
6) The real outrage is that boxing officials won't be able to raise enough money to pay the exorbitant sums the boxers are demanding for a rematch. | The boxers deserve their demands in order to host a rematch. | neutral |
Having endlessly debated the staying power of his '60s comic-strip sendups, most critics now conclude his art will last. | Some critics consider comic-strip sendups to be works of art. | entailment |
George Bush didn't ask permission to invade Panama in 1989. | George Bush did not get authorization from Panama. | entailment |
It is this matter, he has said, which led him to found Judicial Watch in 1994. | The founding of Judicial Watch is a positive thing for the judicial system. | neutral |
, the closure of a local factory), the benefits tend to be invisible because they're faraway or diffuse (e.g. | Closing the factory only helps those faraway. | entailment |
In return, the vice president occasionally helps them. | A lot of people seek the help of the vice president. | neutral |
He sat next to Johnny Carson and in his helium-pitched foreign man voice told jokes without punch lines (Her cooking ees so bad--ees terrible) and did non-impressionistic impressions | The writer was not impressed by the caliber of material presented by the person sitting next to Johnny Carson. | entailment |
oh, I'm sorry--are we out of time? | No one was under a time crunch. | contradiction |
White Sox) and showcase the sport's stars in more cities, thereby boosting attendance and merchandise sales, which, in turn, will enable owners to satisfy players' skyrocketing salary demands. | No one buys merchandise during baseball games. | contradiction |
But this is not the way to debate free-market pricing of technology. | Free-market policy has a connection to the pricing of technology. | entailment |
The recent clamor in the press and among some politicians to allow patients to sue insurers for medical malpractice makes it sound as if we are going in the wrong direction here, too. | Nobody is considering allowing patients to sue health insurers. | contradiction |
Even though Washington Week 's treatment of Flytrap is inordinately polite, it is worth watching--but only if you don't watch the rest of the show first. | The Washington Week never talked about Flytrap. | contradiction |
3 million for a 30-second spot) and banal products. | Millions of dollars are spent on advertising. | entailment |
People can be weak, and money is all too often the way to their heart. | The author laments that people can be influenced by money. | entailment |
Last week we purged our delivery lists of people who hadn't subscribed. | There were more subscribers than non-subscribers. | neutral |
He did not, however, suggest that everybody follow his example. | He did not try to impose his way of doing things on everybody. | entailment |
I suppose you could argue that a best-dressed list encourages women to dress more beautifully or that a list of the greatest works of journalism of the 20 th century will motivate those who didn't make it to try a bit harder during the next 100 years. | A positive aspect of having a best-dressed list has been postulated. | entailment |
Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their backroom systems, which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical pro... | The type of panic over technological infrastructure caused by Y2K will never be seen again. | neutral |
Another way to generate profits is to buy up hospitals cheap--though regulation and competition have made it harder to lowball purchase prices. | Regulations and competition has made it easy to buy hospitals at a cheap price. | contradiction |
And the occasional drink-sodden night of spouse-avoidance--for both sexes--is probably key to enduring marriages. | Men achieve more benefit from going to bars without their partners. | neutral |
All American reporters care about is Monica Lewinsky, and we're trying to get away from that, one U.S. official told me. | U.S. officials are trying to get reporters to care less about Monica Lewinsky. | neutral |
An unmarried dependent student qualifies before age 23, as does any adult child who acquired a physical or mental disability before age 21; | Diagnosed disabilities mean immediate disqualification. | contradiction |
It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice. | The man was known for being a friendly person. | entailment |
(If that were my name, I might not want to talk about the scandal either.) | It is a terrible name. | neutral |
It is true that no juror can be sure whether his or her doubt is more or less than 5 percent, but it is equally true that no juror can be sure whether his or her doubt is more or less than reasonable. | Jurors must factor doubt into their decisions. | entailment |
It would do that other thing--succeed. | Success will not occur. | contradiction |
The cover story reports on new discoveries about human evolution. | Everything we know about human evolution has never been changed from the beginning. | contradiction |
The rest is only half-glimpsed, fantasized, or saturated by memory--or is the present the memory? | Important information is glossed over because memory is fallible. | entailment |
Interviewed by the British Journalism Review about the extent of his personal interference in the editorial policies of his newspapers, which include the Independent , Tony O'Reilly, chairman of the Heinz food company, said he gives his editors absolutely free rein provided they abide by some general rules. | The rules Tony O'Reilly's editors face can be quite inflexible. | neutral |
As a society we may have to face facts. | The consequences could be severe if left unchecked. | neutral |
Linux found my various devices, such as my mouse and graphics card. | The operating system located the devices quickly. | neutral |
It was immediately clear that Lott should not have said this. | The author believes Lott should have said what he did. | contradiction |
And that's when Italian-Americans will really have something to bitch about (by the way, where do you stand on the The Sopranos isn't good for Italians question?) | Italian-Americans won't bitch about it. | neutral |
He says she gave him the confidence to be an actor, and he ended up helping to support her at the end of her life. | She is no longer alive. | entailment |
Were they in there? | There is a place where a group of people or animals may have resided. | entailment |
Moreover, the obits also recorded lots of violent and accidental deaths. | A lot of violent deaths were recorded by the obits. | entailment |
And by following up his serious accusation (i.e. | His accusation is serious. | entailment |
Encryption is OK because its authority is created in my very own machine. | Their machine is a powerful desktop computer they constructed by hand. | neutral |
But, except on election night, these were a relatively small part of their Web sites, let alone their overall news. | The articles on the website are translated into spanish. | neutral |
These people are so power-hungry and so shameless they'll do anything to win, Dole said at a rally in Glendale, Calif., the day after the debate (before leading the audience in the It's Our Money, It's Our Money, It's Our Money). | Dole participated in a debate the day before the rally. | neutral |
How does the high-minded dismissal work? | High-minded dismissal does not work. | neutral |
In Sulloway's theory, as in life, Daniel is the category-defying, black sheep Baldwin. | Daniel Baldwin takes the lead in his family and the others fall in line behind him. | contradiction |
Some of these Nobel Prize winners don't want to deal with empirical reality at all. | All Nobel Prize winners are in tune with reality. | contradiction |
And that's the key point. | The key point is important. | entailment |
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 has never written anything in her life. | contradiction |
An article hypes the Hale-Bopp comet, which will be visible for the next month, as the best celestial show in decades. | If you don't hurry you will miss the comet after tomorrow. | contradiction |
The few stinky letters were from clergymen. | All the stinky letters were from clergymen. | neutral |
Germany celebrated the 10 th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. | The Berlin Wall is still going strong today. | contradiction |
Staying on that show is like staying in an abusive marriage. | Being on the show is akin to the perfect marriage. | contradiction |
If a Milosevic knew with reasonable certainty that ethnic cleansing would be prevented and punished, he might not attempt it. | Milosevic had no intents of ethnic cleansing. | contradiction |
While Johnson's survival deterred members of Congress from considering impeachment in Watergate, Nixon's ouster has had the opposite effect, emboldening Clinton's foes. | Nixon's ouster disappeared mysteriously. | neutral |
But from there, he goes wrong. | But it was all smooth sailing for him after that. | contradiction |
The nation's promotion of black capitalism has not translated into financial success. | The act of promoting black businesses doesn't guarantee their success. | entailment |
Signs of a renaissance of the handwritten word are here and there discernible. | People will never stop handwriting things. | neutral |
There was only one slip-up last week, when Rubin referred to them as our position. | Last week, Rubin referred to their position. | contradiction |
Or, instead, should we fight tooth and nail to preserve and extend programs like the Earned Income Tax Credit that help the working poor? | No tax credits can be taken to reduce tax burdens. | contradiction |
His apology, June 12: If I knew it was like a religious-type deal, I would have never said it. | He knew it was a religious gathering. | contradiction |
Newsweek excerpts a forthcoming biography of Tiger Woods. | Newsweek quoted a Tiger Woods biography that hasn't been released yet. | entailment |
One much-discussed cybertrend is especially relevant the scenario in which various data brokers offer a Daily Me, a batch of articles tailored to your tastes, cheaply gleaned from all over the Web. | Data brokers have no interest in delivering articles tailored to people's tastes. | contradiction |
American Justin Leonard's 45-foot birdie putt on the 17 th hole set off a celebration on the course before his European opponent finished playing. | The European player finished first. | contradiction |
Dissenting in the New York Times Book Review , Pico Iyer finds Cuba Libre The central moral question raised ... | Pico Iyer was knowledgeable about Cuban politics. | neutral |
Is that wrong? | No question has been raised on it being wrong. | contradiction |
I think Wolfe is right about the potential of this kind of novel, one that takes us through unexplored precincts of our own society while spinning a good yarn. | Wolfe has themselves written several novels. | neutral |
A story says tourism is destroying the Chicago blues scene. | The story suggests tourism has been great for the Chicago blues scene. | contradiction |
You know, everything has to be robust a robust foreign policy, a robust national defense, a robust air attack on Serbia, a robust police crackdown, a robust anti-drug policy, a robust investigation of abuses. | Everything but investigation of abuses has to be robust. | contradiction |
This is the administration's favorite description. | This is the administration's most loathed description. | contradiction |
The three newsmagazines reconstruct the Heaven's Gate suicide, trace the cult's history, and link it to burgeoning New Age spiritualism. | New Age spiritualism is declining rapidly and will soon be a thing of the past. | contradiction |
Is Clinton saying he didn't commit perjury because of the peculiar definition of sex in the Paula Jones suit, or is he saying he actually didn't have sex? | The Paula Jones suit defined sex as a consensual act between a man and woman. | neutral |
Except that the executive who was assigned the difficult task of dealing with the Shopping Avenger, one Jennifer Nemeth, did a provisionally satisfactory job of making the Shopping Avenger happy. | Jennifer Nemeth was assigned to the task of dealing with Shopping Avenger. | entailment |
As Vecsey puts it, women eschew the cynical fouls and flagrant flops of the men. | Women always fall for the flagrancy men put out. | contradiction |
Although it hasn't dominated Seattle's skyline since the '80s, when the economic boom sprouted a host of taller buildings, it remains the city's symbol of progress. | An flourish of economic progress led to the creation of taller buildings throughout Seattle. | 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. | Clinton is an innocent and upstanding statesman. | contradiction |
This is another way of saying that in the last 30 years, the people who owned America have lost 40 percent of their wealth held in the form of equity. | Americans have gained wealthy in their equity over the last thirty years. | contradiction |
But Wellstone favors Kosovo intervention to stop the Holocaust-like atrocities occurring there. | Nobody is currently being harmed in Kosovo. | contradiction |
This precisely echoes Justice Lewis Powell's famous explanation of permissible affirmative action in the 1978 Bakke | Justice Lewis Powell took no action and stayed silent during the Bakke. | contradiction |
I >n cases labeled as serious physical abuse, the reported injury could be mental or emotional. | Mental and emotional abuse are classified as serious physical abuse. | entailment |
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