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Overpaid athletes, teams that abandon their cities, and absurd ticket prices (average NHL $40. | NHL athletes are consistently underpaid. | contradiction |
And those few who've not yet plummeted to a fiery death possess so vivid a sense of their own mortality, that they'd instantly cancel Larry King. OK, look at it this If more congressmen and CNN executives rode the New York City subway, then trains, not planes, would suffer from unrelenting crowding, lack of privacy, i... | No one would consider cancelling Larry King. | contradiction |
But don't expect them for a few decades. | There are other options that can be used in the meantime. | neutral |
And so when I picked up a copy of Bionomics , the first thing I did was check out the author's treatment of my heroes and of what I knew to have been the important . His record was Not one of the right people was mentioned, not one of the key developments discussed. | Bionomics was the definitive text about it's subject. | contradiction |
But there have been cases where the candidate gave us relevant numbers--and with success. | There haven't been any cases where the candidate gave us irrelevant numbers. | neutral |
The cover story profiles a day trader who learns his financial fundamentals from the Web and trusts his feel for stocks. | The day trader trusts his intuition when buying and selling stocks. | entailment |
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... | There is more than one thing that the historical verdict on Clinton will depend upon. | entailment |
He has thought it through, spelled it out, and told you who's asking it and why. | He was aggressive in explaining the situation. | neutral |
When Finn returns, the scene has an eye-popping storybook terror, with its cocked frames, its sharp reeds standing out from the deep black night sky, and with De Niro giving the young boy that patented sour-stomach-bogeyman grimace. | The film is a romantic comedy. | contradiction |
The result is a vivid picture showing that the strong bonds that developed in those fabled neighborhoods of yore were kindled by conditions that we might find discomforting today--fear of authority, lack of choice, and poverty. | There have been neighborhoods before the present time. | entailment |
This is certainly not democracy, but it's not totalitarianism either. | This is neither democracy nor totalitarianism. | entailment |
We won't be making extravagant claims for the Internet anymore, but will accept that it's just a tool--sometimes extremely useful, sometimes not. | They previously made extravagant claims for the Internet. | entailment |
Earlier, Novak actually ask ed Carlson if he could interrupt! | Novak has never made a request in his life. | contradiction |
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 mute, and has no way to communicate. | contradiction |
What Debate Shows Do When There's No On The McLaughlin Group , Pat Buchanan enjoys a furiously heated nonargument with Mort Kondracke, which reminds Pundit Central of Alfred Marshall's question about which blade of a scissors does the cutting. | Debate shows sometimes lack meaningful content to produce for others. | entailment |
Randall tells the Enquirer the baby, Jefferson, is named after 19 th century comic actor Joseph Jefferson but does not say if Randall actually attended any of the actor's performances. | Randall had, in fact, attended only one of Joseph Jefferson's performances. | neutral |
We egg on Dennis Rodman, watching him parade like a peacock and break down in tears on national TV. | Dennis Rodman had an interview on TV where he emotionally breaks down. | entailment |
In a state lottery, your odds of winning depend only on how many tickets you hold compared with everyone else. | Buying more tickets than everyone else would increase your odds of winning the state lottery. | entailment |
This counterattack has only helped Bush achieve the distance he sought in the first place. | Bush told his aids that everything has gone according to plan. | neutral |
It is measured real GDP per worker --nothing more, nothing less. | GDP per worker has been increasing. | neutral |
In retrospect, though, two things seem clear. | In retrospect, though, two things seem murky. | contradiction |
If Evans and Novak want to capture the real Farrakhan, Pundit Central suggests that they accompany him to one of his rallies. | Pundit Central thinks there is no way for Evans and Novak to ever capture the real Farrakhan. | contradiction |
Schumer immediately countered by running the D'Amato commercial in New York City, labeling it the ad Al D'Amato doesn't want you to see. | Schumer took his time in deciding how to respond to D'Amato. | contradiction |
Does Conyers have any evidence that could provide cause for investigation, wonders Brit Hume ( Fox News Sunday ). Well, no, that's actually what Reno is supposed to investigate. | Brit Hume appeared on Fox News Sunday. | entailment |
The Republican champion is Philip Morris, which gave $2,131,955. | Philip Morris gave the Republicans less than $3 million. | entailment |
The important question is not whether Clinton had sex with her and lied about it but what the country should do about this. | The main question that needs to be answered is whether or not Clinton had sex with her. | contradiction |
His skepticism and short fuse, which once seemed so radical, are taught at the Actors Studio. | The Actors Studio teaches his brand of skepticism to students. | entailment |
[speaking] : Well, wait a second--not all of them. | Time is short. | neutral |
We must have unselfish, far-seeing leadership or we fail. | He lamented that the most effective leaders were more likely to enter the business world instead of entering into politics. | neutral |
For example, we asked Jeeves, Where can I find information about Bill Bradley and Medicaid? | We didn't ask Jeeves anything. | contradiction |
But--and Levin is likely to find this praise more infuriating than any criticism--had he chosen to play his Emperor on a Steinway or a Bosendorfer, he might have given us one of the greatest recordings of the piece ever put on disc. | Levin viewed praise as hollow, and instead preferred the honesty of criticism. | neutral |
It may be a long-shot strategy, but Dole is far behind. | Dole needs an effective strategy to not be far behind. | entailment |
North American Man Boy Like Association. | There is an association that advocates the practice of pedophilia in North America. | entailment |
However, Clinton would risk legislative revenge if he tried to pursue the issue in the face of firm majorities against him in Congress. | There are majorities against Clinton in Congress. | entailment |
In reality, it takes more work and more character for poor student X to finish in the top ten percent of his or her public school class and obtain a mediocre SAT score than it does for rich kid Y to finish in the bottom half of his private school class and score slightly higher on the SAT. | Poor students put in more work than rich students in order to perform well on the SAT. | entailment |
And even then, James added, it's all humbug. | James said that it's all great stuff which he whole-heartedly believes in and endorses. | contradiction |
You dropped the ball big time in your response to Doubting, about the able-bodied using stalls for the disabled. | There are bathroom stalls designed to accommodate disabled people. | entailment |
It's not commerce that rules in Hollywood. | The author contends that the sale of goods is not the most important aspect of Hollywood. | entailment |
After its early failure, Hubble now provides vital clues to the universe. | Hubble had initial failures. | entailment |
aside for the kids' education and--BOP--I have so much trouble with that the | I am having trouble financing my child's education. | neutral |
Whatever the fortunes of religion itself, a dwindling cultural acquaintance with the Bible's English is surely inevitable. | Religion has no fortunes. | contradiction |
For affirmative action to do anything, it must involve advancing people who are slightly less qualified. | Affirmative action always admits the most qualified applicant. | contradiction |
I passed out and had to be carried home. | They lost consciousness and couldn't get home by themselves. | entailment |
Thus, the number of passive vs. active investors will always fluctuate around an equilibrium. | The exact number of passive and active investors changes. | entailment |
John F. Kennedy repeated it 16 times in his Inaugural Address, and Richard Nixon has it 22 times in his second one. | John F. Kennedy used the word in order to ellicit a reaction from the crowd he thought would help advance his agenda. | neutral |
I wonder if we actually disagree, or if my solutions just didn't occur to you. | We agree on everything. | contradiction |
On the contrary, he shows how educated elites like himself and Molly Munger are fighting against the Marie Antoinette syndrome. | Nobody is fighting against the Marie Antoinette syndrome. | contradiction |
The effort to convert won into dollars and other foreign currencies depressed the value of the won, despite the Korean government's efforts to sustain it by using its reserves. | The won was depressed by efforts to convert it into dollars and other currencies, even with the Korean government's help. | entailment |
(Nine-tenths of a second, unfortunately, was how long his name remained in my memory.) | I did not remember his name for very long. | entailment |
(Isn't there some high-tech way to fly him from class to class, perhaps on Boeing's new Delta III rocket; you know, once it stops malfunctioning.) | The Delta III rocket is highly advanced. | neutral |
As a result of these huge authorial efforts, Big Trouble is bigger than it had to be. | Big Trouble wasn't meant to be as big as it is. | entailment |
If anyone actually was inclined to light up a cigar after breakfast, he would have been breaking the NAM's no-smoking rule, according to an association representative (who, like another witness I talked to, saw no cigars). | NAM has a no smoking rule. | entailment |
I don't want to belabor that point (though it is fun, as all the They should have seen it coming headlines on stories about Inphomation's bankruptcy suggest). | Everyone is tired of the headlines. | neutral |
Among the Frequently Asked Questions FEMA posts on its Web site is the I think that some people in my neighborhood are trying to cheat the federal government out of disaster money. | Some people successfully cheat the government out of disaster funds. | neutral |
Furthermore she wrote, scathingly, about class, and Americans have never liked to hear about class. | Americans always like to hear about aspects of class. | contradiction |
but made mother smoke it up just in case, | The author asked his mother to smoke something for him. | entailment |
a) Starr's top deputy had spent much of the day briefing these people. | No one had heard from the Starr camp. | contradiction |
The reader is led to despise one character because of his bad taste in neckties, but not to hold racism and homophobia against another. | The work had racist and homophobic characters. | entailment |
Detractors say the film lacks any real sense of narrative continuity and feels like bits and pieces of half a dozen coming-of-age films (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). | Films lacking narrative continuity can still be good films. | neutral |
Furthermore, the filmed sequence closes out the event, and gives viewers an opportunity to shrug it off. | The viewers eventually shrugged off the event. | neutral |
They seem to represent a third way, a healthy distrust of government and the market, levelheadedness leavened by a kind heart. | They did not believe everything the government said. | entailment |
This undermines explanations that assume ironclad effects of hormones. | Hormones are tied to gut bacteria. | neutral |
Some people want a Caddy and others want a Chevy, he shrugs. | No one wants a Caddy or Chevy. | contradiction |
Critics also welcome his ambivalence on Russia's Unlike most Russia watchers, Mr. | Someone is ambivalent in regards to Russia. | entailment |
Why, if Isikoff's so bad? | Everyone loves Isikoff. | contradiction |
No one should be angrier about this than Stephen Labaton, Jeff Gerth, and Safire's other colleagues at the Times who have patiently pursued the Clinton scandals in a careful way. | Stephen and Jeff are angry because they had patiently reported on the scandals, but their work got ruined. | neutral |
And so, as I said, the co-op's story helps me to resist the pull of fatalism and pessimism. | I am not a falatist and pessimist. | contradiction |
Only Monday Night Football was in both groups' top 10. | Two groups made a top 10 list. | entailment |
Would Shuger ever have Why did Irving Goldberg play 'Sol Bernstein'? | Irving Goldberg has never played 'Sol Bernstein. | contradiction |
The Liberal Humanitarians are a product of the post-Cold War peace. | The Liberal Humanitarians are hippies. | neutral |
Now, to commemorate our first anniversary, in an act of incredible corporate generosity that is every bit as good as providing health insurance (I'm sure that Mr. Gates will make this sort of thing more available should Microsoft prove profitable), Slate | The employees at the company are not happy with their bosses. | contradiction |
So, how did Caltech come out on top? | Caltech didn't have much competition. | neutral |
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in effect charged construction authorities with , and international papers roundly condemned their shoddy building standards. | the construction authorities are facing heavy censuring over their terrible building protocol. | entailment |
This was the 10 th study since 1975--and all studies showed similar problems. | The studies focused on the issue of drug reform in the U.S. | neutral |
I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry. | Kinsley released a piece previously. | entailment |
Remember that only one generation before my remembered holiday party, most people didn't have health insurance at all. | The author has never had a party. | contradiction |
Annan is tough without being vicious. | Annan is tough mostly on the weekends. | neutral |
The clearest proof of the new left's poverty is what Clinton and Blair have to say about the middle class. | Clinton and Blair have spoken about the middle class. | entailment |
The 15-year-old died with the band playing on his headphones. | No one knows the circumstances of the 15-year old' death. | contradiction |
We would have relevant professionals--scientists, accountants, engineers, forensic specialists--decide all criminal cases. | A wide range of professionals will decide all criminal cases. | entailment |
The cover profile makes Jerry Seinfeld seem quite charming, if a tad immature. | Seinfeld is very formal in his appearance on the cover. | contradiction |
Rosenthal, and other conservatives for their flirtations with Farrakhan. | Farrakhan was the subject of conservative flirtation. | entailment |
( Slate published a piece co-authored by Glass last year. | Slate never co-authors pieces. | contradiction |
Nigeria then sent troops to challenge the coup, evidently to restore the president and repair Nigeria's corrupt image abroad. | Nigeria was in favor of the coup and supported it. | contradiction |
Wolfe doesn't see himself as primarily a satirist. | Wolf knows he only does satires. | contradiction |
Once you exclude fringe elements on both sides--Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan, basically--both Democrats and Republicans accept the reality of NAFTA and the WTO even as they argue about whether these bodies should include environmental and labor laws, a la the EU. | Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan are politicians. | entailment |
If 20 percent of new mutual fund money is now going into indexed funds, as opposed to 3 percent in 1994, we can have some confidence that the indexers are planting the seeds of their own destruction. | Mutual fund money has never been used for indexed funds. | contradiction |
In one way, though, it is more exact. | It is more exact when looked at in a specific way. | entailment |
Starr's failures stemmed not from evil but from errant good. | Sometimes even good can cause failures. | entailment |
He retaliated by filing one against her. | He felt he needed to react. | entailment |
Some argue that Russia is still reeling from its misguided plan for privatization. | Everyone believes the privatization plan for Russia was a positive effort. | contradiction |
But, come to think of it, she does look a bit pale. | A girl or woman looks palid. | entailment |
Anything, she concluded as long as I am not a Washington journalist in the era of Clinton and Gingrich and Starr, covering this horrible grudge match between the right and the left that has been building since Watergate. | Washington is a hectic place filled with political combat. | entailment |
Friday, we publish the weekend edition at about 11 a.m. | The weekend edition is very popular. | neutral |
This was a note K used to strike a lot in the 1980s, and he's glad he doesn't have to strike it anymore. | K was alive in the 1980s. | entailment |
Among the Kids with unmotivated parents are left behind in bad public schools, and charters dupe parents by promising more than they deliver. | Charters are part of the problem. | entailment |
The White House says there's no such system. | An upcoming journalist claims that the White House in being deceitful in this matter. | neutral |
CNN's Bob Franken declared that Starr and the Jones team were joined at the hip. | While with CNN, Bob Franken made comments regarding the Starr and Jones teams. | entailment |
THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN HER SIX MONTHS TO LIVE. | Doctors have evaluated the condition of her health. | entailment |
That sort of thing generally entails a coach or an east regional sales manager exhorting you to do something pointless, painful, or profitable to someone else. | The coach or sales manager will exhort you to do something meaningful. | contradiction |
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