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One thing that is clear is that the West--the IMF, the Western governments who provided the funds for the last, doomed rescue package--have come out looking like chumps.
Western governments sent the last rescue package after pressure from IMF.
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The unusual picks include Robert Smithson and Donald Judd.
Robert Smithson and Donald Judd were picked.
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But, come to think of it, she does look a bit pale.
The girl or woman is ill.
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The oral-sex tape starts with well-known sex therapist Diana Wiley, in her poofy hair and broad-shouldered blue power suit, looking like she was about to explain how the sales force could increase its third-quarter productivity.
No one knows the sex therapist Diana Wiley.
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Babies, especially preemies, are more relaxed, have better digestion, and are generally happier when they are massaged.
Nurses are increasingly using massage therapy on newborns for positive effects.
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I did not plagiarize.
The only reason someone would think I plagiarized is if they have a grudge against me.
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They regard the adaptation, which stars Seinfeld shlub Jason Alexander, as a stodgy affair (Elliott Stein, the Village Voice ). And the hypercampy characters feel like relics of an era when gay men were routinely lampooned--more The
The adaptation features an actor from a popular sitcom in the nineties.
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Maybe if I were gay, but I'm not.
I'm not gay.
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So why persist in newspaper reading?
The journalists are not credible in this newspaper.
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No question, taxes can affect behavior.
People are generally unhappy about taxes.
neutral
When you hear that despite the fact that he has economists who know better, the Justice Department's Joel Klein apparently either believes or chooses to claim that this case is about path dependence, you start to wonder.
Joel Klein is associated with the Justice Department.
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The Supreme Court might not cooperate in rejecting the administration's public position and embracing its secret desire.
We know that The Supreme Court will get involved and address the administration's public position.
contradiction
He opens people up by agreeing with them.
He makes a lot of friends by agreeing with them.
neutral
The family has also tightened its grip on King's work.
The family allows King's work to be used liberally.
contradiction
I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.
The author is an economist.
neutral
But they didn't make that case, at least to me.
If that case has been made it hasn't been addressed to me.
entailment
You may not believe that such intervention will work in practice, but that's a judgment about the rules of politics, not economics.
Change provided by the intervention is needed and will produce a positive result.
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Until recently, I enjoyed the confusion.
I am not in favor of the confusion now.
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The kids will be gone in no time.
The kids are not going to be here forever.
entailment
The distinction between a maid or matron of honor and bridesmaids is usually a different bouquet and walking down the aisle first.
The maid of honor has a different bouquet compared to the bridesmaids.
entailment
What's their bet?
There is a bet about the football game.
neutral
That's because theories apply only in certain circumstances, and circumstances change.
The theory is valid as nothing has changed.
contradiction
Theologians agree that prayer reinforces faith even when God doesn't intercede.
God doesn't always intercede in peoples' prayers.
entailment
Those children who are struggling, and hence more likely to burden their parents (say, by returning to live with them), get extra help in the hope that they (the children) will become self-sufficient.
Parents will always try to help their kids.
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But I can give two illustrations, both from ballets by George Balanchine that I have on tape.
Someone has two ballets on tape.
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variety at the stand-ups, and pleasant trifles at the washstands.
There is a wide selection at the stand-ups.
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The only new fact in Flytrap that would qualify as genuine news would be one proving Bill Clinton didn't have sex with Lewinsky.
Proving Bill Clinton didn't have sex with Lewinsky wouldn't qualify as legitimate news in Flytrap.
contradiction
A hint of hulk is apparently not unwelcome in the modern woman's image, and a slightly humped back, spinal curve, and forward-thrusting neck go well with that.
Modern women don't mind being seen as having a hint of hulk.
entailment
In the first Tikkun guide, Reed edges out Bard for the top spot, for what it's worth, as any hierarchy is by nature counterharmonious.
Bard is the winner within the guide.
contradiction
The critics I spoke to, however, offered credible arguments.
The critics are movie critics.
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I'd say it was the second number.
I would not say it was the first number.
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Our compassion must defend the disabled.
The disabled appreciate being defended by the able-bodied.
neutral
As with Ron Brown, we'd like to know whether Ames was a monopolist or one of many sellers in a competitive marketplace.
Ron Brown was a businessman.
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while pointing to a chart.
No one is pointing to a chart.
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What's more pernicious about the coverage is that it confuses the qualities of a crusader with those of a president.
It's good to use the same definition and evaluation for crusaders and presidents.
contradiction
But anti-Semitism permeated Nazi ideology, and Finkelstein is deaf to its nuances.
Anti-Semitism is not a theme in Nazi ideology.
contradiction
If you missed the link on why conservatives who want to eliminate the NEA don't make the point that there is a multibillion dollar arts subsidy embedded in the tax code, click .
Conservatives want to eliminate the NEA.
entailment
When she was editor of British Vogue , Wintour commuted between London and New York--on the Concorde.
Wintour was able to remain in one country during her time as editor.
contradiction
Do I just have the capacity to eat doughnuts and hamburgers and broccoli?
I only need to be able to eat healthy foods like broccoli.
contradiction
Best wishes until we meet again--perhaps over Volume 9 of some future 14-volume biography of Rosalynn Carter.
The person speaking (and the one listening) are fans of Rosalynn Carter.
neutral
Greenberg's survey, for example, asks people who voted for Clinton to pick from a list of possible reasons why they did so.
Greenberg's survey focused entirely on newly released pet products.
contradiction
A Time sidebar blames the uncritical media for promoting the drugs in the war against fat.
The uncritical media was blamed.
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But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick.
with the eyes fluttering in a coat of dense mascara, the beautiful mouth dazzled with lipstick.
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99 percent chance that a Republican Congress will pursue any case Starr can deliver.
Republicans would be happy if Starr delivered a case.
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And being read, ultimately, is the name of the game.
Ultimately, being read doesn't matter at all.
contradiction
World Report , Time , Newsweek , Slate , and The New Yorker , said he wouldn't mind the criticism a bit.
People and Time ran stories that praised his character and actions.
contradiction
When you couple that reality with an overly narrow definition of shareholder value, you end up with a corporate world that must privilege the next quarter over the next decade.
A change in the definition of value could shift the purview.
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It keeps doing that.
It continuously behaves this way.
entailment
Time warned of a future of supercanes, hypercanes, and megastorms that would make Floyd look like a spring shower.
Supercanes, hypercanes and megastorms are much more severe weather disasters than Floyd.
entailment
Bradley, who has belittled Gore's microproposals (sprawl, traffic, etc.), will see his own self-proclaimed questioned.
Gore and his proposals were belittled by Bradley.
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My wish is to make this marriage work because I love my wife, but I am feeling like second fiddle to a gang of girls.
His wish is to get a divorce as soon as possible.
contradiction
That possibility has to do with the rapid-fire e-mail exchange format of Slate 's Book Club in which it appeared.
Slate's book club never communicated through emails.
contradiction
( Goodfellas ? Fuh-get about it.)
Goodfellas is still worth considering.
contradiction
No way he'd be with her if this wasn't an instructional sex video!
The sex video was shot in a bedroom.
neutral
In her memoir, Stranger at the Party (1975), she quotes the New York Daily Mirror on the news that he was sentenced to six-to-10 in Sing Harlem is in a state of rejoicing that his reign of terror is over.
Stranger at the Party is a book based on her life.
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Questioned about China at his press conference, President Clinton admitted for the first time that his constructive-engagement policy hasn't improved China's behavior, but he maintained that it will in the future.
President Clinton has no relationship with China.
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mean is we moved closer, in,
We were mobile in this situation.
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The play is Spencer's life reduced to Two Weddings and a Funeral , a quaint and titillating Bloomsbury parallelogram, says the Wall Street Journal 's Donald Lyons.
Donald Lyons of the Wall Street Journal found similarities between the play and other stories.
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When high-status males leave their wives for a younger model, you can stigmatize them, damaging their social, and even professional, standing.
No man of high-status ever leaves their wife.
contradiction
Since top athletes inevitably are drawn from the healthiest sector of the population, a generally superior system of health care means a bigger pool of people to draw from.
Most top athletes are aware of their fortunate health situations.
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The appeal lies partly in the weirdness of his obsessions (scantily clad little girls with penises), so pungently suggestive of an imagined world, says New York 's Mark Stevens.
He does not have any weird obsessions or hobbies.
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?
McDonald's food is designed to be served to customers quickly after ordering.
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Gore, like Clinton, has often used cultural issues such as abortion to make the GOP look extreme.
Gore and Clinton refused to bring up cultural issues, for fear it would make the GOP look moderate.
contradiction
The company is upset not because Sidewalk provided a hyperlink to TicketMaster's site, but because Sidewalk provided a hyperlink deep into TicketMaster's site.
Sidewalk did not do anything wrong by providing a hyperlink.
contradiction
By contrast, Mundell's writings since the early '70s have been discursive, one might almost say rambling, and often reveal a sort of hankering for the lost certainties of the gold standard.
Mundell has been writing since the early '70s about the gold standard.
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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 ran an ad in New York City that said D'Amato doesn't want you to see it.
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Our smudge and blear and soil, he proposes, do not efface the glory.
Smudge, blear, and soil do not efface glory.
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One vivid After the embassy bombing, Chinese officials produced an anti-NATO music video.
2 People were hurt in the bombing of the embassy.
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Andy's If you must wager on sports, go to Vegas or stick with your neighborhood bookie--he's probably more reputable, if more clearly illegal.
Bookies are not legal.
entailment
U.S. law does not require the president to request congressional support before supporting a WTO bid.
There are times where the president can act without congressional approval.
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You can catch the final nine hours this evening.
There are nine hours this evening to catch.
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Excuse me, but who is going to raise such an army (raise in the sense used by parents)?
Armies can never be raised, not in any sense.
contradiction
In 1992, the paper delayed its expose of masher Sen.
in 1992, the paper hastily published its expose of masher Sen.
contradiction
Coming from a conservative background, my partner has stated on many occasions that his parents won't allow him to stay over at my apartment, even though on some nights this would be preferable to his making the long drive home.
His parents want him to marry young.
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And the reason why the rest of us sit in our armchairs and read about these accomplishments is because we wish we'd done something as interesting with our time.
You are incapable of sitting in an armchair.
contradiction
Wolf did both, by turning the issue into an object lesson on women's professional success.
Wolf argued that a woman's professional success was not closely tied to their gender but was individualized.
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And you have made other people happy, as well.
Helping make others happy gives you a dopamine boost.
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All this time, the land for the library has sat undisturbed, covered with tall weeds and empty buildings, its intended purpose marked only by a banner that has grown progressively more tattered.
The undisturbed land is overgrown with brush.
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The paper declared, A smile costs nothing, but it brightens up the moment for the one who flashes it, and the one who watches.
The paper said you shouldn't smile because it causes wrintkles.
contradiction
In a limited way, the Reagan speech served as guidance for his policies after he came into office.
He referenced the Reagan speech when he was struggling with decisions surrounding policies.
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They were denied my entree into the world of conservative journalism.
I had no interest in conservative journalism.
contradiction
I maintained throughout the Reagan years that appearances was a dodge for accusers and malefactors alike.
During Reagan's term of office, appearances were judged by accusers and criminals.
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Misconception #3: Workfare workers shouldn't do work unionized city workers used to do.
The author argues that welfare workers should not replace union workers.
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(I missed her in last year's Stepmom --my raccoon had hepatitis.)
I saw her in last year's Stepmom.
contradiction
But they conclude that all the choices available to Witztum and Rips created wiggle room, thus permitting the authors' biases to corrupt the results.
The author is likely to corrupt the results.
entailment
The Post reminds readers of what else she said (Hillary's words are in italics):
The Post gives quotes of Hillary to hurt her.
neutral
Mixed reviews for the Broadway debut of Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
The reception for Horton Foote's Broadway play was not all completely positive.
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However, Clinton would risk legislative revenge if he tried to pursue the issue in the face of firm majorities against him in Congress.
Clinton would suffer if legislative revenge was had against Clinton in the congress.
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I will involve them in after-school programs, maternity group homes, prison fellowships, and drug treatment programs.
After-school programs don't take place in the mornings prior to class.
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And the occasional drink-sodden night of spouse-avoidance--for both sexes--is probably key to enduring marriages.
Partners should never go to bars without each other.
contradiction
Then, each boy was taken aside and asked how he would divide up rewards among individual boys from your group and the other group.
The boys decided as a group how to divide up rewards between themselves.
contradiction
All these numbers may be climbing, but they remain low.
The numbers have not exceeded one hundred.
neutral
To get reporters to stop asking about Lewinsky, Clinton doesn't have to give them the truth, he just has to tire them out.
Clinton does not have to tell the truth to get reporters to stop questioning him.
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Update on the campaign-finance 1) The Democratic money scandal is converging with the Teamsters scandal.
There has been no update regarding the campaign-finance.
contradiction
officials have played a key role in concocting the treaty and stewarding it to its conclusion.
Although U.S. officials helped write the treaty, it was never ratified by the United States.
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And yet (no doubt largely because congressional Republicans were overplaying their hand), the public gave Clinton more support than had ever been enjoyed by Richard Nixon (personal 67 percent) or even Ronald Reagan (personal 68 percent--mass adulation of Ronald Reagan being a largely retrospective phenomenon).
The public gave Clinton the least support than any other president.
contradiction
And it implies that the Harlem racket reverted to local control.
it suggests the Harlem racket regressed to local control.
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 that may not be pleasurable.
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(Thank you.)
A person is expressing their thanks after receiving a gift.
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Maybe if I were gay, but I'm not.
The person is arguing with someone.
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