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He is relocating to his home state of Georgia.
Now one is returning to Georgia.
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As companies found themselves increasingly squeezed between the demands of workers and stockholders, however, they started pressuring their insurers, who passed that pressure on to hospitals, doctors, and other providers.
Workers wanted better health insurance, while stockholders expected greater dividends.
neutral
The vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will, says Gigot--the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.
Proposition 227 went to public vote.
entailment
As in his Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), the outcome of every scene is predictable, but how Zaillian gets from beat to beat is surprisingly fresh.
It was because of Fischer's performance that critics believe the scene is upbeat.
neutral
It's only the sincere consideration of a job doing something you truly believe in that can wreck your career in journalism.
No one goes into journalism because they want to do something they believe in.
contradiction
That was the spasm of sex and the drunkenness of drink.
The drink was very strong.
neutral
Twenty-four terms is enough for anyone.
The author supports limiting the amount of terms.
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(The predictable lesson--justice isn't cut and dry--clogs the film's gears, says the Washington Post 's Eric Brace.)
Eric Brace is a chief editor at Washington Post.
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The Presidential Initiative to Increase Seat Belt Use Nation-wide
The President hoped this initiative would gain them favor with the public.
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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.
His obsessions have attracted a lot of press and attention.
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COKIE [ Nice try, slick ] : Handguns.
this is your 4th try, man.
neutral
What's worse, Wolf flip-flops in her opinion of The Slut every few pages.
Wolf is justified in having her ever changing beliefs.
neutral
AOL countered that Microsoft had already tried and failed to launch a proprietary online service.
Microsoft was more successful than AOL with their proprietary online service.
contradiction
What is worrisome is the failure of pollsters themselves to learn from the history of their profession.
Nothing is worrisome.
contradiction
Physical modesty is not a Baldwin trait.
Baldwin has a high opinion of his own physical appearance.
entailment
. The reason Jews have an injunction against portraying God is that Neanderthals cannot draw.
Jews do not like God portrayed.
neutral
lowest-ranked playoff team in their division ever to accomplish this feat.
They are the highest-ranked playoff team in the division.
contradiction
Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.
Scalia is legally correct when he argues against stare decisis.
neutral
Judging by today's responses, the network's lineup would seem to consist of Peter Jennings, Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel, and Barbara Walters, grilling Ellen DeGeneres about her lesbianism while a bare-assed Regis Philbin dispenses cash and prizes.
Ellen DeGeneres spoke openly about her sexuality and went into detail about her relationship with her wife.
neutral
Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.
Cults and law enforcement always come to civil compromises.
contradiction
Impeachment is twisting the presidential race, too.
The impeachment discussion is hurting the Democratic candidate in the presidential race.
neutral
Newsweek 's cover package compares Watergate and Flytrap.
Newsweek covers the contrast between Flytrap and Watergate.
entailment
The House Judiciary Committee is making plans to hire 18 new lawyers for a possible impeachment inquiry.
There is an impeachment coming.
entailment
But Ved Mehta was always the butt of the worst abuse.
Mehta was part of a band.
neutral
The magazine profiles former anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele, who now heads the University of Cape She has won admirers (and enemies) by insisting that the university not adjust its standards to favor black students.
Mamphela Ramphele is a white woman.
neutral
But that decree did not have the power of civil law behind it.
Civil law would ensure the strength of the decree.
contradiction
The Globe claims that actress Sarah Michelle Gellar--whose thoughts on John Kennedy's passing are dutifully recorded in the Star 's Hollywood Weeps story--threw a lavish, catered birthday party for her dog, Thor, and 20 of his nearest and dearest.
Sarah Michelle Gellar has never owned any pets.
contradiction
If the number of voters is literally infinite, then the conclusion can be overturned.
The conclusion could never be finalized if the number of voters is literally infinite.
entailment
(In last week's win against Minnesota, the Jets committed only one.)
The Jets have never won even once.
contradiction
Her mixed priorities when it comes to women were also revealed by the fact that she voted nay on the minimum-wage bill even though it included her own IRA proposal--and despite the fact that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 60 percent of people working at minimum wage are women.
Most minimum wage workers are men.
contradiction
We learn, for example, that on his field trips with Lady Gregory, Yeats had difficulty understanding the thick Irish accent of the peasants.
Yeats spoke with a thick Irish accent.
contradiction
For Rothko, too, there were the years of apprenticeship, the hard-won discovery of a classic but ultimately restrictive format (Rothko's stacked rectangles are not unlike Lowell's sonnets and John Berryman's dream songs), the succession of wives, the acclaim, and the descent into alcohol, paranoia, depression, and suic...
Rothko spiraled down a path of alcohol, depression, and finally suicide.
entailment
Not Homo economicus is not a central pillar of my faith--he is merely a working assumption, albeit one that is extremely useful in many circumstances.
He does not have a working assumption and believes faithfully.
contradiction
Lohengrin (Metropolitan Opera, New York City).
The Metropolitan Opera is in New York City.
entailment
My own admittedly romantic preference is to see his career as a quest for inspiration, and to say Pollock sought it long, found it briefly, and couldn't live without it.
Pollock has a very good career.
neutral
Degas, according to Daniel Halevy, carried his camera as proudly as a child carrying a rifle.
Degas hated his camera.
contradiction
Goodman's explanations of Jewish ritual sometimes veer from the helpful to the condescendingly overexplicit, as if she were writing for young adults.
Goodman's explanations gained a patronizing tone because they have spent decades researching the topic.
neutral
He's just finished Isaac's Storm, a history of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, and reads Robert Parker's detective-for-hire stories.
It took him a long time to finish Isaac's Storm.
neutral
The wrestlers also enact crucifixions, sadomasochism, and prostitution.
the wrestlers participated in rather immoral acts.
entailment
At the time, only Canada, thanks to its giant neighbor, lived in anything like the world he envisaged; today we all do.
Canada did not live in the world he imagined.
contradiction
He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her.
They did not work very closely on projects.
entailment
No; it is not possible you should love the enemy of France, but, in loving me, you should love the friend of France; for I love France so well that I will not part with a village of it; I will have it all and, Kate, when France is mine and I am yours, then yours is France and you are mine.
Kate will own France with him if she accepts him as her lover.
entailment
They do not clearly condemn as racist the actions, sometimes violent, that white ethnics in Chicago resorted to in the 1960s to keep blacks from moving into their neighborhoods.
In the 1960s blacks moved to Japan.
contradiction
But in setting up a world-vs.
just leave the world alone.
contradiction
When they married 20 years ago, the Globe reports, people said it wouldn't last.
No one thought they would get divorce.
contradiction
So far, Campbell and Frank have enlisted only 34 co-signers, and the administration shows no signs of paying attention.
Thirty-four co-signers enlisted via Frank and Campbell.
entailment
Sam Johnson, R-Texas, has suggested that Clinton be court-martialed for his treatment of Paula Jones.
Sam Johnson says that the way Clinton treated Paula Jones is commendable and should be rewarded.
contradiction
Someone asks the CNN guy, How are the ratings these days?
Someone asked the CNN guy how the ratings are currently.
entailment
His writing is full of sentences that begin something like, As John Cage once asked me ...
He didn't write anything.
contradiction
Prudie must confess that your advice is a tad more constructive than her own.
Prudie provided no advice on the circumstances.
contradiction
As long ago as 1939, Sir John Hicks, one of the founders of modern economics, noted that increasing returns, if tolerated, could lead to the wreckage of a large part of economic theory.)
Sir John Hicks was a famous economist who discussed the impact of increasing returns.
entailment
It's a real strain on our relationship to have her parents and grandparents letting her know that they think I am unworthy.
Her parents and grandparents are racist.
neutral
A companion piece advocates destroying food bacteria with low-level radiation.
The companion piece firmly warns against using any form of radiation to combat food bacteria.
contradiction
Theologians agree that prayer reinforces faith even when God doesn't intercede.
Theologians don't agree with each other on anything.
contradiction
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.
Reed was the victor within the first Tikkun guide.
entailment
Landsburg notes, What if he [the president] keeps us out of war through policies that make the world more dangerous for our children?
Landsburg wrote on presidential policy.
entailment
Newsweek looks at how children deal with A child who has lost a parent feels helpless, even if he's a future King of England; abandoned, even in a palace with a million citizens wailing at the gates.
Newsweek focused on grief in adult pregnant women in the report.
contradiction
Newsweek reports that JFK Jr. actively explored a Senate run before Hillary Clinton expressed interest.
Newsweek also reported that JFK Jr,'s explanation for the move was because he wanted to get a "head start" on Hillary.
neutral
Pouring their hearts out to reporters is the only therapy Republican politicians can get.
It is important for Republican politicians to have access to good mental health resources.
neutral
This is all pure high-toned and irritating, vibrating with barely curtailed snobbism, but also venturing hard queries and unpopular responses.
It is about politics.
neutral
This undermines explanations that assume ironclad effects of hormones.
Something is disputing the ironclad effects of hormones.
entailment
Some of his Republican colleagues dislike him for selfish reasons--they envy his popularity and resent his outsider stances.
Everyone loved him, including his Republican colleagues.
contradiction
Name-calling began at their first interaction.
their initial interaction was extremely pleasant.
contradiction
The general principle is that these questions, unfortunately, are going to be asked.
There will be no questions asked.
contradiction
However, if the second possibility were correct, then both George Bush Sr.'s and George W.' southern identities would have to be called into question.
George Bush Sr. and George W Bush are not from America.
contradiction
Jane Friedman, Katrina van den Heuvel (her dress had literally no back; she looked fabbelus !), Salman (you must say Salman, I have heard, and how many writers have achieved first-name status in our time?
Katrina must be a beautiful, elegant woman.
neutral
The other significant story of Clinton's continuing sexual adventuring was Michael Isikoff's account last August of a murky encounter between White House volunteer Kathleen Willey and the president.
It was reported that Willey met with President Clinton.
entailment
Its well-tended (by the federal government) parks, monuments, mansions, embassies, and museums can compare with those of any city in the world.
The author thinks that the attractions are well taken care of.
entailment
Indeed, he sounds almost like a lefty relativist when he says we must accept global multiculturality and discard the linear view of history, which sees Western values as the inexorable fate of humankind.
Accepting global multiculturality is one of many key thinking of a lefty.
neutral
John Glenn's space shuttle ride as a medical guinea pig.
Glenn's experiment and testing will prove fruitful for future endeavors.
neutral
Also, the semiannual Home Design supplement insists that simplicity--incredibly expensive simplicity, that is--is chic.
The supplement came out more than once a year.
entailment
Inflation is at a 23-year low of 7 percent.
The inflation amount is relatively low.
entailment
You say that it's not important who asked the question.
They said knowing who the question asker is has become irrelevant.
entailment
The overlapping dialogue and squealing Cuban-African music heard over tinny-sounding radios seems meant to induce a migraine to accompany the seasickness.
It's been stated that unpleasant music can cause a headache.
entailment
Also, studies showed that, at the lower, pasteurization doses, radiation does not degrade nutrients.
It's proven that when pasteurization is done at lower amounts, it does not degrade the nutrients.
entailment
driving a car--that are not wrong in themselves, just wrong for a 5-year-old.
The car is wrong for a young child.
entailment
4) The superstar expects the industry to justify his compensation by finding new revenue streams.
The superstar's stage name is 6ix9ine.
neutral
To heed the better angels of your nature, you must know the devils first.
Never know your devils.
contradiction
The pump also offers superb ease of squeeze.
The pump doesn't work well.
contradiction
Or, more creatively yet, maybe one new senator could just stop talking for a while.
The author does not find the concept of having a senator be quiet to be a very novel concept.
contradiction
To take one obscure but critical Life on Earth remained entirely one-celled for 3 billion years.
Life on Earth no longer exists in a one-celled form.
neutral
Getting the president re-elected is only one of the many, many accomplishments claimed by Morris, who plays both Boswell and Johnson in his memoirs.
The president was not relected.
contradiction
But (as Stein pointed out in the Committee), every dollar Social Security invests privately, instead of lending to the Treasury (as happens now), is an extra dollar the government must borrow from private capital markets to finance the national debt.
The government never borrows money from private capital markets.
contradiction
Best of category is a tough one here.
Elsewhere it's much easier.
neutral
After Democrats lost the House, the NEA budget was cut in half.
The Democrats cut the NEA budget.
contradiction
How does the high-minded dismissal work?
High-minded dismissal does not exist.
contradiction
But aren't education, family leave, and the breakdown of community economic issues?
Education, family leave and community breakdowns might have to do with economics.
entailment
Never able to paint anything unless he had it before his eyes, Soutine set about re-enacting some of the classic paintings he loved most.
Soutine could paint anything that came to his imagination.
contradiction
Even the singers don't like these songs.
The performers are not interested in the songs.
entailment
As Devine has no living relations, it makes sense for the impoverished old men to cook up a scheme by which Michael will assume the dead fisherman's identity, and the pair will divide the money between themselves.
Michael will be successful in his part of the heist.
neutral
They assure the readers that they, like most economists and finance people, have their retirement savings in stocks.
They have their retirement savings in stock.
entailment
The movie, one of the year's most pleasant surprises, is the antithesis of Todd Solondz's Happiness , a humanist's answer to Solondz's evident conviction that life is all dead ends.
The movie was too similar to Happiness to be enjoyable.
contradiction
Another scheme, reported by the Chronicle last May, was the case of a fast-talking ex-convict who convinced dozens of professors that he was the nephew of esteemed Berkeley race and sports sociologist Harry Edwards.
There were so many schemes it was hard to keep count.
neutral
It depends, in short, upon what the meaning of the word negotiation is.
In this particular circumstance, the exact meaning of the word negotiation isn't that important.
contradiction
By continuing to appease Buchanan, several of our candidates appear to have put politics ahead of our party's principles.
No one puts politics ahead of their principles.
contradiction
The formula was most directly a gift to the options traders around the world, which is not a group that usually inspires charitable acts.
Options traders are not people who are the inspiration for giving away to charity.
entailment
( Slate published a piece co-authored by Glass last year.
Slate and Glass released an article together.
entailment
Pundit Central, for one, is worried that peppy, likable Monica might try to take its job.
Monica is universally seen as unlikable and downbeat.
contradiction
The article's author, Smithsonian curator Paul Forman, accused Gross and Levitt of trying to place science back on its pre-postmodern pedestal.
Paul Forman keeps is opinions of science history to himself.
contradiction
The Enquirer is probably the only publication in the world to go with this Lucy Mercer hypothesis.
The Enquirer is using the Lucy Mercer hypothesis in their publication.
entailment