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That's what I remember about Woodstock.
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Woodstock has been the central event for the generation of 60ies
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neutral
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The other puzzle is the incoherence of Clinton's critics, punctuated by DeLay's bizarre complaint that Clinton has 1) hollowed out our forces while he's running around having these adventures all over the world; and 2) fallen short of victory in Kosovo by using excessive rhetoric supported by underwhelming force in a conflict involving no strategic interest of the United States.
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United States didn't have a strategic interest in the conflict in Kosovo
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entailment
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They arrived in the summer of 1996.
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They arrived in the fall of 1982.
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contradiction
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Do begin again, and Prudie predicts 1999 will be your year.
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1999 is Prudie's best guess for being your year you get married and have a huge salary increase.
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neutral
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I've seen you around before, haven't I? What's your name again?
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I knew your name before.
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neutral
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How does a former police officer get involved with running a laboratory making illegal speed?
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There was no lab with illegal speed.
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contradiction
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One historian has argued cogently that Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems helped .)
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Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems helped in the long run.
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entailment
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There are people who are not members of the Libertarian Party but who are open-minded about it and willing to listen, even though you may not be able to convert them.
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Most members of the Libertarian Party are not close-minded.
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neutral
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The only reason to release it now is political, and national security officials shouldn't play politics.
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National security officials should not release the infornation.
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neutral
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Unless the name of your house is Ritz-Carlton, bag the subtle approach, and give them a deadline for their departure.
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Often you can use a subtle approach and give then a deadline even if your not wealthy.
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neutral
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Beck's first contribution will appear Monday evening.
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Beck has made several contributions.
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contradiction
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The largest Republican constituency may be the Tight-Lipped Republicans . These folks, who include old-timers such as Virginia's John Warner, Alaska's Ted Stevens, and Mississippi's Thad Cochran, are as annoyed by the president as the next guy.
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Some Republicans are annoyed by the president.
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entailment
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It would also help our thinking if we could avoid the sex and violence mantra.
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Not one of us is thinking.
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contradiction
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As American multinationals ship their production overseas, the likelihood of getting business to support an import tariff (which would now tax their own imports) becomes equally small.
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Shipping production overseas invites many new problems involving import tariffs.
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neutral
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As any 10-year-old knows (and game theorists can now elaborately prove), three-person secrets are particularly troublesome in this regard, because nobody can ever pinpoint which of the other two might have cheated.
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People tend not to share secrets with more than one person so they can understand if the other person misbehaved.
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neutral
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Perhaps the pageant organizers could prune the readings from Ionesco and the madrigal recital, or they could finally stop forcing the contestants to defend their theses.
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The pageant organizers allowed the contestants to operate freely during their pageants.
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contradiction
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World Report , Time , Newsweek , Slate , and The New Yorker , said he wouldn't mind the criticism a bit.
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Several magazines said he wouldn't mind the criticism.
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entailment
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Come fall and winter, surges and stumbles will really mean something.
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The surges and stumbles won't mean anything when fall and winter come.
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contradiction
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Britain's Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has dubbed Bob Dylan's Visions of Johanna the best song lyrics ever written.
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Laureate Andrew Motion really liked Bob Dylan's songs.
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entailment
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We look around our own solar system, and what appears to be common are planets that have no life whatsoever.
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The planets of the solar system may hide life beneath their crust.
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neutral
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But those same principles also suggest that if you choose to do so, you won't avoid the noisy battle of wills with your child--you'll merely postpone it.
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You cannot keep away from fights with your kids over your wishes, but you will put it off to a later date.
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entailment
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It's agreeable to find him grounded in the here and now--the magic is there but below the surface.
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He is in the present instead of in the clouds.
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entailment
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His philosophy might have prepared him for his own death
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He was afraid to die.
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contradiction
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But it was Schultz who drew the outrage of the Old Seattle types, who sued him.
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The lawsuit against him was successful.
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neutral
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In his frantic manipulating to get hold of Linda's tapes of Monica, he phoned me in New York and remembers it as
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He continued to reached out to me, until I agreed to help with his request, concerning the matter of the tapes.
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neutral
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In that sense, despite Geffen's marketing efforts, Larson is straightforwardly Broadway.
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Geffen worked on the marketing plan.
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entailment
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Tim, we never should have got into this quagmire, but now we have no choice but to ...
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They have choices for getting out of the predicament.
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contradiction
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Newsweek claims 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. has become crime time for American teen-agers.
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A news magazine has reported that crime amongst teens becomes active between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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entailment
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Maybe lime green was a big mistake, but it's his mistake to live with.
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Lime green is a color closely associated with nature
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entailment
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The first is that CBS's spiking of the interview turned Wigand into an even bigger story than he would have been otherwise.
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The television station covered a story about Wigand.
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entailment
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Now Clinton risks reversing, at least partially, the actual, practical process that brought him the caseload declines he's crowing about today.
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Clinton is unaware of the process.
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neutral
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We can only overcome hate by refusing to give haters the attention they crave.
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It is necessary to forcefully fight back against haters in order to overcome their efforts.
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contradiction
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The other piece on the recording, the Fantasy for Pianoforte, Chorus, and Orchestra in C Minor Op.
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Multiple pieces were on the recording.
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entailment
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Either way, sellers would find their inflated profits eroded.
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Their profits might flourish in dealing different products.
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neutral
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There's a different, but no less intense, pleasure to be derived from these miracles worked up from the meager materials of paper and chalk.
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The emotions experienced are extremely pleasant.
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entailment
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Boston Globe : Following his impeachment, Bill Clinton meets with colorful, possibly apocryphal, salt-of-the-earth Boston characters.
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Bill Clinton was murdered in Boston.
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contradiction
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I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry.
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There is nothing by Michael Kinsley on the absurdity of punditry.
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contradiction
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Also, a stunning overhead photo depicts droves of worshipers at Mecca.
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A picture shows clearly worshippers at Mecca
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entailment
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The problem is that when a documentary filmmaker seems too scared or cool or arty to violate his own immaculate aesthetic, he ends up weakening his case.
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Filmmakers that compromise between their aesthetic and external factors end up producing the best documentaries
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contradiction
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Despite a lineup of big-name talent--including Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, and Claus Oldenberg--the world's most prestigious contemporary art exhibition fails to excite.
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Roy Lichtenstein was an artist since he was a little boy.
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neutral
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Starr was putting his own guys to sleep.
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Starr kept his guys awake and lively.
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contradiction
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In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.
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The New York Times has a book review.
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entailment
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He is, as one writer put it, the efficient ethnic cleanser.
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One writer expected less of him.
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neutral
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But my point Who's going to hire him?
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The author knows who wants to hire the guy.
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contradiction
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And you can't bring me back from the dead.
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You can't bring me back to life after I die.
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entailment
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Well, not behind it per se.
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None of these words are Latin.
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contradiction
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Is money money similarly presages Bob Dole on the 1996 campaign stump reminding people, It's your money!
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Money money is amongst the several presages on Bob Dole's campaign stump reminding people of their money.
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neutral
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In a limited way, the Reagan speech served as guidance for his policies after he came into office.
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Reagan's speech would direct him in how he dealt with such matters, like how he approached policies on foreign aid and spending.
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neutral
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Bill Bennett said Newt Gingrich is cozying up to the left and should change course or step down.
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Bill Bennett does not think very highly of Newt Gingrich's stance on certain issues regarding women's rights.
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neutral
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I also hope that the oxymoron will remind me to include applause as well as condemnation in my dispatches.
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The contradiction allow me to recall the good and the bad.
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entailment
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The only thing I liked about the first episode is Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante imitating Michael and Kay Corleone.
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I only watched the first episode one time, as I felt it wasn't very good.
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neutral
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I am not an intolerant person, having grown up in New York City, where one man's ceiling is another man's floor.
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I grew up on a ground floor apartment.
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neutral
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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.
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Diana Wiley had long, straight hair.
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contradiction
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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.
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Condom use has gone down in recent years.
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neutral
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Consilience is, in any case, an excellent book.
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Consilience is one of my least favorite books.
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contradiction
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They concluded it was caused by the driver's loss of control.
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The driver lost control.
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entailment
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After the injection they--honestly--seem rather depressed.
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They were somewhat sad after receiving the vaccination.
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entailment
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But there would not be, nor could there have been, an overall increase in prices.
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The prices would continue to hold steady for a bit longer, as things continued to progress as they had been.
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neutral
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And he would certainly consent if the alternative was impeachment.
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An impeachment alternative was a moot point because he had already been impeached and imprisoned.
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contradiction
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How could the Mormons have practiced polygamy?
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Mormons don't like to wear fancy clothes.
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contradiction
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Although critics find Cities of the Plain less inventive than All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing , they still celebrate McCarthy's Faulkneresque use of flowing, punctuationless sentences and arcane language.
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Critics thought Cities of the plain wasn't as long as it should of been.
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neutral
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Leaving a Doll's House and What Falls Away seem less like vindictive, manipulative performances than like baby steps in the right direction.
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Leaving a Doll's House and What Falls Away are TV shows.
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neutral
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Wes Cooley, R-Ore., lost his seat last fall after falsely claiming a Korean War combat tour--as a member of the Special Forces, no less.
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For having served in the military faithfully, the politician won reelection.
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contradiction
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Victorious Couch Potatoes
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People assumed to be lazy are victorious.
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entailment
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This, he contends, is a symbol of the decline of community spirit and the rise of atomistic individualism.
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He thinks people are coming together as a community.
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contradiction
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The Third Wave feminist's third book--part memoir, part sociology, part political tract--gets praised for its lyrically rendered anecdotes and slammed for shoddy thinking.
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The third edition of the Third Wave book gets good reviews for its creative writing but critiqued for its poor reasoning.
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entailment
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The Internet has already begun to transform the general advertising industry, and it will soon hold sway over the tens of millions of dollars spent every electoral season on television and radio ads.
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Political experts generally feel that the internet is a fad in terms of advertising potential.
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contradiction
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Why do allergies afflict an increasing number of victims if they serve no useful purpose?
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Victims are afflicted by allergies that serve no purpose.
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entailment
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And a great marketing Buy my books, because they're good for your daughter.
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They might be bad for your daughter.
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contradiction
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Faking appreciation is always, of course, er, appreciated.
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Showing appreciation is always welcomed.
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entailment
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And what exactly is the scandal about Wolf that Gore is covering up?
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Gore exposed a scandal about Wolf.
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contradiction
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Invented in 1993: After a big interception, Packers safety Leroy Butler . The populist Leap is particularly suited to the NFL's only publicly owned team, the zealously beloved Pack.
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The Lambeau Leap was created in 1993 after a turnover.
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entailment
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TV is the most important medium for conveying history.
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Television is effective at teaching history to us.
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entailment
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In recent years, children's entertainment has contained an increasing number of apparently intentional or even obviously intentional gay references.
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Children's entertainment has had a degreasing number intentional gay references.
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contradiction
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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.
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$300,000 was given to Bill and Hillary for a campaign fund.
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neutral
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She claims the Air Force treated her unfairly and that her commanding officers gave her no guidance.
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Her bosses offered superior guidance.
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contradiction
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Later, I thought the subject required more analysis.
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The subject was good from the original finish.
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contradiction
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Instead, it's the company that owns the name that dictates the terms.
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The company has great control over the rules.
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entailment
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From now on, officials will be reluctant to discuss tricky legal issues with government attorneys, fearing that their conversations will come back to haunt them, and will instead secure private counsel .
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Officials and government attorneys freely and openly talk to each other without worry.
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contradiction
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To address those issues the public--represented by the casual museum visitor--needed an understanding of the lives and practices of the gay community, so long hidden from view.
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People are becoming more accepting of the gay community.
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neutral
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We can come pretty close to neutral reporting and analysis of news developments in features like Today's Papers and The Week/The Spin.
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There are more than two unbiased papers.
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neutral
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I never spoke to my aunt, and I am not a student of the large literature by and about her.
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I am not a good person to ask for insight about my aunt, but I plan to learn about her more in the coming weeks.
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neutral
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Here's a quick review of possible objections, left and
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Presented is a list of potential challenges.
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entailment
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Blame the good manners on Christmas spirit.
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People usually just pretend to be good for Christmas.
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neutral
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Strong genetic differences among dog breeds are not just the result of natural selection.
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All dog breeds have the same genetic makeup.
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contradiction
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There are at least three public accusations against Clinton.
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The accusations are all supported by evidence.
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neutral
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The most pervasive sign of Klein's brand of French post-structuralism, though, are his narrow ideas about pleasure and control.
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Klein has a broad idea about how pleasure is derived.
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contradiction
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Statements from Gore, McCain, Bradley, and Bush indicate they favor holding off on any general privacy legislation to allow industry to self-regulate by posting privacy policies and developing guidelines to ensure that consumers understand how their personally identifying information will be used.
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Gore, McCain, and Bush want to push for heavily regulated privacy regulation over industry.
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contradiction
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Do it too soon and you seem glib and You're sorry?
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You're so nonchalant I don't think you care.
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neutral
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But if so, this was self-delusion on a really impressive scale.
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This may be really impressive.
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neutral
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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.
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Soutine needed his subject in front of himself to paint.
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entailment
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We wonder if they, too, would feel uncomfortable with our differences made so plainly apparent.
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Their differences were unclear.
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contradiction
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The art historian Linda Nochlin has traced what she calls Degas' perfectly ordinary anti-Semitism to status anxiety.
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Degas' anti-Semitism caused social anxiety, as traced by Linda Nochlin
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entailment
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The little bird is what told housewares manufacturers that teakettles could be a hot commercial item and led to the current proliferation.
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The little bird was right often about their tips.
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neutral
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It consists of a fixed image, like a slide or (closer still) a freeze frame.
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It's made up of a fixed image.
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entailment
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Republican fund-raising hypocrisy 1) The Washington
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The Republicans are claimed to be hypocrites.
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entailment
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It does not report whether he has sought the services of Catherine Oxenberg.
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It's not been said if he's sough Oxenberg's services.
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entailment
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Defense So could we.
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The author's defense is nonexistent.
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contradiction
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How do you forbid the kids to practice what you, er, practice?
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Practicing is not something kids like to do, especially if it involves their parents.
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contradiction
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Close banks for one day to allow them to reorganize
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Allow banks to take a day off in order to reorganize.
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entailment
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