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It's not hard to see why they use it.
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It is a necessary tool to have around.
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Kurds constitute only 10 percent of Iran's population; their culture and language are much closer to Iran's than they are to Turkey's or Iraq's; and Iranian governments have permitted them limited cultural expression, though no political autonomy.
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Iran has permitted Kurds political autonomy.
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Critics praise her eclectic style--funk, blues, soul, and dance--and dwell on her racy lyrics.
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Her eclectic style was marked by racy lyrics.
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entailment
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Not only do thousands of economists agree on something, but what they agree on is the warm and cuddly idea that we should do more to protect the environment.
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Economists consider protection of the environment to be unimportant.
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contradiction
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is that it sometimes finds those answers too predictably.
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It's been a recurring observation that the solutions are easily foreseen.
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entailment
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At the Naval Academy, McCain was nicknamed Punk, and that's what he is.
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Punk was McCain's nickname at the Naval Academy.
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entailment
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For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.
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Students can grade themselves at the University of California.
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contradiction
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A special place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis.
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One of the places in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to Anthony Lewis.
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entailment
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How do you know if your daughter is on steroids?
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They want to know the signs that their child is on steroids.
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entailment
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When you see Bradley, you see a naturally diffident man talking about how he would like to run for president and fretting about the distance between his ideal campaign and the real one.
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Bradley is a female.
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contradiction
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What happened to Rocker's right to free (albeit despicable) speech?
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Rocker had a right to free speech.
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entailment
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In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.
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Nicholas Lemann berates in the review.
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contradiction
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It discourages close scrutiny and too many questions.
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It discourages too many answers.
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contradiction
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Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.
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Stern is unhappy that his career as a DJ is included in the Rolling Stone.
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neutral
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Death of a Salesman , his greatest play, is about the devastating effects of professional failure.
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Death of a Salesman is considered to be his best work.
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entailment
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Not as big a deal as the Pulitzers yet, but in the ballpark.
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It is almost as big a deal as the Pulitzers.
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entailment
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Consider just the Pell Grants for students who have already defaulted on past That one mistake cost $210 million.
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Pell grants have cost a lot of money in defaults.
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entailment
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They play host to terrorist groups, yet wax indignant when terrorists hijack an aircraft.
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Terrorists just like to ride on airplanes, and would never dream of hurting people.
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contradiction
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To track all of this month's four-star movies, check out the TV-Now website Four Star Movies February TV Schedule.
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The TV-Now website is used regularly by movie critics.
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neutral
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The movie reveals what such a society could be like and what a horror it would be.
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The society depicted in the movie is better than what we have now.
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contradiction
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Pennebaker made about Dylan's previous European tour in 1965, Eat the Document , which was edited by Dylan himself, is a pointless coda.
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In 1965, Bob Dylan's European tour "Eat the Document" was edited by himself.
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entailment
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Lipinski's camp quickly unveiled her Web site and booked her on television talk shows.
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Lipinski has been planning the web site for years.
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And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man, so maybe I should take him to a good stylist who would no doubt be, as so many of them are, gay.
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Jacob's brother is gay.
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neutral
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Variety reported that Harvey once locked a producer in a Cannes hotel room until the producer sold Miramax the rights to distribute his film.
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Miramax sold Harvey the rights to distribute the film.
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contradiction
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He's got plenty of name recognition.
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He has low name recognition.
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contradiction
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That, of course, is precisely why Java has become such fertile ground for cyberevangelism.
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This is why the fertile ground of Java is completely clear of cyberevangelism.
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contradiction
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It's like campaign-finance reform--the people who control it are products of the system, says online voting evangelist Marc Strassman.
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Marc Strassman encourages voting.
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entailment
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Of course, in some sense Dunlap must think that growth is important, because otherwise he wouldn't have spent billions of dollars to buy Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands.
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Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands grow very fast in value.
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neutral
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You can catch the final nine hours this evening.
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The finale will be 9 hours.
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entailment
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It's not that hard to imagine a similar message being sent home by someone investigating what happened to Tsingtao.
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What happened to Tsingtao is easy to imagine.
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neutral
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Once flight capabilities are established and demonstrated in a motion picture, they must be used consistently and logically throughout, without regard to the convenience of the filmmakers.
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So I hear that filmmakers change up a lot of flight capabilities in their movies.
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contradiction
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Israelis sided with the Serbs against the Croats, who had been truly monstrous toward Jews during the war.
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Most Israelis fought against the Serbs during the war.
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contradiction
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Falwell, I had just finished reading a novelistic treatment of these events, Assassins , which is subtitled Jerusalem, Antichrist . Assassins is the sixth book in the Left Behind series, left behind referring to those unfortunate nonevangelical Christians who are not taken up to heaven in the Rapture--the opening act in God's end days plan--and are forced to contend with the Antichrist's evil reign on Earth.
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Assassins is the second book in the Left Behind series.
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contradiction
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Finally, we can try to remove temptation, by avoiding policy initiatives that make it easy for politicians to play favorites.
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Politician's can find new ways to play favorites despite the changes.
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neutral
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From this perspective, Clinton has yet to get with the program.
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Clinton has very good reason for not getting with the program
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neutral
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Nigeria then sent troops to challenge the coup, evidently to restore the president and repair Nigeria's corrupt image abroad.
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Nigeria didn't have any troops to send to fight the coup.
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contradiction
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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.
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The predictability affected the review to the point that the movie was ruined to the critic.
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neutral
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But anyway, that is all beside the point.
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This has nothing to do with the subject.
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entailment
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A story on the JonBenet Ramsey case says her parents are not the only suspects.
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Ramsey's parents are the primary suspects in this case.
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neutral
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That I don't want it to end.
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The author wants it to end right now.
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contradiction
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Another school of thought contends that faith and reason occupy two different realms of knowing.
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The majority of Christians believe that faith and reason are coexistent.
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neutral
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With this retrospective, the newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig a k a Weegee (1899-1968) is judged a technical virtuoso, a great artist, and an inspiration to his followers.
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Weegee did not like to take photos.
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contradiction
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So long as China continues to develop, Hong Kong will get a substantial chunk of that growth.
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China and Hong Kong are inversely correlated.
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contradiction
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CNN's Bob Franken declared that Starr and the Jones team were joined at the hip.
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Bob Franken's declaration about Starr and the Jones team, drew a lot of attention and had individuals talking about the implications of the groups' union.
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neutral
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Last June, the Supreme Court ruled that political parties (as well as PACs, interest groups, and individuals) can make unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates.
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The decision would mean that all political spending would have a firm cap per donor.
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contradiction
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At the Pentagon, real-world combat requirements come first--except when they don't.
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Real world combat requirements are discussed with the President
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neutral
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The fact that voters can and do reject incumbents will strike them as an epiphany.
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The disrespecting of current position holders is lost to citizens.
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contradiction
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On one occasion recounted by the author, a woman rented a horse, stripped naked, and arrived at the door, Lady Godiva-style.
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Riding a horse while being naked doesn't offer enough grip for the majority of people
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neutral
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I wonder if we actually disagree, or if my solutions just didn't occur to you.
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They are interested in knowing if you agree with them.
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entailment
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It is hard to imagine a smaller step than the one Greenspan took.
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Greenspan didn't do absolutely anything.
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contradiction
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Overhype is, in its way, a strategically brilliant term.
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Overhype is a bad term to use for strategic reasons.
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contradiction
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Paul's statement that this is simple and reasonable does not make it right.
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Sometimes the right thing might also be not very reasonable
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neutral
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Being loyal Republicans, Lamar's contributors talk about such happenings only obliquely.
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Regarding the matter, those giving contributions prefer to keep it on the hush-hush.
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neutral
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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).
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Inphomation's bankruptcy was on the front page of the New York Times.
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neutral
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The gentle giant plays with a tiny mouse-- Of Mice and Men . The stricken executioner gets blessed by his beatific sacrifice-- Billy Budd . You could add a score of prison movies, along with E.T. (1982), Starman (1984), and even some vigilante pictures.
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The same composer worked on Of Mice and Men, ET, and Starman.
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neutral
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Latin American gangs routinely kidnap rich foreign executives and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.
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Since foreign executives are often targeted by Latin American gangs, they have begun to increase their security detail, which has helped limit the number of executives being taken.
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neutral
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That would, in effect, penalize companies for efficiency and productivity.
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Companies would be unfairly penelized.
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entailment
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The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft.
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The fact is that I view the world as soft.
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entailment
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She was a mother and thirty-three years old, and it seemed to her that everyone, especially someone the baker's age--a man old enough to be her father--must have children who'd gone through this special time of cakes and birthday parties.
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The baker had children of his own.
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neutral
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Some even think that while Internet competition may drive prices down initially, prices will rise as sellers are matched with buyers and the market clears.
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The internet is making it easier for sellers to find buyers and that will raise prices.
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entailment
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The personal destruction spin is a big winner.
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The spin for personal destruction is a winner.
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entailment
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Keyes : Join me in a prayer to Our Creator.
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Everyone bowed their heads and closed their eyes while praying.
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neutral
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Lose the dismal cover illustrations and return to having a lead review or cover essay.
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The cover illustrations are happy-looking and beautiful.
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contradiction
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John maintains his innocence from death row.
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Death Row wasn't a place John had to go, but his friend did.
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neutral
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In particular, he has spoken of Salon 's dedication to a mission of exposing important facts.
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He releases the prominent statements to the news company.
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contradiction
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It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice.
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The fellow was wrong at least two times.
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entailment
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And those damn video games.
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The video games aren't liked because the lack creativity.
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neutral
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I do know that a couple of mornings with the Mach 3 has just about wiped the smirk off my face.
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The Mach 3 is very difficult to operate.
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neutral
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By forbidding its dealers to compete with each other via prices, Schwinn forces them to compete with each other via quality of service, to the ultimate benefit of consumers.
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Schwinn forced dealers to compete on service quality.
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entailment
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A year ago, the wife of the Oxford don noticed that the pattern on Kleenex quilted tissue uncannily resembled the Penrose Arrowed Rhombi tilings pattern, which Sir Roger had invented--and copyrighted--in 1974.
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The heirs of Penrose Arrowed Rhombi are planning to sue Kleenex after this revelation.
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neutral
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But we don't give out drugs willy-nilly.
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Anyone can get any drug they request.
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contradiction
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The Vermont Supreme Court granted gays greater partnership rights.
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The court pushed an order today that made gay partnerships more restrictive.
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contradiction
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In preparation for our trip, I spent months studying Italian soccer on television.
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I will be taking a trip to Italy and I have been studying Italian soccer on television.
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entailment
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Republican fund-raising hypocrisy 1) The Washington
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The Democrats are claimed to be hypocrites.
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contradiction
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Babies, especially preemies, are more relaxed, have better digestion, and are generally happier when they are massaged.
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Massages are very dangerous and harmful to babies.
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contradiction
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Navel-gazingly yours, Katharine
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Katharine is finishing a love letter.
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neutral
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But editorialists said Nicholson had made the investigators' job comically easy (he even climbed into a car with diplomatic plates registered to the Russian Embassy) and, even so, hadn't been caught and busted soon enough.
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The investigators' job is usually tough.
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entailment
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Monday through Thursday, we go to press with the next day's edition at about 5 p.m.
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The next day's issue is printed around 5 p.m. and finishes around 7 p.m.
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neutral
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The rest of the night was no better.
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The next evening was much better.
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neutral
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I'd just like to point out, in case you were planning a satirical musical comedy about the crisis in question, something you can do to a song from West Side Story : Korea, I've just met a place called Korea!
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The West Side Story can never be portrayed as a satirical comedy.
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contradiction
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Editorialists agree that Milosevic is a treacherous butcher, but nobody knows how to stop him without a major bombing campaign, for which Europe and the United States lack the stomach.
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Europe and the United States would assess their strategy in how to proceed forward in dealing with Milosevic in the future.
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neutral
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I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.
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Paul Krugman writes funnies for the New York Post.
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contradiction
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Let's pause for a moment to map the nuances of that pitch.
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The pitch was very straightforward and pedestrian.
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contradiction
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Mehta evidently loved William Shawn at least as much as Lillian Ross did, although his love was not requited in the same way.
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Willian Shawn was beloved by many women
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entailment
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The Wall Street Journal noted that liquor-industry executives are disgruntled with the ban because it prevents them from competing on the tube with beer companies.
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The executives had desired the ban for years.
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contradiction
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Speaking of Turkey, in honor of Thanksgiving Slate has published a full week's issue as of today (Wednesday, Nov. 26), two days early.
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In honor of Christmas, Slate has published a full issue of it today.
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contradiction
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It is certainly not because he failed to get most of his policy proposals adopted.
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The reason wasn't that his proposals of policies weren't implemented.
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entailment
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Alas, all he writes about, all he thinks about, all he wants to do, is give in to fat.
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He occasionally will think about something else besides giving into fat.
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neutral
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( Slate 's Explainer examines the bill of attainder at greater length here.)
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The bill had declared them guilty of murder.
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neutral
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So maybe the questions he proliferates here (here, unlike in his books, he questions the notion of a surgical strike, and here he wonders, Who has told us that it is OK to kill women and children?
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The questions did not always focus on military actions.
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neutral
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His technique is too methodical and slow, she said.
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With help from her he was able to make improvements to his technique.
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neutral
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Just two weeks ago, I watched him on Rivera Live spin the nation on the subject of the president and Monica Lewinsky's relationship.
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Just three weeks ago, I watched him on Rivera Live, ignoring the subject of the president and Monica Lewinsky's relationship when questioned about it.
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contradiction
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I went to high school with Fred Fournier, and believe me there's nothing to admire.
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They also went to college with Fred Fournier.
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neutral
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The modern mistake is to think that important things must be planned, sponsored, reviewed, or licensed by the government.
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A modern mistake regards the government as being an onlooker in planning.
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contradiction
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Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?
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There was no one better to explain to voters that the success of those running for office were reliant on him.
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entailment
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Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost.
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Objectively, premature babies should be saved without consulting the price.
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contradiction
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Leave it to the Globe to conclude, JFK Jr, Slashed!
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The conclusion that the Globe came up with had nothing to do with JFK Jr.
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contradiction
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A famous example is the Klein bottle, a kind of higher-dimensional Moebius strip whose inside is somehow the same as its outside.
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A Klein bottle is a crazy illusion were two people's faces look the same, or maybe it's just a mirror.
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contradiction
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At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.
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Mud is rare in Bangladesh.
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contradiction
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The two men have been joined forever in an intimacy deeper and more complex than that of blood or sex.
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The two men were joined in intimacy forever.
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entailment
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