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What's likely is a bitter battle between Perot and Ventura, conducted through proxies, their respective stand-ins for the Reform Party presidential nominee.
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The Reform Party is putting forward a candidate to run in the presidential election.
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entailment
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Charles Schulz need not fear death.
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Schulz will be remembered because of Peanuts.
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neutral
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John McLaughlin dedicates the final minutes of his show to the proposition that contemporary American culture sneers at Men are regarded as inseminating instruments, superfluous after that.
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John McLaughlin speaks his opinion on his show.
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entailment
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It's the kind where you look for everything, you vacuum up everything that's unfavorable, use all of it, whether it's rumor, fact, innuendo, hearsay, use all it, and don't let a kind word get in the whole thing.
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The writer suggests this was ignoring anything that could be construed as good or positive.
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entailment
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In the 1980s, Kodak opened a major research center in Tokyo, staffed with Japanese engineers, and started a joint venture in which Canon made copiers sold under the Kodak name.
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It is the biggest research center in all of Tokyo.
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neutral
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The answer to the question How does the device work?
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It is about a device.
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entailment
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It's understandable why this fantasy of flight would take root in black America, which, at numerous moments in its history, has been given reason to fear that conditions in the diaspora can never be improved.
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A prominent black American writer discussed this fantasy of flight recently.
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neutral
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WordPerfect and Netscape work just fine on my Windows-based machine.
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Netscape and WordPerfect do not work at all on my Windows PC.
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contradiction
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Still, Wolfe's portrait captures an essential truth.
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Wolfe's portrait offered no particular insight.
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contradiction
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The company could have monitored distribution better but didn't because it wanted to keep its hands clean, Hass has said.
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Hass said the company did the best it could with monitoring distribution.
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contradiction
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The bishops called their position old news, but gay Catholics found the shift in emphasis significant.
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The bishops called their position significant new news.
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contradiction
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Since Restoration comedy, the normative couple--he the rake and she the one who will never, ever agree to marry anyone--find themselves in society ( office structure) at the highest levels and must prove themselves to one another by being bright, competent, and able to handle lesser people in their circle.
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In the prototypical normative couple, the man is slightly older than the woman.
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neutral
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What Murray likes about the idea is that it would finally discharge society's obligation to members of the underclass.
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Society has an obligation to underclassed people.
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neutral
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Everybody says--every politician--[that] it's to your disadvantage not to answer it.
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Many political scientists believe that there are plenty of situations where it is your advantage to not answer it.
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neutral
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So while the colors may fade less, your detergent is also cleaning less.
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It's a win-win, the colors fade less and the detergent is cleaning more effectively.
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contradiction
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The RPH has hidden literary talents.
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all of the RPH's talents are easily seen.
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contradiction
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All American reporters care about is Monica Lewinsky, and we're trying to get away from that, one U.S. official told me.
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U.S. officials don't care about what American reporters report on.
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contradiction
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' That is said scornfully or dismissively, says historian and Brinkley mentor Ambrose, who tapped Brinkley to succeed him as director of University of New Orleans' Eisenhower Center.
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Brinkley's selection by Ambrose was not well received in the community.
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neutral
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There's more free stuff available online to fill up the time when the boss isn't around than the proxy-censor will ever let us read.
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There is a lot you can read online for free.
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entailment
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A story says robot insects will soon be deployed by the military.
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The story was vetted by several high-ranking military officials that insisted they remain anonymous.
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neutral
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And manufactured exports, initially based on low wages, are the only route we know for rapid economic development.
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Increasing manufactured exports will be easy to do.
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neutral
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Last year, medical student David Cook wrote in the journal the Pharos about his own experience observing as medical students and doctors practiced placing a breathing tube into a freshly deceased patient.
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David Cook was published in The Pharos.
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entailment
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Chrysler's elaborate system of dealerships might, in theory, help Mercedes crack the U.S. market, where its share is now less than 1 percent.
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In the US market, Mercedes share is less than 1 percent.
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entailment
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I liked Michael Kinsley's article . Here's a political glossary that might be helpful in interpreting future lies.
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Lies are common in politics.
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neutral
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It's really cool to be postmodern and hip
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There is at least one advocate for being postmodern and hip.
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entailment
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According to the great Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich, Jews appropriated the word nebbich from their Slavic neighbors in the 11 th century.
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The word nebbich is a very common Yiddish word.
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neutral
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Pollard handed over information about how the United States tracked Soviet subs.
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Pollard handed over intel regarding how the United States tracked North Korean subs.
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contradiction
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Early diagnosis, new teaching techniques (emphasis on the arts, thematic programs), and new research into the brains of LD kids are starting to rectify a neglected problem.
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The problem has been entirely fixed.
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neutral
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At the expense of the middle class.
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it will have no impact on the middle class.
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contradiction
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When I think of someone like Tolly Greenberg, I think of my grandpa Ben, he writes.
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Tolly Greenberg reminds me of my grandfather.
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entailment
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Indeed, many small and furry animals tend to be funny and, if you squint, resemble genitalia taken disturbingly out of context and scampering about the place.
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Only perverts would see genitalia being depicted among the furry creatures.
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contradiction
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The first lies in the assumption that all three-second periods are worth the same.
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the three-second periods are all worth something different.
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contradiction
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The milk proponents offer a variety of responses as to why osteoporosis is far less common in the nonmilk-drinking world.
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Osteoporosis is far less common in parts of the world where milk in not usually consumed.
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entailment
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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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Pennebaker edited Eat the Document.
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contradiction
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Bill Bradley does not talk about his religous faith on the campaign trail.
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When campaigning, Bill Bradley does not discuss his faith.
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entailment
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It is simple, dog-like gratitude for a reason to declare the presidential race more interesting.
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It is better for the country if the presidential race is interesting.
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neutral
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Henry V would have inspired no one on St. Crispin's day by
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Henry V wasn't inspirational on St. Crispin's day.
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entailment
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sang Paul Lynde (and recalls Andrew Milner--you know, in his quiz response; he wasn't actually in the movie) in Bye Bye Birdie 's show-stopping musical number, Kids, a look at teen-age life every bit as insightful as anything on the WB (if you can accept Paul Lynde as Ann-Margret's father).
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The WB often makes shows about teenagers.
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neutral
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That's 2 percent of the $100 billion total spent on ads in all media.
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The total cost of advertising continues to rise even as companies becomes more cost conscious.
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neutral
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I am sure that, despite its logic, my position sounds unrealistic to many readers.
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My position is logical, though unrealistic to many.
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entailment
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To her way of thinking no nonessential spending, no desire to possess things, can ever be innocent or morally neutral.
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She's a material girl that likes nothing better than shopping for things she doesn't even need.
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contradiction
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The headline over the NYT 's online version doesn't mention the homosexual angle, while the WP 's headline--FRANCE LEGALIZES GAY UNIONS--doesn't mention the heterosexual angle.
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NYT's headliner clearly states its homosexual angle.
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contradiction
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Did Stevenson speak with any of the fans with whose hopes he claimed to be so familiar?
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Stevenson never made any statements regarding his fans.
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contradiction
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Now on a Tripod home page, the site itself claims to have been hit only 1,110 times since December 1998.
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The site was previously hosted on another web page.
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neutral
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This story will be around for the remainder of the Clinton presidency, claims Shields.
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Clinton did not tarnish the Presidency.
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contradiction
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Hey, Mambo!Mambo Italiano ...Go, go, Joe!You mixed-up Siciliano
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Joe is a Siciliano.
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neutral
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Lamar Alexander's campaign never got off the ground because the American people can recognize a phony ().
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Lamar Alexander's campaign can be considered a failure considering how well it was supposed to go.
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neutral
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Hispanics, Asians, even African and Caribbean blacks, are by and large following the classic patterns of immigrant and ethnic assimilation.
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Hispanics, Asians, even African and Caribbean blacks are immigrating to new countries.
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entailment
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It is quite likely that you are suffering from the Grass-Is-Greener Syndrome.
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The speaker would recommend making a list of positive things in your life to regain an appreciation of what you have.
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neutral
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The tricky question is what are the core values that really define you and what are the fringe issues on which differences are not crucial.
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This question is tricky.
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entailment
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If I write a new diagnosis in a patient's chart, I have to indicate what I plan to do about it.
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If I write a new diagnosis, I write a plan as well.
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entailment
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This is why managed care is a genuinely confusing Should voters believe the anecdotes, which are real and horrifying, or should they accept the evidence that people are mostly happy with their own insurance, happy to be paying less, and as healthy as they have ever been?
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There are stories that portray managed care as being bad for people's healthcare.
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entailment
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That's what the Globe had to do last week for actress Bo Derek and her director husband, John.
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Bo Derek has starred in popular movies.
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neutral
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But why should Bradley shut up about the Clinton-Gore fund-raising scandal?
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Clinton and Gore tried to pay off Bradley.
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neutral
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But I'm not kidding, it's time for her to go.
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She's been here for two months already.
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neutral
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Carlyle was inspired, if that's the word, by the writings of Thomas Malthus, who predicted that population growth would always outpace economic growth, keeping most people in perpetual poverty.
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Malthus felt economic growth would keep up with population growth.
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contradiction
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Two of my brothers still smoke, although both would press the magic button and quit tomorrow if they could.
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My brothers have some concerns about their smoking habits.
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entailment
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The New York Times reports that Santeria , the West Indian religion notorious for animal sacrifice, is gaining American adherents and coming out of the closet.
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To obtain its information, the New York Times had to imbed a reporter in a local Santeria chapter.
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neutral
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This is a cheerful thought, but it also means that invoking covert productivity increases doesn't help explain why even measured inflation remains quiescent.
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Inflation is being held in place by many other factors.
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neutral
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Wait Until Dark (Brooks Atkinson Theatre).
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Wait Until Dark is being performed today.
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neutral
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Think about seedless grapes or navel oranges--if there are no seeds, where did they come from?
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No fruits have been selected and manipulated for growth and consumption.
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contradiction
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Most people would rather keep what they have than risk it for a hypothetical payoff.
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Most people are glad to gamble their money on a risky payoff.
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contradiction
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Upon his death, the pop artist ascends from the controversial to the canonical.
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Artists never achieve fame after death.
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contradiction
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The cover story protests the Fed's failure to hike interest rates despite early signs of inflation.
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The story takes issue with the Federal Reserve's contrary policies in the face of evidence.
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entailment
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A remake of the 1957 made-for-TV musical wins praise for its African-American lead and multiracial cast, which includes Jason Alexander, Whitney Houston, and Whoopi Goldberg.
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The musical was broadcasted on a saturday.
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neutral
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Sports pundits likened him to Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus.
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The pundits did not see any potential in him.
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contradiction
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For all its currency, the carpetbagger charge only carries these days in parochial places and when it plays into other, more potent, the naked ambition of Dawkins or Huffington, the Washington-insider image of Brock.
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It is offensive to be called a carpetbagger.
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neutral
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It seems suitable in Saudi Arabia, for example, where women can't vote, since it squashes public expression along with hair.
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Many women in Saudi Arabia secretly believe that they should be allowed to vote but are afraid to speak out.
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neutral
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The technophobic This is what we get for relying on gadgets.
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The author is disdainful as a result of technological dependence.
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entailment
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The United States abandoned its policy of stabilizing gold prices back in 1971.
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the United States moved forward with its stance on destabilizing gold prices in 1971.
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contradiction
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You've got to look in the mirror every morning and ask 'What am I organizing for ?'
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You only have to look at yourself in the mirror once a week, at most.
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contradiction
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In contrast to the well-oiled Gore machine, Bradley has no staff, message, money, or following.
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Bradley did well despite his lack of staff and money.
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neutral
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The cover story asserts that Kenneth Starr's indictment of Julie Hiatt Steele is based on unbelievable assertions by Kathleen Willey, who choreographed her allegations to make them more marketable.
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the cover story is completely false.
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neutral
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Henry The Unreality of Being (The Museum of American Folk Art).
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Henry The Unreality of Being is being displayed at the Museum of American Folk Art.
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entailment
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So when you hear all this business about cuts, let me caution you that that is not what is going on.
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There will be cuts.
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contradiction
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He's a veteran, isn't he?
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He's 11 years old.
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contradiction
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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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A producer was locked in a hotel room by Harvey until he sold Miramax the distribution rights to his film.
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entailment
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Readers are of course invited to submit their candidates to the Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes at [email protected].
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The Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes is associated with slate.com
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entailment
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Doctorow's Ragtime , is set in 1910.
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Doctorow's Ragtime benefits from its early 20th century setting.
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neutral
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As I understand it, an exit strategy is a sort of poor man's Powell Doctrine.
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I dont understand that an exit strategy is a sort of a rich mans Powell Doctrine.
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contradiction
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While most people want to believe that God created us one way or another, few can swallow the literal creationist reading of the Bible, which holds that the earth is less than 10,000 years old.
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The Bible asserts that people were created by Satan.
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contradiction
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I particularly enjoyed your colored sky; a nice choice, blue, popular, everybody likes that blue.
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The artist had thought about making the sky a different color.
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neutral
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This July, Sen.
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Sen, only in July.
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neutral
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This claim always puzzles Here we are in the information age, able to process gigabytes of data with a single mouse click--but we imagine that people can't multiply and divide?
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Most people cannot multiply and divide.
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neutral
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It means that you're the seventh or eighth on the call list to be lied to, instead of the 25 th .
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Lies were deliberately spread through the call list.
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neutral
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He is troubled over whether to accept donations from the professional kirkbuzzers'* guild.
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He'll take money from anybody without any hesitation.
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contradiction
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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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No one views Arthur Fellig as a great artist or virtuoso.
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contradiction
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Unless one believes that the lives of Europeans are intrinsically more valuable than those of Africans, the humanitarian justification for military intervention is unsustainable, he wrote.
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He was concerned that people in Africa would be harmed as a result of military actions.
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entailment
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Slate .) But distinguishing between the two markets undermines Microsoft's thesis that IE and Windows are integrated.
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All of the evidence suggested that IE and Windows were integrated just as Microsoft claimed.
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contradiction
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What's wrong with informing certain segments of the electorate that your opponent is using the feel-good rhetoric of solutions to pull a fast one at their expense?
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The author believes politicians should be called out if the are trying to pull a fast one.
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entailment
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The photos were released by Bill Ballance, 80, a former radio talk show host who says he and Schlessinger were once lovers, who, in his memorable phrase, used to thrash around like a couple of crazed weasels.
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The pictures that were released were of old time lovers.
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entailment
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In theory, for-profits are equipped to do it through greater efficiency--economies of scale, easier closure of failing operations, and better access to capital.
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It is better for the world if all businesses exist as for-profit ventures.
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neutral
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I am surprised, Richard, that you find Faludi's characterizations of the male crisis to fit the British profile.
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Richard is aware of Faludi's characterization of the male crisis.
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entailment
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Diabetes, cardiovascular problems, and penile injuries (more than 100,000 whacked in bike accidents have been permanently deflated, according to the medical literature) all prevent men from mustering a swelling.
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More than 100,000 men have had bike accidents preventing them from attaining an erection.
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entailment
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Nor has the fun we all had sneering at England's squandering its North Sea oil windfall in the '70s and '80s kept the Republican Party from proposing to give away the budget surplus to their rich constituents.
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England's squandering of its north sea windfall was largely due to two or three top officials' mismanagement of the situation.
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neutral
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It took time for men to recognize that they did not have to promise marriage in the event of a pregnancy in exchange for sexual relations.
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Most women do not want to get married just because they were impregnated.
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neutral
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The notion that millions of union members are being forced against their will to help finance this union campaign is simply a Republican fantasy.
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Unions cover millions of members.
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entailment
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This is a drop in the bucket.
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next time it won't be so easy.
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neutral
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They want laws that require of teens that they behave like obedient children.
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Teens have been misbehaving lately.
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neutral
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Smith's political ideas are more elusive.
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Smith often gives speeches detailing where he stands on political issues.
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contradiction
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