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But I can give two illustrations, both from ballets by George Balanchine that I have on tape.
The tapes showcase challenging choreography and vivid stories.
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Is it the right-wing commissar Norquist, who defied subpoenas from the Thompson Committee about his role laundering campaign contributions for the Republican National Committee (he is contemptuous of the law)?
The Thompson Committee had justifiable evidence in order to subpoena Norquist.
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I loved everything about talking to the folks who schlepped there on a Sunday morning; the comic effect of having a guy dressed like McGruff, the Crime Dog from public service ads, standing behind Dole.
Dole is another famous character who helps McGruff.
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Lifeboats have been constructed for the top dozen employees.
Three lifeboats, in total, were constructed to ensure the safety of the employees.
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(George W. Bush spent his 1978 congressional campaign excusing his father's membership in the Trilateral Commission.)
George W. Bush talked about the Commission.
entailment
I find the paper by the critics more than extremely unfair.
They believed the paper by the critics to be very fair and reasonable.
contradiction
USA Today described the models as struggling actresses, reported that they were unaware of the health risks of donating eggs, and quoted one as saying, I'd rather do this than do Playboy or Penthouse . Harris' sole verified bidder told the paper that selling eggs was better than prostitution.
Prostitution is an immoral act.
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You can bet no one will ever elect me to public office.
The author would make a productive governmental employee.
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two or more of the above.
There are none of the items listed above.
contradiction
The majority of those responding felt that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, and the APA accordingly removed it from the DSM 's next published edition.
The APA is a group of experts.
entailment
President Clinton welcomed Yasser Arafat to the White House and criticized Israel for expanding Jewish housing in East Jerusalem.
Yasser Arafat visited the White House.
entailment
Mambo Italiano, and my personal favorite, Oooh, Bang, Jiggily Jang.
Oooh, Bang, Jiggily Jang is this person's favorite song.
entailment
That's what I remember about Woodstock.
Woodstock gives good memories to most people.
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Oh, come on, my date insisted.
My date completely denied me yesterday.
contradiction
Time explains why the anti-sweatshop movement is growing on college The AFL-CIO has jump-started the protests by lavishing student activists with internships and trips to countries with poor working conditions.
The protests got a big boost from the AFL-CIO due to their provision of internships and foreign travel to student activists.
entailment
But even the Standard , it seems, has its limits.
The limit will be reached soon.
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Now they are claiming they have no money and can't afford a wedding.
Many people choose not to get married due to the associated costs of having a wedding.
neutral
Bullets explode in shards of glass and light, bringing death in chiaroscuro.
Bullets explode in feathers and darkness, bringing life in chiaroscuro.
contradiction
Parlayed pastoral visit into a week of self-promotion.
The visit was only for one day.
contradiction
And on tour with the president in Africa, Jesse Jackson gives Maureen Dowd his theology of the Lewinsky There are nine more Commandments.
The president and Jesse Jackson gave speeches while on tour.
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But if you do, may you be blessed with the wiliness of a fox, the agility of a cat, and the creepy ingenuity of a defense secretary in concocting a dazzling non- It was nobody's fault.
The defense secretary isn't clever.
contradiction
Click Start , then Find , then Files or Folders , type *.dll , then hit Find Now . (Make sure your hard drive is selected in the drop-down list in Look in .) On my computer I found 1,230 .dll files.
This method of searching would work for other file types.
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Where is beauty?
Beauty is important.
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It's not that hard to imagine a similar message being sent home by someone investigating what happened to Tsingtao.
A message was sent saying to stay away from the investigation.
neutral
If we don't spend seven evenings a week together, if we don't talk on the phone each day during work, if I want to spend any time alone, my girlfriend pouts and gets angry, or cries.
She likes it when I don't talk to her.
contradiction
Surprising Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder.
Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder never spent time together.
contradiction
It works terrifically, and the New York Observer 's John Heilpern says it has us ...
John Heilpern is an expert on the subject and his views are held in high regard.
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The fact that voters can and do reject incumbents will strike them as an epiphany.
Learning that voters have rejected incumbents previously will change their whole way of thinking.
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The cover story says pro sports are in trouble.
Professional sports have no current problems.
contradiction
People are smart--or, at least, they are smart Darwinian robots . Darwinian theory does posit that homo sapiens were designed to get their genes into the next generation, but not that they were designed to do so consciously and rationally.
Darwin's theories continue to hold true in today's world of biology.
neutral
Nemesis Hunt refutes the slack-jawed Novak, with the computation that 5 + 4 = 9 and therefore half of Starr's deputies are not current DOJ employees.
Nemesis Hunt is a respected pundit.
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Thompson is no longer Hunter S. He performs a Hunter S. Thompson routine.
Many were surprised by the change to Thompson.
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She upset 16-year-old champion Michelle Kwan, who fell down twice during her routine.
Michelle Kwan is undefeated in the competition.
contradiction
Most societies prohibit adultery--sex between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse--at least, formally.
Most societies don't want to spend the effort to enforce adultery laws.
neutral
Strong genetic differences among dog breeds are not just the result of natural selection.
Genetic differences between dogs is natural.
entailment
Praise goes to Kirstie Alley, who plays an aging ex-model now in the lingerie Less frenetic than Lucy, more mature than Mary (Richard Corliss, Time ). The Washington Post 's Tom Shales dissents, calling Alley unwatchably neurotic and in a virtually perpetual feverish tizzy.
Tom Shales liked Alley's performance.
contradiction
Those standards didn't keep Ellison from writing, merely from calling it quits.
Ellison was kept from writing by those standards.
contradiction
The University of Chicago has chosen a new president--but the debate over the ongoing shake-up at the school continues.
There is unrest about the new president chosen at the University of Chicago.
neutral
Paul's statement that this is simple and reasonable does not make it right.
Paul made a statement.
entailment
We don't see him surprise the nation in 1964 with strong showings in the Maryland and Wisconsin Democratic primaries--states outside the Deep South where he wasn't expected to fare well.
He did not have a lot of support outside of the Deep South.
entailment
However, many mental-health professionals argue that a dimensional model makes more sense and would more closely mirror the real world.
Many mental-health professionals think a dimensional model makes the most sense.
entailment
Second, that the rankings suffer from a serious conceptual flaw.
Most rankings are flawed in some way.
neutral
Providing escape routes from the inner city may make the ghettos worse by depriving them of their most competent residents.
Escape routes from the inner city are unnecessary and harmful.
contradiction
So, the argument that we would simply have to find new buyers for government bonds is beside the point in the short run--and irrelevant in the long run, when Social Security will stop running surpluses.
They plan on doing away with Social Security.
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The result is a vivid picture showing that the strong bonds that developed in those fabled neighborhoods of yore were kindled by conditions that we might find discomforting today--fear of authority, lack of choice, and poverty.
The conditions that created the strong connections between people in those fabled neighborhoods of yore are all things we would surely be happy to have for ourselves.
contradiction
And so all the paradoxes of thrift, widow's cruses, and so on become irrelevant.
Paradoxical and superstitious ways of thinking became unnecessary.
entailment
They thrust their fingers within an inch or two of priceless paintings, pointing out the obvious.
Some paintings are worth an unfathomable amount of money.
entailment
I know you find that hard to accept, but really, it's true.
The truth was discovered recently.
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That led him to the not-very-civil act of complaining to Bob Haldeman.
He was justified in lodging his complaint with Bob Haldeman.
neutral
When I interviewed Klein for my piece about the Microsoft case, he singled out Brian Arthur as the economist who has most influenced his thinking about the way in which high-technology markets operate.
Klein detested Brian Arthur, and refused to even read his work.
contradiction
It concerns itself with something that matters--a million bucks--yet Regis' presence makes it frivolous.
There is no money involved but that doesn't make it less meaningful.
contradiction
Ultimately, what's most important about Disney's struggle to turn ABC around is how impressive it makes the company's management of its own franchise look.
Disney was successful in turning ABC around.
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It seems no one can stand this, and whenever we encounter friends or relatives, they invariably ask personal questions to try to get each of us to speak ill of the other.
We have never seen our relatives.
contradiction
(By contrast, Slate 's assessment relies entirely upon sources who are not identified by name.)
Slate always names its sources to prove its transparency.
contradiction
These folks have opposed every American military operation from Grenada to the Gulf War.
The opponents of these operations have opposed them mostly on humanitarian grounds.
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He must know that no one can be shocked when everyone's in on the joke, but he doesn't seem to want (or to be able) to step outside the camp aesthetic and play anything straight.
He's able to step outside the camp aesthetic but he simply chooses not to do so.
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New studies show that 1) one in seven black men can't vote because of a felony conviction
Felony convictions prevent several African Americans from voting.
entailment
The seductive and corrupting film noir downtowns featured in so many admired cheap second features might as well all have been demolished, along with the long-gone Bijous and Palaces where these films first played.
The safe and uncorrupting film noir downtowns featured should not be destroyed.
contradiction
The product itself won't be in stores until summer, so it's way too early to know how the shaving public will respond.
The product is very high end.
neutral
Why don't you refresh your recollection for a while, and we'll talk when I'm back.
We'd chat later.
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Later, McLaughlin refers to Saddam's Republican Guard as the Red Guard.
McLaughlin focused coverage on the Middle East.
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He then blames military leaders for overestimating the effectiveness of bombing.
Because military leaders think bombing is more effective than it really is, he thinks they are to blame.
entailment
Movie stars can control their images.
Movie stars have no control over their image or reputation.
contradiction
Crest is the standard here, while Colgate products tend toward runniness.
Crest was only the standard because of its thick texture.
neutral
What Debate Shows Do When There's No On The McLaughlin Group , Pat Buchanan enjoys a furiously heated nonargument with Mort Kondracke, which reminds Pundit Central of Alfred Marshall's question about which blade of a scissors does the cutting.
The argument had by Pat Buchanan was meaningful enough to become intense.
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Perversely, Weld lost the ideology/competence battle by winning the drugs/morality battle.
Weld believed in decriminalizing of drug offenses.
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I fear that a certain software billionaire may be a nut job.
The billionaire earned his fortune through his work in the information technology sector.
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But by the time Avis' employees bought the company, the new thinking was that there was no better way of encouraging their creativity and dedication.
The new thinking was that when Avis' employees bought the company their creativity and dedication would be diminished.
contradiction
Maybe lime green was a big mistake, but it's his mistake to live with.
Some people saw lime green as an incorrect choice.
entailment
Starr has said that leaking grand jury testimony before it's actually delivered doesn't count.
According to Starr, leaked grand jury testimony always counts.
contradiction
Not as big a deal as the Pulitzers yet, but in the ballpark.
Not as prize worthy as the Pulitzers, but close.
entailment
The idea that Italy and Greece object to ground troops and therefore we shouldn't do what is necessary to win this war, is, in my view, ridiculous, protested Bill Kristol on This Week . But what's the definition of winning?
Bill Kristol said that the concerns of Italy and Greece were more than reasonable when on This Week.
contradiction
When Chechens raided the Russian territory of Dagestan, and bombs wrecked Moscow apartment buildings, the army seized the opportunity.
Chechens were ruthless and power hungry.
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Clinton ( sorrowfully ): It wasn't me.
A lot of people believed Clinton's statement.
neutral
Hoiles is a big slab of a man, now 33, a veteran but not a star.
Hoiles is a 33 year old veteran.
entailment
Even Quayle and Bennett had to agree.
Quayle and Bennett both agree to eat at Taco Bell.
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We think these defects aren't fatal.
The defects seen here are always fatal.
contradiction
The political culture of nationalism reserved its approval for those who led ruinous campaigns in pursuit of impossible quests, Ajami writes.
Ajami's statement is unrelated to politics.
contradiction
The civil rights movement was great.
The civil rights movement was covered in The New York Times.
neutral
The sales pitch designed to support workers will also protect shirkers.
The sales pitch was designed to help workers deal with customers.
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If you missed the link about the really big marriage penalty--the one created by the earned-income tax credit, click .
There is a large marriage penalty.
entailment
Intent on not striking out, he bats pitch after pitch into foul territory.
If you keep fouling pitches, you won't strike out.
entailment
The family has also tightened its grip on King's work.
King's family lives on.
entailment
Less than the cost of a small caliber bullet!
Nothing cost less than a small caliber bullet.
contradiction
2) No, the only reason he had said the Antichrist must be Jewish is that Jesus was Jewish, and the Antichrist is supposed to resemble Jesus.
There is reason to believe that the Antichrist must be Jewish.
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This, surely, is where the Clinton sex policy and the Clinton social policy combine.
Clinton has no policy for how the United States should regulate sex.
contradiction
4. Causality.
Influence.
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GS's Saturday Evening Post articles eerily suggest words we were to hear 50 or 60 years later.
The Saturday Evening Post happily suggested words we are to hear 200 years from now.
contradiction
But he has never done what his characters would have.
He has written characters
entailment
His son and heir, Bashar, is inexperienced (he's an ophthalmologist by training).
Bashar has years of experience that align with the job's demands.
contradiction
Another option is to blend spandex with fleece to make it stretchier and more form-fitting.
Blending spandex with fleece will give it better performance.
neutral
In a market of 10,000 stocks, short-term prices will rise and fall for an infinite variety of reasons, very few of which have anything to do with a company's real productivity or value.
Long-term prices are more related to a company's real value.
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But Jacob was pierced by shafts of doubt.
This doubt developed over years, and originated from Jacob's childhood.
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Today's Papers is sorry that the Journal wasn't curious enough to find out the average age of those CEOs.
Today's Papers doesn't think that the Journal was sufficiently inquisitive.
entailment
It'll be a good thing for all of us if she finally gets into the habit of speaking for herself.
She does not like to speak up for herself because of a past traumatic experience.
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I wanted to be the onewhose leaving let the hall fall into silence--silence, which I have, from talking, learned to love.But what, when no one loved me, have I donebut talk, talk, talk until I've said, like Peter,the thing I shouldn't say or, as tonight,until I've said exactly what I've had to say.And as I hurtled home past dark, tires wailing,I howled with every song on the radio,screamed some teen-age stranger's stupid words,shrieked somebody else's rage, somebody's lovetill I could bear my own voice, and its silence.
I sung every song playing on the radio while I drove home at night.
entailment
The intervention could be stopped by a block of isolationist senators and House members.
An intervention might be happening.
entailment
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?
This commentary regards past civilizations.
contradiction
The Liberal Humanitarians (a k a Red-Tailed Hawks)
The Liberal Humanitarians are nicknamed the Blue-Finned Sharks.
contradiction
We won't be making extravagant claims for the Internet anymore, but will accept that it's just a tool--sometimes extremely useful, sometimes not.
Their claims for the Internet were very popular.
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