tasksource/lingnli · Datasets at Hugging Face

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After smoking a pack of Camels a day for a dozen years, I gave it up in 1985.	Before I quit smoking, I'd usually smoke about 2 or 3 cigarettes each day.	contradiction
But these actors also convey the sense of an internal furnace of pain and anxiety that gives fevered glow to such minutiae (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). However, the play itself is found wanting.	The actors performed a sense of pain and anxiety throughout the play.	entailment
But, says Kull, One would not expect a real bounce until you see some signs of success.	A real bounce is connected with seeing signs of success.	entailment
This path has been smoothed by the nihilism of those Arab intellectuals--including Said--who prefer utopian dreams to a view of politics as the art of compromise.	The negation of these beliefs has made the path a tougher one.	contradiction
They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.	Gore's campaign doesn't understand that Bush will distance himself from the election controversy to ruin Gore's strategy.	entailment
The Post notes the deep disappointment in Malaysia over the no-show by President Clinton, who stayed home to cope with the Iraqi crisis and sent Vice President Al Gore instead.	The Iraqi crisis caused Clinton to send Gore to Malaysia in his stead.	entailment
The other rhetorical way out for Republican politicians is to say that you yourself are as hard-core as ever, but since a majority of Americans apparently disagrees, there's no point in trying to do anything about it it.	Republican won't even try to change the views of the American majority.	contradiction
It consists of a fixed image, like a slide or (closer still) a freeze frame.	The image is media that should be played.	contradiction
The pope did, however, suggest the extradition of Tinky Winky, for 'crimes against God.	The pope did not suggest extraditing the criminal.	contradiction
I stop by Kanter's Printers on 23 rd Street, an address generated by the Crane Web site.	The Crane Web Site provides addresses.	entailment
The great historical novels are always about contemporary consciousness.	Great historical novels only focused on the notion of narcissism.	contradiction
Is money money similarly presages Bob Dole on the 1996 campaign stump reminding people, It's your money!	Bob Dole died in 1995.	contradiction
And there--in no small part as a result of that history--it has found itself with very little leverage.	There is a lot of leeway due to the history.	contradiction
He adopted an upbeat American organicism derived from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.	Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman are not American.	contradiction
O, how I faint when I of you do write,	I don't ever feel ill when I write to you.	contradiction
White describes his wife Katherine, who, very sick in the fall of the last year of her life, goes out into the garden, as she has done every year before, to plant the spring bulbs she knew she would never live to see rise.	White's wife, Katherine, just got a physical and couldn't be in better health.	contradiction
So--contrary to what we're told by orthodox economic theory--two individuals with exactly the same preferences and exactly the same opportunities can adopt dramatically different attitudes toward saving.	Orthodox economic theory is wrong.	neutral
Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path.	Don't send any complaints to Critical Path.	contradiction
On the radio, they are still talking about the Brooklyn Museum's controversial art exhibit.	The art exhibit pertained to evolution.	neutral
That is what rat choice teaches, and nobody has yet proved it wrong--even in theory.	The rat choice is capable of providing lessons.	entailment
The second reference to bumfuzzled was in History of the Life of Rev.	Bumfuzzled is referenced in the History of the Life of Rev.	entailment
Hillary could have known in detail, known in general, not wanted to know, or truly had no idea.	Hillary did not tell anyone.	neutral
By then Gore will be campaigning seriously, distancing himself from Clinton, and running macho ads; Bradley will have defined his big ideas and endured the inevitable media backlash to his current rave notices; and the voters will actually be paying attention.	Gore and Bradley do not like each other.	neutral
The data are computerized, but for policy reasons the reports are not available online.	The team sent the data to each over on the website.	contradiction
Time says that space tourism has a new former astronaut Buzz Aldrin.	Buzz Aldrin is not an accomplished astronaut.	contradiction
An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve slot machines and video poker, proceeds of which will be used to build esteem among the native peoples.	The ballot asks voters to reject slot machines.	contradiction
As long as there are still U.S. workers paying payroll taxes (and if there aren't, we'll have many far bigger problems), these can cover at least partial benefits.	The US workers do not need to pay any taxes to cover partial benefits.	contradiction
Here's what Hatfield writes about what Eufaula told	Eufaula corresponded with somebody else, which is now being reported on by Hatfield.	entailment
Either way, sellers would find their inflated profits eroded.	regardless, sellers can observe their blown up profits being corroded.	entailment
In a sense, the advertising industry is reluctantly moving toward a business model much closer to the so-called free-agent economy than to the traditional idea of a corporation.	Advertisement agencies will operate more efficiently as a free-agent economy as opposed to a corporation.	neutral
Unimpressed with her upstate forays, Rudolph Giuliani, her likely Senate rival, Every time I have gone up there, I have gotten the sense that they like me.	The woman is a Democrat.	neutral
The New York Times offered moral indignation	The New York Times refused to comment on the subject one way or another.	contradiction
AOL countered that Microsoft had already tried and failed to launch a proprietary online service.	Mircrosoft's attempt at a proprietary online service failed.	entailment
How much further could the ball have gone?	The ball has gone somewhere.	entailment
In the Washington Post , Archer accuses Democrats of supporting big government on autopilot and argues that the cuts epitomize compassionate conservatism.	Archer is not a fan of the tax cuts.	contradiction
U.S. law does not require the president to request congressional support before supporting a WTO bid.	The president needs approval by congress for every decision.	contradiction
In modern romantic comedy-- Working Girl to Pretty Woman --we're meant to applaud the heroine's rise from working-class to First Class, with the confidence that she can still listen to Garth Brooks.	In modern movies, there are no romantic comedies involving women.	contradiction
But he's more comfortable behind the scenes	Behind the scenes is where he's most comfortable.	entailment
Mafia boss Sam Giancana allegedly canceled the hit after hearing a Sinatra album.	The Sinatra album convinced Giancana to continue with the hit.	contradiction
There are some smart people--most notably Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs--who believe that, but my view is that Asian economies had gone seriously off the rails well before last summer, and that some kind of unpleasant comeuppance was inevitable.	Jeffrey Sachs thinks Asian economies have never gone off the rails.	contradiction
Its lead story touts New Age heart guru Dr. Dean Ornish, who says low-fat diets, meditation, and love are better than surgery for curing heart ailments.	Dean Ornish advocates surgery over low-fat diets, meditation and love.	contradiction
MLS's dilemma is If it doesn't pay for talent, it will certainly remain a minor league.	MLS will stay in the minors if they are unwilling to pay for talent.	entailment
Telegraph reported exclusively that billionaire philanthropist John Paul Getty II, 65, had sealed his love affair with Britain by taking out UK citizenship after 25 years' residence in this country.	John Getty would rather live somewhere else besides the UK.	neutral
But does the film subvert Eastwood's on-screen persona, as Schickel argues it does?	Eastwood is the main actor in the film.	entailment
Wolfe doesn't see himself as primarily a satirist.	Wolfe sees himself as something other than a satirist.	entailment
If car insurance were a tax-free benefit, it wouldn't be surprising to find employers picking low-cost insurers who make you visit preferred mechanics and skimp on coverage for Land Rovers and minivans.	Car insurance is a tax-free benefit.	contradiction
(After all, Scheck earns a pittance compared with what he could if he were a full-time criminal defense attorney.)	Scheck is a full-time criminal defense attorney.	contradiction
If it doesn't wake up soon, another scandalous case will inevitably surface, and the government will take matters into its own hands.	It is an organization.	neutral
Living poets will continue to be eligible as well.	Authors are eligible as well.	neutral
Nero was emperor until 70 A.D.	Nero was a generous emperor.	neutral
Twenty-five days after that conversation, Johnson invited Kennedy to the Oval Office and told him face to face that he didn't want him as a running mate.	Johnson emailed Kennedy to tell him he didn't want him as a running mate.	contradiction
It is a great-looking book despite its shortcomings, and there is a lot of good information in it.	The book has both strengths and weaknesses.	entailment
In other words, yes.	They are saying no	contradiction
Anglicans are particularly aggrieved by the no-Protestants policy.	Anglicans are calm about the no-Protestants policy.	contradiction
He is relocating to his home state of Georgia.	Someone originates from Georgia.	entailment
that's odd.	That is definitely not normal.	neutral
Contrary to press reports, it's possible that someone entered the house from outside.	Someone could have entered the house from another way.	neutral
If they want to support me in the objectives I have outlined, that's fine, but I don't take positions or make votes in response to offers of contributions.	I am a conservative politician.	neutral
Critics' principal target is the company's policy of pegging doctors' investment returns to profits at Columbia/HCA-affiliated institutions.	Those who opposed, are honing in on the company policy which ties the returns on investments from their doctors to the amount of money their institutions make in profit.	entailment
The film gives the impression that Flynt has none, although he has five--to the best of his knowledge.	The film clearly reveals Flynt's number.	contradiction
The high-end beers cost roughly three times as much as the cheapest ones, and twice as much as the middle range.	The premium on high-end beer is quite high.	neutral
It's Sunday, what channel is this?	It's Monday, what is this channel?	contradiction
If such evidence is present, return Kennewick Man to his rightful tribal reservation.	Kennewick Man has been kept out of his reservation for over a year.	neutral
Personal pronouns anchor the headlines as they drive home an idea James and Dewey would have welcomed--the USA as one big first-person-plural community.	Personal pronouns are not dominating the headlines.	contradiction
Do you have a human resources department?	The human resources department is location on the third floor.	neutral
But Robert Pinsky--also poetry editor of	Robert Pinsky works with poems.	entailment
In fact, most of the spoken lines attributed to Saxton were made up, the real hearing was dully decorous and, as far as I could tell from the videotapes, the audience was politely catatonic.	There was a speaker at the hearing.	entailment
He's almost always portrayed as the dark, suspicious figure circa 1974.	He was portrayed as the bright hero always.	contradiction
But skeptics suggest a darker that the Lippo fee was a payoff to Hubbell to keep quiet about Whitewater.	Someone was bribed to not talk about Whitewater.	entailment
But sadly, I haven't had sex in five years.	They did not have sex because they were afraid of getting close to others.	neutral
So the Bill Clinton paradox--his reckless pursuit of sex and his timid clinging to office--is indeed no paradox.	Bill Clinton has cheated on Hillary many times.	neutral
The machines, in comparison, seem fuzzy.	It's bad that the machines are fuzzy.	neutral
We don't know, for example, if Earthlike planets are common.	There are many Earthlike planets.	contradiction
I read last week's Committee of Advice for Dole, with some interest and not a little amazement.	The Committee of Advice for Dole is released once a week.	neutral
That's what you do.	You play basketball.	neutral
In all conquered regions, the Taliban has immediately implemented its own interpretation of Islamic law.	The Taliban has conquered most of the regions.	neutral
That assumption may or may not be correct.	The truth is known.	contradiction
Powell may be the patron saint of all writers laboring in obscurity.	Anybody who takes up writing is immediately thrust into fame and fortune.	contradiction
Murder episodes are almost always one hour in length.	Murder episodes typically run under 45 minutes.	contradiction
A couple of serious Before removing any components, you must save copies onto a floppy disk.	Copies cannot be saved at all.	contradiction
What a lovely tribute to your cat, the feline Mary Poppins, but Prudie suggests you hide this letter from your wife.	Prudie is concerned about how your wife might perceive the letter if she read it.	entailment
A story says tourism is destroying the Chicago blues scene.	Tourism has been on the rise in Chicago.	neutral
The White House says there's no such system.	The White House has detailed how this system works at a press conference.	contradiction
The theory that only a monopolist can price discriminate is standard textbook fare, and it's borne out by a lot of observations.	Some people think only monopolists can price discriminate.	entailment
Replace George Will's column with weekly photo of him being punched in the nose.	George Will does no have a column.	contradiction
Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.	Police have not raided the compound because they fear it will lead to violence.	entailment
The tide has turned so much that one might wonder whether Wilson needs to make such a fuss about the unity of knowledge.	This was not the first time that Wilson made such a fuss.	neutral
Let's consider President Bush's nostalgic invocation of the Soviet military.	President Bush often discussed the military powers of foreign countries.	neutral
But admitting that people's happiness depends on their relative economic level as well as their absolute economic resources has some subversive implications.	Happiness is mutually exclusive from economic levels.	contradiction
Maybe she would like the Pentagon.	She will like the Pentagon.	neutral
They trotted out numerous theories to establish the Kosovo mission's Air power alone had never won a war, the Serbs had proven their invincibility against Hitler, and negotiation backed by gradual military escalation had failed in Vietnam.	The theories were a gish gallop attempt to stop debate.	neutral
The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence.	The case related to Kodak-Fuji was well covered by the press.	entailment
No horned helmet was found, but the discovery is complicating--perhaps overturning--theories about the settlement of North America.	The discovery offers no new information on how North America was settled.	contradiction
Democrats complain that given the amount of time they spend with Geraldo, diGenova and Toensing can't possibly be doing their government job.	DiGenova and Toensing are Republicans.	neutral
(It is this same vision that Kaplan so admires.)	Kaplan has positive views of the same vision.	entailment
But he has never done what his characters would have.	He wrote characters that weren't based off of himself	neutral
I thought of ending the book with his quote, but then some other stuff happened in his life (you'll have to buy the book--$24.	I ended the $13 book with a quote of his.	contradiction
There's something unbearably sad about a 60-year-old man who still takes drugs.	The author thinks it is fine for a 40-year-old woman to use drugs.	neutral
At the conference, they defended their activities against numerous Solidarity leaders denied they made too many compromises; priests denied they had been co-opted by the party; and Communists denied they had committed treason.	The defense of their activities was found to be legal and within the bounds of the rules.	neutral
Cold Warriors like Kissinger hardly argued that the Cuban Missile Crisis ended Soviet credibility.	Kissing argues the Soviet Union lost allies after the Cuban Missile Crisis.	contradiction

After smoking a pack of Camels a day for a dozen years, I gave it up in 1985.

Before I quit smoking, I'd usually smoke about 2 or 3 cigarettes each day.

contradiction

But these actors also convey the sense of an internal furnace of pain and anxiety that gives fevered glow to such minutiae (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). However, the play itself is found wanting.

The actors performed a sense of pain and anxiety throughout the play.

entailment

But, says Kull, One would not expect a real bounce until you see some signs of success.

A real bounce is connected with seeing signs of success.

entailment

This path has been smoothed by the nihilism of those Arab intellectuals--including Said--who prefer utopian dreams to a view of politics as the art of compromise.

The negation of these beliefs has made the path a tougher one.

contradiction

They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.

Gore's campaign doesn't understand that Bush will distance himself from the election controversy to ruin Gore's strategy.

entailment

The Post notes the deep disappointment in Malaysia over the no-show by President Clinton, who stayed home to cope with the Iraqi crisis and sent Vice President Al Gore instead.

The Iraqi crisis caused Clinton to send Gore to Malaysia in his stead.

entailment

The other rhetorical way out for Republican politicians is to say that you yourself are as hard-core as ever, but since a majority of Americans apparently disagrees, there's no point in trying to do anything about it it.

Republican won't even try to change the views of the American majority.

contradiction

It consists of a fixed image, like a slide or (closer still) a freeze frame.

The image is media that should be played.

contradiction

The pope did, however, suggest the extradition of Tinky Winky, for 'crimes against God.

The pope did not suggest extraditing the criminal.

contradiction

I stop by Kanter's Printers on 23 rd Street, an address generated by the Crane Web site.

The Crane Web Site provides addresses.

entailment

The great historical novels are always about contemporary consciousness.

Great historical novels only focused on the notion of narcissism.

contradiction

Is money money similarly presages Bob Dole on the 1996 campaign stump reminding people, It's your money!

Bob Dole died in 1995.

contradiction

And there--in no small part as a result of that history--it has found itself with very little leverage.

There is a lot of leeway due to the history.

contradiction

He adopted an upbeat American organicism derived from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.

Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman are not American.

contradiction

O, how I faint when I of you do write,

I don't ever feel ill when I write to you.

contradiction

White describes his wife Katherine, who, very sick in the fall of the last year of her life, goes out into the garden, as she has done every year before, to plant the spring bulbs she knew she would never live to see rise.

White's wife, Katherine, just got a physical and couldn't be in better health.

contradiction

So--contrary to what we're told by orthodox economic theory--two individuals with exactly the same preferences and exactly the same opportunities can adopt dramatically different attitudes toward saving.

Orthodox economic theory is wrong.

neutral

Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path.

Don't send any complaints to Critical Path.

contradiction

On the radio, they are still talking about the Brooklyn Museum's controversial art exhibit.

The art exhibit pertained to evolution.

neutral

That is what rat choice teaches, and nobody has yet proved it wrong--even in theory.

The rat choice is capable of providing lessons.

entailment

The second reference to bumfuzzled was in History of the Life of Rev.

Bumfuzzled is referenced in the History of the Life of Rev.

entailment

Hillary could have known in detail, known in general, not wanted to know, or truly had no idea.

Hillary did not tell anyone.

neutral

By then Gore will be campaigning seriously, distancing himself from Clinton, and running macho ads; Bradley will have defined his big ideas and endured the inevitable media backlash to his current rave notices; and the voters will actually be paying attention.

Gore and Bradley do not like each other.

neutral

The data are computerized, but for policy reasons the reports are not available online.

The team sent the data to each over on the website.

contradiction

Time says that space tourism has a new former astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Buzz Aldrin is not an accomplished astronaut.

contradiction

An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve slot machines and video poker, proceeds of which will be used to build esteem among the native peoples.

The ballot asks voters to reject slot machines.

contradiction

As long as there are still U.S. workers paying payroll taxes (and if there aren't, we'll have many far bigger problems), these can cover at least partial benefits.

The US workers do not need to pay any taxes to cover partial benefits.

contradiction

Here's what Hatfield writes about what Eufaula told

Eufaula corresponded with somebody else, which is now being reported on by Hatfield.

entailment

Either way, sellers would find their inflated profits eroded.

regardless, sellers can observe their blown up profits being corroded.

entailment

In a sense, the advertising industry is reluctantly moving toward a business model much closer to the so-called free-agent economy than to the traditional idea of a corporation.

Advertisement agencies will operate more efficiently as a free-agent economy as opposed to a corporation.

neutral

Unimpressed with her upstate forays, Rudolph Giuliani, her likely Senate rival, Every time I have gone up there, I have gotten the sense that they like me.

The woman is a Democrat.

neutral

The New York Times offered moral indignation

The New York Times refused to comment on the subject one way or another.

contradiction

AOL countered that Microsoft had already tried and failed to launch a proprietary online service.

Mircrosoft's attempt at a proprietary online service failed.

entailment

How much further could the ball have gone?

The ball has gone somewhere.

entailment

In the Washington Post , Archer accuses Democrats of supporting big government on autopilot and argues that the cuts epitomize compassionate conservatism.

Archer is not a fan of the tax cuts.

contradiction

U.S. law does not require the president to request congressional support before supporting a WTO bid.

The president needs approval by congress for every decision.

contradiction

In modern romantic comedy-- Working Girl to Pretty Woman --we're meant to applaud the heroine's rise from working-class to First Class, with the confidence that she can still listen to Garth Brooks.

In modern movies, there are no romantic comedies involving women.

contradiction

But he's more comfortable behind the scenes

Behind the scenes is where he's most comfortable.

entailment

Mafia boss Sam Giancana allegedly canceled the hit after hearing a Sinatra album.

The Sinatra album convinced Giancana to continue with the hit.

contradiction

There are some smart people--most notably Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs--who believe that, but my view is that Asian economies had gone seriously off the rails well before last summer, and that some kind of unpleasant comeuppance was inevitable.

Jeffrey Sachs thinks Asian economies have never gone off the rails.

contradiction

Its lead story touts New Age heart guru Dr. Dean Ornish, who says low-fat diets, meditation, and love are better than surgery for curing heart ailments.

Dean Ornish advocates surgery over low-fat diets, meditation and love.

contradiction

MLS's dilemma is If it doesn't pay for talent, it will certainly remain a minor league.

MLS will stay in the minors if they are unwilling to pay for talent.

entailment

Telegraph reported exclusively that billionaire philanthropist John Paul Getty II, 65, had sealed his love affair with Britain by taking out UK citizenship after 25 years' residence in this country.

John Getty would rather live somewhere else besides the UK.

neutral

But does the film subvert Eastwood's on-screen persona, as Schickel argues it does?

Eastwood is the main actor in the film.

entailment

Wolfe doesn't see himself as primarily a satirist.

Wolfe sees himself as something other than a satirist.

entailment

If car insurance were a tax-free benefit, it wouldn't be surprising to find employers picking low-cost insurers who make you visit preferred mechanics and skimp on coverage for Land Rovers and minivans.

Car insurance is a tax-free benefit.

contradiction

(After all, Scheck earns a pittance compared with what he could if he were a full-time criminal defense attorney.)

Scheck is a full-time criminal defense attorney.

contradiction

If it doesn't wake up soon, another scandalous case will inevitably surface, and the government will take matters into its own hands.

It is an organization.

neutral

Living poets will continue to be eligible as well.

Authors are eligible as well.

neutral

Nero was emperor until 70 A.D.

Nero was a generous emperor.

neutral

Twenty-five days after that conversation, Johnson invited Kennedy to the Oval Office and told him face to face that he didn't want him as a running mate.

Johnson emailed Kennedy to tell him he didn't want him as a running mate.

contradiction

It is a great-looking book despite its shortcomings, and there is a lot of good information in it.

The book has both strengths and weaknesses.

entailment

In other words, yes.

They are saying no

contradiction

Anglicans are particularly aggrieved by the no-Protestants policy.

Anglicans are calm about the no-Protestants policy.

contradiction

He is relocating to his home state of Georgia.

Someone originates from Georgia.

entailment

that's odd.

That is definitely not normal.

neutral

Contrary to press reports, it's possible that someone entered the house from outside.

Someone could have entered the house from another way.

neutral

If they want to support me in the objectives I have outlined, that's fine, but I don't take positions or make votes in response to offers of contributions.

I am a conservative politician.

neutral

Critics' principal target is the company's policy of pegging doctors' investment returns to profits at Columbia/HCA-affiliated institutions.

Those who opposed, are honing in on the company policy which ties the returns on investments from their doctors to the amount of money their institutions make in profit.

entailment

The film gives the impression that Flynt has none, although he has five--to the best of his knowledge.

The film clearly reveals Flynt's number.

contradiction

The high-end beers cost roughly three times as much as the cheapest ones, and twice as much as the middle range.

The premium on high-end beer is quite high.

neutral

It's Sunday, what channel is this?

It's Monday, what is this channel?

contradiction

If such evidence is present, return Kennewick Man to his rightful tribal reservation.

Kennewick Man has been kept out of his reservation for over a year.

neutral

Personal pronouns anchor the headlines as they drive home an idea James and Dewey would have welcomed--the USA as one big first-person-plural community.

Personal pronouns are not dominating the headlines.

contradiction

Do you have a human resources department?

The human resources department is location on the third floor.

neutral

But Robert Pinsky--also poetry editor of

Robert Pinsky works with poems.

entailment

In fact, most of the spoken lines attributed to Saxton were made up, the real hearing was dully decorous and, as far as I could tell from the videotapes, the audience was politely catatonic.

There was a speaker at the hearing.

entailment

He's almost always portrayed as the dark, suspicious figure circa 1974.

He was portrayed as the bright hero always.

contradiction

But skeptics suggest a darker that the Lippo fee was a payoff to Hubbell to keep quiet about Whitewater.

Someone was bribed to not talk about Whitewater.

entailment

But sadly, I haven't had sex in five years.

They did not have sex because they were afraid of getting close to others.

neutral

So the Bill Clinton paradox--his reckless pursuit of sex and his timid clinging to office--is indeed no paradox.

Bill Clinton has cheated on Hillary many times.

neutral

The machines, in comparison, seem fuzzy.

It's bad that the machines are fuzzy.

neutral

We don't know, for example, if Earthlike planets are common.

There are many Earthlike planets.

contradiction

I read last week's Committee of Advice for Dole, with some interest and not a little amazement.

The Committee of Advice for Dole is released once a week.

neutral

That's what you do.

You play basketball.

neutral

In all conquered regions, the Taliban has immediately implemented its own interpretation of Islamic law.

The Taliban has conquered most of the regions.

neutral

That assumption may or may not be correct.

The truth is known.

contradiction

Powell may be the patron saint of all writers laboring in obscurity.

Anybody who takes up writing is immediately thrust into fame and fortune.

contradiction

Murder episodes are almost always one hour in length.

Murder episodes typically run under 45 minutes.

contradiction

A couple of serious Before removing any components, you must save copies onto a floppy disk.

Copies cannot be saved at all.

contradiction

What a lovely tribute to your cat, the feline Mary Poppins, but Prudie suggests you hide this letter from your wife.

Prudie is concerned about how your wife might perceive the letter if she read it.

entailment

A story says tourism is destroying the Chicago blues scene.

Tourism has been on the rise in Chicago.

neutral

The White House says there's no such system.

The White House has detailed how this system works at a press conference.

contradiction

The theory that only a monopolist can price discriminate is standard textbook fare, and it's borne out by a lot of observations.

Some people think only monopolists can price discriminate.

entailment

Replace George Will's column with weekly photo of him being punched in the nose.

George Will does no have a column.

contradiction

Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.

Police have not raided the compound because they fear it will lead to violence.

entailment

The tide has turned so much that one might wonder whether Wilson needs to make such a fuss about the unity of knowledge.

This was not the first time that Wilson made such a fuss.

neutral

Let's consider President Bush's nostalgic invocation of the Soviet military.

President Bush often discussed the military powers of foreign countries.

neutral

But admitting that people's happiness depends on their relative economic level as well as their absolute economic resources has some subversive implications.

Happiness is mutually exclusive from economic levels.

contradiction

Maybe she would like the Pentagon.

She will like the Pentagon.

neutral

They trotted out numerous theories to establish the Kosovo mission's Air power alone had never won a war, the Serbs had proven their invincibility against Hitler, and negotiation backed by gradual military escalation had failed in Vietnam.

The theories were a gish gallop attempt to stop debate.

neutral

The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence.

The case related to Kodak-Fuji was well covered by the press.

entailment

No horned helmet was found, but the discovery is complicating--perhaps overturning--theories about the settlement of North America.

The discovery offers no new information on how North America was settled.

contradiction

Democrats complain that given the amount of time they spend with Geraldo, diGenova and Toensing can't possibly be doing their government job.

DiGenova and Toensing are Republicans.

neutral

(It is this same vision that Kaplan so admires.)

Kaplan has positive views of the same vision.

entailment

But he has never done what his characters would have.

He wrote characters that weren't based off of himself

neutral

I thought of ending the book with his quote, but then some other stuff happened in his life (you'll have to buy the book--$24.

I ended the $13 book with a quote of his.

contradiction

There's something unbearably sad about a 60-year-old man who still takes drugs.

The author thinks it is fine for a 40-year-old woman to use drugs.

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At the conference, they defended their activities against numerous Solidarity leaders denied they made too many compromises; priests denied they had been co-opted by the party; and Communists denied they had committed treason.

The defense of their activities was found to be legal and within the bounds of the rules.

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Cold Warriors like Kissinger hardly argued that the Cuban Missile Crisis ended Soviet credibility.

Kissing argues the Soviet Union lost allies after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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