tasksource/lingnli · Datasets at Hugging Face

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So Edgar Jr. will fail in Hollywood, but when he does, it won't be the failure of a romantic.	Edgar Jr. is an ambitious actor.	neutral
Specifically, it wants $90,000 for a confiscated file of telegrams and letters sent in response to Nixon's famous Silent Majority speech.	The price for the confiscated file of telegrams and letters is over $50,000.	entailment
And recent Oscar winner Helen Hunt is determined to have a baby with or without her fiance, actor Hank Azaria, according to the Star . I'm going all-out to get pregnant, the publication reports her confiding to a pal, although it doesn't explain what she plans to do if Azaria refuses to cooperate.	Helen Hunt is capable of raising a child effectively.	neutral
Some legal scholars, such as Robert Bork, claim these search powers are unconstitutionally broad.	Robert Bork and his associates usually disagree with the way searches are conducted in the United States.	neutral
The reader is led to despise one character because of his bad taste in neckties, but not to hold racism and homophobia against another.	The character with poor taste in ties was also homphobic.	neutral
In Crace's version, a rebellious, bratty Jesus dies of starvation at the end of his 40-day sojourn in the wilderness.	Jesus lasted less than 10 days in the wilderness.	contradiction
One could argue, charitably, that the movie is meant to be prescriptive, that Barker intends for us to regard the ways in which his subjects delude themselves and thereby learn to see through our own self-delusions.	One could also argue that Barker's creation is meant to be a reflection of his own experiences.	neutral
He's got plenty of name recognition.	Several people recognize his name.	entailment
Likewise, cracking down on compulsives is also politically cost-effective.	Allowing compulsives is politically cost effective.	contradiction
The WP points out that the scandal has been good media business, with USAT distributing an extra 500,000 copies of its weekend edition, the WP printing about 15,000 copies of its daily run, Time adding 100,000 copies to its usual newsstand run of 250,000, CNN's viewership up about 40 percent, and ABC's Nightline and This Week experiencing pronounced ratings increases.	The TV execs are happy with how the scandal played out.	neutral
Beck's first contribution will appear Monday evening.	Beck is contributing to a daily news show.	neutral
The Justice Department asked Starr to look into allegations that his prosecutors improperly tried to cut an immunity deal with Lewinsky during their January 1998 sting without her lawyer present.	The offer to Lewinsky would have taken place in 1995.	contradiction
He's (briefly) a slick but wholesome yuppie and then (interminably) Death, who takes over the young man's body when he's thumped by a couple of cars in the movie's most promising moment.	He stays as a wholesome yuppie for the entire movie.	contradiction
There's a sore on his right pinky finger, a raw spot, flesh rubbed off to blood against the oak, from where he was clawing the chair.	The man needed to escape, and this is why he was clawing the chair.	neutral
The White House Web site's theme of the Supporting America's Families in Times of Distress.	The White House had a website at one point in time.	entailment
The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft.	some people can't accept this hard truth about certain worldviews.	neutral
And there's no dramatic payoff with the chillingly satanic tobacco company president (Michael Gambon) whose threats first make Wigand think about going public.	Gambon had a lot of control at the tobacco company.	entailment
And when it stumbles onto a good subject for a series, like Ken Burns' history of baseball, it turns the show into a seminar on racism and labor relations, not the hit-and-run and the spitball.	It is problematic that a baseball documentary documents racism and labor relations.	neutral
There was much grumbling in the ranks about this question but, if imperfect, it does rest on a solid theoretical foundation.	There was much anger over the question.	neutral
Now imagine being at my Web site, reading my promotional materials, and deciding you'd like to read the book.	envision visiting my website and glancing over my promo info.	entailment
He faces a 75% chance that he will be impeached by the full House and put on trial in the Senate.	The media is frantically covering the impeachment.	neutral
And the signs made it easier for visitors to find their way around.	Signs were helpful in giving directions.	entailment
Hammerschmidt-Hummel, working with a team of scientists using advanced photographic techniques, found close similarities between the mask and a famous bust of Shakespeare, which she believes was copied from it.	The mask and bust of Shakespeare were nothing alike.	contradiction
Bill Clinton is a master of buttering up journalists by quoting their books and articles back to them.	Bill Clinton refused to speak with journalists during his tenure.	contradiction
In Ireland, compassionate teachers would seem to be painfully rare.	The students tend to become a lot tougher because of the lack of compassionate teachers.	neutral
recalls one ex- Vogue staffer wistfully.	The ex-Vogue staffer remembered.	entailment
France, they say, is the victim of currency speculators, whose ravages President Chirac once likened to those of AIDS.	Like a deadly disease, currency speculators were destroying the economy of France for their own gain.	neutral
Along with Mad magazine, he provided comedy to my suburban boyhood--Schulz the philosophical and Mad the topical--at just the right intellectual level for a suburban boy.	Mad magazine is enjoyable reading for a boy.	entailment
No ballots will be accepted after May 6, 1998.	You can still vote after May 6, 1998.	contradiction
But the chats are basic Q and A' Chatters ask routine questions, the candidate types back a canned response.	Chats are anything but basic, as Q and A is incredibly complex.	contradiction
We remember the Marshall Plan today not because Secretary of State George Marshall gave a great speech (he didn't) or because President Truman maneuvered the bill creating the staff and bureaucracy of the European Recovery Administration through Congress.	President Truman had many mistresses.	neutral
God knows he's prepared for it.	An otherwordly being thinks he's ready to take on the task.	entailment
The president and Betty Currie had some concern about her.	The President and Betty Currie are not concerned one bit for her.	contradiction
Time 's cover story argues that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact could not have been worse for Microsoft and could be used against Microsoft by competitors in private antitrust actions.	Microsoft could be in trouble in the future.	entailment
Gigot thinks the tax fraud proceedings against Hubbell are legitimate and ordinary, while everyone else regards the indictments as trumped-up mini-crimes meant to squeeze Hubbell into giving Starr what he wants--cooperation.	The tax fraud case involved illegal political contributions.	neutral
Newsweek 's cover Home schooling--it's not just for zealots anymore!	Newsweek featured Home schooling on the front page.	entailment
Dissenting in the New York Times Book Review , Pico Iyer finds Cuba Libre The central moral question raised ...	Pico Iyer only writes reviews for the Chicago Tribune.	contradiction
The main reason the media have greeted Jack Kemp so rapturously isn't his ideas, his optimism, or his compassion.	No one in the media can be bothered to even greet a normal man like Jack Kemp.	contradiction
In general, arts and cultural articles are posted early in the week, and newsier and political stuff is posted Thursday and Friday.	Cultural articles are only posted on weekends, while news is Monday through Friday.	contradiction
One answer is that the speed with which sexy-sounding scientific ideas get picked up by popular culture is getting alarmingly from Physical Review Letters to the latest best seller by Tom Peters almost before you know it.	Popular culture quickly adopts alluring scientific ideas.	entailment
As long as G.W.'s policies remain ambiguous, every TV ad is a stealth Bush ad.	Television ads act as ads for Bush due to his ambiguous policies.	entailment
Taylor proposes that teen-agers on welfare be paid to use an implanted device to prevent pregnancy.	Taylor thinks teenagers on welfare don't deserve birth control.	contradiction
An entire six pack.	An entire twenty-four pack.	contradiction
Critics revel in his fresh dish (Clinton turns apoplectic over the slightest unfavorable mention	Clinton is known for getting upset sometimes.	entailment
The new translation of Homer's The Odyssey has whipped up so much fervor that Paul Gray in Time has proclaimed the existence of the Fagles phenomenon.	the new clarification of The Odyssey has really instilled passion in people.	entailment
But Tiepolo's vision, like Rilke contemplating autumn leaves, was of a world where everything is And yet, there is One who holds this falling with infinite softness in his hands.	Tiepolo had no vision.	contradiction
Other candidates may be sexier at this hour, but once we go through the battering of New Hampshire and Iowa it might be a different story, says Connors.	The author believes that future elections will cause a change in the perception of the other candidates.	entailment
It sparked a vigorous debate about morality, introduced role models who defied stereotypes (powerful attorneys in wheelchairs, patrician female lawmakers), and demonstrated that the political process is sturdy and forgiving.	The debate centered on whether it was just to torture enemy combatants.	neutral
When the American diplomat who supervises the international peace monitors in Kosovo accused Serb police of the massacre, the Yugoslav (i.e.	There were thousands killed in the massacre.	neutral
The Blue Flower , by Penelope Fitzgerald (Houghton Mifflin).	Penelope Fitzgerald has had association with Houghton Mifflin.	entailment
If there is a good reason, it has to do with our final question.	There is no good reason and it has nothing to do with our final question.	contradiction
Overpaid athletes, teams that abandon their cities, and absurd ticket prices (average NHL $40.	The average NHL ticket costs $40.	entailment
In its best colleges issue two years ago, U.S.	There is no way to rank colleges.	contradiction
It introduced its own version of AOL's instant-messenger software and said it will offer similar dial-up service for less or no money.	AOL was an instant-messenger software with dial-up services.	entailment
If the wound to Eappen's skull was new, asked Scheck, why had scar tissue formed around it?	Scheck examined Eappen on a Wednesday night.	neutral
He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her.	He did not trust her.	neutral
Starr is much more likely to be interested in Steele herself and in why she changed her story.	Steele is a person of interest for Starr.	entailment
So out of 78 confirmed hypotheses, it seems that approximately zero are true.	The scientists were testing a revolutionary idea, which explained their lack of progress.	neutral
Whenever the country emerges from a national trauma and focuses on its piggy bank, presidential expectations shrink.	The president still does he best for the country.	neutral
I suppose Franke-Ruta was compelled to read every single line without really wanting to at all?	There was only one line of text.	contradiction
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.	This vivid picture of old neighborhoods is portrayed in a Hollywood movie.	neutral
Their issuing of short-term buy or short-term hold recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.	The pressure being put on the companies holds mostly negative aspects for their employees.	neutral
Is the problem now more severe?	The problem is more severe.	neutral
Admirably reticent, compared to Robert Bennett.	Few men were as reserved or introverted as Robert Bennett.	contradiction
The more Brown is attacked, the better she does.	Every time Brown is attacked, she gets worse at defending herself.	contradiction
When almost anything can be said in public, profanity ceases to exist in any meaningful way at all.	Profanity flourishes when almost anything can be said in public.	contradiction
For most hyphenated Americans, a trip to the ancestral lands is enough to reinforce the point--assuming, that is, that there are ancestral lands to speak of.	Some Americans travel the places that their ancestors lived.	entailment
This means that while Perot probably won't be able to rig the results of the nominating process as he did against former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm last time around, Ventura isn't automatically the kingmaker either.	Perot definitely have the ability to rig the results of the nominating process.	contradiction
The most pervasive sign of Klein's brand of French post-structuralism, though, are his narrow ideas about pleasure and control.	Klein has small minded ideas about satisfaction and control.	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 was from the Deep South.	neutral
The world is not now in depression, nor is a full-scale replay of the 1930s likely.	It is unlikely that there will be a repeat of the 1930's depression.	entailment
In one way, though, it is more exact.	It could be even more exact with other ways as well.	neutral
The natural paste, meanwhile, lacks all bite, and your mouth feels dirtier after you've brushed.	The natural paste lacks bite largely because it was made with inadequate ingredients.	neutral
These are the Most nominees are confirmed smoothly.	Confirmation is a rough process for all nominees.	contradiction
So we all have benefited indirectly.	We have all been detrimentally effected by what happened.	contradiction
At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.	Brock was able to trick a lot of people.	neutral
It just means they're really, really serious about you.	They have plans for you.	neutral
One thing that is clear is that the West--the IMF, the Western governments who provided the funds for the last, doomed rescue package--have come out looking like chumps.	Western governments that provided funds for the last rescue package look foolish.	entailment
They seemed to enjoy it, and it was extremely helpful to us.	They enjoyed it because they didn't consider it a chore at all.	neutral
And in 1976 Beatty resisted pleas to make a late primary challenge to Jimmy Carter.	Beatty and Jimmy Carter ran against each other in 1976.	contradiction
You'll also see a lot more cool features, such as HTML mail and Preview Pane, to name but two.)	More cool features are going to be implemented soon, like HTML mail and Preview Pane.	entailment
Similarly, you're advised to avert your glance from the making of sausages, and laws, and presumably laws about the manufacture of sausages to be fried up in some restaurant that you won't be visiting.	Restaurants are forbidden, by law, from serving sausages.	contradiction
Impossible, argued Albright and He will not stop until he is forced to do so.	Albright is relentless.	entailment
The principal and persuasive Democratic The only new thing Starr said was that he has exonerated Clinton in Filegate and Travelgate.	Starr absolved Clinton from file and travelgate.	entailment
Timothy Noah's image of the standard old public building () seems to be derived from Mayan or Egyptian pyramids, Greek theaters, the Roman Coliseum, and Notre Dame cathedral.	The image of the old public building is akin to Mayan or Egyptian pyramids.	entailment
A 1990 study found that 28 percent of children diagnosed with the disorder didn't actually meet the definition.	A study in 1990 said only 28 percent were correctly diagnosed.	contradiction
He frequently quotes Ronald Reagan.	He had no idea who Ronald Reagan was.	contradiction
recognized that the president had committed falsehoods under oath, said Rep.	The president isn't under suspiscion of falsehood.	contradiction
Throughout the story, Ellison uses the symbol of horns, investing them with a number of meanings relating to sexual desire (the horny young boys), artistic creation (the instrument of jazz), and masculinity (the symbol of a bull).	Horns are symbolized throughout the story.	entailment
Exploiting the newly dead sounds ghoulish, but the medical establishment rationalizes the practice--at least in private--by saying that it's better than letting interns fumble on live patients.	It's useful for student doctors to practice on dead bodies.	entailment
The face of Europe might look quite a bit different.	Europe looks no different.	contradiction
Wasn't it Warren Buffet who suggested a 100 percent capital gains tax on any investment held less than a year?	Warren buffet wanted this tax in order to encourage long-term investment.	neutral
I missed the last couple of days because of a computer crash.	The computer crash didn't result in any downtime.	contradiction
Perhaps we are now seeing a new social phenomenon--trophy kids.	There is pride in having great kids.	entailment
Success in Ireland just proves that the World's Only Superpower must intervene more frequently, say Kristol, Steve Roberts, and George Will ( This Week ). A few pundits stress potential pitfalls along the road to peace.	The evidence for more frequent intervention wasn't considered evidence at all by some people.	neutral
The 1992-93 famine lacked the central direction of a genocide, and its victims were not murdered on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion.	There was no genocide during the 1992-93 famine.	contradiction
Having endlessly debated the staying power of his '60s comic-strip sendups, most critics now conclude his art will last.	The first comic strips were published shortly after the end of the 1960's.	contradiction
Unfortunately, most of today's credibility mongers invoke credibility precisely to avoid such a moral commitment.	The ones who talk the most about credibility are the least credible.	entailment
As any 10-year-old knows (and game theorists can now elaborately prove), three-person secrets are particularly troublesome in this regard, because nobody can ever pinpoint which of the other two might have cheated.	Boys can realize having 3 people involved in a secret is more troublesome than girls the same age will realize.	neutral
The healing of the Gifford marriage is now complete, and Frank will never cheat again.	Frank is married to another man.	neutral

So Edgar Jr. will fail in Hollywood, but when he does, it won't be the failure of a romantic.

Edgar Jr. is an ambitious actor.

neutral

Specifically, it wants $90,000 for a confiscated file of telegrams and letters sent in response to Nixon's famous Silent Majority speech.

The price for the confiscated file of telegrams and letters is over $50,000.

entailment

And recent Oscar winner Helen Hunt is determined to have a baby with or without her fiance, actor Hank Azaria, according to the Star . I'm going all-out to get pregnant, the publication reports her confiding to a pal, although it doesn't explain what she plans to do if Azaria refuses to cooperate.

Helen Hunt is capable of raising a child effectively.

neutral

Some legal scholars, such as Robert Bork, claim these search powers are unconstitutionally broad.

Robert Bork and his associates usually disagree with the way searches are conducted in the United States.

neutral

The reader is led to despise one character because of his bad taste in neckties, but not to hold racism and homophobia against another.

The character with poor taste in ties was also homphobic.

neutral

In Crace's version, a rebellious, bratty Jesus dies of starvation at the end of his 40-day sojourn in the wilderness.

Jesus lasted less than 10 days in the wilderness.

contradiction

One could argue, charitably, that the movie is meant to be prescriptive, that Barker intends for us to regard the ways in which his subjects delude themselves and thereby learn to see through our own self-delusions.

One could also argue that Barker's creation is meant to be a reflection of his own experiences.

neutral

He's got plenty of name recognition.

Several people recognize his name.

entailment

Likewise, cracking down on compulsives is also politically cost-effective.

Allowing compulsives is politically cost effective.

contradiction

The WP points out that the scandal has been good media business, with USAT distributing an extra 500,000 copies of its weekend edition, the WP printing about 15,000 copies of its daily run, Time adding 100,000 copies to its usual newsstand run of 250,000, CNN's viewership up about 40 percent, and ABC's Nightline and This Week experiencing pronounced ratings increases.

The TV execs are happy with how the scandal played out.

neutral

Beck's first contribution will appear Monday evening.

Beck is contributing to a daily news show.

neutral

The Justice Department asked Starr to look into allegations that his prosecutors improperly tried to cut an immunity deal with Lewinsky during their January 1998 sting without her lawyer present.

The offer to Lewinsky would have taken place in 1995.

contradiction

He's (briefly) a slick but wholesome yuppie and then (interminably) Death, who takes over the young man's body when he's thumped by a couple of cars in the movie's most promising moment.

He stays as a wholesome yuppie for the entire movie.

contradiction

There's a sore on his right pinky finger, a raw spot, flesh rubbed off to blood against the oak, from where he was clawing the chair.

The man needed to escape, and this is why he was clawing the chair.

neutral

The White House Web site's theme of the Supporting America's Families in Times of Distress.

The White House had a website at one point in time.

entailment

The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft.

some people can't accept this hard truth about certain worldviews.

neutral

And there's no dramatic payoff with the chillingly satanic tobacco company president (Michael Gambon) whose threats first make Wigand think about going public.

Gambon had a lot of control at the tobacco company.

entailment

And when it stumbles onto a good subject for a series, like Ken Burns' history of baseball, it turns the show into a seminar on racism and labor relations, not the hit-and-run and the spitball.

It is problematic that a baseball documentary documents racism and labor relations.

neutral

There was much grumbling in the ranks about this question but, if imperfect, it does rest on a solid theoretical foundation.

There was much anger over the question.

neutral

Now imagine being at my Web site, reading my promotional materials, and deciding you'd like to read the book.

envision visiting my website and glancing over my promo info.

entailment

He faces a 75% chance that he will be impeached by the full House and put on trial in the Senate.

The media is frantically covering the impeachment.

neutral

And the signs made it easier for visitors to find their way around.

Signs were helpful in giving directions.

entailment

Hammerschmidt-Hummel, working with a team of scientists using advanced photographic techniques, found close similarities between the mask and a famous bust of Shakespeare, which she believes was copied from it.

The mask and bust of Shakespeare were nothing alike.

contradiction

Bill Clinton is a master of buttering up journalists by quoting their books and articles back to them.

Bill Clinton refused to speak with journalists during his tenure.

contradiction

In Ireland, compassionate teachers would seem to be painfully rare.

The students tend to become a lot tougher because of the lack of compassionate teachers.

neutral

recalls one ex- Vogue staffer wistfully.

The ex-Vogue staffer remembered.

entailment

France, they say, is the victim of currency speculators, whose ravages President Chirac once likened to those of AIDS.

Like a deadly disease, currency speculators were destroying the economy of France for their own gain.

neutral

Along with Mad magazine, he provided comedy to my suburban boyhood--Schulz the philosophical and Mad the topical--at just the right intellectual level for a suburban boy.

Mad magazine is enjoyable reading for a boy.

entailment

No ballots will be accepted after May 6, 1998.

You can still vote after May 6, 1998.

contradiction

But the chats are basic Q and A' Chatters ask routine questions, the candidate types back a canned response.

Chats are anything but basic, as Q and A is incredibly complex.

contradiction

We remember the Marshall Plan today not because Secretary of State George Marshall gave a great speech (he didn't) or because President Truman maneuvered the bill creating the staff and bureaucracy of the European Recovery Administration through Congress.

President Truman had many mistresses.

neutral

God knows he's prepared for it.

An otherwordly being thinks he's ready to take on the task.

entailment

The president and Betty Currie had some concern about her.

The President and Betty Currie are not concerned one bit for her.

contradiction

Time 's cover story argues that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact could not have been worse for Microsoft and could be used against Microsoft by competitors in private antitrust actions.

Microsoft could be in trouble in the future.

entailment

Gigot thinks the tax fraud proceedings against Hubbell are legitimate and ordinary, while everyone else regards the indictments as trumped-up mini-crimes meant to squeeze Hubbell into giving Starr what he wants--cooperation.

The tax fraud case involved illegal political contributions.

neutral

Newsweek 's cover Home schooling--it's not just for zealots anymore!

Newsweek featured Home schooling on the front page.

entailment

Dissenting in the New York Times Book Review , Pico Iyer finds Cuba Libre The central moral question raised ...

Pico Iyer only writes reviews for the Chicago Tribune.

contradiction

The main reason the media have greeted Jack Kemp so rapturously isn't his ideas, his optimism, or his compassion.

No one in the media can be bothered to even greet a normal man like Jack Kemp.

contradiction

In general, arts and cultural articles are posted early in the week, and newsier and political stuff is posted Thursday and Friday.

Cultural articles are only posted on weekends, while news is Monday through Friday.

contradiction

One answer is that the speed with which sexy-sounding scientific ideas get picked up by popular culture is getting alarmingly from Physical Review Letters to the latest best seller by Tom Peters almost before you know it.

Popular culture quickly adopts alluring scientific ideas.

entailment

As long as G.W.'s policies remain ambiguous, every TV ad is a stealth Bush ad.

Television ads act as ads for Bush due to his ambiguous policies.

entailment

Taylor proposes that teen-agers on welfare be paid to use an implanted device to prevent pregnancy.

Taylor thinks teenagers on welfare don't deserve birth control.

contradiction

An entire six pack.

An entire twenty-four pack.

contradiction

Critics revel in his fresh dish (Clinton turns apoplectic over the slightest unfavorable mention

Clinton is known for getting upset sometimes.

entailment

The new translation of Homer's The Odyssey has whipped up so much fervor that Paul Gray in Time has proclaimed the existence of the Fagles phenomenon.

the new clarification of The Odyssey has really instilled passion in people.

entailment

But Tiepolo's vision, like Rilke contemplating autumn leaves, was of a world where everything is And yet, there is One who holds this falling with infinite softness in his hands.

Tiepolo had no vision.

contradiction

Other candidates may be sexier at this hour, but once we go through the battering of New Hampshire and Iowa it might be a different story, says Connors.

The author believes that future elections will cause a change in the perception of the other candidates.

entailment

It sparked a vigorous debate about morality, introduced role models who defied stereotypes (powerful attorneys in wheelchairs, patrician female lawmakers), and demonstrated that the political process is sturdy and forgiving.

The debate centered on whether it was just to torture enemy combatants.

neutral

When the American diplomat who supervises the international peace monitors in Kosovo accused Serb police of the massacre, the Yugoslav (i.e.

There were thousands killed in the massacre.

neutral

The Blue Flower , by Penelope Fitzgerald (Houghton Mifflin).

Penelope Fitzgerald has had association with Houghton Mifflin.

entailment

If there is a good reason, it has to do with our final question.

There is no good reason and it has nothing to do with our final question.

contradiction

Overpaid athletes, teams that abandon their cities, and absurd ticket prices (average NHL $40.

The average NHL ticket costs $40.

entailment

In its best colleges issue two years ago, U.S.

There is no way to rank colleges.

contradiction

It introduced its own version of AOL's instant-messenger software and said it will offer similar dial-up service for less or no money.

AOL was an instant-messenger software with dial-up services.

entailment

If the wound to Eappen's skull was new, asked Scheck, why had scar tissue formed around it?

Scheck examined Eappen on a Wednesday night.

neutral

He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her.

He did not trust her.

neutral

Starr is much more likely to be interested in Steele herself and in why she changed her story.

Steele is a person of interest for Starr.

entailment

So out of 78 confirmed hypotheses, it seems that approximately zero are true.

The scientists were testing a revolutionary idea, which explained their lack of progress.

neutral

Whenever the country emerges from a national trauma and focuses on its piggy bank, presidential expectations shrink.

The president still does he best for the country.

neutral

I suppose Franke-Ruta was compelled to read every single line without really wanting to at all?

There was only one line of text.

contradiction

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.

This vivid picture of old neighborhoods is portrayed in a Hollywood movie.

neutral

Their issuing of short-term buy or short-term hold recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.

The pressure being put on the companies holds mostly negative aspects for their employees.

neutral

Is the problem now more severe?

The problem is more severe.

neutral

Admirably reticent, compared to Robert Bennett.

Few men were as reserved or introverted as Robert Bennett.

contradiction

The more Brown is attacked, the better she does.

Every time Brown is attacked, she gets worse at defending herself.

contradiction

When almost anything can be said in public, profanity ceases to exist in any meaningful way at all.

Profanity flourishes when almost anything can be said in public.

contradiction

For most hyphenated Americans, a trip to the ancestral lands is enough to reinforce the point--assuming, that is, that there are ancestral lands to speak of.

Some Americans travel the places that their ancestors lived.

entailment

This means that while Perot probably won't be able to rig the results of the nominating process as he did against former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm last time around, Ventura isn't automatically the kingmaker either.

Perot definitely have the ability to rig the results of the nominating process.

contradiction

The most pervasive sign of Klein's brand of French post-structuralism, though, are his narrow ideas about pleasure and control.

Klein has small minded ideas about satisfaction and control.

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 was from the Deep South.

neutral

The world is not now in depression, nor is a full-scale replay of the 1930s likely.

It is unlikely that there will be a repeat of the 1930's depression.

entailment

In one way, though, it is more exact.

It could be even more exact with other ways as well.

neutral

The natural paste, meanwhile, lacks all bite, and your mouth feels dirtier after you've brushed.

The natural paste lacks bite largely because it was made with inadequate ingredients.

neutral

These are the Most nominees are confirmed smoothly.

Confirmation is a rough process for all nominees.

contradiction

So we all have benefited indirectly.

We have all been detrimentally effected by what happened.

contradiction

At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.

Brock was able to trick a lot of people.

neutral

It just means they're really, really serious about you.

They have plans for you.

neutral

One thing that is clear is that the West--the IMF, the Western governments who provided the funds for the last, doomed rescue package--have come out looking like chumps.

Western governments that provided funds for the last rescue package look foolish.

entailment

They seemed to enjoy it, and it was extremely helpful to us.

They enjoyed it because they didn't consider it a chore at all.

neutral

And in 1976 Beatty resisted pleas to make a late primary challenge to Jimmy Carter.

Beatty and Jimmy Carter ran against each other in 1976.

contradiction

You'll also see a lot more cool features, such as HTML mail and Preview Pane, to name but two.)

More cool features are going to be implemented soon, like HTML mail and Preview Pane.

entailment

Similarly, you're advised to avert your glance from the making of sausages, and laws, and presumably laws about the manufacture of sausages to be fried up in some restaurant that you won't be visiting.

Restaurants are forbidden, by law, from serving sausages.

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Impossible, argued Albright and He will not stop until he is forced to do so.

Albright is relentless.

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The principal and persuasive Democratic The only new thing Starr said was that he has exonerated Clinton in Filegate and Travelgate.

Starr absolved Clinton from file and travelgate.

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Timothy Noah's image of the standard old public building () seems to be derived from Mayan or Egyptian pyramids, Greek theaters, the Roman Coliseum, and Notre Dame cathedral.

The image of the old public building is akin to Mayan or Egyptian pyramids.

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A 1990 study found that 28 percent of children diagnosed with the disorder didn't actually meet the definition.

A study in 1990 said only 28 percent were correctly diagnosed.

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He frequently quotes Ronald Reagan.

He had no idea who Ronald Reagan was.

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recognized that the president had committed falsehoods under oath, said Rep.

The president isn't under suspiscion of falsehood.

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Throughout the story, Ellison uses the symbol of horns, investing them with a number of meanings relating to sexual desire (the horny young boys), artistic creation (the instrument of jazz), and masculinity (the symbol of a bull).

Horns are symbolized throughout the story.

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Exploiting the newly dead sounds ghoulish, but the medical establishment rationalizes the practice--at least in private--by saying that it's better than letting interns fumble on live patients.

It's useful for student doctors to practice on dead bodies.

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The face of Europe might look quite a bit different.

Europe looks no different.

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Wasn't it Warren Buffet who suggested a 100 percent capital gains tax on any investment held less than a year?

Warren buffet wanted this tax in order to encourage long-term investment.

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I missed the last couple of days because of a computer crash.

The computer crash didn't result in any downtime.

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Perhaps we are now seeing a new social phenomenon--trophy kids.

There is pride in having great kids.

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Success in Ireland just proves that the World's Only Superpower must intervene more frequently, say Kristol, Steve Roberts, and George Will ( This Week ). A few pundits stress potential pitfalls along the road to peace.

The evidence for more frequent intervention wasn't considered evidence at all by some people.

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The 1992-93 famine lacked the central direction of a genocide, and its victims were not murdered on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion.

There was no genocide during the 1992-93 famine.

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Having endlessly debated the staying power of his '60s comic-strip sendups, most critics now conclude his art will last.

The first comic strips were published shortly after the end of the 1960's.

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Unfortunately, most of today's credibility mongers invoke credibility precisely to avoid such a moral commitment.

The ones who talk the most about credibility are the least credible.

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As any 10-year-old knows (and game theorists can now elaborately prove), three-person secrets are particularly troublesome in this regard, because nobody can ever pinpoint which of the other two might have cheated.

Boys can realize having 3 people involved in a secret is more troublesome than girls the same age will realize.

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The healing of the Gifford marriage is now complete, and Frank will never cheat again.

Frank is married to another man.

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