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Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.
Soccer Guy wass apprehended by the police.
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Other figures of the Reagan-Thatcher era chose other retirement plans.
Other retirement plans were available during the Reagan-Thatcher era.
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I hear you, she said by way of introduction.
She spoke to them prior to leaving.
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So what's a randy president to do?
The president's chastity was a virtue he held in high esteem.
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Deciding he'd like to make an eccentric regional comedy with universal themes, he journeyed to a village in Ireland, set himself up in the pub, and took notes on what he saw and heard.
He has spent some time in Ireland.
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What this means is that the revenue from any new taxes on pollution could be used to reduce other taxes, such as Social Security contributions or the income tax (but not, of course, the capital-gains tax).
Revenue from new taxes on pollution would not help lower the capital gains tax.
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Of course, this decision raises plenty of questions of its own.
It was an illegal decision.
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Comments like these make you wonder not whether Bush and his friends ever used cocaine, but whether they ever stopped.
Bush is completely solitary and has no friends at all.
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Human nature puts Clinton at a disadvantage in this debate.
Clinton's inclination to avoid confrontation will hold him back in this debate.
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Instead of an invisible hand pushing the economy toward full employment in some unspecified long run, we have the visible hand of the Fed pushing us toward its estimate of the noninflationary unemployment rate over the course of two or three years.
A man named Jim is strongly against the push of the Fed towards its estimate of the noninflationary unemployment rate.
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The Islamic and Chinese empires were world powers, but the conversion of the Magyars, Russians, and Vikings to Christianity was setting the stage for Europe's ascent.
The country of China is geographically positioned well for global economic dominance.
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So the first choice should be read as being between the certainty of being rich and a possibility of being rich.
The first choice pertains to wealth and riches.
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They may want to consult an astrophysicist as well as a plastic surgeon.
It will be very helpful for them in the future to get some consulting.
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It's probably therapeutic for Slate's two warriors to be taking time out from their inquiries into the House Budget or Travelgate to organize their thoughts on their place in the universe.
the Slate only hires two people at a time.
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Thank you for William Saletan's brilliant analysis () of the war.
I appreciate William Saletan's genius break down of the war.
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A companion piece advocates destroying food bacteria with low-level radiation.
The use of radiation is mentioned in a companion piece.
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As Van Buren knew, parties are inherently democratic, the most effective way of organizing otherwise powerless individuals.
Van Buren believed that political parties and their structure leads them to acting in a democratic manner.
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On the 10 th anniversary of the liberation of Eastern Europe, we often refer to that event in shorthand as the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall was in Eastern Europe.
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As American multinationals ship their production overseas, the likelihood of getting business to support an import tariff (which would now tax their own imports) becomes equally small.
The proposed tariffs would allow multinationals to import their foreign-made goods without paying a tax on them.
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They even agree that this would be a big mistake.
They can't come to a consensus on the possible outcome.
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At least, it seems clear that the earnings of the total labor force have risen pretty much in line with productivity (output per hour of work) when measured correctly.
Productivity and earnings have risen in line with each other.
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Well, not behind it per se.
There was something not behind it.
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In 1995, Willey took revenge on a lover named Shaun Docking by faking a pregnancy and miscarriage and asking Steele to lie about it.
Willey was truly pregnant when she miscarried.
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Afterward, the doctors compare the results of the placebo surgeries with those of real operations.
The doctors only performed real surgeries.
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It would be more true to say that Gopnik's need to see Picasso as a rascal deforms his view of Picasso's art.
Gopnik believe his artwork was superior to Picasso's.
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Many on both sides anticipate that the Democratic primary of 2000 will be a showdown, with Dick Gephardt representing the old Dems and Al Gore standing in for the new.
Dick Gephardt was representative of new Dem values.
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A better explanation is that males' reproductive fate depends more strongly than females' on competing when they are young.
Males don't compete when they're younger to reproduce.
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The Orioles pressed for several design changes that lowered Camden Yards' top deck and produced a middle-row viewing distance of 199 feet, about eight rows closer than Arlington's.
The Orioles wanted the change because fans felt cheated by the bad seats in the top deck.
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And to show me the famous window of the Defenestration of Prague, the glorious day in May 1618 during the Thirty Years War when two royal Catholic officers had been hurled from the window by the Protestant members of the Bohemian Diet--and being in Prague, had landed on a haystack below.
The Defenestration of Prague is about a glorious day during the Thirty Years War.
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And I hate short sleeved shirts when they wear them with dark neckties, skinny swine knocking on closed doors; and I had a habit of counting bricks, a nice obsession compared with
I have a strong opinion about some fashion choices.
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The problem was the constant struggle for supplies.
There were more supplies than were needed.
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Figgis' camera is probing and alive, so that even when his meanings are laughable, his images remain allusive and mysterious.
Figgis' camera wasn't always probing and alive.
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The teen-age fertility rate has been dropping for several decades--a tribute, no doubt, to contraception--though for most of that time the teen-age out-of-wedlock birth rate was increasing.
Both the teen-age fertility rate and teen out-of-wedlock birthrate are on consistent decreasing trends.
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Germany celebrated the 10 th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall was built with many different objects.
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One is The old neighborhoods are breaking up, and it's the old neighborhoods that produced the mob farm teams.
The old neighborhoods were built in the 1700's.
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Persistent welfare cases don't get jobs because of mental illness, substance abuse, transportation obstacles, child-care difficulties, and simple lack of interest.
Anyone with a mental illness can easily find work.
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While accusing Clinton of invoking the Iraq conflict to delay the impeachment vote, Republicans invoke the Iraq conflict to expedite the impeachment vote.
Republicans are currently using the same strategy of using a current conflict to make a change to an impeachment vote.
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The old western was almost always a tale of a courageous loner imposing order on lawlessness, as in the Wayne films and Shane (1953).
The first western film was released in 1960.
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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.
Avis' employees bought the company after two years of intense negotiations.
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The cover story purports to critically examine the hype surrounding Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut but really just adds to it.
One critic called Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut "a brilliant but flawed masterpiece that is both evocative and subdued".
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It took time for men to recognize that they did not have to promise marriage in the event of a pregnancy in exchange for sexual relations.
It is not unheard of for men to seek sexual relations with women they are not married to.
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Instead, the cost of computer gear is falling precipitously, and affordable bandwidth--the measure of data transmission--is growing at an exponential rate.
Computer hardware costs are plunging.
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but we kick it further-- the axe-man whispers run to the convict he beheads so the body for our delight
The axe-man enjoys his job.
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Pleasure, for Klein, is the opposite of It's all about gratification and excess.
Klein is helpful to others.
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Willey might have a better case against Clinton if she wants to make it--and if her story is true.
It is impossible for Willey to make a case against Clinton.
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Then I jump in with a higher bid at the end, hoping that at least some of those competitors are away from their computers and unable to respond.
Because auction competitors are away from their keyboards, this means that they are less likely to win the auction.
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Now the practice has its own a triple--a woman and her two men--whose child was taken away because of their unusual living arrangement.
A triple include four people.
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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.
If US workers continue to work then we will be able to cover partial benefits.
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The ossified state of European telecom monopolies would stun American Webheads.
Even many European Webheads would be shocked to learn the state of European telecom monopolies.
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And the United States is also leading the creation of new international the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the North Atlantic Free Trade Association, the World Trade Organization, the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The US has withdrawn from some of the groups it created.
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In any event, foolishly excessive trade surpluses are a greater danger than foolishly excessive trade deficits . That's because excessive trade deficits are self- If you run a trade deficit every year, bankruptcy will eventually force you to stop.
If you operate with trade deficits, you will go bankrupt.
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In other words, yes.
They said yes before
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So Hollings embraces Inglis' charges that he's a pork- He calls it pork.
Hollings also feels that he's a chicken.
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Religious people are finding evidence of God in recent scientific discoveries.
Science has once and for all disproven the existence of God.
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The McCain campaign has more specific evidence of success.
McCain's campaign was successful.
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It invests heavily in research and development.
it wants nothing to do with research and development.
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He recognized a Christian duty to charity but was gripped by a fear that his charity would be wasted, thereby incriminating him in sin.
His charity was very successful.
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As far as Pundit Central knows, this is the first instance of talking heads elevating their own comments to the status of newsworthy chat fodder.
The talking heads hyped up their comments to be newsworthy banter.
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It's also possible that experience will lead them to approximate rationality, and they'll reduce their bids.
In all cases, approximate rationality leads to lower instances of spending among consumers.
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Then the electricity hits him again, and the fire rises from his head, from the black leather mask, and he shudders forward and is slammed back against the chair.
No one is wearing a mask.
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Hence our use of Hanukkah rather than Chanukah.
hence our use of Chanukah as opposed to Hanukkah.
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Pretty serious perjury time [looks at his watch].
The perjury time is pretty fun and silly.
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And there is yet another valid that the widespread transmission of racial stereotypes might indeed be helpful to hate groups.
widespread racial stereotypes aren't helpful whatsoever to hate groups.
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while pointing to a chart.
A lot of people are pointing to a chart.
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But then I don't know whether you mean that the attraction is physical or that the consummated relationship is physical and sexual.
I become very uncomfortable when you discuss sexual matters.
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The greatest events and achievements of the past 1,000 years are reviewed, including the miraculous growth of prosperity since 1750, the persistence of the city, the emancipation of women, the rise of the law, and the invention of limited liability (the key to the rise of equity corporations).
The accomplishments of the human race over the last 1000 years should be celebrated.
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This time, they were looking for a candidate who knew how to speak the language of love.
The choice was obvious.
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An article explores McDonald's niche offerings.
McDonald's operates environmentally friendly practices.
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He Moves in Mysterious Proving himself as adept with a parable as with a football, Rep.
The man never played football.
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The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed.
The process is instant.
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Much of the money given away by the Slate 60 goes to finance new buildings at already wealthy universities.
Slate 60 prefers financing infrastructure.
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There are at least three public accusations against Clinton.
The claims about Clinton have no merit.
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(Frank is hardly the first to note that the tastes of a hip bohemian elite have spread to the masses, or to argue that the results of this cultural migration are deleterious.
Frank noticed the hip bohemian elite culture has spread to the masses.
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It's really cool to be postmodern and hip
Being postmodern and hip has gained popularity recently.
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In the New York Times Book Review , Daphne Merkin calls Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls a throwback to a time before fiction turned graphic and interior and hot to the touch.
Daphne Merkin read this book when she was high school.
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But unlike Roosevelt, Rockefeller never developed the resilience to stay in power.
Rockefeller stayed in power longer than any other leader.
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But the most affecting act is the kaddish , the statement of mourning that a son says on the death of his father.
When a father dies, the son should be responsible for making a statement.
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When they married 20 years ago, the Globe reports, people said it wouldn't last.
People doubted how long they will be married for.
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Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.
Nobody ever comes back to this website after the first time they visit.
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(Belize and Gibraltar are best, because they don't recognize American divorce judgments.)
Many people in Belize are aware of this.
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1 is the easy-to-forget point that money shouldn't be able to buy influence with a democratic government.
1 is easy to forget because the author assumes we take democracy for granted.
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Surprising Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder.
Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder expected what happened.
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If loans to ski resorts, fast-food chains, and the Bolivian government paid a slightly higher return than loans to a local small business or housing complex, then they had to be the more deserving use of capital.
Loans are given out to ski resorts, fast-food chains, and the Bolivian government.
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And now, judging by News Quiz responses, these wan titans are barely portrayed at all.
The wan titans are prominently portrayed in the medium.
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She is frightened to death of her remaining children, whom she suspects of plotting to murder her.
She has good reason to distrust her children, they really do wish her harm.
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(He also turns into a hyena and an armadillo, species that are similarly not native to Transylvania.)
Hyenas and armadillos are native to Transylvania.
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(Read William Saletan's to see how the doctors cultivated their common touch.)
The doctors' methods are widely studied.
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Republicans should counter with logical, informative statements that point out the costs involved in litigation.
republicans shouldn't say anything at all.
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What does this calendar tell us about the Spice Girls?
The Spice GIrls have a marketing calendar with photos of them.
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It's only the sincere consideration of a job doing something you truly believe in that can wreck your career in journalism.
Some people go into journalism with an unrealistic view of the situation.
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That would cause a sensation, Mr. Saatchi!
There would be no sensation at all.
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The New Yorker puzzles over Stern's His program is pure id--vile, cruel, crude--yet he remains a faithful husband and devoted father.
Stern's family has been very happy with him.
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Are we for affirmative action based on need, as I am, or based on race?
Affirmative action should be instituted on the basis of need.
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Oh, come on, my date insisted.
My date refused to take no for an answer.
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In the beginning there was a great tortoisewho supported the world.
There was a tortoise that supported the world in the beginning.
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The problem, for Slate and other Internet sites, comes from having to charge for usage, when what they're selling is intellectual property with a flat production cost.
Slate is trying to make as much money as they can online.
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She has yet to come to terms, artistically ...
She has come to terms, artistically...
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Forgive the debtors, especially the hopeless cases among the very poorest nations.
The debtors live in the richest countries.
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Andy's If you must wager on sports, go to Vegas or stick with your neighborhood bookie--he's probably more reputable, if more clearly illegal.
You can find a reputable bookie.
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The President further charmed Monica by fantasizing out loud how wonderful it would be if he had a son.
Monica fantasized about having the President's son.
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