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Once upon a time both he--and the audience--would be trying to peek up her short skirt.	The audience tried looking up her skirt.	entailment
The end of the Cold War has freed them to pursue humanitarian The United States now can be the world's policeman, so it should be.	People like that The United States is the world's policeman.	neutral
Look, I paid 20 bucks for this rag, and I want all of it.	The rag cost $20.	entailment
Republicans have long demanded smaller government.	Republicans keep making demands for more and more government.	contradiction
Given his track record as the District's mayor, you might want to sell your stock in that company.	A man is the District's mayor.	entailment
One Because they're cyber sages.	Sages that exist in the virtual world are superior to that of the physical world.	neutral
When we're there, however, she spends a large part of the evening on the phone or on the computer.	She's either on the computer or phone during the evenings.	entailment
Before proceeding, write down or remember the directories where these files are found.	Someone wants the file locations to be documented.	entailment
Esme, played by Judi Dench, is an actress who lives for the theater.	Esme, played by John Goodman, is an actor who lives for the theater.	contradiction
Now I find I hate returning e-mails.	There are a lot of e-mails to return everyday.	neutral
Lee's bodyguard and cook (and, one presumes, slave).	Lee is a tailor.	neutral
For most American companies today, success depends on selling more of your product next year than you did this year.	American companies measure their success by trying to sell more product than they did the previous year.	entailment
He became a devoted editor of George , which seems likely to founder in his absence.	He did not want to associate with George's work.	contradiction
Is it Simhat Torah again already?	Lots of people celebrate Simhat Torah.	neutral
Simply have their bouquets be identical and perhaps have them walk together.	The persons will end up walking together.	neutral
He'd probably pick it up in his fillings.	The man has fillings in his teeth.	entailment
It's a movie lacquered by its own self-importance, so bloated with the ambition to achieve greatness that it can barely move.	The reviewer feels the movie should have focused more on its plot.	entailment
The other example is Chaconne , starring Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins.	Chaconne is a work of art.	neutral
After all, if an American publication like Slate finds itself subject to Britain's Official Secrets Act, this turns the Internet's promise of freedom on its head.	The internet's promise of freedom stands solid, with Slate escaping any legal action under Britain's Official Secrets Act.	contradiction
Halfway through the film, Tarzan, a Victorian-era Enkidu, lured by Jane, is prepared to follow her back to England.	Tarzan refuses to leave his home.	contradiction
We must only hope that our Pakistani friend does not get to sound too much like the aforementioned Mr. Russert--or any of the other Sabbath gasbags, to use the phrase that the wonderful Frank Rich has popularized.	Mr. Russert has a friend from Pakistan.	neutral
Top aides from recent administrations are The Secret Service never lets the president escape its protection.	The Secret Service's work involves protecting the president.	entailment
Keirsey does not muck around in your excretions in order to determine your personality.	Keirsey is well known for his methods.	neutral
Editorialists labored to connect the two contrary outcomes.	The two outcomes didn't seem to correlate with other.	entailment
The few stinky letters were from clergymen.	Clergymen all wrote letters that smelled so good.	contradiction
The Republicans on the Hill--Issue 2--draw fire from all sides.	The article was not only unflattering to Republicans but it questioned whether they were truly conservatives.	neutral
But what does it mean?	People are curious.	neutral
You can have a park in your backyard (as I do) and still make it to work in 15 minutes (if you keep a sharp eye out for the potholes).	You can make it quickly to work if you are careful.	entailment
He enrolled at the Dallas Conservatory of Music, and sang Gilbert and Sullivan in New York City opera houses before perceiving that there was a market in hillbilly songs.	He was accepted in the Dallas Conservatory of Music.	entailment
Office of Special Investigations--continue the honorable policy of replacing lawless revenge with legitimate justice.	Office of Special Investigations is happy with the on-going process to replace lawless revenge with legitimate justice.	neutral
--DeParle refers to Milwaukee's growing homeless shelter population, but doesn't give any figures on how much it's growing.	There are more homeless in the shelter now than before.	entailment
Talk about when you became out of touch with her and maybe why.	She was not out of touch with anyone.	contradiction
As one agent A parolee of mine is OK and is looking for a job.	The parolee refuses to look for work.	contradiction
Strong genetic differences among dog breeds are not just the result of natural selection.	Dogs come in different sizes and demeanors.	neutral
In particular, he has spoken of Salon 's dedication to a mission of exposing important facts.	Salon cares about facts.	entailment
After a Lewinsky-caused hiatus from health covers, Newsweek returns to its favorite subject.	After that, Newsweek stopped covering health-related subjects indefinitely.	contradiction
You want a recipe for healing?	It's not related to recovery.	contradiction
This brief period may have been the most fertile of his career.	HIs career was deemed successful.	neutral
It seems like only yesterday that Gen.	As time goes on, this will fade from memory and seem like it happened many years ago.	neutral
Nevertheless, if you're into printing out, it's worth investigating.	You shouldn't look into it if you like printing out.	contradiction
The new deterring nuclear, biological, or chemical warfare by lesser powers (formalizing President Bush's implicit warning to Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War).	Lesser powers are acquiring means of warfare against international treaties.	neutral
Through diagrams and interviews with physicists, the story describes how separate universes could break away from ours (a bit like a soap bubble dividing in two).	The diagrams show how separate universes can break away from each other.	entailment
This is a cheerful thought, but it also means that invoking covert productivity increases doesn't help explain why even measured inflation remains quiescent.	There have been productivity increases.	entailment
Another refreshing feature of Goodman's storytelling is that, unlike other members of fundamentalist sects one might find in novels, her characters don't chafe at their restrictions, or not too much.	There is nothing refreshing about Goodman's storytelling.	contradiction
Characteristically, he didn't sign it, or even add one of his famous cheery little messages.	He did not sign because it went against his morals.	neutral
Democrats, unwilling to take another beating, folded, voting unanimously for the bill in full committee.	The Democrats stand strong against the opposition.	contradiction
American Movie suggests that there's no such thing as the little people in the hinterlands anymore.	The movie suggests the little people do no reside in the hinterlands.	entailment
8) The common currency will help global corporations while stripping each European nation of its power to make its own destiny.	Using a mutual currency will assist corporations that operate globally.	entailment
Bloomie's says I've got $40 due,	Bloomie's is a popular chain of retail stores throughout Central America.	neutral
Or Morris could have contacted Dorothy Healey, who was the chair of the Southern California Communist Party during the '40s.	Morris is friends with Dorothy Healey, a woman who was part of the Southern California Communist Party during the 1940s.	neutral
Time describes honor killings in Jordan, which comprise a quarter of the Arab nation's homicides.	Honor killings make up less than 1% of Jordan's homicides.	contradiction
He enrolled at the Dallas Conservatory of Music, and sang Gilbert and Sullivan in New York City opera houses before perceiving that there was a market in hillbilly songs.	He sang on and off Broadway.	neutral
(Aniston, by the way, might want to compare notes with The Enquirer says that she too fell victim to a freak rear end accident this month when an overzealous deer nipped her hindquarters.	The deer was merely frightened, and had no intention of hurting anyone.	neutral
The Flytrap investigation is the only part of Starr's work that America a) understands and b) actually cares about.	Starr was not a part of the Flytrap investigation.	contradiction
Well, the big picture looks like Both the number of good jobs and the pay that goes with those jobs are steadily rising.	The number of good jobs rising is due to corporate tax cuts.	neutral
The piece might be weightier if it addressed such issues.	The piece tackled such serious issues that it would be impossible to imagine it having more gravitas regardless of what other issues it covered.	contradiction
And at a time when ad people all seem to be drawing from the same palette of colors and styles, creativity and distinctiveness are, oddly enough, not synonymous.	Advertisements require a lot of creativity to appeal to consumers.	neutral
You're sure to overdose, but that's the obsessive/compulsive thrill you're looking for, right?	You shouldn't worry because it's impossible to take in too much.	contradiction
Ianni writes, Johnson essentially worked as a middleman for the Italian syndicate.	Johnson wasn't the leader of the Italian syndicate according to Ianni.	entailment
He recently purchased 387 acres on one of the San Juan Islands that is the site of Camp Nor'Wester, a venerated children's summer retreat.	The largest San Juan island is over 300 acres in size.	entailment
By time-shifting this feel-good scene forward, Man on the Moon relieves the true story of Kaufman's depressing decline.	Man on the Moon is not a faithful story about Kaufman.	contradiction
But the racism charge isn't quirky or wacky--it's demagogy.	The racism charge is just a bit of silly fun, it's not a serious issue.	contradiction
particular national We are simultaneously subject to every other national jurisdiction.	No country has jurisdiction over this nation.	contradiction
The tough cities that such women and their fugitive men once haunted are nowhere to be found.	Future generations have tried to piece together their stories.	neutral
The personal destruction spin is a big winner.	Personal destruction is a major theme of Ronald's life.	neutral
For instance, suppose you are buying a Beanie Baby for your little brother or a discounted airline ticket to Cabo San Lucas.	You often buy airline tickets.	neutral
Slate 's chief political correspondent, looked around him a few months ago and saw nothing but squalor.	The political correspondent saw nothing but attentiveness when he looked around.	contradiction
The cover story on Trent Lott doubts that he can control the Republican Senate.	Trent Lott served in the Senate.	entailment
24/Seven pulls together the Slate features that are updated repeatedly throughout the Our daily Diary; the e-mail give-and-take of The Breakfast Table and The Book Club and Dialogues about the pressing issues of the day; e-mail dispatches from hither and yon; as well as our Moneybox meditations on business, Chatterbox commentaries on politics, and Culturebox on ...	to unsubscribe from these emails, click here.	neutral
Within a week the snoop had discovered his unlisted phone numbers, bank balances, stock holdings, and salary, as well as the phone numbers of everyone he calls.	It only took the snoop a week to figure out a long list of information.	entailment
And what makes Chatterbox think he knows all about the Clintons' chilly business deal either?	Chatterbox can be confirmed as a source for the Clintons' business deal.	contradiction
Ataterk was the founder of modern Turkey, which is no mean accomplishment (what have you done with your life?)	The author states that Ataterk's accomplishment in founding modern Turkey is impressive.	entailment
My kids after they graduate.	My kids will not graduate.	contradiction
Tripp protests that she made the tapes to protect herself because Lewinsky was pressuring her to lie in the Paula Jones case.	Lewinsky pressured Tripp to lie in the Paula Jones case.	entailment
This same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service shouldn't serve, in the mot du jour , as the president's Praetorian Guard--that it shouldn't take metaphorical bullets to protect his dalliances.	The Secret Service was hesitant to protect the president if he did not take steps to protect himself.	entailment
a) Had an adulterous affair with a young intern.	The intern refused to partake in the affair.	contradiction
But Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) features existentially disillusioned outlaws going out in a montage of bloody chaos, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is an outlaw buddy film, and Dances With Wolves (1990) attempts to revise entirely the concepts of both order and the west.	Dances With Wolves (1973) stuck entirely to western film conventions.	contradiction
Instead, McCain spends the evening attacking Bush.	All evening McCain attacked Bush.	entailment
Or, better yet, he should build houses for the poor under the supervision of Jimmy Carter.	There has been suggestions to build houses for the poor.	entailment
There must be that between them, she thought.	This matter had been on her mind for a few days.	neutral
Because the $50,000 prize to be announced July 29 is for the artist's whole oeuvre and not the work submitted for the show, I would award it, if forced to choose, to South African William Kentridge, who is known for powerful , many with anti-apartheid themes.	The prize amount is considered large by those who are competing for it.	neutral
According to psychologist David Keirsey, you are one of Plato's four types, you were born that way, you will always be that way, and you can find out which one you are by taking the temperament sorter quiz on his Web site.	David Keirsey put the temperament quiz on his Web site.	entailment
How did Clinton win public support for bombing Serbia?	Clinton won public support to bomb a foreign nation.	entailment
Why no journalistic outrage about that ? Well, for starters, try looking at a grainy newsweekly-sized photo of Lou Gerstner and see if it makes you remember Pearl Harbor.	A lot of journalists are outraged about that.	contradiction
Such cultural tourism has become the specialty of a new breed of insta-museum, built solely to imbue foreign masterpieces with glitz and mystique.	Masterpiece works are only enjoyed in their original styling and presentation.	contradiction
Another online pollster, Harris Interactive, is using its Harris Poll Online to learn about the public's views on the 2000 election.	Harris Interactive's polling data on elections is accurate.	neutral
How can you be sure your programs are safe?	What evidence do you have that your programs are safe?	entailment
To give up on River Rouge in order to build your brand is one thing.	Being forced to give up River Road is too high of a price in order to build a brand.	neutral
In practice, they tend to make wild claims about the former and ignore the latter.	The claims about the former are more than ordinary.	entailment
(I'll buy a fax machine only when enough other people have them to make it worthwhile.)	There are so many people using fax machines that it would be foolish not to buy one.	contradiction
It is certainly not because he failed to get most of his policy proposals adopted.	He is happy with his job.	neutral
Israelis distrust him because he was in the PLO and his brother is a member of Hamas, while Palestinians despise him for cooperating with their enemy, the Israelis.	He has at least one family member with ties to Hamas.	entailment
The magazine predicts softer GOP stances on gun control and abortion.	There will be softer GOP stances on gun control and abortion according to the magazine's predictions.	entailment
The point is that you are not merely slicing up the same pie--you are increasing the size of the pie.	the slices of the pie are uneven.	neutral
13-year-old Latino gang I ain't down to die right now, for I'm barely having fun.	I have lived a full and fun life.	contradiction
Italian has poverino . The fact that nebbish made it into English owes much to Jewish Borscht Belt comedians becoming '50s TV stars.	Jewish comedians had no influence on English vernacular.	contradiction
The movie reveals what such a society could be like and what a horror it would be.	The movie shows the different aspects of what society can be like.	entailment
Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their backroom systems, which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical programs.	Observers have had more than one insight into the nature of the threat caused by the Y2K bug.	entailment
1) The script leaves out crucial parts of Winchell's story.	The script does not cover Winchell's story in depth.	entailment
Of course, this decision raises plenty of questions of its own.	The decision is of concern.	entailment

Once upon a time both he--and the audience--would be trying to peek up her short skirt.

The audience tried looking up her skirt.

entailment

The end of the Cold War has freed them to pursue humanitarian The United States now can be the world's policeman, so it should be.

People like that The United States is the world's policeman.

neutral

Look, I paid 20 bucks for this rag, and I want all of it.

The rag cost $20.

entailment

Republicans have long demanded smaller government.

Republicans keep making demands for more and more government.

contradiction

Given his track record as the District's mayor, you might want to sell your stock in that company.

A man is the District's mayor.

entailment

One Because they're cyber sages.

Sages that exist in the virtual world are superior to that of the physical world.

neutral

When we're there, however, she spends a large part of the evening on the phone or on the computer.

She's either on the computer or phone during the evenings.

entailment

Before proceeding, write down or remember the directories where these files are found.

Someone wants the file locations to be documented.

entailment

Esme, played by Judi Dench, is an actress who lives for the theater.

Esme, played by John Goodman, is an actor who lives for the theater.

contradiction

Now I find I hate returning e-mails.

There are a lot of e-mails to return everyday.

neutral

Lee's bodyguard and cook (and, one presumes, slave).

Lee is a tailor.

neutral

For most American companies today, success depends on selling more of your product next year than you did this year.

American companies measure their success by trying to sell more product than they did the previous year.

entailment

He became a devoted editor of George , which seems likely to founder in his absence.

He did not want to associate with George's work.

contradiction

Is it Simhat Torah again already?

Lots of people celebrate Simhat Torah.

neutral

Simply have their bouquets be identical and perhaps have them walk together.

The persons will end up walking together.

neutral

He'd probably pick it up in his fillings.

The man has fillings in his teeth.

entailment

It's a movie lacquered by its own self-importance, so bloated with the ambition to achieve greatness that it can barely move.

The reviewer feels the movie should have focused more on its plot.

entailment

The other example is Chaconne , starring Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins.

Chaconne is a work of art.

neutral

After all, if an American publication like Slate finds itself subject to Britain's Official Secrets Act, this turns the Internet's promise of freedom on its head.

The internet's promise of freedom stands solid, with Slate escaping any legal action under Britain's Official Secrets Act.

contradiction

Halfway through the film, Tarzan, a Victorian-era Enkidu, lured by Jane, is prepared to follow her back to England.

Tarzan refuses to leave his home.

contradiction

We must only hope that our Pakistani friend does not get to sound too much like the aforementioned Mr. Russert--or any of the other Sabbath gasbags, to use the phrase that the wonderful Frank Rich has popularized.

Mr. Russert has a friend from Pakistan.

neutral

Top aides from recent administrations are The Secret Service never lets the president escape its protection.

The Secret Service's work involves protecting the president.

entailment

Keirsey does not muck around in your excretions in order to determine your personality.

Keirsey is well known for his methods.

neutral

Editorialists labored to connect the two contrary outcomes.

The two outcomes didn't seem to correlate with other.

entailment

The few stinky letters were from clergymen.

Clergymen all wrote letters that smelled so good.

contradiction

The Republicans on the Hill--Issue 2--draw fire from all sides.

The article was not only unflattering to Republicans but it questioned whether they were truly conservatives.

neutral

But what does it mean?

People are curious.

neutral

You can have a park in your backyard (as I do) and still make it to work in 15 minutes (if you keep a sharp eye out for the potholes).

You can make it quickly to work if you are careful.

entailment

He enrolled at the Dallas Conservatory of Music, and sang Gilbert and Sullivan in New York City opera houses before perceiving that there was a market in hillbilly songs.

He was accepted in the Dallas Conservatory of Music.

entailment

Office of Special Investigations--continue the honorable policy of replacing lawless revenge with legitimate justice.

Office of Special Investigations is happy with the on-going process to replace lawless revenge with legitimate justice.

neutral

--DeParle refers to Milwaukee's growing homeless shelter population, but doesn't give any figures on how much it's growing.

There are more homeless in the shelter now than before.

entailment

Talk about when you became out of touch with her and maybe why.

She was not out of touch with anyone.

contradiction

As one agent A parolee of mine is OK and is looking for a job.

The parolee refuses to look for work.

contradiction

Strong genetic differences among dog breeds are not just the result of natural selection.

Dogs come in different sizes and demeanors.

neutral

In particular, he has spoken of Salon 's dedication to a mission of exposing important facts.

Salon cares about facts.

entailment

After a Lewinsky-caused hiatus from health covers, Newsweek returns to its favorite subject.

After that, Newsweek stopped covering health-related subjects indefinitely.

contradiction

You want a recipe for healing?

It's not related to recovery.

contradiction

This brief period may have been the most fertile of his career.

HIs career was deemed successful.

neutral

It seems like only yesterday that Gen.

As time goes on, this will fade from memory and seem like it happened many years ago.

neutral

Nevertheless, if you're into printing out, it's worth investigating.

You shouldn't look into it if you like printing out.

contradiction

The new deterring nuclear, biological, or chemical warfare by lesser powers (formalizing President Bush's implicit warning to Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War).

Lesser powers are acquiring means of warfare against international treaties.

neutral

Through diagrams and interviews with physicists, the story describes how separate universes could break away from ours (a bit like a soap bubble dividing in two).

The diagrams show how separate universes can break away from each other.

entailment

This is a cheerful thought, but it also means that invoking covert productivity increases doesn't help explain why even measured inflation remains quiescent.

There have been productivity increases.

entailment

Another refreshing feature of Goodman's storytelling is that, unlike other members of fundamentalist sects one might find in novels, her characters don't chafe at their restrictions, or not too much.

There is nothing refreshing about Goodman's storytelling.

contradiction

Characteristically, he didn't sign it, or even add one of his famous cheery little messages.

He did not sign because it went against his morals.

neutral

Democrats, unwilling to take another beating, folded, voting unanimously for the bill in full committee.

The Democrats stand strong against the opposition.

contradiction

American Movie suggests that there's no such thing as the little people in the hinterlands anymore.

The movie suggests the little people do no reside in the hinterlands.

entailment

8) The common currency will help global corporations while stripping each European nation of its power to make its own destiny.

Using a mutual currency will assist corporations that operate globally.

entailment

Bloomie's says I've got $40 due,

Bloomie's is a popular chain of retail stores throughout Central America.

neutral

Or Morris could have contacted Dorothy Healey, who was the chair of the Southern California Communist Party during the '40s.

Morris is friends with Dorothy Healey, a woman who was part of the Southern California Communist Party during the 1940s.

neutral

Time describes honor killings in Jordan, which comprise a quarter of the Arab nation's homicides.

Honor killings make up less than 1% of Jordan's homicides.

contradiction

He enrolled at the Dallas Conservatory of Music, and sang Gilbert and Sullivan in New York City opera houses before perceiving that there was a market in hillbilly songs.

He sang on and off Broadway.

neutral

(Aniston, by the way, might want to compare notes with The Enquirer says that she too fell victim to a freak rear end accident this month when an overzealous deer nipped her hindquarters.

The deer was merely frightened, and had no intention of hurting anyone.

neutral

The Flytrap investigation is the only part of Starr's work that America a) understands and b) actually cares about.

Starr was not a part of the Flytrap investigation.

contradiction

Well, the big picture looks like Both the number of good jobs and the pay that goes with those jobs are steadily rising.

The number of good jobs rising is due to corporate tax cuts.

neutral

The piece might be weightier if it addressed such issues.

The piece tackled such serious issues that it would be impossible to imagine it having more gravitas regardless of what other issues it covered.

contradiction

And at a time when ad people all seem to be drawing from the same palette of colors and styles, creativity and distinctiveness are, oddly enough, not synonymous.

Advertisements require a lot of creativity to appeal to consumers.

neutral

You're sure to overdose, but that's the obsessive/compulsive thrill you're looking for, right?

You shouldn't worry because it's impossible to take in too much.

contradiction

Ianni writes, Johnson essentially worked as a middleman for the Italian syndicate.

Johnson wasn't the leader of the Italian syndicate according to Ianni.

entailment

He recently purchased 387 acres on one of the San Juan Islands that is the site of Camp Nor'Wester, a venerated children's summer retreat.

The largest San Juan island is over 300 acres in size.

entailment

By time-shifting this feel-good scene forward, Man on the Moon relieves the true story of Kaufman's depressing decline.

Man on the Moon is not a faithful story about Kaufman.

contradiction

But the racism charge isn't quirky or wacky--it's demagogy.

The racism charge is just a bit of silly fun, it's not a serious issue.

contradiction

particular national We are simultaneously subject to every other national jurisdiction.

No country has jurisdiction over this nation.

contradiction

The tough cities that such women and their fugitive men once haunted are nowhere to be found.

Future generations have tried to piece together their stories.

neutral

The personal destruction spin is a big winner.

Personal destruction is a major theme of Ronald's life.

neutral

For instance, suppose you are buying a Beanie Baby for your little brother or a discounted airline ticket to Cabo San Lucas.

You often buy airline tickets.

neutral

Slate 's chief political correspondent, looked around him a few months ago and saw nothing but squalor.

The political correspondent saw nothing but attentiveness when he looked around.

contradiction

The cover story on Trent Lott doubts that he can control the Republican Senate.

Trent Lott served in the Senate.

entailment

24/Seven pulls together the Slate features that are updated repeatedly throughout the Our daily Diary; the e-mail give-and-take of The Breakfast Table and The Book Club and Dialogues about the pressing issues of the day; e-mail dispatches from hither and yon; as well as our Moneybox meditations on business, Chatterbox commentaries on politics, and Culturebox on ...

to unsubscribe from these emails, click here.

neutral

Within a week the snoop had discovered his unlisted phone numbers, bank balances, stock holdings, and salary, as well as the phone numbers of everyone he calls.

It only took the snoop a week to figure out a long list of information.

entailment

And what makes Chatterbox think he knows all about the Clintons' chilly business deal either?

Chatterbox can be confirmed as a source for the Clintons' business deal.

contradiction

Ataterk was the founder of modern Turkey, which is no mean accomplishment (what have you done with your life?)

The author states that Ataterk's accomplishment in founding modern Turkey is impressive.

entailment

My kids after they graduate.

My kids will not graduate.

contradiction

Tripp protests that she made the tapes to protect herself because Lewinsky was pressuring her to lie in the Paula Jones case.

Lewinsky pressured Tripp to lie in the Paula Jones case.

entailment

This same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service shouldn't serve, in the mot du jour , as the president's Praetorian Guard--that it shouldn't take metaphorical bullets to protect his dalliances.

The Secret Service was hesitant to protect the president if he did not take steps to protect himself.

entailment

a) Had an adulterous affair with a young intern.

The intern refused to partake in the affair.

contradiction

But Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) features existentially disillusioned outlaws going out in a montage of bloody chaos, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is an outlaw buddy film, and Dances With Wolves (1990) attempts to revise entirely the concepts of both order and the west.

Dances With Wolves (1973) stuck entirely to western film conventions.

contradiction

Instead, McCain spends the evening attacking Bush.

All evening McCain attacked Bush.

entailment

Or, better yet, he should build houses for the poor under the supervision of Jimmy Carter.

There has been suggestions to build houses for the poor.

entailment

There must be that between them, she thought.

This matter had been on her mind for a few days.

neutral

Because the $50,000 prize to be announced July 29 is for the artist's whole oeuvre and not the work submitted for the show, I would award it, if forced to choose, to South African William Kentridge, who is known for powerful , many with anti-apartheid themes.

The prize amount is considered large by those who are competing for it.

neutral

According to psychologist David Keirsey, you are one of Plato's four types, you were born that way, you will always be that way, and you can find out which one you are by taking the temperament sorter quiz on his Web site.

David Keirsey put the temperament quiz on his Web site.

entailment

How did Clinton win public support for bombing Serbia?

Clinton won public support to bomb a foreign nation.

entailment

Why no journalistic outrage about that ? Well, for starters, try looking at a grainy newsweekly-sized photo of Lou Gerstner and see if it makes you remember Pearl Harbor.

A lot of journalists are outraged about that.

contradiction

Such cultural tourism has become the specialty of a new breed of insta-museum, built solely to imbue foreign masterpieces with glitz and mystique.

Masterpiece works are only enjoyed in their original styling and presentation.

contradiction

Another online pollster, Harris Interactive, is using its Harris Poll Online to learn about the public's views on the 2000 election.

Harris Interactive's polling data on elections is accurate.

neutral

How can you be sure your programs are safe?

What evidence do you have that your programs are safe?

entailment

To give up on River Rouge in order to build your brand is one thing.

Being forced to give up River Road is too high of a price in order to build a brand.

neutral

In practice, they tend to make wild claims about the former and ignore the latter.

The claims about the former are more than ordinary.

entailment

(I'll buy a fax machine only when enough other people have them to make it worthwhile.)

There are so many people using fax machines that it would be foolish not to buy one.

contradiction

It is certainly not because he failed to get most of his policy proposals adopted.

He is happy with his job.

neutral

Israelis distrust him because he was in the PLO and his brother is a member of Hamas, while Palestinians despise him for cooperating with their enemy, the Israelis.

He has at least one family member with ties to Hamas.

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The magazine predicts softer GOP stances on gun control and abortion.

There will be softer GOP stances on gun control and abortion according to the magazine's predictions.

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The point is that you are not merely slicing up the same pie--you are increasing the size of the pie.

the slices of the pie are uneven.

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13-year-old Latino gang I ain't down to die right now, for I'm barely having fun.

I have lived a full and fun life.

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Italian has poverino . The fact that nebbish made it into English owes much to Jewish Borscht Belt comedians becoming '50s TV stars.

Jewish comedians had no influence on English vernacular.

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The movie reveals what such a society could be like and what a horror it would be.

The movie shows the different aspects of what society can be like.

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Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their backroom systems, which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical programs.

Observers have had more than one insight into the nature of the threat caused by the Y2K bug.

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1) The script leaves out crucial parts of Winchell's story.

The script does not cover Winchell's story in depth.

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Of course, this decision raises plenty of questions of its own.

The decision is of concern.

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