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So far, we'd spent about 10 minutes decoding just five words, but I felt on top of them and was ready to move on.
I was ready to move on to eating lunch.
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to my aunt's cleaning woman in upstate Pennsylvania and learned to adore the small town with its rows of stores and trees on the sidewalk and only a short walk into the country, in this case up a steep hill,
The city was just a short drive in the other direction.
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That is the sense in which we are all on the same bus.
We must act quickly.
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SportsZone, SportsLine, et al practice the anti-gambling puritanism of TV, which dumped its oddsmakers years ago.
Sports channels are opposed to gambling.
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Paul agrees that such a rise in national savings might have some tendency to depress the economy, along lines of Keynes' multiplier model.
The national savings rising might depress the economy.
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They want laws that require of teens that they behave like obedient children.
They believe parents are capable of handling teen's disobedience at home.
contradiction
But what about the other editors of the Daily Cal who couldn't say they'd been martyred at a campus once renowned for its leftism?
The campus was once renowned for being very leftist.
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Such coverage is good Your Live at Five NewsTeam covers Election '96!
The news team covered the election in 1998.
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Very much to her credit, she hasn't become bitter about her shrinking influence; she's not stuck in whiny nostalgia for the way things were.
She's become very spiteful.
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They are a corporate soft money issue advocacy outfit, as is this [party] program financed by corporate soft money.
The group ended up donating another 5 million dollars.
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To take only the most extreme Outright bribes do not, as far as we can tell, play a big role in determining federal policies--and who doubts that they would if they were legal?
The author has received support for this statement.
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Nobody ever wanted to emulate this effect
A few people considered emulating it, but changed their minds in the end.
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Hannah was recently spotted in New York wearing a hat with a star on it, while Kennedy was photographed elsewhere in the Big Apple wearing a T-shirt with--are you sitting down?
No one knew where Hannah and Kennedy were.
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We want to see it again.
We have seen it at least one time so far.
entailment
If you go, don't forget to buy the illuminating book by its curator, Valerie Steele.
should you go, remember to buy the book by it's keeper, Valerie Steele
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Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week.
Our communications have been enjoyable, Marjorie.
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They seem to represent a third way, a healthy distrust of government and the market, levelheadedness leavened by a kind heart.
They believed everything the government told them.
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And Pooh belongs to America for economic reasons as well as literary ones.
Pooh belongs to Australia in all senses.
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You're sure to overdose, but that's the obsessive/compulsive thrill you're looking for, right?
The thrill will be short-lived and the negative ramifications will be long-lasting.
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But it was the grass-roots opposition to KYC, sparked in part by the Libertarian Party, whose protest Web site steered 171,268 e-mail complaints from netizens to the FDIC, that elevated the subject to the national agenda.
The opposition to KYC was sparked by many different organizations.
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our casual voodoo the pleasure to give pain that gives pleasure of pain, unmerited, cruel, free creation
our uninhibited voodoo creates masochism amongst its practitioners.
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This has made her an attorney general without measurable accomplishment in law enforcement or prosecution.
A woman hold the attorney general position.
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Again the question is asked, again Burton feigns.
This is the first time the question is asked.
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The rules have indeed changed.
The rules are different than they were before.
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Now he believes he can be president.
He can be president of the Chess Club.
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This is so great because I haven't been getting any of this lately.
What they've been getting hasn't made them as happy as what they just got.
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But it was Schultz who drew the outrage of the Old Seattle types, who sued him.
The lawsuits brought about by old Seattle types were based on legal merit.
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Some even think that while Internet competition may drive prices down initially, prices will rise as sellers are matched with buyers and the market clears.
No one thinks that internet competition will have any long term effects on pricing.
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His viewing procedures are quite advanced.
The advancement of viewing procedures happen rapidly.
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His skepticism and short fuse, which once seemed so radical, are taught at the Actors Studio.
At the Actors Studio, they teach acceptance, faith and patience over all else.
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Sixty-eight percent favor a federal law to prevent job discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Federal law prevents the hiring of gays and lesbians.
contradiction
Oddly, this part of the 20/20 segment isn't quite as damaging to Ellis as the raw interview transcript was.
Not surprising, this part of the 20/20 segment damages Ellis very much.
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All that's missing is the steroids (out-of-control steroid use by the mob's young guns is what's killing the mafia as much as anything else).
The steroids are easy to get.
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On Meet the Press , White House Chief of Staff John Podesta We're not negotiating, Tim.
The Chief of Staff and Tim are not negotiating.
entailment
Eleven billion dollars in shareholder value is $11 billion.
$11 billion in shareholder value is twice as much.
contradiction
James BeauSeigneur, a premill from Rockville, Md., has written a fictional trilogy dramatizing the End Times.
James BeauSeigneur is an Atheist.
contradiction
If there is a cultural civil war going on, the Mediaphiles--led by Wall Street--have routed the 'phobes.
Currently we have a civil war of culture ongoing.
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The WSJ has these Monica 1) Vernon Jordan isn't part of the joint defense agreement entered into by many other grand-jury witnesses with White House ties.
Vernon Jordan made a separate agreement with the defense.
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Also shown are a lot of stars--24 or 25, one of them could be a dust speck--symbolizing something to do with the sky or night time or celebrities or spaceships or celebrities in spaceships like in Star Wars . There are a helmet and some ferns or laurel, some kind of leaves, and a Latin motto, Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto, which, if I remember my Latin, means The Best People in This State Don't Have To Obey the Traffic Laws.
The motto explained by the author is written in chinese.
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Incidentally, he also asserts wrongly that Richard Nixon's Christmas bombing of Hanoi in 1972 made peace possible.
He was correct in his assertion the Nixon bombing Hanoi on thanksgiving made peace possible.
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Bush, or the Al Gore who is.
Bush and Al Gore do not exist.
contradiction
(For more on the meeting, see .) (2/22/99)
There are no records of the meeting.
contradiction
In his second week as press scourge, Steve Brill remains a hot topic.
This person has been a press scourge for two weeks.
entailment
Coming after Don't Look Back , the superb cinema verite documentary D.A.
There was constant brainstorming going on with this latest documentary production immediately after the last one was finished.
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I would be interested in knowing more of what you make of this last chapter, and his position.
I'm curious about your opinion of this last chapter.
entailment
Starr fought off the linkage, telling reporters that his criminal investigation was independent of the civil litigation.
Starr maintained the criminal investigation was separate from his civil lawsuit.
entailment
There was much grumbling in the ranks about this question but, if imperfect, it does rest on a solid theoretical foundation.
The question was not debatable.
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8) The common currency will help global corporations while stripping each European nation of its power to make its own destiny.
In order to help the world's corporations, every country should use a different currency.
contradiction
That's 2 percent of the $100 billion total spent on ads in all media.
Only $50 billion was spent in advertising across all media channels.
contradiction
So out of 78 confirmed hypotheses, it seems that approximately zero are true.
None of the 78 hypotheses were proven to be true.
entailment
A year ago, when News Quiz debuted, Slate was free.
Slate used to be free.
entailment
80 HK for a super-value meal and $6 HK for each Snoopy toy McDonald's sells.
a super value meal costs 80 HK.
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The key points of their critique of The Bell Curve are as
The accuracy of The Bell Curve is not 100%.
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Readers are of course invited to submit their candidates to the Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes at [email protected].
Readers are asked to limit their submissions to one nomination per email.
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We admire perfectionist monomania in Internet tycoons, so why not in Martha?
The author thinks that Martha exhibits perfectionist monomania traits.
entailment
PinochetAid concert.
The concert was a mockery concept.
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In a celebrated case, Abraham Lincoln biographer Stephen Oates was said to have ripped off a widely read 1952 Lincoln biography by Benjamin Thomas.
Stephen Oates is one of the best writers of his time.
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The Army discharged a 20-year decorated veteran one week before he would have been eligible for retirement benefits, because investigators discovered evidence of his homosexuality after an arsonist torched his home.
The veteran did not have his home torched by an arsonist.
contradiction
Presidents derived their license to serve as leader-preacher from Theodore Roosevelt's remark that the presidency was a bully pulpit, a remark that did not appear in his Inaugural Address.
Theodore Roosevelt was privately criticized by a friend for saying that the presidency is a bully pulpit.
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An ecological theory of the kosher laws suggests that they're meant to proscribe animals who'd compete with us for the foods we need.
The kosher law says that they're meant to proscribe animals that may compete with humans for needed food.
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It's a picture of a needy young woman, one whom any older man with something to lose--or half a brain--would have the sense to avoid.
She would cause trouble for an older man.
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It's redeploying assets to boost the stock price.
Assets don't need to be redeployed to increase the price of the stock.
contradiction
Some changes in personal values are simply part of growing older.
There is no proven correlation between growing older and changes in personal values.
contradiction
With 14 million subscribers and minority stakes in everything from the Learning Channel to Time Warner, he has the resources to be patient, and the experience of the last four years shows he has the will to be patient as well.
He needs to be patient and has proven himself to be able to be patient.
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Afterward, Gordon thanked Earnhardt for teaching him all his tricks.
Gordon learned from Earnhardt.
entailment
He doesn't cheat.
He lies a lot.
contradiction
If you missed the link to the refresher on harassment law and its history, click .
The link was shortened using bitly
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A long article in the same magazine enters the terrifying world of the yakuza , Japanese organized-crime syndicates.
The Yakuza are a relatively weak syndicate.
contradiction
In her 18 years with him, she had never once heard Dole say, 'Here's what we're doing.
She had known Dole for many years.
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Ut's was not the only camera present
There was only one camera present.
contradiction
Meanwhile, Russia is debating whether to cut its conventional forces and authorize first use of its nukes as a substitute deterrent (as the United States will still do).
The U.S. has already decided to use nuclear weapons as a deterrent.
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Nobody knew whether there was life on Mars because, oddly enough, nobody had looked until now.
Mars will have a big space station.
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Young people work in a corporate world by day but play in a moral and cultural universe shaped by the Sixties.
Young people only work all day.
contradiction
If we want to change that attitude, Hollywood should not be the main place we look.
Hollywood is the worst place to make changes to the attitude.
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In her 18 years with him, she had never once heard Dole say, 'Here's what we're doing.
Often, Dole would ask for her opinion in their 18 years together.
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Graves hid out in the deep woods.
The forest provides good cover to escape from notice.
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Out of her stillness she suddenly shrieks, not as an appeal but as a demand, I'm a human being!
She was actively running before she cried out.
contradiction
The Enquirer is probably the only publication in the world to go with this Lucy Mercer hypothesis.
The Lucy Mercer hypothesis is something that holds weight in the scientific community.
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I think Michael Jordan is beginning to get a bit frustrated with his new cohorts in the Washington Wizards front office.
Michael Jordan is very happy with his new cohorts.
contradiction
They thought Bob Dole lost in 1996 because he was mean and distant.
They thought Bob Dole was also an alcoholic.
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Nudity on stage can be powerful, and is still protested, but not as powerful as the frightening glimpse I had as a child of Ethel Merman in Gypsy . Now, if you could get the ghost of Ethel Merman and the undead Mickey Rooney to strip to the waist for 10 rounds of bare-knuckle action, that would be truly frightening stage violence.
Nudity is nowhere near as frightening as the image of Ethel Merman and Mickey Rooney bare-knuckle boxing.
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Today, alas, what comes to mind is a couple of bad baritones from the Red Army Chorus, drunk on antifreeze, trying to convince some Iraqi guy that their music stands are made of plutonium and worth a few bucks.
The Iraqi citizen believed the music stands are made of plutonium.
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But Szwed overlooks a crucial distinction between Sun Ra and his forebears.
Szwed saw all the distinctions between Sun Ra and his forebears.
contradiction
Would the story have broken if not for the Web?
With the right amount of in-person advertising, the story could have broken regardless of the web.
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The basic premise of this line is that the findings of faith and reason are not at odds--only their methods are.
The line states that the perspective of faith and reason are different.
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Now, the pope himself attends Lutheran and Jewish services as a participant!
The pope is greeted with open arms everywhere he goes.
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Then comes the CNN/ Time sarin story to prove the professionals deserve all the scrutiny anyone else can muster.
The author believes professionals are perfect and their work does not need to be tested or checked.
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To be sure, KYC would have encroached on financial privacy just as sensitivities about the Internet and other new technologies have increased demands for privacy.
Most companies are addressing the need for increased privacy on the internet.
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Having done so, they finally agree to marry but with She has privacy, freedom to pursue her own life and friends, control over money, etc.
The pair sign a pre-nuptual aggrement to guarantee her requirements.
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He did not, however, suggest that everybody follow his example.
He adamantly insisted that everybody do everything exactly as he does.
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Critics argued workers can quit a union if they don't like its political activities and that any debate about regulating union money should be taken up separately.
Workers should have a meaningful say about how union money should be spent.
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He also knew what too many latter-day economists have Macroeconomics is crucial to the public credibility of economics as a whole.
Macroeconomics plays no role in persuading the public to believe in the work that economists present to them.
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One answer is that there is no honor among thieves--that the oligarchs are caught in a classic prisoners' dilemma, in which it is in the collective interest of the group that everyone pay some taxes, but in the individual interest of each oligarch to free-ride on the others.
All of the oligarch free-rode on everyone else.
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In a way, I think it has already helped Microsoft's image.
Microsoft is benefiting from this.
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At MIT, where he had been given a teaching job, he hardly bothered with undergraduates and humiliated graduate students by solving their thesis problems.
He looked down on his students with revulsion.
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And a lot of Americans, when they are first introduced to you ...
Nobody has a reaction when they are introduced to you.
contradiction
How can you gain the moral high ground, that lofty crag from which to hurl down scorn, when your native city--what's the word?
The author feels contempt over the actions of another.
entailment
Who's winning the war over the draft?
What's the outcome of the war over the draft?
entailment
But if you want to create our very own Quebec, go ahead and pass an official English law.
The author is not originally from Quebec.
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The market for general-interest weekly magazines has long since dried Look and the Saturday Evening Post are dead.
The Saturday Evening Post was the last of the weekly magazines.
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