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I >n cases labeled as serious physical abuse, the reported injury could be mental or emotional.	Mental injury is easier to heal than the emotional one	neutral
In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, Bob Dole made a big fuss about Clinton's refusal to categorically rule out pardons for former associates caught up in Whitewater.	Clinton often refused Bob Doles request regarding the pardoning of his former associates that were caught up in Whitewater.	neutral
But somehow you expect that from Republicans, whereas you don't expect it from big-name national Democrats, especially Northerners like George Mitchell.	There are different expectations from Republicans and Democrats	entailment
Skeptical doctors assert that such NDEs are purely physiological (naval pilots exposed to extreme gravity also have visions of bright lights and a God figure).	Skeptical doctors think that NDEs affects aren't real.	entailment
He fights movie monsters, sings in a musical Western, and celebrates Thanksgiving ( Thanksgiving?	He is very popular among moviegoers.	neutral
Can you believe this?	This is the truth.	neutral
The more fantastic grow the evening gowns on the runway, the more uniform grows the garb of the crowds on the subway.	The dazzling array of unique styles in the subway may blind tourists.	contradiction
But the racism charge isn't quirky or wacky--it's demagogy.	The charge of racism is demagogy.	entailment
Bush was asked no questions about education and only one about welfare.	Bush is not up to date on issues regarding education.	neutral
Office of Special Investigations--continue the honorable policy of replacing lawless revenge with legitimate justice.	Lawless revenge has taken over the Office of Special Investigations.	contradiction
Are we talking about dozens of people or thousands?	We are unclear as to the number of people.	entailment
We would have relevant professionals--scientists, accountants, engineers, forensic specialists--decide all criminal cases.	Criminal cases would be decided by some type of professionals at random.	contradiction
There is plenty of evidence that the first gap has been declining--fairly rapidly by historical standards.	The first gap is decreasing faster than the historical average.	entailment
The precedent-setting risk would be greater if the president were convicted by a strictly party-line vote.	Precedent is set by a conviction.	neutral
In the short term, though, it's possible to get too many Planet Hollywoods and not enough Intels.	It's impossible to get too many Planet Hollywoods.	contradiction
Now think what would happen if Microsoft had a monopoly in the browser market.	Microsoft could soon be the main player in the market of browsers.	entailment
Clinton ( sorrowfully ): It wasn't me.	Clinton denied it was them.	entailment
The following letter contains perhaps the funniest story the Shopping Avenger has heard about U-Haul, and by now the Shopping Avenger has received upward of 6.7 million complaints about U-Haul.	Some of the complaints the Shopping Avenger gets about U-Haul are quite funny.	neutral
He sees a sign that says Chain-Up Area Next Exit and finds it hilariously suggestive.	He wiped tears from his eyes after laughing so hard.	neutral
What's more, the latter reads more like it slugs a story about the Amalgamated Interior Decorators and Salon Stylists.	The story is a slow tale about stylists.	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.	Timothy Noah would be congratulated by builders for the way in which he utilized ancient structures in his design of the standard old public building.	neutral
(Actually, you could have as many judges as you wanted, as long as you ignored all but one of them.)	You should ignore every one of them except a single one so you can have many judges.	entailment
Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.	Loyal visitors already know the URL.	neutral
That is, we're paralyzed by the repeated idea that his election is inevitable.	The thought of him winning his election is a cause for celebration among us.	contradiction
Vice President Gore is on the hot seat in the campaign-finance investigation . The Washington Post reported that some of the money Gore raised in phone calls from the White House went to the Clinton-Gore campaign (hard money) instead of the Democratic National Committee (soft money).	The investigation is expected to greatly decrease Gore's chances of being reelected.	neutral
Clinton, though, has also faced a continuing barrage of unserious allegations--implausible and untrue.	Clinton has faced an array of unserious allegations.	entailment
But I'm single, [so] I'm allowed to do that, I guess.	Keeping my single status is my preference.	neutral
Lockheed helped build the Hubble Telescope--no surprise, really, given how it performed initially--and the space shuttle.	The Hubble performed surprisingly well considering Lockheed was involved in the project.	contradiction
Also, while PointCast packages news and information as your screensaver, SlateCast TM will package acute witticisms about the news directly onto your voice-mail answering message--in your own voice--thereby completely eliminating the need to develop or even to express your own opinions.	Your sayings are unnecessary with the new technology that uses your automatic recordings.	entailment
Grisham is content with the simple and compelling observation that as a society we fail to treat the homeless with the dignity they deserve.	Grisham feels as though homeless are treated as self-respecting humans.	contradiction
But unlike the Manhattan Project--in fact, like no other Big Science project in history--the Genome Project has equipped itself with a research division to explore the social and ethical ramifications of genetics.	The Genome Project is unlike any Big Science project in history.	entailment
So when you hear all this business about cuts, let me caution you that that is not what is going on.	The company is hiding the news about cuts until the time is right.	neutral
Wolf did call after this item was posted, but our conversation was off-the-record.	Wolf failed to call after the item was posted.	contradiction
Soon, Starling was conscripted into following the couple on their walks through Washington's Rock Creek Park (for more details, click ) and fending off reporters.	Starling was a reporter who hassled the couple.	contradiction
Upstairs are a couple of rooms of Socialist Realism, with ubiquitous Maos--first, youthfully slender in front of a traditionally rendered mountain, then putting on weight just like those Buddhas.	Maos was painted in front of a mountain that was colored red.	neutral
The clearest proof of the new left's poverty is what Clinton and Blair have to say about the middle class.	Clinton and Blair preferred to keep the ordinary people outside of their speeches.	contradiction
Contrary to press reports, it's possible that someone entered the house from outside.	The house was empty as far as the newspaper reporter knew.	neutral
perhaps a tad derivative of golub, but still an artist of far more restraint and maturity than one might expect of someone her age.	She is actually a fan of Golub.	neutral
Newsweek 's cover Home schooling--it's not just for zealots anymore!	Newsweek wants to demonize those who still homeschool their children.	contradiction
Publishers regularly write bonuses into contracts to factor in the possibility that a book will makes the Times list.	The bonuses can be a large percentage of the base contract.	neutral
Possibly, Bakaly meant to give the impression that Starr has a good hand without formally stating anything, but more likely it was an unintentional snafu.	It was thought that Bakaly made a unintended mistake in how they portrayed things in relation to Starr.	entailment
And as for Hillary, forget it.	The author wants you to remember something for Hillary.	contradiction
Even liberal economists who are opposing the CPI adjustment understand how good the status quo is for the GOP.	Liberal economists follow the GOP policies.	contradiction
Biblical overtones--the tale of Jacob and Laban--bubble up from Malamud's simplicity.	The holy tale involves two brothers.	neutral
In the warren of grungy rooms beneath the dance floor--the celebrities' sanctum sanctorum--the coke was consumed by the linear foot, and (according to the author) the odd European contessa could be found handcuffed to a water pipe, getting squired from the rear by one of the pretty shirtless busboys.	A lot went on below the dance floor.	entailment
It's only the sincere consideration of a job doing something you truly believe in that can wreck your career in journalism.	Only doing something you believe in will wreck your journalism career.	entailment
The students who the year before had marched and chanted and proclaimed it is forbidden to forbid had been arguing for liberation of the oppressed of virtually every kind, and when it comes to the sexually oppressed, Berman says, the last two decades can be seen as a victory.	The students came from all walks of life and socio-economic backgrounds.	neutral
Her appearance is a needless affront to the president and the presidency, say Carlson and Jack Germond ( Inside Washington ). Tony Blankley (CNN's Late Edition ) sat next to her at dinner and reports she carried herself like a lady, in contrast to certain vulgar attendees who booed her and made classist snipes about her appearance.	People had opposing opinions about her presence at dinner.	neutral
It would be nice to say that we were rich because we were good, but the randomness of the market and the casual ethics of the hidden hand allow no such theocratic conclusion.	The majority of rich people does good deeds too	neutral
Coulter argues ad Clinton's China satellite policy was treason.	The China policy was treason.	neutral
[F]rom the moment Cecilia Bartoli's vibrant Idamante arrives on stage, the performance takes wing, her luscious, tight vibrato perfectly capturing the adolescent trauma of the young prince, says the Independent 's Mark Pappenheim.	Most everyone liked her voice.	neutral
Or Caltech on Top (Until We Fiddle With Rules Again).	Caltech will be on top next year.	neutral
I am 18 years old and face a serious problem.	The 18 year old faces a serious problem.	entailment
Why, if Isikoff's so bad?	No one knows how bad Isikoff is.	neutral
If that's censorship, so be it (Bill Reel, Newsday ). (Click here to read Jon Robin Baitz's take on the controversy in Slate 's Diary.	Even though Bill Reel thinks it is censorship there are other opinions.	neutral
Jeb Bush's wife lied to customs agents.	She fibbed to her fiance.	contradiction
Mostyes voters dismissed the predictions of doom as exaggeration, according to polls conducted on either side of Election Day.	Pundits had warned that the new candidate can bring only misery to the townspeople.	neutral
By sidestepping obvious cliches (rushing crowds, crashing waves) in an effort to make a sensitive and tasteful show about a trashy subject, says Newsday 's Linda Winer, the production achieves only banality.	Newsday's Linda Winer says by only sidestepping obvious cliches (rushing crowds, crashing waves) about a trashy subject in an effort to make a sensitive and trashy subject the production does not achieve banality.	contradiction
Afterward, the doctors compare the results of the placebo surgeries with those of real operations.	The physicians compare the surgery to placebo to determine the results.	entailment
The Liberal Humanitarians are a product of the post-Cold War peace.	There was no peace after the Cold War.	contradiction
If a politician were to say today that he opposes abortion except when yadda yadda yadda , we would all know what he means, and we would know what was meant if, after an arrest, a police officer pulled out a card and just said yadda yadda	What a politician means when they deviate from their beliefs is a complete unknown to everyone.	contradiction
More than that, once a condition is established as a diagnosis, society practically treats it as a crime not to do something about it.	Society does not approve of doing nothing about it.	entailment
There is some symmetry in the diagnosis of Clinton, our therapeutic president, as patient in addition to healer.	Clinton is the only therapeutic president we have had.	neutral
The key word is overall . The increase or decrease in any particular item not only does not, but cannot, produce inflation.	Inflation is not caused by any one item.	entailment
Lee's bodyguard and cook (and, one presumes, slave).	Lee needs protection	entailment
He sees a sign that says Chain-Up Area Next Exit and finds it hilariously suggestive.	The words on the sign had him rolling because of it's suggestive nature.	entailment
He also knew what too many latter-day economists have Macroeconomics is crucial to the public credibility of economics as a whole.	Latter-day economists predicted the rise of trade late in the centurey.	neutral
His signature pictures--of adolescent girls exhibiting their genitalia--contain most of this show's electricity (John Updike, the New York Review of Books ). Several critics observe that Schiele can only do nudes.	Schiele doesn't have any real signature pictures.	contradiction
Even so, it is better to avoid the crash-causing exuberance than it is to try to keep a crash from triggering a depression.	It is best to let emotions run wild because a crash later seems unlikely.	contradiction
The House Judiciary Committee is making plans to hire 18 new lawyers for a possible impeachment inquiry.	The House Judiciary Committee ended up only hiring 10 lawyers for the impeachment inquiry.	neutral
But the studio system in Hollywood disappeared while studio execs remained important as deal makers, and the same could happen in advertising.	Some show concern that the physical location of advertising could be going away like studio execs locations did in Hollywood.	entailment
They are a corporate soft money issue advocacy outfit, as is this [party] program financed by corporate soft money.	The group is backed up with their own funds.	contradiction
Ohio Democrats want Jerry Springer to run for Congress.	Jerry Springer ran for president in Timbuktu.	contradiction
It means that you're the seventh or eighth on the call list to be lied to, instead of the 25 th .	You will be called before the 25th person.	entailment
We think these defects aren't fatal.	Side effects include dry mouth....and death.	contradiction
But in fact the money quickly disappeared, as speculators--certainly including the oligarchs themselves--converted rubles into dollars as fast as the dollars became available.	Once things simmered down, the oligarchs would return to business as usual.	neutral
He is preaching to the kinds of middle Americans that liberal activists long ago gave up for dead.	Middle Americans used to be liberal.	neutral
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.	They were no people to work on ads at the time.	contradiction
For my part, I plan to endorse the Baptist boycott of Disney.	The author is defending Disney.	contradiction
The Post 's Michael Kelly goes cutesy today, dedicating his column to the regular broadcasts of what he calls National Tom Radio, the daily pronouncements of his 2 a year-old, in the process probably setting some kind of record for the number of occurrences of the word mommy in a Post op-ed piece.	Michael Kelly felt it would be a terrible idea to dedicate his column to National Tom Radio, as he felt people would simply dislike it.	contradiction
Meanwhile, Israeli closure of the PA's borders further punishes the Palestinian economy.	The Israeli economy punishes the border.	contradiction
So the first choice should be read as being between the certainty of being rich and a possibility of being rich.	The first choice is between being rich and the chance of becoming rich.	entailment
That said, I am now officially Hillary'd out.	They are very excited about Hillary and it's all they talk about.	contradiction
But here is the critical point about He never grabbed the ring.	He was trying to grab the ring.	neutral
But these targets still seem far out of reach.	It will be very easy to achieve those objectives	contradiction
Incidentally, he also asserts wrongly that Richard Nixon's Christmas bombing of Hanoi in 1972 made peace possible.	He was correct when he said bombing causes peace.	contradiction
Seamus Heaney's poem The Little Canticles of Asturias, which appeared in the debut issue of SLATE, contains a mesmerizing image of a smouldering maw/ of a pile of newspapers lit long ago, fanning up in the wind, breaking off and away/ in flame-posies, small airborne fire-ships.	Seamus Heaney's poem contains an image of burning buildings	contradiction
Boris shot up his hand and Kerensky did not make the February revolution.	Boris shot up his leg.	contradiction
Would it be better for the president, and the first lady too, for that matter, to be able to give their undivided attention to getting America across that bridge into the next millennium than it is to have them distracted by the Monica affair?	It is better for the president to focus his attention towards leading the country into the new millennium, and not to become sidetracked by scandals of the past.	entailment
The vote was 295-136--better than a two-thirds majority--which means that opponents of the ban must once again depend on the Senate to sustain a presidential veto.	The Senate will also provide a veto-proof majority.	neutral
We know that Sullivan believes in him (her?	Sullivan's belief is known by us.	entailment
It is the cuisine equivalent of the landlord banging at your door.	A landlord banging at your door brings a lot of joy	contradiction
For such people, he said, the Pope becomes persona non grata when he tries to convince the world of human sin.	The Pope always rejects convincing unwelcome groups of human sins.	contradiction
You can make an argument that intelligence is an extremely unlikely, random, quirky event in terrestrial biology, or you can make the counter-argument that you can see intelligence coming down the pike from many millions of years in advance.	Intelligence is easily measured.	neutral
Outside the world of pop psychology, it is likely to engender skepticism.	It is unlikely for anyone to be skeptical about it.	contradiction
In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post, under the headline U.S.	The story shames the United States.	neutral
After a great Moyers show, viewers nod in agreement.	The Moyers show lasted more than an hour on this special occasion.	neutral
If you can find a way to deal with and improve their relationship, what she calls him will become a moot point.	Everything is irrelevant in a relationship.	contradiction
But Dowd must have had a little trouble making her word she hits Nexis (aka Columnist Helper) pretty hard, filling out her wicked but simple point with quotes from Alexander Woolcott, P.G.	Dowd only used one quote from Nexis.	contradiction
They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.	Bush had the stronger election strategy.	neutral

I >n cases labeled as serious physical abuse, the reported injury could be mental or emotional.

Mental injury is easier to heal than the emotional one

neutral

In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, Bob Dole made a big fuss about Clinton's refusal to categorically rule out pardons for former associates caught up in Whitewater.

Clinton often refused Bob Doles request regarding the pardoning of his former associates that were caught up in Whitewater.

neutral

But somehow you expect that from Republicans, whereas you don't expect it from big-name national Democrats, especially Northerners like George Mitchell.

There are different expectations from Republicans and Democrats

entailment

Skeptical doctors assert that such NDEs are purely physiological (naval pilots exposed to extreme gravity also have visions of bright lights and a God figure).

Skeptical doctors think that NDEs affects aren't real.

entailment

He fights movie monsters, sings in a musical Western, and celebrates Thanksgiving ( Thanksgiving?

He is very popular among moviegoers.

neutral

Can you believe this?

This is the truth.

neutral

The more fantastic grow the evening gowns on the runway, the more uniform grows the garb of the crowds on the subway.

The dazzling array of unique styles in the subway may blind tourists.

contradiction

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

The charge of racism is demagogy.

entailment

Bush was asked no questions about education and only one about welfare.

Bush is not up to date on issues regarding education.

neutral

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

Lawless revenge has taken over the Office of Special Investigations.

contradiction

Are we talking about dozens of people or thousands?

We are unclear as to the number of people.

entailment

We would have relevant professionals--scientists, accountants, engineers, forensic specialists--decide all criminal cases.

Criminal cases would be decided by some type of professionals at random.

contradiction

There is plenty of evidence that the first gap has been declining--fairly rapidly by historical standards.

The first gap is decreasing faster than the historical average.

entailment

The precedent-setting risk would be greater if the president were convicted by a strictly party-line vote.

Precedent is set by a conviction.

neutral

In the short term, though, it's possible to get too many Planet Hollywoods and not enough Intels.

It's impossible to get too many Planet Hollywoods.

contradiction

Now think what would happen if Microsoft had a monopoly in the browser market.

Microsoft could soon be the main player in the market of browsers.

entailment

Clinton ( sorrowfully ): It wasn't me.

Clinton denied it was them.

entailment

The following letter contains perhaps the funniest story the Shopping Avenger has heard about U-Haul, and by now the Shopping Avenger has received upward of 6.7 million complaints about U-Haul.

Some of the complaints the Shopping Avenger gets about U-Haul are quite funny.

neutral

He sees a sign that says Chain-Up Area Next Exit and finds it hilariously suggestive.

He wiped tears from his eyes after laughing so hard.

neutral

What's more, the latter reads more like it slugs a story about the Amalgamated Interior Decorators and Salon Stylists.

The story is a slow tale about stylists.

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.

Timothy Noah would be congratulated by builders for the way in which he utilized ancient structures in his design of the standard old public building.

neutral

(Actually, you could have as many judges as you wanted, as long as you ignored all but one of them.)

You should ignore every one of them except a single one so you can have many judges.

entailment

Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.

Loyal visitors already know the URL.

neutral

That is, we're paralyzed by the repeated idea that his election is inevitable.

The thought of him winning his election is a cause for celebration among us.

contradiction

Vice President Gore is on the hot seat in the campaign-finance investigation . The Washington Post reported that some of the money Gore raised in phone calls from the White House went to the Clinton-Gore campaign (hard money) instead of the Democratic National Committee (soft money).

The investigation is expected to greatly decrease Gore's chances of being reelected.

neutral

Clinton, though, has also faced a continuing barrage of unserious allegations--implausible and untrue.

Clinton has faced an array of unserious allegations.

entailment

But I'm single, [so] I'm allowed to do that, I guess.

Keeping my single status is my preference.

neutral

Lockheed helped build the Hubble Telescope--no surprise, really, given how it performed initially--and the space shuttle.

The Hubble performed surprisingly well considering Lockheed was involved in the project.

contradiction

Also, while PointCast packages news and information as your screensaver, SlateCast TM will package acute witticisms about the news directly onto your voice-mail answering message--in your own voice--thereby completely eliminating the need to develop or even to express your own opinions.

Your sayings are unnecessary with the new technology that uses your automatic recordings.

entailment

Grisham is content with the simple and compelling observation that as a society we fail to treat the homeless with the dignity they deserve.

Grisham feels as though homeless are treated as self-respecting humans.

contradiction

But unlike the Manhattan Project--in fact, like no other Big Science project in history--the Genome Project has equipped itself with a research division to explore the social and ethical ramifications of genetics.

The Genome Project is unlike any Big Science project in history.

entailment

So when you hear all this business about cuts, let me caution you that that is not what is going on.

The company is hiding the news about cuts until the time is right.

neutral

Wolf did call after this item was posted, but our conversation was off-the-record.

Wolf failed to call after the item was posted.

contradiction

Soon, Starling was conscripted into following the couple on their walks through Washington's Rock Creek Park (for more details, click ) and fending off reporters.

Starling was a reporter who hassled the couple.

contradiction

Upstairs are a couple of rooms of Socialist Realism, with ubiquitous Maos--first, youthfully slender in front of a traditionally rendered mountain, then putting on weight just like those Buddhas.

Maos was painted in front of a mountain that was colored red.

neutral

The clearest proof of the new left's poverty is what Clinton and Blair have to say about the middle class.

Clinton and Blair preferred to keep the ordinary people outside of their speeches.

contradiction

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

The house was empty as far as the newspaper reporter knew.

neutral

perhaps a tad derivative of golub, but still an artist of far more restraint and maturity than one might expect of someone her age.

She is actually a fan of Golub.

neutral

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

Newsweek wants to demonize those who still homeschool their children.

contradiction

Publishers regularly write bonuses into contracts to factor in the possibility that a book will makes the Times list.

The bonuses can be a large percentage of the base contract.

neutral

Possibly, Bakaly meant to give the impression that Starr has a good hand without formally stating anything, but more likely it was an unintentional snafu.

It was thought that Bakaly made a unintended mistake in how they portrayed things in relation to Starr.

entailment

And as for Hillary, forget it.

The author wants you to remember something for Hillary.

contradiction

Even liberal economists who are opposing the CPI adjustment understand how good the status quo is for the GOP.

Liberal economists follow the GOP policies.

contradiction

Biblical overtones--the tale of Jacob and Laban--bubble up from Malamud's simplicity.

The holy tale involves two brothers.

neutral

In the warren of grungy rooms beneath the dance floor--the celebrities' sanctum sanctorum--the coke was consumed by the linear foot, and (according to the author) the odd European contessa could be found handcuffed to a water pipe, getting squired from the rear by one of the pretty shirtless busboys.

A lot went on below the dance floor.

entailment

It's only the sincere consideration of a job doing something you truly believe in that can wreck your career in journalism.

Only doing something you believe in will wreck your journalism career.

entailment

The students who the year before had marched and chanted and proclaimed it is forbidden to forbid had been arguing for liberation of the oppressed of virtually every kind, and when it comes to the sexually oppressed, Berman says, the last two decades can be seen as a victory.

The students came from all walks of life and socio-economic backgrounds.

neutral

Her appearance is a needless affront to the president and the presidency, say Carlson and Jack Germond ( Inside Washington ). Tony Blankley (CNN's Late Edition ) sat next to her at dinner and reports she carried herself like a lady, in contrast to certain vulgar attendees who booed her and made classist snipes about her appearance.

People had opposing opinions about her presence at dinner.

neutral

It would be nice to say that we were rich because we were good, but the randomness of the market and the casual ethics of the hidden hand allow no such theocratic conclusion.

The majority of rich people does good deeds too

neutral

Coulter argues ad Clinton's China satellite policy was treason.

The China policy was treason.

neutral

[F]rom the moment Cecilia Bartoli's vibrant Idamante arrives on stage, the performance takes wing, her luscious, tight vibrato perfectly capturing the adolescent trauma of the young prince, says the Independent 's Mark Pappenheim.

Most everyone liked her voice.

neutral

Or Caltech on Top (Until We Fiddle With Rules Again).

Caltech will be on top next year.

neutral

I am 18 years old and face a serious problem.

The 18 year old faces a serious problem.

entailment

Why, if Isikoff's so bad?

No one knows how bad Isikoff is.

neutral

If that's censorship, so be it (Bill Reel, Newsday ). (Click here to read Jon Robin Baitz's take on the controversy in Slate 's Diary.

Even though Bill Reel thinks it is censorship there are other opinions.

neutral

Jeb Bush's wife lied to customs agents.

She fibbed to her fiance.

contradiction

Mostyes voters dismissed the predictions of doom as exaggeration, according to polls conducted on either side of Election Day.

Pundits had warned that the new candidate can bring only misery to the townspeople.

neutral

By sidestepping obvious cliches (rushing crowds, crashing waves) in an effort to make a sensitive and tasteful show about a trashy subject, says Newsday 's Linda Winer, the production achieves only banality.

Newsday's Linda Winer says by only sidestepping obvious cliches (rushing crowds, crashing waves) about a trashy subject in an effort to make a sensitive and trashy subject the production does not achieve banality.

contradiction

Afterward, the doctors compare the results of the placebo surgeries with those of real operations.

The physicians compare the surgery to placebo to determine the results.

entailment

The Liberal Humanitarians are a product of the post-Cold War peace.

There was no peace after the Cold War.

contradiction

If a politician were to say today that he opposes abortion except when yadda yadda yadda , we would all know what he means, and we would know what was meant if, after an arrest, a police officer pulled out a card and just said yadda yadda

What a politician means when they deviate from their beliefs is a complete unknown to everyone.

contradiction

More than that, once a condition is established as a diagnosis, society practically treats it as a crime not to do something about it.

Society does not approve of doing nothing about it.

entailment

There is some symmetry in the diagnosis of Clinton, our therapeutic president, as patient in addition to healer.

Clinton is the only therapeutic president we have had.

neutral

The key word is overall . The increase or decrease in any particular item not only does not, but cannot, produce inflation.

Inflation is not caused by any one item.

entailment

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

Lee needs protection

entailment

He sees a sign that says Chain-Up Area Next Exit and finds it hilariously suggestive.

The words on the sign had him rolling because of it's suggestive nature.

entailment

He also knew what too many latter-day economists have Macroeconomics is crucial to the public credibility of economics as a whole.

Latter-day economists predicted the rise of trade late in the centurey.

neutral

His signature pictures--of adolescent girls exhibiting their genitalia--contain most of this show's electricity (John Updike, the New York Review of Books ). Several critics observe that Schiele can only do nudes.

Schiele doesn't have any real signature pictures.

contradiction

Even so, it is better to avoid the crash-causing exuberance than it is to try to keep a crash from triggering a depression.

It is best to let emotions run wild because a crash later seems unlikely.

contradiction

The House Judiciary Committee is making plans to hire 18 new lawyers for a possible impeachment inquiry.

The House Judiciary Committee ended up only hiring 10 lawyers for the impeachment inquiry.

neutral

But the studio system in Hollywood disappeared while studio execs remained important as deal makers, and the same could happen in advertising.

Some show concern that the physical location of advertising could be going away like studio execs locations did in Hollywood.

entailment

They are a corporate soft money issue advocacy outfit, as is this [party] program financed by corporate soft money.

The group is backed up with their own funds.

contradiction

Ohio Democrats want Jerry Springer to run for Congress.

Jerry Springer ran for president in Timbuktu.

contradiction

It means that you're the seventh or eighth on the call list to be lied to, instead of the 25 th .

You will be called before the 25th person.

entailment

We think these defects aren't fatal.

Side effects include dry mouth....and death.

contradiction

But in fact the money quickly disappeared, as speculators--certainly including the oligarchs themselves--converted rubles into dollars as fast as the dollars became available.

Once things simmered down, the oligarchs would return to business as usual.

neutral

He is preaching to the kinds of middle Americans that liberal activists long ago gave up for dead.

Middle Americans used to be liberal.

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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.

They were no people to work on ads at the time.

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For my part, I plan to endorse the Baptist boycott of Disney.

The author is defending Disney.

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The Post 's Michael Kelly goes cutesy today, dedicating his column to the regular broadcasts of what he calls National Tom Radio, the daily pronouncements of his 2 a year-old, in the process probably setting some kind of record for the number of occurrences of the word mommy in a Post op-ed piece.

Michael Kelly felt it would be a terrible idea to dedicate his column to National Tom Radio, as he felt people would simply dislike it.

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Meanwhile, Israeli closure of the PA's borders further punishes the Palestinian economy.

The Israeli economy punishes the border.

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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 is between being rich and the chance of becoming rich.

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That said, I am now officially Hillary'd out.

They are very excited about Hillary and it's all they talk about.

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But here is the critical point about He never grabbed the ring.

He was trying to grab the ring.

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But these targets still seem far out of reach.

It will be very easy to achieve those objectives

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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 when he said bombing causes peace.

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Seamus Heaney's poem The Little Canticles of Asturias, which appeared in the debut issue of SLATE, contains a mesmerizing image of a smouldering maw/ of a pile of newspapers lit long ago, fanning up in the wind, breaking off and away/ in flame-posies, small airborne fire-ships.

Seamus Heaney's poem contains an image of burning buildings

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Boris shot up his hand and Kerensky did not make the February revolution.

Boris shot up his leg.

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Would it be better for the president, and the first lady too, for that matter, to be able to give their undivided attention to getting America across that bridge into the next millennium than it is to have them distracted by the Monica affair?

It is better for the president to focus his attention towards leading the country into the new millennium, and not to become sidetracked by scandals of the past.

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The vote was 295-136--better than a two-thirds majority--which means that opponents of the ban must once again depend on the Senate to sustain a presidential veto.

The Senate will also provide a veto-proof majority.

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We know that Sullivan believes in him (her?

Sullivan's belief is known by us.

entailment

It is the cuisine equivalent of the landlord banging at your door.

A landlord banging at your door brings a lot of joy

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For such people, he said, the Pope becomes persona non grata when he tries to convince the world of human sin.

The Pope always rejects convincing unwelcome groups of human sins.

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You can make an argument that intelligence is an extremely unlikely, random, quirky event in terrestrial biology, or you can make the counter-argument that you can see intelligence coming down the pike from many millions of years in advance.

Intelligence is easily measured.

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Outside the world of pop psychology, it is likely to engender skepticism.

It is unlikely for anyone to be skeptical about it.

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In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post, under the headline U.S.

The story shames the United States.

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After a great Moyers show, viewers nod in agreement.

The Moyers show lasted more than an hour on this special occasion.

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If you can find a way to deal with and improve their relationship, what she calls him will become a moot point.

Everything is irrelevant in a relationship.

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But Dowd must have had a little trouble making her word she hits Nexis (aka Columnist Helper) pretty hard, filling out her wicked but simple point with quotes from Alexander Woolcott, P.G.

Dowd only used one quote from Nexis.

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

Bush had the stronger election strategy.

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