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This means that while Perot probably won't be able to rig the results of the nominating process as he did against former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm last time around, Ventura isn't automatically the kingmaker either.
Rigging the election will be child's play for both Perot and Ventura.
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But as Felix Frankfurter wrote in dissent, this distinction is silly.
The author wants to take the distinction seriously.
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Critics love this British film directed by Udayan Prasad about the life and dreams of a downtrodden Pakistani taxi driver in the north of England.
Udayan has driven a taxi.
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Jenkins hasn't quite figured out how to shape her narrative, which is full of episodes that are there because they actually happened but that don't have a payoff.
Jenkins' narrative doesn't have a payoff.
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(Two baseball broadcasters discussed this year's Series in a Slate Dialogue.
The Series from this year was commented on by two baseball broadcasters.
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Detractors assailed Robert Kennedy for his 1964 New York Senate bid
Kennedy's bid is famous for being publicly supported by The Beatles.
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As long as there are still U.S. workers paying payroll taxes (and if there aren't, we'll have many far bigger problems), these can cover at least partial benefits.
Partial benefits will still be covered, even without payroll taxes being collected from U.S. workers.
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NBC had fired him a year and a half ago after he pleaded guilty to biting a woman during sex.
NBC decided to keep him as an employee even though he pleaded guilty to sexual assault.
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Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.
Blacks think an economic crash is coming.
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Guess what, so is the Chinese rate of osteoporosis.
Chinese people get osteoporosis more than European people.
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[W]itty popular science that you enjoy ...
The popular science is terribly boring and bland.
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Sam Johnson, R-Texas, has suggested that Clinton be court-martialed for his treatment of Paula Jones.
Sam Johnson and Clinton are personal enemies
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It's dark.
There's no light.
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Shareholder value, which is shorthand for executives' obsession with their companies' stock prices, has become the prism through which most of corporate America now sees business.
Using shareholder value as a metric is unwise for long term growth.
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Outlook SWAT teams swooped down daily to reduce the size of our code.
The SWAT teams made it harder to reduce code.
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This was 1892, remember, when 25,000 bucks was still 25,000 bucks, and you didn't have to split it with accountants, managers, coke dealers, and any traumatized ex-catamite whose father has a smart lawyer.
Back in the past, you didn't have to share the wealth with a number of others.
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I know that these are alleged bones, and emotional sentiments are whipped up by the prayers of the priests and the nuns.
The nuns and priests are unemotional.
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The Episcopalians are all going to hell.
Episcopalians are among the most sanctimonious religious doctrines
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The rice was light and cooked to perfection, and the vegetables were nicely steamed in a complex sauce that blended the subtle flavors of curry, coconut milk, and basil.
The vegetables and grain were served raw.
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Don't take my word for it.
I don't want you to take my word for it.
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, I'm with you (thought I must admit Merchant of Venice ain't my all-time favorite.
The author doesn't really like the Merchant of Venice all that much.
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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 about being poor.
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But the interesting question is about sites sharing data.
Sites sharing data is safe and secure.
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Not only do thousands of economists agree on something, but what they agree on is the warm and cuddly idea that we should do more to protect the environment.
The environment needs further protection, according to many economists.
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The man has the intellectual honesty of a hired gun.
He is constantly hired for his extensive knowledge.
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In retrospect, though, two things seem clear.
Looking back, a pair of items are obvious.
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One had to separate the relationship, whatever it was, between Monica, et al.
Monica was free to establish a relationship and continue on in her own way.
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That's what the Globe had to do last week for actress Bo Derek and her director husband, John.
This wasn't the first time the Globe covered a story about Bo Derek
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Prudie must confess that your advice is a tad more constructive than her own.
Prudie will not listen to another persons advice.
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There's nothing in Pecker that isn't done more brilliantly--and more subversively--every week on Mike Judge's inspired cartoon series King of the Hill .
Family Guy was a cartoon created by Mike Judge.
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Critics say expansion could be another Yalta (the 1945 meeting at which Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed on spheres of influence in postwar Europe)--imposing a line between East and West, and leaving nonmembers subject to Russian bullying.
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed on the placement of the line between Eastern and Western spheres of influence.
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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.
Homosexuality is still a problem in the Army
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In 1963, 0.7 percent of blacks married someone of another race.
Most blacks marred someone of another race in 1963.
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First, why would allowing the interplay of free-market forces imply that stadiums, movie houses, and other mass entertainment centers would become dominated by wealthy people?
Wealthy people may control various entertainment venues.
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Slate editor, who suggested I do a piece.
The editor works at The New York Times.
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I do know that a couple of mornings with the Mach 3 has just about wiped the smirk off my face.
They were extremely impressed with the Mach 3.
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In a poll of 773 chief executives in 23 countries, consultants Watson Wyatt Worldwide found that most think productivity peaks around age 43.
Watson Wyatt Worldwide found a good mix of chief executives.
neutral
A Utility Maximizer wants to acquire many things, including cash, but also such things as trips to the beach, time to watch TV, adorable grandkids, and (probably most important in this case) professional prestige.
It is important for Utility Maximizers to watch what they spend.
neutral
It's agreeable to find him grounded in the here and now--the magic is there but below the surface.
He always has his head in the clouds.
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Whether these habits will change on their own, with the maturation of a more tolerant generation, or whether full social acceptance of black Americans will require a concerted governmental effort, is unknowable.
It is not able to be predicted what it will take to create social equality.
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Pollard may have spied for a friendly country, but he did a traitor's work.
Working as a spy is a traitorous job.
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And it's not that they don't know any.
They likely know the guy.
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It was on the plane flying back to Washington that we got news of votes in the House committee that made impeachment extremely likely.
The plane was flying from Georgia.
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If Oprah's not safe, no one is.
We are all safer than Oprah.
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He is able to see that scholars have been covering up the crimes of the artist to protect him from justice.
The artist is a very moral person.
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Yankees, Cubs vs.
The Yankees have never gone against the Cubs.
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Critics point out, however, that neither the Federal Election Commission nor the state of Arizona has certified any standards for Internet voting.
The state of Arizona has definitely officially recognized standards for voting online.
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For most hyphenated Americans, a trip to the ancestral lands is enough to reinforce the point--assuming, that is, that there are ancestral lands to speak of.
Every American has some ancestral land they are able to visit.
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After all, they don't offer employees car insurance.
Car insurance is something that should be offered to their employees.
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It also helps if you can send your husband on Larry King Live to grovel before the nation, as Frank did.
If your spouse were to apologize on live TV, it would be very unhelpful and unproductive.
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(OK, that was in the Times the next day, not actually a part of the series, and I may oversimplify.)
One oversimplifies every now and then.
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Anyone who knows, please feel free to leak it to me.
I would not care for leaked information.
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Possession of a firearm or destructive device (i.e.
Carrying a gun or weapon.
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If you go, don't forget to buy the illuminating book by its curator, Valerie Steele.
Valerie Steele wrote a book.
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In 1982, Ronald Reagan invoked this right to keep EPA documents about toxic-waste disposal from Congress.
Laws are in place to keep EPA documents confidential from Congress if needed.
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Is all of The Limey a temporal hiccup?
The Limey is not very popular with others.
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Greenberg's survey, for example, asks people who voted for Clinton to pick from a list of possible reasons why they did so.
The survey Greenberg created focused on the weather.
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Broadly speaking, I agree with the points David Plotz makes in . Congress has the sole power to declare war, and a bipartisan Congress and the president have cheerfully ignored that clear constitutional fact.
The only entity with the power to declare war is Congress.
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These improvements have not taken place because well-meaning people in the West have done anything to help--foreign aid, never large, has lately shrunk to virtually nothing.
Foreign aid has dropped to almost nothing.
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In his Feb. 3 from the Clinton trial, he writes, History and the American people have already rendered their verdict.
The American people are waiting for the verdict.
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I spent 10 years in commercial aviation with two U.S. flag carriers and offer the following comments based on that experience.
These comments are based on what I experienced in a decade in commercial aviation with two U.S. flag carriers.
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The 1) They've agreed to give peace a chance.
They agreed to try being at peace with each other.
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From an erratic performance on the David Letterman show to a violent confrontation with a boyfriend to the latest, her odd behavior at the Cannes Film Festival.
She and her boyfriend always get along.
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Which somehow doesn't seem to be the best way to prepare for the next decade.
It appears to not be the ideal way to prep for the next 10 years.
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President Attends World Cup Final, Enjoys Two Scoreless Hours.
At the world cup finals the president watched two scoreless hours.
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Cynics' He's playing dead . Anti-Microsoft analysts spin the same theory the other Gates, having been pulled over by the cops for aggressive driving, is sliding into the passenger seat and giving the wheel to Ballmer, whose record is clean, so that the cops will go easy on the company.
Some people have strong negative sentiments about Gates.
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By contrast, Mundell's writings since the early '70s have been discursive, one might almost say rambling, and often reveal a sort of hankering for the lost certainties of the gold standard.
Mundell's writings were thought to be those of a rambling man, who longed for the lost certainties of the gold standard.
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First Build the prototype.
The prototype's construction will be an ambitious effort.
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I remember.
This stuck with me.
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However, it came bundled with the obscure psych book (which still hadn't arrived from the conventional stores as of New Year's Day).
The book came packaged with other goods.
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The PKK has also bombed Turkish targets in Germany.
The PKK hates Turkish people.
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The three newsmagazines reconstruct the Heaven's Gate suicide, trace the cult's history, and link it to burgeoning New Age spiritualism.
Three magazines have linked the Heaven's Gate suicide to New Age spiritualism.
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The sales pitch designed to support workers will also protect shirkers.
Shirkers are also workers, but don't deserve the support of the pitch.
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The Supreme Court might not cooperate in rejecting the administration's public position and embracing its secret desire.
Many governmental administrations house dark underbellies.
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Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., and House impeachment leader Rep.
Trent Lot was the Senate Majority Leader.
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The point of the rape charge is that it's different.
The rape charge is different.
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The committee held its final deliberations from July 24 through July 30.
Final deliberations finished in July 30.
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If you know that the state lottery is likely to be rigged, you'll buy fewer tickets.
You are less likely to take a risk when gambling if you know the outcome will be manipulated.
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He's a hippie in a suit.
He has a hard time getting his act together on the job.
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Then, when the groups learned of one another's existence, the boys immediately drew lines in the sand.
The groups were aware of each others' existence while the boys agreed to go no further.
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The overlapping dialogue and squealing Cuban-African music heard over tinny-sounding radios seems meant to induce a migraine to accompany the seasickness.
The music played over the radios with a rich, full sound.
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Now, the pope himself attends Lutheran and Jewish services as a participant!
The pope is considering converting to other religions.
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During World War I, as he conveyed vegetables to the troops quartered nearby and refused to leave Giverny as the German line advanced, Monet's panels took on some of the dark mood of war.
Monet's panels became more light-hearted during the war.
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My opinion is that not every perjury is a high crime, as grounds for removing a president from office.
I believe that perjury is not always a crime worthy of impeachment.
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Songs like their biggest hit, , are sense-less but skillful pastiches of classic Beatles moments.
The Beatles were extremely formative for their careers.
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Conflicted over what its true mission is, PBS simultaneously whores for corporate money and aggressively gathers data on how poor, uneducated, and blue-collar its audience is.
PBS takes corporate money in exchange for low income data.
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Demonstrations this winter against Tudjman quickly dissipated (at the time, he was being treated in the United States for cancer--he may not live much longer).
Tudjman died this winter from cancer.
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I e-mailed all three galleries, asking them to explain the disparity in their prices.
The galleries all showed a different price.
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Friday, we publish the weekend edition at about 11 a.m.
There is only one weekend edition.
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The committee held its final deliberations from July 24 through July 30.
A decision was made in July 31st
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PointCast responded with a piece of software for companies' central computers designed to minimize its own impact.
The program was not properly updated and led to a security leak.
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Its well-tended (by the federal government) parks, monuments, mansions, embassies, and museums can compare with those of any city in the world.
The federal government is tasked with supporting the various spaces.
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These pronouncements on subjective issues annoy me no end.
The pronouncements are good news.
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Such a show might have opened with the same Robert Henri portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney included here and brought many of the same paintings she collected out of the vault for a fresh look.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney collected many pieces of painted artwork.
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But still Wendy Wasserstein eludes us.
Wendy Wasserstein is a mystery.
neutral
One possibility is that these ads will develop into a new form of micro-pandering, but the process will be interesting no matter where it leads.
The micro-pandering will generate a very healthy return.
neutral
Slate 's Web site might be at the moment, and how clogged your local-area network might be.
Slate has a website.
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Your wanderings on the Web leave more footprints than you may realize.
Web browsing cannot be sustained in the long run.
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Forcing HMOs to stay in a failing business cannot be good for seniors and would chill entry by others.
All HMOs seem to be failing.
neutral
Time 's culture-heavy lineup includes Tiger Woods, Rosie O'Donnell, Babyface Edmonds, Don Imus, Trent Reznor, and Dilbert (of the comic strip).
One the Time's lineups includes Tom Hanks.
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