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As with Ron Brown, we'd like to know whether Ames was a monopolist or one of many sellers in a competitive marketplace.
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Parallels can be drawn between Ames and Ron Brown regarding their business ventures.
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entailment
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With negotiations at a stalemate and summer vacations removing the motivation for an immediate solution, both sides appear to be settling in.
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A solution does not seem to be emerging anytime soon.
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entailment
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(Next week : The mysterious motives of Hitler's would-be assassin.)
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The motive of the nazi leader Hitler's assassin was well known.
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contradiction
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Leave it to the Globe to conclude, JFK Jr, Slashed!
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The globe came to a conclusion about JFK Jr.
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entailment
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Why don't you respond that, in the infinite wisdom of your procrastination, you somehow divined the marriage would be a dud, and you think you will give this one a similar two year trial period?
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The author interrogates someone about their knowledge of a relationship gone sour.
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entailment
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So we call impotence erectile dysfunction, baldness hypotrichosis, and so on.
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We do this because it is less embarassing for those with the conditions.
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neutral
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Wolf sees the telling of her own personal experiences as a triumph for all women.
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Wolf has had many bad experiences as being a women.
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contradiction
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Lonely and anxious to be used, the condom grows so weary of the wait that he throws away his Either the condom's owner is abstinent, or he's careless.
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Abstinent people use condoms a lot.
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contradiction
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Behind these explanations lies a coldly realistic assessment of America's If our soldiers are killed, the public will turn against the war; and if the public turns against the war, Clinton will have to withdraw our forces.
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Clinton will have to remove troops without public support.
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entailment
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And The Street Lawyer isn't a novel, exactly.
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The Street Lawyer is a very short book.
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neutral
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He then made a speech in September 1980 in which he laid out the quantities involved and the underlying assumptions.
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It was unclear what the quantities were during his speech in 1980.
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contradiction
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*The scalpers-and-brokers point was brought to Chatterbox's attention by Randolph Cohen's brother Andrew, who is an assistant professor of history at Syracuse.
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Andrew Cohen spoke directly tp Chatterbox.
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neutral
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The Left Behind series, co-written by Tim LaHaye, the prominent right-wing screwball and husband of Beverly LaHaye, the even more prominent right-wing screwball, and Jerry B. Jenkins, who, his biography states, is the author of 130 books, which is a lot of books for one guy to write, is a phenomenon.
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The Left Behind series is very appreciated by some
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entailment
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As historian Richard John cleverly points out in Spreading the The American Postal System From Franklin to Morse , Tocqueville traveled by stage coach in the hinterland of Kentucky and Tennessee, remarking on the astonishing circulation of letters and newspapers among these savage woods.
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Tennessee was visited by Tocqueville.
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entailment
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but we kick it further-- the axe-man whispers run to the convict he beheads so the body for our delight
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The axe-man is usually a sociopath
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neutral
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The Times chooses its lead story with exacting care and great pride, seeking input from every department.
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Every department within the Times was contacted for their own insights into the headline story.
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entailment
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It is hard to believe that people who have spent years, even decades, writing about economics are really so fuzzy-minded that they cannot see the difference between protecting consumers from tainted produce and protecting workers from competing products.
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Economists have a clear understanding of the situations and how unique they are.
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contradiction
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Some argue that Russia is still reeling from its misguided plan for privatization.
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Russia is said to still be upset about an event that happened in the past.
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entailment
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And now, judging by News Quiz responses, these wan titans are barely portrayed at all.
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Some insights given by News Quiz are misleading
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neutral
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Sheppard, Time ). Skeptics renew old attacks on sociobiology's all-encompassing view of human nature.
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Skeptics tend to agree with the views of sociobiology's ideas of human nature.
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contradiction
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And yet, while this oversaving is costly to any given generation, it enriches future generations.
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Under saving is costly and will help future generations.
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contradiction
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And they look so cool.
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The author is amazed at how cool something looks.
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entailment
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A sidebar says Monica combed Gennifer Flowers' autobiography for tips on how to seduce the president.
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Monica often talked to Gennifer Flowers.
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neutral
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The reason to see Man on the Moon is Jim Carrey.
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Jim Carrey plays an astronaut in the film.
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neutral
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She is frightened to death of her remaining children, whom she suspects of plotting to murder her.
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She decided to purchase a gun for herself, as well as live apart from her children, so that she would remain safe from them.
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neutral
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Their last words are, Honest, I wish I could persuade you that I neither love nor hate technology.
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Their last words are that they neither love nor hate technology.
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entailment
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Whatever the fortunes of religion itself, a dwindling cultural acquaintance with the Bible's English is surely inevitable.
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There is a growing appreciation and popularity among Christians when it comes to the Bible's English.
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contradiction
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Bakis, with admirable audacity, has set herself the almost impossible task of making these dogs 'human' and just misses the mark, says the Journal . Fugitive Pieces is a poetic telling of the life of a Holocaust-survivor-turned-poet.
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Bakis wanted to make the cats like a human with a tail, and paws.
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contradiction
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He prods fellow justices to turn in draft decisions promptly and penalizes tardy colleagues by withholding new assignments.
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Tardy colleagues are ultimately fired if they're tardy enough times.
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neutral
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Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has tried to focus scrutiny on McCain's tobacco and campaign-finance crusades.
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McConnell focuses scrutiny on McCain's crusades.
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entailment
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The Sports Network probably attracts more attention than it deserves.
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The Sports Network doesn't deserve the attention it gets.
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entailment
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Besides the CBS suit, it won $1,700 plus legal fees from USA Today after the newspaper reprinted the I Have a Dream speech without permission.
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The USA Today was sued for printing false content.
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neutral
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The final rooms feel like classrooms, with lessons hammered home.
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Final rooms are like lounge areas.
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contradiction
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He also identifies a number of highly technical problems with the experiment that, he says, render it meaningless.
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He said the equipment made the problems far worse.
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contradiction
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perhaps a tad derivative of golub, but still an artist of far more restraint and maturity than one might expect of someone her age.
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Her art displays talent beyond her years.
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entailment
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Raves for this London import, directed by Howard Davies and starring Kevin Spacey.
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Howard Davies and Kevin Spacey work well together.
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neutral
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Alas, all he writes about, all he thinks about, all he wants to do, is give in to fat.
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He has never though about giving into fat.
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contradiction
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(The analogy is imperfect, because there's no fixed line of demarcation between fiction and nonfiction, only a broad gray field.)
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The analogy is the best way to describe the line between fiction and nonfiction.
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contradiction
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It's impossible to arrive at any general conclusions about what sorts of instruments are right for Beethoven's keyboard music.
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Beethoven played a keyboard.
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entailment
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Every week, Rodriguez must halt surgery because he can't get one or another material through the embargo.
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Rodriguez has to stop operations every week since he isn't able to get what he needs due to the embargo.
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entailment
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Capital Legislator Want More Facts on Daylight Savings Time from Mexico's News . A close second is Why Farm Sheep at All?
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Capital Legislator is not interested in finding out more.
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contradiction
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The objective fact is that whatever you think of Mahathir, Malaysia has gotten away with its economic apostasy.
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Malaysia's successful renunciation of its economy is an inarguable truth.
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entailment
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The buck still stops with them.
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The buck didn't change its habits
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entailment
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It recounts the misdeeds of Phantomd, a teen-age cracker who infiltrated computers at nuclear-weapons labs, military bases, banks, dams, and major corporations before he was caught.
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Phantomd spent time in jail due to the crimes.
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neutral
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When agencies lose major accounts, they often fire nearly everyone involved with the account.
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Agencies fire nearly everyone involved with the account that's lost.
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entailment
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Adequately warned, why do people persist in sucking cancer-causing tars into their lungs?
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People take the warnings seriously and avoid sucking in cancer-causing tars.
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contradiction
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Praise goes to Lee's argument, her sensitivity, and her writing.
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Lee holds a bachelor degree
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neutral
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He was evading a question about Universal's troubled Pig in the City . He's under oath.
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He was being asked questions.
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entailment
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So, they compensate with vocabulary, animating their play with exaggerated violence and tough talk, smashing, kicking, and zapping the imaginary bad guys.
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They're acting meek and friendly.
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contradiction
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That's 2 percent of the $100 billion total spent on ads in all media.
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A small amount overall is spent on ads.
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entailment
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The spot is aimed at the woman, the secondary consumer of condoms, reminding her that an alternative to no is wait a minute, followed by a quick dip into her nightstand drawer for a rubber.
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The spot completely ignored the female mammals' interests
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contradiction
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The sunny We nailed the terrorists.
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The Terrorists probably died.
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neutral
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Should he try and then fail, Beijing will conclude that it is dealing with a weak administration.
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If he attempts it and then fails, Beijing would come to the conclusion that they have a weak business.
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entailment
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To her way of thinking no nonessential spending, no desire to possess things, can ever be innocent or morally neutral.
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Some people think that not spending in nonessential isn't morally neutral
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entailment
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Another dicey issue confronting Treasury Department enforcement officials is Internet gambling . Although federal law prohibits gambling by wire in the United States, and most authorities interpret that to mean that Internet gambling is illegal here, at least one online casino, Casino Royale, looks and feels like a virtual gambling emporium.
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The Treasury Department is tasked with administering the Lowe’s surrounding Internet Gambling.
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entailment
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How could the Mormons have practiced polygamy?
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The Mormons may have practiced polygamy.
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entailment
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At one point he imagines this middle-class By dismissing our fears about declining morality out of hand, you fail to recognize that middle-class morality is not necessarily opposed to the values of inclusion and equality that you currently profess.
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His perspective on middle-class morality, is out of touch with the actual reality of the situation.
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entailment
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We were not servile to the Soviet Union, said Poland's last Communist Party prime minister, we were helpless before that huge force.
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The USSR and Poland were not on equal footing.
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entailment
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Play is activity engaged in for the enjoyment of it without regard to the financial remuneration.
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One does not expect to be paid for engaging in play.
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entailment
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Were these counterparts--mainly big banks and other institutional investors--simply naive?
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These counterparts were simple banks and naive investors.
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contradiction
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(All gynaecologists are idealists.
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Gynecologists mostly work in hospitals.
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neutral
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Just as index-fund investing defeats this purpose, so too does trading based on anything other than an evaluation of a company's underlying prospects for the future.
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The author wants to argue against trading without evaluation of a company's future.
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entailment
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Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?
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The voters took the information he provided at face value.
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neutral
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The more fantastic grow the evening gowns on the runway, the more uniform grows the garb of the crowds on the subway.
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There is a stark contrast between the aspirations of fashion and the clothes of everyday.
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entailment
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Culturebox certainly can't tell you whether Fish is right or wrong.
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Culturebox is uncertain.
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entailment
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Kutchins and Kirk claim that the DSM isn't a true account of mental illness because it's informed by particular social values.
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Social values impact the DSM.
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entailment
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Where is beauty?
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Beauty is worth being searched
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entailment
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Growing up to be Gwyneth Paltrow makes her more bewitching but no less blank.
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Ms. Paltrow is bewitching.
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entailment
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Prudie is so busy sputtering she hopes she can type!
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Prudie is unsure if she can type properly.
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entailment
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8) Labor Secretary-nominee Alexis Herman, who was closer to the fund-raising mess, will now be confirmed easily because the Senate is satisfied with having killed Lake.
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Lake's death will now make it very difficult for Herman to get confirmation from the Senate.
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contradiction
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According to the publication, just months after the skiing accident death of her husband, Sonny, she tossed piles of irreplaceable mementos of the late singer-congressman into the dumpster, where they were retrieved by one of his former restaurant employees.
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She got rid of many cherished items of the singer-congressman that died.
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entailment
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There are some smart people--most notably Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs--who believe that, but my view is that Asian economies had gone seriously off the rails well before last summer, and that some kind of unpleasant comeuppance was inevitable.
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Jeffrey Sachs is one person that disagrees with the author.
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neutral
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Instead, the cost of computer gear is falling precipitously, and affordable bandwidth--the measure of data transmission--is growing at an exponential rate.
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Bandwidth is becoming more affordable, but is not yet available to everyone.
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neutral
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There would still be an Ahab syndrome.
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The Ahab syndrome often made those around feel uncomfortable.
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neutral
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Not to imply that the Katz would threaten murder to get published in the Washington Post : To the best of my knowledge, he hasn't maimed or killed anyone except the characters in his Suburban Detective Mystery series-- Death by Station Wagon , The Last Housewife , The Father's Club , and The Family Stalker . But, like the Unabomber, Katz is driven frothy by a world that won't conform to his expectations.
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Katz was a self taught writer.
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neutral
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Comedy attacks.
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While watching a funny movie it is hard not to laugh a lot.
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neutral
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The photos were released by Bill Ballance, 80, a former radio talk show host who says he and Schlessinger were once lovers, who, in his memorable phrase, used to thrash around like a couple of crazed weasels.
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Schlessinger and balance were seen on many occupations together at functions and at restaurants.
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neutral
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(Heston's softness on gun rights was an issue in his NRA election, but he has quieted critics by backing off his earlier statements and hewing to the NRA's official line.
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Heston's NRA election went without issue.
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contradiction
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In the spirit of the ongoing pile-on on journalists, I have to argue that journalists are to blame for rock pomposity.
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Journalists do not deserve this blame.
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contradiction
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Hence our use of Hanukkah rather than Chanukah.
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Jewish people use Hanukkah instead of Chanukah since 2010.
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neutral
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Millionaire is portentously heavy, yet run by a man with no gravitas.
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The man who runs Millionaire was liked despite his lack of seriousness.
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neutral
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Wolfe doesn't see himself as primarily a satirist.
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Wolfe does not think he is a satirist.
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entailment
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Your advice to struck me as amazing.
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The person followed the advice.
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neutral
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Tamara Jenkins, the writer and first-time director, has an eye for absurd juxtapositions that was obviously sharpened by the pain of her nomadic upbringing.
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Tamara Jenkins's upbringing has had little affect on her, in terms of how she writes and presents a story.
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contradiction
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Likewise, the Israeli army's chief medical officer, responding to the public outrage, said that if authorities ban his doctors from practicing on fallen soldiers, it will be the injured who will suffer.
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Injured people will suffer if Israeli doctors can not practice on fallen soldiers.
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entailment
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Who's winning the war over the draft?
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There was a long and drawn out battle over who was winning the war over the draft.
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neutral
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For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.
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Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz can request written evaluations from their professors.
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entailment
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He still exaggerates the hostility displayed, and says that Saxton won't let me answer when in fact Reich's chief economist is later allowed to deliver a lecture-length reply.
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The reply was concise in length.
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contradiction
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This program should be expanded, perhaps with incentives for police to live in the neighborhoods they patrol full time.
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The program will expand to inculde police.
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neutral
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For instance, in a hot-selling series of novels co-authored by the well-known preacher Tim LaHaye, he's Romanian.
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Time LaHaye often writes his own novels.
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neutral
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Clinton claims to have known nothing about the Chinese plans.
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Clinton knows nothing about the Chinese plans.
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neutral
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Dr. Arroway (Foster) explains herself to Joss (McConaughey).
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Dr. Arroway has to clarify a few things to Joss.
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entailment
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Well, maybe two jokes if you count Heritage USA; is that still for sale?
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Heritage USA is one of five jokes.
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contradiction
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Such self-referential questions can be pointless and irritating, and books that dwell on them generally belong in a category that one friend of mine calls art about art supplies.
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The author is unhappy with stories that are full of meaningful text.
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contradiction
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The leading example of such an auction is the stock market.
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The stock market is the best option.
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neutral
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Is it Christmas in Tel Aviv or New Year's Eve in Manhattan?
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The author knows for sure that it is Christmas in Tel Aviv.
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neutral
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Some might even take a sketchpad instead, or a paperback volume of Homer.
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A few would rather take a smartphone.
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neutral
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And the fictional Winnie-the-Pooh was named for the real bear, a bear born in Canada who never relinquished his Canadian citizenship.
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A real bear cannot be named Winnie-the-Pooh for copyright reasons
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contradiction
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As Chatterbox pointed out in his earlier item, movie tickets are fundamentally inexpensive , so you aren't going to lure many more people into seeing, say, Eyes Wide Shut by slashing the already low price of first-run admission.
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A lower priced movie ticket will not increase the number of people attending movies.
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neutral
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Otherwise you will not get a good table or will have crumbs brushed into your laptop, even though, strictly speaking, you are abiding by the rules.
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Abiding by the rules doesn't always mean that we will get the best treatment
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entailment
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