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There is the rejection letter I received from George , which he was too modest to put his own name on.	George didn't put his own name on the rejection letter.	entailment
In a recent op-ed article in the New York Times , the theologian Michael Novak argued that a new appreciation for, and sensitivity to, religious matters was stirring everywhere.	Michael Novak has argued with other theologians about the importance of sensitivity to religious matters.	entailment
Circulation has barely risen since World War II, and it's been falling for five years.	A concerted effort was put forth to help turn the tides of falling circulation, which has hardly risen since World War II.	neutral
(Violence among theatrical people, on the other hand, can be entertainingly savage, cf, All About Eve .) In all the hullabaloo about violence in popular entertainment, movies and television were often chastised, the stage never.	Critics of violence in popular entertainment seem to turn a blind eye towards, or are greatly unaware of, the amount of violence in plays.	entailment
Then one of two things must Your taxes will rise by $10,000, or else, your share of the debt will rise by $10,000.	$10,000 is the amount your taxes will raise or your share of the debt will raise by $10,000.	entailment
I could have sworn I had my 10-foot pole right here ...	I have a 10-ft pole.	entailment
Israeli security officials believed that the murdered real-estate dealer was executed by plainclothes Palestinian Authority police.	The real-estate dealer was murdered.	entailment
While it makes no sense to worry that you are living well at your grandchildren's expense, you might legitimately worry that someone else is living well at your grandchildren's expense.	You must live well at your grandchildren's expense.	contradiction
Of course he wasn't under oath, so that's OK.	Sometimes the only way to get the truth is to have people talking under oath	neutral
You don't even know where the welfare office is.	The welfare office is where you don't even know.	entailment
So what if all the negatives are lost?	A few of the negatives were found.	neutral
Unless one believes that the lives of Europeans are intrinsically more valuable than those of Africans, the humanitarian justification for military intervention is unsustainable, he wrote.	The author is against all kinds of military interventions	neutral
The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence.	The Kodak-Fuji case was the most important case before the WTO.	entailment
Recently amended federal confidentiality laws have prompted such schools as the University of Delaware, Indiana University, and Penn State to notify parents when students under 21 violate campus rules concerning drugs or alcohol.	Three schools have decided to change how they go about notifying the parents of underaged students who violate their rules, in regards to drug or alcohol usage.	entailment
Lewinsky reportedly wore a provocative dress to attract the president's attention, and McDougal did a Madison Guaranty TV commercial in hot pants.	Lewinsky was in the presence of the President.	entailment
An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve slot machines and video poker, proceeds of which will be used to build esteem among the native peoples.	There is a question on the November ballot asking to approve of machines for a casino.	entailment
A basic tenet of biology used to be that the energy requirements of all living things are met ultimately by the sun--mainly through plants converting sunlight into more easily digestible forms of energy.	Biology's understanding of energy conversion has changed significantly.	neutral
This has made her an attorney general without measurable accomplishment in law enforcement or prosecution.	After serving as a detective, she became the attorney general.	contradiction
Candidates for citizenship must 1) be 18 or older; 2) have resided in the United States continuously for five years--or three years if married to a U.S. citizen--(short absences are OK); 3) demonstrate the ability to speak English, and a basic knowledge of American history and government (click here to see if you pass the test); and 4) be of good moral character.	Anyone can apply for citizenship.	contradiction
We must make do with the public domain.	We must manage with the limited means available.	entailment
(And yes, we'd like one, hypocrites that we are, thank you very much.)	I admit that we are hypocrites.	entailment
Parents find themselves intervening to stop their kids from making bad deals with unscrupulous classmates.	Kids are outstanding deal-makers.	contradiction
The compositions become ever more undulating and graceful.	The compositions became increasingly beautiful.	entailment
Richard Lamm, who attempted to wrest leadership of the party away from Perot, is a classic Greater New England progressive, as is former Connecticut Gov.	Richard Lamm wasn't interested in party leadership and was mayor of New York.	contradiction
Most Americans will have a tough time living up to its standards.	Americans will decide to change the caliber.	neutral
Death of a Salesman , his greatest play, is about the devastating effects of professional failure.	The story Death of a Salesman celebrates success at the workplace.	contradiction
And by planting what looks like a bold idea--that the purpose of campaigning is to engender optimism and renew our faith--he erases his obligation to tell us how he would govern.	He is instilling hopefulness because he has no plan for governing.	neutral
The Times claimed that the number boycotting never reached a critical mass that would have threatened the integrity of its list.	There weren't too many boycotters	entailment
Bennett is right to the extent that there's no excuse for telling falsehoods in the course of raising otherwise legitimate issues.	Bennett disagrees that legitimate issues entail telling lies.	contradiction
The movie made me remember why I like Holly Hunter.	The flick has male actors playing all the female roles.	contradiction
The postal system was even more important for civil society and democratic politics than for commerce.	Commerce depends on the postal service less than democrats do.	neutral
Heston has all the physical equipment--brain, voice, good looks--but not the hunger.	The physical equipment of Heston is the best.	neutral
[Hersh has] disassembled and obliterated his own career and reputation.	Whatever Hersh did to ruin his reputation has caused his career to be in shambles.	neutral
It coarsens and inflames dialogue in a way that tends to prevent exposure of which ideas are right and which are wrong.	These debates can become successful at times.	neutral
The wet wool smell of your uncles in their Eaton's sweaters and army surplus peacoats and shredded wheat for breakfast and thin ice on the tide pools and diesel as the engines kick in.	The wet wool smell is from the Eaton's sweaters.	entailment
The one-day crash of '87, for example, reduced people's net worth by billions without directly reducing by as much as a single doughnut the amount of goods and services or the economy's ability to produce more of them.	The losses from the one-day crash of '87 were merely a drop in the bucket.	contradiction
Some houses--big and small--have trimmed their lists, consulting closely with the chains to determine what is commercial, and have seen their profits and sales rise.	Houses have looked to other thriving businesses as reliable models of success.	entailment
An accompanying survey ranks the 100 biggest health Fallon Community comes out on top.	Health Fallon Community is rated very low.	contradiction
It will be because they hope it may mean a happier, more secure week for their kid and a less anxious one for themselves.	They are hoping for a better week for their kid so they can have peace and quite.	neutral
You can be sure of only two Each party is arguing exactly the opposite of what it argued the last time a Republican president led the nation into war, and exactly the opposite of what it will argue next time.	Politicians can be counted on maintaining the same behavior and line of thought	contradiction
To address those issues the public--represented by the casual museum visitor--needed an understanding of the lives and practices of the gay community, so long hidden from view.	After not being talked about for so long, the public now want to understand more about the gay community.	entailment
Still, Frisby did a better job than Woodward in offering meaning.	Woodward's attempt to give meaning was not as good as Frisby's.	entailment
Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.	Blacks think an economic crash is impossible.	contradiction
The New York Times ' Janet Maslin says the film works precisely because it is derivative--its stars, Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise, emulate the characters in The Usual Suspects , which gives them extraordinary opportunities to preen.	Janet Maslin crtitiques film for the New York Times.	entailment
Once you exclude fringe elements on both sides--Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan, basically--both Democrats and Republicans accept the reality of NAFTA and the WTO even as they argue about whether these bodies should include environmental and labor laws, a la the EU.	Every leader believes NAFTA and WHO are worthless for their country.	contradiction
Then the electricity hits him again, and the fire rises from his head, from the black leather mask, and he shudders forward and is slammed back against the chair.	The method of execution was lethal injection and was quite calm.	contradiction
However, many mental-health professionals argue that a dimensional model makes more sense and would more closely mirror the real world.	Professionals believe a dimensional model would provide little value.	contradiction
I noticed this as I was moving the furniture on the second floor back into the bedrooms.	I was able to notice this while rearranging furniture.	entailment
The world is aging, frets the cover story . Life expectancy is climbing, fertility is sliding, and the cost of supporting the elderly could cause a global recession.	A recession is a possibility due to these factors.	neutral
But if his campaign really prospers and he has to explain what he believes, he'll have a hard time holding that coalition together.	He decided to stick to what has been working for his campaign, and has seen it succeed because of it.	neutral
In any event, Gore dropped out of the race shortly after the debate.	The debate exposed Gore's weaknesses.	neutral
CNN's Bob Franken declared that Starr and the Jones team were joined at the hip.	Bob Franken of CNN said that Starr and the Jones team are like conjoined twins.	entailment
A Life and a World , by Jenny Uglow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).	Jenny Anderson is the author of A Life and a World.	contradiction
On the other hand, the President's Box at Ford's Theatre contains the chair in which Lincoln was sitting when Booth shot him, and no one would argue that Ford's is anything but a replica.	The chair was completely destroyed afrer the shooting and was discarded.	contradiction
At the same time it would teach today's youth about the real-life value of the Second Amendment.	The youth today would be taught about the Second Amendment's value.	entailment
An article says his daughter Tina and wife Barbara will squabble over his $200 million estate.	In the published article, it states that his wife and daughter will squabble over his $200 million estate.	entailment
And whether or not all the right jobs are filled with exactly the right people, the United States still manages to negotiate with China and the United Nations, the civil rights division still manages to file cases, and judges still manage to impose sentences.	It's enough to put one wrong person in an important job to cause the complete stop of our society	contradiction
Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost.	Rescuing a premature infant is an expensive task.	neutral
The general principle is that these questions, unfortunately, are going to be asked.	Is not fortunate that some questions will be asked	entailment
But let's get Does the diagnosis of sex addiction make sense?	A sex addiction diagnosis is far from being considered.	contradiction
These countries only reluctantly agreed to this week's new U.N. sanctions that bar international travel by Iraqi officials linked to the inspection dispute.	The travel restriction placed against Iraqi officials offered little in terms of true punishment.	neutral
Spark was in her prime when she wrote Memento Mori . As she draws closer to mortality (may it be many novels away!)	Spark has written many novels.	entailment
Vice President Gore will do the same Wednesday in Tennessee.	Gore plans to run for President in the future.	neutral
Clinton has faced an escalating series of serious accusations--serious in the sense that they were all plausible and some were true.	Clinton has faced accusations that appear to be true.	entailment
Coke refuses to concede, directing inordinate attention to even tiny neighborhoods.	Coke accepted to concede	contradiction
A horse sitter mistakenly thought Mr. Ed was having a seizure and gave him a tranquilizer.	Mr. Ed had a seizure but a tranquilizer made him healthy again.	contradiction
Toward the end of the book, Mintz tells a story about offhandedly mentioning in a lecture that America has no cuisine.	At the beginning of the book it is blatantly mentioned that America has a cuisine.	contradiction
I assume that the whole thing was being broadcast, although I came in at the beginning of the last act.	The last act was a fantastic production.	neutral
He's got plenty of name recognition.	His name is well-known.	entailment
At the conference, they defended their activities against numerous Solidarity leaders denied they made too many compromises; priests denied they had been co-opted by the party; and Communists denied they had committed treason.	Each group defended their activities in the presence of others, each one denying having committed one harsh thing after another.	entailment
Columba Bush, wife of the Florida governor, declared only $500 worth of goods upon her return from a Paris vacation, but agents found $19,000 in receipts in her passport and fined her $4,100 on the spot.	Columba Bush did not claim purchased items at Customs.	entailment
At most, the competition of new forms of social organization draw people away from older forms of association.	Competition also draws people away from new forms of social organization.	neutral
News zooms in) for their Kenneth Starr cover stories.	Kenneth Starr covers topics other than news.	contradiction
An interview with Unabomber Ted Kaczynski finds him good-humored and sincere.	Ted Kaczynski was clearly a cold and aloof person.	contradiction
The second variety of white race-consciousness--whiteness-as-burden--is no less tangled up in hypocrisy.	Whites are very conscience about their skin color burdens.	entailment
Only a handful of the 200,000 Serbs have come back to the Krajina.	Krajina lost plenty of Serbs inhabitants	entailment
Out of her stillness she suddenly shrieks, not as an appeal but as a demand, I'm a human being!	She laid quiet with no interruptions all night.	contradiction
Wait Until Dark (Brooks Atkinson Theatre).	The movie playing at the theatre all week is called Wait Until Dark.	neutral
A reporter from a major publication cornered me recently, and Nathan, I only have a couple of minutes.	I successfully evaded the reporter.	contradiction
Wolf did call after this item was posted, but our conversation was off-the-record.	Wolf had an off-the-record conversation.	entailment
And, basset people, like me, want dogs that have the good sense not to do any of those things.	All basset hounds have good sense.	neutral
Comments like these make you wonder not whether Bush and his friends ever used cocaine, but whether they ever stopped.	Bush was well known as an ain't drug user with his strong comments about him hating it.	contradiction
Raves for this chronicle of the 1991 storm of the century that swallowed up a boatload of New England fishermen.	The storm of the century in 1991 is one that has never been forgotten by New England fisherman.	entailment
Our culture now interprets nearly all pleasures as addictions--or potential addictions.	Our modern day culture thinks everything we like is an addiction.	entailment
Now imagine being at my Web site, reading my promotional materials, and deciding you'd like to read the book.	Visit my website after the session.	neutral
Long ignored by snake experts, the skeleton shares many physical characteristics with that of snakes, including its 140 vertebrae and its extraordinarily flexible jaws.	Snake experts have long neglected the similarities among the skeltons.	neutral
Even better for the veep, Gov.	This is excellent for the Vice President.	entailment
Truly, I believe the country is in the best of hands, but how do I rid myself of these impure thoughts?	The person was worried the country would fall apart when he was gone.	contradiction
Similarly, Bush boasts that he's a uniter, not a divider, while the RLC complains that Forbes, by criticizing Dole in 1996, caused fighting within the Republican Party that was divisive and not inclusive.	RLC continued to lobby complains against Forbes, in relation to the criticism that it lobbed towards Dole in 1996, which split the party..	neutral
If Oprah's not safe, no one is.	Were Oprah is at risk it would also signal that the rest of are as well.	entailment
In its best colleges issue two years ago, U.S.	US colleges have more issues than the ones in all the other countries	neutral
The man who gave the Iron Curtain its name is the true democratic hero of our age.	A woman named Iron Curtain.	contradiction
dull, provincial, and oddly prevalent on U.S. comedy shows.	It was simple but uncommon on U.S. comedy shows.	contradiction
A correction in this space on Saturday omitted mention of the rabbit.	The correction was made on Saturday.	entailment
Right now there is nothing approaching an international regime for keeping biological weapons out of the hands of terrorists.	Several countries are trying to stop terrorists from having weapons, but nothing so far.	neutral
The most ordinary features are, aesthetically, the most extraordinary.	The ordinary features were grotesque.	contradiction
Bettelheim believed grandiosely in being a guide, but he had fundamentally humble guidance to that in the end, as in the beginning (one of his favorite phrases), one can hope to grow only by endeavoring to be one's own guide.	Bettelheim has been a guide for a lot of people	neutral
The split seemed to come in 1969, when Julian Bond was elected to the Georgia state Legislature and became the darling of the American left's radical chic set.	Julian Bond became a pivotal figure of American Left-wing culture after his election in 1969.	entailment
Except that the executive who was assigned the difficult task of dealing with the Shopping Avenger, one Jennifer Nemeth, did a provisionally satisfactory job of making the Shopping Avenger happy.	Jennifer Nemeth left happy.	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 House passed the meausre with a majority greater than two-thirds of the vote.	entailment

There is the rejection letter I received from George , which he was too modest to put his own name on.

George didn't put his own name on the rejection letter.

entailment

In a recent op-ed article in the New York Times , the theologian Michael Novak argued that a new appreciation for, and sensitivity to, religious matters was stirring everywhere.

Michael Novak has argued with other theologians about the importance of sensitivity to religious matters.

entailment

Circulation has barely risen since World War II, and it's been falling for five years.

A concerted effort was put forth to help turn the tides of falling circulation, which has hardly risen since World War II.

neutral

(Violence among theatrical people, on the other hand, can be entertainingly savage, cf, All About Eve .) In all the hullabaloo about violence in popular entertainment, movies and television were often chastised, the stage never.

Critics of violence in popular entertainment seem to turn a blind eye towards, or are greatly unaware of, the amount of violence in plays.

entailment

Then one of two things must Your taxes will rise by $10,000, or else, your share of the debt will rise by $10,000.

$10,000 is the amount your taxes will raise or your share of the debt will raise by $10,000.

entailment

I could have sworn I had my 10-foot pole right here ...

I have a 10-ft pole.

entailment

Israeli security officials believed that the murdered real-estate dealer was executed by plainclothes Palestinian Authority police.

The real-estate dealer was murdered.

entailment

While it makes no sense to worry that you are living well at your grandchildren's expense, you might legitimately worry that someone else is living well at your grandchildren's expense.

You must live well at your grandchildren's expense.

contradiction

Of course he wasn't under oath, so that's OK.

Sometimes the only way to get the truth is to have people talking under oath

neutral

You don't even know where the welfare office is.

The welfare office is where you don't even know.

entailment

So what if all the negatives are lost?

A few of the negatives were found.

neutral

Unless one believes that the lives of Europeans are intrinsically more valuable than those of Africans, the humanitarian justification for military intervention is unsustainable, he wrote.

The author is against all kinds of military interventions

neutral

The Kodak-Fuji case was, as innumerable press accounts have pointed out, the most important case to come before the WTO in its two years of existence.

The Kodak-Fuji case was the most important case before the WTO.

entailment

Recently amended federal confidentiality laws have prompted such schools as the University of Delaware, Indiana University, and Penn State to notify parents when students under 21 violate campus rules concerning drugs or alcohol.

Three schools have decided to change how they go about notifying the parents of underaged students who violate their rules, in regards to drug or alcohol usage.

entailment

Lewinsky reportedly wore a provocative dress to attract the president's attention, and McDougal did a Madison Guaranty TV commercial in hot pants.

Lewinsky was in the presence of the President.

entailment

An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve slot machines and video poker, proceeds of which will be used to build esteem among the native peoples.

There is a question on the November ballot asking to approve of machines for a casino.

entailment

A basic tenet of biology used to be that the energy requirements of all living things are met ultimately by the sun--mainly through plants converting sunlight into more easily digestible forms of energy.

Biology's understanding of energy conversion has changed significantly.

neutral

This has made her an attorney general without measurable accomplishment in law enforcement or prosecution.

After serving as a detective, she became the attorney general.

contradiction

Candidates for citizenship must 1) be 18 or older; 2) have resided in the United States continuously for five years--or three years if married to a U.S. citizen--(short absences are OK); 3) demonstrate the ability to speak English, and a basic knowledge of American history and government (click here to see if you pass the test); and 4) be of good moral character.

Anyone can apply for citizenship.

contradiction

We must make do with the public domain.

We must manage with the limited means available.

entailment

(And yes, we'd like one, hypocrites that we are, thank you very much.)

I admit that we are hypocrites.

entailment

Parents find themselves intervening to stop their kids from making bad deals with unscrupulous classmates.

Kids are outstanding deal-makers.

contradiction

The compositions become ever more undulating and graceful.

The compositions became increasingly beautiful.

entailment

Richard Lamm, who attempted to wrest leadership of the party away from Perot, is a classic Greater New England progressive, as is former Connecticut Gov.

Richard Lamm wasn't interested in party leadership and was mayor of New York.

contradiction

Most Americans will have a tough time living up to its standards.

Americans will decide to change the caliber.

neutral

Death of a Salesman , his greatest play, is about the devastating effects of professional failure.

The story Death of a Salesman celebrates success at the workplace.

contradiction

And by planting what looks like a bold idea--that the purpose of campaigning is to engender optimism and renew our faith--he erases his obligation to tell us how he would govern.

He is instilling hopefulness because he has no plan for governing.

neutral

The Times claimed that the number boycotting never reached a critical mass that would have threatened the integrity of its list.

There weren't too many boycotters

entailment

Bennett is right to the extent that there's no excuse for telling falsehoods in the course of raising otherwise legitimate issues.

Bennett disagrees that legitimate issues entail telling lies.

contradiction

The movie made me remember why I like Holly Hunter.

The flick has male actors playing all the female roles.

contradiction

The postal system was even more important for civil society and democratic politics than for commerce.

Commerce depends on the postal service less than democrats do.

neutral

Heston has all the physical equipment--brain, voice, good looks--but not the hunger.

The physical equipment of Heston is the best.

neutral

[Hersh has] disassembled and obliterated his own career and reputation.

Whatever Hersh did to ruin his reputation has caused his career to be in shambles.

neutral

It coarsens and inflames dialogue in a way that tends to prevent exposure of which ideas are right and which are wrong.

These debates can become successful at times.

neutral

The wet wool smell of your uncles in their Eaton's sweaters and army surplus peacoats and shredded wheat for breakfast and thin ice on the tide pools and diesel as the engines kick in.

The wet wool smell is from the Eaton's sweaters.

entailment

The one-day crash of '87, for example, reduced people's net worth by billions without directly reducing by as much as a single doughnut the amount of goods and services or the economy's ability to produce more of them.

The losses from the one-day crash of '87 were merely a drop in the bucket.

contradiction

Some houses--big and small--have trimmed their lists, consulting closely with the chains to determine what is commercial, and have seen their profits and sales rise.

Houses have looked to other thriving businesses as reliable models of success.

entailment

An accompanying survey ranks the 100 biggest health Fallon Community comes out on top.

Health Fallon Community is rated very low.

contradiction

It will be because they hope it may mean a happier, more secure week for their kid and a less anxious one for themselves.

They are hoping for a better week for their kid so they can have peace and quite.

neutral

You can be sure of only two Each party is arguing exactly the opposite of what it argued the last time a Republican president led the nation into war, and exactly the opposite of what it will argue next time.

Politicians can be counted on maintaining the same behavior and line of thought

contradiction

To address those issues the public--represented by the casual museum visitor--needed an understanding of the lives and practices of the gay community, so long hidden from view.

After not being talked about for so long, the public now want to understand more about the gay community.

entailment

Still, Frisby did a better job than Woodward in offering meaning.

Woodward's attempt to give meaning was not as good as Frisby's.

entailment

Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.

Blacks think an economic crash is impossible.

contradiction

The New York Times ' Janet Maslin says the film works precisely because it is derivative--its stars, Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise, emulate the characters in The Usual Suspects , which gives them extraordinary opportunities to preen.

Janet Maslin crtitiques film for the New York Times.

entailment

Once you exclude fringe elements on both sides--Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan, basically--both Democrats and Republicans accept the reality of NAFTA and the WTO even as they argue about whether these bodies should include environmental and labor laws, a la the EU.

Every leader believes NAFTA and WHO are worthless for their country.

contradiction

Then the electricity hits him again, and the fire rises from his head, from the black leather mask, and he shudders forward and is slammed back against the chair.

The method of execution was lethal injection and was quite calm.

contradiction

However, many mental-health professionals argue that a dimensional model makes more sense and would more closely mirror the real world.

Professionals believe a dimensional model would provide little value.

contradiction

I noticed this as I was moving the furniture on the second floor back into the bedrooms.

I was able to notice this while rearranging furniture.

entailment

The world is aging, frets the cover story . Life expectancy is climbing, fertility is sliding, and the cost of supporting the elderly could cause a global recession.

A recession is a possibility due to these factors.

neutral

But if his campaign really prospers and he has to explain what he believes, he'll have a hard time holding that coalition together.

He decided to stick to what has been working for his campaign, and has seen it succeed because of it.

neutral

In any event, Gore dropped out of the race shortly after the debate.

The debate exposed Gore's weaknesses.

neutral

CNN's Bob Franken declared that Starr and the Jones team were joined at the hip.

Bob Franken of CNN said that Starr and the Jones team are like conjoined twins.

entailment

A Life and a World , by Jenny Uglow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

Jenny Anderson is the author of A Life and a World.

contradiction

On the other hand, the President's Box at Ford's Theatre contains the chair in which Lincoln was sitting when Booth shot him, and no one would argue that Ford's is anything but a replica.

The chair was completely destroyed afrer the shooting and was discarded.

contradiction

At the same time it would teach today's youth about the real-life value of the Second Amendment.

The youth today would be taught about the Second Amendment's value.

entailment

An article says his daughter Tina and wife Barbara will squabble over his $200 million estate.

In the published article, it states that his wife and daughter will squabble over his $200 million estate.

entailment

And whether or not all the right jobs are filled with exactly the right people, the United States still manages to negotiate with China and the United Nations, the civil rights division still manages to file cases, and judges still manage to impose sentences.

It's enough to put one wrong person in an important job to cause the complete stop of our society

contradiction

Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost.

Rescuing a premature infant is an expensive task.

neutral

The general principle is that these questions, unfortunately, are going to be asked.

Is not fortunate that some questions will be asked

entailment

But let's get Does the diagnosis of sex addiction make sense?

A sex addiction diagnosis is far from being considered.

contradiction

These countries only reluctantly agreed to this week's new U.N. sanctions that bar international travel by Iraqi officials linked to the inspection dispute.

The travel restriction placed against Iraqi officials offered little in terms of true punishment.

neutral

Spark was in her prime when she wrote Memento Mori . As she draws closer to mortality (may it be many novels away!)

Spark has written many novels.

entailment

Vice President Gore will do the same Wednesday in Tennessee.

Gore plans to run for President in the future.

neutral

Clinton has faced an escalating series of serious accusations--serious in the sense that they were all plausible and some were true.

Clinton has faced accusations that appear to be true.

entailment

Coke refuses to concede, directing inordinate attention to even tiny neighborhoods.

Coke accepted to concede

contradiction

A horse sitter mistakenly thought Mr. Ed was having a seizure and gave him a tranquilizer.

Mr. Ed had a seizure but a tranquilizer made him healthy again.

contradiction

Toward the end of the book, Mintz tells a story about offhandedly mentioning in a lecture that America has no cuisine.

At the beginning of the book it is blatantly mentioned that America has a cuisine.

contradiction

I assume that the whole thing was being broadcast, although I came in at the beginning of the last act.

The last act was a fantastic production.

neutral

He's got plenty of name recognition.

His name is well-known.

entailment

At the conference, they defended their activities against numerous Solidarity leaders denied they made too many compromises; priests denied they had been co-opted by the party; and Communists denied they had committed treason.

Each group defended their activities in the presence of others, each one denying having committed one harsh thing after another.

entailment

Columba Bush, wife of the Florida governor, declared only $500 worth of goods upon her return from a Paris vacation, but agents found $19,000 in receipts in her passport and fined her $4,100 on the spot.

Columba Bush did not claim purchased items at Customs.

entailment

At most, the competition of new forms of social organization draw people away from older forms of association.

Competition also draws people away from new forms of social organization.

neutral

News zooms in) for their Kenneth Starr cover stories.

Kenneth Starr covers topics other than news.

contradiction

An interview with Unabomber Ted Kaczynski finds him good-humored and sincere.

Ted Kaczynski was clearly a cold and aloof person.

contradiction

The second variety of white race-consciousness--whiteness-as-burden--is no less tangled up in hypocrisy.

Whites are very conscience about their skin color burdens.

entailment

Only a handful of the 200,000 Serbs have come back to the Krajina.

Krajina lost plenty of Serbs inhabitants

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Out of her stillness she suddenly shrieks, not as an appeal but as a demand, I'm a human being!

She laid quiet with no interruptions all night.

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Wait Until Dark (Brooks Atkinson Theatre).

The movie playing at the theatre all week is called Wait Until Dark.

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A reporter from a major publication cornered me recently, and Nathan, I only have a couple of minutes.

I successfully evaded the reporter.

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

Wolf had an off-the-record conversation.

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And, basset people, like me, want dogs that have the good sense not to do any of those things.

All basset hounds have good sense.

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Comments like these make you wonder not whether Bush and his friends ever used cocaine, but whether they ever stopped.

Bush was well known as an ain't drug user with his strong comments about him hating it.

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Raves for this chronicle of the 1991 storm of the century that swallowed up a boatload of New England fishermen.

The storm of the century in 1991 is one that has never been forgotten by New England fisherman.

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Our culture now interprets nearly all pleasures as addictions--or potential addictions.

Our modern day culture thinks everything we like is an addiction.

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Now imagine being at my Web site, reading my promotional materials, and deciding you'd like to read the book.

Visit my website after the session.

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Long ignored by snake experts, the skeleton shares many physical characteristics with that of snakes, including its 140 vertebrae and its extraordinarily flexible jaws.

Snake experts have long neglected the similarities among the skeltons.

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Even better for the veep, Gov.

This is excellent for the Vice President.

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Truly, I believe the country is in the best of hands, but how do I rid myself of these impure thoughts?

The person was worried the country would fall apart when he was gone.

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Similarly, Bush boasts that he's a uniter, not a divider, while the RLC complains that Forbes, by criticizing Dole in 1996, caused fighting within the Republican Party that was divisive and not inclusive.

RLC continued to lobby complains against Forbes, in relation to the criticism that it lobbed towards Dole in 1996, which split the party..

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If Oprah's not safe, no one is.

Were Oprah is at risk it would also signal that the rest of are as well.

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In its best colleges issue two years ago, U.S.

US colleges have more issues than the ones in all the other countries

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The man who gave the Iron Curtain its name is the true democratic hero of our age.

A woman named Iron Curtain.

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dull, provincial, and oddly prevalent on U.S. comedy shows.

It was simple but uncommon on U.S. comedy shows.

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A correction in this space on Saturday omitted mention of the rabbit.

The correction was made on Saturday.

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Right now there is nothing approaching an international regime for keeping biological weapons out of the hands of terrorists.

Several countries are trying to stop terrorists from having weapons, but nothing so far.

neutral

The most ordinary features are, aesthetically, the most extraordinary.

The ordinary features were grotesque.

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Bettelheim believed grandiosely in being a guide, but he had fundamentally humble guidance to that in the end, as in the beginning (one of his favorite phrases), one can hope to grow only by endeavoring to be one's own guide.

Bettelheim has been a guide for a lot of people

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The split seemed to come in 1969, when Julian Bond was elected to the Georgia state Legislature and became the darling of the American left's radical chic set.

Julian Bond became a pivotal figure of American Left-wing culture after his election in 1969.

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Except that the executive who was assigned the difficult task of dealing with the Shopping Avenger, one Jennifer Nemeth, did a provisionally satisfactory job of making the Shopping Avenger happy.

Jennifer Nemeth left happy.

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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 House passed the meausre with a majority greater than two-thirds of the vote.

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