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Lincoln had taken the opportunity to backtrack and outflank our men. | Lincoln snuck backwards to attack from behind. | Lincoln stayed where he was. |
Challenged by the Human Rights Campaign's Elizabeth Birch in the letters column of the Dec. 8 Standard , Bennett, remarkably, dug in to defend the Cameron numbers, which he said coincided with the views of other authorities such as psychiatrist . Satinover's 1996 book, Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth , does discuss gay life spans, but cites as its authority ... | Elizabeth Birch of the Human Rights Campaign challenged iy in letters. | Elizabeth Birch agreed with it. |
Remember term limits? | Remember term limits? | Remember the Alamo? |
There is no question that Congress has expansive oversight powers with respect to agency processes and activities. | The oversight powers of congress are expansive. | Agency processes are not overseen by Congress. |
Since Jackson II, the institution has fallen sharply from grace. | The institution has fallen from its previous standards since Jackson II. | As prestigious as ever, the institution is still held in high regards. |
OPERATING LEASE - An agreement conveying the right to use property for a limited time in exchange for periodic rental payments. | An operating lease is an agreement expressing the right to use property for a short time for paying rent. | An operating lease is long term. |
I can help you, said Ca'daan. | Ca'daan offered to help. | Ca'daan said everyone needed to take care of themselves. |
well they are predicting rain and thunderstorms and i wouldn't be a bit surprised by what we would not be getting the same weather you had | There has been forecasts of rain and thunderstorms. | They're forecasting sunny skies. |
We don't know where it came from or what the thinking was behind it. | We don't know what were its origins. | We know what were its origins. |
you know whether uh uh we would want to invest in in private schools as they're growing growing up because you know just in the Dallas area um we're not real comfortable with the with the public schools | We're not happy with the public schools, so private schools is a serious consideration. | There are no public schools in the Dallas area. |
In the meantime, the opening of Hong Kong was the last blow to Macau's prosperity. | Hong Kong opened up. | Hong Kong closed its borders. |
To this there are two replies. | To this there are more than one reply. | To this there are three replies. |
They were written by the same author and could have been part of a matched set. | The books were by the same author. | The books were by different authors. |
Most people saving through taxpreferred retirement accounts are middle- to upper-income. | Most people saving through tax preferred retirement accounts achieve middle income or upper-income levels. | Not many people saving through tax preferred retirement accounts achieve middle income or upper-income levels. |
you know they tell you that kids can you know be impressed by all that stuff and it's true i i had a lot of things that i i nobody told me that it was all fake i was just sitting there watching it going oh jeez | There were many things that no one told me weren't real, and I would watch them and say "Oh, wow!" | Children aren't impressed by anything, and I never watch films. |
In the years following his interment, the tomb entrance became covered with debris when another tomb was dug nearby, saving it from tomb robbers. | Debris covered the entrance to the tomb after a separate one was dug close to it. | The entrance was clear and open and lots of robbers entered it. |
tax rates-for both businesses and individuals. | Both businesses and individuals are put through taxes. | Taxes are not present for anyone. |
All the signs here are in Korean, and there are a multitude of restaurants and a large shopping mall of Korean stores at Koreatown Plaza (Western and San Marino). | Written in Korean are most if not all of these signs. | Only a few of the signs in the Koreatown Plaza are in Korean. |
Here is a beautiful city, one that ought to make any American proud. | America has at least one beautiful city. | The city in question is universally acknowledged as being extremely ugly. |
Don Lorenzo, por favor , will you act as banker?"He beckoned Drew after him into a small back room which was in sharp contrast to the main part of the Four Jacks. | The small room was unlike the main part of the Four Jacks. | The small room was exactly like the main part of the Four Jacks. |
SSA estimates that reduced program outlays resulting from the rule will be $4. | SSA predicts that an estimated $4 will be the value of the reduced program outlays. | SSA states that there will not be any outlays resulting from the rule. |
all right we're on uh hey Rick who's your favorite team | Which team do you prefer most, Rick? | I don't care who your favorite team is, Rick. |
Programs were requested to develop plans to coordinate and integrate their work in seven important areas--enhancing client access and efficiency in delivering high quality legal assistance; using technology to expand access and enhance services; promoting client self-help and preventive legal education and advice; coordinating legal work and training; collaborating with the private bar; expanding resources to support legal services; and designing a system configuration that enhances client services, reduces barriers and operates efficiently and effectively. | Programs are needed to help clients have better access to legal help. | Programs are sufficient to help clients have better access to legal help. |
If they got sick, they scrounged up the few dollars the doctor requested and received care that, while sympathetically tendered, probably wasn't worth much more than they paid for it. | They paid the doctors for treatment that wasn't worth very much. | They recieved first class medical care that solved all their problems. |
This awareness can also help auditors judge whether possible findings could be significant to various possible users. | Auditors can judge if findings might be significant for users. | Auditors see no benefit in looking at the findings. |
yeah really so i enjoy aerobics and i do it because i like it i mean i like the music and | I enjoy aerobics and the music. | I don't like aerobics or the music. |
so what is happened now is that those people that did not register them are um | There are some people that did not register them. | Everyone registered them. |
they they cost you practically nothing from one to five and then slowly but surely starts to creep up when they start to take lessons but uh it's well worth it and everything | They are virtually free from one to five. | They are most expensive between one and five. |
Mainly I am happy and proud--not just because he is a TV Star but because he is a TV Star in addition to being a good son, a good father, a good writer, and an energetic worker for many good public causes. | I'm proud that he is a good person and actor. | He's a terrible person and author. |
and she wanted to paint the shed it's a it's a wooden shed uh and she took it and they've got this machine that matches the color of paint | There was a wooden shed that she wanted to paint. | There was this brick shed that she wanted to throw eggs at. |
How could I, when I have so often written that they will not? | I've reported that they would not many times. | I have reported that they have countless times in the past. |
often refer to these initiatives as state planning's companion initiatives, and these initiatives - competition, the quality initiative, the diversity initiative, technology initiative grants, the matters initiative, our efforts to enhance services for self-represented litigants, the Legal Resource Library, to name just a few - have become as important to the creation of a world-class delivery system as state planning has proved itself to be. | It often refers to these initiatives as state planning's companion initiatives. | The Legal Resource Library is not an important initiative. |
The New York Times reports that economists with the Army Corps of Engineers, charged with executing a cost-benefit analysis of un-damming the Snake River in eastern Washington, plan to factor in something they call existence value--the value of the psychic benefit people get from knowing the river is running wild. | Economists are undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of un-damming the Snake River. | The New York Times has made no reference to the un-damming of the Snake River. |
Care Corporation and the Franklin C. Fetter Family | Franklin C. Fetter Family and Care Corporation. | Franklin C. Fetter Family and the uncaring corporation. |
sometimes i think i am going crazy trying to do it but | I sometimes think I'm insane to attempt it. | I think what I'm attempting to do is a perfectly sane thing to do. |
well actually there's a gentleman down in Atlanta who has invented a process using a certain acid and he can take a tire and turn it into immediately burnable oil | A guy down south can make a tire into oil. | The inventor is a woman from Texas. |
You have made rather a hog of yourself! | You've made a pig out of yourself. | You hardly ate anything. |
Then you won't do as I ask you? | So you won't obey me? | You are going to do what I want, then? |
yeah well we wouldn't have to worry about that | You don't want to worry about that. | You should be worrying about that. |
Department of the Treasury and other public and private organizations. | The Treasury Department and other private and public organizations. | The Secretary of Transportation and other public |
well see i would prefer the cold i'm from southern California | I would prefer when it's cold. | I would prefer when it's very hot. |
law enforcement officials throughout the United States and Canada rely on | The law enforcement in Canada rely on it. | Only the Canadian officials rely on it. |
For centuries it has been called the Echizen region, and that culturally significant name has definitely stuck. | The region is called the Echizen region. | The region has no name at all. |
Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel ceiling | The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by Michelangelo. | The artist who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling is unknown. |
Poor Emily was never murdered until he came along. | She was killed after he showed up. | Emily is alive and well. |
This is a family of techniques, some of which have been adapted for computers and some of which use wall-space. | The techniques have been made for computers and for wall-space. | The techniques have been adapted only for computer use. |
They had a greater tolerance for weight gain, saying it would take a 20 pound gain before they took action, as opposed to the 10 pound gain that would trigger action in higher-income women. | Higher-income women would take action after a 10 pound gain. | They would take action for a gain of only 5 pounds. |
The popular phrase Soon come indicates an apparent lack of concern about time and an unhurried attitude to daily tasks. | Lack of concern about time is one thing the popular phrase soon come indicates. | The phrase soon come shows a dedicated attitude to daily tasks. |
Either labor can get it directly from the boss, or labor can get it from the boss via Congress. | Labor has a choice to get it from the Congress. | Labor has no choice. |
The office continues to represent Head Start in low-income districts. | In low-income districts, the office still represents Head Start. | The office has stopped representing Head Start. |
Until tomorrow ... | Until the following day... | Until the day after tomorrow... |
DIRECTED FLOWS OF RESOURCES -Expenses to nonfederal entities imposed by federal laws or regulations without providing federal financing. | Federal financing providing is imposed by the federal law. | Companies have used resource without identifying the source of income. |
It will help to identify innovative, best-practice models that point the way toward more efficient and effective methods of addressing the legal needs of low income people. | That will help to identify new models that can help the legal needs of the people who have a low income. | That will help to identify new models that can help the legal needs of the people who have a high income. |
huh boy you you like basketball though don't you | You like basketball, don't you? | You are a basketball, aren't you? |
The press rallies to the Pulitzer Prize winner's defense on hearing that the Manhattan Theatre Club was canceling his play about a gay Jesus. | After learning that the Manhattan Theatre Club was pulling a play that starred a gay Jesus, the press immediately took the side of the writer. | The Manhattan Theatre Club had every intention of running the Pulitzer Prize winner's play, but the media hoopla made it impossible. |
plus also i i'm sure that there's a legitimate reason for it but i don't understand uh personally why you have to register as a Democrat or Republican or whatever and then being being able only to vote in that that race that primary | I don't understand why you have to register what party you and then can only vote for that party in the primary. | I don't think there's a legitimate reason for it at all. |
The metaphor of the pulpit suggests not reading but oral and visual contact between the preacher and his flock. | The pulpit's metaphor suggests oral and visual contant between the preacher and his flock. | It is best to read instead of talk to the listeners. |
Our joint goal is to coordinate funding efforts to improve the delivery of legal services through the use of technology. | Our goal is to bring together funding efforts to improve delivery of legal services through technology | Our joint goal is to not fund the delivery of legal services |
For anyone who knows Washington, the idea that a roomful of slick corporate lobbyists would treat a sitting labor secretary this way is preposterous. | The idea of lobbyists treating a secretary is ridiculous in Washington. | There aren't any lobbyists or secretaries in Washington. |
Olorosos (which include the brown and cream varieties) are sweet, heavy, and dark, and go well with dessert. | Olorosos goes well with dessert. | Olorosos cannot be had with any desserts. |
If you are traveling on to another EU country, you should collect your VAT refunds at your final point of departure for home. | VAT refunds should be collected at your final point of departure, if you are travelling on to another EU country. | You are ineligible to collect any VAT refunds, so one should not even try. |
The Andersen story illustrates how a few people can do the wrong thing with catastrophic consequences for many innocent parties. | How an action taken by a small group of people can have poor outcomes for unrelated entities is well illustrated by the Anderson event. | The actions of a few never have consequences for innocent parties. |
Eventually his body was washed ashore, and identified beyond any possible doubt. | A man's body washed ashore. | A live person suddenly appeared out of the waves. |
so they put they they want you know they want the best and they don't think they think what the best is is reputation for for research and that's a one standard but it's not relevant to what they need | They think research is the best but its not necessary. | Reseach is an important part of what they do. |
right no that's true i mean | "I mean that it is true." | "I mean that it is a lie." |
Dorcas's eyes looked as though they would pop out of her head. | Doorca's eyes looked ready to leave her sockets. | Dorca didn't have eyes. |
actually actually a little bit later like nineteen uh nineteen thirteen nineteen twelve nineteen thirteen | It would have been at a later time like 1913 or 1912. | Yes, I think it would have been at a much earlier time like 1850. |
"Any chance they'll push a star after you here?" | He is being asked if there is a chance. | He is being pushed. |
Poirot seized his hat, gave a ferocious twist to his moustache, and, carefully brushing an imaginary speck of dust from his sleeve, motioned me to precede him down the stairs; there we joined the detectives and set out for Styles. | After he fussily made himself ready to go out, Poirot and I accompanied the detectives to Styles. | Poirot was so anxious to join the detectives that he left his hat and coat behind at the hotel. |
Play is activity engaged in for the enjoyment of it without regard to the financial remuneration. | People who are playing don't care about money. | Play is activity that expects to be reimbursed with money. |
and they said bring some tapes with you so they they are always borrowing my tapes | They are always asking about my tapes. | I leave my tapes at home when I go over there. |
Take time, mon ami. | Take your time. | Hurry up. |
Reporting Compliance With Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards | Reporting Compliance With Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards | Reporting non compliance With Generally Accepted civil Auditing Standards |
and um called food um what's it called i forgot what it's called anyway and and lemon | I forgot the name of that food. | The name of the food I'm thinking is mac & cheese. |
well i sort of one of the reasons it's taken so long is i've been working uh you know it's sort of half student half working and source of income and stuff so i'm actually managing to do this with zero debt | I am going part time and working so I don't have any debt. | I am not working and going to school full time so my debt upon graduation is going to be big. |
The immense main retable is composed of red marble, green jasper, and gilded bronze. | The immense main retable contains red marble and others. | The immense main retable is not composed of red mable. |
I felt like I was betraying something. | I felt bad. | It felt fine, I had no qualms. |
Watch your favorite theorists tackle everybody's favorite subject, as Katha Pollitt limns 50 Progressive Ways To Make Him Scream, and Judith Butler finds Hot Honeymoon Hump Tips That Catharine MacKinnon Could Love. | Watch them talk about sex. | They are too prudish to talk about anything mature. |
well i guess i would first identify myself as middle aged and therefore having seen the last generation i guess it puts me in you know gives me a perspective on that | I see myself as a member of the middle aged group. | I consider myself to be senior aged. |
West Bow (said to be so named because it was within a bow's length of the castle walls) and Candlemakers Row are streets leading away from Cowgate Head, at the end of Grassmarket. | Streets named Candlemakers Row and West Bow go away from Cowgate Head. | The two streets, West Bow and Candlemakers Row, are very far away from the castle walls. |
Good old hospital demobbed like everything else, I suppose?" Tuppence sighed. | The hospital is demobbed. | Nothing is demobbed. |
Kat Hing Wai was built four or five centuries ago by the Hakka Tang clan, one of the Five Great Clans that migrated here from North China . | The Hakka Tang clan built the Kat Hing Wai at least five centuries ago. | The Hakka Tang clans are one of the Two Great Clans from Southern China. |
But...excuse me, if I may make a comment, but I thought you were a dark haired guy, and not a baldie.' | I thought you had dark hair, not no hair! | Your hair is amazing, although I thought you were bald. |
yeah they just poop and it's yeah they | They just defecate. | They don't poop. |
For such purposes, some Martiniquais resort to different means. | Some Martiniquais resorts have a different method. | All Martiniquais resorts have the same method. |
than to get that two cents when you take it to the store we still have bins at the grocery stores where you can turn in bottles and cans | Bring in bottles and cans and dispose of them in the grocery store bins. | The grocery store doesn't have bins for bottles and cans. |
and um who are the other two he stole two associates | He stole two associates | He didn't have associates |
One of the major problems HMOs are facing is inadequate Medicare reimbursement. | HMOs are faced with major problems like insufficient reimbursements from Medicare. | HMOs are in a very fortunate positions because they do not have any issues with how Medicare is treating the organizations. |
Need the URL for Joe Conason's columns? | Joe Conason's columns are online. | Joe Conason's columns are not available online. |
Your prophecy is fulfilled. | Your prophecy has come to be. | You coffee is filled. |
and i knew the people involved both the people who perjured and the people who uh were defendants | The defendants and the perjurers were all known to me. | All of the people involved in the case are strangers to me. |
Osman Gazi was the founder of the House of Osman, the dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for 600 years. | The House of Osman started with Osman Gazi and his descendants ruled the Ottoman Empire for 600 years. | The House of Osman dynasty ruled Turkey for over a thousand years. |
Pig breeding was the main occupation of these early settlers, but they also planted sugar cane and other crops that required large numbers of laborers. | Pigs were a big thing to settlers. | No pigs were breeding. |
Just to the south is the great Amphitheater, the oldest surviving in Italy, offering a fine view back over the town from its upper tiers. | The great Amphitheater lies to the south and excellent views can be seen from its upper tiers. | The great Amphitheater lies to the south, but views of the town are not possible due to the large building erected in front of it. |
Or, to quote Kael again, Mean Streets never loses touch with the ordinary look of things or with common experience. | Mean Streets always shows ordinary things or common experiences. | Mean Streets shows extraordinary things and uncommon experiences. |
Pokemon has been banned in countless schools because kids won't stop trading cards. | Pokemon is big with kids. | Pokemon is a big part of the school curriculum. |
The players, main and line referees, and the audience members in the first five rows had to wear surgical masks during the game, and each unsuitable or already used puck would be disposed in special bio-hazard waste containers commissioned by the Federation for specifically this purpose, and designed and produced by the Beoning company. | The players wore masks. | The players were safe without protection. |
Farther along the Nablus Road, the sturdy, square, handsome tower of St. George's Cathedral, which was consecrated in 1910, is a little piece of England in the heart of Arab Jerusalem. | St. George's Cathedral was built in the English style. | You will only find local building types in Arab Jerusalem. |
Baron Haussmann greatly enlarged the parvis, the cathedral forecourt, diminishing the impact of the towering west front. | The parvis was enlargened by Baron Haussmann. | The cathedral forecourt is now bigger than ever. |
They held it for only four years, but the city was razed once again (just as Jesus had prophesied), the fortress of Masada fell, and the Jews were again taken into exile and slavery. | The Jews went through some hard times once the city was destroyed. | The Jews lived happily without facing any conflict. |
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