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Presently the telephone at the secretary's elbow purred, and he took up the receiver, spoke for a minute or two, then turned to his employer. | He was talking on the telephone | He did not speak on the telephone that day |
Recent research estimated that the growth in households' aggregate net worth over the 1960s and during the early 1990s was roughly equally divided between traditional saving and the increase in the nominal value of existing assets. | In the 1960s and 1990s household net worth increased due to the increase of value of existing assets. | Recent research estimated that the growth in households' aggregate net worth did not change in the 1960s and 1990s. |
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. | People are getting older on average in the world. | People are dying sooner than they ever have before. |
To fully recognize the transition costs, in fact, Congress should consider appropriating for them separately. | Congress should consider appropriating for transition costs separately. | Congress should not consider appropriating for transition costs separately, it's too dangerous. |
After tea, I want to talk to you. Her glance at Mary had set me thinking. | I would like to talk to you after tea. | I didn't think anything of her glance at Mary. |
What came next in this ridiculous world in which he seemed to be trapped? | What would happen next in this absurd world? | He knew what was going to happen in this world. |
Adorned by ten angel sculptures by Bernini and his studio, it arrives at the Cetel Sant'Angelo, originally built as Hadrian's mausoleum in a.d. 139. | There are ten angel sculptures. | The angel sculptures have been removed. |
oh that that that's terrible i mean that really is you know yeah | I can't emphasize how terrible that is. | I don't see how that's bad at all and I'm glad you experienced that. |
These days, island fishmongers are just as likely to sell frozen fish from afar as the freshly caught local article. | Freshly caught fish and frozen imported fish are equally likely to be offered by fishmongers. | All the fish sold by the fishmongers are locally caught. |
The other's more expensive, demurred Tuppence. | Tuppence protested that the other one is more expensive. | Tuppence found it to be a great deal. |
To see some of Cluny's impact on the surrounding countryside, visit a few of the villages whose Romanesque churches were built by Cluny's architects and among them, Saint-Vincent-des-Prees, Taiz??, Berz??-la-Ville, and Malay. | Cluny's architects built a number of Roman-style churches in the villages. | Cluny was an unsuccessful architect who didn't influence the surrounding countryside. |
But they showed what true love is when Bo took over John's medical care and for seven weeks forced him to drink gallons of water to flush out stubborn kidney stones. | Jon was receiving medical care. | Jon was very healthy. |
He frequently quotes Ronald Reagan. | Many of the quotes he recites can be attributed to Ronald Reagan. | He dislikes Ronald Reagan so much, that he refuses to even repeat any quotes that could be attributed to Reagan. |
The election could just as easily be a contest among several candidates--such as Bob Kerrey, Bill Bradley, Tom Daschle, and Gore--all of them trying to emulate Clinton's flight on both wings. | Contestants such as Bob Kerry trying to emulate Clinton's flight on both wings. | The candidates are trying to emulate Barack Obama. |
And while I think logic and evidence are on my side--that demography, not crony capitalism, is the villain, and inflation is the answer--it is certainly possible that I am wrong. | While I can point to logic and evidence, I think I may be wrong. | Given that logic and evidence are in my favor, there is not chance that I am wrong. |
, about $100 if I use Strathmore, a competing paper, which is only 25 percent cotton rag. | Strathmore costs about $100, but is only 25% cotton. | Strathmore contains much more cotton. |
you want to have that coverage so anyway uh but what else | It's important to be seen | It's best to stay out of the public eye |
It had been got away from me once, and I determined I wouldn't let on I'd got it until a photographer had made a dozen copies of it!" | I wouldn't tell anyone that I have it until at least twelve copies have been produced. | I didn't want to make any copies of it. |
The main spire is neo-Gothic of the 19th century. | The main spire is from the 19th century and neo-Gothic. | The main spire resembles the Gothic style of the 16th century. |
Leonardo's Annunciation (1472 1477) of a few years later already shows his characteristic gentle tone and feeling for precise detail, and the Adoration of the Magi, even as an underdrawing left unfinished by his departure for Milan (1481), reveals his revolutionary power of psychological observation. | Both Leonardo's Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi show off his flair for fine detail and powers of observation. | Leonardo's work wasn't very revolutionary and he was never very precise. |
It was still damp, it exhaled a strong odour of coffee, and imbedded in the nap of the carpet I found some little splinters of china. | There were small slivers of china in the carpet. | There was nothing on the carpet. |
Our place is here. | We will stay here. | Our place is far away. |
This is where our greatest surprise exists. | The greatest surprise exists here. | There is not where our greatest surprise exists. |
Over 40 invites attended. | Greater than 40 people attended. | We invited 20 people but no one turned up. |
In his liner notes, and more elaborately in our conversation, Levin claims the manuscript score makes Beethoven's intentions unambiguous on this point. | Levin studied Beethoven's scores. | Levin studied Bach's scores. |
While policymakers appear to have generally agreed to save Social Security surpluses, there is considerable debate over whether and how to use the non-Social Security surpluses. | There is considerable debate over whether and how to use the non-Social Security surpluses | There is no debate over whether and how to use the non-Social Security surpluses |
It provided for chief financial officers in the 24 largest federal departments and agencies, which together account for about 98 percent of the government's gross budget authority. | Nearly all of the government's gross budget authority is accounted for by 24 agencies and departments. | The 24 largest federal departments and agencies make up for 80 percent of the government's budget. |
Slate 's take on the culture of impotence.) | Slate's view about being unable to have an erection | Slate does not think anything about people's views on impotency |
Parque Casa de Campo is another former royal preserve, forested by Felipe II in 1559. | Felipe II forested Parque Casa de Campo in the middle of the 1500s. | Felipe II despised nature to his allergies and never forested any preserves. |
and down there at Sabine Pass uh i can't think of the guy's name but he held off the you know just he and a handful of guys managed to hold off the whole Union navy for a while from coming up the Sabine River which was of no consequence but still is an interesting story | Just a couple men managed to hold off the union Navy for quite a while. | The union Navy managed to travel up the Sabine River with no obstacles. |
Generally the train carriages were rusty and in ill-repaired, easy enough to sneak a ride on. | The trains were rusted out and in bad condition. | The trains were brand new. |
And it was a rotten world! | The world was rotten. | Pure and innocent is the world we live in! |
well i tell you what it is it's warm where i'm at | You know what it's warm here. | I need a jacket since it's so cold here. |
Soon Spain found itself the recipient of immense wealth in the form of gold and silver, and the Spanish rulers, eager for more, turned their attention away from the Mediterranean and Ibiza towards both the New World and the heart of Europe, where Spanish ambitions rapidly expanded. | With many riches from the Mediterranean and Ibiza, Spanish rulers decided to expand into the New World. | The Spanish peoples were very poor, and hoped to find wealth in Europe. |
A man looked in, then passed on to the next carriage. | A man was looking through the carriages. | To her surprise, the man came into her cabin. |
Since the payment is not demanded or earned, it is an other financing source to SMI rather than a revenue. | SMI use the payment as a source of financing rather than as revenue because it's neither demanded nor earned. | SMI will count the payment towards their revenue. |
well what have you seen that that | Well, what, have you seen that? | There was nothing to see there. |
The road was largely destroyed in the Rising , but was restored by the end of the 1920s (plans for a new restoration are under way). | The road underwent restoration by the 1920s with plans for further restoring under way. | The road never sustained damage to it. |
Congress changed the qualifications for In-county rates in 1986. | Congress controls the qualifications for in-county rates. | Congress never changed the qualifications for in-county rates. |
Voting is underway in the Person of the Century thread, which, created before the recent Time magazine survey, aims to identify, once and for all, the person who has most influenced the century. | People are voting for the Person of the Century. | Newsweek will name the Person of the Century. |
With Islam as the national religion and Malay Bahasa Malaysia as the national language, Malays enjoy practically exclusive access to the principal positions of government at federal and state level. | It is easier for Malays to gain top positions compared to members of minorities. | The only national religion of Malaysia is Hinduism. |
Running downhill from here is Uzuncar?«?? Caddesi, lined with hardware shops, which leads to the Spice Ba?zaar, the best place to buy lokum (Turkish Delight). | Turkish Delight is available to be purchased in the Spice Bazaar. | There are no hardware shops in Uzuncar Caddesi. |
thing was one here recently we saw at Christmas time um God i haven't been in a movie since | I haven't seen a movie since Christmas time. | I haven't seen a movie since Halloween. |
Pete Suazo, appropriated $100,000 toward the purchase of a building to create the nation's first Community Legal Center. | Pete Suazo devoted $100,000 for the creation of the country's first Community Legal Center. | Pete Suazo refused to allocate funds toward building the Community Legal Center. |
When I have a law clerk leave me to go into a big firm, that clerk starts off earning more money than I do, he said. | He said the clerk earns more money than him at a big firm. | He said they lose money by going to a big firm. |
Cheer up, said Tommy. | Tommy mentioned cheering up. | Tommy said to relax and stop smiling. |
No one should be angrier about this than Stephen Labaton, Jeff Gerth, and Safire's other colleagues at the Times who have patiently pursued the Clinton scandals in a careful way. | No one should be madder than Labaton who covered the Clinton scandals carefully. | No one should be madder than Labaton who covered the Clinton scandals crassly. |
We were surrounded by White's men. | Whte's men surrounded us. | We were sitting in peace till the morning. |
Jon looked down and saw the horse's hoof one step from the gorge. | Jon saw a horse hoof. | Jon didn't see any horses. |
and they're out winning awards you know and then and then the younger kids think they're great and everything | They've been receiving awards. | They haven't gotten any rewards. |
Given that nearly all radiotelephone companies have less than 1,500 employees, the FCC concludes that all of the 1,479 licenses for these blocks will be awarded to small businesses. | Since most radiotelephone companies have less than 1,500 workers, the FCC just went ahead and awarded licenses only to small businesses. | Since most radiotelephone companies have more than 1,500 workers, the FCC just went ahead and awarded licenses only to large corporations. |
the quantities what are good for you what isn't and um Life Extensions | What quantities would be good for you in your living situation? | I'm sorry, I can neither recommend nor sell this product to you. |
Understand what? | Understand what? | I understood everything. |
um-hum i think there should be a core minimum that they get but uh | The core minimum is something I think they should at least have. | They are already at the maximum allowed. |
and uh of course flying uh using your Social Security number of course permits people to do that | If you use your Social Security number, people will be able to accomplish that. | Even with your Social Security number people can't do anything with that. |
Media reports suggested that 1) he's as spry as ever and 2) Republicans can hardly wait to replace him with a living chairman. | Republicans are going to replace him as soon as they can. | Republicans are never going to replace him. |
Free pick up service. | Pick up service at no charge. | Pickup service for $12. |
I turned to Mary with a gesture of despair. | I looked at Mary, with a sign of desperation. | I could not dare to look at Mary. |
RFP inquiries on technology and on state planning were streamlined. | Questions about technology and state planning to the RFP were advanced onward. | There were no questions asked about either technology or state planning regarding the RFP. |
uh but in a in a innate music sense there just seems to be something missing there which is always frustrating for me since i have pretty high math aptitude and i keep thinking gee i thought that all the math and music people are supposed to go hand in hand but but it doesn't for me | I am mathematical, so it is annoying when music is not mathematical. | I always find that math and music people have a lot in common. |
What we have to ask, however, is whether that was a bad thing. | We have to ask if that was a bad thing. | We don't have to ask anything as we know it was a good thing. |
oh that's terrible | That is not good | Wow, that is fantastic! |
you know so uh i don't know how i mean i never really watched that a lot of TV when i was younger but my parents really didn't allow us to watch that much TV so i don't know | I never watched a lot of TV when I was a kid because my parents didn't let us. | I watched hours and hours of TV when I was younger. |
uh-huh and then see i didn't cross stitch the actual thumb print you know that was just the ink and then i made the ears and little eyes and nose and mouth that was so simple and it just it didn't take anything at all | The actual thumbprint was just the ink and it was really easy to make the facial features. | It was really difficult to make the eyes, ears, mouth and nose. |
Just as for people, saving for the national economy is the act of setting some of current income aside for the future instead of spending it for current consumption. | Saving the national economy is as important as saving is to normal people. | All money in the national economy should be spent immediately, with none for savings. |
and and i talked to this person who i gathered from speaking to her that that she and her family just didn't have much and they didn't have much credit available to them | The family didn't have much money or credit available. | The family was living comfortably and financially stable. |
Less than two years later, on his deathbed, terribly ill and desirous of death, Keats asked just the same question in one of his last Is there another life? | Before he died, Keats was very sick and wanted to die quickly. | A smile on his face, Keat was upbeat about the prospect of shortly ascending to heaven. |
The sign Grappillage Interdit means just what it says ' Don't steal the grapes, referring even to those left hanging at the end of the harvest. | The sign says not to steal the grapes. | All grapes produced in a harvest are eventually picked by the end. |
with children in that situation i i guess one knows one's own storly and i know uh in my children's case it was one where uh pretty much up until the older of two was in uh let's see i guess basically starting junior high and the younger was in fifth grade when my wife reentered the work force | My wife didn't get a job again until the kids were at least into fifth grade. | My wife never left here job when raising the kids. |
It's more like defending a rich mobster. | It's like defending a bad guy. | It's like refusing to defend a bad guy. |
In a knowledge-based process, the achievement of each successive knowledge point builds on the preceding one, giving decision makers the knowledge they need-when they need it-to make decisions about whether to invest significant additional funds to move forward with product development. | Knowledge points build upon each other. | All knowledge points act independent of each other. |
you know a lot a lot of people don't take newspapers at all we we took the Morning News for a while and then uh well we've been taking the Times Herald for ages and then | A lot of people don't take the papers but we took the Morning News and then switched to the Time Herald. | Mot people take the papers but we don't. |
I would have done anything for her. | I would go to the ends of the earth for her. | I hate her and wouldn't do anything for her. |
We will make your women whores for days before we roast them screaming on spits, said the demon scout. | They were going to torture and kill the women. | The men cried out in pain as the women burned them alive. |
The final rule, in accordance with section 4602 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, sets forth a new schedule of limitations on home health agency costs that may be | There's a new set of limitations on costs for the home health agency under the final rule. | The final rule didn't follow the provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997's section 4602. |
and uh but boy there is a there is a bad uh uh you know the old brash ugly American type | There is an old crude American type. | I love the old American one. |
7 million for next year, according to Weir. | Next year will require 7 million. | Next year will require 47 million. |
Though Seti commissioned the temple between 1291 and 1279 b.c. , the colonnaded courtyards and ramps on its facade were added by his son Ramses II who usurped his father, trying every way possible to excise his name from the temple walls. | Ramses II had problems with his father. | Ramses II did not excise his father's name. |
Its ruins, perched high above the modern town of Bergama, are still impressive. | Its amazing ruins sit high above the town of Bergama. | It ruins lie buried beneath the town of Bergama. |
things that uh get you on the edge of your seat a little too much for her | She doesn't like things that get you on the edge of your seat. | She likes to be on the edge of her seat. |
Richelieu's protege Mazarin, another cardinal, took over the job of prime minister during the minority of Louis XIV. | Mazarin replaced Richelieu as Louis XV's prime minister. | Cardinal Mazarin was the prime minister during the majority of Louis XV. |
Because we have learned over the years that premier delivery systems have two primary legs upon which they ultimately stand or fall - healthy and vibrant LSC-funded programs and healthy and vibrant state justice communities to which all LSC- funded programs belong - we will present our work in this third report in terms of our activities to promote healthy programs and healthy state justice communities. | Healthy programs and healthy state justice communities are vital to the growth of our societies. | There exists a gap between he LSC and the funding that reached to organizations. |
um-hum oh yeah he had some excellent military people | Yes, some of his military people were excellent. | None of his military people were really good. |
It was later converted into a Coptic Christian place of worship and their croses can still be seen carved into the lintels and door frames. | The Coptic Christian's crosses can be seen etched into the door frames. | It was later converted into a Muslim Mosque. |
The whole thing is absurd and ridiculous to the last degree." | It is entirely ridiculous in every way. | It made perfect sense to me. |
The Enquirer also helpfully contacted Earl Goss, the father of Michael's current live-in lover, Kenny Goss. | Earl Goss was contacted by The Enquirer. | Kenny Goss is the mother of Earl Goss. |
On that issue hinges the abundance of intelligent life in the universe. | On that issue hangs the huge amount of intelligent life in the universe | On that issue hangs the debate on how many moon Saturn has. |
She is seized with panic, and under its influence she hurries downstairs, and quickly drops the coffee-cup and saucer used by Mademoiselle Cynthia into a large brass vase, where it is discovered later by Monsieur Lawrence. | After the rush of activity, the brass vase contained a coffee-cup and saucer. | Monsieur Lawrence never discovered the coffee cup or saucer. |
This ultimate subsurface experience is becoming very popular in France, as it has been for a number of years in the United States. | The United States has enjoyed subsurface experiences for several years. | Nobody in Europe offers subsurface experiences. |
The analysis also discusses alternative approaches which were considered by EPA but were found lacking because they did not either significantly reduce the burden on small entities or would have jeopardized the program's projected air quality benefits. | The analysis discusses alternative approaches which were considered by EPA. | The alternative approaches weren't even considered by EPA. |
That is not the case. | The case is something else. | That is most definitely the case. |
They dropped a few thousand feet in the winds that followed the piece of sky, but their altitude was still safe. | They fell a few thousand feet, but their altitude was still safe. | They kept their high altitude through the winds. |
and um but i have uh i have been an a speaker in other uh similar type of activities uh and i know the reason why this is why the uh this is being | I've been invited to speak in similar types of settings before. | I've never been a speaker before, so I'm very nervous. |
A precondition to risk assessment is the establishment of clear, consistent agency objectives. | Clear and consistent agency objectives are a precondition to risk assessment. | Consistent agency objectives aren't important in risk assessment. |
He brushed past the man and turned, walking away. | He walked away from the man. | He pushed the man and stood in front of him. |
Only its outline, a few brick vaults, and three fine ancient monuments survive today. | Very little except a few brick vaults and monuments remain today. | The whole structure and several ancient monuments are still there today. |
Afternoon tea and black-tie dinners are still served at the most elegant hotels. | Dining at elegant hotels is for the most exquisite diners. | The clients of high rated hotels are served only breakfast. |
I strapped on my guns and went to the crone's shack. | I had my guns and was going to the crone's shack. | I strapped my knife to my belt and went to the shack. |
oh does she really | Are you sure she does? | I know that she does. |
Yes, I suppose so. | I guess so. | Definitely not. |
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