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Newsweek 's cover considers The O.J. | Newsweek is considering O.J for the cover. | News week in considering putting the Queen on the cover. |
Postal Service may legally deliver only periodicals, catalogues over 24 pages, parcels, and unaddressed letters. | the Postal Service is only legally allowed to deliver a few things. | The Postal Service can legally deliver anything they want. |
The lawyers who work for Alabama's programs are not highly paid. | The lawyers working in Alabama programs are not paid high enough. | The lawyers working in Alabama programs are very well compensated. |
but it seems as though if you really want to set a time side time to read the Bible and you work and and whatever uh that pretty well takes up your time for reading | If you want to read the bible, ti takes up a lot of time. | REading doesn't take much time. |
um-hum yeah so you need to to me if they going do a they need to keep checking like if somebody's got some drugs in they system | As long as people are taking drugs, they have to keep checking and running tests. | Just because people are taking drugs, that doesn't mean that they should be able to keep checking for it. |
At night we sometimes had sex outside on the deck--and even in a swing hanging from a tree in her front yard. | We had sex outside at night. | We only ever had sex in our bed. |
Wayne had the good luck to rule over Westerns, a genre that was set on wide-open land and commemorated the past and dealt in stark moral truths--a genre doomed to grow obsolete, leaving Wayne to dominate the landscape, a proud and lonely warrior. | Wayne is one of the very few who dominates the landscape of Westerns. | Westerns usually take place in large cities and in futuristic times. |
The fruit industry started in earnest in the 1880s as a reaction to the phylloxera disease that struck the local vineyards. | Prior to the fruit industry, fruits had a lot more trouble with diseases. | No one had any concern about phylloxera. |
It was clearly a difficult admission. | It was hard to say. | It was no problem to say. |
She's willing to lend it to me sometimes when it's a case of working on strictly unofficial lines. | Sometimes she's willing to lend it to me, when it's a case where I am working unofficially. | She never lends it to me, even when it's in an unofficial capacity. |
The Indians called it Madinina, island of flowers, and they were hibiscus and bougainvillaea, magnolia and oleander, anthurium, poinsettia, and more, all compete to make Martinique one of the most colorful tropical gardens on earth. | Martinique is an island full of tropical flowers. | There is nothing on the island of Martinique, it is barren. |
Dave arose to follow, but Bork gestured for him to wait. | Bork insisted Dave to stay where he was. | Bork beckoned for Dave to come over to him. |
well i loved that novel and then somebody said oh God this would have been even long ago because i was in Boston and it was raining all night and i had a hole in my roof and i was waiting for the whole house to collapse and uh i was reading Dune | I was reading Dune during a raining night in Boston as the water dripped through a hole in the roof. | Dune was a terrible book, I was hoping the roof would collapse so I wouldn't have to continue reading it. |
and that i know is run by the State but there may be other things i'm not so sure what kind of uh training that is for the future for those kids | The state runs that. | THe state isn't involved at all. |
this one here is just sweet | The one right here is sweet. | This one is not sweet at all. |
yeah and you get you get a little more carried away with it and you move a little closer | You start to move closer and as you start getting more carried away with it. | As you get less interested you move further away. |
Any goods shipped back from FWI require a 10% duty regardless of the monetary value. | You must pay 10% in tax on goods shipped home from FWI. | There is no duty on goods that you want to send home. |
Fowler brought a heaping plate and Drew began to eat. | Fowler brought Drew a plate of food. | Fowler refused to give Drew any food. |
The CSA focuses on the totality of Government operations rather than on individual programs, and shows the short- and long-term direction of current programs. | The short and long term direction of current programs is tracked by the CSA. | The CSA focuses on individual programs exclusively. |
Poirot, however, did not seem grateful to me for my forbearance. | Poriot didn't seem grateful to me. | Poirot seemed grateful to me. |
A few years ago I was helping a neighbor thread tracks back onto his bulldozer. | I saw that my neighbor had a bulldozer. | I have never seen a bulldozer up close. |
Cattle could also be kept off feed for 12 or more hours before they are slaughtered. | You do not need to feed cattle for 12 or more hours before slaughter. | Cattle must be fed ever hour of the day. |
To date, all published studies on emergency department or trauma center interventions have used the collaborative care approach. | The collaborative care approach has dominated the published studies on trauma center interventions. | Studies on emergency department interventions have found that the collaborative care approach is very unpopular. |
It was to discover that letter, then, that her husband forced the lock of the despatch-case? | The lock of the despatch case was forced open by someone. | Her husband was not interested in any letter. |
It huffs, puffs, and occasionally even blows a bit. | Sometimes it blows a bit. | It does not huff or puff. |
it doesn't matter to me | I don't really mind it. | It does make a difference. |
Hire some passengers, hire a submarine that's the only difficulty, I guess. | Get some passengers, buy a submarine, that's the only challenge, I think. | Find some passengers, get an airplane, it is the biggest challenge. |
What madness possessed her! | She was possessed with madness. | She was not possessed by madness. |
GAO anticipates that an agency will attempt to arrange for its personnel to be available for an entrance conference no later than 14 calendar days after receiving a request for a meeting. | Arrangement for its personnel to be available Will be attempted by the agency. | The agency is not expecting to have its personnel available for an entrance conference. |
Peace with Spain in 1411 prompted Portugal to seek overseas conquests. | Portugal was convinced that because there was peace in Spain, overseas conquests in 1411 would be a good idea. | There was, in 1411, ongoing civil conflict in Spanish territories. |
you know perhaps if we put money on the back burner that may that may choose to alleviate a lot of the problems i mean i mean we may not we may not have as high a standard of living but | Perhaps if we focus less on money, that would help with solving the problem. | Money aside, people should care more about this; if people cared more, we could do more. |
eight nine yeah a lot of it got zapped and it's it's slow coming back like our landlord didn't really replant any last year a lot of front lawn look looks pretty bad | A large part of the front yard doesn't look that good. | The landlord replanted last year and now the front yard looks great. |
The piece is accompanied by the requisite sidebars about a go-getting movie director, a fabulously successful cosmetics manufacturer, and a hip young environmental activist. | The piece comes with sidebars about a movie director, makeup manufacturer and an environmental activist. | The peace is standalone with no side bars. |
Do not move till I come." Then, turning rapidly, he rejoined the two detectives. | Don't make any moves until I get there, he said before joining the detectives. | You are free to leave, he said before walking alone to his car. |
On the crowded pavement there was little chance of his attracting their notice, and he was anxious if possible to catch a word or two of their conversation. | The crowds are difficult to entertain, but he wanted to eavesdrop on their conversation. | He tried to avoid large crowds, not caring to hear or see them. |
yeah well well we live we live really close to Lake Champlain which is in the Champlain Valley so we're a little we're about two weeks ahead of everyone else out on the outskirts so | Lake Champlain lies in the Champlain Valley. | Lake Champlain is nowhere near the Champlain Valley. |
Traditional audience participation in events such as beauty contests usually plays a part in the entertainment. | Entertainment commonly entails activities that include spectators. | Inclusion of spectators in activities is shunned by the entertainment industry. |
be rowdy at any one given time so they they put them outside a lot they try you know to get a lot of good breaks here and there and but uh they just took bookcases and things to move around and sort of what you know sort of build a an idea of a wall and the kids seem to handle it okay but it's it's got some drawbacks to it and uh as if that wasn't bad enough they they also experimented with a particular size school most of the elementary schools were uh seven hundred uh kids in in it only goes from kindergarten up to fifth grade for our elementaries and our particular schools run uh thousand fifty right now | They took bookcases and things to move. | They didn't move any furniture because the kids would be upset. |
In the event, within one month three different flags flew over the Place d'Armes (now Jackson Square). | Three different flags flew over the Place d'Armes (now Jackson Square) in the event. | Three different flags were not raised over the Place d'Armes (now Jackson Square) in the event. |
Succumbing to Caribbean-wide informality, the casinos do not require men to wear a tie or jacket. | Men are not required to wear a jacket or a tie when inside the casinos. | Men are always required to wear ties and jackets whilst they are in the casinos. |
Not exactly. | Not quite. | Exactly. |
Fine profiles of Klayman have recently appeared in Newsweek and the Washington Post . But the conventions of newspaper journalism are such that an objective reporter cannot render his own opinion that the subject has a screw loose. | Klayman is a famous or powerful person. | Reporters may say whatever they please when they write profiles for Newsweek. |
Who taught you your fencing? asked Jon. | Jon asked where the person learned to fence. | Jon refused to speak to the person. |
Quite apart from their costs, however, there's a real question whether air bags, on balance, save any lives at all. | Some people wonder if air bags are that effective. | Air bags kill more people than they help. |
ooh house payment that is is a lot of money | The house payment is high | The house is free by law |
well we're supposed to get rain but no snow | It's expected to rain. | We're expecting snow but not rain. |
Such equipment procurement may proceed in parallel with construction phase activities, so that the owner ultimately is able to furnish longleadtime equipment to the construction contractor in a timely manner, thus avoiding construction delays attributable to late equipment delivery. | Such equipment procurement may proceed similarly with construction activities. | Such equipment procurement won't proceed similarly with construction activities. |
yeah sounds like you you've already got the makings for being a general contractor | It sounds like you're already equipped to be a general contractor. | Sounds like you have no potential to be a general contractor. |
Anse had subsided, though he was still watching the sergeant with an unrelenting gaze. | Anse was still watching the sergeant. | Anse was still watching the stars. |
GPRA seeks to address such situations by requiring agencies to consult with Congress and other stakeholders to clarify their missions and reach agreement on their goals. | GPRA seeks to address such situations | GPRA seeks not to address such situations |
These circumstances involve situations in which the request (1) addresses an important issue of broad interest to multiple committees or the Congress as a whole, (2) involves an issue that is a legislative priority or is on a fast legislative track, or (3) asks for a compilation of information which GAO has developed from a substantial body of prior work and/or work originally requested by others. | There are three main types of situations involving these circumstances. | There are no reasons why these circumstances should be involved. |
As American multinationals ship their production overseas, the likelihood of getting business to support an import tariff (which would now tax their own imports) becomes equally small. | Corporate outsourcing can only lead to the decline of import tariffs. | The fat-cats in power are only interested in profit, so they'll ship our jobs out to cheaper countries, and then enjoy skimming off a hefty tariff on imported goods. |
Neither does jumping to conclusions. | You shouldn't jump to conclusions. | Jumping to conclusions is the best way to get information. |
These core values serve as both beliefs and boundaries; beliefs in the form of positive concepts one can be committed to, and boundaries in the form of limits that should not be violated. | Limits that people should avoid violating are called boundaries. | The core values provide boundaries but not beliefs. |
'Well,' said White. | White spoke. | White could not speak. |
Adrin and the Kal, east. | The Kal, Adrin and the east. | Adrin, the Kal and the west. |
These are terrific grounds for deciding to further test substances culled from nature--some of which will surely prove valuable. | These are perfect conditions for deciding about substance tests. | These is the worst environment for deciding anything about testing substances. |
Rice paddies in the northwest towards the Thai border and around river deltas on the east coast serve only domestic consumption. | The Thai border is around the northwest of the country. | There are no rice paddies near to the Thai border. |
uh-huh well sometimes too when we take out our garbage and we usually you know we just dump it in the middle of the garden you know after your garden's basically done | Sometimes we dump our garbage in the garden. | We are careful to make sure that all of our trash is in cans. |
oh my uh-huh can you do that on a credit card | Is it possible to do that on a credit card. | It is not possible that you can do that on a credit card. |
More recent machines saved from destruction include the Linotype printers used to produce newspapers until the advent of digital presses. | Linotype printers were used before digital presses were invented. | No one could save any Linotype printers |
In this paper, we add an adjustment for counter costs. | We add an adjustment for counter costs. | We don't add any adjustments. |
country club type things that the it was such nice services to offer the residents in the city and i really liked that | I liked the services offered to the city residents. | The services offered to the city residents were awful. |
and that's all you mainly do t hen right Italians how about uh Chinese | That's about all you have to do for Italians. | Are you half Italian half Chinese? |
He went north. | He traveled to the northern region. | He went to the south. |
A real liar wouldn't tell you that he's a liar as Wolff does, would he? | Wolff admits he is a liar. | Wolff says he is truthful. |
Give them to me. | Hand it to me. | Here, you take it. |
Chief Judge Robert M. Bell said his budget request is intended to maintain the same level of services that we have had in the last several years in terms of access to justice for the needy. | The budget request by Chief Judge Robert M. Bell is intended to maintain the same level. | The budget request by Chief Judge Robert M. Bell is intended to maintain a different level. |
Families lived in wooden longhouses like those still to be seen today among the Iban peoples of Sarawak. | The people lived in wooden homes that are similar to those there today. | The Iban people's homes are not there today and were demolished. |
But if $30,000 per year were saved for 12,000 offices, another one-third of a billion dollars would become available. | Saving $30,000 per year for 12,000 offices would free up one-third of a billion dollars. | Saving $30,000 per year for 12,000 offices would free up nine billion dollars. |
I'm addicted to your charms | I can't help myself because of your charms. | I am not addicted to your charms. |
But can he forever? | We don't know if he can forever. | We know that he can forever. |
You abandon it in the war-time, eh?" | You abandon it during war? | You embrace it during war? |
The police and paramedics said he had been stalking his girlfriend with gun in hand. | Several witnesses said the man was found following his girlfriend with a firearm. | The man and his girlfriend were happily walking hand in and hand together at the park. |
A marvel! | A wonder! | An ordinary occurrence. |
The crowds in and around the station will douse you in something of a baptism by fire; you'll soon realize that only a small fraction of them are actually there to take a train. | The crowds from the station will douse you in fire by baptism. | The crowds in this station will not douse you in fire by baptism. |
The Washington Post awards the GOP a clean win on an issue of prime importance to the American public but foresees an election-time brawl. | The GOP got a clean win, according to the Washington Post. | The GOP is a dirty party, says the Washington Post. |
Tuppence gave herself over to new meditations. | Tuppence is trying new forms of meditation. | Tuppence stays focused on one thing in particular, at the cost of everything else. |
Then head back to Alicante, just 28 km (17 miles) away. | Go back to Alicante, which is only 28km away. | You should go somewhere other than Alicante because it's very far. |
well that that's true i've never thought i've heard about it countless times but never thought about going up there | I have never considered going up there despite hearing about it so frequently. | I often think about going up there just to get away from it all. |
It uses the moral and historical grandeur of a world war to promote its cranky local obsessions to a level of universality and interest that they do not deserve. | It uses the gradeur of the world war to promote ideas. | They are totally deserving of the interest. |
so i don't i don't even know who your favorite team is actually | I don't know your opinions on sports. | I know you are a huge fan of the Yankees. |
Springing to her feet, she cried out angrily: "What do you mean? | She was angry and jumped up. | She sat down happily and said she knew just what he meant. |
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 lied about the money spent during her vacation in Paris. | Columba Bush lied about the money spent during her vacation in Paris- they were much less. |
It also has a fine collection of bronzes from the ninth to the 12th centuries. | There is a collection of bronzes located there. | The collection of bronzes is from the fifth century. |
For example, if an employee arrives 30 minutes late, but works 30 minutes past the planned departure time, this would be considered an immaterial variation and need not be recorded. | If an employee arrives 30 minutes late, but works 30 minutes past the planned departure time, this would be considered an immaterial variation | If an employee arrives 30 minutes late and doesn't work 30 minutes past the planned departure time, this would be considered an immaterial variation |
To them, the 1993 Oslo accords meant settling for a sadly truncated form of Palestinian self-rule without extracting an Israeli admission of wrongdoing. | The 1993 Oslo accords meant setting for a sadly truncated form to them. | In the 1990's, the Oslo accord was founded by Palestine. |
In the Mus??e d'Histoire de la Ville, in the castle keep, the town's naval history is told through the lives of its great navigators and pirates, together with all the colorful paraphernalia of sailing. | The Musee features a naval history exhibit. | The Musee de la Histoire de la Ville is located in a modern church. |
A good or service is the product of a process resulting from the consumption of resources. | Resources are consumed to produce goods and services. | Goods and services can be produced without any cost. |
But LSC quickly began to prove we were serious about planning. | LSC was able to show that we weren't taking planning lightly. | LSC didn't think we took planning seriously, so they chose not to affiliate themselves with us. |
There is no way around it, said American Cancer Society Vice President Steve Dickinson. | American Cancer Society Vice President Steve Dickinson has stated that there was no way to get around it. | American Cancer Society Vice President Steve Dickinson said that there were many other ways it could have been done. |
The marginal cost of carbon reductions range from $46 to $138/metric ton through 2015 with each scenario showing successively smaller costs as technology characteristics improve and more energy-efficient and/or low carbon technologies penetrate the market. | The improvement of technology characteristics appear to have contributed to the increasingly smaller costs associated with carbon reductions. | The range of the marginal costs associated with carbon reductions were between $40 to $100 per metric ton in 2015. |
and uh but he was fun one time i was cooking chicken and i make taken all the chicken breasts off the bones and i had this whole stack of nice chicken breasts up there and he jumped from the floor probably about four and a half feet high and grabbed one of them off and devoured it before i could get near him | He stole a chicken breast. | He took two ham chunks. |
Buried once again, said San'doro. | "Buried once more," replied San'doro. | "Lost. We rode to bury it, but we were too late," said San'doro. |
The magazine market is less like a general election, in which the candidate with the higher negative rating always loses, than like a crowded primary, in which the fight for attention is crucial, and it's worth alienating some people in order to attract others. | It's important for magazines to get attention. | Magazines no longer exist. |
Guangzhou was China's major seaport for 2,000 years and the center for European traders in the 19th century. | Guangzhou was the major seaport of China for over 2000 years. | European traders were not allowed in China until the 20th century. |
and they do i know now because i even when i was in elementary school years ago they were | I know they do now because they did when I was in elementary school. | They never did when I was in elementary school and still don't now. |
The model we have today can be traced all the way back to the early 1970s (back to the Trueblood Committee). | Today's model originated in the early 1970s. | The model was just created in the 1990s. |
and the two guys i was with they were like well this you're a wimp you know because we've been drinking out of the water and we're okay so they went out fly fishing and they're having a great time | They said they drank the water and it was okay. | They did not go fly fishing. |
The original of that photograph was the French girl, Annette, who saved his life." | Annette saved his life. | Annette killed him. |
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