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and although we don't have any criminal actions here we do have other um lawsuits that do go to trial from time to time | There are occasional non-criminal lawsuits. | The criminal lawsuits are usually the first ones to go to trial. |
we'll probably never know how much it actually cost | Hard to know how expensive it really was. | It cost exactly three thousand dollars. |
He'd met the gamecock breed before and had never known the need to bristle at their crowing. | He'd seen the gamecock breed before. | He'd never seen a gamecock before. |
Foremost is the Basilica of the Holy Crose(Santa Croce), the city's best example of its Baroque heyday, and the Piazza del Duomo, ringed by the rebuilt cathedral and neighboring buildings of similar pedigree. | The church is Baroque architecture. | The church is Gothic architecture. |
Aberdeen, the island's oldest settlement, once a pirate lair, is home to the floating population ' the boat people who spend their entire lives on the junks in the harbor, some proudly claiming never to have set foot on land (except for funerals, which don't count). | Once a den of pirates, Aberdeen still houses salty sea-dogs who rarely set foot on land. | Aberdeen is a newly-developed city several miles inland. |
As 1997 drew nearer, it became clear that the Chinese government had no intention of renewing the 99-year lease on the New Territories. | The New Territories were owned by the Chinese at some point. | The New Territories were never owned by an Asian nation. |
If you're not in the mood for wine with your meal, have no qualms about ordering something else instead. | You can order something else if you don't want wine. | Wine is the only option of drink available with the meal. |
He is easily distracted the critic John Leonard remarked in an appreciative review of Culture and Imperialism , answering too many fire alarms, sometimes to pour on more petrol. | He responds to too many fire alarms and occasionally pours on more petrol, says John Leonard. | He had an extraordinary ability to concentrate, said John Leonard in a review that was otherwise scathing. |
According to Spanish law, only captains who have an official licence can operate motorboats. | Motorboats can only be operated by captains with an official license. | Anyone with a motorboat can operate it in Spain. |
Proof that he's skeptical about politics? | He could be skeptical about politics. | He is skeptical about politics because he is a politician. |
Now we have more strychnine, handled by one of the household. | One of the household has handled strychnine. | There was no strychnine present prior to this. |
right yeah i had to change the water pump in that here about a year ago and it was really fairly easy take the grill out and the radiator out and you can just stand there and work on it | It was really easy to remove the grill when I had to change the water pump a year ago. | It was rather difficult to take the grill out. |
The New Republic 's Jed Perl bashes the newly opened J. Paul Getty Museum, designed by Richard Meier, whose architecture, says Perl, only works in coffee-table books. | Jed Perl bashed the design of the new J. Paul Getty Museum. | Jed Perl praised the new J. Paul Getty Museum in a recent article. |
and there's always been an interest there | The interest has always been there. | There has never been an interest. |
I've had enough of it. | I've dealt with this enough already. | I'll keep helping, I suppose. |
What did you say? she asked, her fingers playing nervously with a brooch on her breast. | She hadn't heard him while she tinkered with a trinket on her breast. | She mulled over what they had said, then settled on an answer. |
well you you know you you sit here and you think about that at the same time you think God i just hope i don't sound like a stage mother because if right now if you ask my friends twenty put twenty mothers in a room and ask them how many have gifted children you're going to have twenty hands you know up there | Many mothers believe their children are more gifted than they really are. | There are no gifted children in my school. |
This reporting system will detail and describe the delivery of services that are not cases, services such as community education, information through Internet web sites, self-help forms and kiosks. | This reporting system will detail and describe the delivery of services that are not cases. | This reporting system will not detail or describe any deliveries. |
It is true. | So it is fact-based. | It is false and untrue. |
uh you know it could be an advantage to them | They could benefit from it. | They have no use for it. |
A candidate's best strategy, therefore, is to show the media and the voters his most manageable flaw in the hope that they will focus on that flaw and stop looking for others. | Candidates try to show voters a flaw that can be managed easily. | Candidates never have any flaws. |
no they don't take any i mean i couldn't even go there my husband couldn't we would have to receive all this special permission to go there for even when some you know in in inner company you know transfer or something and i have another friend from uh Costa Rica that she was born there she's Costa Rican i guess i do know a little bit i went to Mexico City one time and stayed i've been there twice and stayed and that was that was just really sad but a lot of it though is their debt i think that we should not loan them anymore money that if we still want to give them money give them money quit loaning it to them you're not going to get it back don't be indebted to anybody don't be the you know loaner nor borrower and it's just not good we need to if we feel like we need to give them money then give it to them but quit loaning all the money out which i don't think we're loaning anymore now but that's how we got into a problem if we got them we have sink them in the hole by us loaning them all of these billions of dollars that common sense you could just look at it and say they're not going to be able to pay us back | He attennds the church in Guatemala City. | He will not go to the church in Guatemala. |
what do we think about them | what opinion do we hold about them | what's something we would never say about them? |
The government and the taxpayers will increasingly need to distinguish between wants, needs, and affordability of programs and services in the coming years. | Difference between wants, needs and affordability of programs will need to be observed. | The taxpayers and government do not need to change anything in the coming years. |
Recently, these two programs have committed to an agenda of specific collaborative projects, including joint technology consultations, joint efforts by the two Boards of Directors in areas of mutual interest, joint economic development projects, and assistance in developing intake systems. | The two programs have had a number of joint tasks. | The two programs will not work in conjuncture. |
Skirting the bay, which has been transformed into a variation on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, are high-rise hotels and apartment buildings. | There are apartment buildings and hotels around the edge of the bay. | The bay is devoid of any accommodation; there are no hotels or apartments. |
On the waterfront sits the Doges' Palace (Palazzo Ducale), for 900 years the focus of Venice's uncontested power and pomp, evoked in the imposing elegance of its delicate pink marble and white limestone facades with their airy arcades and loggias. | The Palazzo Ducale is also called the Doges' Palace. | For one year it was the focus of Venice's uncontested power and pomp. |
It's all right, girl pretty lady Drew fondled her mane, stroked the satin-smooth arch of neck. | Drew touched a horse. | Drew shot his dog. |
yeah that that that's really nice that they started doing that because it's the problem is you take them to some place nice and and you know the um even a place where they have to to sit down even if they really get kids they get they get bored in a hurry | Kids often get bored really quickly. | Kids can sit quietly and entertain themselves for long periods of time. |
At most seaside resorts like the Venice Lido or Sardinia's Costa Smeralda, expect to pay for umbrellas, deck chairs, and the use of changing cabins. | Sardinia's Costa Smeralda is a seaside resort. | Deck chairs are free at most seaside resorts. |
The best in Varadero is La Bamba at the Hotel Tuxpan (entrance US$10-$15). | The greatest available is at La Bamba hotel that is located at Hotel Tuxpan. | The worst in Varadero is La Bamba at the Hotel De Gallo. |
and the US has you know it's like they it seems like they can their their army or whatever can can go in there quicker than an atomic bomb can and do do the job with uh you know less suffering | The US army can go there, instead of just dropping an atom bomb. | Dropping an atomic will cause less suffering than sending an army. |
On the contrary, it might be simpler for you to pass as an American. | It might be easier for you to pass as an American. | It's harder for everyone to pass as Americans, even for Americans. |
Reports that demonstrate that there are many people both within LSC and our grantee programs and outside of our federally-funded structure who care deeply about issues related to equal justice and who have refused to take our many crises lying down. | There are reports that people in the LSC refuse to sit by while disaster strikes. | There are reports that people in the LSC will just sit by while disaster strikes. |
That explains away any incongruities of voice or manner which otherwise might awaken suspicion. | That would give us cover to avoid having to explain any red flags. | We still need to come up with an explanation for the manner and voice incongruities. |
What had happened? | Something happened? | Nothing's been happening lately. |
On a hardwood frame, silver and gold threads are woven into fine silk, usually of emerald green, dark red, purple, or royal blue. | Gold and silver threads are woven into fine silk, on a hardwood frame, usually of emerald green, purple, dark red, or royal blue color. | Bronze threads are woven into silk, on a lightwood, usually in a black or white color. |
After his move to Amsterdam, de Hooch painted ever more luxurious interiors, probably as bait for wealthy patrons. | De Hooch's more luxurious interiors were likely used to bait wealthy patrons. | De Hooch painted more boring interiors after moving to Amsterdam. |
If that look of death had been aimed at him, Ca'daan would have wet his breeches. | He would have wet himself. | He was strong and not afraid. |
This naked, righteous populism makes McCain a superb advocate on campaign finance and tobacco. | This form of populism makes McCain a good advocate on both tobacco and campaign finance. | This type of populism makes McCain a terrible advocate on campaign finance. |
Recognizing that more action was needed to improve the CSR system, LSC provided additional written guidance to the field, including a substantial revision to its CSR Handbook (reissued in November 1998), and conducted training sessions on that guidance. | Training and revisions were made to improve the system. | Nothing was done by LSC to improve the system. |
The route is 8 km (5 miles) long and includes some beautiful scenery. | If you follow this route for 8 km you will see a beautiful scenery. | The route includes a horrible scenery, doesn't it? |
But it is too late! | There is no time left. | There is plenty of time. |
It should also be considered that the value in this table assumes conservatively high proportion of boilermaker labor and that the boilermaker trade grows at its minimum target rate of 5.3 percent. | The table assumes that the boilermaker trade grows at 5.3 percent. | The table assumes that nobody is a boilermaker. |
We've sent out a doppelganger to fool the Sons, and the orderly has been sentenced to slavery under the pyramid builder for twenty lifetimes. | The copycat should trick the Sons, and the orderly has been made a slave. | The doppelganger hasn't been deployed yet, the orderly yet to be sentenced. |
start up again i uh i started when i was younger and uh it was prior to the time that the the risks were uh were known | I was younger when I started. | I just started recently. |
um but that is a real a real i mean that's a real good way to do it i think i think that you know these people are sort of getting the money and doing something for it so | Doing something for money is a good way of getting it. | Money can be attained easily in any way. |
There is also a good view west to the Bay of Funchal; to the east, the modern resort on the small promontory is Canico de Baixa, another favorite with German vacationers. | German tourists are a common site in Funchal's hotels. | Canico de Baixa is a hotel only meant for locals. |
But in February the Los Angeles Central Labor Council voted to endorse Riordan's re-election bid after he dangled promises of an immense hotel-development project. | Riordan was endorsed by the Central Labor Council. | The Central Labor Council has decided to support Riordan's opponent. |
. Congress busts the budget caps to protect the poor sodden folk. | Congress busts the budget to protect the poor folk. | Congress busts the budget to protect the rich folk. |
It was indeed until 1869. | It was true up until 1869. | It was until 1867. |
Emperor Justinian (527 565) and his wife Theodora reannexed Italy to the Byzantine Empire and codified Roman law as the state's legal system. | Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora ruled the Byzantine Empire. | Justinian and Theodora preferred a system of martial law. |
well that i wouldn't know i left there when i was quite young | I don't know as I left there when I was young. | I know because I never left. |
Done! came another. | There was another. | There was only one. |
well yeah well when we've painted um right now our house doesn't have to have the same kind of exterior painting there it's more trim because it has some of the old asbestos shingles | We've painted our house. | We haven't painted anything yet. |
However, let me assure you, we did not use performance to target certain individuals. | Let me assure you we didn't use performance to target people | We used performance to target people |
In fact, I knew that she hid outside the shack in some barrels in the high grass. | She would hid in the barrels but it was known she was there. | She pushed over the barrel and rolled down the hill. |
Tommy lay back on the couch. | The couch groaned under Tommy's weight. | Tommy stood up and marched out the door. |
For the public good | For the benefit of the public | For the detriment of the public |
oh yes um let's see we've got a weed whacker we have an uh edger you know that goes between the grass and the sidewalk | We have a weed whacker and an edger to get between the sidewalks. | We don't have a weed whacker, we need one. |
Whether this is Jesus's burial place or not, the tomb is relatively unspoiled compared to the one in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. | The tomb has not been spoiled in comparison. | The tomb here was Jesus's church. |
The Plaza de Zocodover is where the Moorish market (zoco) was held in the Middle Ages. | The Moorish market was once held at the Plaza de Zocodover. | The Plaza de Zocodover was build in 1985. |
The Malay aristocracy preferred to leave commerce to foreigners, principally to Tamil and Gujarati Indians, Javanese, and Chinese. | The Malay aristocracy decided that foreigners should run the commerce side of things. | The Malay aristocracy took control of commerce, expelling all foreigners. |
Barik crashed into the northerner, his sword cutting hard into the rapier's hand-guard. | Barik cut the northerner. | Barik missed the northerner when he swung at him. |
The success or failure of information system acquisitions affects executive agencies' credibility with the Congress and the public as well as their abilities to carry out their missions effectively and efficiently. | Credibility with Congress and the public is affected by the success or failure of the information systems acquisitions. | Credibility is not undermined in any circumstance. |
It took him clear effort to crawl back. | Crawling back was difficult. | He could walk back unscathed. |
Drew remembered Don Cazar's encounter with Bayliss at Kells' stable. | Don Cazar had an encounter with Bayliss. | Don Cazar was at Kelly's stable. |
and you weave intricate patterns and use different colors like it could be a flame stitch where so rather than drawing a picture you're making a design like a geometric or whatever and it was used quite often in the colonial times to uh uh to upholster chairs and so forth as well as the crewel um embroidery work that was done on them | A flame stitch was used during colonial times. | Upholstering during colonial times used one color only. |
Slate received several letters mourning the end of Mark Alan Stamaty's cartoon series Doodlennium: | Doodlennium was no longer going to be published in Slate. | Doodlennium would continue to be published for the forseeable future. |
Jon closed his eyes and enjoyed the comfortable warmth of the high red sun that had burned him so often. | Jon enjoyed the warmth of the sun. | It was midnight, foggy, cold and dark. |
The arts flourished during the 16th and 17th centuries, a period known as the Cretan Renaissance. | The Cretan Renaissance was during the 16th and 17th centuries. | The arts were suppressed during the Cretan Renaissance. |
At the sight of Shiloh and Shadow he whistled. | He made a noise as he saw Shiloh and Shadow. | He became quiet at the sight of Shiloh and Shadow. |
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY STEWARDSHIP INFORMATION (RSSI) - The category defined by the Board for reporting information required by the stewardship standards. | RSSI is defined by the board to report information. | RSSI is defined by the board to report complaints. |
However, if I know the new way is inappropriate, I cannot be permitted to cave. | I shouldn't be allowed to give in if I know the new way is good. | I should be allowed to give in if the new way is good. |
The square is dominated by the Grand Th??atre, the jewel of Bordeaux's many 18th-century buildings. | The Grand Theatre was built during the 18th century. | Bordeaux has few buildings standing from the 18th century. |
For example, President Clinton's 2000 Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) proposal would have provided government matching on voluntary | Government matching on voluntary was proposed in President Clinton's 2000 Retirement Savings Account proposal. | President Clinton's RSAs proposal would not have provided government matching on voluntary. |
The Germans, he writes, displayed the callousness toward human life typically attending war. | The Germans were not respectful of human life. | The Germans were cautious towards human life. |
security awareness day and products with security-related slogans. | Products that are security-related will be featured. | We will not be having a security awareness day this year. |
we're uh two miles we're between Indianapolis and Chicago on Interstate I sixty five and we're just now being found by the north end of the state and getting a lot of | We're 2 miles between Indianapolis and Chicago. | We're 10 miles between Indianapolis and Chicago. |
He said McCain's performance should be judged merely adequate. | The performance of McCain was judged as just okay by him. | He said McCain had done perfectly. |
Courbet was painting his vast canvases of provincial life, and Manet his Dejeuner sur l'Herbe. | Scenes from the countryside were a signature of Courbet. | Courbet liked to paint tiny vignettes of urban sprawl. |
She looked excited and determined, and slightly on the defensive. | She looked thrilled and focused, and a tad on her guard. | She looked bored and distracted, and ready to pounce and attack. |
He could do nothing but cower when the whipmaster had attacked. | The whipmaster started hitting people. | The whipmaster stormed out. |
Brain Cell | The cell of the brain variety. | Kidney cell. |
It describes techniques, known as software metrics, for quantitatively measuring how closely a project conforms to development plans and assessing whether an acquisition is at risk of delay or cost increases. | Techniques are described for measuring how much a project conforms to plans. | There are no software metrics that can measure project conformity. |
Juan de Herrera, considered the greatest Spanish architect of the age, inherited the project after another architect had only begun the work. | The architectural project was completed by Juan de Herrera. | Juan de Herrera left his work behind to be completed by the greatest Spanish architect of the age. |
The mountains are blanketed with thick, verdant forests watered by regular tropical downpours from the heavy clouds that surround the high peaks. | The mountains are covered with forests. | The mountains are nothing but bare rock and snow. |
Past the Jalan Tun H. S. Lee and Jalan Cheng Lock junction is the See Yeoh Temple, founded by Yap Ay Koy, a city leader in KL's early days. | The See Yeoh Temple is past the junction. | The See Yeoh Temple is before the junction. |
and if you don't have coats and sweaters with you of course by then you're all sweated up and warm and that's how i think a lot folks carry | I think a lot of people carry sweaters and coats. | People don't carry coats and sweaters at all |
Next to the church are the lovely 14th-century cloisters (Chiostro delle Clarisse), converted in 1742 into a country garden of shaded walkways and Capodimonte ceramic tiles a delightful haven of tranquility and one of Naples' most charming spots. | The cloisters are over five hundred years old. | Next to the church are the horrid 10th century cloisters. |
and uh oh that thing eat gasoline uh we could suck up thirty gallons in an afternoon of skiing | That engine is a real gas-guzzler. | That's the most efficient engine out there. Fill her up before you leave and you won't have to worry about it for the rest of the trip. |
The most newsy development in what Today's Papers had decided to call the Whitefluid scandal is that yesterday, as reported in the WP , Monica Lewinsky's lawyer revealed on one of his five (!) chat show appearances that it's possible his client, who owns a share of a Australian condo, was tape-recorded offering it to Linda Tripp in return for Tripp denying knowing about Lewinsky's claim that she had a sexual relationship with President Clinton. | Monica Lewinsky's lawyer appeared on five chat shows. | Monica Lewinsky's lawyer refused to speak on television. |
Dueling NYT headlines (from the Internet edition): | Contradicting headlines of NYT | Washington Post headlines on print edition. |
I know what you mean. | I understand you. | I don't get it. |
have did did you know that there was a difference in the parakeets | Did you know that the parakeets are different? | Did you know that all parakeets are the same? |
One is Basha-michi ( Horse-Carriage Street ) running from Kannai Station to the waterfront. | There's a street which runs from Kannai Station to the sea. | There's no direct route from Kannai Station to the water. |
The Middle Ages | The Middle Ages were a time period. | There were no Middle Ages. |
Staats was also a leader in recognizing the importance of international interaction in the accountability field. | Staats recognized that international interaction is important. | Staats didn't find the interaction important at all. |
i will admit the same thing i would come home and flip on MacNeil Lehrer and they would run these extended two three hour versions of the program and i i was just i was | They often run extended multi hour versions of MacNeil Lehrer. | MacNeil Lehrer only runs for 20 minute segments. |
that's you know i wanted | You know I wanted. | I didn't want. |
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