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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "A strip search was conducted by Vice Principal Kerry Wilson's assistant and a school nurse, both females." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Redding was ordered to strip to Redding underwear and to pull on the elastic of her underwear, so any hidden pills might fall out, according to court records." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "A strip search was the most humiliating experience I have ever had,\" Redding said in an affidavit." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "But when no contraband was found, the officials went too far by continuing the search of her underwear." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Such a search was permitted if there were \"reasonable\" grounds for believing that it would turn up evidence and when A strip search was not \"excessively intrusive." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- When American pop artist pop artist Andy Warhol visited Beijing in 1982 and was told there wasn't a McDonald's, American pop artist Andy Warhol replied: \"Oh, but they will." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Twenty-six years after American pop artist Andy Warhol death, Warhol, whose much-lauded prescience extended across visual and consumer culture, has popped up in China once again -- and American pop artist Andy Warhol was right about the fast-food chain." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "15 Minutes Eternal,\" the first major retrospective of American pop artist Andy Warhol work in China, recently arrived in Shanghai with the aim of acquainting the Chinese public with the artist who created some of the most famous paintings of the most iconic figure in China's history." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "pop artist Andy Warhol goes to China ." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "While pop artist Andy Warhol's trip to Beijing was American pop artist Andy Warhol" }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "first and only visit to ChinaChina, American pop artist Andy Warhol engagement with China" }, { "ord": 18, "sent": ", China also provided Warhol with a respite from the pressures of fame." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "China also provided a source of inspiration for Warhol's nascent modeling career." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Can Warhol make a name in China?" }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Many Chinese are familiar with certain Warhol works, such as the Marilyn Monroe or the Chairman Mao portraits, reproductions of which dot cafes and tourist markets across Beijing." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Christie's first private Andy Warhol's sale in Hong Kong last November attracted a mostly Asian demographic and managed to sell nearly half of Christie's first private Warhol sale in Hong Kong last November lots, Good said." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": "\"China's Andy Warhol." }, { "ord": 72, "sent": "Maybe (the Chinese) don't know Makos, but the Chinese know His work,\" Makos said, predicting that \"China's Andy Warhol \"will get bigger and bigger in China.\"" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "First major retrospective of pop artist Andy Warhol's work exhibiting in China .\npop artist Andy Warhol made first and only trip to China in 1982, which provided artistic inspiration .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "While iconic works are well-recognized in China, few people connect few people with pop artist Andy Warhol .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 40, "sent": "We've seen a great deal of interest and curiosity (among Chinese) about Western art and international culture." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "Influence on Chinese contemporary art ." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "Warhol's influence on Chinese contemporary art can actually be traced back to 1981, when many contemporary artists, labeled as dissidents, fled the country, Shiner said." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "Ai Weiwei and Xu Bing." }, { "ord": 58, "sent": "Both artists have gone on to become some of the most recognized and celebrated names in Chinese contemporary art, and some would go as far as calling Ai Weiwei" }, { "ord": 69, "sent": "Ai and Xu aside, the pop artist Andy Warhol aesthetic and vocabulary has deeply influenced Chinese contemporary artists over the past 10-15 years, with its characteristic combinations of social realist imagery with pop culture and iconic brands." }, { "ord": 76, "sent": "CNN's Feng Ke contributed to this report." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "pop artist Andy Warhol influenced Chinese contemporary artists, most notably Ai Weiwei and Xu Bing ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "\"pop artist Andy Warhol:" }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "If you don't know who Andy Warhol is, I won't blame you." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "I think Andy Warhol's is a perfect artist...to show what Western culture is all about." }, { "ord": 61, "sent": "Shiner readily concurred: \"Shiner's really gone on to model Shiner entire art-making process and career on proven pop artist Andy Warhol tactics, looking at repetition, multiplication, and critique of consumer culture." }, { "ord": 62, "sent": "When you look at Shiner Coca-Cola works, that's directly related to pop artist Andy Warhol" }, { "ord": 64, "sent": "Ai's similarity to pop artist Andy Warhol also lies in Shiner social activism, which aims to change Chinese society through art, Shiner added." }, { "ord": 65, "sent": "As for Xu Bing, viewers may not immediately see pop artist Andy Warhol in Shiner work, Shiner said, but Shiner described the artist as a \"huge fan of Warhol\" who \"loves the idea of repetition -- the formal arrangement of Chinese character after Chinese character, an endless array of similar looking imagery." }, { "ord": 67, "sent": "Ai once spotted pop artist Andy Warhol at a party, but did not approach Shiner, Shiner revealed." }, { "ord": 73, "sent": "Andy was the ultimate pop artist." }, { "ord": 75, "sent": "As long as that imagery is live and well, pop artist Andy Warhol will have this built-in publicity." } ]

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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "started a decade earlier, inspired by former U.S. president Richard Nixon's rapprochement with the communist power in 1972." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Ripping from the headlines, pop artist Andy Warhol adopted Chairman Mao as Chairman Mao subject, applying Chairman Mao signature pop aesthetic to China's paramount leader." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Chairman Mao series of portraits went on to become some of Chairman Mao most well-known works." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Chairman Mao was front-page news in America and that was often where pop artist Andy Warhol got Chairman Mao biggest inspiration,\" said Eric Shiner, director of Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum, which organized the exhibition." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Chairman Mao described Chairman Mao as \"classic pop artist Andy Warhol subject matter." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "\" pop artist Andy Warhol relied on a copy of Chairman Mao's portrait photograph in China's paramount leader's Little Red Book of ideological quotations to create Chairman Mao paintings." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Little did Chairman Mao know that Chairman Mao would eventually pose for a photo in front of the original portrait hanging in Beijing's Tiananmen Square." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Chairman Mao trip to Beijing was an unexpected byproduct of a visit to Hong Kong." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "Censoring Mao in China ." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "A staff member told CNN that government authorities would have considered the Mao works \"too political.\"" } ]

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[ { "ord": 15, "sent": "The industrialist Alfred Siu had invited The industrialist Alfred Siu to Hong Kong to attend the opening of a night club, decorated with portraits of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana that The industrialist Alfred Siu had commissioned from the artist." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Upon Warhol's arrival, The industrialist Alfred Siu announced The industrialist Alfred Siu had arranged a VIP tour to Beijing for The industrialist Alfred Siu and The industrialist Alfred Siu friends." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "As Andy would say, The industrialist Alfred Siu didn't have to wear The industrialist Alfred Siu Andy suit." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "While most of them went to Paris and Berlin, two artists \"very specifically went to New York because them wanted quite literally to be part of Andy's universe\" --" }, { "ord": 66, "sent": "Unfortunately, neither artist became acquainted in person with their muse, despite moving to New York for Shiner." } ]

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[ { "ord": 17, "sent": "Artistic inspiration aside" }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Notoriety and fame is a double-edged sword...." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "So far, it appears that this education is welcome -- and necessary." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "The curiosity is greater than the awareness,\" said Good." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "\"Of course, the primary concern is to get the show there and up and not put anything in a category that would ever question anything,\" Shiner said." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "Knowing that we would have the censors from the Ministry of Culture, we wanted to make sure... that nothing would put the show in jeopardy." } ]

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[ { "ord": 19, "sent": "It was one of the special places,\" said Christopher Makos, the artist's close friend and personal photographer, who accompanied The industrialist Alfred Siu to China." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "China's communist uniformity, with China blue sea of unisex Mao suits, appealed to Warhol's aesthetic obsession with repetition." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "He was all about multiples...and at the time, China was the ultimate multiple,\" Makos said." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Warhol posed for Makos camera with gestures Makos adopted from the tai chi practitioners Makos observed outdoors -- and even adopted the bared-teeth expression of the guardian lion in the Forbidden City in one photo." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "But if you say you've never seen Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe portrait, I would have to jump into the Huangpu river and kill myself!\" wrote user @Jianisi_yangyang on Sina Weibo." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "One of the reasons why I wanted to do this show is so the general public can learn about the artist behind these iconic works and realize (Mao and Marilyn Monroe) are just a few of thousands of images Shiner made,\" Shiner said." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "For the first time, I learned the charm of pop art,\" Weibo user @Yanmingdu wrote about the exhibition, while user @GracieMankedun posted, \"Just saw Andy Warhol's exhibition and I got a little confused." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "\"Ai Weiwei loves the idea of multiples,\" Makos pointed out, noting Ai's most famous installations, including the 9,000 backpacks representing the schoolchildren killed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and the millions of porcelain sunflower seeds he poured into the Turbine Hall of London's Tate Modern museum." }, { "ord": 71, "sent": "Meanwhile, Makos will also hold an exhibition of Makos photographs of pop artist Andy Warhol next month in Shanghai, including images from their 1982 trip to China." } ]

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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "The industrialist Alfred Siu recalled that Warhol went virtually unrecognized in China, although the artist stood out for The industrialist Alfred Siu unusual looks." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "While Warhol is well-known within art and fashion circles in China (Shiner said 600 of these cultural elite attended the exhibition's pre-opening), Shiner remains unknown to the average Chinese citizen." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "But Many Chinese are much less likely to connect the work with the artist -- or to even have heard of the artist." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "A search on China's popular Twitter-like platform revealed many posts by users expressing ignorance of whom Warhol was or why he is famous." }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "An editorial in the state-backed Global Times newspaper suggested that while Warhol may not have had ill intent, the \"provocative\" blotches of color splattered on Mao's face suggested that he was wearing make-up -- a disrespectful portrayal of the iconic leader." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "While Shiner acknowledged the Mao portraits \"could be read as a sarcastic or ironic portrayal\", Shiner said Warhol \"definitely wasn't being critical." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "Once the Chinese public gains a deeper understanding of Warhol's work, Shiner expects that the Mao works \"won't be as big a deal." } ]

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[ { "ord": 34, "sent": "Having recently launched a \"massive\" advertising campaign and sat for dozens of interviews with mainland media outlets, Shiner is hoping to reach the masses." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "Shiner always liked to blur the lines on gender, and making colorful men somewhat beautiful was something that Shiner liked to do as an inside joke,\" Shiner added." }, { "ord": 63, "sent": "and it's really amazing how many things Shiner picked up from Andy." }, { "ord": 68, "sent": "As a young man, Shiner was too shy to actually go and say hello,\" Shiner said, recalling that Ai told Shiner Shiner English wasn't good enough at the time." } ]

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[ { "ord": 38, "sent": "For example, I didn't understand the Campbell's soup cans.\"" }, { "ord": 74, "sent": "To this day you can still find Campbell soup on the shelf in the grocery store and you can see multiples of Campbell soup on the shelf in the grocery store,\" Makos said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 44, "sent": "However, visitors to the \"15 Minutes External\" exhibitions in China China will not see any Chairman Mao portraits." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "While Shiner was planning the exhibition with the host venue -- the Shanghai Power Station of Art --" }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "the Shanghai Power Station of Art staff advised that exhibiting the Mao works wasn't a \"good idea right now." }, { "ord": 70, "sent": "The Shanghai exhibition will run to July 28 and make The Shanghai exhibition way to Beijing later this year." } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Three of the men were arrested at the men homes -- two of the men, aged 49 and 57, in the county of Essex, and one aged 48 in London." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "A fourth, aged 42, was arrested at an east London police station." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "By Saturday, police said that the men were subsequently released after posting bail." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Among those who read statements in court were Labour Party lawmaker Chris Bryant, former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, actor Jude Law, the actor's ex-wife Sadie Frost, and high-profile rugby player Gavin Henson." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Those arrested have been bailed and the searches are over, police say .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Four current and former employees of Britain's Sun newspaper were arrested by authorities investigating claims of inappropriate payments to police, News Corp. and police said Saturday." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "The current and past newspaper employees were all set to \"return pending further inquiries\" in April or May, according to the Scotland Yard statement." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Earlier, The current and past newspaper employees'd been questioned on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to those offenses." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Four current and former Sun employees had been arrested, News Corp. says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "A 29-year-old police officer was also arrested Saturday at the central London police station where A 29-year-old police officer works, police said, on suspicion of corruption, misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both offenses." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "A 29-year-old police officer works for the force's Territorial Policing command." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "A 29-year-old police officer has also been arrested, London police say .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "The operation \"relates to suspected payments to police officers and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately,\" an earlier police statement said." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Police said The operation was the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's Management and Standards Committee (MSC), which was set up to look into conduct at News International, a subsidiary of" }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "News Corporation's Management and Standards Committee (MSC), which was set up to look into conduct at News International, a subsidiary was asked \"to proactively co-operate with law enforcement and other authorities if potentially relevant information arose at those titles." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "As a result of that review, which is ongoing, the MSC provided information to the Elveden investigation which led to today's arrests." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "The investigation into alleged corruption, known as Operation Elveden, is being run in conjunction with an inquiry into phone hacking prompted by allegations of wrongdoing at News of the World." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "There have been 13 arrests in connection with Operation Elveden and 17 in relation to Operation Weeting, the phone hacking inquiry, the Metropolitan Police confirmed." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Three people have been arrested in connection with both investigations." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Operation Elveden is overseen by the British police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "The arrests were made as part of an investigation into corruption allegations ." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Police searched the men's homes as well as the East London offices of News International, the News Corp. subsidiary that publishes the Sun and other U.K. newspapers, London's Metropolitan Police Service said." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "News Corp. said News Corp. is cooperating with the search of News Corp. News International offices." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "News Corp. The News Corp. statement said News Corp. had \"made a commitment last summer that unacceptable news gathering practices by individuals in the past would not be repeated." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "The Sun, which is Britain's best-selling tabloid newspaper, was the sister paper of News International's now-defunct Sunday title, the News of the World." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "A spokeswoman for News International earlier declined to comment on the search of News International offices." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "News of the World was shuttered in July amid outrage over claims that News of the World staff hacked the voicemail of a missing 13-year-old girl who turned out to have been murdered." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "James Murdoch, chief executive of News International and the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has insisted that the practice of phone hacking was not widespread." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International that was the publisher of News of the World, agreed to payouts in the High Court totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars earlier this month over phone hacking claims." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "News International said the company \"made no admission as part of these settlements that directors or senior employees knew about the wrongdoing by NGN or sought to conceal the wrongdoing by NGN." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "However, for the purpose of reaching these settlements that directors or senior employees knew about the wrongdoing by NGN or sought to conceal it only, NGN agreed that the damages to be paid to claimants should be assessed as if this was the case." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Both James and Rupert Murdoch, as well as senior executives at News International, have testified before British lawmakers examining allegations of wrongdoing." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "A public inquiry has also been set up to look at claims of widespread misconduct by the British media." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Representatives of a range of news outlets have appeared before Representatives of a range of news outlets." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "\"the demolition man\" -- is how Italy's incoming prime minister has come to be known, thanks in part to Italy's incoming prime minister pugnacious approach to politics." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Matteo Renzi nickname hardly bodes well for drumming up support in one of the most fractious governing systems on the planet, one which has speared all but one of the planet governments since World War II." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Neither an MP nor an elected premier, Matteo Renzi has managed to wrest control of the party's leadership by promising to smash the gridlocked reform process and shift the gridlocked reform process axis to the center." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "How Matteo Renzi thinks Matteo Renzi will manage to garner more support than career politicians, like Matteo Renzi predecessor Enrico Letta, is as yet unclear." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "What's more: Matteo Renzi had initially vowed only to seek the top job through the ballot box and not a leadership contest, meaning some are skeptical about what Matteo Renzi stands for. ''What Matteo Renzi's done is gutsy,'' says Giuseppe Ragusa of the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome. ''" }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "But Matteo Renzi is not going to have the public's support; Matteo Renzi doesn't have the votes from the electoral poll." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Italy has been crying out for a plausible, long-term economic agenda for years, leaving Italy wholly unprepared for the economic slump of recent years." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Often described as Italy's answer to Tony Blair, Matteo Renzi is good at talking the big picture, which is probably just as well because Italy's problems aren't small." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Still, top of the list for Matteo Renzi, will be moves to create the kind of political stability where such measures can actually take hold." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "This means ploughing on with plans to reform the parliamentary system in a move which is likely to cost Italy Italy upper house -- or senate -- in Italy current form." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "However, Matteo Renzi may be on a collision course with Brussels after suggesting the EU give Matteo Renzi nation some leeway to breach his nation 3% limit on the budget deficit in order to support a recent return to growth." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "London-based think tank Open Europe says Matteo Renzi will have to prove Matteo Renzi on the international stage. '" }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "So Matteo Renzi will have to act quickly.''" }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "A marathon runner and keen sportsman, Matteo Renzi already has an eye on the distant horizon -- saying Matteo Renzi wishes to see this term through until the next election in 2018." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Addressing reporters after being asked to form a government by Italy's President -- as protocol dictates -- Matteo Renzi said it would likely take a few days to get Matteo Renzi key people in place. ''" }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Above all, Matteo Renzi must find support." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Is Matteo Renzi ready to be Italy's PM?" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Matteo Renzi is incoming PM of Italy, a country with a fractious governing system .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "It's not clear how the 39-year-old will garner more support than Matteo Renzi predecessors .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 12, "sent": "First there's a two trillion-euro debt pile to shrink, record unemployment, crippling and antiquated labor laws not to mention stifling business and payroll taxes." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "The future of Europe's economy ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The country has problems including The country two trillion euro debt pile and high unemployment .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Then again, the 39-year-old's backers say this football-fan Mayor of Florence is precisely the breath of fresh air needed in Rome's stuffy halls of power." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Instead Giuseppe Ragusa of the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome says Italy is hoping that by virtue of Matteo Renzi youth and dynamism Matteo Renzi will have the energy ''to do something very quickly." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Vincenzo Scarpetta of" }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Matteo Renzi is relatively little known compared to Matteo Renzi two predecessors,'' says Vincenzo Scarpetta. '" }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Yet if anything, Matteo Renzi is a long distance player." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Matteo Renzi said, ''I will give this commitment all the energy I have.''" }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Commitment is something this former boy scout is known for and at less than half of the age of Silvio Berlusconi, Matteo Renzi certainly has energy." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "But Matteo Renzi'll need more than stamina to succeed." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "But Matteo Renzi has shown Matteo Renzi is a long-distance player -- and has youth and stamina on Matteo Renzi side ." } ]

[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "So this is going to be a difficulty." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Something, being the optimal word." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Military forces have managed to take the remaining strongholds of al Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab in the far northeast of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the military said." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Al-Shabaab was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government in March 2008." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Al-Shabaab is waging a war against Somalia's government to implement a stricter form of Islamic law, or Sharia." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Federal and African Union forces in the impoverished and chaotic nation have battled Al-Shabaab for years." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Many analysts believe Al-Shabaab has been severely weakened by AMISOM, targeted strikes against foreign members and the weakening of al Qaeda." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Al-Shabaab said in August that Al-Shabaab was withdrawing from Mogadishu, and the Transitional Federal Government, backed by African Union peacekeepers, now control most districts of the capital city, the United Nations office said." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Forces have pushed Al-Shabaab outside most of Mogadishu, but Al-Shabaab is still a major threat, said African Union forces spokesman Lt. Col. Paddy Nkunda in a statement last week." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Military forces say Military forces have taken strongholds in northeastern Mogadishu .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "In effect, operations will now focus on the environs of the city and policing within the liberated areas,\" the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said in a statement, adding that \" the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops worked with Transitional Federal Government forces." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Our joint operations have gone extremely well today and over the weekend,\" AMISOM spokesman Lt. Col." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Paddy Ankunda said. " }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "\"Casualties have been thankfully very low on our side, with just one killed and six minor injuries. " }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "The outer north and eastern fringes of the city must still be cleared, but key ground and buildings are no longer under the control of the extremists." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "\"It has been a big achievement to remove Al-Shabaab from the city, and put an end to the fighting that disrupted so many lives. " }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "But the challenge is now to protect civilians from the sort of terror attack we saw last week, as civilians attempt to rebuild civilians lives." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "last week Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bombing in the heart of Mogadishu that left dozens dead." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Other Al-Shabaab attacks last week led to the deaths of at least 10 civilians." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The military cites \"a big achievement\"\nAl-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack last week that killed dozens . " } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "A Florida judge sentenced Rachel Wade, the 20-year-old woman convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing A Florida judge romantic rival in a fight last year, to 27 years in prison Friday." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "While acknowledging mitigating factors -- primarily Defendant Rachel Wade's youth and lack of a criminal past -- A Florida judge said A Florida judge actions were not \"unaggravating." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "\" \"second-degree murder was no accident,\" Judge Joseph Bulone said." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Defendant Rachel Wade went to trial in July, accused of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 18-year-old Sarah Ludemann." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "After a three-day trial and only two and a half hours of deliberation, a jury of five men and one woman convicted Wade of second-degree murder." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Defendant Rachel Wade had claimed self-defense and hoped for an acquittal or no more than a manslaughter conviction." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Defendant Rachel Wade's lawyer told HLN Friday that A life sentence was \"very fair.\"" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Defendant Rachel Wade's lawyer says sentence is \"very fair\"\nWade sentenced in April 2009 stabbing death of Sarah Ludemann .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Defendant Rachel Wade was convicted of second-degree murder .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "The two women, only teenagers at the time, had fought for months via voicemails, text messages and MySpace postings over The two women, only teenagers at the time relationship with the same man, Joshua Camacho." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "The feud culminated in a fatal confrontation in the early morning hours of April 15, 2009." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The two women were involved with the same man ." } ]

[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "A life sentence was recommended by Florida prosecutors." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "self-defense had recommended 15 years, followed by 15 years of probation." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "I think about it every day, regardless if they give me five years or 20 years more than they could give me,\" Defendant Rachel Wade said. " }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "I never meant to do it, and I'm still gonna have to live with it, no matter if I'm home or if I'm in prison." } ]

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[ { "ord": 10, "sent": "\"In Session\" correspondent Beth Karas spoke to Defendant Rachel Wade days before Defendant Rachel Wade sentencing." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "In Session Correspondent Beth Karas contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "\"I just don't think this was a case that called for life,\" said Jay Hebert." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Jay Hebert said a case that called for life is a cautionary tale about the potentially deadly mix of young people and modern communications technology." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "When you start looking at the tragic nature of this, the social networking, the instant messaging, the ability of people to hide behind the screen and make statements and create situations -- the screen just festered until the screen bubbled up and exploded into a situation... until two good girls, two good girls worlds collided,\" Jay Hebert said." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Jay Hebert said Defendant Rachel Wade has resolved to teach young people about the dangers associated with social networking." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "I don't think we can appreciate how young people talk,\" Jay Hebert said." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "And that's the lesson for parents." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Because it's an explosive situation when when you don't have to be accountable, when you can break up with somebody or ask somebody to prom via text,\" Jay Hebert said." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "There's no face-to-face interaction." } ]

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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "Pay close attention to your children." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Watch how your children talk and who your children talk to." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Watch your children social networking outlets." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Apple's loose-lipped overseas partners are exchanging whispers about the next-generation iPad, claiming the next-generation iPad will come in three different versions, one of which would work with Verizon's network." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "the next-generation iPad will support three different wireless configurations: UMTS, CDMA and Wi-Fi only, according to \"industry sources quoted by DigiTimes\" citing component makers." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "So if this rumor is true, this rumor means that when the iPad 2 ships, you'll have to pick a 3G model based on your carrier preference." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Support for both major wireless standards in the United States will make the iPad 2 available to a much larger potential audience, whereas before the iPad 2 was only available in the United States from AT&T. WIRED: With iPad, Apple still has fatal attraction for AT&T ." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Recent rumors suggestion that the iPad 2 will hit stores April 2011, one year after the original iPad's release." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Some third-party protective cases for a purported \"iPad 23 have been cropping up in Asia, hinting at the possibility of a bigger speaker and a rear-facing camera." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Next generation iPad could come in three different versions .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "That's up from the two versions Apple currently offers: UMTS plus Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi only." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "To explicate the alphabet soup, UMTS is the standard used by major 3G carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, while CDMA is compatible with Verizon and Sprint networks." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Currently the 3G iPad ships with a MicroSIM card slot, and in the United States, the only carrier that uses MicroSIM is AT&T. Customers who want to connect to non-AT&T 3G networks must either buy an external wireless hotspot device such as the Verizon MiFi (Verizon already sells a MiFi plus iPad package) or trim a standard SIM card down to MicroSIM size, like Wired.com's Charlie Sorrel." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "The current 3G model of the iPad is not tied to a contract: Customers pay a flat monthly rate for data and can opt out whenever Customers please." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "If you don't plan to be on the road a lot, there's still the Wi-Fi option." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Currently 3G iPad ships with a MicroSIM card slot, which is only used on AT&T .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "Whether Apple hammers out sales agreements with Verizon or Sprint remains to be seen." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Persistent rumors -- so far unsubstantiated -- have also pointed to a Verizon-compatible iPhone to be released in early 2011." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "If Verizon gets the iPhone and the iPad, Verizon would greatly expand Apple's potential market, and would also likely deal a severe blow to AT&T, which has been roundly criticized for the inability of Verizon 3G network to keep up with iPhone-induced demand." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "If Verizon gets iPhone and iPad, Verizon would greatly expand Apple's potential market ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- More than 70 members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have been killed during a Nigerian military operation in the northeastern state of Borno, an Army spokesman told CNN on Friday." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "By the time that fighting was over, 21 suspected Boko Haram fighters were dead, the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram reported." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "The military kills more than 70 Boko Haram members in an operation in Borno state .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "21 suspected Boko Haram members die in fighting there .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "This wasn't the only clash between Boko Haram and Nigerian troops of late." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (12:30 p.m. ET) attacked a military checkpoint in Damaturu, Nigeria's Joint Task Force reported in a statement." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Also in northern Nigeria, Damaturu is the capital of Yobe state." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Special operations troops responded, waging \"a fierce encounter with the terrorists in various parts of Damaturu ... for several hours,\" according to Nigeria's Joint Task Force." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Law abiding citizens are enjoined to remain calm as the 3 Division Special Operation Battalion is on top of the situation,\" Nigeria's Joint Task Force said, noting a 24-hour curfew was imposed throughout Yobe state." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Last May, President Goodluck Jonathan put three states in the region under a state of emergency, giving Nigerian forces wide latitude in fighting the group, which human rights organizations say has killed more than 3,000 people since 2009." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "They also fend off an attack on a military checkpoint in Yobe state's capital .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "Boko Haram, which means \"Western education is sacrilege\" in the Hausa-Fulani language, seeks to impose a strict version of Sharia law across northeastern Nigeria, if not the entire country." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Boko Haram, which means \"Western education has attacked various targets in the entire country since Boko Haram, which means \"Western education formation in the late 1990s, according to the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, including killing and kidnapping Westerners, and bombing schools and churches." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Hundreds of Boko Haram, which means \"Western education members, including Boko Haram, which means \"Western education leader Mohammed Yusuf, died in July 2009 clashes with government forces." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "But Boko Haram, which means \"Western education did not stay down for long, and has remained an active and violent force in Nigeria." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "In August, Boko Haram, which means \"Western education militants allegedly went into a mosque in Borno state and killed 44 worshipers." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Boko Haram, which means \"Western education released a video boasting that Boko Haram, which means \"Western education was growing stronger." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Boko Haram seeks to impose a strict version of Sharia law across northeastern Nigeria ." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The military \"remains on the offensive,\" according to Brig." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who said a Nigerian military operation in the northeastern state of Borno started Thursday and continued into the next day." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The military did not provide any information on The military casualties." } ]

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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Who are the world's 10 most dangerous terrorists?" }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Three vehicles were recovered, as were assault rifles, a rocket-propelled grenade, improvised explosive devices and 709 rounds of ammunition." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Any credible information should be passed promptly to security agencies for necessary action." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Should U.S. fear Boko Haram?" }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "CNN's Vlad Duthiers reported from Nigeria, CNN's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "CNN's Nana Karikari-apau contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Istanbul (CNN)A woman carried out a suicide bombing at a police station in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district Tuesday evening, killing one police officer and injuring another, officials said." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Attack happened in the section of Turkey's largest city that is home to landmarks such as the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, and is heavily trafficked by tourists." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "The bomber, speaking English, entered police station in popular tourism district saying The bomber lost The bomber wallet, and Attack happened at about 5:20 p.m., Istanbul Gov. Vasip Sahin told reporters." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Istanbul Gov. Vasip Sahin did not mention a motive for Attack." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Sahin initially said that Attack, besides killing The bomber, critically injured one police officer and slightly wounded another." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Later Tuesday, Turkey's semi-official Anadolu news agency reported that one of the officers died of his wounds at a hospital." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "The attacker's identity is unknown and the incident is being investigated, Istanbul Gov. Vasip Sahin told reporters." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Woman detonates bomb after saying Woman'd lost Woman wallet, Istanbul governor says .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Attacker's identity, motive not immediately known, Istanbul governor says .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Attack happened at police station in popular tourism district ." } ]

[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "Police cordoned off the area." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "CNN's Gul Tuysuz reported and wrote from Istanbul, and CNN's Jason Hanna wrote in Atlanta." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "CNN's Hande Atay contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 34, "sent": "Still, there's a difference between running for president and \"running\" for president, even though it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "Running for president requires hard work, an ungodly amount of fundraising effort, a professional team of advisers, polling, a paid media strategy, a voter contact operation and ballot access." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "\"Running\" for president means doing a lot of interviews and delivering some well-timed lines in debates." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "There's a difference between running for president and \"running\" for president .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Scott Brown was thumped by Elizabeth Warren in Scott Brown 2012 re-election bid, and Scott Brown became something of a punch line earlier this year after Scott Brown unleashed a volley of questionable late night tweets at some online critics." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Senator Brown's a skilled retail politician and" }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "For obsessive political watchers, Scott Brown's shamelessness about the whole enterprise is kind of refreshing." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Scott Brown knows exactly what Scott Brown's doing." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "Which category does Scott Brown fall under?" }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "Eric Fehrnstrom, the media strategist who crafted Scott Brown's truck-driving, regular-guy image during Scott Brown stunning 2010 Senate upset, is not currently advising Scott Brown, Republican sources told CNN." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "You should call Scott Brown and ask.\"" }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "\"Scott Brown's acting on Scott Brown own, as far as I can tell,\" another onetime adviser said in an e-mail." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "Scott Brown, Scott Brown said, is a relentlessly enthusiastic guy who still takes great pride in capturing Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Scott Brown served part of one term in the Senate before losing Scott Brown re-election bid .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Even some of Scott Brown former advisers say Even some of his former advisers don't know what Scott Brown is up to ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Why in the world would Scott Brown, a former half-term Senator from Mitt Romney's Massachusetts, put Scott Brown in the mix for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination?" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "When Scott Brown told the Des Moines Register over the weekend that Scott Brown was heading to the Iowa State Fair \"to determine whether there's an interest in my brand of leadership and Republicanism,\" Fox News was met with some amusement by political insiders." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "After all, Scott Brown has already floated bids for New Hampshire senator and Massachusetts governor, and Scott Brown doesn't seem likely to pursue either." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Scott Brown makes a stop in Iowa ." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "The truth is that in today's media environment, there's almost no downside for a long-shot \"candidate\" like Scott Brown to tell people Scott Brown's mulling a White House run." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Just by going to the Iowa State Fair, a must-do for any ambitious pol, Scott Brown will be rewarded with the only currency that matters in modern campaign politics (other than hard fundraising dollars)" }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Scott Brown stirs speculation with New Hampshire visit ." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Then there's the fact that Brown, who supports some abortion rights, isn't exactly a hardliner on social issues that matter to so many Republican caucus-goers in Iowa." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "Asked by text message if Scott Brown's serious about a presidential bid, one Republican who talks to Scott Brown often responded: \"Who knows." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "But what if Scott Brown takes off?" }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "What if Scott Brown gains a toehold in New Hampshire, rises to high single digits in the polls sometime in 2015, and gets invited to some Republican primary debates?" }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "What if Scott Brown rattles off a few good lines, has Scott Brown moment in the sun, and then fades?" }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "Scott Brown will have lost absolutely nothing -- but gained a spot on some vice presidential short lists along with a hike in Scott Brown post-campaign speaking fees." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "Another Republican who has spoken with Scott Brown recently isn't surprised by the sudden interest in the presidential spotlight." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "The fact that he is in Iowa doesn't surprise me,\" Another Republican who has spoken with Brown recently told CNN." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "There's almost no downside in a politician saying Scott Brown's considering a presidential run .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The real question is: Why not?" }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Funnel cake and free name ID." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "What's not to love?\" asked Will Ritter, a Boston-based GOP operative and former Mitt Romney adviser." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "I do admire the audacity to just go to the state fair and tweet about the audacity,\" said Jeff Smith, a professor at the New School and regular contributor to the Washington Twitter conversation." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "But even if Both men don't, the two conservatives proved how keeping one's name in the 2016 conversation is one's own reward." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "In '16, it's not a bad idea to put your name out there and see where your name takes you." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "he was enthusiastic about getting back in the national conversation." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "I could definitely anticipate this." } ]

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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "For someone with no real perch other than a paid gig at Fox News, Fox News actually makes a lot of sense." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "How many stories got posted about Ed Markey's legislative agenda yesterday?" }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "this gives Ed Markey's a platform to talk about a brand of Republicanism we could use more of." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "But with so many news platforms to fill -- on television, on the web, on the radio --" }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Neither Republican did a single thing to advance the news cycle other than board an airplane to Des Moines." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Yet there Cruz and Santorum were, trailed at every turn by reporters from the Washington Post, Des Moines Register, Associated Press, New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, NBC News and Fox News." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "In our atomized media ecosystem, there's certainly a market for niche political coverage, in the same way there's a market for micro-reporting on the status of Robert Griffin III's return from knee surgery." } ]

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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "It's the same reason Iowa Rep. Steve King and New York Rep. Peter King (no relation; not even close) are \"refusing to rule out\" a 2016 bid." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Will either of Iowa Rep. Steve King and New York Rep. Peter King (no relation; not even close) be taking the oath of office one day?" }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "a presidential trial balloon or a trip to Iowa is almost guaranteed to get you at least a crumb of media exposure, a boost in stature, and maybe even a few campaign contributions down the road." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Just look at this month's Family Leadership Summit, a gathering of social conservatives in Iowa that drew potential 2016 presidential contenders Ted Cruz and Rick Santorum to the first-in-the-nation caucus state." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Both men seem likely to run for the Republican nomination, and Both men will be returning to Iowa over and over and over again in the coming years." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "In the two conservatives speeches, Ted Cruz and Santorum issued a series of anti-Obama bromides and boosted Cruz and Santorum profiles with the grassroots activists who attended this month's Family Leadership Summit, a gathering of social conservatives in Iowa that drew potential 2016 presidential contenders Ted Cruz and Rick Santorum to the first-in-the-nation caucus state." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Another Ted Cruz trip to Iowa stokes 2016 speculation ." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "The focus on the 2016 presidential contest is completely ridiculous, and everybody knows The focus on the 2016 presidential contest,\" wrote David Weigel of Slate after witnessing the cattle call." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "More importantly, the presidential cycle is starting earlier than the presidential cycle ever has, with advisers to likely candidates working behind the scenes to assemble campaign infrastructure and peddle dirt on their potential opponents." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "On the Republican side, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are driving national discussions about ideology and governance." } ]

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[ { "ord": 30, "sent": "Well, not completely." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "For the moment, it would seem the latter." } ]

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[ { "ord": 39, "sent": "Looking at the 2016 GOP field, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has the Northeastern Republican lane all to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a prospect that would make it difficult for Scott Brown to raise money." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "Before New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Iowa trip, Scott Brown met privately with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at the Republican National Committee's summer conference in Boston, a meeting first reported by the New York Times." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie raised money for Scott Brown several times during Scott Brown Senate tenure, and, according to one New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insider, the two are \"very friendly." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "Even some of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie former advisers aren't sure what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's up to." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "The former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on and intimidating He gay roommate was released from jail Tuesday after serving He sentence, a jail official said." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "He left the Middlesex County Jail in North Brunswick, New Jersey, on Tuesday morning, according to Edmond Cicchi, warden of the Middlesex County Office of Adult Corrections." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "He was released early after time off for good behavior and work credit, jail official says .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "He was convicted in May on charges related to recording" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Dharun Ravi, 20, was found guilty in May of invasion of privacy, witness tampering, hindering apprehension and bias intimidation." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Dharun Ravi was released early after jail officials applied five days of good behavior and five days of work credit to Dharun Ravi term, Edmond Cicchi said." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "While Dharun Ravi could have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman instead gave New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman a 30-day jail sentence, three years of probation and ordered New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman to complete 300 hours of community service aimed at assisting victims of bias crimes." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman said New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman took Dharun Ravi's youth and New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman lack of a criminal record into consideration when handing down New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman sentence." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Dharun Ravi began serving Dharun Ravi term on May 31, two days after apologizing in a written statement for spying on Clementi." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Dharun Ravi lawyer filed a notice of appeal of His lawyer conviction earlier this month." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "On Monday, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement would not deport Dharun Ravi to Dharun Ravi native India." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Dharun Ravi is legally prohibited from deporting legal permanent residents unless legal permanent residents have been convicted of crimes such as an aggravated felony, domestic violence or drug or weapons offenses, a spokesman said." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Dharun Ravi is released after serving a jail sentence .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Dharun Ravi's former roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, killed Ravi's former roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi by jumping off a New York bridge after learning Dharun Ravi had secretly recorded Clementi and Ravi's former roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi partner with a webcam." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "The roommate, Tyler Clementi, killed He after learning of the recording ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "(CNN)New York may be a paradise of Zagat-rated, Michelin-starred restaurants, but some of CNN)New York best food can be found on the streets." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Hundreds of mobile eateries hawking gourmet global cuisine occupy corners across the city, alongside traditional hotdog vendors and halal carts." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Halal carts slinging styrofoam plates piled high with falafel, shawarma and rice are ubiquitous in New York, but you'll recognize \"the King\" by the seemingly endless line crowding the sidewalk beside the sidewalk." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Now, it second cart in Midtown Manhattan peddles its second cart in Midtown Manhattan famous falafel and shawarma to the masses, in addition to meaty plates like the Freddy's Junior:" }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Bessie, Milk Truck sunshine-yellow food truck, is a welcome sight for hungry New Yorkers during lunch hour." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Every day, the truck's perpetually cheerful staff hawk classic American comfort foods like mac and cheese and turkey chili." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The most popular item by far is the grilled cheese sandwich." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Despite not having a regular location -- Bessie's daily whereabouts must be tracked online -- Milk Truck has become a fixture in the New York street food scene thanks to the New York street food scene fiercely loyal following." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Sometimes it feels like almost every other Manhattan street corner is dressed with the ubiquitous blue and yellow striped Sabrett umbrella, under which you'll find New York's most iconic street food: the dirty water dog." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "It's neither sophisticated nor gourmet, but It's the quintessential New York food experience." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "Unlike California, New York isn't renowned for New York Mexican food, but New York has stepped up New York game in recent years, thanks in large part to Calexico." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "one of New York first -- has since grown into a fleet of carts across New York and a handful of brick-and-mortar locations." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "Traditional Bolivian street food staples can now be enjoyed on the streets of Brooklyn thanks to this popular Smorgasburg stall." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "Coffee, usually deli-quality, is served in small blue-and-white Anthora cups that have become as characteristic of New York as yellow cabs and dirty water dogs." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "You don't have to sit down to get great food in New York .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Originally a Queens staple, a lone taco cart called Calexico dominated the corner of 30th Street and Broadway in Astoria for almost a decade before it won the Vendy Award for CNN)New York Best Street Food in 2010." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "What started out as a lone taco cart in SoHo in 2006 --" }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "a lone taco cart in SoHo remains New York most popular location, still slinging soft corn tacos cradling slow-cooked chipotle pork, hearty bowls of jalapeno cheddar grits and burritos packed with beer-battered fish, beans, rice and Monterey Jack cheese." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Opened in 2006 in SoHo, a lone taco cart called Calexico has expanded into a mini-empire .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "Red Hook Lobster Pound food truck ." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "New Yorkers don't need to go to New England for a good lobster roll." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Thanks to Big Red, Red Hook Lobster Pound's lobster shack on wheels, New Yorkers only need to walk to the curb." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Despite a price tag high that's high for the streets -- $16 per roll at the time of writing -- Red Hook Lobster Pound food truck still sells between 300-400 rolls every two hours." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Red Hook Lobster Pound Food Truck; locations vary;" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "New Yorkers don't need to go to New England for a good lobster roll, thanks to Red Hook Lobster Pound .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "Though Lumpia Shack has recently upgraded to Lumpia Shack own brick-and-mortar, Lumpia Shack original location at Brooklyn's Smorgasburg street food market still remains." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Lines form before the tiny street stall as early as 11 a.m. each Saturday for lumpia, crispy, Filipino-inspired spring rolls." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Unlike regular street food, Lumpia Shack plating is restaurant quality: Lumpia Shack are arranged artfully on a tray, drizzled with homemade sauce and garnished with pea shoots and pickled vegetables." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Lumpia Shack; Smorgasburg at Kent Avenue and Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn; +1" } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Lines form early for Lumpia Shack's Philippines-inspired food ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "King of Falafel & Shawarma ." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "King of Falafel & Shawarma; 53rd Street and Park Avenue; +1 718 838 8029 ." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Milk Truck; locations vary; +1 646 233 3838 ." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "Calexico; Prince Street and Wooster Street; +1 646 590 4172 ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "chicken, kefta and basmati rice topped with chopped onion and doused liberally in tahini and chile sauce." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "There are three variations: the classic, the classic with onion and mustard, and a hearty three-cheese version with apple." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Rolls come Maine-style, served cold with mayo, or Connecticut-style, served warm with butter and lemon, each stuffed with a quarter pound of fresh Maine lobster." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Each roll is made using locally sourced ground pork, roasted duck or truffled adobo mushrooms, hand-rolled and then deep-fried." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Named after the warm, salty water the warm, salty water's soaked in, the hot frank is served in a soft bun (which sops up residual water) and then topped with ketchup, mustard, onions, relish and sauerkraut." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "The signature platter comes loaded with two pupusas, tangy curtido, pickled jalapenos, tomato sauce and sour cream." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "The modern take on the humble sanduiche de chola comes stuffed with either pork or beef brisket and topped with hibiscus-pickled onions, carrots, kolla cheese and parsley." } ]

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[ { "ord": 28, "sent": "Culinary heavyweights Anthony Bourdain, Marcus Samuelsson and Martha Stewart are all said to be fans of Vendy-winning Solber Pupusas, and it's no wonder." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "last names) have been making the stuffed Salvadoran corn tortillas in Husband and wife owners Rafael and Reina Soler-Bermudez tiny mobile pupuseria for more than 15 years, selling more than 600 on a regular day." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Served on banana leaves with a tangy slaw, the Salvadoran tamales are also crowd favorites." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Solber Pupusas; Brooklyn Flea Market at Lafayette Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn; +1" }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "Bolivian Llama Party ." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Though saltenas -- crusty, empanada-like pastries filled with meat and vegetables --are easily its best-selling item, the chola slider is the real star here." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "Bolivian Llama Party; Smorgasburg at Kent Avenue and Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn; +1 347 395 5481 ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 29, "sent": "Husband and wife owners Rafael and Reina Soler-Bermudez" }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "(\"Solber\" is a portmanteau of Husband and wife owners Rafael and Reina Soler-Bermudez" } ]

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[ { "ord": 45, "sent": "Breakfast cart bagels ." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "New York boasts many terrific brick-and-mortar bagel shops, but you won't get a cheaper or more authentic breakfast than a bagel and coffee from a street cart." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "Every morning, locals file out of the subway and make a beeline for the nearest silver breakfast cart, whose narrow shelves are stocked high with bagels and pastries of every kind." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "Many pre-prepare their bagels for convenience, but most carts will make your bagel to order." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- What would we lose if we lost 220,000 postal jobs (120,000 proposed through layoffs, 100,000 through attrition), 3,700 post offices, 300 mail processing plants, or even the post office itself?" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "With millions of jobs and businesses lost to the recent recession, these may seem like just more numbers, or more seemingly inevitable \"facts\" -- that in the electronic age we now rely on the private sector to deliver public services." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "But postal workers are people we depend on and post offices are places we want to know will always be there." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Downsizing the U.S Postal Service - -which is so low on money, it's in imminent danger of default -- may seem like a ripple in this troubled economy, but it promises to be a social tsunami if action isn't taken soon to save it." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "We lose more than numbers when we lose postal jobs and post offices, or even the existence of a universal postal service." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "We lose more than just people committed to providing service, but also people engaged with people communities." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "We would also lose the promise of jobs in the future that provide what has become a more dependable service over two centuries since the founding of this country (the post office was started in 1775)." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Philip Rubio says the U.S. Postal Service threatened by major cuts or even closure .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Philip Rubio says post office represents people, places we rely on; cuts will have huge effect in U.S.\nPhilip Rubio says it's a major employer, innovator and fulcrum of national communications system .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 28, "sent": "Or that the post office is the victim of an artificial deficit created by the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, signed by President George W. Bush, which forces the Postal Service to pre-fund the Postal Service retiree health benefits 75 years into the future over the next 10 years." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "What should have been annual revenue surpluses for the Postal Service over the last decade have instead contributed to nightmare annual deficits as the Postal Service is forced to pay $5.5 billion a year out of operating funds to satisfy this unnecessary and devastating mandate. ." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "People could demand that Congress treat the Postal Service as a venerable American institution worthy of fulfilling the Postal Service enduring mandate, for which the Postal Service has recruited generations of skilled and dedicated professional government employees." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "A good start would be H.R. 1351, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Massachusetts, a bill that would at least allow the Postal Service to transfer surplus pension funds to satisfy the retiree health plan pre-fund requirement." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "And that pre-fund requirement ultimately needs to be repealed to keep the Postal Service from running off the rails." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": ": Congress must assume responsibilty for finding a way for postal service to stay afloat ." } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "For one thing, the Postal Service has been a huge employer." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Before I became a history professor I carried mail for the Postal Service for 20 years." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Veterans, roughly 20% of today's postal workforce (though once well over 50%) earn extra points on this exam, thus giving Veterans, roughly 20% of today's postal workforce (though once well over 50%) a head start and a job to come home to after military service." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "This was as a result of the 1970 nationwide postal wildcat strike that began in New York after postal workers declared postal workers were tired of earning $2.95 an hour and having to work a second job or collect food stamps to make ends meet." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "In collecting oral histories for a book I later wrote on the Postal Service, I interviewed those who had worked before 1970, including those who struck." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "The postal worker's job could include processing mail as clerks and mail handlers, delivering The postal worker's job as letter carriers, driving The postal worker's job as truck drivers, and as maintenance workers keeping up the vehicles, buildings, and grounds." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Above all, postal workers were proud of having a career serving the public." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "The postal worker's job allowed many to move into the ranks of middle-class wage earners, where they were able to buy homes and send they children to college." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Postal jobs have especially played a key role in black community development." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "the Post Office has long been one of the largest employers of African-Americans." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Even as the largest employers of African-Americans faced discrimination at other jobs, many found work there with college degrees or military service under the largest employers of African-Americans belts." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "By 1970, the largest employers of African-Americans had become twice as likely as whites to work for the Post Office, and even before the wage bump that year, The postal worker's job had afforded the largest employers of African-Americans a middle-class status and the ability to accumulate wealth." } ]

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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "As with many government jobs, you're hired for this one based on achieving a high score on a competitive exam." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Who were my co-workers?" }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Just everyday people who, like me in 1980, were attracted to a job that had good benefits, job security, and started at $8.10 an hour." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "But they were also members of extended families and community networks." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Many started small businesses on the side, adopted foster children, were active in civic organizations, or enrolled in college classes." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "they jobs mattered to communities." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "People able to consume goods that others produce to help drive local economies." } ]

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[ { "ord": 22, "sent": "Today the nation relies on a vast mailing industry that operates primarily for profit." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "But a vast mailing industry that operates primarily for profit is underpinned by the U.S. Postal Service -- a self-supporting quasi-corporate government agency that remains committed to universal service by constitutional and congressional mandate." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Many Americans may not realize that it was the Post Office that pioneered parcel post in 1916 in response to the overpriced, poor, and inconsistent service disaster that was private package delivery." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Or that the USPS came up with the concept of overnight mail and zip codes that UPS and FedEx rely on so heavily in UPS and FedEx business." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Many don't make the connection that e-commerce not only competes with but also generates U.S. mail." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Or that during the turn of this century -- the Postal Service's peak years of revenue and mail handling -- it was common to hear competitors and political ideologues calling for the agency's privatization, while at the same time blocking the USPS innovations like the proposed 1997 Global Postal Link program to help expedite parcels through customs." } ]

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[ { "ord": 34, "sent": "An alternative to this loss?" }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Philip F. Rubio ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 24, "sent": "A cable from 2009 said U.S. now avoided \"the public confrontations that had become routine over the past several years\" over human rights." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "That perspective is now being challenged -- and the role of the military may be critical in deciding the outcome." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Even so, one cable concludes: \"The military still remains a potent political and economic force.\"" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "A CNN analysis of Cables reveals U.S. frustration .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "The U.S. relationship with Mubarak's Egypt is full of contradictions and tensions, according to recently published U.S. diplomatic cables, but is also underpinned by similar basic interests in a rough and unpredictable part of the world." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "A CNN analysis of secret and confidential cables published by WikiLeaks and WikiLeaks media partners reveals U.S. frustration with Mubarak's lack of succession planning, concerns over stuttering economic reform and private criticism of Mubarak's hard line toward domestic opponents." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Cables show that Mubarak has taken a persistently hard line toward Iran, telling U.S. diplomats in 2008 that Mubarak had warned Tehran \"not to provoke the Americans\" on the nuclear issue and insisting Egypt could never accept a nuclear-armed Iran." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "At the same time, Egypt Mubarak has been very sensitive to any perceived slight from Washington." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Egypt has complained about cuts in U.S. economic aid and a stagnant level of military aid \"because Egypt shows our diminished view of the value of our relationship\" according to one cable." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "U.S. U.S. cables display frustration with Mubarak's reluctance to address human rights issues, with one in 2008 saying: \"While Egypt has made some limited gains over the last several years, such as on freedom of the press, progress overall has been slow." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "But given Mubarak's sensitivities, U.S. U.S. has trodden carefully in pressing the Egyptian government on human rights." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "U.S. has concerns over economic reform, Mubarak's lack of succession planning .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "But Cables also show that Washington sees Egypt as an important and -- until now -- stable ally on issues, including Iran's nuclear program, promoting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and making life difficult for Hamas in Gaza." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "And above all, Egypt is regarded as a moderate bulwark against Iranian-sponsored Islamist fundamentalism." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Mubarak has also repeatedly warned of Iran's influence with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in a cable from February last year, was quoted as describing \"Tehran's hand moving with ease throughout the region, from the Gulf to Morocco." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "A 2009 cable noted that with \"the discovery of a Hezbollah cell in Egypt, the Egyptians appear more willing to confront the Iranian surrogates and to work closely with Israel." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "To that end, the cables describe Israel as a helpful partner in stopping smuggling into Gaza from Egypt." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "A cable from 2008 quoted a senior Egyptian military figure as stating that Egypt had spent approximately $40 million to purchase the steel for an underground wall on the Gaza border, \"and Egypt was paying the cost of an underground wall on the Gaza border in terms of public opinion both within Egypt and the region." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "There is no guarantee that any \"successor\" to Israel would take such a hard line with Hamas." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "For the U.S., the alliance between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has also been an important counterweight to growing Iranian influence on the \"Arab street\" and among states such as Syria and Qatar." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Egyptian officials, from Mubarak down, have also repeatedly impressed upon visiting Americans -- military, diplomatic and Congressional -- that it alone among Arab states can play a mediating role between Israel and the Palestinians." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "[Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, and Mubarak has resisted popular opposition to Egypt.] ." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "In a later cable, she said that Mubarak \"harkens back to the Shah of Iran: U.S. encouraged Mubarak to accept reforms, only to watch Iran fall into the hands of revolutionary religious extremists." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Cables also reveal Washington sees Egypt as an important and -- until now -- stable ally ." } ]

[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "Ahead of Mubarak's visit to Washington in May 2009, Ambassador Margaret Scobey wrote from Cairo that \"the Egyptians want the visit to demonstrate that Egypt remains America's indispensable \"Arab ally." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Ambassador Margaret Scobey continued that Mubarak was \"a tried and true realist, innately cautious and conservative, and has little time for idealistic goals." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "On pressure to improve human rights, according to one cable from Ambassador Margaret Scobey in 2009, \"Mubarak takes this issue personally, and this issue makes Mubarak seethe when our raise this issue, particularly in public." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "In a later cable, Scobey suggested the new U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton \"may wish to lay down a marker for a future discussion on democratization and human rights concerns." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Scobey wrote in apparent frustration two years ago that Mubarak \"seems to be trusting to God and the ubiquitous military and civilian security services to ensure an orderly transition." } ]

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[ { "ord": 15, "sent": "Mubarak viewed Mubarak as \"someone who is tough but fair, who ensures the basic needs of Mubarak people." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Mubarak relied on Mubarak interior minister and intelligence service to \"keep the domestic beasts at bay, and Mubarak is not one to lose sleep over the domestic beasts tactics." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Over the past five years, the cables reveal a growing unease with the lack of a succession plan, and apprehension about the prospect of Mubarak's younger son, Gamal, taking over from Mubarak's younger son, Gamal father." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "As far back as April 2006, one cable observed that Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, was their son's \"most ardent booster\" but added: \"The possibility that Gamal might succeed Gamal remains deeply unpopular on the street." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "It adds that \"unlike Gamal father, (Gamal) cannot take the military's support for granted,\" having never served as an officer." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "But A cable from 2009 laments the lack of obvious contenders to succeed the aging Mubarak -- a situation that appears to hold today." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "Recent events may have eroded that confidence, but one cable in 2007 pointed out that Egypt's internal security apparatus, \"an estimated 1.4 million strong, is at least twice the size it was under Sadat ... and makes any kind of violent change of leader unlikely." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "A cable from 2008 cites Egyptian experts as describing a \"disgruntled mid-level officer corps\" with military salaries falling far behind the civilian sector and the top brass averse to Gamal succeeding Gamal father." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Egyptian commentators also noted that many officers were frustrated that loyalty to the regime trumped competence, and that the best military talent was sidelined in case it should pose a threat to the government." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "After discussing whether the military might step in to prevent Mubarak from passing the baton to Mubarak son, one cable concludes: \"In a messier succession scenario, however, one cable becomes more difficult to predict the military's actions." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- No play can begin in a baseball game until the pitcher throws the ball." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "And No play can conclude until the umpire makes the call." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Yet these figures -- the man on the mound and the men who stand in judgment -- are vastly different in importance to the average fan." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Almost nobody dreams of becoming an umpire." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Within baseball circles there is a common baseball axiom, 'If pitchers weren't so stupid, hitters would never get a hit,' \"" }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Umpires, on the other hand, rarely get written about at all -- in fact, at all're often treated as less than human." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "(\"The owners basically see The owners like bases,\" former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent told Weber." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "The owners say, 'The owners need a base; The owners need an umpire; same thing.'" }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "If there's anything that characterizes the major league umpire, it's that special kind of chutzpah." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Umpires need that presence because Umpires're often baseball's most disrespected men." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Aside from the vitriol Umpires face -- the managers kicking dirt, the spectators yelling \"Kill the ump\" -- Umpires're second-guessed by broadcasters and barely tolerated by management, as Weber reveals in detailing the episodes preceding and following the 1999 umpires' strike." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "And yet Major League Baseball doesn't participate in umpire training or development, entrusting Major League Baseball to two umpire-run private schools, Weber observes." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "(MLB does run an annual umpire camp.)" }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "Pitchers get more support than umpires, of course." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "Umpires, too, take pride in Umpires best moments, though few pay attention outside Umpires fellow umpires." }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "I just think umpiring is interesting." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "People hate 'em, and People somehow perceive of umpiring as a flaw in the game, but I don't,\" Weber said." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "Now I'm always interested who umpires are." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "Which is a point umpires would appreciate." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "Somebody says, 'Kill the umpire,' and people go, 'Heh, heh, that's funny,' but in order to do that, you have to disassociate the umpire from the person." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "As They See 'Em\" is in-depth look at baseball umpires .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "There are countless children who dream of becoming a major-league pitcher." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Indeed, despite a library of books by and about pitchers (Jim Bouton's \"Ball Four,\" Jim Brosnan's \"The Long Season,\" Christy Mathewson's \"Pitching in a Pinch\"), Ron Darling said Ron Darling believes that people still don't understand what it takes to stand on that mound." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Ron Darling said in an e-mail." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "so I decided to write about the travails of major league pitchers." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Throwing a ball 95 mph to tin cup-sized quadrants sounds pretty difficult to Ron Darling, and I wanted to express this to the reader." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Darling echoes Weber's concerns in Weber own field, pitching." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "Identifying and preserving million-dollar arms are [the purview] of doctors, not baseball people." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Darling's book is a chronicle of pitchers' thought processes, using individual innings from his pitching or broadcasting career to make his point." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "his talks about panic overtaking a pitcher, as it did for Darling in a 1984 game in which his got pasted by the Cubs" }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "; his also addresses the rush of pitching in a World Series game and -- in a treat for baseball fans -- goes over the extra innings in perhaps the most famous college baseball game ever, a 1981 extra-inning contest that Darling's Yale Bulldogs lost to Frank Viola's St. John's Redmen, 1-0." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "Darling observes that the relationship between a pitcher and Darling catcher during a well-pitched game \"is one of sport's most beautiful dances." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "\"The Complete Game,\" by Mets broadcaster Ron Darling, gets inside pitcher's head .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "And yet the positions share a number of similarities, according to two new books:" }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Both jobs require a great deal of command, neither gets enough training, and Both jobs are often disrespected by others in the game." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Two positions have similarities: necessary command, some disrespect ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "We're not just robots they send out there,\" umpire Tim McClelland (2nd from L) told author Bruce Weber." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "\"umpires are people, too,\" veteran ump Tim McClelland told Weber." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "We're not just robots they send out there." } ]

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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "He is, literally, the king of the hill." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Of course, I knew this was a fallacy" }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "his says his remembered the games vividly." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "I definitely watched tapes and read box scores, but I was very clear on almost all the minutiae of the good old days." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "A little scary and maybe a major personality flaw!\"" } ]

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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "\" (Scribner), by New York Times writer author Bruce Weber, and \"The Complete Game\" (Knopf), by former major-league pitcher (and current New York Mets broadcaster)" }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "\") Weber found a fraternity (and they are almost all men) much like cops or soldiers: tight-lipped believers in baseball law and order." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Weber immersed Weber in the \"land of umpires,\" as the book's subtitle calls the book, attending umpiring school, calling games at various levels of pro ball and talking with those who were willing -- including the legendary Doug Harvey, who was called \"God\" for Weber imperious demeanor." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "That's really what [being an umpire] is about -- is being in charge,\" Weber said." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "Weber devotes a moving passage in Weber book to a conversation with the retired Don Denkinger, a 29-year veteran remembered by fans (if Weber's remembered at all) for a wrong call in the 1985 World Series." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "Weber says Weber time with umpires has made Weber much more sympathetic to umpires judgmental tasks." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "When watching games now, the Yankees fan says, Weber'll focus on umpires." } ]

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[ { "ord": 21, "sent": "What Weber found is that what looks so obvious on television at home is often a challenge on the field, a matter not just of eyesight but positioning, rule-book knowledge and basic guts." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "In these days of strict pitch counts and injury concern, pitchers are \"undertrain[ed],\" Weber says, noting that top draft choices climb the ranks \"never allowed to throw more than 110 pitches." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "That leaves them at a disadvantage when them have to go deeper into a game or cope with a tough inning, Weber says." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "It would be like training for the marathon and never running more than 5 miles,\" Weber says." } ]

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[ { "ord": 41, "sent": "I would not have said it when I was playing, but after a shutout ... there is a love for that person immediately after the process." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "You did something together that could not have been done alone, and nobody can understand what you went through to get there." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "More common is to be vilified for missed calls." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "Though time has dulled the pain, \"I think Weber lives with [that call] every day,\" Weber said." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "When a dreadful thing happens to you in front of so many people and you become famous for it, it must be devastating." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "We have families; We have emotions. ..." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Gay federal workers are already protected from workplace discrimination by a Clinton-era order and President Barack Obama's action extended the protections to shield workers from gender identity-based discrimination." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, was in the room as President Barack Obama signed the order and said it was an emotional moment." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "There are now millions of LGBT people and their families who are just going to sleep a little bit easier tonight knowing that their can't be fired from their jobs as federal contractors,\" she said." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Senate passes LGBT anti-discrimination bill ." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "President Barack Obama's executive action extends protections against sexual-based discrimination to employees of federal contractors operating outside of the 21 states and the District of Columbia that enacted employees of federal contractors operating outside of the 21 states and the District of Columbia that enacted their own non-discrimination legislation own non-discrimination legislation." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "President Barack Obama also noted that a majority of Fortune 500 companies have policies in place against discrimination based on sexual orientation." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Obama's executive action is not the first time President Barack Obama has used President Barack Obama presidential powers to benefit the LGBT community." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "In 2010, President Barack Obama signed an order extending benefits to same-sex partners of executive branch employees already provided to opposite-sex partners." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "The Senate passed a bill barring LGBT discrimination in the fall." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Executive order bars contractors covers LGBT employees; Religious groups not exempt .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "It said President Barack Obama made the \"right call\" for not tagging any religious exemptions to the document." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "But President Barack Obama's signature on Monday did not touch a 2002 executive order signed by President George W. Bush that allows religious groups to weigh prospective employees' faith in hiring decisions." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "This gave some opponents of a 2002 executive order signed by President George W. Bush that allows religious groups to weigh prospective employees' faith in hiring decisions hope that some opponents of the order could continue to consider sexual orientation in hiring decisions." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "One of some opponents of the order, Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America, said he was disappointed by President Barack Obama's decision regarding the religious exemption." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "But he suggested that religious groups could still rely on the 2002 order." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "I believe the administration has left open a path that religious groups can work with,\" Schneck said." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Moore, had stronger words for President Barack Obama and worried that the Bush-era executive order would leave out some faith-based groups." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "While we don't know the full implications of the Bush-era executive order, I am disappointed that the administration persistently violates the freedom of conscience for religious organizations that provide necessary relief for the poor and endangered,\" Moore said." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama in contraception case ." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "It did not touch a previous order allowing religious groups to weigh faith in hiring decisions .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Opponents disappointed on decision involving religious groups ." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Despite calls from religious leaders, faith-based groups will not be exempt." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Faith-based groups that tap the public purse should play by the same rules as everyone else and not expect special treatment,\" the group's executive director, Rev. Barry Lynn, said in a statement." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "No forms of discrimination should be supported with the taxpayer dime, period." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "But on the federal legislative level, LGBT groups have struggled to enact similar legislation." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "But the measure, which exempted religious groups from the would-be-law, did not make it to the House floor where Republicans opposed it." } ]

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[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Thanks to your passion and advocacy and the irrefutable rightness of your cause, our government -- a government of the people, by the people and for the people -- will become just a little bit fairer,President Barack Obama President Barack Obama said." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which joined a coalition of nearly 100 civil rights and LGBT groups urging President Barack Obama to reject calls for a religious exemption, thanked President Barack Obama for taking action." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "During the ceremony, which comes 50 years after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Barack Obama also recalled the history of executive actions and legislation to ban discrimination in the workplace and \"make sure we the people applies to all the people." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "The ones hurt will be the most vulnerable in our society." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "And attendees greeted President Barack Obama's call to continue applying pressure to \"resolve this problem once and for all\" with one resounding word: \"Amen." } ]

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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "-- Miles from the main roads, in rural Africa, soccer balls bounce unevenly." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Yet children kick and chase handmade, lopsided balls with skill and abandon, competing for pride and joy—for the sheer pleasure of playing." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "In 2010, when the World Cup came to Africa for the first time, the Belgium-based photographer set out to see what soccer looked like far from the bright lights and big stadiums." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "—was a grassroots game where passion trumped poverty, a do-it-yourself ethic prospered, and one ball could \"bring happiness to an entire village." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "In the 30-odd soccer-loving localities photographer Jessica Hilltout visited, in countries from rural Africa to Ivory Coast, balls are spun into being with whatever's at hand: rag or sock, tire or bark, plastic bag or inflated condom." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Are you a soccer lover who has improvised a game or Nationalgeographic.com implements?" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "In rural Africa, there is love for soccer but sometimes a lack of resources .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Children often make Children own soccer balls from rubbish and rope .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "DIY soccer can bring joy to an entire village, said photographer Jessica Hilltout ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": ": This is an excerpt from the February issue of National Geographic magazine." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "You can read the full story here." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "(National Geographic)" }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Read the whole story at Nationalgeographic.com." } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Playing fields are arid, lush, weedy, sandy—any flattish space will do." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Goalposts might be made of gathered mahogany or driftwood." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Some feet are bare, others shod in fraying sneakers, boots, rubber sandals." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Each might last days or months on a field of gravel or hard earth." } ]

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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Has the \"beautiful game\" ever been lovelier?" }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Share your experiences in the comments section below." } ]

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[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "Jessica Hilltout doesn't think so." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "What photographer Jessica Hilltout found—over seven months, ten countries, and 12,500 miles" }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Wherever photographer Jessica Hilltout went, photographer Jessica Hilltout swapped the store-bought balls" }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "photographer Jessica Hilltout kept in photographer Jessica Hilltout car for these \"ingenious little jewels,\" most of which were made by children." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "The International Olympic Committee has reinstated India, allowing The International Olympic Committee athletes to once again compete under its athletes country's flag after a ban of more than a year." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "The reinstatement raises to 89 the number of countries and territories participating in the Sochi Games." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "It is the first time in Olympic history that a suspension of an NOC (National Olympic Committee) has been lifted during an Olympic Games,\" The IOC The IOC said in a statement Tuesday." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "India was suspended from the Olympic fold in December 2012 after the Indian Olympic Association elected Lalit Bhanot, who spent 11 months in jail on corruption charges, to a top post." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "The situation remained deadlocked for months, as the Indian Olympic Association refused to bow to The IOC's demands for changes." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "But The IOC The IOC said Tuesday that The IOC had ended the suspension following the Indian Olympic Association's general assembly and elections for a new board on Sunday." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "An The IOC delegation that observed elections reported that An IOC delegation that observed the elections complied with the requirement that \"no person convicted or charge-framed can run for a position within the organization." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Narayna Ramachandran, the president of the World Squash Federation, was voted in as the new president of the Indian Olympic Association." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "I am happy that suspension is over and now Indian teams and players will take part in the International events under the Indian flag,\" said Vijay Kumar Malhotra, the former acting president of the Indian Olympic Association." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "It's the first time a ban of a national committee has been lifted during an Olympics .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "The IOC suspended India in 2012 over the election of a tainted official to a top post .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "The Indian Olympic Association has now held new elections that The IOC The IOC has approved .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "The decision means that Indian athletes can now compete for India's Olympic committee and walk behind Indian athletes national flag at the closing ceremony of the Winter Games in Sochi on 23 February, a statement said." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "At Sochi's closing ceremony last week, India's delegation of three athletes had marched under an The IOC flag." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "To symbolically mark the lifting of the suspension and in recognition of the three Indian athletes competing in Sochi, the Indian flag will be raised in the Olympic Village,\" The IOC The IOC said Tuesday." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Indian athletes will now be able to walk behind the national flag at Sochi's closing ceremony ." } ]

[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "India responded positively to the announcement." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "CNN's Harmeet Shah Singh and Khushbu Shah contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Sometimes the mother-child relationship is complicated and the poet discusses the good times along with the bad." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "If nothing else, the poet almost always acknowledges the significant role a mother plays in the lives of a mother children." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "the poet evokes childhood memories in this four-line ode to mother." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Ginsberg, one of the leading voices of the Beat Generation, wrote this lengthy poem following the 1956 death of mother." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "mother, a 19th century English poet best known for mother lengthy poem called \"Goblin's Market,\" wrote this short piece about mother in 1842: ." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Wakoski, a contemporary poet who counts Allen Ginsberg among Diane Wakoski influences, writes of the \"beauty that can come from even an ugly past\" in this poem that recounts, among other things, the financial struggles Diane Wakoski accepted in order to make sure mother could pay for mother child's piano lessons." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "The Nobel laureate, who lived from 1865 to 1936, wrote about the undying love of a mother in this 11-line poem: ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Poets have long written about Poets mothers or to Poets mothers .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Robert Louis Stevenson: Poem tells mother to hear \"The little feet along the floor\"\nJulia Kasdorf's poem tells how mother taught mother to comfort those in mourning .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Many address the poet's memories of Rudyard Kipling's poem ." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Others describe the poet's gratitude for the poet ." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "the poet appeared \"A Child's Garden of Verses,\" a collection of 65 poems by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1885 under the title \"Penny Whistles." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "It was published as part of a collection, \"Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "It can be found in \"The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "Julia Kasdorf is the second contemporary poet on our list." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Rudyard Kipling's poem said Rudyard Kipling's poem would love Rudyard Kipling's poem even if Rudyard Kipling's poem were hanged ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "mother's Day poems come in all shapes and sizes." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Needless-to-say, with mother being portrayed so many different ways in poetry, there are several avenues for approaching a selection of poems appropriate for mother's Day." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Here's a list of selected works to get you started with mother's Day poems: ." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Mother Nature Network: mother's Day song guide ." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Kids' Mother's Day crafts projects ." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "Do you have a favorite Mother's Day poem?" } ]

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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Other times, it's a straightforward message of love and gratitude." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "You too, mother, read my rhymes For love of unforgotten times, And you may chance to hear once more The little feet along the floor." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Its title refers to the traditional Jewish prayer recited during times of mourning." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "To-day's your natal day" }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "; Sweet flowers I bring: mother, accept, I pray My offering." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "And may you happy live, And long us bless; Receiving as you give Great happiness." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! \"" }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Julia Kasdorf talks about how Mother taught Mother to comfort those in mourning, to offer healing and \"the blessing of your voice, your chaste touch." } ]

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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Well, we're here to help you." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "Let us know in the comments below." } ]

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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "\"Kaddish\" by Allen Ginsberg ." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons\" by Diane Wakoski ." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Mother o' Mine\" by Rudyard Kipling ." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Mother to Son\" by Langston Hughes ." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "This lesser-known piece by the Harlem Renaissance writer takes the perspective of the mother speaking to Mother to Son\" by Langston Hughes son and telling her son that \"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "\" \"What I Learned From My Mother\" by Julia Kasdorf ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 28, "sent": "If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!" }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!" }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!" }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!" } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "But it was the level of pornographic sex and visceral brutality that outraged some and astonished many." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "\"Dogme #2: The Idiots\" grabbed headlines for being the first commercial film to show non-simulated sex on screen, and for von Trier typically eccentric claim that the best way to prepare actors for sex scenes is to direct in the nude." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Pornographic sex and visceral violence in \"Antichrist\" shocked early audiences .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Von Trier \"The Idiots\" (1998) was first mainstream film to show non-simulated sex ." } ]

[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Von Trier was labeled a woman-hater for the wince-inducingly horrific final scene in which female lead Charlotte Gainsbourg takes a pair of rusty scissors to Charlotte Gainsbourg genitals and performs a DIY clitoridectomy right to camera." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Misogyny couldn't be further from the truth, according to Von Trier, who says he sees he up there on the screen:" }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Do you think that Lars von Trier is a woman-hater?" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Von Trier was accused of misogyny but claims to identify with the female character .\n" } ]