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[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "non-Hodgkin's was 82." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "The veteran Pennsylvania politician had overcome numerous serious illnesses over the past two decades, including a brain tumor." }, { "ord": 76, "sent": "\"Life Among the Cannibals:" }, { "ord": 80, "sent": "The lives they've lived ." }, { "ord": 81, "sent": "CNN's Sarah Hoye in Philadelphia contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "The veteran Pennsylvania politician politically moderate image fit hand-in-glove in the politically blue Northeast, both with its Democratic centrists and its liberal Republicans." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "And The veteran Pennsylvania politician name is synonymous with Pennsylvania, an idiosyncratic state that pushes and pulls between the two parties, and The veteran Pennsylvania politician home, the staunchly Democratic city of Philadelphia." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "In 2006, Philadelphia magazine called The veteran Pennsylvania politician \"one of the few true wild cards of Washington politics ... reviled by those on both the right and the left.\"" }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "\"Charming and churlish, brilliant and pedantic, The veteran Pennsylvania politician can be fiercely independent, entertainingly eccentric and simply maddening,\" the profile read." } ]

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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "\"From President Barack Obama days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in Philadelphia to President Barack Obama three decades of service in the Senate, Arlen was fiercely independent -- never putting party or ideology ahead of the people" }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "he had a few election losses but he was undeterred by defeat, the prospects of losing and the challenges he faced." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "No member of Congress shaped U.S. Supreme Court more than No member of Congress did,Madonna Madonna said." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": "No member of Congress could be incredibly persuasive as an interrogator." }, { "ord": 72, "sent": "Arlen's knowledge of the inner workings of the government and lawmaking is second to none,\" said Michael Fitts, the law school's dean." }, { "ord": 73, "sent": "The senator brings from The senator career in public service, particularly as a leader on judicial issues, will be invaluable to our students as our students prepare for our students own careers in the law." }, { "ord": 74, "sent": "The senator practiced the law when The senator wasn't in office and authored books throughout The senator career, including: . --" }, { "ord": 75, "sent": "From Finding JFK's Single Bullet to Questioning Anita Hill to Impeaching Clinton\" -- \"Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate\" --" } ]

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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "Madonna, said Frank Sinatra's song \"My Way\" could apply to Specter." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Readers wished the best for Specter ." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Madonna called Specter an \"indefatigable\" public figure, highly demanding of both he and those who worked for he over the years." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "The last thing you would have thought about Specter was that Specter was born in Kansas,\" Madonna \" Madonna said." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "But Specter in fact was born in Wichita, the youngest child of Lillie Shanin and Harry Specter, an immigrant from Ukraine." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "Specter didn't shy away from pork,\" Madonna said." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "Specter straddled right and left." } ]

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[ { "ord": 19, "sent": "There isn't any doubt in many respects he was an unusual politician,\" \" Madonna said." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "he was fundamentally a pragmatist who could bend with the times,\" \" Madonna said, and he believed greatly that government could help people." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "he always came across as kind of urbane." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "he had a kind of caustic sense of humor." }, { "ord": 78, "sent": "\"For the past quarter-century, he's also been a Zelig-like national figure,\" the Philadelphia magazine article said, referring to the Woody Allen character from the film of the same name who changed he persona as he surroundings and circumstances changed." } ]

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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "he didn't look at polls." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "he didn't track how he comments were playing out in the press. ..." } ]

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[ { "ord": 23, "sent": "\"The Republicanism in he day" }, { "ord": 24, "sent": ", it was a different kind of Republican." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "he was a Philadelphian, and not into that staunchly conservative Republicanism that we see\" today." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "he grew up in Russell, Kansas, also the hometown of another Republican icon, a one-time presidential nominee and senator, Bob Dole." }, { "ord": 63, "sent": "During the 1990s, No member of Congress briefly announced a run for president but eventually dropped the effort and endorsed Bob Dole." }, { "ord": 65, "sent": "Like many of No member of Congress moderate compatriots, No member of Congress came to be viewed by the new conservatives as a RINO -- a Republican in Name Only." }, { "ord": 77, "sent": "A Political Career, a Tea Party Uprising, and the End of Governing" } ]

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[ { "ord": 34, "sent": "After graduating from Russell High School in 1947, Specter first went to the University of Oklahoma." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "But Specter eventually went east for Specter higher education." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "Specter earned a bachelor's degree in international relations in 1951 from the University of Oklahoma, in Philadelphia, where Specter graduated Phi Beta Kappa." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "Specter was in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953, serving as a second lieutenant in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Specter returned to Specter studies and graduated from Yale Law School in 1956." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "After Yale, Specter started practicing law and became an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia." }, { "ord": 71, "sent": "After the loss, Specter moved from the halls of Congress to those of academia, taking on a new role at the University of Pennsylvania Law School as an adjunct professor." } ]

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[ { "ord": 41, "sent": "Specter is credited with co-authoring the \"single bullet theory,\" which suggested that some of the wounds to Kennedy and then-Texas Gov. John Connally were caused by the same bullet." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Even though some of the wounds to Kennedy and then-Texas Gov. John Connally were caused by the same bullet was a registered Democrat, Specter ran successfully for Philadelphia district attorney on the Republican ticket in 1965 and eventually registered as a Republican." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "some of the wounds to Kennedy and then-Texas Gov. John Connally were caused by the same bullet lost an election for Philadelphia mayor in 1967." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "some of the wounds to Kennedy and then-Texas Gov. John Connally were caused by the same bullet served as district attorney until 1974 and prosecuted corruption cases against Philadelphia magistrates and Teamsters." } ]

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[ { "ord": 58, "sent": "No member of Congress had a prosecutorial mindset." }, { "ord": 61, "sent": "No member of Congress criticized Republicans for President Bill Clinton's impeachment and voted in favor of the Iraq war." }, { "ord": 62, "sent": "No member of Congress supported embryonic stem cell research." }, { "ord": 66, "sent": "Decades after No member of Congress switched to the Republican Party, No member of Congress changed No member of Congress stripes again." }, { "ord": 67, "sent": "No member of Congress became a Democrat in 2009, saying Republicans had moved too far to the right and embraced social conservatism." }, { "ord": 68, "sent": "The move gave Democrats a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority in the Senate." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN) -- Heavily armed poachers recently killed nearly 40 endangered forest elephants for Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN) -- Heavily armed poachers ivory in two national parks, officials in Cameroon said Tuesday, the latest in a string of slaughters of the animals in Central Africa." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Nearly 40 endangered forest elephants were found closely clustered -- less than 35 feet apart -- indicating the poachers used powerful, modern weapons, conservation group WWF project manager Zacharie Nzooh told journalists Tuesday." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Evidence indicates that a horseback-riding band of about 300 poachers from Sudan was behind the slaughter, officials said." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "300 poachers were believed to be responsible for hundreds of elephant deaths over the past year." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "On the night of March 14 to 15, poachers slaughtered killed at least 89 elephants in southern Chad, WWF said." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "poachers slaughtered are also believed to be behind the killing of at least 30 elephants in the Central African Republic since January 1." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "The poachers on horseback are also suspected of killing 300 elephants in Cameroon's Bouba N'Djida National Park in early 2012." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "The carnage prompted Cameroon to mobilize 600 elite troops to try to keep The poachers on horseback from crossing the border again, WWF reported." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Nearly 40 endangered forest elephants were killed in 2 parks .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "300 Sudanese poachers on horseback are believed to be responsible .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Very young -- even newborn -- elephants were among the carcasses found in Nki and Lobeke national parks." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Forest elephants are distinguished from the more familiar savanna elephants by Forest elephants smaller size and straighter tusks." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "A recent peer-reviewed study published at PLOS One documented a \"catastrophic\" 62 percent decline in Central Africa's forest elephant population over nine years." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Officials estimated that 1,700 forest elephants remain in the two Cameroonian parks." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "It is feared 1,700 forest elephants remain in the two Cameroonian parks will be completely wiped out within seven years." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Savanna elephant populations in the Central African Republic are believed to have plummeted from around 80,000 just 30 years ago to a few hundred today, according to WWF, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Forest and savanna elephant populations have declined drastically .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "A kilogram (2.2 pounds) of their ivory sells for hundreds of dollars on the underground market in places such as China and Thailand." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Political analysts say the proceeds fund rebel groups in Sudan and the Central African Republic." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "The governments of three Central African nations -- Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad -- announced Saturday The governments of three Central African nations -- Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad -- would muster as many as 1,000 soldiers for joint military operations to protect the region's last remaining savanna elephants, as the Sudanese poachers are still active in the region." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "We recommend the mobilization of all defense and security forces in the affected countries\" to stop the poachers, members of the Economic Community of Central African States said in a joint statement." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "The communique was issued at the end of a three-day emergency anti-poaching ministerial conference held in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "In a joint statement, the ECCAS states congratulated Thailand for the ECCAS states March 3 decision to ban the ECCAS states legal domestic ivory trade and urged the ECCAS states vigorous enforcement." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Ivory consumers \"need to be sensitized to the consequences\" of its legal domestic ivory trade, a joint statement said, adding that \"destination countries (should) adopt measures to reduce ivory demand." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "I am, however, concerned that there is no mention of corruption in a joint statement, because a joint statement contributes directly to the poaching and trafficking problem,\" Robert Jackson, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon said." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Central African nations agree to mobilize 1,000 soldiers to fight poaching ." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The carcasses are still fresh, indicating the killings took place probably only this month,\" ecologist Theophile Mbarga told CNN on Tuesday." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "The toll could reach 50 after a thorough search is made, ecologist Theophile Mbarga added." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "The operation is estimated to cost about $2.3 million." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "The announcement called on other nations to contribute additional funds to sustain the effort." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "The plan is a good one." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "But execution is now critical." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "CNN's Jim Kavanagh contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 25, "sent": "Robert Jackson, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon, said Robert Jackson, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon was pleased with the meeting." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Robert Jackson, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- Army Corps of Engineers could open The Morganza Spillway as early as Saturday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Opening The Morganza Spillway would lower anticipated cresting levels along the lower Mississippi River and divert water from Baton Rouge and New Orleans but would flood much of low-lying south-central Louisiana." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "To help New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers will open 52 more bays at the Bonnet Carre Spillway just north of the city, diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "That will mean a total of 264 bays will be open in the Bonnet Carre Spillway." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open The Morganza Spillway once river flows hit a trigger .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Opening The Morganza Spillway would flood the Atchafalaya River Basin ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Projections indicate the tipping point could be hit as early as Saturday evening, Jindal has said." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Now is the time to take action,\" Jindal said." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Projections indicate the tipping point could come as early as Saturday, Jindal says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973 .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The Mississippi River Commission has directed Army Corps of Engineers." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "The Mississippi River Commission has advised a \"slow opening,\" and the flood would spread gradually over several days, Army Corps of Engineers Army Corps of Engineers said." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The National Guard worked around the clock to construct a flood barrier in Morgan City, Louisiana, where the lower Mississippi River was already 3.15 feet above flood stage, according to the National Weather Service." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "the Mississippi River's slow pace has given emergency responders more time to prepare, forecasters said." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "The U.S. Coast Guard said floodwaters could close the Mississippi River to ships at the New Orleans port as early as Monday morning." } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Seven parishes are expected to be affected by the opening, according to Army Corps of Engineers." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Louisiana state and local officials advised residents to expect road closings." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "More than two dozen roads were closed and about 45 businesses will be closed by Friday." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "Some officials said Thursday that spillover effects resulting from the flood could threaten other industries." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "That includes the possibility that the Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in Taft, Louisiana, could be closed, according to CNN affiliate WGNO." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "Carl Rhode of Entergy, the plant's operator, told CNN affiliate WGNO that the threat to the plant's water intake system is not a matter of nuclear safety." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "However, Scott Welchel, a St. Charles Parish Emergency Operations Center official, said shutting down the plant would have a \"domino effect\" on local industries." }, { "ord": 58, "sent": "It would impact every industry along The Mississippi River,\" Welchel said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "Louisiana state and local officials braced for the possibility of major flooding in the Atchafalaya River Basin if, or when, federal authorities open the spillway north of Baton Rouge." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Residents gawk at Mississippi's rise ." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "A collective gasp as Louisiana town braces for flood ." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Jindal urged southeastern Louisiana residents to evacuate." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Stars talk about the flooding and response ." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "Homes that were built between the levee and the Mississippi River were the first affected." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "We estimate that every home built on the river side of the levee from Memphis all the way to the Louisiana line is flooded,\" said Mike Womack, executive director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "Womack talks about flood costs ." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "NBA's Grizzlies inspired by fans in flooded Memphis ." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "For residents in communities along The Mississippi River, the damage has been far more devastating than can be measured in dollars and cents." } ]

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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "The strategy in Morgan City, officials say, is to reinforce the levees around Morgan City." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Officials believe that the levees around the city will protect Morgan City from flooding, but some are taking preliminary precautions, Evie Bertaut, who has lived in Morgan City for 50 years said." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "But while the slow-moving water gives residents extra time to get ready, the slow-moving water also means that land could remain under water for some time." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "The New Orleans levees are built to withstand 20 feet, according to the National Weather Service." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Residents near Vicksburg counted on a levee for protection." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "In addition to the mainline levee along the Mississippi River, starting near Vicksburg and extending northeast for more than 20 miles, a so-called backwater levee offers shelter." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "a so-called backwater levee is designed to keep water from backing into the Yazoo River delta and is designed lower than a levee for protection" }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "so water can flow over water." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "a so-called backwater levee was being \"armored\" by a heavy plastic coating to prevent a so-called backwater levee from washing out, Charlie Tindall, attorney for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 12, "sent": "That's where efforts were being focused Friday, rather than on handing out sandbags to individual residents." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "At Sacred Heart Church, where Bertaut works, people spent the day moving important documents such a baptismal, marriage and financial records to the second floor." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Police Chief Walter Armstrong said 600 residents had been evacuated as of Thursday night." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Police Chief Walter Armstrong said Police Chief Walter Armstrong expected higher water Friday, with more homes affected." }, { "ord": 66, "sent": "The Millington resident said The Millington resident lost a house to a fire in 2009." }, { "ord": 69, "sent": "CNN's Mariano Castillo, Mia Aquino and Erica Henry contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "Really, we're just waiting,\" said Evie Bertaut, who has lived in Morgan City for 50 years." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Most people are getting Most people photographs together, things that you can't replace in case you have to go,\" Evie Bertaut, who has lived in Morgan City for 50 years said." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": "That's just something that isn't easy for people to deal with, especially on a moment's notice." }, { "ord": 64, "sent": "those belongings say bad luck comes in threes." } ]

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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "Meanwhile, in the Arkansas town of Helena, the Mississippi River crested at 56.5 feet -- 12.5 feet above flood stage, according to the National Weather Service." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "the National Weather Service said that as of Monday morning, the river was at 16.8 feet in New Orleans, just a fraction below flood stage." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "the National Weather Service is expected to crest May 23 at more than 19 feet." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "Upriver in Vicksburg, Mississippi," }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "the Mississippi River was expected to crest at 57.5 feet." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Flood stage at Vicksburg, the level at which the Mississippi River may begin flowing over the Mississippi River banks, is 43 feet." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "That level is expected to be reached Monday, said Charlie Tindall, attorney for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 26.6 feet in Taft on May 23." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "If The Mississippi River reaches 27 feet, officials told CNN affiliate WGNO, the plant's water intake system could shut down." } ]

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[ { "ord": 44, "sent": "Nonetheless, 1.4 million acres in Mississippi, including 602,000 acres where crops are growing, could flood, said Rickey Grey of the state's Department of Agriculture." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "Across the South and lower Midwest, floodwaters have covered about 3 million acres of farmland, eroding for many farmers what could have been a profitable year for corn, wheat, rice and cotton, officials said." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "In Arkansas, the Farm Bureau estimated that damage to the state's agriculture could top more than $500 million as more than 1 million acres of cropland are under water." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "It's in about 10 feet of water,\" Dyersburg, Tennessee, farmer Jimmy Moody said of farmer Jimmy Moody 440 acres of winter wheat, which was to be harvested in the coming month." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "Other farmers in Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas rushed to salvage what wheat Other farmers in Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas could ahead of the rising water." }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "As for corn, farmers who were able to get into the fields during a soggy planting season in late March and April are seeing farmers who were able to get into the fields during a soggy planting season in late March and April crops in some cases under several feet of water." } ]

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[ { "ord": 61, "sent": "Danny Moore of Millington, Tennessee, told CNN affiliate WPTY that the recent disaster marked the second time in one year that flooding took away nearly everything he had." }, { "ord": 62, "sent": "Danny Moore said that after a flood destroyed all of he furniture last year, he decided to move everything he owned into rented storage space." }, { "ord": 63, "sent": "However, those belongings were destroyed when he storage unit was flooded several days ago." }, { "ord": 65, "sent": "I hope this is the end of it,\" Danny Moore told CNN affiliate WPTY." }, { "ord": 67, "sent": "Danny Moore said Danny Moore is too preoccupied with taking care of Danny Moore girlfriend, who is suffering from an infection that is damaging Danny Moore liver, to look for new furniture." }, { "ord": 68, "sent": "We'll do what We've got to do and keep praying,\" Danny Moore said, holding back tears." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Actor Russell Johnson, best known as Professor in the 1960s TV sitcom \"Gilligan's Island,\" died Thursday, his agent said." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Johnson played the iconic role of Professor Roy Hinkley, whose scientific schemes to get the castaways rescued were always foiled by Gilligan's bumbling." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Johnson acted in dozens of television shows after the four seasons on \"Gilligan's Island,\" but His acting career seemed stranded on \"Gilligan's Island because of the popular sitcom role." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Johnson, in a 2004 interview for the Archive of American Television said the success of \"Gilligan's Island, which Johnson never expected to last more than the initial order of 13 episodes, was the result of the \"great chemistry\" of the cast." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Johnson will always be in our hearts and remembered from Gilligan's Island as part of American pop culture history." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Johnson played the iconic role of Professor Roy Hinkley on \"Gilligan's Island\"\nJohnson worked up until Johnson death, signing autographs over holidays .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Johnson was \"just a positive and nice guy\" who always treated people with respect, Johnson agent said." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Johnson was \"just a positive and nice guy,\" Johnson agent says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "Johnson acting career began in the early 1950s with many jobs as a character actor on television." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Johnson played Marshal Gib Scott in two seasons of \"Black Saddle,\" a Western that ran in 1959 and 1960." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Before becoming an actor, Johnson served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Johnson was on a B-24 Liberator when a B-24 Liberator was shot down during a bombing raid over the Philippines in 1945, according to Johnson official biography, and used Johnson G.I. Bill benefits to pay for acting school after the war." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Johnson, 89, was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Johnson died at Johnson home in Washington, where Johnson lived with Johnson wife, Connie." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Connie and his wife, Connie daughter, Kimberly, were at Johnson side, said agent Mike Eisenstadt." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Johnson is also survived by a stepson, Court, and a grandson, Johnson said." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Johnson worked up until Johnson death, signing autographs over the holidays, said agent Mike Eisenstadt." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Johnson called Johnson's death \"unexpected." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "The chief deputy coroner in Kitsap County, Washington, told CNN that Johnson died from natural causes." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Louise said Louise was \" very saddened to hear of the passing of Johnson." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "\" \"My prayers and condolences go out to Johnson wife Constance and Johnson family,\" Louise said. " }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Johnson will truly be missed." } ]

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[ { "ord": 12, "sent": "A noteworthy big screen role was as a nuclear physicist in the 1955 science fiction film \"This Island Earth." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "\" Share your memories ." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Johnson was in Ray Bradbury's 1953 sci-fi classic" }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "\"It Came From Outer Space." } ]

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[ { "ord": 23, "sent": "Advice to young actors ." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Johnson's advice to young actors was to \"prepare yourself.\"" }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "\"Most of our have to really learn how to do what our do, and that takes some studying and being part of an acting group,\" Johnson said. " }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Preparation is everything, and that means studying." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Another important ingredient to acting success is perseverance, Johnson said. " }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't persevere, if you don't stick to it, it doesn't mean anything." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- After nearly 40 years of recorded increases, the number of immigrants living in the United States remained flat between 2007 and 2008, recent statistics released by Census Bureau's show." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Taking into account the margin of error, it was possible that the immigrant population remained even." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Between '07 and '08 there really wasn't that much of a change,\" said Elizabeth Grieco, chief of immigration statistics staff at the Census Bureau." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "the Census Bureau's American Community Survey collects data from about 3 million addresses each year, and provides one of the most complete pictures of the population, according to Census Bureau's." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "the Census Bureau's American Community Survey doesn't give a reason for the leveling off, but experts pointed to the economic downturn and the resulting high unemployment as factors behind the shift." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "The recession has had a significant effect on immigrants' decisions on whether to come to the U.S.,\" said Mittelstadt." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Would-be unauthorized immigrants and legal temporary workers are mostly the ones who have decided to stay put in legal temporary workers home countries for now, Mittelstadt said." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Mittelstadt noted, however, that those immigrants already in the United States appear to be staying." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "The new Census statistics show that for the first time since the American Community Survey was fully implemented in 2005, the number of noncitizens decreased, Grieco said." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "There were about 21.6 million noncitizens in 2008, down from 21.9 million in 2007." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "The label noncitizens includes both legal residents and illegal immigrants." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "the American Community Survey matches reports from the Department of Homeland Security on the rise of naturalization applications." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Bureau official: \"Between '07 and '08 there really wasn't\" much immigration change .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The number of naturalized citizens in U.S. increased, partly attributed to voter drives for the 2008 election." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "But given the steep upward trend in the foreign-born population since 1970, no change is big news." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Along with the decline in the noncitizen population, however, there was a notable increase in the number of naturalized citizens, Grieco said." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "The number of individuals who are naturalized citizens increased to 43 percent of the foreign-born population in 2008 from 42.5 percent in 2007." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Naturalizations grew at a record pace between 2006 and 2008, with a total of 2.4 million immigrants becoming new citizens in the United States,\" according to a DHS statement." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "A significant fee increase imposed in 2007 for naturalization applications and an awareness of citizenship brought on during voter registration drives for the 2008 election help explain a notable increase in the number of naturalized citizens, Mittelstadt said." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Notable increase in naturalized citizens, Census Bureau's Elizabeth Grieco says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "According to Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the U.S. foreign-born population represented about 12.5 percent of the population in 2008, down from 12.6 percent in 2007." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The largest declines in the foreign-born population were in states that were hardest hit by the recession, including California, Florida and Arizona." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center concluded that emigration from Mexico, the largest source of immigrants to the United States, slowed at least 40 percent between mid-decade and 2008, based on national population surveys in the United States and Mexico, as well as Border Patrol apprehension figures." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "The Mexican-born population in the United States dropped by about 300,000 between 2007 and 2008, according to census data." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Mexican-born population in U.S. dropped by about 300,000 between 2007 and 2008 ." } ]

[ { "ord": 21, "sent": "Algeria's status as Africa's largest natural gas producer and a major supplier of the product to Europe heightens Algeria importance to those who want to invest there." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Yet that interest is coupled with pressure to make sure foreign nationals, and those who want to invest there business ventures, are safe." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Youcef Yousfi, Algeria's energy and mining minister, insisted Sunday Youcef Yousfi, Algeria's energy and mining minister can keep Algeria gas facilities secure and ruled out foreign forces coming in to help." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "We are going to strengthen security, and We rely first on We means and resources,\" Yousfi said, according to the official Algerian Press Service." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "The In Amenas plant is run by Algeria's state oil company, in cooperation with foreign firms such as Statoil and BP, and because of that employed workers from several countries." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "An Algerian official says Algeria doesn't need help securing Algeria energy facilities .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Algeria's military found numerous \"foreign military uniforms\" in Algeria's military sweep of the In Amenas facility, Algeria's military the Algerian Interior Ministry said." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "In addition to combing the sprawling desert site, Algerian forces are searching hospitals and medical centers around the country, as well as towns and villages near the targeted site, according to a statement Sunday from Statoil. '" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Algerians are searching hospitals, villages and more for missing, Statoil reports .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- the crisis is over, but the questions remain." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Search efforts are ongoing at the gas installation, looking for more possible victims." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "I fear the numbers will be updated with more victims later today when the search operation is expected to end,\" said Said." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "Some survivors described Some survivors harrowing escapes by rigging up disguises and sneaking to safety with locals, with at least one survivor running for his life with plastic explosives strapped around his neck." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "Countries mourn dead, try to track down missing ." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "While the military part of the operation is over, the searching and mourning is not for people in countries worldwide." }, { "ord": 58, "sent": "We know that there are many fatalities,\" Statoil CEO Helge Lund said Sunday." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": "A new day without answers has increased We concern." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The number of those killed in the crisis will likely go up, An Algerian official says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "Mauritania's Sahara Media news agency said Sunday Mauritania's Sahara Media news agency had a video from Moktar Belmoktar, who leads the Al-Mulathameen Brigade associated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that regional media have reported was behind the attack." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "In the attack, Belmoktar said, \"We at al Qaeda are claiming responsibility of the search operation." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "But Mauritania's Sahara Media news agency did not post a video from Moktar Belmoktar, who leads the Al-Mulathameen Brigade associated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that regional media have reported, and CNN has not independently confirmed Mauritania's Sahara Media news agency authenticity." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "A new video reportedly claims responsibility in the name of al Qaeda ." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Among the crisis, exactly how many people are unaccounted for at a remote natural gas facility after three days of chaos that ended Saturday, leaving at least 23 hostages and dozens of Islamist militants dead." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Some 685 Algerian workers and 107 foreigners were freed, the Algerian Interior Ministry said." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Britain's BP said Sunday four of Britain's BP workers remain unaccounted for." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "And Norway's Statoil said five of Norway's Statoil employees were missing, while 12 others are now home in Norway, Algeria and Canada." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "No known French hostages are unaccounted for, France's Defense Ministry said Saturday." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "Five Norwegians are missing, while eight are safe, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said." }, { "ord": 66, "sent": "Six freed Americans left Algeria and one remained." } ]

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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "The attackers came from six countries -- only three were Algerian -- and included Arabs and Africans, Said told state-run Radio Algeria." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Such Islamist militant activity is not new to Africa, including recent violence in Mali and Somalia." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Militants in pickup trucks struck the sprawling gas complex about 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the Libyan border at dawn Wednesday, gathered the Westerners who worked there into a group and tied a group up." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "The kidnappers wielded AK-47 rifles and put explosive-laden vests on some hostages, according to a U.S. State Department official." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "And Sahara News' report Sunday claimed Belmoktar said \"40 immigrant Jihadists and supporters of Muslim countries\" led the siege in retaliation for an offensive against Islamist militants in neighboring MaliMali ." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "Read more: Mali takes key town as nations ready more troops ." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "On Thursday, Algerian special forces moved in because Algeria said Islamist militants in neighboring Mali wanted to flee to Mali." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Islamist militants in neighboring Mali also planned to blow up the gas installation and rigged the gas installation with mines throughout, a U.S. State Department official said." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "It was clear that the terrorists were determined to escape the country with the captives and to bomb the gas installations." } ]

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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "Belmoktar has communicated with this and other news sites before, said Andrew Lebovich, a Senegal-based security analyst." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "British Foreign Secretary William Hague echoed those remarks, adding British Foreign Secretary William Hague is \"working hard to get definitive information\" about each individual." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "But regional analysts believe it was too sophisticated to have been planned in just days." }, { "ord": 68, "sent": "CNN's Paul Cruickshank, Slma Shelbayah, Kevin Bohn, Barbara Starr and Per Nyberg contributed to this report." } ]

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[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "Eleven former hostages -- among them British citizens -- have gotten medical treatment and psychological counseling from the U.S. military at a U.S. naval base in Sigonella, Italy, a U.S. official said Sunday." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Eleven former hostages -- among them British citizens -- were brought from Algeria to a U.S. naval base in Sigonella, Italy Friday, a U.S. official said, and are being flown to Eleven former hostages -- among them British citizens -- home countries as Eleven former hostages -- among them British citizens -- conditions warrant." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "The remains of one American hostage were also brought to a U.S. naval base in Sigonella, Italy, a U.S. official said." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "One man -- identified as Yann Desjeux -- died after telling the French newspaper Sud Ouest on Thursday that One man -- identified as Yann Desjeux -- and 34 other hostages of nine different nationalities were treated well." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "Three others who had been held are safe." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "Three hostages were on Three hostages way back to Malaysia, the country's state-run news agency reported Sunday." }, { "ord": 64, "sent": "Twenty-two other Britons who were taken hostage have safely returned home." } ]

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[ { "ord": 16, "sent": "In a statement Saturday night, the White House said the White House was in close contact with Algeria's government to \"gain a fuller understanding of what took place." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Algeria crisis is a wakeup call for America ." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Algeria said a U.S. State Department official was in retaliation for allowing France to use Algerian airspace for an offensive against Islamist militants in neighboring Mali." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Undeterred, Algeria followed with a second push Saturday." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "On Sunday, an American lawmaker said Algeria turned down U.S. offers to help during the crisis." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "Algeria decided Algeria were going to handle it Algeria way,\" said Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican who is chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "Algeria did not want us or the other hostage nations involved in the decision-making." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "Mr. Marlboro': The veteran jihadist behind the attack in Algeria ." }, { "ord": 67, "sent": "Read more: Algeria attack may have link to Libya camps ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "Japan has 10 citizens -- likely affiliated with JGC Corp., an engineering firm that was involved in gas production in In Amenas -- who are yet to be confirmed safe, in addition to a number of dead." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "There are still 10 Japanese who have yet to be confirmed safe, JGC -- the engineering firm -- said Sunday." } ]

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[ { "ord": 34, "sent": "Thursday's military incursion succeeded in freeing some hostages -- but not all." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "Several hostages died." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "And the Algerian military came under criticism from some quarters for unnecessarily endangering hostages' lives." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "That assault killed the remaining hostage-takers but resulted in more hostage deaths." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "The army intervened \"to avoid a bloody turning point of events in this extremely dangerous situation,\" the Algerian Interior Ministry said Saturday." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond called the loss of life \"appalling and unacceptable,\" while laying blame solely on the terrorists." } ]

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[ { "ord": 50, "sent": "Colombia's president said a citizen was presumed dead." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "But there is a \"worrying possibility\" that another is dead, while a fifth is unaccounted for, the country's state-run news agency said." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "One Romanian lost One Romanian life, the country's Foreign Ministry said Saturday." }, { "ord": 61, "sent": "Four other Romanians were freed." }, { "ord": 62, "sent": "Three British citizens were killed, the country's Foreign Ministry said Sunday." }, { "ord": 63, "sent": "Three other British nationals and a UK resident are also \"believed dead,\" One Romanian said." }, { "ord": 65, "sent": "At least one American, identified as Frederick Buttaccio, is among the dead, U.S. State Department said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "The Chinese-French painter" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki once told me that painting expresses the thoughts we struggle to put into words." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "\"Wind,\" a painting that was both" }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "No single phrase better encapsulates the union in his person and art of the two often disparate cultures and aesthetic visions of France and China." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Painting must express these feelings." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "An artist friend once asked about my research." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "An artist friend represents An artist friend, and that is enough." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Chinese-French painter" } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki joked, Zao Wou-ki wit shining through, even though Alzheimer's disease had already begun Alzheimer's disease slow, relentless onslaught on Zao Wou-ki mind." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Zao, widely regarded as one of the foremost Chinese contemporary painters of the 20th century, passed away at Zao Wou-ki home in Switzerland on Tuesday at the age of 93." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Born in Beijing in 1920, Zao Wou-ki formed part of the second generation of Chinese artists to turn westward in Chinese artists search for inspiration." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Encouraged by the French-educated Chinese artist Lin Fengmian, Zao Wou-ki teacher at the prestigious Hangzhou National College of Art (today the China Academy of Art), Zao Wou-ki relocated to Paris in 1948." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Although Zao Wou-ki did not know it at the time, the move would be permanent, due in part to the rapidly changing political situation in China." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Apart from brief trips abroad, Zao would remain in France until the year before Zao Wou-ki death, one of the few Chinese artists from Zao Wou-ki generation to emigrate to Europe." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Embraced by France, Zao Wou-ki was elected to the prestigious Academie des Beaux Arts society in 2002 and received the Legion of Honor in 2006 from then-president Jacques Chirac." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "For Zao and Zao Wou-ki contemporaries, Paris represented the source of modern art." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "An oil painter by vocation, Zao Wou-ki immersed Zao Wou-ki in the riches that surrounded Zao Wou-ki -- heading directly to the Louvre on the very day Zao Wou-ki arrived in the city." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Meanwhile, with the assistance of Zao Wou-ki friend and mentor, noted poet and painter Henri Michaux, and blessed with the warm charm and wit that would impress me decades later, Zao cultivated an extensive circle of fellow artists and cultural figures." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "In just a few years, Zao Wou-ki established Zao Wou-ki as an integral member of the postwar French art world." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Zao worked hard to find Zao Wou-ki artistic voice." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki wished to be appreciated on Zao Wou-ki own merits and not to fall victim to stereotype." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki breakthrough, however, came with Zao Wou-ki 1954 masterpiece" }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki first purely abstract work and a return to Zao Wou-ki origins: the inky black forms rising in two wavering columns are abstractions of oracle bone characters -- the most ancient of Chinese scripts." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Instead, Zao titled Zao works with his works date of completion, marking his works entry into the world." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Zao's given name, \"Wou-ki\" (or \"Wuji\" in the standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization used in China), means \"no boundaries." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki died Tuesday at age 93 .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki was regarded as one of foremost Chinese contemporary painters of the 20th century .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki was uniquely able to combine cultures, aesthetic visions of France and China in Zao Wou-ki work ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Faced with this challenge, \"It's easier to learn English!" }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "French thought and Chinese thought are not the same,\" his told me." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "It's hard to translate between them." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "Sometimes you must wear yourself out trying to understand." } ]

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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "Living there meant direct access to the paintings that Zao Wou-ki had until then only encountered as black-and-white reproductions in art magazines." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "At first Zao Wou-ki made a determined effort to distance Zao Wou-ki from ink painting -- the medium most closely associated with the Chinese painting tradition-- and subject matter that might be construed as overtly Chinese." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "In the decades that followed, Zao committed Zao fully to abstract painting, rarely using even figurative titles after 1959." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "The lyrical qualities that defined Zao as an artist appeared early on, first in Zao oil paintings and later in Zao ink paintings, after Zao reengagement with the medium in the early 1970s: oscillating planes of color, light, and shade met, collided, and diverged, skidding across the surface of his works." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "The apparent disorder of Zao paintings concealed an underlying structure, sometimes described as Daoist in nature, which bore striking parallels to a similar balance between order and chaos found in Chinese traditional painting." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "In Zao's case, this phenomenon is perhaps best understood as a self-statement: the artist's insistence on the artist personal and aesthetic identity in the face of the vagaries of borders and time." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Hearing that I studied Zao Wou-ki, An artist friend grew suddenly pensive." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Zao Wou-ki,\" An artist friend mused, \"An artist friend work isn't representative of either Chinese or French art.\"" } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Kenyan counterterrorism sources are looking at a Norwegian citizen of Somali descent as a possible suspect in the Kenya mall attack last month, Kenyan counterterrorism sources told CNN on Friday." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Norwegian are in Kenya investigating Ikrima and the Norwegian citizen, Kenyan counterterrorism sources said, and have also spoken to the latter's sister in Norway." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Norwegian authorities have not yet released the Norwegian citizen's name." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Ikrima had failed to gain asylum status but had been given Norwegian travel papers." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Hansen,\" told CNN that if the Norwegian suspect is who the Norwegian suspect believes the Norwegian suspect to be, the Norwegian suspect lived in a small town in Norway but had connections with a wider group, not all of Somali origin." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "the Norwegian suspect came to Norway at age 8 or 9 and stayed for a couple of years, during which time the Norwegian suspect gained Norwegian citizenship, Hansen said." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "the Norwegian suspect later returned to Somalia." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "A Norwegian citizen of Somali descent is investigated in the Kenya mall attack .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Norwegian intelligence services are in Kenya investigating both men .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Norwegian authorities have not yet released the Norwegian citizen's name ." } ]

[ { "ord": 24, "sent": "Al-Shabaab in Norway ." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "The possible involvement of the Norwegian citizen in the Westgate mall attack has highlighted concerns about the widening reach of the Al-Shabaab group outside Somali borders." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Al-Shabaab in Norway became quite popular among some Somali community groups in Norway from 2007 to 2009, Hansen said, \"because Al-Shabaab in Norway were wrongly seen as some kind of national resistance group." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "But the terrorist attacks inside of Somalia made the terrorist attacks inside of Somalia easier for the wider ethnic Somali community to see that this was really a terrorist organization, and this distanced this,\" Hansen said, making this less popular now." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "What you have to look out for, also in the United States and the United Kingdom and all these other Scandinavian countries, are these small, small networks that are in one sense detached also from the Somali community leaders -- radicalized groups of youths and radical preachers, sheikhs, that go traveling around the various countries to try to incite,\" Hansen said." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Kenyan antiterror sources say A Norwegian citizen of Somali descent may have ties to a suspected Al-Shabaab commander .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "A Norwegian citizen of Somali descent is believed to have ties to Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed, known as Ikrima, who is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Kenyan authorities suspect Ikrima of involvement with the Kenya mall attack." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "U.S. officials said Ikrima was the target of a raid earlier this month by U.S. Navy SEALs on an Al-Shabaab compound near the town of Baraawe in Somalia." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "A Kenyan intelligence dossier seen by CNN alleges Ikrima's involvement with Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, a terror suspect known as the \"White Widow,\" in a foiled Mombasa attack in 2011 with Jermaine Grant, a fellow British citizen currently held in Mombasa on terror charges." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Kenyan intelligence sources say that Ikrima, who speaks six languages and grew up in Kenya, is the main \"point person\" between al Qaeda in Somalia and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and that al Qaeda has helped pinpoint Kenyan targets." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Morten Storm, a former informant who has worked for several Western intelligence agencies, has told CNN that he developed a close relationship with an Al-Shabaab figure called Ikrima between 2008 and 2012." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Storm, who is Danish, described Ikrima as a Somali-Kenyan Al-Shabaab operative who had spent time in Norway." } ]

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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bloody four-day siege at the upscale mall in Nairobi, where at least 67 people died." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "It's believed that he escaped after the U.S. troops came under heavy fire." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Recruiting operatives in the West?" }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "he said he is confident that it's the same person who was targeted by U.S. forces." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Inside story on an Al-Shabaab commander ." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "he said that Ikrima made clear to he via e-mail that he was ready to send recruits from the West back home from Somalia to launch attacks." } ]

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[ { "ord": 16, "sent": "Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad told CNN Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad sources have confirmed that Ikrima had indeed spent time in Norway and had tried to recruit for Al-Shabaab in Europe." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Skjaerstad, who reports on security and terrorism for TV2, said Ikrima had lived there between 2004 and 2008." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad told CNN that according to Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad sources, Ikrima had traveled to Somalia while living in Norway and had used about a dozen aliases." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Friends of Ikrima who knew Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad from Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad time growing up on the Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh told CNN Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad traveled to Norway in 2003 and grew increasingly radicalized there." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "The sources, who had kept up with Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad over the years, said Ikrima traveled in 2007 to London, where they lost contact with Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "In 2008 they heard that Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad was in Somalia, where Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad has been based since." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Arabic is among the six languages spoken by Ikrima, and Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad studied French for two years at the Alliance Francais in Nairobi, Friends of Ikrima who knew him from his time growing up on the Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh say." } ]

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[ { "ord": 30, "sent": "Observers noticed contradictions between what national resistance group said in national resistance group English- and Arabic-language messaging, Hansen said, which contributed to ignorance within the diaspora about national resistance group real nature." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "However, this development brought this own problems, Hansen said, and not just in Norway." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "That's what we have to watch these days." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in shootings and explosions across the country on Tuesday, officials with Iraq's interior ministry told CNN." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Officials said 29 people were killed and 107 wounded in 11 car bomb explosions in nine different parts of Baghdad." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Most of killed and wounded were civilians, officials said." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "More than 800 Iraqis were killed and 2,030 wounded in violence and acts of terrorism in August, the United Nations said." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "11 car bomb explosions kill 29, injure 107 in Baghdad, officials tell CNN .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "In Falluja, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Baghdad, five people were killed and 12 others were wounded when gunmen attacked al-Tahadi police station in Falluja." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Five killed when gunmen attack a police station in Falluja .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "In northern Mosul, about 400 kilometers (249 miles) north of Baghdad, a bomb exploded in his convoy in northern Mosul, killing army Gen. Mohammed Khamas instantly." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "army Gen. Mohammed Khamas was the deputy head of army intelligence department in northern Mosul." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Army general dies when bomb explodes in his convoy in northern Mosul ." } ]

[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "Iraq has seen a sharp increase in friction between Iraq Shiite and Sunni populations since April, when Iraqi security forces raided a site used by Sunni protesters to demonstrate against the Shiite-led government." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Sunnis have felt politically marginalized under Shiite President Nuri al-Maliki, whose government fears whose government is being targeted by Sunni Islamists involved in fighting in neighboring Syria." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Low visibility caused by mist and sand created poor flying conditions for the pilot of an Afriqiyah Airways flight that crashed just before landing in Tripoli, Libyan sources with knowledge of the investigation said Saturday." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "The plane, an Airbus A330-200, originated in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was at the end of its nearly nine-hour flight when its crashed Wednesday." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Libyan sources with knowledge of the investigation said that as the pilot approached Tripoli International Airport, he took crashed plane off auto-pilot hoping to manually land the aircraft." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "he realized he was in trouble and tried to pull crashed plane up and turn the pilot back on to give the pilot another try, Libyan sources with knowledge of the investigation said." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "But the effort was too late and crashed plane slammed violently into the ground, explaining the condition of the wreckage and damage to crashed plane's tail at the crash site, Libyan sources with knowledge of the investigation said." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "An investigation into the crash is under way, and authorities are reviewing the aircraft's flight data recorder." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Sources: Mist and sand created poor flying conditions for the pilot of crashed plane .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "All but one of the 104 passengers on board were killed." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Meanwhile Ruben van Assouw, the 9-year-old sole survivor of the crash, has returned home to the Netherlands." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "More than two-thirds of the passengers killed in the plane crash were Dutch, the ministry said." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Passengers from Libya, South Africa, Belgium, Austria, Germany, France, Zimbabwe and Britain were also among the victims, us said on us Web site." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Family says 9-year-old sole survivor knows 9-year-old sole survivor immediate family were killed in plane crash .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "he suffered multiple fractures to he legs and underwent surgery at Al Khadra Hospital, said a doctor at the hospital who declined to give her name." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "the ministry said Friday the ministry is sending more experts to Tripoli to help Libyan authorities and Dutch colleagues identify the victims." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Dutch foreign ministry sending experts to Tripoli to help authorities identify victims ." } ]

[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "Both of Ruben's parents and a brother were killed in the crash, a Dutch foreign ministry representative said." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "The family, which will raise Ruben, said the boy knows that the boy parents and brother were killed." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Considering the circumstances, Ruben is doing fine." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Ruben is sleeping a lot; now and then Ruben wakes up and is then lucid,\" the family said in the statement." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Ruben has drunk a little, and has seen the flowers and cuddly toys." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Ruben's family said it has to deal with \"two kinds of grief\" -- the sorrow the boy is enduring and the sadness over the loss of the other family members." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "The coming period will be very difficult for us,\" Ruben's family said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 10, "sent": "Ruben's family issued a statement Friday expressing gratitude to people who have helped Both of Ruben's parents and a brother, such as Libyan hospital professionals and Dutch envoys, as well as the outpourings of sympathy from citizens in both countries." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Ruben's family also thanked \"the vast majority of the Dutch media for respecting our privacy." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "us hope that all the media will respect us privacy." } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "In a letter from earlier this month that Minard shared with CNN, an administrator at Southwestern Christian University noted that an administrator at Southwestern Christian University'd been told of Minard's same-sex marriage and saw pictures of Minard's same-sex marriage posted to Facebook." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Such a union is in apparent conflict with the \"lifestyle covenant\" of Southwestern Christian University \"that all students must agree and sign,\" an administrator at Southwestern Christian University added." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "As an American and a Christian, I do respect your choice,\" an administrator at Southwestern Christian University wrote." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "(But) I have to uphold the Lifestyle Covenant at SCU and confront you with our position." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "When asked to confirm that the school -- which describes itself as part of the \"International Pentecostal Holiness\" denomination -- sent a letter from earlier this month that Minard shared with CNN and to elaborate on the decision, the school's provost, Connie Sjoberg, said only that federal law \"prohibits us from confirming if an individual is or has been a student at our institution." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Believes 'gay lifestyle' compatible with 'faith in God' Located in the metropolitan Oklahoma City community of Bethany, Southwestern Christian University's website states the school's three core values are scholarship, service and spirit." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "The latter value includes \"building a Christ-centered community,\" \"honoring our Pentecostal Holiness heritage\" and \"respecting diversity and various Christian backgrounds." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "I stayed on without a scholarship,Minard Minard said, \"because I was so invested in Southwestern Christian University's and knew that some credits wouldn't transfer to other schools." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Woman went to Southwestern Christian University on a sports scholarship .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "And now, at what would have been a few weeks from Minard senior year in college, Minard finds Minard expelled from school -- because the person Minard married is another woman." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Did Minard sign the school's morality covenant?" }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "But Minard still thinks Minard expulsion is unfair." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Plenty of other students violate the contract in one way or another without being expelled, Minard says." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Minard thinks Minard is singled out because Minard's a lesbian." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "An official says Minard's marriage to another woman violates school policy .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Minard admits signing a morality pact, but thinks Minard's singled out for being lesbian .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 33, "sent": "Having grown up in the Lutheran Church, Minard notes that Minard \"at first ... struggled\" with the idea that Minard faith was at odds with Minard sexuality." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "And now I have a strong faith in God." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "And I believe you can still have faith in God and live a gay lifestyle." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Minard says you can \"have faith in God and live a gay lifestyle\" " } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "First there was friendship." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Then there was romance." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "After that there was marriage." } ]

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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Due to this recent event, you will not be able to attend SCU in the future." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Sjoberg added, \"We therefore cannot comment on your specific request." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "It's going to be hard to get into classes that may be full, because they gave me very little notice before the fall semester starts." } ]

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[ { "ord": 12, "sent": "Yes, Minard concedes." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "In addition to the emotional sting, the 22-year-old says Minard is now stuck personally -- not knowing what to do, or where to go next." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "I'm trying to figure out how and where I can graduate,\" Minard told CNN, noting that Minard'll have to start paying off Minard loans at the end of next year unless things change." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Minard came to the school on scholarship for basketball, though Minard playing career was cut short after doctors told Minard -- after Minard'd suffered multiple concussions -- that Minard should avoid sports with physical contact." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "Meanwhile, Minard life was changing in other ways as well." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Minard had planned to become a strength and conditioning coach." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "Once I graduated,\" Minard said, \"I was willing to go wherever life took me.\"" }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Minard educational and professional path, though, is now far from clear." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "Yet Minard feels that Minard's in the right place in Minard own spiritual journey." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "I had questions, but I worked through questions,\" Minard said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 19, "sent": "What you need to know about same-sex marriage ." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "The couple wed March 17 in Albuquerque, New Mexico -- a state where same-sex marriage is legal." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "Love wins in gay couple's 40-year immigration fight ." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Utah same-sex marriages already done are valid, appeals court rules ." } ]

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[ { "ord": 25, "sent": "About 3½ years ago, Minard met Minard future spouse, Kadyn Park." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "her future spouse, Kadyn Park started out as friends, and romance blossomed over time." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "We eventually fell in love and decided to get married,Minard Minard said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "With Sharon Osbourne gone, \"America's Got Talent\" has tapped Spice Girl Mel B. to fill the empty seat." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Entertainment Weekly reports that the singer and TV personality, whose full name is Melanie Brown, will join fellow judges Howard Stern and Howie Mandel on the NBC reality competition when it returns this summer." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Brown, aka Scary Spice, is a veteran of reality competitions." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Mel B. might not be the only new face on the series this summer -- EW adds that the show is considering hiring a fourth judge as well." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Report: Spice Girl Mel B. is joining \"America's Got Talent\" as a judge .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "The singer/TV personality is experienced with reality shows .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "\"AGT\" is said to be considering hiring a fourth judge ." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Sharon Osbourne announced Sharon Osbourne was leaving \"AGT\" last year following claims that NBC discriminated against Sharon Osbourne son, Jack." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Sharon Osbourne competed on \"Dancing With the Stars\" in the United States, served as a judge on the Australian version of \"The X Factor\" and was a guest judge on the UK's \"X Factor\" and \"Britain's Next Top Model.\"" }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "\"I've known Sharon Osbourne since Sharon Osbourne did 'Dancing with the Stars,' and" }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "I've known Sharon Osbourne as a performer in The Spice Girls before that,\" Paul Telegdy, NBC's president of alternative and late night programming, said in a statement to EW." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "To know Sharon Osbourne is to know a very frank, strong, enduring entertainer." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Sharon Osbourne's an amazing singer, dancer and a huge personality." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "The contestants will get a lot of constructive feedback from Sharon Osbourne and I can't wait to see Sharon Osbourne chemistry with Howard and Howie." } ]

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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Someone who has a very strong point of view." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "We needed somebody who was qualified for the job." } ]

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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Chavis Chavis says money isn't enough to improve schools run by incompetent administrators." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "-- Teachers unions and politicians are constantly claiming that K-12 public schools need more money in order to produce good academic results." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "But does the data support the argument that our schools need more money to succeed?" }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "How is it possible for a public school system to so liberally spend more than half a billion dollars and still fail to educate 94 percent or more students of all racial backgrounds?" }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Does anyone believe providing more money to these public school systems will enhance these students' academic performance in mathematics?" }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "The United States spends more money on public education than any other country in the world." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Yet, we still have a secondary public education system that ranks with Third World countries in preparing we children in English-language arts, mathematics, science and social studies." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "I believe all the money in the world would not be enough to improve schools run by incompetent public school administrators." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "The American public has been conned into believing that public schools need more money." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Have you ever met a public school administrator who said they have enough money?" }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "Next time you hear school officials or politicians begging for more money, ask school officials or politicians how large the district's budget is and how many students are enrolled in school officials or politicians district." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Chavis: \"All the money in the world\" isn't enough to help poorly run schools .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "The Oakland Unified School District had a budget of $602 million for the 2008-2009 school year, according to Katy Murphy, an education reporter with the Oakland Tribune." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "That budget, which includes $77 million spent on consultants, means that The Oakland Unified School District spends an average of $16,270 per student!" }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "What have we, the public taxpayers, received for we exceptionally generous financial support of the Oakland public schools?" }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "See details about K-12 schools, teachers » ." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "When I took over as principal in 2000, it was the worst middle school in Oakland." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Author: I turned \"worst middle school in Oakland\" into a top-scoring school .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 23, "sent": "The neighbors hated the zoo." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "The neighbors couldn't stand the behavior of the students, who, with little supervision or control, wreaked havoc in the area." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; Kansas City, Missouri; and numerous other cities throughout The United States are producing the same poor academic results at an extraordinary cost to the taxpayer and a tremendous academic loss to our students and country." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "D.C., Detroit, L.A. produce poor results at extraordinary taxpayer cost, Chavis says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 36, "sent": "We need proven leaders who can prepare We children to be competitive members in a free-market society." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "President Obama is moving in the \"right\" direction by reforming public schools to be held responsible to The American public in return for more money." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "It's very clear that most Americans want to ensure that accountability be attached to the stimulus money that is being awarded to all institutions, including public schools." } ]

[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Obama is right to require accountability in return for reform money, Chavis says ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Editor's note: Chavis is the co-author with Carey Blakely of \"Crazy Like A Fox:" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Chavis received Chavis doctorate in education and philosophy from the University of Arizona and served as principal of American Indian Public Charter School for seven years." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Chavis has also worked as a real estate investor." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Currently, Chavis is replicating the model Chavis established at American Indian Public Charter School in various schools throughout the U.S. and Canada." } ]

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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "According to the California Department of Education, The Oakland Unified School District's reported 2008 California Standardized Test scores show: ." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Of 707 eighth- and ninth-graders who took the California Standard test for general math: 1 percent tested advanced, 5 percent tested proficient and 94 percent failed by testing below grade level. " }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Of 2,506 ninth- and 10th-grade students who took the California Standards test in algebra: 0 percent tested advanced, 3 percent tested proficient and 97 percent failed the California Standard test for general math." } ]

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[ { "ord": 17, "sent": "During my principalship at American Indian Public Charter School, we spent less than $8,000 per student, proving that schools did not need more money." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Before I became its principal, people called American Indian Public Charter School the zoo." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Unfortunately, the students who decided to attend American Indian Public Charter School did not receive the academics and structure the students who decided to attend the school so direly needed." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "American Indian Public Charter School was in many ways a failure, a joke, a sham." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "American Indian Public Charter School is now one of the top-scoring schools in the state and is nationally recognized." } ]

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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "we served a student population that is on average 98 percent minority, with 97 percent receiving free or reduced-price lunch and many who are non-English speakers and from single-parent families." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "AIPCS students spend three to four hours a day working on mathematics and English-language arts." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "In 2009, AIPCS students excelled in academics, physical fitness and any standardized test that AIPCS students were given." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "The hard work of these students and staff has paid off with virtually all of our eighth-graders testing advanced in algebra, including 100 percent of our eighth-grade black students, Mexican-American students and American Indian students." } ]

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[ { "ord": 28, "sent": "I told the board I would take the job only if the board let me go my own way and do what I thought was best." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "I implemented a golden rule at American Indian Public Charter School for staff, students and families: If you act like a winner, you'll be treated like a winner." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "If you act like a fool, you'll be treated like a fool." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Then you do the math." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "After all, it's your money they want to take." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ben Chavis." } ]

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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Arrest warrants were issued for Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Hussein Hassan Oneissi, and Assad Hassan Sabra." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "A highly placed source in the Lebanese army, who had correctly given CNN the names of Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Hussein Hassan Oneissi, and Assad Hassan Sabra previously, has said that all four belong to Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "The four suspects are said to be members of Hezbollah .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "Hariri, a wealthy entrepreneur turned politician, died when Hariri, a wealthy entrepreneur motorcade was hit by a bomb in Beirut on February 14, 2005." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "Supporters say Hariri, a wealthy entrepreneur was killed because of Hariri, a wealthy entrepreneur opposition to Syrian influence in Lebanon." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Hariri, a wealthy entrepreneur death prompted mass protests that led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, who had been in the country for nearly 30 years." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Rafik Hariri was assassinated February 14, 2005, in Beirut .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Judge Antonio Cassese, the president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, said in an open letter to the four men accused in the 2005 attack that the four men accused in the 2005 attack will be treated fairly if the four men accused in the 2005 attack appear before the court or even participate in the trial proceedings without being present." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Cassese issued the statement after Lebanese authorities told Rafik Hariri Lebanese authorities have been unable so far to serve warrants on and arrest the accused." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "the Special Tribunal shall never convict anybody unless guilt is established beyond any reasonable doubt,\" Rafik Hariri said." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Cassese defended the tribunal, saying the tribunal personnel \"are doing its personnel job with full independence and impartiality.\"" }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "\"We are only acting in the interest of Lebanon; We only motivation is the pursuit of justice." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "We exclusive aim is to find the truth about the assassination of 14 February 2005 and other possibly connected criminal cases, while upholding the highest international standards of criminal law." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "As for Lebanese authorities, the judge said the judge's hopeful Lebanese authorities will \"persist in Lebanese authorities search for the accused." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Lebanese authorities say Lebanese authorities can't get Lebanese authorities hands on The four suspects ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- A top judge has issued a special plea to The four suspects." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "We will conduct trials based on a firm presumption of innocence of the accused." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Use your counsel to make your case and zealously protect your rights." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "The march to justice is inexorable, and one way or another we will end up with a trial." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "I therefore strongly appeal to the accused to take advantage of the broad legal possibilities offered by our Rules of Procedure and Evidence, thereby contributing to the establishment of truth and the conduct of fair proceedings,\" the judge said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "The judge said that if the accused don't wish to come before the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands, they can participate by video link." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Cassese said the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands \"will appoint the best professionals to represent the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands in court\" in the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands absence." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "But Cassese urged the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands to appoint legal counsel and pass along instructions to the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands, even if the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands choose not to appear before court." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "If you believe the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands is illegal or illegitimate, argue this point through legal counsel chosen by you -- you will thus have your voice heard on this issue." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "If the tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands can't afford lawyers, tribunal funds are available for hiring legal counsel." } ]

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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "Since 1980, three people have been killed in turbulence-related accidents, according to the administration." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "There have been 234 turbulence-related accidents since 1980, and 114 passengers were seriously injured in turbulence-related accidents, the FAA the FAA reported." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "No passengers were reported seriously injured in turbulence incidents in 2008, and five flight attendants -- down from a high of 19 in 2003 -- received serious injuries, according to the FAA." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Three turbulence-related deaths since 1980, FAA says .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 17, "sent": "Very rarely does it hurt passengers, which is odd because a lot of them don't keep them seat belts on." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "At least two of those deaths involved passengers who reportedly were not wearing seat belts while the seat-belt sign was on." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "They have to be up performing They tasks, even when the seat-belt light is on." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "And while pilots are almost always strapped in with seat belts, even pilots aren't exempt." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Passengers said most of those injured were not wearing seat belts." } ]

[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "At least two of the three were people not wearing seat belts .\n" } ]

[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "In-flight turbulence is often a mere inconvenience." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Learn more about airline turbulence » ." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Turbulence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, is caused by a quick change in air movement." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "While pilots are always on the lookout for regular turbulence spots -- like mountain ranges and places where weather fronts are converging -- clear-air turbulence can happen anywhere." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "The best way to determine if there's a possibility of clear-air turbulence is to have somebody in front of you that's already flown through it." } ]

[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Turbulence is caused by quick changes in air movement .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Air pockets from \"clear-air\" turbulence are hard to detect ." } ]

[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "It's a moment familiar to any regular air traveler." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "A passenger's photo shows oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling on Monday's Continental Flight 128." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Sometimes overhead bins fly open." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "In the case of Monday's Continental Flight 128, an unexpected blast of air led to much more than jangled nerves, bumps and bruises." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Turbulence struck the flight, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Houston, Texas, unexpectedly, injuring seven passengers badly enough to require hospitalization after the pilot diverted the flight to Miami, Florida." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Normally, it's an inconvenience,\" said Kevin Garrison, a retired Delta Air Lines pilot living in Lexington, Kentucky." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "I've had a few bloodied heads -- when I hit my head on the overhead when the seat belt was a little loose,\" said Garrison, who flew for Delta for 27 years." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "In Monday's accident, passengers reported passengers were slammed into the Boeing 767's ceiling -- some said two or more times -- when the plane dropped rapidly." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "I saw people being thrown to the roof as if people were dolls,\" Fabio Ottolini, who was returning to Houston with his wife and daughter after visiting family in Brazil, told CNN affiliate KTRK-TV." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "Initial reports are that the Monday flight was hit by what's called clear-air turbulence, or air pockets that hit without warning." } ]

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[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The plane bucks up and down, lurches forward and back, or both." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Jet streams, air shooting off of mountains, cold or warm weather fronts and thunderstorms can all cause changes in speed or direction." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "The rapid shift in gravity force -- or G-force -- can cause a sensation not unlike being whipped around on a roller coaster." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "You can't see it; you can't sense it with radar,\" Dorr said." } ]

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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Then, usually, it's all over." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "And, on rare occasions, it can be deadly." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Most of the time, discomfort is the worst byproduct." } ]

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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "But it's also the leading cause of airline passenger injuries that are not associated with a fatal crash, experts say." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Police said 26 passengers were injured, four seriously. " }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Flight attendants have been hurt at a much higher rate." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "During that same time period, 184 attendants were seriously injured, despite 184 attendants numbers being far smaller than the number of passengers." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "The majority of injuries actually happen to flight attendants,\" Dorr said." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "Dorr said passenger injury numbers have dropped over the past few years, during an industry-wide effort to increase safety." } ]

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[ { "ord": 18, "sent": "And wearing seat belts, aviation officials say, is the best way to stay safe." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "In the event that something happens,\" said Les Dorr, a spokesman for the FAA, \"that's the best advice that we or anyone else can give passengers." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "The Commercial Aviation Safety Team has focused on seat-belt awareness and pushed for better communication systems for reporting turbulence, Dorr said." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "All licensed pilots also receive \"upset training,\" which teaches how to deal with extreme turbulence, Dorr said." } ]

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