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[ { "title": "1976 Green Bay Packers season", "sents": [ "The 1976 Green Bay Packers season was their 57th season in the National Football League.", "The club posted a 5–9 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a fourth-place finish in the NFC Central division.", "The Packers struggled, and finished in last place in the NFC Central with a 5-9 record, as the Quarterback position began to resemble a revolving door, as Lynn Dickey became the latest young Quarterback to struggle with Interceptions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bart Starr", "sents": [ "Bryan Bartlett \"Bart\" Starr (born January 9, 1934) is a former professional American football player and coach.", "He played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1956 through 1971.", "Starr was the only quarterback in history to lead a team to five league championships (1961–62, 1965–67), before Tom Brady tied the record during the 2016 season.", "Bart also led his team to victories in two Super Bowls, I and II.", "As the Packers' head coach, he was less successful, compiling a 52–76–3 ( ) record from 1975 through 1983." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Southern California", "sents": [ "Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's 10 southernmost counties.", "The region is traditionally described as eight counties, based on demographics and economic ties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.", "The more extensive 10-county definition, which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, is also used and is based on historical political divisions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3345_p80", "sents": [ "``It's just so scary watching everything happen.", "Who'd ever think we'd lose power?''", "Electricity notebook FERC may renew price caps May 24, 2001 From Register wire services Federal regulators this week announced that they might reimpose caps on the cost of transporting natural gas into southern California.", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday gave the public 20 days to comment on the possibility of reinstating caps, which were temporarily suspended by the commission this year.", "The price controls were lifted in an effort to expand the reach of deregulation.", "This proposed action, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., \"could make a real difference.\"", "\"Since FERC engaged in this experimental lifting of the cap, the price of natural gas in Southern California has climbed to three times higher than t he rest of the nation,'' said Feinstein.", "Currently, she said, the price in Southern California is $12.59 per million British Thermal Units and only $3.70 in the rest of the Western region." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2009 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto", "sents": [ "The Copa del Rey 2008-09 was the 73rd edition of the Spanish basketball Cup.", "It was managed by the ACB and was disputed in Madrid, Community of Madrid in the Palacio de Deportes between days 19 and 22 of February.", "The winning team was TAU Cerámica." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Community of Madrid", "sents": [ "The Community of Madrid ( ; Spanish: \"Comunidad de Madrid\" ] ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain.", "It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Castilian Central Plateau (\"Meseta Central\").", "Its capital is the city of Madrid, which is also the capital of the country.", "The Community of Madrid is bounded to the south and east by Castile–La Mancha and to the north and west by Castile and León.", "It was formally created in 1983, based on the limits of the province of Madrid, until then conventionally included in the historical region of New Castile." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Devon Energy", "sents": [ "Devon Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas, natural gas liquids, and petroleum producer focused on onshore exploration and production in North America.", "The company is headquartered in the 50-story Devon Energy Center, completed in 2012, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e2035_p91", "sents": [ "``Is it the best way to play energy?", "No,'' said Charles White of Avatar Associates, which manages a little more than $3 billion and counts Exxon Mobil shares as one of its largest holdings.", "``For instance, if you wanted an exploration company and were willing to do the research and trade often, you'd be better off with EOG, Apache Corp., or Devon Energy.", "But if you're just looking for a big company, Exxon Mobil is the bellwether.''", "Other Critics Other critics, including Michael Carpenter, Citigroup Inc.'s head of investment and corporate banking, have labeled Exxon Mobil's successful first full year a fluke.", "``The only companies in the world that make more money [than we do] today are a couple of oil companies that got lucky with high oil prices,'' Carpenter told analysts in January.", "Citigroup, the biggest United States financial services company, earned $13.5 billion last year.", "With such critical shots aimed at his company, Raymond often finds himself on the defensive." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6913_p28", "sents": [ "His company owns La Jolla Energy Development, which recently withdrew its application to build a small power plant in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles after residents there overwhelmingly opposed it.", "The Lancaster plant hasn't stirred as much dissent, but has been opposed by both the Planning and Conservation League and the Natural Resources Defense Council--in part on the grounds that it could not realistically open on time, and therefore wasn't eligible for the streamlined 21-day licensing process.", "The Lancaster delay followed another developer's decision to abandon plans to build a power plant in Chula Vista.", "Three major power plants have opened so far this summer in California and 10 small \"peaker\" plants are expected to open by the end of September.", "Although the state appears certain to fall short of Davis' goal of 5,000 new megawatts online this summer, the combination of new generation, mild weather and greater than expected conservation has eased the electricity crisis and staved off the blackouts that were expected to be frequent occurrences this summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e736_p4", "sents": [ "The first peaking plant approved by the commission, the United Golden Gate Project in San Mateo County, was given permission to run for three years.", "But the next two, in San Diego and Palm Springs, are being recommended for indefinite approval, and their builder, InterGen North America, said it intends to keep them running for 30 to 40 years.", "\"There's no way affected communities can know what's going on with the processes that are so short,\" said Sandra Spelliscy, general counsel of the Planning and Conservation League.", "\"I don't want to say negative things abou t that particular peaker (but) I think we're going to wake up in six to 12 months and realize we did a lot of stuff that we regret.\"", "In Huntington Beach, city officials say they are largely pleased with the fast-track process that protected most of their major concerns over a proposal by AES to quickly revive two mothballed steam turbines at its seaside plant." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Los Angeles World Affairs Council", "sents": [ "The Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC), the Los Angeles office within the national network of World Affairs Councils of America, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization which arranges speaker events, debates, seminars, and film screenings with international themes.", "It is a membership-based organization supported by membership fees and contributions.", "Speakers have included heads of state, political leaders, and entrepreneurs in technology and science.", "A subset within the LAWAC is the Young Professionals program, which engages young people in the workforce in global affairs issues and networking." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3520_p102", "sents": [ "Davis said he would move quickly to seek relief in federal court.", "Bush, who lost California in the 2000 election, made his first trip to the nation's most populous state since becoming president and left no doubt tha t he rejected Democrat Davis' demands for caps on the price of energy--mainly natural gas from the president's home state of Texas.", "\"Price caps do nothing to reduce demand and they do nothing to increase supply,\" Bush said during a midday address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.", "The president's comment brought enthusiastic applause from the audience of more than 1,000, which included a large number of business people.", "Davis sat stone-faced a few feet from the rostrum where the preside nt spoke.", "In an earlier appearance, Bush also denounced the posturing surrounding energy politics.", "\"Energy debates sometimes throw off some sparks,\" he said.", "\"But this is no time for harsh rhetoric." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Microsoft", "sents": [ "Microsoft Corporation ( , abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.", "It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.", "Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.", "Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup.", "As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.", "The word \"Microsoft\" is a portmanteau of \"microcomputer\" and \"software\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e6441_p0", "sents": [ "\"As I mentioned earlier this week, my associate Cliff Berg, representing AOL, co-sponsored a meeting in our office today regarding AB 256 (Wayne).", "The meeting was run by Kay Caldwell on behalf of the Internet Alliance.", "Kay was the one who contacted Jeff Dodd in Houston who I believe contacted one or both of you.", "The bill is being opposed by AOL, Microsoft, Charles Schwab, CMTA, Chamber, GTE Verizon, AEA, Retailers, Financial Services Association and the Internet Alliance.", "All of those parties are scheduled to meet with Assembly Member Wayne at different times on Wednesday to try and get him to drop the bill which is being sponsored by the Attorney General.", "In the event that fails, the group is also trying to get the bill double-referred to the Senate Banking Committee where they have a much better chance of stopping it versus the Senate Judiciary Committee.", "The bill will be heard by the Judiciary Committee on August 21. With respect to Enron's participation in any opposition effort, there was some concern that the Judiciary Committee may not be the best place because Peace is on that committee and would likely do anything to get at Enron (support?)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3248_p10", "sents": [ "http: www.wisor.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT iM Networks Adds Robert Raczkowski as Dev.", "and Finance VP mail?", "top MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- iM Networks, a provider of Internet technology for consumer electronics companies, said it appointed Robert Raczkowski as executive vice president of corporate development and finance responsible for strategic development and planning.", "Mr. Raczkowski formerly served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Silicon Alley Venture Partners and previously as CEO of Active.com, a participatory sports event registration company.", "iM Networks is backed by H&Q Asia Pacific, ING Barings, and individual investor Scott Cook, an Intuit founder.", "RedSiren Technologies Names Barbara Bogart Bus.", "Dev.", "VP mail?", "top PITTSBURGH (VENTUREWIRE) -- RedSiren Technologies, a provider of remote IT management and security services, said it named Barbara Bogart as vice president of business development, responsible for creating and managing partnerships with systems integrators, resellers, hardware and software vendors and digital marketplaces.", "Ms. Bogart has held senior management rol es at Logic Works, Metiom, and Manugistics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e7366_p26", "sents": [ "Expry offers one-hour delivery of goods and services ordered on the Internet and WAP phones.", "Delivery people arrive on mopeds dressed in white gloves and bowties.", "The company plans to expand throughout Europe.", "Expry is funded by individual investors.", "http: www.expry.it o Redleaf Group Launches Its Strategic Security Platform PITTSBURGH -- Redleaf Group, an Internet operating company that develops early-stage business-to-business Internet commerce companies, said it launched Redleaf Secure Systems (RSS), a strategic platform focused on Internet security.", "RSS will invest capital, acquire, and build companies that develop Internet security technology, as well as create partnerships with security firms and develop technology itself.", "Redleaf also said it made an agreement with and invested $5 million in managed service provider RedSiren Technologies, and that it formed a partnership with RedCreek, which develops hardware and software security products and services.", "http: www.redleaf.com Services Marketer eFrenzy Changes Name to Nextdoor Networks SAN FRANCISCO -- eFrenzy, which runs an online marketplace for a range of services, said it is changing its name to Nextdoor Networks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Reality Bug", "sents": [ "The Reality Bug is the fourth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.", "The world is all about peoples' imaginations.", "People create their own fantasy worlds and live inside their dreams." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "D. J. MacHale", "sents": [ "Donald James \"D.J.\"", "MacHale (born March 11, 1956) is an American writer, director, and executive producer.", "He has been affiliated with shows such as \"Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "\", \"Flight 29 Down\" and \"Seasonal Differences\".", "MacHale is also the author of the popular young adult book series, \"Pendragon\" and \"Morpheus Road\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta", "sents": [ "Estadi Municipal de la Nova Creu Alta is a multi-use stadium in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain.", "It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of CE Sabadell FC.", "The address of the stadium is Plaça Olímpia s/n, 08206 Sabadell, and the offices of the club are in the stadium.", "The stadium holds 11,981 people, after the last reform.", "The stadium was built in 1967.", "During the 1992 Summer Olympics it hosted six football matches." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Sabadell", "sents": [ "Sabadell (] Latin: Sabatellum) is the second largest city in the \"comarca\" of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain.", "It is in the south of the \"comarca\", on the River Ripoll, 20 km north of Barcelona.", "Sabadell is located 190 m above sea level and is the co-capital of the \"comarca\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2016–17 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team", "sents": [ "The 2016–17 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team represents Elon University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.", "The Phoenix, led by sixth year head coach Charlotte Smith, play their home games at Alumni Gym and are third year members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).", "They finished the season 27–7, 16–2 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title.", "They also won the CAA Tournament Championship for the first time in school history and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history.", "They lost in the first round to West Virginia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Elon University", "sents": [ "Elon University is an American private, non-sectarian, coeducational liberal arts university with a historic 636-acre campus in Elon, North Carolina.", "Founded by the United Church of Christ in 1889, the institution has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines.", "As of 2016-2017, the university had 6,008 undergraduate students and 731 graduate students." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ralph Reed", "sents": [ "Ralph Eugene Reed Jr. (born June 24, 1961) is a conservative American political activist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s.", "He sought the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia but lost the primary election on July 18, 2006, to state Senator Casey Cagle.", "Reed started the Faith and Freedom Coalition in June 2009.", "Reed and his wife JoAnne Young were married in 1987 and have four children." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p9", "sents": [ "While energy experts can think of numerous reasons why California's energy crisis was largely of its own making, the rolling blackouts there have caused other states to slow their deregulation efforts for fear of similar troubles.", "Even politically savvy Enron may have a tough time pulling out a victory from those ashes.", "Photo: 1. Jim Crownover, left, and his wife, Molly, welcome former President Bush and Enron Chairman Ken Lay at their home in February 2000. The United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast honored the Alexis de Tocqueville Society during a reception for major donors at the Crownovers' residence (p. 19); Mugs: 2. Lloyd Bentsen (p. 19); 3. J. Bennett Johnston (p. 19); 4. Bill Paxon (p. 19); 5. Ralph Reed (p. 19) Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "BUSINESS THE NEW POWER Enron Making of the Market-maker Pipeline operator evolved into player that keeps raising bar MICHAEL DAVIS Staff 04 15 2001 Houston Chronicle 2 STAR 1 (Copyright 2001) AT ENRON CORP., it came to be known as the \"Come to Jesus\" meeting." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Michael Dunigan", "sents": [ "Michael René Dunigan (born June 2, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League.", "He played college basketball at the University of Oregon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional", "sents": [ "The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico.", "The league was founded in 2000 with 11 teams.", "Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important basketball leagues in Latin America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Putnam Investments", "sents": [ "Putnam Investments is a privately owned investment management firm founded in 1937 by George Putnam, who established one of the first balanced mutual funds, The George Putnam Fund of Boston.", "As one of the oldest mutual fund complexes in the United States, Putnam has over $183 billion in assets under management, 79 individual mutual fund offerings, 96 institutional clients, and over seven million shareholders and retirement plan participants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4740_p3", "sents": [ "Mr. Brooks and Mr. Eggers will also serve on Iris Labs' board, along with Jennifer Gill Roberts of Sevin Rosen.", "Mr. Brooks, Ms. Roberts, and George Chase of Hook Partners will sit on Metera's board.", "http: www.irislabs.com Infrastructure Provider Intira Holds $140 Million Round Two PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Intira, a provider of IT and network infrastructure for online business applications on an outsourced basis, said it raised over $140 million in its second round of funding.", "Investors in the round include Bain Capital, Chase Capital Partners, Lehman Brothers, Mayfield Fund, New Enterprise Associates, and Spectrum Equity Investors also funded the round.", "The company wil use the funding to further develop its outsourced infrastructure platform, create and improve service level agreements, and for customer initiatives.", "Intira has also been backed by Apollo Group, Cargil Associates, Goldman Sachs, Lowes, Och-Ziff Management, and Putnam Investments.", "http: www.intira.com Free Internet Firm Freei Networks Files For Bankruptcy FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- After laying off a third of its staff and pulling its IPO last week, Freei Networks has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hummer Winblad Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a software and web focused venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California.", "Its founders include John Hummer and Ann Winblad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6556_p3", "sents": [ "A&M Records and other recording companies, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the National Music Publishers Association have also filed a lawsuit against Napster that remains unresolved.", "Hilary B. Rosen, the president of the RIAA, released a statement saying the agreement was a positive step but made no predictions of what the record companies it represents would do in light of the development.", "Napster is backed by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and individual investors.", "http: www.napster.com http: www.bertelsmann.com 39 Workers Lose Jobs as Internet Appliance Shuts NY Office NEW YORK -- In a bid to focus on profitability and manage its operational costs, Audrey Parma, the chief executive officer and president of Internet Appliance Network (IAN), said the company is closing down its New York office, laying off 39 employees.", "IAN, which had been providing customized user interfaces, software, Internet access, targeted content and links, loyalty programs, and an e-commerce and advertising network, among other services, said it will focus mainly on its software and technology business and drop its marketing services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2008 MuchMusic Video Awards", "sents": [ "The 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 15, 2008 with the rain-soaked Red carpet arrivals that started at 8:00pm ET, but was slightly delayed by rainstorms that soaked the crowds and artists, the awards started at 9:00 and ended at 11:00.", "The show featured performances by illScarlett, Flo Rida, Girlicious, Sean Kingston, JabbaWockeeZ, Simple Plan, the first performance by New Kids on the Block in 15 years and others.", "The most nominated artist was Hedley with six nominations in which they won four awards.", "This was the first MMVA to have an afterparty, which was broadcast exclusively on MuchMusic.com, and featured Bedouin Soundclash." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Girlicious", "sents": [ "Girlicious was an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from The CW reality TV show \"\".", "The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Nichole Cordova, Tiffanie Anderson, Chrystina Sayers and Natalie Mejia.", "Their self-titled debut album was released in Canada in August 2008 and reached number two on the Canadian Albums Chart.", "After Anderson left the group in June 2009, Girlicious signed with Universal Music Canada and released their second studio album, \"Rebuilt\", in November 2010.", "Mejia and Sayers departed the group in February 2011.", "Nichole Cordova later announced the end of Girlicious, and her joining a new girl group called Girls United." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Whistler, British Columbia", "sents": [ "Whistler (Squamish language: Sḵwiḵw) is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately 125 km north of Vancouver and 36 km south of the town of Pemberton.", "Incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), it has a permanent population of approximately 9,965, plus a larger but rotating \"transient\" population of workers, typically younger people from beyond British Columbia, notably from Australia and Europe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Coast Mountains", "sents": [ "The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia south to the Fraser River.", "The mountain range's name derives from its proximity to the sea coast, and it is often referred to as the Coast Range.", "The range includes volcanic and non-volcanic mountains and the extensive ice fields of the Pacific and Boundary Ranges, and the northern end of the volcanic system known as the Cascade Volcanoes.", "The Coast Mountains are part of a larger mountain system called the Pacific Coast Ranges or the Pacific Mountain System, which includes the Cascade Range, the Insular Mountains, the Olympic Mountains, the Oregon Coast Range, the California Coast Ranges, the Saint Elias Mountains and the Chugach Mountains.", "The Coast Mountains are also part of the American Cordilleraa Spanish term for an extensive chain of mountain rangesthat consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western backbone of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11736_p2", "sents": [ "On Monday, Davis announced 40 deals or preliminary agreements to buy power from 20 generators, with delivery scheduled anywhere from four months to 10 years, and one deal lasting 20 years.", "The state government has been thrust into the power business because PG&E and SoCal Edison are awash in some $13 billion of red ink and generators will no longer do business with them.", "The utilities have accumulated the debt since last spring due to terms of California's flawed electricity deregulation scheme that forced them to pay soaring prices for wholesale power that they could not collect from their retail customers because of a rate freeze.", "A California consumer group warned after the CPUC action today that once a rate is decided, the water agency may be in a position to set higher rates for the utilities' customers.", "Nettie Hoge, head of The Utility Reform Network (TURN), a consumer advocate group, warned the water agency ``could say that it needs more revenue from ratepayers for its costs and there would be no reviews by the CPUC to decide if the increases were prudent.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e529_p31", "sents": [ "In San Francisco on Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved electricity rate increases of up to 46 percent to try to head off blackouts this summer by keeping the state's two biggest utilities from going under.", "When California officials set up deregulation they allowed the price of wholesale electricity to rise but capped the amount companies could charge customers, Skilling said.", "SoCal Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric say they have lost more than $13 billion since last summer because they haven't been able to pass on the high cost of wholesale electricity.", "Skilling said Texans are in a much better position and shouldn't worry that their state's deregulation would be like the California experience.", "\"California, they just put together a crazy system,\" Skilling said in his first public comments since becoming the Houston-based company's chief executive officer in February.", "\"The markets in California are the most regulated markets in North America today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p67", "sents": [ "Topping the list was Calpine Corp., which spent $141,204. Duke Energy came in second at $99,735.44 - a $20,000 leap over the prior quarter.", "Most of Duke' s money was spent on consultants who worked overtime building a defense for t he company against accusations of price gouging made by former employees.", "\"Overall, our consultants spent more time setting the record straight again st some blatantly false and misleading statements, regarding our rates and pla nt operations, which the state's own documents proved were false,\" said Duke spokesman Pat Mullen.", "Some lawmakers and energy experts say the state documents do not clear Duke of wrongdoing, and the accusations are still being investigated by a Senate committee.", "Gouger Gray Davis California's petulant governor ignores reality as he overpays for electrici ty LANCE T. IZUMI Mr. Izumi is a senior fellow in California Studies at the Sa n Francisco- based Pacific Research Institute." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Pacific Research Institute", "sents": [ "The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI) is a California-based free-market think tank which promotes \"the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility\" through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government.", "PRI was founded in 1979 by British philanthropist Antony Fisher." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2250_p4", "sents": [ "Once signed, the contract's target reductions would become mandatory.", "Called a \"soft cap\" program, it could become part of the United States position for the next round of international climate-change talks, slated for Bonn, Germany, in July.", "\"We have only recently begun to engage the administration,\" said the official.", "Since March when the Bush administration aroused a furor among environmental groups and European allies by announcing it was no longer interested in the Kyoto Protocol to curb climate change, it has held a series of cabinet-level seminars on climate change, bringing in industry experts and a variety of government and outside scientists.", "President Bush will need to have some outline of a new United States climate-change policy by next month when he goes to Sweden for a summit with leaders of the European Union.", "\"We're well aware of the calendar,\" said one United States official.", "Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade association here that represents private-sector utilities, said \"I think the [Bush] administration is definitely interested in things that they can do to address this issue.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Bonn", "sents": [ "The Federal City of Bonn (] ) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000.", "About 24 km south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Detroit", "sents": [ "Detroit ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.", "The municipality of Detroit had a 2015 estimated population of 677,116, making it the 21st-most populous city in the United States.", "The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after Chicago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20622_p89", "sents": [ "Improving Efficiency: The House bill dedicates $5.9 billion in various subsidies for energy efficiency and renewable energy, versus about $27 billion for the coal, oil and gas industries.", "It creates modest tax credits for people who buy hybrid cars, for builders of more energy-efficient homes and for manufacturers of some energy-saving appliances.", "But it does nothing to improve the efficiency of one of the biggest energy users of all, air-conditioners, and it is here that the Senate could usefully resurrect the tough standards imposed by the Clinton administration that President Bush is trying to roll back.", "The most important and courageous step, however, and one the House refused to take, would be to close the so-called S.U.V.", "loophole, under which large vehicles like sport utility vehicles and minivans are classified as light trucks and thus escape the 27.5-mile-per-gallon standard required of ordinary cars.", "Closing that loophole, which Detroit is perfectly capable of doing, would result in oil savings of one million barrels a day by 2015, more than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be expected to yield in the same time frame." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "NRG Energy", "sents": [ "NRG Energy, Inc. is a large American energy company, dual-headquartered in West Windsor Township, New Jersey, and Houston, Texas.", "It was formerly the wholesale arm of Xcel Energy, and was spun off in bankruptcy in 2004." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3793_p90", "sents": [ "Falling spot and forward electricity prices in California and elsewhere als o have hurt shares, analysts said.", "Shares of Calpine have fallen 21 percent since May 21. Shares of Reliant ha ve fallen 13 percent since May 24. NRG Energy has fallen 13 percent since May 24. \"Investors are concerned about the PG&E bankruptcy proceeding,\" Calpine spokesman Richard Barraza said in an interview in New York.", "PG&E Corp.'s utility, California's biggest, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early April with almost $9 billion in losses from buying electricity at soaring prices that couldn't be passed on to customers.", "Falling power prices also contributed to the share-price decline, Commerzba nk Securities analyst Andre Meade said.", "Electricity in the California-Oregon border region for day-ahead delivery fell Wednesday to the lowest level in 11 months, dropping 12 percent to $60 a megawatt-hour, according to Bloomberg Energy Service statistics.", "A megawatt hour can light 750 California homes f or an hour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Joseph Otting", "sents": [ "Joseph M. Otting (born 1962) is an American businessman.", "He was the President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of OneWest Bank from 2010-2015.", "On June 5, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Otting to become the Comptroller of the Currency, responsible for overseeing federally-chartered banks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3406_p1", "sents": [ "Robert C. Bonner Partner Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher James W. Boswell President J.G.", "Boswell Company Stephen I. Chazen CEO & Executive Vice President Corporate Development Occidental Petroleum Corporation Gareth C.C.", "Chang Chairman & CEO GC3 & Associates International, LLC Dunson K. Cheng Chairman & President Cathay Bank Andrew Cherng Chairman Panda Management Company Paul V. Colony Vice Chairman Aon Worldwide Resources R. Thomas Decker Chairman Strategic Resources William H. Fain, Jr.", "Managing Partner Johnson Fain Partners David Fleming Chair of the Executive Committee Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation Robert Flowers President Community & Investment Development Washington Mutual Bank Stephen E. Frank Chairman, President & CEO Southern California Edison Company S. David Freeman General Manager Department of Water & Power City of Los Angeles Ronald R. Gastelum General Manager Metropolitan Water District Jeffrey L. Glassman Partner Riordan & McKinzie Rupert G.L.", "Grant Senior Account Executive 1717 Capital Management Company George L. Graziadio Chairman of the Board, President & CEO Imperial Bancorp Robert V. Graziano President & COO Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc. David Helwig Senior Vice President, Large Group Services Blue Cross of California Don Jue Vice President - Marketing, System Sales IBM Americas Larry A. Keller Executive Director Port of Los Angeles Mark S. Liberman Vice President - West Region United Airlines Margaret J. Liptay Managing Director Marsh Risk & Insurance Services David C. Lizarraga President & CEO TELACU Industries John F. Llewellyn President & CEO Forest Lawn Memorial - Parks & Mortuaries Douglas M. Lopez President CEO Dial Employment Group Robert J. Lowe President Lowe Enterprises William L. MacDonald President & CEO Clark Bardes Consulting Compensation Resource Group Thomas L. Mack Vice President Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation Christopher C. Martin President AC Martin Partners, Inc. John C. McKeon Senior Vice President Advertising Los Angeles Times Thomas V. McKernan, Jr. President & CEO Automobile Club of Southern California James F. McNulty Chairman & CEO Parsons Corporation Leigh Morrison Vice President - Western Region Compaq Computer Corporation Philip M. Neal Chairman of the Board & CEO Avery Dennison Juliet Oehler Chief Financial Officer Tom York Enterprises Joseph Otting Executive Vice President Union Bank of California Jane G. Pisano Senior Vice President - External Relations University of Southern California Alfred A. Plamann President & CEO United Western Grocers, Inc. Alan Puzarne Senior Vice President & Chief Executive Southern Region Blue Shield of California Norman E. Ross, Jr. Sr. Vice President - Western Region Delon Hampton & Associates Chartered William M. Royer Managing Director CITIBANK Gregory F. Sanford President & CEO United States Trust Company, N.A Keitha T. Schofield Executive Vice President Farmers Insurance Group Kathleen Scovern-McKeon Director of Sales General Manager Growth Markets AT&T John H. Semcken III Vice President Majestic Realty Co. R.K Spackman Manager - Government & Public Affairs Chevron Products Company Lee M. Stewart President Energy Transportation Services The Gas Company Steve Sugerman Senior Vice President & Partner Fleishman-Hillard - Los Angeles Heidi Trost Vice President, Los Angeles EDS Ron F. Wagley, CLU, ChFC President Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company John F. Walker, Jr." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2041_p1", "sents": [ "Although the pooling points are private, open access means that Enron supports the notion that counterparties have the freedom to transact through any pooling point system they choose.", "Enron offers interconnection at its pooling points for a monthly port fee of $1,000, which will be waived for transactions in which the carrier is a counterparty.", "&There will be room for different entities supporting various goals and objectives, 8 continued Allen.", "&Companies will be able to access bandwidth services from a plethora of providers, creating a hub for exchanging bandwidth services. 8 Enron has deployed 18 pooling points in the US, six in Europe and one in Asia.", "Click here to see the press release.", "EBS AT NAB FOR EOD Members of the Digital Content Services Wholesale, Trading and Sales Engineering teams have been in Las Vegas this week for the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference.", "NAB2001 is the world's leadi ng conference and exhibition for the converging electronic media and communications industries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Las Vegas", "sents": [ "Las Vegas ( , Spanish for \"The Meadows\"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.", "The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert.", "Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife.", "The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19978_p10", "sents": [ "Utilities Commissioner Carl Wood, who crafted the timetable for the review, acknowledged yesterday that his schedule did not anticipate the need to consider an alternative proposal.", "Wood said it was unclear how long that might take.", "\"Much will depend on the perceived quality of the (alternative) plan,\" Wood said.", "SDG&E, meanwhile, said it had not decided whether it will participate in the Monday meeting -- called a \"settlement conference\" under PUC rules -- and criticized the scheduling of the event.", "\"We believe this is a delaying tactic designed to hijack this process,\" said Ed Van Herik, a spokesman for SDG&E, a unit of San Diego-based Sempra Energy.", "\"This is designed to undermine the authority of the utilities commission and the governor.\"", "Van Herik noted that components of the utility's plan have already been approved, while others remain on track.", "But a key issue -- whether customers or shareholders are entitled to hundreds of millions in profits SDG&E earned from selling power to the state -- has yet to be voted upon by the commission." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2319_p2", "sents": [ "But participation in those programs has dropped sharply because of repeated power interruptions.", "SDG&E's \"interruptible\" program represents 49 megawatts of demand, half of what it was in October, spokesman Ed Van Herik said.", "The new SDG&E program, which must be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, would kick in whenever Cal-ISO declares a Stage 3 emergency, indicating that power reserves are down to 1.5% of demand and that rolling blackouts are imminent.", "SDG&E hopes to sign up 50 megawatts of backup generation, representing about 40 large commercial and industrial customers, but believes customers capable of generating a total of 200 megawatts may be eligible for the program, Van Herik said.", "\"We found a lot of customers are interested in this program,\" he said.", "\"This is an opportunity for San Diego to become involved.\"", "During a Stage 3 order, program participants would be asked to start their backup generators and then reduce the electricity they receive from SDG&E by the same amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Venus girdle", "sents": [ "The Venus girdle, Cestum veneris, is a comb jelly in the family Cestidae.", "It is the only member of its genus, Cestum." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Cestidae", "sents": [ "Cestida is an order of comb jellies.", "It has one family, Cestidae, with two genera: \"Cestum\" and \"Velamen\", each containing one species." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9389_p23", "sents": [ "Investors for Sightopia.com include Oxford Capital Group, PRL Resources, Bville Limited, and individual investors.", "http: www.sightopia.com Information Management Software Firm Giage Now Copernus CINCINNATI -- Giage, an online provider of information management software, announced it changed its name to Copernus.", "In addition to the name change, Copernus launched its first offering, the Copernus Decisioning Service.", "The company is backed by Blue Chip Venture Company, CID Equity Partners, and the Walnut Group.", "http: www.copernus.com M&A o Enhanced TV Services Firm RespondTV Acquires AccelerateTV SAN FRANCISCO -- RespondTV, which provides infrastructure and applications for enhanced television services, announced it has acquired AccelerateTV for an undisclosed amount.", "AccelerateTV provides services and products that enable cable and satelite operators to offer subscribers interactive content and secure commerce transactions.", "Both companies are privately held.", "RespondTV is backed by equity investments from AT&T, Comcast, GE Capital, Integrity Partners, Liberty Digital, Sequoia Partners, Showtime Networks, Tribune, and United Television." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p6", "sents": [ "http: www.buzzsaw.com Entertainment Site UGO Networks Acquires Rival Bla-Bla.com mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Bla-Bla.com, an online portal for independ ent content, said that it has been acquired by rival UGO (UnderGround Online) Networks, for an undisclosed amount.", "Bla-Bla.com's CEO Michael O'Hara said that the two companies had been \"brainstorming\" for nearly five months.", "Ove r the past six months, both UGO and Bla-Bla.com have each announced layoffs of about 30% of their staff, with UGO eliminating 40 people and Bla-Bla.com cutting 16 people.", "UGO is expected to \"pick and choose\" from the remaining employees at Bla-Bla.com to decide whom it wants to keep.", "Mr. O'Hara said that he would not be involved with the combined company and is moving on to other business opportunities.", "UGO has raised a total of $82 million in funding and expects to break even within one year.", "The company is backed by GRP, Gryphon Holdings III, J. & W. Seligman, and Vivendi, as well as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Entertainment Group, Liberty Digital, and LiveWire." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5916_p6", "sents": [ "The round was led by Shelter Capital Partners and included investments from Accretive Technology Partners, BEA Systems, MC Capital, MC Silicon Valley, Mitsubishi International, and Tibco Software.", "The company said it will use the funding for the deployment of its mobile commerce software.", "http: www.mobileum.com Network Service Firm Bang Networks Has $18 Million Series A SAN FRANCISCO -- Bang Networks, which provides real-time network services, said it raised $18 million in its Series A funding.", "The round was led by Sequoia Capital and included investments from Western Technology Investment, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Angel Investors.", "Individual investors Netscape Communications co-founder Marc Andreessen, Network Appliance CEO Dan Warmenhoven, MIT Media Lab chairman Nicholas Negroponte, First Call founder Jeff Parker, and Goldman Sachs managing director Randall Blumenthal also participated in the funding.", "The company's management includes former executives from Sony, Lucent, Intel, and News Corp.", "The company said Mark Kvamme from Sequoia Capital, and Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance, will take seats on the its board of directors as a result of the financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Sequoia Capital", "sents": [ "Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm.", "The firm is located in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry.", "It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value.", "Sequoia manages multiple investment funds including funds specific to India, Israel, and China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6492_p13", "sents": [ "It's very fragile but it does show the potential of the market,\" said Foreign & Colonial director of UK equities David Manning.", "\"It's not only the holiday period, it's also that the market can make you look an idiot one day to the next.", "In that sort of circumstance the temptation is to do very little,\" he said.", "ABN Amro strategist Gareth Williams said the market would make modest progress over the next month or so, with moves downward quite likely although the trend would be upwards over the course of the year.", "TECHS DIP Thursday's 5.3-percent rally in the Nasdaq failed to bring any cheer to UK technology shares.", "Logica and Colt Telecom slid four percent, while microchip designer ARM fell 3.9 percent to 223 pence trimming Thursday's 13 percent jump.", "The techMARK index of technology shares rose 0.98 percent to 1,602.87. Elsewhere on the downside, UK holiday operator Airtours lost nearly 10 percent of its value after Swiss peer Kuoni issued a profit warning." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "David Manning", "sents": [ "Sir David Geoffrey Manning, {'1': \", '2': \", '3': \", '4': \"} (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007.", "He authored the so-called \"Manning Memo\" summarising the details of a January 2003 meeting between American president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.", "He has since been appointed to the Household of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cryptophasa aethoptera", "sents": [ "Cryptophasa aethoptera is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family.", "It was described by Meyrick in 1938.", "It is found in New Guinea." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Xyloryctidae", "sents": [ "Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea.", "Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region.", "While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1977_p3", "sents": [ "4. Growing Fiscal Risk in California Sources speculate that California could therefore pay as much as $20 billion on power this summer - this is more than the combined enterprise value of PG&E and SCE.", "These sources believe that, because of the severity of the situation, the FERC and or the federal government will be forced to take further action to control prices for power.", "The consensus is that the state of California will run out of money in about 90 days.", "One of the first projects to be cancelled will be state plans to finance new power plant construction in exchange for long-term power deals.", "The bleak fiscal picture is also causing bank creditors to revisit the bridge loans they are providing to California.", "The Bush Administration and the Fed are only now waking up to the seriousness of the fiscal picture.", "The country's largest and most prosperous state will have gone from large surpluses to serious debt downgrades and devastating deficits in a matter of months." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "e27445_p14", "sents": [ "A megawatt-hour can light 1,000 average United States homes for an hour.", "Neptune expects bids from utilities such as Consolidated Edison of New York, generators such as Calpine Corp., power marketers such as Enron Corp., and from gas producers.", "The Bush Administration's National Energy Plan calls for increased energy imports from Canada to help avert shortages.", "Canada often has surplus power in summer, when electricity demand in the United States is high.", "The United States could export power in winter, when Canada needs it, Neptune has said.", "Pittsfield, Maine-based Cianbro's partners include ESAI Energy Ventures of Wakefield, Massachusetts; Tompkins Research and Management Consulting of Hartford, Connecticut; Standard Energy Development of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Curtis, Thaxter, Stevens, Broder, and Micoleau, the Portland-based law firm of former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis, Krapels said.", "Paris-based Societe Generale is investment banker for the project, the company said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20534_p12", "sents": [ "Gord Forstner, head of communications, said a bond sale would reduce Ontario Hydro's stranded debt by $10-billion immediately, paving the way for lower electricity charges.", "Currently, a special levy on all electricity bills is being used to whittle down the debt.", "The charge costs Dofasco alone about $15-million a year.", "\"We want to see the stranded debt paid down first,\" Mr. Forstner said.", "\"Until that happens, we don't favour Hydro One going to the expense of expanding outside of Ontario's boundaries.\"", "Hydro One at a glance Ontario's electricity transmission system split off from the former Ontario Hydro in May, 2000. It is the largest power distribution network in Canada and serves 1.2 million people.", "Revenues: $3-billion in 2000, $2.4-billion through first nine months of 2001. Total assets: $10-billion, including 141,000 kilometres of wire, 1,200 stations and sub-stations and connection facilities to New York, Michigan, Manitoba and Quebec.", "EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization): $1.3-billion in 2000. Net earnings: $378-million in 2000, $351-million through first nine months of 2001. Common equity: $3.7-billion (owned by the Province of Ontario) Employees: 4,500 Source: Hydro One" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Ontario Hydro", "sents": [ "Ontario Hydro, established in 1906 as the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, was a publicly owned electricity utility in the Province of Ontario.", "It was formed to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity generated by private companies already operating at Niagara Falls, and soon developed its own generation resources by buying private generation stations and becoming a major designer and builder of new stations.", "As most of the readily developed hydroelectric sites became exploited, the corporation expanded into building coal-fired generation and then nuclear-powered facilities.", "Renamed as \"Ontario Hydro\" in 1974, by the 1990s it had become one of the largest, fully integrated electricity corporations in North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Dallas Morning News", "sents": [ "The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average of 271,900 daily subscribers.", "It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the \"Galveston Daily News\", of Galveston, Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3430_p20", "sents": [ "Capriati, seeded fourth, overcame seven double faults in defeating France's Emilie Loit 6-2, 7-5. Both Agassi and Capriati won Australian Open titles earlier this year.", "LOAD-DATE: May 29, 2001 26 of 98 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service The Dallas Morning News May 29, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K7523 LENGTH: 1046 words HEADLINE: Bush begins visit in hostile California BYLINE: By G. Robert Hillman BODY: LOS ANGELES _ President Bush landed in hostile territory Monday night, beginning his first presidential visit to California amid a pressing energy crisis that he says he cannot ease in the short term.", "\"We welcome him to California,\" said California Gov.", "Gray Davis, a Democrat who has waged a long-distance war with the Republican president over the high cost and short supply of electricity in the nation's most populous state.", "\"I hope he has an opportunity to talk firsthand to some of the people who are adversely impacted by the very high rates we're paying for electricity.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e6247_p106", "sents": [ "The five commissioners who make up FERC - all of whom were members of their home state's Public Utilities Commissions - ordered the settlement talks th at concluded Monday.", "They had hoped all the parties involved in California's electricity crisis could reach an agreement on proposed refunds, long-term power contracts and other issues that have divided the parties for months.", "FERC's chief judge, Curtis Wagner, was asked to mediate the talks.", "WHAT WAS AT STAKE?", "For the state: $8.9 billion that Gov.", "Gray Davis said was the amount power companies overcharged California in the past year.", "Wagner's finding?", "There should be refunds.", "But more like $1 billion.", "For the generators: More than $5 billion that they say they are owed for unpaid power bills.", "Wagner's finding?", "Generators are owed more money than t he refunds they owe California.", "He did not specify by how much.", "For California consumers: A stable electricity market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e810_p0", "sents": [ "\"FYI on behalf of Sue Mara: Governor Gray Davis to address California energy crisis It is expected he will be speaking for about four minutes and that he will start at about 6:05 p.m. PDT.", "Gov.", "Davis is expected to deliver a five-minute speech to Californians Thursday night From CNN.com: April 5, 2001 Web posted at: 4:38 p.m. EDT (2038 GMT) Hena Cuevas is a CNN Correspondent based out of California.", "Q: What do we expect to be the main points of Governor Gray Davis' address this evening?", "CUEVAS: His office has said that the basic theme will be conservation.", "Basically, he is trying to motivate everyone to conserve.", "Also, we are expected to hear a stern warning involving the power situation this summer.", "It is expected to be a warmer than average summer.", "Davis e is also going to address that.", "We have also been told that he will make some sort of announcement and that the announcement is being kept under tight wraps; it is top secret." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27888_p5", "sents": [ "New money will be used for product development and marketing in the United States and the Far East.", "more.. <http: professional.venturewire.com prostory.asp ] <http: www.xemics.ch Unlocking the Promise of Good Science: The Investor's Perspective Good science doesn't always equate with good investment opportunity.", "Generations of investors have been burned and rewarded for taking risks on the potential of early- stage therapies.", "The drug discovery process is a complex combination of tests and hurdles for young companies.", "Where are the signposts for investors?", "James Reddoch of Banc of America Securities will moderate a special roundtable dedicated to drug research and discovery at this year's Healthcare Outlook Conference.", "The experience of the panelists reflects the complex considerations of modern research and development.", "Mr. Reddoch is joined by Michael Grey of Structural Genomix, Daniel Janney of Alta Partners, Gary Zweiger of Agilent Technologies and Lowell Harmison, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] }, { "title": "Agilent Technologies", "sents": [ "Agilent Technologies is an American public research, development and manufacturing company established in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard.", "The resulting IPO of Agilent stock was the largest in the history of Silicon Valley at the time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "WBEL (AM)", "sents": [ "WBEL (1380 AM) is a news/talk radio station in South Beloit, Illinois with studios in Janesville, Wisconsin.", "WBEL, which signed on in 1948, originally focused primarily on the Beloit, Wisconsin area, and until 1998 aired an adult standards format along with some talk programming; that August, it switched to a sports radio format affiliated with ESPN Radio, changed its call letters to WTJK, and began marketing itself to the Janesville and Rockford, Illinois areas.", "In 2001, WTJK was purchased by Good Karma Broadcasting and became the first ESPN Radio station in the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Janesville, Wisconsin", "sents": [ "Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States.", "It is the county seat and largest city of Rock County, and the principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.", "As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 63,575." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3345_p92", "sents": [ "Th e Russell City Energy Center would provide needed electricity for Hayward, western Alameda County and the San Francisco Peninsula.", "The modern technology used at the facility would allow for a greater than 90 percent reduction of certain emissions and is 40 percent more fuel-efficient compared to older gas-fueled facilities in the Bay Area.", "\"The Russell City Energy Center will provide a vital new source of clean, reliable electricity in the region,\" said Curt Hildebrand, vice president a nd general manager of the Calpine Bechtel Joint Development.", "\"We look forward to working with the City of Hayward, Alameda County and the California Energy Commission to develop a model Energy Center.\"", "Submittal of the AFC represents the culmination of more than six months of extensive engineering, technical and environmental studies.", "\"We are hopeful that the considerable groundwork that we have laid thus far will make this project eligible for the six month CEC review process,\" Hildebrand added." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco Peninsula", "sents": [ "The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.", "On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco.", "Its southern base is in northern Santa Clara County, including the cities of Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos.", "Most of the Peninsula is occupied by San Mateo County, between San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, and including the cities and towns of Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, El Granada, Foster City, Hillsborough, Half Moon Bay, La Honda, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Mountain View, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, and Woodside." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "À Nous la Liberté", "sents": [ "À nous la liberté (English: Freedom for Us) is a 1931 French film directed by René Clair.", "With a score by Georges Auric, the film has more music than any of Clair's early works." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "René Clair", "sents": [ "René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981) born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer.", "He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy.", "He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade.", "Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years.", "He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.", "Clair's best known films include \"The Italian Straw Hat\" (1928), \"Under the Roofs of Paris\" (1930), \"Le Million\" (1931), \"À nous la liberté\" (1931), \"I Married a Witch\" (1942), and \"And Then There Were None\" (1945)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "L'Express (Toronto)", "sents": [ "L'Express, formerly L'Express de Toronto is a French language Canadian weekly newspaper, published in Toronto, Ontario.", "The paper concentrates primarily on local and regional news for Franco-Ontarians in the Greater Toronto Area and Central Ontario, although it has also published a smaller selection of national and international news coverage.", "It is considered one of the most important francophone media outlets in Canada outside of Quebec; for instance, in Jacques Parizeau's first trip outside of Quebec after winning the 1994 Quebec provincial election, \"L'Express\" was the only media outlet besides the national \"CBC Prime Time News\" to whom he granted an interview." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Toronto", "sents": [ "Toronto ( , ] ) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario.", "With a population in 2016 of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles.", "Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the most populous metropolitan area in Canada, and anchors the Golden Horseshoe, an urbanized region that is home to 9.2 million people, or over 26% of the population of Canada.", "A global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Junie Lewis", "sents": [ "Junie Lewis (born January 11, 1966) is a retired American basketball player.", "He was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 1989 NBA Draft out of the University of South Alabama." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "University of South Alabama", "sents": [ "The University of South Alabama (USA), officially nicknamed \"South\" is a public, national research university in Mobile, Alabama, United States.", "It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama.", "With Alabama's two older universities more than 200 miles distant, the University is strategically located in the greater Mobile area, which has a population of more than a million within a 100-mile radius.", "Currently, USA is divided into ten colleges and schools and includes one of Alabama's two state-supported medical schools.", "As of the Fall semester of 2016, South Alabama has an enrollment of 16,699 students.", "To date, the University has awarded over 80,000 degrees.", "As of 2014 the university maintains a 14% graduation rate for four year courses, and was named the 8th most dangerous college in the country by \"Business Insider\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Houston Chronicle", "sents": [ "The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.", "s of 2016 , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States.", "With its 1995 buy-out of long-time rival the \"Houston Post\", the \"Chronicle\" became Houston's primary newspaper." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p0", "sents": [ "'The New Power 'THEY GET IT' Enron displays political savvy in access to decision-makers Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Enron Making of the Market-maker Pipeline operator evolved into player that keeps raising bar Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Enron Making of the Market-maker With ups and downs, Enron Broadband is a work in progress Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Enron Making of the Market-maker The project Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 SIGN OF THE TIMES Glowing logo once hovered over the city that oil built Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Returns on investments too slow in developing nations Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Working environment now driven more by new ideas than old doctrine Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Firm in a hurry to get into new downtown tower Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Current lineup Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 THE NEW POWER Enron's chronology Houston Chronicle, 04 15 01 GRASS-ROOTS BUSINESS Oil-Patch Epicenter, Embracing the Web The New York Times, 04 15 01 Sierra Pacific Suspends Quarterly Payout Because of Energy Crisis in Western States Dow Jones Business News, 04 15 01 India: Report cautions Maharashtra on PPAs The Hindu, 04 15 01 Graft vs graft: Political scene in state hits nadir The Times of India, 04 15 01 In an energy crisis, lean toward the green The News & Observer Raleigh, NC, 04 15 01 A The New Power 'THEY GET IT' Enron displays political savvy in access to decision-makers DAVID IVANOVICH, Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Staff 04 15 2001 Houston Chronicle 4 STAR 1 (Copyright 2001) WASHINGTON - When then-candidate George W. Bush needed a plane to shuttle his staff around on the campaign trail, corporations scrambled to offer up their private jets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2012–13 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team", "sents": [ "The 2012–13 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team represented Loyola University Maryland during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.", "The Greyhounds, led by ninth year head coach Jimmy Patsos, played their home games at Reitz Arena and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.", "They finished the season 23–12, 12–6 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for second place.", "They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament to Manhattan.", "They were invited to the 2013 CIT where they defeated Boston University and Kent State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost ton East Carolina." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Loyola University Maryland", "sents": [ "Loyola University Maryland is a Roman Catholic, Jesuit private liberal arts university located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.", "Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in the United States, and the first college in the United States to bear the name of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "TV en Français", "sents": [ "TV en Français is the fourth studio album by the indie rock band, We Are Scientists.", "The album was released on March 3, 2014 through 100% Records and Dine Alone Records.", "It features guest appearances by Tim Wheeler and Rose Elinor Dougall.", "The album charted at #36 in the UK Album Charts and #5 in the Indie Chart in the week of its release." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "We Are Scientists", "sents": [ "We Are Scientists is a New York City-based indie rock band that formed in Berkeley, California, in 2000.", "It consists of guitarist and vocalist Keith Murray and bass guitarist Chris Cain." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1217_p17", "sents": [ "Previous investors Intel's IA-64 Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures, ABS Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Weiss Peck and Greer Venture Partners, and Sippl Macdonald Ventures also participated.", "The company will use the funds for product development.", "http: www.timesten.com Advent Leads $4 Million Round for Shipping Site NETlogistiK MEXICO CITY -- Advent International said it lead a group of investors in a $4-million round of funding for NETlogistiK.com, an online logistics marketplace for the transportation and logistics industry in Central and South America.", "Advent contributed $1 million to the round.", "CarrierPoint, an Atlanta-based company with which NETlogistiK.com signed an exclusive software agreement, also holds an equity stake in the shipping marketplace.", "http: www.netlogistik.com ArrayComm Raises $34 Million in Series F Funding Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- ArrayComm, which develops antenna-based wireless communications products and services, said it secured $34 million in its Series F round of funding.", "New investor Nomura International led the round, which included new investors American Century, Cornerstone Equity Investors, and Sands Brothers Ventures as well as previous investors Amerindo Investment Advisors, Ballentine Capital Partners, and Spinnaker." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Advent International", "sents": [ "Advent International is an American global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.", "The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core sectors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20472_p83", "sents": [ "Teamsters to build facilities Teamsters Union officials are planning to build new headquarters facilities after the union sells its building on the Katy Freeway.", "To replace the Katy Freeway building, the union expects to build two smalle r structures near Bush Intercontinental Airport to house different chapters said A.W.", "Parker, secretary treasurer of Local 968. Parker's group is expecting to build a 13,000-square-foot building at Ella Boulevard at Beltway 8. Another Teamsters group has purchased 4.5 acres on Beltway 8 at Diplomatic Plaza Drive, in the World Houston Business Center.", "The land was purchased f rom the Licha Family Trust.", "Tony Patronella and Marc Drumwright, both of So uthwest Realty Advisors, handled the sale.", "Chicago firm buying property A Chicago real estate investment firm is on a quest to acquire suburban off ice buildings in Houston.", "ML Capital Ventures has purchased two small office structures: the 71,736-s quare-foot building at 5500 Northwest Central Drive and the 66,338-square-f oot building at 5301 Hollister." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8917_p27", "sents": [ "top FAIRFAX, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Headstrong, a provider of Internet services, said it acquired Chicago-based Faber Consulting, a management consulting firm.", "Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.", "Previously, Headstrong received a $191 million private placement from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and H&Q Asia Pacific.", "Faber Consulting has offices in Chicago, LA and Dallas.", "The average size of the firm's projects is around $700 million.", "http: www.faberconsulting.com http: www.headstrong.com Net Advertisers adDirect and Central Media Merge mail this story?", "top SEATTLE (VENTUREWIRE) -- adDirect, a provider of Internet digital advertising delivery services, and Central Media, the provider of SpotTaxi.com, an Internet-based radio advertising distribution and management system, announced they have merged to form FastChannel Network.", "FastChannel is an ASP that will provide technology that allows customers to manage and distribute print and radio advertising campaigns online.", "FastChannel has named Eugene P. Conese Jr. as CEO.", "The company will have offices in Seattle and Belmont, Massachusetts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Chicago", "sents": [ "Chicago ( or ), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States.", "With over 2.7 million residents, it is also the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States.", "It is the county seat of Cook County.", "The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago has often been called a global architecture capital.", "Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dianne Feinstein", "sents": [ "Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California.", "A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992.", "She also served as the 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2943_p96", "sents": [ "\"The day they fulfill the bulk of our needs is still years away,\" the repor t said.", "\"Until that day comes, we must continue meeting the nation's energy requirements by the means available to us.\"", "The plan also insists that technology can help Americans have more energy a nd a cleaner environment at the same time.", "Americans want to conserve energy, the report says, but the \"best way of meeting this goal is to increase energy efficiency by applying new technology.\"", "FUEL-EFFICIENCY STANDARDS The plan dodges any recommendation on raising auto fuel-efficiency standard s, a glaring omission for environmentalists.", "Sens.", "Dianne Feinstein, D- Calif. and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, want higher standards for light trucks, includi ng SUVs, saying that could cut oil imports by 10 percent.", "However, a senior administration official also said that Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has been directed to revisit proposed cuts in research into solar, wind, biomass and other renewable fuels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] }, { "title": "e6027_p49", "sents": [ "Both companies have denied wrongdoing but in May, Williams agreed to refund $8 million after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accused of the company of temporarily closing AES plants to drive up power prices.", "Davis asks PUC to let utilities cut voltage 1% savings on energy consumption predicted David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Wednesday, July 4, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 07 04 M N29133.DTL Gov.", "Gray Davis asked the Public Utilities Commission yesterday to allow electric companies to lower voltage levels on power lines delivering electricity to consumers this summer.", "The move will save about 1 percent in the state's electricity consumption, the equivalent of building a new 500-megawatt power plant.", "Lowering voltages by 2.5 percent will prove barely noticeable by domestic users who might see their incandescent light bulbs dim slightly.", "Refrigerators and electric motors, such as those that run air conditioners, should operate more efficiently on the lower voltages, experts said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Seyi Shay", "sents": [ "Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua (born Oluwaseyi Odedere; 21 December 1985), professionally known by her stage name Seyi Shay (pronounced Shay-yee Shay), is a Nigerian-based singer and songwriter.", "She wrote and produced three songs for the soundtrack to Konami's video game, \"\" (2005).", "She also wrote \"You Will See\", a song that was included on Melanie C's third studio album, \"Beautiful Intentions\" (2005).", "Shay wrote \"White Lies\", a song from Chip's \"Transition\" album.", "In 2008, she became the lead singer for the now defunct pop girl group From Above.", "The group signed a recording deal with Sony's Columbia Records and was managed by Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment company.", "In November 2013, she signed an endorsement deal with telecommunications service provider Etisalat.", "In July 2015, Shay signed a record deal with Island Records.", "She released her debut studio album, \"Seyi or Shay\", in November 2015.", "It was supported by the promotional singles \"Irawo\", \"Ragga Ragga\", and \"Chairman\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Konami", "sents": [ "Konami Holdings Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社コナミホールディングス , Hepburn: Kabushikigaisha Konami Hōrudingusu ) is a Japanese entertainment company.", "It operates as a product distributor (which produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and arcade cabinets), video game developer and publisher company.", "It also operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3415_p26", "sents": [ "The company is also currently seeking $10 million in Series B financing, to close by the e nd of the summer.", "http: allwall.com http: www.art.com new directors Stonebridge Appoints Paul Stern as New Chairman mail?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Stonebridge Technologies, a technology consu lting firm, said it appointed current board member Paul G. Stern as its new chairman of the board.", "Mr. Stern replaces Ray Smith, whose tenure expired a nd who will no longer sit on the board.", "They both co-founded Washington-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners, which is Stonebridge's largest shareholder.", "Mr. Stern also co-founded Washington-based Thayer Capital Partners.", "Stonebridge has raised $130 million to date from Arlingto n Capital Partners, Cahill Warnock & Co., Mellon Ventures, Ticonderoga Capita l, and William E. Simon & Sons.", "http: www.sbti.com Advanced Life Sciences Names Univ.", "of Illinois Prof to Board mail?", "top WOODRIDGE, Ill. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Advanced Life Sciences, a developer of therapeutic compounds to fight infection, inflammation, and cancer, announc ed it has appointed Dr. Israel Rubenstein to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e2933_p21", "sents": [ "ABC has raised $77 million to date from backers Ironwood, Red Rock Ventures, and Technology Crossover Ventures.", "ABC was founded in October 1997. http: www.allcovered.com Princeton eCom Buys Venture Finance Software from Intuit mail?", "top PRINCETON, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Princeton eCom, which provides ele ctronic billing and payment services to corporations and banks, said it acquired Intuit's online bill and payment service, Quicken Bill Manager, and all the outstanding shares of Venture Finance Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded Intuit.", "Financial details of the deal were undisclosed.", "As part of the deal Intuit has the option to take a 20% equity stake in Princeton or the cash equivalent in February 2002. Princeton also said it made employment offers to the 25 employees from Intuit's Quicken division a nd plans to open an office in the vicinity of Intuit's Quicken offices in Mountain View, Calif. Princeton eCom raised $20 million in convertible debt in April from existing investors Mellon Ventures and New Century Equity Holdings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "George W. Bush", "sents": [ "George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.", "He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.", "After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry.", "Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter.", "He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election.", "Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10686_p1", "sents": [ "Michael is a member of President George W. Bush's IT Advisory Council.", "Michael also serves on the Board of Trustees of Handong University in Korea and on the board of eJigsaw Inc., a high-technology start-up ventu re in Silicon Valley.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3375_p12", "sents": [ "EyeWonder also earns revenue through licensing its streaming video platform.", "http: www.eyewonder.com Web Security Firm WanWall Secures Funding from Intel mail?", "top TEL AVIV, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- WanWall, which develops technology designed to improve the efficiency and protection of Wide Area Networks, announced that Intel Capital has made an undisclosed investment in the company.", "WanWall said it will use the funds to support its growth and furth er develop its technology.", "Earlier this month WanWall received $3.5 million in seed funding led by Gemini Israel Funds and Koor Corporate Venture Capital.", "WanWall was founded in December 2000 by a group of entrepreneurs led by Yehuda Afek, a professor of computer science at Tel Aviv University; Anat Bremler-Bar; Yuval Rachmilevitz, formerly with Gilat Satellites and Magnum Fund; and Dan Touitou.", "Mr. Rachmilevitz currently serves as CEO of the company.", "http: www.wanwall.com Barcelona Design Raises $11M Round Two, Led by Sequoia mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Barcelona Design, which supplies mixed-signal circuit designs for system-on-a-chip design, said it has close d an $11 million second round led by new investor Sequoia Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Intel", "sents": [ "Intel Corporation (also known as Intel, stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California (colloquially referred to as \"Silicon Valley\") that was founded by Gordon Moore (of Moore's law fame) and Robert Noyce.", "It is the world's second largest and second highest valued semiconductor chip makers based on revenue after being overtaken by Samsung, and is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers (PCs).", "Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell.", "Intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!", "sents": [ "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!", "is the tenth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra and his fourth for Capitol Records.", "It was arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in March 1956 on LP and January 1987 on CD.", "It was the first album ever to top the UK Albums Chart." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Frank Sinatra", "sents": [ "Francis Albert Sinatra ( ; ] ; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.", "He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.", "Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.", "Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the \"bobby soxers\".", "He released his debut album, \"The Voice of Frank Sinatra\", in 1946.", "Sinatra's professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known performers as part of the Rat Pack.", "His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of \"From Here to Eternity\", with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.", "Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including \"In the Wee Small Hours\" (1955), \"Songs for Swingin' Lovers!\"", "(1956), \"Come Fly with Me\" (1958), \"Only the Lonely\" (1958) and \"Nice 'n' Easy\" (1960)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2484_p5", "sents": [ "The release of the rate proposal has been delayed repeatedly as the PUC tri ed to cram work that usually takes months into just a few weeks, and many of i ts details remained obscure late Wednesday, dismaying those who are still arguing for changes.", "\"We have to file comments on this by Friday.", "What they're doing is, they're shutting down the comment period,\" said Jack Stewart, president of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association.", "He said it appears that some rates could nearly double, and \"that's just a death knell for many California manufacturers.\"", "Lynch provided only sketchy summaries of her ideas, saying she wanted to raise residential rates 16 percent for Edison and 17 percent for PG&E on average, raise industrial rates 50 percent to 52 percent and cap agricultur al rate increases on a sliding scale from 23 percent to 30 percent, partly at Gov.", "Gray Davis' urging." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2484_p8", "sents": [ "The PG&E motion, which was set for a hearing May 18 before Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, warned that turning the consumer committee loose could \"substantially retard the progress of this case and seriously prejudice its outcome.\"", "On Friday, PG&E singled out Consumers Union and The Utility Reform Network as \"well-organized lobbyists and political operatives.\"", "Consumers Union regional chief Harry Snyder, a committee member, said he would have no comment.", "TURN's representative to the committee, Nettie Hoge, did not respond to a request for comment.", "In appointing the ratepayers committee last week, Stanley, who is administering the bankruptcy proceedings, said she was bringing it into the case because the state, which ordinarily would represent the public, has chosen to stay out.", "Stanley chose the nine committee members to represent a mix of energy consumers -- households, businesses, farms and government.", "In addition to Consumers Union and TURN, the groups include the California Farm Bureau, th e California School Boards Association and the California Manufacturers & Technology Association." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3786_p17", "sents": [ "http: www.ingrian.com Wireless Firm Red Jade Gets $10 Million in Initial Funding PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Ericsson said it has made a $7 million investment in Red Jade, a developer of wireless entertainment products.", "Red Jade also received an additional $3 million from IT Provider, a Swedish venture capital firm.", "In addition to financial support, Ericsson Business Innovation will support Red Jade with product design and development, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution.", "http: www.redjade.com Advice Site AskForFree.com Completes First Round of Funding CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Al Shugart International (ASI) said AskForFree.com, which offers free advice in a variety of categories, completed its first round of funding for an undisclosed amount.", "The round was led by Shugart Venture Fund 2, the venture arm of ASI, with participation from Angel Investors.", "Jon van Bronkhorst of Shugart Venture Funds will join the board of directors.", "http: www.askforfree.com Data Replication Firm Cogenia Raises $1 Million First Round SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cogenia, which specializes in data replication technology for the wireless data industry, said it has closed its Series A round of funding at $1 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Red Jade", "sents": [ "The Red Jade was Ericsson's unreleased handheld console, intended to compete with the Game Boy Advance.", "Originally the developing team for the Red Jade approached Sony and Sega as potential partners but both declined.", "Ericsson decided to invest US$10 million in the Red Jade, which was supposed to have PDA functions, wireless connectability, DivX movies, cell phone capabilities, a GPS server, a digital camera, MP3 audio playback, a web browser, the ability to download games from the website, game sharing utilizing Bluetooth technology, and graphics equivalent to the PlayStation.", "It was to be released in late 2001 and would have retailed for $150.", "When overall sales plummeted, Ericsson cancelled the Red Jade before production in April 2001 and cut 22,000 employees to help minimize losses.", "The number of existing prototype units is unclear along with possibility of games made for them.", "Ericsson's mobile phone division later divested into joint venture with Sony and rebranded as Sony Ericsson, until Sony acquired Ericsson's share and became Sony Mobile Communications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1600_p1", "sents": [ "As things stand now, a fix, likely to cost at least $200 million and take two years, is mired in the uncertainty of the energy crisis itself.", "Few had heard of Path 15 until the energy crisis and its soaring wholesale power prices developed this winter, financially shattering utilities, triggering blackouts and forcing the state into the power buying business.", "To spread electricity throughout the West Coast, an electron freeway of sorts extends 1,200 miles between Washington state and Los Angeles.", "Three towering high-voltage transmission lines form that freeway, except in one place.", "The network, in the zone named Path 15 by engineers, narrows to two, 500,000-volt lines stretching southeast from the Los Banos area for about 90 miles to the Coalinga region.", "Parts of the bottleneck are visible to those traveling Interstate 5. In most of this year's rolling blackouts, the bottleneck has prevented the state's transmission grid manager from being able to transfer surplus south state power to Northern California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Los Angeles", "sents": [ "Los Angeles ( ; Spanish for \"The Angels\"; ] ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.", "With a U.S. Census-estimated 2016 population of 3,976,322, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California.", "Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10000 ft , Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 sqmi .", "The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country.", "Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with 13,131,431 residents, and is part of the larger designated Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Richardson", "sents": [ "William Blaine \"Bill\" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, writer and diplomat who served as the 30th Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011.", "He was U.S.", "Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S.", "Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4667_p3", "sents": [ "\"There are very good arguments that if FERC would try to do that, it would be unlawful and we would need legislation to do that.\"", "The Government Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN), held a mid-afternoon Sept. 21 hearing to gauge what is being predicted to be a severe energy crisis this winter.", "The committee heard testimony from Hoecker, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol Browner.", "Much of the hearing focused on natural gas and oil markets, but both Richardson and Hoecker used the meeting as a forum to blast Congress for failing to pass comprehensive restructuring legislation this year.", "Richardson expressed his \"disappointment\" that nothing passed, while Hoecker claimed that FERC needs broader authority if it is to guard against market power.", "\"Congress should place all electric transmission in the continental United States under the same rules for non-discriminatory open access and comparable service,\" Hoecker said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lambdotheriidae", "sents": [ "Lambdotheriidae is an extinct family of the Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulate) order (that is, browsing and grazing animals).", "The family was named by the paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1889.", "It is often considered to be part of Brontotheriidae." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Brontotheriidae", "sents": [ "Brontotheriidae, also called Titanotheriidae, is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.", "Superficially, they looked rather like rhinos, although they were actually more closely related to horses; Equidae and Brontotheriidae make up the suborder Hippomorpha.", "They lived around 56–34 million years ago, until the very close of the Eocene." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Archery at the 2017 Maccabiah Games", "sents": [ "The archery events at the 2017 Maccabiah Games were held over a four-day period from 10 to 13 July.", "Three events took place, all were staged at the outdoor range at Wingate Institute." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "2017 Maccabiah Games", "sents": [ "The 2017 Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: משחקי המכביה 2017‎ ‎ ), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: המכביה ה-20‎ ‎ ), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games.", "They took place from July 4 to 17, 2017, in Israel.", "The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion.", "A total of 10,000 athletes competed, a Maccabiah Games record, making the 2017 Maccabiah Games the third-largest sporting competition in the world (after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup).", "The athletes were from 85 countries, also a record.", "Countries represented for the first time included the Bahamas, Cambodia, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad (according to the official Games website Morocco debuted in 2013, and it does not list The Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Malta, the Philippines, or Trinidad among participating nations).", "The athletes competed in 45 sports." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Duet All Night Long", "sents": [ "Duet All Night Long is a split EP release by Reel Big Fish and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer.", "It contains six cover songs of which three are performed by each band.", "Both Rachel Minton of Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer and Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish sing on every track, hence the title of the EP.", "On \"Say Say Say\", however, the male vocalist is Scott Klopfenstein (the backing singer and trumpeter of Reel Big Fish) instead of Aaron Barrett.", "Klopfenstein also appears in his usual backing role, including a small bit of the lead during \"It's Not Easy\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Reel Big Fish", "sents": [ "Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit \"Sell Out\".", "The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album \"Turn the Radio Off\".", "Soon after, the band lost mainstream recognition but gained an underground cult following.", "As of 2006, the band is no longer signed to a major record label, and has since been independent.", "After many line-up changes throughout the years, front man Aaron Barrett remains the only founding member in the band." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Star Trek: Conquest", "sents": [ "Star Trek: Conquest is a video game set in the Star Trek universe.", "The game features both turn-based strategy and real time strategy gameplay.", "It was developed by Scottish studio 4J Studios, which previously developed \"\", and was published by Bethesda Softworks for the PlayStation 2 and Wii." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "PlayStation 2", "sents": [ "The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.", "It is the successor to the PlayStation, and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles.", "It was released on March 4, 2000 in Japan, October 26, 2000 in North America, November 24, 2000 in Europe, and November 17, 2000 in Australia.", "It competed with Sega's Dreamcast, Microsoft's Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stargate Atlantis (season 4)", "sents": [ "The fourth season of \"Stargate Atlantis\", an American-Canadian television series, began airing on September 28, 2007 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel.", "The fourth season concluded after 20 episodes on March 7, 2008 on Sci Fi.", "The series was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, who also served as executive producers.", "Amanda Tapping (Col. Samantha Carter) joins the cast as a regular for 14 episodes, Jewel Staite (Dr. Jennifer Keller) was a recurring character for eleven episodes, while regular cast member Torri Higginson (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) was a recurring cast member for four episodes.", "Other season four regular cast members include Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell and Jason Momoa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Amanda Tapping", "sents": [ "Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is an English-born Canadian actress and director.", "She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series \"Stargate SG-1\" and \"Stargate Atlantis\".", "She also starred as Helen Magnus in the science fiction-fantasy television series \"Sanctuary\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p5", "sents": [ "The Public tilities Commission is rushing to adopt the higher rates Monday.", "(PROFILE (CO:Pacific Gas and Electric; TS:PCG; IG:ELC;) (CO:Southern California Edison Co.; TS:SCE;) (CO:Sempra Energy; TS:SRE; IG:ELC;) LOAD-DATE: May 10, 2001 8 of 106 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Contra Costa Times May 11, 2001, Friday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K0934 LENGTH: 882 words HEADLINE: Colossal bond sale has big ifs BYLINE: By Mike Taugher and Rick Jurgens BODY: WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ Gov.", "Gray Davis gave the go-ahead to the largest municipal bond sale in United States history on Thursday amid questions about whether it would be enough to extricate the state from its energy mess.", "Davis aides said the bond issue, which could go as high as $13.4 billion, would be enough to finance high electricity prices over the next 18 months.", "But the state already has spent nearly $6 billion of that money during the past four months and at its current rate could end up spending $10 billion of taxpayer money before it can sell any bonds to investors beginning in August." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Sempra Energy", "sents": [ "Sempra Energy is an American natural gas utilities holding company based in San Diego, California.", "It divides its interests into two broad categories: California utilities, including Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E); and businesses not subject to California utilities regulation, chiefly Sempra International and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sacramento Municipal Utility District", "sents": [ "The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) provides electricity to Sacramento County, California, and a small portion of adjacent Placer County.", "It is one of the ten largest publicly owned utilities in the United States, generating the bulk of its power through natural gas (estimated 56% of production total in 2009) and large hydroelectric generation plants (22% in 2009).", "SMUD's green power (renewable) energy output was estimated as 19% in 2009." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6308_p3", "sents": [ "According to a report by the ISO, manager of the state's electricity grid, the LADWP overcharged California for power from May 2000 through February 2001 by as much as $20 million.", "Maviglio said the state will pursue refunds from the utility.", "On Tuesday, an LADWP spokesman defended the utility's power prices, saying the costs of producing electricity were extremely high.", "The ISO has estimated that the state was overcharged nearly $9 billion for electricity sales in the 12 months ended May 2001. On Monday, settlement talks between state officials and generators over the refunds broke down.", "Other municipal utilities, including the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and private companies like BC Hydro in Canada, have also racked up enormous sums selling surplus power to California at the last minute.", "-By Jason Leopold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3874; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires 07-10-01 1557EDT (AP-DJ)--07-10-01 1557EDT :TICKER: EIX PCG SRE :SUBJECT: EUTL CA COBO MU PETR Copyright (c) 2001 Dow Jones and Company, Inc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Collins High School (Mississippi)", "sents": [ "Collins High School is a high school in Collins, Mississippi.", "It is a part of the Covington County School District." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Collins, Mississippi", "sents": [ "Collins is a city in Covington County, Mississippi, United States.", "The population was 2,586 at the 2010 census.", "It is the county seat of Covington County." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4854_p26", "sents": [ "Other OTT backers include individual investors and an undisclosed venture capital group.", "http: www.vsource.net o Black Box Acquires Tech Service Firm Clear Communications PITTSBURGH -- Publicly-traded Black Box, a technical service provider of network services and related products, said it acquired Clear Communications for an undisclosed amount.", "Clear Communications provides technical design, installation, and maintenance services for telecommunication, premise cabling, and related products to Seattle customers.", "Founders Brian P. Jackson and Rick B. Walston will each serve as vice president of Black Box's Seattle offices.", "Clear Communications is backed by Accel Partners, Jafco America Ventures, and St. Paul Venture Capital.", "http: www.blackbox.com http: www.clear.com Portal Firm OpenAvenue Acquires Service Provider Miradi ATLANTA -- OpenAvenue, which provides collaborative development portals, said it agreed to acquire Miradi, a provider of Web-based project management services, for an undisclosed amount of stock.", "Miradi will be absorbed into OpenAvenue, which has retained all of Miradi's employees." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Clear Communications", "sents": [ "Clear Communications was a telecommunications company based in New Zealand.", "Until merging into Telstra's operations in 2001, it was the biggest rival to Telecom New Zealand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1599_p14", "sents": [ "\"The real test is not to recognize past achievements but to be able to look back in five or ten years from now.", "As a matter of fact, some CEO's we've chosen haven't made money for share holders in the past few years, but we believe they are poised to do so now.\"", "WORTH's methodology for selecting the 50 best CEO's strives to balance their possession of a vision with a demonstrated ability to execute under stress and when confronted by urgent challenges.", "The nominations were collected from leading fund managers and securities analysts and vetted by a team of WORTH reporters.", "The final selections were made by WORTH's editors.", "WORTH, the monthly magazine edited for the dynamic wealth market, reaches active investors, business leaders and luxury connoisseurs with a median net worth of $1.25 million.", "The May issue will be available on newsstands April 24. WORTH MAGAZINE'S 50 TOP CEO'S 1. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft; Redmond, WA 2. Jeffrey Skilling, CEO, Enron; Houston, TX 3. Philip Purcell, CEO, Morgan Stanley; New York, NY 4. James Morgan, CEO, Applied Materials; Santa Clara, CA 5. Margaret Whitman, CEO, eBay; San Jose, CA 6. Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle; Redwood Shores, CA 7. Koichi Nishimura, CEO, Solectron; Milpitas, CA 8. John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems; San Jose, CA 9. Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems; Palo Alto, CA 10. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO, Tyco International; Exeter, NH 11. David Pottruck, CEO, Charles Schwab; San Francisco, CA 12. Steven Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer; Cupertino, CA 13. James McNerney Jr., CEO, 3M; St. Paul, MN 14. Steven Appleton, CEO, Micron Technology; Boise, ID 15. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric; Fairfield, CT 16. Henry Paulson Jr., CEO, Goldman Sachs; New York, NY 17. Kenneth Freeman, CEO, Quest Diagnostics; Teterboro, NJ 18. Steven Burd, CEO, Safeway; Pleasanton, CA 19. Frederick Smith, CEO, FedEx; Memphis, TN 20. Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel; Santa Clara, CA 21. Michael Dell, CEO, Dell Computer; Round Rock, TX 22. Richard Fairbank, CEO, Capital One; Falls Church, VA 23. Kenneth Chenault, CEO, American Express; New York, NY 24. James Kelly, CEO, United Parcel Service; Atlanta, GA 25. Robert Ulrich, CEO, Target; Minneapolis, MN 26. William McGuire, CEO, UnitedHealth Group; Edina, MN 27. George David, CEO, United Technologies; Hartford, CT 28. James Truchard, CEO, National Instruments; Austin, TX 29. Richard Kovacevich, CEO, Wells Fargo; San Francisco, CA 30. Henry Nicholas III, CEO, Broadcom; Irvine, CA 31. Robert Nardelli, CEO, Home Depot; Atlanta, GA 32. Arthur Levinson, CEO, Genentecc; San Francisco, CA 33. Gordon Bethune, CEO, Continental Airlines; Houston, TX 34. Ronald DeFeo, CEO, Terex; Westport, CT 35. Leonard Schaeffer, CEO, Wellpoint Health Networks; Thousand Oaks, CA 36. William Wise, CEO, El Paso; Houston, TX 37. Robert Walter, CEO, Cardinal Health; Dublin, OH 38. Alain Belda, CEO, Alcoa; Pittsburgh, PA 39. Kevin Knight, CEO, Knight Transportation; Phoenix, AZ 40. Russell Lewis, CEO, New York Times Company; New York, NY 41. Dan Akerson, CEO, XO Communications; Reston, VA 42. Jacques Nasser, CEO, Ford Motor, Dearborn, MI 43. Roger Jarvis, CEO, Spinnaker Exploration; Houston, TX 44. Jure Sola, CEO, Sanmina; San Jose, CA 45. David D'Alessandro, CEO, John Hancock Financial Services; Boston, MA 46. Douglas Rock, CEO, Smith International; Houston, TX 47. Willem Roelandts, CEO, Xilinx; San Jose, CA 48. John Wren, CEO, Omnicom; New York, NY 49. Clark McLeod, CEO, McLeodUSA; Cedar Rapids, IA 50. William Wrigley Jr., CEO, WM." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Micron Technology", "sents": [ "Micron Technology, Inc. is an American global corporation based in Boise, Idaho which produces many forms of semiconductor devices, including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and solid-state drives.", "Its consumer products are marketed under the brands Crucial Technology and Lexar.", "Micron and Intel together created IM Flash Technologies, which produces NAND flash memory." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Paint the Town Red", "sents": [ "\"Paint The Town Red\" is a single from and the tenth track on Delirious?", "'s album, \"The Mission Bell\".", "It was released on 10 October 2005 to iTunes UK and the two high street music stores Virgin and HMV.", "The single entered the UK Singles Chart at No.", "56.", "This was their lowest hit ever, and the first not to reach the UK Top 40 since \"White Ribbon Day\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Delirious?", "sents": [ "Delirious?", "(formerly known as The Cutting Edge Band) were an English Contemporary Christian band.", "For the majority of their career, the lineup featured Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stu G (full name Stuart Garrard) on guitar and backing vocals, Jon Thatcher on bass guitar, Tim Jupp on keys and piano, and Stew Smith on drums and percussion.", "During their final two years, drumming duties were assumed by Paul Evans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bob McDonald (science journalist)", "sents": [ "Bob McDonald OC (born January 25, 1951) is a Canadian author and science journalist.", "He is the national science commentator for CBC Television and CBC News Network (formerly Newsworld), and since 1992 has been the host of a weekly radio science show, \"Quirks & Quarks\" which draws approximately 800,000 listeners each week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "CBC Television", "sents": [ "CBC Television (also known as simply \"CBC\") is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network that is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.", "The network began operations on September 6, 1952.", "Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5771_p7", "sents": [ "McCorkle encouraged initiatives like \"Roll Your Own Blackout.\"", "\"People are conserving,\" she said.", "\"And we can only support this whole effort.\"", "The Bee's Silvina Mart?nez can be reached at (916) 321-1159 or [email protected].", "Davis consultants had contract with Edison: The disclosures turn up the hea t on the governor for hiring the ex-Clinton aides.", "By Emily Bazar Bee Capitol Bureau (Published June 22, 2001) Two consultants hired to advise Gov.", "Gray Davis on energy policy officially disclosed their contract with Southern California Edison on Thursday, but Davis aides insisted it is not a conflict because \"Edison and the Governor' s Office have the same goal.\"", "Communications consultants Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani have drawn intense criticism since they were hired last month to shape the Democratic governor 's public response to the state energy crisis.", "The former Clinton administration communication aides -- nicknamed the \"Masters of Disaster\" for their spin on the Whitewater, travel office and 1996 fund-raising controversies at the Clinton White House -- have come und er fire for receiving a six-month, $30,000-a-month contract, more than the governor or anyone on his staff makes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p14", "sents": [ "Both Smith and Feinstein said a FERC staff proposal to cap wholesale electr ic rates in California when rolling blackouts are imminent falls well short of what's needed.", "FERC will consider the proposal at a meeting today.", "\"California is not the only state affected,\" said Smith.", "\"This is not a California problem alone.\"", "Feinstein said the proposal was inadequate.", "\"I'm not sure that is the right way to go,\" she said.", "\"The only reason they are considering action is we are putting the heat on them.\"", "The Bee's Les Blumenthal can be reached at (202) 383-0008 or [email protected].", "Energy price gouging might end up felony By Emily Bazar Bee Capitol Bureau (Published April 25, 2001) Democratic lawmakers this week will unveil a proposal to make energy price gouging a felony -- punishable by stiff fines and possible jail time -- tha t could be subject to the state's controversial \"three strikes\" law." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fullblast", "sents": [ "Fullblast is the third solo album of Brazilian Heavy metal guitarist Kiko Loureiro.", "Like the others, this is totally instrumental.", "\"Fullblast\" is a complete fusion of genres, which range from Rock, heavy metal and even Samba." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Kiko Loureiro", "sents": [ "Pedro Henrique \"Kiko\" Loureiro (born June 16, 1972) is a Brazilian heavy metal guitarist, best known as a member of the bands Angra and Megadeth.", "Along with Angra's other guitarist and primary songwriter Rafael Bittencourt, Loureiro has appeared on all of the band's releases." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ken Thompson", "sents": [ "Kenneth Lane \"Ken\" Thompson (born February 4, 1943), commonly referred to as ken in hacker circles, is an American pioneer of computer science.", "Having worked at Bell Labs for most of his career, Thompson designed and implemented the original Unix operating system.", "He also invented the B programming language, the direct predecessor to the C programming language, and was one of the creators and early developers of the Plan 9 operating systems.", "Since 2006, Thompson has worked at Google, where he co-invented the Go programming language." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e7723_p32", "sents": [ "Mr. Corbett replaces Tamar Shachar, an interim CEO appointed by KenTech Ventures.", "http: www.zactus.com AvantCom Network Appoints Intel Exec.", "as President and CEO SAN JOSE, Calif. -- AvantCom Network, a supplier of infrastructure software and services for the high-tech manufacturing industries, said it appointed Ken Thompson as its new president and CEO.", "Mr. Thompson, former vice president in the technology manufacturing group at Intel, will be replacing company founder Sanjeev Chitre as president and CEO.", "Mr. Chitre has been acting as president and CEO since founding the company and will now serve as chairman of the board.", "AvantCom Network, which plans to hold a round of funding before the end of the year, is backed by Cymer and other institutional and individual investors.", "http: www.avantcom.net o MicroCreditCard Names Former BroadIP Networks Head as CEO WASHINGTON -- MicroCreditCard, a provider of credit card based microtransaction technology, said it named Leslie Poole as chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1912 Alabama Crimson Tide football team", "sents": [ "The 1912 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously \"Alabama\", \"UA\", or \"Bama\") represented the University of Alabama in the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.", "It was the Crimson Tide's 20th overall and 17th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).", "The team was led by head coach D. V. Graves, in his second year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, US.", "They finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses, and one tie (5–3–1 overall, 3–3–1 in the SIAA)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Rickwood Field", "sents": [ "Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest professional baseball park in the United States.", "It was built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910 by industrialist and team-owner Rick Woodward and has served as the home park for the Birmingham Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.", "Though the Barons moved their home games to the Hoover Met in the suburbs, and most recently to Regions Field in Birmingham, Rickwood Field has been preserved and is undergoing gradual restoration as a \"working museum\" where baseball's history can be experienced.", "The Barons also play one regular season game a year at Rickwood Field.", "Rickwood Field is listed on the National Register of Historic Places." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Josiah T. Settle", "sents": [ "Josiah T. Settle (September 30, 1850 – August 21, 1915) was a lawyer in Washington, DC, Sardis, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.", "He was a part of Howard University's first graduating class in 1872.", "In 1875, he moved to Mississippi and was elected a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1883.", "In 1885 he moved to Memphis where he was appointed Assistant Attorney-General in Shelby County.", "He held that position for two years before turning to private practice." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Howard University", "sents": [ "Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C.", "It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4329_p3", "sents": [ "VeloCom is Vesper's largest shareholder.", "Qualcomm holds 16.2% stake in Vesper and is also an investor in VeloCom.", "VeloCom's other investors include El Paso Energy Communications Company, a subsidiary of El Paso Energy Corp., Banc of America Equity Partners Latin America, Brad Peery Capital, Centennial Funds, Crescendo Ventures, CRI Media Partners, Dolphin Communications Fund, First Union Capital Partners.", "http: www.velocom.com Jerusalem Venture Partners Launches Fourth Fund NEW YORK -- Jerusalem Venture Partners said it will raise a new fund with a capitalization of up to $500 million for investment in optical networking, wireless, mobile communications, and Internet infrastructure.", "Upon its completion, the fund will be the largest investment fund to be raised by an Israeli venture capital firm.", "The fund intends to invest an average of $15 million in its portfolio companies over their life-cycle.", "However, the investment size could increase to between $35 million and $50 million if the portfolio company is operating in certain key markets, according to the firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Latin America", "sents": [ "Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are predominant.", "The term originated in 19th century France as \"Amérique latine\" to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas (Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed.", "It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America—though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thomas F. Gibson", "sents": [ "Thomas F. Gibson, better known as Tom Gibson, was an editor and cartoonist on the Opinion staff of \"USA Today\" at its founding, has worked with \"The Washington Post\", \"The Atlantic Monthly\", \"The New York Times\", and the \"National Journal,\" served on the White House staff of President Ronald Reagan, and has worked extensively in the communications, international affairs, health care, aviation and non-profit fields." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "National Journal", "sents": [ "National Journal is a research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C. offering services in government affairs, advocacy communications and policy brands research for government and business leaders.", "It publishes daily journalism covering politics and public policy and is led by President Kevin Turpin and Editor-in-Chief Stephen G. Smith." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Minuma Tsūsen-bori", "sents": [ "Minuma Tsūsen-bori (見沼通船堀 ) is a lock that connected Minuma Irrigation Canal and the Shiba River.", "It was constructed in 1731.", "It served a significant role in transportation from the latter half of the Edo period till the end of the Meiji period, but it has not been used since 1931.", "The restored structure is located in Midori-ku, Saitama." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Edo", "sents": [ "Edo (江戸 , \"bay-entrance\" or \"estuary\") , also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.", "It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868.", "During this period, it grew to become one of the largest cities in the world and home to an urban culture centered on the notion of a \"floating world\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thomas Jefferson", "sents": [ "Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S.", "April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.", "Previously, he was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams from 1797 to 1801.", "A proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights motivating American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation, he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level.", "He was a land owner and farmer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4564_p4", "sents": [ "Under the Internet Tax Freedom Act, no new taxes may be applied to e-commerce, but existing taxes, such as sales and use taxes, are not covered.", "The sponsors say they do not need the commission's go-ahead in order to implement the system, which would be optional by state and would not require all 50 state s' involvement to function.", "Comments: The plan is widely criticized by anti-ta x advocates and those who believe that taxing e-commerce will stifle its growth.", "Others say that the pro-tax movement is only supported by the national government organizations and not their members, with Leavitt being the notable exception, and criticize it for not receiving many other individuals' support.", "But the organizations argue that unless states and localities have the right to determine revenue-raising activities, control of local services like education and law enforcement ultimately will be given to the federal government.", "\"Thomas Jefferson would roll over in his grave\" if that happens, Leavitt said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3871_p20", "sents": [ "Tellium's product will become the key component of the Cable & Wireless optical core network enabling higher speeds of data management and transmission.", "Tellium is backed by investors including Thomas Weisel Partners, Pequot Capital, Accel Partners, Blue Rock Capital Investors, Cisco Systems, Oak Investment Partners, Ortel, SAIC, and Worldview Technology Partners.", "http: www.tellium.com M&A o Accrue Buys Tantau's InfoCharger Technology for $37 Million AUSTIN, Texas -- Tantau Software, a provider of software and services that enable mobile e-commerce, said it sold its InfoCharger technology, an Internet data mining technology that processes and analyzes data in large databases, to publicly traded Accrue Software.", "Accrue, a provider of Internet business analytic services, purchased InfoCharger for 1.67 million shares of stock and $5 million in cash.", "Accrue's stock was down $2.25 to $19.125 per share at yesterday's close, putting the value of the stock portion of the deal at approximately $32 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3137_p8", "sents": [ "Ms. Amos formerly served as vice president of strategy and marketing at Reliacast, an Internet infrastructure software company.", "B2eMarkets is backed by Accenture, Ascend Venture Group, Carthage Partners, CIBC Capital Partners, FBR Technology Venture Partners, Syncom, and Syndicated Communications.", "Tenor Networks Appoints Araldo Menegon as Senior VP mail?", "top ACTON, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Tenor Networks, which provides a core servic e switch that enables the convergence of multiple services onto a packet-base d network, said it appointed Araldo Menegon as senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations, responsible for sales, field support, and professional services.", "Mr. Menegon will report to president and CEO Dav id Tolwinski.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Menegon was area director of AT?global operations at Cisco Systems where he was responsible for sales, marketing, and engineering.", "Tenor Networks is funded by Amerindo Investment Advisors, BancBoston Ventures, Charter Growth Capital, Essex Investment Management, Greylock Management, Haebler Capital, Matrix Partners, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, RS Investment Management, Technology Crossover Ventures, Thomas Weisel Partner s, TyCom, Williams Communications, and Worldview Technology Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American University of Kuwait", "sents": [ "The American University of Kuwait is a private liberal arts institution based on the American model of higher education in Kuwait City, Kuwait.", "Although established in 2003, the University opened to students, faculty and the general public in September 2004.", "It is sister colleges with Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire.", "Professor Dr. Tim Sullivan currently serves the office of the President." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Dartmouth College", "sents": [ "Dartmouth College ( ) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.", "Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.", "Although founded as a school to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life, Dartmouth primarily trained Congregationalist ministers throughout its early history before it gradually secularized, emerging at the turn of the 20th century from relative obscurity into national prominence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hey, Rube! (band)", "sents": [ "Hey, Rube!", "is an electronica collaboration from Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.", "It was formed by Stephen Mallinder, a founder of Cabaret Voltaire, and Steve Cobby, of The Cutler, The Heights of Abraham, Chieftain and J*S*T*A*R*S and half of Fila Brazillia.", "They play electronica and dub." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "The Heights of Abraham", "sents": [ "The Heights of Abraham is an electronica collaboration based in Sheffield and Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England.", "Formed in the mid-1990s by Steve Cobby, Sim Lister and Jake Harries, they play electronica, ambient techno, and chill out." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20397_p42", "sents": [ "Other Democrats were working on spending programs.", "Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said he was putting together a $20 billion package that included hiring extra customs and border agents and food inspectors, augmented security at nuclear plants and purchase of more vaccines.", "Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said President Bush does not want the stimulus bill laden with additional spending.", "\"Everything in this package needs to be stimulative,\" Grassley said.", "\"There needs to be more done on the investment side.\"", "On the Net: House members: http: www.house.gov house MemberWWW.html Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Wechsler Harwood Halebian & Feffer LLP Announces Class Periods 10 23 2001 PR Newswire (Copyright (c) 2001, PR Newswire) DQE, Inc. (DQE); Enron Corp. (ENE) NEW YORK, Oct. 23 PRNewswire -- Notice to persons who transacted in the following securities and respective class periods: CORPORATION CLASS PERIOD DUE DATE DQE, Inc. 12 06 00-04 30 01 12 05 01 (NYSE: DQE) Enron Corp. 01 18 00-10 17 01 12 21 01 (NYSE: ENE) Wechsler Harwood Halebian & Feffer LLP (\"Wechsler Harwood\") (http: www.whhf.com) has been retained to investigate claims or filed class action complaints involving the securities of the above companies on behalf of investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "PR Newswire", "sents": [ "PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases based in New York City.", "The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters.", "The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years.", "The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Business Media of London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Safra Group", "sents": [ "The Safra Group is an international network of companies controlled by the Safra family, comprising banking and financial institutions, industrial operations, real estate and agribusiness.", "It is present in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and the Caribbean." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9243_p31", "sents": [ "The company charges governments a membership and licensing fee, on the order of $5,000 to $15,000 per month, and other fees or commissions depending on the services used.", "In April, govWorks raised $39.2 million in third round funding.", "The company's backers include American Management Systems, Global Bridge Ventures, Hearst New Media, executives of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Mayfield Fund, Metropolis, New York City Investment Fund, Safra Group, Sapient, and Vignette.", "http: www.govworks.com http: www.govworks.com.ar Children's Content & Marketing Site Tykesville.com Launches NEW YORK -- Tykesville, which licenses original children's broadcasting to other Web sites, announced its launch.", "Tykesville has offices in New York and Los Angeles.", "The company received an undisclosed investment from the Ayzenberg Group last month.", "The Web site is not yet available.", "Telephone 212-448-1043. o Health and Spirituality Site eSpirituality.com Launches NEW YORK -- eSpirituality.com, an online site for health and spirituality products and information, announced its launch." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Latin America", "sents": [ "Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are predominant.", "The term originated in 19th century France as \"Amérique latine\" to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas (Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed.", "It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America—though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6562_p14", "sents": [ "\"But the building is finished, the customers are signed up and the traffic is running.\"", "Medina was referring to the Technology Center of the Americas where the NAP is housed.", "Terremark oversaw the construction of that facility in downtown Miami.", "Terremark put in place a $109 million debt and equity financing package late last year to finance the construction.", "Terremark has 34 binding contracts from various major firms including AOL Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, Emergia, Enron, EPIK Communications, Global Crossing, Qwest, SBC Internet Services and FPL Fibernet, to use the NAP.", "The company believes the revenue from NAP's customers will allow to fund this data exchange point.", "Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, Terremark's senior vice president for corporate communications, noted that the interim NAP, which Terremark opened at the end of December, started producing revenue immediately.", "The company reported revenue of $252,906 from the interim NAP for the quarter ended March 31. Gonzalez-Levy said the additional capital would be needed to carry out the company's plans to build additional data centers, smaller versions of the NAP in Miami, in Latin America and the Far East." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3418_p35", "sents": [ "For the first time, the Indian lenders today disclosed their exact exposure to DPC, which stood at Rs 66 billion.", "Chakrabarti said adding other domestic lenders were ICICI, State Bank of India and Canara Bank.", "(PTI) 29-05 1609 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "ENRON'S DABHOL POWER CO REJECTS STATE BOARD'S LEGAL NOTICE 05 29 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. MUMBAI, May 29 Asia Pulse - Enron's Dabhol Power Company (DPC) has rejected the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's (MSEB) legal notice for \"rescinding\" the PPA, saying \"it did not have the right to do so,\" as the two partners get ready to plead their case before the state Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) tomorrow.", "In a three-page response to the MSEB's May 24 legal notice, Enron India managing director K Wade Cline has said \"The legal notice is not acceptable to us, as according to the PPA, MSEB does not have the right to rescind the agreement,\" the state government sources told PTI here today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e553_p3", "sents": [ "-By Prime Sarmiento, Dow Jones Newswires; 65-4214803, [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT REPORT ON POWER SECTOR TO INDIAN STATE GOVT 03 29 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. MUMBAI, March 29 Asia Pulse - The Godbole Committee, set up to review Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company's (DPC) 2,184 MW power project and the entire power scenario in the western state of Maharashtra, will submit part one of its report on April 10 to the state government.", "\"The committee will finalise its report on April nine and submit it to the government the next day,\" MSEB sources told PTI here today.", "According to the committee's schedule, it would first submit the report on DPC's project and then commence on part two, comprising study and remedies to improve Maharashtra's entire power scenario.", "The sources also did not rule out a possibility of the report being tabled in the current session of the on-going state legistlature." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Savio Vega", "sents": [ "Juan Rivera (born August 10, 1964) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Council, where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship three times.", "During the 1990s, he worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), initially under a mask as Kwang.", "He later portrayed Savio Vega, the eventual leader of a Puerto Rican stable, Los Boricuas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "World Wrestling Council", "sents": [ "The World Wrestling Council (WWC) is Puerto Rico's main professional wrestling promotion.", "It was originally established as Capitol Sports Promotions in 1973 by Carlos Colón Sr., Victor Jovica, and Gorilla Monsoon.", "It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 1988.", "By the mid-1990s, the promotion had changed its name to the World Wrestling Council." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Preston's College", "sents": [ "Preston's College is a further education college in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.", "The college originally opened as W. R. Tuson College in September 1974 and was renamed Preston College on 1 September 1989.", "In September 2013, the college changed its name from Preston College to Preston's College." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Preston, Lancashire", "sents": [ "Preston is a city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England.", "On the north bank of the River Ribble, it is an urban settlement and unparished area that together with surrounding rural civil parishes forms the City of Preston local government district of Lancashire.", "The district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.", "Preston has a population of 114,300, the City of Preston district 132,000 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322.", "The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661 compared to 354,000 in the previous census." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "George Radanovich", "sents": [ "George Purdy Radanovich (born June 20, 1955) is a former U.S. Representative for California 's 19 congressional district , serving from 1995 to 2011.", "The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city.", "On December 29, 2009, Radanovich announced he would not seek reelection in 2010.", "He is a member of the Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2484_p55", "sents": [ "But FERC refuses to impose what California desperate ly needs, a broad temporary price cap that allows companies to recover their costs plus a reasonable profit.", "The state's last hope for rate caps now res ts with Congress.", "Sens.", "Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) are sponsoring legislation that would require FERC to establish temporary maxim um rates.", "Rep. Henry Waxman (D-L.A.) is scheduled to propose amendments to a House bill today to do the same.", "The support of three Republican House members from California, who are on the energy and air quality subcommittee is crucial.", "They are Christopher Cox of Newport Beach, Mary Bono of Palm Springs and George Radanovich of Mariposa.", "The Waxman measure serves the be st interests of California.", "Concern about losing seats in Congress may also he lp the GOP members make the right choice.", "It was Feinstein who got a letter from Keith E. Bailey, chairman of Williams Cos., an energy producer, in support of temporary price controls." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Robert Mondavi", "sents": [ "Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was a leading California vineyard operator whose technical improvements and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California.", "From an early period, Mondavi aggressively promoted labeling wines varietally rather than generically.", "This is now the standard for New World wines.", "The Robert Mondavi Institute (RMI) for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis opened October 2008 in his honor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e5101_p0", "sents": [ "\"Nancy - #4870 --Original Message -- From: Nancy Light Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 6:18 PM To: # All Robert Mondavi Subject: Two RM Wines in the Spectator Top 10!", "The Wine Spectator has just published it's annual list of Top 100 wines and Robert Mondavi has two wines in the Top 10 and three in the Top 100!", "Selection for this honor by the magazine's board of editors is based on overall quality (score), availability, price and excitement.", "Ranked # 2 Opus One 1996 Ranked #9 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1996 Also part of the top 100 is Byron Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley 1997 which ranked #83. Following is the complete top 10: Rank Score Price Wine 1 95 $ 28 Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County Cinq Cepages 1996 2 96 $125 Opus One Napa Valley 1996 3 96 $ 38 Isole e Olena Toscana Cepparello 1997 4 95 $ 45 Kistler Chardonnay Sonoma Valley Durell Vineyard 1996 5 96 $ 55 Peter Michaels Les Pavots Knights Valley 1996 6 96 $ 50 Pahlmeyer Chardonnay Napa Valley 1997 7 97 $ 60 Barossa Valley Estate Shiraz Barossa Valley E&E Black Pepper 1996 8 95 $ 71 Chateau Montrose St. Estephe 1996 9 95 $100 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve 1996 10 95 $ 75 Chateau Cos-d'Estournel St. Estephe 1996 Congratulations to the fabulous winemaking teams at Robert Mondavi Winery, Opus One and Byron Vineyard and Winery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2881_p8", "sents": [ "Jim Fowler was named managing directo r of Asia Pacific, formerly serving as managing director at City Networks.", "Kelvin Lee was named regional head of sales in Singapore, previously servin g as vice president of commercial services at Finesse Alliance International.", "Netik is backed by Warburg Pincus.", "http: www.netik.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT HitHive Names Wireless Facilities Exec as VP, Corp. Dev.", "mail?", "top SEATTLE (VENTUREWIRE) -- HitHive, a wireless music network, said it has added Jill Grenier as vice president of corporate development.", "Ms. Grenier was formerly vice president in the telecommunications strategy group at Wireless Facilities.", "HitHive is backed by individual investors.", "http: www.hithive.com SetNet Names VP of Product Development and VP of Marketing mail?", "top CORAL GABLES, Fla. (VENTUREWIRE) -- SetNet, a provider of enhanced messagi ng software and systems to the telecommunications industry, said it has appointed Jean-Claude Le Franc as vice president of product development.", "Mr Le Franc formerly oversaw implementation of subscriber services at Cegetel, operator of France's wireless network." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Singapore", "sents": [ "Singapore ( ), officially the Republic of Singapore, sometimes referred to as the \"Lion City\", the \"Garden City\" or the \"Little Red Dot\", is a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia.", "It lies one degree (137 km) north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south.", "Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets.", "Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23% (130 km) and its greening policy has covered the densely populated island with tropical flora, parks and gardens." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5680_p75", "sents": [ "Recent estimates have suggested that California, which paid $7 billion for electricity two years ago, could pay as much as $50 billion this year.", "Until quite recently the president and his energy czar, Dick Cheney, had seemed almost indifferent to California's needs.", "But Republican members of Congress from California and other Western states have been growing increasingly restive as they contemplate the potential political fallout in the midterm elections of 2002. In addition, the two newest members of the regulatory commission, both Bush appointees, have expressed sympathy for California's plight.", "Whatever the reason, the administration appears to have seen the light, even though it is reluctant to admit it.", "http: www.nytimes.com LOAD-DATE: June 20, 2001 24 of 120 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service The Orange County Register June 20, 2001, Wednesday SECTION: WASHINGTON DATELINE KR-ACC-NO: K0253 LENGTH: 808 words HEADLINE: Senate Democrats drop price caps bill; energy commissioners go to Hill BYLINE: By Dena Bunis BODY: WASHINGTON _ Federal regulators could turn out to be heroes or goats depending on whether Monday's price cap ruling helps California turn the corner on its electricity crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e894_p23", "sents": [ "FERC had ruled on the issue in February, and on Friday it reinforced that ruling, saying the ISO misinterpreted its earlier decision and must comply.", "The ruling could increase pressure to find \"creative\" solutions to who will pay for California's power, said Jan Smutny-Jones, head of the Independent Energy Producers Association.", "\"Obviously the ISO doesn't have the money and the utilities don't have the money either.", "The question is, where do we go from here,\" he said.", "\"My hope is that it does not make blackouts more likely.\"", "The state hasn't decided whether it will appeal the decision, said Roger Salazar, a spokesman for Gov.", "Gray Davis.", "But he said the federal ruling appears to make it likely that California will have to buy more electricity on the utilities' behalf.", "The Bee's David Whitney can be reached at (202) 383-0004 or [email protected].", "LOAD-DATE: April 8, 2001 ?4 of 4 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service San Jose Mercury News April 7, 2001, Saturday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K3364 LENGTH: 1209 words HEADLINE: Filing for Chapter 11 may help PG&E's debt but it won't solve power crisis BYLINE: By Brandon Bailey BODY: SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Filing for bankruptcy protection may help PG&E with its debts, but it won't solve the state's power crunch." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Home Bound (instrumental)", "sents": [ "\"Home Bound\" is an instrumental by Ted Nugent; it is his fifth single.", "It's the fifth track in his most famous album, \"Cat Scratch Fever\".", "It was covered by the Beastie Boys and Biz Markie as \"The Biz vs the Nuge\" on the album \"Check Your Head\" in 1992." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Beastie Boys", "sents": [ "Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1981.", "For the majority of their career, the group consisted of Michael \"Mike D\" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam \"MCA\" Yauch (vocals, bass) and Adam \"Ad-Rock\" Horovitz (vocals, guitar)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6999_p39", "sents": [ "All will be paid from the PG&E bankruptcy estate, if Judge Dennis Montali approves their employment.", "To become eligible for legal, accounting and consulting work, each firm mus t convince the judge that it is qualified to do the job and does not have unmanageable conflicts of interest.", "Many firms in the PG&E case have worked with one another or represent parti es with a financial interest in the outcome, such as lenders and creditors, in matters outside the case.", "With the limited number of bankruptcy specialists, \"naturally you have lawyers and others working both sides of the fence,\" said Mary Josephine Newborn Wiggins, professor at the University of San Diego School of Law.", "\"There are bound to be some situations where it gets sticky.\"", "Time and again, firms acknowledged in disclaimers filed with Bankruptcy Cou rt that they have so many ties to other companies that they may not have unearthed all connections and potential conflicts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e880_p37", "sents": [ "PG&E has been negotiating with state officials for months trying to find a solution to the crisis, but chairman Glynn said Friday it has given up hope of success.", "\"The bankruptcy code provides a mechanism that can get people, hopefully, to coalesce around a plan,\" Bussel said.", "\"It also has mechanisms to try to keep different constituencies in line, to the extent that their demands are undermining the ability of the company to successfully reorganize.\"", "The different constituencies in this case include the utility, its creditors, state regulators, state legislators, federal regulators, ratepayers and taxpayers.", "All will be represented in negotiations, under the oversight of United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali.", "\"There is going to be a huge jurisdictional battle between PG&E, the feds, the state, and the PUC,\" Bussel said.", "\"(The judge) will certainly be making his reputation on this case.", "We'll see how he handles it.\"", "Asked if he thought the bankruptcy judge would order PG&E to raise its rates more than permitted by the PUC, PG&E chairman Glynn said Friday \"the bankruptcy court and the PUC will probably have some very interesting conversations on that subject.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kalle Oranen", "sents": [ "Seppo Kalevi (Kalle) Oranen (born 26 February 1946, Boekelo) is a former Dutch footballer.", "He came during his football career for Sportclub Enschede, FC Twente and SC Heracles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "FC Twente", "sents": [ "Football Club Twente (] ) is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie.", "The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys.", "They were the holders of the 2011 KNVB Cup and Johan Cruijff Schaal trophies, and were Eredivisie champions in the 2009–10 season; the team has also finished as Eredivisie runner-up thrice, was runner-up in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, and has won the KNVB Cup three times.", "Twente's home ground since 1998 is De Grolsch Veste." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kohlberg Kravis Roberts", "sents": [ "KKR & Co. L.P. (formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.) is an American multinational private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, headquartered in New York City.", "The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds.", "The firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions since its inception." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e4207_p3", "sents": [ "Chase will sell a portion of its investments in the various funds.", "Kohlberg Kravis Roberts declined to comment on the development; Bain and Hicks Muse could not be reached for comment.", "The maneuver is intended to free up capital for future investments in additional LBO funds.", "The sale of the secondary investments will not affect Chase Capital Partners' direct equity investments.", "http: www.chasecapital.com IP Carrier CoMindico Lands $96 Million in Funding SYDNEY, Australia -- CoMindico, an independent wholesale supplier of integrated data and voice telephony services, said it secured $96 million in funding led by J.P. Morgan, AGL, and AMP Asset Management.", "Queensland Press, Kerry Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings Group, and company founder Wayne Passlow, chief executive officer of Open Communications, also contributed to the financing.", "A spokesperson for new investor J.P. Morgan said the firm contributed to $22 million.", "CoMindico also said it received an unspecified amount of vendor financing from Cisco Systems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mordella longipalpis", "sents": [ "Mordella longipalpis is a species of beetle in the \"Mordella\" genus that is in the \"Mordellidae\" family, which is a part of the \"Tenebrionoidea\" superfamily.", "It was discovered in 1946." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Mordella", "sents": [ "Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini.", "It is widely distributed in the Holarctic and adjacent regions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e394_p0", "sents": [ "'Court Gives Green Light to Green Generator To Suspend Edison Contract, Sell Electricity Elsewhere Business Wire 03 22 01, 4:43p (Copyright 2001, Business Wire) EL CENTRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2001--A California court ruled today that a geothermal energy supplier in the Imperial Valley can temporarily sell its electricity on the open market despite its long-term contracts with Southern California Edison, because Edison has breached the contract by failing to pay for any output since Nov. 1. Cal Energy Operating Corp. operates a complex of geothermal plants near the Salton Sea.", "The plants filed suit Feb. 20 in Imperial County Superior Court seeking back payment from Edison and authorization to suspend their contracts with Edison and sell power elsewhere in California during such time Edison is unable to pay for power demand.", "David L. Sokol, chairman of Cal Energy, said, \"We applaud this short-term solution that will provide us with a revenue lifeline and keep our clean, renewable power flowing to Californians." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Business Wire", "sents": [ "Business Wire is a company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.", "It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27340_p22", "sents": [ "Nine DWR power traders still enjoy access to the ISO control room, according to Winter's letter to Ose.", "Among them is Bernard Barretto, who reportedly owns stock in Enron Corp. (ENE).", "Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for California Gov.", "Gray Davis who recently sold Calpine stock after conflict-of-interest concerns were raised, said earlier this month that Barretto's investment met state ethics rules because Enron wasn't making sales in the spot market, where the DWR employee was involved in making power purchases.", "DWR employees' investments are \"thoroughly reviewed\" to make sure there are no conflicts, DWR spokesman Oscar Hidalgo said.", "Employees must either divest their stock or recuse themselves from deals that involve their financial interests, Hidalgo said.", "An Ose spokesman, Yier Shi, said the congressman believes the arrangement has worked against the interests of California consumers.", "\"It's pretty obvious that it isn't in the interest of California consumers, the DWR or the ISO to have that conflict of interest in the power-purchasing process,\" Shi said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Meloe proscarabaeus", "sents": [ "Meloe proscarabaeus is a European oil beetle.", "It lives in meadows, field margins and other warm sites in all but the far north of the continent.", "It lacks hind wings and the elytra are correspondingly reduced in size." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Europe", "sents": [ "Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.", "Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.", "It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.", "Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits.", "Yet the non-oceanic borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are arbitrary and amount to a historical and social construct.", "The primarily physiographic term \"continent\" as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent's current overland boundary with Asia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]