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[ { "title": "e6937_p32", "sents": [ "\"Certainly, it's a concern to see the chief executive selling so aggressively,\" says Jeff Dietert, an analyst at Simmons & Co., a Houston energy investment boutique and a member of the TSC Energy Roundtable.", "comment streetsidechat 1242533.html \"Especially when they are saying the stock is undervalued.", "That sends a very mixed message to investors.\"", "While acknowledging Enron's unique equity-based compensation program, Dietert says recent selling at the top is unique.", "\"You constantly see a regular group of people selling as they monetize their compensation\" at Enron, he says.", "\"However, the larger sales from senior executives are different.", "Sales have been weighted much more heavily to Lay and Skilling than they have been in the past.\"", "Dietert's 12-month price for Enron is $58, and his firm has not provided banking services to Enron.", "Simmons does not rate companies.", "Another analyst who asked not to be named was more critical.", "\"The [insider sales] are disconcerting to say the least." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5, 9, 10 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1955 Air Force Falcons football team", "sents": [ "The 1955 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1955 college football season.", "The Falcons did not have an official stadium during the season, and remained without one until the 1962 season when Falcon Stadium opened.", "They were led by first year head coach Robert V. Whitlow and played the first season for the Air Force falcons football program.", "The Falcons were independent, and played only freshmen teams of other schools.", "Air Force finished with a record of 4–4." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "1955 college football season", "sents": [ "The 1955 NCAA football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0.", "Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied (10-0-0) team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, and won 20-6." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Saudi Aramco", "sents": [ "Saudi Aramco (Arabic: أرامكو السعودية‎ ‎ \"ʾArāmkō s-Suʿūdiyyah \"), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, most popularly known just as Aramco (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran.", "Saudi Aramco's value has been estimated at between US$8.25 trillion and US$10 trillion, making it the most valuable company in the world by Market Capitalisation ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3679_p43", "sents": [ "The signing was rich in pomp as members of the royal family sat along the back wall, with Fahd at the center.", "Oil company executives sat along one side and other Saudi officials, including al-Naimi, sat on the other.", "The executives took turns signing the memorandum of understandings.", "At the conclusion of the signing, they took turns shaking Fahd's hand.", "Each could be heard saying \"Thank you very much\" to Fahd.", "Saudi Arabia's state-owned energy company, Saudi Aramco, will be an equity owner in the projects.", "Saudi Arabia nationalized its oil fields in 1975 after tension caused by the Arab oil embargo against the West that began two years earlier, and closed its energy exploration and production sectors to foreign investment.", "Al-Faisal said in case the companies discover oil, they will be compensated and the fields will be repossessed by Saudi Arabia.", "Although locked out of the production of energy, Exxon Mobil has invested dlrs 5 billion in refining and petrochemical joint ventures in the country and said it is also the largest foreign purchaser of crude oil and other hydrocarbons from Saudi Aramco." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Richard Lloyd Jones", "sents": [ "Richard Lloyd Jones (April 14, 1873 – December 4, 1963) was the long-time editor and publisher of the now defunct \"Tulsa Tribune\".", "He was noted for his controversial ultra-racist positions on political issues.", "The son of a notable Unitarian missionary, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, he was a co-founder of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Tulsa, Oklahoma", "sents": [ "Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States.", "As of July 2015, the population was 403,505, an increase of 11,599 over that reported in the 2010 Census.", "It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 981,005 residents in the MSA and 1,151,172 in the CSA.", "The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Loop Trolley", "sents": [ "The Loop Trolley, also known as the Delmar Loop Trolley, is a 2.2 mi heritage trolley line under construction that will serve the Delmar Loop district in St. Louis, Missouri and University City, Missouri.", "The line will have 10 stations and serve the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, Washington University in St. Louis, two MetroLink stations (Forest Park–DeBaliviere station and Delmar Loop station), University City City Hall, and all the Delmar Loop attractions.", "The system will use two replica-historic streetcars, and one ex-Melbourne streetcar from Seattle instead of earlier plans to use two Peter Witt-type streetcars that were acquired and placed on display to promote the project in the mid-2000s.", "A grant of $25 million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding for the project was approved in July 2010, and additional funding was secured from other sources.", "Construction began in March 2015 and was completed in late 2016.", "As of July 2017, project officials were hoping the line would be ready to open for service in mid-October 2017, after completion of testing and training." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Delmar Loop", "sents": [ "The Delmar Loop, often referred to by St. Louis residents simply as The Loop, is an entertainment, cultural and restaurant district in University City, Missouri and the adjoining western edge of St. Louis, Missouri.", "Many of its attractions are located in the streetcar suburb of University City, but the area is expanding eastward into the Skinker-Debaliviere Neighborhood of the City of St. Louis.", "In 2007, the American Planning Association named the Delmar Loop \"One of the 10 Great Streets in America.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chapel of Saint Rosalia", "sents": [ "Chapel of Saint Rosalia (Slovak: \"Rímskokatolícka kaplnka sv.", "Rozálie\" ) is church in the Lamač borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, built in 1680.", "It is a Slovak national cultural landmark, protected since 1963 for retaining its historical value and being a testament of the urbanistic and architectonic features of historical Lamač.", "It is named after Saint Rosalia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bratislava", "sents": [ "Bratislava ( or ; ] , German: \"Preßburg\" or \"Pressburg \" ] ) is the capital of Slovakia, and with a population of about 450,000, the country's largest city.", "The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 650,000 people.", "Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the River Morava.", "Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27514_p21", "sents": [ "The potential impact on earnings from bad weather is a key reason why the derivatives market is growing, said Ravi Nathan, weather portfolio manager and head of weather derivatives group for Kansas City Missouri-based Aquila, a subsidiary of Utilicorp United Inc. ``Every winter we see more utilities involved,'' Nathan said.", "``It gets into the chief financial officer's consciousness only when there's a big hit'' on earnings.", "Weather derivatives are slowly spreading outside of the United States Trading in North America accounted for 95 percent of the world weather derivatives market in the six-month period ended April 14, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, down from 97 percent a year earlier.", "Contracts based on degree-days accounted for nine out of every 10 trades.", "London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange is betting that the weather derivatives market will become broader and simpler, and has started temperature indexes in London, Paris and Berlin in preparation for an eventual futures contract." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Berlin", "sents": [ "Berlin ( , ] ) is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its 16 constituent states.", "With a population of approximately 3.7 million, Berlin is the second most populous city proper in the European Union and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union.", "Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of the rivers Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has roughly 6 million residents from more than 180 nations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bakaffa", "sents": [ "Bakaffa (Ge'ez በካፋ) (throne name Aṣma Giyorgis , later Masih Sagad Ge'ez መሲህ ሰገድ, \"to whom the anointed bows\") was \"nəgusä nägäst\" (May 18, 1721 – September 19, 1730) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.", "He was a son of Emperor Iyasu I and brother to Emperors Tekle Haymanot I and Dawit III." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Dawit III", "sents": [ "Dawit III (Ge'ez ዳዊት), throne name Adbar Sagad (Ge'ez አድባር ሰገድ, \"to whom the mountains bow\"), also known as Dawit the Singer, was \"nəgusä nägäst\" (8 February 1716 - 18 May 1721) of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.", "He was the son of Iyasu I and his concubine Kedeste Krestos." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Grilled (Breaking Bad)", "sents": [ "\"Grilled\" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series \"Breaking Bad\", and the ninth overall episode of the series.", "It was written by George Mastras and directed by Charles Haid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Breaking Bad", "sents": [ "Breaking Bad is an American neo-western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan.", "The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013.", "It tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.", "Together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), White turns to a life of crime by producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies, while navigating the dangers of the criminal world.", "The title comes from the Southern colloquialism \"breaking bad\", meaning to \"raise hell\" or turn toward crime.", "\"Breaking Bad\" is set and was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1355_p0", "sents": [ "'FYI.", "The agenda for the legislative oversight committee's gas hearing tomorrow includes two Brattle Group consultants, Paul Carpenter and Matt O'Loughlin.", "They will make up the first panel, titled, \"California's High Natural Gas Prices: Market Power and Other Factors.\"", "In California's gas wars, Edison hired these folks--Carpenter in particular-- to show that SoCalGas has considerable market power in California and abuses it.", "(Edison was a long-time, very unhappy gas customer of SoCalGas', until it sold off its power plants.", "The animosity remains, however.)", "Should be interesting to see where the committe goes with that panel.", "CA PUC lawyer, Harvey Morris, is the sole witness on the second panel.", "Harvey is zealous in his assertions regarding market power in interestate markets serving California and is the PUC's lead attorney on such matters at FERC.", "I plan on attending the hearing.", "It's likely that I will also be attending a hearing on price caps at CMA's offices in the afternoon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Brattle Group", "sents": [ "The Brattle Group provides consulting services and expert testimony in economics, finance, and regulation to corporations, law firms, and public agencies.", "As of 2016, the company had offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Toronto, London, Madrid, Rome and Sydney.", "Its headquarters is located on Brattle Street, in the Harvard Square district of Cambridge." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "KJMZ", "sents": [ "KJMZ (97.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary format.", "The station is licensed to Cache, Oklahoma, and serves the Lawton area.", "KJMZ is owned by Perry Broadcasting." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Cache, Oklahoma", "sents": [ "Cache is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.", "The population was 2,796 at the 2010 census.", "It is an exurb included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.", "It is the location of Star House, the home of the Comanche chief Quanah Parker, the major leader of the Quahadi Comanche in the years of Indian Wars and transition to reservation life." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20472_p80", "sents": [ "The San Francisco effort is the brainchild of Brewster Kahle, a millionaire technologist who wants to preserve the Internet's ephemera for generations to come.", "Like many Internet pioneers, however, Kahle faces unfamiliar risks along wi th the opportunities: the archive might be the most massive violation of co pyright law since ownership rights over words came into being.", "More than 10 billion pages are available at http: web.archive.org.", "Joseph Menn Job Cuts, Make-Over in Store for Sears Sears, Roebuck & Co. is getting a new look, borrowing from competitors that have been biting into Sears bottom line.", "In a bid the company says will increase operating income by $1 billion duri ng the next three years, Sears will look more like a mass merchant, with mo re self-serve areas and centralized checkouts.", "As part of its financial realignment, Sears will cut 4,900 jobs in the next 18 months.", "The company's challenge, analysts say, is to offer something unique within its niche of serving middle-income consumers--an ever difficult proposition against innovative rivals such as Kohl's and Target." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 6 ] }, { "title": "Sears", "sents": [ "Sears, short name for Sears, Roebuck & Company, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1886.", "Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, it began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925.", "The company was bought by the American big box chain Kmart in 2005, which renamed itself Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger.", "In terms of domestic revenue, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States until October 1989, when Walmart surpassed the record.", "It is currently the fifth-largest American department store company by sales as of October 2013 (behind Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and The Home Depot), and the twelfth-largest retailer in the country overall.", "Sears operates divisions in Canada and Mexico, as well as several other subsidiaries within its brand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Khvorhesht", "sents": [ "Khvorhesht (Persian: خورهشت‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Khorhasht, Khūrhasht, and Khūrhesht; also known as Khuresh) is a village in Qaqazan-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 1,757, in 387 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Qaqazan-e Sharqi Rural District", "sents": [ "Qaqazan-e Sharqi Rural District (Persian: دهستان قاقازان شرقي‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in the Central District of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 12,890, in 2,930 families.", "The rural district has 19 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hal Ozsan", "sents": [ "Halil \"Hal\" Özşan (born 26 October 1976) is a Turkish Cypriot-born British actor, screenwriter and producer.", "As an actor he is best known for various series regular and recurring roles on shows such as \"The Blacklist\", \"Graceland\", \"Impastor\", \"90210\", \"Kyle XY\", and \"Dawson's Creek\".", "As a screenwriter and producer he is best known as Co-Executive Producer and co-writer of the Viceland comedy \"What Would Diplo Do?\"", "starring James Van Der Beek" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Viceland", "sents": [ "Viceland (stylized as VICELAND) is a multinational brand of television channel owned by Vice Media, which also provides programming.", "Viceland launched on February 29, 2016 with the simultaneous launch of two Viceland-branded cable channels; the American version (rebranded from H2) is a joint venture majority-owned by A&E Networks (who owns a 10% stake in Vice Media, alongside a separate 10% stake owned directly by A&E's co-owner Disney), while the Canadian version (rebranded from Bio) operates as a Category A-licensed specialty channel majority-owned by Rogers Media." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Team", "sents": [ "The team championship, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was decided by tests ridden at Greenwich Park in London.", "Each rider performed two tests, the Team Test on 30–31 August and the Individual Championship Test on 1–2 September (for which individual medals were also awarded).", "Team scores were the sum of the best 3 individual aggregates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Greenwich Park", "sents": [ "Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London.", "One of the Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed (in 1433), it covers 74 ha , and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site.", "It commands fine views over the River Thames, the Isle of Dogs and the City of London.", "The park is open year-round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fred Malek", "sents": [ "Frederic Vincent \"Fred\" Malek (born December 22, 1936) is the former President of Marriott Hotels and Northwest Airlines and former assistant to United States Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W.", "Bush.", "Malek served as a National Finance Committee co-chair of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign and has played a role in every Republican nominee for President over the past four decades.", "In 2011, he received the Horatio Alger Award." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27921_p19", "sents": [ "Perhaps, if only to balance his books, he should develop some cheaper missiles to use on cheaper targets and cheaper lives in the poor countries of the world.", "But then, that may not make good business sense to the coalition1s weapons manufacturers.", "It wouldn't make any sense at all, for example, to the Carlyle Group - described by the Industry Standard as \"the world's largest private equity firm\", with $13bn under management.", "Carlyle invests in the defence sector and makes its money from military conflicts and weapons spending.", "Carlyle is run by men with impeccable credentials.", "Former US defence secretary Frank Carlucci is Carlyle's chairman and managing director (he was a college roommate of Donald Rumsfeld's).", "Carlyle's other partners include former US secretary of state James A Baker III, George Soros and Fred Malek (George Bush Sr's campaign manager).", "An American paper ­ the Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel - says that former president George Bush Sr is reported to be seeking investments for the Carlyle Group from Asian markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 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, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5725_p66", "sents": [ "Brulte promised he would not vote for a 2001-02 state budget that includes the Lehane and Fabiani contract.", "\"The governor has hired millions of dollars worth of consultants who are experts on bonds and experts on energy.", "In each of these cases, we have giv en him the benefit of the doubt,\" Brulte said.", "\"There is no doubt here.", "The appropriate people to pay for this is the Gray Davis campaign committee.\"", "The increased political pressure on Davis comes as several Republicans are entering the race for governor.", "At one time, Davis was considered all but invincible in 2002, but the energy crisis has badly damaged his standing among voters, according to recent polls.", "The governor is also using his own political pressure, orchestrated by chie f adviser Garry South, Fabiani and Lehane, among others, to boost his image a nd change federal policy.", "Since Davis has no control over the federal government, his only weapon is to heat the political climate and try to for ce movement from the White House and federal regulators." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "KMOV", "sents": [ "KMOV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 24), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States.", "Owned by the Meredith Corporation, KMOV maintains studio and office facilities located at the Gateway Tower at 1 Memorial Drive in Downtown St. Louis, near the Gateway Arch, and its transmitter is located in Lemay.", "On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channels 4 (standard definition) and 704 (high definition), and on AT&T U-verse channels 4 (SD) and 1004 (HD)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "CBS", "sents": [ "CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.", "The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City (at the CBS Broadcast Center) and Los Angeles (at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American Airlines", "sents": [ "American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is an American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.", "It is the world's largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, scheduled passenger-kilometers flown, and number of destinations served.", "American together with its regional partners operates an extensive international and domestic network with an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5546_p5", "sents": [ "Pilots at other airlines have observed the wage ri se with interest.", "General Electric offered the European Commission more concessio ns to secure approval of its planned $40 billion merger with Honeywell.", "GE said it would sell bits of Honeywell ,s aerospace business as well as its regional jet-engine and marine-engine divisions.", "Negotiations with the commission continued in a fraught atmosphere as the deadline loomed.", "Months after abandoning a merger because of regulatory difficul ties, British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch started talks aimed at &alternative forms of co-operation 8. BA and its partner, American Airlines, also met America ,s transport secretary to ask for antitrust immunity to allow a deepening of their alliance.", "Pick an Economist Survey The Economist's renowned surveys are here, organised by categor y: countries and regions, finance and economics, business, science and technology and other.", "Forthcoming surveys are also listed.", "Click here to pick your survey.", "SEARCH The EconomistEconomist.comGlobal LibraryThe webThe EIU Advanced search GO TO ECONOMIST.COM Copyright 2001 The Economist Newspaper and The Economi st Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Karl Montevirgen", "sents": [ "Karl Montevirgen (born August 10, 1969) is an American Composer who specializes in improvisational, experimental guitar work.", "Karl Montevirgen's album \"War Machines\" was released in 2007 on the Black Phone label.", "Karl has organized the \"(Un-)mapping of the Electric Guitar\" event in Eagle Rock, California that brought his guitar works together with those of Michael Pisaro, Rick Cox, Chas Smith, Jeremy Drake and Michael Jon Fink.", "He has performed at the Earjam 3 in Pasadena's Furious Theatre Space curated by Julie Adler.", "His collaborative work with artist and filmmaker Chris Peters in their film \"Captain Scurvy\" has been put on exhibition at Berlin's ARTBANG 2008.", "Karl has participated in the so.cal.sonic sound.Commons Orchestra in Long Beach, California in 2005.", "Other venues that have featured his improvisational work have been \"Line Space Line\" and \"Dangerous Curve Gallery\" in downtown Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "Long Beach, California", "sents": [ "Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.", "As of 2010, its population was 462,257.", "It is the 36th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California.", "Long Beach is the second largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bavarian Ludwig Railway", "sents": [ "The Bavarian Ludwig Railway (\"Bayerische Ludwigseisenbahn\" or \"Ludwigsbahn\") was the first steam-hauled railway opened in Germany.", "The \"Königlich privilegierte Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft\" (\"Royal Privileged Ludwig Railway Company\", later called the \"Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft\") received a concession to build a railway from Nuremberg to Fürth in the state of Bavaria on 19 February 1834." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Fürth", "sents": [ "Fürth (] ; East Franconian: \"Färdd\"; Yiddish: פיורדא‎ , \"Fiurda\") is a city located in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (\"Regierungsbezirk\") of Middle Franconia.", "It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Yamajathakudu", "sents": [ "Yamajathakudu is a 1999 Telugu, fantasy comedy film, produced by Mohan Babu on his Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures banner and directed by N. Shankar.", "Starring Mohan Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Sakshi Shivanand, Chandini, Sadhika in the lead roles and music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Sakshi Shivanand", "sents": [ "Sakshi Shivanand (born 15 April 1977) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films.", "She has also given her background voice for Cinderella in \"The Story of Cinderella\", a popular anime television series which was telecast in India in Just Kids!", "on Sahara TV." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Misery (Soul Asylum song)", "sents": [ "\"Misery\" is a 1995 song performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum.", "Although \"Let Your Dim Light Shine\" critically suffered in comparison to its predecessor, \"Grave Dancers Union\", the single, \"Misery\", reached number 20 on The \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US.", "The song featured prominently in Kevin Smith's 2006 movie \"Clerks II\" and on an episode of the TV show \"Hindsight\".", "It was also parodied by \"Weird Al\" Yankovic as \"Syndicated Inc.\" on his album \"Bad Hair Day\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Soul Asylum", "sents": [ "Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.", "The band began using their official name in 1983.." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3688_p2", "sents": [ "They find no consensus on a solution., JOE MOZINGO, TIMES STAFF WRITER Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2001 Sunday, Home Edition, Page 1, 828 words, Thanks for Your Concern, Wall Street, PETER H. KING, SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2001 Sunday, Home Edition, Page 1, 4230 words, The Nation; THE ENERGY CRISIS; Watchdogs Take a Hit in State's Power Ills; Energy: Ex-federal officials say oversight of California's deregulation suffered due to a push for free-market competition., JUDY PASTERNAK, ALAN C. MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS, WASHINGTON The New York Times, June 3, 2001, Sunday, Late Edition - Final, Section 4; Page 18; Column 5; Week in Review Desk, 788 words, The Nation; Econ 101: It's Right and It's Wrong, By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN; Michael M. Weinstein is ?a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.", "The New York Times, June 3, 2001, Sunday, Late Edition - Final, Section 4; Page 17; Column 1; Editorial Desk, 739 words, Reckonings; Watt Price Ideology?, By PAUL KRUGMAN The New York Times, June 3, 2001, Sunday, Late Edition - Final, Section 1; Page 37; Column 1; Metropolitan Desk, 1065 words, One Developer's Power Solution: Build a Plant at the Office, By CHARLES V. BAGLI The Orange County Register, June 3, 2001, Sunday, DOMESTIC NEWS, K1495, 757 words, California may have already spent energy money it plans to borrow, By Hanh Kim Quach Sacramento Bee, June 3, 2001, Sunday, Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "The New York Times", "sents": [ "The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated NYT and The Times) is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, by The New York Times Company.", "\"The New York Times\" has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.", "The paper's print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind \"The Wall Street Journal\", and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the United States.", "\"The New York Times\" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation.", "Following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Troika Games", "sents": [ "Troika Games was a video game developer co-founded by Jason Anderson, Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky.", "The company was focused on role-playing video games between 1998 and 2005, best known for \"\" and \"\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Tim Cain", "sents": [ "Tim Cain is an American video game developer best known as the producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of the 1997 computer game \"Fallout\".", "In 2009 he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6406_p11", "sents": [ "Lay met India's finance and energy ministers Tuesday.", "Business Financial Desk; Section C Energy Commission Divides Control of Eastern Power Grid By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. 07 12 2001 The New York Times Page 2, Column 1 c. 2001 New York Times Company The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered yesterday that the electricity transmission grid for the eastern United States be put under control of two regional authorities.", "One group would oversee New England and the Middle Atlantic states, and the other would be responsible for the Southeast.", "The move, which reflects the influence of two new appointees by President Bush, was considered a victory for competitive energy suppliers like Enron and a setback for some utilities that had sought to keep more local control of transmission lines.", "Energy regulators also strongly signaled that they were considering a similar approach for both the Midwest and the West.", "With the deregulation of the nation's electricity business, federal regulators have been struggling to determine who should have control of transmission lines and how to ensure that the grid is operated in a way that allows all sellers of electricity fair access and guarantees that enough money is spent to keep things working properly." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e489_p0", "sents": [ "'Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition The New York Times, 03 26 01 Sale of Enron Unit To Sierra Pacific Becomes Unlikely The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Backing Bush Pays Off for Coal Industry Energy: Mineral is seen as key to halting power crisis.", "Officials also target pending regulatory rules.", "Los Angeles Times, 03 26 01 Abreast of the Market Hunting for Signs That Stocks Are Bottoming The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 It's About Time: A growing number of services let viewers pick what they want to watch, when they want to watch it The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Overview Thumbs Up: What makes a good entertainment site click?", "The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 What's News United States The Globe and Mail, 03 26 01 USA: Enron's deal to sell Portland General seen dead-WSJ.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 26 01 Enron's 2 bln usd sale of PGE unit unlikely to go through - CEO AFX News, 03 26 01 INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE Asia Pulse, 03 26 01 Business Financial Desk; Section A Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and LOWELL BERGMAN 03 26 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 4 c. 2001 New York Times Company Early last year, the El Paso Natural Gas Company took bids from two dozen companies for the right to ship enough natural gas through its pipeline from Texas and New Mexico to meet one-sixth of the daily demand of energy-starved California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2386_p168", "sents": [ "By 4:45 p.m., about 100,000 Californians from Sacramento to San Diego were hit by the first blackouts since March, caused by summerlike temperatures a nd generating plants going off-line.", "\"We expected demand to peak between 3 and 4 p.m., and it didn't,\" said Lori e O'Donly, spokeswoman for the Independent System Operator, which manages the state's electrical grid.", "\"It just continued to climb.\"", "The Sacramento Municipal Utility District cut power to about 4,600 customer s, while San Diego Gas & Electric severed electricity to 8,600 customers, including 4,950 in Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills and Mission Viejo.", "Southern California Edison cut power to 4,600 customers in Fullerton, Irvine, La Habra, Tustin and Newport Beach.", "Scott Lowe, a guard at the west end of Big Canyon, a gated community north of Newport Beach's Fashion Island, watched as a driver crashed through a traff ic gate, apparently thinking it would open automatically." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Fashion Island", "sents": [ "Fashion Island is an open-air lifestyle center in Newport Beach, California.", "It is served by Orange County Transportation Authority bus routes 1, 55, 57, and 79.", "Fashion Island is owned by The Irvine Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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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 ] }, { "title": "e3700_p23", "sents": [ "Frontline passes its golden opportunity to lay out, clearly and concisely, both sides -- what critics say are the self-inflicted origins of California's energy crisis, and California's charges of price-gouging and pleas for price caps.", "Instead, that information comes piecemeal, over the course of contentious and often-confusing exchanges.", "To avoid retreat on deregulation, now in progress in 24 states, companies have begun to raise the possibility of settlement with California, Frontline reports.", "In Lay's opinion, \"It's still going to take a comprehensive settlement of the whole issue, all the issues\" -- including money.", "Give Frontline full credit for stepping in where no other TV news outlet has dared to tread in such depth.", "Something is surely better than nothing.", "But this Frontline New York Times team coverage effort does not cool the blame game.", "It sheds more heat than light.", "Frontline: Blackout, 10 tonight, 9 p.m. June 12 on Channel 8. Grade: B. June 5, 2001, 1:17AM Houston Chronicle PBS pledge drive alters schedule By MIKE McDANIEL Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle TV Editor Paul Hope, like many theater fans, tuned to Channel 8 Sunday night in anticipation of the first hour of the joint PBS CBS telecast of the 55th Annual Tony Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rather Be", "sents": [ "\"Rather Be\" is a song by the English electronic music group Clean Bandit.", "It features vocals by Jess Glynne.", "The track was released on 17 January 2014 as the fourth single from the group's debut studio album, \"New Eyes\" (2014).", "It was co-written by band members Jack Patterson and Grace Chatto, along with Jimmy Napes and Nicole Marshall, and produced by Patterson and Chatto.", "Warner Music Group released a number of official remixes for download, with DJs such as All About She, Cash Cash, and OVERWERK." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "New Eyes", "sents": [ "New Eyes is the debut studio album by English electronic music group Clean Bandit, released on 30 May 2014 by Atlantic Records, after suffering from several setbacks.", "The album includes the singles \"A+E\", \"Mozart's House\", \"Dust Clears\", \"Rather Be\", \"Extraordinary\" and \"Come Over\".", "\"New Eyes\" was produced entirely by group members Jack Patterson and Grace Chatto.", "The album peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 100,000 copies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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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": "e617_p54", "sents": [ "There's more still to the story, Lewis and other critics say.", "If a complaint cannot be settled initially, as most are, a complex process ensues that includes a preliminary hearing, an informal hearing and a formal hearing.", "It is only at the last stage, the formal hearing, that the eight appointed commissioners can subpoena a witness, said the agency's general counsel, Karen Lundquist.", "The Ethics Commission has held only one informal and one formal hearing since its creation, and it has never issued a subpoena.", "That the state's agency to monitor money and politics in Texas has conducted virtually no in-depth probes shocked Houston attorney Mickey Jo Lawrence, who was appointed a commissioner last October by then-Gov.", "George W. Bush.", "Lawrence said that when she inquired during meetings why the agency wasn't more aggressively pursuing possible wrongdoing, she was told it was frowned upon by legislators.", "To do otherwise, Lawrence said she was told, would threaten funding for the commission." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Northeast Pond", "sents": [ "Northeast Pond is a 645 acre water body located along the border between Strafford County, New Hampshire, and York County, Maine, in the northeastern United States.", "The lake lies in the towns of Milton, New Hampshire, and Lebanon, Maine.", "It connects with Milton Pond to the south, whose outlet is the Salmon Falls River.", "Together with Town House Pond, a northwestern arm of Milton Pond, the water bodies form a single lake network known as Milton Three Ponds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Milton Pond", "sents": [ "Milton Pond is a 271 acre water body located along the border between Strafford County, New Hampshire, and York County, Maine in the northeastern United States.", "The lake lies in the towns of Milton, New Hampshire, and Lebanon, Maine.", "It connects with Northeast Pond to the northeast, and with Town House Pond to the north.", "A dam at the outlet of Milton Pond controls the water level for all three lakes.", "Below the dam, the Salmon Falls River flows southeast along the Maine-New Hampshire border until it reaches the Piscataqua River." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3554_p9", "sents": [ "So when EHN was founded in 1989 and he became CEO, he was merely taking his passion to the private sector.", "Fresh from his morning English lesson -- EHN is expanding into the U.S., Eastern Europe and Latin America -- Mr. Morras outlines what he sees as the keys to making wind power palatable: careful planning, environmental sensitivity and the latest in technology.", "Then he grabs a pair of binoculars and peers out the window behind his desk.", "On the crest of a hill in the distance is EHN's newest prototype, a 1.3-megawatt turbine.", "It's 10 times bigger than the turbines first installed in southern Spain, yet its 27-meter-long blades spin in much gentler breezes.", "\"With more machines like that,\" Mr. Morras says, \"we'll have parks that are less cluttered -- and more reliable and economical.\"", "The company's success owes a lot to the region's government.", "Navarra helped create EHN and still owns 48% of it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "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": "e7112_p13", "sents": [ "As his part of the agreement, Hiltachk said, Uhler withdrew his lawsuit Monday morning.", "Uhler had filed a lawsuit against the two consultants and Controller Kathleen Connell in June contending that they should not receive any payments because of a conflict of interest.", "The two men also did consulting work for financially troubled Southern California Edison, which was seeking help from Davis and the Legislature.", "Connell, a former Los Angeles mayoral candidate who has been at odds with Davis since he endorsed an opponent, had held up the payments pending the outcome of the lawsuit.", "Under an agreement with Davis, the men were to have been paid $30,000 a month for six months.", "Fabiani and Lehane could not be reached for comment.", "* Times staff writers Nancy Vogel and Virginia Ellis in Sacramento and Robert J. Lopez in Los Angeles contributed to this story.", "LOAD-DATE: July 31, 2001 6 of 50 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Salon.com, Inc. Salon.com July 31, 2001 Tuesday SECTION: Feature LENGTH: 1723 words HEADLINE: Gray Davis' Edison problem BYLINE: By William Bradley HIGHLIGHT: The governor struggles to orchestrate a multimillion-dollar bailout of the utility that has spent big bucks on his campaign." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "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": "Jock Climie", "sents": [ "Jock Climie is a Canadian retired Canadian Football League player who played the slotback position primarily with the Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders, and Montreal Alouettes.", "He is currently a sportscaster with Canadian sports television channel TSN as part of the \"CFL on TSN\" studio panel during the CFL season.", "Climie is also a labour and employment lawyer at the Ottawa law firm of Emond Harnden." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "CFL on TSN", "sents": [ "The CFL on TSN is TSN's presentation of the Canadian Football League.", "TSN has broadcast CFL games since the 1987 season and has been the exclusive broadcaster of all CFL games (including the playoffs and Grey Cup) since 2008.", "While the CFL on TSN shows all CFL games, the game of the week is aired on \"Wendy's Friday Night Football\".", "An additional, more entertainment-focused \"Thursday Night Football\" telecast (unrelated to the National Football League package of the same name, which aired on rival Sportsnet until 2016 but moved to TSN and sister network CTV Two in 2017) was added in 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dagnam", "sents": [ "Dagnam is a village development committee in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of western-central Nepal.", "At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1273 people living in 286 individual households." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Nepal", "sents": [ "Nepal ( ; Nepali: नेपाल ] ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Nepali: सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल \"Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl\" ), is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia.", "Nepal is divided into 7 states and 75 districts and 744 local units including 4 metropolises, 13 sub-metropolises, 246 municipal councils and 481 villages.", "It has a population of 26.4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area.", "Bordering China in the north and India in the south, east, and west, it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state.", "Nepal does not border Bangladesh, which is located within only 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip.", "Neither does it border Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between.", "Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.", "Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest city.", "Nepal is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John L. Smith (pharmaceutical executive)", "sents": [ "John Lawrence Smith (February 10, 1889 – July 10, 1950) was a German-born American chemist, pharmaceutical executive, and sportsman.", "He was born Johann Schmitz in Krefeld, Prussia, in Imperial Germany; his family emigrated to the United States when Schmitz was three years old, settling in Stonington, Connecticut.", "He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1908 and the family legally changed its name to Smith in 1918." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Krefeld", "sents": [ "Krefeld (] ), also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.", "It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the river Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine.", "Krefeld is accessed by the autobahns A57 (Cologne–Nijmegen) and the A44 (Aachen–Düsseldorf–Dortmund–Kassel)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Famous Blue Raincoat", "sents": [ "\"Famous Blue Raincoat\" is a song by Leonard Cohen.", "It is the sixth track on his third album, \"Songs of Love and Hate\", released in 1971.", "The song is written in the form of a letter (many of the lines are written in amphibrachs).", "The lyric tells the story of a love triangle between the speaker, a woman named Jane, and the male addressee, who is identified only briefly as \"my brother, my killer.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Leonard Cohen", "sents": [ "Leonard Norman Cohen {'1': \", '2': \", '3': \", '4': \"} (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter.", "His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.", "Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.", "He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor.", "In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "FAW Premier Cup", "sents": [ "The FAW Premier Cup (until 1998 the FAW Invitation Cup) was a Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales from 1997 to 2008.", "Since the FAW excluded clubs playing in English leagues (including six Welsh clubs) from playing in the Welsh Cup from 1996 onwards, the FAW needed another competition where the best Welsh teams could compete." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Football Association of Wales", "sents": [ "The Football Association of Wales (Welsh: \"Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru\" ) (FAW) is the governing body of association football in Wales.", "It is a member of FIFA, UEFA and the IFAB." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8778_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.atviso.com Emulex Acquires Giganet for $645 Million mail this story?", "top COSTA MESA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Emulex, a publicly traded supplier of Fibre Channel host adapters, said it has agreed to acquire Giganet, a developer of IP networking services in a deal worth approximately $645 million.", "Emulex will acquire Giganet for approximately 4 million shares in common stock and assumed options.", "Giganet will become the IP Networking group of Enulex.", "Neil Ferris, Giganet president and CEO, will take a seat on Emulex's board of directors.", "Giganet Inc.'s investors include H&Q Venture Associates, Innocal, Mariposa Investment Holding, Merrill Lynch, NTT Leasing, Telsoft, and W.R. Hambrecht.", "http: www.emulex.com http: www.giganet.com Global Internet Ventures Launches $140 Million Fund mail this story?", "top VIENNA, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Global Internet Ventures said it launched a $140 million fund focused on early-stage technology companies based in India, China, and the United States The fund's average investment will range between $500,000 and $3 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Emulex", "sents": [ "Emulex Corporation provides network connectivity, monitoring and management hardware and software.", "The company's I/O connectivity offerings, including its line of Ethernet and Fibre Channel-based connectivity products, were used in server and storage products from OEMs, including Cisco, Dell, EMC Corporation, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, IBM, NetApp and Oracle Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ben Jackson (Doctor Who)", "sents": [ "Benjamin \"Ben\" Jackson is a fictional character played by Michael Craze in the long-running British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\".", "A seaman in the Royal Navy from 1966, he was a companion of the First and Second Doctors and a regular in the programme from 1966 to 1967.", "Ben appeared in 9 stories (36 episodes).", "\"The War Machines\" is the only serial in which Ben appears which is complete in the BBC archive, which is his first." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Second Doctor", "sents": [ "The Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\".", "He was portrayed by character actor Patrick Troughton." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20451_p38", "sents": [ "Liberal lobby groups such as the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities claim the bill would hand back Dollars 6.3bn to the 14 biggest corporations - which, they say, are renowned for paying l ittle or no tax.", "The most hotly contested measure is the repeal of the corporate alternative minimum tax, or AMT, introduced in 1986 to make sure firms could not avoid all tax payments.", "This, strongly supported by President Bush, would be mad e retroactive so that all AMT payments would be refunded.", "The lobby groups and the non-partisan Congressional Research Service calcul ate that this would give a Dollars 1.4bn boost to computer group IBM alone, while General Motors would get back Dollars 833m and General Electric Doll ars 671m.", "Others to benefit include TXU, the Texas-based utility that is the US's thi rd largest energy supplier, which would would be given Dollars 608m." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "General Motors", "sents": [ "General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.", "With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States, GM manufactures cars and trucks in 35 countries.", "In 2008, 8.35 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under various brands.", "GM reached the milestone of selling 10 million vehicles in 2016.", "Current auto brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, and Wuling.", "Former GM automotive brands include McLaughlin, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer, Saab, Saturn, as well as Vauxhall, and Opel, which were bought by Groupe PSA in 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Illumination (Miami Horror album)", "sents": [ "Illumination is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music band Miami Horror, released on 20 August 2010 by EMI.", "The album was nominated for Best Dance Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011, but lost out to Cut Copy's \"Zonoscope\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Cut Copy", "sents": [ "Cut Copy (sometimes stylised as Cut/Copy) are an Australian electronic music band formed in 2001 by DJ Dan Whitford (vocals, keyboards and guitar).", "Initially a home-recording project, the band now includes Tim Hoey (guitars), Ben Browning (bass guitar) and Mitchell Scott (drums).", "So far they have released four studio albums, an EP and a number of singles and remixes, all on Modular Recordings.", "They achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with their second album, \"In Ghost Colours\".", "Some of their most well-known singles include \"Lights & Music\", \"Hearts on Fire\" and \"Take Me Over\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ai no Wakusei", "sents": [ "Ai no Wakusei (愛の惑星) is the only solo album by released by Sakurai Atsushi, vocalist for the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick.", "It was released on June 23, 2004 through Victor Entertainment.", "The album was packaged in a special long box, featuring a photo book, though it is also now out of print.", "Sakurai wrote all of the lyrics and sang on the album while the music was composed by a different collaborator on each track.", "Rather than adhere closely to Buck-Tick's style, Sakurai recruited composers whom come from various musical backgrounds, ranging from the hard industrial rock of Raymond Watts to the upbeat electronica of Xlover.<br>" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Buck-Tick", "sents": [ "Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983.", "The group has consisted of Atsushi Sakurai (lead vocals), Hisashi Imai (guitar), Hidehiko Hoshino (guitar), Yutaka Higuchi (bass) and Toll Yagami (drums) since 1985.", "In their three decade career, the band has released 20 studio albums, nearly all reaching the top ten on the charts, of which three in the late eighties and early nineties topped them.", "They are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sanctuary (season 2)", "sents": [ "The second season of the Canadian science fiction–fantasy television series \"Sanctuary\" premiered on Space in Canada and on Syfy in the United States on October 9, 2009, and concluded on the same channel on January 15, 2010 after 13 episodes.", "It continues to follow the actions of a secret organization known as the Sanctuary Network, who track down a series of creatures known as abnormals and then bring them to the Sanctuary base for refuge.", "Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Emilie Ullerup, Ryan Robbins, Agam Darshi and Christopher Heyerdahl are billed in the opening credits as the main cast." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ed Schafer", "sents": [ "Edward Thomas \"Ed\" Schafer (born August 8, 1946) is an American business leader, who was the 30th Governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000.", "Schafer also served as the 29th United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2008 to 2009, appointed by President George W. Bush.", "He was appointed as the Interim President of the University of North Dakota, serving from January through June 2016.", "His last name is frequently misspelled \"Shafer\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4626_p3", "sents": [ "Davis wouldn' t specify what he needed to discuss with Kennard beyond saying that a number of his Northern Virginia constituents have business pending before the FCC.", "Kennard showed up late and Davis had to wait out the entire breakfast until after the speech to get a word in with the communications chief.", "Virginia Gov.", "Jim Gilmore, fresh from a sweeping GOP victory in the Ol d Dominion's November elections, was elected vice-chair of the Republican Governors Association on Friday.", "Gilmore, the chair of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and an outspoken anti-Internet tax advocate, recently led the GOP's takeover of the state Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction.", "In his new role of vice-chairman, Gilmore will help campaign nationwide in support of Republican gubernatorial candidates and increase his fundraising efforts, RGA spokesmen said.", "North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer was elected as chairman, a role Gilmore will overtake after his yearlong stint in the second-man spot." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6960_p6", "sents": [ "The trading operation earned $40 million in profit during the comparable period last year.", "California's Independent System Operator, which manages most of the state power grid, and other investigators have said trading and bidding strategies were tools used by energy companies to raise prices during the California power crisis.", "Though Sempra earned money on trading, its wholesale power generating business lost $9 million during the quarter.", "Baum said the discounts on electricity provided the state were the prime cause of the loss for Sempra Energy Resources but added that a plant outage also contributed.", "Sempra Energy Resources, which co-owns a generating plant near Las Vegas with Reliant Energy, earned $2 million during the second quarter last year.", "Baum added that Sempra's long-term contract with the state -- under which it will provide up to 1,900 megawatts -- has allowed its wholesale business to pre-sell about half the power it expects to generate from the Nevada plant, which will be expanded, and three generating facilities it expects to build." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e864_p9", "sents": [ "Additionally, the Sempra Energy companies have no significant credit exposure to PG&E.", "\"Sempra Energy and SDG&E have long advocated that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission institute temporary regional wholesale price caps to help stem the financial problems such as those experienced by PG&E,\" Baum added.", "\"We are also committed to promoting and instituting comprehensive energy conservation programs for all customers to help control bills and decrease the chances of rotating outages this summer.\"", "Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 12,000 employees and annual revenues of $5.4 billion.", "Through its eight principal subsidiaries -- SoCalGas, SDG&E, Sempra Energy Solutions, Sempra Energy Trading, Sempra Energy International, Sempra Energy Resources, Sempra Communications and Sempra Energy Financial -- Sempra Energy serves more than 9 million customers in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico and South America.", "CONTACT: Sempra Energy Laura Farmer Art Larson, 877 866-2066 (Media) www.sempra.com or Karen Sedgwick, 877 736-7727 (Investors) Fitch Cuts Pacific Gas and Electric, So Cal Edison Ratings Business Wire 04 06 01, 4:57p (Copyright 2001, Business Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2001--Fitch has lowered its ratings for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Pac Gas) senior secured and preferred securities into the default category based on the utility's voluntary filing today of a petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5806_p0", "sents": [ "'Trust And Antitrust The New York Times, 06 24 01 Looking at E-Business From Both Sides Now The New York Times, 06 24 01 Getting Serious About Earth-Friendly Energy Los Angeles Times, 06 24 01 ENERGY CRUNCH Power players lay blame Deregulation creators defend their actions San Francisco Chronicle, 06 24 01 USA: California power refund talks begin Monday at FERC.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 24 01 PGE CRITICIZES ELECTRICITY PRICE LIMITS Portland Oregonian, 06 24 01 India: Calcutta HC rejects EMC plea Business Line (The Hindu), 06 24 01 India: DPC lenders unhappy with S&W report Business Line (The Hindu), 06 23 01 Enron CEO gets pie in face Press Trust of India Limited, 06 23 01 POWER POLLUTION NO LAUGHING MATTER South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 06 23 01 San Francisco Tourists Just Roll with the Outages Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, California, 06 23 01 El Paso Awaits Decision as Generators Prepare to Face Lawsuits Bloomberg, 06 23 01 Alleged Power Overcharges May Be Less Than Calif Argues Dow Jones Energy Service, 06 22 01 Editorial Desk; Section 4 Reckonings Trust And Antitrust By PAUL KRUGMAN 06 24 2001 The New York Times Page 13, Column 1 c. 2001 New York Times Company When the European Commission indicated it was likely to block the proposed merger between General Electric and Honeywell, American politicians from George W. Bush on down cried foul, with some alleging that the decision was politically motivated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "General Electric", "sents": [ "General Electric (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.", "As of 2016, the company operates through the following segments: Aviation, Current, Digital, Energy Connections, Global Research, Healthcare, Lighting, Oil and Gas, Power, Renewable Energy, Transportation, and Capital which cater to the needs of Financial services, Medical devices, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Software Development and Engineering industries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3713_p29", "sents": [ "BURY: And how much of this energy crisis did California bring upon itself?", "Those questions when we come back.", "Announcer: This is ABC News: NIGHTLINE, brought to you by (Commercial break) BURY: Joining us from Boston, Lowell Bergman, the correspondent for tomorrow's \"Frontline\" broadcast.", "From our Los Angeles bureau, Laura Holson, a business correspondent for The New York Times, who's been covering the California energy crisis.", "And here in Washington, Joe Kahn, who reports on energy and economics for The New York Times.", "Laura, just before the break, we heard California Governor Davis blaming the energy companies and the federal regulators.", "How much of his argument is sinking in.", "In other words, whom do Californians blame for this?", "Ms. LAURA HOLSON (The New York Times): The interesting thing is Californians blame everybody for this ap--for what has happened with the energy crisis.", "They blame the governor for not responding quickly enough to a crisis that started, you know, a year ago, if you really, you know, look at when prices starting going up." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "ABC News", "sents": [ "ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.", "Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast \"ABC World News Tonight\"; other programs include morning news-talk show \"Good Morning America\", newsmagazine series \"Nightline\", \"Primetime\" and \"20/20\", and Sunday morning political affairs program \"This Week with George Stephanopolous\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Maharashtra State Electricity Board", "sents": [ "Maharashtra State Electricity Board (or MSEB) ( Marathi:महाराष्ट्र राज्य विद्युत मंडळ) is a state-owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of Maharashtra in India.", "The MSEB was formed on 20 June 1960 under Section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948.", "In 1998 it was the second largest electricity generating utility in India after National Thermal Power Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3055_p17", "sents": [ "Enron Corp.'s dlrs 3 billion power project in western India is the largest foreign investment in India.", "The dispute centers on the state-run utility's stand that the outstanding December and January bills should be offset against a fine of 4 billion rupees (dlrs 85.31 million) it imposed on Enron for non-supply of power during that period.", "Enron does not accept the fine imposed by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and demands that the state utility pay dlrs 48 million in electricity bills for December and January.", "A six-month reconciliation period will now follow.", "Maharashtra state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh criticized Enron's threat to cut off electricity to the state-run utility and offered to resolve the issue through talks.", "\"There should be a right kind of atmosphere to talks.", "The MSEB has fulfilled all its contractual obligations.", "We are not defaulters as we have cleared all Enron dues,\" Deshmukh told reporters in Bombay." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Liepāja Museum", "sents": [ "Liepāja Museum is the largest museum in the historical region of Courland, Latvia and possesses more than 100,000 articles, but in the halls of the museum you can see 1,500 exhibits.", "Permanent displays tell of Liepāja’s history, starting from its early days and of the ethnography of South Kurzeme.", "They feature a special collection of tin ware and an exhibition telling about the life and works of the wood carver Miķelis Pankoks.", "The Museum also regularly hosts various local, national and international art exhibitions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Courland", "sents": [ "Courland or Kurzeme (in Latvian; Livonian: \"Kurāmō\" ; German and Swedish: \"Kurland\" ; Latin: \"Curonia\" /\"Couronia\" ; Russian: Курляндия ; Lithuanian: \"Kuršas\" ; Polish: \"Kurlandia\" ) is one of the historical and cultural regions in western Latvia.", "The largest city is Liepāja, the third most populated and third largest city in Latvia.", "The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland as they were formerly held by the same duke." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3975_p8", "sents": [ "The company intends the resulting alliance to reinforce its position on both sides of the Atlantic.", "The company said the funding will be used for continued product development.", "Sofinnova said the funding is its first investment in a company focused on session initiation protocols.", "http: www.indigosw.com http: www.sofinnova.com http: www.gimv.com Software Developer For Internet Protocol Raises $1.5 Million COIMBATORE, India -- Amoeba Telecom, a telecommunications software company developing management solutions for data, voice, and video protocols, said it raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding.", "Investors in the round included GE Equity and Intel Capital.", "The company said it will use the funding for product development, global marketing, and office expansion.", "As a result of the investment, Punit Bhatia, head of GE Capital India, will take a seat on the board of directors for Amoeba.", "http: www.amoebatel.com Swedish Arm of eWork Exchange Gets First Round Funding SAN FRANCISCO -- eWork Exchange said its Swedish operation, also called eWork Exchange, received an undisclosed amount of funding from new investor Telia Business Innovation, a venture capital firm in the Swedish telecommunications group Telia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p37", "sents": [ "To date, Gu ru has raised $63 million in financing from investors including American Express, August Capital, CS First Boston, Greylock, Investor AB, Texas Pacific Group, and WR Hambrecht.", "http: www.guru.com Training Products Firm Cognitive Arts Appoints New CEO mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Cognitive Arts, a developer of Internet-ba sed products and services for educational and corporate training, said it has appointed Robert C. Daugherty as CEO.", "Mr. Daugherty replaces Russell C. White, who has left the company to pursue other interests.", "Prior to joining Cognitive Arts, Mr. Daugherty served as president and COO of inaQuest.com, a provider of commercial commercial printing software until its July 2000 merger with ProForma.", "He also joins as the eighth director on the company' s board, which includes Rob Bernstein of Leeds Weld, Brian Friedman of FS Private investments, and Elliot Royce of GE Equity.", "To date, the company ha s raised $33 million in three rounds of financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6861_p8", "sents": [ "The natural gas project was one of the topics Arcaya addressed during the briefing.", "United States companies including Enron Corp. (ENE) and Exxon Mobil Corp. (XON) are competing for pieces of the project.", "Venezuela has the largest gas reserves outside of the Middle East, he said.", "The country would like to tap those reserves for exports as well as for use internally.", "To do so, Venezuela needs to develop gas infrastructure as well as gas production.", "The country needs to expand its gas pipeline system and build facilities for liquefied natural gas exports.", "He also hopes that another Venezuelan energy export - orimulsion - will find buyers in the Untied States.", "A natural bitumen, orimulsion is a patented fuel designed for use in electric power generation.", "Florida power generators failed to get approval to use the fuel after a test program in the late 1980s and early 1990s.", "Another study of the fuel, conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, won't be negative or positive for orimulsion, Arcaya said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7, 9 ] }, { "title": "United States Environmental Protection Agency", "sents": [ "The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes U.S. EPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.", "President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order.", "The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.", "The agency is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the President and approved by Congress.", "The current Administrator is Scott Pruitt.", "The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the Administrator is normally given cabinet rank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4273_p6", "sents": [ "http: www.ehealthdirect.com IP Platform Firm Palmchip Gets $13 Million in First Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Palmchip, which develops and licenses configurable semiconductor IP platforms for embeded system on chip integrated circuits, said it has secured $13 million in its first round of funding led by Index IT, a division of Beeson Gregory.", "The company said it will use the funds to develop its platform.", "Palmchip also said it has appointed Michael L. Hackworth, chairman and former president of Cirrus Logic, to its board of directors.", "Palmchip also named Joseph T. Rodgers, formerly chief financial officer of Quantum, as board chairman.", "The company also announced ARM Holdings, an early investor in Palmchip, has restructured its investment and retains a minority position below ten percent.", "http: www.palmchip.com Telcom Global Solutions Raises $11 Million from Bear Stearns IRVING, Texas -- Telcom Global Solutions Holdings, which provides telecom network and radio frequency engineering services for the wireless communications industry, said it received $11 million in its Series A round of funding from Bear Stearns Merchant Banking." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Cirrus Logic", "sents": [ "Cirrus Logic Inc. is a fabless semiconductor supplier that specializes in analog, mixed-signal, and audio DSP integrated circuits (ICs).", "s of 2015 Cirrus Logic has its headquarters in Austin, Texas.", "The company's audio processors and audio converters feature in many professional audio and consumer entertainment products, including smartphones, tablets, portable media players, automotive entertainment systems, home-theater receivers, televisions and docking stations.", "Cirrus Logic's analog mixed-signal converter chips are also used in a wide variety of energy-related applications, including its new line of LED controllers for the incandescent light-bulb replacement market, as well as energy-measurement chips for applications such as digital utility meters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Edward J. Lopez", "sents": [ "Edward J. Lopez is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Capitalism at Western Carolina University and President of the Public Choice Society." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Western Carolina University", "sents": [ "Western Carolina University (WCU) is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States.", "The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Carl Shapiro", "sents": [ "Carl Shapiro (born 20 March 1955) is the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.", "He is the co-author, along with Hal Varian, of \"Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy\", published by the Harvard Business School Press.", "On February 23, 2011, the \"Wall Street Journal\" reported that President Barack Obama intended to nominate Shapiro to his Council of Economic Advisers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e26575_p15", "sents": [ "Read the complete article here: <http: www0.mercurycenter.com premium local docs cal24.htm Severin Borenstein commented in the LA Times on Aug. 24 that the state should not run public power.", "Read more here: <http: latimes.com templates misc printstory.jsp?slug=la%2D000068605aug24 Hal Varian and the book \"Information Rules\" which he co-wrote with Carl Shapiro were mentioned an article about the changing intellectual property of businesses and its effects on the economy in the Wall Street Journal on Aug. 23. On Aug. 23 the LA Times quoted David Vogel, George Quist Professor of Business Ethics, regarding the Microsoft lawsuit in the article \"Lobbyists Tied to Microsoft Wrote Citizens' Letters.\"", "Read the full story here <http: latimes.com news printedition la-000068380aug23.story Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration, was quoted in the Sacramento Bee on Aug. 22 and expressed her agreement with the Fed's recent short-term interest rate cut.", "Read more on this story here <http: www.sacbee.com ib news ib_news01.html Borenstein appeared in the Washington Post on Aug. 21 in an article about California deregulation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Madha Yaanai Koottam", "sents": [ "Madha Yaanai Koottam (Tamil: மதயானைக் கூட்டம் ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil family drama-thriller film written and directed by Vikram Sugumaran who was a former assistant of Balu Mahendra and dialogue writer of \"Aadukalam\".", "The film produced by G. V. Prakash Kumar features newcomer Kathir and Oviya in the lead roles.", "The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by N. R. Raghunanthan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Aadukalam", "sents": [ "Aadukalam (English: \"Arena\" ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vetrimaran.", "The film stars Dhanush, Taapsee Pannu, V. I. S. Jayapalan and Kishore.", "The film was released on 14 January 2011 to positive critical feedback.", "The film won six awards at the 58th National Film Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor.", "The film was also felicitated with five awards in 59th Filmfare Awards South - Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Cinematography.", "Based on an online poll by \"The Times of India\", Vetri Maaran was chosen as the best director for \"Aadukalam\".", "The Telugu dubbed version \"Pandem Kollu\" released on 30 January 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Die, Rugged Man, Die", "sents": [ "Die, Rugged Man, Die is the debut studio album by American rapper R.A. the Rugged Man.", "It was released on November 16, 2004, by Nature Sounds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "R.A. the Rugged Man", "sents": [ "R.A. Thorburn, better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper.", "He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills.", "After a nine-label bidding war for his services, R.A. signed to major label Jive Records at age 18.", "Eventually R.A. and the label parted ways.", "His first album, \"Night of the Bloody Apes\", was never released." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "VPL Research", "sents": [ "VPL Research was one of the first companies that developed and sold virtual reality products.", "It was founded by VR pioneer Jaron Lanier in 1985.", "VPL started in the corner of Lanier's cottage in the San Francisco Bay Area.", "\"VPL\" stood for \"Visual Programming Languages\", and Lanier said that the goal of the company was to create a visual programming language to bring programming to a mass audience.", "In 1990, VPL Research filed for bankruptcy and in 1999 all of its patents were bought by Sun Microsystems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Jaron Lanier", "sents": [ "Jaron Zepel Lanier ( , born May 3, 1960) is an American computer philosophy writer, computer scientist, visual artist, and composer of classical music.", "A pioneer in the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves.", "In the late 1990s, Lanier worked on applications for Internet2, and in the 2000s, he was a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics and various universities.", "From 2006 he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 forward he works at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary Scientist." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Comedy Central", "sents": [ "Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.", "The channel carries comedy programming, in the form of both original, licensed and syndicated series and stand-up comedy specials, as well as feature films." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3720_p26", "sents": [ "In February, FolloWAP raised $10 million in equity funding led by Carmel Ventures, with participation from Star Venture s and previous investors The Israel Corporation and Koor Corporate Venture Capital.", "http: www.followap.com bad news E-Commerce Services Firm WhatsHotNow.com Closes mail?", "top LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- WhatsHotNow.com (WHN), an e-commerce se rvice provider for the licensed merchandise industry, has shut down.", "WHN's client s, including Fox, TVGuide, Comedy Central, and NBC have all posted notes on their Web sites informing customers their online stores are temporarily dow n. \"We were told last week and it happened very quickly,\" said Aileen Budow, director of corporate communications for Comedy Central, referring to WHN's closing.", "\"We're in a unique position.", "Our online store is doing great, it's a wonderful revenue stream, we just need a new distributor.\"", "Ms. Budow said t he company is currently speaking with other vendors.", "\"We kind of got the feeli ng things were not on the up and up with them,\" said a spokesperson for MobSho p, which provided B2B services to WHN." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Levipalpus hepatariella", "sents": [ "Levipalpus hepatariella is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family.", "It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Belgium, the Iberian Peninsula, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula.", "In the east, the range extends to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ireland", "sents": [ "Ireland ( ; Irish: \"Éire\" ] ; Ulster-Scots: \"Airlann\" ] ) is an island in the North Atlantic.", "It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.", "Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Southern (Spring) Open", "sents": [ "The Southern (Spring) Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1922 at the New Orleans Country Club in New Orleans, Louisiana.", "Gene Sarazen won the event with a four-round total of 294 (+10), beating Leo Diegel by eight strokes.", "It was Sarazen's first PGA Tour win." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Gene Sarazen", "sents": [ "Gene Sarazen ( ; February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships.", "He is one of five players (along with Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods) to win each of the four majors at least once, now known as the Career Grand Slam:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27953_p19", "sents": [ "Senator Kirby is the chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, for the Canadian government.", "He previously was chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.", "From 1984 to 1994, he was vice president of Goldfarb Consultants, an international market research firm in Toronto.", "Dr. Shulman is chairman, president, and CEO of DUSA Pharmaceuticals, a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company focused primarily on photodynamic therapy, the treatment of diseases using light-activated drugs.", "The addition of Messrs. Shulman and Kirby bring the company's board membership to six people.", "Miza has received funds from CCL Industries, a publicly traded outsourcing company.", "<http: www.miza.com new people * Xythos Software Names Edward Miller President and CEO top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=LLLMPMPMII SAN FRANCISCO -- Xythos Software, which provides enterprise file management software, said it named Edward Miller as its president and CEO.", "Mr. Miller, 43, replaces co-founder Kevin Wiggen, 29, who has been named the company's chairman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hermann Lindrath", "sents": [ "Hermann Lindrath (born 29 June 1896 in Eisleben, died 27 February 1960 in Mannheim) was a German politician (CDU).", "From 1957 to 1960 he was Federal Minister of Public Holdings (Federal Patrimony) (\"Bundesminister für wirtschaftlichen Besitz des Bundes\"), one of the few federal ministers who died in office." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Eisleben", "sents": [ "Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.", "It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther; hence, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben.", "As of 2005, Eisleben had a population of 24,284 (2013).", "It lies on the Halle–Kassel railway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27957_p2", "sents": [ "Subscribers will be charged a monthly fee, yet to be determined, to be able to select tracks and listen to them on demand, and to save them as customized \"shows,\" according to the company's parent, Musicmusicmusic.com.", "On a related note, the firm announced a licensing agreement with Vivendi's Universal Music Group for non-exclusive streaming rights to portions of the company's catalog, including recordings on the Chess, Verve and Motown labels.", "-- MP3.com founder takes on Microsoft Michael Robertson plans to release an operating system to compete with Microsoft's Windows next year.", "Based on the open-source Linux software code, the product, dubbed Lindows, will run both Linux and \"many popular Windows software titles,\" he said.", "Costing $100, the operating system is billed as enabling users to run it on as many PCs as they want.", "\"Once installed, LindowsOS offers a full-powered graphical desktop experience familiar to any computer user, but with advanced underlying architecture to ensure greater reliability,\" Robertson said, noting that an initial version of the software will be offered through the Web." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Spoon sweets", "sents": [ "Spoon sweets are sweet preserves, served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality in Greece, the Balkans, parts of the Middle East, and Russia.", "They can be made from almost any fruit, though sour and bitter fruits are especially prized.", "There are also spoon sweets produced without fruit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Balkans", "sents": [ "The Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in Eastern and Southeastern Europe with various and disputed borders.", "The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch from the Serbian-Bulgarian border to the Black Sea." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10697_p6", "sents": [ "Williams Cos., the Tulsa-based energy trader and gas pipeline operator, said Monday that its fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations jumped almost 300 percent thanks, in part, to the sky-high prices the company has been able to charge for electricity in California and other Western states.", "But the robust results at Williams, which doesn't own any power plants in California, came at the expense of AES Corp. Arlington, Va.-based AES owns three generating plants in Southern California, including those in Huntington Beach and Long Beach.", "Back before skyrocketing electricity prices heralded the current energy crisis, AES inked a contract that essentially lets Williams buy all of the electricity produced at the three AES California plants for a predetermined fee.", "Under the deal, Williams delivers natural gas to the plants, AES turns the gas into electricity and Williams then sells the electricity on the state's grid or wherever it can fetch the highest price." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American Greetings", "sents": [ "American Greetings Corporation, LLC is an American privately owned company, it is the world’s largest greeting card producer.", "Based in Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the company sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic expressive content (e.g., ringtones and images for cell phones).", "In addition, the company owns the Carlton Cards, Tender Thoughts, Just For You, and Gibson brands." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p23", "sents": [ "BuildNet is backed by BancBoston Ventures, Barnard, Encore Venture Partners, GE Appliances, GE Capital, Global Technology Investors Fund at Bessemer Trust, Halifax BuildNet Investors, John Hancock Global Technology Fund, J. & W. Seligman, Piedmont Venture Partners, SG Capital Partners, South East Interactive Technology Fund, and The CIT Group Equity Investments.", "The company is in a quiet period prior to filing for an IPO.", "http: www.homestyles.com http: www.buildnet.com American Greetings Buys Information-by-e-mail Service Firm CLEVELAND -- Personalized content delivery firm AmericanGreetings.com, a subsidiary of publicly traded American Greetings, said it has acquired eAgents, a firm that delivers consolidated information and entertainment from Web media brands in a single, daily e-mail.", "As part of the agreement, Charles Fink, the company's founder, president and CEO of eAgents.com, will become president of AmericanGreetings.com, reporting to Josef Mandelbaum, the CEO.", "Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.", "eAgents is backed by Draper Atlantic, Lazard Technology Partners, I-Hatch, and Shamrock Holdings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Acanthurus dussumieri", "sents": [ "Acanthurus dussumieri is a tang from the Indo-Pacific.", "It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.", "It grows to a size of 54 cm in length." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Indo-Pacific", "sents": [ "The Indo-Pacific, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific, is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia.", "It does not include the temperate and polar regions of the Indian and Pacific oceans, nor the Tropical Eastern Pacific, along the Pacific coast of the Americas, which is also a distinct marine realm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Early (comedian)", "sents": [ "John Early (born January 21, 1988) is an American comedian and actor.", "He has appeared on \"30 Rock\" as Jenna Maroney's son and in the independent film \"Fort Tilden\".", "He stars in \"Search Party\", which was written partly by Michael Showalter and also stars Alia Shawkat." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Alia Shawkat", "sents": [ "Alia Martine Shawkat ( , Arabic: عالیہ شوكت‎ ‎ ; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress.", "She starred as Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix television series \"Arrested Development\" (2003–2006; 2013–present), and as Gertie Michaels in the 2015 horror-comedy film \"The Final Girls\".", "She has also guest starred as Frances Cleveland, Virginia Hall, and Alexander Hamilton on Comedy Central's \"Drunk History.\"", "She currently plays Dory Sief in the TBS black comedy series \"Search Party\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Careless (song)", "sents": [ "\"Careless\" was the second single released by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Messengers from their 1989 studio album, \"So Much Water So Close to Home\".", "The song was written by Kelly and co-produced with Scott Litt.", "The single was released in November 1989 on the Mushroom Records label.", "It reached the Top 100 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.", "The song was later covered by Renée Geyer on \"Difficult Woman\" (1994), Angie Hart on \"Women at the Well\" (2002), and Ozi Batla (MC for The Herd) on \"\" (2010)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Mushroom Records", "sents": [ "Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne.", "It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998.", "Festival Mushroom Records was later acquired by Warner Bros. Records, which operated the label from 2005 to 2010 until it folded to Warner Bros. Records.", "Founder Michael Gudinski is now the leader of the Mushroom Group, the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lagos", "sents": [ "Lagos initially emerged as a port city which originated on a collection of islands, which are contained in the present day Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin and Apapa; the islands are separated by creeks, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon, while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 km east and west of the mouth.", "Due to rapid urbanization, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to include areas in the present day Lagos Mainland, Ajeromi-Ifelodun and Surulere.", "This led to the classification of Lagos into two main areas - the Island, which was the initial city of Lagos, before it expanded into the area known as the Mainland.", "This city area was governed directly by the Federal Government through the \"Lagos City Council\", until the creation of Lagos State in 1967, which led to the splitting of Lagos city into the present day seven Local Government Areas (LGAs), and an addition of other towns (which now make up 13 LGAs) from the then Western Region, to form the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e8313_p19", "sents": [ "- (Screaming Media - comtex, LENGTH 6 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!", "ENRON POWER PLANT BARGES MOVE TO EGBIN The hope of having a steady and uninterrupted power supply in Lagos would soon become a reality with today's planned movement of the barges meant for the Lagos-Enron Independent Power Plant (IPP) project from snake Island, where the barges were berthed since their arrival last year, to Egbin, in the outskirts of Lagos, the home of National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) thermal station.", "- (Screaming Media - comtex, LENGTH=931 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!", "MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE POWER DEAL ON COURSE The deal in which the Electricity of Malawi (ESCOM) is expected to tap electric power from its Mozambican counterpart, EDM, is in its final stages.", "- (Screaming Media - comtex, LENGTH=430 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20350_p2", "sents": [ "With the Current Glut of Contracts, Why Do We Need Additional Reserves?", "Kellan Flukinger, Senior Advisor to Chairman Freeman and Laura Doll, provided a detailed presentation explaining why he believes the Power Authority must contract for additional renewable and peaking generation.", "Flukinger believes that despite direct access and the current glut of electricity supplied in long-term contracts, there still appears to be a net short of a few thousand megawatts within the State.", "Flukinger concluded that the State still is at the mercy of electric generators who are not subject to PUC regulatory authority and who have no real obligation to build and maintain new facilities or to serve customers within the State.", "He believes that the short-term contracts and spot purchases leave the state vulnerable to price-spikes and supply shortages.", "He believes that the reserve can be managed through Time-of-Use and Real-Time-Pricing, conservation, interruptibles, demand side management, renewables and peakers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e20122_p0", "sents": [ "\"I'm sure she knows him.", "How well will be interesting?", "Jim --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Sun 10 7 2001 10:12 AM To: Steffes, James D. Cc: Subject: RE: Do you know Laura Doll?", "Thanks.", "I guess Davis' people think that we'll back off if they put someone from Texas in charge.", "Perhaps they're looking for someone who knows Pat Wood.", "Be useful to find out if she knows him.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Steffes, James D. Sent: Sun 10 7 2001 9:48 AM To: Ryall, Jean Cc: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: Do you know Laura Doll?", "Jean -- Laura Doll has been appointed head of the CA Power Authority.", "Do you know her?", "It would be good to have an introduction for Jeff Dasovich.", "Jim\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Caroline Dubois", "sents": [ "Caroline Dubois (born 1960) is a French poet who lives and works in Paris.", "Her writing is close to dialogue and she often collaborates with other artists in readings or performances." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Paris", "sents": [ "Paris (] ) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an administrative-limits area of 105 km2 and a 2015 population of 2,229,621.", "The city is a commune and department, and the capital-heart of the 12,012 km2 Île-de-France \"region\" (colloquially known as the 'Paris Region'), whose 12,142,802 2016 population represents roughly 18 percent of the population of France.", "By the 17th century, Paris had become one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, a position that it retains still today.", "The Paris Region had a GDP of €649.6 billion (US $763.4 billion) in 2014, accounting for 30.4 percent of the GDP of France.", "According to official estimates, in 2013-14 the Paris Region had the third-highest GDP in the world and the largest regional GDP in the EU." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kiteni Airport", "sents": [ "Kiteni Airport (ICAO: SPQI/SPKI) is an airport serving the town of Kiteni in the Cusco Region of Peru.", "The runway sits on a ledge above the Urubamba River with dropoffs on both sides.", "There is high terrain in all quadrants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Urubamba River", "sents": [ "The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River (possibly from Quechua \"Willkamayu\", for \"sacred river\") is a river in Peru.", "Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara \"Willkanuta\", for \"house of the sun\").", "Within the La Convención Province the naming changes to Urubamba.", "A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the southeast of Cuzco.", "It originates on the slopes of Khunurana in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, near the La Raya pass.", "It flows north-north-west for 724 kilometers before coalescing with the Tambo River to form the Ucayali River." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Portland General Electric", "sents": [ "Portland General Electric (PGE) is a Fortune 1000 public utility based in Portland, Oregon.", "It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - 44% of the inhabitants of Oregon.", "Founded in 1888 as the Willamette Falls Electric Company, the company has been an independent company for most of its existence, though was briefly owned by the Houston-based Enron Corporation from 1997 until 2006 when Enron divested itself of PGE during its bankruptcy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20130_p14", "sents": [ "Shalabi, who works for Nortel Networks in Ontario, Canada, said his friend was Muslim but did not practice the religion.", "\"He's totally Westernized,\" he said.", "Enron Close to 5-Yr Contract With Equity Office, Crain's Says 2001-10-07 18:31 (New York) Chicago, Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp. is close to winning a five-year contract to supply power to Sam Zell's Equity Office Properties Trust, Crain's Chicago reported, without citing sources.", "Under the agreement, Houston-based Enron would deliver power to the Chicago-based property company's office buildings in Chicago, Boston, California and New York, Crain's said.", "Zell's company owns 30 buildings in the Chicago area, 55 in Boston, six in New York and 309 in California, Crain's said, citing a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.", "Business Financial Desk; Section C Enron Reaches a Deal to Sell Oregon Utility for $1.9 Billion By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN 10 06 2001 The New York Times Page 4, Column 5 c. 2001 New York Times Company Enron is planning to announce on Monday that it has agreed to sell Portland General Electric to another Oregon utility, Northwest Natural Gas, for abo ut $1.9 billion in cash and stock, executives close to the deal said yester day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e2663_p0", "sents": [ "'?", "Over the weekend, Gov.", "Davis and Senate Polance made an informal agreement whereby Senate Polance has agreed to sponsor the SoCal MOU bill.", "Polanco is a Democrat and is currently suffering through a personal scandal and as a result, it is reported that his political career is essential dead.", "Polance is planning to run for mayor of Los Angeles rather than run for another Senate term.", "The bill is expected to be introduced in the new extraordinary session, beginning today or tomorrow.", "The bill would first go to the Senate Energy Committee.", "Sen. Bowen, the chair of the committee, strongly opposes the MOU, so the bill is expected to remain in committee hearings for some time.", "The longer the bill is involved in committee politics and changes are made, the likelihood of a SoCal bankruptcy increases." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e6878_p3", "sents": [ "Although the European Union looks certain to ratify Kyoto, questions remain over the commitment of some other key countries, especially Japan, whose heavy industry could be hurt by Kyoto, especially compared with the United States Japan was only dragged into the deal in Bonn after receiving concessions, which reduced the cuts it will have to make in its emissions.", "A big appeal that led to the original accord was that the parties to it can engage in several types of international emissions trading, a concept promoted for years by the United States before it abandoned Kyoto.", "The United States had been expected to be the major buyer of such credits, especially from Russia.", "Jonathan Pershing, who heads the International Energy Agency's environmental division, estimated that the world trading market in emissions credits would have been roughly $42 billion a year, including the United States Computer models, he said, show the withdrawal of the United States would shrink the market and also drop the demand price for Russian credits sharply, leaving annual trade among nations at about $3 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Yashwant Sinha", "sents": [ "Yashwant Sinha, (retired) IAS (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator, politician and a former Minister of Finance (1990–1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 – July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Minister of External Affairs July 2002 – May 2004).", "He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.", "His son Jayant Sinha, a consultant and investor, won the 2014 elections for the Hazaribagh constituency and his son is currently serving as Minister of State for Railways in Narendra Modi's cabinet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6236_p18", "sents": [ "Enron India's managing director, K. Wade Cline, will assume the additional responsibility of managing operations of Dabhol Power, the report said.", "- - 10 07 01 07-12G Lay said a meeting with Federal Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha earlier Tuesday aimed at resolving a prolonged payments dispute between DPC and its principle buyer, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, ended inconclusively.", "\"We discussed the problems of the Dabhol project.", "We discussed the avenues to end those problems.", "We haven't come to any conclusion today.", "We didn't expect to come to any conclusion today.", "We're certainly very hopeful that the problems of Dabhol Power Co. can, and will be resolved fairly quickly,\" Lay said.", "Enron Corp. has a 65% controlling stake in the US$2.9 billion Dabhol Power Project, India's single largest foreign investment.", "Other shareholders include General Electric (GE) with 10% and Bechtel Group Inc. (X.BTL) with 10%.", "The MSEB has defaulted on payments totaling US$48 million to DPC, which was providing electricity from its 740 megawatt power plant located south of Maharashtra's capital, Bombay." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Daron Clark", "sents": [ "Daron Clark (born September 21, 1985) is an American football wide receiver for the High Country Grizzlies of the National Arena League (NAL).", "He played college football at Stillman College" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Quad City Steamwheelers", "sents": [ "The Quad City Steamwheelers were a professional arena football team.", "They were a charter member of the AF2 and played their home games at iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19748_p6", "sents": [ "The rating agency expressed concerns that it would be too easy for Dynegy to give up its bid, further undermining Enron's creditworthiness.", "Moody's decision to preserve Enron's investment grade rating was one of the main reasons why Dynegy was able to go ahead with its rescue bid.", "In justifying the all-stock bid, Chuck Watson, chairman of Dynegy, said last week that buying the company for a low price - a fraction of Enron's market capitalisation at its peak in 2000 - was a major protection against failure.", "But he admitted that much of the last round of negotiations with Moody's had been spent reassuring them that the material adverse change clauses in the merger agreement were not too loose.", "According to Dynegy, the material adverse change clauses relate to the outcome of a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into Enron's finances, possible litigation against the energy company, balance sheet strength and earnings forecasts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p45", "sents": [ "The threat of rolling blackouts, however, has not been lifted.", "\"No one is declaring victory.", "No one is saying the crisis is over, but we a re very proud of the role long-term contracts are playing,\" Freeman said.", "The state released the details of 38 electricity contracts with 18 supplier s to comply with an order issued by a San Diego Superior Court judge.", "Several news organizations, including The Copley Press, which publishes The San Diego Union-Tribune, sought the order after Davis refused to make the contracts public.", "The complex contracts, which cover more than 600 pages, promise nearly 600 million megawatt hours over the next decade.", "Contract sections considered sensitive or proprietary were blacked out, making comparisons and analyses difficult.", "A spot check late yesterday raised questions about some aspects of the contracts for one expert.", "Could be trouble \"There appear to be a lot of little 'gotcha' clauses here that if the selle r wanted to push them could be troublesome to the state,\" said Roger Bohn, a professor of management at UCSD and co-author of the book \"Spot Pricing of Electricity.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e3420_p1", "sents": [ "Reuters English News Service, 05 26 01 Enron courts prominent Californians at secret meeting Associated Press Newswires, 05 26 01 Enron's Dispute With Utility In India Grows More Tangled The New York Times, 05 26 01 India: MSEB requests MERC to rescind Dabhol PPA Business Line (The Hindu), 05 26 01 DPC refuses to take MSEB's bill for April The Economic Times, 05 26 01 Ganske Has Own War Chest To Take On Harkin for Senate Omaha World-Herald, 05 26 01 Senate confirms Texan to energy commission Houston Chronicle, 05 26 01 DUMB TALK California AG's remarks crude and deceptive Houston Chronicle, 05 26 01 Enron sends staff on deputation Business Standard, 05 26 01 Power firm vetted Bush energy regulators The Guardian, 05 26 01 Changes in Senate could offer state relief The San Diego Union-Tribune, 05 26 01 California; Metro Desk Los Angeles Power Firm Chief Lists Solutions for Crisis KURT STREETER TIMES STAFF WRITER 05 27 2001 Los Angeles Times Home Edition B-3 Copyright 2001 The Times Mirror Company A Texas business executive whose company has profited enormously from California's energy crisis says California needs more deregulation, not less." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28108_p19", "sents": [ "With its legendary start at a brainstorming session at a House of Pies, its meteoric rise in the personal computer world, and its strong name-brand recognition, Compaq was Houston's answer to the new economy meccas of Austin, Seattle and Silicon Valley.", "\"Compaq was a recognizable name on the world market, and it was one we were able to utilize,\" said Jim Kollaer, president of the Greater Houston Partnership.", "\"We'll just have to look at our marketing in a little different way.\"", "The diversification strategy is evident in a 12-page glossy advertising insert the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau is running in the New York Times this month in an effort to promote the city.", "\"Houston's technology industry presence is transforming the `Bayou City' into `Silicon Bayou,' the ad declares.", "\"The technology sector is key to the diversified economic base that has fueled the city's growth through the past decade.\"", "Compaq and BMC Software are both mentioned in the ad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Compaq", "sents": [ "Compaq (a portmanteau of Compatibility And Quality; occasionally referred to as CQ prior to its final logo) was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.", "Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer.", "It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001.", "Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002.", "The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Islamabad Rugby Association", "sents": [ "The Islamabad Rugby Association (IRA) is the governing body overseeing rugby in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan.", "It is a member of the Pakistan Rugby Union." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Pakistan Rugby Union", "sents": [ "The Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) is the rugby union governing body in Pakistan.", "It is in charge of the national team.", "Also among the Union's chief activities are conferences, organising international matches, and educating and training players and officials." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tom McClintock", "sents": [ "Thomas Miller McClintock II (born July 10, 1956) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for California 's 4 congressional district , serving since 2009.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "He is a former Assemblyman and state Senator.", "McClintock unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election and for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3384_p48", "sents": [ "For some, the decision to give warning was an acknowledgment that the state is failing to solve the energy crisis.", "\"It obviously says we're surrendering to the electricity crisis,\" said Sen. Tom McClintock (R-Northridge.", "\"Here we've arrived in the 21st century, with all the electronics, and we don't have the power to run them.\"", "Utility spokesmen lauded the plan, but said that much of the responsibility rests with Cal-ISO, which is the only entity that has the ability to track supplies.", "\"If the ISO only gives us 60-minutes warning, our customers will get something less than 60-minutes notice,\" said John Nelson, spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric.", "As it works now, Cal-ISO informs utilities of pending blackouts.", "The utility, in turn, informs county offices of emergency services.", "Using computerized calling, e-mail and manual dialing, the utilities also inform law enforcement, major industrial users, people on life support and other consumers for whom electricity is vital, Nelson said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jessie Wallace", "sents": [ "Jessie Wallace (born Karen Jane Wallace; 25 September 1971) is an English actress.", "She is known for her role of Kat Slater in the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", for which she won the National Television Awards for Most Popular Newcomer (2001) and Most Popular Actress (2003), and the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2011).", "She was nominated for the 2011 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Pat Phoenix in the BBC Four drama \"The Road to Coronation Street\" (2010)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Kat Slater", "sents": [ "Kathleen \"Kat\" Moon (also Slater) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", played by Jessie Wallace.", "She was also played by Kate Peck in a flashback in 2001.", "Kat is the daughter of Viv Slater and Charlie Slater (Derek Martin), and arrived with her sisters Lynne Hobbs (Elaine Lordan) and Little Mo Morgan (Kacey Ainsworth).", "Her daughter Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) is initially believed to be her sister as well until Kat reveals she was raped by her uncle Harry Slater (Michael Elphick) as a child.", "She later marries Alfie Moon (Shane Richie).", "It is later revealed that Kat also gave birth to a son, Zoe's twin brother.", "She appeared in the show from September 2000 to November 2004, then returned in May 2005 following a period of maternity leave.", "She left on 25 December 2005, and returned on 17 September 2010, to leave again in January 2012 and return on 7 June 2012.", "Wallace, alongside Richie, departed on-screen on 22 May 2015, returning for a short stint from 25 December 2015 to 25 January 2016, before reprising their roles as Kat and Alfie in the six-part spin-off drama series \"\", in May and June 2017.", "The spin-off reveals that Kat's son is a murderous Catholic priest, Dermott Dolan (Oisín Stack) and ends on a cliffhanger where it is not known if Kat will live or die." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Live in the Navajo Nation", "sents": [ "Live in the Navajo Nation is an Alanis Morissette DVD/VHS released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).", "It is part of the Music in High Places series." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Alanis Morissette", "sents": [ "Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian American alternative rock singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actress.", "Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s, with two commercially successful dance-pop albums.", "Afterwards, she moved to Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, and in 1995 released \"Jagged Little Pill\", a more rock-oriented album which sold more than 33 million units globally and is her most critically acclaimed work.", "Her following album, \"Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie\", was released in 1998." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Freddie Prinze Jr.", "sents": [ "Freddie James Prinze Jr. ( ; born March 8, 1976) is an American actor.", "He starred in several films, such as \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1997), \"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1998), \"She's All That\" (1999), \"Scooby-Doo\" (2002), and its sequel \"\" (2004).", "Prinze has also had recurring and starring roles in television shows, including \"Friends\" (2002), \"Boston Legal\" (2004), \"Freddie\" (2005–06), but the best known of which is his role as Cole Ortiz on the main cast of the FOX hit espionage thriller \"24\" (2010).", "He is currently the voice of Kanan Jarrus in the Disney XD series \"Star Wars Rebels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Boston Legal", "sents": [ "Boston Legal is an American legal comedy-drama created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC.", "The series aired from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008.", "The series, starring James Spader, with Candice Bergen, and William Shatner, is a spin-off of the long-running Kelley series \"The Practice\", following the exploits of former \"Practice\" character Alan Shore at the legal firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4810_p15", "sents": [ "-- iPhotonics, a provider of integration services to OEM manufacturers of optical communications equipment, said it closed its third round of funding with a total of $23.9 million, led by Bowman Capital, and including investments from Abell Ventures, Cisco Systems, Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, eMedia Club and Avansis Partners.", "The company also closed on a loan facility with VentureBank@PNC totaling $5 million.", "The funding will finance ongoing growth in business infrastructure, and be used for working capital.", "http: www.iphotonics.com German Venture Capitalist Takes 30% Stake in FlameSystems BERLIN -- bmp, a German venture capital firm, said it acquired a 30% stake in Hamburg-based software developer and applications provider, FlameSystems.", "The company develops e-mail marketing technologies.", "The company said the funding will be used to fund research and development and to bolster its sales and marketing infrastructure for the launch of its product in Germany.", "The company will be the 81st firm in bmp's portfolio." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Cisco Systems", "sents": [ "Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.", "Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kalimba (video game)", "sents": [ "Kalimba is a puzzle-platform video game developed for the Xbox One and Microsoft Windows by Danish developer Press Play and published by Microsoft Studios.", "In the game, initially known as \"Project Totem\", players must move pieces of a totem pole through various levels while avoiding obstacles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Xbox One", "sents": [ "Xbox One is a line of eighth generation home video game consoles developed by Microsoft.", "Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox family.", "It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and Brazil in November 2013, and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014.", "It is the first Xbox game console to be released in China, specifically in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone.", "Microsoft marketed the device as an \"all-in-one entertainment system\".", "The Xbox One line mainly competes against consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 4 and Nintendo's Wii U and Switch." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19857_p12", "sents": [ "Mr. Pecorari formerly held senior management positions at companies such as Dun &amp; Bradstreet, Informix, and most recently at PSINet do Brasil.", "Diveo Broadband Networks is backed by Alta Communications, Booth American, Columbia Management, GS Capital Partners III, Meritage Private Equity Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, One Liberty, and Texas Pacific Group Newbridge Latin America.", "font <BR <a href=\"http: www.diveo.net\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.diveo.net< font a td tr table <br <font face='arial,helvetica' color=\"#006699\" size=\"3\" <b FINANCE< b font <br <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwNOPQQNHPHI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Vicom Systems Adds Scott Buchanan as Chief Financial Officer< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwNOPQQNHPHIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NOPQQNHPHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" FREMONT, CALIF. -- Vicom Systems, a provider of network-based storage virtualization products and technology, said it named Scott Buchanan as chief financial officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p22", "sents": [ "http: www.internetconnect.net o Buisness Service Provider Adaytum Gets $10 Million Series E MINNEAPOLIS -- Adaytum, a provider of enterprise business and planning services, said it has secured a $10 million in Series E funding from American Express Financial.", "The funds are going to be used for general corporate purposes, including expansion of its sales force, consulting practices, and marketing.", "Adaytum is backed by, AC Ventures, St. Paul Venture Capital, 3i, and Chase H&Q.", "http: www.adaytum.com E-Services Firm Extraprise Raises $21.7 Million Fifth Round BOSTON -- Extraprise, a provider of electronic services, announced it has raised $21.7 million in its fifth round of funding led by London-based Candover Investments and previous investor First Analysis Venture Capital.", "Other investors in the round included First Union Investors and previous investors Weiss, Peck and Greer; Meritech Capital Partners; RedPoint Ventures; Bessemer Venture Partners; One Liberty and Commonwealth.", "Extraprise said it will use the funds to accelerate staff development and worldwide growth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bell Canada", "sents": [ "Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications and media company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.", "It is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Saskatchewan and in the northern territories, and a major competitive local exchange carrier for enterprise customers in the western provinces." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1120_p35", "sents": [ "In Brazil, AES owns the electricity distribution company Sul as well as power companies in Sao Paulo and the state of Belo Horizonte.", "\"We see the possibility of owning Vesper as an outgrowth of our distribution business,\" said AES spokesman Kenneth Woodcock.", "\"If it grows as we like it, we'll talk more about telecommunications.", "Right now, we're not going to do what Enron and Williams have done and create a telecom subsidiary.\"", "On Wednesday, Telecom Americas, which holds a license to offer wireless service in the states of Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte, home to Rio de Janeiro, offered BellSouth International a 50% stake in its Sao Paulo state operations, known as Tess.", "BellSouth International, a subsidiary of Atlanta based BellSouth Corp., owns a license to offer wireless service in the city of Sao Paulo.", "BCI is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. which operates Bell Canada.", "Brazilian telecom stake available AES Corp. has the upper hand in negotiations with Bell Canada International in its reported attempt to acquire the Canadian company's stake in upstart Brazilian telecom venture Vesper." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "New York Mercantile Exchange", "sents": [ "The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago.", "NYMEX is located at One North End Avenue in Brookfield Place in the Battery Park City section of Manhattan, New York City.", "Additional offices are located in Boston, Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dubai, London, and Tokyo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1465_p26", "sents": [ "The most active products were crude grade differentials, trading more than 11 million barrels last week.", "Precious metals trading also leveled off in the past month at around 275 million ounces per day.", "The most traded last week was sliver, with more than 5 million ounces.", "At the end of March, ICE total notional volume reached $70 billion since its inception last year.", "That is an average of about $350 million, a tenth of that of EnronOnline, where Enron is on one side of every transaction.", "Last month, ICE set new records of 19 million barrels of oil, 97 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 4.6 million megawatt hours of power for daily trading on its system.", "On the New York Mercantile Exchange, trading regularly exceeds 400 million barrels of crude in a day.", "Oil majors BP Amoco Royal Dutch Shell and TotalFinaElf joined international banks to establish ICE last year, with several United States power companies joining the consortium later in 2000. ICE has put in a $65 million share-swap bid for IPE to better position itself for competition with enymex, the Internet exchange the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) will launch in the second quarter, according to reports." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thereus orasus", "sents": [ "Thereus orasus is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.", "It occurs in montane habitats from central Mexico (Colima and Veracruz) to those of western Panama (Chiriquí) at elevations from 1,100 to 1,800 meters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Lycaenidae", "sents": [ "Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies.", "They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Orchówek, Lublin Voivodeship", "sents": [ "Orchówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodawa, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.", "It lies approximately 4 km north of Włodawa and 79 km north-east of the regional capital Lublin." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Włodawa", "sents": [ "Włodawa (English variant: Wlodowa; Yiddish: וולאָדאַווע‎ \"Vlodave\") is a town in eastern Poland on the Bug River, close to the borders with Belarus and Ukraine.", "It is the seat of Włodawa County, situated in the Lublin Voivodeship since 1999. s of 2011 it has a population of 14,800." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20081_p0", "sents": [ "'Charity gets a time at bat from Enron Houston Chronicle, 10 03 01 States protest federal involvement in electricity competition, deregulation Associated Press Newswires, 10 03 01 USA: Enron stock extends recovery with 10 pct jump.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 03 01 Nigeria LNG Signs MOUs With Enron, Iberdrola Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 03 01 Supreme Court Hears Case With High Import For Pwr Mkts Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 03 01 INDIA: Enron's Indian unit again defaults on interest dues.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 03 01 USA: Energy merchant stocks up after Calif. settlement.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 03 01 BG India Hopes To Be Operator Of Enron Fields By Oct 31 Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 03 01 Enron sells Indian oil and gas assets to British operator Associated Press Newswires, 10 03 01 Enron Confirms India Oil, Gas Assets Sale To BG Grp Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 03 01 BG Group to Buy Enron India Assets for $388 Million (Update4) Bloomberg, 10 03 01 United States Supreme Court Questions Reach of Federal Energy Regulators Bloomberg, 10 03 01 Enron to Sell Oil, Gas Fields in India to BG Group (Update1) Bloomberg, 10 03 01 Oct. 3, 2001 Houston Chronicle Charity gets a time at bat from Enron By GREG HASSELL Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle When Houstonians gather at Enron Field this week, Barry Bonds' attempt to rack up 71 homers in a single season won't be the only unprecedented feat on display." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e407_p12", "sents": [ "March 23, 2001 Briefs: Houston & state Enron comfortable with profit projection Enron Corp. assured investors Thursday it \"remains very comfortable\" with a previously announced 2001 earnings estimate of between $1.70 and $1.75 per share.", "According to First Call Thomson Financial, the average estimate of 2001 earnings among industry analysts is $1.74 per share.", "The Houston-based energy giant also said it would bring investors up to date today with a conference call.", "USA: Transmission Texas' only dereg hurdle-state grid manager.", "By C. Bryson Hull 03 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Improving power transmission capacity is the biggest challenge Texas faces heading into deregulation next year, the manager of the state's power grid said on Thursday.", "California's Achilles' heel, a lack of generating capacity, is not Texas' problem, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) chief executive officer Tom Noel said.", "\"Capacity is not the only issue." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4073_p1", "sents": [ "For more information and to apply, visit: http: www.exed.hbs.edu vw Top Stories o Pseudo.com Shuts Down, Lays Off All 175 Employees NEW YORK -- Pseudo Programs, operator of an Internet television network, said it ceased operations after efforts to raise additional funding or sell the company fell through.", "The company engaged in talks with possible buyers up to the last minute, even putting off informing its employees for an hour and a half, but when those failed, CEO David Bohrman made the announcement to Pseudo's 175 employees at a meeting yesterday afternoon, according to the company's former senior vice president of corporate communications, Jeanne Meyer.", "VentureWire reported last week that Mr. Bohrman was seeking additional funding and considering selling the company.", "Ms. Meyer said Pseudo is still seeking a buyer.", "In June, Pseudo eliminated 16% of its workforce, about 58 jobs, and reassigned 30 others to new production positions in an attempt to recreate itself as a continuous live broadcast network." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "David Bohrman", "sents": [ "David Bohrman is a television and new media executive, working in network television news, cable news, new media, internet, convergence and consulting.", "Bohrman created almost a dozen new TV news programs at ABC News, NBC News (MSNBC), CNN, and TechTV." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5677_p163", "sents": [ "FERC Chairman Curt Hebert Jr. said Monday that the limited price restraints that the commission imposed on wholesale electricity sales in April have be en a key reason for the price decline.", "Sanchez reported from Los Angeles and Behr from Washington.", "Staff writers Mike Allen and Juliet Eilperin contributed to this report from Washington.", "http: www.washingtonpost.com Contact: http: www.washingtonpost.com National Desk; Section A The Lesson of When to Give Aid to Free Markets By DAVID E. SANGER 06 20 2001 The New York Times Page 14, Column 3 c. 2001 New York Times Company WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Three weeks ago George W. Bush addressed a sympathet ic audience of business executives at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles a nd declared that his administration ''will not take any action that makes California 's problems worse, and that's why I oppose price caps'' on electricity As he spoke, the Democratic governor of California Gray Davis, sat impassively on the dais, preparing to meet Mr. Bush and then denounce him f or failing to protect California consumers from an electricity market gone wil d. Today, the White House halfheartedly welcomed action by federal regulators to impose throughout the West a system that looks and smells a lot like price caps -- though the White House said it was something different." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 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, 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p42", "sents": [ "Freeman said he favors cost-based price caps, which make allowances for \"reasonable\" profits.", "Kahn said if the new limits do nothing more than extend the previous mitigation plan, they will accomplish little.", "\"We would have to say that is too little, too late and simply not enough,\" Kahn said.", "Davis will take up the issue himself on Wednesday, when he is expected to testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.", "The committee, whose new chairman is Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., will examine how the federal government regulates energy.", "Energy deals rest on unsteady markets Predictions tough; many power plants yet to be constructed By James P. Sweeney and Michael Gardner COPLEY NEWS SERVICE and Ed Mendel and Craig D. Rose UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS June 16, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- Long-term electricity contracts that were expected to lead California out of its energy crisis depend heavily on unpredictable natural gas prices and power plants yet to be built." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e119_p0", "sents": [ "'Legislative package only delays pain, critics warn By Craig D. Rose UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 1, 2000 Consumer and political leaders -- as well as Sempra Energy's chief executive -- said yesterday that the three electricity bills before Gov.", "Gray Davis do nothing to fix the fundamental cause of soaring bills.", "The cause, they say, is that power generators can continue to charge what most characterize as exorbitant prices for their electricity -- and consumers ultimately face the daunting task of paying them.", "No matter if all of the bills are signed, the leaders say California's power market will remain a seller's game that gouges overmatched consumers.", "And while San Diego Gas and Electric Co.'s hard-pressed customers may pay less now, they will pay back all or nearly all the savings -- plus interest -- beginning in 2003. \"The governor's bill postpones the pain, but the pain is still there,\" said Maureen O'Connor, a former mayor of San Diego who has been active in seeking relief from the soaring bills afflicting SDG&E's 1.2 million electricity customers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Robert Briggs (character)", "sents": [ "Robert \"Bob\" Briggs is a fictional screenwriter living in 1940s Hollywood.", "His one appearance to date is in Aldous Huxley's dystopian satire \"Ape and Essence\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ape and Essence", "sents": [ "Ape and Essence (1948) is a novel by Aldous Huxley, published by Chatto & Windus in the UK and Harper & Brothers in the US.", "It is set in a dystopia, as is \"Brave New World\", Huxley's more famous work.", "It is largely a satire of the rise of large-scale warfare and warmongering in the 20th century, and presents a pessimistic view of the politics of mutually assured destruction.", "The book makes extensive use of surreal imagery, depicting humans as apes who, as a whole, will inevitably kill themselves." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]