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Even though Washington Week 's treatment of Flytrap is inordinately polite, it is worth watching--but only if you don't watch the rest of the show first.	Flytrap is insulted by Washington Week.	contradiction
At night we sometimes had sex outside on the deck--and even in a swing hanging from a tree in her front yard.	The flat surface was very comfortable and out of sight	neutral
You say that it's not important who asked the question.	Someone think's it is important who ask the question.	contradiction
On Late Edition , Wolf Blitzer trots out Friday's CNN/Gallup/ USA Today poll indicating that if John McCain and Bill Bradley win some early primaries, Bush voters may switch to McCain, but Gore voters likely will not switch to Bradley.	Bush voters will switch to Bradley.	contradiction
In the 1980s, Kodak opened a major research center in Tokyo, staffed with Japanese engineers, and started a joint venture in which Canon made copiers sold under the Kodak name.	In the 1980s Canon made copiers under the Kodak name in Japan .	entailment
A special place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis.	Anthony Lewis holds more than one place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon.	neutral
Marketers will do anything that seems to promise a momentary fit with the elusive Zeitgeist , or at least a surge of attention.	Marketers will do anything to avoid attention.	contradiction
What has allowed Intel to dominate its many competitors, who are perennially nipping at its heels with computer chips that are supposedly faster or cheaper, is that Intel does a much better job of making chips reliably and efficiently.	The strength of Intel is producing chips reliably and efficiently	entailment
A year ago, when News Quiz debuted, Slate was free.	Slate used to cost no money	entailment
That fragmented system without oversight had its deviance (not all doctors provided good care) and cost (the doctors drove up the bills).	The project perfectly meshed together.	contradiction
9. Don't define yourself merely by your enemy.	You should be respectful of your enemies.	neutral
Prudie must confess that your advice is a tad more constructive than her own.	The advice that Prudie received is much better than her own.	entailment
What the press can do is cover leaking more aggressively.	The press has instruments to fight leaking	entailment
There was a pathetic scene a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, home to several respected labor-community initiatives.	Los Angeles always has peaceful protest.	contradiction
George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Helmut Kohl participated in the commemoration.	Three politicians attended the event.	entailment
It costs virtually the same amount to produce, no matter how many people use it, and no matter how heavy the use.	One finds that they are able to save money if they produce less and use more.	contradiction
That means, in turn, that it's hard to figure out whether a company will be profitable next year, let alone whether its stock price is going to double.	Since it is hard to know if a company will be profitable in the following year, precautions have been taken to assure success, and to minimize losses.	neutral
On the radio, they are still talking about the Brooklyn Museum's controversial art exhibit.	The opening of the exhibit was met with approval by all.	contradiction
(It's short indeed, going from Mesopotamia to medieval Burgundy to Nicole Simpson in 10 pages.)	The book has a second part releasing next month.	neutral
The more fantastic grow the evening gowns on the runway, the more uniform grows the garb of the crowds on the subway.	The runway has been criticized for indirectly trivializing the issue of income gap.	neutral
That is not a Medicare or Medicaid cut, he reassured seniors.	Seniors felt better after he reassured them it wasn't a Medicare or Medicaid cut.	neutral
They responded by pushing economic regulation from the state to the federal level.	Federal oversite allowed for better control of the regulations.	neutral
I admit a good deal of my concern is self-motivated.	They are quite worried, but it is mainly involving themselves and what is good for them.	entailment
Reagan argued that the War Powers Act didn't apply when he sent troops to Lebanon in 1982, or to Grenada in 1983, or when he bombed Libya in 1986.	Reagan said he was using the War Powers Act when he bombed Libya in 1986.	contradiction
Idon't generally complain about oppressive patriarchal social structures, but Ferberism is a good example of one.	I consider Ferberism to be overly harsh.	entailment
(The study centered on where you are likely to find women starting new careers after being publicly humiliated by their husbands.)	Women begin fresh start occupations after being publicly humiliated by their husbands.	entailment
Of course, in some sense Dunlap must think that growth is important, because otherwise he wouldn't have spent billions of dollars to buy Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands.	Dunlap dislikes wealth growth.	contradiction
The unusual picks include Robert Smithson and Donald Judd.	Donald Judd and Robert Smithson were surprising choices.	entailment
We've also revamped our e-mail auto-deliveries to give you more choices.	The email auto-delivery system has been updated.	entailment
And if he gets this balancing act wrong, he must pander even more furiously to make it up.	There are many gesture of reconciliation that could be made	neutral
b) Did not quit on principle after Clinton admitted lies.	Clinton has never told a lie.	contradiction
I e-mailed Macmillan with my problem and the company e-mailed back a one-line Set your BIOS to boot off of the CD.	They company never received an email about the issue.	contradiction
What one does not expect in a book of this kind--a book that is technical even as it is beautiful--is that the author will be not just fastidious but also an evocative and wonderfully quirky writer.	The author writes mystery novels.	neutral
Actually, more than a year ago (June 18, 1996) the Wall Street Journal 's Michael Frisby wrote a long story on Peter Knight that disclosed Knight's connection to Molten, Molten's donations to the Democrats, and the company's success in obtaining contracts from the Clinton administration.	Michael Frisby worked for the Wall Street Journal.	entailment
Senate Republicans last month killed a reform bill that would have cracked down on PACs, soft money, and other current arrangements some people don't care for.	The reform bill passed last month.	contradiction
The RPH who must legislate or govern (Gingrich, Kasich, Bush) is quieter about his principles--probably because he actually has to live by them.	To avoid hypocrisy, the RPH somewhat withholds from voicing his principles.	entailment
They especially take him to task for blaming Plath's suicide on fate and astrology.	They speak kindly to him whenever he blames Plath's suicide on fate and astrology.	contradiction
Later in the piece, Brill writes that Schmidt and another reporter declined all comment on their sources.	Brill claims that Schmidt and another reporter did not take comments about their sources.	entailment
We learn, for example, that on his field trips with Lady Gregory, Yeats had difficulty understanding the thick Irish accent of the peasants.	Yeats' Lady Gregory field trips stayed local.	contradiction
She made a great number of friends, from village women to guerrilla leaders, multiplying the number of foreign contacts she faithfully reported on the security form required of all CIA applicants.	The woman was hired by the CIA.	neutral
What Debate Shows Do When There's No On The McLaughlin Group , Pat Buchanan enjoys a furiously heated nonargument with Mort Kondracke, which reminds Pundit Central of Alfred Marshall's question about which blade of a scissors does the cutting.	Pat Buchanan finds nonarguments unenjoyable, especially if they are very boring.	contradiction
John F. Kennedy repeated it 16 times in his Inaugural Address, and Richard Nixon has it 22 times in his second one.	Kennedy and Nixon repeated it plenty of times	entailment
Don't fight over small issues.	The small issues are easy to solve.	neutral
Newsweek says the future of the country may be riding on Powell's campaign to save at-risk kids, but doubts whether the general can persuade corporations to make long-term commitments to philanthropy.	Newsweek is sure that the majority of corporations will be happy to commit to be helpful for many years	contradiction
If there is ever to be one, it will have to resemble this treaty at least surprise inspections of suspicious sites, the economic and moral ostracism of nations that don't cooperate, etc.	The outcome of this issue has little to do with how close it resembles the treaty.	contradiction
For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.	University of California has two grading options that students can request from their professors.	neutral
Another source predicts if Sheen doesn't shape up, it's only a matter of time before they'll be printing his obituary.	Sheen takes care of himself so that he can live a long life.	contradiction
On Cultural The Wilson-Brustein Discussion , moderated by Anna Deavere Smith (Town Hall, New York).	Anna Deavere Smith was affiliated with the New York Times.	neutral
Thompson is no longer Hunter S. He performs a Hunter S. Thompson routine.	No more is Thompson known as Hunter S.	entailment
He sat next to Johnny Carson and in his helium-pitched foreign man voice told jokes without punch lines (Her cooking ees so bad--ees terrible) and did non-impressionistic impressions	The guy who sat next to Johnny Carson at the Roast told jokes without punch lines.	entailment
They would simplify background investigations and financial disclosures.	Financial announcements would be made less complex by them.	entailment
[w]hether they call themselves socialist or not.	Other people may consider themselves socialist.	neutral
Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.	Loyal visitors probably have the URL bookmarked.	entailment
For Singing in a church choir counts as volunteering	Volunteering at church never happens.	contradiction
The vote was 295-136--better than a two-thirds majority--which means that opponents of the ban must once again depend on the Senate to sustain a presidential veto.	A presidential veto could not be overridden by the House.	contradiction
Has the World Wide Web, which only appeared in 1993, failed us?	The world wide web is assuredly a great success.	contradiction
Tolly worked in narcotics and knew there was a Southern market for drugs and so converted an existing piece of machinery, creating the first morphine pill.	Tolly, who worked in narcotics, gave the world the penicillin	contradiction
Our failure to embrace a lackluster technical fix from Al Gore and his Web cronies.	Al Gore's technical fix was rejected.	entailment
I obeyed, but nothing I was still sleepless.	I was getting plenty of rest and sleep.	contradiction
The McCain campaign has more specific evidence of success.	McCain continues to fruitlessly chase after success.	contradiction
Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.	America started losing its moral compass during Clinton's scandal.	entailment
But others praise it as a minor-league farm team for potential NATO members, and celebrate its civilizing influence (some PFP members have settled long-standing border disputes).	Others speak ill of them, as they have caused many border disputes between PFP members.	contradiction
Affirmative action is likely to fail when it is merely a special preference bestowed upon those who have the right parents, whether right means educational pedigree or skin color.	Affirmative action has always worked for people.	contradiction
3) The appeals court's decision has nasty ramifications for the entire government.	The government has a nasty court.	contradiction
Morris is more of an idiot savant.	Morris is considered an idiot in the scientific world.	entailment
(Clinton to We're basically following your game plan.	The president has an idea to put into action that people are going to ignore.	contradiction
An item skewers Donald Trump's Scrooge-like philanthropic record.	Donald Trumps philanthropic record isn't great.	entailment
Administration officials confirmed that Clinton was deliberately 1) rolling out the carpet to enhance Arafat's prestige and 2) sending Israel a warning not to screw up the peace process by provoking further conflict.	Israel ignored Clinton's warning about the peace process.	neutral
Pouring their hearts out to reporters is the only therapy Republican politicians can get.	Republicans are not very popular among voters.	neutral
Doctor and refusing women their reproductive rights.	The women were treated fairly.	contradiction
Still a larger question Why don't companies ever quit while they're ahead?	Some people are critical of companies' prolonged penchant for business.	entailment
John McCain because he has become McCain's friend.	John McCain has many good friends.	neutral
When Chechens raided the Russian territory of Dagestan, and bombs wrecked Moscow apartment buildings, the army seized the opportunity.	The Russian army attacked Chechnya.	neutral
Everyone wonders what Starr will do.	Everyone sure about what Starr will do	contradiction
Newsweek 's ninth health cover of the year warns that E. coli food contamination is more common than is reported and won't be eradicated with simple beef recalls like the one at Hudson Foods.	Newsweek reported that E. Coli food contamination is uncommon and beef recalls are enough to stop its spread.	contradiction
Tina and the Weinsteins all have highbrow pretensions but feel no shame in embracing pop culture.	Tina and the Weinsteins are rarely ashamed.	neutral
will probably experience a series of terrible events--wrenching calamities that are economic or social or environmental in nature seems well within the realm of plausibility.	Environmental calamities will probably seem plausible.	entailment
Some houses--big and small--have trimmed their lists, consulting closely with the chains to determine what is commercial, and have seen their profits and sales rise.	No matter what strategies the houses used, their sales continued to plummet.	contradiction
Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor's waiting to receive their leader.	The emperor awaits the barbarian leader.	entailment
The only really arresting work he did after 1950 is . With its electric brightness, this huge painting, which Pollock's friends started for him, is stunning but sad, a big smile for the camera and perhaps a kind of requiem for his earlier work.	He did a lot of arresting work after 1950.	contradiction
I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry.	I saw the piece in 2007.	neutral
At their press conference after the Senate verdict, several House prosecutors interrupted their sermons against the polls to point out where the public agreed with them.	All the House prosecutors gave a press conference.	neutral
Click Start , then Find , then Files or Folders , type *.dll , then hit Find Now . (Make sure your hard drive is selected in the drop-down list in Look in .) On my computer I found 1,230 .dll files.	I found 1500 .dll files on my computer.	contradiction
We think these defects aren't fatal.	These defects aren't a disaster.	entailment
Then one of two things must Your taxes will rise by $10,000, or else, your share of the debt will rise by $10,000.	Your debt will lower by $10,000 or your taxes will lower by $10,000.	contradiction
Play is activity engaged in for the enjoyment of it without regard to the financial remuneration.	Play allows an individual to not only enjoy themselves but to also gain a bit of healthy exercise as well.	neutral
In a way, truthful shadow pages are the scariest of all.	Truthful shadow pages are scary.	entailment
The paper declared, A smile costs nothing, but it brightens up the moment for the one who flashes it, and the one who watches.	A smile costs an arm and a leg.	contradiction
But I hope the British people will see it in the spirit in which it is intended--one of reconciliation and peace and hopes for the future.	Reconciliation of peace and hopes for the future is the spirit in which it is intended.	entailment
Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?	The candidates stood upon their own merits in front of the voters.	contradiction
A meeting with the district's member of Congress has been scheduled, but I have no doubt how this will end.	I have no doubt how the meeting will end with the district's member of Congress I have scheduled today.	entailment
Thank you for William Saletan's brilliant analysis () of the war.	William Saletan made uneducated guesses as to the war.	contradiction
I realize now that the cameras and microphones were probably installed by [the Globe ] while I was out, she reports.	The cameras and microphones were meant to catch inappropriate or embarrassing.	neutral
and that the Shopping Avenger would hear about this treatment and seek vengeance.	The author is the Shopping Avenger.	contradiction
Yet in almost any diaspora--whether black, yellow, brown, or white --the dispersed are far better off, at least materially, than those back home.	Some people are better off materially than others.	entailment
I am a nonsmoker and allergic to cigarette smoke.	I do not smoke.	entailment
In contrast, this may not be the case in Sunni-dominated Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.	The situation is similar to that in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.	contradiction
One problem, among many, is that most people's living rooms aren't Carnegie Hall; as a result, the music just sounds muddy.	When playing music in most peoples living rooms, the sound quality does not have good clarity.	entailment
When Dexter took over the King Center, the Atlanta-based nonprofit needed help.	It was a costly endeavor to take over the King Center for Dexter.	neutral
Ehrlich's theories lost steam after he lost a famous 1980 bet with economist Julian Simon, who wagered that any basket of resources Ehrlich might name would be cheaper at any date in the future.	Ehrlich was grateful that his lost bet remained a private matter between the two of them.	contradiction

Even though Washington Week 's treatment of Flytrap is inordinately polite, it is worth watching--but only if you don't watch the rest of the show first.

Flytrap is insulted by Washington Week.

contradiction

At night we sometimes had sex outside on the deck--and even in a swing hanging from a tree in her front yard.

The flat surface was very comfortable and out of sight

neutral

You say that it's not important who asked the question.

Someone think's it is important who ask the question.

contradiction

On Late Edition , Wolf Blitzer trots out Friday's CNN/Gallup/ USA Today poll indicating that if John McCain and Bill Bradley win some early primaries, Bush voters may switch to McCain, but Gore voters likely will not switch to Bradley.

Bush voters will switch to Bradley.

contradiction

In the 1980s, Kodak opened a major research center in Tokyo, staffed with Japanese engineers, and started a joint venture in which Canon made copiers sold under the Kodak name.

In the 1980s Canon made copiers under the Kodak name in Japan .

entailment

A special place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis.

Anthony Lewis holds more than one place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon.

neutral

Marketers will do anything that seems to promise a momentary fit with the elusive Zeitgeist , or at least a surge of attention.

Marketers will do anything to avoid attention.

contradiction

What has allowed Intel to dominate its many competitors, who are perennially nipping at its heels with computer chips that are supposedly faster or cheaper, is that Intel does a much better job of making chips reliably and efficiently.

The strength of Intel is producing chips reliably and efficiently

entailment

A year ago, when News Quiz debuted, Slate was free.

Slate used to cost no money

entailment

That fragmented system without oversight had its deviance (not all doctors provided good care) and cost (the doctors drove up the bills).

The project perfectly meshed together.

contradiction

9. Don't define yourself merely by your enemy.

You should be respectful of your enemies.

neutral

Prudie must confess that your advice is a tad more constructive than her own.

The advice that Prudie received is much better than her own.

entailment

What the press can do is cover leaking more aggressively.

The press has instruments to fight leaking

entailment

There was a pathetic scene a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, home to several respected labor-community initiatives.

Los Angeles always has peaceful protest.

contradiction

George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Helmut Kohl participated in the commemoration.

Three politicians attended the event.

entailment

It costs virtually the same amount to produce, no matter how many people use it, and no matter how heavy the use.

One finds that they are able to save money if they produce less and use more.

contradiction

That means, in turn, that it's hard to figure out whether a company will be profitable next year, let alone whether its stock price is going to double.

Since it is hard to know if a company will be profitable in the following year, precautions have been taken to assure success, and to minimize losses.

neutral

On the radio, they are still talking about the Brooklyn Museum's controversial art exhibit.

The opening of the exhibit was met with approval by all.

contradiction

(It's short indeed, going from Mesopotamia to medieval Burgundy to Nicole Simpson in 10 pages.)

The book has a second part releasing next month.

neutral

The more fantastic grow the evening gowns on the runway, the more uniform grows the garb of the crowds on the subway.

The runway has been criticized for indirectly trivializing the issue of income gap.

neutral

That is not a Medicare or Medicaid cut, he reassured seniors.

Seniors felt better after he reassured them it wasn't a Medicare or Medicaid cut.

neutral

They responded by pushing economic regulation from the state to the federal level.

Federal oversite allowed for better control of the regulations.

neutral

I admit a good deal of my concern is self-motivated.

They are quite worried, but it is mainly involving themselves and what is good for them.

entailment

Reagan argued that the War Powers Act didn't apply when he sent troops to Lebanon in 1982, or to Grenada in 1983, or when he bombed Libya in 1986.

Reagan said he was using the War Powers Act when he bombed Libya in 1986.

contradiction

Idon't generally complain about oppressive patriarchal social structures, but Ferberism is a good example of one.

I consider Ferberism to be overly harsh.

entailment

(The study centered on where you are likely to find women starting new careers after being publicly humiliated by their husbands.)

Women begin fresh start occupations after being publicly humiliated by their husbands.

entailment

Of course, in some sense Dunlap must think that growth is important, because otherwise he wouldn't have spent billions of dollars to buy Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands.

Dunlap dislikes wealth growth.

contradiction

The unusual picks include Robert Smithson and Donald Judd.

Donald Judd and Robert Smithson were surprising choices.

entailment

We've also revamped our e-mail auto-deliveries to give you more choices.

The email auto-delivery system has been updated.

entailment

And if he gets this balancing act wrong, he must pander even more furiously to make it up.

There are many gesture of reconciliation that could be made

neutral

b) Did not quit on principle after Clinton admitted lies.

Clinton has never told a lie.

contradiction

I e-mailed Macmillan with my problem and the company e-mailed back a one-line Set your BIOS to boot off of the CD.

They company never received an email about the issue.

contradiction

What one does not expect in a book of this kind--a book that is technical even as it is beautiful--is that the author will be not just fastidious but also an evocative and wonderfully quirky writer.

The author writes mystery novels.

neutral

Actually, more than a year ago (June 18, 1996) the Wall Street Journal 's Michael Frisby wrote a long story on Peter Knight that disclosed Knight's connection to Molten, Molten's donations to the Democrats, and the company's success in obtaining contracts from the Clinton administration.

Michael Frisby worked for the Wall Street Journal.

entailment

Senate Republicans last month killed a reform bill that would have cracked down on PACs, soft money, and other current arrangements some people don't care for.

The reform bill passed last month.

contradiction

The RPH who must legislate or govern (Gingrich, Kasich, Bush) is quieter about his principles--probably because he actually has to live by them.

To avoid hypocrisy, the RPH somewhat withholds from voicing his principles.

entailment

They especially take him to task for blaming Plath's suicide on fate and astrology.

They speak kindly to him whenever he blames Plath's suicide on fate and astrology.

contradiction

Later in the piece, Brill writes that Schmidt and another reporter declined all comment on their sources.

Brill claims that Schmidt and another reporter did not take comments about their sources.

entailment

We learn, for example, that on his field trips with Lady Gregory, Yeats had difficulty understanding the thick Irish accent of the peasants.

Yeats' Lady Gregory field trips stayed local.

contradiction

She made a great number of friends, from village women to guerrilla leaders, multiplying the number of foreign contacts she faithfully reported on the security form required of all CIA applicants.

The woman was hired by the CIA.

neutral

What Debate Shows Do When There's No On The McLaughlin Group , Pat Buchanan enjoys a furiously heated nonargument with Mort Kondracke, which reminds Pundit Central of Alfred Marshall's question about which blade of a scissors does the cutting.

Pat Buchanan finds nonarguments unenjoyable, especially if they are very boring.

contradiction

John F. Kennedy repeated it 16 times in his Inaugural Address, and Richard Nixon has it 22 times in his second one.

Kennedy and Nixon repeated it plenty of times

entailment

Don't fight over small issues.

The small issues are easy to solve.

neutral

Newsweek says the future of the country may be riding on Powell's campaign to save at-risk kids, but doubts whether the general can persuade corporations to make long-term commitments to philanthropy.

Newsweek is sure that the majority of corporations will be happy to commit to be helpful for many years

contradiction

If there is ever to be one, it will have to resemble this treaty at least surprise inspections of suspicious sites, the economic and moral ostracism of nations that don't cooperate, etc.

The outcome of this issue has little to do with how close it resembles the treaty.

contradiction

For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.

University of California has two grading options that students can request from their professors.

neutral

Another source predicts if Sheen doesn't shape up, it's only a matter of time before they'll be printing his obituary.

Sheen takes care of himself so that he can live a long life.

contradiction

On Cultural The Wilson-Brustein Discussion , moderated by Anna Deavere Smith (Town Hall, New York).

Anna Deavere Smith was affiliated with the New York Times.

neutral

Thompson is no longer Hunter S. He performs a Hunter S. Thompson routine.

No more is Thompson known as Hunter S.

entailment

He sat next to Johnny Carson and in his helium-pitched foreign man voice told jokes without punch lines (Her cooking ees so bad--ees terrible) and did non-impressionistic impressions

The guy who sat next to Johnny Carson at the Roast told jokes without punch lines.

entailment

They would simplify background investigations and financial disclosures.

Financial announcements would be made less complex by them.

entailment

[w]hether they call themselves socialist or not.

Other people may consider themselves socialist.

neutral

Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.

Loyal visitors probably have the URL bookmarked.

entailment

For Singing in a church choir counts as volunteering

Volunteering at church never happens.

contradiction

The vote was 295-136--better than a two-thirds majority--which means that opponents of the ban must once again depend on the Senate to sustain a presidential veto.

A presidential veto could not be overridden by the House.

contradiction

Has the World Wide Web, which only appeared in 1993, failed us?

The world wide web is assuredly a great success.

contradiction

Tolly worked in narcotics and knew there was a Southern market for drugs and so converted an existing piece of machinery, creating the first morphine pill.

Tolly, who worked in narcotics, gave the world the penicillin

contradiction

Our failure to embrace a lackluster technical fix from Al Gore and his Web cronies.

Al Gore's technical fix was rejected.

entailment

I obeyed, but nothing I was still sleepless.

I was getting plenty of rest and sleep.

contradiction

The McCain campaign has more specific evidence of success.

McCain continues to fruitlessly chase after success.

contradiction

Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.

America started losing its moral compass during Clinton's scandal.

entailment

But others praise it as a minor-league farm team for potential NATO members, and celebrate its civilizing influence (some PFP members have settled long-standing border disputes).

Others speak ill of them, as they have caused many border disputes between PFP members.

contradiction

Affirmative action is likely to fail when it is merely a special preference bestowed upon those who have the right parents, whether right means educational pedigree or skin color.

Affirmative action has always worked for people.

contradiction

3) The appeals court's decision has nasty ramifications for the entire government.

The government has a nasty court.

contradiction

Morris is more of an idiot savant.

Morris is considered an idiot in the scientific world.

entailment

(Clinton to We're basically following your game plan.

The president has an idea to put into action that people are going to ignore.

contradiction

An item skewers Donald Trump's Scrooge-like philanthropic record.

Donald Trumps philanthropic record isn't great.

entailment

Administration officials confirmed that Clinton was deliberately 1) rolling out the carpet to enhance Arafat's prestige and 2) sending Israel a warning not to screw up the peace process by provoking further conflict.

Israel ignored Clinton's warning about the peace process.

neutral

Pouring their hearts out to reporters is the only therapy Republican politicians can get.

Republicans are not very popular among voters.

neutral

Doctor and refusing women their reproductive rights.

The women were treated fairly.

contradiction

Still a larger question Why don't companies ever quit while they're ahead?

Some people are critical of companies' prolonged penchant for business.

entailment

John McCain because he has become McCain's friend.

John McCain has many good friends.

neutral

When Chechens raided the Russian territory of Dagestan, and bombs wrecked Moscow apartment buildings, the army seized the opportunity.

The Russian army attacked Chechnya.

neutral

Everyone wonders what Starr will do.

Everyone sure about what Starr will do

contradiction

Newsweek 's ninth health cover of the year warns that E. coli food contamination is more common than is reported and won't be eradicated with simple beef recalls like the one at Hudson Foods.

Newsweek reported that E. Coli food contamination is uncommon and beef recalls are enough to stop its spread.

contradiction

Tina and the Weinsteins all have highbrow pretensions but feel no shame in embracing pop culture.

Tina and the Weinsteins are rarely ashamed.

neutral

will probably experience a series of terrible events--wrenching calamities that are economic or social or environmental in nature seems well within the realm of plausibility.

Environmental calamities will probably seem plausible.

entailment

Some houses--big and small--have trimmed their lists, consulting closely with the chains to determine what is commercial, and have seen their profits and sales rise.

No matter what strategies the houses used, their sales continued to plummet.

contradiction

Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor's waiting to receive their leader.

The emperor awaits the barbarian leader.

entailment

The only really arresting work he did after 1950 is . With its electric brightness, this huge painting, which Pollock's friends started for him, is stunning but sad, a big smile for the camera and perhaps a kind of requiem for his earlier work.

He did a lot of arresting work after 1950.

contradiction

I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry.

I saw the piece in 2007.

neutral

At their press conference after the Senate verdict, several House prosecutors interrupted their sermons against the polls to point out where the public agreed with them.

All the House prosecutors gave a press conference.

neutral

Click Start , then Find , then Files or Folders , type *.dll , then hit Find Now . (Make sure your hard drive is selected in the drop-down list in Look in .) On my computer I found 1,230 .dll files.

I found 1500 .dll files on my computer.

contradiction

We think these defects aren't fatal.

These defects aren't a disaster.

entailment

Then one of two things must Your taxes will rise by $10,000, or else, your share of the debt will rise by $10,000.

Your debt will lower by $10,000 or your taxes will lower by $10,000.

contradiction

Play is activity engaged in for the enjoyment of it without regard to the financial remuneration.

Play allows an individual to not only enjoy themselves but to also gain a bit of healthy exercise as well.

neutral

In a way, truthful shadow pages are the scariest of all.

Truthful shadow pages are scary.

entailment

The paper declared, A smile costs nothing, but it brightens up the moment for the one who flashes it, and the one who watches.

A smile costs an arm and a leg.

contradiction

But I hope the British people will see it in the spirit in which it is intended--one of reconciliation and peace and hopes for the future.

Reconciliation of peace and hopes for the future is the spirit in which it is intended.

entailment

Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?

The candidates stood upon their own merits in front of the voters.

contradiction

A meeting with the district's member of Congress has been scheduled, but I have no doubt how this will end.

I have no doubt how the meeting will end with the district's member of Congress I have scheduled today.

entailment

Thank you for William Saletan's brilliant analysis () of the war.

William Saletan made uneducated guesses as to the war.

contradiction

I realize now that the cameras and microphones were probably installed by [the Globe ] while I was out, she reports.

The cameras and microphones were meant to catch inappropriate or embarrassing.

neutral

and that the Shopping Avenger would hear about this treatment and seek vengeance.

The author is the Shopping Avenger.

contradiction

Yet in almost any diaspora--whether black, yellow, brown, or white --the dispersed are far better off, at least materially, than those back home.

Some people are better off materially than others.

entailment

I am a nonsmoker and allergic to cigarette smoke.

I do not smoke.

entailment

In contrast, this may not be the case in Sunni-dominated Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

The situation is similar to that in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

contradiction

One problem, among many, is that most people's living rooms aren't Carnegie Hall; as a result, the music just sounds muddy.

When playing music in most peoples living rooms, the sound quality does not have good clarity.

entailment

When Dexter took over the King Center, the Atlanta-based nonprofit needed help.

It was a costly endeavor to take over the King Center for Dexter.

neutral

Ehrlich's theories lost steam after he lost a famous 1980 bet with economist Julian Simon, who wagered that any basket of resources Ehrlich might name would be cheaper at any date in the future.

Ehrlich was grateful that his lost bet remained a private matter between the two of them.

contradiction