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I think our country deserves a president who, when he makes a mistake, is willing to acknowledge it and willing to learn from it, because I believe that the presidency is not an academic exercise.
Confessing to errors is an unnecessary trait for the leader of the nation.
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The goal shouldn't be to make the desert bloom.
The has nothing to do with the desert bloom.
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The seductive and corrupting film noir downtowns featured in so many admired cheap second features might as well all have been demolished, along with the long-gone Bijous and Palaces where these films first played.
The Bijous and Palaces were demolished.
entailment
Nixon's Watergate sins (dismissed by the public on the eve of the election as, at most, the work of overzealous campaign aides) caught up with him in his second term.
Nixon thought he would escape Watergate but that was not his luck.
entailment
The current tumult in Kosovo completes a circle for Milosevic.
The current tumult in Kosovo starts a new cycle for Milosevic.
contradiction
A tightly wrapped head, with encapsulated eyes, nose, and mouth, doubtless suited the publicly shrouded female of antiquity, whose intelligence flowered wholly unseen.
In the antiquity women kept their head wrapped tightly
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The former POV might be thought of as Democratic, the latter Republican.
The former POV is thought of as an Independent, the latter Libertarian.
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Mir's life span has been extended well past what it was designed for, as Russia cannot afford a replacement.
Mir will continue to live for many years.
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Jane Friedman, Katrina van den Heuvel (her dress had literally no back; she looked fabbelus !), Salman (you must say Salman, I have heard, and how many writers have achieved first-name status in our time?
Salman insisted on being referred to by their last name.
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However, subsequent government supervision of these unions has reduced mob involvement.
There is less mob involvement because of the government.
entailment
A generation ago, dentists filled teeth and cast dentures because that's all they knew.
Some dentists this generation still only have the knowledge of the last.
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To the contrary, Jacob, he declared.
Jacob thought the same thing.
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Martha's Web readers are younger and richer than her magazine subscribers.
Martha's Web subscribers are typically young in comparison.
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All praise is reserved for the production The staging is infinitely inventive, says New York 's John Simon.
John Simon finds the production very inventive.
entailment
And if Gates didn't edit the anthologies himself, his name nonetheless lent credibility and, therefore, enhanced funding prospects to deserving projects.
Funding was diminished by Gates' name.
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Newsweek excerpts a forthcoming biography of Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods was born in Alaska.
contradiction
It's understandable why this fantasy of flight would take root in black America, which, at numerous moments in its history, has been given reason to fear that conditions in the diaspora can never be improved.
Black America has been given reason to believe that conditions in the diaspora will not get better.
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will be more accurate than jurors who are unsure about only one criterion (does my doubt exceed 5 percent?)
Jurors who question only one criterion are relatively less accurate.
entailment
After a Lewinsky-caused hiatus from health covers, Newsweek returns to its favorite subject.
Newsweek loves to cover political scandals.
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News accounts agree that Arafat has finally shed his image as a terrorist and is now being honored by the White House not only as a virtual head of state but as the indispensable player in the peace process.
The Palestinian leader is now thought of as a man of harmony rather than violence.
entailment
People who gorged themselves survived winter famines and reproduced more than others.
People were supposed to hibernate through the winter to survive.
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Your letter was so charming that Prudie almost forgot it was about a problem.
Prudie fell in love with you after reading that letter, seeing only perfect possibilities.
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Both haggard and elfin, she moves in and out of sanity, now distraught with grief, now giddy with superior insight.
She is full of pep and extremely happy all the time.
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It is true that no juror can be sure whether his or her doubt is more or less than 5 percent, but it is equally true that no juror can be sure whether his or her doubt is more or less than reasonable.
Jurors are always certain.
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He paved the way for the Bronsons and Chuck Norrises and Seagals and Jean-Claude Van Dammes and all the other righteous slayers of post-midnight cable-movie-channel programming.
He paved the way for righteous slayers in post-midnight programming.
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It's not our job to police the whole world , says the realist.
The realist went on a rant about how our country should get involved in a foreign war
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Besides, complains New York 's Mark Stevens, there are more dresses on display than paintings.
Mark Stevens was glad to see more dresses than paintings on display.
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(In Paragraph 19, Line 106, replace the words 'Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction' with the words 'seven hundred fifty million dollars.
Seven hundred fifty million dollars should be used in lieu of Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.
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The democrat at the helm of a museum, a symphony orchestra, or a publishing house tries to expand his audience while challenging it.
Democrats will try to appeal to a dumber audience.
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It works terrifically, and the New York Observer 's John Heilpern says it has us ...
John Heilpern believes that it works adequately.
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Thou shalt not bow down before any other school-targeting marketers other than me.
I'm a school-targeting marketer.
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For sure, however, Microsoft has mainly been restrained by the knowledge that any crude use of its power would indeed land it in court.
Microsoft using its power to cause trouble can cause legal problems for itself.
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But that decree did not have the power of civil law behind it.
The degree was legal
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to my aunt's cleaning woman in upstate Pennsylvania and learned to adore the small town with its rows of stores and trees on the sidewalk and only a short walk into the country, in this case up a steep hill,
The community is most disliked for the long drive to reach the countryside.
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It was about astrologer Linda Ashland's warning that the president needed to postpone his noon swearing in because of adverse astral influences at that hour.
President Linda Ashland postponed her noon swearing after receiving a warning from a scientist.
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As Aeschylus wrote of Zeus in Prometheus Bound , He cannot fly from Fate.
Zeus will escape his fate.
contradiction
Croatia analysts surmise that HDZ is keeping Tudjman alive as a campaign strategy.
Tudjman was killed by the HDZ.
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The cover story purports to critically examine the hype surrounding Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut but really just adds to it.
The writer of the article purposely fanned the flames of the movie to get more readership.
neutral
He's a veteran, isn't he?
He may be a veteran.
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Impossible, argued Albright and He will not stop until he is forced to do so.
Some people say it is possible to stop him.
neutral
I gave my stock In the first place, we don't know the truth; in the second place, the presidency is not a person but a team.
We do know the truth.
contradiction
Economist Robert Barro decided to stay at Harvard rather than take Columbia's offer of a $300,000 salary and lavish perks.
Barro took the offer and left Harvard for lavish perks.
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Their last words are, Honest, I wish I could persuade you that I neither love nor hate technology.
They continued talking about how much they hate technology for another hour.
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I'm not sure whether to invite him to mine.
He is at the top of my guest list to receive an invitation.
contradiction
No question, taxes can affect behavior.
Behavior can be strongly affected by taxes, no doubt.
entailment
WordPerfect and Netscape work just fine on my Windows-based machine.
On my machine, Windows automatically updates Netscape daily.
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Industry folks fear they have given too much away.
They began to give away less of what they had.
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Rumors of Albright's Jewish background have been circulated ever since she was appointed United Nations ambassador in 1993.
Albright had rumors circulating about her Jewish background since she was appointed United Nations ambassador.
entailment
Team owners bought land and paid for stadium construction--some even built trolley lines to transport fans to the games.
Fans cheer for the team owners for building the trolley lines.
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Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week.
One likes to write to Marjorie.
entailment
Greenberg and the contributors to The New Majority think Democrats can win future elections by identifying with the concerns of working people.
Democrats might win future elections only if they got the support of all the working people
neutral
Does his behavior add up to grounds for removal from office?
People were sure that the behavior was fine.
contradiction
A Saving Private Ryan backlash begins.
There was no Saving Private Ryan backlash.
contradiction
How do you know if your daughter is on steroids?
They are very aware that their daughter is on drugs.
contradiction
They are using us, and I need help with this.
He needs help to deal with those that are using the individuals that he is aligned with.
entailment
Dissenting in the New York Times Book Review , Pico Iyer finds Cuba Libre The central moral question raised ...
Pico Iyer hates to write books and travel.
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Dentists can now make crowns that last forever, bridges that stay anchored, dentures that behave almost like real teeth.
All dentist can make crowns that last forever.
neutral
Loral denies that its report to the Chinese divulged sensitive information about rocket guidance systems, as a Defense Department report claims.
The Defense Department claims Loral gave China sensitive information in its report.
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There's a sore on his right pinky finger, a raw spot, flesh rubbed off to blood against the oak, from where he was clawing the chair.
His fingers are spotless and perfect.
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Reviews of the latest one suggest the answer is yes.
The reviews were a great source of help in determining the answer to this question, and in providing clarity on the matter.
neutral
N otting Hill opens with an superfluous voice-over that sets the scene and makes certain that the audience is oriented.
The voice-over is probably used to set the scene.
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The writers had to make their points in terms that people of the time would understand.
People of the time didn't understand a whole lot of anything.
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However, it came bundled with the obscure psych book (which still hadn't arrived from the conventional stores as of New Year's Day).
The main topic of the bundled book was physiology.
contradiction
[W]itty popular science that you enjoy ...
You find clever popular science enjoyable.
entailment
They drive fabulous cars and pick up every check.
They drive amazing cars and are sure to pay each check.
entailment
But the supply-siders are quite right when they say that economies are not a zero-sum game.
Supply siders are correct on all economic topics.
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Critics scoff at high-tech guru Esther Dyson's claims that the Internet will expand democracy, build communities, and liberate workers.
Critics are on board with Dyson's declarations about the web.
contradiction
Natural dark-haired beauty--despised or exoticized for eons by Europeans, Britons, and Americans--has at last been universally recognized and welcomed.
Europeans, Britons, and Americans despised dark hair beauty because they were too accustomed to it
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Most important, with the first primaries still months away, the Gore campaign hasn't advertised much to bring newcomers to the site.
The Gore campaign does not care much about new people visiting the site.
entailment
A sidebar speculates that Slobodan Milosevic is probably hoarding chemical weapons, including nerve gas, blister agents, choking compounds, and hallucinogens.
Slobodan Milosevic declared to have chemical armaments
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Barr, who's a champion publicity hound, has national ambitions.
Barr does great with being paid attention.
entailment
Forgive the debtors, especially the hopeless cases among the very poorest nations.
Very poor nations owe debt to someone they can not repay even in the best of times.
neutral
Wasn't it Warren Buffet who suggested a 100 percent capital gains tax on any investment held less than a year?
Buffett proposed a tax on investments that were held for only a few weeks.
entailment
The pose and the prose of journalists have changed since Ben Hecht's The Front Page . Indeed, Hecht's reporters would have balked at being called journalists.
Journalism is made in the same way year after year
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Even a decade ago, a movie about Wilde and his gay affair would have been considered Today, it's a cliche.
The movie about Wilde and his affair would have been considered far too different to what exists today.
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But then she found that he was making unseemly demands upon her, including the demand to lie on his behalf.
He made completely reasonable demands of her and asked her to tell the truth.
contradiction
The second punishment would be doubled--2,000 lost Windows sales would mean 2,000 lost Internet Explorer sales, not 1,000.
The second punishment would be cut in half.
contradiction
In January 1996, Qaddafi promised the nation a $1-billion gift, which has not been received because of U.S. sanctions against Libya.
Qaddafi accomplished to become a strong ally of the US
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After clicking your purchases into a shopping cart, you are directed to a secure Netscape server that will encrypt your credit-card information.
Anyone can get access to your credit card information on the site.
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While King vacillated, Malcolm X seized the nation's attention with his calls for retribution, tempting blacks weary of King's nonviolence and sending whites into a panic.
Both gentlemen ultimately sought the same end.
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The cover story profiles a day trader who learns his financial fundamentals from the Web and trusts his feel for stocks.
He built his portfolio on effective algorithmic computations and his experience on Wall Street.
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Never mind that according to Time , he privately told several financial backers in January, I love my wife.
He told the Post that he was leaving his wife.
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That report could deliver a knockout blow to Clinton.
The report contains much damnable evidence against Clinton.
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The difference is that whereas campaign finance is an immensely complicated problem that can only be fixed with changes in the law, the Augean stables of K Street could be cleaned up pretty easily if anyone cared.
Only changes in the law could fix the problem of the Augean stables of K Street.
contradiction
The great historical novels are always about contemporary consciousness.
Contemporary consciousness is always the subject of great historical novels.
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Monica, ever imaginative, bragged about the dress to Linda Tripp even though it was just an ordinary dress.
Monica isn't modest
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On Meet the Press , he insisted that the $150 he allots to each person's monthly insurance premium is not a cap.
The monthly insurance premium was not capped by the $150 he allotted.
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On behalf of the Harvard Square respondents, it must be said that ignorance was masked by a bravura self-confidence.
The Harvard Square respondents were very unconfident in themselves and their ignorance showed.
contradiction
Never able to paint anything unless he had it before his eyes, Soutine set about re-enacting some of the classic paintings he loved most.
All of Soutine’s work was original.
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Ben Brantley writes in the New York Times that the play manages to entertain even at its darkest and preachiest.
The play is critically acclaimed for its consistent entertainment value.
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Igave a lecture on the American economy in Tel Aviv, Israel, last month.
I gave a presentation on Tel Aviv last month.
entailment
Your letter was so charming that Prudie almost forgot it was about a problem.
Prudie only received your email about paradise.
contradiction
We're prejudging this thing [when we say] it doesn't meet the standard of the high crimes and misdemeanors.
Our assumption is that it does not meet the usual severity which we have come to know in terms of crime.
entailment
Let's consider President Bush's nostalgic invocation of the Soviet military.
President Bush really admired the military of the Soviets.
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If Clinton were going to apologize, Lewinsky's new image would be safe.
Clinton apologized to Obama for tarnishing vice president Gore's reputation.
contradiction
That was a satisfying moment.
The moment was not enjoyable ate all.
contradiction
The rules we've always had is that politics stop at the shore, one senior White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
It's okay to share with other countries the problems we face in our nation
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. I suppose you could make an argument that it's a significant enough phenomenon, so that it deserves to be here.
The argument is based on a judgement made in the late 90's.
neutral
What's wrong with informing certain segments of the electorate that your opponent is using the feel-good rhetoric of solutions to pull a fast one at their expense?
Why shouldn't voters know that two opposing candidates are honest unless proven otherwise?
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(And where is a percontativus now that I need one?)
A percontativus is the only thing I need now.
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