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In the '50s, nobody wanted the movies to show all that except for the Italian ones, where the sexiest women all wore ill-fitting slips and had hairy armpits, too.	Everyone loved watching the Italian movies.	contradiction
, and appeared here in 1977.	Jimmy Carter was declared the 40th President.	contradiction
I liked Michael Kinsley's article . Here's a political glossary that might be helpful in interpreting future lies.	The article directly inspired the author's political glossary.	neutral
You could say to your surgeon friend what Ivana Trump I'm very well rested, and I changed my makeup.	You could say what Ivana Trump said.	entailment
However you fiddle with the rates, there will always be a perceived penalty on somebody.	Most people enjoy when rates go down.	neutral
Intellectual property refers, basically, to nontangible creative product and, like a rising sea, it seems to cover new territory with every passing year.	Intellectual property changes continuously	entailment
Oh--A mook is kind of like a gavone, which is kind of like an Italian schmuck.	A mook and a Gavone completely different than a schmuck.	contradiction
Well, if we extend the co-op's story a little bit, it is not hard to generate something that looks a lot like Japan's problems--and to see the outline of a solution.	The co-op has a story.	entailment
Mostly I just skim the retractions), and himself (I am so sorry ...	The author won't fully read the retractions.	entailment
Instead, McCain spends the evening attacking Bush.	McCain went after Bush in the evening.	entailment
Like my real name couldn't be Pierre LeCluck.	My friends often refer to me as Pierre LeCluck.	neutral
At one point he imagines this middle-class By dismissing our fears about declining morality out of hand, you fail to recognize that middle-class morality is not necessarily opposed to the values of inclusion and equality that you currently profess.	His understanding of middle-class morality would be further expanded upon, as he would gain eventually gain a better understanding about this issue.	neutral
Annan visits Washington this week to push again.	Annan will be in the United States this week	entailment
The vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will, says Gigot--the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.	By the vote of people, it is evident on Proposition 227 that the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.	entailment
At worst, he is amassing credentials, fame, and wealth on the basis of others' uncredited labor--once considered a scholarly sin.	He is sinning in order to amass credentials.	entailment
We know that Sullivan believes in him (her?	Sullivan's belief is also known by the general public.	neutral
Mixed reviews for the Broadway debut of Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.	Horton Foote showed his play on Broadway in New York.	entailment
Time also runs a disturbing report from Baghdad, where Iraqi commando units proved their battle-readiness by gutting a live dog on television while chanting, Our God, our nation, our leader!	Iraqi commando units may have a hard time escaping any reports from the news media.	neutral
You could be truthful and say your own version of I was overcome by curiosity about this much talked about doc, and now I know his work is as good as yours.	The author was overcome by curiosity from the work of a janitor.	contradiction
Please note that, like a reheated stew, this dodge works even better after a military action has begun.	The military action that would have the biggest impact in invasion by ground troops.	neutral
He said, 'Was this an attempt to subvert the Constitution?	It was the 8th attempt to subvert the Constitution now.	neutral
All this amounts to clear and convincing proof of Jones' allegation--which has never been specifically denied by the president personally or by his lawyer Robert Bennett--that then-governor Clinton sent a state trooper to interrupt a state employee's performance of her job and bring her to his hotel room.	The president nor his lawyer have ever denied the allegations.	entailment
He's a veteran, isn't he?	He is blind and deaf since birth.	contradiction
The next day's Los Angeles Times goes with the DLC Clinton's Centrist Big Draw Among Party Faithful.	The LA Times published an article about Clinton and his Centrist Big Draw Among Party Faithful.	entailment
Who says a creative-writing MFA is a sure path to permanent unemployment?	You can get a job as an editor with a creative-writing MFA.	neutral
You e-mail your tale of woe--inferior products, ignorant customer service--to [email protected], and the Shopping Avenger will use his reporting skills, which have been described by some as almost supernatural in scope (and have been described by others as adequate and sort of pathetic) to extract on your behalf grudging apologies from faceless bureaucrats at Fortune 500 companies.	Although the Shopping Avenger can induce apologies from companies that have wronged you, his skills can be classified as sad.	entailment
My favorite detail is the TV commercial where they pour out of the giant Bible.	The TV commercial where they poured out of the giant Bible was my most favorable detail of a commercial.	entailment
Most important, with the first primaries still months away, the Gore campaign hasn't advertised much to bring newcomers to the site.	Gore is doing a lot to attract newcomers.	contradiction
After 15 years of almost uninterrupted superlative performance--which not even the Katzenberg and Ovitz contretemps could seriously slow down--it's almost impossible to remember how close Disney was to being dismantled in the early 1980s.	Disney was close to being dismantled after almost 15 years of superb performance.	entailment
There's no scientific or psychological basis for believing that children are affected in their sexual development or eventual sexual orientation by exposure to homosexuality--on television or in real life.	Some scientists research the impact of television on children.	neutral
Sometimes it's because there are nonmarket goods involved--the high value people place on personal safety, national security, a clean environment, or social welfare.	Personal safety, national security, a clean environment, and social welfare are very valuable in a society.	entailment
You are nice to weigh in as a Prudie.	You are mean when you weigh in.	contradiction
The anti-HMO strategy is also evidence of the pernicious influence of Anecdotal Politics.	The anti-HMO strategy has superficial origins.	neutral
The differences among the three publications are probably best illustrated by their varying explanations for the mysterious cast that recently appeared on JFK Jr.'s arm.	Many magazines discussed how JFK Jr. broke his arm but did not agree on an explanation.	entailment
Now the party is trying to prevent him from jumping ship.	The party is trying to prevent him from jumping ship.	entailment
One historian has argued cogently that Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems helped .)	Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems were often questioned.	neutral
When Pixar went public, the money raised from that very first sale of its shares was what it used to run its business in the future.	The initial offering of Pixar was very successful.	neutral
Schumer immediately countered by running the D'Amato commercial in New York City, labeling it the ad Al D'Amato doesn't want you to see.	Schumer ran the D'Amato ad leading up to the 2018 election.	neutral
Presumably, a living, Clintonian Einstein would declare, I cannot believe that God plays Nintendo with the world.	God would probably use a Playstation or a gaming PC rather than a Nintendo	neutral
The 17-year-old Jess Gupta (male student), for example, is listed as a housewife in another filing.	Jess Gupta lists himself as a housewife.	entailment
And Rupert Murdoch ( of Fox TV ) recently bid an estimated $350 million for the Los Angeles Dodgers and their stadium.	Rupert Murdoch likes the Los Angeles Dodgers.	neutral
In this context, it's hard to know what makes a kaffeeklatsch odd.	Kaffeeklatsch is odd, but who can say why really.	entailment
Is it not clear that such unrestricted applications of the principles of 'equal opportunity' would in practice mean the veritable economic enslavement of the small states and their subjugation to the rule and arbitrary will of strong and enriched foreign firms, banks, and industrial corporations?	Applications of equal opportunity without restrictions would be bad for small states.	entailment
The Nike and Reebok logos are now officially declared badges of shame.	Nike and Reebok have controversial logos.	entailment
Earlier, Novak actually ask ed Carlson if he could interrupt!	Novak spoke to Carlson.	entailment
If I lose, then it's a reflection on the whole family.	My loss will reflect on the whole family.	entailment
Newsweek, which loves fad therapies, hypes natural Prozac.	A natural version of Prozac exists.	entailment
But Weld blew this moral advantage by attacking Helms July 15.	Weld's attack on Helms led to a degradation in his perceived morality.	entailment
He stood for what he believed in.	He was quick to change his mind.	contradiction
Stephen King dumped his longtime publisher, Viking, and is seeking more than $17 million for his new book.	He wanted a record-breaking advance for his novel.	neutral
The Grand Slam Breakfast just never took off.	The Grand Slam breakfast was not very successful.	entailment
In the first Tikkun guide, Reed edges out Bard for the top spot, for what it's worth, as any hierarchy is by nature counterharmonious.	There is one Tikkun guide.	contradiction
Johnson encouraged Kennedy to run and promised to do whatever he could to help him.	Johnson gave Kennedy all the assistance that he needed, which helped propel Kennedy to a win during the race.	neutral
My mother, who is a charming woman in almost all other respects, appears to have a grave problem staying employed.	My mother has a degree in nursing.	neutral
If the Senate refuses to hold a confirmation hearing, he will continue in that acting job till the end of Clinton's presidency.	If the Senate neglects to hold a hearing, Clinton can still appoint someone new to the job without them.	contradiction
In BeauSeigneur's novels, the Antichrist is Jewish, for sure, but he's also a man who was produced in a lab by misguided scientists using cells taken from the Shroud of Turin.	The scientists that created the Antichrist were all males.	neutral
The troopers see Hillary as an undesirable, foul-mouthed harridan who had brought the mistreatment and neglect on herself.	The troopers were right in not liking Hillary	neutral
The Air Force says the case was less about adultery and more about Flinn's subsequent lying and cover-up.	The Air Force ignores the adultery charge.	contradiction
Jeb Bush's wife lied to customs agents.	The security guards held her up.	neutral
[E]ven after being taken down a notch or two, [cities] will remain, by virtue of their concentrations of energy and intellect, at the center of the American political imagination.	Rural America has taken over some of the void left by cities.	neutral
Alan Greenspan's still funny.	Greenspan is no longer funny to the author.	contradiction
Still, the solution Schor proposes seems almost as forced and obsessive as overspending itself.	Schor's subpar solution is a rushed response caused by the public demand for immediate mitigation.	neutral
The Easter spirit is A week after Time 's heaven cover story, Newsweek and U.S.	The cover story was released a week before Easter.	contradiction
He doesn't chew tobacco--I had to help him out a bit.	I taught him not to swallow the spit.	neutral
It's easy to imagine an election where Clinton is initially ahead of Dole, but a third party entry by, say, Jesse Jackson, pushes Dole ahead of Clinton.	Clinton had the lead over Dole.	entailment
This tax-cutting initiative, which he is readying for the November 2000 election, will cap annual property-tax appraisals at 2 percent and exempt vehicles from the property tax (on the long shot that the government might start taxing cars as property).	One policy of this initiative includes the exemption of vehicles from the property tax.	entailment
Should we reward him for keeping us out of war?	They are unclear if they should give him an award for not going to war.	entailment
It happened here about 2.1 billion years ago.	It was the first in a string of events beginning 2.1 billion years ago.	neutral
Before long, we can expect to hear retirement-averse conservatives making the rest of the fine arguments against term limits.	We will hear the conservatives justifications refuting term limits.	entailment
(After all, Scheck earns a pittance compared with what he could if he were a full-time criminal defense attorney.)	Scheck wants to be a full time criminal defense attorney.	neutral
Critics' principal target is the company's policy of pegging doctors' investment returns to profits at Columbia/HCA-affiliated institutions.	Critics Principe target is getting doctors to invest.	contradiction
Editorialists labored to connect the two contrary outcomes.	For the editorialists, linking the two outcomes was a piece of pie.	contradiction
Wandered all over the room and blew on some other guy's dice.	I sat in my chair the entire time.	contradiction
When I interviewed Klein for my piece about the Microsoft case, he singled out Brian Arthur as the economist who has most influenced his thinking about the way in which high-technology markets operate.	Klein talks about Brian Arthur, the economist.	entailment
It would be nice to say that we were rich because we were good, but the randomness of the market and the casual ethics of the hidden hand allow no such theocratic conclusion.	Being good and rich aren't directly linked	entailment
Leonardo's obsession with swirling water--which found scientific expression in the Codex	Leonardo had a fixation on swirling water.	entailment
After all, it's only a movie.	It's an excellent movie after all	contradiction
Truly, I believe the country is in the best of hands, but how do I rid myself of these impure thoughts?	The country is lead by a competent leader.	entailment
Who's winning the war over the draft?	We are well aware that there are many losers when it comes to the war over the draft.	contradiction
The Slate 60 list still serves to encourage and acknowledge extraordinary generosity by people who, after all, don't have to give the money away, however painless that might be.	There are only millionaires on the list.	neutral
None associated the pig with its traditional attributes, dirty or foul smelling.	Attributes of the pig are cleanliness and good scents.	contradiction
Thank you for William Saletan's brilliant analysis () of the war.	Saletanâ€™s conclusions are disputed by a subset of other experts.	neutral
The worst one was, I don't think you really want a divorce, or you would have gotten one by now.	Saying I don't want a divorce is a really good thing and I agree.	contradiction
In the 1830s and 1840s, the system accounted for more than three-quarters of U.S. federal employees.	In the 1830s and 1840s, more than half of the system of U.S. Federal employees was counted incorrectly.	contradiction
There will be no Revenge of the Nebbishes , no nebbish liberation.	Nebbishes have no desire for revenge.	neutral
Scott Shuger's OK (Today's Papers) but kinda warmed over and unsatisfying.	Scott Shuger has been published on the Today's Papers	entailment
(For the neutral-interrogator approach, try France.)	European countries use an aggressive- interrogator style.	contradiction
Starr fought off the linkage, telling reporters that his criminal investigation was independent of the civil litigation.	Reporters fought off the linkage after Starr told them the investigation was independent.	neutral
If we don't spend seven evenings a week together, if we don't talk on the phone each day during work, if I want to spend any time alone, my girlfriend pouts and gets angry, or cries.	My girlfriend is very clingy.	entailment
In fact, what his grand principle amounts to no vote for cash.	His grand principle is fact.	neutral
Don't let the philosophy of Gingrich ...	Gingrich viewpoint is unusual	neutral
If you'd like to know more about Kwanzaa, you can read The Complete Celebrating our Cultural Harvest , by Dorothy Winbush Riley; A Kwanzaa Celebrating the Holiday With New Traditions and Feasts , by Jessica B. Harris; or Merry Christmas, A Christmas and Kwanzaa Treasury , edited by Felix H. Liddell and Paula L. Woods.	You can read books about Kwanzaa.	entailment
And I hate short sleeved shirts when they wear them with dark neckties, skinny swine knocking on closed doors; and I had a habit of counting bricks, a nice obsession compared with	I enjoy counting bricks as a hobby.	entailment
Not only do people appreciate my respect for their preferences, but I also don't have to choose to whom to cater in mixed situations.	Being considerate of others goes a long way towards having no problems with them	entailment
Even his admirers admit he's dour and humorless.	His admirers love his humor.	contradiction
Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week.	Writing Marjorie was a chore that shed little enjoyment.	contradiction
Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path.	Grievances may be directed straight to Critical Path.	entailment
Parents find themselves intervening to stop their kids from making bad deals with unscrupulous classmates.	Kids make bad deals.	entailment
When a trompe l'oeil shaving brush and a match turn up later in the show in Magritte's Personal Values (1952), they have an oneiric suggestiveness quite in contrast to Murphy's flat factuality.	Magritte's Personal Values was a painting of strictly animals.	contradiction
Even a decade ago, a movie about Wilde and his gay affair would have been considered Today, it's a cliche.	About 10 years ago, the film about Wilde and his affair would be looked at as commonplace.	entailment

In the '50s, nobody wanted the movies to show all that except for the Italian ones, where the sexiest women all wore ill-fitting slips and had hairy armpits, too.

Everyone loved watching the Italian movies.

contradiction

, and appeared here in 1977.

Jimmy Carter was declared the 40th President.

contradiction

I liked Michael Kinsley's article . Here's a political glossary that might be helpful in interpreting future lies.

The article directly inspired the author's political glossary.

neutral

You could say to your surgeon friend what Ivana Trump I'm very well rested, and I changed my makeup.

You could say what Ivana Trump said.

entailment

However you fiddle with the rates, there will always be a perceived penalty on somebody.

Most people enjoy when rates go down.

neutral

Intellectual property refers, basically, to nontangible creative product and, like a rising sea, it seems to cover new territory with every passing year.

Intellectual property changes continuously

entailment

Oh--A mook is kind of like a gavone, which is kind of like an Italian schmuck.

A mook and a Gavone completely different than a schmuck.

contradiction

Well, if we extend the co-op's story a little bit, it is not hard to generate something that looks a lot like Japan's problems--and to see the outline of a solution.

The co-op has a story.

entailment

Mostly I just skim the retractions), and himself (I am so sorry ...

The author won't fully read the retractions.

entailment

Instead, McCain spends the evening attacking Bush.

McCain went after Bush in the evening.

entailment

Like my real name couldn't be Pierre LeCluck.

My friends often refer to me as Pierre LeCluck.

neutral

At one point he imagines this middle-class By dismissing our fears about declining morality out of hand, you fail to recognize that middle-class morality is not necessarily opposed to the values of inclusion and equality that you currently profess.

His understanding of middle-class morality would be further expanded upon, as he would gain eventually gain a better understanding about this issue.

neutral

Annan visits Washington this week to push again.

Annan will be in the United States this week

entailment

The vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will, says Gigot--the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.

By the vote of people, it is evident on Proposition 227 that the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.

entailment

At worst, he is amassing credentials, fame, and wealth on the basis of others' uncredited labor--once considered a scholarly sin.

He is sinning in order to amass credentials.

entailment

We know that Sullivan believes in him (her?

Sullivan's belief is also known by the general public.

neutral

Mixed reviews for the Broadway debut of Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Horton Foote showed his play on Broadway in New York.

entailment

Time also runs a disturbing report from Baghdad, where Iraqi commando units proved their battle-readiness by gutting a live dog on television while chanting, Our God, our nation, our leader!

Iraqi commando units may have a hard time escaping any reports from the news media.

neutral

You could be truthful and say your own version of I was overcome by curiosity about this much talked about doc, and now I know his work is as good as yours.

The author was overcome by curiosity from the work of a janitor.

contradiction

Please note that, like a reheated stew, this dodge works even better after a military action has begun.

The military action that would have the biggest impact in invasion by ground troops.

neutral

He said, 'Was this an attempt to subvert the Constitution?

It was the 8th attempt to subvert the Constitution now.

neutral

All this amounts to clear and convincing proof of Jones' allegation--which has never been specifically denied by the president personally or by his lawyer Robert Bennett--that then-governor Clinton sent a state trooper to interrupt a state employee's performance of her job and bring her to his hotel room.

The president nor his lawyer have ever denied the allegations.

entailment

He's a veteran, isn't he?

He is blind and deaf since birth.

contradiction

The next day's Los Angeles Times goes with the DLC Clinton's Centrist Big Draw Among Party Faithful.

The LA Times published an article about Clinton and his Centrist Big Draw Among Party Faithful.

entailment

Who says a creative-writing MFA is a sure path to permanent unemployment?

You can get a job as an editor with a creative-writing MFA.

neutral

You e-mail your tale of woe--inferior products, ignorant customer service--to [email protected], and the Shopping Avenger will use his reporting skills, which have been described by some as almost supernatural in scope (and have been described by others as adequate and sort of pathetic) to extract on your behalf grudging apologies from faceless bureaucrats at Fortune 500 companies.

Although the Shopping Avenger can induce apologies from companies that have wronged you, his skills can be classified as sad.

entailment

My favorite detail is the TV commercial where they pour out of the giant Bible.

The TV commercial where they poured out of the giant Bible was my most favorable detail of a commercial.

entailment

Most important, with the first primaries still months away, the Gore campaign hasn't advertised much to bring newcomers to the site.

Gore is doing a lot to attract newcomers.

contradiction

After 15 years of almost uninterrupted superlative performance--which not even the Katzenberg and Ovitz contretemps could seriously slow down--it's almost impossible to remember how close Disney was to being dismantled in the early 1980s.

Disney was close to being dismantled after almost 15 years of superb performance.

entailment

There's no scientific or psychological basis for believing that children are affected in their sexual development or eventual sexual orientation by exposure to homosexuality--on television or in real life.

Some scientists research the impact of television on children.

neutral

Sometimes it's because there are nonmarket goods involved--the high value people place on personal safety, national security, a clean environment, or social welfare.

Personal safety, national security, a clean environment, and social welfare are very valuable in a society.

entailment

You are nice to weigh in as a Prudie.

You are mean when you weigh in.

contradiction

The anti-HMO strategy is also evidence of the pernicious influence of Anecdotal Politics.

The anti-HMO strategy has superficial origins.

neutral

The differences among the three publications are probably best illustrated by their varying explanations for the mysterious cast that recently appeared on JFK Jr.'s arm.

Many magazines discussed how JFK Jr. broke his arm but did not agree on an explanation.

entailment

Now the party is trying to prevent him from jumping ship.

The party is trying to prevent him from jumping ship.

entailment

One historian has argued cogently that Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems helped .)

Calvin Coolidge's psychological problems were often questioned.

neutral

When Pixar went public, the money raised from that very first sale of its shares was what it used to run its business in the future.

The initial offering of Pixar was very successful.

neutral

Schumer immediately countered by running the D'Amato commercial in New York City, labeling it the ad Al D'Amato doesn't want you to see.

Schumer ran the D'Amato ad leading up to the 2018 election.

neutral

Presumably, a living, Clintonian Einstein would declare, I cannot believe that God plays Nintendo with the world.

God would probably use a Playstation or a gaming PC rather than a Nintendo

neutral

The 17-year-old Jess Gupta (male student), for example, is listed as a housewife in another filing.

Jess Gupta lists himself as a housewife.

entailment

And Rupert Murdoch ( of Fox TV ) recently bid an estimated $350 million for the Los Angeles Dodgers and their stadium.

Rupert Murdoch likes the Los Angeles Dodgers.

neutral

In this context, it's hard to know what makes a kaffeeklatsch odd.

Kaffeeklatsch is odd, but who can say why really.

entailment

Is it not clear that such unrestricted applications of the principles of 'equal opportunity' would in practice mean the veritable economic enslavement of the small states and their subjugation to the rule and arbitrary will of strong and enriched foreign firms, banks, and industrial corporations?

Applications of equal opportunity without restrictions would be bad for small states.

entailment

The Nike and Reebok logos are now officially declared badges of shame.

Nike and Reebok have controversial logos.

entailment

Earlier, Novak actually ask ed Carlson if he could interrupt!

Novak spoke to Carlson.

entailment

If I lose, then it's a reflection on the whole family.

My loss will reflect on the whole family.

entailment

Newsweek, which loves fad therapies, hypes natural Prozac.

A natural version of Prozac exists.

entailment

But Weld blew this moral advantage by attacking Helms July 15.

Weld's attack on Helms led to a degradation in his perceived morality.

entailment

He stood for what he believed in.

He was quick to change his mind.

contradiction

Stephen King dumped his longtime publisher, Viking, and is seeking more than $17 million for his new book.

He wanted a record-breaking advance for his novel.

neutral

The Grand Slam Breakfast just never took off.

The Grand Slam breakfast was not very successful.

entailment

In the first Tikkun guide, Reed edges out Bard for the top spot, for what it's worth, as any hierarchy is by nature counterharmonious.

There is one Tikkun guide.

contradiction

Johnson encouraged Kennedy to run and promised to do whatever he could to help him.

Johnson gave Kennedy all the assistance that he needed, which helped propel Kennedy to a win during the race.

neutral

My mother, who is a charming woman in almost all other respects, appears to have a grave problem staying employed.

My mother has a degree in nursing.

neutral

If the Senate refuses to hold a confirmation hearing, he will continue in that acting job till the end of Clinton's presidency.

If the Senate neglects to hold a hearing, Clinton can still appoint someone new to the job without them.

contradiction

In BeauSeigneur's novels, the Antichrist is Jewish, for sure, but he's also a man who was produced in a lab by misguided scientists using cells taken from the Shroud of Turin.

The scientists that created the Antichrist were all males.

neutral

The troopers see Hillary as an undesirable, foul-mouthed harridan who had brought the mistreatment and neglect on herself.

The troopers were right in not liking Hillary

neutral

The Air Force says the case was less about adultery and more about Flinn's subsequent lying and cover-up.

The Air Force ignores the adultery charge.

contradiction

Jeb Bush's wife lied to customs agents.

The security guards held her up.

neutral

[E]ven after being taken down a notch or two, [cities] will remain, by virtue of their concentrations of energy and intellect, at the center of the American political imagination.

Rural America has taken over some of the void left by cities.

neutral

Alan Greenspan's still funny.

Greenspan is no longer funny to the author.

contradiction

Still, the solution Schor proposes seems almost as forced and obsessive as overspending itself.

Schor's subpar solution is a rushed response caused by the public demand for immediate mitigation.

neutral

The Easter spirit is A week after Time 's heaven cover story, Newsweek and U.S.

The cover story was released a week before Easter.

contradiction

He doesn't chew tobacco--I had to help him out a bit.

I taught him not to swallow the spit.

neutral

It's easy to imagine an election where Clinton is initially ahead of Dole, but a third party entry by, say, Jesse Jackson, pushes Dole ahead of Clinton.

Clinton had the lead over Dole.

entailment

This tax-cutting initiative, which he is readying for the November 2000 election, will cap annual property-tax appraisals at 2 percent and exempt vehicles from the property tax (on the long shot that the government might start taxing cars as property).

One policy of this initiative includes the exemption of vehicles from the property tax.

entailment

Should we reward him for keeping us out of war?

They are unclear if they should give him an award for not going to war.

entailment

It happened here about 2.1 billion years ago.

It was the first in a string of events beginning 2.1 billion years ago.

neutral

Before long, we can expect to hear retirement-averse conservatives making the rest of the fine arguments against term limits.

We will hear the conservatives justifications refuting term limits.

entailment

(After all, Scheck earns a pittance compared with what he could if he were a full-time criminal defense attorney.)

Scheck wants to be a full time criminal defense attorney.

neutral

Critics' principal target is the company's policy of pegging doctors' investment returns to profits at Columbia/HCA-affiliated institutions.

Critics Principe target is getting doctors to invest.

contradiction

Editorialists labored to connect the two contrary outcomes.

For the editorialists, linking the two outcomes was a piece of pie.

contradiction

Wandered all over the room and blew on some other guy's dice.

I sat in my chair the entire time.

contradiction

When I interviewed Klein for my piece about the Microsoft case, he singled out Brian Arthur as the economist who has most influenced his thinking about the way in which high-technology markets operate.

Klein talks about Brian Arthur, the economist.

entailment

It would be nice to say that we were rich because we were good, but the randomness of the market and the casual ethics of the hidden hand allow no such theocratic conclusion.

Being good and rich aren't directly linked

entailment

Leonardo's obsession with swirling water--which found scientific expression in the Codex

Leonardo had a fixation on swirling water.

entailment

After all, it's only a movie.

It's an excellent movie after all

contradiction

Truly, I believe the country is in the best of hands, but how do I rid myself of these impure thoughts?

The country is lead by a competent leader.

entailment

Who's winning the war over the draft?

We are well aware that there are many losers when it comes to the war over the draft.

contradiction

The Slate 60 list still serves to encourage and acknowledge extraordinary generosity by people who, after all, don't have to give the money away, however painless that might be.

There are only millionaires on the list.

neutral

None associated the pig with its traditional attributes, dirty or foul smelling.

Attributes of the pig are cleanliness and good scents.

contradiction

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

Saletanâ€™s conclusions are disputed by a subset of other experts.

neutral

The worst one was, I don't think you really want a divorce, or you would have gotten one by now.

Saying I don't want a divorce is a really good thing and I agree.

contradiction

In the 1830s and 1840s, the system accounted for more than three-quarters of U.S. federal employees.

In the 1830s and 1840s, more than half of the system of U.S. Federal employees was counted incorrectly.

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There will be no Revenge of the Nebbishes , no nebbish liberation.

Nebbishes have no desire for revenge.

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Scott Shuger's OK (Today's Papers) but kinda warmed over and unsatisfying.

Scott Shuger has been published on the Today's Papers

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(For the neutral-interrogator approach, try France.)

European countries use an aggressive- interrogator style.

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Starr fought off the linkage, telling reporters that his criminal investigation was independent of the civil litigation.

Reporters fought off the linkage after Starr told them the investigation was independent.

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If we don't spend seven evenings a week together, if we don't talk on the phone each day during work, if I want to spend any time alone, my girlfriend pouts and gets angry, or cries.

My girlfriend is very clingy.

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In fact, what his grand principle amounts to no vote for cash.

His grand principle is fact.

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Don't let the philosophy of Gingrich ...

Gingrich viewpoint is unusual

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If you'd like to know more about Kwanzaa, you can read The Complete Celebrating our Cultural Harvest , by Dorothy Winbush Riley; A Kwanzaa Celebrating the Holiday With New Traditions and Feasts , by Jessica B. Harris; or Merry Christmas, A Christmas and Kwanzaa Treasury , edited by Felix H. Liddell and Paula L. Woods.

You can read books about Kwanzaa.

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And I hate short sleeved shirts when they wear them with dark neckties, skinny swine knocking on closed doors; and I had a habit of counting bricks, a nice obsession compared with

I enjoy counting bricks as a hobby.

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Not only do people appreciate my respect for their preferences, but I also don't have to choose to whom to cater in mixed situations.

Being considerate of others goes a long way towards having no problems with them

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Even his admirers admit he's dour and humorless.

His admirers love his humor.

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Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week.

Writing Marjorie was a chore that shed little enjoyment.

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Complaints can be sent directly to Critical Path.

Grievances may be directed straight to Critical Path.

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Parents find themselves intervening to stop their kids from making bad deals with unscrupulous classmates.

Kids make bad deals.

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When a trompe l'oeil shaving brush and a match turn up later in the show in Magritte's Personal Values (1952), they have an oneiric suggestiveness quite in contrast to Murphy's flat factuality.

Magritte's Personal Values was a painting of strictly animals.

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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.

About 10 years ago, the film about Wilde and his affair would be looked at as commonplace.

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