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He enrolled at the Dallas Conservatory of Music, and sang Gilbert and Sullivan in New York City opera houses before perceiving that there was a market in hillbilly songs. | He attended Dallas Conservatory of Music and performed in New York City opera houses before he started singing hillbilly songs. | entailment |
Nash pioneered game theory, became schizophrenic, recovered, then won a Nobel Prize late in life. | Nash recovered from schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. | entailment |
House Rules Committee Chairman Gerald Solomon, R-N.Y., has so far refused to schedule a hearing on Barr's resolution. | Solomon has so far refused to schedule a hearing. | entailment |
That said, I am now officially Hillary'd out. | They no longer want to support Hillary. | neutral |
According to Attorney General Janet Reno, the NSC staffers probably misconstrued the agents' instructions to treat the matter delicately. | Janet Reno thought the agents did a wonderful job handling the matter properly. | contradiction |
Non-discount long-distance rates rose even faster. | The cost of making a phone call went up quickly. | entailment |
But Cole notes in his affidavit that these files are included with Internet Explorer when it is installed apart from Windows 95, from a disk or the Web. | Internet explorer is not always installed with Windows95. | entailment |
You can catch the final nine hours this evening. | The first 2 hours are airing tomorrow. | contradiction |
So the argument is that putting some of the money in stocks will make the trust fund more profitable and avoid, or at least put off, the day it runs out of money. | It is argued that it is better to place a bit of the money in stocks, as it will help the trust fund to grow and to put off or delay the day in which it runs out of funds. | entailment |
So there is no way yet to know for sure who wins and loses. | We know right now who won and who lost. | contradiction |
Framing the election around the desirability of tax cuts is risky business for Clinton; since the age of Reagan, the public assumes that the Republicans are the anti-tax party. | Clinton's approach to the election is due to his admiration for Reagan. | neutral |
Unfortunately, most of today's credibility mongers invoke credibility precisely to avoid such a moral commitment. | Small minority of today's credibility mongers are credible. | neutral |
Unlike the universities, the military has none of the notorious statistics about dropouts and racial separatism and it has many success stories, such as Colin Powell's. | The military is infamous for racism. | contradiction |
Albright says her parents expressed vivid recollections of childhood Easter and Christmas celebrations . These recollections may well have been true. | Albright's parents have a hard time remembering childhood Christian holidays. | contradiction |
The jewels would be delivered in exquisite gold-tooled leather boxes with compartments containing the relevant alternative mounts and fastenings, and a tiny screwdriver in its own velvet nest. | The leather boxes for the jewels contain a small screwdriver. | entailment |
It might also be pointed out that Dole supported the political pardons meted out by Gerald Ford, when he served as Ford's running mate in 1976. | Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976 was Johnny Manziel. | contradiction |
So far, Campbell and Frank have enlisted only 34 co-signers, and the administration shows no signs of paying attention. | 34 co-signers is a small amount. | neutral |
A renaissance of sociological research in the United Kingdom, as well as the fact that Prime Minister Tony Blair's intellectual guru is sociologist and London School of Economics Dean Anthony Giddens. | The issues investigated by the United Kingdom include poverty, healthcare reform, and crime. | neutral |
Jesse Ventura to obstruct Pat Buchanan's run for the Reform Party nomination. | Jesse wants to win the nomination over Pat. | neutral |
The word fundamentally in the previous paragraph carries a lot of weight, but it is important to think of what is fundamental. | The word funamentally in the last paragraph is talking about general ideas. | neutral |
Gore, like Clinton, has often used cultural issues such as abortion to make the GOP look extreme. | Gore believes that abortion does not have to be an extreme issue. | neutral |
Henry James complained to Sarah Orne Jewett in a letter of 1904 that the historical novel had a fatal cheapness. | In 1904 letters were one of the most common forms of communication | entailment |
During his father's primary campaign, George W. Bush watched Pat Buchanan go from 1992 to 1938, the heyday of Father Coughlin, dragging the Republican Party with him. | George W. Bush personally knew Father COughlin. | neutral |
Science reporting in the United States is hampered by the deep-seated conviction that the press knows even better than the people that it's just a bunch of pinheads nattering about nothing. | The deeply held conviction that the press knows even the public hasn't done anything to help science reporting. | entailment |
Time says Dolly the cloned sheep could be a fake. | Dolly is a cat. | contradiction |
Time 's cover story argues that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact could not have been worse for Microsoft and could be used against Microsoft by competitors in private antitrust actions. | Microsoft is in court for private antitrust actions. | entailment |
The Republican Party leadership wants Starr to deliver nothing until after the elections (Shields; George Will, This Week ; Gwen Ifill, NBC's Meet The Press ; Tony Blankley, CNN's Late Edition ; and David Bloom, Meet the Press ). In fact, Orrin Hatch's comments on the shows this week should be construed as signals from the GOP to Starr asking him to withhold a report, charges Bloom. | The Republican Party wanted Starr to deliver before the election. | contradiction |
Sure, the FDA's efforts are done in the name of kids. | The FDA cares only about adults. | contradiction |
The dehydrated food industry is booming, Time notes. | The dehydrated food industry is not popular in other countries. | neutral |
Pollard handed over information about how the United States tracked Soviet subs. | The US did not face the problem of being unable to follow Soviet subs. | entailment |
Martha's Web readers are younger and richer than her magazine subscribers. | Martha's Web readers are typically young in comparison. | entailment |
This December, it will happen Tens of thousands of children will hound their parents into buying charming Dalmatian pups for Christmas. | This year for Christmas, more than 10,000 kids will want their parents to buy them the Dalmatian pups. | entailment |
The editorial side of Graham's Post has only compliments for the PDFA, while the advertising side has donated ad space to it. | The advertising side of Graham's Post runs the editorial side. | neutral |
Others point to Waas' supposedly shoddy reporting of a Pulitzer Prize-nominated article on arms sales to Iraq that he co-wrote for the Los Angeles Times . There is no evidence that the pair repeated any of these alleged sins in their reporting on Hale. | Waas assisted in writing the article for the Los Angeles Times. | entailment |
Often, it doesn't even equal two. | Not every sum equals to two | entailment |
We've collected all of Harry's O.J. Dispatches into one gargantuan Microsoft Word (and Adobe Acrobat) document that will you can dowload by clicking here. | You can download all of Harry's O.J Dispatches in one document. | entailment |
If a fetus is a fully human life, then all abortion is murder and the debate over any particular procedure is beside the point. | The writer feels that a fetus should have rights. | neutral |
But this letter is long enough, possibly too long for the format, so I will leave discussion of Lemann's attempt to sum up to the next letter. | This letter is definitely not short by any means, perhaps it's to long. | entailment |
Also, most individuals do not screen their e-mail address books politically, meaning that a solicitation sent out to all a person's contacts may well end up in the hands of someone who doesn't want it--which could turn into a public relations problem. | It's easy to deliver an e-mail to the "wrong person" when you mass-mail the contacts of someone | entailment |
A considerably audible tsk, tsk I send you, Slate. | I applaud you, Slate. | contradiction |
It's sad to see a great institution reduced to a tattered geriatric remnant of its former self. | When an exceptional institution is reduced to a tattered geriatric remnant of its former self, people work very hard to make it great again. | 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. | Primary political power in America comes from the heartland and it’s vast fields. | contradiction |
That led him to the not-very-civil act of complaining to Bob Haldeman. | Haldeman did not take kindly to being complained at. | neutral |
Maybe they are drug or alcohol addicts or have multiple family or behavioral problems--or maybe they simply have a bad attitude. | It's arguable as to whether their issues lie in addiction, personal difficulties, or their intrinsic personality. | entailment |
Which might suggest that real business news is no more popular than it ever was. | Real business news was never more popular. | entailment |
Now economists are pointing out the unfairness of subsidizing the reduction in the number of doctors while refusing to do the same for other professions, such as economists. | Economists noted how fair the practice of subsidizing the reduction of doctors was. | contradiction |
The Czech expat's second novel written in French causes some reviewers to proclaim his decline. | His French novel is met with heavy criticism from reviewers. | entailment |
He arrived at a convenient time in the tobacco He had no strong feelings about the evil weed, and he became the tobacco scourge only when Republican leaders asked him to shepherd the bill through the Senate. | This person was a prominent Republican since the start of their political career | neutral |
The news that I am laying waste to an entire generation of men exceeds my greatest ambition in this regard. | It has been reported that I am responsible for destroying an entire generation of men. which has gone beyond my wildest dreams. | entailment |
In contrast to the well-oiled Gore machine, Bradley has no staff, message, money, or following. | Bradley has no chance to win the election. | neutral |
In the name of Yugoslav unity, Tito suppressed most assertions of ethnic identity. | Tito welcomed accusations about his ethnic background to covertly dismantle Yugoslavia. | contradiction |
House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, has compared Barr to former Rep. | Dick Armey is popular among the state of Texas. | neutral |
Eastwood did more to make killing casual than anyone in mainstream cinema. | Eastwood helped to keep violence in cinema none existent and very rare. | contradiction |
Last year, she opted to give a recital in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, rather than in the larger Avery Fisher Hall (to the chagrin of the presenter). | She had prepared for the recital for months. | neutral |
My software definitely does not learn by its mistakes! | The software makes mistakes. | entailment |
In addition to all the things we can't foresee, the historical verdict on Clinton will also hinge on such issues as whether he manages to steer welfare reform back in the right direction; whether he avoids being drawn into a counterproductive tax cut; and whether he overcomes his own recent history to lead campaign-finance reform. | The book on Clinton is unfinished, he can turn public perception. | entailment |
Who can I report disaster fraud to? | Disaster fraud is a topic that can lead to questions. | entailment |
You want a recipe for healing? | You want a recipe for clam chowder. | contradiction |
If the number of voters is literally infinite, then the conclusion can be overturned. | It is possible to overturn anything if an unlimited amount of voters are avaliable. | entailment |
He's a veteran, isn't he? | He served in the army. | neutral |
Since communism closed shop in Russia, all the volunteers have disappeared. | Communist followers tend to volunteer more often. | neutral |
Today these seem as quaint as hand-bound books or handwritten letters. | Everyone writes letters by hand these days. | contradiction |
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 created Personal Values in 1952. | entailment |
The Constitution requires only that a senator when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. | The Constitution says that a senator when elected, can be an inhabitant of whatever state they chose to be. | contradiction |
Critics complain that Los Angeles architect Barton Myers' postmodern building, consisting of concert halls and theaters, looks like a cineplex (Mark Swed, the Los Angeles Times ), with interiors that verge on kitsch (examples of steel rods poking out of ceilings; floors inlaid with colored stones). | Barton Myers' buildings have colored floors. | entailment |
A rancid little nothing of a movie (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ) that's a grim, gross wannabe Farrelly brothers flick. | The film is described as an empty imitation. | entailment |
Well, the big picture looks like Both the number of good jobs and the pay that goes with those jobs are steadily rising. | The picture looks like jobs are being lost, and people are not being paid enough. | contradiction |
I think, David, you are being too prickly in responding to it. | David, you might want to appear less cross in your retort. | entailment |
But it was the grass-roots opposition to KYC, sparked in part by the Libertarian Party, whose protest Web site steered 171,268 e-mail complaints from netizens to the FDIC, that elevated the subject to the national agenda. | Over half a million emails were sent to the FDIC. | contradiction |
The President further charmed Monica by fantasizing out loud how wonderful it would be if he had a son. | The shy President remained silent in fear of becoming tongue-tied if he spoke to Monica. | contradiction |
Replace George Will's column with weekly photo of him being punched in the nose. | George Will is a columnist for the Washington post who is a libertarian-conservative. | entailment |
News this week isn't in the Owner Mort Zuckerman has fired Editor James Fallows. | The big news this week is not that Mort Zuckerman had fired James Fallows. | entailment |
But it is not a transitional problem. | The problem has elements that confuse it as being a translational problem. | neutral |
That much his memoir gets right. | Hit memoir was a best seller. | 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. | Simon correctly predicted that the named baskets of resources would become cheaper. | entailment |
Sports pundits likened him to Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus. | Jordan took notice of sports pundits comparing him to the youngster. | neutral |
I started as a fan of great popularizers like Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker, and I have since graduated not only to hero worship of the leading evolutionary theorists but also to reading textbooks and even journal articles. | The author doesn't read textbooks after becoming an evolutionary theorist. | contradiction |
Also, there is no Fifth Amendment right against incriminating others. | The Fifth Amendment says you incriminate others every time you speak. | contradiction |
Et In an interview on Late Edition , Ken Starr says that if he could do it over again, he would have used the independent counsel's office as a bully pulpit, appearing on television to counter the White House's spin doctors. | Ken Starr had to oppose the White House. | entailment |
(I missed her in last year's Stepmom --my raccoon had hepatitis.) | One of the author's pets had a potentially deadly disease. | entailment |
The Washington Post reported more evidence of the alleged Chinese plot to influence U.S. elections. | China had interests in influencing the US elections | entailment |
They call him ruthless, bombastic, in-your-face, an aggressive hardliner, a bulldog, and a hit man. | He had been a hit man for the mafia for years. | neutral |
Did Stevenson speak with any of the fans with whose hopes he claimed to be so familiar? | Stevenson felt as though he knew the fans hopes. | entailment |
The cover story , rehashing last week's discovery that smart mice can be genetically engineered, predicts that the bioengineering of human intelligence will soon be possible. | The mice were successfully engineered to be smarter. | neutral |
The political future of East Asia depends in large part on their success in rediscovering those ancient bonds between them. | The future of East Asia in politics has been studied a lot recently. | neutral |
At war's end, he arranged to contribute some of his panels as a sort of victory monument to the nation--the gift that eventually became the glorious circular water lily chapel at the Orangerie in Paris. | He contributed memorially at war's end. | entailment |
Tim has not only been invited to interview at several bulge-bracket firms, he has been warmly received, even by those he lampooned. | Tim got a blunt personality | neutral |
Consequently, the Army can eliminate its weakest candidates--about one-half of blacks and one-third of whites--and still have a large number of blacks--about one-third of the Army. | The Army never eliminates their weakest candidates and therefore has more blacks then whites. | contradiction |
We must only hope that our Pakistani friend does not get to sound too much like the aforementioned Mr. Russert--or any of the other Sabbath gasbags, to use the phrase that the wonderful Frank Rich has popularized. | Frank Rich worked for the New York Times when he popularized the phrase Sabbath gasbags. | neutral |
It's sad to see a great institution reduced to a tattered geriatric remnant of its former self. | There is reason to celebrate when an exceptional institution is reduced to a tattered geriatric remnant of its former self. | contradiction |
This seems like increasing liberalism, but it's only encroaching commerce, less a commitment to free speech than a determination to sell paper plates, cups, and napkins for kicky Fourth of July fun. | This is not truly reflective of our rights as Americans. | entailment |
His decision to resign and run for the ambassadorship few expect him to win should be treated like these other nutty episodes. | She decided to resign and run for ambassadorship. | entailment |
With the glorious exception of the St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V , there is nothing more demoralizing than an inspirational address. | There's nothing more heartening than an inspirational address | contradiction |
Alright, Van Zandt is one of my heroes, and I think his portrayal of a low-wattage Soprano soldier is a rip, so I'm prejudiced, but there was a kind of joy in that one scene that is missing from the rest of the episode. | Van Zandt was looked down upon as a villain. | contradiction |
So far, we'd spent about 10 minutes decoding just five words, but I felt on top of them and was ready to move on. | We deciphered almost twenty words in the next ten minutes. | neutral |
Maybe she would like the Pentagon. | The Pentagon avoids hiring women. | contradiction |
The fate of love letters written by Diana to her former lover, James Hewitt, and stolen from him by his Italian mistress, who recently tried to sell them to the London Daily Mirror, which instead handed them over to her executors, has preoccupied all the London newspapers for several days. | James Hewitt's mistress stole his love letters from Diana and tried to sell them for 5 million British Pounds. | neutral |
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 always deliberate carefully. | neutral |
process one out of every four checks in the country. | process three of every four checks in the country. | contradiction |
Map maker, map maker, make me a map. | Map makers are not very popular anymore due to smartphones. | neutral |
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