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All three are correct and earn a point each, though Gigot loses half a point for scoring on a bunt.
The game continued afterwards.
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But Rips appears eager to address the challenge.
Rips is wanting to jump in quick to address the issue.
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The message confused some of Red Eye's subscribers, and Red Herring rapidly began a damage control campaign.
The Red Herring campaign cleared up all the confusion.
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The McCain campaign has more specific evidence of success.
The McCain campaign has not been an utter failure.
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As a society we may have to face facts.
It will be difficult for some members of the community to deal with the facts,.
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And yet (no doubt largely because congressional Republicans were overplaying their hand), the public gave Clinton more support than had ever been enjoyed by Richard Nixon (personal 67 percent) or even Ronald Reagan (personal 68 percent--mass adulation of Ronald Reagan being a largely retrospective phenomenon).
Clinton received more vitriol than Nixon or Reagan.
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The cover story says that megabillionaire and stock-picking legend Warren Buffett has quietly shifted his focus from buying individual stocks to purchasing companies.
Buffet has shifted his focus to buying individual stocks.
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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 wanted to become a CIA agent.
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(Actually, some of the bombs were pretty good movies, like Wolf and Remains of the Day, while others, like the much-maligned Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger, were failures in an interesting way.)
Most people thought that bombed movies were all failures.
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The conceit is that Benigni tries to keep the 5-year-old from realizing what's going on by pretending that the whole thing is a game and that if the boy gets through it without crying or complaining he wins a tank.
Benigni was the main actor in the movie "la vita è bella"
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Give Microsoft a monopoly on browsers, and you'll intensify the downward pressure on the price of its operating systems.
Microsoft often has monopolies.
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Before long, however, many of these projects went bust, and Nelson had to turn to his family for financial assistance to ward off bankruptcy.
Nelson refused to talk to his family.
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: The preceding images are not from Michelangelo and His Drawings from Windsor Castle (online reproduction of art in the National Gallery exhibition is forbidden).
You may freely recreate the images as you would like.
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In particular, an increase in the savings rate will translate into higher investment after all, because the Fed will make sure that it does.
A increaste in the savings rate will translate into a lower investment rate.
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to know this, how much I want to ask again why I must, with such perfect, detailed precision,
I must get it perfect the first time.
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The movie is a passable entertainment--call it The Half Monty . It has standard issue (but funny) farcical sight gags and a score of panpipes to provide the requisite undercurrent of Celtic melancholy.
The film is satisfactory but not spectacular.
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The baby gets new toys every day, because used toys are immediately discarded.
The baby can't play with any old toys.
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What's more pernicious about the coverage is that it confuses the qualities of a crusader with those of a president.
The coverage has always been pernicious in every broadcast.
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If the fast-food world had only three players, and McDonalds's proposed to buy out Burger King, how reassured would we be if they offered the palliative of selling a few franchises to Taco Bell?
We would be elated if McDonalds were to split Burger King franchises with Taco Bell.
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(Clinton to We're basically following your game plan.
The president has a few ideas to put into action.
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Are we backing the Kosovo Liberation Army?
Do we support the Kosovo Liberation army?
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But he never makes clear that buying on margin means that you stand to lose a lot more when you make a mistake.
He never clarifies that buying on margin leads to a bigger loss when you make a mistake.
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The New York Times reported that HMOs, rationing, and other medical-insurance nightmares conjured up in 1994 by enemies of the Clinton health-care plan are coming to pass anyway.
These plans helped some.
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Stevenson's eagerness for violence is his own business
Stevenson likes violence.
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By reputation, Baldwins play the field, sleeping around Hollywood, then settling down with a beautiful woman.
The Baldwins have a clean and wholesome image throughout Hollywood.
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A Saving Private Ryan backlash begins.
The backlash ended with the movies producers and directors making changes.
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dull, provincial, and oddly prevalent on U.S. comedy shows.
It's strange commonality on U.S. comedy shows was a favorite of lots of people.
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Besides, complains New York 's Mark Stevens, there are more dresses on display than paintings.
Mark Stevens just recently moved to New York.
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House Majority Whip Tom DeLay has a plaque in his office that reads, This could be the day.
Tom's mom gave him the plaque.
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Why would Gates allow the publication of such a book with his byline and photo on the dust jacket?
The book was read by a multitude of individuals that follow Gates and his works.
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The 15-year-old died with the band playing on his headphones.
The 15-year-old enjoyed music a lot.
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It takes a man to stand.
A man might stand on his feet to defend his wife.
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99 percent chance that a Republican Congress will pursue any case Starr can deliver.
Starr never delivers anything.
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According to an index of food prices in Bailey's book, food prices in 1996 were up 8 percent since 1990, but down 113 percent since 1975.
According to an index of food prices in Bailey's book, food prices in 1996 were down 8 percent since 1990, but up 113 percent since 1975.
contradiction
In general, arts and cultural articles are posted early in the week, and newsier and political stuff is posted Thursday and Friday.
A movie review can be found on Monday.
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But real competition should be the 20 th -anniversary gift bestowed on these fair-weather friends of deregulation.
The friends of deregulation should receive a 20th anniversary present, which will result in competition.
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And now pharmaceutical giant Warner-Lambert has jumped in with Hall's Zinc Defense, a lozenge backed by a national TV-ad campaign.
The drug company is interesting in starting a clothing line.
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What's worse, Wolf flip-flops in her opinion of The Slut every few pages.
Wolf ultimately gives the film three stars out of five.
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Klayman, who presents a coherent faaade while making wild and unsubstantiated charges, is perfect.
Klayman wants others to believe he's coherent.
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I have certainly forgiven Bob Inglis.
They are compassionate.
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Jesse Ventura to obstruct Pat Buchanan's run for the Reform Party nomination.
Jesse Ventura does not want Pat to win the nomination.
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The Blue Flower , by Penelope Fitzgerald (Houghton Mifflin).
The Blue Flower is written by Penelope Fitzgerald.
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House Majority Whip Tom DeLay has a plaque in his office that reads, This could be the day.
The plaque by Tom's desk said to give up everyday.
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But they showed what true love is when Bo took over John's medical care and for seven weeks forced him to drink gallons of water to flush out stubborn kidney stones.
John needed to be cared for because of kidney stones.
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But all that ended long ago.
It just kept going on and on.
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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.
Dole and Ford had tried to run together last election and lost.
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He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her.
She had no correspondence with him.
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The most ordinary features are, aesthetically, the most extraordinary.
Not all of the features were aesthetically pleasing.
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The basic premise of this line is that the findings of faith and reason are not at odds--only their methods are.
People find faith and reason in contradicting ways.
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Were they in there?
The group is in there.
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The anti-poker campaign has galvanized the state like no issue ever has.
The issue of poker was highly contentious in the state.
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They even agree that this would be a big mistake.
They didn't consider all the details.
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Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, who made the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story , say Lana was adamant that she wasn't there.
The two worked on the documentary for quite some time until they felt it was ready for release in 1998, which was well received by their fans.
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We want to see it again.
The author would like to see it again tomorrow.
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Microsoft's position is a reflection of an economic phenomenon often referred to as network externalities (a k a positive economic feedback or increasing returns to scale).
Microsoft has held their position for the past decade and won't budge on it.
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You get to a hotel room in your travel-stained sweater, shirt, and pants, and drop all these down a chute.
Your hotel room has a laundry chute in it.
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If he vetoes that, the president will have shut down the government.
A veto will keep the government open.
contradiction
They celebrate the U.S. women's comparative innocence.
The women are generally despised.
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By contrast, many nerds can be handsome (Gore) or self-confident to the point of arrogance (Gates, Gingrich).
Many nerds can be good looking and cocky.
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Microsoft is reaching out to computer novices , says a piece.
Microsoft prefers to ignore unexperienced computer users
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If I write a new diagnosis in a patient's chart, I have to indicate what I plan to do about it.
Doctor's forget to write the diagnosis in their clients charts.
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Twenty-five years ago, Pennsylvania pinball machines displayed this for entertainment purposes only.
The display was known to obstruct the ball shooter, leading to complaints from avid players.
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Rain will fall from Idaho to Georgia.
It will rain in Idaho and Georgia.
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The superficial The even split of many of his assets vindicates her argument and bodes well for corporate wives.
Corporate wives who wants to divorce from their husbands rarely obtain any of their assets
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Some of my friends in the financial industry think that hedge funds were not just a , but the source of instability in the late crisis.
Some people think hedge funds caused instability.
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Degas, according to Daniel Halevy, carried his camera as proudly as a child carrying a rifle.
Degas continues to carry his camera as an adult.
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We are supposed to believe that Pitt's Harrer has learned to be a better person; offered as proof is his changed attitude toward his son, Rolf (whose name in real life is Peter).
Pitt Harrer never had any children.
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In New York, for example, where more than half the city's current population is foreign-born, immigrants have helped renew Koreans and Chinese have revitalized Flushing, Queens; as have Russian Jews Brighton Beach; Caribbeans Flatbush; and Dominicans and Irish Washington Heights.
Immigrants bring more good than bad to New York.
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1 bank in loans, deposits, business lending (large and small), and ATMs (15,000);
This bank does many different things.
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And bicycles, once the vigorous instruments of suburban freedom, are rarely spotted in the playground; parents fear for their kids in heavy suburban traffic.
Children don't play at playgrounds much anymore.
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[Hersh has] disassembled and obliterated his own career and reputation.
Hersh has done something to destroy his career and reputation.
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By then Gore will be campaigning seriously, distancing himself from Clinton, and running macho ads; Bradley will have defined his big ideas and endured the inevitable media backlash to his current rave notices; and the voters will actually be paying attention.
Gore intends to distance himself from Clinton.
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Listen, I really don't want to criticize.
I get such a thrill when I lambast you with vicious vitriol.
contradiction
Between 1989 and 1993, 48,000 students received Pell Grant overpayments; 35,000 received Pell Grants from two separate schools simultaneously; and 101,000 students, ineligible for Pell Grants because they had defaulted on federally guaranteed loans, received them anyway.
The people who received the money all knowingly did so to defraud the government.
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Time says that space tourism has a new former astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Aldrin is a new member of space tourism.
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Nonetheless, his book is a valuable contribution to the debate, because it gives those with experience an abstract architectural plan against which to evaluate today's imperfect reality of criminal justice.
His book means little to the context of the debate.
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Rediscovering Arendt's public-private split wouldn't necessarily entail abandoning the feminist notion that the personal is political.
It is classically patriarchal to introduce one's personal issues at the political sphere.
contradiction
The addition of Chrysler may help change that approach, but how remains to be seen.
The company with the logo of wings was a new player in the car group.
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Buying a new tie would be fun, not an obsessive, central, tail-wagging-the-dog-of-life activity.
Buying a new tie is the highest point in the day of many people
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Fearing his powers might be waning as he approached 30, Nash decided he would solve the most important unresolved problem in the Riemann Zeta conjecture.
Nash decided to solve the most important unresolved problem in the Riemann Zeta conjecture as he feared his powers might diminish by 30.
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But a few chapters later, Ann overhears her mother talking on the phone to Dr. Spritzer, and
The doctor was talking to Ann's mom about her prognosis.
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Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour, too, is working on behalf of the companies involved in the settlement, and he deserves as much scorn as his Democratic counterparts.
The Republicans and Democrats tried not to work for the opposite side of the companies in the settlement.
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How could an economist of Greenspan's sophistication fumble such important questions in such an unsophisticated manner?
Alan Greenspan served as Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1981 to 2001.
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Perhaps we are now seeing a new social phenomenon--trophy kids.
Trophy kids are something that just came about.
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Submitting a decision to the U.S.
A decision is submitted.
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Click here to sign up for e-mail delivery.
The emails will be sent regularly every week
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The article leaves the impression that Huffington is quite confused and a bit dull.
Huffington had a bit too much to drink last night.
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Instead, it's the company that owns the name that dictates the terms.
The company's employees are very proud of their brand's influence on economy.
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At various points in the film, Harrer thinks longingly of Rolf and writes him letters.
Rolf was married and never replied Harrer's letters.
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I don't envy next year's teen-sex filmmaker the challenge of topping the pie scene or the cloudy glass of beer bit.
Teen-sex movies tend to be raunchy and over-the-top.
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In particular, an increase in the savings rate will translate into higher investment after all, because the Fed will make sure that it does.
The Fed will make sure an increase in the savings rate will translated into a higher investment rate.
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Monica Lewinsky (Exhibit A, Lewinsky diary, Page 45).
Monika Lewinski had a large diary.
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Is Lee Harvey Oswald in his grave or in Russia?
Lee Harvey Oswald's death is uncertain.
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The American left has gone international to win a phony treaty that curbs greenhouse gases, Kristol alleged, because they can't accomplish their goal domestically.
Kristol alleged,The American lefts goals weren't able to be accomplished domestically.
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Her delivery isn't moist--it's prickly and blunt, and she can jabber convincingly, so that the jabbering takes on a life of its own and leaves her (sometimes horrified) in the dust.
Her jabbering can get a bit out of hand at times.
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At the same time it would teach today's youth about the real-life value of the Second Amendment.
The Second Amendment has less value to youth today than of the past.
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Music that conjures up a sense of suspended time and a still, suburban afterglow seems a perfect occasion for its debut.
The music debuted with a sense of suspended time.
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Paying homage to the great war photographer's courage and talent, he nonetheless notes the conflicting stories of the photo's origins, Capa's own silence about the image in his writings, and other writers' questions.
Robert Capa is one of the most famous war photographers
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Our campaigns often end up doing the very opposite of what they intend, Bradley laments.
The man talked about their campaigns doing exactly what they expected.
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The play recounts Wilde's downfall, says USA Today 's David Patrick Stearns, with the inevitability and much of the monumentality of a Greek tragedy.
USA Today 's David Patrick Stearns' article about the Greek tragedy, was found to be very informative amongst his readers.
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