tasksource/lingnli · Datasets at Hugging Face

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It's not hard to see why they use it.	It is a necessary tool to have around.	neutral
Kurds constitute only 10 percent of Iran's population; their culture and language are much closer to Iran's than they are to Turkey's or Iraq's; and Iranian governments have permitted them limited cultural expression, though no political autonomy.	Iran has permitted Kurds political autonomy.	contradiction
Critics praise her eclectic style--funk, blues, soul, and dance--and dwell on her racy lyrics.	Her eclectic style was marked by racy lyrics.	entailment
Not only do thousands of economists agree on something, but what they agree on is the warm and cuddly idea that we should do more to protect the environment.	Economists consider protection of the environment to be unimportant.	contradiction
is that it sometimes finds those answers too predictably.	It's been a recurring observation that the solutions are easily foreseen.	entailment
At the Naval Academy, McCain was nicknamed Punk, and that's what he is.	Punk was McCain's nickname at the Naval Academy.	entailment
For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.	Students can grade themselves at the University of California.	contradiction
A special place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis.	One of the places in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to Anthony Lewis.	entailment
How do you know if your daughter is on steroids?	They want to know the signs that their child is on steroids.	entailment
When you see Bradley, you see a naturally diffident man talking about how he would like to run for president and fretting about the distance between his ideal campaign and the real one.	Bradley is a female.	contradiction
What happened to Rocker's right to free (albeit despicable) speech?	Rocker had a right to free speech.	entailment
In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.	Nicholas Lemann berates in the review.	contradiction
It discourages close scrutiny and too many questions.	It discourages too many answers.	contradiction
Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.	Stern is unhappy that his career as a DJ is included in the Rolling Stone.	neutral
Death of a Salesman , his greatest play, is about the devastating effects of professional failure.	Death of a Salesman is considered to be his best work.	entailment
Not as big a deal as the Pulitzers yet, but in the ballpark.	It is almost as big a deal as the Pulitzers.	entailment
Consider just the Pell Grants for students who have already defaulted on past That one mistake cost $210 million.	Pell grants have cost a lot of money in defaults.	entailment
They play host to terrorist groups, yet wax indignant when terrorists hijack an aircraft.	Terrorists just like to ride on airplanes, and would never dream of hurting people.	contradiction
To track all of this month's four-star movies, check out the TV-Now website Four Star Movies February TV Schedule.	The TV-Now website is used regularly by movie critics.	neutral
The movie reveals what such a society could be like and what a horror it would be.	The society depicted in the movie is better than what we have now.	contradiction
Pennebaker made about Dylan's previous European tour in 1965, Eat the Document , which was edited by Dylan himself, is a pointless coda.	In 1965, Bob Dylan's European tour "Eat the Document" was edited by himself.	entailment
Lipinski's camp quickly unveiled her Web site and booked her on television talk shows.	Lipinski has been planning the web site for years.	neutral
And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man, so maybe I should take him to a good stylist who would no doubt be, as so many of them are, gay.	Jacob's brother is gay.	neutral
Variety reported that Harvey once locked a producer in a Cannes hotel room until the producer sold Miramax the rights to distribute his film.	Miramax sold Harvey the rights to distribute the film.	contradiction
He's got plenty of name recognition.	He has low name recognition.	contradiction
That, of course, is precisely why Java has become such fertile ground for cyberevangelism.	This is why the fertile ground of Java is completely clear of cyberevangelism.	contradiction
It's like campaign-finance reform--the people who control it are products of the system, says online voting evangelist Marc Strassman.	Marc Strassman encourages voting.	entailment
Of course, in some sense Dunlap must think that growth is important, because otherwise he wouldn't have spent billions of dollars to buy Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands.	Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands grow very fast in value.	neutral
You can catch the final nine hours this evening.	The finale will be 9 hours.	entailment
It's not that hard to imagine a similar message being sent home by someone investigating what happened to Tsingtao.	What happened to Tsingtao is easy to imagine.	neutral
Once flight capabilities are established and demonstrated in a motion picture, they must be used consistently and logically throughout, without regard to the convenience of the filmmakers.	So I hear that filmmakers change up a lot of flight capabilities in their movies.	contradiction
Israelis sided with the Serbs against the Croats, who had been truly monstrous toward Jews during the war.	Most Israelis fought against the Serbs during the war.	contradiction
Falwell, I had just finished reading a novelistic treatment of these events, Assassins , which is subtitled Jerusalem, Antichrist . Assassins is the sixth book in the Left Behind series, left behind referring to those unfortunate nonevangelical Christians who are not taken up to heaven in the Rapture--the opening act in God's end days plan--and are forced to contend with the Antichrist's evil reign on Earth.	Assassins is the second book in the Left Behind series.	contradiction
Finally, we can try to remove temptation, by avoiding policy initiatives that make it easy for politicians to play favorites.	Politician's can find new ways to play favorites despite the changes.	neutral
From this perspective, Clinton has yet to get with the program.	Clinton has very good reason for not getting with the program	neutral
Nigeria then sent troops to challenge the coup, evidently to restore the president and repair Nigeria's corrupt image abroad.	Nigeria didn't have any troops to send to fight the coup.	contradiction
As in his Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), the outcome of every scene is predictable, but how Zaillian gets from beat to beat is surprisingly fresh.	The predictability affected the review to the point that the movie was ruined to the critic.	neutral
But anyway, that is all beside the point.	This has nothing to do with the subject.	entailment
A story on the JonBenet Ramsey case says her parents are not the only suspects.	Ramsey's parents are the primary suspects in this case.	neutral
That I don't want it to end.	The author wants it to end right now.	contradiction
Another school of thought contends that faith and reason occupy two different realms of knowing.	The majority of Christians believe that faith and reason are coexistent.	neutral
With this retrospective, the newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig a k a Weegee (1899-1968) is judged a technical virtuoso, a great artist, and an inspiration to his followers.	Weegee did not like to take photos.	contradiction
So long as China continues to develop, Hong Kong will get a substantial chunk of that growth.	China and Hong Kong are inversely correlated.	contradiction
CNN's Bob Franken declared that Starr and the Jones team were joined at the hip.	Bob Franken's declaration about Starr and the Jones team, drew a lot of attention and had individuals talking about the implications of the groups' union.	neutral
Last June, the Supreme Court ruled that political parties (as well as PACs, interest groups, and individuals) can make unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates.	The decision would mean that all political spending would have a firm cap per donor.	contradiction
At the Pentagon, real-world combat requirements come first--except when they don't.	Real world combat requirements are discussed with the President	neutral
The fact that voters can and do reject incumbents will strike them as an epiphany.	The disrespecting of current position holders is lost to citizens.	contradiction
On one occasion recounted by the author, a woman rented a horse, stripped naked, and arrived at the door, Lady Godiva-style.	Riding a horse while being naked doesn't offer enough grip for the majority of people	neutral
I wonder if we actually disagree, or if my solutions just didn't occur to you.	They are interested in knowing if you agree with them.	entailment
It is hard to imagine a smaller step than the one Greenspan took.	Greenspan didn't do absolutely anything.	contradiction
Overhype is, in its way, a strategically brilliant term.	Overhype is a bad term to use for strategic reasons.	contradiction
Paul's statement that this is simple and reasonable does not make it right.	Sometimes the right thing might also be not very reasonable	neutral
Being loyal Republicans, Lamar's contributors talk about such happenings only obliquely.	Regarding the matter, those giving contributions prefer to keep it on the hush-hush.	neutral
I don't want to belabor that point (though it is fun, as all the They should have seen it coming headlines on stories about Inphomation's bankruptcy suggest).	Inphomation's bankruptcy was on the front page of the New York Times.	neutral
The gentle giant plays with a tiny mouse-- Of Mice and Men . The stricken executioner gets blessed by his beatific sacrifice-- Billy Budd . You could add a score of prison movies, along with E.T. (1982), Starman (1984), and even some vigilante pictures.	The same composer worked on Of Mice and Men, ET, and Starman.	neutral
Latin American gangs routinely kidnap rich foreign executives and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.	Since foreign executives are often targeted by Latin American gangs, they have begun to increase their security detail, which has helped limit the number of executives being taken.	neutral
That would, in effect, penalize companies for efficiency and productivity.	Companies would be unfairly penelized.	entailment
The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft.	The fact is that I view the world as soft.	entailment
She was a mother and thirty-three years old, and it seemed to her that everyone, especially someone the baker's age--a man old enough to be her father--must have children who'd gone through this special time of cakes and birthday parties.	The baker had children of his own.	neutral
Some even think that while Internet competition may drive prices down initially, prices will rise as sellers are matched with buyers and the market clears.	The internet is making it easier for sellers to find buyers and that will raise prices.	entailment
The personal destruction spin is a big winner.	The spin for personal destruction is a winner.	entailment
Keyes : Join me in a prayer to Our Creator.	Everyone bowed their heads and closed their eyes while praying.	neutral
Lose the dismal cover illustrations and return to having a lead review or cover essay.	The cover illustrations are happy-looking and beautiful.	contradiction
John maintains his innocence from death row.	Death Row wasn't a place John had to go, but his friend did.	neutral
In particular, he has spoken of Salon 's dedication to a mission of exposing important facts.	He releases the prominent statements to the news company.	contradiction
It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice.	The fellow was wrong at least two times.	entailment
And those damn video games.	The video games aren't liked because the lack creativity.	neutral
I do know that a couple of mornings with the Mach 3 has just about wiped the smirk off my face.	The Mach 3 is very difficult to operate.	neutral
By forbidding its dealers to compete with each other via prices, Schwinn forces them to compete with each other via quality of service, to the ultimate benefit of consumers.	Schwinn forced dealers to compete on service quality.	entailment
A year ago, the wife of the Oxford don noticed that the pattern on Kleenex quilted tissue uncannily resembled the Penrose Arrowed Rhombi tilings pattern, which Sir Roger had invented--and copyrighted--in 1974.	The heirs of Penrose Arrowed Rhombi are planning to sue Kleenex after this revelation.	neutral
But we don't give out drugs willy-nilly.	Anyone can get any drug they request.	contradiction
The Vermont Supreme Court granted gays greater partnership rights.	The court pushed an order today that made gay partnerships more restrictive.	contradiction
In preparation for our trip, I spent months studying Italian soccer on television.	I will be taking a trip to Italy and I have been studying Italian soccer on television.	entailment
Republican fund-raising hypocrisy 1) The Washington	The Democrats are claimed to be hypocrites.	contradiction
Babies, especially preemies, are more relaxed, have better digestion, and are generally happier when they are massaged.	Massages are very dangerous and harmful to babies.	contradiction
Navel-gazingly yours, Katharine	Katharine is finishing a love letter.	neutral
But editorialists said Nicholson had made the investigators' job comically easy (he even climbed into a car with diplomatic plates registered to the Russian Embassy) and, even so, hadn't been caught and busted soon enough.	The investigators' job is usually tough.	entailment
Monday through Thursday, we go to press with the next day's edition at about 5 p.m.	The next day's issue is printed around 5 p.m. and finishes around 7 p.m.	neutral
The rest of the night was no better.	The next evening was much better.	neutral
I'd just like to point out, in case you were planning a satirical musical comedy about the crisis in question, something you can do to a song from West Side Story : Korea, I've just met a place called Korea!	The West Side Story can never be portrayed as a satirical comedy.	contradiction
Editorialists agree that Milosevic is a treacherous butcher, but nobody knows how to stop him without a major bombing campaign, for which Europe and the United States lack the stomach.	Europe and the United States would assess their strategy in how to proceed forward in dealing with Milosevic in the future.	neutral
I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.	Paul Krugman writes funnies for the New York Post.	contradiction
Let's pause for a moment to map the nuances of that pitch.	The pitch was very straightforward and pedestrian.	contradiction
Mehta evidently loved William Shawn at least as much as Lillian Ross did, although his love was not requited in the same way.	Willian Shawn was beloved by many women	entailment
The Wall Street Journal noted that liquor-industry executives are disgruntled with the ban because it prevents them from competing on the tube with beer companies.	The executives had desired the ban for years.	contradiction
Speaking of Turkey, in honor of Thanksgiving Slate has published a full week's issue as of today (Wednesday, Nov. 26), two days early.	In honor of Christmas, Slate has published a full issue of it today.	contradiction
It is certainly not because he failed to get most of his policy proposals adopted.	The reason wasn't that his proposals of policies weren't implemented.	entailment
Alas, all he writes about, all he thinks about, all he wants to do, is give in to fat.	He occasionally will think about something else besides giving into fat.	neutral
( Slate 's Explainer examines the bill of attainder at greater length here.)	The bill had declared them guilty of murder.	neutral
So maybe the questions he proliferates here (here, unlike in his books, he questions the notion of a surgical strike, and here he wonders, Who has told us that it is OK to kill women and children?	The questions did not always focus on military actions.	neutral
His technique is too methodical and slow, she said.	With help from her he was able to make improvements to his technique.	neutral
Just two weeks ago, I watched him on Rivera Live spin the nation on the subject of the president and Monica Lewinsky's relationship.	Just three weeks ago, I watched him on Rivera Live, ignoring the subject of the president and Monica Lewinsky's relationship when questioned about it.	contradiction
I went to high school with Fred Fournier, and believe me there's nothing to admire.	They also went to college with Fred Fournier.	neutral
The modern mistake is to think that important things must be planned, sponsored, reviewed, or licensed by the government.	A modern mistake regards the government as being an onlooker in planning.	contradiction
Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?	There was no one better to explain to voters that the success of those running for office were reliant on him.	entailment
Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost.	Objectively, premature babies should be saved without consulting the price.	contradiction
Leave it to the Globe to conclude, JFK Jr, Slashed!	The conclusion that the Globe came up with had nothing to do with JFK Jr.	contradiction
A famous example is the Klein bottle, a kind of higher-dimensional Moebius strip whose inside is somehow the same as its outside.	A Klein bottle is a crazy illusion were two people's faces look the same, or maybe it's just a mirror.	contradiction
At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.	Mud is rare in Bangladesh.	contradiction
The two men have been joined forever in an intimacy deeper and more complex than that of blood or sex.	The two men were joined in intimacy forever.	entailment

It's not hard to see why they use it.

It is a necessary tool to have around.

neutral

Kurds constitute only 10 percent of Iran's population; their culture and language are much closer to Iran's than they are to Turkey's or Iraq's; and Iranian governments have permitted them limited cultural expression, though no political autonomy.

Iran has permitted Kurds political autonomy.

contradiction

Critics praise her eclectic style--funk, blues, soul, and dance--and dwell on her racy lyrics.

Her eclectic style was marked by racy lyrics.

entailment

Not only do thousands of economists agree on something, but what they agree on is the warm and cuddly idea that we should do more to protect the environment.

Economists consider protection of the environment to be unimportant.

contradiction

is that it sometimes finds those answers too predictably.

It's been a recurring observation that the solutions are easily foreseen.

entailment

At the Naval Academy, McCain was nicknamed Punk, and that's what he is.

Punk was McCain's nickname at the Naval Academy.

entailment

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

Students can grade themselves at the University of California.

contradiction

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

One of the places in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to Anthony Lewis.

entailment

How do you know if your daughter is on steroids?

They want to know the signs that their child is on steroids.

entailment

When you see Bradley, you see a naturally diffident man talking about how he would like to run for president and fretting about the distance between his ideal campaign and the real one.

Bradley is a female.

contradiction

What happened to Rocker's right to free (albeit despicable) speech?

Rocker had a right to free speech.

entailment

In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.

Nicholas Lemann berates in the review.

contradiction

It discourages close scrutiny and too many questions.

It discourages too many answers.

contradiction

Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.

Stern is unhappy that his career as a DJ is included in the Rolling Stone.

neutral

Death of a Salesman , his greatest play, is about the devastating effects of professional failure.

Death of a Salesman is considered to be his best work.

entailment

Not as big a deal as the Pulitzers yet, but in the ballpark.

It is almost as big a deal as the Pulitzers.

entailment

Consider just the Pell Grants for students who have already defaulted on past That one mistake cost $210 million.

Pell grants have cost a lot of money in defaults.

entailment

They play host to terrorist groups, yet wax indignant when terrorists hijack an aircraft.

Terrorists just like to ride on airplanes, and would never dream of hurting people.

contradiction

To track all of this month's four-star movies, check out the TV-Now website Four Star Movies February TV Schedule.

The TV-Now website is used regularly by movie critics.

neutral

The movie reveals what such a society could be like and what a horror it would be.

The society depicted in the movie is better than what we have now.

contradiction

Pennebaker made about Dylan's previous European tour in 1965, Eat the Document , which was edited by Dylan himself, is a pointless coda.

In 1965, Bob Dylan's European tour "Eat the Document" was edited by himself.

entailment

Lipinski's camp quickly unveiled her Web site and booked her on television talk shows.

Lipinski has been planning the web site for years.

neutral

And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man, so maybe I should take him to a good stylist who would no doubt be, as so many of them are, gay.

Jacob's brother is gay.

neutral

Variety reported that Harvey once locked a producer in a Cannes hotel room until the producer sold Miramax the rights to distribute his film.

Miramax sold Harvey the rights to distribute the film.

contradiction

He's got plenty of name recognition.

He has low name recognition.

contradiction

That, of course, is precisely why Java has become such fertile ground for cyberevangelism.

This is why the fertile ground of Java is completely clear of cyberevangelism.

contradiction

It's like campaign-finance reform--the people who control it are products of the system, says online voting evangelist Marc Strassman.

Marc Strassman encourages voting.

entailment

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

Coleman and First Alert and Signature Brands grow very fast in value.

neutral

You can catch the final nine hours this evening.

The finale will be 9 hours.

entailment

It's not that hard to imagine a similar message being sent home by someone investigating what happened to Tsingtao.

What happened to Tsingtao is easy to imagine.

neutral

Once flight capabilities are established and demonstrated in a motion picture, they must be used consistently and logically throughout, without regard to the convenience of the filmmakers.

So I hear that filmmakers change up a lot of flight capabilities in their movies.

contradiction

Israelis sided with the Serbs against the Croats, who had been truly monstrous toward Jews during the war.

Most Israelis fought against the Serbs during the war.

contradiction

Falwell, I had just finished reading a novelistic treatment of these events, Assassins , which is subtitled Jerusalem, Antichrist . Assassins is the sixth book in the Left Behind series, left behind referring to those unfortunate nonevangelical Christians who are not taken up to heaven in the Rapture--the opening act in God's end days plan--and are forced to contend with the Antichrist's evil reign on Earth.

Assassins is the second book in the Left Behind series.

contradiction

Finally, we can try to remove temptation, by avoiding policy initiatives that make it easy for politicians to play favorites.

Politician's can find new ways to play favorites despite the changes.

neutral

From this perspective, Clinton has yet to get with the program.

Clinton has very good reason for not getting with the program

neutral

Nigeria then sent troops to challenge the coup, evidently to restore the president and repair Nigeria's corrupt image abroad.

Nigeria didn't have any troops to send to fight the coup.

contradiction

As in his Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), the outcome of every scene is predictable, but how Zaillian gets from beat to beat is surprisingly fresh.

The predictability affected the review to the point that the movie was ruined to the critic.

neutral

But anyway, that is all beside the point.

This has nothing to do with the subject.

entailment

A story on the JonBenet Ramsey case says her parents are not the only suspects.

Ramsey's parents are the primary suspects in this case.

neutral

That I don't want it to end.

The author wants it to end right now.

contradiction

Another school of thought contends that faith and reason occupy two different realms of knowing.

The majority of Christians believe that faith and reason are coexistent.

neutral

With this retrospective, the newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig a k a Weegee (1899-1968) is judged a technical virtuoso, a great artist, and an inspiration to his followers.

Weegee did not like to take photos.

contradiction

So long as China continues to develop, Hong Kong will get a substantial chunk of that growth.

China and Hong Kong are inversely correlated.

contradiction

CNN's Bob Franken declared that Starr and the Jones team were joined at the hip.

Bob Franken's declaration about Starr and the Jones team, drew a lot of attention and had individuals talking about the implications of the groups' union.

neutral

Last June, the Supreme Court ruled that political parties (as well as PACs, interest groups, and individuals) can make unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates.

The decision would mean that all political spending would have a firm cap per donor.

contradiction

At the Pentagon, real-world combat requirements come first--except when they don't.

Real world combat requirements are discussed with the President

neutral

The fact that voters can and do reject incumbents will strike them as an epiphany.

The disrespecting of current position holders is lost to citizens.

contradiction

On one occasion recounted by the author, a woman rented a horse, stripped naked, and arrived at the door, Lady Godiva-style.

Riding a horse while being naked doesn't offer enough grip for the majority of people

neutral

I wonder if we actually disagree, or if my solutions just didn't occur to you.

They are interested in knowing if you agree with them.

entailment

It is hard to imagine a smaller step than the one Greenspan took.

Greenspan didn't do absolutely anything.

contradiction

Overhype is, in its way, a strategically brilliant term.

Overhype is a bad term to use for strategic reasons.

contradiction

Paul's statement that this is simple and reasonable does not make it right.

Sometimes the right thing might also be not very reasonable

neutral

Being loyal Republicans, Lamar's contributors talk about such happenings only obliquely.

Regarding the matter, those giving contributions prefer to keep it on the hush-hush.

neutral

I don't want to belabor that point (though it is fun, as all the They should have seen it coming headlines on stories about Inphomation's bankruptcy suggest).

Inphomation's bankruptcy was on the front page of the New York Times.

neutral

The gentle giant plays with a tiny mouse-- Of Mice and Men . The stricken executioner gets blessed by his beatific sacrifice-- Billy Budd . You could add a score of prison movies, along with E.T. (1982), Starman (1984), and even some vigilante pictures.

The same composer worked on Of Mice and Men, ET, and Starman.

neutral

Latin American gangs routinely kidnap rich foreign executives and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.

Since foreign executives are often targeted by Latin American gangs, they have begun to increase their security detail, which has helped limit the number of executives being taken.

neutral

That would, in effect, penalize companies for efficiency and productivity.

Companies would be unfairly penelized.

entailment

The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft.

The fact is that I view the world as soft.

entailment

She was a mother and thirty-three years old, and it seemed to her that everyone, especially someone the baker's age--a man old enough to be her father--must have children who'd gone through this special time of cakes and birthday parties.

The baker had children of his own.

neutral

Some even think that while Internet competition may drive prices down initially, prices will rise as sellers are matched with buyers and the market clears.

The internet is making it easier for sellers to find buyers and that will raise prices.

entailment

The personal destruction spin is a big winner.

The spin for personal destruction is a winner.

entailment

Keyes : Join me in a prayer to Our Creator.

Everyone bowed their heads and closed their eyes while praying.

neutral

Lose the dismal cover illustrations and return to having a lead review or cover essay.

The cover illustrations are happy-looking and beautiful.

contradiction

John maintains his innocence from death row.

Death Row wasn't a place John had to go, but his friend did.

neutral

In particular, he has spoken of Salon 's dedication to a mission of exposing important facts.

He releases the prominent statements to the news company.

contradiction

It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice.

The fellow was wrong at least two times.

entailment

And those damn video games.

The video games aren't liked because the lack creativity.

neutral

I do know that a couple of mornings with the Mach 3 has just about wiped the smirk off my face.

The Mach 3 is very difficult to operate.

neutral

By forbidding its dealers to compete with each other via prices, Schwinn forces them to compete with each other via quality of service, to the ultimate benefit of consumers.

Schwinn forced dealers to compete on service quality.

entailment

A year ago, the wife of the Oxford don noticed that the pattern on Kleenex quilted tissue uncannily resembled the Penrose Arrowed Rhombi tilings pattern, which Sir Roger had invented--and copyrighted--in 1974.

The heirs of Penrose Arrowed Rhombi are planning to sue Kleenex after this revelation.

neutral

But we don't give out drugs willy-nilly.

Anyone can get any drug they request.

contradiction

The Vermont Supreme Court granted gays greater partnership rights.

The court pushed an order today that made gay partnerships more restrictive.

contradiction

In preparation for our trip, I spent months studying Italian soccer on television.

I will be taking a trip to Italy and I have been studying Italian soccer on television.

entailment

Republican fund-raising hypocrisy 1) The Washington

The Democrats are claimed to be hypocrites.

contradiction

Babies, especially preemies, are more relaxed, have better digestion, and are generally happier when they are massaged.

Massages are very dangerous and harmful to babies.

contradiction

Navel-gazingly yours, Katharine

Katharine is finishing a love letter.

neutral

But editorialists said Nicholson had made the investigators' job comically easy (he even climbed into a car with diplomatic plates registered to the Russian Embassy) and, even so, hadn't been caught and busted soon enough.

The investigators' job is usually tough.

entailment

Monday through Thursday, we go to press with the next day's edition at about 5 p.m.

The next day's issue is printed around 5 p.m. and finishes around 7 p.m.

neutral

The rest of the night was no better.

The next evening was much better.

neutral

I'd just like to point out, in case you were planning a satirical musical comedy about the crisis in question, something you can do to a song from West Side Story : Korea, I've just met a place called Korea!

The West Side Story can never be portrayed as a satirical comedy.

contradiction

Editorialists agree that Milosevic is a treacherous butcher, but nobody knows how to stop him without a major bombing campaign, for which Europe and the United States lack the stomach.

Europe and the United States would assess their strategy in how to proceed forward in dealing with Milosevic in the future.

neutral

I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.

Paul Krugman writes funnies for the New York Post.

contradiction

Let's pause for a moment to map the nuances of that pitch.

The pitch was very straightforward and pedestrian.

contradiction

Mehta evidently loved William Shawn at least as much as Lillian Ross did, although his love was not requited in the same way.

Willian Shawn was beloved by many women

entailment

The Wall Street Journal noted that liquor-industry executives are disgruntled with the ban because it prevents them from competing on the tube with beer companies.

The executives had desired the ban for years.

contradiction

Speaking of Turkey, in honor of Thanksgiving Slate has published a full week's issue as of today (Wednesday, Nov. 26), two days early.

In honor of Christmas, Slate has published a full issue of it today.

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It is certainly not because he failed to get most of his policy proposals adopted.

The reason wasn't that his proposals of policies weren't implemented.

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Alas, all he writes about, all he thinks about, all he wants to do, is give in to fat.

He occasionally will think about something else besides giving into fat.

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( Slate 's Explainer examines the bill of attainder at greater length here.)

The bill had declared them guilty of murder.

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So maybe the questions he proliferates here (here, unlike in his books, he questions the notion of a surgical strike, and here he wonders, Who has told us that it is OK to kill women and children?

The questions did not always focus on military actions.

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His technique is too methodical and slow, she said.

With help from her he was able to make improvements to his technique.

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Just two weeks ago, I watched him on Rivera Live spin the nation on the subject of the president and Monica Lewinsky's relationship.

Just three weeks ago, I watched him on Rivera Live, ignoring the subject of the president and Monica Lewinsky's relationship when questioned about it.

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I went to high school with Fred Fournier, and believe me there's nothing to admire.

They also went to college with Fred Fournier.

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The modern mistake is to think that important things must be planned, sponsored, reviewed, or licensed by the government.

A modern mistake regards the government as being an onlooker in planning.

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

There was no one better to explain to voters that the success of those running for office were reliant on him.

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Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost.

Objectively, premature babies should be saved without consulting the price.

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Leave it to the Globe to conclude, JFK Jr, Slashed!

The conclusion that the Globe came up with had nothing to do with JFK Jr.

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A famous example is the Klein bottle, a kind of higher-dimensional Moebius strip whose inside is somehow the same as its outside.

A Klein bottle is a crazy illusion were two people's faces look the same, or maybe it's just a mirror.

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At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.

Mud is rare in Bangladesh.

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The two men have been joined forever in an intimacy deeper and more complex than that of blood or sex.

The two men were joined in intimacy forever.

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