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In 1984 Charles Murray wrote, in Losing Ground , that government programs sap the initiative of the black population, creating feelings of dependency and entitlement.	Losing Ground by Charles Murray is the best writing of it's time pertaining to black not feeling independent due to government programs.	neutral
For most American companies today, success depends on selling more of your product next year than you did this year.	Higher sales does not correlate to higher profit, necessarily.	neutral
The company could have monitored distribution better but didn't because it wanted to keep its hands clean, Hass has said.	This organization makes sure that the distribution is strictly monitored	contradiction
The movie made me remember why I like Holly Hunter.	The lead actress is my favorite.	neutral
This is kind of a different problem from what I've seen in your column, but here I am not yet 30 and continue to move up in my rather buttoned-up company, where most of the male executives are married to, shall we say, plain women.	I am still young and continue to move up in my company.	entailment
It is not overarching moral or political meaning that Didion has suddenly discovered.	Didion realized something that has nothing to do political meaning.	entailment
Get With It, Ye of Little Faith	One of little faith really has it together.	contradiction
Who says a creative-writing MFA is a sure path to permanent unemployment?	A MFA is available in creative-writing.	entailment
In the case of drug testing, however, the proposed warrantless blanket invasions of privacy serve only a symbolic value.	Warrantless drug testing is a breach of privacy.	entailment
If Evans and Novak want to capture the real Farrakhan, Pundit Central suggests that they accompany him to one of his rallies.	Evans and Novak may consider accompanying Farrakhan to a rally.	entailment
The private quarters, a k a the residence, occupy the second and third floors of the White House.	The majority of private rooms of the White House are in the upper floors	neutral
Critics mostly applaud this movie about a female necrophiliac who works in a funeral home.	The movie is despised by critics.	contradiction
Newsweek, which loves fad therapies, hypes natural Prozac.	Naturally derived Prozac is as successful as synthetic Prozac.	neutral
A weaker version of Chinook had previously lost to the legendary Marion Tinsley, a retired university math teacher considered the greatest checkers player of all time, who had to withdraw from a 1994 rematch because of the pancreatic cancer that eventually killed him.	Marion was average at checkers.	contradiction
After sampling more than 35 different toothpastes, my researchers and I came to some conclusions about taste.	There was less than 20 different toothpastes sampled.	contradiction
Didion has always been an expert on coolness, numbness, in hot climates.	Didion is also an expert on heating in cold climates.	neutral
Officials at the Justice Department and FISA Court deny that the latter is a rubber stamp, attributing Justice's winning percentage to rigorous internal review that weeds out bad applications before they're filed.	The Justice Department and FISA Court contest that the latter is an empty endorsement.	entailment
Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.	The Soccer Guy performed tricks and everyone left with their money.	contradiction
The assumption is that private investors who buy and sell won are depressing its value below its equilibrium rate.	There is an indication that private investigators who buy and sell are decreasing its value.	entailment
Unless Wanamaker was willing to pay double for reaching the right half of the people, his total ad spending would go down and not up.	Wanamaker chose to forgo trying to reach the right half of the people, which left his ad spending unchanged.	contradiction
After they're caught, they disappear for awhile, then re-emerge, apologize for their venality (usually to Larry King), and retake their place in the pantheon.	They mean their apology.	neutral
The Nazi flag of the opening scene has become a Tibetan one, which they place on the summit.	The flag with the swastika waved vigorously.	neutral
It is beyond me to chart the future byways of the digital revolution, but I'll venture one counterintuitive Electronic media will usher in a resurgence in the quality and value in handwriting.	It's ventured a resurgence in quality and value of handwriting may occur.	entailment
Based on this assessment, NATO has kept ground forces out of Kosovo, allowing atrocities to continue, and has kept its planes high above Serbian anti-aircraft batteries, limiting our pilots' ability to distinguish refugees from Serb forces on the ground.	NATO allowed atrocities to continue.	entailment
What this means is that the revenue from any new taxes on pollution could be used to reduce other taxes, such as Social Security contributions or the income tax (but not, of course, the capital-gains tax).	This is the way that Social Security shall be saved.	neutral
You get to a hotel room in your travel-stained sweater, shirt, and pants, and drop all these down a chute.	A butler takes your laundry from you at the hotel.	contradiction
Living poets will continue to be eligible as well.	Living poets are ineligible.	contradiction
Avis' profits jumped 35 percent in the first six months of employee ownership, and the company remained profitable for the next decade.	Employee ownership has been positive for Avis	entailment
Moreover, after Gerth's article the White House released a series of documents detailing the decision.	The text in the White House documents is misinformation.	neutral
Clinton was 36 at the time of his alleged affair with the 21-year-old Ward.	Clinton is in a monotonous relationship with his wife.	contradiction
As a result, sentences are short and clear, often brilliantly compressed.	A smart person wrote the sentences.	entailment
If there is ever to be one, it will have to resemble this treaty at least surprise inspections of suspicious sites, the economic and moral ostracism of nations that don't cooperate, etc.	The outcome of this hinges on it's resemblance to this treaty.	entailment
So does that of my fellow general editor, Nelly MacKay.	Nelly MacKay is a legislative editor.	contradiction
His name-dropping is almost pathological, says one friend.	His name-dropping is like a narcotic, one of his friends mentioned.	entailment
Mambo Italiano, and my personal favorite, Oooh, Bang, Jiggily Jang.	I like to dance to Mambo Italiano.	neutral
No, it's something more amorphous, like, Who do you want to hear it from the next time a plane crashes or a world leader is assassinated?	The author proses a question as to who you want to hear breaking news from.	entailment
Clinton has no such out.	There are many opportunities for Clinton.	contradiction
Instead, they have been reduced to discussion about whether he is prone to tirades.	No one is talking about him because he is calm, cool, and collected.	contradiction
Stephen King dumped his longtime publisher, Viking, and is seeking more than $17 million for his new book.	The printing house discarded the famous author like used tissue.	contradiction
He set up a national e-mail tree designed to get people to send their friends in Iowa to Ames as Forbes supporters.	He supported Forbes in Iowa.	entailment
Charles Schulz need not fear death.	Charles Schulz might be scared to die	neutral
Time 's James Collins calls it pretty good, gooey, yearning, adolescent fun, and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker calls it a solid weekly soap opera.	There were other reviewers who found it equally as good.	neutral
Mossad, which employs about 1,200 people, now has difficulty competing with private-sector recruiters . Its early agents were well-educated, European-born cosmopolitans who ran the agency like an exclusive club.	Mossad got competition from private sectors in matters of intelligence collection	entailment
Ultimately, what I say in my defense is completely meaningless.	The author truly believes that what he says is useless.	neutral
An unmarried dependent student qualifies before age 23, as does any adult child who acquired a physical or mental disability before age 21;	A child who was disabled before 21 qualifies for free health care.	neutral
But where would those two applicants have ranked if blacks had not been enslaved and discriminated against?	The two applicants may have ranked differently if blacks had not been enslaved and discriminated against.	neutral
Tim, we never should have got into this quagmire, but now we have no choice but to ...	They shouldn't of gotten into this predicament.	entailment
But the screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy ( The Full Monty ), has a thing about bringing macho men down to earth with a thud.	Simon Beaufoy idealize macho men	contradiction
Upgrading to Next Day Air does NOT [their emphasis] mean you'll get your order the next day.	Expect a package tomorrow if you upgrade to next day air.	contradiction
The healing of the Gifford marriage is now complete, and Frank will never cheat again.	Frank cheated the very next day.	contradiction
The first, as many of you did, is to take the competition improbably downscale--mixing implausible amounts of sex and/or violence into the competition.	The competition was about sex and violence.	contradiction
The first, as many of you did, is to take the competition improbably downscale--mixing implausible amounts of sex and/or violence into the competition.	The competition was mixed with implausible amounts of sex.	entailment
Reporters tried to provoke Bush into making news or embarrassing his hosts, while ignoring the social policy issues on his agenda.	Bush often ignored the reporters so he could address his social policies.	neutral
Junger is grimly precise about the mechanics of drowning, says Time 's John Skow.	There are several mechanics of drowning.	neutral
Both mags also cover hot, new drug Ginkgo biloba.	Interest in ginkgo biloba peaked decades ago.	contradiction
Mir's life span has been extended well past what it was designed for, as Russia cannot afford a replacement.	Mir has proven to live longer than was thought.	entailment
Safire suggests that Janet Reno should have asked to see the president alone, warned him unequivocally of the penetration, enlisted his aid in the investigation--or, if she thought it necessary, read him his rights.	Safire suggested many things to Janet Reno.	entailment
Yes, said Emanuel after the HRC speech.	Following the speech, Emanuel denied it.	contradiction
They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.	George Bush wants to be Al Gore's best friend and Vice President.	contradiction
If content is king, Dexter reasoned, then King should be content.	Dexter made a play on words to describe why King should be content.	entailment
There is the rejection letter I received from George , which he was too modest to put his own name on.	George had someone else put their name on the rejection letter.	neutral
But in anything as complicated as aviation or romance, there are infinite possibilities for debacle.	The chance of a disaster can never be ruled out when dealing with aviation.	entailment
(Perkins did not respond to several requests for an interview.)	Perkins will immediately accommodate every interview request.	contradiction
The best parts of Conley's book are about deep, institutional resistance to the way that otherwise admirable male professors understandably draw on their training of 20 years ago, which assumed the 70 kilogram male body as the human norm and left them totally ignorant of female health problems; the way training in elite specialties like neurosurgery still promotes a specific kind of cowboy bravado, which encourages women to bail out for gynecology.	Conley has done more research has on women's health problems since his book was published.	neutral
I never spoke to my aunt, and I am not a student of the large literature by and about her.	I spoke to my aunt recently, and am a great student of the large volumes of literature about her.	contradiction
Much of the liberal Catholic case against the pope deals with sexuality.	The claims around sexuality are directed at the pope.	neutral
If I fill in my name and cash it, I pay tax.	It's tax free so you can put your name on it and cash it.	contradiction
Lindbergh openly admired Hitler, cozied up to Hermann Goering, and branded Jews as un-American agitators who used their alleged power to attain their parochial ends.	Lindbergh idolize Hitler, and embraced Hermann Goering, while being in strong opposition to the Jews.	entailment
Readers are of course invited to submit their candidates to the Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes at [email protected].	Candidates are nominated by the readers.	entailment
At the Pentagon, real-world combat requirements come first--except when they don't.	Real world combat requirements have usually high priority on the Pentagon	entailment
Is it the right-wing commissar Norquist, who defied subpoenas from the Thompson Committee about his role laundering campaign contributions for the Republican National Committee (he is contemptuous of the law)?	Norquist defied subpoenas and was a right-wing comissar.	entailment
Does W. agree with this sentiment?	W. was asked whether or not they agree with the opinion that was expressed.	neutral
The girls who believe the scarves mean freedom may in fact be blinded by them.	The scarves mean freedom to the girls who believe in them but they may in fact be blinded by them.	entailment
Wolfe doesn't see himself as primarily a satirist.	Wolfe has little satire in his work.	neutral
He is a sort of vanguard, and follows her upon exiting.	Being a vanguard, upon exiting he sort of follows her	neutral
While it makes no sense to worry that you are living well at your grandchildren's expense, you might legitimately worry that someone else is living well at your grandchildren's expense.	It makes no sense to worry about living well.	neutral
In his second week as press scourge, Steve Brill remains a hot topic.	Steve Brill is barely mentioned these days, especially his last two weeks as the new press scourge.	contradiction
Critics praise her eclectic style--funk, blues, soul, and dance--and dwell on her racy lyrics.	The lyrics made her a controversial figure at the time.	neutral
In March, he dismissed Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin and replaced him with a 35-year-old political neophyte, Sergei Kiriyenko.	He was unhappy with the job the prime minister did, so he replaced hi..	entailment
It's not what management theorist Tom Peters sees as the company of the future, a floating network/crap game.	The company of the future is difficult to judge.	neutral
As any 10-year-old knows (and game theorists can now elaborately prove), three-person secrets are particularly troublesome in this regard, because nobody can ever pinpoint which of the other two might have cheated.	It's easy to understand who misbehaved when you share a secret with two people	contradiction
Scientists were once ostracized for holding religious beliefs but can now worship without embarrassment.	The past was an easier time to be an openly religious person of science.	contradiction
If I lose, then it's a reflection on the whole family.	My family will be disappointed in me.	neutral
Possession of a firearm or destructive device (i.e.	destructive devices could include blunt objects.	neutral
Sticking ice axes in the sides of mountains is a pretty stupid way to get to 29,000 feet as well.	Over two hundred mountain peaks ascend higher than 29,000 feet above sea level.	contradiction
If granny needed an operation, there went the tuition for junior's college.	Even with grandma's operation, Junior would still be able to go to college.	contradiction
Broder and Waas say they have spoken with two ex- Spectator employees who anonymously corroborate Mann and Rand's assertion that the Arkansas Project paid Hale.	Spectator employees corroborate that Broder and Waas paid Hale.	contradiction
particular national We are simultaneously subject to every other national jurisdiction.	The jurisdiction is also shared with a local one.	neutral
In the United States in 1996, big organizations funded the general election sites that everyone used--ABC, the Washington Post , and the National Journal fathered PoliticsNow, and Time and CNN sired AllPolitics -- and most major papers and TV channels, notably the new MSNBC, had election pages.	In 1916, the general election was cancelled.	contradiction
Fine, then simply means test it.	No tests are possible.	contradiction
Good economic news, as the man once said, always comes bundled with bad.	There is no such thing as only good economic news.	entailment
He was a very spiritual man, seeor . Some of the birds, however, would just fly straight up and dive down into the ground, embedding their beaks like the Daffy Duck of the gringo cartoon features.	The birds would burrow into the soil in a cartoonish fashion.	entailment
It's OK, Leo Strauss Was a Devoted Someone should slip Kenneth Starr a tape of this week's This Week , where Kristol admits to being eliminated from the office NCAA pool.	The office NCAA pool eliminated Kristol.	entailment
There will be no Revenge of the Nebbishes , no nebbish liberation.	Nebbish liberation will not occur.	entailment
The technology might usefully be applied in local races, in which it's hard to sort out the platform of every potential state senator, judge, school board official, and city council member.	Local races encounter the challenge of categorizing the platform of individual candidates.	entailment
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.	Arthur did photographs and other types of art.	neutral
--Associated Press story of Wednesday, Oct. 27, describing the efforts of Clinton aide Harold Ickes on behalf of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s campaign for Congress.	The story by the AP on the 27th of October discussed Harold Ickes, Clinton's aide, and Jesse Jackson Jr.	entailment
Reno opposed some of these policies internally but had too little influence to stop them.	While the policies were hurtful to Reno, they were a net positive for the state as a whole.	neutral
The three newsmagazines reconstruct the Heaven's Gate suicide, trace the cult's history, and link it to burgeoning New Age spiritualism.	The three newsmagazines want to burry the Heaven's Gate suicide story.	contradiction
Joe Biden, D-Del., betrayed the No, I don't think we can negotiate with him--if you mean can we, in fact, work out something other than those minimal demands that were stated by NATO.	Joe Biden was loyal to the No and can be negotiated with.	contradiction

In 1984 Charles Murray wrote, in Losing Ground , that government programs sap the initiative of the black population, creating feelings of dependency and entitlement.

Losing Ground by Charles Murray is the best writing of it's time pertaining to black not feeling independent due to government programs.

neutral

For most American companies today, success depends on selling more of your product next year than you did this year.

Higher sales does not correlate to higher profit, necessarily.

neutral

The company could have monitored distribution better but didn't because it wanted to keep its hands clean, Hass has said.

This organization makes sure that the distribution is strictly monitored

contradiction

The movie made me remember why I like Holly Hunter.

The lead actress is my favorite.

neutral

This is kind of a different problem from what I've seen in your column, but here I am not yet 30 and continue to move up in my rather buttoned-up company, where most of the male executives are married to, shall we say, plain women.

I am still young and continue to move up in my company.

entailment

It is not overarching moral or political meaning that Didion has suddenly discovered.

Didion realized something that has nothing to do political meaning.

entailment

Get With It, Ye of Little Faith

One of little faith really has it together.

contradiction

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

A MFA is available in creative-writing.

entailment

In the case of drug testing, however, the proposed warrantless blanket invasions of privacy serve only a symbolic value.

Warrantless drug testing is a breach of privacy.

entailment

If Evans and Novak want to capture the real Farrakhan, Pundit Central suggests that they accompany him to one of his rallies.

Evans and Novak may consider accompanying Farrakhan to a rally.

entailment

The private quarters, a k a the residence, occupy the second and third floors of the White House.

The majority of private rooms of the White House are in the upper floors

neutral

Critics mostly applaud this movie about a female necrophiliac who works in a funeral home.

The movie is despised by critics.

contradiction

Newsweek, which loves fad therapies, hypes natural Prozac.

Naturally derived Prozac is as successful as synthetic Prozac.

neutral

A weaker version of Chinook had previously lost to the legendary Marion Tinsley, a retired university math teacher considered the greatest checkers player of all time, who had to withdraw from a 1994 rematch because of the pancreatic cancer that eventually killed him.

Marion was average at checkers.

contradiction

After sampling more than 35 different toothpastes, my researchers and I came to some conclusions about taste.

There was less than 20 different toothpastes sampled.

contradiction

Didion has always been an expert on coolness, numbness, in hot climates.

Didion is also an expert on heating in cold climates.

neutral

Officials at the Justice Department and FISA Court deny that the latter is a rubber stamp, attributing Justice's winning percentage to rigorous internal review that weeds out bad applications before they're filed.

The Justice Department and FISA Court contest that the latter is an empty endorsement.

entailment

Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.

The Soccer Guy performed tricks and everyone left with their money.

contradiction

The assumption is that private investors who buy and sell won are depressing its value below its equilibrium rate.

There is an indication that private investigators who buy and sell are decreasing its value.

entailment

Unless Wanamaker was willing to pay double for reaching the right half of the people, his total ad spending would go down and not up.

Wanamaker chose to forgo trying to reach the right half of the people, which left his ad spending unchanged.

contradiction

After they're caught, they disappear for awhile, then re-emerge, apologize for their venality (usually to Larry King), and retake their place in the pantheon.

They mean their apology.

neutral

The Nazi flag of the opening scene has become a Tibetan one, which they place on the summit.

The flag with the swastika waved vigorously.

neutral

It is beyond me to chart the future byways of the digital revolution, but I'll venture one counterintuitive Electronic media will usher in a resurgence in the quality and value in handwriting.

It's ventured a resurgence in quality and value of handwriting may occur.

entailment

Based on this assessment, NATO has kept ground forces out of Kosovo, allowing atrocities to continue, and has kept its planes high above Serbian anti-aircraft batteries, limiting our pilots' ability to distinguish refugees from Serb forces on the ground.

NATO allowed atrocities to continue.

entailment

What this means is that the revenue from any new taxes on pollution could be used to reduce other taxes, such as Social Security contributions or the income tax (but not, of course, the capital-gains tax).

This is the way that Social Security shall be saved.

neutral

You get to a hotel room in your travel-stained sweater, shirt, and pants, and drop all these down a chute.

A butler takes your laundry from you at the hotel.

contradiction

Living poets will continue to be eligible as well.

Living poets are ineligible.

contradiction

Avis' profits jumped 35 percent in the first six months of employee ownership, and the company remained profitable for the next decade.

Employee ownership has been positive for Avis

entailment

Moreover, after Gerth's article the White House released a series of documents detailing the decision.

The text in the White House documents is misinformation.

neutral

Clinton was 36 at the time of his alleged affair with the 21-year-old Ward.

Clinton is in a monotonous relationship with his wife.

contradiction

As a result, sentences are short and clear, often brilliantly compressed.

A smart person wrote the sentences.

entailment

If there is ever to be one, it will have to resemble this treaty at least surprise inspections of suspicious sites, the economic and moral ostracism of nations that don't cooperate, etc.

The outcome of this hinges on it's resemblance to this treaty.

entailment

So does that of my fellow general editor, Nelly MacKay.

Nelly MacKay is a legislative editor.

contradiction

His name-dropping is almost pathological, says one friend.

His name-dropping is like a narcotic, one of his friends mentioned.

entailment

Mambo Italiano, and my personal favorite, Oooh, Bang, Jiggily Jang.

I like to dance to Mambo Italiano.

neutral

No, it's something more amorphous, like, Who do you want to hear it from the next time a plane crashes or a world leader is assassinated?

The author proses a question as to who you want to hear breaking news from.

entailment

Clinton has no such out.

There are many opportunities for Clinton.

contradiction

Instead, they have been reduced to discussion about whether he is prone to tirades.

No one is talking about him because he is calm, cool, and collected.

contradiction

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

The printing house discarded the famous author like used tissue.

contradiction

He set up a national e-mail tree designed to get people to send their friends in Iowa to Ames as Forbes supporters.

He supported Forbes in Iowa.

entailment

Charles Schulz need not fear death.

Charles Schulz might be scared to die

neutral

Time 's James Collins calls it pretty good, gooey, yearning, adolescent fun, and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker calls it a solid weekly soap opera.

There were other reviewers who found it equally as good.

neutral

Mossad, which employs about 1,200 people, now has difficulty competing with private-sector recruiters . Its early agents were well-educated, European-born cosmopolitans who ran the agency like an exclusive club.

Mossad got competition from private sectors in matters of intelligence collection

entailment

Ultimately, what I say in my defense is completely meaningless.

The author truly believes that what he says is useless.

neutral

An unmarried dependent student qualifies before age 23, as does any adult child who acquired a physical or mental disability before age 21;

A child who was disabled before 21 qualifies for free health care.

neutral

But where would those two applicants have ranked if blacks had not been enslaved and discriminated against?

The two applicants may have ranked differently if blacks had not been enslaved and discriminated against.

neutral

Tim, we never should have got into this quagmire, but now we have no choice but to ...

They shouldn't of gotten into this predicament.

entailment

But the screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy ( The Full Monty ), has a thing about bringing macho men down to earth with a thud.

Simon Beaufoy idealize macho men

contradiction

Upgrading to Next Day Air does NOT [their emphasis] mean you'll get your order the next day.

Expect a package tomorrow if you upgrade to next day air.

contradiction

The healing of the Gifford marriage is now complete, and Frank will never cheat again.

Frank cheated the very next day.

contradiction

The first, as many of you did, is to take the competition improbably downscale--mixing implausible amounts of sex and/or violence into the competition.

The competition was about sex and violence.

contradiction

The first, as many of you did, is to take the competition improbably downscale--mixing implausible amounts of sex and/or violence into the competition.

The competition was mixed with implausible amounts of sex.

entailment

Reporters tried to provoke Bush into making news or embarrassing his hosts, while ignoring the social policy issues on his agenda.

Bush often ignored the reporters so he could address his social policies.

neutral

Junger is grimly precise about the mechanics of drowning, says Time 's John Skow.

There are several mechanics of drowning.

neutral

Both mags also cover hot, new drug Ginkgo biloba.

Interest in ginkgo biloba peaked decades ago.

contradiction

Mir's life span has been extended well past what it was designed for, as Russia cannot afford a replacement.

Mir has proven to live longer than was thought.

entailment

Safire suggests that Janet Reno should have asked to see the president alone, warned him unequivocally of the penetration, enlisted his aid in the investigation--or, if she thought it necessary, read him his rights.

Safire suggested many things to Janet Reno.

entailment

Yes, said Emanuel after the HRC speech.

Following the speech, Emanuel denied it.

contradiction

They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.

George Bush wants to be Al Gore's best friend and Vice President.

contradiction

If content is king, Dexter reasoned, then King should be content.

Dexter made a play on words to describe why King should be content.

entailment

There is the rejection letter I received from George , which he was too modest to put his own name on.

George had someone else put their name on the rejection letter.

neutral

But in anything as complicated as aviation or romance, there are infinite possibilities for debacle.

The chance of a disaster can never be ruled out when dealing with aviation.

entailment

(Perkins did not respond to several requests for an interview.)

Perkins will immediately accommodate every interview request.

contradiction

The best parts of Conley's book are about deep, institutional resistance to the way that otherwise admirable male professors understandably draw on their training of 20 years ago, which assumed the 70 kilogram male body as the human norm and left them totally ignorant of female health problems; the way training in elite specialties like neurosurgery still promotes a specific kind of cowboy bravado, which encourages women to bail out for gynecology.

Conley has done more research has on women's health problems since his book was published.

neutral

I never spoke to my aunt, and I am not a student of the large literature by and about her.

I spoke to my aunt recently, and am a great student of the large volumes of literature about her.

contradiction

Much of the liberal Catholic case against the pope deals with sexuality.

The claims around sexuality are directed at the pope.

neutral

If I fill in my name and cash it, I pay tax.

It's tax free so you can put your name on it and cash it.

contradiction

Lindbergh openly admired Hitler, cozied up to Hermann Goering, and branded Jews as un-American agitators who used their alleged power to attain their parochial ends.

Lindbergh idolize Hitler, and embraced Hermann Goering, while being in strong opposition to the Jews.

entailment

Readers are of course invited to submit their candidates to the Rock Pomposity Sweepstakes at [email protected].

Candidates are nominated by the readers.

entailment

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

Real world combat requirements have usually high priority on the Pentagon

entailment

Is it the right-wing commissar Norquist, who defied subpoenas from the Thompson Committee about his role laundering campaign contributions for the Republican National Committee (he is contemptuous of the law)?

Norquist defied subpoenas and was a right-wing comissar.

entailment

Does W. agree with this sentiment?

W. was asked whether or not they agree with the opinion that was expressed.

neutral

The girls who believe the scarves mean freedom may in fact be blinded by them.

The scarves mean freedom to the girls who believe in them but they may in fact be blinded by them.

entailment

Wolfe doesn't see himself as primarily a satirist.

Wolfe has little satire in his work.

neutral

He is a sort of vanguard, and follows her upon exiting.

Being a vanguard, upon exiting he sort of follows her

neutral

While it makes no sense to worry that you are living well at your grandchildren's expense, you might legitimately worry that someone else is living well at your grandchildren's expense.

It makes no sense to worry about living well.

neutral

In his second week as press scourge, Steve Brill remains a hot topic.

Steve Brill is barely mentioned these days, especially his last two weeks as the new press scourge.

contradiction

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

The lyrics made her a controversial figure at the time.

neutral

In March, he dismissed Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin and replaced him with a 35-year-old political neophyte, Sergei Kiriyenko.

He was unhappy with the job the prime minister did, so he replaced hi..

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It's not what management theorist Tom Peters sees as the company of the future, a floating network/crap game.

The company of the future is difficult to judge.

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As any 10-year-old knows (and game theorists can now elaborately prove), three-person secrets are particularly troublesome in this regard, because nobody can ever pinpoint which of the other two might have cheated.

It's easy to understand who misbehaved when you share a secret with two people

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Scientists were once ostracized for holding religious beliefs but can now worship without embarrassment.

The past was an easier time to be an openly religious person of science.

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

My family will be disappointed in me.

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Possession of a firearm or destructive device (i.e.

destructive devices could include blunt objects.

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Sticking ice axes in the sides of mountains is a pretty stupid way to get to 29,000 feet as well.

Over two hundred mountain peaks ascend higher than 29,000 feet above sea level.

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If granny needed an operation, there went the tuition for junior's college.

Even with grandma's operation, Junior would still be able to go to college.

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Broder and Waas say they have spoken with two ex- Spectator employees who anonymously corroborate Mann and Rand's assertion that the Arkansas Project paid Hale.

Spectator employees corroborate that Broder and Waas paid Hale.

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particular national We are simultaneously subject to every other national jurisdiction.

The jurisdiction is also shared with a local one.

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In the United States in 1996, big organizations funded the general election sites that everyone used--ABC, the Washington Post , and the National Journal fathered PoliticsNow, and Time and CNN sired AllPolitics -- and most major papers and TV channels, notably the new MSNBC, had election pages.

In 1916, the general election was cancelled.

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Fine, then simply means test it.

No tests are possible.

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Good economic news, as the man once said, always comes bundled with bad.

There is no such thing as only good economic news.

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He was a very spiritual man, seeor . Some of the birds, however, would just fly straight up and dive down into the ground, embedding their beaks like the Daffy Duck of the gringo cartoon features.

The birds would burrow into the soil in a cartoonish fashion.

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It's OK, Leo Strauss Was a Devoted Someone should slip Kenneth Starr a tape of this week's This Week , where Kristol admits to being eliminated from the office NCAA pool.

The office NCAA pool eliminated Kristol.

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

Nebbish liberation will not occur.

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The technology might usefully be applied in local races, in which it's hard to sort out the platform of every potential state senator, judge, school board official, and city council member.

Local races encounter the challenge of categorizing the platform of individual candidates.

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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.

Arthur did photographs and other types of art.

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--Associated Press story of Wednesday, Oct. 27, describing the efforts of Clinton aide Harold Ickes on behalf of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s campaign for Congress.

The story by the AP on the 27th of October discussed Harold Ickes, Clinton's aide, and Jesse Jackson Jr.

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Reno opposed some of these policies internally but had too little influence to stop them.

While the policies were hurtful to Reno, they were a net positive for the state as a whole.

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The three newsmagazines reconstruct the Heaven's Gate suicide, trace the cult's history, and link it to burgeoning New Age spiritualism.

The three newsmagazines want to burry the Heaven's Gate suicide story.

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Joe Biden, D-Del., betrayed the No, I don't think we can negotiate with him--if you mean can we, in fact, work out something other than those minimal demands that were stated by NATO.

Joe Biden was loyal to the No and can be negotiated with.

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