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Lohengrin (Metropolitan Opera, New York City). | The Metropolitan opera is amazing. | neutral |
That is, these things--transportation policy, lubrication policy--are decided not by what is most needed but by who is in need. | Who is in need is what decides transportation policies. | entailment |
oh, I'm sorry--are we out of time? | The person apologized for going over time. | entailment |
Consider for instance, the following item in today's Times : An article on July 18 about allegations of sexual misconduct among New York City police officers misstated the street number of what was said to be a brothel frequented by officers. | The reported building is filing complaints against the newspaper. | neutral |
But in the presence of competition among dealers, there is no difference between setting a standard of service and setting a retail For a given service standard, competition will lower the price until it's commensurate with the service standard, and for a given price, competition will raise the service standard until it's commensurate with the price. | Service quality varies with price. | entailment |
Her recognition of the grave personal injustice done by the left to Clarence Thomas is especially appreciated. | Clarence Thomas had support from a couple Democrats. | neutral |
Tina Brown resigned as editor of The New Yorker . She will chair a multimedia publishing company in partnership with Miramax Films. | Tina Brown left The New Yorker, after taking a new position with a multimedia publishing company. | entailment |
The Indonesian movement was a rather spontaneous resistance led by ordinary students, workers, the unemployed, and the lower-middle classes. | The resistance in Indonesia was mostly unplanned and led by regular, ordinary citizens. | entailment |
Hence our use of Hanukkah rather than Chanukah. | Jews use Hanukkah instead of Chanukah. | entailment |
Ever since Seymour Hersh's book came out detailing the raw side of Jack Kennedy and the dark side of Camelot, I've been wondering what JFK did in today's context that warrants an eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery. | Seymour Hersh exposed negative things about a US president in his book. | entailment |
I have never given it a second thought, but recently people seem to be noticing my sneezing and commenting on it, some suggesting I see a doctor. | I sneezed eight times in a row. | neutral |
Given how many lawyers must have vetted this thing, it's probably an achievement that Mann got as much as he did on the screen. | Mann has been victim of an accident that required legal attention | neutral |
The Virtual Library on International Development is another source for material on these issues. | The material on these issues is exclusive to the Virtual Library. | contradiction |
Terrible scenes of massacres, bombings, and the like are displayed almost daily. | The frequency of the scenes does not decrease because people have a morbid fascination with it. | neutral |
And if there was a bit of buggery and whatnot going on up in the balcony, what of it? | The author condemns the actions of the people in the balcony. | contradiction |
Another option is to blend spandex with fleece to make it stretchier and more form-fitting. | If spandex and fleece are blended together they become more form fitting, but tear easier. | neutral |
Not entirely unmarried men are seldom worth the trouble. | Investing in a man who's not entirely unmarried is a great idea. | contradiction |
The allegation, reported in Newsweek , is that when Willey met alone with Clinton at the White House in 1993 to ask for a paying job, Clinton made a pass at her--a charge denied by the president's attorney. | Clinton's attorney covered up for him all the time. | neutral |
Kanter's price for 100 note-sized sheets and envelopes on Crane's paper is $166 ($1. | The price for Kanter's 100 note-sized sheets and envelopes on Crane's paper was $50. | contradiction |
Speaking of The third-place finisher, Forget Me Not , features an animated condom in a drawer. | Forget Me Not earned second place. | contradiction |
And in 1976 Beatty resisted pleas to make a late primary challenge to Jimmy Carter. | Jimmy Carter forgot to run in the Primaries in 1976, due to his old age. | contradiction |
Congress is reconsidering whether to post them, according to Poblete. | Poblete thinks congress is standing firm about posting them. | contradiction |
I've seen you around before, haven't I? What's your name again? | I've seen your name before. | contradiction |
The New York Times list is the industry standard. | The New York Times is a horrible paper. | contradiction |
Ajami's book is an indispensable guide to why anyone in the Arab world still listens to it. | The Arab world stopped listening after Ajami released his book. | 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. | Slate has a special issue for the holidays each year and has since 1995. | neutral |
(DiGenova says it has since issued five subpoenas and has a hearing scheduled for late next month.) | DiGenova admits that there has been no progress achieved on this case since late last year. | contradiction |
He says she gave him the confidence to be an actor, and he ended up helping to support her at the end of her life. | She got a lot of support from him right before she died. | entailment |
They are so dissimilar that they cannot contradict one another. | There's no way they can can contradict when they're that different. | entailment |
Congress, the United Nations, and other international forums. | Congress and United Nations are negligible entities | contradiction |
These notes were subpoenaed by special prosecutor Kenneth Starr on June 21, 1996. | Kenneth Starr represented Hillary Clinton in the Waterwater investigation. | contradiction |
I think he perceives our friendship as being stronger than it is. | We both believe we have a very strong friendship. | contradiction |
But the IRS isn't out of control. | The IRS has problems with control. | contradiction |
This is another way of saying that in the last 30 years, the people who owned America have lost 40 percent of their wealth held in the form of equity. | In the last 5 years, people who owned America have lost 25 percent of their wealth in the form of equity. | contradiction |
The price of getting the story is often a promise of full anonymity. | It is unusual to have to agree to provide anonymity in order to get a story. | contradiction |
In her 18 years with him, she had never once heard Dole say, 'Here's what we're doing. | She saw him proclaim that statement daily during her tenure. | contradiction |
How come you give George a pass? | George is getting leeway from you. | entailment |
Rubin's relief for Americans has encouraged a moral hazard--an inducement for people to speculate excessively because they know the United States will rescue them. | The author doesn't want Americans to think about the relief. | neutral |
Nebraska, of course, gets a '5. | Nebraska was expected to get a 5. | entailment |
But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick. | The production is sure to please any fan of raunchy theatre but is unfit for younger viewers. | neutral |
(Gillette owns 67 percent of the U.S. razor market, and Campbell's has more than 75 percent of the U.S. soup market.) | Gillette has 75 percent of the market for razors in the U.S and Campbell's percent of the soup market is 67. | contradiction |
Shots of cute animals are deemed an inadequate substitute for the cutting wit that made the earlier film (by the same cast, and also written by John Cleese) a cult hit. | The earlier film pales in comparison to this follow up, the wit is off the chart. | contradiction |
Oreskes declined to tell him, of course, who the Times ' sources were. | Oreskes refused to tell him who the Times ' sources were. | entailment |
Bang on drums and try to get the talking stick away from a weepy Tom DeLay. | You can't stop Tom DeLay. | neutral |
McCain, for example, demands an investigation of the allegations about technology transfer [and] all these campaign contributions that came out of China. | McCain hired a private investigator himself to investigate the technology transfer and the Chinese campaign contributions | neutral |
The villains were the blacklisters. | The blacklisters were perceived like heroes | contradiction |
(No longer will our penises remain flaccid and We will get laid. | Our penis will become erect for a good cause. | entailment |
Still, the tip of political e-commerce is beginning to poke up through the Web's surface. | Political e-commerce is still a long ways under the surface of the web. | contradiction |
the guy over there, in charge, in Taiwan ... | There will be just men in command in Taiwan in the foreseeable future | neutral |
This is the mutual contempt, hinted at but not developed in this valuable book, that haunts us today. | The mutual contempt the book hinted is still present today. | entailment |
And, oh, to know what a frolic is! | Frolic is an old word that dates back to the 1600s. | neutral |
Little Herring ? What the hell kind of moniker is that? | She wants to know about the name Little Herring. | 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). | Revenue from new taxes can help out Social Security. | entailment |
What a fascinating and generous letter. | The written message attracts the author. | entailment |
In the New York Times Book Review , Daphne Merkin calls Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls a throwback to a time before fiction turned graphic and interior and hot to the touch. | The book was highly regarded by other reviewers. | neutral |
When you run for president, you've got to think of the whole country, not just your own state. | The fundamental needs of a state are usually similar to the ones of the whole country | neutral |
Think of Spike Lee at Morehouse College. | Spike Lee skipped higher education. | contradiction |
Nearly 30 homosexuals are featured in prime time, but few shows are sophisticated enough to script love lives for their homocharacters. | Close to 30 homosexuals didn't make into shows on primetime. | contradiction |
Faster, Pussycats! | Pussycats are forced to go faster. | entailment |
And you have made other people happy, as well. | The happiness provided will last a long time. | neutral |
I find it interesting that Alfred Gingold, in Onward, Christian Clothiers, doesn't have a problem with pro-abortion T-shirts or vulgar T-shirts (shit happens, coed nude basketball, bitch on wheels, etc.) but finds it necessary to tee off on evangelical Christian apparel. | Gingold is a hypocrite. | neutral |
After the injection they--honestly--seem rather depressed. | The shot seemed to have a positive effect on them. | contradiction |
Should we reward him for prosperity? | They are questioning if they should punish him for being prosperous. | contradiction |
I can imagine a channel devoted to such productions. | Some channels are dedicate to very specific productions | entailment |
Critics argued workers can quit a union if they don't like its political activities and that any debate about regulating union money should be taken up separately. | Critics claim that unions' political activities and money regulation are separate matters. | entailment |
In a culture where Xena and Hercules have hit TV shows, it's a lot more fun imagining that you are a valiant warrior doing business-as-battle than it is to admit that you're a pudgy functionary whose most daring deed is to draft a boldly worded memo. | Hercules and Xena laid the groundwork for a bunch of shows currently airing. | neutral |
No doubt there would be other occasions that clearly met the standard where intervention was unrealistic. | There would probably be instances where it met standards that included intervention that was not at all feasible. | entailment |
We have an obligation to sit back as jurors and let the case be presented (Santorum). | Jurors should try not to form any opinions until the whole case has been presented. | neutral |
Participation in the new currency requires nations to cut their national debt below 3 percent of GDP. | Nations need to cut there national debt below the 3 percent GPD in order to participate in the new currency. | entailment |
Bill Bennett said Newt Gingrich is cozying up to the left and should change course or step down. | Newt Gingrich should not be chummy with the left according to Bill Bennett. | entailment |
You can be sure of only two Each party is arguing exactly the opposite of what it argued the last time a Republican president led the nation into war, and exactly the opposite of what it will argue next time. | Politicians are uncoherent | entailment |
That argument which holds that the attempt to raise saving will end up lowering national income, because consumption will fall, and with it profits, output, and employment. | The argument claims that decreasing savings will increase national income. | contradiction |
A few minutes later, Stephanie Trotter, a local NBC reporter, asked the candidates, Gentlemen, I'm curious. | While employed by NBC, Stephanie Trotter interviewed candidates. | entailment |
Nash pioneered game theory, became schizophrenic, recovered, then won a Nobel Prize late in life. | Recovering from schizophrenia may have helped Nash win the Nobel Prize. | neutral |
And the labor-market success of millions of unskilled immigrants in recent years makes it hard to sustain the case that only highly trained or educated workers are in demand--at least for the moment. | This trend is expected to continue for another decade. | neutral |
The Presidential Initiative to Increase Seat Belt Use Nation-wide | With the initiative, the President hopes to increase the use of seatbelts nationwide. | entailment |
Museum of Jewish A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York City). | No Jewish Museums exist in the United States. | contradiction |
Anglicans are particularly aggrieved by the no-Protestants policy. | Anglicans were free to ignore the policy. | neutral |
If you want to look like a propaganda organ of Microsoft, about the best thing you could do would be to publish an article about a very hotly contested industry issue, take Microsoft's side, and support your point with misinformation and untruths. | Microsoft is usually extraneous to contested industry issues | contradiction |
This from a former chief clerk for a U.S. | This former chief clerk worked for the US | entailment |
Victorious Couch Potatoes | People are only perceived to be lazy. | neutral |
Kill 'em with kindness, and they don't know where to look. | They will know where to look if you are kind to them. | contradiction |
Success in Ireland just proves that the World's Only Superpower must intervene more frequently, say Kristol, Steve Roberts, and George Will ( This Week ). A few pundits stress potential pitfalls along the road to peace. | The World's Only Superpower just won a very important war. | neutral |
If the job were held by someone other than Tripp, would it pay any less or involve any more work? | Tripp has a job. | entailment |
In all conquered regions, the Taliban has immediately implemented its own interpretation of Islamic law. | The Taliban’s version of Islamic Law is incorrect. | neutral |
First, we don't know that Maxwell would have found another Without Joan, he might have struck out that night. | We shouldn't assume that Maxwell will find another if Joan isn't with him. | entailment |
I now have my own literary oeuvre . This entitles me to certain privileges, such as employing foreign words in my writings (see previous sentence) and living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. | I do not like to write, and do not know any foreign languages. | contradiction |
Today there are more than 300,000. | They have been keeping a record for a decade. | neutral |
Someone has to absorb the loss. | Someone had a hard time with the loss. | neutral |
Such an affair is improbable, but--take heart, Clinton-haters--it's not impossible. | In the end, the affair came to pass. | neutral |
True--but I fully grant that importance. | The importance of this is truly lost on me. | contradiction |
To continue discriminating is to throw away an opportunity for unprecedented financial success. | If you want to be wealthy, you should be nice to others and not judge them based on race. | entailment |
In that sense, the stock market boom is founded firmly on the steadier achievements to which Kazin refers. | Kazin refers to wild, unlikely achievements for the stock market boom. | contradiction |
5 percent of the GDP in calendar year 1994. | 10 percent of the GDP in calendar year 1994. | contradiction |
The problem, though, is that the ADR phenomenon has created a situation where U.S. investors are pouring billions of dollars into companies whose standards of financial disclosure and corporate governance are dramatically different from our own and which are, in some cases, nonexistent. | Our standards of cooperate governance are exactly the same as theirs. | contradiction |
I'm assuming they never think of me in this context because to them I was the other half of a couple with Rob, and it would somehow be disloyal on their part to introduce me to other men. | The pair split because of Roberts' shortcomings | neutral |
His first effort was the prototype pop hit After The Ball, which, 104 years later, you can still hear every night of the week in the current Broadway revival of Show Boat . Back then, it began earning him $25,000 per week almost immediately, and went on to sell 5 million copies of sheet music. | There are songs that keep being popular even centuries after having been written | entailment |
Blum masterfully explains why the effects of hormones are more complicated than pop science would have us think. | Blum's theories on hormones were off-base and overly complex. | contradiction |
Now these organizations that served what we used to think of as the West and the North are opening up to the developing and democratizing nations of the East and the South. | These organizations are opening up to the East and the South. | entailment |
That was Joyce's age when J.D. summoned her to his hilltop aerie in Cornish, N.H. | Joyce enjoyed New Hampshire. | neutral |
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