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Who can blame him for lying to the gullible young?
He told several lies.
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Massachusetts' highest court decided that British au pair Louise Woodward will not go back to jail.
The state's highest court did not send Louise back to jail.
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Have the threats to our security doubled since then?
Threats are assumed to have been increased.
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People who gorged themselves survived winter famines and reproduced more than others.
People started dying of obesity during the winter.
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The court upheld a trial judge's decision to 1) reduce Woodward's conviction from murder to manslaughter in the death of an 8-month-old baby and 2) reduce her prison sentence from 15 years to the 279 days she had already served.
The jury moved to convict Woodward in the murder case.
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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 would have to pay twice as much in order to reach the right portion of the population.
entailment
Scholes and Merton reportedly are applauded when they appear on the floor of the options exchange, which shows that options traders are at least appreciative, if not deserving, of the rare charities that they receive.
Often one hears applause on the options exchange floor.
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And it implies that the Harlem racket reverted to local control.
The Harlem racket was controlled on a national level.
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The brawny Neeson is a calamity as Wilde, says New York's John Simon.
Neeson is playing Oscar Wilde in an upcoming feature film.
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If I fill in my name and cash it, I pay tax.
It can only be cashed at one bank.
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But neither Clinton nor Birch mentioned gay marriage.
Clinton and Birch voiced their opinions regarding same sex legal coupling
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H ome Every baby superstore features a section that could be called the Wall of Death.
The Wall of Death is not known by all who will shop at a baby superstore.
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Vice President Gore is on the hot seat in the campaign-finance investigation . The Washington Post reported that some of the money Gore raised in phone calls from the White House went to the Clinton-Gore campaign (hard money) instead of the Democratic National Committee (soft money).
The newspaper focused on the money Gore raised by speaking on television.
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There's a flower called Wandering Jew.
The plant is called Meandering Israelites.
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Third, the woman serves the man's need to be needed.
A woman helps fulfill a man's desire to be useful to someone.
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All I missed was something more than winks and hints about the nature of the triangle among Cahill, his wife, and her sister (the lush Angeline Ball), with whom he fathered several children.
A few people believe that there could exist a relationship between, Cahill, his wife and Angeline Ball.
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We were not servile to the Soviet Union, said Poland's last Communist Party prime minister, we were helpless before that huge force.
With it's mighty armies, Poland was able to withstand Soviet efforts.
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As this discussion shows, measuring Web traffic is generally less exact than measuring traditional magazine circulation.
Web movement is measured by counting the sale of traditional magazines
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To hold costs down, the $24 billion program doesn't cover kids who are currently insured.
Kids who are currently insured are not covered by the program.
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Criticisms of the The computers do nothing useful, and the futuristic designs are not anything people might actually want to wear ( Business Week ).
Criticisms are of computers being useful and the futuristic designs people might actually want to wear.
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I remember that some people complained President Eisenhower was distracted from the business of his office because he was out playing golf so much.
President Eisenhower was neglecting is duties because he was too busy with golf.
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Yet, we do cruel things to animals--smart animals, affectionate animals, cute animals--all the time.
Cute creatures are treated better than ugly ones.
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At bequest time, the strategic gift motive would evaporate, and the favored child would be favored no longer.
The strategic gift motive evaporates regularly.
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Western analysts now fear that the generals are using Chechnya to reassert control over national security and foreign policy.
Sharing similar goals, the analysts and generals have vowed to complete their mission in unison.
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White critics of integration include the neo-conservatives , former liberals who supported the civil-rights mainstream until the early '70s.
Conservatives tend to not support civil rights.
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The military is (theoretically) a nonpolitical institution, but as soon as the operation went south, the military abandoned its nonpolitical faaade to protect itself.
The military attempted to save face when it didn't work out.
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Of course they have delighted voters by goosing popular social programs with extra millions.
Unpopular programs received millions, too.
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Impeachment is twisting the presidential race, too.
The Impeachment has a huge effect on the presidential race.
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Then one of two things must Your taxes will rise by $10,000, or else, your share of the debt will rise by $10,000.
The other of the two things doesn't evolve taxes.
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New Englanders, fearing British corruption and tyranny, provoked the American Revolution.
It was the New Englanders who formented the American Revolution.
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Clinton, though, has also faced a continuing barrage of unserious allegations--implausible and untrue.
Clinton has escaped the barrage of allegations and remains out of controversy.
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So the winner's curse can't explain the extravagant price of shares in eBay itself.
The curse can't explain the price of eBay shares.
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But it is to say that females--an inherently scarce sexual resource, in Darwinian terms--are in both species a big part of the impetus for the evolution of aggressive tendencies in males.
Only males show aggressive tendencies.
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This is odd because it collapses the distinction between willingness to pay and ability to pay.
All people believe the ability to pay and your willingness to pay are the same in one.
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The Unjust Clinton's moral theory, point by point, as expressed in his testimony.
Morals are omitted from the Unjust Clinton.
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But the press only borrows the martial rhetoric that business leaders use themselves.
The press ignores business leaders.
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But there are several pharmacological and social differences that reduce the relevance of rat research to social policy.
Everybody is ok with rats being used in research.
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Needless to say, these plans had not been in the prospectus.
The plans were written plain as day in the meeting notes.
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He enrolled at the Dallas Conservatory of Music, and sang Gilbert and Sullivan in New York City opera houses before perceiving that there was a market in hillbilly songs.
He is not sure what genre of music to pursue but rock is his favorite.
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The Justice Department reportedly is investigating whether the Democratic National Committee funded Ron Carey's campaign in exchange for Teamster funding of the Clinton campaign . Republicans are demanding a special prosecutor and promising congressional investigations.
Ron Carey's campaign is being investigated by the Justice Department.
entailment
It draws sidelong glances and playground taunts, and it may give the adopted child an identity crisis.
The child was recently adopted.
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The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in effect charged construction authorities with , and international papers roundly condemned their shoddy building standards.
The immaculate building received worldwide acclaim, with many praising the innovative architecture which was heavily improvised.
contradiction
A gesture clearly suited to football's warlike nature, the Salute is named for Denver's Mile High Stadium.
The gesture invokes the spirit of football and its competitive nature.
entailment
These are the Most nominees are confirmed smoothly.
There were 30 nominees that were confirmed without difficulties.
neutral
The second variety of white race-consciousness--whiteness-as-burden--is no less tangled up in hypocrisy.
White people just refuse to care what others think of them.
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(But let's not bring up my cousins.)
I'd rather not bring my cousins into the discussion.
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Bettelheim had no overarching theory, but he had an abiding authority and the ambivalence it inspires.
Bettelheim's ideas aren't going to be disputed anytime soon
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They thought Bob Dole lost in 1996 because he was mean and distant.
Bob Dole worn in 1996 because of his charming personality.
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What it does mean, though, is that commoditization does its work not by becoming a reality (which would entail ever-shrinking margins and stagnant stock prices) but by remaining a perpetually present threat.
Margins are eternally increasing.
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It consists of a fixed image, like a slide or (closer still) a freeze frame.
It's made up of a fixed image portraying a landscape.
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Because Accidents Happen , on Tuesday and Wednesday (8-10 p.m.) Using the fig leaf of studying survival engineering and safety pointers, PBS gives us fires, crashes, and sinking ships.
PBS has regular shows on survival engineering and safety measures.
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But he has never done what his characters would have.
He has done all there is to do in life.
contradiction
Lewis won the close bout in a unanimous decision , making him the first undisputed titleholder since 1992.
The last undisputed titleholder was back in 1970.
contradiction
But 49ers fans will always love Joe Montana more.
Joe Montana feels extreme hatred from 49ers fans.
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A self-appraisal (and remember, the entire purpose of a reference group is to serve as a yardstick for self-appraisal) would entail evaluating the richness of relationships and the satisfactions of accomplishments, rather than the cataloging of possessions.
Cataloging possessions in not self-appraisal.
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4) Court records indicate that a jewelry-fraud ring used illegal third-party campaign donations to get President Clinton to pose in photos with its principals.
Clinton posed in photos for campaign donations according to court records.
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His technique is too methodical and slow, she said.
She thinks that his technique is quite stiff and sluggish.
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This same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service shouldn't serve, in the mot du jour , as the president's Praetorian Guard--that it shouldn't take metaphorical bullets to protect his dalliances.
Egalitarianism has lots of place with the president.
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For two earners each making $23,350, Alterman is serendipitously close to the mark when he asserts a marriage penalty of $1,001 a year.
Alterman uses benchmarks to assess marriage penalty.
entailment
The second reference to bumfuzzled was in History of the Life of Rev.
A reference was made to bumfuzzled in History of the Life of Rev.
entailment
I must, however, give you kudos for being the first writer I've ever seen limn Beck's Godley Creme influence.
I must praise you for being the first writer that I have ever seen who depicts the influence of Beck's Godley Creme.
entailment
Kasich's proposed corporate-welfare package draws together a measly $11.
Kasich is vocal in his stance against the necessity of such a package, refusing to cater to public outcries in its favor.
contradiction
American Movie suggests that there's no such thing as the little people in the hinterlands anymore.
American Movie points out that the hinterlands is full of little people.
contradiction
(Click here for a summary of the experiment.)
Clicking here will take you to the detailed experiment report.
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The problem isn't so much that men are designed by natural selection to fight as what they're designed to fight women .
Men are encouraged to fight women.
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But it's a heckuva lot more arduous to conduct, in effect, a nationally televised cross-examination than to spend night after night droning, So Ms.
It's more arduous to drone night after night than to conduct the cross-examination.
contradiction
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 argue without really caring about what they're defending or attacking
neutral
The reason to see Man on the Moon is Jim Carrey.
Carrey gives viewers motivation to watch Man on the Moon.
entailment
Now the party is trying to prevent him from jumping ship.
The party is waiting for him to jump ship.
contradiction
Good Kids watch less television.
There is a strong correlation between television viewership and being good children.
entailment
Even if he remains uncorrupted, the president will be immersed in the concerns only of the wealthy and will lose all feeling for the lives of everyone else.
The president puts poor people first.
contradiction
Boone claims that the album's purpose is to attract metal enthusiasts to Jesus, and that his get-up was a spoof of his old choirboy image.
Boone is deadly serious all the time.
contradiction
The distinction between a maid or matron of honor and bridesmaids is usually a different bouquet and walking down the aisle first.
Maids and bridesmaids tend to be the same thing.
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These holes now mark a generation of which the parents cannot confidently say, They'll grow out of it.
There have been some short fallings that led people to believe kids might not grow out of a stage of life.
entailment
In the frame game, nuance is almost always a loser.
The frame game uses subtle differences to achieve the best outcome.
contradiction
On democracy, for example, American activists are raging over China's recent suppression of all democratic dissent.
Worldwide there are pro-democracy groups who are boycotting China.
neutral
It was not always this way.
It used to be different.
entailment
They regard the adaptation, which stars Seinfeld shlub Jason Alexander, as a stodgy affair (Elliott Stein, the Village Voice ). And the hypercampy characters feel like relics of an era when gay men were routinely lampooned--more The
The movie was an original concept by the director.
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The coverage of her day in court was uniformly kind, rarely mentioning that she has lied before and changed her story now.
The woman felt remorse for telling tall tales.
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In cases like this, it's the economist's job to explain where we ought to be headed, and the political scientist's job to explain why we can't get there from here.
In addition, my work as a psychologist is to analyze their motivations.
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Its lead story touts New Age heart guru Dr. Dean Ornish, who says low-fat diets, meditation, and love are better than surgery for curing heart ailments.
Dr. Dean Ornish thinks diets high in fat are best for heart health.
contradiction
His career took the shape of a palindrome.
He found himself in the same conditions of when he started working
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The anti-poker campaign has galvanized the state like no issue ever has.
The entire state hated poker.
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She studied the First Amendment with Tommie the Commie Emerson and was seen around the influential circle of Robert Borosage, later connected to the Institute for Policy Studies which promoted pro-Soviet movements in the Third World at the height of the renewed Cold War.
She looked over part of the Constitution, which drew the ire of an important clique.
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Barry McCaffrey, has made it clear he regards the two laws as the work of deceptive and mischievous drug legalizers who have snookered a lot of otherwise right-thinking people.
Both laws are nefarious according to McCaffrey's belief.
entailment
Stretching his paint strokes into long, narrow ribbons, he retreated toward a kind of linear drawing in three colors.
He started to use shorter lines in his works.
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Against this background, Bush's Guard service looks noble.
Some backgrounds look better than others which show off Bush's Guard service.
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An article celebrates the return to favor of jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, whose sharp tongue is nearly as famous as his music (he disses Wynton Marsalis as a talented high-school trumpet player).
Keith Jarrett was in disfavor for many years.
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John McLaughlin dedicates the final minutes of his show to the proposition that contemporary American culture sneers at Men are regarded as inseminating instruments, superfluous after that.
American culture according to John McLaughlin thinks well of Men.
contradiction
They are great respecters of private property.
While out hiking one day, they saw a private property sign and ignored it to continue hiking.
contradiction
What makes a late abortion disturbing is that the fetus is big now--like a fully formed child.
Late abortions are perturbing because of the big size of the fetus
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(Click for more on the U.S. role in that restriction.)
Click for more on the U.A.E.role in that restriction.
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Every time he turns up on the scene--and even when (as in the case of Kathleen Willey) he doesn't--people What's he doing here?
He would show up at a scene in order to investigate the matter for himself.
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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.
Searching for Bobby Fischer impressed the critic enough that the review called it perfect.
contradiction
Some medical ethicists and constitutional scholars say that the Supreme Court was wrong to create the pre-viability/post-viability distinction in the first place.
The Supreme Court is condemning medical ethicists for creating the distinction.
contradiction
And ads on the Internet, at least so far, lack oomph.
The ads on the internet are full of pep
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Meanwhile, John McLaughlin stares directly at Fred Beetle Barnes, pauses, and calls him Pat Buchanan.
John McLaughlin had addressed Fred Barnes as just Freddy.
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Getting the president re-elected is only one of the many, many accomplishments claimed by Morris, who plays both Boswell and Johnson in his memoirs.
Morris forgot about Boswell and Johnson.
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Indeed, Banks has written a useful survey of African-American scholars and writers and the ways in which they have worked throughout the history of the republic.
The survey that Banks sought to create was never finished and didn't see the light of day within the republic.
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USAT : After all, this is the man about whom Carly Simon was rumored to have written the hit 1972 song, You're So Vain.
It is widely believed that You're So Vain by Carly Simon was written about her mother.
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