tasksource/lingnli · Datasets at Hugging Face

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While the home still evinces mutterings of Xanadu from the envious, it is actually smaller than Aaron Spelling's 50,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills, and no one in California thinks it unseemly that the genius who brought us Charlie's Angels shouldn't reap the fruits of his labor.	There are no few homes larger than 50,000 square foot in Beverly Hills.	neutral
For the United Nations to thrive, it's not enough that the United States trust it.	It requires more than trust from a single country for the UN to thrive.	entailment
While Podhoretz may be correct in his opinion of Al Sharpton, his comments regarding Sharpton and Jesse Jackson possess a thinly disguised undertone of As he castigates white liberals for assuming that Negroes could do no wrong, his discussion of Sharpton's actions seem to say, Well, what can you expect?	Podhoretz has Republican sympathies and may be biased.	neutral
The wise course for Republicans might be to accept a plea bargain under which neither Clinton's behavior nor Starr's will be further investigated with regard to the Lewinsky matter.	Clinton's actions have never been investigated in any way.	contradiction
He's not just a man in the He generates his own light.	The character is a male.	entailment
Some House Republicans, including DeLay, have fired back at Bush, accusing him of betraying them, meddling in their business, and distorting their ideas.	Everyone in the Republican party is entirely happy with Bush's leadership.	contradiction
Yes, the American people have a right to be skeptical.	The American people have reasons to be unsure about what is going on.	entailment
An article explores McDonald's niche offerings.	an article examines McDonald's opportunistic choices.	entailment
And yet (no doubt largely because congressional Republicans were overplaying their hand), the public gave Clinton more support than had ever been enjoyed by Richard Nixon (personal 67 percent) or even Ronald Reagan (personal 68 percent--mass adulation of Ronald Reagan being a largely retrospective phenomenon).	The public supported Clinton more than Nixon and Reagan.	entailment
Paul's statement that this is simple and reasonable does not make it right.	Paul made no judgment on the difficulty of the work.	contradiction
Clinton has no such out.	There's no way out for Clinton.	entailment
Much of the Internet discussion about this merger frames the issue Which is worse, Big Business or Big Regulator?	The internet discussion favors Big Rregulator in the debate.	neutral
Ambrose--in the very next sentence!	There is an individual named Ambrose.	entailment
The second variety of white race-consciousness--whiteness-as-burden--is no less tangled up in hypocrisy.	the second type of white race-consciousness is full of hypocrisy.	entailment
Plato's girlfriend is worried the former actress is on a downward spiral to death.	Plato's girlfriend doesn't care about anyone else.	contradiction
I suggest a test to resolve the matter.	An argument is what is suggested.	contradiction
They are well armed and wear bulletproof vests.	They are well prepared for combat.	neutral
This was the 10 th study since 1975--and all studies showed similar problems.	Only two studies had been performed since 1975.	contradiction
It takes a man to stand.	Women can stand.	contradiction
Words are now rarely carved in stone	In the past words were carved in stone about half of the time.	neutral
Rupert Murdoch is rumored to be interested in buying it and turning it into a West Coast version of the New York Post . A circulation-hungry Willes vs. the rapacious That's just the kind of fight the American newspaper industry needs.	Murdoch wishes to make the purchase because he wants more papers like the Post in circulation.	neutral
The article's author, Smithsonian curator Paul Forman, accused Gross and Levitt of trying to place science back on its pre-postmodern pedestal.	Paul Forman is normally professional with is pieces.	neutral
Though this version of libertarianism seems to flirt with anarchism, Boaz isn't worried about disarray.	Boaz thinks this version of libertarianism will destroy the country.	contradiction
1 bank in loans, deposits, business lending (large and small), and ATMs (15,000);	This bank does not provide its' own ATMs.	contradiction
You can fault Clinton's piety and recklessness from a realistic standpoint.	From a young age, Clinton believed in the need for religion.	neutral
Does W. agree with this sentiment?	W's sentiment on the matter is important.	entailment
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 movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer, came out in 1993.	entailment
The coverage of her day in court was uniformly kind, rarely mentioning that she has lied before and changed her story now.	The news media was gentle toward her.	entailment
Waking Ned Devine might have been a snooze if Jones hadn't stocked it with a slew of old actors with magically lived-in visages.	Ned Devine had died in his sleep.	contradiction
Carter, the family's patriarch, was certifiably rural; he grew up in southwestern Virginia's Poor Valley.	Carter's upbringing took place in Virginia.	entailment
The Seagram Co. expanded plans to advertise liquor on television, defying President Clinton's plea to honor the half-century-old voluntary ban.	Seagram Co. does not produce liquor.	contradiction
Rupert Murdoch is rumored to be interested in buying it and turning it into a West Coast version of the New York Post . A circulation-hungry Willes vs. the rapacious That's just the kind of fight the American newspaper industry needs.	It has been confirmed that Murdoch will be buying the paper.	contradiction
Among the black agents courting rookies are Puffy Combs, Master P, and Johnnie Cochran.	Puffy Combs refuses to even speak with the rookies.	contradiction
And if there were, any elective late abortion--even by induction--would be wrong, though D and E and partial-birth abortion would seem especially cruel.	The women are in difficult situations.	neutral
That's some chutzpah, considering who the chief beneficiary was.	There was no beneficiary.	contradiction
And in a final act of disintermediation, Son of 695 retaliates against all these mayors and council members who thought they got the drop on It will roll back all taxes and fees increased since July 1999, when I-695 qualified for the ballot.	Once on the ballot, I-695 will lower taxes and fees.	entailment
Never able to paint anything unless he had it before his eyes, Soutine set about re-enacting some of the classic paintings he loved most.	Soutine was working on new paintings.	entailment
In retrospect, though, two things seem clear.	There are two instances that are clearly understandable.	entailment
The wrestlers also enact crucifixions, sadomasochism, and prostitution.	the wrestlers took the night off.	contradiction
Nor does Big Blue exercise the kind of financial or cultural power that Morgan once did.	Big Blue simply doesn't flex the same kind of cultural or financial power than Morgan previous has.	entailment
Sportscaster Marv Albert denied charges that he had assaulted and sodomized a female acquaintance.	Marv Albert apologized for his actions saying he was sorry for sodomizing the woman.	contradiction
Music that conjures up a sense of suspended time and a still, suburban afterglow seems a perfect occasion for its debut.	This music is the worst that could be playing for its debut.	contradiction
There's something about [Corgan's] whole grandiosity that is very four years ago.	Corgan was an arrogant individual.	entailment
And the reason why the rest of us sit in our armchairs and read about these accomplishments is because we wish we'd done something as interesting with our time.	It is not interesting to sit in armchairs.	neutral
That is labor's real job, the very core purpose of a union.	A union has no purpose involving labor.	contradiction
In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.	Nicholas Lemann is the author of Ms.	contradiction
As a result of your conversation with her and subsequent reports that showed that she had tried to enlist the help of someone else in her lie that the President sexually harassed her, you now do not believe that what she claimed happened really happened.	The woman told the truth about the President sexually harassing her.	contradiction
And so all the paradoxes of thrift, widow's cruses, and so on become irrelevant.	the paradox of the widow's cruse becomes irrelevant with new Federal Reserve policies.	neutral
I wind up doing many things alone on weekends and in the evenings because she always has plans with the girls.	The author is often in groups of people on the weekends.	contradiction
We know that Sullivan believes in him (her?	Sullivan believes in someone.	entailment
Now he believes he can be president.	He believes that he can be elected for president.	entailment
(The baseball season is another and AMC is a third.)	The baseball season and AMC can be mentioned on a same list.	entailment
Sure, there may be life on other planets--if you call that life.	Earth is the only planet.	contradiction
But I think he misses an important Though the conflict may not reveal a previously hidden incentive (as in 2), it may create one.	You can find a hidden incentive.	neutral
Also on the Consider Your Options page, you can order SLATE to be delivered to your computer by e-mail.	SLATE can be delivered to your computer by e-mail.	entailment
An unmarried dependent student qualifies before age 23, as does any adult child who acquired a physical or mental disability before age 21;	There are more 22-year-old qualifiers than 21-year-old qualifiers.	neutral
Affirmative action is likely to fail when it is merely a special preference bestowed upon those who have the right parents, whether right means educational pedigree or skin color.	Affirmative action can fail if not used properly.	entailment
Critics have savaged her fraudulent persona and monomaniacal perfectionism for a long time.	She is an honest and well-adjusted person.	contradiction
This December, it will happen Tens of thousands of children will hound their parents into buying charming Dalmatian pups for Christmas.	Christmas is coming this July.	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.	Willey admitted that she made a pass at Clinton in 1994.	contradiction
Sports pundits likened him to Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus.	The sports pundits were excited about their commentary.	neutral
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 film is a standalone movie.	contradiction
According to Helen Lawrenson, a former Vanity Fair editor and Johnson's self-proclaimed ex-lover, this is a romantic view of him.	Helen Lawrenson is the current editor of Vanity Fair.	contradiction
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 denials that the Officials at the Justice Department made have been soundly refuted.	neutral
Well, did her tune ever change.	did her attitude ever adjust?	entailment
Morrison thickens the ambiguity by avoiding literal references to history and even physical descriptions that might fix characters in time and space.	Morrison is writing an anime manga.	neutral
Vocation began here--the story of two frogs,	The frogs fell in love.	neutral
Last year the British publication of these never-published 39 poems occasioned accusations of misogyny, sordidness, and racism (one of the poems is titled King Bolo and his Big Black Kween).	Last year, the British publication of these 39 poems was the third time the poems had been published.	contradiction
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?	He questions and wonders about things unlike in his books.	entailment
Howard Kurtz, the media reporter of the Washington Post , does this a bit from time to time.	Washington Post's Howard Kurtz has never reportedly done this.	contradiction
Not to orthodox quiz participants, for whom greeting cards are to genuine manifestations of feeling what Big Macs are to real hamburgers, with some sort of joke about Hallmark and bulimia--and an ugly image that would be, if only I had the wit to express it.	The writer does not have the wit to fully explain what they would like to express in the sentence.	entailment
Tudjman, who is fond of Il Duce-type uniforms, rigged the parliamentary elections so that his nationalist party, HDZ, could not lose.	Tudjman believes all election should be fair and let the people decide.	contradiction
Teacher of the Year Andrew Baumgartner is the kind of educator who has delighted his kindergarten students with a wedding for Sleeping Beauty, complete with limousine and cake, teaching them, I suppose, that nothing is worthwhile unless it is entertaining.	Despite spoiling his kindergarten students, Andrew Baumgartner has yet to earn Teacher of the Year.	contradiction
That I don't want it to end.	If it ends it will never happen again.	neutral
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.	Janet Reno created a lot of problems talking to the president.	neutral
If Birdwhistell, in his travels, had been looking not for smiles but for smirks , Chatterbox strongly suspects he would have found lots of them on the smile-barren East Coast, especially in the vicinity of its prep schools and Ivy League universities . Here's a thought Summon up a mental image of Ali McGraw, the smirkiest performer in the history of the movies.	Chatterbox hates people who smirk.	neutral
Suge, too, imitated mob style, valuing loyalty and insularity over all, surrounding himself with thuggish cronies.	These cronies were incredibly well paid to ensure absolute loyalty.	neutral
Last year he tried and failed to invoke the War Powers Resolution for the Bosnia mission.	No senator has ever been able to invoke the War Powers Resolution.	neutral
(Perkins did not respond to several requests for an interview.)	Perkins was not responsive when it came to interviews.	entailment
On other questions as well, U.S. officials use fatalism and objective language to minimize American responsibility and rule out options.	U.S. officials were quick to take full responsibility for their actions.	contradiction
I think your first instinct, that children should address adults in the manner in which the adults ask to be addressed, is absolutely dead on.	Most adults like to be called ma'am or sir.	neutral
I win both bets, scoring 125 samoleans.	The best yielded a 400-percent return.	neutral
You say that it's not important who asked the question.	They said it was extremely important who asked the question.	contradiction
Its language pointedly avoids accusing him of perjury or obstruction of justice.	the wording used definitely finds him guilty of perjury.	contradiction
But this letter is long enough, possibly too long for the format, so I will leave discussion of Lemann's attempt to sum up to the next letter.	The letter is too long in its current state to be accepted.	neutral
Even the singers don't like these songs.	Everybody universally likes these songs.	contradiction
That's why labor is making fewer endorsements.	Labor is not helping.	entailment
He was too old, his back hurt too much, he had too many outside interests ...	He had never felt so good.	contradiction
Hours before, Netanyahu had given a speech insisting that Israel would not halt the rapid construction of a controversial housing project in East Jerusalem or make further concessions to halt terrorism.	Netanyahu, a leader in Israel, planned to continue the fight against terrorism.	entailment
This year, my wife is dragging me to the home of some friends of hers to celebrate the new year.	We celebrated New Year's at the home of my wife's friends.	entailment
Her last husband, and manager, George Richey, was more than overcome by her death.	She was George Richey's second wife but he had never loved a woman more than he did her.	neutral
He was tall, charismatic, with piercing blue eyes that made Monica weak inside--and, best of all, he was the most powerful man on Earth!	Monica wouldn't even give him a chance.	contradiction
The democrat at the helm of a museum, a symphony orchestra, or a publishing house tries to expand his audience while challenging it.	Greatly expanding the audience of a publishing house while also challenging it often proves an impossible task.	neutral
A more honest summary might be We Finally Realize That Caltech Is Tops.	One summary could indicate that Caltech is on top.	entailment
Their issuing of short-term buy or short-term hold recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.	There is a ton of pressure on companies to exceed past earnings, and it's being driven by the issuance of short-term buy or hold recommendations.	entailment
The rice was light and cooked to perfection, and the vegetables were nicely steamed in a complex sauce that blended the subtle flavors of curry, coconut milk, and basil.	The meat was a little overcooked and tough.	neutral
Prusiner has yet to show, for instance, that a protein sans nucleic acid can be infectious, and consequently, he has invoked the potential involvement of yet another agent in the disease process (although he insists it has no nucleic acid and calls it Protein X).	Referring to it as Protein X, Prusiner claims it lacks nucleic acid.	entailment
The Louis XV story reminds me of one of Ronald Reagan's favorites--about the Muslim philosopher who said that the king came to the throne with high taxes and departed with low revenue.	Ronald Reagan didn't think that allegorical tales were worth considering.	contradiction
Pundit Central, for one, is worried that peppy, likable Monica might try to take its job.	Pundit Central knows of a person named Monica.	entailment
It's probably therapeutic for Slate's two warriors to be taking time out from their inquiries into the House Budget or Travelgate to organize their thoughts on their place in the universe.	the 2 Slate soldiers arrange their thoughts about their place in the world.	entailment

While the home still evinces mutterings of Xanadu from the envious, it is actually smaller than Aaron Spelling's 50,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills, and no one in California thinks it unseemly that the genius who brought us Charlie's Angels shouldn't reap the fruits of his labor.

There are no few homes larger than 50,000 square foot in Beverly Hills.

neutral

For the United Nations to thrive, it's not enough that the United States trust it.

It requires more than trust from a single country for the UN to thrive.

entailment

While Podhoretz may be correct in his opinion of Al Sharpton, his comments regarding Sharpton and Jesse Jackson possess a thinly disguised undertone of As he castigates white liberals for assuming that Negroes could do no wrong, his discussion of Sharpton's actions seem to say, Well, what can you expect?

Podhoretz has Republican sympathies and may be biased.

neutral

The wise course for Republicans might be to accept a plea bargain under which neither Clinton's behavior nor Starr's will be further investigated with regard to the Lewinsky matter.

Clinton's actions have never been investigated in any way.

contradiction

He's not just a man in the He generates his own light.

The character is a male.

entailment

Some House Republicans, including DeLay, have fired back at Bush, accusing him of betraying them, meddling in their business, and distorting their ideas.

Everyone in the Republican party is entirely happy with Bush's leadership.

contradiction

Yes, the American people have a right to be skeptical.

The American people have reasons to be unsure about what is going on.

entailment

An article explores McDonald's niche offerings.

an article examines McDonald's opportunistic choices.

entailment

And yet (no doubt largely because congressional Republicans were overplaying their hand), the public gave Clinton more support than had ever been enjoyed by Richard Nixon (personal 67 percent) or even Ronald Reagan (personal 68 percent--mass adulation of Ronald Reagan being a largely retrospective phenomenon).

The public supported Clinton more than Nixon and Reagan.

entailment

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

Paul made no judgment on the difficulty of the work.

contradiction

Clinton has no such out.

There's no way out for Clinton.

entailment

Much of the Internet discussion about this merger frames the issue Which is worse, Big Business or Big Regulator?

The internet discussion favors Big Rregulator in the debate.

neutral

Ambrose--in the very next sentence!

There is an individual named Ambrose.

entailment

The second variety of white race-consciousness--whiteness-as-burden--is no less tangled up in hypocrisy.

the second type of white race-consciousness is full of hypocrisy.

entailment

Plato's girlfriend is worried the former actress is on a downward spiral to death.

Plato's girlfriend doesn't care about anyone else.

contradiction

I suggest a test to resolve the matter.

An argument is what is suggested.

contradiction

They are well armed and wear bulletproof vests.

They are well prepared for combat.

neutral

This was the 10 th study since 1975--and all studies showed similar problems.

Only two studies had been performed since 1975.

contradiction

It takes a man to stand.

Women can stand.

contradiction

Words are now rarely carved in stone

In the past words were carved in stone about half of the time.

neutral

Rupert Murdoch is rumored to be interested in buying it and turning it into a West Coast version of the New York Post . A circulation-hungry Willes vs. the rapacious That's just the kind of fight the American newspaper industry needs.

Murdoch wishes to make the purchase because he wants more papers like the Post in circulation.

neutral

The article's author, Smithsonian curator Paul Forman, accused Gross and Levitt of trying to place science back on its pre-postmodern pedestal.

Paul Forman is normally professional with is pieces.

neutral

Though this version of libertarianism seems to flirt with anarchism, Boaz isn't worried about disarray.

Boaz thinks this version of libertarianism will destroy the country.

contradiction

1 bank in loans, deposits, business lending (large and small), and ATMs (15,000);

This bank does not provide its' own ATMs.

contradiction

You can fault Clinton's piety and recklessness from a realistic standpoint.

From a young age, Clinton believed in the need for religion.

neutral

Does W. agree with this sentiment?

W's sentiment on the matter is important.

entailment

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 movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer, came out in 1993.

entailment

The coverage of her day in court was uniformly kind, rarely mentioning that she has lied before and changed her story now.

The news media was gentle toward her.

entailment

Waking Ned Devine might have been a snooze if Jones hadn't stocked it with a slew of old actors with magically lived-in visages.

Ned Devine had died in his sleep.

contradiction

Carter, the family's patriarch, was certifiably rural; he grew up in southwestern Virginia's Poor Valley.

Carter's upbringing took place in Virginia.

entailment

The Seagram Co. expanded plans to advertise liquor on television, defying President Clinton's plea to honor the half-century-old voluntary ban.

Seagram Co. does not produce liquor.

contradiction

Rupert Murdoch is rumored to be interested in buying it and turning it into a West Coast version of the New York Post . A circulation-hungry Willes vs. the rapacious That's just the kind of fight the American newspaper industry needs.

It has been confirmed that Murdoch will be buying the paper.

contradiction

Among the black agents courting rookies are Puffy Combs, Master P, and Johnnie Cochran.

Puffy Combs refuses to even speak with the rookies.

contradiction

And if there were, any elective late abortion--even by induction--would be wrong, though D and E and partial-birth abortion would seem especially cruel.

The women are in difficult situations.

neutral

That's some chutzpah, considering who the chief beneficiary was.

There was no beneficiary.

contradiction

And in a final act of disintermediation, Son of 695 retaliates against all these mayors and council members who thought they got the drop on It will roll back all taxes and fees increased since July 1999, when I-695 qualified for the ballot.

Once on the ballot, I-695 will lower taxes and fees.

entailment

Never able to paint anything unless he had it before his eyes, Soutine set about re-enacting some of the classic paintings he loved most.

Soutine was working on new paintings.

entailment

In retrospect, though, two things seem clear.

There are two instances that are clearly understandable.

entailment

The wrestlers also enact crucifixions, sadomasochism, and prostitution.

the wrestlers took the night off.

contradiction

Nor does Big Blue exercise the kind of financial or cultural power that Morgan once did.

Big Blue simply doesn't flex the same kind of cultural or financial power than Morgan previous has.

entailment

Sportscaster Marv Albert denied charges that he had assaulted and sodomized a female acquaintance.

Marv Albert apologized for his actions saying he was sorry for sodomizing the woman.

contradiction

Music that conjures up a sense of suspended time and a still, suburban afterglow seems a perfect occasion for its debut.

This music is the worst that could be playing for its debut.

contradiction

There's something about [Corgan's] whole grandiosity that is very four years ago.

Corgan was an arrogant individual.

entailment

And the reason why the rest of us sit in our armchairs and read about these accomplishments is because we wish we'd done something as interesting with our time.

It is not interesting to sit in armchairs.

neutral

That is labor's real job, the very core purpose of a union.

A union has no purpose involving labor.

contradiction

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

Nicholas Lemann is the author of Ms.

contradiction

As a result of your conversation with her and subsequent reports that showed that she had tried to enlist the help of someone else in her lie that the President sexually harassed her, you now do not believe that what she claimed happened really happened.

The woman told the truth about the President sexually harassing her.

contradiction

And so all the paradoxes of thrift, widow's cruses, and so on become irrelevant.

the paradox of the widow's cruse becomes irrelevant with new Federal Reserve policies.

neutral

I wind up doing many things alone on weekends and in the evenings because she always has plans with the girls.

The author is often in groups of people on the weekends.

contradiction

We know that Sullivan believes in him (her?

Sullivan believes in someone.

entailment

Now he believes he can be president.

He believes that he can be elected for president.

entailment

(The baseball season is another and AMC is a third.)

The baseball season and AMC can be mentioned on a same list.

entailment

Sure, there may be life on other planets--if you call that life.

Earth is the only planet.

contradiction

But I think he misses an important Though the conflict may not reveal a previously hidden incentive (as in 2), it may create one.

You can find a hidden incentive.

neutral

Also on the Consider Your Options page, you can order SLATE to be delivered to your computer by e-mail.

SLATE can be delivered to your computer by e-mail.

entailment

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

There are more 22-year-old qualifiers than 21-year-old qualifiers.

neutral

Affirmative action is likely to fail when it is merely a special preference bestowed upon those who have the right parents, whether right means educational pedigree or skin color.

Affirmative action can fail if not used properly.

entailment

Critics have savaged her fraudulent persona and monomaniacal perfectionism for a long time.

She is an honest and well-adjusted person.

contradiction

This December, it will happen Tens of thousands of children will hound their parents into buying charming Dalmatian pups for Christmas.

Christmas is coming this July.

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.

Willey admitted that she made a pass at Clinton in 1994.

contradiction

Sports pundits likened him to Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus.

The sports pundits were excited about their commentary.

neutral

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 film is a standalone movie.

contradiction

According to Helen Lawrenson, a former Vanity Fair editor and Johnson's self-proclaimed ex-lover, this is a romantic view of him.

Helen Lawrenson is the current editor of Vanity Fair.

contradiction

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 denials that the Officials at the Justice Department made have been soundly refuted.

neutral

Well, did her tune ever change.

did her attitude ever adjust?

entailment

Morrison thickens the ambiguity by avoiding literal references to history and even physical descriptions that might fix characters in time and space.

Morrison is writing an anime manga.

neutral

Vocation began here--the story of two frogs,

The frogs fell in love.

neutral

Last year the British publication of these never-published 39 poems occasioned accusations of misogyny, sordidness, and racism (one of the poems is titled King Bolo and his Big Black Kween).

Last year, the British publication of these 39 poems was the third time the poems had been published.

contradiction

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?

He questions and wonders about things unlike in his books.

entailment

Howard Kurtz, the media reporter of the Washington Post , does this a bit from time to time.

Washington Post's Howard Kurtz has never reportedly done this.

contradiction

Not to orthodox quiz participants, for whom greeting cards are to genuine manifestations of feeling what Big Macs are to real hamburgers, with some sort of joke about Hallmark and bulimia--and an ugly image that would be, if only I had the wit to express it.

The writer does not have the wit to fully explain what they would like to express in the sentence.

entailment

Tudjman, who is fond of Il Duce-type uniforms, rigged the parliamentary elections so that his nationalist party, HDZ, could not lose.

Tudjman believes all election should be fair and let the people decide.

contradiction

Teacher of the Year Andrew Baumgartner is the kind of educator who has delighted his kindergarten students with a wedding for Sleeping Beauty, complete with limousine and cake, teaching them, I suppose, that nothing is worthwhile unless it is entertaining.

Despite spoiling his kindergarten students, Andrew Baumgartner has yet to earn Teacher of the Year.

contradiction

That I don't want it to end.

If it ends it will never happen again.

neutral

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.

Janet Reno created a lot of problems talking to the president.

neutral

If Birdwhistell, in his travels, had been looking not for smiles but for smirks , Chatterbox strongly suspects he would have found lots of them on the smile-barren East Coast, especially in the vicinity of its prep schools and Ivy League universities . Here's a thought Summon up a mental image of Ali McGraw, the smirkiest performer in the history of the movies.

Chatterbox hates people who smirk.

neutral

Suge, too, imitated mob style, valuing loyalty and insularity over all, surrounding himself with thuggish cronies.

These cronies were incredibly well paid to ensure absolute loyalty.

neutral

Last year he tried and failed to invoke the War Powers Resolution for the Bosnia mission.

No senator has ever been able to invoke the War Powers Resolution.

neutral

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

Perkins was not responsive when it came to interviews.

entailment

On other questions as well, U.S. officials use fatalism and objective language to minimize American responsibility and rule out options.

U.S. officials were quick to take full responsibility for their actions.

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I think your first instinct, that children should address adults in the manner in which the adults ask to be addressed, is absolutely dead on.

Most adults like to be called ma'am or sir.

neutral

I win both bets, scoring 125 samoleans.

The best yielded a 400-percent return.

neutral

You say that it's not important who asked the question.

They said it was extremely important who asked the question.

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Its language pointedly avoids accusing him of perjury or obstruction of justice.

the wording used definitely finds him guilty of perjury.

contradiction

But this letter is long enough, possibly too long for the format, so I will leave discussion of Lemann's attempt to sum up to the next letter.

The letter is too long in its current state to be accepted.

neutral

Even the singers don't like these songs.

Everybody universally likes these songs.

contradiction

That's why labor is making fewer endorsements.

Labor is not helping.

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He was too old, his back hurt too much, he had too many outside interests ...

He had never felt so good.

contradiction

Hours before, Netanyahu had given a speech insisting that Israel would not halt the rapid construction of a controversial housing project in East Jerusalem or make further concessions to halt terrorism.

Netanyahu, a leader in Israel, planned to continue the fight against terrorism.

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This year, my wife is dragging me to the home of some friends of hers to celebrate the new year.

We celebrated New Year's at the home of my wife's friends.

entailment

Her last husband, and manager, George Richey, was more than overcome by her death.

She was George Richey's second wife but he had never loved a woman more than he did her.

neutral

He was tall, charismatic, with piercing blue eyes that made Monica weak inside--and, best of all, he was the most powerful man on Earth!

Monica wouldn't even give him a chance.

contradiction

The democrat at the helm of a museum, a symphony orchestra, or a publishing house tries to expand his audience while challenging it.

Greatly expanding the audience of a publishing house while also challenging it often proves an impossible task.

neutral

A more honest summary might be We Finally Realize That Caltech Is Tops.

One summary could indicate that Caltech is on top.

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Their issuing of short-term buy or short-term hold recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.

There is a ton of pressure on companies to exceed past earnings, and it's being driven by the issuance of short-term buy or hold recommendations.

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The rice was light and cooked to perfection, and the vegetables were nicely steamed in a complex sauce that blended the subtle flavors of curry, coconut milk, and basil.

The meat was a little overcooked and tough.

neutral

Prusiner has yet to show, for instance, that a protein sans nucleic acid can be infectious, and consequently, he has invoked the potential involvement of yet another agent in the disease process (although he insists it has no nucleic acid and calls it Protein X).

Referring to it as Protein X, Prusiner claims it lacks nucleic acid.

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The Louis XV story reminds me of one of Ronald Reagan's favorites--about the Muslim philosopher who said that the king came to the throne with high taxes and departed with low revenue.

Ronald Reagan didn't think that allegorical tales were worth considering.

contradiction

Pundit Central, for one, is worried that peppy, likable Monica might try to take its job.

Pundit Central knows of a person named Monica.

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It's probably therapeutic for Slate's two warriors to be taking time out from their inquiries into the House Budget or Travelgate to organize their thoughts on their place in the universe.

the 2 Slate soldiers arrange their thoughts about their place in the world.

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