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It is certainly not because he failed to get most of his policy proposals adopted.	The main reason is because of his failure to get most of his policy proposals adopted.	contradiction
There are people who are not members of the Libertarian Party but who are open-minded about it and willing to listen, even though you may not be able to convert them.	non-members of the Libertarian Party can be open-minded and willing to engage in conversation.	entailment
He had a video camera attached to the ceiling, which recorded every move.	He had a record of what occurred.	entailment
) The narrative is laced throughout with colorful, distinctly Southern characters, including a Delta store owner who displays a Happy Holidays sign year round ([w]e have a holiday every two months or so) and a Georgia rabbi whose rock 'n' roll temple fuses Jewish and Southern ways ([w]e're sort of reconformadox).	The characters in the narrative were based on the author's childhood neighbors in the community.	neutral
Henceforth, as Tucker sees it, Monet searched for a more private and less jingoistic tie to the French landscape and discovered it in the multiple layers of his own water garden.	Tucker provided no insight on Monet.	contradiction
The more he lied about his lies, the more people focused on his lying and forgot what the original lies were about.	Not only did he lie, he lied about lying.	entailment
Interviewed by the British Journalism Review about the extent of his personal interference in the editorial policies of his newspapers, which include the Independent , Tony O'Reilly, chairman of the Heinz food company, said he gives his editors absolutely free rein provided they abide by some general rules.	Tony O'Reilly is quite lenient with this newspaper editors.	entailment
(The American convention is not quite what it American journalists are permitted to act on their prejudices--the news columns and air time devoted to Flytrap wouldn't make sense unless reporters and editors believed the accusations.	American journalists are totally unbiased in their reporting.	contradiction
Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.	The author argues that there are visitors who visit the website regularly.	entailment
As his fellow Impressionists died one after the other--Pissarro in 1903, Cezanne in 1906, Degas in 1917, Renoir in 1919--Monet ended up, once again, like Ishmael, at the end of Moby-Dick : Now I am the last survivor of the group, he sighed.	Ishmael wasn't the only survivor from Moby-Dick.	contradiction
But if so, this was self-delusion on a really impressive scale.	The delusion involved hallucinations of a previous romantic partner.	neutral
They're more interested in spiritual self-flagellation and renewal.	Spiritual self-flagellation must be an intense process.	neutral
The administration's spin is that demands and conditions are the opposite of negotiation.	Most experts agree that the administration's spin doesn't make sense in light of the situation.	neutral
the tester meows as he drops the vermin on the developer's doorstep.	The developer never got to see any results from the tester, leaving nothing on the doorstep.	contradiction
Now, of course what is good for the individual is not always good if everyone else does it too.	What applies to one person doesn't always apply to everyone else.	entailment
A writer recounts his experience as a phone psychic.	The writer has refused to divulge anything about his experiences as a phone psychic.	contradiction
Who can blame him for lying to the gullible young?	He had a fully honest conversation with the group of children.	contradiction
But the stallions who run Ruby see the place as purely evil.	Ruby has no relation to the stallions.	contradiction
Is Lee Harvey Oswald in his grave or in Russia?	Lee Harvey Oswald is still alive to this day.	contradiction
They were pitiful even by microbial standards.	To all onlookers, they were viewed as fortunate and exuberant.	contradiction
It's interesting to note that of the 21 pundits who held forth on tobacco legislation this weekend, only Jack Germond professes to currently being a smoker.	All the pundits admit to being heavy smokers, not one of them smokes less than a pack a day.	contradiction
PinochetAid concert.	The PinochetAid concert took place on August 21st, 1988.	contradiction
They drive fabulous cars and pick up every check.	The cars they drive are very nice.	entailment
As it stands now, police officers, especially in urban areas, present more illegally obtained evidence than legally obtained evidence.	All evidence obtained by the police is gotten by the book and is legitimate in every way.	contradiction
Second, the Newsweek online story stated that the tapes offer no clear evidence to support or undermine Tripp's allegations.	Tripp accused Clinton of making untoward statements.	neutral
And that's why there's nothing at all wrong with this picture.	The picture is perfect.	entailment
At his 1977 trial, Flynt was sentenced to seven to 25 years for obscenity and for engaging in organized crime.	Flynt was sentenced to at least 7 years.	entailment
You can have a park in your backyard (as I do) and still make it to work in 15 minutes (if you keep a sharp eye out for the potholes).	Most people commute to work in under 15 minutes.	neutral
Every computer Apple makes costs a lot to make.	Apple sells more computers than anyone.	neutral
And yet, while this oversaving is costly to any given generation, it enriches future generations.	The current generation is saving at a lower rate than past generations.	neutral
The problem, for Slate and other Internet sites, comes from having to charge for usage, when what they're selling is intellectual property with a flat production cost.	All of Slate's content is free online.	contradiction
It's interesting to note that of the 21 pundits who held forth on tobacco legislation this weekend, only Jack Germond professes to currently being a smoker.	More than one pundit had something to say about tobacco legislation this weekend.	entailment
His proposal introduces prescription drug coverage and eliminates payment for preventive services but aims to cut costs by stoking price competition among HMOs and requiring patients to chip in for some services.	Inciting price competition among various HMOs will be healthy for the health insurance sphere.	neutral
He wanted a sound bite--something pithy to take out of context.	The author thinks he was seeking to be disingenuous.	entailment
But anyway, that is all beside the point.	Everything in the previous discussion isn't important to the point.	entailment
Newsweek also lets Martha Stewart describe her successful foray into Web marketing.	Martha Stewart is allowed to talk about her successful endeavor into Web marketing.	entailment
It's a full-time job just controlling the young hotheads on some NBA squads.	Just keeping young and passionate players on some NBA squads settled down is a full-time job.	entailment
Chernow attributes this attitude to Rockefeller's uncommon respect for the dollar.	Chernow says that Rockefeller overspent in every way possible.	contradiction
Critics mostly applaud this movie about a female necrophiliac who works in a funeral home.	The female in the movie is sexually attracted to dead people.	entailment
I thank Joe Conason for pointing out my errors, and I apologize to the readers of S late for my carelessness.	The author has never made a mistake in one of his publications.	contradiction
Faking appreciation is always, of course, er, appreciated.	The feeling of being appreciated is nice even if it's not real.	entailment
Perhaps Internet users are more depressed because they are better informed.	People who use the internet tend to be more informed than those who don't.	entailment
Such self-referential questions can be pointless and irritating, and books that dwell on them generally belong in a category that one friend of mine calls art about art supplies.	I have gotten input about this subject from at least one person.	entailment
Willey might have a better case against Clinton if she wants to make it--and if her story is true.	Willey want to make a case against Clinton.	neutral
Bloomie's says I've got $40 due,	They are due $40.	entailment
I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry.	Kinsley asserted that punditry was sensisble.	contradiction
Alan Greenspan's still funny.	Nothing about Alan Greenspan ever made anyone laugh.	contradiction
Perhaps that's why I feel Plotz's article is the silliest explanation of the logic of adventure I've ever read.	I have only the deepest respect for anything Plotz has ever written.	contradiction
Most people Prudie has observed tipping taxi drivers tack on a couple of bucks, no matter what the meter.	People try to run before paying.	contradiction
our casual voodoo the pleasure to give pain that gives pleasure of pain, unmerited, cruel, free creation	our voodoo is totally legal under the law.	neutral
While still in the death chamber, the inspector had snapped a few quick pictures of himself sitting in the chair, and he is planning to use them as Christmas cards this year.	The inspector is planning for his yearly Christmas cards.	entailment
But Spielberg doesn't have to catch them all.	Spielberg catches some.	neutral
Maybe then you won't be too good to ride in an exploding Chevy.	You won't be good to ride in an exploding Chevy then, will ya?	entailment
Even this distinction, though, is changing with the development of off-line software that automatically goes to the Web to retrieve material, and stores it on your own computer.	The software stores material in the cloud.	contradiction
Government lawyers might not lie about the facts, says Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies.	The government doesn't have legal representation.	contradiction
No offense meant.	No offense was taken.	neutral
Clinton's Whitewater and assorted other troubles, having been more thoroughly aired in his first term, may have run their course.	Clinton's long list of problems were addressed at length during his first term.	entailment
Physicians will unionize against managed care.	Physicians work well together.	neutral
Praise goes to Lee's argument, her sensitivity, and her writing.	Lee was known by many people.	neutral
Had Flytrap never occurred, Gore surely would be running on the Clinton-Gore economic boom.	Gore would have been successful running on the Clinton-Gore economic boom.	neutral
Why should the pro-gamblers cooperate with a critical study?	Gambling can be a profession.	entailment
It recounts the misdeeds of Phantomd, a teen-age cracker who infiltrated computers at nuclear-weapons labs, military bases, banks, dams, and major corporations before he was caught.	Phantomd learned to crack from his best friend at school.	neutral
The speech was long and, I can now see, rather platitudinous.	The speech was long and platitudinous.	entailment
Mavis believes the deaths are accidental, but circumstances suggest that the act was at least unconsciously volitional.	Mavis is aware of the circumstantial evidence surrounding the death.	neutral
Burn How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet ,by Michael Wolff (Simon & Schuster).	You can download "How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet" by Michael Wolff on the internet itself.	entailment
That assumption may or may not be correct.	Someone has made an assumption.	entailment
Researchers in Boston are already implanting fetal pig cells in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients.	Fetal pig cells are already being implanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients.	entailment
There's more good stuff in Briefing, including Explainer, The Week/The Spin, and Slate	The sources found in Briefing are varied in their opinions.	neutral
At its worst, it's become a new refuge for the untalented musician, a fact that Ryan Adams from the band Whiskeytown owns up to in the song Faithless Street: I had started this damn country band/ 'cause punk rock was too hard to sing.	Ryan Adams is in a band called Champagne City.	contradiction
Critics also welcome his ambivalence on Russia's Unlike most Russia watchers, Mr.	The person has a clear view on Russia.	contradiction
SportsZone, SportsLine, et al practice the anti-gambling puritanism of TV, which dumped its oddsmakers years ago.	TV companies are against gambling.	neutral
He was 65 at the time.	He was at an old age of 65.	entailment
He has threatened to veto the five remaining appropriations bills in the 2000 budget because of Republicans' proposed cuts in social programs.	Republicans want to spend more money on social programs.	contradiction
Spot enforcement, well-publicized with blue flashing lights, is what maintains speed limits on the highway.	There's a system in place to make sure people don't exceed speed limits on the highway.	entailment
Everybody says--every politician--[that] it's to your disadvantage not to answer it.	Everyone, at least every politician, thinks that to not answer a question is a disadvantage.	entailment
Sixty-eight percent favor a federal law to prevent job discrimination against gays and lesbians.	The majority of people are against discrimination.	entailment
His shows are more 700 Club than Crossfire . His guests almost always share Moyers' belief about the topic at hand.	Moyers' last show was full of contention.	contradiction
If NBC wanted to clone its sitcoms, you think it could aim higher than Suddenly Susan and The Naked Truth , says USA Today 's Matt Roush.	NBC is in need of a good sitcom.	entailment
It's redeploying assets to boost the stock price.	Assets that are redeployed can increase the value of the stock.	entailment
Not all falsehoods, of course, are lies (the key ingredient in a lie is intentionality).	Not all falsehoods are lies, but all lies are falsehoods.	entailment
But he was abrupt with her--not rude, just abrupt.	He was terse with her, but in a way not meant to be rude.	entailment
In Germany, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel revealed that unpublished films of Adolf Hitler have surfaced in the United States.	There is a magazine in Germany referred to as Der Spiegel.	entailment
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 went to Harvard University.	neutral
The natural paste, meanwhile, lacks all bite, and your mouth feels dirtier after you've brushed.	Even after brushing, the natural paste fails to make your mouth feel clean.	entailment
Dr. Richards, can you write a prescription for the tabloids?	Dr. Richards will not give into the tabloids demands.	contradiction
These countries only reluctantly agreed to this week's new U.N. sanctions that bar international travel by Iraqi officials linked to the inspection dispute.	Unless new guidelines were met, the U.N. would continue to sanction Iraq.	neutral
Bottomless Mug	Unknown to its owner, this was literal as the bottom of the mug had been removed.	neutral
I should also say that while I love the idea that the universe is nothing but a mathematical model of itself, I've never met anyone else who found the idea of software without hardware even remotely plausible.	I have met many people who believe that software can be without hardware.	contradiction
So what if all the negatives are lost?	Things would be much better if all negatives are lost.	neutral
Unlike the 1980s, when the economy's leading figures often seemed to be people like Michael Milken and Boone Pickens, who were speculators in that classic populist sense of the word, the people who get the most attention and respect today are almost all businessmen who spend their time making things, not playing with other people's Bill Gates, Michael Dell, or whoever.	Those who garner the most respect are those who play with money instead of making things.	contradiction
( Goodfellas ? Fuh-get about it.)	Fuh-get about Goodfellas.	entailment
Therapeutic laws become props for rhetoric that might be called demagoguery, except that it disgraces the memories of Joe McCarthy and Huey Long and the ambitions of Pat Buchanan to call Clinton a demagogue.	Pat Buchanan became somewhat less ambitious as he got a bit older.	neutral
As he prepared to leave London to set up an American Shakespeare Company in Los Angeles, Britain's most famous theater director, Sir Peter Hall, wrote in the Mail on Sunday that Prime Minister Tony Blair, promoter of Cool Britannia, has in fact betrayed the arts by refusing them subsidies.	Tony Blair was elected Prime Minister after pledging to generously support the arts during his campaign.	neutral
That's not your demographic profile on the Net, observes consultant Rob Arena, of Presage Internet Consulting, who coordinated Bob Dole's Internet campaign in 1996.	Rob Arena coordinated Bob Dole's Internet campaign in 1992.	contradiction
No More Teachers, No More Books ...	The people don't want to learn anymore.	neutral
In other words, yes.	They are saying yes	entailment
Dexfenfluramine (tradenamed Redux), a cousin of fenfluramine, was just released.	Common side-effects of Redux have been documented for years.	contradiction
Well, why read any type of fiction?	It's up for question whether to read fiction.	entailment
In January 1993, the Bush administration launched cruise missiles at Baghdad to force compliance.	The missiles were successful in getting Baghdad to comply.	neutral
One of the few remaining ways to obtain a coveted downward departure--a sentence below the official range--is through cooperation with the government . In Lewinsky's case, lawyer Ginsburg, rather than turning state's evidence after indictment, is asking for immunity--a guarantee that his client will never face charges at all.	Ginsburg advised his client to not turn state's evidence in the Lewinsky case.	entailment

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

The main reason is because of his failure to get most of his policy proposals adopted.

contradiction

There are people who are not members of the Libertarian Party but who are open-minded about it and willing to listen, even though you may not be able to convert them.

non-members of the Libertarian Party can be open-minded and willing to engage in conversation.

entailment

He had a video camera attached to the ceiling, which recorded every move.

He had a record of what occurred.

entailment

) The narrative is laced throughout with colorful, distinctly Southern characters, including a Delta store owner who displays a Happy Holidays sign year round ([w]e have a holiday every two months or so) and a Georgia rabbi whose rock 'n' roll temple fuses Jewish and Southern ways ([w]e're sort of reconformadox).

The characters in the narrative were based on the author's childhood neighbors in the community.

neutral

Henceforth, as Tucker sees it, Monet searched for a more private and less jingoistic tie to the French landscape and discovered it in the multiple layers of his own water garden.

Tucker provided no insight on Monet.

contradiction

The more he lied about his lies, the more people focused on his lying and forgot what the original lies were about.

Not only did he lie, he lied about lying.

entailment

Interviewed by the British Journalism Review about the extent of his personal interference in the editorial policies of his newspapers, which include the Independent , Tony O'Reilly, chairman of the Heinz food company, said he gives his editors absolutely free rein provided they abide by some general rules.

Tony O'Reilly is quite lenient with this newspaper editors.

entailment

(The American convention is not quite what it American journalists are permitted to act on their prejudices--the news columns and air time devoted to Flytrap wouldn't make sense unless reporters and editors believed the accusations.

American journalists are totally unbiased in their reporting.

contradiction

Loyal visitors probably already know the URL or have it bookmarked in their Web browsers.

The author argues that there are visitors who visit the website regularly.

entailment

As his fellow Impressionists died one after the other--Pissarro in 1903, Cezanne in 1906, Degas in 1917, Renoir in 1919--Monet ended up, once again, like Ishmael, at the end of Moby-Dick : Now I am the last survivor of the group, he sighed.

Ishmael wasn't the only survivor from Moby-Dick.

contradiction

But if so, this was self-delusion on a really impressive scale.

The delusion involved hallucinations of a previous romantic partner.

neutral

They're more interested in spiritual self-flagellation and renewal.

Spiritual self-flagellation must be an intense process.

neutral

The administration's spin is that demands and conditions are the opposite of negotiation.

Most experts agree that the administration's spin doesn't make sense in light of the situation.

neutral

the tester meows as he drops the vermin on the developer's doorstep.

The developer never got to see any results from the tester, leaving nothing on the doorstep.

contradiction

Now, of course what is good for the individual is not always good if everyone else does it too.

What applies to one person doesn't always apply to everyone else.

entailment

A writer recounts his experience as a phone psychic.

The writer has refused to divulge anything about his experiences as a phone psychic.

contradiction

Who can blame him for lying to the gullible young?

He had a fully honest conversation with the group of children.

contradiction

But the stallions who run Ruby see the place as purely evil.

Ruby has no relation to the stallions.

contradiction

Is Lee Harvey Oswald in his grave or in Russia?

Lee Harvey Oswald is still alive to this day.

contradiction

They were pitiful even by microbial standards.

To all onlookers, they were viewed as fortunate and exuberant.

contradiction

It's interesting to note that of the 21 pundits who held forth on tobacco legislation this weekend, only Jack Germond professes to currently being a smoker.

All the pundits admit to being heavy smokers, not one of them smokes less than a pack a day.

contradiction

PinochetAid concert.

The PinochetAid concert took place on August 21st, 1988.

contradiction

They drive fabulous cars and pick up every check.

The cars they drive are very nice.

entailment

As it stands now, police officers, especially in urban areas, present more illegally obtained evidence than legally obtained evidence.

All evidence obtained by the police is gotten by the book and is legitimate in every way.

contradiction

Second, the Newsweek online story stated that the tapes offer no clear evidence to support or undermine Tripp's allegations.

Tripp accused Clinton of making untoward statements.

neutral

And that's why there's nothing at all wrong with this picture.

The picture is perfect.

entailment

At his 1977 trial, Flynt was sentenced to seven to 25 years for obscenity and for engaging in organized crime.

Flynt was sentenced to at least 7 years.

entailment

You can have a park in your backyard (as I do) and still make it to work in 15 minutes (if you keep a sharp eye out for the potholes).

Most people commute to work in under 15 minutes.

neutral

Every computer Apple makes costs a lot to make.

Apple sells more computers than anyone.

neutral

And yet, while this oversaving is costly to any given generation, it enriches future generations.

The current generation is saving at a lower rate than past generations.

neutral

The problem, for Slate and other Internet sites, comes from having to charge for usage, when what they're selling is intellectual property with a flat production cost.

All of Slate's content is free online.

contradiction

It's interesting to note that of the 21 pundits who held forth on tobacco legislation this weekend, only Jack Germond professes to currently being a smoker.

More than one pundit had something to say about tobacco legislation this weekend.

entailment

His proposal introduces prescription drug coverage and eliminates payment for preventive services but aims to cut costs by stoking price competition among HMOs and requiring patients to chip in for some services.

Inciting price competition among various HMOs will be healthy for the health insurance sphere.

neutral

He wanted a sound bite--something pithy to take out of context.

The author thinks he was seeking to be disingenuous.

entailment

But anyway, that is all beside the point.

Everything in the previous discussion isn't important to the point.

entailment

Newsweek also lets Martha Stewart describe her successful foray into Web marketing.

Martha Stewart is allowed to talk about her successful endeavor into Web marketing.

entailment

It's a full-time job just controlling the young hotheads on some NBA squads.

Just keeping young and passionate players on some NBA squads settled down is a full-time job.

entailment

Chernow attributes this attitude to Rockefeller's uncommon respect for the dollar.

Chernow says that Rockefeller overspent in every way possible.

contradiction

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

The female in the movie is sexually attracted to dead people.

entailment

I thank Joe Conason for pointing out my errors, and I apologize to the readers of S late for my carelessness.

The author has never made a mistake in one of his publications.

contradiction

Faking appreciation is always, of course, er, appreciated.

The feeling of being appreciated is nice even if it's not real.

entailment

Perhaps Internet users are more depressed because they are better informed.

People who use the internet tend to be more informed than those who don't.

entailment

Such self-referential questions can be pointless and irritating, and books that dwell on them generally belong in a category that one friend of mine calls art about art supplies.

I have gotten input about this subject from at least one person.

entailment

Willey might have a better case against Clinton if she wants to make it--and if her story is true.

Willey want to make a case against Clinton.

neutral

Bloomie's says I've got $40 due,

They are due $40.

entailment

I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry.

Kinsley asserted that punditry was sensisble.

contradiction

Alan Greenspan's still funny.

Nothing about Alan Greenspan ever made anyone laugh.

contradiction

Perhaps that's why I feel Plotz's article is the silliest explanation of the logic of adventure I've ever read.

I have only the deepest respect for anything Plotz has ever written.

contradiction

Most people Prudie has observed tipping taxi drivers tack on a couple of bucks, no matter what the meter.

People try to run before paying.

contradiction

our casual voodoo the pleasure to give pain that gives pleasure of pain, unmerited, cruel, free creation

our voodoo is totally legal under the law.

neutral

While still in the death chamber, the inspector had snapped a few quick pictures of himself sitting in the chair, and he is planning to use them as Christmas cards this year.

The inspector is planning for his yearly Christmas cards.

entailment

But Spielberg doesn't have to catch them all.

Spielberg catches some.

neutral

Maybe then you won't be too good to ride in an exploding Chevy.

You won't be good to ride in an exploding Chevy then, will ya?

entailment

Even this distinction, though, is changing with the development of off-line software that automatically goes to the Web to retrieve material, and stores it on your own computer.

The software stores material in the cloud.

contradiction

Government lawyers might not lie about the facts, says Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies.

The government doesn't have legal representation.

contradiction

No offense meant.

No offense was taken.

neutral

Clinton's Whitewater and assorted other troubles, having been more thoroughly aired in his first term, may have run their course.

Clinton's long list of problems were addressed at length during his first term.

entailment

Physicians will unionize against managed care.

Physicians work well together.

neutral

Praise goes to Lee's argument, her sensitivity, and her writing.

Lee was known by many people.

neutral

Had Flytrap never occurred, Gore surely would be running on the Clinton-Gore economic boom.

Gore would have been successful running on the Clinton-Gore economic boom.

neutral

Why should the pro-gamblers cooperate with a critical study?

Gambling can be a profession.

entailment

It recounts the misdeeds of Phantomd, a teen-age cracker who infiltrated computers at nuclear-weapons labs, military bases, banks, dams, and major corporations before he was caught.

Phantomd learned to crack from his best friend at school.

neutral

The speech was long and, I can now see, rather platitudinous.

The speech was long and platitudinous.

entailment

Mavis believes the deaths are accidental, but circumstances suggest that the act was at least unconsciously volitional.

Mavis is aware of the circumstantial evidence surrounding the death.

neutral

Burn How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet ,by Michael Wolff (Simon & Schuster).

You can download "How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet" by Michael Wolff on the internet itself.

entailment

That assumption may or may not be correct.

Someone has made an assumption.

entailment

Researchers in Boston are already implanting fetal pig cells in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients.

Fetal pig cells are already being implanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients.

entailment

There's more good stuff in Briefing, including Explainer, The Week/The Spin, and Slate

The sources found in Briefing are varied in their opinions.

neutral

At its worst, it's become a new refuge for the untalented musician, a fact that Ryan Adams from the band Whiskeytown owns up to in the song Faithless Street: I had started this damn country band/ 'cause punk rock was too hard to sing.

Ryan Adams is in a band called Champagne City.

contradiction

Critics also welcome his ambivalence on Russia's Unlike most Russia watchers, Mr.

The person has a clear view on Russia.

contradiction

SportsZone, SportsLine, et al practice the anti-gambling puritanism of TV, which dumped its oddsmakers years ago.

TV companies are against gambling.

neutral

He was 65 at the time.

He was at an old age of 65.

entailment

He has threatened to veto the five remaining appropriations bills in the 2000 budget because of Republicans' proposed cuts in social programs.

Republicans want to spend more money on social programs.

contradiction

Spot enforcement, well-publicized with blue flashing lights, is what maintains speed limits on the highway.

There's a system in place to make sure people don't exceed speed limits on the highway.

entailment

Everybody says--every politician--[that] it's to your disadvantage not to answer it.

Everyone, at least every politician, thinks that to not answer a question is a disadvantage.

entailment

Sixty-eight percent favor a federal law to prevent job discrimination against gays and lesbians.

The majority of people are against discrimination.

entailment

His shows are more 700 Club than Crossfire . His guests almost always share Moyers' belief about the topic at hand.

Moyers' last show was full of contention.

contradiction

If NBC wanted to clone its sitcoms, you think it could aim higher than Suddenly Susan and The Naked Truth , says USA Today 's Matt Roush.

NBC is in need of a good sitcom.

entailment

It's redeploying assets to boost the stock price.

Assets that are redeployed can increase the value of the stock.

entailment

Not all falsehoods, of course, are lies (the key ingredient in a lie is intentionality).

Not all falsehoods are lies, but all lies are falsehoods.

entailment

But he was abrupt with her--not rude, just abrupt.

He was terse with her, but in a way not meant to be rude.

entailment

In Germany, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel revealed that unpublished films of Adolf Hitler have surfaced in the United States.

There is a magazine in Germany referred to as Der Spiegel.

entailment

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 went to Harvard University.

neutral

The natural paste, meanwhile, lacks all bite, and your mouth feels dirtier after you've brushed.

Even after brushing, the natural paste fails to make your mouth feel clean.

entailment

Dr. Richards, can you write a prescription for the tabloids?

Dr. Richards will not give into the tabloids demands.

contradiction

These countries only reluctantly agreed to this week's new U.N. sanctions that bar international travel by Iraqi officials linked to the inspection dispute.

Unless new guidelines were met, the U.N. would continue to sanction Iraq.

neutral

Bottomless Mug

Unknown to its owner, this was literal as the bottom of the mug had been removed.

neutral

I should also say that while I love the idea that the universe is nothing but a mathematical model of itself, I've never met anyone else who found the idea of software without hardware even remotely plausible.

I have met many people who believe that software can be without hardware.

contradiction

So what if all the negatives are lost?

Things would be much better if all negatives are lost.

neutral

Unlike the 1980s, when the economy's leading figures often seemed to be people like Michael Milken and Boone Pickens, who were speculators in that classic populist sense of the word, the people who get the most attention and respect today are almost all businessmen who spend their time making things, not playing with other people's Bill Gates, Michael Dell, or whoever.

Those who garner the most respect are those who play with money instead of making things.

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( Goodfellas ? Fuh-get about it.)

Fuh-get about Goodfellas.

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Therapeutic laws become props for rhetoric that might be called demagoguery, except that it disgraces the memories of Joe McCarthy and Huey Long and the ambitions of Pat Buchanan to call Clinton a demagogue.

Pat Buchanan became somewhat less ambitious as he got a bit older.

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As he prepared to leave London to set up an American Shakespeare Company in Los Angeles, Britain's most famous theater director, Sir Peter Hall, wrote in the Mail on Sunday that Prime Minister Tony Blair, promoter of Cool Britannia, has in fact betrayed the arts by refusing them subsidies.

Tony Blair was elected Prime Minister after pledging to generously support the arts during his campaign.

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That's not your demographic profile on the Net, observes consultant Rob Arena, of Presage Internet Consulting, who coordinated Bob Dole's Internet campaign in 1996.

Rob Arena coordinated Bob Dole's Internet campaign in 1992.

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No More Teachers, No More Books ...

The people don't want to learn anymore.

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In other words, yes.

They are saying yes

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Dexfenfluramine (tradenamed Redux), a cousin of fenfluramine, was just released.

Common side-effects of Redux have been documented for years.

contradiction

Well, why read any type of fiction?

It's up for question whether to read fiction.

entailment

In January 1993, the Bush administration launched cruise missiles at Baghdad to force compliance.

The missiles were successful in getting Baghdad to comply.

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One of the few remaining ways to obtain a coveted downward departure--a sentence below the official range--is through cooperation with the government . In Lewinsky's case, lawyer Ginsburg, rather than turning state's evidence after indictment, is asking for immunity--a guarantee that his client will never face charges at all.

Ginsburg advised his client to not turn state's evidence in the Lewinsky case.

entailment