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The dog that did bark but no one noticed--the political turmoil in the three great South Asian nations of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia, which now are well on the way to passing the three northern Asian nations of China, Japan, and Russia in population (Indonesia is fourth, Pakistan just passed Japan to seventh, India will soon pass China to first).	South Asia is comprised of more than one country.	entailment
. I suppose you could make an argument that it's a significant enough phenomenon, so that it deserves to be here.	There is no possible way it deserves to be here.	contradiction
He and Els were on the 17 th green, tied at 4 under.	They were both under par after teeing off on the 17th hole.	entailment
There are those who argue passionately that life originated with a single replicated molecule.	No one will argue that life originated with a single replicated molecule.	contradiction
And those damn video games.	I denounce all video games!	entailment
And the computer animation and cheerful music suggest that sex is a fun consumable.	People only use sex for reproducing.	contradiction
He has made his pre-testimony-leaks-don't-apply argument in sealed court papers and also has publicly denied believing anything so foolish, Brill points out.	A federal judge is the one who sealed the court papers.	neutral
The publication doesn't report where Mrs.	Someone else reported where Mrs.	neutral
It said, Such behavior ranges from demanding sex from co-workers to forcing female office staff to serve tea or to clean the workplace.	The ones making demands are male.	neutral
(Russia, for example, consistently undercounts its war dead.)	Russia is dishonest about fatalities in war.	entailment
(Quayle--that tax-and-spend liberal--would set it at a whopping 19 percent.)	19 percent is a low number to set.	contradiction
That fragmented system without oversight had its deviance (not all doctors provided good care) and cost (the doctors drove up the bills).	the system has only been in place for the last 6 months.	neutral
A 30,000-man unit called Saddam's Commandos , led by one of his sons, also snuffs out unrest.	Saddam has no children.	contradiction
Membership in this group would be defined in a possession-neutral way.	Nobody has strict possession of, or power over, membership in this group.	entailment
In the Times of London Monday, Clarke was quoted as saying, There is no truth whatsoever in the allegations that the Sunday Mirror are making against me, and they are very hurtful.	Clark also said that he was set up.	neutral
Time 's mistake, we think, was its stinting view of history.	Time's stinting view of history was developed after decades of varying editorial standards.	neutral
Luckily, he is highly placed, but I mean, how does one gracefully NOT contribute?	unfortunately he is of low rank.	contradiction
Hong Kongers are increasingly restless about Chinese rule.	All the people in Hong Kong are completely at ease with Chinese rule.	contradiction
3) The study is flawed because it assumes the participants correctly recalled their dietary habits.	There is a flaw when assuming participants perfectly remember what they eat.	entailment
Because CNN executives crash so frequently, CNN devotes round-the-clock coverage to wait, that doesn't quite follow.	CNN refuses to play music during their broadcasts.	neutral
This brief period may have been the most fertile of his career.	His career had a high point.	entailment
When the American diplomat who supervises the international peace monitors in Kosovo accused Serb police of the massacre, the Yugoslav (i.e.	A diplomat blamed the massacre on the Serb police.	entailment
When Time asks if Jiang should make a gesture on human rights to ease relations with America, Jiang I would like to know what you refer to specifically as a gesture.	Such a gesture would be a simple matter.	neutral
At the same time it would teach today's youth about the real-life value of the Second Amendment.	The value of the Second Amendment goes beyond mere academic discourse.	entailment
Visually we wanted to create a little bit of hope, a transition to the rest of the spot and the HRC logo, which picks up and repeats the color.	They all wanted to establish a sense of despair in their work.	contradiction
I am at play right now.	I will go your way.	neutral
N otting Hill opens with an superfluous voice-over that sets the scene and makes certain that the audience is oriented.	The opening scene in Notting Hill does nothing to orient the audience.	contradiction
Newsweek 's cover package compares Watergate and Flytrap.	Newsweek is biased.	neutral
But Rips appears eager to address the challenge.	Rips wants to deal with the challenge as soon as possible.	entailment
Wait Until Dark (Brooks Atkinson Theatre).	The Brooks Atkinson Theatre has never played Wait Until Dark.	contradiction
Dostoyevsky wrote a book called The Idiot about a guy who is unprepossessing and naturally holy.	Dostoyevsky got inspiration for the title from a friend of his.	neutral
People were chuckling about the Rome of the Decadence effect of the big lawn bolster recliners.	Some of the people were excited about the lawn bolster recliners.	neutral
Kanter's price for 100 note-sized sheets and envelopes on Crane's paper is $166 ($1.	There are no options for buying less than 100 sheets and envelopes.	neutral
Now economists are pointing out the unfairness of subsidizing the reduction in the number of doctors while refusing to do the same for other professions, such as economists.	Economists are against subsidies for the reduction of the number of employees in a profession.	neutral
William Jefferson Clinton ranks on the list.	The Jefferson in William Jefferson Clinton originates from his parent's admiration for Thomas Jefferson.	neutral
And can this be explained without resorting to the phrase dumbing down or alluding to the questions on that Who Wants a Big Bucket of Money quiz show being multiple choice about the Brady Bunch , not like in the old days, when quiz show questions were so hard that you had to cheat to win, and presidential candidates all spoke in full sentences, in iambic pentameter, in Latin, while wearing complicated wigs and fancy hats and several layers of underwear with fastenings so elaborate you had to be like a genius just to undress for one of your Naked Fireside Chats from the Aero White House, a giant dirigible moored to Zelda Fitzgerald.	Who Wants a Big Bucket of Money quiz show has dumbed down, multiple-choice questions.	entailment
Of course this kind of demand-side thinking is extremely out of fashion.	This kind of demand-side thinking has never been as popular as it is right now.	contradiction
Imagine a law school class with 100 places.	Law school classes don't have any places.	contradiction
Annan visits Washington this week to push again.	Annan visits Washington frequently.	neutral
He is much more heartfelt about prison reform than about Wachtler reform.	The author has stronger feelings in regards to prison reform than Wachtler reform.	entailment
Of course he wasn't under oath, so that's OK.	A man wasn't under oath at the time.	entailment
Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, who made the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story , say Lana was adamant that she wasn't there.	Lana did not provide any comment during the The Brandon Teena Story documentary.	contradiction
Somehow I am happy to be too formal for your society.	I am sad to be too informal for your society.	contradiction
Standard Medicare coverage pays only 80 percent of doctor and hospital bills and nothing for drugs.	People are fed up with Medicare.	neutral
The only thing I liked about the first episode is Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante imitating Michael and Kay Corleone.	The actor Steven Van Zandt played a character named Silvio Dante.	entailment
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.	It will be hard to pay the taxes.	neutral
Many responses were built on the assumption that Southern Baptists are bad in bed.	The responses were collected over a prolonged 10 year study.	neutral
I invite you to compare Reich's account with reality by clicking .	Reich's account of the situation presents a bleaker picture than the reality of what actually happened.	neutral
Actually, three, if you count Jerry Falwell's Jew Town, but that's a scary place.	There's no reason to be afraid of Jerry Falwell's Jew Town.	contradiction
This year, my wife is dragging me to the home of some friends of hers to celebrate the new year.	My wife has been acquainted with her friends for years.	neutral
Newsweek answers its own cover line with an optimistic yes.	It was unusual for Newsweek to give their opinion on this matter.	neutral
Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?	The candidate will tell people to not vote for him.	contradiction
Do you know the saying, We're all grown-ups here?	The saying is one that is meaningful and impactful.	neutral
The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed.	It has been stemmed before.	neutral
Some places are so boring that that's what's comically interesting about Peoria, Encino, Cleveland.	No one has ever described a location as boring.	contradiction
It is also, needless to say, free of any taint of bias or corruption.	It used to have corruption.	neutral
The Supreme Court might not cooperate in rejecting the administration's public position and embracing its secret desire.	The Supreme Court has to decide whether to intervene, or accept the administration's public position.	entailment
We have never been a moral majority, concedes one.	We are not a moral majority.	entailment
And even with clean practices and technologies like steaming of meat (which hasn't been tested nearly as much), some food would still be contaminated.	Scientists will eventually come up with a procedure to eliminate food contamination.	neutral
In 19 th -century Britain, this tough love helped keep the divorce rate near zero even amid the stark status inequality of a modern nation.	Over half of marriages ended in divorce in 19th-century Britain.	contradiction
You love it up here, don't you?	Someone is not happy with there current position.	contradiction
Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.	The Rolling Stone has never had cover stories.	contradiction
Newsweek 's cover package, pegged to the release of Steven Spielberg's film Amistad , assesses the legacy of slavery.	Steven Spielberg will be releasing the film Amistad.	entailment
I can only hope that these low critical standards extend to my own work.	The author has previously been unfairly criticized for his work.	neutral
You might end up with such a brave battalion of heroes that when a grenade lands in their midst, there is a competition to see who gets to jump on it to save the others.	Brave soldiers will sacrifice their lives for others.	entailment
Music critics complain about the computer's tin ear, but artificial intelligence experts are impressed.	Artificial intelligence experts doubt the computer can make good music.	contradiction
The Nation 's Katha Pollitt takes Putnam's very example, the shift from league bowling to ad hoc bowling, and suggests that [that] story could be told as one of happy progress from a drink-sodden night of spouse-avoidance with the same old faces from work to temperate and spontaneous fun with one's intimate friends and family.	The story is popular.	neutral
At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.	Brock was not genuine when he was showing fairness.	entailment
A sidebar speculates that Slobodan Milosevic is probably hoarding chemical weapons, including nerve gas, blister agents, choking compounds, and hallucinogens.	Slobodan Milosevic has killed people.	neutral
A teaser horse is the warm-up act, an important but ultimately expendable creature.	Teaser horses have died during the performance before.	neutral
In the '70s, the Left-Behind White appeared in the form of the unmeltable ethnic, that long-assimilated Italian- or Irish- or Polish-American who, in the wake of the Black Power movement, felt it necessary to dust off and revive the ways of the Old Country.	Italian-Americans only recently became integrated into American society.	contradiction
Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign and the Partnership for a Drug Free America propagandized ceaselessly about the perils of drugs.	Nancy Reagan was known for encouraging children to smoke.	contradiction
Overhype is, in its way, a strategically brilliant term.	The overapplication of hype can lead to positive results.	entailment
For all I know, some hockey fans go for the fights.	The author is unsure why all hockey fans go to games.	entailment
One vivid After the embassy bombing, Chinese officials produced an anti-NATO music video.	The embassy was not bombed and the chinese wrote a new article about it.	contradiction
How else can people understand tragedies such as Littleton, in which normal middle-class kids are not playing baseball or flirting with girls or even duking out their differences after school on the playground; they are nursing monstrous visions of murder and mayhem, while building bombs in their clueless parents' garage.	The kids that lived in Littleton were all rich.	contradiction
The author of Bastard out of Carolina , known as a confessional memoirist par excellence, writes about someone other than herself, and earns mixed reviews.	She is not a writer.	contradiction
This is too bad, because Pokemon is undoubtedly much smarter and more charming than what will supplant it.	Pokemon should be replaced by something else because the next thing will surely be smarter than it.	contradiction
Poor Beatty has a need to think Clintonite Democrats aren't tackling race and poverty, much like Marx had a need for a proletariat, except that Marx's need was theoretical, while Beatty's is only theatrical.	Beatty wants Clinton to focus more on addressing race and poverty.	entailment
Thanks to current banking regulations, more than 85 percent of U.S. banks currently maintain KYC programs.	People approve of the KYC programs.	neutral
Acclaim for the pulp-fiction writer's 34 th novel.	The writer has never written a novel before.	contradiction
The United States abandoned its policy of stabilizing gold prices back in 1971.	the USA deserted its program of maintaining the price of gold in 1971.	entailment
(And we have reached a degree of liberation that permits me to think of these potholes as Mayor Barry's potholes without feeling guilty of racism.)	There are potholes in Mayor Barry's city.	entailment
As the century's greatest thinker, as an immigrant who fled from oppression to freedom, as a political idealist, he best embodies the century, says Time .	Time magazine noted he was just an ordinary man.	contradiction
What impresses me, in fact, is that with all the blather about the new, there is a hunger for history, and for many people, the old is more relevant than the new.	the history they crave is full of misinformation and lies.	neutral
This triathlon kills Churchill, who wins the defeat-totalitarianism contest but flunks the liberation-and-justice contest.	The triathlon is the end of Churchill.	entailment
Beijing's opposition seems to be driven more by apprehension that Washington might provide theater missile defenses to Taiwan, which China views as a renegade province.	Beijing is in opposition to the United States.	entailment
The Other Side of the Rainbow	The rainbow only has one side.	contradiction
Indeed, a great, unfinished work can be more fascinating than a finished one because of the way the reader is drawn into the artistic process.	The author thinks there is value in showing readers your work before it is completed.	entailment
Against all this, Morris shows footage of Leuchter chiseling at Auschwitz and even adds some of his own, along with slow-motion shots of hammers bashing rocks, walls, floors, etc.	Leuchter does not appear in Morris's work.	contradiction
One of the striking things about the Microsoft trial, so far, is the extent to which the Justice Department and its lawyer, David Boies, have built their case around personal vilification of Bill Gates.	Contrary to expectations, Boies had nothing but good things to say about Bill Gates.	contradiction
I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.	Paul Krugman's columns are of no interest to me.	contradiction
Previous generations bore scars from all sorts of non-life-threatening diseases, the stuff everyone picked up as a baby.	We should attempt to mitigate the number of diseases people catch as babies.	neutral
Your letter was so charming that Prudie almost forgot it was about a problem.	The problem mentioned in the letter is the lack of affordable accommodations in the big city.	neutral
I have filters that keep me from being subjected to that sort of language in my e-mail.	Everything is able to get through to my e-mail.	contradiction
The smallest of the major tobacco companies, the Liggett Group, agreed to a settlement with attorneys general from 22 states who had sued to recoup money spent on health care for smokers.	The Liggett Group did not agree to a settlement this time.	contradiction
In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post, under the headline U.S.	The South China Morning Post is sold in Hong Kong.	entailment
While it makes no sense to worry that you are living well at your grandchildren's expense, you might legitimately worry that someone else is living well at your grandchildren's expense.	It is okay that you your grandchildren are taking care of your expenses.	entailment
He is unpopular in the Senate.	In the Senate, he is not popular.	entailment
And the United States is also leading the creation of new international the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the North Atlantic Free Trade Association, the World Trade Organization, the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, and the Chemical Weapons Convention.	The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change was a group the United States refused to join.	contradiction

The dog that did bark but no one noticed--the political turmoil in the three great South Asian nations of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia, which now are well on the way to passing the three northern Asian nations of China, Japan, and Russia in population (Indonesia is fourth, Pakistan just passed Japan to seventh, India will soon pass China to first).

South Asia is comprised of more than one country.

entailment

. I suppose you could make an argument that it's a significant enough phenomenon, so that it deserves to be here.

There is no possible way it deserves to be here.

contradiction

He and Els were on the 17 th green, tied at 4 under.

They were both under par after teeing off on the 17th hole.

entailment

There are those who argue passionately that life originated with a single replicated molecule.

No one will argue that life originated with a single replicated molecule.

contradiction

And those damn video games.

I denounce all video games!

entailment

And the computer animation and cheerful music suggest that sex is a fun consumable.

People only use sex for reproducing.

contradiction

He has made his pre-testimony-leaks-don't-apply argument in sealed court papers and also has publicly denied believing anything so foolish, Brill points out.

A federal judge is the one who sealed the court papers.

neutral

The publication doesn't report where Mrs.

Someone else reported where Mrs.

neutral

It said, Such behavior ranges from demanding sex from co-workers to forcing female office staff to serve tea or to clean the workplace.

The ones making demands are male.

neutral

(Russia, for example, consistently undercounts its war dead.)

Russia is dishonest about fatalities in war.

entailment

(Quayle--that tax-and-spend liberal--would set it at a whopping 19 percent.)

19 percent is a low number to set.

contradiction

That fragmented system without oversight had its deviance (not all doctors provided good care) and cost (the doctors drove up the bills).

the system has only been in place for the last 6 months.

neutral

A 30,000-man unit called Saddam's Commandos , led by one of his sons, also snuffs out unrest.

Saddam has no children.

contradiction

Membership in this group would be defined in a possession-neutral way.

Nobody has strict possession of, or power over, membership in this group.

entailment

In the Times of London Monday, Clarke was quoted as saying, There is no truth whatsoever in the allegations that the Sunday Mirror are making against me, and they are very hurtful.

Clark also said that he was set up.

neutral

Time 's mistake, we think, was its stinting view of history.

Time's stinting view of history was developed after decades of varying editorial standards.

neutral

Luckily, he is highly placed, but I mean, how does one gracefully NOT contribute?

unfortunately he is of low rank.

contradiction

Hong Kongers are increasingly restless about Chinese rule.

All the people in Hong Kong are completely at ease with Chinese rule.

contradiction

3) The study is flawed because it assumes the participants correctly recalled their dietary habits.

There is a flaw when assuming participants perfectly remember what they eat.

entailment

Because CNN executives crash so frequently, CNN devotes round-the-clock coverage to wait, that doesn't quite follow.

CNN refuses to play music during their broadcasts.

neutral

This brief period may have been the most fertile of his career.

His career had a high point.

entailment

When the American diplomat who supervises the international peace monitors in Kosovo accused Serb police of the massacre, the Yugoslav (i.e.

A diplomat blamed the massacre on the Serb police.

entailment

When Time asks if Jiang should make a gesture on human rights to ease relations with America, Jiang I would like to know what you refer to specifically as a gesture.

Such a gesture would be a simple matter.

neutral

At the same time it would teach today's youth about the real-life value of the Second Amendment.

The value of the Second Amendment goes beyond mere academic discourse.

entailment

Visually we wanted to create a little bit of hope, a transition to the rest of the spot and the HRC logo, which picks up and repeats the color.

They all wanted to establish a sense of despair in their work.

contradiction

I am at play right now.

I will go your way.

neutral

N otting Hill opens with an superfluous voice-over that sets the scene and makes certain that the audience is oriented.

The opening scene in Notting Hill does nothing to orient the audience.

contradiction

Newsweek 's cover package compares Watergate and Flytrap.

Newsweek is biased.

neutral

But Rips appears eager to address the challenge.

Rips wants to deal with the challenge as soon as possible.

entailment

Wait Until Dark (Brooks Atkinson Theatre).

The Brooks Atkinson Theatre has never played Wait Until Dark.

contradiction

Dostoyevsky wrote a book called The Idiot about a guy who is unprepossessing and naturally holy.

Dostoyevsky got inspiration for the title from a friend of his.

neutral

People were chuckling about the Rome of the Decadence effect of the big lawn bolster recliners.

Some of the people were excited about the lawn bolster recliners.

neutral

Kanter's price for 100 note-sized sheets and envelopes on Crane's paper is $166 ($1.

There are no options for buying less than 100 sheets and envelopes.

neutral

Now economists are pointing out the unfairness of subsidizing the reduction in the number of doctors while refusing to do the same for other professions, such as economists.

Economists are against subsidies for the reduction of the number of employees in a profession.

neutral

William Jefferson Clinton ranks on the list.

The Jefferson in William Jefferson Clinton originates from his parent's admiration for Thomas Jefferson.

neutral

And can this be explained without resorting to the phrase dumbing down or alluding to the questions on that Who Wants a Big Bucket of Money quiz show being multiple choice about the Brady Bunch , not like in the old days, when quiz show questions were so hard that you had to cheat to win, and presidential candidates all spoke in full sentences, in iambic pentameter, in Latin, while wearing complicated wigs and fancy hats and several layers of underwear with fastenings so elaborate you had to be like a genius just to undress for one of your Naked Fireside Chats from the Aero White House, a giant dirigible moored to Zelda Fitzgerald.

Who Wants a Big Bucket of Money quiz show has dumbed down, multiple-choice questions.

entailment

Of course this kind of demand-side thinking is extremely out of fashion.

This kind of demand-side thinking has never been as popular as it is right now.

contradiction

Imagine a law school class with 100 places.

Law school classes don't have any places.

contradiction

Annan visits Washington this week to push again.

Annan visits Washington frequently.

neutral

He is much more heartfelt about prison reform than about Wachtler reform.

The author has stronger feelings in regards to prison reform than Wachtler reform.

entailment

Of course he wasn't under oath, so that's OK.

A man wasn't under oath at the time.

entailment

Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, who made the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story , say Lana was adamant that she wasn't there.

Lana did not provide any comment during the The Brandon Teena Story documentary.

contradiction

Somehow I am happy to be too formal for your society.

I am sad to be too informal for your society.

contradiction

Standard Medicare coverage pays only 80 percent of doctor and hospital bills and nothing for drugs.

People are fed up with Medicare.

neutral

The only thing I liked about the first episode is Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante imitating Michael and Kay Corleone.

The actor Steven Van Zandt played a character named Silvio Dante.

entailment

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.

It will be hard to pay the taxes.

neutral

Many responses were built on the assumption that Southern Baptists are bad in bed.

The responses were collected over a prolonged 10 year study.

neutral

I invite you to compare Reich's account with reality by clicking .

Reich's account of the situation presents a bleaker picture than the reality of what actually happened.

neutral

Actually, three, if you count Jerry Falwell's Jew Town, but that's a scary place.

There's no reason to be afraid of Jerry Falwell's Jew Town.

contradiction

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

My wife has been acquainted with her friends for years.

neutral

Newsweek answers its own cover line with an optimistic yes.

It was unusual for Newsweek to give their opinion on this matter.

neutral

Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?

The candidate will tell people to not vote for him.

contradiction

Do you know the saying, We're all grown-ups here?

The saying is one that is meaningful and impactful.

neutral

The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed.

It has been stemmed before.

neutral

Some places are so boring that that's what's comically interesting about Peoria, Encino, Cleveland.

No one has ever described a location as boring.

contradiction

It is also, needless to say, free of any taint of bias or corruption.

It used to have corruption.

neutral

The Supreme Court might not cooperate in rejecting the administration's public position and embracing its secret desire.

The Supreme Court has to decide whether to intervene, or accept the administration's public position.

entailment

We have never been a moral majority, concedes one.

We are not a moral majority.

entailment

And even with clean practices and technologies like steaming of meat (which hasn't been tested nearly as much), some food would still be contaminated.

Scientists will eventually come up with a procedure to eliminate food contamination.

neutral

In 19 th -century Britain, this tough love helped keep the divorce rate near zero even amid the stark status inequality of a modern nation.

Over half of marriages ended in divorce in 19th-century Britain.

contradiction

You love it up here, don't you?

Someone is not happy with there current position.

contradiction

Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.

The Rolling Stone has never had cover stories.

contradiction

Newsweek 's cover package, pegged to the release of Steven Spielberg's film Amistad , assesses the legacy of slavery.

Steven Spielberg will be releasing the film Amistad.

entailment

I can only hope that these low critical standards extend to my own work.

The author has previously been unfairly criticized for his work.

neutral

You might end up with such a brave battalion of heroes that when a grenade lands in their midst, there is a competition to see who gets to jump on it to save the others.

Brave soldiers will sacrifice their lives for others.

entailment

Music critics complain about the computer's tin ear, but artificial intelligence experts are impressed.

Artificial intelligence experts doubt the computer can make good music.

contradiction

The Nation 's Katha Pollitt takes Putnam's very example, the shift from league bowling to ad hoc bowling, and suggests that [that] story could be told as one of happy progress from a drink-sodden night of spouse-avoidance with the same old faces from work to temperate and spontaneous fun with one's intimate friends and family.

The story is popular.

neutral

At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.

Brock was not genuine when he was showing fairness.

entailment

A sidebar speculates that Slobodan Milosevic is probably hoarding chemical weapons, including nerve gas, blister agents, choking compounds, and hallucinogens.

Slobodan Milosevic has killed people.

neutral

A teaser horse is the warm-up act, an important but ultimately expendable creature.

Teaser horses have died during the performance before.

neutral

In the '70s, the Left-Behind White appeared in the form of the unmeltable ethnic, that long-assimilated Italian- or Irish- or Polish-American who, in the wake of the Black Power movement, felt it necessary to dust off and revive the ways of the Old Country.

Italian-Americans only recently became integrated into American society.

contradiction

Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign and the Partnership for a Drug Free America propagandized ceaselessly about the perils of drugs.

Nancy Reagan was known for encouraging children to smoke.

contradiction

Overhype is, in its way, a strategically brilliant term.

The overapplication of hype can lead to positive results.

entailment

For all I know, some hockey fans go for the fights.

The author is unsure why all hockey fans go to games.

entailment

One vivid After the embassy bombing, Chinese officials produced an anti-NATO music video.

The embassy was not bombed and the chinese wrote a new article about it.

contradiction

How else can people understand tragedies such as Littleton, in which normal middle-class kids are not playing baseball or flirting with girls or even duking out their differences after school on the playground; they are nursing monstrous visions of murder and mayhem, while building bombs in their clueless parents' garage.

The kids that lived in Littleton were all rich.

contradiction

The author of Bastard out of Carolina , known as a confessional memoirist par excellence, writes about someone other than herself, and earns mixed reviews.

She is not a writer.

contradiction

This is too bad, because Pokemon is undoubtedly much smarter and more charming than what will supplant it.

Pokemon should be replaced by something else because the next thing will surely be smarter than it.

contradiction

Poor Beatty has a need to think Clintonite Democrats aren't tackling race and poverty, much like Marx had a need for a proletariat, except that Marx's need was theoretical, while Beatty's is only theatrical.

Beatty wants Clinton to focus more on addressing race and poverty.

entailment

Thanks to current banking regulations, more than 85 percent of U.S. banks currently maintain KYC programs.

People approve of the KYC programs.

neutral

Acclaim for the pulp-fiction writer's 34 th novel.

The writer has never written a novel before.

contradiction

The United States abandoned its policy of stabilizing gold prices back in 1971.

the USA deserted its program of maintaining the price of gold in 1971.

entailment

(And we have reached a degree of liberation that permits me to think of these potholes as Mayor Barry's potholes without feeling guilty of racism.)

There are potholes in Mayor Barry's city.

entailment

As the century's greatest thinker, as an immigrant who fled from oppression to freedom, as a political idealist, he best embodies the century, says Time .

Time magazine noted he was just an ordinary man.

contradiction

What impresses me, in fact, is that with all the blather about the new, there is a hunger for history, and for many people, the old is more relevant than the new.

the history they crave is full of misinformation and lies.

neutral

This triathlon kills Churchill, who wins the defeat-totalitarianism contest but flunks the liberation-and-justice contest.

The triathlon is the end of Churchill.

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Beijing's opposition seems to be driven more by apprehension that Washington might provide theater missile defenses to Taiwan, which China views as a renegade province.

Beijing is in opposition to the United States.

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The Other Side of the Rainbow

The rainbow only has one side.

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Indeed, a great, unfinished work can be more fascinating than a finished one because of the way the reader is drawn into the artistic process.

The author thinks there is value in showing readers your work before it is completed.

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Against all this, Morris shows footage of Leuchter chiseling at Auschwitz and even adds some of his own, along with slow-motion shots of hammers bashing rocks, walls, floors, etc.

Leuchter does not appear in Morris's work.

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One of the striking things about the Microsoft trial, so far, is the extent to which the Justice Department and its lawyer, David Boies, have built their case around personal vilification of Bill Gates.

Contrary to expectations, Boies had nothing but good things to say about Bill Gates.

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I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.

Paul Krugman's columns are of no interest to me.

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Previous generations bore scars from all sorts of non-life-threatening diseases, the stuff everyone picked up as a baby.

We should attempt to mitigate the number of diseases people catch as babies.

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Your letter was so charming that Prudie almost forgot it was about a problem.

The problem mentioned in the letter is the lack of affordable accommodations in the big city.

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I have filters that keep me from being subjected to that sort of language in my e-mail.

Everything is able to get through to my e-mail.

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The smallest of the major tobacco companies, the Liggett Group, agreed to a settlement with attorneys general from 22 states who had sued to recoup money spent on health care for smokers.

The Liggett Group did not agree to a settlement this time.

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In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post, under the headline U.S.

The South China Morning Post is sold in Hong Kong.

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

It is okay that you your grandchildren are taking care of your expenses.

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He is unpopular in the Senate.

In the Senate, he is not popular.

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And the United States is also leading the creation of new international the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the North Atlantic Free Trade Association, the World Trade Organization, the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, and the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change was a group the United States refused to join.

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