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.. It must be said that this kind of approach is very tricky.	This kind of approach is awkward.	entailment
2) An elderly Milwaukee couple are soliciting women to conceive and bear their grandchild, using frozen sperm from their dead son.	The couple does not have access to their son's sperm.	contradiction
He's almost always portrayed as the dark, suspicious figure circa 1974.	Around the 1970s, he was viewed as a dark figure.	entailment
But filters aren't just for concerned parents.	worried parents have control over the filters.	entailment
Book and software pirates are prosecuted under the copyright laws, but pirates are not really plagiarists.	Pirates feel they are modern Robin Hoods.	neutral
America rescued him from minor cult status and gave him to the world (at a not-insignificant profit).	Prior rescue attempts had been made.	neutral
I do know that a couple of mornings with the Mach 3 has just about wiped the smirk off my face.	Mach 3 is only used at night.	contradiction
Time explains why the anti-sweatshop movement is growing on college The AFL-CIO has jump-started the protests by lavishing student activists with internships and trips to countries with poor working conditions.	The AFL-CIO did not intend for students to garner an anti-sweatshop sentiment from the aid they gave to students.	neutral
However you fiddle with the rates, there will always be a perceived penalty on somebody.	Rates can be fiddled with.	entailment
One must be a little skeptical of Sperling's personal experience with the game.	There is sufficient evidence to suspect foul play on behalf of the ability of Sperling in this game.	neutral
Tina and the Weinsteins all have highbrow pretensions but feel no shame in embracing pop culture.	Tina and the Weinsteins feel shame in embracing the pop culture.	contradiction
But lately he has taken to cruising college campuses in his Miata, looking for recruits.	The man is not allowed to visit college campuses.	contradiction
And, as SurfWatch's promotional literature is happy to point out, filters can help protect management from liability for permitting sexually explicit material in the workplace.	This type of liability can prove very costly.	neutral
Sometimes it's because there are nonmarket goods involved--the high value people place on personal safety, national security, a clean environment, or social welfare.	People do not place a high value on personal safety, national security, and a clean environment.	contradiction
An editorial from the Chinese Xinhua news agency vilified Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui for venturing down a dead alley and swimming against the historical tide of unification.	President Lee Teng-hui was criticized for not promoting unity.	entailment
Preferential treatment for big donors is nothing new.	All donors are treated equally.	contradiction
It's about sex.	Sex is not a topic.	contradiction
Democrats complain that given the amount of time they spend with Geraldo, diGenova and Toensing can't possibly be doing their government job.	At least two people spend time with Geraldo.	entailment
In a way, I think it has already helped Microsoft's image.	Microsoft has worked hard for this.	neutral
China is the most eager customer, buying surplus material through U.S.-based scrap-metal dealers.	China turns that scrap metal into products that are then sold in European countries.	neutral
Why should the pro-gamblers cooperate with a critical study?	It's in the gamblers interest to cooperate with a study.	neutral
The New Yorker began offering . Brown did her producing buzz to fuel circulation.	Brown produced buzz for the publication.	entailment
U.S. immigration law permits spouses of American citizens to become American citizens with only a few exceptions, such as sham marriages undertaken for the purpose of obtaining citizenship.	There's no way to become an American citizen if you come from another country.	contradiction
The 1992-93 famine lacked the central direction of a genocide, and its victims were not murdered on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion.	The victims of the 1992-93 famine had not been murdered for any particular reason.	entailment
The world is not now in depression, nor is a full-scale replay of the 1930s likely.	Various financial institutions and policies made replaying the 1930s improbable.	neutral
He's usually tiptop at fielding tough questions, agrees everyone.	Everyone thinks he can answer any question thrown at him.	entailment
Not entirely unmarried men are seldom worth the trouble.	Unmarried men are always worth the trouble.	contradiction
Howard Kurtz, the media reporter of the Washington Post , does this a bit from time to time.	The Washington Post's media reporter has this habit.	entailment
In 1982, Ronald Reagan invoked this right to keep EPA documents about toxic-waste disposal from Congress.	Ronald Reagan was alive in 1982.	entailment
Replace George Will's column with weekly photo of him being punched in the nose.	George Will has a column.	entailment
I might even vote for her.	I will vote for her.	neutral
As Aeschylus wrote of Zeus in Prometheus Bound , He cannot fly from Fate.	Zeus can easily evade his fate.	contradiction
It coarsens and inflames dialogue in a way that tends to prevent exposure of which ideas are right and which are wrong.	It is hard to tell what is the truth.	entailment
Ohio Democrats want Jerry Springer to run for Congress.	People in Ohio are aware of Jerry Springer.	entailment
First reported last fall, the epidemic has devastated the entire collection.	Despite the epidemic the collection has remained unharmed.	contradiction
Richard Holbrooke was confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations.	There were many UN ambassadors.	neutral
Jesse Helms could not have demonized homosexuality more effectively--which, of course, is why he was pleased to draw public attention to the pictures.	Unbeknownst to Helms, his brother was gay.	neutral
We look around our own solar system, and what appears to be common are planets that have no life whatsoever.	In our own solar system, we see life on each of the planets.	contradiction
He was too old, his back hurt too much, he had too many outside interests ...	There were several reason he could not do it.	entailment
Judging by today's responses, the network's lineup would seem to consist of Peter Jennings, Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel, and Barbara Walters, grilling Ellen DeGeneres about her lesbianism while a bare-assed Regis Philbin dispenses cash and prizes.	Regis Philbin appeared to withhold prizes from the contestants while denouncing the network.	contradiction
Our technological improvements have dramatically slowed natural selection.	Medical advancements especially have resulted in longer lives.	neutral
Most Falwell-style Christians would probably say yes, since the Antichrist is a false Messiah, he'll have to be Jewish, like Christ himself.	Christ was raised as a practicing Christian.	contradiction
Little of Leonardo's weirdness is conveyed by the Codex Leicester exhibit--though Isabella Rosellini's blue-velveteen voice narrating the exhibit's eight-minute biographical video helps somewhat.	Isabella's voice is irritating and grating.	contradiction
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 US leads the creation of multiple international groups.	entailment
We have industrialized our food systems, and continue to do so, something which classic economics says is not possible, since economies of scale do not easily apply to food production.	Under no circumstances can economies of scale apply to the food industry.	contradiction
The House passed the partial-birth-abortion ban , as expected.	There will be a lot of protests to the decision.	neutral
Upgrading to Next Day Air does NOT [their emphasis] mean you'll get your order the next day.	Upgrading to Next Day Air guarantees you will get your order the following day.	contradiction
His apology, June 12: If I knew it was like a religious-type deal, I would have never said it.	He said sorry for what he said.	entailment
A sidebar says Monica combed Gennifer Flowers' autobiography for tips on how to seduce the president.	Monica was obsessed with the president.	neutral
, that Bush showed indifference to the Pakistani coup and ignorance of the region's nuclear importance) with a lighthearted recitation of the leaders of obscure countries, Gore is sugarcoating his indictment of Bush so that listeners will laugh, swallow, and absorb it.	Gore used his knowledge of world leaders to highlight his diatribe against Bush.	entailment
Now they are claiming they have no money and can't afford a wedding.	It is universally believed that it does not cost any money to have a wedding.	contradiction
This is the favorite of the savvier Dems, notably House Democratic Caucus head Vic Fazio and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.	Richard Gephardt and Vic Fazio were never members of the same political party.	contradiction
Might they be used for this purpose before meeting their ends if we make their deaths as humane as possible?	Most people would agree that serving this purpose would give their death great meaning.	neutral
After-school prayer clubs skirt church-state separation laws and are popping up in as many as 1 out of every 4 public schools in the country.	Church-State separation laws are being violated when churches hold after-school prayer clubs in public schools.	entailment
Newsweek 's cover Home schooling--it's not just for zealots anymore!	The Newsweek cover was attractive to a lot of people.	neutral
I want to have a fairly simple wedding, but there are two people I can't imagine getting married without (not counting the groom).	There are three people that I can't imagine getting married without, including the groom.	entailment
They hype you by giving you an award.	Someone receives an award.	entailment
This is the mutual contempt, hinted at but not developed in this valuable book, that haunts us today.	The book has almost been forgotten.	contradiction
But they would get farther in their agendas if they would give a little respect to conventional marriage by letting heterosexual people keep the word marriage to themselves.	Someone proposes letting marriage refer to only heterosexual relationships.	entailment
A special place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis.	Anthony Lewis is a Liberal Humanitarian.	entailment
S chool Since the Columbine killings, there's been a special focus on depictions of adolescents committing mayhem in school.	After Columbine we saw much less depictions of youth causing mayhem.	contradiction
They called it the suicide package.	The package comes in a loosely sealed box.	neutral
When I say, I've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night, there's a big dose of Ethel Merman but also some of me.	I have the sun and I have the moon.	entailment
Had Apple allowed Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, perhaps even IBM to build hardware running the Mac OS, it might very well have seen its software become the industry standard.	IBM negotiated with Apple to see if they could use Mac OS.	neutral
(A Versace show opened with razor-sharp bias-cut asymmetrical navy dresses, stern except for a frill at the hem and a swatch of black lace that masked eyes.	Articles of clothing were presented at the show.	entailment
Virtually all the fans with whom I have spoken over the years (quite a friendly bunch, actually) consider the absence of big wrecks, injuries, etc., a key component of a good race.	People don't want to see other people hurt.	neutral
Federal civilian employees who don't commit felonies and don't cuss out their supervisors pretty much have a guaranteed job with guaranteed wages for life.	If you work a government job, so much as looking at your boss the wrong way is grounds for termination.	contradiction
A sidebar says Monica combed Gennifer Flowers' autobiography for tips on how to seduce the president.	Gennifer Flowers had someone else write her book.	contradiction
At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.	Brock is completely genuine when he shows fairness.	contradiction
The postal system was even more important for civil society and democratic politics than for commerce.	Mail was more necessary for the functioning of democracy, than it was for the economy.	entailment
Otherwise you will not get a good table or will have crumbs brushed into your laptop, even though, strictly speaking, you are abiding by the rules.	As long as you follow the rules you will enjoy your experience.	contradiction
Now Clinton risks reversing, at least partially, the actual, practical process that brought him the caseload declines he's crowing about today.	Clinton is a very talkative person.	neutral
It will be pointed out again and again that Bradley is just as awkward a campaigner as Gore.	Bradley and Gore are political candidates who are running for office.	entailment
How did Adaptec or Skadden get on the list?	Only one of Adaptec or Skadden was on the list.	contradiction
Besides, to indulge specific grievances once they've become terrorist causes is to encourage terrorism.	The writer is afraid that acknowledging certain topics could lead to even more terrorism.	entailment
He says that [e]ven the soliloquies come off as an extrovert's meditations--as bouts of self-loathing, such as Leonard Bernstein might have had after a bad concert.	Leonard Bernstein plays a concert every saturday night	neutral
President Attends World Cup Final, Enjoys Two Scoreless Hours.	The President applaud the soccer match.	neutral
Lost in the managed-care rumble is this Why do employers provide health insurance in the first place?	I could be questioned to why employers provide health insurance.	entailment
Meanwhile, merger mania has seized the telecom industry.	Mergers are happening in telecommunications.	entailment
Forks will receive funding for its entire wish list, probably with Port Angeles' conference center thrown in for good measure.	The Port Angeles conference center is a coveted arena.	neutral
Most alarmingly, convenience gambling exacts huge social costs in the form of addiction and financial hardship without providing any economic benefit.	gambling inflicts massive damage, mainly in the form of compulsion and making you go broke.	entailment
Let's consider President Bush's nostalgic invocation of the Soviet military.	Bush wasn't afraid to mention the Soviet military to make his point.	entailment
I do know that I could see every plot turn dragging its limp, maggoty carcass across the desert from miles away.	the plot turn at the beginning was quite eventful, though.	neutral
You were a former police officer, and yet you got caught setting up and dealing methamphetamine .	A person who was previously a police officer got caught dealing meth.	entailment
The only really arresting work he did after 1950 is . With its electric brightness, this huge painting, which Pollock's friends started for him, is stunning but sad, a big smile for the camera and perhaps a kind of requiem for his earlier work.	Pollock's friends started one of his best paintings after 1950.	entailment
By a process of elimination, he and his buddy Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) end up at the remote stone house of Ned Devine--whom they find dead in his armchair with the ticket between his fingers, the shock of his windfall having felled him.	Devine built his stone house through ingenuity and hard work.	neutral
But it is not a transitional problem.	There is some sort of problem.	entailment
The Star covers George Michael's arrest for exposing himself in a men's room at Los Angeles' Will Rogers Memorial Park as if it's writing a review.	George Michael has a perfectly clean criminal record.	contradiction
Scientists have learned how bacteria can build up in gaps in the gum, cause infection, weaken the jawbone, and eventually murder teeth.	Bacteria don't cause infections.	contradiction
The other holds a gun to your head every day.	The other pressures you due to pressure from someone else on them.	neutral
Lamentably, she has lost sight of just how weird and out of the mainstream that culture is.	The culture has become more mainstream to her.	entailment
First is the pseudomoderate's If both sides are mad at us, we must be doing something right.	Nobody is mad at the author and his group because of their beliefs.	contradiction
We received a beautiful blanket from some out-of-town friends whom we see about once a year.	Our next door neighbor just gave us the beautiful blanket.	contradiction
You e-mail your tale of woe--inferior products, ignorant customer service--to [email protected], and the Shopping Avenger will use his reporting skills, which have been described by some as almost supernatural in scope (and have been described by others as adequate and sort of pathetic) to extract on your behalf grudging apologies from faceless bureaucrats at Fortune 500 companies.	The Shopping Avenger's email address is associated with slate.com.	entailment
What's completely intolerable is to be accurately quoted and seen--even by yourself--to be no better than you actually are.	Of even greater concern to the writer is being inaccurately quoted and misunderstood.	neutral
No way he'd be with her if this wasn't an instructional sex video!	There were no men in the instructional sex video.	contradiction
Based on scuttlebutt and speculation from insiders at the Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Ford White Houses, here are the four likeliest scenarios for presidential adultery.	Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Ford are likely to have commited adultery.	entailment
To be sure, the Army's program insists, though more vaguely than people admit, that affirmative-action beneficiaries must meet the same minimum qualifications as their white counterparts.	The Army's program is very clear in its insistence regarding affirmative-action beneficiaries.	contradiction
Instead of engendering hope and optimism, they breed mistrust and cynicism.	They caused a lot of negative feelings instead of engendering good ones.	entailment
As usual, Washington Week doesn't get around to the week's real thing (Flytrap) until the closer.	Washington Week touches on Flytrap.	entailment

.. It must be said that this kind of approach is very tricky.

This kind of approach is awkward.

entailment

2) An elderly Milwaukee couple are soliciting women to conceive and bear their grandchild, using frozen sperm from their dead son.

The couple does not have access to their son's sperm.

contradiction

He's almost always portrayed as the dark, suspicious figure circa 1974.

Around the 1970s, he was viewed as a dark figure.

entailment

But filters aren't just for concerned parents.

worried parents have control over the filters.

entailment

Book and software pirates are prosecuted under the copyright laws, but pirates are not really plagiarists.

Pirates feel they are modern Robin Hoods.

neutral

America rescued him from minor cult status and gave him to the world (at a not-insignificant profit).

Prior rescue attempts had been made.

neutral

I do know that a couple of mornings with the Mach 3 has just about wiped the smirk off my face.

Mach 3 is only used at night.

contradiction

Time explains why the anti-sweatshop movement is growing on college The AFL-CIO has jump-started the protests by lavishing student activists with internships and trips to countries with poor working conditions.

The AFL-CIO did not intend for students to garner an anti-sweatshop sentiment from the aid they gave to students.

neutral

However you fiddle with the rates, there will always be a perceived penalty on somebody.

Rates can be fiddled with.

entailment

One must be a little skeptical of Sperling's personal experience with the game.

There is sufficient evidence to suspect foul play on behalf of the ability of Sperling in this game.

neutral

Tina and the Weinsteins all have highbrow pretensions but feel no shame in embracing pop culture.

Tina and the Weinsteins feel shame in embracing the pop culture.

contradiction

But lately he has taken to cruising college campuses in his Miata, looking for recruits.

The man is not allowed to visit college campuses.

contradiction

And, as SurfWatch's promotional literature is happy to point out, filters can help protect management from liability for permitting sexually explicit material in the workplace.

This type of liability can prove very costly.

neutral

Sometimes it's because there are nonmarket goods involved--the high value people place on personal safety, national security, a clean environment, or social welfare.

People do not place a high value on personal safety, national security, and a clean environment.

contradiction

An editorial from the Chinese Xinhua news agency vilified Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui for venturing down a dead alley and swimming against the historical tide of unification.

President Lee Teng-hui was criticized for not promoting unity.

entailment

Preferential treatment for big donors is nothing new.

All donors are treated equally.

contradiction

It's about sex.

Sex is not a topic.

contradiction

Democrats complain that given the amount of time they spend with Geraldo, diGenova and Toensing can't possibly be doing their government job.

At least two people spend time with Geraldo.

entailment

In a way, I think it has already helped Microsoft's image.

Microsoft has worked hard for this.

neutral

China is the most eager customer, buying surplus material through U.S.-based scrap-metal dealers.

China turns that scrap metal into products that are then sold in European countries.

neutral

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

It's in the gamblers interest to cooperate with a study.

neutral

The New Yorker began offering . Brown did her producing buzz to fuel circulation.

Brown produced buzz for the publication.

entailment

U.S. immigration law permits spouses of American citizens to become American citizens with only a few exceptions, such as sham marriages undertaken for the purpose of obtaining citizenship.

There's no way to become an American citizen if you come from another country.

contradiction

The 1992-93 famine lacked the central direction of a genocide, and its victims were not murdered on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion.

The victims of the 1992-93 famine had not been murdered for any particular reason.

entailment

The world is not now in depression, nor is a full-scale replay of the 1930s likely.

Various financial institutions and policies made replaying the 1930s improbable.

neutral

He's usually tiptop at fielding tough questions, agrees everyone.

Everyone thinks he can answer any question thrown at him.

entailment

Not entirely unmarried men are seldom worth the trouble.

Unmarried men are always worth the trouble.

contradiction

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

The Washington Post's media reporter has this habit.

entailment

In 1982, Ronald Reagan invoked this right to keep EPA documents about toxic-waste disposal from Congress.

Ronald Reagan was alive in 1982.

entailment

Replace George Will's column with weekly photo of him being punched in the nose.

George Will has a column.

entailment

I might even vote for her.

I will vote for her.

neutral

As Aeschylus wrote of Zeus in Prometheus Bound , He cannot fly from Fate.

Zeus can easily evade his fate.

contradiction

It coarsens and inflames dialogue in a way that tends to prevent exposure of which ideas are right and which are wrong.

It is hard to tell what is the truth.

entailment

Ohio Democrats want Jerry Springer to run for Congress.

People in Ohio are aware of Jerry Springer.

entailment

First reported last fall, the epidemic has devastated the entire collection.

Despite the epidemic the collection has remained unharmed.

contradiction

Richard Holbrooke was confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations.

There were many UN ambassadors.

neutral

Jesse Helms could not have demonized homosexuality more effectively--which, of course, is why he was pleased to draw public attention to the pictures.

Unbeknownst to Helms, his brother was gay.

neutral

We look around our own solar system, and what appears to be common are planets that have no life whatsoever.

In our own solar system, we see life on each of the planets.

contradiction

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

There were several reason he could not do it.

entailment

Judging by today's responses, the network's lineup would seem to consist of Peter Jennings, Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel, and Barbara Walters, grilling Ellen DeGeneres about her lesbianism while a bare-assed Regis Philbin dispenses cash and prizes.

Regis Philbin appeared to withhold prizes from the contestants while denouncing the network.

contradiction

Our technological improvements have dramatically slowed natural selection.

Medical advancements especially have resulted in longer lives.

neutral

Most Falwell-style Christians would probably say yes, since the Antichrist is a false Messiah, he'll have to be Jewish, like Christ himself.

Christ was raised as a practicing Christian.

contradiction

Little of Leonardo's weirdness is conveyed by the Codex Leicester exhibit--though Isabella Rosellini's blue-velveteen voice narrating the exhibit's eight-minute biographical video helps somewhat.

Isabella's voice is irritating and grating.

contradiction

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 US leads the creation of multiple international groups.

entailment

We have industrialized our food systems, and continue to do so, something which classic economics says is not possible, since economies of scale do not easily apply to food production.

Under no circumstances can economies of scale apply to the food industry.

contradiction

The House passed the partial-birth-abortion ban , as expected.

There will be a lot of protests to the decision.

neutral

Upgrading to Next Day Air does NOT [their emphasis] mean you'll get your order the next day.

Upgrading to Next Day Air guarantees you will get your order the following day.

contradiction

His apology, June 12: If I knew it was like a religious-type deal, I would have never said it.

He said sorry for what he said.

entailment

A sidebar says Monica combed Gennifer Flowers' autobiography for tips on how to seduce the president.

Monica was obsessed with the president.

neutral

, that Bush showed indifference to the Pakistani coup and ignorance of the region's nuclear importance) with a lighthearted recitation of the leaders of obscure countries, Gore is sugarcoating his indictment of Bush so that listeners will laugh, swallow, and absorb it.

Gore used his knowledge of world leaders to highlight his diatribe against Bush.

entailment

Now they are claiming they have no money and can't afford a wedding.

It is universally believed that it does not cost any money to have a wedding.

contradiction

This is the favorite of the savvier Dems, notably House Democratic Caucus head Vic Fazio and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.

Richard Gephardt and Vic Fazio were never members of the same political party.

contradiction

Might they be used for this purpose before meeting their ends if we make their deaths as humane as possible?

Most people would agree that serving this purpose would give their death great meaning.

neutral

After-school prayer clubs skirt church-state separation laws and are popping up in as many as 1 out of every 4 public schools in the country.

Church-State separation laws are being violated when churches hold after-school prayer clubs in public schools.

entailment

Newsweek 's cover Home schooling--it's not just for zealots anymore!

The Newsweek cover was attractive to a lot of people.

neutral

I want to have a fairly simple wedding, but there are two people I can't imagine getting married without (not counting the groom).

There are three people that I can't imagine getting married without, including the groom.

entailment

They hype you by giving you an award.

Someone receives an award.

entailment

This is the mutual contempt, hinted at but not developed in this valuable book, that haunts us today.

The book has almost been forgotten.

contradiction

But they would get farther in their agendas if they would give a little respect to conventional marriage by letting heterosexual people keep the word marriage to themselves.

Someone proposes letting marriage refer to only heterosexual relationships.

entailment

A special place in the Liberal Humanitarian pantheon belongs to New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis.

Anthony Lewis is a Liberal Humanitarian.

entailment

S chool Since the Columbine killings, there's been a special focus on depictions of adolescents committing mayhem in school.

After Columbine we saw much less depictions of youth causing mayhem.

contradiction

They called it the suicide package.

The package comes in a loosely sealed box.

neutral

When I say, I've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night, there's a big dose of Ethel Merman but also some of me.

I have the sun and I have the moon.

entailment

Had Apple allowed Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, perhaps even IBM to build hardware running the Mac OS, it might very well have seen its software become the industry standard.

IBM negotiated with Apple to see if they could use Mac OS.

neutral

(A Versace show opened with razor-sharp bias-cut asymmetrical navy dresses, stern except for a frill at the hem and a swatch of black lace that masked eyes.

Articles of clothing were presented at the show.

entailment

Virtually all the fans with whom I have spoken over the years (quite a friendly bunch, actually) consider the absence of big wrecks, injuries, etc., a key component of a good race.

People don't want to see other people hurt.

neutral

Federal civilian employees who don't commit felonies and don't cuss out their supervisors pretty much have a guaranteed job with guaranteed wages for life.

If you work a government job, so much as looking at your boss the wrong way is grounds for termination.

contradiction

A sidebar says Monica combed Gennifer Flowers' autobiography for tips on how to seduce the president.

Gennifer Flowers had someone else write her book.

contradiction

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

Brock is completely genuine when he shows fairness.

contradiction

The postal system was even more important for civil society and democratic politics than for commerce.

Mail was more necessary for the functioning of democracy, than it was for the economy.

entailment

Otherwise you will not get a good table or will have crumbs brushed into your laptop, even though, strictly speaking, you are abiding by the rules.

As long as you follow the rules you will enjoy your experience.

contradiction

Now Clinton risks reversing, at least partially, the actual, practical process that brought him the caseload declines he's crowing about today.

Clinton is a very talkative person.

neutral

It will be pointed out again and again that Bradley is just as awkward a campaigner as Gore.

Bradley and Gore are political candidates who are running for office.

entailment

How did Adaptec or Skadden get on the list?

Only one of Adaptec or Skadden was on the list.

contradiction

Besides, to indulge specific grievances once they've become terrorist causes is to encourage terrorism.

The writer is afraid that acknowledging certain topics could lead to even more terrorism.

entailment

He says that [e]ven the soliloquies come off as an extrovert's meditations--as bouts of self-loathing, such as Leonard Bernstein might have had after a bad concert.

Leonard Bernstein plays a concert every saturday night

neutral

President Attends World Cup Final, Enjoys Two Scoreless Hours.

The President applaud the soccer match.

neutral

Lost in the managed-care rumble is this Why do employers provide health insurance in the first place?

I could be questioned to why employers provide health insurance.

entailment

Meanwhile, merger mania has seized the telecom industry.

Mergers are happening in telecommunications.

entailment

Forks will receive funding for its entire wish list, probably with Port Angeles' conference center thrown in for good measure.

The Port Angeles conference center is a coveted arena.

neutral

Most alarmingly, convenience gambling exacts huge social costs in the form of addiction and financial hardship without providing any economic benefit.

gambling inflicts massive damage, mainly in the form of compulsion and making you go broke.

entailment

Let's consider President Bush's nostalgic invocation of the Soviet military.

Bush wasn't afraid to mention the Soviet military to make his point.

entailment

I do know that I could see every plot turn dragging its limp, maggoty carcass across the desert from miles away.

the plot turn at the beginning was quite eventful, though.

neutral

You were a former police officer, and yet you got caught setting up and dealing methamphetamine .

A person who was previously a police officer got caught dealing meth.

entailment

The only really arresting work he did after 1950 is . With its electric brightness, this huge painting, which Pollock's friends started for him, is stunning but sad, a big smile for the camera and perhaps a kind of requiem for his earlier work.

Pollock's friends started one of his best paintings after 1950.

entailment

By a process of elimination, he and his buddy Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) end up at the remote stone house of Ned Devine--whom they find dead in his armchair with the ticket between his fingers, the shock of his windfall having felled him.

Devine built his stone house through ingenuity and hard work.

neutral

But it is not a transitional problem.

There is some sort of problem.

entailment

The Star covers George Michael's arrest for exposing himself in a men's room at Los Angeles' Will Rogers Memorial Park as if it's writing a review.

George Michael has a perfectly clean criminal record.

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Scientists have learned how bacteria can build up in gaps in the gum, cause infection, weaken the jawbone, and eventually murder teeth.

Bacteria don't cause infections.

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The other holds a gun to your head every day.

The other pressures you due to pressure from someone else on them.

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Lamentably, she has lost sight of just how weird and out of the mainstream that culture is.

The culture has become more mainstream to her.

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First is the pseudomoderate's If both sides are mad at us, we must be doing something right.

Nobody is mad at the author and his group because of their beliefs.

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We received a beautiful blanket from some out-of-town friends whom we see about once a year.

Our next door neighbor just gave us the beautiful blanket.

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You e-mail your tale of woe--inferior products, ignorant customer service--to [email protected], and the Shopping Avenger will use his reporting skills, which have been described by some as almost supernatural in scope (and have been described by others as adequate and sort of pathetic) to extract on your behalf grudging apologies from faceless bureaucrats at Fortune 500 companies.

The Shopping Avenger's email address is associated with slate.com.

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What's completely intolerable is to be accurately quoted and seen--even by yourself--to be no better than you actually are.

Of even greater concern to the writer is being inaccurately quoted and misunderstood.

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No way he'd be with her if this wasn't an instructional sex video!

There were no men in the instructional sex video.

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Based on scuttlebutt and speculation from insiders at the Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Ford White Houses, here are the four likeliest scenarios for presidential adultery.

Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Ford are likely to have commited adultery.

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To be sure, the Army's program insists, though more vaguely than people admit, that affirmative-action beneficiaries must meet the same minimum qualifications as their white counterparts.

The Army's program is very clear in its insistence regarding affirmative-action beneficiaries.

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Instead of engendering hope and optimism, they breed mistrust and cynicism.

They caused a lot of negative feelings instead of engendering good ones.

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As usual, Washington Week doesn't get around to the week's real thing (Flytrap) until the closer.

Washington Week touches on Flytrap.

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