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I keep losing at their damn casinos.
I always win at the casino.
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But all that ended long ago.
that finished some time ago.
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Inflation is at a 23-year low of 7 percent.
The economy gets stronger when inflation is lower.
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I believe the majority of Americans, if they think about it at all--and keep in mind that the ones who think about it are also the ones who take the time to vote--think that our cultural life has coarsened, or even debased, and that the sense of values that just 30 or even fewer years ago meant that the majority of Americans felt no need to lock their doors has been, perhaps irretrievably, lost.
Income inequality and rising crime rates have contributed the most to America losing its values.
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4. Causality.
Conclusion.
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I think neglecting to mention this shows that the Journal 's editorial page lacks intellectual integrity.
the Journal's editorial page has been around for about 12 years.
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The first of five special issues about the 21 st century imagines health and environment in the future.
The special issues painted a bleak image of 21st century society.
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If we focus on small problems that make headlines, we will ignore bigger problems that don't.
We can not focus on small problems we need to work on bigger problems first.
entailment
He retaliated by filing one against her.
Hers was dismissed.
neutral
Buy utilities, bottom feed on mutual funds that invested in the Southeast Asian markets and got slammed, try real estate investment funds, and seek stability in U.S. bonds.
Utilities, mutual funds that invest in Southeast Asian markets, real estate investment funds, and US bonds are good ways to invest money.
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Edward Murphy, but Commander (later Admiral ) Joseph M. Murph Murphy.
Joseph M. Murph Murphy is not an Admiral.
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The fights are riotous slapstick set In the art museum finale, Chan fends off hordes of assassins while catching giant, priceless Ming vases as they tumble from their pedestals.
The fights in this movie are slapstick, and feature ridiculous actions like catching Ming vases during a fight.
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But somehow you expect that from Republicans, whereas you don't expect it from big-name national Democrats, especially Northerners like George Mitchell.
These expectations differ because Democrats are so much more respected than Republicans.
neutral
Flytrap also bears some responsibility for Washington's paralysis.
Washington is paralyzed.
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Actually, three, if you count Jerry Falwell's Jew Town, but that's a scary place.
There is more than one whether you count Jerry Falwell's Jew Town or not.
entailment
With a little luck, by the time I contract a fatal disease, I'll already be dead.
A fatal disease that has a painless death is the person's ideal choice.
neutral
Founding editor = permanent voice in growth of Wired ! Move forward together!
Wired! is a defunct entity.
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Blum masterfully explains why the effects of hormones are more complicated than pop science would have us think.
The simplistic explanation given by pop science is still useful for helping a layperson understand the effects of hormones.
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He can tell her of something bad that has happened without fearing that she will think he is complaining.
She has the patience and understanding of a saint.
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World Report , Time , Newsweek , Slate , and The New Yorker , said he wouldn't mind the criticism a bit.
At least 5 publications expressed how he did not mind being criticized.
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The Turkish army has responded with equal brutality.
The Turkish army reacted as such because the enemy violated Geneva Conventions.
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Powell may be the patron saint of all writers laboring in obscurity.
Powell was largely unknown during his lifetime, only gaining notoriety after his death.
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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 has written mystery books as well.
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Asahi Shimbun added that if Japan had tried to resolve these problems a little at a time, those who felt themselves victimized by Japan might have felt at least somewhat mollified; but that with the passing of time while we do nothing, however, discontent and ill will can coalesce into bitter enmity.
Asahi Shimbun has studied Japanese history's effect on the people.
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Wolf did call after this item was posted, but our conversation was off-the-record.
Wolf had been planning to call all along.
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Of course the governors and the president managed to turn deficits into surpluses.
The president and governors are doing a great job generating positive cashflow.
neutral
The problem, Keynes wrote, was that people desire the moon--a perfectly safe place to store their wealth.
The moon is the best place to store money.
contradiction
A Life and a World , by Jenny Uglow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
Jenny Uglow has only written books with German titles.
contradiction
This same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service shouldn't serve, in the mot du jour , as the president's Praetorian Guard--that it shouldn't take metaphorical bullets to protect his dalliances.
The same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service should act as the ultimate guard for the president - even taking metaphorical bullets for him.
contradiction
Having endlessly debated the staying power of his '60s comic-strip sendups, most critics now conclude his art will last.
Comic strips first entered the mainstream in the 1950's.
neutral
The one-day crash of '87, for example, reduced people's net worth by billions without directly reducing by as much as a single doughnut the amount of goods and services or the economy's ability to produce more of them.
the single-day crash of '87 wreaked havoc on people's net worth.
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That ought to impress Ellen Barkin.
Ellen Barkin could be impressed.
entailment
It's also possible that experience will lead them to approximate rationality, and they'll reduce their bids.
The author believes the amount of all bids will increase as a result of their expeirences.
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It's this kind of pathological attention to detail that makes American industry the envy of the more materialistic parts of the world, and News Quiz such a pleasure to work on.
Other materialistic countries envy American industry.
entailment
What's different about the late 1990s' version?
The late 1990's version is different than prior versions.
entailment
One common mistake is to count federal grants-in-aid as state and local taxes, but that's double counting, since they're already paid for by federal taxes.
Double counting causes lengthy delays in tax refund processing.
neutral
Anthony Hopkins plays the zillionaire communications baron whom Death enlists in the hope of understanding the human condition--an odd choice for a tour guide, since most people's condition doesn't involve personal helicopters, sprawling mansions on Long Island Sound, or Manhattan apartments that sport Olympic-size swimming pools.
Anthony Hopkins plays a broke pool cleaner trying to help Death.
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That leaves Case 1. But if you believe that your neighbor has no right to live well at the expense of your fabulously wealthy grandchildren, you must also believe that your neighbor has no right to live well at the expense of Bill Gates.
They are trying to make a point about fiscal conservatives and taxes.
neutral
Lindbergh openly admired Hitler, cozied up to Hermann Goering, and branded Jews as un-American agitators who used their alleged power to attain their parochial ends.
Lindbergh was, himself, a Nazi.
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He's making himself a positive role model for kids and displaying the leadership for which the American people are hungering.
It is required to display leadership in order to become a positive role model for young people.
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In the 1830s and 1840s, the system accounted for more than three-quarters of U.S. federal employees.
The system run by the federal government which housed its employees was successful.
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But still Wendy Wasserstein eludes us.
Wendy Wasserstein does not want to be found.
neutral
It was immediately clear that Lott should not have said this.
Lott provided a reasonable, and logical argument.
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a) Had an adulterous affair with a young intern.
Cheated with a junior intern.
entailment
Chamber of Commerce spent $7 million on advertising in support of GOP candidates
The Chamber of Commerce spent $0 on advertising in support of GOP candidates.
contradiction
As it happens, right now the deal isn't looking as great for Lucasfilm as it originally did.
The opinions on the deal for Lucasfilm has declined.
entailment
There's a returning kids-on-milk-cartons sense of hysteria to the whole crusade.
It is an exaggerated situation.
entailment
For Pundit Completists David Brock profiles Meet the Press host Tim Russert and surveys the competitive world of the pundit shows in this week's New York magazine.
David Brock has never written a single article on Tim Russert.
contradiction
And with those four stigmatic words, the music business was born.
Even after a multiple speeches, the music business failed to take off.
contradiction
Keirsey does not muck around in your excretions in order to determine your personality.
Keirsey will listen to all of your nonsense for as long as it takes.
contradiction
Delicious dish, but watch out for the aftertaste.
The reviewer found an unpleasant aftertaste.
neutral
But he was abrupt with her--not rude, just abrupt.
He had no time and had to be short.
neutral
Anyone who knows, please feel free to leak it to me.
I claim to be open to information from anybody with knowledge of the matter.
entailment
Of course not all shoddiness is local.
All shoddiness isn't local, but most of it is.
neutral
The follow-up should have Why do you think of Christ as a political philosopher?
Christ can serve as a political philosopher.
entailment
After sampling more than 35 different toothpastes, my researchers and I came to some conclusions about taste.
About half of the toothpastes on the market have mint flavoring.
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But the answer is noooo . I mean, why should I agree now?
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly.
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I'd just like to point out, in case you were planning a satirical musical comedy about the crisis in question, something you can do to a song from West Side Story : Korea, I've just met a place called Korea!
A satirical musical comedy may be in production.
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People can be weak, and money is all too often the way to their heart.
The good thing about money is that it never affects people's feelings.
contradiction
But Aaron hardly figures here and, of course, psychology isn't the point.
Aaron wasn't very impactful in the situation and psychology was not the focus.
entailment
Its lesbian/bisexual (we're never told which) female subject allows shoes to tap wider contexts of a male protagonist wouldn't have had her access to the history of discrimination in the work place; and an infusion of color ( race) might have narrowed the canvas, making the problem seem less pervasive than it is.
There is a problem.
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I realize now that the cameras and microphones were probably installed by [the Globe ] while I was out, she reports.
Nobody has any ideas about who installed the cameras and microphones.
contradiction
The basic tool of statistical social science in general, and of The Bell Curve in particular, is regression analysis, a technique used to assign weights to various factors (called independent variables) in determining a final outcome (called the dependent variable).
Regression analysis is an important aspect of statistical analysis.
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Apparently there are enough 18-year-old book buyers in the first flush of marijuana to keep Hunter in tequila and narcotics for the rest of his life.
Hunter does not enjoy tequila and narcotics.
contradiction
The hard truth, I would argue, is that this way of seeing the world is itself distressingly soft.
the blunt truth is this view of the world is in itself heartbreakingly smooth.
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The clearest proof of the new left's poverty is what Clinton and Blair have to say about the middle class.
There is no proof of the new left's poverty.
contradiction
Slate 's chief political correspondent, looked around him a few months ago and saw nothing but squalor.
The political correspondent is on African descent.
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Prudie must confess that your advice is a tad more constructive than her own.
My advice was more constructive than Prudie's.
entailment
She has yet to come to terms, artistically ...
She has not accepted her artistic talents at this time.
entailment
I felt as if I had wandered in in the middle of the second act--why did it make such a big difference?
There is no second act.
contradiction
It's also why he would make a lousy president.
The speaker enthusiastically endorses him for the role of president.
contradiction
I'm assuming they never think of me in this context because to them I was the other half of a couple with Rob, and it would somehow be disloyal on their part to introduce me to other men.
They know my partner Rob but they don't even know that I exist.
contradiction
There's a flower called Wandering Jew.
Flowers don't have names.
contradiction
He brought along this whole plane full of African-Americans, and some of our really fine citizens are African-Americans in government, in business, in athletics, in show business.
He came with a plane full of African Americans.
entailment
The bottle suggested one 3-milligram tablet before bedtime.
The bottle had no suggestions.
contradiction
The test for Putin, says Berger, is the economy, stupid.
Putin is handling the Russian economy well.
contradiction
Time describes honor killings in Jordan, which comprise a quarter of the Arab nation's homicides.
Honor Killings in Jordan are 25% of all homicides in the country.
entailment
The Washington Post , not Gerth, reported that Loral voluntarily revealed this breach of security to the government, precipitating the Pentagon investigation.
Loral kept the security breach a secret.
contradiction
Yes, he's an asshole-junkie, but, in the capable hands of Michael Imperioli, he is not only He is a cursing, bitch-slapping metaphor for the entire decline of the mob.
A character does drugs, swears, and uses violence.
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One reject was asked earnestly why on earth he had gone to live in Prague after graduation, surviving on odd jobs instead of starting a career back home.
The person made the right decision for their career by choosing to live in Prague.
neutral
You've got to get Tripp to give him the go-ahead.
Tripp will only give him permission once the proper forms have been filled out.
neutral
In New York, for example, where more than half the city's current population is foreign-born, immigrants have helped renew Koreans and Chinese have revitalized Flushing, Queens; as have Russian Jews Brighton Beach; Caribbeans Flatbush; and Dominicans and Irish Washington Heights.
At least half of New York's population is foreign-born.
entailment
Graves hid out in the deep woods.
Graves is in trouble with the law.
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But it's uncontroversial that many Congress members are dim.
The Congress members are all wearing ties.
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He thought that the use of these drugs would make the population indifferent and willing to accept control by political leaders.
He believed that these drugs would make the population rebel against political leaders.
contradiction
Furthermore, the filmed sequence closes out the event, and gives viewers an opportunity to shrug it off.
The viewers missed the filmed sequence.
contradiction
Is $25 million more going to be enough in a state like Wisconsin?
Wisconsin is not a state.
contradiction
What is worrisome is the failure of pollsters themselves to learn from the history of their profession.
Pollsters have not learned from the history of their profession.
entailment
So I knew Browder as a somewhat gloomy but kind old gent who took a daily constitutional up the block to Nassau street, where he would buy me and Julie a package of Hostess cupcakes--the orange-flavored ones, with icing squiggles on top.
Browder didn't buy a damn thing for me and Julia.
contradiction
Russian mothers traveled to Chechnya, pulled their sons off the front lines, and brought them home.
The Russians were not fighting a war.
contradiction
Toward the end of the book, Mintz tells a story about offhandedly mentioning in a lecture that America has no cuisine.
Mintz made no comment on food in America.
contradiction
And in that case, the white candidate at 99 th place today wouldn't get in anyway.
The 99th place candidate would get in very easily.
contradiction
Wearing a suit and working at a computer in an office tower are, believe it or not, preferable to backbreaking work in a rice paddy.
The author has never worked in an office.
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But Weld blew this moral advantage by attacking Helms July 15.
Weld versus Helms is a political showdown.
entailment
Good This Week 's round table signs off by predicting the outcome of Sunday's World Cup final.
The World Cup final will be played next Tuesday.
contradiction
When the nation's overall trade deficit increases, it means that Americans, on average, are spending more than they are earning.
Nations are allowed to have a trade deficit.
entailment
Hippocrates believed the answer was in the balance of four bodily fluids, or humors--blood, black bile, phlegm, and yellow bile.
Hippocrates thought that ideal health required there to be more blood than yellow bile, but more yellow bile than phlegm.
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5) Dueling spins : The New York Times says the scandal will dog and impede Clinton's foreign policy.
Clinton's foreign policy will be obstructed because of the scandal.
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And then he published a triumphal scoop.
His scoop was popular.
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Work is work, whether it is done inside the home or outside the home, Hutchison argues.
Hutchinson feels there is more value in the work that is done outside of the home.
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