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It's not clear that Beatty is willing to do that. | Beatty may not be on board. | entailment |
And the editor heard Jacob's plea. | The editor heard Jacob - not because of the volume of his voice - but because of the emotion of his plea. | neutral |
It's easy to imagine an election where Clinton is initially ahead of Dole, but a third party entry by, say, Jesse Jackson, pushes Dole ahead of Clinton. | Jesse Jackson will steal a lot of votes. | neutral |
Both mags also cover hot, new drug Ginkgo biloba. | People only recently started taking Ginkgo biloba. | entailment |
He's not just a man in the He generates his own light. | He is very creative. | neutral |
Reporters rely on neighbors to flesh out the characters of killers, but what, really, do neighbors know? | Reporters rely on victims families to flesh out the character of killers. | contradiction |
Two humorless and often petty egomaniacs intransigently reiterated their familiar positions (Rich). | The two people disagreed on their positions. | entailment |
Intimations of his own mortality turned out to be premature. | He was still alive. | entailment |
For the first time, the standard of living for the nation's poor (although not the very poor) is rising. | The standard of living for the nation's poor is starting to get better. | entailment |
Does computerization give ETS an unfair advantage? | Something has been computerized. | entailment |
Finally, we can try to remove temptation, by avoiding policy initiatives that make it easy for politicians to play favorites. | Policies will prevent politicians from playing favorites. | neutral |
KAETHE (Offering the briefcase): NOW can you ordain me? | Kaethe offered nothing in exchange. | contradiction |
Unfortunately, mine were no less vocal in their objections to being kicked out of our bed at those ages than when they were infants. | The kids left the bed with the parents all on their own. | contradiction |
His proposal introduces prescription drug coverage and eliminates payment for preventive services but aims to cut costs by stoking price competition among HMOs and requiring patients to chip in for some services. | The introduced legislation allows for prescription drug coverage. | entailment |
Maybe, just maybe, if he were sued again ... | He has been sued. | entailment |
The new translation of Homer's The Odyssey has whipped up so much fervor that Paul Gray in Time has proclaimed the existence of the Fagles phenomenon. | The Odyssey is not meant to be read by children. | neutral |
Nonetheless, Ehrlich's book was treated to a 21 st anniversary reprinting in 1997. | The 21st anniversary was a special one by Ehrlich's standards. | neutral |
Alas, no new episodes of Murder, She Wrote have been made for several years. | The series had always been rumored to get a reboot among hardcore fans. | neutral |
Although I speak with an English accent, my pronunciation can be modified to American English. | The author has no accent. | contradiction |
She is attracted to me and we would like to see more of each other. | She is not attracted to me and I would not like to see her again. | contradiction |
Despite all the completely compelling arguments offered in the preceding paragraphs, it would be silly and dishonest to insist that | The writing made some persuasive points. | entailment |
Perversely, Weld lost the ideology/competence battle by winning the drugs/morality battle. | Weld won the fight concerning morality and drugs. | entailment |
And no one will be nicer. | The pandemic is what changed everyone for the worse. | neutral |
The Pentagon told CNN & | The Pentagon did not communicate with CNN. | contradiction |
Ehrlich's theories lost steam after he lost a famous 1980 bet with economist Julian Simon, who wagered that any basket of resources Ehrlich might name would be cheaper at any date in the future. | Economists Julian Simon and Ehrlich made a bet in 1980. | entailment |
When Sam Donaldson pointed out on This Week that two Republicans, President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, had pioneered engagement in the Shanghai Communique, George Will I was for impeaching Nixon over the Shanghai Communique! | The plan was first proposed by Kissinger and then signed off by Nixon. | neutral |
It is also a comfort if the message comes from a total stranger, as long as the message is for you specifically and personally and not for a name on a mailing list. | It is better if the message is addressed to me and not another name on the mailing list. | entailment |
But what will Daimler get? | The company is seeking a profit. | entailment |
From the podium, Dunn and Rice, two of the committee's three front women, implored Bush's wife and daughters to endure the campaign's trial by fire. | There were three front women in the committee. | entailment |
Officials at the Justice Department and FISA Court deny that the latter is a rubber stamp, attributing Justice's winning percentage to rigorous internal review that weeds out bad applications before they're filed. | Justice has gained a winning percentage, although exactly how this happened is disputed. | entailment |
2) The government cleaned up the unions . As late as 1986, the Justice Department found that the Mafia controlled the International Longshoremen's Association, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees union, the Teamsters union, and the Laborers' International Union. | The mafia still owns all the unions. | contradiction |
and that's when you get hit by the meteorite. | People can get struck by meteorites. | entailment |
When you wanted to shop, you went to the mall and confined your search to the stores you found there. | the mall was the main store you decided to do your shopping at. | entailment |
To hold costs down, the $24 billion program doesn't cover kids who are currently insured. | Every single person is covered by the program, costs are not even a consideration. | contradiction |
Orrin Hatch said Americans are entitled to know about felonies committed by a candidate. | Orrin hatch thinks felonies should be kept secret about a candidate. | contradiction |
But some are responding to the fleeting hormonal surges of youthful idealism, or to the special status hierarchy of the academic subculture where they temporarily reside. | Youthful idealism can sway people's decisions. | entailment |
How do Mary Matalin and James Carville do it? | Someone questions a couple's relationship. | entailment |
Because, despite its monopoly power, Microsoft remains subject to the laws of the marketplace. | Microsoft wants more power in the marketplace. | neutral |
These holes now mark a generation of which the parents cannot confidently say, They'll grow out of it. | Parents are worried about their kids. | entailment |
When you like somebody, you tend to trust him. | There is a tendency to trust somebody when you harbor feelings for them. | entailment |
In its recent obituary of a legendary cold war spy, the NYT suggested that he was the conduit via which the U.S. arranged for Vietnamese generals to assassinate South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. | The news organization had sufficient evidence to make their claim in regards to the actions of the US. | neutral |
One had to separate the relationship, whatever it was, between Monica, et al. | Monica's relationship needs to be glued together. | contradiction |
In the 1830s and 1840s, the system accounted for more than three-quarters of U.S. federal employees. | The United States hired federal employees throughout the 1830s and 1840s. | entailment |
Please send your nominations to [email protected]. | Slate is seeking nominations. | entailment |
You now could argue both events were watershed moments for female athletes because Americans simply love a spectacle. | The two events helped female atheletes gain mainstream notoriety because of how dramatic their performances are. | entailment |
Of course the governors and the president managed to turn deficits into surpluses. | The president and governor did not create surpluses from deficits. | contradiction |
How they do so may be within our control. | We might be able to control their actions. | entailment |
If Evans and Novak want to capture the real Farrakhan, Pundit Central suggests that they accompany him to one of his rallies. | Farrakhan will be accompanied at the rally by two bodyguards. | neutral |
That is, we're paralyzed by the repeated idea that his election is inevitable. | The votes have already been cast for him. | contradiction |
I am ready to redeem him! | Their readiness to redeem was based on their love for him. | neutral |
This would be unfair to the other candidates--and if done on television or radio, entirely illegal. | It's against the law to do certain things on television during an election. | entailment |
South Carolina likes re-electing Between Hollings and Thurmond, South Carolina has, what, 8,000 years of Senate seniority? | South Carolina has a long history of senate seniority. | entailment |
In fact, the evidence thus far is quite depressing in this regard. | The evidence was hard to find. | neutral |
There we find that in 1975, workers in Taiwan and South Korea received only 6 percent as much per hour as their counterparts in the United States; by 1995, the numbers were 34 percent and 43 percent, respectively. | In 1995 workers in South Korea made far more money than their United States counterparts. | contradiction |
But Said's fame outside the American academy rests on Orientalism , his sweeping account of how Western art, literature, and scholarship have produced a deformed, biased picture of Arab and Muslim culture in the service of colonial domination. | Said's fame inside the US is mainly due to his piano skills. | neutral |
It's interesting to note that of the 21 pundits who held forth on tobacco legislation this weekend, only Jack Germond professes to currently being a smoker. | Jack Germond tried to quit smoking last year but was not successful. | neutral |
It's as though the book was not edited at all. | The book's editing seemed nonexistant. | entailment |
She was a mother and thirty-three years old, and it seemed to her that everyone, especially someone the baker's age--a man old enough to be her father--must have children who'd gone through this special time of cakes and birthday parties. | She is acquainted with a person whose job involves baking. | entailment |
In other words, what yadda yadda yadda can convey is something You and I know all the points that would ordinarily be inserted at this place in the conversation, so let's just skip it and move on. | They want the conversation to continue. | contradiction |
KAETHE (Offering the briefcase): NOW can you ordain me? | Kaethe was to be ordained as a Catholic priest. | neutral |
I can't in good conscience argue that you shouldn't field a team. | The argument presented by the author is sound. | neutral |
The anti-poker campaign has galvanized the state like no issue ever has. | The state has been galvanized by the anti-poker campaign. | entailment |
Congress cannot impose community service on the president without his permission--that would be an unconstitutional bill of attainder. | Congress does not need anyone's permission to impose community service on the president. | contradiction |
Speaking of The third-place finisher, Forget Me Not , features an animated condom in a drawer. | Forget Me Not has never won anything since being released. | contradiction |
But it is probably true that the quality of politics in America has suffered from the erosion of public trust in institutions that used to act, to at least some degree, as watchdogs. | the standards of American politics has worsened. | entailment |
Slate .) But distinguishing between the two markets undermines Microsoft's thesis that IE and Windows are integrated. | The justice department was skeptical of Microsoft's claims. | neutral |
What those dumb hicks really lack is the wherewithal for a fine university education that will lead to a job in the go-go tech sector. | Those dumb hicks mostly work in the tech sector, it's often the only kind of job they can get. | contradiction |
Walcott's faith, as expressed in The Bounty, is finally a painter's faith, that the poet's job is to write of the light's bounty on familiar things. | The Bounty is Walcott's first work. | neutral |
Presidents derived their license to serve as leader-preacher from Theodore Roosevelt's remark that the presidency was a bully pulpit, a remark that did not appear in his Inaugural Address. | Theodore Roosevelt did not include everything he had ever said in his Inaugural Address. | entailment |
But anyway, that is all beside the point. | There really is not a point at all. | neutral |
Hardly the act of a speculator in a casino. | The author is hinting that casino gamblers are willing to make risky bets. | entailment |
Changing identities is the goal of Monica Lewinsky, according to this week's Star . Though the publication doesn't report any plastic surgery in her future, when her legal troubles are over she wants to make a fresh start and plans to do so with a name change. | Lewinsky is looking into having plastic surgery to coincide with her name change. | contradiction |
However, there are currently no federal laws prohibiting the second category. | There is pending legislation that will cover the second category in the future. | neutral |
That is not a Medicare or Medicaid cut, he reassured seniors. | Medicare and Medicaid will be affected by the cut. | contradiction |
Once again, a plea to Susan and Sylvester. | The plea was to Susan and Sylvester. | entailment |
The problem, though, is that the ADR phenomenon has created a situation where U.S. investors are pouring billions of dollars into companies whose standards of financial disclosure and corporate governance are dramatically different from our own and which are, in some cases, nonexistent. | Investors are giving funding to companies lacking is fiscal openness. | entailment |
He sees a sign that says Chain-Up Area Next Exit and finds it hilariously suggestive. | The sign he observed is suggestive in his humor. | entailment |
Lied about it to everyone . | No one received the truth. | entailment |
Well, it appears that Robert Ferrigno (see Kiss My Tan Line) has done well at touting the Californian presence here in Seattle. | Robert Ferrigno was touting for his friend. | neutral |
He is able to see that scholars have been covering up the crimes of the artist to protect him from justice. | He has ascertained that the criminal artist is being protected by the scholars covering up the artist's crimes. | entailment |
The data are computerized, but for policy reasons the reports are not available online. | The data is extremely valuable. | neutral |
The New Yorker puzzles over Stern's His program is pure id--vile, cruel, crude--yet he remains a faithful husband and devoted father. | Stern's program is exactly like how he lives his life. | contradiction |
They spoke of our guys and those guys. | The spoke only of women. | contradiction |
Or, better yet, Mr. Goldberg, you could watch! | They were watching a cartoon that involved their favorite character. | neutral |
News Quiz participants scorn not just electronic greeting cards, but all greeting cards as prepackaged expressions of sentiment for the emotionally illiterate. | A survey was conducted last year. | neutral |
The cover story reports on Robert McNamara's visit with his old North Vietnamese counterparts. | It was a good visit with his Vietnamese friends. | neutral |
3) Fragmentary intelligence suggests that China wanted to channel money to Clinton's campaign. | China wanted to move money to the campaign of Donald Trump. | contradiction |
But for the past month, and especially last week, there has been a kinder, gentler Monica, an innocent trapped in a scandal not of her own making. | Monica's attitude hasn't changed much in the last month. | contradiction |
About what you did to that nice Galileo? | Galileo was nice. | entailment |
He thought they bloomed for just the right length of time, smartly disappearing before you can tire of them. | He thought they bloomed for not the right length of time. | 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. | There is nothing worse than working in an office. | contradiction |
Hundreds of them, perhaps thousands, will be abandoned or dropped at the pound. | They will be supported through any situation. | contradiction |
Both mags also cover hot, new drug Ginkgo biloba. | The magazines classified Ginkgo biloba as being a fad. | neutral |
In 1990, Milliken supplied crucial seed money to the Economic Strategy Institute, a think tank headed by former Reagan administration official Clyde Prestowitz; thereafter, he contributed more than 10 percent of ESI's budget. | Miliken contributed to only 5 percent of ESI's budget. | contradiction |
Many of the qualities attributed to Clinton's women also describe his mother, Virginia Kelley. | Clinton never had any sort of relationships with women at all. | contradiction |
Reporters rely on neighbors to flesh out the characters of killers, but what, really, do neighbors know? | Neighbors can be surprised by the people who live near them. | entailment |
George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Helmut Kohl participated in the commemoration. | George Bush was excluded from the commemoration. | contradiction |
An article argues that liberals should oppose the National Endowment for the Arts on the grounds that art does not need federal subsidies. | The author of the piece targeted liberals because the author believed they hadn't heard this kind of argument before. | neutral |
13-year-old I hate the people in our grade--they're all so boring! | The 13 year old loves everyone in their grade thinking everyone is very interesting. | contradiction |
www.voyageurs.com/nwvoyage/, where you click No-Frames , which sends you to ... | www.voyageurs.com/nwvoyage/ is for sale. | neutral |
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