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Scientists say they have found the source of HIV . They traced HIV-1, the virus that has caused most of the AIDS epidemic, to a related virus carried by an African chimpanzee subspecies.	After finding the source of HIV scientists may have a better chance of eliminating the virus.	neutral
Would Shuger ever have Why did Irving Goldberg play 'Sol Bernstein'?	'Sol Bernstein is a well constructed piece worth playing.	neutral
There are, to be sure, pivotal generational experiences.	Generations experience a variety of things.	neutral
The cover story asserts that Kenneth Starr's indictment of Julie Hiatt Steele is based on unbelievable assertions by Kathleen Willey, who choreographed her allegations to make them more marketable.	the cover story assumes many things about Kenneth Starr due to outrageous declarations.	entailment
c) Evidence of suborning perjury in the Kathleen Willey matter.	Willey perjured herself in order to protect an undisclosed family member.	neutral
As a result, they avoid the concussive head wounds that kill boxers--and the long-term neurological damage that cripples them.	Head wounds can kill boxers.	entailment
But most observers--certainly the Barlows of the world--expect radical improvement.	People are justified in their belief that there will be a lot of improvement.	neutral
The act also ends long-standing rules against cross-ownership in broadcasting.	A lot of people wanted the rule to end.	neutral
Prudie guesses it's the Hepburn aura you're going for, since, unlike you, there was no Marilyn Monroe body underneath all those tailored clothes.	The Hepburn aura is desired by most girls.	neutral
Across the board, in fact, investors are willing to overlook short-term losses due to strikes if they feel that a company's hard line will pay off in lower costs down the road.	Investors research firms least likely to have strikes.	neutral
Why would you assume that this comment has to do with African-Americans anyway?	There was no comment made.	contradiction
Lose the dismal cover illustrations and return to having a lead review or cover essay.	The lead review is better than the cover illustrations	neutral
It will be because they hope it may mean a happier, more secure week for their kid and a less anxious one for themselves.	Both the child and guardians can benefit potentially.	entailment
We know, of course, whose dreams Tom is a character in.	Tom plays a character while in dreams.	entailment
9. Don't define yourself merely by your enemy.	You must accept that who you are is based completely off of who you oppose and who opposes you.	contradiction
Which brings us to possibility No.	The are many other possibilities.	neutral
First reported last fall, the epidemic has devastated the entire collection.	There was a similar epidemic a decade ago from which the collection only narrowly escaped harm.	neutral
Before long, however, many of these projects went bust, and Nelson had to turn to his family for financial assistance to ward off bankruptcy.	Nelson's family insisted that Nelson pay them back for the loan.	neutral
Since Yugoslavia's disintegration, Franjo Tudjman, a right-wing dictator, has exploited Croatian nationalist sentiments.	Franjo Tudjman holds conservative views.	entailment
I'm the co-author of one the leading treatises on legal ethics--and it's updated annually.	I have no clue about legal ethics.	contradiction
In the publicity leading up to the release of Showgirls , Eszterhas gave interview after interview about the importance of the movie, of its deep moral message, its serious purpose.	Eszterhas gave very good interviews.	neutral
Makes you wonder why no one thought of it before.	The problem still hasn't been figured out by anyone.	contradiction
On the downside, the band relies heavily on its predecessors, and some songs sound lifted directly from the Ramones, the Runaways, and Metley Cree (they also cover the Cree's Too Fast For Love).	This band plays country folk music.	contradiction
Ut's was not the only camera present	Ut's camera is the best of all the cameras.	neutral
The spread of nuclear and biological weapons, the growth of international organized crime, and global environmental degradation are a few examples.	Countries are implementing new initiatives to tackle organized crime.	neutral
Does this mean that you will be happier when the information comes out?	I wish that you would stop being so sad.	neutral
In Rome, La Repubblica reported from New York on the ambivalence of President Clinton's attitude toward Hollywood, pointing out that a few hours after accusing it of promoting violence and having direct responsibility for massacres in American schools, he had gone to dinner in Beverly Hills with film industry friends who had poured millions of dollars into Democratic Party coffers.	President Clinton was shamed at the dinner he had with Hollywood elites.	contradiction
Has the World Wide Web, which only appeared in 1993, failed us?	The internet emerged in 1993.	entailment
Last year we were pretty thrilled to get 3,000-plus responses in a month.	Three thousand responses in any given month is not an exciting number of responses.	contradiction
Or, instead, should we fight tooth and nail to preserve and extend programs like the Earned Income Tax Credit that help the working poor?	There are other tax credits that also benefit the poor.	neutral
Newsweek, which loves fad therapies, hypes natural Prozac.	Newsweek had a company policy forbidding writing about therapeutic or medicinal treatments.	contradiction
Framing the election around the desirability of tax cuts is risky business for Clinton; since the age of Reagan, the public assumes that the Republicans are the anti-tax party.	Clinton's people think he would look good if he promise to cut taxes.	neutral
They're political.	They do not care for politics.	contradiction
(Billy is said to be the family peacemaker.)	Billy tries to keep peace within the family.	entailment
It consists of a fixed image, like a slide or (closer still) a freeze frame.	The image is not moving.	entailment
A self-appraisal (and remember, the entire purpose of a reference group is to serve as a yardstick for self-appraisal) would entail evaluating the richness of relationships and the satisfactions of accomplishments, rather than the cataloging of possessions.	Statistics show people value money more than relationships.	neutral
The 8-year-old study says 59 percent of a sample of college students think oral sex doesn't constitute having sex.	The study is 10 years old.	contradiction
The magazine profiles former anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele, who now heads the University of Cape She has won admirers (and enemies) by insisting that the university not adjust its standards to favor black students.	Mamphela Ramphele is the head of the University of Cape	entailment
That is, we're paralyzed by the repeated idea that his election is inevitable.	He is a white man.	neutral
That was a satisfying moment.	They are content.	entailment
Sam Johnson, R-Texas, has suggested that Clinton be court-martialed for his treatment of Paula Jones.	Paula Jones is still emotionally distraught by what Clinton did to her.	neutral
(A great continental nation--I love that phrase, but what the hell does it mean?)	They know the exact meaning of the phrase.	contradiction
After smoking a pack of Camels a day for a dozen years, I gave it up in 1985.	I gave up smoking just before my 35th birthday in 1985.	neutral
It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice.	The man was correct much more often than he was wrong.	neutral
Flytrap also bears some responsibility for Washington's paralysis.	Flytrap caused Washington's paralysis.	neutral
Hanson co-wrote the underrated White Dog (1982) with Sam Fuller, and there's a touch of Fuller in this film's lugubrious trashiness.	Together, Hanson and Sam Fuller wrote the movie White Dog, and Fuller's style is depicted in the movie.	entailment
Thanks to Gutman, Genovese, and their left-wing peers, we now know that the notion that Slaves Were Happy, as the New York Times headline put it, is not necessarily false.	Gutman, Genovese, and their left wing peer may be Pro-slavery.	neutral
After clicking your purchases into a shopping cart, you are directed to a secure Netscape server that will encrypt your credit-card information.	The Netscape browser has a process to protect credit card information from being stolen.	entailment
In January 1993, the Bush administration launched cruise missiles at Baghdad to force compliance.	The US launches missiles at Baghdad in 1993.	entailment
Some journalists wrote scathingly of me, Mitchell, [former Texas Gov.] Ann Richards [also McPherson's partner], because we had agreed to do that.	Everybody wrote universal praises in regards to the author.	contradiction
He's plunging us, the viewers, into it, too.	The viewers are being involved in it.	entailment
But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick.	his eyes were dead and motionless, and his mouth dry as a whistle.	contradiction
Are you finding any substantive differences in the way your guides cover the city?	No one can question if the guides cover the city different from one another.	contradiction
There was a pathetic scene a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, home to several respected labor-community initiatives.	Labor-community initiatives are despised by everyone and so are never undertaken.	contradiction
Often, it doesn't even equal two.	It never equals two.	contradiction
Publishers regularly write bonuses into contracts to factor in the possibility that a book will makes the Times list.	Publishers write bonuses into contracts in hopes that the book will make the Times list.	entailment
Time says that space tourism has a new former astronaut Buzz Aldrin.	Buzz Aldrin is a supporter of the idea of space tourism.	neutral
He is a tedious corporate drone, as innocuous as the lackluster buildings erected by Donald Trump.	Trump has never built buildings.	contradiction
Were these counterparts--mainly big banks and other institutional investors--simply naive?	These counterparts did not include any institutional investors.	contradiction
Their actual relationship was more complicated.	Complication in their relationship was underestimated.	entailment
to know this, how much I want to ask again why I must, with such perfect, detailed precision,	There is nothing I want to say or ask.	contradiction
A two-hour look at the evolution of underwear, the special is as silly as it sounds.	The author acknowledges that the topic of the documentary is absurd.	entailment
Getting the president re-elected is only one of the many, many accomplishments claimed by Morris, who plays both Boswell and Johnson in his memoirs.	Morris got the president re-elected.	entailment
Newsweek 's cover package compares Watergate and Flytrap.	Newsweek decided not to cover the stories.	contradiction
I don't want to belabor that point (though it is fun, as all the They should have seen it coming headlines on stories about Inphomation's bankruptcy suggest).	It has been said enough about the Inphomation's bankruptcy story.	entailment
He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her.	Without her he would have never gotten any work done.	contradiction
By forbidding its dealers to compete with each other via prices, Schwinn forces them to compete with each other via quality of service, to the ultimate benefit of consumers.	Schwin doesn't allow price differences by its retailers.	entailment
Suppose all of SLATE's articles featured the authors reading their visionary musings into digital audio format.	SLATE does not employ authors.	contradiction
Lipinski's camp quickly unveiled her Web site and booked her on television talk shows.	Her camp moved swiftly to increase her online and media presence.	entailment
The critics are ganging up on social critic Mike Davis, the MacArthur fellow and Marxist deflater of Los Angeles' dreams and delusions.	Mike Davis got his feelings hurt when other critics ganged up on him.	neutral
Today, the television and the mall do the job that once was the purview of parents.	Television does not affect children and does not require responsibility.	contradiction
Renaissance Florence.	Destroyed Florence.	contradiction
Vaclav Havel was in New York in the spring of 1968, participated in the student strike at Columbia, joined Alexander Dubcek in the short-lived liberal uprising in Prague that summer, and became the president of Czechoslovakia in 1990.	Vaclav Havel has been to both North America and Europe.	entailment
If drugs do extend the lives of infected people for, say, decades--and I hope they do and that Sullivan is wrong about his own fate--I, too, would use the word cure.	Sullivan has no concerns at this time.	contradiction
Because Accidents Happen , on Tuesday and Wednesday (8-10 p.m.) Using the fig leaf of studying survival engineering and safety pointers, PBS gives us fires, crashes, and sinking ships.	PBS presents a pamphlet on safety.	contradiction
When you see Bradley, you see a naturally diffident man talking about how he would like to run for president and fretting about the distance between his ideal campaign and the real one.	Bradley is a relaxed person.	neutral
So, by a process known to psychologists as transference, she transferred her feelings, both positive and negative, to you, the second-most-important Bill in the country.	The second-most-important Bill in the country received feelings via transference from her.	entailment
Once auction invoked the incomprehensible high-speed chatter of a tobacco dealer, building to the giddy crescendo, Sold American!	The auction starts in the early morning.	neutral
Growing up to be Gwyneth Paltrow makes her more bewitching but no less blank.	It was clear when she was a baby she would be a star.	neutral
Wandered all over the room and blew on some other guy's dice.	All of the guys had dice.	neutral
Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.	An economic downturn is a looming possibility.	entailment
What's different about the late 1990s' version?	There was not a version from the 1990's.	contradiction
Videotape of her answers will be shown to the Arkansas Whitewater grand jury, which will disband May 7. Pundits played up the tension between Starr and the first lady (since she recently called him a politically motivated prosecutor who is allied with the right-wing opponents of my husband) and debated whether he will indict her.	Pundits played up the tension between Starr and the second lady as well.	neutral
The Nike and Reebok logos are now officially declared badges of shame.	both the Reebok and Nike logos are recognized as heroic badges of honor.	contradiction
But giving drove him near to nervous collapse.	It is good to give lots of things to others.	neutral
The resistance literature often comments on Hitler's amazing luck, or his uncanny ability to sense danger; but the failures of the resistance might be better ascribed to the calculated unluck of the resisters, their own ability to sense danger and step away from it, and their overall minuscule number.	The resistance was able to successfully oppose Hitler largely due to the overwhelming number of people involved in their movement.	contradiction
It concerns itself with something that matters--a million bucks--yet Regis' presence makes it frivolous.	One million dollars is given to the first person who beats Regis.	neutral
Critics applaud rookie Belgian director Alan Berliner's film, about a 7-year-old boy who yearns to be a girl, for giving an inside report ...	Critics lambasted Alan Berliner's film about a 7-year-old boy who wants to be a girl.	contradiction
How do you forbid the kids to practice what you, er, practice?	Kids follow their parents' guidance.	neutral
Massachusetts' highest court decided that British au pair Louise Woodward will not go back to jail.	Louise Woodward remains in jail to this day.	contradiction
And those damn video games.	I greatly appreciate video games.	contradiction
In other words, on a day when George Bush was supposedly distancing himself from conservative Republicans, he was actually caving to their foolish dogma on the issue at the center of campaign--over the objection of his two top advisors on the subject.	George Bush's top two advisors urged him to stay away from conservative Republicans.	entailment
The rules we've always had is that politics stop at the shore, one senior White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.	There is White House policy to limit political discussion in certain places.	neutral
For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.	Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have the option of receiving either grades or written evaluations.	entailment
It was exciting, albeit in a slightly childish way, to see your name on that signboard, confirming that you still had your cushy job in this historic broadcasting center.	It was like feeling a sense of childhood excitement knowing that they still had their job every time they saw the signboard.	entailment
Good This Week 's round table signs off by predicting the outcome of Sunday's World Cup final.	They have considered a lot of statistics in making their choice for the winner of the World Cup final.	neutral
But the big news in Ireland is the peace negotiations between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.	Ireland and Britain are fighting a war.	contradiction
But if you do, may you be blessed with the wiliness of a fox, the agility of a cat, and the creepy ingenuity of a defense secretary in concocting a dazzling non- It was nobody's fault.	The defense secretary is clever.	entailment
lowest-ranked playoff team in their division ever to accomplish this feat.	There are many teams in their division.	neutral
While these varieties are generally incompatible with one another, all this code-writing has resulted in a far-flung community that understands the Unix beast.	The codes consist of Java, C+ and, Python.	neutral

Scientists say they have found the source of HIV . They traced HIV-1, the virus that has caused most of the AIDS epidemic, to a related virus carried by an African chimpanzee subspecies.

After finding the source of HIV scientists may have a better chance of eliminating the virus.

neutral

Would Shuger ever have Why did Irving Goldberg play 'Sol Bernstein'?

'Sol Bernstein is a well constructed piece worth playing.

neutral

There are, to be sure, pivotal generational experiences.

Generations experience a variety of things.

neutral

The cover story asserts that Kenneth Starr's indictment of Julie Hiatt Steele is based on unbelievable assertions by Kathleen Willey, who choreographed her allegations to make them more marketable.

the cover story assumes many things about Kenneth Starr due to outrageous declarations.

entailment

c) Evidence of suborning perjury in the Kathleen Willey matter.

Willey perjured herself in order to protect an undisclosed family member.

neutral

As a result, they avoid the concussive head wounds that kill boxers--and the long-term neurological damage that cripples them.

Head wounds can kill boxers.

entailment

But most observers--certainly the Barlows of the world--expect radical improvement.

People are justified in their belief that there will be a lot of improvement.

neutral

The act also ends long-standing rules against cross-ownership in broadcasting.

A lot of people wanted the rule to end.

neutral

Prudie guesses it's the Hepburn aura you're going for, since, unlike you, there was no Marilyn Monroe body underneath all those tailored clothes.

The Hepburn aura is desired by most girls.

neutral

Across the board, in fact, investors are willing to overlook short-term losses due to strikes if they feel that a company's hard line will pay off in lower costs down the road.

Investors research firms least likely to have strikes.

neutral

Why would you assume that this comment has to do with African-Americans anyway?

There was no comment made.

contradiction

Lose the dismal cover illustrations and return to having a lead review or cover essay.

The lead review is better than the cover illustrations

neutral

It will be because they hope it may mean a happier, more secure week for their kid and a less anxious one for themselves.

Both the child and guardians can benefit potentially.

entailment

We know, of course, whose dreams Tom is a character in.

Tom plays a character while in dreams.

entailment

9. Don't define yourself merely by your enemy.

You must accept that who you are is based completely off of who you oppose and who opposes you.

contradiction

Which brings us to possibility No.

The are many other possibilities.

neutral

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

There was a similar epidemic a decade ago from which the collection only narrowly escaped harm.

neutral

Before long, however, many of these projects went bust, and Nelson had to turn to his family for financial assistance to ward off bankruptcy.

Nelson's family insisted that Nelson pay them back for the loan.

neutral

Since Yugoslavia's disintegration, Franjo Tudjman, a right-wing dictator, has exploited Croatian nationalist sentiments.

Franjo Tudjman holds conservative views.

entailment

I'm the co-author of one the leading treatises on legal ethics--and it's updated annually.

I have no clue about legal ethics.

contradiction

In the publicity leading up to the release of Showgirls , Eszterhas gave interview after interview about the importance of the movie, of its deep moral message, its serious purpose.

Eszterhas gave very good interviews.

neutral

Makes you wonder why no one thought of it before.

The problem still hasn't been figured out by anyone.

contradiction

On the downside, the band relies heavily on its predecessors, and some songs sound lifted directly from the Ramones, the Runaways, and Metley Cree (they also cover the Cree's Too Fast For Love).

This band plays country folk music.

contradiction

Ut's was not the only camera present

Ut's camera is the best of all the cameras.

neutral

The spread of nuclear and biological weapons, the growth of international organized crime, and global environmental degradation are a few examples.

Countries are implementing new initiatives to tackle organized crime.

neutral

Does this mean that you will be happier when the information comes out?

I wish that you would stop being so sad.

neutral

In Rome, La Repubblica reported from New York on the ambivalence of President Clinton's attitude toward Hollywood, pointing out that a few hours after accusing it of promoting violence and having direct responsibility for massacres in American schools, he had gone to dinner in Beverly Hills with film industry friends who had poured millions of dollars into Democratic Party coffers.

President Clinton was shamed at the dinner he had with Hollywood elites.

contradiction

Has the World Wide Web, which only appeared in 1993, failed us?

The internet emerged in 1993.

entailment

Last year we were pretty thrilled to get 3,000-plus responses in a month.

Three thousand responses in any given month is not an exciting number of responses.

contradiction

Or, instead, should we fight tooth and nail to preserve and extend programs like the Earned Income Tax Credit that help the working poor?

There are other tax credits that also benefit the poor.

neutral

Newsweek, which loves fad therapies, hypes natural Prozac.

Newsweek had a company policy forbidding writing about therapeutic or medicinal treatments.

contradiction

Framing the election around the desirability of tax cuts is risky business for Clinton; since the age of Reagan, the public assumes that the Republicans are the anti-tax party.

Clinton's people think he would look good if he promise to cut taxes.

neutral

They're political.

They do not care for politics.

contradiction

(Billy is said to be the family peacemaker.)

Billy tries to keep peace within the family.

entailment

It consists of a fixed image, like a slide or (closer still) a freeze frame.

The image is not moving.

entailment

A self-appraisal (and remember, the entire purpose of a reference group is to serve as a yardstick for self-appraisal) would entail evaluating the richness of relationships and the satisfactions of accomplishments, rather than the cataloging of possessions.

Statistics show people value money more than relationships.

neutral

The 8-year-old study says 59 percent of a sample of college students think oral sex doesn't constitute having sex.

The study is 10 years old.

contradiction

The magazine profiles former anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele, who now heads the University of Cape She has won admirers (and enemies) by insisting that the university not adjust its standards to favor black students.

Mamphela Ramphele is the head of the University of Cape

entailment

That is, we're paralyzed by the repeated idea that his election is inevitable.

He is a white man.

neutral

That was a satisfying moment.

They are content.

entailment

Sam Johnson, R-Texas, has suggested that Clinton be court-martialed for his treatment of Paula Jones.

Paula Jones is still emotionally distraught by what Clinton did to her.

neutral

(A great continental nation--I love that phrase, but what the hell does it mean?)

They know the exact meaning of the phrase.

contradiction

After smoking a pack of Camels a day for a dozen years, I gave it up in 1985.

I gave up smoking just before my 35th birthday in 1985.

neutral

It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice.

The man was correct much more often than he was wrong.

neutral

Flytrap also bears some responsibility for Washington's paralysis.

Flytrap caused Washington's paralysis.

neutral

Hanson co-wrote the underrated White Dog (1982) with Sam Fuller, and there's a touch of Fuller in this film's lugubrious trashiness.

Together, Hanson and Sam Fuller wrote the movie White Dog, and Fuller's style is depicted in the movie.

entailment

Thanks to Gutman, Genovese, and their left-wing peers, we now know that the notion that Slaves Were Happy, as the New York Times headline put it, is not necessarily false.

Gutman, Genovese, and their left wing peer may be Pro-slavery.

neutral

After clicking your purchases into a shopping cart, you are directed to a secure Netscape server that will encrypt your credit-card information.

The Netscape browser has a process to protect credit card information from being stolen.

entailment

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

The US launches missiles at Baghdad in 1993.

entailment

Some journalists wrote scathingly of me, Mitchell, [former Texas Gov.] Ann Richards [also McPherson's partner], because we had agreed to do that.

Everybody wrote universal praises in regards to the author.

contradiction

He's plunging us, the viewers, into it, too.

The viewers are being involved in it.

entailment

But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick.

his eyes were dead and motionless, and his mouth dry as a whistle.

contradiction

Are you finding any substantive differences in the way your guides cover the city?

No one can question if the guides cover the city different from one another.

contradiction

There was a pathetic scene a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, home to several respected labor-community initiatives.

Labor-community initiatives are despised by everyone and so are never undertaken.

contradiction

Often, it doesn't even equal two.

It never equals two.

contradiction

Publishers regularly write bonuses into contracts to factor in the possibility that a book will makes the Times list.

Publishers write bonuses into contracts in hopes that the book will make the Times list.

entailment

Time says that space tourism has a new former astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Buzz Aldrin is a supporter of the idea of space tourism.

neutral

He is a tedious corporate drone, as innocuous as the lackluster buildings erected by Donald Trump.

Trump has never built buildings.

contradiction

Were these counterparts--mainly big banks and other institutional investors--simply naive?

These counterparts did not include any institutional investors.

contradiction

Their actual relationship was more complicated.

Complication in their relationship was underestimated.

entailment

to know this, how much I want to ask again why I must, with such perfect, detailed precision,

There is nothing I want to say or ask.

contradiction

A two-hour look at the evolution of underwear, the special is as silly as it sounds.

The author acknowledges that the topic of the documentary is absurd.

entailment

Getting the president re-elected is only one of the many, many accomplishments claimed by Morris, who plays both Boswell and Johnson in his memoirs.

Morris got the president re-elected.

entailment

Newsweek 's cover package compares Watergate and Flytrap.

Newsweek decided not to cover the stories.

contradiction

I don't want to belabor that point (though it is fun, as all the They should have seen it coming headlines on stories about Inphomation's bankruptcy suggest).

It has been said enough about the Inphomation's bankruptcy story.

entailment

He didn't systematically vet things with her or even regularly delegate to her.

Without her he would have never gotten any work done.

contradiction

By forbidding its dealers to compete with each other via prices, Schwinn forces them to compete with each other via quality of service, to the ultimate benefit of consumers.

Schwin doesn't allow price differences by its retailers.

entailment

Suppose all of SLATE's articles featured the authors reading their visionary musings into digital audio format.

SLATE does not employ authors.

contradiction

Lipinski's camp quickly unveiled her Web site and booked her on television talk shows.

Her camp moved swiftly to increase her online and media presence.

entailment

The critics are ganging up on social critic Mike Davis, the MacArthur fellow and Marxist deflater of Los Angeles' dreams and delusions.

Mike Davis got his feelings hurt when other critics ganged up on him.

neutral

Today, the television and the mall do the job that once was the purview of parents.

Television does not affect children and does not require responsibility.

contradiction

Renaissance Florence.

Destroyed Florence.

contradiction

Vaclav Havel was in New York in the spring of 1968, participated in the student strike at Columbia, joined Alexander Dubcek in the short-lived liberal uprising in Prague that summer, and became the president of Czechoslovakia in 1990.

Vaclav Havel has been to both North America and Europe.

entailment

If drugs do extend the lives of infected people for, say, decades--and I hope they do and that Sullivan is wrong about his own fate--I, too, would use the word cure.

Sullivan has no concerns at this time.

contradiction

Because Accidents Happen , on Tuesday and Wednesday (8-10 p.m.) Using the fig leaf of studying survival engineering and safety pointers, PBS gives us fires, crashes, and sinking ships.

PBS presents a pamphlet on safety.

contradiction

When you see Bradley, you see a naturally diffident man talking about how he would like to run for president and fretting about the distance between his ideal campaign and the real one.

Bradley is a relaxed person.

neutral

So, by a process known to psychologists as transference, she transferred her feelings, both positive and negative, to you, the second-most-important Bill in the country.

The second-most-important Bill in the country received feelings via transference from her.

entailment

Once auction invoked the incomprehensible high-speed chatter of a tobacco dealer, building to the giddy crescendo, Sold American!

The auction starts in the early morning.

neutral

Growing up to be Gwyneth Paltrow makes her more bewitching but no less blank.

It was clear when she was a baby she would be a star.

neutral

Wandered all over the room and blew on some other guy's dice.

All of the guys had dice.

neutral

Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.

An economic downturn is a looming possibility.

entailment

What's different about the late 1990s' version?

There was not a version from the 1990's.

contradiction

Videotape of her answers will be shown to the Arkansas Whitewater grand jury, which will disband May 7. Pundits played up the tension between Starr and the first lady (since she recently called him a politically motivated prosecutor who is allied with the right-wing opponents of my husband) and debated whether he will indict her.

Pundits played up the tension between Starr and the second lady as well.

neutral

The Nike and Reebok logos are now officially declared badges of shame.

both the Reebok and Nike logos are recognized as heroic badges of honor.

contradiction

But giving drove him near to nervous collapse.

It is good to give lots of things to others.

neutral

The resistance literature often comments on Hitler's amazing luck, or his uncanny ability to sense danger; but the failures of the resistance might be better ascribed to the calculated unluck of the resisters, their own ability to sense danger and step away from it, and their overall minuscule number.

The resistance was able to successfully oppose Hitler largely due to the overwhelming number of people involved in their movement.

contradiction

It concerns itself with something that matters--a million bucks--yet Regis' presence makes it frivolous.

One million dollars is given to the first person who beats Regis.

neutral

Critics applaud rookie Belgian director Alan Berliner's film, about a 7-year-old boy who yearns to be a girl, for giving an inside report ...

Critics lambasted Alan Berliner's film about a 7-year-old boy who wants to be a girl.

contradiction

How do you forbid the kids to practice what you, er, practice?

Kids follow their parents' guidance.

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Massachusetts' highest court decided that British au pair Louise Woodward will not go back to jail.

Louise Woodward remains in jail to this day.

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And those damn video games.

I greatly appreciate video games.

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In other words, on a day when George Bush was supposedly distancing himself from conservative Republicans, he was actually caving to their foolish dogma on the issue at the center of campaign--over the objection of his two top advisors on the subject.

George Bush's top two advisors urged him to stay away from conservative Republicans.

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The rules we've always had is that politics stop at the shore, one senior White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

There is White House policy to limit political discussion in certain places.

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For the last 24 years, students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades.

Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have the option of receiving either grades or written evaluations.

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It was exciting, albeit in a slightly childish way, to see your name on that signboard, confirming that you still had your cushy job in this historic broadcasting center.

It was like feeling a sense of childhood excitement knowing that they still had their job every time they saw the signboard.

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Good This Week 's round table signs off by predicting the outcome of Sunday's World Cup final.

They have considered a lot of statistics in making their choice for the winner of the World Cup final.

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But the big news in Ireland is the peace negotiations between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.

Ireland and Britain are fighting a war.

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But if you do, may you be blessed with the wiliness of a fox, the agility of a cat, and the creepy ingenuity of a defense secretary in concocting a dazzling non- It was nobody's fault.

The defense secretary is clever.

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lowest-ranked playoff team in their division ever to accomplish this feat.

There are many teams in their division.

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While these varieties are generally incompatible with one another, all this code-writing has resulted in a far-flung community that understands the Unix beast.

The codes consist of Java, C+ and, Python.

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