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On one occasion recounted by the author, a woman rented a horse, stripped naked, and arrived at the door, Lady Godiva-style.	The author recounted a woman who mimicked Lady Godiva in arriving at someone's home.	entailment
An early version of this sort of thing that I recall with particular pleasure was Mad magazine's East Side Story --that being the location of the United Nations.	Mad magazine did not publish any stories.	contradiction
The editors Slate is here for the duration.	The duration is 5 minutes long.	neutral
It's a major omission, then, that we never see those schools or the kids' interaction with their stable, well-to-do Beverly Hills counterparts.	Nothing was left out about the children.	contradiction
And ads on the Internet, at least so far, lack oomph.	ads were illegal to display on the Internet until about 9 months ago.	neutral
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 not a problem.	contradiction
Either someone is privileged, or he is not.	The majority of people are privileged in some way.	neutral
It does not report whether he has sought the services of Catherine Oxenberg.	It does report, however, some of his private life goings-on.	neutral
The New Republic 's Jed Perl bashes the newly opened J. Paul Getty Museum, designed by Richard Meier, whose architecture, says Perl, only works in coffee-table books.	Jed Perl was an architect before becoming a journalist.	neutral
I maintained throughout the Reagan years that appearances was a dodge for accusers and malefactors alike.	During the Reagan administration everyone was always honest.	contradiction
Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.	Scalia has no interested in the meaning of originally written text.	contradiction
If Clinton were going to apologize, Lewinsky's new image would be safe.	If Clinton presents an apology then Lewinsky will secure safety in her image.	entailment
The largest Republican constituency may be the Tight-Lipped Republicans . These folks, who include old-timers such as Virginia's John Warner, Alaska's Ted Stevens, and Mississippi's Thad Cochran, are as annoyed by the president as the next guy.	All Tight-Lipped Republicans are annoyed by the president.	neutral
In that sense, the stock market boom is founded firmly on the steadier achievements to which Kazin refers.	The stock market book was based on an unsteady economy.	contradiction
(If that were my name, I might not want to talk about the scandal either.)	I would talk all about the scandal if that were my name.	contradiction
At once lush and frightening, Tout de Suite literally vibrates with intimations of Davis' future explorations beyond jazz.	Davis has explored many different genres.	neutral
(Aniston, by the way, might want to compare notes with The Enquirer says that she too fell victim to a freak rear end accident this month when an overzealous deer nipped her hindquarters.	This month, a deer hit the rear end of Aniston	entailment
In this particular case, the buyers come to Las Vegas to purchase the goods rather than having them shipped out of the city, but the economics are the same.	They simply preferred to see the city rather than wait for their packages to arrive.	neutral
Marketers will do anything that seems to promise a momentary fit with the elusive Zeitgeist , or at least a surge of attention.	Marketers would love to have a momentary fit with the Zeitgeist movement.	neutral
You can acquire a second spouse so long as you discard the first one.	The second marriage will be happier than the first one.	neutral
It probably won't come naturally to an American male, but, in an attempt to enter into the spirit of French daily life, I will cultivate a Look of my own.	This wont be easy for the American male.	entailment
(After all, when Wall Streeters say today that the Asia crisis is over, what they mean is that American exposure is over.	The Asia crisis involved the mass reduction in manufacturing in the region.	neutral
Esme, played by Judi Dench, is an actress who lives for the theater.	Judi Dench is an actress at the theater.	entailment
That one, I suspect, is harder to refute.	There is a simple argument for all of them.	contradiction
It would also help our thinking if we could avoid the sex and violence mantra.	The use of sex and violence would help our thinking significantly.	contradiction
However, they should not be punished without due process in the name of 'national security' or 'protection of citizens' lives.	People are rarely punished without due process.	neutral
(The Yankees have a 12-year, $486-million cable deal.)	The deal allows the cable channel to show all of the Yankees' games.	neutral
Randy's Tough Love Wrap-Up	Randy starts the show with his segment, "Randy's Tough Love Wrap-Up".	contradiction
(Saint Johnswort makes your skin sensitive to sunlight.)	Saint Johnswort will help protect your skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun.	contradiction
Even if Martin had failed to deny Maxwell a conquest that evening, and thus failed to slow the epidemic, he could at least have made someone happy.	Martin could fail to stop Maxwell's conquest and still at least made someone happy, but he didn't.	entailment
Michael Kelly's WP column about Ken Starr vs.	Michael Kelly wrote an article about Ken Starr.	neutral
It's Wallace's lack of interest in Wigand's story--the movie's most powerful--that damns him in the audience's eyes.	The audience universally adored Wallace.	contradiction
Both are Democrats who converted to conservative Republicanism.	There are Democrats that convert to conservative Republicanism.	entailment
It's a full-time job just controlling the young hotheads on some NBA squads.	There are entire staff on some teams dedicated to sports psychology, counselling and therapy.	neutral
Critics have demanded that UFC install ropes instead.	The UFC is comtemplating using ropes.	entailment
Wandered all over the room and blew on some other guy's dice.	The guy had dice.	entailment
Britain's Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has dubbed Bob Dylan's Visions of Johanna the best song lyrics ever written.	The Poet Laureate for Great Britain was Andrew Motion.	entailment
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 listen to conservative Republicans.	contradiction
At night we sometimes had sex outside on the deck--and even in a swing hanging from a tree in her front yard.	On at least one occasion, they had sex on her front yard swing.	entailment
They can score, but they can't play D.	The team has strong offensive talent.	entailment
Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.	The police found all the money Soccer Guy stole, now it's just a matter of getting it back to the people it was stolen from.	neutral
In a culture where Xena and Hercules have hit TV shows, it's a lot more fun imagining that you are a valiant warrior doing business-as-battle than it is to admit that you're a pudgy functionary whose most daring deed is to draft a boldly worded memo.	Hercules has been portrayed on television.	entailment
North American Man Boy Like Association.	The North American Man Boy Like Association is so named because of their focus on fighting for animal rights.	contradiction
Krugman would also have found out that the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange is not representative of the way things Bonds are important, and what businessmen are doing is important.	The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange was fully representative of businesses and bonds.	contradiction
But a few chapters later, Ann overhears her mother talking on the phone to Dr. Spritzer, and	Ann's mother is talking to Dr. Spritzer about Ann's health condition.	neutral
Little Herring ? What the hell kind of moniker is that?	Little Herring is the nickname of a child.	neutral
Terrible scenes of massacres, bombings, and the like are displayed almost daily.	There are no terrible scenes displayed daily.	contradiction
And in the next chapter we're asked to take it as an established fact that all women, everywhere, since the beginning of time, have lived in fear of entering The Slut's Dominion.	Women do not fear anything in this world.	contradiction
Not entirely unmarried men are seldom worth the trouble.	Unmarried men are usually unpredictable and noncommittal.	neutral
This is a tricky territory for parents who enjoy sex and drugs and liberal politics.	Children are better off being exposed to sex, drugs and liberal politics when they are young.	neutral
To some extent, Miller's fate is that of the Broadway stage.	Miller is destined to be on the Broadway stage.	entailment
I asked Czech president Vaclav Havel about this when he came to Washington a few years ago, and he agreed wholeheartedly with my analysis.	Vaclav Havel discussed the analysis with others when he returned to his country.	neutral
A second reason some skeptics doubt that Albright could have been blindsided by her own life story is that since she has risen to prominence , the suggestion that she is Jewish has been raised repeatedly.	Albright's story is 100% objectively true and verifiable.	contradiction
Tysons Corner touts the advantages of buying gift certificates online--you can save time and purchase them from the comfort of your PC--and it even advertises special benefits that can only be received with online orders, such as special shipping rates.	You can receive a gift certificate faster if you order it online.	entailment
Ad revenue increased but not enough to cover enormous new Recruiting new subscribers by direct mail, printing more magazines, and mailing more magazines are tremendously expensive operations.	Print ad revenue is increasing but not enough to deal with operation expenses.	neutral
Lewis won the close bout in a unanimous decision , making him the first undisputed titleholder since 1992.	The last titleholder held the title for 4 years.	neutral
Cholesterol isn't necessarily unhealthy, and margarine is as bad as butter.	It is proven that cholesterol isn't as unhealthy as first believed.	entailment
I fear that a certain software billionaire may be a nut job.	The mental health of the software billionaire has been called into question.	entailment
Aprimary argument against same-sex marriage is that marriage is an institution for the raising of children.	Everybody universally supports same-sex marriage.	contradiction
It's understandable why this fantasy of flight would take root in black America, which, at numerous moments in its history, has been given reason to fear that conditions in the diaspora can never be improved.	Black America has never had cause to be anything but hopeful that conditions in the diaspora would get better.	contradiction
A 1990 study found that 28 percent of children diagnosed with the disorder didn't actually meet the definition.	The definition of the disorder should be changed.	neutral
Police are said to be inept and corrupt.	It can be hard to distinguish between true corruption and just ineptness when looking at police problems.	neutral
I don't believe in group thinking--pitting one group of people against another.	Group thinking is the cause of conflict between competing thinking groups.	neutral
I n If a friend tells you you'll love Happy Texas , rethink the friendship.	Happy Texas always lives up to its name.	contradiction
And odd as it sounds, hiring influence peddlers generates good will on Capitol Hill.	It would be unheard of to send influence peddlers to Capitol Hill.	contradiction
They can result from ordinary events happening to people who are receptive, appreciative, attuned to what is happening around them.	There are results for people who are receptive and appreciative.	entailment
If, as we say, there is one God, surely he is God of the whole universe, including the gentiles.	the gentiles have a different vision of God.	neutral
Mehta's multivolume autobiography, titled Continents of Exile , has loss as its overarching loss of sight, of childhood, of home and country, and now--with this volume--loss of Mr. Shawn's New Yorker . The memoir takes us from the time the author was hired as a staff writer in the early '60s up to 1994, when he was terminated by the loathed Tina Brown in her vandalization of his cherished magazine.	Tina Brown was not the downfall of the magazine.	contradiction
New studies show that 1) one in seven black men can't vote because of a felony conviction	Black men are never convicted for felonies.	contradiction
He is much more heartfelt about prison reform than about Wachtler reform.	Wachtler reform is something the author approves of.	neutral
Such a state, with a constitution and identical rights for all citizens, could guarantee long-term security in a way that the current fake peace doesn't.	There is no constitution or identical rights for all citizens.	contradiction
They do not clearly condemn as racist the actions, sometimes violent, that white ethnics in Chicago resorted to in the 1960s to keep blacks from moving into their neighborhoods.	The white ethnics all wore white clothes.	neutral
There is only one way for Clinton to extricate himself from this He can commute Pollard's sentence so that the spy can't go free until 2001.	Pollard was in jail for a long time.	neutral
Also, most individuals do not screen their e-mail address books politically, meaning that a solicitation sent out to all a person's contacts may well end up in the hands of someone who doesn't want it--which could turn into a public relations problem.	Everyone screens their e-mail address books politically.	contradiction
In the face of this opposition, Republicans played the molester card.	the Republicans planned worked.	neutral
Smith's political ideas are more elusive.	Smith hasn't communicated exactly where he stands on political issues..	entailment
Slate BiasServer TM applies this concept to the magazine You'll register your views just once, and Slate will thereafter recognize your browser and serve up opinion and analysis that reconfirm your prejudices.	Slate is accessible through the internet.	entailment
The Republicans on the Hill--Issue 2--draw fire from all sides.	The article was praised by all who read it.	contradiction
The forgery story churned its way into the Washington Times on Oct. 26.	Washington Times published a story about forgery in October.	entailment
You'll be able to cruise from article to review to column to department with a growing feeling that you're absolutely right about everything.	You can only feel this way by taking a paid course.	neutral
The relationship it describes may strike many as exploitative or ugly for other reasons, but it is not illegal.	It was later found that the relationship was illegal.	neutral
Levi relies on its famous brand name--competitors rely on their stylish cuts.	Levi's success is due to their focus on the trendy design of their products more so than their brand name.	contradiction
But where would those two applicants have ranked if blacks had not been enslaved and discriminated against?	Black people have never had their civil rights violated.	contradiction
perhaps for when she repairs to that quiet cottage in the central Indian jungle.	She will go to the quiet cottage in the Indian jungle in due time.	entailment
She bummed around the beaches of western India with a husband (some say a lover) before settling down in Delhi's comfy Press Enclave, where all the newsies live (one review claims a cottage ...	She is a reporter.	neutral
They end up on the cover of Vanity Fair and Wired . They foreshadow the world in which we're all either symbolic analysts or hamburger flippers.	There is a visible class difference and wealth disparity in society.	neutral
With a bit of elementary mathematics and a lot of keen insight, Arrow was forced to a sobering If a reasonable voting system is one that respects unanimity and precludes flip-flops, then there are no reasonable voting systems, with one exception--the system that picks one voter and makes him a dictator.	A dictator is the most effective voting system.	neutral
Last weekend, journalist couple Christopher Hitchens and Carol Blue signed affidavits claiming that Blumenthal told them last March that Lewinsky was a stalker.	The information provided to the couple by Blumenthal is reliable.	neutral
There's been a very long history in society of problems with alcohol.	Alcohol is still relatively new to society, and therefore has not affected it much.	contradiction
(Heston's softness on gun rights was an issue in his NRA election, but he has quieted critics by backing off his earlier statements and hewing to the NRA's official line.	Heston has backed off of his earlier statements on gun rights.	entailment
They were like the ones in The Last Picture Show , with wrinkles around the middle and unreliable straps that slid around on the shoulders, uneasily contending with the bra straps.	The next model that was made after these corrected most of the problems.	neutral
Thanks a bunch.	I do not thank you at all.	contradiction
Congress, the United Nations, and other international forums.	Congress and the United Nations are not the same body.	entailment
Another online pollster, Harris Interactive, is using its Harris Poll Online to learn about the public's views on the 2000 election.	Harris Interactive is a game design company.	contradiction
And those are just the towns along Lake Como.	All towns along Lake Como are involved.	neutral
While the headline seems to describe something pretty scary, the first three qualities--huge, powerful, fast--actually sound pretty appealing until the fourth comes along.	The headline does not list any qualities, and instead focuses on musings from analysts.	contradiction
The 17-year-old Jess Gupta (male student), for example, is listed as a housewife in another filing.	Jess Gupta will not turn 18 until after he graduates high school.	neutral
The rounded slinky movements of the dancelike kata looked specifically designed to develop grace, coordination, and balance.	The dance is hard to master.	neutral
Reply All, our experimental novel-by-e-mail written by three anonymous authors in three different cities, moves outside the subscription wall for a while, beginning today.	Reply All was written by one person.	contradiction
For the remaining puzzle is why the world provided LTCM with so much money to lose.	The author thought that it made complete sense as to why LTCM was provided with so much money.	contradiction

On one occasion recounted by the author, a woman rented a horse, stripped naked, and arrived at the door, Lady Godiva-style.

The author recounted a woman who mimicked Lady Godiva in arriving at someone's home.

entailment

An early version of this sort of thing that I recall with particular pleasure was Mad magazine's East Side Story --that being the location of the United Nations.

Mad magazine did not publish any stories.

contradiction

The editors Slate is here for the duration.

The duration is 5 minutes long.

neutral

It's a major omission, then, that we never see those schools or the kids' interaction with their stable, well-to-do Beverly Hills counterparts.

Nothing was left out about the children.

contradiction

And ads on the Internet, at least so far, lack oomph.

ads were illegal to display on the Internet until about 9 months ago.

neutral

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 not a problem.

contradiction

Either someone is privileged, or he is not.

The majority of people are privileged in some way.

neutral

It does not report whether he has sought the services of Catherine Oxenberg.

It does report, however, some of his private life goings-on.

neutral

The New Republic 's Jed Perl bashes the newly opened J. Paul Getty Museum, designed by Richard Meier, whose architecture, says Perl, only works in coffee-table books.

Jed Perl was an architect before becoming a journalist.

neutral

I maintained throughout the Reagan years that appearances was a dodge for accusers and malefactors alike.

During the Reagan administration everyone was always honest.

contradiction

Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.

Scalia has no interested in the meaning of originally written text.

contradiction

If Clinton were going to apologize, Lewinsky's new image would be safe.

If Clinton presents an apology then Lewinsky will secure safety in her image.

entailment

The largest Republican constituency may be the Tight-Lipped Republicans . These folks, who include old-timers such as Virginia's John Warner, Alaska's Ted Stevens, and Mississippi's Thad Cochran, are as annoyed by the president as the next guy.

All Tight-Lipped Republicans are annoyed by the president.

neutral

In that sense, the stock market boom is founded firmly on the steadier achievements to which Kazin refers.

The stock market book was based on an unsteady economy.

contradiction

(If that were my name, I might not want to talk about the scandal either.)

I would talk all about the scandal if that were my name.

contradiction

At once lush and frightening, Tout de Suite literally vibrates with intimations of Davis' future explorations beyond jazz.

Davis has explored many different genres.

neutral

(Aniston, by the way, might want to compare notes with The Enquirer says that she too fell victim to a freak rear end accident this month when an overzealous deer nipped her hindquarters.

This month, a deer hit the rear end of Aniston

entailment

In this particular case, the buyers come to Las Vegas to purchase the goods rather than having them shipped out of the city, but the economics are the same.

They simply preferred to see the city rather than wait for their packages to arrive.

neutral

Marketers will do anything that seems to promise a momentary fit with the elusive Zeitgeist , or at least a surge of attention.

Marketers would love to have a momentary fit with the Zeitgeist movement.

neutral

You can acquire a second spouse so long as you discard the first one.

The second marriage will be happier than the first one.

neutral

It probably won't come naturally to an American male, but, in an attempt to enter into the spirit of French daily life, I will cultivate a Look of my own.

This wont be easy for the American male.

entailment

(After all, when Wall Streeters say today that the Asia crisis is over, what they mean is that American exposure is over.

The Asia crisis involved the mass reduction in manufacturing in the region.

neutral

Esme, played by Judi Dench, is an actress who lives for the theater.

Judi Dench is an actress at the theater.

entailment

That one, I suspect, is harder to refute.

There is a simple argument for all of them.

contradiction

It would also help our thinking if we could avoid the sex and violence mantra.

The use of sex and violence would help our thinking significantly.

contradiction

However, they should not be punished without due process in the name of 'national security' or 'protection of citizens' lives.

People are rarely punished without due process.

neutral

(The Yankees have a 12-year, $486-million cable deal.)

The deal allows the cable channel to show all of the Yankees' games.

neutral

Randy's Tough Love Wrap-Up

Randy starts the show with his segment, "Randy's Tough Love Wrap-Up".

contradiction

(Saint Johnswort makes your skin sensitive to sunlight.)

Saint Johnswort will help protect your skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun.

contradiction

Even if Martin had failed to deny Maxwell a conquest that evening, and thus failed to slow the epidemic, he could at least have made someone happy.

Martin could fail to stop Maxwell's conquest and still at least made someone happy, but he didn't.

entailment

Michael Kelly's WP column about Ken Starr vs.

Michael Kelly wrote an article about Ken Starr.

neutral

It's Wallace's lack of interest in Wigand's story--the movie's most powerful--that damns him in the audience's eyes.

The audience universally adored Wallace.

contradiction

Both are Democrats who converted to conservative Republicanism.

There are Democrats that convert to conservative Republicanism.

entailment

It's a full-time job just controlling the young hotheads on some NBA squads.

There are entire staff on some teams dedicated to sports psychology, counselling and therapy.

neutral

Critics have demanded that UFC install ropes instead.

The UFC is comtemplating using ropes.

entailment

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

The guy had dice.

entailment

Britain's Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has dubbed Bob Dylan's Visions of Johanna the best song lyrics ever written.

The Poet Laureate for Great Britain was Andrew Motion.

entailment

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 listen to conservative Republicans.

contradiction

At night we sometimes had sex outside on the deck--and even in a swing hanging from a tree in her front yard.

On at least one occasion, they had sex on her front yard swing.

entailment

They can score, but they can't play D.

The team has strong offensive talent.

entailment

Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.

The police found all the money Soccer Guy stole, now it's just a matter of getting it back to the people it was stolen from.

neutral

In a culture where Xena and Hercules have hit TV shows, it's a lot more fun imagining that you are a valiant warrior doing business-as-battle than it is to admit that you're a pudgy functionary whose most daring deed is to draft a boldly worded memo.

Hercules has been portrayed on television.

entailment

North American Man Boy Like Association.

The North American Man Boy Like Association is so named because of their focus on fighting for animal rights.

contradiction

Krugman would also have found out that the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange is not representative of the way things Bonds are important, and what businessmen are doing is important.

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange was fully representative of businesses and bonds.

contradiction

But a few chapters later, Ann overhears her mother talking on the phone to Dr. Spritzer, and

Ann's mother is talking to Dr. Spritzer about Ann's health condition.

neutral

Little Herring ? What the hell kind of moniker is that?

Little Herring is the nickname of a child.

neutral

Terrible scenes of massacres, bombings, and the like are displayed almost daily.

There are no terrible scenes displayed daily.

contradiction

And in the next chapter we're asked to take it as an established fact that all women, everywhere, since the beginning of time, have lived in fear of entering The Slut's Dominion.

Women do not fear anything in this world.

contradiction

Not entirely unmarried men are seldom worth the trouble.

Unmarried men are usually unpredictable and noncommittal.

neutral

This is a tricky territory for parents who enjoy sex and drugs and liberal politics.

Children are better off being exposed to sex, drugs and liberal politics when they are young.

neutral

To some extent, Miller's fate is that of the Broadway stage.

Miller is destined to be on the Broadway stage.

entailment

I asked Czech president Vaclav Havel about this when he came to Washington a few years ago, and he agreed wholeheartedly with my analysis.

Vaclav Havel discussed the analysis with others when he returned to his country.

neutral

A second reason some skeptics doubt that Albright could have been blindsided by her own life story is that since she has risen to prominence , the suggestion that she is Jewish has been raised repeatedly.

Albright's story is 100% objectively true and verifiable.

contradiction

Tysons Corner touts the advantages of buying gift certificates online--you can save time and purchase them from the comfort of your PC--and it even advertises special benefits that can only be received with online orders, such as special shipping rates.

You can receive a gift certificate faster if you order it online.

entailment

Ad revenue increased but not enough to cover enormous new Recruiting new subscribers by direct mail, printing more magazines, and mailing more magazines are tremendously expensive operations.

Print ad revenue is increasing but not enough to deal with operation expenses.

neutral

Lewis won the close bout in a unanimous decision , making him the first undisputed titleholder since 1992.

The last titleholder held the title for 4 years.

neutral

Cholesterol isn't necessarily unhealthy, and margarine is as bad as butter.

It is proven that cholesterol isn't as unhealthy as first believed.

entailment

I fear that a certain software billionaire may be a nut job.

The mental health of the software billionaire has been called into question.

entailment

Aprimary argument against same-sex marriage is that marriage is an institution for the raising of children.

Everybody universally supports same-sex marriage.

contradiction

It's understandable why this fantasy of flight would take root in black America, which, at numerous moments in its history, has been given reason to fear that conditions in the diaspora can never be improved.

Black America has never had cause to be anything but hopeful that conditions in the diaspora would get better.

contradiction

A 1990 study found that 28 percent of children diagnosed with the disorder didn't actually meet the definition.

The definition of the disorder should be changed.

neutral

Police are said to be inept and corrupt.

It can be hard to distinguish between true corruption and just ineptness when looking at police problems.

neutral

I don't believe in group thinking--pitting one group of people against another.

Group thinking is the cause of conflict between competing thinking groups.

neutral

I n If a friend tells you you'll love Happy Texas , rethink the friendship.

Happy Texas always lives up to its name.

contradiction

And odd as it sounds, hiring influence peddlers generates good will on Capitol Hill.

It would be unheard of to send influence peddlers to Capitol Hill.

contradiction

They can result from ordinary events happening to people who are receptive, appreciative, attuned to what is happening around them.

There are results for people who are receptive and appreciative.

entailment

If, as we say, there is one God, surely he is God of the whole universe, including the gentiles.

the gentiles have a different vision of God.

neutral

Mehta's multivolume autobiography, titled Continents of Exile , has loss as its overarching loss of sight, of childhood, of home and country, and now--with this volume--loss of Mr. Shawn's New Yorker . The memoir takes us from the time the author was hired as a staff writer in the early '60s up to 1994, when he was terminated by the loathed Tina Brown in her vandalization of his cherished magazine.

Tina Brown was not the downfall of the magazine.

contradiction

New studies show that 1) one in seven black men can't vote because of a felony conviction

Black men are never convicted for felonies.

contradiction

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

Wachtler reform is something the author approves of.

neutral

Such a state, with a constitution and identical rights for all citizens, could guarantee long-term security in a way that the current fake peace doesn't.

There is no constitution or identical rights for all citizens.

contradiction

They do not clearly condemn as racist the actions, sometimes violent, that white ethnics in Chicago resorted to in the 1960s to keep blacks from moving into their neighborhoods.

The white ethnics all wore white clothes.

neutral

There is only one way for Clinton to extricate himself from this He can commute Pollard's sentence so that the spy can't go free until 2001.

Pollard was in jail for a long time.

neutral

Also, most individuals do not screen their e-mail address books politically, meaning that a solicitation sent out to all a person's contacts may well end up in the hands of someone who doesn't want it--which could turn into a public relations problem.

Everyone screens their e-mail address books politically.

contradiction

In the face of this opposition, Republicans played the molester card.

the Republicans planned worked.

neutral

Smith's political ideas are more elusive.

Smith hasn't communicated exactly where he stands on political issues..

entailment

Slate BiasServer TM applies this concept to the magazine You'll register your views just once, and Slate will thereafter recognize your browser and serve up opinion and analysis that reconfirm your prejudices.

Slate is accessible through the internet.

entailment

The Republicans on the Hill--Issue 2--draw fire from all sides.

The article was praised by all who read it.

contradiction

The forgery story churned its way into the Washington Times on Oct. 26.

Washington Times published a story about forgery in October.

entailment

You'll be able to cruise from article to review to column to department with a growing feeling that you're absolutely right about everything.

You can only feel this way by taking a paid course.

neutral

The relationship it describes may strike many as exploitative or ugly for other reasons, but it is not illegal.

It was later found that the relationship was illegal.

neutral

Levi relies on its famous brand name--competitors rely on their stylish cuts.

Levi's success is due to their focus on the trendy design of their products more so than their brand name.

contradiction

But where would those two applicants have ranked if blacks had not been enslaved and discriminated against?

Black people have never had their civil rights violated.

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perhaps for when she repairs to that quiet cottage in the central Indian jungle.

She will go to the quiet cottage in the Indian jungle in due time.

entailment

She bummed around the beaches of western India with a husband (some say a lover) before settling down in Delhi's comfy Press Enclave, where all the newsies live (one review claims a cottage ...

She is a reporter.

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They end up on the cover of Vanity Fair and Wired . They foreshadow the world in which we're all either symbolic analysts or hamburger flippers.

There is a visible class difference and wealth disparity in society.

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With a bit of elementary mathematics and a lot of keen insight, Arrow was forced to a sobering If a reasonable voting system is one that respects unanimity and precludes flip-flops, then there are no reasonable voting systems, with one exception--the system that picks one voter and makes him a dictator.

A dictator is the most effective voting system.

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Last weekend, journalist couple Christopher Hitchens and Carol Blue signed affidavits claiming that Blumenthal told them last March that Lewinsky was a stalker.

The information provided to the couple by Blumenthal is reliable.

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There's been a very long history in society of problems with alcohol.

Alcohol is still relatively new to society, and therefore has not affected it much.

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(Heston's softness on gun rights was an issue in his NRA election, but he has quieted critics by backing off his earlier statements and hewing to the NRA's official line.

Heston has backed off of his earlier statements on gun rights.

entailment

They were like the ones in The Last Picture Show , with wrinkles around the middle and unreliable straps that slid around on the shoulders, uneasily contending with the bra straps.

The next model that was made after these corrected most of the problems.

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Thanks a bunch.

I do not thank you at all.

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Congress, the United Nations, and other international forums.

Congress and the United Nations are not the same body.

entailment

Another online pollster, Harris Interactive, is using its Harris Poll Online to learn about the public's views on the 2000 election.

Harris Interactive is a game design company.

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And those are just the towns along Lake Como.

All towns along Lake Como are involved.

neutral

While the headline seems to describe something pretty scary, the first three qualities--huge, powerful, fast--actually sound pretty appealing until the fourth comes along.

The headline does not list any qualities, and instead focuses on musings from analysts.

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The 17-year-old Jess Gupta (male student), for example, is listed as a housewife in another filing.

Jess Gupta will not turn 18 until after he graduates high school.

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The rounded slinky movements of the dancelike kata looked specifically designed to develop grace, coordination, and balance.

The dance is hard to master.

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Reply All, our experimental novel-by-e-mail written by three anonymous authors in three different cities, moves outside the subscription wall for a while, beginning today.

Reply All was written by one person.

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For the remaining puzzle is why the world provided LTCM with so much money to lose.

The author thought that it made complete sense as to why LTCM was provided with so much money.

contradiction