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South Carolina likes re-electing Between Hollings and Thurmond, South Carolina has, what, 8,000 years of Senate seniority?	Hollings and Thurmond were both admirers of Mahatma Ghandi	neutral
That was back when the Bushes were still trying to woo me over from the Dark Side.	One was once not for the Bushes.	entailment
That leaves Case 1. But if you believe that your neighbor has no right to live well at the expense of your fabulously wealthy grandchildren, you must also believe that your neighbor has no right to live well at the expense of Bill Gates.	Bill Gates would not mind supporting the meighbor.	neutral
If, as we say, there is one God, surely he is God of the whole universe, including the gentiles.	By announcing one God, then this God is of all things.	entailment
3 million for a 30-second spot) and banal products.	A 30 second spot costs 500,000 dollars	contradiction
I'm not sure it is right, in ways I hope it is wrong, and in the end, Richard, you might be It might just not add up.	There is no thought or idea that could be write or wrong.	contradiction
One answer is that the speed with which sexy-sounding scientific ideas get picked up by popular culture is getting alarmingly from Physical Review Letters to the latest best seller by Tom Peters almost before you know it.	Tom Peters writes science fiction novels.	neutral
On Tuesday's NYPD Blue (ABC, 10 p.m.), Rick Schroder's tight-lipped character, Danny Sorenson, opens up to Sipowicz while seeking help for an alcoholic friend.	NYPD Blue is followed by an all-new episode of Supermarket Sweep.	neutral
Second, a humbler labor movement might be less likely to cut shortsighted political deals that undercut its larger purpose.	A less humble political movement has been caught cutting short sided deals.	neutral
Just as index-fund investing defeats this purpose, so too does trading based on anything other than an evaluation of a company's underlying prospects for the future.	The author wants to argue for trading without considering a company's past.	contradiction
Newt Gingrich said that if the evidence holds up, the United States should consider a military strike against Iran.	A military strike was thought to be an option that should be on the table if evidence was proven.	entailment
The military is (theoretically) a nonpolitical institution, but as soon as the operation went south, the military abandoned its nonpolitical faaade to protect itself.	Politics determine much of what the military does.	neutral
Martha is finally being treated as the CEO of a company called Omnimedia, not as a bitchy hausfrau.	Omnimedia is not a publicly traded company.	contradiction
[F]rom the moment Cecilia Bartoli's vibrant Idamante arrives on stage, the performance takes wing, her luscious, tight vibrato perfectly capturing the adolescent trauma of the young prince, says the Independent 's Mark Pappenheim.	The performance starts when Cecilia Bertoli arrives on stage.	entailment
You don't even know where the welfare office is.	You know where is the welfare office.	contradiction
In the film's account of Althea's 1987 bathtub death, Larry propels his wheelchair into the bathroom and tries to save her.	Larry walked to the bathroom.	contradiction
(The exception is the cast of non-Jewish locals, who are almost all soap operaish white trash.)	The cast of non-Jewish locals is the exception.	entailment
But giving drove him near to nervous collapse.	He was calm and composed when giving.	contradiction
I had to format both drives.	The person only had one drive.	contradiction
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.	Arrow was forced to respect elementary mathematics.	neutral
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 feels remorse about the campaign.	neutral
Reporters tried to provoke Bush into making news or embarrassing his hosts, while ignoring the social policy issues on his agenda.	The reporters wanted to aggravate Bush into making a fool out of himself so they could him get off topic.	entailment
Nevertheless, they were trumpeted throughout the nation, because the media had little else to talk about.	The media doesn't have much to say.	entailment
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 has not been mean for the last month.	entailment
In January 1993, the Bush administration launched cruise missiles at Baghdad to force compliance.	The Bush administration used force to get their way.	entailment
Hundreds of them, perhaps thousands, will be abandoned or dropped at the pound.	The pound is being paid for the reception of hundreds of items.	neutral
Like Mark Twain, who said that suicide is the only sane thing the young or old ever do in this life, we imagine that the elderly and the ill desire death rationally.	Mark Twain thought that suicide was rational.	entailment
The revival of interest in Wilde--another play about him ( Gross Indecency ) and a new movie ( Wilde )--continues to delight critics.	Wilde is unliked and was only made into a movie.	contradiction
Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.	America will be seen as immoral after the scandal.	neutral
I am fortunate enough to have two mothers-in- one who gave birth to my wonderful husband and one who is married to his father.	Her husband has a step-mother.	entailment
The political future of East Asia depends in large part on their success in rediscovering those ancient bonds between them.	The future of East Asia in politics is uncertain.	entailment
In criticizing the ability of the exclusionary rule to reverse a conviction, he The wrong done was the search, not the conviction.	The exclusionary rule is not universally supported.	entailment
By abandoning macroeconomics the profession not only leaves the world without guidance it desperately needs	Macroeconomics is not needed at all to guide the world.	contradiction
So much for McCain's war against cynicism.	McCain's war on cynicism went out the window.	entailment
Restore national controls over global capital.	National controls are in place.	contradiction
Fashion is as acceptable in France as any imaginative work, and criticism about it has certainly flourished there.	Fashion is accepted and criticized in France.	entailment
But then I'd be swept up in the sinuous motion of his filmmaking, in the elation of watching point of view passed like a baton from hand to hand, in the liberating force of his language and soundtrack.	His filmmaking style engrossed the viewer in positive ways.	entailment
The movie's lone masterful sequence is the one that features a batch of blank, leggy dolls, along with people whose faces are hidden behind expressive masks.	The scene with the actors wearing expressive masks is the movie's only excellent sequence.	entailment
He calls his artists No Limit Soldiers.	No Limit Soldiers are a band of mercenaries.	contradiction
In the $125,000-$40,000 scenario, for instance, a deficit-neutral solution would increase their taxes by $2,000 or so (compared with now) if they remain single and cut their taxes by about $550 if they get married.	They should stay single if they want to keep their taxes low.	contradiction
So what if all the negatives are lost?	Most of the negatives reappeared.	contradiction
The idea, Leger claimed, was to prove that machines and fragments of them, that ordinary manufactured objects, have plastic possibilities.	Leger thought that machines are able to move plastically	entailment
Jane Friedman, Katrina van den Heuvel (her dress had literally no back; she looked fabbelus !), Salman (you must say Salman, I have heard, and how many writers have achieved first-name status in our time?	The three were present for an awards ceremony.	neutral
Much of this vulnerability may eventually be neutralized by encryption and other tricks.	The vulnerability may in time be rendered by encryption or by other means.	entailment
At the other extreme, if we discover that Bill Gates murdered Vince Foster, or a similar megascoop, journalistic bravado will easily triumph over corporate loyalty.	It is unimaginable that journalism will ever defeat corporatism.	contradiction
One answer is to try to change the incentives of politicians, by making it more difficult for special interests to buy influence.	Incentives for politicians by special interests to gain influence have can always only be the same.	contradiction
People were chuckling about the Rome of the Decadence effect of the big lawn bolster recliners.	People found the Rome of the Decadence effect that was given off by the lawn recliners, to be quite dull and boring.	contradiction
Such a sudden collapse of so much mammary matter could possibly result in some kind of Hollywood black hole.	A collapse of mammary matter could result in a collapse of Hollywood.	neutral
Taliban leaders declared a holy war against the various warlords who carved up Afghanistan, and preached the role of strict Islamic rules as a unifying force.	Taliban leaders fought against the warlords dividing Afghanistan.	entailment
Clinton ( sorrowfully ): It wasn't me.	It wasn't them, it was the vice president.	neutral
I thank Joe Conason for pointing out my errors, and I apologize to the readers of S late for my carelessness.	Joe found all the errors.	neutral
An exclusive report reveals that controversial feminist Naomi Wolf is advising the Gore campaign on how to win the women's vote.	Naomi Wolf worked for Al Gore	entailment
says Norm Dicks of Washington, swallowing his words.	Norm Dicks made a statement that was proven wrong.	neutral
The computer is currently composing a new Mahler I'm so tired of the 10 symphonies, Cope said.	Listening to the same 10 works was draining.	entailment
T. Temple Tuttle, an ethnomusicologist at Cleveland State University, feels the holes conform to a number of scales, including the South Indian system.	Temple Tuttle has a long history as a touring musician.	neutral
She says Newsweek 's Eleanor Clift has gone beyond the call of duty to earn [her] presidential kneepads.	Eleanor Clift is a woman worthy of respect.	entailment
It's a little hard to believe that the Jasons of the world end up straightening out, as Lewis titles the section about the worst-off cases, just as it's hard to buy the extreme view that parents are hopeless screw-ups.	It is hard to believe that moms and dads are hopeless screw-ups.	entailment
They even agree that this would be a big mistake.	They agreed is would be appropriate.	contradiction
I particularly enjoyed your colored sky; a nice choice, blue, popular, everybody likes that blue.	There are other shades of blue that would have looked just as nice.	neutral
And that's when Italian-Americans will really have something to bitch about (by the way, where do you stand on the The Sopranos isn't good for Italians question?)	Italian-Americans will have something to complain about according to them.	entailment
Who can blame him for lying to the gullible young?	The young people were suspicious of him.	contradiction
Slate is scheduled to take up residence Monday, Oct. 27, as an anchor tenant on AOL's news-channel newsstand.	Slate will join AOL's newsstand on Oct. 27.	entailment
In the age of the divine entrepreneur, no one cares how badly you treat your kid.	The age of divine entrepreneur-ism has sparked great care for children.	contradiction
Chrysler's elaborate system of dealerships might, in theory, help Mercedes crack the U.S. market, where its share is now less than 1 percent.	Mercedes could get into the U.S. market through Chrysler's help.	entailment
The Post notes the deep disappointment in Malaysia over the no-show by President Clinton, who stayed home to cope with the Iraqi crisis and sent Vice President Al Gore instead.	Al Gore and Clinton were equally important for the Malaysian audience	contradiction
Not all Republicans think this way.	All Democrats think this way though.	neutral
If car insurance were a tax-free benefit, it wouldn't be surprising to find employers picking low-cost insurers who make you visit preferred mechanics and skimp on coverage for Land Rovers and minivans.	One can assume if employers were in charge of car insurance they would not pick good coverage.	entailment
None associated the pig with its traditional attributes, dirty or foul smelling.	Attributes of a pig are well-known to be smelly and messy.	neutral
Of course, this decision raises plenty of questions of its own.	This decision raises plenty of questions.	entailment
Maybe, just maybe, if he were sued again ...	Its possible, if he were the target of another lawsuit...	entailment
And every tournament game receives this treatment.	All tournament games get good treatment.	neutral
They call it tantric sex.	It's not called Tantric sex.	contradiction
My concern here isn't so much for Leuchter or even the Holocaust revisionists, who'll just think he was sandbagged.	Leuchter will think Holocaust revisionists were sandbagged.	contradiction
But it is easy to guess.	In this case it was hard to guess	contradiction
Asahi Shimbun also reported that the Japanese National Personnel Authority is drawing up regulations to try to stamp out sexual harassment based on a new report defining what kind of behavior is inappropriate.	There will be new regulations in an attempt to get rid of sexual harassment.	entailment
Once he took a year off to sell real He hated it.	He got lots of rest during the year he took off.	neutral
By continuing to appease Buchanan, several of our candidates appear to have put politics ahead of our party's principles.	The code of the party is priority one for all candidates involved.	contradiction
At least it gives the film a surprise ending.	The ending of the film wasn't obvious	entailment
That I don't want it to end.	The author wants it to continue.	entailment
Most alarmingly, convenience gambling exacts huge social costs in the form of addiction and financial hardship without providing any economic benefit.	Convenience gambling, offers a very high risk and low reward, benefit to the individual.	entailment
On the other hand, Fish never claimed to be right.	Fish made a lot of stabs in the dark.	neutral
Jenkins hasn't quite figured out how to shape her narrative, which is full of episodes that are there because they actually happened but that don't have a payoff.	Episodes are full of payoffs for Jenkins' narrative.	contradiction
Membership in this group would be defined in a possession-neutral way.	Group members want clear definitions.	neutral
The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed.	The movement has been going on for only a few weeks.	contradiction
It is not foolish to consider intent, hence the distinction between murder and accident and serious dieting.	Intent is irrelevent when investigating a potential murder.	contradiction
The face of Europe might look quite a bit different.	Europe may have a very different personality portrayed.	entailment
He's obviously spending too much time online.	He spends time watching YouTube all day.	neutral
We've received thousands of e-mail messages since our launch June 24 (most of them friendly, thanks), and this is a small taste.	The majority of the emails they received are very critical and angry	contradiction
It is hard to understand how Grisham pulls this off.	It's not clear how Grisham could do this.	entailment
If there is a cultural civil war going on, the Mediaphiles--led by Wall Street--have routed the 'phobes.	Wall Street is uninvolved with the Mediaphiles.	contradiction
Goodman's explanations of Jewish ritual sometimes veer from the helpful to the condescendingly overexplicit, as if she were writing for young adults.	Goodman would eventually learn to balance out her explanations of Jewish rituals, so that a broader audience could understand it.	neutral
La Repubblica of Rome reported Wednesday that the singer Michael Jackson has been fined 4 million lire (around $2,200) for plagiarism.	Michael Jackson was fined 4 million lire by La Repubblica of Rome on Wednesday.	entailment
Strong genetic differences among dog breeds are not just the result of natural selection.	Natural selection is the same driver in terms of genetic differences of dogs.	neutral
There are those who argue passionately that life originated with a single replicated molecule.	Most people believe that life originated with multiple celled organisms billions of years ago.	contradiction
There is an obvious opportunity here for a bonanza of international conferences to study the need for worldwide treaties to set up global commissions to come up with transnational standards for ...	Worldwide treaties come up with obvious standards.	neutral
Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.	Rolling Stone covers Stern's history as a king of nerds.	contradiction
Neither mother nor daughter is made distinctive this time around, except in the most heavy-handed way.	The mother and daughter would soon be forgotten about, as any lingering memory of them would quickly fade away.	neutral
Charles Bakaly, Starr's new spokesman, gave his inaugural Sunday show appearance to Fox News Sunday , only to have interviewers Tony Snow and Brit Hume run the oldest play in the book on him.	Tony Snow and Brit Hume tricked Bakaly during an interview.	neutral
I should also say that while I love the idea that the universe is nothing but a mathematical model of itself, I've never met anyone else who found the idea of software without hardware even remotely plausible.	I feel the universe is a mathematical model.	entailment
Latin American gangs routinely kidnap rich foreign executives and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.	Latin American gangs have decreased their kidnapping activities against foreign executives, due to an increase in security detail, by them.	contradiction

South Carolina likes re-electing Between Hollings and Thurmond, South Carolina has, what, 8,000 years of Senate seniority?

Hollings and Thurmond were both admirers of Mahatma Ghandi

neutral

That was back when the Bushes were still trying to woo me over from the Dark Side.

One was once not for the Bushes.

entailment

That leaves Case 1. But if you believe that your neighbor has no right to live well at the expense of your fabulously wealthy grandchildren, you must also believe that your neighbor has no right to live well at the expense of Bill Gates.

Bill Gates would not mind supporting the meighbor.

neutral

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

By announcing one God, then this God is of all things.

entailment

3 million for a 30-second spot) and banal products.

A 30 second spot costs 500,000 dollars

contradiction

I'm not sure it is right, in ways I hope it is wrong, and in the end, Richard, you might be It might just not add up.

There is no thought or idea that could be write or wrong.

contradiction

One answer is that the speed with which sexy-sounding scientific ideas get picked up by popular culture is getting alarmingly from Physical Review Letters to the latest best seller by Tom Peters almost before you know it.

Tom Peters writes science fiction novels.

neutral

On Tuesday's NYPD Blue (ABC, 10 p.m.), Rick Schroder's tight-lipped character, Danny Sorenson, opens up to Sipowicz while seeking help for an alcoholic friend.

NYPD Blue is followed by an all-new episode of Supermarket Sweep.

neutral

Second, a humbler labor movement might be less likely to cut shortsighted political deals that undercut its larger purpose.

A less humble political movement has been caught cutting short sided deals.

neutral

Just as index-fund investing defeats this purpose, so too does trading based on anything other than an evaluation of a company's underlying prospects for the future.

The author wants to argue for trading without considering a company's past.

contradiction

Newt Gingrich said that if the evidence holds up, the United States should consider a military strike against Iran.

A military strike was thought to be an option that should be on the table if evidence was proven.

entailment

The military is (theoretically) a nonpolitical institution, but as soon as the operation went south, the military abandoned its nonpolitical faaade to protect itself.

Politics determine much of what the military does.

neutral

Martha is finally being treated as the CEO of a company called Omnimedia, not as a bitchy hausfrau.

Omnimedia is not a publicly traded company.

contradiction

[F]rom the moment Cecilia Bartoli's vibrant Idamante arrives on stage, the performance takes wing, her luscious, tight vibrato perfectly capturing the adolescent trauma of the young prince, says the Independent 's Mark Pappenheim.

The performance starts when Cecilia Bertoli arrives on stage.

entailment

You don't even know where the welfare office is.

You know where is the welfare office.

contradiction

In the film's account of Althea's 1987 bathtub death, Larry propels his wheelchair into the bathroom and tries to save her.

Larry walked to the bathroom.

contradiction

(The exception is the cast of non-Jewish locals, who are almost all soap operaish white trash.)

The cast of non-Jewish locals is the exception.

entailment

But giving drove him near to nervous collapse.

He was calm and composed when giving.

contradiction

I had to format both drives.

The person only had one drive.

contradiction

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.

Arrow was forced to respect elementary mathematics.

neutral

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 feels remorse about the campaign.

neutral

Reporters tried to provoke Bush into making news or embarrassing his hosts, while ignoring the social policy issues on his agenda.

The reporters wanted to aggravate Bush into making a fool out of himself so they could him get off topic.

entailment

Nevertheless, they were trumpeted throughout the nation, because the media had little else to talk about.

The media doesn't have much to say.

entailment

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 has not been mean for the last month.

entailment

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

The Bush administration used force to get their way.

entailment

Hundreds of them, perhaps thousands, will be abandoned or dropped at the pound.

The pound is being paid for the reception of hundreds of items.

neutral

Like Mark Twain, who said that suicide is the only sane thing the young or old ever do in this life, we imagine that the elderly and the ill desire death rationally.

Mark Twain thought that suicide was rational.

entailment

The revival of interest in Wilde--another play about him ( Gross Indecency ) and a new movie ( Wilde )--continues to delight critics.

Wilde is unliked and was only made into a movie.

contradiction

Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.

America will be seen as immoral after the scandal.

neutral

I am fortunate enough to have two mothers-in- one who gave birth to my wonderful husband and one who is married to his father.

Her husband has a step-mother.

entailment

The political future of East Asia depends in large part on their success in rediscovering those ancient bonds between them.

The future of East Asia in politics is uncertain.

entailment

In criticizing the ability of the exclusionary rule to reverse a conviction, he The wrong done was the search, not the conviction.

The exclusionary rule is not universally supported.

entailment

By abandoning macroeconomics the profession not only leaves the world without guidance it desperately needs

Macroeconomics is not needed at all to guide the world.

contradiction

So much for McCain's war against cynicism.

McCain's war on cynicism went out the window.

entailment

Restore national controls over global capital.

National controls are in place.

contradiction

Fashion is as acceptable in France as any imaginative work, and criticism about it has certainly flourished there.

Fashion is accepted and criticized in France.

entailment

But then I'd be swept up in the sinuous motion of his filmmaking, in the elation of watching point of view passed like a baton from hand to hand, in the liberating force of his language and soundtrack.

His filmmaking style engrossed the viewer in positive ways.

entailment

The movie's lone masterful sequence is the one that features a batch of blank, leggy dolls, along with people whose faces are hidden behind expressive masks.

The scene with the actors wearing expressive masks is the movie's only excellent sequence.

entailment

He calls his artists No Limit Soldiers.

No Limit Soldiers are a band of mercenaries.

contradiction

In the $125,000-$40,000 scenario, for instance, a deficit-neutral solution would increase their taxes by $2,000 or so (compared with now) if they remain single and cut their taxes by about $550 if they get married.

They should stay single if they want to keep their taxes low.

contradiction

So what if all the negatives are lost?

Most of the negatives reappeared.

contradiction

The idea, Leger claimed, was to prove that machines and fragments of them, that ordinary manufactured objects, have plastic possibilities.

Leger thought that machines are able to move plastically

entailment

Jane Friedman, Katrina van den Heuvel (her dress had literally no back; she looked fabbelus !), Salman (you must say Salman, I have heard, and how many writers have achieved first-name status in our time?

The three were present for an awards ceremony.

neutral

Much of this vulnerability may eventually be neutralized by encryption and other tricks.

The vulnerability may in time be rendered by encryption or by other means.

entailment

At the other extreme, if we discover that Bill Gates murdered Vince Foster, or a similar megascoop, journalistic bravado will easily triumph over corporate loyalty.

It is unimaginable that journalism will ever defeat corporatism.

contradiction

One answer is to try to change the incentives of politicians, by making it more difficult for special interests to buy influence.

Incentives for politicians by special interests to gain influence have can always only be the same.

contradiction

People were chuckling about the Rome of the Decadence effect of the big lawn bolster recliners.

People found the Rome of the Decadence effect that was given off by the lawn recliners, to be quite dull and boring.

contradiction

Such a sudden collapse of so much mammary matter could possibly result in some kind of Hollywood black hole.

A collapse of mammary matter could result in a collapse of Hollywood.

neutral

Taliban leaders declared a holy war against the various warlords who carved up Afghanistan, and preached the role of strict Islamic rules as a unifying force.

Taliban leaders fought against the warlords dividing Afghanistan.

entailment

Clinton ( sorrowfully ): It wasn't me.

It wasn't them, it was the vice president.

neutral

I thank Joe Conason for pointing out my errors, and I apologize to the readers of S late for my carelessness.

Joe found all the errors.

neutral

An exclusive report reveals that controversial feminist Naomi Wolf is advising the Gore campaign on how to win the women's vote.

Naomi Wolf worked for Al Gore

entailment

says Norm Dicks of Washington, swallowing his words.

Norm Dicks made a statement that was proven wrong.

neutral

The computer is currently composing a new Mahler I'm so tired of the 10 symphonies, Cope said.

Listening to the same 10 works was draining.

entailment

T. Temple Tuttle, an ethnomusicologist at Cleveland State University, feels the holes conform to a number of scales, including the South Indian system.

Temple Tuttle has a long history as a touring musician.

neutral

She says Newsweek 's Eleanor Clift has gone beyond the call of duty to earn [her] presidential kneepads.

Eleanor Clift is a woman worthy of respect.

entailment

It's a little hard to believe that the Jasons of the world end up straightening out, as Lewis titles the section about the worst-off cases, just as it's hard to buy the extreme view that parents are hopeless screw-ups.

It is hard to believe that moms and dads are hopeless screw-ups.

entailment

They even agree that this would be a big mistake.

They agreed is would be appropriate.

contradiction

I particularly enjoyed your colored sky; a nice choice, blue, popular, everybody likes that blue.

There are other shades of blue that would have looked just as nice.

neutral

And that's when Italian-Americans will really have something to bitch about (by the way, where do you stand on the The Sopranos isn't good for Italians question?)

Italian-Americans will have something to complain about according to them.

entailment

Who can blame him for lying to the gullible young?

The young people were suspicious of him.

contradiction

Slate is scheduled to take up residence Monday, Oct. 27, as an anchor tenant on AOL's news-channel newsstand.

Slate will join AOL's newsstand on Oct. 27.

entailment

In the age of the divine entrepreneur, no one cares how badly you treat your kid.

The age of divine entrepreneur-ism has sparked great care for children.

contradiction

Chrysler's elaborate system of dealerships might, in theory, help Mercedes crack the U.S. market, where its share is now less than 1 percent.

Mercedes could get into the U.S. market through Chrysler's help.

entailment

The Post notes the deep disappointment in Malaysia over the no-show by President Clinton, who stayed home to cope with the Iraqi crisis and sent Vice President Al Gore instead.

Al Gore and Clinton were equally important for the Malaysian audience

contradiction

Not all Republicans think this way.

All Democrats think this way though.

neutral

If car insurance were a tax-free benefit, it wouldn't be surprising to find employers picking low-cost insurers who make you visit preferred mechanics and skimp on coverage for Land Rovers and minivans.

One can assume if employers were in charge of car insurance they would not pick good coverage.

entailment

None associated the pig with its traditional attributes, dirty or foul smelling.

Attributes of a pig are well-known to be smelly and messy.

neutral

Of course, this decision raises plenty of questions of its own.

This decision raises plenty of questions.

entailment

Maybe, just maybe, if he were sued again ...

Its possible, if he were the target of another lawsuit...

entailment

And every tournament game receives this treatment.

All tournament games get good treatment.

neutral

They call it tantric sex.

It's not called Tantric sex.

contradiction

My concern here isn't so much for Leuchter or even the Holocaust revisionists, who'll just think he was sandbagged.

Leuchter will think Holocaust revisionists were sandbagged.

contradiction

But it is easy to guess.

In this case it was hard to guess

contradiction

Asahi Shimbun also reported that the Japanese National Personnel Authority is drawing up regulations to try to stamp out sexual harassment based on a new report defining what kind of behavior is inappropriate.

There will be new regulations in an attempt to get rid of sexual harassment.

entailment

Once he took a year off to sell real He hated it.

He got lots of rest during the year he took off.

neutral

By continuing to appease Buchanan, several of our candidates appear to have put politics ahead of our party's principles.

The code of the party is priority one for all candidates involved.

contradiction

At least it gives the film a surprise ending.

The ending of the film wasn't obvious

entailment

That I don't want it to end.

The author wants it to continue.

entailment

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

Convenience gambling, offers a very high risk and low reward, benefit to the individual.

entailment

On the other hand, Fish never claimed to be right.

Fish made a lot of stabs in the dark.

neutral

Jenkins hasn't quite figured out how to shape her narrative, which is full of episodes that are there because they actually happened but that don't have a payoff.

Episodes are full of payoffs for Jenkins' narrative.

contradiction

Membership in this group would be defined in a possession-neutral way.

Group members want clear definitions.

neutral

The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed.

The movement has been going on for only a few weeks.

contradiction

It is not foolish to consider intent, hence the distinction between murder and accident and serious dieting.

Intent is irrelevent when investigating a potential murder.

contradiction

The face of Europe might look quite a bit different.

Europe may have a very different personality portrayed.

entailment

He's obviously spending too much time online.

He spends time watching YouTube all day.

neutral

We've received thousands of e-mail messages since our launch June 24 (most of them friendly, thanks), and this is a small taste.

The majority of the emails they received are very critical and angry

contradiction

It is hard to understand how Grisham pulls this off.

It's not clear how Grisham could do this.

entailment

If there is a cultural civil war going on, the Mediaphiles--led by Wall Street--have routed the 'phobes.

Wall Street is uninvolved with the Mediaphiles.

contradiction

Goodman's explanations of Jewish ritual sometimes veer from the helpful to the condescendingly overexplicit, as if she were writing for young adults.

Goodman would eventually learn to balance out her explanations of Jewish rituals, so that a broader audience could understand it.

neutral

La Repubblica of Rome reported Wednesday that the singer Michael Jackson has been fined 4 million lire (around $2,200) for plagiarism.

Michael Jackson was fined 4 million lire by La Repubblica of Rome on Wednesday.

entailment

Strong genetic differences among dog breeds are not just the result of natural selection.

Natural selection is the same driver in terms of genetic differences of dogs.

neutral

There are those who argue passionately that life originated with a single replicated molecule.

Most people believe that life originated with multiple celled organisms billions of years ago.

contradiction

There is an obvious opportunity here for a bonanza of international conferences to study the need for worldwide treaties to set up global commissions to come up with transnational standards for ...

Worldwide treaties come up with obvious standards.

neutral

Rolling Stone 's cover story traces Stern's history from mediocre rock DJ to king of shock jocks.

Rolling Stone covers Stern's history as a king of nerds.

contradiction

Neither mother nor daughter is made distinctive this time around, except in the most heavy-handed way.

The mother and daughter would soon be forgotten about, as any lingering memory of them would quickly fade away.

neutral

Charles Bakaly, Starr's new spokesman, gave his inaugural Sunday show appearance to Fox News Sunday , only to have interviewers Tony Snow and Brit Hume run the oldest play in the book on him.

Tony Snow and Brit Hume tricked Bakaly during an interview.

neutral

I should also say that while I love the idea that the universe is nothing but a mathematical model of itself, I've never met anyone else who found the idea of software without hardware even remotely plausible.

I feel the universe is a mathematical model.

entailment

Latin American gangs routinely kidnap rich foreign executives and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.

Latin American gangs have decreased their kidnapping activities against foreign executives, due to an increase in security detail, by them.

contradiction