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In addition to all the things we can't foresee, the historical verdict on Clinton will also hinge on such issues as whether he manages to steer welfare reform back in the right direction; whether he avoids being drawn into a counterproductive tax cut; and whether he overcomes his own recent history to lead campaign-finance reform.	Clinton needs to change his public perception because of all of the terrible things he's done.	neutral
He then made a speech in September 1980 in which he laid out the quantities involved and the underlying assumptions.	The speech provided a convincing argument.	neutral
But they didn't make that case, at least to me.	The case was considered complex by today's standards.	neutral
In Other Magazines sizes up the Time , Newsweek , and other major periodicals--usually before they hit your mailbox or local newsstand.	This examination is detailed and complete	neutral
Internet service is a You can be reasonably sure, but no more, that you can send your data to another Internet user pretty quickly.	Internet providers allow you to share your data to family only.	neutral
Clinton is said to be concerned with shaping a historical legacy, but as may be noted from his failed medical care program, his unpopular anti-Iraq saber rattling, and his largely ignored dialogue on race, the care of business is pretty much all that's wanted of Clinton, too.	Clinton's legacy concerns business.	neutral
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 never visited Washington, D. C.	contradiction
They called it the suicide package.	The package goes by alternate names.	neutral
Now it stands to monopolize it, thanks to its ad dollars and its friends in the media.	Once monopolized the product took over the market.	neutral
That one, I suspect, is harder to refute.	It's hard to argue with that one.	entailment
Doctors have given a generation of such children normal sex organs (i.e.	Children get abnormal sex organs from generations of doctors.	contradiction
But there is a little more noble cause in this for me.	There is a greater good for the author.	entailment
The rice was light and cooked to perfection, and the vegetables were nicely steamed in a complex sauce that blended the subtle flavors of curry, coconut milk, and basil.	The grain was cooked perfectly.	entailment
But I do worry that the Barro offer sends the wrong signals to younger economists--that by telling them the profession still insists on the appearance of superstardom, that it only values home runs when we really ought to be looking for a solid series of base hits, it will encourage what is already a disturbing propensity to favor attention-grabbing showmanship at the expense of deeper, more time-consuming work.	The author is referencing a book written by a fellow economist.	neutral
It would be more entertaining to consider mixed motives, mitigating circumstances, conflicting social pressures, complicated histories, and then find that in this unique situation you really should shoot the guy.	You should shoot the guy.	neutral
Oh, Just Give the Damn Answer	The answer needs to be given.	neutral
This is the third Democrats have overlooked the legal question in the middle.	The Democrats often have explained the legal question in the middle.	neutral
TV demos capture neither the exhilaration nor the fear, conveying instead the smug fatuity of some second-unit director who believes social change is for saps; DGA cards are for winners.	The TV demos were not very exciting and only showed the stupidity of the director.	entailment
The reason to see Man on the Moon is Jim Carrey.	Carrey makes the movie unwatchable.	contradiction
The Presidential Initiative to Increase Seat Belt Use Nation-wide	The initiative contains many items unrelated to seatbelt use.	neutral
As a college student familiar with all the latest urban lingo, I believe the proper term to be used in these contexts is boink.	Boink is the best fit for this context.	neutral
Critics revel in his caustic humor and vengeful gossip about new-media moguls (he describes one AOL exec as a fat man, an ugly man, sweating like crazy).	Critics despise how he calls out media moguls.	contradiction
But when Indonesians started running from their banks a few months ago, what they wanted was dollars--and neither the Indonesian government nor the IMF can give them enough of what they want.	Indonesians wanted American dollars that the IMF tried to provide.	neutral
Coming after Don't Look Back , the superb cinema verite documentary D.A.	It came after the film Donâ€™t Look Back.	entailment
Perhaps this was a subversive act, the urinal-drain-guard manufacturer inviting us to piss on the United States' failed drug policy.	The toilet supplies manufacturer disagrees with the US failed drug policy.	entailment
Clinton doesn't allow alcohol in the Oval Office because it might interfere with his potency.	Presidents after Clinton agreed with this and did the same thing.	neutral
It's funny how hard it is to find anything to sing about.	Finding something to sing about is easy.	contradiction
Today's Papers is sorry that the Journal wasn't curious enough to find out the average age of those CEOs.	The papers are apologetic regarding the Journal's curiosity regarding CEOs.	entailment
Paleontologist Ivan Turk, who discovered the bone, recently told Scientific American that the four holes are really well rounded and just about the right separation for humans to put their finger on.	Turk, a researcher of prehistoric life, has found multiple bones in the past.	neutral
They thrust their fingers within an inch or two of priceless paintings, pointing out the obvious.	The paintings were done in oil on canvas.	neutral
Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their backroom systems, which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical programs.	A threat of the Y2020K bug was unviable according to foreign observers. It was a conspiracy.	contradiction
Microsoft did not demand that Netscape be removed, only that IE be there as well.	Microsoft wished IE would perform better than Netscape.	neutral
c) Evidence of suborning perjury in the Kathleen Willey matter.	The Kathleen Willey matter had an issue with perjury.	entailment
But the blinking eyes in his mechanical ballet are heavy with mascara, while the sexy mouth shines with lipstick.	The dull shade of lipstick is unappealing and frankly repulsive.	contradiction
(David Plotz foretold Brown's departure in a recent Slate Assessment.	Brown secretly planned on leaving before Plotz made his prediction in a Slate Assessment.	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 may have been blindsided about being Jewish.	neutral
He adopted an upbeat American organicism derived from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.	People would often criticize the works of Walt Whitman.	neutral
They can result from ordinary events happening to people who are receptive, appreciative, attuned to what is happening around them.	Appreciative people experience extraordinary events happening constantly around them.	contradiction
will probably experience a series of terrible events--wrenching calamities that are economic or social or environmental in nature seems well within the realm of plausibility.	Terrible events in nature will happen in series.	neutral
Critics revel in his fresh dish (Clinton turns apoplectic over the slightest unfavorable mention	Clinton is insensitive to criticism	contradiction
In Sulloway's theory, as in life, Daniel is the category-defying, black sheep Baldwin.	The hypothesis of Sulloway is that Daniel isn't very virtuous	entailment
With crime down and the economy up, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is finally able to turn to the really big issues--like keeping the original Winnie-the-Pooh doll in a Manhattan museum against the claims of a member of the British Parliament that it belongs back in England.	Crime is down and the economy is up in New York City.	entailment
A cover story tracks the gestation of Paul Simon's The Capeman , a Broadway musical opening in January.	Paul Simon had two other musicals which made their debut in the same year as The Capeman.	neutral
In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.	Nicholas Lemann is an editor for the New York Times book review.	neutral
One could argue, charitably, that the movie is meant to be prescriptive, that Barker intends for us to regard the ways in which his subjects delude themselves and thereby learn to see through our own self-delusions.	Barker directs only horror movies	contradiction
But Aaron hardly figures here and, of course, psychology isn't the point.	Aaron is not involved in this issue.	neutral
First, it loses sales of Windows 95.	Windows 95 will lose sale to begin with.	entailment
American soldiers gave her a drink and poured water over her.	The troops wanted to feed her too.	neutral
Zercher says Lindsey called her and urged her to say all positive things about her experiences.	Zercher asked Lindsey to say all negative things about her experience.	contradiction
When you buy something online or fill out a warranty card, there's often a little box at the Check here if you wish to receive announcements about our new products and services that may delight and amuse you.	Most warranty cards may have a little box to check about announcements for new products.	entailment
(Frank is hardly the first to note that the tastes of a hip bohemian elite have spread to the masses, or to argue that the results of this cultural migration are deleterious.	Frank loves the bohemian elite because they're so rare and groovy.	contradiction
News ' Web shopping package centers on the America Online-Netscape merger.	America Online and Netscape split	contradiction
The movie is a passable entertainment--call it The Half Monty . It has standard issue (but funny) farcical sight gags and a score of panpipes to provide the requisite undercurrent of Celtic melancholy.	The film is a somber retelling of the Wars of Scottish Independence.	contradiction
I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.	I much rather read the sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.	entailment
The game of payback never ends.	Payback is a game of revenge that never ends between siblings.	neutral
My concern here isn't so much for Leuchter or even the Holocaust revisionists, who'll just think he was sandbagged.	The author has concern for Leuchter's sandbagging.	neutral
Every week, Rodriguez must halt surgery because he can't get one or another material through the embargo.	Rodriguez is a vascular surgeon.	neutral
At its worst, it's become a new refuge for the untalented musician, a fact that Ryan Adams from the band Whiskeytown owns up to in the song Faithless Street: I had started this damn country band/ 'cause punk rock was too hard to sing.	It was much harder for Ryan Adams to find success in his country music band, versus his punk rock band.	contradiction
Today there are more than 300,000.	More than 300,000 exist today.	entailment
To get reporters to stop asking about Lewinsky, Clinton doesn't have to give them the truth, he just has to tire them out.	Clinton wears out reporters to avoid Lewinsky inquiries.	entailment
I think Wolfe is right about the potential of this kind of novel, one that takes us through unexplored precincts of our own society while spinning a good yarn.	They think Wolfe is wrong about the book.	contradiction
It's not hard to see why they use it.	It's easy to see why it's used.	entailment
As his fellow Impressionists died one after the other--Pissarro in 1903, Cezanne in 1906, Degas in 1917, Renoir in 1919--Monet ended up, once again, like Ishmael, at the end of Moby-Dick : Now I am the last survivor of the group, he sighed.	Like Ishmael, Monet ended up sighing as the last survivor of his group.	entailment
He is either masochistically neurotic or is figuring out how to extricate himself.	He could be trying to figure out how to not complicate himself, but it's hard for him.	neutral
Excuse me, but who is going to raise such an army (raise in the sense used by parents)?	There is confusion about an army being raised by parents and who the leader might be.	entailment
How does a former police officer get involved with running a laboratory making illegal speed?	There was a laboratory making illegal speed.	entailment
Don't let the philosophy of Gingrich ...	Gingrich has her own viewpoint	entailment
The problem, Keynes wrote, was that people desire the moon--a perfectly safe place to store their wealth.	People desire the moon to store their wealth in.	entailment
They take on a cartoonish, uniform cheeriness.	The cheeriness is silly on purpose.	neutral
Hey, Mambo!Mambo Italiano ...Go, go, Joe!You mixed-up Siciliano	Joe is a mixed-up Siciliano.	entailment
Prudie, too, has lived through this a few times.	Having lived through this a few times helped Prudie deal with the matter effectively.	neutral
In restaurants she cleans out the bread basket and transfers everything to her purse.	He takes the bread from restaurants to give it to his dogs	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.	Skeptics doubt that Albright is Jewish.	entailment
Remember, the last guy to argue for a distinction between ideology and competence was Michael Dukakis.	Michael Dukakis thought that competences are more important than ideologies	neutral
Blockades have always been regarded as acts of war.	If you create a blockade, it's considered an act of peace.	contradiction
For example, had the writer of the Genesis creation story been composing for a 20 th century readership, he or she would have explained God's hand in the evolutionary process as opposed to the more magical creation story in the Bible.	Religious views could have been very different if the scriptures had been written in recent times	neutral
Both the NYT and WP run follow-on stories to last week's revelation that the government's drug office had a program of financial incentives for networks incorporating anti-drug themes into their shows.	Government revealed the anti-drug programs by networks.	contradiction
A spate of explicit parental responsibility laws passed by states and communities over the last couple of years give judges the power to make parents pay for juvenile detention or undergo counseling with their kids.	The laws currently forbid parents from paying for juvenile detention.	contradiction
These groups give workers a selection of plans and reduce paperwork hassles for employers.	The groups require workers to use a particular plan.	contradiction
They are using us, and I need help with this.	He received numerous offers of assistance after revealing that he and his group were being used.	neutral
I phoned Michael J. Thun, one of the study's authors and an epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society, and asked him whether a 20 percent mortality reduction is indeed small in the world of epidemiology.	Michael J. Thun is an epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society.	entailment
(Perkins did not respond to several requests for an interview.)	When it came to Perkins responding, mum's the word.	entailment
Internet telephony, one of the coolest new online applications, illustrates packet switching's drawbacks.	Internet telephony does not show packet switching drawbacks.	contradiction
Now, to commemorate our first anniversary, in an act of incredible corporate generosity that is every bit as good as providing health insurance (I'm sure that Mr. Gates will make this sort of thing more available should Microsoft prove profitable), Slate	After one year since founding, we are offering something that is much akin to health insurance to employees.	entailment
Rudy plans to consolidate his lead in the burbs by pushing school vouchers, while Hillary will tap into health-care frustrations and make the election a national contest.	Hillary will use everything people love about health care to win the election.	contradiction
Oh, and let's cut out all this huffing and puffing about Saddam Hussein.	Not many people complained about Saddam Hussein.	neutral
Chinese leaders are fretting about Taiwan's prosperous democracy and its flirtation with independence.	Chinese leaders are ecstatic about the developments in Taiwan, as they look to encourage the growth of the new nation.	contradiction
The general principle is that these questions, unfortunately, are going to be asked.	Sometimes might be annoying to reply to some questions	neutral
Unfortunately, that's a principle that doesn't seem to be at work in a capital market that just can't say no.	Others agree with the principle in the capital market.	contradiction
The Associated Press notes she's leaving two months after The New Yorker brought in a new publisher and began to merge operations with other Conde Nast publications to save money.	The New Yorker has been experiencing financial hardship for years.	neutral
Starr told me that, and Bennett confirmed it but would not tell me specifics.	It was probably Starr who told me.	neutral
See for yourself, but I think the message most people would get from both sources is Drinking isn't all bad, but eschew it anyway.	Most say drinking is not too bad but you should avoid it anyway.	entailment
Clinton is said to be concerned with shaping a historical legacy, but as may be noted from his failed medical care program, his unpopular anti-Iraq saber rattling, and his largely ignored dialogue on race, the care of business is pretty much all that's wanted of Clinton, too.	Clinton wanted a legacy for history.	entailment
5) The superstars are eating up all the available money and crowding out new talent.	New talent eats up the available money.	contradiction
And you can't bring me back from the dead.	You can bring me back from the dead.	contradiction
Truscott compares the intensive training you get in the Army with one of these weapons long before you're ever allowed to fire it, and then only under the supervision of an expert marksman, with the situation in states like Arkansas, where it's legal for a 10-year-old to own a semiautomatic assault weapon without a moment of safety instruction, training in how to shoot it or adult supervision.	In Arkansas there are plenty of accidents with guns involving teenagers	neutral
It's a spacey sort of blues, with Davis and Shorter playing furiously against the ethereal, Rothko-like shadings of Hancock's Fender Rhodes and Carter's electric bass and the anxious pulse of Williams' ride cymbal.	Davis and Shorter played gently against the mundane, Rothko-like shadings of Hancock's Fender Rhodes and Carter's electric bass and the calming pulse of Williams' crash cymbal.	contradiction
Don Michael Randel, currently provost at Cornell University, has been selected to succeed Hugo Sonnenschein, who stepped down in June.	Hugo Sonnenschein will succeed Don Michael Randel.	contradiction
You could argue that Joe Avid is so hooked on Slate that we can afford to put him over a barrel at the micropayment rate, even though it means that he will pay a lot more.	Joe Avid is repulsed by Slate.	contradiction
Sufficient money and party regulars and money have been assembled to make the primaries and indeed the general election even more than usually irrelevant.	The added money has made elections more interesting	entailment

In addition to all the things we can't foresee, the historical verdict on Clinton will also hinge on such issues as whether he manages to steer welfare reform back in the right direction; whether he avoids being drawn into a counterproductive tax cut; and whether he overcomes his own recent history to lead campaign-finance reform.

Clinton needs to change his public perception because of all of the terrible things he's done.

neutral

He then made a speech in September 1980 in which he laid out the quantities involved and the underlying assumptions.

The speech provided a convincing argument.

neutral

But they didn't make that case, at least to me.

The case was considered complex by today's standards.

neutral

In Other Magazines sizes up the Time , Newsweek , and other major periodicals--usually before they hit your mailbox or local newsstand.

This examination is detailed and complete

neutral

Internet service is a You can be reasonably sure, but no more, that you can send your data to another Internet user pretty quickly.

Internet providers allow you to share your data to family only.

neutral

Clinton is said to be concerned with shaping a historical legacy, but as may be noted from his failed medical care program, his unpopular anti-Iraq saber rattling, and his largely ignored dialogue on race, the care of business is pretty much all that's wanted of Clinton, too.

Clinton's legacy concerns business.

neutral

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 never visited Washington, D. C.

contradiction

They called it the suicide package.

The package goes by alternate names.

neutral

Now it stands to monopolize it, thanks to its ad dollars and its friends in the media.

Once monopolized the product took over the market.

neutral

That one, I suspect, is harder to refute.

It's hard to argue with that one.

entailment

Doctors have given a generation of such children normal sex organs (i.e.

Children get abnormal sex organs from generations of doctors.

contradiction

But there is a little more noble cause in this for me.

There is a greater good for the author.

entailment

The rice was light and cooked to perfection, and the vegetables were nicely steamed in a complex sauce that blended the subtle flavors of curry, coconut milk, and basil.

The grain was cooked perfectly.

entailment

But I do worry that the Barro offer sends the wrong signals to younger economists--that by telling them the profession still insists on the appearance of superstardom, that it only values home runs when we really ought to be looking for a solid series of base hits, it will encourage what is already a disturbing propensity to favor attention-grabbing showmanship at the expense of deeper, more time-consuming work.

The author is referencing a book written by a fellow economist.

neutral

It would be more entertaining to consider mixed motives, mitigating circumstances, conflicting social pressures, complicated histories, and then find that in this unique situation you really should shoot the guy.

You should shoot the guy.

neutral

Oh, Just Give the Damn Answer

The answer needs to be given.

neutral

This is the third Democrats have overlooked the legal question in the middle.

The Democrats often have explained the legal question in the middle.

neutral

TV demos capture neither the exhilaration nor the fear, conveying instead the smug fatuity of some second-unit director who believes social change is for saps; DGA cards are for winners.

The TV demos were not very exciting and only showed the stupidity of the director.

entailment

The reason to see Man on the Moon is Jim Carrey.

Carrey makes the movie unwatchable.

contradiction

The Presidential Initiative to Increase Seat Belt Use Nation-wide

The initiative contains many items unrelated to seatbelt use.

neutral

As a college student familiar with all the latest urban lingo, I believe the proper term to be used in these contexts is boink.

Boink is the best fit for this context.

neutral

Critics revel in his caustic humor and vengeful gossip about new-media moguls (he describes one AOL exec as a fat man, an ugly man, sweating like crazy).

Critics despise how he calls out media moguls.

contradiction

But when Indonesians started running from their banks a few months ago, what they wanted was dollars--and neither the Indonesian government nor the IMF can give them enough of what they want.

Indonesians wanted American dollars that the IMF tried to provide.

neutral

Coming after Don't Look Back , the superb cinema verite documentary D.A.

It came after the film Donâ€™t Look Back.

entailment

Perhaps this was a subversive act, the urinal-drain-guard manufacturer inviting us to piss on the United States' failed drug policy.

The toilet supplies manufacturer disagrees with the US failed drug policy.

entailment

Clinton doesn't allow alcohol in the Oval Office because it might interfere with his potency.

Presidents after Clinton agreed with this and did the same thing.

neutral

It's funny how hard it is to find anything to sing about.

Finding something to sing about is easy.

contradiction

Today's Papers is sorry that the Journal wasn't curious enough to find out the average age of those CEOs.

The papers are apologetic regarding the Journal's curiosity regarding CEOs.

entailment

Paleontologist Ivan Turk, who discovered the bone, recently told Scientific American that the four holes are really well rounded and just about the right separation for humans to put their finger on.

Turk, a researcher of prehistoric life, has found multiple bones in the past.

neutral

They thrust their fingers within an inch or two of priceless paintings, pointing out the obvious.

The paintings were done in oil on canvas.

neutral

Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their backroom systems, which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical programs.

A threat of the Y2020K bug was unviable according to foreign observers. It was a conspiracy.

contradiction

Microsoft did not demand that Netscape be removed, only that IE be there as well.

Microsoft wished IE would perform better than Netscape.

neutral

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

The Kathleen Willey matter had an issue with perjury.

entailment

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

The dull shade of lipstick is unappealing and frankly repulsive.

contradiction

(David Plotz foretold Brown's departure in a recent Slate Assessment.

Brown secretly planned on leaving before Plotz made his prediction in a Slate Assessment.

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 may have been blindsided about being Jewish.

neutral

He adopted an upbeat American organicism derived from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.

People would often criticize the works of Walt Whitman.

neutral

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

Appreciative people experience extraordinary events happening constantly around them.

contradiction

will probably experience a series of terrible events--wrenching calamities that are economic or social or environmental in nature seems well within the realm of plausibility.

Terrible events in nature will happen in series.

neutral

Critics revel in his fresh dish (Clinton turns apoplectic over the slightest unfavorable mention

Clinton is insensitive to criticism

contradiction

In Sulloway's theory, as in life, Daniel is the category-defying, black sheep Baldwin.

The hypothesis of Sulloway is that Daniel isn't very virtuous

entailment

With crime down and the economy up, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is finally able to turn to the really big issues--like keeping the original Winnie-the-Pooh doll in a Manhattan museum against the claims of a member of the British Parliament that it belongs back in England.

Crime is down and the economy is up in New York City.

entailment

A cover story tracks the gestation of Paul Simon's The Capeman , a Broadway musical opening in January.

Paul Simon had two other musicals which made their debut in the same year as The Capeman.

neutral

In the New York Times Book Review , Nicholas Lemann praises the Ms.

Nicholas Lemann is an editor for the New York Times book review.

neutral

One could argue, charitably, that the movie is meant to be prescriptive, that Barker intends for us to regard the ways in which his subjects delude themselves and thereby learn to see through our own self-delusions.

Barker directs only horror movies

contradiction

But Aaron hardly figures here and, of course, psychology isn't the point.

Aaron is not involved in this issue.

neutral

First, it loses sales of Windows 95.

Windows 95 will lose sale to begin with.

entailment

American soldiers gave her a drink and poured water over her.

The troops wanted to feed her too.

neutral

Zercher says Lindsey called her and urged her to say all positive things about her experiences.

Zercher asked Lindsey to say all negative things about her experience.

contradiction

When you buy something online or fill out a warranty card, there's often a little box at the Check here if you wish to receive announcements about our new products and services that may delight and amuse you.

Most warranty cards may have a little box to check about announcements for new products.

entailment

(Frank is hardly the first to note that the tastes of a hip bohemian elite have spread to the masses, or to argue that the results of this cultural migration are deleterious.

Frank loves the bohemian elite because they're so rare and groovy.

contradiction

News ' Web shopping package centers on the America Online-Netscape merger.

America Online and Netscape split

contradiction

The movie is a passable entertainment--call it The Half Monty . It has standard issue (but funny) farcical sight gags and a score of panpipes to provide the requisite undercurrent of Celtic melancholy.

The film is a somber retelling of the Wars of Scottish Independence.

contradiction

I'd far rather read those sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.

I much rather read the sexy economics columns by Paul Krugman.

entailment

The game of payback never ends.

Payback is a game of revenge that never ends between siblings.

neutral

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

The author has concern for Leuchter's sandbagging.

neutral

Every week, Rodriguez must halt surgery because he can't get one or another material through the embargo.

Rodriguez is a vascular surgeon.

neutral

At its worst, it's become a new refuge for the untalented musician, a fact that Ryan Adams from the band Whiskeytown owns up to in the song Faithless Street: I had started this damn country band/ 'cause punk rock was too hard to sing.

It was much harder for Ryan Adams to find success in his country music band, versus his punk rock band.

contradiction

Today there are more than 300,000.

More than 300,000 exist today.

entailment

To get reporters to stop asking about Lewinsky, Clinton doesn't have to give them the truth, he just has to tire them out.

Clinton wears out reporters to avoid Lewinsky inquiries.

entailment

I think Wolfe is right about the potential of this kind of novel, one that takes us through unexplored precincts of our own society while spinning a good yarn.

They think Wolfe is wrong about the book.

contradiction

It's not hard to see why they use it.

It's easy to see why it's used.

entailment

As his fellow Impressionists died one after the other--Pissarro in 1903, Cezanne in 1906, Degas in 1917, Renoir in 1919--Monet ended up, once again, like Ishmael, at the end of Moby-Dick : Now I am the last survivor of the group, he sighed.

Like Ishmael, Monet ended up sighing as the last survivor of his group.

entailment

He is either masochistically neurotic or is figuring out how to extricate himself.

He could be trying to figure out how to not complicate himself, but it's hard for him.

neutral

Excuse me, but who is going to raise such an army (raise in the sense used by parents)?

There is confusion about an army being raised by parents and who the leader might be.

entailment

How does a former police officer get involved with running a laboratory making illegal speed?

There was a laboratory making illegal speed.

entailment

Don't let the philosophy of Gingrich ...

Gingrich has her own viewpoint

entailment

The problem, Keynes wrote, was that people desire the moon--a perfectly safe place to store their wealth.

People desire the moon to store their wealth in.

entailment

They take on a cartoonish, uniform cheeriness.

The cheeriness is silly on purpose.

neutral

Hey, Mambo!Mambo Italiano ...Go, go, Joe!You mixed-up Siciliano

Joe is a mixed-up Siciliano.

entailment

Prudie, too, has lived through this a few times.

Having lived through this a few times helped Prudie deal with the matter effectively.

neutral

In restaurants she cleans out the bread basket and transfers everything to her purse.

He takes the bread from restaurants to give it to his dogs

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.

Skeptics doubt that Albright is Jewish.

entailment

Remember, the last guy to argue for a distinction between ideology and competence was Michael Dukakis.

Michael Dukakis thought that competences are more important than ideologies

neutral

Blockades have always been regarded as acts of war.

If you create a blockade, it's considered an act of peace.

contradiction

For example, had the writer of the Genesis creation story been composing for a 20 th century readership, he or she would have explained God's hand in the evolutionary process as opposed to the more magical creation story in the Bible.

Religious views could have been very different if the scriptures had been written in recent times

neutral

Both the NYT and WP run follow-on stories to last week's revelation that the government's drug office had a program of financial incentives for networks incorporating anti-drug themes into their shows.

Government revealed the anti-drug programs by networks.

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A spate of explicit parental responsibility laws passed by states and communities over the last couple of years give judges the power to make parents pay for juvenile detention or undergo counseling with their kids.

The laws currently forbid parents from paying for juvenile detention.

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These groups give workers a selection of plans and reduce paperwork hassles for employers.

The groups require workers to use a particular plan.

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They are using us, and I need help with this.

He received numerous offers of assistance after revealing that he and his group were being used.

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I phoned Michael J. Thun, one of the study's authors and an epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society, and asked him whether a 20 percent mortality reduction is indeed small in the world of epidemiology.

Michael J. Thun is an epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society.

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(Perkins did not respond to several requests for an interview.)

When it came to Perkins responding, mum's the word.

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Internet telephony, one of the coolest new online applications, illustrates packet switching's drawbacks.

Internet telephony does not show packet switching drawbacks.

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Now, to commemorate our first anniversary, in an act of incredible corporate generosity that is every bit as good as providing health insurance (I'm sure that Mr. Gates will make this sort of thing more available should Microsoft prove profitable), Slate

After one year since founding, we are offering something that is much akin to health insurance to employees.

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Rudy plans to consolidate his lead in the burbs by pushing school vouchers, while Hillary will tap into health-care frustrations and make the election a national contest.

Hillary will use everything people love about health care to win the election.

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Oh, and let's cut out all this huffing and puffing about Saddam Hussein.

Not many people complained about Saddam Hussein.

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Chinese leaders are fretting about Taiwan's prosperous democracy and its flirtation with independence.

Chinese leaders are ecstatic about the developments in Taiwan, as they look to encourage the growth of the new nation.

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The general principle is that these questions, unfortunately, are going to be asked.

Sometimes might be annoying to reply to some questions

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Unfortunately, that's a principle that doesn't seem to be at work in a capital market that just can't say no.

Others agree with the principle in the capital market.

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The Associated Press notes she's leaving two months after The New Yorker brought in a new publisher and began to merge operations with other Conde Nast publications to save money.

The New Yorker has been experiencing financial hardship for years.

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Starr told me that, and Bennett confirmed it but would not tell me specifics.

It was probably Starr who told me.

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See for yourself, but I think the message most people would get from both sources is Drinking isn't all bad, but eschew it anyway.

Most say drinking is not too bad but you should avoid it anyway.

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Clinton is said to be concerned with shaping a historical legacy, but as may be noted from his failed medical care program, his unpopular anti-Iraq saber rattling, and his largely ignored dialogue on race, the care of business is pretty much all that's wanted of Clinton, too.

Clinton wanted a legacy for history.

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5) The superstars are eating up all the available money and crowding out new talent.

New talent eats up the available money.

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And you can't bring me back from the dead.

You can bring me back from the dead.

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Truscott compares the intensive training you get in the Army with one of these weapons long before you're ever allowed to fire it, and then only under the supervision of an expert marksman, with the situation in states like Arkansas, where it's legal for a 10-year-old to own a semiautomatic assault weapon without a moment of safety instruction, training in how to shoot it or adult supervision.

In Arkansas there are plenty of accidents with guns involving teenagers

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It's a spacey sort of blues, with Davis and Shorter playing furiously against the ethereal, Rothko-like shadings of Hancock's Fender Rhodes and Carter's electric bass and the anxious pulse of Williams' ride cymbal.

Davis and Shorter played gently against the mundane, Rothko-like shadings of Hancock's Fender Rhodes and Carter's electric bass and the calming pulse of Williams' crash cymbal.

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Don Michael Randel, currently provost at Cornell University, has been selected to succeed Hugo Sonnenschein, who stepped down in June.

Hugo Sonnenschein will succeed Don Michael Randel.

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You could argue that Joe Avid is so hooked on Slate that we can afford to put him over a barrel at the micropayment rate, even though it means that he will pay a lot more.

Joe Avid is repulsed by Slate.

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Sufficient money and party regulars and money have been assembled to make the primaries and indeed the general election even more than usually irrelevant.

The added money has made elections more interesting

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