VA Health  More Veterans Are Being Served, But Better Oversight Is Needed (GAO/HEHS-98-226, Aug. 28, 1998).

VA Health more veterans are being served


There is a friendly atmosphere and staff are helpful.

There are helpful staff and the atmosphere is friendly.

There is a grungy atmosphere and grumpy staff.


uh quite honestly i i have some little children and i've unfortunately found myself listening to a lot of uh nursery rhyme music here lately but that's not by my choice how about you

I have been listening to a lot of nursery rhyme music.


We are no longer together, but our relationship hasn't really changed except for no sex and that she's dating and I'm supposed to be.


Gave 'em to me when I gentle broke a wild one none o' th' other boys could back.

Gave them to me when I broke one all the others couldn't.

Gave them to me when I cured the girl of the disease.


Each player is dealt seven cards, which are then arranged by the player into two one five-card hand and one two-card hand.

Each player has a two-card hand and a five-card hand.

Every player is dealt a hand of ten cards.


The auditor should also verify that the agency has defined its needs and requirements to support its mission, and that those requirements continue to be valid as the acquisition progresses through contract award and contract management.

The agency defining it's needs should also be verified by the auditor.

The agency defining it's needs should never be verified by the auditor.


The CISSP certification was established by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium.

The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium established the CISSP certification.

The CISSP certification does not, and has never existed.


In Tokyo you can see games at Korakian Stadium, and in Osaka at Nissei.

You can watch sports at the Korakian Stadium in Tokyo.

You cannot enter the Korakian Stadium in Tokyo.


Rather than take a pollutant-by-pollutant, problem-by-problem approach, we have the opportunity to examine the sector as a whole.

Examining the sector completely rather than on a case by case basis is one of our choices.

The sector must be looked at in a problem by problem approach; we cannot look at it as a whole.


We did not study the reasons for these deviations specifically, although some likely result from the context in which federal CIOs operate.

We studied the reasons of the deviations.


HCFA (now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) began its National Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Initiative in June 1997.

The HCFA has the Medicaid Fraud and the Abuse Initiative.

The HCFA initiatives began on June 2001.


Of course, everyone would have to agree on standard ways to do this, and if everyone agreed, for-profit search sites like Yahoo!

Everyone would have to agree on one way to do this.

Everyone would have to agree on a few different approaches.


so you know whatever whenever i have time i just turn it on basically and see what's on


It was obvious that they had once owned a flourishing technology, but hadn't faced up to the consequences of such a technology.

One could easily tell that they had been masters of a thriving technology.

They had suffered at the mercy of their technology.


All of this will work up an appetite, easily satisfied in the restaurants and cafe of the old town or the Presqu'?®le, or perhaps the daily market on the Quai des C??lestins and Quai Saint Antoine.

During your visit, you should sate your hunger at the local restaurants and cafes.

The restaurants in the old town don't actually sell food.


I had forgotten most of that day but, with lots of time to think, I remembered the strike.

I remembered the beginning of the battle.

I don't remember anything about that day.


The quasi-adjoining Piazza dei Signori (a.k.a Piazza Dante) is the somber and elegant square ringed by crenellated palazzos and Verona's important historical Antico Cafe? Dante.

Verona is the location of the Piazza Dante.

The Piazza Dante is very loud and colorful.


um-hum you see this is this is tornado weather boy people don't know it but when it gets hot like this

This is the type of weather for a tornado.

This is not the type of weather for a tornado.


i think it's unfortunate uh as far as the Kurds are concerned it


Brandon could not hire a private attorney because she has to stay home to tend her son, who is often violent and who requires constant supervision.

She had to stay at home with her son, so she couldn't hire a private attorney.

Brandon had no issues hiring a private attorney.


Its breeding was plainly Arab, and it walked with a delicate pride as gracefully as a man might foot a dance measure.

It had Arabian genetics primarily, and walked with pride.

Its breeding was mainly African, and it walked clumsily.


um i consider that a hobby i don't know they were like suggesting like handcraft things which i guess that's a really true true hobby

I am not sure that handcraft is a real hobby at all.


they did so i don't know how these changes are going to help or hinder the team sometimes it brings in new motivation and all you can do is get out of the way because here they come

It is unsure how these changes will effect the team.

No changes have been made so the team will stay right where they have always been.


In 1839 the emperor appointed the incorruptible Commissioner Lin Tse-hsu to stamp out the smuggling of  foreign mud.

The emperor made a man with strong will-power responsible for preventing theft.

The emperor decided he would take upon the task of preventing theft.


A month after the Oklahoma City bombing, and without a hearing, the Secret Service shut Pennsylvania Avenue and surrounding streets to traffic.

The Secret Service closed Pennsylvania Avenue down without a hearing.

The Secret Service decided not to shut Pennsylvania Avenue down as a result of what took place during the hearing.


For example, the quality of parts received by an activity, or the degree of complexity of tax returns to be reviewed by the IRS.

Quality of parts of tax returns are reviewed by the IRS


you know there were homes on the market for ten years that sold in the last year because there's a lot of people coming down from

There were homes on the market for a decade.


Days of Service have benefited Legal Aid Society of Cleveland (in conjunction with the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference), Legal Action of Wisconsin (prior to the NLADA Annual Meeting), and Greater Orlando Area Legal Services (in conjunction with the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN) Conference).

Days of Service have benefited Legal Aid societies around the country.

Days of Service have failed to help any Legal Aid societies around the country.


yeah well their coach has a lot to do with that i think

The performance is all thanks to the players.


A regulator might well be required to administer any price caps, incremental-cost floors, or other restrictions.

A regulator must administer various tasks.


As currently utilized, a pro bono website has two chief functions.


Memorandum to Jim DeMocker, US EPA, Office of Air and Radiation.


From the safety of a TV studio, Donaldson's ready to have (someone else) pay any price, face any foe.

Donaldson is acting kind of cowardly by letting other people take the heat.

Brave as ever, Donaldson went out to the public to face the music.


He considered, and then snapped his fingers.

He made some noise with his fingers after he thought about it.

He quietly turned down the offer without even thinking about it.


The man seemed to take little interest in Jon.


(Cooper allegedly filled balloons with live worms, released them above the audience, then popped them, showering fans with night crawlers.)

The audience was possibly sprayed with living worms by Cooper.

Cooper held a show but no one turned up.


The games were held in massive hockey arenas, and fans sitting in the audience watched them on huge megatron screens, which single parts measuring 20 by 12 meters, made by the Beoning-Bell company were transported to the locations using stratospheric technology.

The Beoning-Bell company fabricated the huge megatron screens that were used to watch the games.

The games were held in little soccer stadiums.


The steps and practices presented in this executive guide are largely a synthesis of previously published information and analysis.

The steps and practices in this guide have largely been published elsewhere, too.

The steps and practices presented in this guide are not available anywhere else and have never been published anywhere.


At first it was a column of orange and then it exploded into white.


The member countries have more people and exports than the United States but a somewhat smaller gross domestic product.

The United States has a larger gross domestic product than the member countries.

The member countries have less people than the United States.


Las Vegas's transformation from a lowly watering hole to a gambling and prostitution stop, to a desert retreat for Hollywood heavyweights, and finally to an international resort city is part of an eternal metamorphosis.

Las Vegas has been undergoing change for a long time.

Las Vegas hasn't changed much over it's history.


five years the the growth in that place is phenomenal

The place has grown a lot in five years.


In 1996, through the joint efforts of the Treasury, OMB, and GAO, a body of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) covering most transactions was promulgated for the Federal government.

The GAAP that covered most transactions was created in 1996.

The Federal Government promulgated GAAP in 2010.


As federal employees, postal workers are not allowed to strike and, if a negotiated settlement cannot be reached, contractual disputes are resolved by binding arbitration.

Disputes that arise in postal workers are solved through binding arbitration.


The elevation of VA to cabinet-level status in 1989 spurred the department to make internal management improvements.

The department had to improve management in 1989.

The department made no changes whatsoever in 1989.


On Hong Kong Island, Repulse Bay is the most popular; others are Shek O on the east coast and Stanley and Deep Water Bay on the south coast.

Repulse Bay is a popular bay on Hong Kong Island.

Repulse Bay is aptly named, as everyone is repulsed by it.


Museum of Jewish  A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York City).

The Museum of Jewish is based in New York City.

The Museum of Jewish a Living Memorial to the Holocaust is situated in Nashville.


um we want to see Godfather Part Three also but my my girlfriend's seen part one and part two although she saw them years ago but i've never seen either of the first you know

My girlfriend and I want to see part three, she's seen parts one and two but I haven't yet.

My girlfriend and I have already seen all the Godfather movies.


requesting access to certain records relating to our study, restating our authority for inspecting the records, and the reason for our inspection.

Certain records relating to our study had access requested to them.

Didn't request access to any records relating to our study.


At salt flats nearby is tiny Esperance airport, a one-strip, one-shed affair used for flights to and from Pointe Pitre and Saint-Barthelemy.

Esperance airport is in a nearby salt flat.

There is no airport at Esperance at all.


Overall, the GAO deemed questionable approximately 34 percent of both open and closed cases reported by the five grantees in 1997.

About 34 percent of both open and closed cases were deemed questionable.

About 1 percent of all cases were deemed clear.


The French connection was to begin in 1682 when Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed for France a huge swath of territory radiating from the Mississippi.

The French connection was to begin in 1682 starting from an action caused by Rene Robert Cavelier.

France had a tiny amount of territory along the Mississippi.


The other example is Chaconne , starring Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins.

Chaconne is a movie that has Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins in it.


oh gosh what was the last comedy we saw huh huh huh good question  good question we don't get to go that often but i'm

We don't talk too often about comedy movies.


You wouldn't have been sentenced to twenty lifetimes here by the Sather Karf, would you?  The slave stared at him in surprise.


If you have any questions, please contact Bob Cohen (202-789-6850) or Charles Robinson (202-789-6854).

Contact Bob Cohen or Charles Robinson if you have any doubts.

Contact the Pope if you have any doubts.


High on a rocky bluff is the village of Anavatos, which lost much of its population at the time of the massacre.

Anavatos lost a lot of its population contemporaneously with the massacre.

The population of Anavatos grew during the time of the massacre.


While the Chinese continued to enjoy their daily rice, the British, eating their daily bread, were dropping like flies.

The British started dying as they continued eating bread.

The Chinese enjoyed their daily bread and soon fell ill.


shoot i you know i've got one of those in Brian's room i never even thought about that


9 State-wide civil legal services' percentages of total funding received from  Alabama, 91%; Arkansas, 80%; Mississippi, 95%; New Mexico, 83%; South Dakota, 89%; Wyoming, 84%.

The percentage of funding received from Alabama is ninety one percent.

The percentage received from New Mexico is much higher than that of Mississippi.


Legal education debt, which tops $84,000 for the average new lawyer, prevents 66 percent of law students from taking public interest jobs, according to the joint study by Equal Justice Works, the National Association for Law Placement and the Partnership for Public Service.

66% of lost students do not take public interest Jobs because of legal education debt.

66 personal bra students take public interest jobs because they have no legal education debt.


And since allergies rarely shorten life spans or discourage mates, it is unlikely natural selection will ever weed them out.

Since allergies have little impact on lifespans or the attraction of mates, natural selection probably won't wipe them out.

Because most people with allergies die in childhood, natural selection is likely to eliminate them within a few generations.


From the Old City East Jeru-salem starts at the Damascus Gate.

The Damascus Gate divides the Old City from East Jerusalem.

There's no clear divider between the Old City and East Jerusalem.


Based on these findings, EPA and others estimate that attaining the fine particle standards would avoid thousands, and up to tens of thousands, of premature deaths annually.

Thousands of annual premature deaths could be prevented by reaching standards for fine particles.

Attaining the fine particle standards, according to the EPA and others, wouldn't prevent any annual deaths.


The arcaded facade of the church, in a style reminiscent of Italian fascist architecture, is big enough to fill one side of the esplanade.

Large enough to fill the esplanade was the facade of the church in Italian communist architecture.

Large enough to fill the esplanade was the facade of the church in French communist architecture.


For a few of them that would be easy enough.

It wouldn't be too hard for some of them.


Also in attendance were representatives from the Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands programs.

Representatives from the Puerto Rico, Guam, and Virgin Islands programs attended.

Representatives from the Guam program did not attend.


see i think that's wrong too but i don't


On Martinique, all but the most adventurous tourists will prefer dancing and drinking in their hotels.

Only reckless tourists will get our of their hotels.

Daring tourists prefer staying in their hotels.


Waterslides and trampolines are also provided for children (at a safe distance from the formidable alligators).

There are activities provided for children.

The waterslides lead to a gator-infested lake.


yeah maybe  maybe we'll talk again sometime

We'll probably talk again eventually in the future.


When calculating city delivery cost, we include the entire (fixed and volume variable) in-office and out-of-office cost24 for all city routes, plus the cost of overtime, supervision, space, and vehicles.

There are several factors that are included when calculating city delivery cost.

To calculate city delivery cost, we only need to know the cost of overtime.


Researchers announced that Spironolactone, a 40-year-old, inexpensive medication used to treat water retention, cut death from congestive heart failure by 30 percent in experimental trials.


Straight as a rod, it slopes down to the place de la Concorde through a lovely parade of chestnut trees, the object of careful replanting to ensure that the avenue retains its elegant beauty.

The chestnut trees are carefully replanted for the sake of the avenue's beauty.

The avenue is riff with twists, turns, and roundabouts.


activities, attract the best people, and enhance its technology to more efficiently and effectively operate.

Its technology is enhanced to more efficient and effective.

Its technology is enhanced to way less efficient and effective.


But in a way, being able to profit from valid criticism is more important than being a master of policy detail.

Profiting from criticism is more important than mastering policy detail.

Mastering policy is more important than profiting from criticism.


They are unable to grasp any of the concepts.


The Los Angeles Times sees it as the latest sign that Republicans, having made sure that Democrats didn't oust Gingrich, may do so themselves.

The Republicans used to be interested in keeping Gingrich around.

Everybody would like to see Gingrich kept around and not ousted.


Critics previously considered Winterson ( Written on the Body , Sexing the Cherry ) the rising superstar of British fiction, but her latest novel prompts a re-evaluation.

Critics previously considered Winterson.


i think as we all get in the swing of things this is just a beginning don't you think

I think this is the first part of a larger whole.


As a result, over the past several years, GAO has issued more than 80 reports on data and systems security including hundreds of recommendations for correcting both individual weaknesses and the systemic causes of security problems.

Security issues as well as individual problems were addressed in the reports that GAO generated.

GAO's data was compromised thus making them unable to generate any reports.


Mr. Poirot, here, will show me the way." As they all went out of the room, Poirot turned and made me a sign to follow him upstairs.

There is more than one level in the building that Poirot is in.

They all stayed in the room and Poirot told me to stay where I was.


We know that we can compare women to something else.

This question asks about the originality of men.


that's yeah where else can you get that kind of interest to start with

Is there another place you could get such an interest.

There are several other places you can get that kind of interest.


So fascinated that it ran not one, but two stories on the apparently bottomless topic, one in the Money and Business section and one in the Week in Review.

There were two stories about the topic in the paper.

There were seven stories about the topic in the paper.


i went to college at Tech so you've been out to Buffalo Gap fishing


Therefore, the Commission did not conduct a final regulatory flexibility analysis under 5 U.S.C.

The Commission ended up not conducting an analysis.

The Commission ended up conducting a flexibility analysis.


Observers consider Belgium the second-most corrupt European state, trailing only Italy.

Italy and Belgium are the most corrupt European States.

England and Germany are the most corrupt European countries.


The French have always wanted to know what it means to be a French?man.

The French have always wondered what it meant to be a Frenchman.

The French know exactly what it means to be a Frenchman.


if if we're talking marijuana if it's in the system uh then

If we're talking about if marijuana is in the system.

We do not talk about if marijuana is in the system.


Several key factors affect the control environment.

Many factors affect the control environment.


i'm not sure i want an eighteen year old to make that kind of decision uh i mean uh that that doesn't sound right um i guess i see overall beneficial if if we're going from that point of view

i think an eighteen year old might not be the best person to make a decision like that

i think an eighteen year old is the best person to make a decision like that


This wetland area covers a vast amount of mangrove swamp and has been turned into a nature theme park.

The wetland area is being used as a nature theme park.

The mangrove swamp was destroyed to put in a parking lot.


um-hum back when they were in Saint Louis


We were afraid that no solution would be found, and that our families would have no place to go.

We worried there wouldn't be a solution.


Then you can hand them over to us right away?"


Most of the staff you'll see in bars and hotels during the summer return to their homes on mainland Greece until the following year.

Most of the staff go home for the summer.

The hotels and bars staff members stay year-round.


After all, it came to recognize, the mission of the marine safety program was not to do more and better inspections of vessels, but to save lives.

Eventually, the realization came that the program was meant to save lives.

After much introspection, the marine safety program commissioners came to realize that the sole goal of the program was to inspect more vessels.


well i don't think it's possible because even though you know we're against them i don't think we can go into another country and do something about the other country's problem

We can't just go and interfere in a sovereign nation just because we think they're doing something we don't approve of.

Yes, I believe we have an obligation to go in and fix their country.


and see it did bring out a lot of thoughts between you and your brother

It gave you and your brother a lot to think about.

It gave you and your sister something to think about.


And my little virgin sister, without whose flight I might not have found you.

And my little sister, who helped me find you.

I would have found you sooner if it were not for my sister.


and in fact some of these things i get some of these questionnaires it's funny because i'm i was in the process of filling one out when i decided i would make this phone call but um i haven't got to the end of it yet where it asks all that salary information and everything but when you have to send that back in the mail with your name on it your salary information i i just have a real hard time doing that um and they ask you what type of household items do you own like stereos and TV's and VCR's and and you hate to send something off with your name and address and what types of things do you own and what kind of money do you make and you wonder well who's going to get ahold of this and think um that's a nice place to go rob

I receive detailed questionnaires in the mail.

I've never gotten a questionnaire in the mail.


As mentioned above, the Italian data have been adjusted for breakeven.

The Italian data has been adjusted for breakeven as mentioned above.

The Italian data have been adjusted for a loss, not breakeven.


Kyushu enjoys its special place in the national mythology as the cradle of Japanese civilization, despite the support of only a meager amount of archeological evidence.

Kyushu is central to Japanese mythology despite archeological evidence.

Kyushu has lost its good reputation in light of new archeological evidence.


There was a wild-rose quality about her face.


yeah there's um there's a place i live just outside of Baltimore in a town called Olicott City and uh there's a seafood place here called the Crab Shanty that's really good it's like rated higher than like the the seafood restaurants down in the inner harbor in Baltimore you know the the trendy section of Baltimore

There are no seafood restaurants in Baltimore.


Stroll around and mingle with Egyptians doing their own shopping Khan El Khalili is not just a tourist bazaar to find handicrafts and artifacts from around the country.

Khan El Khalili is a bazaar where both Egyptian locals and tourists can mingle.

Mingling with the locals is difficult at Khan El Khalili because it only serves tourists.


This is where I disagree with Michael Lind--and with you, Fred, I'm guessing.

I'm guessing I disagree with you too Fred.

I do not disagree with you or Michael Lind.


But faculty members are concerned about conflicts of interest, not only on the part of the trustee, Andrew Rosenfield, but also because UNEXT's investors include two University of Chicago economics professors, Gary Becker and Merton Miller, as well as the university's law school dean, Daniel Fischel.

Gary Becker and Merton Miller are professors in the University of Chicago.

Gary Becker and Merton Miller are professors in the University of California.


An accompanying survey ranks the 100 biggest health  Fallon Community comes out on top.

Fallon Community sits at the top of a ranking.

Fallon Community has nothing to do with health.


and uh its working just fine i don't have any problems at all so i'm going to keep it uh i get offers  every now and then from

I will keep getting offers now and again from them.

I probably will not get any more offers from them.


In particular, a small business commenter argued that the proposed flexibility in the use of the CMRS bands not be extended to cellular providers initially in order to give Personal Communications Service (PCS) licensees an opportunity to establish themselves.

A small business commenter argued that the proposed flexibility in using CMRS bands was not to be extended.

A small business commenter argued that the proposed flexibility in using CMRS bands was to be extended across the country.


Once again I could not help regretting that my friend was so prone to lose his head in moments of excitement.

I couldn't help regretting that my friend would get so upset.


But when th' Rangers was round here in '62 Johnny he had a big row an' run off to join 'em.

Johnny ran off to join the rangers after a big fight.

Johnny decided not to join the rangers after a calm discussion.


Subsection (a)(16) prohibits involvement in three types of activities with respect to welfare  lobbying, rulemaking, and litigation.

Subsection (a)(16) has prohibits associated with law and legal processes.

Subsection (a)(16) does not list any activities to be prohibited.


Movie audiences will always be more fickle than whiskey drinkers, and movie directors will always be less reliable than whiskey blenders.

Audiences are more fickle than drinkers and directors are less reliable than bartenders.

Audiences and directors are exactly like bartenders.


hum last month of the i took a i sponsored a youth group up there and uh it was funny we went to a uh oh we must have had thirty of us and we went into a Pizza Hut and you wander into a Pizza Hut with that kind of crowd and they sort of hate to see you coming so they're they get the business but with a crowd of people it's uh it it it was kind of funny and we went in first and then it was so crowded and we went and i'm trying to think it's right off anyway i don't know if it's Pizza Hut or Pizza Inn anyway we went to another one and and uh they the rates there are fairly reasonable but uh you know even those places are starting to have you know video games and things for kids to your kids play video games

There was a big group of us that went to Pizza Hut.

I went to pizza hut alone to play video games.


The forces that are bringing a little more order to orthography are doing the same to semantics.

They are organizing both at the same time.

They cannot get the one in order without the other suffering.


so whenever somebody would come over your house they'd always bring some tomatoes well but you grew your own tomatoes


For the Alternative Estimate, a cost-of illness value is used in place of willingness-to-pay to reflect uncertainty about the value of reductions in incidences of chronic bronchitis.

In order to reflect uncertainty about the value of reductions in incidences of chronic bronchitis in the Alternative Estimate the cost-of-illness value is used.

The willingness-to-pay value is still used to reflect uncertainty about the value of reductions in incidences of chronic bronchitis in the Alternative Estimate.


This is the committee on the judiciary, relating to the court or legal system.

Committee on the Judiciary of Yogurt Manufacturing.


i had gone over to Texins and they had a little file where they said which dealers participated in the in the fleet program and what you could expect they said you know a five percent

They have a list of dealers for the fleet program in Texins.

They don't have a single dealer in Texins.


Monica, she said, her voice husky with longing.


They didn't meant nothin', jus' funnin'.


The agencies expected that new hardware and/or software technology would reduce paperwork and workload, thereby permitting sizable staff reductions.

The new software tech was expected to bring down the workload.

The new software was expected to dramatically increase the workload.


the violence in these films partly it mean it's supposed to be a little bit more okay because it's comic book but on the other hand it makes it seem like

This violence is supposed to be fine since it is a comic book.

This is a comic book that does not showcase any violence.


Mandated retirement savings was a bad idea that has seen a disastrous and immoral implementation.

Immoral and disastrous was the implement ion of the terrible idea that is mandated retirement savings.

The plan and practice of mandated retirement savings are perfect, flawless, and entirely moral.


Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., in the Administration's July 1997 report, A Framework For Global Electronic Commerce

VP Gore was quoted in the report A Framework for Global Electronic Commerece.

Al Gore was not mentioned in the report.


yeah that was my teenage years i was born in fifty and and uh

I was born in fifty so that was my teenage years.

I was born in sixty so those were years that I didn't exist.


The reality is we have to make the transition step by step, Dudovitz said.


Overall, the nation's spending on prescription drugs has been increasing about twice as fast as spending on other health care services, and it is expected to keep growing.

Spending on prescription drugs has grown more quickly than other areas of health care.

Spending on prescription drugs is expected to decrease in the future.


Over the next 75 years, the elderly population share will nearly double to 22.

The population share for the elderly will double to 22.

The population share for the elderly will double to 22 in the next decade.


What remains for most people the ultimate monument was a resounding success right from the start.

Remaining for most people the greatest masterpiece was a resounding triumph since the very beginning.

Remaining for some people the ultimate testament of time was a great failure since the very start.


The President's legislative approach stands in sharp contrast to the complex web of existing regulations which currently confront the industry.

The President's approach to legislation is very different than the complex regulations that are currently in existence.


I guess she'd been told to win my confidence.

The was following orders when she tried to win my confidence.


If I'm convinced he did it, it doesn't matter a jot to me how he did it."

Whatever method he used does not shake my conviction.

His actions are important in making my judgments.


Black community leaders supported the study at a meeting on Thursday, despite skepticism from government officials that the $120,000 earmarked for it may not be enough.

Some government officials believe the study needs a higher budget.

Black community leaders and government officials agreed the study could continue with a budget of $100,000.


Even now our miners work for only five years and are paid the rest of their lives for it.


Anyone exploring the battlefields and cemeteries of the First World War will want to visit P??ronne's Historial de la Grande Guerre, a museum that gives an excellent overview of the war and the cultures of Britain, France, and Germany at that time.

The museum will offer a look at German culture during the first World War.

The museum doesn't examine German culture during the first World War.


While a cost-per-case analysis is limited in that it only addresses quantity, and not quality of services, it does provide some useful quantitative information.


The ground meat, Slim noticed, hadn't been touched.

Slim noted that the ground meat hadn't been eaten.

Slim noticed all the ground beef was gone.


The state of Oaxaca is the fourth most common source of students for Oregon public schools, which suggests a growing trend of indigenous people moving here.

There are many Mexican born students attending school in Oregon.

Oregon has banned all foreign children from going to school there.


Once such a standard becomes predominant, it will be very difficult to displace--at least until the next paradigm shift comes along.

There is a chance that a standard like this could become predominant.

Standards like this one are easily displaced, even after they become predominant.


I wouldnt be doing it if I didnt enjoy it.


At MIT, where he had been given a teaching job, he hardly bothered with undergraduates and humiliated graduate students by solving their thesis problems.


Next to the church, an arched 16th-century gateway marks what was the entrance to ancient and medieval Rome along the Via Flaminia, leading from Rimini on the Adriatic coast.

There is an arched gateway next to the church.

The arched gateway near the church was constructed in the 12th century.


What's this?" He stepped forward, and put his arm round Jane as she swayed uncertainly.

Putting his arm round Jane, he stepped forward.

He observed Jane swaying uncertainly and did nothing to support her.


In the wash-stand drawer in Mrs. Inglethorp's bedroom.

It's in the wash-stand drawer in Mrs. Inglethorp's room.


Capitalism may arise spontaneously, but the Bill of Rights is as much a man-made construct as the food-stamp program.

Capitalism would never arise spontaneously.


um-hum um-hum that's interesting because although i tend to be bilingual Spanish based on experience uh i was in bilingual education in California and i didn't have any problem with my students but i noticed my my brother who who was uh quite a bit younger was learning Spanish in elementar y school and he can't speak a word

I did bilingual education when I was in California.

I can only speak one language dating back to California.


Being at the center of so much history allows for a bewildering religious and ethnic diversity in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is a center of diversity of religion as well as ethnicity.

Jerusalem is completely homogeneous in every way.


In 1821 Napoleon was murdered--he was poisoned--while in the hands of his enemies, far away from home, just as Che was murdered in 1967.

Napoleon died of poisoning in a location far from home.

Napoleon died of old age in the mid 1850s.


But perhaps the utility of newspapers--their ability to provide truth and understanding--is beside the point.

The utility of newspapers is besides the point.

The ability for a newspaper to tell the truth is besides the purpose.


Considerable attention would be paid to demand and to prices that could be charged successfully.

The prices that could be successfully charged is a topic that would be given a lot of attention.

No attention would be paid to either demand or the prices that could be charged successfully.


the effect that it's had on this young man's life is so dramatic that it's heartbreaking and he may never really be

It's sad to see how this young man's life has been affected.

This young man is leading a very healthy fulfilling life.


Having curative hot springs, it was founded as a spa in a.d. 18, and named after the Roman Emperor, Tiberius.

The spa was made due to the hot spring present.

The spa was founded due to frequent visits from Tiberius.


The Phoenix Column, dating from 1747, stands near the natural spring from which the name of the park is derived (the result of an English corruption of the Gaelic fionn uisce, meaning clear water ).

The natural spring from which the park gets its name is near the column.

The Phoenix column was erected in 1994 by the town government.


The need to maintain public accountability for government program demands that audit reports be retrievable.

They need to be accountable in their audit reports.

They need to be accountable in their financial reports.


Piazza San Matteo was the medieval home of the august Doria family, navigators and merchants who helped build the city's great commercial empire.

The Doria family were navigators and merchants who helped build the city of Piazza San Matteo into a great commercial empire.

Piazza San Matteo's commercial success can't be attributed to the  Doria family.


Don Cazar supplied Tucson and the army posts with vegetables and superb hams.

Tucson and the army posts were given food, like vegetables and ham, by Don Cazar.

Alex Randolph gave corn and coal to the army posts.


a year before that had been turned down because they said well it's not feasible it's not a good idea

They did not believe it was a sound idea.


In areas along the Mexico-United States border, it is common for lawful permanent resident aliens to live in Mexico and work in the United States.

Some permanent residents chose to live in their home country while being employed in the U.S.

They were not permitted to return to Mexico.


um um oh yeah oh yeah and it gets worse it doesn't get any better

And it does get better from here onwards.


But the data on marine casualties indicated that accidents were often caused, not by deficiencies in the vessels or other factors, but by human error.

The data on marine casualties showed that accidents were often caused by human error..

The data on marine casualties showed that accidents were often caused machine failure.


On the filming of Titanic , she told Classic FM magazine that for the first time in my life on a film set I was thinking, 'I wish I wasn't here.

While filming "Titanic", she felt great sadness at the fact she was there.

She loved being on the set of "Titanic" and wished to live there.


You have fallen victim to the propaganda of anti-wilderness sagebrush rebels.

The propaganda of anti-wilderness sagebrush rebels has attracted the person to fall prey.

The propaganda had no expects on the person.


Our failure to intervene might well cause the war to escalate and spread.

The war could spread if we don't intervene.


Raves mount for Don DeLillo's Underworld.


The differences among the three publications are probably best illustrated by their varying explanations for the mysterious cast that recently appeared on JFK Jr.'s arm.

The three different publications all tell a different story when it comes to the newly appearing cast on JFK Jr.

All of the publications are reporting the same story when it comes to the cast on JFK Jr's arm.


uh oh yeah and it's so peaceful we went out to Texas Stadium one time for a Boy Scout jamboree

We have been to Texas Stadium for a Boy Scout convention.

We have never stepped foot in Texas Stadium.


New Orleans looked on the positive side of these disasters.

These disasters were viewed by the locals of New Orleans in a positive way.

New Orleans was shocked and traumatized by these disaster.


uh-huh oh Cinema Para De Simo oh okay because you're saying it with a you're saying it little Italian oh are you Italian oh okay that's why go ahead

Oh Cinema Para De Simo, you're saying it Italian-like, oh ok because you're Italian.

You're not Italian, don't say it like that.


Recently she had lunch with some of the referring legal assistance organizations to try to improve their recruitment and matching efforts even more.

She recently had lunch with legal assistance organization to better recruiting efforts

She didn't have lunch with any organizations


If American investors thought they were going to lose the billions they had unwisely put in Korea, they might pull out of Latin America, Eastern Europe, or the rest of Asia.

American investors may pull their investments out of Latin America if they think they will lose billions in Korea.

American investors are not involved with Korea at all.


right or if it's close you know you like to see them close you don't like to see someone just totally run away with it and in football in a football game or anything even if you're for one team or the other you always like to see let's have a good game which means you want to see a close game you know

You don't like to see someone run away with it.


huh-uh huh-uh my air conditioner went out but i mean  ten years but uh i mean as far as major there's nothing major with the car

The air conditioner in the car is broken.


It was Adrin who said "The desert ghosts".

It was Ca'daan who said "The desert ghosts''.


Johnny was far too young when he ran away to join Howard.

Johnny joined Howared when he was very young.

Johnny joined Howared when he was very old.


When he dropped the ill-received jocularity to say that he had wanted, having grown up in the Midwest, to live awhile in one of the world's most beautiful cities, they were openly disbelieving--they had never been to Prague of course, and apparently, they did not know of its architectural splendors, either.

They had never been to Prague before, and knew nothing about its wonders.

They had all been to Prague before, and knew all about its wonders.


Wherever Microsoft goes today or tomorrow, it must not be allowed too much control over something as important as the way we communicate with one another.

Microsoft must not be given too much control over personal communication.

Microsoft should be given absolute control over the way we communicate.


Whittington and Boris were walking up and down by the bookstall.

Boris and Whittington paced side by side.

Whittington and Boris trotted off in different directions.


uh-huh yes yeah well that sounds good my background is in sociology and so i see a lot of unwed mothers

Having a sociological background means I see single mothers a lot


so at three o'clock in the morning i'm up to my neck in freezing ice cold water and i can just feel my heart just you know scrunch right up the size of a pecan so i finally drug myself out of that i just got in the car and drove home i left everything sitting there i just got just got in the car went home got uh got a nice hot shower uh i got some dry clothes on and then went back

I was freezing, so I went home and took a hot shower.

After the shower, I decided not to go outside anymore.


In major cities like Warsaw and Krakew, Poland doesn't lag far behind Western Europe and North America for commercial opportunities.

There are many commercial opportunities in Warsaw and Krakew.

Commercial opportunities are scarce in Warsaw and Krakew.


In effect, the grant challenges MALS to raise at least $100,000 a year in 2003 and 2004.

MALS was challened to raise a six-figure sum.


The CIO believes there is big payoff in these types of activities and the costs are minimal, if any.

The CIO believes that these activity types have minimal costs.

The CIO doesn't believe that there's any payoff in these types of activities.


and uh essentially the cafeteria plans are programs where the company makes available a a different uh uh different packages of benefits you you know you can pick the kind of insurance you want and the kind of dental coverage and the kind of vacation policy you want an and all of these different things and you pick the ones that you want as long as the total cost to the company essentially the total cost to the company fits you know within their guidelines so every employee gets the same dollar amount of benefits but they can pick them from different whatever is most important to them

The company has something called 'cafeteria plans,' where you are given a selection of different benefit packages including insurance, dental, and vacation plans and you can choose any combination between them as long as it comes out to the same total cost to the company for every employee.

The company has a standard package for all their employees, pre-picked by executives so each employee receives the exact same combination of benefits in order to keep things simple.


Then the legal mumbo jumbo, the ad recalls.

The ad recalls some elements of legal mumbo jumbo.

Then the paralegal weapons expert, the ad recalls.


This is Edinburgh, a city which, since 1846, has marked time in its own distinctive style and to which, in return, time has bequeathed a rich legacy of monuments, myths, martyrs, and memories that make it a magnet for visitors.


yeah now i go for the best place to get uh tofu or whatever not quite that bad but uh

Tofu's not that bad and I go to the best place you can get it.

I've never eaten tofu or anything like it, because I only eat potatoes.


Would we want to have, say, a carbon tax even if we weren't worried about global warming?

If we were not concerned about global warming would we need a carbon tax?

We should not consider a carbon tax to slow global warming.


Brown says she's leaving for the opportunity to transcend the print medium and to own what we create.

Brown is changing the way she publishes her creations.

Brown remains loyal to the print medium.


An additional reporting standard for financial audits performed in accordance with GAGAS

There was an additional report for financial audits performed.

The financial audits never had any reporting.


uh which is it explains why they why they have everything white but i you wouldn't think that i well

They have everything white and that explains why.

That doesn't explain why they painted everything orange.


Other potential users of the auditors' report include government legislators or officials (other than those who may have authorized or requested the audit), the media, interest groups, and individual citizens.

Many different groups and individuals might make use of the audit.

The report may not be used by any public or private groups.


still a feeling of you know it's not totally wasted dollars if you think about it some of it coming back your way

If you think about it, some of it is coming back your way.

If you think about it, nothing is coming back your way.


The family offered their home as a refuge to Queen Mary in the days after the abdication of her son Edward VIII in 1936.

After her son Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, the family offered their home as a refuge to Queen Mary.

There was no place for Queen Mary to seek refuge when her son abdicated in 1936.


here they don't want your rotted tomatoes but they want

Rotten tomatoes are not something they are looking for.


They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents.

The knew they couldn't show they new pets to their parents.

They knew they could show their tattoos to their parents.


and then it blows into this whole series thing so i sort of had to stay with it

I had to continue with it since it blew into this whole series.

I only stayed around for a couple then I left, as it didn't take off.


She just told Willum to go on his bicycle down to the village, and bring back a form of will, or such-like, I don't know what exactly, she wrote it down for him."

She wrote Willum a note, asking him to go down to the village.

She has not made contact with Willum that day.


Setbacks in the 1930s caused by the European postwar slump were only a spur to redouble efforts by diversifying heavy industry into the machine-making, metallurgical, and chemical sectors.

The European postwar slump caused a number of problems in the 1930s.

The European postwar slump dampened efforts to diversify economically.


Extended Pilot Trials of the Aesthetic Education

Longer pilot trials of the aesthetic education

Short pilot trials of the aesthetic education


On the way back, stop off at Bolghatty Island in the Cochin lagoon to take tea in the elegant Dutch governor's mansion, now a hotel.

In Bolghatty you can have tea in the former Dutch governor's manor.

On the island of Bolghatty, there are no places to get tea.


Stinking fish was a derogatory Elizabethan reference to vaginal odor

Stinking fish is a reference to vaginal odor.

Stinking fish is a reference to body odor.


He suggested that NIAAA reclaim indirect grant costs from institutions that did not implement positive findings from their research.

The NIAAA reclaim indirect grant costs from institutions according to him.

He stood quietly since he had nothing to suggest.


The Bob Marley Mausoleum lies in a small church with other symbols of Rastafarian faith, including a photograph of Haile Selassie (their spiritual leader) and the lion of Judah depicted on a stained glass window.

Small church filled with Rastafarian symbols is used as a Bob Marley Mausoleum.

The Bob Marley Mausoleum is a big modern building.


tried to have fun being in the band was about the only entertainment i had

I didn't have much entertainment except for being in the band.

I had endless sources of amusement but that band wasn't one.


As Tim Russert put it to Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott on Meet the Press , The atrocities continue.

Tim Russert spoke to Strobe Talbott on Meet the Press.

Strobe Talbott has never appeared on Meet the Press.


Because design and manufacturing knowledge is not captured, key decision points intended to measure and ensure that a weapon system has sufficiently matured to move forward in the process risk becoming unsupported by critical knowledge.

Without captured manufacturing knowledge, there's a risk that the key decision points aren't supported with essential information.

Even without captured manufacturing knowledge there is no concern about key decision points lacking the support of critical information.


and probably a lot worse like you said than even know

Like you said, it's probably a lot worse now.


Data, where you ate that pizza last week.


Unless Wanamaker was willing to pay double for reaching the right half of the people, his total ad spending would go down and not up.

If Wanamaker paid double for his ads, his ad spending would go up.

Wana maker would see higher total ad spending if he paid less to reach more of the wrong people.


Only with a special appointment can you visit the glorious Palazzo Farnese, built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Michelangelo, and Giacomo della Porta.

You ca only visit the Palazzo Farnese with a special appointment.

You ca only visit the Palazzo Farnese whenever you want!


The sun must have been moving fast enough so that no single spot became too hot, or else the phlogiston layer somehow dissipated the heat.

No spot became too hot, because the sun was moving fast.

The sun was moving quite slowly, making spots way too hot for comfort.


If you want to see the area or investigate the caves, do take a guide and go well prepared.

You should hire a guide if you plan on exploring the caves.

Exploring the caves is not so dangerous.


In any case, if I had actually been interested in buying the print, with the help of the Web, I would have been in a far better position to negotiate a favorable price.

The internet enables people to buy things.

The artwork burst into flames at the thought of being purchased.


Commission proceedings in which the Postal Service has sought to introduce service innovations-some of them customized for particular groups of mailers-on an expedited basis.

The Postal Service has tried to customize certain types of mailers to implement service innovations.

The Postal service has not tried to be innovative in terms of services.


they're yours wrapped up in their c arpet

They belong to you, and they're in the carpet.


Custom-made garments by skillful Hong Kong tailors are still much in demand and cost less than elsewhere for comparable garments.

Hong Kong tailors who make high quality individual pieces of clothing have a strong reputation.

Custom-made, tailored garments from Hong Kong tailors are not popular.


It's hard to appreciate today just how novel both Mundell's statement of the issues and the way he tried to resolve them were at the time.

Mundell gave novel statements on the issues.


Last March, surgeons operated in vivo on a 6-month-old fetus suffering from excessive water in his brain.

Surgeons operated on a 6 month old fetus.

It is not possible to perform surgery on a fetus at any stage.


tight confidence interval around the best estimate of the mean concentration-response relationship.

Tight confidence interval around the best estimate of the mean.

No confidence interval around the best estimate of the mean.


yeah yeah every year uh there's some freeze damage and i lose different uh variety of shrubs

I lose some shrubs each year due to the freeze damage.


i forget the the other one the he-man or something like this and um and i i i found it uh to be very good The atmosphere was good it was a lot of fun

There was a pleasant atmosphere, it was very enjoyable.

It was not at all enjoyable as there was a horrible atmosphere.


Wolfe mocks the obsession with money and status, yet at the same time, his cleverest moments come from indulging in, not just exposing, invidious distinctions and superficial judgments.

The irony is that Wolfe makes fun of the material world, yet his greatest thoughts are a result of indulging in it.

Wolfe always maintains a life in Tibet with the Buddhist monks.


Two minutes later they were seated in another taxi and were retracing their steps, this time direct to Carlton House Terrace.

A little while later, they had boarded another taxi and were on their way to Carlton House Terrace.

After an hour, they walked on foot towards Carlton House Terrace.


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

No problems would occur if the mammary matter collapsed.


Francisco de Zurbarin (1598 1664), a member of the Seville school, combined mysticism and realism and was a master of light.

Zurbarin created work that was a mix of magic and real life.

Zurbarin was not great with light at all.


They would not be shaken because twelve stupid men had happened to make a mistake!


In the wake of the February 1996 Chinese rocket crash, an executive of a Loral subsidiary chaired a panel composed of other satellite manufacturers that reviewed the findings of Chinese investigators.

There was a rocket crash in China in 1996.

The Chinese rocket took off safely and did not crash in 1996.


well we kind of do but ours  our it its hot here i'm in shorts

I am wearing pants because it is super cold.


(You may recognize the name from the full-page ads the WJC buys in the Washington Post and New York Times to reprint Ruddy's articles.)

The WJC buys ads from the Washington Post and New York Times.

The Washington Post and New York times make all of their money from subscription fees.


the the fast mowing places you had to buy a big one you know because it meant something for your macho same reason why you have to drive a big truck with four wheels you know with four wheel drive

When you go shopping for a mower, you have to buy the big type; it's a machismo thing.

Most men don't care about the mower they use, as long as it gets the job done.


It provides management's framework for planning, directing, and controlling operations to achieve agency objectives.

The agency's objectives are achieved with the help of management's framework.

The agency's management was unable to achieve its objectives.


who's unit was ordered up and he refused to go

His unit wasn't ordered but he went anyway.


Sometimes a basic story that rests on great special effects and stupid dialogue can be very entertaining--it's called a cult movie, and no critic can have an effect on the obvious outcome that this is going to be the highest grossing movie ever.

No matter what critics say about cult movies, they become high grossing.

Cult movies never sell more than a few thousand tickets.


right we don't i mean the only say so we have is supposedly by electing people who we think are going to vote one way of another

Our only option is electing the right people.


How many did it take to carve a mountain into a god?

The mountain was carved into a god shape.


The Socialists won the elections but split over support for the Russian Revolution, leading to the formation in 1921 of the Italian Communist Party.

The Italian Communist party was formed due to the split in support over the Russian Revolution.

With the Socialist not winning the elections, The Italian Communist Party was allowed to form.


In winter, thousands of squid lurk among the rocks in very shallow waters along the coast, and the only equipment you need to catch them is a face mask and gancho (hook).

A face mask and gancho (hook) is all you need to catch squid here.

You can't find any squid here in the winter, they only show up in the summer.


The prisoner, on the contrary, was at that time at a lonely spot called Marston's Spinney, where he had been summoned by an anonymous note, couched in blackmailing terms, and threatening to reveal certain matters to his wife unless he complied with its demands.

The prisoner reluctantly went to Marston's Spinney because he was being blackmailed.

The prisoner wholehearted went to Marston's Spinney to confront the anonymous letter-sender.


It was here that the revered figure of Our Lady of Monte (now in the church below) was allegedly discovered in the 15th century.

Allegedly, the revered figure of Our Lady of Monte (now in the church below) was discovered here in the 15th century.

The revered figure was not found here, but elsewhere.


The Internet, barely in the government's hands in the first place, was hijacked by the students, who seemed to be more interested in playing Dungeons and Dragons than in using the network solely for research.

The students used the internet for playing games, not what it was supposed to be used for.

The internet was only used by students for research purposes.


Following the leader and sticking to the status quo.


AGSIMe is designed to forecast agricultural supply and demand out to 2010.

Teh forecast of agriculture supply and demand through 2010 is completed by AG SIMe

There is no tool available for forecasting agriculutural supply and demand.


Regardless of the degree of truth in these images, the secret of any successful and satisfying exploration of Japan is to cast aside preconceived notions and come with an open mind.

You must come with an open mind to Japan to be satisfied.

Preconceived notions about Japan are typically accurate.


The paintings here are the best preserved of any from Roman antiquity frescoes in brilliant blues, greens, and the inimitable Pompeii reds.

The paintings have a diverse array of colors.

The paintings have recently been restored.


De Gaulle returned from the wilderness in 1958, ostensibly to keep Algeria French.

French Algeria was a territory in the 1800's.

Gaulle managed to keep control of France for decades.


The speaker cannot answer a question being posed to them.


This glossary is a compilation of all terms presented in Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards.

The terms presented can all be found in the glossary.

Terms that are presented are left undefined in the report.


The game arrived, I played it for a few weeks, and then I put it back up for auction right there on eBay and made back almost all of my money.

I only played the game for a few weeks before putting it back on eBay where I recovered nearly all my money.

I was able to sell it on eBay for a fraction of the price I originally paid for it.


so far it's uh doing fairly well uh we're in the metropolitan Washington area and uh i guess most of the area is still living off the federal government with uh beltway bandit type contracts uh our company is uh done fairly well


Time 's James Collins calls it pretty good, gooey, yearning, adolescent fun, and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker calls it a solid weekly soap opera.

James Collins from Time calls it several positive adjectives whereas Ken Tucker calls it solid.

James Collins from Time calls it several negative adjectives whereas Ken Tucker calls it liquid.


yeah you would uh-huh um now who would you say that you have a favorite i mean other than Dallas would you say that you have uh a favorite quarterback i mean the quarterback's seem to get most of the the attention you know

I thought no quarterbacks get the most attention.

Quarterbacks are the least celebrated member of the team.


More efficient designs can also reduce the amount of steel needed for the absorber and ductwork.

The amount of steel required for ductwork can be lowered with a more efficient design.

Steel requirements for ductwork don't get any better even with the use of more efficient designs.


yes i do i just got my certification huh-uh

I failed, so I didn't get my certification


and it's hard to get on a regular schedule and then we're pretty active in our church which takes up a lot more time too so

We're too busy with church activities to find time.

We often skip church to do things with other people.


Also in Howth is the National Transport Museum at Howth Castle (open June August Monday Saturday 10am 5pm, Sunday 2 5pm; week?ends only the rest of the year).

The Howth Castle museum is only open on weekends on months other than June and August.

Howth Castle and the National Transport Museum are always open.


oh but now i enjoy it every once in a while i mean it's not something i'd want to do real often i'm a sissy i either want to do it in the fall or spring you know

It isn't the sort of thing that I would enjoy doing on a regular basis.

I would never do something like that in a million years.


You can either buy the cloth and have it tailored back home or buy a sarong useful at the beach over a bikini.

You could either purchase a sarong for use at the beach or purchase and have the fabric tailored at home.

You can only purchase teh fabric ans have it tailored at home.


They inhabit the near-boiling water of geysers in Yellowstone, and the even hotter water in volcanic vents on the ocean floor.

You can only find them in ice holes and places with extremely cold temperature.


Mourning News to be better but i sort of have a liberal political slant and the Mourning News just has an incredibly conservative editorial um outlook

I disagree with my Morning News because it has a conservative editoral outlook which clashes with my liberal political perspective.

I am in full support of the Morning News.


He says that [e]ven the soliloquies come off as an extrovert's meditations--as bouts of self-loathing, such as Leonard Bernstein might have had after a bad concert.

The soliloquies are meditations of self-loathing, similar to Leonard Bernstein's rants.

The soliloquies are meditations of happiness and thoughts of the define.


But the big things matter too, and if economists try to pretend that they don't, one of these days they are going to get stomped on.

Economists pretending will cause problems.


Intermarriage with the local Chinese created a community of Macanese, whose culture can still be seen in Macau's architecture and cuisine.

Macau's architecture has been influenced by the Chinese.

Macau has deliberately avoided contact with the Chinese.


While all of the central groups had staffs ranging from 3 to 17 people permanently assigned to the group, comparing the size of These groups is of limited value because of wide variations in the (1) sizes of the organizations we studied, (2) inherent riskiness of their operations, and (3) the additional support the groups received from other organizational components and from numerous subordinate security managers and administrators.

Central groups had staff ranging from 3 to 17 permanent people.


This debt will remain unpaid, by both my family and myself.


Both blades ripped through Stark's throat and black blood gushed as the demon touched general's head fell backward to the spine.

The blades both missed the general and he moved away unharmed.


Was not that, pardon the question, Mr. Cavendish, rather unfair to her other stepson, Mr. Lawrence Cavendish?

It was unfair to her other stepson, Lawrence Cavendish.


A story says that there is still virtually no evidence linking the Sudanese pharmaceutical plant bombed by the United States last year to chemical weapons production or terrorist Osama Bin Laden.

According to a story, there's little to no evidence linking the Sudanese pharmaceutical plant bombed by the US last year to terrorist Osama Bin Laden.

According to a story, the Sudanese Pharmaceutical plant bombed by the US had strong links to terrorist Osama Bin Laden.


The one extracurricular venue where I run into a lot of Asian-Americans is a Very Serious music school in Scarsdale, the suburban town in the New York area that (because of its famous school system) has the most name-brand appeal for transferred Japanese executives.

I run into a lot of Asian-Americans music students in Scarsdale.

I have never seen an Asian-American music student in Scarsdale.


And Tripp's pay and retirement benefits are staggering compared with those of the men and women in those hard jobs now.

Tripp's retirement benefits are substantial compared to what other men and women currently in those jobs would be getting.

Tripp's retirement benefits are peanuts compared to what men and women in those hard jobs are getting now.


Hard-line conservatives argue, moreover, that the real measure of lost resolve is to be found in the fact that military spending will fall to less than 3 percent of gross domestic product by 2002.

Military spending will make up a small portion of GDP in 2002.

Military spending is projected to be at least 25 percent of the GDP by 2002.


yes but the but the question is you know if somebod y offered you you know a thousand dollars a day to to grow something in your backyard would you do it

If you got offered a lot of money to grow something in your yard, would you take it?

If someone offered you a million dollars a day to grow something in your backyard, would you say yes?


but Calloway's has kept theirs forever so


Absolutely abysmal business this morning.

The meeting this afternoon went swimmingly.


that you don't do until you really make yourself use them

You don't complete the task until you force yourself.

I would never force anyone to do anything including myself.


Agencies are well advised to retain such unique specialized skills inhouse as core competencies, with design review a primary inhouse responsibility.

Agencies are encouraged to know what their unique specialized skills are.

Agencies are required to into keep the same specialized skills in-house for more than two years.


This environment has made it difficult for either DOD or congressional decision makers to make informed decisions because appropriate knowledge has not been available at key decision points in product development.

DOD and congressional decision makers require appropriate knowledge to make informed decisions.

It has always been easy for congressional decision makers to make informed decisions.


Note the ultra-modern black-and-chrome Kirin Plaza beer hall next to the entrance to bustling Soemon-cho.

Kirin Plaza is close to the busy Soemon-cho entrance.

Kirin Plaza is on the other side of town from Seomon-cho.


It probably didn't matter, and it could hardly be worse than whatever the risers had run into beyond the hole in the present sky.

It can't be worse that what the risers had done.


i mean just the very second it's really strange they uh they must uh work on that you know the the it gets cooler when the sun sets and then they all come out

It takes ages to happen once the sun sets.


Adrin with his long stick and short stick, San'doro with two short sticks held in a reverse grip.

San'doro nor Adrin were holding any sticks.


Jewish tradition has it that on the day of the Second Coming the Messiah will descend here to resurrect the dead, who will then follow him through the Gate of Mercy (the now-blocked Golden Gate, directly below the Dome of the Rock from here) into Jerusalem.

According to Jewish tradition, the Messiah will lead the dead through the Gate of Mercy.

According to legend, the Messiah will lead the dead out of Jerusalem.


Come on, Beresford, we'll go and have a look at this house of yours." Two constables were on duty in front of the house in Soho.

Let's go and explore this house of yours Beresford.

Beresford, we do not have time to visit your house.


They wanted magic used only when other means wouldn't work.

They only wanted to use magic as a last resort.


I picked her up, she was so light, and we took one of Marcus's horses.

We had to walk because no horses had stayed behind.


uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh that's that's well none of us are let's face it you know we're not none of us like they portray portray it on those shows i mean life's much more difficult than that

Life is more difficult than how the shows portray it.

The shows make life seem more difficult than reality.


He laughed, attracted, wrenched out of his own private world.

He was taken out of his world very suddenly.

He was well aware that he would be taken from his world.


Postal Service may differ greatly from other postal systems in labor cost, automation, route topography, worksharing, mix of mail by shape, and the percentage of non-delivered mail, etc., we cannot expect the cost estimates furnished by the model to be extremely accurate estimates of particular non-U.S. systems.

Postal systems in different locations face different conditions which may require different cost models.

The use of automation has no impact on the operation of a postal system.


no i don't either i just don't have any interest


He wished he had brought his guns though he doubted the monsters outside would have let him keep them.

He had guns but hadn't brought them alone.

He had no weapons at home to bring with him.


If you're going to Jaisalmer by road, it's well worth a detour to Osian to see the stunning Hindu and Jain temples, many of them dating as far back as the eighth century.

Some of the temples are more than a thousand years old.

It is undesirable to take a detour to Osian.


It never  As soon as the horde hears the words Social Security, a silence falls.

It never occurs as soon as the horde hears the words Social Security.


The field of Kermario has a dolmen (chamber built of flat slabs on pillars) and 1,029 menhirs in 10 rows.

In the Kermario field lies 1,029 menhirs in 10 rows.

A dolmen, along with 1,200 menhirs in 20 rows lie in the field of Kermario.


With a soft voice he demanded to open the gate.

He screamed as he opened the gate by himself.


Is it not customary for anyone purchasing poison to sign a book?

People don't usually leave a signature when purchasing poison?

Isn't it customary for people to give a signature when purchasing food?


OK, not the entire building, just my desk.

Just the desk and not the whole building.

The desk and the whole building are needed.


In this report, we simulated the effect of different saving rates on the nation's standard of living using a standard model of economic growth originally developed by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Economists work for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Only psychologists work for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.


I could have delivered a short lecture on his early years.

I do not know enough about him to make any remarks.


Jon's life would depend on this man, a man he did not know a month ago.

Though he was a stranger just a month ago, now Jon's life depended on the man.

The man remained a stranger to Jon who had no influence on his life.


A dollar value was derived for each type of URS, using mid-range estimates of WTP (IEc, 1994) to avoid each symptom in the cluster and assuming WTPs are additive.

For each type of URS, a dollar value was derived using mid-range estimates of WTP, to avoid each symptom in the cluster and assuming WTPs are additive.

An euro value was derived for each type of URS, using high-range estimates of WTP.


As countless studies by GAO have long noted, federal agencies often fail to appropriately manage their finances, identify clearly what they intend to accomplish, or get the job done effectively and with a minimum of waste.

It is known that bureaucracies have problems with financial management, waste and goal setting.

Federal agencies are models of efficiency and financial prudence.


I rehung it on the wall, put the magazine back in my coat pocket, and crept back to bed.

I got back on bed with the magazine in my coat pocket.

I stuffes the magazine under the pillow on the bed.


Industry could not exist without them, even in an atomic age.

Industry was dependent on them, even in an atomic age.

Industry could operate well without them, even in an atomic age.


I watched her as she sat at the head of the table, graceful, composed, enigmatic.


it you know it's it i mean they do generate a lot of soot but that at least you know that kind of particulate comes out of the air pretty quickly

Yes, they create a lot of soot, but it doesn't stay in the air long.

They are very clean, producing no discernible waste product at all.


Also, care must be taken to scope and sequence the exploratory study so that it yields enough information to be worthwhile and in time for use in the larger study but does not unduly delay answering the questions through the larger study.

Care must be taken to scope and sequence the study.


The cost is estimated at $10 million to be obtained from unused federal welfare funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

A sum of money will be taken from welfare funds intended for needy families.

Only $5 million will be required and none of it will come from federal welfare funds.


um probably a lot more civilized more um refined than a lot of the people would be down here

much more sophisticated than the people who live here would be

much ruder and less refined than the people who live here


The Review Process guarantees DSPB representatives a face-to-face meeting with the Vice President of Programs to make their case.

The review process guarantees a face-to-face meeting.

The Vice President of Programs doesn't give face-to-face meetings to anyone.


This one tells you about Al Capone's family.

Nobody knows anything about Al Capone's family.


right and you could picture it as being Russia versus the US during during the whole time and what they would do is they would get their prisoners and kill them as soon as they got them

You could imagine that it was Russia against the US.

You could imagine that Russia and the U.S. were working together the whole time.


Sersa Garm proved to be a glum, fat young man, overly aware of his importance in training for serhood.

Sersa Garm was fat and overly aware of his training for serhood.


What more could she have told us, if she had had time?

Was there more she could have said if we had time?

What could she have done if there was no time.


i i uh i picked up sweats for the track team i was the track track team manager we got i got to ride the bus all over the state  i got to see everything

The track team I was with traveled and I was able to see a lot of places.

We were a local track team only and never got to travel out of our town.


yeah yeah i'll tell you i i would recommend too Texoma is nice because there is no many places you can ski there

There are plenty of places to ski in Texoma.


177 Chapter 21 Tommy Makes a Discovery FOR a moment or two they stood staring at each other stupidly, dazed with the shock.

They immediately started talking at the same time.


This time an egg appeared in his hand, to the delighted cry of Nema.

An egg appeared in his hand and delighted Nema.


A small museum near the archaeological site explains the many layers of excavations (up to 21 metres/70 feet deep).

At the archaeological site, there is a museum explaining the different layers of the site.

At the archaeological site museum, it tells about the wildlife and nature found around the site.


Let's drink to success." She poured some cold dregs of tea into the two cups.

She poured coffee grounds into three cups.


The heart of Asakusa, in turn, is Sensoji (also known as the Asakusa Kannon temple).


A hard copy of this manual was distributed to all new legal services attorneys in the country.

New legal services attorneys received a copy of the manual.

New attorneys were given electronic copies of the manual.


he's got a pretty good deal i go out and buy all his clothes  and they magically

he's got a nice deal going on i buy all his clothes for him

he's got a bad deal going on i spend all his money on clothes


what type of lawn and garden work do you do

I don't care what you do in your garden.


The company that Legal Aid has is uneasy.


they haven't really had any good sales on plants yet

Plants haven't been discounted much yet.

They have had a number of great sales on plants.


I would unhesitatingly vouch for him."Bayliss looked directly at Drew.


Though considerably larger, the dark rider fell forward over the merchant.

The dark rider full forward over the merchant, who he was considerably larger than.


yeah every one of mine yeah yeah even mine love chicken when i get in when i yeah when i get in there to fry chicken or something they're all standing around waiting because they know they're going to get a piece

My cats love chicken, they always wait for me to give them some.

My cats despise chicken, they don't eat it.


i uh try to do what i can and uh we have two vehicles uh and uh on the Honda which is the older vehicle

I try to do what I can with two vehicles, which the older one is the Honda.

I can do what I can with one vehicle, which is a Toyota.


and they're not doing it ! Hunt notes that if you understand American politics, you'll realize that Clinton's budget proposal will rise and fall with the Great Big Intern Scandal.

Hunt says that people who understand American politics will know the budget proposal will go up and down.

Hunt thinks the budget proposal will stay high.


We are not ready to stop believing that we can build a world-class legal services delivery system in both of our countries.

We still believe we can have an excellent legal services delivery system in our countries.

There's no point fighting it, we're going to give and just accept that we can never have world-class legal services delivery.


Don Cazar would buy the foal and Shadow, too, and give him a fair price.

Don Cazar would give him a fair price, and buy the foal, and Shadow, too.

Buying the Light and giving him an unfair price, that's something that Don Cazar would do.


During the consolidation process, the Legal Services Corporation technical assistance grants enabled the program to utilize the services of a skilled consultant and facilitator to move the process to conclusion, to send program staff to visit and observe other programs with well respected and technologically sophisticated centralized intake systems, to bring experts to the program to help design a transition to statewide administrative and personnel systems, and helped fund the statewide staff meeting which launched and celebrated the new statewide program.

Legal Services Corporation grants allowed the program to use a skilled consultant.

There were no grants from Legal Services Corporation at all.


Its sudden vertical acceleration is accentuated by its setting 1,100 ft (335 m) above the city.

It's 1,100 feet above the city which causes a sudden vertical acceleration.

It's 2,000 feet above the city which causes a slow acceleration.


After pausing a few minutes respectfully, so as not to spoil his effect, I gave him Lawrence's message.

I relayed Lawrence's message only after waiting respectfully for a while.

I passed him Lawrence's message without delay.


but they're having a large problem negotiating contracts they have been in contract they have been without a contract i believe for over six months or something like six months

They have been without a contract for six months.

A contract was decided on six months ago.


uh-huh well i've got an eleven year old son and an eight year old daughter and my son says i don't understand this drug stuff why don't people understand all you have to do is say no

Well I have two children, one is 11 and the other is 8.

I have two children, both of them are the same age


They don't involve delivery of services, Atlas said.

Atlas said that they don't involve delivery of services.

They involve delivery of services, Atlas said.


First, let's get rid of the early-round losers.

The losers of the early rounds are the first to be eliminated.

The early-round losers will not be eliminated from the tournament.


not that hard i really i really enjoy it


Scott Wheeler, president of the Eastern Bar Association of Los Angeles and an ally of the old program, said he mobilized his 200 members to staff the clinic after watching the ranks of unserved poor grow over the past year.

Scott Wheeler mobilized a large group of people to help combat poverty.

The Eastern Bar Association of Los Angeles has on president; Will Fonuit.


well i can't use that as an excuse because i didn't do it before i had mine either so

I didn't do it before mine so I cannot use that as an excuse.

I did do it before so I cannot use it as an excuse.


George Bush did the same when the House Banking Committee got interested in his administration's relationship with Iraq before the Gulf War.

When the House Banking Committee got interested, George Bush did the same thing.

House Banking Committee was never interested in George Bush administration.


The Baroque interior has impressive 16th-century tapestries, inlaid wooden choir stalls, and beautiful intarsia work at the altar rail.

The inside of the Baroque has 16th century tapestries and gorgeous intarsia detail at the altar rail.


I have never liked the idea of going to jazzercise.


yeah but i'm rather in favor of people being bilingual and i'd be quite happy to see a national law in which every student was required to learn English and a second language

I am happy that we are moving towards national law supporting bilingualism.

I would rather the nation stick to one language.


The 1994 edition does note, in passing, that the U.S. incarceration rate, 4.55 people per 100,000, is ten times higher than that of Japan, Sweden, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

Our incarceration is much higher than other industrialized countries.


Some city delivery routes, called curb line routes, use vehicles to provide curbside delivery to a mail receptacle along the curb as is done by rural routes.

In some of the cities, vehicles are used for delivering mail along the curb.

Curb line routes is never used for delivering mail.


One such link was a Small Business Gateway, which organizes regulatory information of special interest to small businesses.

Small Business Gateway organizes regulatory information.

Large Business Gateway organizes regulatory information.


You're not going to give him the rest, right?


The subtle blend of pure spring water, malt, and yeast aged in oak barrels is unique to each distillery of single malt whisky.

Single malt whiskey is aged in oak barrels.

All whisky tastes the same, regardless of the distillery.


From here you can also take an inexpensive short trip to Lime Cay, which lies just to the south of the tip of Port Royal.

There is a short and inexpensive trip to lime cay that you can take from here.

Lime Cay lies to the north of Port Royale and as expensive to get to.


well i have an i IBM PS two model thirty


approximately 850 of those small entities would remain eligible for registration with the SEC.

Among those small entities, 850 of them can register for the SEC.

Only 100 entities are eligible for the SEC.


planned and actual progress in the design and coding of software units can be displayed.

You can view the roadmap for the development of the software.

The software project's progress is a mystery to all but the project manager.


What is the location of the Scotland Yard fellows?

What do the Scotland Yard fellows want to eat?


She demanded it from Mrs. Inglethorp who assured her, quite truly, that it had nothing to do with that matter.

Mrs. Inglethorp did not lie when she said she had nothing to do with it.

Mrs. Inglethorp did not say anything to her.


Kaufman did read from Gatsby in his act, according to Zehme's book, but rarely did he finish the first chapter anywhere, much less two pages.

They read at least two pages of the book.

They never read a single line from the book.


In fact, ground beef isn't the fastest-growing source of E. coli.

Ground beef is not the most growing source of e coli.

Beef is in fact the fastest growing source of e coli.


in the way that it's applied or that it's applied at all


it's seventy five down there yeah that's not too hard to take

I like it when the temperature is around seventy-five.

When it is seventy-five, I cannot take it.


yeah you don't know which is you don't know which is worse


he was throwing this was one day last summer and he every as often as he could throw that hook out there he'd get one but we don't deplete the fish population because we pull them up and look at them admire them and take them off and throw them back although he went somewhere with some friends last week and fished for catfish and got them and i think it's the first time that he's ever that he's actually prepared and ate what they caught he and some friends of his the first time they've ever done anything but throw them back

He throws fish back when he catches them.


You can't get what you want from politicians - especially the yang.


that there are ways to prevent families you know like those basically there's contraceptives and all kinds of ways to prevent pregnancies there's no need to have children if you don't want them

There are many different ways to prevent having children.

The only way to prevent having children is with contraceptives.


I perceive your thoughts, mon ami, said Poirot, smiling at me.

Poirot flashed me a smile and told me he could read my mind.

Poirot fixed me with a blank stare, totally unaware of what I was thinking.


The flip side is that parolees who want to go straight often can make it if they are literate, civil, and can stay off drugs, remain sober, and get a job.


Look,  One of these men is a sociopath and the other, a spineless dweeb.


The two of us stepped out of the copter- the silent pilot chose to stay with his ship, which was presumably his only friend.

The pilot came with us when we left the helicopter.


Historians agree with the mythmakers that the site and traditional founding date of 753 b.c. are just about right.

There was no disagreement between historians and mythmakers.

The historians and mythmakers state different founding dates.


Having a qualified and independent board is important but not enough.

A qualified board is crucial, but not crucial enough.

The board being qualified isn't important at all.


No Limit Soldiers is what he calls his artists.


I said that I felt I OUGHT to remember 212 something about it, that it was just as though it was all coming back, and then, before I could get hold of it, it went again.

I tired hard to remember since I felt that I should be able to.


After all, this was a hospital barber shop, and they probably had some rigid rules about sanitation, though he hadn't seen much other evidence of such care.

He hadn't noticed that the barber shop adhered to strict standards of cleanliness even though the barber shop was located inside a hospital.

The barber shop was immaculate and sterile because of its location inside a hospital.


Coronel, Johnny can show you the stock we have ready.

Johnny can show you the rooms we have prepared for you.


With negotiations at a stalemate and summer vacations removing the motivation for an immediate solution, both sides appear to be settling in.

Both factions seemed to be nesting as negations hit a stop.

Neither faction could rest knowing there was no negotiation.


First colt out of that thar breedin' was that Oro hoss.

Oro horse was the first colt from that pair.

Last horse out of their breeding was Oro.


how do they react then we're prosecuted if we simply don't pay our taxes so i'm not real sure how you believe then that eventually there'll be an overthrow we know communism doesn't work what do we do next

I don't know why you think that a revolution will happen since communism is hopeless.

Communism is a great system, and I'm certain there will be a revolution.


If the audience could have half as much fun as Pearl is having, Payback would be a kick.

Payback could be a kick if the audience was having fun.

Payback is a kick because everyone is having fun.


so oh i don't know about that but a lot of the industry up in uh you know the northern states is moving south  and i'm wondering if that's going to have any effect you know on what you see now we're we're we're behind down here

I wonder if the industry's migration to the south will have any consequences.

The industry has seen a huge migration from the southern states to the north.


I'm completely right and everybody believes so.


there's some talk that he may be uh coaching for the LA Clippers next year

There's a rumor that says he may be the LA Clippers coach for next year's season


Was it a thief or a burglar or someone who broke the law.


The more warmly-hued human figures are believed to be the work of Venetian mosaicists, as opposed to the more rigidly formal Byzantine figures of Palermo's Palatine Chapel.

The mosaics have warmly-hued humans in them.

The mosaics are thought to be the work of the Byzantines.


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

The lead review could have been done without the use of some color illustrations.

It is highly recommended that when submitting a cover essay, one should include a dismal cover illustration.


In other words, government saving decreases by $1,120 (or government dissaving increases by that amount, depending on the government's surplus/deficit position for the year).


yeah that's true  most of them probably wouldn't do something like that although there are a lot of kids who would do it just to get away from their parents

Many kids would probably do that, just to leave their parents' home.

Who would want to do that? Definitely not kids.


Critics also welcome his ambivalence on Russia's  Unlike most Russia watchers, Mr.

Critics said his ambivalence on Russia was great.

Critics said his ambivalence on Russia was terrible


The aristocrat or court patron lent his prestige to a powerful provincial proprietor, who employed a competent estate-manager to oversee smallholders, who in turn worked their farms with dependent laborers.

The court patron worked with a provincial proprietor at one point.

The court patron never came into contact with a proprietor in all his life.


They are all worth your attention, but do take plenty of time to relax, too you'll be surprised at how much more you can see and appreciate if you've had enough rest.

If you have had enough rest, you will see and appreciate much more.

Don't stop to relax, all of them are worth your attention.


At the same time, there is widespread appreciation that even weather experts have their limits, which empowers people to treat experts as mortals rather than as gods.

People know the weather people can be wrong.

People expect weather people to be right ever time.


Also, small railroads are exempt from the Tier 0 remanufacturing requirements for their existing fleets and the railroad inuse test program included in the rule only applies to Class I freight railroads, thus exempting all small railroads from the requirement.

The requirement of Tier 0 remanufacturing is waived for all small railroads.

Small railroads have every stipulation that Class I freight railroads have, and a few they don't.


In addition, we outline some changes that the LSC Results Group (a working group of senior LSC professionals plus Ken Smith, an outside consultant, that designed, tested, and is currently evaluating and refining a system for reporting matters services) is considering for improving the reliability of the data obtained for 2002 and 2003.

They wanted to do back to a simpler reporting system.


He was succeeded by Tan?Ϳγu ?ȩller, Turkey's first woman leader.


Michelangelo said the latter, facing the Duomo, were good enough to adorn the entrance to heaven and they have been known ever since as the Doors of Paradise.

The Doors of Paradise showcase a design that saw direct input from Michelangelo.

Michelangelo had no say in the design decisions that lead to the creation of the Doors of Paradise.


Therapeutic laws become props for rhetoric that might be called demagoguery, except that it disgraces the memories of Joe McCarthy and Huey Long and the ambitions of Pat Buchanan to call Clinton a demagogue.

Clinton has past been compared to a demagogue.

Huey Long is part of the duck trio, Huey, Dewey, and Louie.


The whole time, her parents have never said anything about me.

Her parents didn't utter a word to me the entire time.

The whole time, her parents yelled at me and threatened my life.


The idea was for the low bidder to operate a highly focused sorting and transportation system designed to get Priority Mail delivered on time.

The idea was for the high bidder to operate a highly focused sorting and transportation system


There's no danger of losing the well-marked trail, and the night ascent obviates the need to put up at any of the dormitory-style mountain huts along the way (where the accommodations are truly awful).

You can hike through the night as the trail is well-outlined.

You should never hike at night, but if you find yourself stuck, the mountain huts are lovely accommodations.


Accounting for Revenue and Other Financing Sources and Concepts for Reconciling Budgetary and Financial Accounting, paragraph 81.

Paragraph 81 of 'Accounting for Revenue and Other Financing Sources and Cocnepts for Reconciling Budgetary and Financial Accounting'.

The number of paragraphs for this item is 80.


Weegee's  Life, Death, and the Human Drama (International Center of Photography Midtown, New York City).

The International Center of Photography Midtown is located in New York City.


Do you mean to say, I asked, slowly adapting myself to the new idea, "that Dr.

I was able to adapt myself to the new idea.


2300  Engineer officer and I won our first round of the spades tournament.

Engineer officer and I dominated the first round of playing spades.

Engineer officer and I won the first round of the blackjack tournament.


Despite the planes' detection techniques, sometimes you don't know if it's some civilian driving to the grocery store, or a military vehicle, says an intelligence officer.

Despite detection techniques, you can't always tell civilian vehicles from military ones.

You can always differentiate between military and civilian vehicles.


well do you think there should be restrictions on uh who you should let in the states

Should there be restrictions, in your opinion?

There are already so many restrictions, shouldn't we just ease it up?


If you have not worked a single day in your life.


right to try to keep up with the Jones almost yeah


They've held on only for your return."  Hanson stared at them and around at the collection of bric-a-brac and machinery they had assembled for him.


IRS's senior executive performance plans for fiscal year 2001 are structured

In the 2001 fiscal year, the performance plans for IRS senior executives were structured.

Due do tumultuous world events in 2001, no performance plans for the IRS were conceived.


um-hum do y'all have Target stores up there

Do you have Target stores where you live?


On every network, reporters and anchors talked about Starr's expensive and fruitless investigation and about his obligation to put up or shut up, as Rather expressed it.

Star's investigation was considered ineffective and expensive by the reporters.

All of the reporters were congratulating Star. He did an amazing job.


Clinton's partisans have linked Starr to Jesse Helms, Jerry Falwell, and other bogeymen.

Clinton's supporters have linked Starr to several negatively regarded people.

Starr and Falwell are Clinton's supporters' favorites.


What it has cost Slate to provide this article by me can be the basis for a very profitable ad-based business.

Slate paid a lot of money to publish this article.

Slate does not pay for article contributions as they are a not for profit organization.


This has been a very long discussion to make a point that is embarrassingly  The LSC subsidy neither prevents anyone from speaking nor coerces anyone to change speech, and is indistinguishable in all relevant respects from the subsidy upheld in Rust v.

The point made was not embarrassing at all.


C rete's long history is bound with its strategic position at the crossroads between Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Crete occupies a strategic position between Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Crete's location did not have any strategic value.


Jewelry of jade, gold, and silver at South Bridge Road and People's Park shopping center.

South Bridge Road and People's Park shopping center has jewelry made of precious metals and stones.

South Bridge Road and People's Park shopping center does not carry any jewelry.


Lake's  The Senate's demands for his FBI files, new questions about the CIA's role in the foreign-money scandal, and further unpleasant hearings on top of the pounding he's already taken.

Lake's The Senate demands for his FBI files, new questions regarding the role of the CIA in the foreign-money scandal, and other unpleasant hearings on top of what he has already gone through.

Lake's The Senate demands for his FBI files, but lacks any new questions regarding the role of the CIA in the foreign-money scandal and will drop the case.