Sentence 1: He claims it may seem unrealistic only because little effort has been devoted to the concept.
Sentence 2: This proposal is modest compared with the space programme, and may seem unrealistic only because little effort has been devoted to it.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0200	3.000	YES filed suit yesterday in the Supreme Court of New York County in Manhattan.	The suit was filed in the Supreme Court of New York County.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0205	4.000	He will be paid $395,000 per year, up from Atkinson's current salary of $361,400.	Dynes will be paid $395,000 a year; Atkinson's salary is $361,400.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0210	4.333	His daughter, Nina Axelrod, told The Associated Press that he died in his sleep, apparently of heart failure.	Axelrod died in his sleep of heart failure, said his daughter, Nina Axelrod.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0223	3.250	Deaths in rollover crashes accounted for 82 percent of the number of traffic deaths in 2002, the agency says.	Fatalities in rollover crashes accounted for 82 percent of the increase in 2002, NHTSA said.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0225	3.250	The pound also made progress against the dollar, reached fresh three-year highs at $1.6789.	The British pound flexed its muscle against the dollar, last up 1 percent at $1.6672.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0231	1.750	The Recording Industry Association of America says it plans to sue the song traders next month.	That is, if the Recording Industry Association of America has anything to say about it.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0234	0.800	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> eased 7.57 points, or 0.76 percent, at 990.94.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was down 25.36 points, or 1.53 percent, at 1,628.26.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0239	4.400	Earlier Thursday, PeopleSoft formally rejected the unsolicited bid from Oracle.	Thursday morning, PeopleSoft's board rejected the Oracle takeover offer.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0247	3.000	Both papers are being published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.	The study appears today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0254	3.000	The WHO experts didn't say how many cases in Hebei were in rural areas.	Hebei has reported 191 cases and eight deaths, though the WHO experts did not say how many were in rural areas.
main-news	MSRpar	2012test	0268	3.250	I do not wish to be present during this witness," he told Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Al Girolami.
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