Faced with this problem, some gun toters would skin, or sharpen the flint with a knife, creating a bevel in the flint, which could then make full contact and generate an adequate shower of sparks.

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The bevel would create sparks without making full contact.

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Anselmo tries, but he gets so frustrated and upset that I move in and help, even in the face of opposition from his dad.

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Anselmo seemed like he could handle it well, so I left him to it.

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His son told  I think they've taken over the cockpit-An attendant has been stabbed- and someone else up front may have been killed.

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His son did not see anything that happened.

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These institutions, and the adults who run them, sustain civilization and provide the disciplines'however fragile they may seem'that keep our societies from reverting to barbarism.

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The institutions sustain civilization by inspiring people.

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I believe we do our job well and are continually strengthening our reputation as a first-rate law school.

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The strengths of our staff have made this a first-rate law school.

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( There ( ( are ( thousands more ) ) . ) )

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( There ( ( ( are exactly ) ( 7,000 more ) ) . ) )

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There is no evidence that Herndon took such action.

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Herndon had done that sort of thing before.

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He could not reach key officials, including Secretary Rumsfeld, for a period of time.

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Discussion with my gun-loving friends supports Funk's penultimate etymology.

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Talking with my friends who like guns disproves Funk's etymology.

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If children are masters of their own learning, then adult eorts to teach them new skills before they indicate they are interested or ready are doomed to failure.

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If children are in charge of their own learning, than the effort by adults to teach them skills they are uninterested in is doomed to fail.

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Because we were driving from // NC all the way up to Riverside, NJ.

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We were driving from NC to Riverside, NJ.

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If I had, if I was retired, I would definitely be working in aliteracy, um, you know, volunteer literacy capacity.

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I would like to also work as a pharmacist.

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In order to grant these awards a fifth year, your continued support is critical.

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We want to stop giving out these awards, so please don't donate. Five years is enough.

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And it's hard to go from having like your whole day to go to classes and do whatever you want to do and space out everything then like having to like drive across town and go to work.

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I don't have a job during the school year.

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NOW OUR FIRST INVITATION TO  We invite each contributor and her/his guest to attend our annual Department Reception for Graduating Seniors and Their Guests.

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Each contributor is only allowed to have one guest.

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The increase in women seeking ready-made clothing and home furnishings also contributed to the rise of the department store as did newspaper advertising.

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Newspaper advertising did nothing to contribute to the rise of department stores.

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kibitzer `one who comments, often in the form of unwanted advice, during a game, often cards.

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A kititzer comments when they aren't asked to, annoying people.

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Turabi sought to persuade Shiites and Sunnis to put aside their divisions and join against the common enemy.

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The Sunnis and Shiites agreed to put aside their differences.

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And the situation Wanda then found herself in bore that out.

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That was realized in the situation that Wanda was then in.

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Once upon a time there was a playwright who knew little Latin and less Greek.

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At one time, there was a playwright who was excellently fluent both Latin and Greek.

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Plotting the data in this way allows us to focus on the deviation of the weekly demand from the average weekly demand.

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Weekly demand normally heavily deviates from the average weekly demand.

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And uh, they were walking up the path and Grandma accidentally stepped in something that was really soft and her foot got to sinking and instead of her pulling that one foot back out and shaking it off to keep going, she stuck both feet in there and she started to holler.

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( Grandma ( ( stepped ( on ( a ( hard surface ) ) ) ) . ) )

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We were down, I had my son under me, on the floor, Ines had one, and Ines brother, that is, the boy's uncle, had the other boy under him.

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My offspring was beneath me, and another child was underneath the uncle.

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The woman prepared food, but she only gave it to the children.

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She wanted the children to be taken care of before the adults.

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Oh really, what kind of jobs do you do for your, your dad?

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More generally, the size of a dictionary is a function of two  the number of items entered (its  macrostructure ), and the amount of information given about them (its  microstructure ).

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The size of a dictionary is determined by how many entries there are and how long each entry is.

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(ROOT (SQ (VBZ Is) (NP (DT that)) (ADVP (RB so)) (. ?)))


Dozens of additional militants arrived on later flights.

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The militants used state-sponsored aircraft for transportation.

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I still recall, and I'm sure your mother does too Whose woods these are, I think I know His house is in the village though; and I won't go beyond that but, uh, you recall that Gail, when we were, when I was in college and we were first dating that was a, a favorite poem of, uh, us and our friends.

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Your mother does not who whose woods these are.

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Language is our primary avenue of communication with others and means through which we represent our experiences.

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Language is a great way to tell experiences to others.

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//But the gas station part// you're not sure about.

( / ( / ( ( But ( ( the ( gas ( station ( part / ) ) ) ) ( / ( you ( ( 're not ) ( sure about ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )

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You were too drunk to remember about the gas station.

( You ( ( were ( too ( drunk ( to ( remember ( about ( the ( gas station ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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Even more than under PBS, sewing tasks were broken down in minute detail, both as a means of increasing speed and decreasing skill requirements.

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Breaking the tasks down was impossible, it was simply too complicated a process.

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In 1995-1996, the Defense Department began to invest effort in planning how to handle the possibility of a domestic terrorist incident involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

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The Defense Department started planning how to deal with domestic terrorism using a WMD in 1995, in response to threats at the Olympics.

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So, they tool him away, we didn't see him anymore, they took him to San Miguel, I don't know, if in that vehicle, surely in the same car they were riding in, they took him to the hospital.

( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( So ( , ( they ( ( tool him ) away ) ) ) ) , ) ( we ( ( did n't ) ( ( see him ) anymore ) ) ) ) , ) ( they ( ( took him ) ( to ( San Miguel ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( I ( ( do n't ) know ) ) ) , ) ( ( if ( ( in ( ( ( that vehicle ) , ) ( surely ( in ( the ( same car ) ) ) ) ) ) ( they ( were ( riding in ) ) ) ) ) ( , ( they ( ( took him ) ( to ( the hospital ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )

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They left the man in a ditch on the side of the road.

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What can be done to prevent more catastrophic oil spills?

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We can't do anything to prevent oil spills.

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Cobuild is intended for the foreign learner of English, whose dual concern is with understanding and using the core vocabulary of English, and who, having achieved that aim, can  graduate  to a dictionary for native speakers'like CED .

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Cobuild's aim is to help Americans improve their knowledge of English grammar.

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( ( ( Do you ) ( think ( he ( ( resents ( that ( now or ) ) ) -- ) ) ) ) ? )

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( ( ( Do you ) ( imagine ( him ( ( resenting that ) now ) ) ) ) ? )

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Then Grandpop, he'd calm down, Tootles, you see this part here.

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( Grandpa ( ( ( will not ) ( ( settle down ) ( at all ) ) ) . ) )

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At 9:05, Boston Center confirmed for both the FAA Command Center and the New England Region that the hijackers aboard American 11 said we have planes.

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Boston Center did not correctly report what the hijackers said.

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( It ( ( is ( ( a bird ) ( that perches ) ) ) . ) )

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( ( ( This type ) ( of bird ) ) ( ( is ( prone ( to perching ) ) ) . ) )

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Overstocks at the close of a season were then marked down for clearance, warehoused in inventory for future sales, or sold to a secondary market supplying discount retailers.

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At the end of a season, overstocks are marked down for clearance, saved for sales in the future or sold to discount retailers.

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Around 400 B.C., Democritus theorized that a thing could be divided and divided until it became so small it could no longer be divided.

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Democritus proposed that something could be divided so small it would be impossible to divide it further.

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Hannah related the story of her childhood and the genesis of her relationship with Eva and Charlie, who oered insights as well.

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( Hannah ( ( related ( ( the story ) ( of ( growing up ) ) ) ) . ) )

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( And ( that ( ( ( is probably ) ( as ( it ( should be ) ) ) ) . ) ) )

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That defiantly should not have happened that way.

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We generally make an exception for the more familiar English usage of Bin as part of a last name, as in Bin Ladin.

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The more familiar usage of Bin in English is as part of a last name.

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My speech, of course, is very hesitant and often discouraging.

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My speech is clearly often lacking in encouragement.

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Children's earliest efforts at make-believe also reveal how challenging they find the task of detaching thought from reality.

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Usually at the age of 2, children find the task of detaching thought from reality to be difficult.

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By the late 1980s, the Egyptian Islamist movement-badly battered in the government crackdown following President Sadat's assassination-was centered in two major  the Islamic Group and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

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The Egyptian government did not retaliate for the assassination of President Sadat.

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macaronic Does not refer to pasta; it is a text which is half Latin and half vernacular.

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Macaronic refers to an Italian pasta dish.

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The Secretary was informed of the second strike in New York during the briefing; he resumed the briefing while awaiting more information.

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After the Secretary of Defense was informed of the second plane strike in New York of the towers during the briefing, he decided to resume the briefing while he was awaiting more information.

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( I ( ( need ( ( ( a direction ) , ) ( a destination ) ) ) . ) )

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We could not find our way without a destination or direction.

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It began at 9:29, with a brief  two aircraft had struck the World Trade Center, there was a confirmed hijacking of American 11, and Otis fighters had been scrambled.

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The brief said two aircraft had struck the towers and one other plane was hijacked, so the government sprung into action.

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We are therefore requesting your cooperation.

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( ( Your cooperation ) ( ( is ( completely useless ) ) . ) )

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( ( A ( final instance ) ) ( ( will ( make ( my point ) ) ) . ) )

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There is no questioning my points because I am very experienced in the automotive industry.

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( Again ( there ( ( was nothing ) . ) ) )

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( There ( ( was ( nothing ( of sunbstance ) ) ) . ) )

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His sociocultural theory has thoroughly collectivist cultural roots.

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The roots of his theory are certainly collectivist.

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Two planes had struck the World Trade Center, and Boston Center had heard from FAA headquarters in Washington that American 11 was still airborne.

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Boston Center was in communication with FAA headquarters.

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It is the one private, volunteer organization that exists to end the menace of cancer, to ease the pain of cancer victims and their families, to rehabilitate those who survive, and to enlighten and inform both the professional world and lay public about the latest developments in cancer.

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( ( One organization ) ( ( exists ( to ( end AIDS ) ) ) . ) )

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( ( Your donation ) ( ( will ( help ( us all ) ) ) ! ) )

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By the late nineteenth century, these uses of great and small became obsolete, but to go great guns continued to allude to the loudness, forcefulness, and large size of long-ago cannons and still means to `proceed with considerable momentum, to go full steam ahead, at full bore.

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To go great guns still means 'to proceed with considerable moment, to go full steam ahead'.

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They funded huge infrastructure projects, vastly expanded education, and created subsidized social welfare programs.

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They helped out a lot with subsidized welfare programs.

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The academy also calls upon all French to send in further examples of  linguistic pollution,  observing ruefully that this is one museum which will be open 12 months a year.

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There is no such proof to show of language pollution.

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(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (DT no) (JJ such) (NN proof) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB show) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN language) (NN pollution)))))))) (. .)))


Nonetheless, the initial trompe l'oeil is there.

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(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Nonetheless)) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (JJ initial) (NN trompe) (NN l'oeil)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB there))) (. .)))

( ( Trompe l'oeil ) ( ( could ( be there ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Trompe) (NNP l'oeil)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB be) (ADVP (RB there)))) (. .)))


b)  A worker in a shoe factory who smooths and polishes the forepart of the heel, called the  breast  of the shoe in the trade.

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The forepart of the heel of a shoe is called the breast.

( ( ( The forepart ) ( of ( ( the heel ) ( of ( a shoe ) ) ) ) ) ( ( is ( called ( the breast ) ) ) . ) )

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kibitzer `one who comments, often in the form of unwanted advice, during a game, often cards.

( ( ( ( ( kibitzer ` ) ( one ( who ( ( ( comments , ) often ) ( in ( ( the form ) ( of ( unwanted advice ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( ( ( during ( a game ) ) ( , often ) ) cards ) ) . )

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A kititzer comments when they aren't asked to.

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(ROOT (S (INTJ (UH Oh) (, ,) (UH God)) (, ,) (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP do) (RB n't) (VP (VB know))) (. .)))

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP do) (RB n't) (VP (VB know))) (. .)))


The Langley fighters were not scrambled in response to United 93; NORAD did not have 47 minutes to intercept the flight; NORAD did not even know the plane was hijacked until after it had crashed.

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The fighters were not scrambled in response to the hijacking due to poor communication and a lack of preparation.

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( I ( ( read ( ( the backs ) ( of ( cereal boxes ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP read) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS backs)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN cereal) (NNS boxes))))) (. .)))

( I ( ( ( read ( the text ) ) ( on ( ( cereal ( boxes ' ) ) backs ) ) ) . ) )

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Educators inspired by Piaget's work hope that by repeatedly applying cognitive structures in stimulating environments, children will notice and amend deficiencies in their thinking.

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Educators apply Piaget's theories and suggestion most of the times they are working with children.

( Educators ( ( apply ( ( ( Piaget 's ) ( ( theories and ) suggestion ) ) ( ( most ( of ( the times ) ) ) ( they ( are ( working ( with children ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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If these vignettes strike sympathetic chords, then science fiction's words, phrases, and lore have permeated your thought and language.

( ( ( ( ( ( If ( ( these vignettes ) ( strike ( sympathetic chords ) ) ) ) ( , ( then ( ( science fiction ) ( 's ( ( words , ) phrases ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) and ) ( lore ( have ( permeated ( your ( ( thought and ) language ) ) ) ) ) ) . )

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The only way to know if science fiction' words, phrases, and lore have permeated your thought and language is to assess whether or not these vignettes strike sympathetic chords.

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Your opinions were valued and many improvements were made by having information about our school systems.

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( ( Your opinion ) ( ( was unhelpful ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP$ Your) (NN opinion)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ unhelpful))) (. .)))


She quotes (and, presumably, accepts) another source which holds that  woman first awakened in humankind the capacity to recognize abstracts.

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She quotes another source that says a man can recognize abstracts.

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What attributes did she have that made you, um, respect her and view her as your hero even to this day?

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What qualities did she have that made her your hero?

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I want to leave, I said, but I don't want anybody to know.

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( It ( ( ( 's okay ) ( if ( you ( ( ( know , ) but ) ( nobody else ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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Dinnertime recaps of daily events also permit today's children, isolated from the adult world of real work, to gain access to their parents' daily lives.

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Children don't learn more about their parents' lives during dinnertime usually.

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Money for programs, for equipment, and for repairs and improvements to club facilities.

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Funds to be used on programs, equipment and facilities.

( Funds ( ( to ( be ( used ( on ( programs ( , ( ( equipment and ) facilities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Funds)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN used) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNS programs) (, ,) (NN equipment) (CC and) (NNS facilities)))))) (. .)))


Their  the system discourages working because unemployment provides benefits that many entry-level jobs don't include.

( ( Their ( the system ) ) ( ( discourages ( working ( because ( unemployment ( ( provides benefits ) ( that ( ( many ( entry-level jobs ) ) ( ( do n't ) include ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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Starting at an entry-level job can sometimes have fewer benefits than being unemployed.

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Webster's Third New International Dictionary lists about 500 Yiddish words that have become part of our everyday conversations,

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Webster's Second New International Dictionary had far fewer Yiddish words, and the Third Edition increased this number dramatically.

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From its inception, the IDA Pursuit of Excellence Fund has supported and rewarded faculty for unique and outstanding effort on behalf of dentistry.

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The IDA pursuit of excellence fund doesn't give anything to anyone.

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( ( ( ( ( A hijacker ) responded ) , ) No ) . )

(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT A) (NN hijacker)) (VP (VBD responded))) (, ,) (FRAG (INTJ (UH No))) (. .)))

( ( ( ( ( The hijacker ) replied ) , ) no ) . )

(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN hijacker)) (VP (VBD replied))) (, ,) (FRAG (INTJ (UH no))) (. .)))


Reading it makes you feel the same way you do after a walk in the deep woods, or a swim in a crystal-clear lake.

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It's pretty boring to read, and doesn't spark the imagination at all.

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(ROOT (S (S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VP (VBD was)) (, ,) (CC and) (VP (VBZ is)))) (, ,) (FRAG (ADJP (JJ right))) (. .)))

( He ( ( ( has always ) ( been wrong ) ) . ) )

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The first commandment in the puzzlers' bible  Thou shalt not waste words.

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Every single word used is of importance.

( ( ( Every ( single word ) ) used ) ( ( is ( of importance ) ) . ) )

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But theTaliban, like the Sudanese, would eventually hear warnings, including from the Saudi monarchy.

( But ( ( ( ( theTaliban , ) ( like ( the Sudanese ) ) ) , ) ( ( ( would eventually ) ( ( ( hear warnings ) , ) ( including ( from ( the ( Saudi monarchy ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )

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The Saudi monarchy issued no warnings to the Taliban or Sudanese.

( ( The ( Saudi monarchy ) ) ( ( ( issued ( no warnings ) ) ( to ( the ( ( Taliban or ) Sudanese ) ) ) ) . ) )

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(Then, referring to a newspaper report her father had mentioned earlier in the day) This morning, it said (changes to a low-pitched, somber tone of voice),  Two trains crashing'in India.

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Her father had never mentioned anything about a newspaper report earlier in the day.

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He then returned to a holding room shortly before 9:15, where he was briefed by staff and saw television coverage.

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He returned to a room where he saw TV coverage and was briefed by staff.

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Bin Ladin moved to Sudan in 1991 and set up a large and complex set of intertwined business and terrorist enterprises.

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Bin Ladin ran clean businesses while in Sudan.

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By the late nineteenth century, these uses of great and small became obsolete, but to go great guns continued to allude to the loudness, forcefulness, and large size of long-ago cannons and still means to `proceed with considerable momentum, to go full steam ahead, at full bore.

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The expression remained in use today to the ubiquitous use ever since its inception.

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( Gender  is preferred to  sex  in designating the cultural construct rather than the purely biological.

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Gender is used to indicate the cultural construct side of it.

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Back in 1931, however, when Bodenheim was coming into his own as a literary maverick, New York publisher Horace Liveright issued his novel' Naked on Roller Skates .  The title is a grabber, but the book itself would be anathema to feminists since it features a heroine who wishes to be beaten and

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Horace Liveright published his book way before Bodenheim.

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The roots of these polarized perspectives can be found in centuries-old, dramatically opposing philosophies about the nature of children and child development.

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Recent advances in science has not relieved many of these conflicts.

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Basically if she couldn't hit a note he would digitize it so that she did.

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He would digitize notes she couldn't hit.

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At farmers' markets, families would display the vegetables they grew or sell eggs from their chickens.

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The families would sell produce that others had grown.

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There would probably be little chance of a refund if the place were run by a feminist.

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Feminists always give refunds, no matter what the situation is.

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Everyone at the IU School of Dentistry is excited about the upcoming Fall Dental Alumni Conference to be held in Bloomington on September 16-18.

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Everyone at the IU School of Dentistry signed up for the conference.

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