In 1933 Garcia Lorca gave a lecture in Buenos Aires on the Teor?a y Juego del Duende (`Theory and Play of Duende '), which has become the bible of the initiates.

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Garcia Lorca grew up very poor and ended up successful by his death.

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Along with these accolades comes the challenge to sustain that level of excellence.

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It's easy to maintain that level of excellence and win more accolades.

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I said, The fact, you, I, you can be there, I said, or I can stay here and you go in, I said, you don't see where I get off to.

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They knew where I got off since they followed me home.

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81 provides a hot, nutritious meal for a person aged 60+.

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We serve hot meals to seniors on a daily basis.

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Another scheme revealed that Bin Ladin sought the capability to kill on a mass scale.

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Bin Ladin was willing to sacrifice his life to commit a crime.

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Woodward asked Sweeney to look out the window to see if she could determine where they were.

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Woodward looked out the window and told Sweeney where they were.

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Well with Brittney Spears I think what they probably do is they, um, they've got a lot of back up singers that can sing, and they kind of blend her voice into theirs when she can't quite do it.

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Britney Spears never uses backup singers.

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Boston Center knew of a problem on the flight in part because just before 8:25 the hijackers had attempted to communicate with the passengers.

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The hijackers attempted to talk to the passengers, so Boston knew the flight had a problem.

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( ( Your gift ) ( ( will ( make ( a difference ) ) ) . ) )

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Your donation will help to make a difference.

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The response was an Afghan national resistance movement that defeated Soviet forces.

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An Afghan national resistance movement lost to Soviets quickly.

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One hand holds the marker on the lay, the other guides the electric knife.

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One hand holds the marker and writes carefully.

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Then the expected (average) demand is the solid black trend line shown in Figure 6.3.

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This is the most illustrative means of depicting the concept.

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By extension, a point-blank question or accusation is one that is direct and straightforward 'right to the mark.

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An accusation can be made point-blank if it's direct and straightforward.

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Namma-holes have been variously described; to Carnegie they are depressions on the surface of rocks, often with a rounded bottom, where stones are often found, suggesting that the stones have something to do with the formation of the holes.

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To Carnegie, Namma-holes are depressions on the surgface of rocks, often with a rounded bottom.

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(ROOT (SBARQ (WHNP (WP What)) (SQ (VBP do) (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VB do))) (. ?)))

( ( You ( ( do n't ) ( do anything ) ) ) ( , ( ( do you ) ? ) ) )

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Those who joined the Taliban movement, espousing a ruthless version of Islamic law, perhaps could bring order in chaotic Afghanistan and make it a cooperative ally.

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The Taliban's iron handed rule brought peace through repression.

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Now might be as good a time as any to reveal a theft I committed at an Air Force Base near Seymour, Indiana.

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( I ( never ( ( ( stole anything ) ( in Indiana ) ) . ) ) )

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How about does Mommy ever tell you any stories?

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( Does ( ( your dad ) ( ( ( tell you ) stories ) ? ) ) )

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Thus Joan Lunden on ABC-TV said to Steve Crowley,  Are you ready to use the R-word recession ?   Many words like recession could be called semi-taboo words or limited taboos, for scarcely anyone would be shocked or offended to encounter them, though some people avoid using them.

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Bankruptcy is a word that is considered to be semi-taboo.

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The final sentence is about as valid as would be the comment that nobody understands such an injunction as an order to write the address of the chairperson on a dozen envelopes, either.

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Everyone understands what an injunction means under these circumstances.

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To have something to fall back on and everything like that.

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I wanted to take risks without any care about what I could fall back on if I failed.

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The hijackers remained at the controls but must have judged that the passengers were only seconds from overcoming them.

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The hijackers most likely did no know what the passengers were up to.

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Your generosity will help people help themselves.

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People will take advantage of your generosity.

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( We ( ( ( ( grew up ) here ) ( in Albemarle ) ) . ) )

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( We ( ( have ( ( lived here ) ( our ( whole lives ) ) ) ) . ) )

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In several countries, a dynastic state already existed or was quickly established under a paramount tribal family.

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A dynastic state already existed in more than one country.

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William Dillard's simple maxim1 succinctly captures the central'and perennial'inventory challenge facing retail managers.

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Dillard believes retail managers are better off fixing their own problems.

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Or take two of the most popular verbs we use to describe somebody who has been dismissed from the job' fired and discharged .  Both are metaphors that compare the unfortunate victim to a projectile shot out of a gun or cannon.

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These comparisons to firearms have been popular for decades and continue to be used today.

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Ten pages on (page 17), water occurs nine times but there are also the related words stream (twice), well (twice), pool, channel , and the circumlocution  essential element.

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The circumlocution 'essential element' was absent from page 17.

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( These ( ( are ( minor quibbles ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (DT These)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (JJ minor) (NNS quibbles))) (. .)))

Disagreements between friends don't last.

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I, I like, uh, uh, those kinds of things that talk about why people do what they do when they're in positions of political power or aspiring to positions of political power.

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I really don't enjoy anything which focuses on politicians and the motivations that drive their behaviour.

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The answer is not clear unless we accept a policy of drawing up a (very) long list of taboo words.

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The list of taboo words would be very long.

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We went to Chimney Rock on a number of occasions.

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We went to Chimney Rock only on weekends.

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Consumers have definitely benefited because these practices afford them a greater choice of products at lower average prices.

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Practices such as these help consumers and gives them a wider variety of products to choose from.

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Straightforward definitions (of all three varieties were gradually replaced by play on words, ambiguous phrasings, jumble games, and other verbal pranks.

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Straightforward definitions proved too cryptic for many, prompting the change.

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But the promise she and her fellow recipients, Penny Wright (elementary education), Cynthia Browning (physics) and Sandra Van Vlymen (elementary education), all hold for the future is impressive.

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She and her fellow recipients hold an impressive promise for the future.

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( Nothing ( , ( you ( ( ( know , ) ( ( nothing more ) ( to do ) ) ) . ) ) ) )

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( There ( ( ( 's still ) ( loads ( to ( be done ) ) ) ) . ) )

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I don't know that it will be a very big culture shock, because I've grown up going to Boston all the time.

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Going to a new school will definitely be a new experience for me as I have been in Boston all my life.

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Part of HCTAR's research effort has resulted in new automatic marker-making software based on computational geometry techniques.

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The automatic marker-making software is expected to greatly improve the current process.

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( But ( I ( never ( ( wanted ( to ( do that ) ) ) . ) ) ) )

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I always knew that I would hate doing that.

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Then he said to me that, they're going to set up a board, he said to me, where they're going to appoint, he said to me, a president, vice president, secretary, treasurers, and all that.

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The board would contain old, prehistoric aged dinosaur people as members.

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Having rebuilt his fund-raising network, Bin Ladin had again become the rich man of the jihad movement.

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Bin Ladin was considered a rich man after much fund raising within his network.

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We are in a rapid descent . . . we are all over the place.

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We are falling quickly to the ground.. we are all over the place.

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But their financial performance, as measured by inventory levels or profitability, may differ substantially.

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Their financial performance are measured by inventory levels each quarter.

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Other than that, I get more out of reading Reader's Digest or Guide, Guideposts stories.

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I get more out of reading Reader's Digest.

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Library resources including audio/visual aids, flags on loan, and books, add to the Girl Scout experience so that girls and volunteers have the tools they need to make Girl Scouting a positive learning experience.

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Libraries offer the tools that girls and volunteers need - everything from books to flags.

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Additionally, it will help provide the Girl Scout experience to girls at risk or girls in hard to serve areas like the Indiana Girls School and the Juvenile Justice Center.

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That will help towards providing Girl Scout services in Indiana and Dallas.

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By age 3 months, a complex communication system is in place in which parent and baby each respond in an appropriate and carefully timed fashion to the other's cues.

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Parents and babies are able to establish a form of communication based on timed cues by the time the baby is 3 months old.

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Lee Hanson had heard a woman scream just before it cut off.

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The impact of these new policies on retailing and manufacturing sectors may have begun to show up in economy-wide measures of inventory.

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Policies in the retail and manufacturing are having negative impacts on the economy.

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( ( ( Do you ) ( remember ( what ( you wore ) ) ) ) ? )

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( Goodwill ( ( ( provides jobs ) ( at Goodwill ) ) . ) )

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Goodwill provides jobs, if you want to work at Goodwill.

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Through Destination Services the Center works hand in hand with human resource departments.

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The center uses destination services while working in conjunction with human resources departments

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Looking at these figures, or at the books themselves, one would assume that the two dictionaries are of roughly the same size.

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The two dictionaries are seemingly similar in shape and size.

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( I ( ( would ( say ( about ( a mile ) ) ) ) . ) )

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But all experts agree that subtle, sensitive, and mutually rewarding exchanges between parent and baby serve as the earliest context for intersubjectivity.

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But all experts would agree that subtle rewarding exchanges between parent and baby serve as the earliest context for intersubjectivity.

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The entry list in L seems to be fuller than in W , but a quick direct comparison is not easily done.

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The entry list in W seems to be fuller than in L.

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Wadi , for instance, would describe an inland creek rather well.

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The inland creek was difficult for Wadi to describe.

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Bin Ladin appeared to have in Afghanistan a freedom of movement that he had lacked in Sudan.

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In Afghanistan, Bin Ladin had greater freedom than in Sudan.

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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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I am proud at how our employees have worked hard to elevate the reputation of our law school.

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At 8:55, before entering the classroom, the President spoke to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, who was at the White House.

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The President knew about the flight before the class.

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The entries themselves are more or less helpful, depending on the information one is seeking.

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The entries' usefulness does not depend on what information one is seeking.

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You're last gift of $50.00 helped make it possible for us to provide guidance, encouragement and fun to nearly 400 Indianapolis area children.

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Your gift of 50.00 didn't supply anything to any children, we just pocketed the money.

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Seconds later she said,Oh my God we are way too low.

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( ( No one ) ( ( cared ( that ( ( the plane ) ( was low ) ) ) ) . ) )

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Your investment in the Annual Campaign is sure to yield high returns.

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Your investment in Tesla Motors will surely be for nothing.

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I want to encourage you to continue to support your alma mater with contributions to the McDonald Fund and to increase your contribution, if possible.

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Please continue to support your alma mater by giving to the McDonald Fund.

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A clear signal to Bin Ladin that his days in Sudan were numbered came when the government advised him that it intended to yield to Libya's demands to stop giving sanctuary to its enemies.

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Bin Ladin knew that he could stay in Syria indefinitely.

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He appeals to people disoriented by cyclonic change as they confront modernity and globalization.

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( He ( ( has ( ( no appeal ) ( to anybody ) ) ) . ) )

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And, so they came in through the interior door there, they turned like this, and came in through the door, and, and they knocked.

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The entered through the interior door and knocked to announce themselves.

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The high value placed on self-restraint in Chinese culture leads shy children to receive very positive feedback from adults and peers.

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The Chinese do not value self-restraint.

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A scaffold was built so that a rifleman' who fired a single-shot, muzzle-loading shoulder weapon'could step up and shoot over the top of the trench.

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A scaffold was built to keep from getting shot after going over the trench.

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I lived working all of my life with livestock.

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Livestock is where I have worked practically my entire life.

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What are the appropriate labor standards?

( What ( ( are ( the ( appropriate ( labor standards ) ) ) ) ? ) )

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Inquiring about appropriate labor standards.

( ( Inquiring ( about ( appropriate ( labor standards ) ) ) ) . )

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As for the quality of the palindromes'well, they are rarely sheer poetry.

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The palindromes usually aren't good poetry because they are so difficult.

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...fires, the constant collapse of buildings, and the thousand perils of the savage city ' and poets reciting in the month of August.

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Buildings are collapsing and there are fires.

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The bird that, that flew into the house.

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( The ( ( pig ( that ( left ( the house ) ) ) ) . ) )

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89 percent of the at-risk pregnant women served by St. Elizabeth Home have given birth to healthy babies.

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89% of at-risk pregnant women gave birth to healthy babies.

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An old college friend of mine who celebrated his twentieth birthday'meaning twenty years of AA sobriety'a couple of years ago, tells me that when he was on the skids and riding the rails from drunk tank to drunk tank, the favorite terms for muscat were muscadoodle and Napa Valley smoke .

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My friend is still an alcoholic and never became sober.

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( I ( ( forgot ( to ( ask you ) ) ) . ) )

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( It ( ( slipped ( my ( mind ( to ( ask you ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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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 'to go great guns' has fallen into obscurity after the nineteenth century.

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As for the answer, it is better to avoid very learned or rare words unknown to all but a few lexicographers.

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Feel free to use any complex or rare words.

( Feel ( ( free ( to ( use ( any ( ( ( complex or ) rare ) words ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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I have been intrigued now and again, starting as a small boy, by words which seem to act in exactly the opposite fashion, words which point away from their meaning, words which seem almost mischievously to mislead.

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I have felt intrigued every now and again.

( I ( ( have ( ( felt intrigued ) ( every ( ( now and ) again ) ) ) ) . ) )

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Do you feel like, do you think it would have been different if you had gone to school in Boston or someplace else up north?

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Where schools are located has no bearing on performance.

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You cannot make a completely customized item of apparel with just four measurements.

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Four measurements is not enough to make a fully custom item.

( ( Four measurements ) ( ( ( is not ) ( enough ( to ( make ( a ( ( fully custom ) item ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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I asked him which animals we saw at the zoo, and he mentioned girae and zebra.

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I asked him which animals we viewed at the zoo.

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Textile firms, however, have been players in multiple supply channels.

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Multiple supply channels have seen textile firms emerging as players.

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We are no longer a state supported law school, for the state no longer provides the great bulk of our funding.

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Eventually, state funding will increase again.

( Eventually ( , ( ( state funding ) ( ( will ( increase again ) ) . ) ) ) )

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As further ammunition to support my bulletproof contention that our language is loaded with guns and cannons, I'll conclude by gunning for items that have the word gun in them.

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There is little basis to back up my idea.

( There ( ( is ( little ( basis ( to ( ( back up ) ( my idea ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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I. I liked, uh, oh gosh, go ahead Dave you've got--

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( ( Dave you ) ( ( may ( go ahead ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Dave) (PRP you)) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB go) (ADVP (RB ahead)))) (. .)))


(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP \) (NNP \) (NNP Stories)) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD liked))))) (, ,) (VP (VB yeah)) (. .)))

( Yes ( I ( ( liked ( the stories ) ) . ) ) )

(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Yes)) (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD liked) (NP (DT the) (NNS stories))) (. .)))


This fund committee is still in place and I have served as Chairman of the fund since I was elected to that position by the committee in the late 1970's.

( ( ( ( ( This ( fund committee ) ) ( ( is still ) ( in place ) ) ) and ) ( I ( have ( ( served ( as ( Chairman ( of ( the fund ) ) ) ) ) ( since ( I ( was ( ( elected ( to ( that position ) ) ) ( by ( ( the committee ) ( in ( the ( late ( 1970 's ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )

(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT This) (NN fund) (NN committee)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB still)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN place))))) (CC and) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN served) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (NNP Chairman)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN fund))))) (SBAR (IN since) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN elected) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT that) (NN position))) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN committee)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ late) (CD 1970) (NNS 's)))))))))))) (. .)))

The fund committee is not dead as rumored, but still operates and I am still its Chairman as I've been since 1978.

( ( ( ( ( The ( fund committee ) ) ( ( ( ( ( ( is not ) ( dead ( as rumored ) ) ) , ) but ) still ) operates ) ) and ) ( I ( ( ( am still ) ( its Chairman ) ) ( as ( I ( 've ( been ( since 1978 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )

(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN fund) (NN committee)) (VP (VP (VBZ is) (RB not) (ADJP (RB dead) (RB as) (VBN rumored))) (, ,) (CC but) (ADVP (RB still)) (VP (VBZ operates)))) (CC and) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP am) (ADVP (RB still)) (NP (PRP$ its) (NN Chairman)) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP 've) (VP (VBN been) (PP (IN since) (NP (CD 1978))))))))) (. .)))


This is very economical of space and involves a clever computer ploy, but it does not provide a particularly useful synonym dictionary, for, as we all know, synonymy in language does not yield to the commutative law of mathematics; in language,  Things equal to the same thing are not (necessarily) equal to each other.

( ( ( ( ( ( ( This ( ( ( ( is ( very economical ) ) ( of space ) ) and ) ( involves ( a ( clever ( computer ploy ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) but ) ( it ( ( does not ) ( ( ( provide ( a ( ( particularly useful ) ( synonym dictionary ) ) ) ) , ) ( ( for , ) ( ( as ( we ( all know ) ) ) ( , ( ( synonymy ( in language ) ) ( ( does not ) ( yield ( to ( ( the ( commutative law ) ) ( of mathematics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ; ) ( ( in language ) ( , ( ( Things ( equal ( to ( the ( same thing ) ) ) ) ) ( ( ( are not ) ( ( -LRB- ( necessarily -RRB- ) ) equal ) ) ( to ( each other ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )

(ROOT (S (S (S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ economical)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN space)))) (CC and) (VP (VBZ involves) (NP (DT a) (JJ clever) (NN computer) (NN ploy))))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ does) (RB not) (VP (VB provide) (NP (DT a) (ADJP (RB particularly) (JJ useful)) (NN synonym) (NN dictionary)) (, ,) (SBAR (IN for) (, ,) (S (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP we)) (ADVP (DT all)) (VP (VBP know)))) (, ,) (NP (NP (NN synonymy)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN language)))) (VP (VBZ does) (RB not) (VP (VB yield) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ commutative) (NN law)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS mathematics))))))))))))) (: ;) (S (PP (IN in) (NP (NN language))) (, ,) (NP (NP (NNS Things)) (ADJP (JJ equal) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (JJ same) (NN thing))))) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADJP (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (ADVP (RB necessarily)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (JJ equal)) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT each) (JJ other))))) (. .)))

The laws of linguistics have very little in common to the laws of mathematics.

( ( ( The laws ) ( of linguistics ) ) ( ( have ( very ( little ( in ( common ( to ( ( the laws ) ( of mathematics ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS laws)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS linguistics)))) (VP (VBP have) (S (ADJP (RB very) (JJ little) (PP (IN in) (ADJP (JJ common) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS laws)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS mathematics)))))))))) (. .)))


( She ( ( was ( going ( to ( watch TV ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP She)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBG going) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB watch) (NP (NN TV))))))) (. .)))

( She ( ( was ( going ( to ( ( go exercise ) outside ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP She)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBG going) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB go) (NP (NN exercise)) (ADVP (RB outside))))))) (. .)))


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.

( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( 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 ( ( wo n'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 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )

(ROOT (S (S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB still)) (VP (VBP recall))) (, ,) (CC and) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP 'm) (ADJP (JJ sure) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ your) (NN mother)) (VP (VBZ does) (SBAR (ADVP (RB too)) (WHNP (WP$ Whose) (NNS woods)) (S (NP (DT these)) (VP (VBP are)))))))))) (, ,) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP know) (S (S (NP (PRP$ His) (NN house)) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN village))) (ADVP (RB though)))) (: ;) (CC and) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (MD wo) (RB n't) (VP (VB go) (ADVP (IN beyond)) (ADVP (DT that) (CC but))))) (, ,) (INTJ (UH uh)) (, ,) (S (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VBP recall) (NP (NP (DT that) (NN Gail)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (PRP we)) (VP (VBD were)))))))) (, ,) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD was) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN college))))))))))) (CC and) (S (NP (PRP we)) (VP (VBD were) (ADVP (RB first)) (VP (VBG dating) (SBAR (IN that) (S (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (SYM a)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ favorite) (NN poem)) (PP (IN of) (PRN (, ,) (INTJ (UH uh)) (, ,)) (NP (PRP us)))) (CC and) (NP (PRP$ our) (NNS friends))))))))) (. .)))

The house that I recall is red with a white picket fence.

( ( ( The house ) ( that ( I recall ) ) ) ( ( is ( red ( with ( a ( white ( picket fence ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN house)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP recall))))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ red) (PP (IN with) (NP (DT a) (JJ white) (NN picket) (NN fence))))) (. .)))


To be sure, the W usage note, even with its verbosity and the oxymoron  pure hyperbole,  is more helpful than L 's cryptic  disapproved of by some speakers ; but the definitions are better in L because they assume that if a user does not know the meaning of literally , then that of literal is unlikely to be that obvious.

( ( To ( be sure ) ) ( , ( ( ( ( ( the ( W ( usage note ) ) ) , ) ( even ( with ( ( ( its verbosity ) and ) ( the ( oxymoron ( pure hyperbole ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( ( ( is ( more helpful ) ) ( than ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( L 's ) cryptic ) ( disapproved ( of ( by ( some speakers ) ) ) ) ) ; ) but ) ( ( the definitions ) ( are ( ( better ( in L ) ) ( because ( they ( assume ( ( that if ) ( ( a user ) ( ( does not ) ( know ( ( the meaning ) ( of literally ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) then ) ( ( that ( of literal ) ) ( is ( unlikely ( to ( be ( that obvious ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )

(ROOT (S (S (VP (TO To) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ sure))))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNP W) (NN usage) (NN note)) (, ,) (ADJP (RB even) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (PRP$ its) (NN verbosity)) (CC and) (NP (DT the) (JJ oxymoron) (JJ pure) (NN hyperbole))))) (, ,)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ helpful)) (SBAR (IN than) (S (S (S (NP (NP (NNP L) (POS 's)) (NN cryptic)) (VP (VBN disapproved) (PP (IN of) (PP (IN by) (NP (DT some) (NNS speakers)))))) (: ;) (CC but) (S (NP (DT the) (NNS definitions)) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (ADJP (JJR better) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP L)))) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP assume) (SBAR (IN that) (IN if) (S (NP (DT a) (NN user)) (VP (VBZ does) (RB not) (VP (VB know) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN meaning)) (PP (IN of) (ADVP (RB literally))))))))))))))) (, ,) (RB then) (S (NP (NP (DT that)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP literal)))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ unlikely) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (RB that) (JJ obvious))))))))))) (. .)))

The W usage note is only slightly more helpful than L's.

( ( The ( W ( usage note ) ) ) ( ( ( is only ) ( ( slightly ( more helpful ) ) ( than ( L 's ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NNP W) (NN usage) (NN note)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB only)) (ADJP (ADJP (RB slightly) (RBR more) (JJ helpful)) (PP (IN than) (NP (NNP L) (POS 's))))) (. .)))


I can't think of a story that, uh, had a real negative impact on me.

( I ( ( ( ca n't ) ( think ( of ( ( a story ) ( ( that ( , ( uh , ) ) ) ( had ( ( a ( real ( negative impact ) ) ) ( on me ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (MD ca) (RB n't) (VP (VB think) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN story)) (SBAR (WHNP (WHNP (DT that)) (PRN (, ,) (INTJ (UH uh)) (, ,))) (S (VP (VBD had) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ real) (JJ negative) (NN impact)) (PP (IN on) (NP (PRP me))))))))))) (. .)))

I can think of all the stories that had a negative impact on me.

( I ( ( can ( think ( of ( all ( the ( stories ( that ( had ( ( a ( negative impact ) ) ( on me ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB think) (PP (IN of) (NP (PDT all) (DT the) (NNS stories) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBD had) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ negative) (NN impact)) (PP (IN on) (NP (PRP me))))))))))) (. .)))