TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a context and a verb separated with a newline character, and you have to answer if the given verb can be anchored in time or not. We say a verb can be anchored in the real timeline if and only if a verb happened in the past, is happening now, or is guaranteed to happen in the future. The output should be "Yes" if the verb can be anchored in time and "No" otherwise.
PROBLEM: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, U.S. forces Thursday launched cruise missile strikes against alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and a chemical plant in Sudan. Countries have the right to defend themselves and their citizens against terrorism and New Zealand (appreciates) and understands the steps the United States has taken, McKinnon said.
Verb: appreciates

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Since the boy is so young, Meissner said, the natural father has the right to speak for Elian. There is no information that Gonzalez, who was divorced from Elian's mother, is an unfit father, nor that he has been coerced by the Castro regime into (pleading) for his son's return, Meissner said.
Verb: pleading

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: True, they ca n't give him all the material things his Miami benefactors can, but there are intangibles in close family bonds that are more valuable than bicycles and trips to Disney World. The next order of business for the Justice Department and the INS is to (resolve) Elian's case promptly.
Verb: resolve

SOLUTION:
No