xiangpku/GLUE huggingface dataset:
Mithila region in southern Nepal is the treasure house of folk culture as shown in its original language and literature as well as indigenous folk art drawn which is passed down from mother to daughter.
Indigenous folk art is preserved.
An earthquake has hit the east coast of Hokkaido, Japan, with a magnitude of 7.0 Mw.
An earthquake occurred on the east coast of Hokkaido, Japan.
White collar jobs ranging from call centers to software engineers to medical technicians are being "outsourced" to India resulting in comments from the White House and the presidential candidates in the USA.
Jobs were outsourced to India.
The biodiversity of the rainforest is affected.
Destruction of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
The average wage gap between men and women varies from 10 to 30% while women in the informal sector earn on average 25% less than men with equal age and education levels.
The gap in political power between the sexes is very wide.
Numerous studies have demonstrated significantly lower risks of fatal and nonfatal CHD among postmenopausal women taking estrogen.
Estrogen is used by postmenopausal women.
The attack occurred the day after four Algerian GIA members who had hijacked an Air France Airbus were killed by French security forces at the Marseille airport.
The GIA hijacked an Air France Airbus.
If anyone tells you that Genetic Modification is going to feed the world, tell them that it is not. To feed the world takes political and financial will - it's not about production and distribution.
Genetic Modification technology provides a solution to world hunger.
Until the 1970s, there was also an important gap between the electoral participation of women and men in France.
The gap in political power between the sexes is very wide.
A great tragedy occurred on December 6, 1917 as an explosion caused by a collision between two ships claimed over a thousand lives including nine Hailifax firefighters.
People were killed in a collision between ships.
Here's why I say Microsoft holds no monopoly: monopolies imply exclusivity. More than 80 percent of the world's computers run Microsoft operating systems, mostly Windows 3.x and DOS. But these two operating systems are uniquely interchangeable with competitive offerings.
Microsoft holds a monopoly power.
TRW began moving IT development work offshore to India four years ago, mostly through attrition and shifting contract work overseas.
Jobs were outsourced to India.
These depletions, which take place over a 50-kilometer squared area, are caused by weather patterns in the upper troposphere.
Depletion of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
In the 17th century, slave divers were sent by the Spanish to recover precious cargo from their sunken ships.
Shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change.
A hunger strike was attempted.
Microsoft's strengthening monopoly raises concern in both the United States and Europe regarding the future of digital communications.
Microsoft holds a monopoly.
When in 1967 a General Land Office qv field representative officially reported the discovery of a sunken Spanish ship off Padre Island near Port Mansfield, recovery attempts for artifacts from the ship were already in full operation by a private out-of-state salvaging firm; the company, however, did not have a permit to operate within the state.
Shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
Two days later, a 28-year-old man died in a shark attack in Avon, North Carolina.
A shark attacked a human being.
Ninety eight people were wounded, two of them seriously. Most of them were wounded in the panic that ensued, Egyptian Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Taj al-Din told Egyptian television.
People were killed in a collision between ships.
Drugs used to treat schizophrenia are called neuroleptics.
Drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
In this way, many of the craft traditions are implicated as curiosities of indigenous energy that must be preserved as signs of national identity or as a resource that can be exploited for economic progress.
Indigenous folk art is preserved.
Islam has joined a battle for the hearts and minds of Mexico's volatile Tzotzil Indians in Chiapas state, home of Zapatista rebels and a hotbed of sectarian strife between Christians.
Indians in Chiapas uprise.
During June 2000, VSI reported an increase in seismicity, especially deep volcanic earthquakes.
There was an increase in seismic activity.
One of the more inventive directors on the world movie scenes, Aki Kaurismaki has made his most sheerly appealing film to date in the award-winning "The Man Without a Past."
Aki Kaurismaki directed a film.
Green tea may be full of antioxidants but a new study shows that it does not protect people against stomach cancer.
Tea protects from some diseases.
Microsoft dominates software markets, not through the exercise of monopoly power or by leveraging its Windows operating system, but only when it has the best products based on independent reviews and evaluations.
Microsoft holds a monopoly power.
A hunger strike by hundreds of imprisoned asylum seekers against the Australian government escalated today with nine Afghan and Iraqi teenage refugees threatening to commit suicide unless authorities release them by Wednesday evening.
A hunger strike was attempted.
A great earthquake occurred at 00:58:50 (UTC), at 6:58 a.m. local time, on Sunday, 26 December 2004. The magnitude 9.0 event was located off the West coast of Northern Sumatra.
An earthquake occurred on the east coast of Hokkaido.
In 1983, Aki Kaurismaki directed his own first full-length feature.
Aki Kaurismaki directed a film.
Look at how humans have affected the world's weather and how it in turn has affected humans.
Depletion of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
Simulation using virtual reality (VR) is becoming an effective tool for the Army in training soldiers to do their required tasks.
Soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
The ruptured pipeline is the third largest oil spill in history.
An oil pipeline in Siberia was ruptured.
But, as the GIA's hijack of the Air France Airbus A300 on Christmas Eve 1994 demonstrates, the Islamic terrorist groups are also prepared to take their terrorist war to France itself.
The GIA hijacked an Air France Airbus.
Firearms that are classified as either restricted or non-restricted may be exported to the US.
U.S. industry is exported.
The chances of being attacked by a shark are very small compared to other animal attacks, natural disasters, and ocean-side dangers.
A shark attacked a human being.
In spite of that, the government's "economic development first" priority did not initially recognize the need for preventive measures to halt pollution, which might have slowed economic growth.
The government took measures to reduce pollution.
The conventional therapy is counseling or medication, but now there is a new tool, one that puts the soldiers through the trauma again, only this time in virtual reality.
Soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
In 2004 the total of goods and services exported out of Washington was $33.8 billion, down slightly from $34.2 billion in 2003.
U.S. industry is exported.
The Government of Canada is advancing pollution prevention by strengthening legislation and regulations, integrating the pollution prevention approach into current programs, designing guidelines and codes of practice for industrial operations, working in partnership with the private sector and other orders of government and communities, supporting non-regulatory initiatives, and participating in developing and implementing international agreements.
The government took measures to reduce pollution.
The focus is on the attempts of Bruno Manser to bring this destruction to the attention of the western world.
Destruction of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
The armed forces use virtual reality to simulate war games that train soldiers in wartime manoeuvres to improve their skills and battle techniques.
Soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
Integration in this case means that government agencies should assess the range of environmental problems of concern and then target protective efforts at the problems that seem to be the most serious.
The government took measures to protect the environment.
Microsoft's monopoly in operating system software is leading to a dangerous concentration of power over electronic commerce.
Microsoft holds a monopoly power.
Concerned about the impact of federal regulations on the prices of food and commodities that the federal government purchases, you requested that we provide details about federal agencies' purchases of food and/or agricultural commodities from fiscal year 1997 through fiscal year 1999.
A government purchases food.
Jurgen Schneider, the German property magnate convicted of fraud by a Frankfurt court on Tuesday, said it was not greed but good intentions that motivated him to cheat banks out of billions of marks.
Jurgen Schneider went bankrupt.
Rainforests have a direct impact on their local weather conditions.
Depletion of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
The rewriting of the history of ancient India has been opposed by some historians who think that the move initiated by the Government must have been at the instance of those who want to serve the cause of Hindutva.
Indian history is rewritten.
By developing and enhancing its nuclear energy options, France has been able to adhere to the goals stated in the Environment Ministry's mission: monitor the environment, protect nature, prevent, reduce, or totally eliminate pollution and other nuisances, and enhance the quality of life.
The government took measures to reduce pollution.
When accidents, injury, or disease cause the loss of one or more teeth, dental implants as a replacement option offer several advantages compared to bridges or dentures.
Tooth implants have advantages.
The UMC have created a high-tech virtual training simulator known as "the meat machine" in which UMC soldiers are trained how to fight.
Soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
The Chinese government has adopted various measures to curb environmental pollution, with the ratio of environmental protection funds in the GDP rising from 0.72 percent in the 1980s to one percent both in 1999 and 2000, which was higher than the UN standard of 0.8 percent for developing countries and close to that for developed countries.
The government took measures to reduce pollution.
He pointed to extra measures the government took yesterday to reduce pollution from sewage works.
The governmnet took measures to reduce pollution.
When Aki Kaurismaki stood up at the awards ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on May 26 he joined the honourable fraternity of earlier winners of the Grand Prix du Jury.
Aki Kaurismaki directed a film.
And the vast destruction of the rainforest in this century, along with the rise in fossil fuel usage, is a major contributing factor in global warming.
Destruction of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
Persons with agoraphobia frequently also have panic disorder and characteristically become anxious if they even think about being trapped in a situation where it might be difficult to leave.
Agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
Soon after the EZLN had returned to Chiapas, Congress approved a different version of the COCOPA Law, which did not include the autonomy clauses, claiming they were in contradiction with some constitutional rights (private property and secret voting); this was seen as a betrayal by the EZLN and other political groups.
EZLN is a political group.
This galaxy was dubbed the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy (as it, and the core of the Milky Way, lie in the constellation Sagittarius), and until recently, it held the record for the nearest galaxy, at about 70,000 light years away.
The Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way.
A Chilean expert points out that the 1987 Montreal Protocol has not been effective in arresting the destruction of the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere, resulting in the unprecedented size of the ozone hole this year, and causing 120,000 people in Chile to be on yellow alert for ultraviolet radiation (meaning a fair-skinned person would get burnt within 10 minutes of being exposed to the sun).
The ozone layer is in the earth's atmosphere.
This is good news for Gaelic translators, as the EU will have to churn out official documents in this language, in addition to the 20 other official EU languages.
There are 21 official EU languages.
North Korea opened relations with 10 other countries this year: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, Kuwait, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain.
Spain and Korea started ambassadorial relations this year.
Emiliano Zapata, hero of the 1910 social revolution, led a "peasant army" based in the Cuautla valley 70 miles south of Mexico City.
Emiliano Zapata was a military leader.
The original Ryan NYP, that Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic with, was flown on 175 different flights racking up a grand total of 489 hours of flight time (the Atlantic crossing in 1927 rolled up 33 1/3 hours of flight time).
Lindbergh began his flight from the Atlantic in 1927.
But the very first flush toilet was invented by Sir John Harrington in the 16th century for Queen Elizabeth in her palace at Richmond, Surrey.
The first flush toilet was invented in the 16th century.
The Channel Tunnel, thirty-two miles in length, stretches from Cheriton, Kent in England to the town of Sangatte in the Nord Pas-de-Calais region of France. It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, the longest being the Seikan Tunnel in Japan.
The Channel Tunnel connects France and Japan.
Kenneth Branagh talks about his epic, uncut version of 'Hamlet'. Kenneth Branagh has directed several celebrated film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, but none has reached the heights of his recent 'Hamlet'.
'Hamlet' was directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Aachen is a very historic city (with Roman remains, natural hot springs as well as a world-famous cathedral where all German emperors from 900 a.c. to about 1500 a.c. have been crowned) at the Western edge of Germany, located about 5 kilometres from the Netherlands and Belgium.
Aachen is located in the Netherlands.
Giulio Andreotti, Italy's foremost elder statesman, has survived many political crises during his controversial career.
Giulio Andreotti is Italy's foremost elder statesman.
Labour Minister Roberto Maroni denounced what he called an "ideological" protest but former European Commission chief Romano Prodi who is leading the opposition to Berlusconi, said: "Today's general strike is a protest at the disastrous economic and financial policies of the Italian government".
Romano Prodi is the leader of the opposition to Berlusconi.
The coalition drafted the principles below - originally dubbed the Valdez principles - to guide businesses on their individual path to environmental sustainability.
The Valdez Principles are principles which guide businesses on their individual path to environmental sustainability.
Famous for its wineries and hectic nightlife, Limassol is also the main port-town of Cyprus. Nicosia, or Lefkosia in Greek, is the capital of Cyprus.
Limassol is the capital of Cyprus.
The world will never forget the epic flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in May 1927, a feat still regarded as one of the greatest in aviation history.
Lindbergh began his flight from Paris in 1927.
Learn to speak like a native in 35 countries throughout Europe, North America, Latin America, South Africa, Japan, North Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Scandinavia, North Korea, and the Caribbean.
North Korea borders on Scandinavia.
Five apricots contain around the same number of calories as one apple, but they have much more protein, calcium, iron, vitamin K, zinc, vitamin A, and folic acid.
Apricots contain vitamin C.
Watching Mosaic from the Bay Area, Silicon Graphics CEO Jim Clark, a veteran of the UNIX standards wars, understood how much money could be won if a company could take control of the standards of this new Internet tool.
Silicon Graphics created the internet browser Mosaic.
Vicente Fox is scheduled to meet with Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush, tomorrow.
Vicente Fox is the Republican presidential nominee.
The European Commission through its President Mr. Romano Prodi was among the first to welcome this step and to express support for the interim government's efforts to lead the country on the path to development and democracy.
Romano Prodi is the President of the European Commission.
The process was one of mutual consent between Russia and the West, according to Andrei Kozyrev, who was the Soviet foreign minister at the time of the failed coup by Communist hardliners and the creation of a democratic government.
Andrei Kozyrev was the Soviet foreign minister.
It is totally idiotic to call Christo and Jeanne-Claude the "wrapping artists." So many works were not wrapping, for instance the Iron Curtain by Christo, 1962.
The Iron Curtain was wrapped by Christo.
There are approximately 3.7 million European Citizens with intellectual disability.
There are approximately 3.7 million European Citizens.
The WEU has its origins in the Brussels Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence of 1948, signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The WEU is the Brussels Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence.
The world will never forget the epic flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in May 1927, a feat still regarded as one of the greatest in aviation history.
Lindbergh began his flight from New York in 1927.
Fox's landmark animated television series 'The Simpsons' first appeared as 30-second spots on 'The Tracey Ullman Show' and has run as a primetime sitcom since 1989.
'The Simpsons' first appeared on television in 1989.
Since Concorde's first flight in 1969, it was recognized as the safest airplane in the history of aviation. And in spite of this dramatic crash on July 25, it still remains the safest way to fly.
Concorde's first crash was in 1969.
The Cuban missile crisis began on April 17th, 1961, with the "Bay of Pigs" invasion, which was sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Administration.
The Bay of Pigs invasion took place on April 17th, 1961.
Amelia, Emerson, their son Ramses and daughter-in-law Nefret and their entourage of family retainers, dependents and cats, arrive in Cairo in 1916 (having dodged the U-boats on the way) en route to Luxor to begin a new excavation.
Nefret was married to Emerson.
The German Question, so it was said, was open as long as the Brandenburg Gate was closed.
The Brandenburg Gate is in Germany.
Just two days before the crash of July 25, 2000, cracks were found in the wings of eleven of the 14 jets that make up the Concorde fleet.
The Concorde's first crash was in 2000.
The birthplace of the Olympic games, Greece, has been struggling for more than a decade to secure the games. It was a great disappointment to the Greeks and many Europeans that the Coca Cola company used its considerable influence to have the games in Atlanta in 1996 on the 100th anniversary.
The Olympic Games took place in Atlanta in 1996.
For sailors, the lighthouse of Alexandria ensured a safe return to the Great Harbor; for architects, it was the tallest building on Earth; and for scientists, it was the mysterious mirror that fascinated them most: its reflection could be seen more than 50 km (35 miles) off-shore. For all these reasons, the lighthouse was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the world.
The lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the seven wonders of the world.
Only three buildings were wrapped by Christo: The Kunsthalle Berne, 1968, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1969 and The Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1995, which is the third and last wrapped building -- it was initiated in 1961 first and then again in 1971. In 1971 the Valley Curtain was already well underway, and was not a wrapping.
The Valley Curtain was wrapped by Christo.
Until the construction of the Chrysler Building in 1930 by architect William Van Allen, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest building in the world.
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1930.
Jackson dangled his son from a Berlin hotel window in 2002, outraging many of his staunchest fans. Now Debbie Rowe is fighting for custody of her two children.
Michael Jackson and Debbie Row divorced in 2002.
The first union between Sweden and Norway occurred in 1319 when the three-year-old Magnus, son of the Swedish royal Duke Eric and of the Norwegian princess Ingeborg, inherited the throne of Norway from his grandfather, Haakon V, and in the same year was elected King of Sweden, by the Convention of Oslo.
Magnus was a king of Norway.
El Nino usually begins in December and lasts a few months.
El Nino usually starts in December.
Eurotunnel has signalled a revolution in cross-Channel travel, unveiling a raft of new initiatives to make life easier, faster, and cheaper for motorists crossing the Channel this summer. Fares based on one-way crossings from just 49 Euro for car and passengers.
The passengers that cross the Eurotunnel each year are just 49.
The EZLN differs from most revolutionary groups by having stopped military action after the initial uprising in the first two weeks of 1994.
EZLN is a revolutionary group.
Interestingly, the fruit that best dried naturally on the tree, and that was pleasant eating, also has astonishingly high levels of vitamin C. This is the jujube fruit, Zizyphus jujuba, whose center of diversity is thought to be in the Eastern Mediterranean, around Syria.
Jujube fruit contain vitamin C.
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 for the Universal Exposition as a monument to the scientific achievements of the 18th century.
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.
Eurostat's task is to provide the European Union with statistics that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
Eurostat provides the EU wth statistics.
Laurie Pace has qualified for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games thanks to one of the wildcards which were distributed world-wide. She is aiming at improving over the 16th place in Atlanta.
The Olympic Games took place in Atlanta in 2000.
Those producer organizations that are neither FLO certified nor IFAT members, are dealt with according to the EFTA monitoring system (EFTA = European Fair Trade Association) in cooperation between Gepa and the other EFTA members. All these systems are based on the principles of Fair Trade defined by the international Fair Trade network, FINE .
EFTA is a monitoring system.
The destruction of the ozone layer was first noticed in the late 1980s as a hole over Antarctica.
The ozone hole was first noticed in the late 1980s.
Pythagoras was born in Ionia on the island of Samos, and eventually settled in Crotone, a Dorian Greek colony in southern Italy, in 529 B.C.E. There he lectured in philosophy and mathematics.
Pythagoras was born in Crotone.
Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma are the major gods of Hinduism, and their functions are often interchangeable.
Brahma is one of the major gods of Hinduism.
There are currently eleven (11) official languages (EU languages) of the European Union in number.
There are 11 official EU languages.
During the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, 85 misting fans were placed at shaded recovery areas throughout various phases of the equestrian courses to allow these elite athletes to stabilize and lower their body temperatures.
The Olympic Games took place in Atlanta in 1996.
This is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Lord Shiva, one of 3 major Gods of Hinduism.
Lord Shiva is one of the major Gods of Hinduism.
The Eiffel Tower was built in the period 1887-1889, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
The Eiffel Tower was built during the French Revolution.
Andrei Kozyrev became Russian foreign minister in 1990 when it was by no means obvious that it was advantageous for him to accept the appointment.
Andrei Kozyrev was Russian foreign minister.