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The SEC sentences - UPENN Tag-set


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Proofread sentences from the SEC corpus tagged with the UPENN Tag-set



good/JJ
morning/NN
./.

more/JJR
news/NN
about/IN
the/DT
Reverend/NNP
Sun/NNP
Myung/NNP
Moon/NNP
,/,
founder/NN
of/IN
the/DT
Unification/NNP
church/NNP
,/,
who/WP
's/VBZ
currently/RB
in/IN
jail/NN
for/IN
tax/NN
evasion/NN
:/:

he/PRP
was/VBD
awarded/VBN
an/DT
honorary/JJ
degree/NN
last/JJ
week/NN
by/IN
the/DT
Roman/NNP
Catholic/NNP
University/NNP
of/IN
la/NNP
Plata/NNP
in/IN
Buenos/NNP
Aires/NNP
,/,
Argentina/NNP
./.

in/IN
announcing/VBG
the/DT
award/NN
in/IN
New/NNP
York/NNP
,/,
the/DT
rector/NN
of/IN
the/DT
university/NN
,/,
Dr/NNP
Nicholas/NNP
Argentato/NNP
,/,
described/VBD
Mr/NNP
Moon/NNP
as/IN
a/DT
prophet/NN
of/IN
our/PRP$
time/NN
./.

next/JJ
week/NN
a/DT
delegation/NN
of/IN
nine/CD
Protestant/JJ
ministers/NNS
from/IN
Argentina/NNP
visits/VBZ
the/DT
Autumn/NN
assembly/NN
of/IN
the/DT
British/NNP
Council/NNP
of/IN
Churches/NNPS
;/:

it/PRP
's/VBZ
meant/VBN
as/IN
a/DT
symbol/NN
of/IN
reconciliation/NN
between/IN
Christians/NNPS
,/,
following/VBG
the/DT
Falklands/NNPS
War/NNP
./.

Protestants/NNPS
,/,
however/RB
,/,
are/VBP
a/DT
tiny/JJ
minority/NN
in/IN
Argentina/NNP
,/,
and/CC
the/DT
delegation/NN
will/MD
n't/RB
be/VB
including/VBG
a/DT
Roman/NNP
Catholic/NNP
./.

the/DT
assembly/NN
will/MD
also/RB
be/VB
discussing/VBG
the/DT
UK/NNP
immigration/NN
laws/NNS
,/,
Hong/NNP
Kong/NNP
,/,
teenagers/NNS
in/IN
the/DT
church/NN
,/,
and/CC
of/IN
course/NN
,/,
church/NN
unity/NN
schemes/NNS
./.

in/IN
the/DT
Free/NNP
Churches/NNP
there/EX
's/VBZ
some/DT
renewed/VBN
grumbling/VBG
about/IN
Anglican/NNP
ambivalence/NN
to/TO
the/DT
British/NNP
Council/NNP
of/IN
Churches/NNP
:/:

though/IN
the/DT
Anglicans/NNS
still/RB
talk/VBP
about/IN
doing/VBG
as/RB
much/JJ
as/IN
possible/JJ
with/IN
other/JJ
churches/NNS
,/,
some/DT
Free/NNP
Church/NNP
people/NNS
feel/VBP
that/IN
,/,
in/IN
practice/NN
,/,
the/DT
Anglicans/NNS
go/VBP
it/PRP
alone/RB
whenever/WRB
they/PRP
can/MD
./.

an/DT
article/NN
in/IN
this/DT
week/NN
's/POS
Baptist/NNP
Times/NNPS
asks/VBZ
:/:

what/WDT
Bishop/NN
wants/VBZ
to/TO
confer/VB
,/,
when/IN
he/PRP
can/MD
have/VB
a/DT
camera/NN
and/CC
a/DT
microphone/NN
all/RB
to/TO
himself/PRP
?/.

when/WRB
the/DT
Church/NNP
of/IN
England/NNP
's/POS
General/NNP
Synod/NNP
can/MD
now/RB
get/VB
so/RB
much/JJ
attention/NN
from/IN
the/DT
press/NN
,/,
the/DT
role/NN
of/IN
the/DT
British/NNP
Council/NNP
of/IN
Churches/NNPS
seems/VBZ
to/TO
fade/VB
into/IN
the/DT
background/NN
./.

of/IN
course/NN
,/,
what/WP
concerns/VBZ
church/NN
leaders/NNS
is/VBZ
n't/RB
necessarily/RB
what/WP
worries/VBZ
ordinary/JJ
churchgoers/NNS
,/,
even/RB
less/RBR
the/DT
general/JJ
public/NN
:/:

I/PRP
can/MD
n't/RB
recall/VB
ever/RB
having/VBG
had/VBN
a/DT
single/JJ
letter/NN
on/IN
the/DT
British/NNP
Council/NNP
of/IN
Churches/NNPS
and/CC
its/PRP$
problems/NNS
./.

going/VBG
by/IN
my/PRP$
postbag/NN
,/,
most/JJS
people/NNS
are/VBP
worried/VBN
about/IN
the/DT
problem/NN
of/IN
pain/NN
,/,
the/DT
existence/NN
of/IN
God/NNP
,/,
and/CC
miracles/NNS
./.

they/PRP
want/VBP
to/TO
know/VB
whether/IN
,/,
for/IN
instance/NN
,/,
in/IN
a/DT
scientific/JJ
age/NN
,/,
Christians/NNPS
can/MD
really/RB
believe/VB
in/IN
the/DT
story/NN
of/IN
the/DT
feeding/NN
of/IN
the/DT
five/CD
thousand/CD
as/IN
described/VBN
,/,
or/CC
was/VBD
the/DT
miracle/NN
that/IN
those/DT
in/IN
the/DT
crowd/NN
with/IN
food/NN
shared/VBD
it/PRP
with/IN
those/DT
who/WP
had/VBD
none/NN
?/.

is/VBZ
the/DT
aid/NN
beginning/VBG
to/TO
flow/VB
into/IN
Ethiopia/NNP
any/DT
less/JJR
a/DT
miracle/NN
than/IN
the/DT
five/CD
loaves/NNS
and/CC
two/CD
fishes/NNS
?/.

well/RB
,/,
just/RB
recently/RB
,/,
a/DT
day/NN
conference/NN
on/IN
miracles/NNS
was/VBD
convened/VBN
by/IN
the/DT
Research/NNP
Scientists/NNPS
,/,
Christian/NNP
Fellowship/NNP
./.

it/PRP
was/VBD
chaired/VBN
by/IN
Professor/NNP
Sir/NNP
Robin/NNP
Boyd/NNP
,/,
a/DT
Fellow/NN
of/IN
the/DT
Royal/NNP
Society/NNP
,/,
and/CC
the/DT
key/NN
question/NN
was/VBD
:/:

when/WRB
is/VBZ
a/DT
miracle/NN
not/RB
a/DT
miracle/NN
?/.

I/PRP
suppose/VBP
the/DT
popular/JJ
notion/NN
of/IN
a/DT
miracle/NN
is/VBZ
an/DT
event/NN
unexplained/JJ
by/IN
science/NN
or/CC
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
;/:

but/CC
the/DT
scientists/NNS
themselves/PRP
were/VBD
n't/RB
having/VBG
any/DT
of/IN
that/DT
:/:

on/IN
this/DT
definition/NN
,/,
they/PRP
say/VBP
,/,
very/RB
few/JJ
events/NNS
can/MD
confidently/RB
be/VB
called/VBN
miracles/NNS
because/IN
we/PRP
have/VBP
no/DT
idea/NN
what/WDT
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
may/MD
be/VB
discovered/VBN
in/IN
the/DT
future/NN
./.

more/RBR
important/JJ
,/,
however/RB
,/,
is/VBZ
that/IN
the/DT
biblical/JJ
writers/NNS
themselves/PRP
thought/VBD
that/IN
events/NNS
that/WDT
followed/VBD
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
could/MD
still/RB
be/VB
regarded/VBN
as/IN
miraculous/JJ
./.

take/VB
the/DT
crossing/NN
of/IN
the/DT
Red/NNP
Sea/NNP
by/IN
the/DT
Israelites/NNPS
,/,
for/IN
instance/NN
:/:

this/DT
was/VBD
made/VBN
possible/JJ
by/IN
a/DT
strong/JJ
wind/NN
;/:

the/DT
wind/NN
itself/PRP
follows/VBZ
patterns/NNS
of/IN
natural/JJ
law/NN
;/:

the/DT
miracle/NN
is/VBZ
that/IN
it/PRP
happened/VBD
just/RB
when/WRB
and/CC
where/WRB
it/PRP
was/VBD
needed/VBN
;/:

so/RB
it/PRP
's/VBZ
the/DT
timing/NN
that/WDT
can/MD
be/VB
miraculous/JJ
./.

but/CC
the/DT
real/JJ
problem/NN
,/,
the/DT
scientists/NNS
say/VBP
,/,
with/IN
defining/VBG
miracles/NNS
as/IN
events/NNS
unexplained/JJ
by/IN
natural/JJ
law/NN
is/VBZ
that/IN
it/PRP
springs/VBZ
from/IN
an/DT
understanding/NN
of/IN
nature/NN
as/IN
a/DT
machine/NN
which/WDT
runs/VBZ
itself/PRP
;/:

it/PRP
's/VBZ
the/DT
notion/NN
of/IN
an/DT
impersonal/JJ
,/,
uncaring/JJ
universe/NN
relentlessly/RB
following/VBG
laws/NNS
of/IN
cause/NN
and/CC
effect/NN
./.

that/DT
's/VBZ
a/DT
position/NN
recently/RB
expounded/VBN
by/IN
Don/NNP
Cupitt/NNP
in/IN
his/PRP$
BBC/NNP
TV/NN
series/NN
,/,
The/DT
Sea/NN
of/IN
Faith/NN
./.

this/DT
understanding/NN
,/,
say/VBP
the/DT
scientists/NNS
,/,
is/VBZ
in/IN
fact/NN
,/,
unscientific/JJ
,/,
and/CC
the/DT
reason/NN
is/VBZ
,/,
they/PRP
say/VBP
,/,
that/IN
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
do/VBP
not/RB
cause/VB
or/CC
dictate/VB
events/NNS
:/:

they/PRP
're/VBP
merely/RB
descriptions/NNS
of/IN
what/WP
we/PRP
expect/VBP
to/TO
happen/VB
on/IN
the/DT
basis/NN
of/IN
previous/JJ
experience/NN
./.

the/DT
research/NN
scientists/NNS
say/VBP
that/IN
to/TO
claim/VB
that/IN
all/DT
events/NNS
follow/VBP
these/DT
patterns/NNS
is/VBZ
a/DT
philosophical/JJ
position/NN
and/CC
not/RB
a/DT
scientific/JJ
one/NN
./.

they/PRP
call/VBP
that/DT
philosophical/JJ
position/NN
'/``
naturalism/NN
'/''
,/,
and/CC
they/PRP
say/VBP
it/PRP
is/VBZ
quite/RB
contrary/JJ
to/TO
the/DT
Christian/JJ
view/NN
of/IN
the/DT
world/NN
;/:

the/DT
Christian/JJ
view/NN
,/,
they/PRP
argue/VBP
,/,
is/VBZ
to/TO
see/VB
events/NNS
that/WDT
can/MD
be/VB
covered/VBN
by/IN
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
as/IN
God/NNP
's/POS
usual/JJ
activity/NN
;/:

we/PRP
get/VBP
so/RB
used/JJ
to/TO
the/DT
usual/JJ
patterns/NNS
that/IN
we/PRP
forget/VBP
how/WRB
amazing/JJ
they/PRP
are/VBP
,/,
but/CC
at/IN
times/NNS
,/,
they/PRP
say/VBP
,/,
God/NNP
does/VBZ
unusual/JJ
things/NNS
too/RB
./.

the/DT
usual/JJ
and/CC
the/DT
unusual/JJ
are/VBP
both/DT
God/NNP
's/POS
doing/NN
,/,
and/CC
it/PRP
's/VBZ
miracles/NNS
which/WDT
confront/VBP
us/PRP
with/IN
God/NNP
most/RBS
clearly/RB
./.

Don/NNP
Cupitt/NNP
was/VBD
presumably/RB
one/CD
of/IN
the/DT
people/NNS
the/DT
conference/NN
members/NNS
had/VBD
in/IN
mind/NN
when/WRB
they/PRP
emphasised/VBD
their/PRP$
confidence/NN
in/IN
the/DT
miracles/NNS
as/IN
stated/VBN
in/IN
the/DT
Bible/NNP
,/,
and/CC
deplored/VBD
the/DT
tendency/NN
of/IN
some/DT
to/TO
try/VB
to/TO
reduce/VB
them/PRP
to/TO
merely/RB
mechanical/JJ
events/NNS
by/IN
suggesting/VBG
scientific/JJ
explanations/NNS
./.

it/PRP
's/VBZ
a/DT
useful/JJ
reminder/NN
that/IN
some/DT
scientists/NNS
find/VBP
Don/NNP
Cupitt/NNP
unscientific/JJ
./.

the/DT
debate/NN
goes/VBZ
on/RP
./.

correspondents/NNS
seeking/VBG
access/NN
to/TO
the/DT
PNC/NNP
meetings/NNS
were/VBD
required/VBN
,/,
the/DT
other/JJ
day/NN
,/,
to/TO
fill/VB
in/RP
forms/NNS
to/TO
apply/VB
for/IN
permission/NN
from/IN
the/DT
PLO/NNP
./.

at/IN
one/CD
point/NN
,/,
the/DT
forms/NNS
asked/VBD
us/PRP
to/TO
state/VB
our/PRP$
last/JJ
contact/NN
with/IN
the/DT
organisation/NN
./.

for/IN
many/JJ
of/IN
us/PRP
it/PRP
was/VBD
a/DT
brilliantly/RB
sunny/JJ
day/NN
in/IN
the/DT
battle-marked/JJ
port/NN
of/IN
Tripoli/NNP
in/IN
Northern/NNP
Lebanon/NNP
last/JJ
December/NNP
./.

wrecks/NNS
of/IN
ships/NNS
,/,
hit/VBN
in/IN
the/DT
inter-Palestinian/JJ
shelling/NN
,/,
had/VBD
been/VBN
cleared/VBN
away/RB
to/TO
allow/VB
ferries/NNS
,/,
flying/VBG
United/NNP
Nations/NNPS
flags/NNS
,/,
to/TO
take/VB
Mr/NNP
Arafat/NNP
and/CC
his/PRP$
men/NNS
into/IN
their/PRP$
second/JJ
enforced/VBN
exile/NN
from/IN
Lebanon/NNP
in/IN
just/RB
over/RB
a/DT
year/NN
./.

the/DT
fighters/NNS
looked/VBD
a/DT
sorry/JJ
sight/NN
with/IN
their/PRP$
suitcases/NNS
and/CC
bedding/NN
rolls/NNS
,/,
their/PRP$
carrier-bags/NNS
and/CC
kalashnikovs/NNS
./.

they/PRP
departed/VBD
without/IN
any/DT
pretence/NN
that/IN
this/DT
was/VBD
a/DT
victory/NN
:/:

on/IN
that/DT
day/NN
,/,
it/PRP
did/VBD
finally/RB
seem/VB
like/IN
the/DT
end/NN
./.

it/PRP
was/VBD
n't/RB
,/,
of/IN
course/NN
,/,
and/CC
Tripoli/NNP
seems/VBZ
like/IN
a/DT
decade/NN
ago/RB
;/:

especially/RB
,/,
seeing/VBG
Mr/NNP
Arafat/NNP
here/RB
in/IN
Amman/NNP
,/,
with/IN
all/PDT
the/DT
pomp/NN
and/CC
the/DT
incredibly/RB
tight/JJ
security/NN
,/,
laid/VBN
on/RP
by/IN
the/DT
Jordanians/NNPS
for/IN
the/DT
Palestine/NNP
National/NNP
Council/NNP
./.

the/DT
atmosphere/NN
on/IN
that/DT
December/NNP
day/NN
in/IN
Tripoli/NNP
was/VBD
sombre/JJ
./.

the/DT
fighters/NNS
may/MD
not/RB
feel/VB
much/RB
different/JJ
today/NN
,/,
as/IN
they/PRP
wait/VBP
in/IN
camps/NNS
around/IN
the/DT
Middle/NNP
East/NNP
,/,
but/CC
,/,
for/IN
Mr/NNP
Arafat/NNP
and/CC
the/DT
political/JJ
movement/NN
supporting/VBG
him/PRP
,/,
the/DT
atmosphere/NN
is/VBZ
anything/NN
but/IN
sombre/JJ
:/:

there/EX
's/VBZ
a/DT
sense/NN
of/IN
relief/NN
that/IN
,/,
at/IN
last/JJ
,/,
something/NN
is/VBZ
being/VBG
done/VBN
to/TO
rebuild/VB
the/DT
PLO/NNP
after/IN
so/RB
many/JJ
depressing/JJ
months/NNS
of/IN
internal/JJ
wrangling/NN
,/,
even/RB
if/IN
it/PRP
's/VBZ
a/DT
shrunken/JJ
organisation/NN
,/,
with/IN
pro-Syrian/JJ
groups/NNS
,/,
for/IN
the/DT
time/NN
being/VBG
at/IN
least/JJS
,/,
staying/VBG
out/RP
./.

Yasser/NNP
Arafat/NNP
,/,
the/DT
master/NN
of/IN
compromise/NN
and/CC
of/IN
keeping/VBG
all/DT
sides/NNS
happy/JJ
,/,
the/DT
political/JJ
chameleon/NN
,/,
is/VBZ
at/IN
last/JJ
saying/VBG
:/:

enough/JJ
is/VBZ
enough/JJ
./.

he/PRP
's/VBZ
seeking/VBG
to/TO
take/VB
the/DT
boldest/JJS
move/NN
of/IN
his/PRP$
life/NN
,/,
and/CC
his/PRP$
decision/NN
seems/VBZ
to/TO
be/VB
going/VBG
down/RP
well/RB
with/IN
his/PRP$
constituency/NN
at/IN
large/JJ
,/,
if/IN
not/RB
with/IN
all/PDT
the/DT
groups/NNS
within/IN
the/DT
PLO/NNP
./.

like/IN
at/IN
all/DT
party/NN
conferences/NNS
round/IN
the/DT
world/NN
,/,
there/EX
's/VBZ
a/DT
particular/JJ
atmosphere/NN
of/IN
camaraderie/NN
;/:

but/CC
it/PRP
does/VBZ
seem/VB
that/IN
this/DT
meeting/NN
is/VBZ
a/DT
little/JJ
bit/NN
special/JJ
./.

perhaps/RB
with/IN
the/DT
divisions/NNS
that/WDT
have/VBP
opened/VBN
up/RP
,/,
and/CC
with/IN
all/PDT
the/DT
recrimination/NN
,/,
the/DT
Palestinian/JJ
movement/NN
thought/VBD
there/EX
was/VBD
little/JJ
hope/NN
for/IN
a/DT
PNC/NNP
at/IN
all/DT
./.

one/CD
lady/NN
in/IN
her/PRP$
seventies/NNS
was/VBD
brought/VBN
here/RB
on/IN
a/DT
stretcher/NN
from/IN
a/DT
hospital/NN
in/IN
Beirut/NNP
./.

she/PRP
was/VBD
told/VBN
that/IN
the/DT
journey/NN
might/MD
kill/VB
her/PRP
./.

'/``
I/PRP
'm/VBP
going/VBG
to/TO
die/VB
anyway/RB
,/,
'/''
she/PRP
said/VBD
,/,
'/``
I/PRP
'd/MD
rather/RB
die/VB
among/IN
my/PRP$
fellow/NN
Palestinians/NNPS
./.
'/''

so/RB
,/,
suddenly/RB
,/,
here/RB
it/PRP
is/VBZ
,/,
and/CC
in/IN
Amman/NNP
,/,
of/IN
all/DT
places/NNS
./.

no/DT
decision/NN
could/MD
have/VB
been/VBN
calculated/VBN
to/TO
annoy/VB
the/DT
Syrians/NNPS
more/RBR
,/,
and/CC
,/,
as/IN
the/DT
red/JJ
carpets/NNS
are/VBP
laid/VBN
out/RP
for/IN
Mr/NNP
Arafat/NNP
and/CC
his/PRP$
supporters/NNS
,/,
it/PRP
's/VBZ
hard/JJ
to/TO
imagine/VB
Black/JJ
September/NNP
:/:

the/DT
bloody/JJ
battles/NNS
in/IN
nineteen/CD
seventy/CD
between/IN
the/DT
Jordanian/JJ
army/NN
and/CC
the/DT
PLO/NNP
:/:

a/DT
physical/JJ
clash/NN
leading/VBG
to/TO
regrettable/JJ
events/NNS
,/,
as/IN
King/NNP
Hussein/NNP
put/VBD
it/PRP
,/,
in/IN
his/PRP$
opening/NN
address/NN
on/IN
Thursday/NNP
night/NN
;/:

bringing/VBG
out/RP
old/JJ
ghosts/NNS
,/,
in/IN
the/DT
hope/NN
that/IN
they/PRP
'd/MD
then/RB
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./.

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:/:

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./.

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./.

he/PRP
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Amman/NNP
;/:

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;/:

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:/:

he/PRP
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works/VBZ
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only/RB
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'/''
:/:

that/DT
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things/NNS
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./.

but/CC
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a/DT
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remains/VBZ
the/DT
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./.

that/DT
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:/:

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Europe/NNP
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;/:

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there/EX
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room/NN
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./.

not/RB
like/IN
those/DT
embattled/JJ
days/NNS
in/IN
Tripoli/NNP
,/,
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any/DT
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every/DT
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reporter/NN
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welcome/JJ
./.

just/RB
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downs/NNS
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I/PRP
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revolution/NN
./.

in/IN
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something/NN
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see/VB
twenty-four/CD
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day/NN
,/,
the/DT
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the/DT
Federal/JJ
courthouse/NN
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Manhattan/NNP
./.

every/DT
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courts/NNS
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:/:

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an/DT
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chance/NN
that/IN
a/DT
seat/NN
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free/JJ
at/IN
the/DT
other/NN
./.

as/IN
ever/RB
,/,
the/DT
American/JJ
public/NN
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the/DT
world/NN
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are/VBP
hungry/JJ
for/IN
drama/NN
,/,
and/CC
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seem/VBP
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be/VB
going/VBG
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of/IN
their/PRP$
way/NN
to/TO
provide/VB
it/PRP
./.

Ariel/NNP
Sharon/NNP
accuses/VBZ
Time/NNP
magazine/NN
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committing/VBG
a/DT
blood/NN
libel/NN
,/,
recalling/VBG
the/DT
medieval/JJ
slander/NN
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Jews/NNPS
murdered/VBD
Christians/NNPS
to/TO
use/VB
their/PRP$
blood/NN
in/IN
Passover/NNP
rituals/NNS
./.

general/NNP
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says/VBZ
CBS/NNP
rattlesnaked/VBD
him/PRP
in/IN
a/DT
nineteen/CD
eighty-two/CD
documentary/NN
on/IN
the/DT
Vietnam/NNP
war/NNP
:/:

'/``
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robbed/VBD
my/PRP$
reputation/NN
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claims/VBZ
./.

the/DT
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then/RB
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have/VBP
obvious/JJ
similarities/NNS
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and/CC
indeed/RB
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the/DT
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law/NN
firm/NN
is/VBZ
defending/VBG
both/CC
Time/NNP
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CBS/NNP
./.

Time/NNP
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chief/JJ
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Thomas/NNP
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has/VBZ
no/DT
doubt/NN
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the/DT
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fundamental/JJ
principle/NN
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stake/NN
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both/DT
trials/NNS
:/:

the/DT
freedom/NN
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the/DT
press/NN
./.

'/``
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principle/NN
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becoming/VBG
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popular/JJ
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ex-generals/NNS
to/TO
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'/''
he/PRP
comments/VBZ
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./.

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libel/NN
actions/NNS
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that/DT
:/:

that/IN
they/PRP
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an/DT
attempt/NN
to/TO
rewrite/VB
history/NN
./.