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[ { "title": "e26618_p1", "sents": [ "The Foundation's energy initiative will focus on energy supply and conservation issues in California and the Intermountain West and support the development of comprehensive, balanced and practical national energy policy options.", "By sponsoring research and analysis of contemporary energy issues, the Foundation's objective is to enable a wide spectrum of research institutions and organizations to bring new ideas and analysis into the energy debate.", "\"The Hewlett Foundation Board is very excited to sponsor a comprehensive look at the energy resource challenges facing the United States,\" said Walter B. Hewlett, Chairman of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Board of Directors.", "\"Too often, critical public policy questions such as the energy debate are polarized before the discussion begins.", "This project is designed to fill a number of information gaps in the debate and seek to establish a 'center ground' of ideas that respond to the need for a sensible long-term energy policy in the United States.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Intermountain West", "sents": [ "The Intermountain West, or Intermountain Region, is a geographic and geological region of the Western United States.", "It is located between the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada on the west." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Beat 'Em Up", "sents": [ "Beat 'Em Up, is the fourteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop.", "Recorded at Hit Factory Criteria studios in Miami Beach, Florida, it is the first Iggy Pop album in which The Trolls were credited.", "The Trolls were: Iggy Pop, Whitey Kirst, Pete Marshall, Alex Kirst and Lloyd 'Mooseman' Roberts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Iggy Pop", "sents": [ "James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally by his stage name Iggy Pop ( ), and designated the \"Godfather of Punk,\" is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actor.", "He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cisco Systems", "sents": [ "Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.", "Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5806_p25", "sents": [ "During the high-tech boom, Silicon Valley built acres of \"server farms\" to supply the Internet that accounted for a large amount of the increase in new power usage in California.", "Peace has point-blank blamed executives at Cisco Systems.", "He has said they should be thrown in jail for simultaneously supplying the server-farm boom and opposing the building of a power plant in Santa Clara County.", "Cisco opposed the 600-megawatt plant, it said, to protect the health and welfare of its employees nearby.", "Wilson doesn't go as far as Peace in wanting to jail people.", "And he's not willing to accuse out-of-state generators of price-gouging, in part because \"blanket condemnation\" may scare away further investment in California -- and it ignores that some municipal utilities in California charge high prices as well.", "\"If they find that people have in fact manipulated the market,\" Wilson said, \"then they ought to come down hard on them.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Peter T. Brown", "sents": [ "Peter T. Brown was the Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) from 2005 until early 2011.", "Having come from a business management and finance background, he began working for the organization in 2001 as a comptroller, and was promoted to Executive Director in 2005 after the departure of Bradley Kuhn.", "He was replaced by John Sullivan.", "He has since joined the Software Freedom Conservancy as a director and treasurer.", "He is from Oxford, England, and has worked in the past for the BBC and the \"New Internationalist\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Free Software Foundation", "sents": [ "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, which promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft (\"share alike\") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License.", "The FSF was incorporated in Massachusetts, USA, where it is also based." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Intel", "sents": [ "Intel Corporation (also known as Intel, stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California (colloquially referred to as \"Silicon Valley\") that was founded by Gordon Moore (of Moore's law fame) and Robert Noyce.", "It is the world's second largest and second highest valued semiconductor chip makers based on revenue after being overtaken by Samsung, and is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers (PCs).", "Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell.", "Intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7723_p2", "sents": [ "Founder CEO o AvantCom Network Appoints Intel Exec.", "as President and CEO o MicroCreditCard Names Former BroadIP Networks Head as CEO o Human Resource Tech Company Sylinq Names CEO o Billing Systems ASP Derivion Names COO as President o Software Firm Portris Names Co-CEO and President VC Fund News: o Portview Communications Closes $61 Million Fund-Raising o Cambrian Ventures Raising Small Seed Fund From Individuals o ETF Group Opens First United States Office in New York o TL Ventures Opens LA Office With New Staff VC Personnel: o St. Paul Venture Capital Announces Second Partner in Boston o Windward Ventures Names Advisor and Ex-Net Exec as Partners VW Corrections: o Avolo o Malibu Networks o Telespree Advertisement CUTTING-EDGE PHOTONICS AND LEADING-EDGE PLAYERS Join the cream of the optical communications industry in February for Optix2001. * Debate industry, market, and technology developments with those driving the pace * Assess the prospects of the 50 hottest pre-IPO optical communications companies * Build relationships with the industry's smartest people Exclusive attendance optimal networking opportunities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Christopher Durham", "sents": [ "Christopher Michael Durham (born 4 March 1992) is an English cricketer.", "Durham is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper.", "He was born at Stockport, Greater Manchester and attended Chapel-en-le-Frith High School and Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College", "sents": [ "The Cheadle and Marple College Network is a training provider for the Stockport (Greater Manchester) area specialising in 16-19 educational provision.", "It consists of two colleges, The Cheadle College and Marple Sixth Form College, which have a combined student population of nearly 2,000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e489_p60", "sents": [ "Sierra Pacific has been unable to sell its interest in certain generating assets, which it needed to do to complete the purchase from the Houston-based energy and trading company, the paper said.", "Sierra Pacific agreed in November 1999 to buy Portland General for $2 billion and the assumption of $1 billion of debt, the paper noted.", "Enron shares finished up $4.31 at $59.40 on the New York Stock Exchange Friday.", "The stock has a 52-week high of $90.56 and a 52-week low of $51.55. Sierra Pacific shares, meanwhile, finished up 4 cents at $12.80, also on the Big Board.", "Sierra Pacific stock has a 52-week high of $19.44 and a 52-week low of $10.57. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron's 2 bln usd sale of PGE unit unlikely to go through - CEO 03 26 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd LONDON (AFX) - Enron Corp's 2 bln usd sale of Portland General Electric unit to Sierra Pacific Resources is unlikely to go through, Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling said according to the Wall Street Journal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e699_p9", "sents": [ "Houston-based Enron, the world's biggest energy trader, formed Enron Energy Services in 1996. The unit won $16.1 billion in contracts last year and now supplies energy to 28,500 customer sites.", "Shares of Enron fell $2.51 to $54.06. They've fallen 35 percent this year.", "Shares of J.C. Penney fell 40 cents to $15.55. They've risen 43 percent this year.", "--Jim Polson in New York, (609) 279-4106 or [email protected], through the Princeton newsroom, 609) 279-4000 pjm Enron, JC Penney in energy management deal; to buy 600 mln usd of commodities 04 03 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd HOUSTON (AFX) - Enron Corp's Enron Energy Services and JC Penney Co Inc said they entered a long-term energy management agreement covering the purchase of over 600 mln usd in energy-related commodities.", "In a joint-statement, the companies said that, through this agreement, Enron will manage the supply of electricity at more than 1,250 JC Penney locations in 50 states, as well as replace or update energy equipment to reduce consumption and create additional savings for JC Penney." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Billy Blan", "sents": [ "William \"Billy\" Blan (birth registered April→June 1922 – 13 April 2008) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, and 1950s.", "Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he played at representative level for Lancashire, Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan, Leeds and St. Helens, as a second-row , or loose forward/lock , i.e.", "number 11 or 12, or, 13, during the era of contested scrums." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Wigan", "sents": [ "Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, 7.9 mi south-west of Bolton, 10 mi north of Warrington and 16 mi west-northwest of Manchester.", "Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre.", "The town had a population of 97,000 in 2011, whilst the wider borough had a population of 318,100." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10082_p15", "sents": [ "AOL Time Warner, Inc., today named board members for the newly merged company.", "They are Daniel F. Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer, XO Communications, Inc.; James L. Barksdale, partner, the Barksdale Group; Stephen F. Bollenbach, president and CEO, Hilton Hotels Corp.; Stephen M. Case, chairman AOL Time Warner; Frank J. Caufield, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Miles R. Gilburne, partner, CGLS Fund; Carla A. Hills, chairman and CEO, Hills and Co.; Gerald M. Levin, CEO, AOL Time Warner; Reuben Mark, chairman and CEO, Colgate-Palmolive Co.; Michael A. Miles, former chairman and CEO, Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Kenneth J. Novak, vice chairman, AOL Time Warner; Richard D. Parsons, co-chief operating officer, AOL Time Warner; Franklin D. Raines, chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae; R.E.", "Turner, vice chairman and senior adviser, AOL Time Warner; and Francis T. Vincent Jr., chairman Vincent Enterprises", "Ten members of the Washington law firm of Greenberg Traurig have left to join Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld's telecom and information technology practice in McLean, Va., an Akin Gump spokesman said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Michael A. Miles", "sents": [ "Michael A.", "Miles (1940–2013) was an American marketer and businessman from Washington, D.C., who served as Chief executive of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kraft Foods, and Philip Morris Companies, and as a director on the board of Time Warner, Sears Holdings Corporation, Dell Inc., AMR Corporation, and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation.", "From 1961 to 1971 he was an advertising executive at Leo Burnett Co.", "He was also a trustee of Northwestern University.", "He died on November 10, 2013 from complications of a brain tumor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2017 WSBL season", "sents": [ "The 2017 WSBL season was the 29th season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL).", "The regular season began on Friday 17 March, with Perry Lakes, East Perth and Rockingham hosting Stirling, Kalamunda and Perth respectively.", "The 2017 WSBL All-Star Game was played on 5 June at Bendat Basketball Centre – the home of basketball in Western Australia.", "The regular season ended on Saturday 29 July.", "The finals began on Friday 4 August and ended on Friday 1 September, when the Perry Lakes Hawks defeated the Mandurah Magic in the WSBL Grand Final." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Mandurah Magic", "sents": [ "Mandurah Magic is a State Basketball League (SBL) club based in Mandurah, Western Australia.", "The club fields a team in both the Men's SBL (MSBL) and Women's SBL (WSBL).", "The club is a division of Mandurah Basketball Association (MBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the region.", "The Magic play their home games at Mandurah Aquatic & Recreaction Centre." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jason Leopold", "sents": [ "Jason Leopold is an American senior investigative reporter for \"BuzzFeed\".", "He used to be an investigative reporter for \"Al Jazeera America\" and \"Vice News\".", "He worked at \"Truthout\" as a senior editor and reporter, a position he left after three years on February 19, 2008, to co-found the web-based political magazine \"The Public Record\", Leopold's profile page on \"The Public Record\" now says he is Editor-at-Large.", "Leopold returned to \"Truthout\" as Deputy Managing Editor in October 2009 and was made lead investigative reporter in 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19778_p1", "sents": [ "Reuters English News Service, 09 17 01 French Electricity Bourse To Run Tests Before Launch Dow Jones Energy Service, 09 17 01 RWE to Buy American Water Works for $7.6 Billion (Update6) Bloomberg, 09 17 01 Enron India Unit Serves Second Notice to Cancel Power Contract Blomberg, 09 17 01 Energy (A Special Report) What Now?", "Solutions, Solutions: How California might get out of the mess it's in By Jason Leopold 09 17 2001 The Wall Street Journal R14 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Just about everyone has an opinion about how to solve California's energy problems.", "From building more power plants to capping prices to doing away with deregulation, federal regulators, consumer advocates, economists and energy companies all have weighed in with plans for ending the electricity shortages and financial distress that have troubled the state over the past year.", "Here is a look at what some say California should do now: LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD For many, the solution to California's energy woes is to increase the supply of power in the state by building more power plants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School", "sents": [ "Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Coal Township, Pennsylvania.", "It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg", "sents": [ "The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg covers 15 counties of South Central Pennsylvania: Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York.", "The seat of the bishop is in St. Patrick's Cathedral (built 1907), which stands one block away from the Pennsylvania State Capitol.", "Pope Blessed Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cornell University College of Human Ecology", "sents": [ "The Cornell University College of Human Ecology (HumEc) is a statutory college affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) and a component of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.", "The College of Human Ecology is a compilation of area of study, such as consumer science, nutrition, health economics, public policy, human development and textiles, each through the perspective of human ecology." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Cornell University", "sents": [ "Cornell University ( ) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.", "Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied.", "These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: \"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mr Dinos", "sents": [ "Mr Dinos (foaled 14 April 1999) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for his win in 2003 Ascot Gold Cup.", "After finishing second on his only start as a juvenile in 2001 he improved to become a top-class stayer in the following year.", "After winning two minor races in spring he was narrowly beaten in the Queen's Vase and the Northumberland Plate before recording his first major win in the Prix Berteux.", "In the autumn he finished only fifth in the St Leger but then won the Group One Prix Royal-Oak.", "He reached his peak in the first half of 2003 when he won the Henry II Stakes and then recorded an emphatic, six-length victory in the Gold Cup.", "His subsequent career was dogged by injury problems and he never won again, retiring from racing in 2005 with a record of six wins and five placings from seventeen starts.", "He has made little impact as a breeding stallion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Henry II Stakes", "sents": [ "The Henry II Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older.", "It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 2 miles and 50 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5326_p2", "sents": [ "Microsystems, super-miniaturized machines, are used in wireless, biomedical testing and treatment and industrial components.", "Telephone 313-874-8572 o Optical Networking Firm Gets CEO, $13.25 Million First Round SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Sparkolor, a developer of optical networking components and modules, said it appointed Mukesh Patel as its new chief executive officer.", "Mr. Patel was the co-founder of Smart Modular Technologies prior to joining Sparkolor.", "The company also completed its first round of funding for a total of $13.25 million.", "Investors participating in this round include Optical Capital Group and New Enterprise Associates.", "The funds will enable Sparkolor to bring their first products to market and to develop its infrastructure.", "http: www.sparkolor.com Ex-London Times Editor Named Chairman of News Site NewsMax WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- NewsMax.com, a news coverage Web site, said William Rees-Mogg, former editor of the Times of London, was named chairman of the board.", "Mr. Rees-Mogg, who will oversee five directors, is now a columnist for the Times and chairman of Pickering & Chatto Publishers, a London-based book publisher." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "New Enterprise Associates", "sents": [ "New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is an American-based venture capital firm.", "NEA focuses investment stages ranging from seed stage through growth stage.", "NEA invests across a broad array of industry sectors.", "With over $18 billion in assets under management, NEA was the world's largest venture capital firm in 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Knights of Badassdom", "sents": [ "Knights of Badassdom is a 2013 American comedy horror film, directed by Joe Lynch, written by Kevin Dreyfuss and Matt Wall.", "It stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Summer Glau, and Peter Dinklage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Peter Dinklage", "sents": [ "Peter Hayden Dinklage ( , born June 11, 1969) is an American actor and film producer.", "He has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6449_p2", "sents": [ "For Qwest, the order means that construction and repair work must stop for up to two months in California, an important part of its 24,500 mile network of fiber optic cable around the United States.", "\"We're trying to meet this aggressively and head on,'' said Qwest spokesman Matt Burkett, adding that the stop work order applied only to actual physical installations and would not effect the company's existing service.", "\"We want to be sensitive to whatever issues (Native American groups) have and get a resolution that is fair to everyone as soon as possible.''", "As part of its moves to address the issue, Qwest asked an Ohlone activist to serve as a paid monitor at the San Jose construction site.", "Allen said the order against Qwest was the latest in a series of actions against telecommunications firms which Indian heritage preservation groups say are flouting environmental laws and measure designed to preserve archeological sites." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Qwest", "sents": [ "Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier.", "Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5475_p0", "sents": [ "Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Davis Eases Power Plant Pollution Rules Electricity: Order will allow more production from heavily polluting 'peaker' facilities.", "By DAN MORAIN, Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO--Gov.", "Gray Davis agreed Monday to lift air emission limits on heavily polluting power plants and allow them to run at capacity this summer as long as the electricity they produce is sold in the state.", "State officials said the plants must be pressed into use to avoid blackouts.", "Davis' executive order lets the generators build the cost of air pollution fines into the price the state pays for electricity produced by natural gas-fired power plants, said Catherine Witherspoon of the California Air Resources Board.", "Municipal utility districts--including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power--and independent power companies could supply as much as 1,200 megawatts from so-called peaker plants, facilities that generally are permitted to operate for only a few hundred hours a year because they pollute so heavily." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Air France Flight 447", "sents": [ "Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) was a scheduled passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed on 1 June 2009.", "The Airbus A330, operated by Air France, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at 02:14 UTC, killing all 228 passengers, aircrew and cabin crew aboard the aircraft." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Rio de Janeiro", "sents": [ "Rio de Janeiro ( ; ] ; \"River of January\"), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.", "The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas.", "Rio de Janeiro the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state.", "Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named \"\"Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea\"\", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Australia national cricket team", "sents": [ "The Australia national cricket team, represents the country of Australia in international cricket.", "It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877.", "The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games.", "The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Big Bash League", "sents": [ "The Big Bash League (BBL, also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons) is an Australian professional Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia.", "The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously.", "The competition has been sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC since its inception." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2274_p0", "sents": [ "'Six Western Power Providers Complete First Step to Form Independent Transmission Company Business Wire, 05 04 01 UK: London coal ore fixtures.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 04 01 INTERVIEW:Early Resolution Seen On India Dabhol Pwr Spat Dow Jones, 05 04 01 Edison to Start Ad Campaign Urging Approval of Power-Line Sale Bloomberg, 05 07 01 Corporate Bond Alert: WorldCom, RadioShack on Docket (Update1) Bloomberg, 05 04 01 Six Western Power Providers Complete First Step to Form Independent Transmission Company 05 04 2001 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2001, Business Wire) PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2000--In an effort to ensure reliability and maximize cost efficiencies, six western utilities have been granted preliminary approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to form an independent high voltage electricity transmission company serving six Western states.", "The independent, for-profit company, called TransConnect, will be a member of a planned non-profit regional transmission organization, RTO West." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Business Wire", "sents": [ "Business Wire is a company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.", "It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6063_p2", "sents": [ "Their in-depth interviews of CEOs with leading public companies are geared toward sophisticated investors who demand an unbiased, unscripted, first-hand perspective that enables them to make informed investment decisions.", "About Global Water Technologies Global Water Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWTR) is a company with major interests in the areas of power, energy and water.", "The company utilizes its proprietary technology to enhance power production by providing cold, clean water to increase operating efficiencies, reduce water use and operating costs.", "Through this process, GWTR is able to increase their client's power output by up to 10% depending upon age, design and efficiency of the plant.", "GWTR's client base includes, but is not limited to, the following companies: General Electric (NYSE: GE), Enron subsidiary companies (NYSE: ENE), Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), British Petroleum Amoco, Mitsubishi, Mobil, Texaco (NYSE: TX), Duke Fluor Daniel, Kerr McGee (NYSE: KMD) and Calpine (NYSE: CPN)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Mobil", "sents": [ "Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, is a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form a parent company called ExxonMobil.", "It was previously one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s until the 1970s.", "Today, Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with its own store or On the Run.", "The former Mobil headquarters in Fairfax County, Virginia, were used as ExxonMobil's downstream headquarters until 2015 when ExxonMobil consolidated employees into a new corporate campus in Spring, Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1911–12 British Home Championship", "sents": [ "The 1911-12 British Home Championship was a football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1911–12 season.", "England and Scotland shared the trophy after both beat Wales and Ireland and then drew the deciding match at Hampden Park.", "Ireland took third place after beating Wales in an exciting 3–2 win away in Cardiff.", "Wales, who came last with zero points, lost all three matches and conceded six goals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Hampden Park", "sents": [ "Hampden Park (often referred to as Hampden) is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland.", "The 51,866 -capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland.", "It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and amateur Scottish league club Queen's Park F.C.", "and regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup competitions.", "It is also used for music concerts and other sporting events, such as when it was reconfigured as a athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3625_p20", "sents": [ "Fujitsu ended down 2.8% at 1,543 yen, NEC slumped 3.9% to 1,947 yen, and Toshiba fell 3.6% to 675 yen.", "In HONG KONG, the Hang Seng Index ended down 1.8%, or 245.72 points, at 13174.41. China Mobile fell 2.8% or 1.1 Hong Kong dollars to close at HK$37.80. Property concern Cheung Kong dropped 3.4% to HK$85 and Sun Hung Kai finished down 2.4% at HK$72.75. In LONDON, the FTSE 100 Index slipped 0.01%, or 0.8 points, to 5796.10. Services company Rentokil Initial surged 12.9% to 215 pence after it said sales from continuing businesses were up 7.1% and operating profit was up 9% year on year.", "It also said it has bought back 120 million of its own shares since March.", "Invensys closed 6% higher at 142 pence after posting results in line with expectations.", "Retailer Boots ended 3.5% higher at 597 pence after posting earnings results in line with expectations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Toshiba", "sents": [ "Toshiba Corporation (株式会社東芝 , Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba ) , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.", "Its diversified products and services include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, consumer electronics, household appliances, medical equipment, office equipment, as well as lighting and logistics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4946_p25", "sents": [ "The fund willl operate internationally with its headquarters established in Munich.", "Bayerische Landesbank leads all investors in the fund with financing of DEM 100 million.", "European Investment Bank contributed DEM 50 million to the new fund.", "Investors expected to follow suit include Bayerische versicherungskammer and the French bank Caisse des Depots et Consignations.", "The fund will invest in information and communications, life sciences, and industrial technologies.", "Bayerische Landesbank has selected Rolf Schneider-Gunther, former general partner of Atlas Venture in Germany, to manage the fund.", "http: www.bayernlb.de VW Corrections o Cardinal Venture Capital NEW YORK -- An item in yesterday's VentureWire about a new $75 million fund created by Cardinal Venture Capital contained an incorrect dateline.", "Cardinal Venture Capital is located in Menlo Park, Calif., not Seattle.", "o Kamoon NEW YORK -- Due to incorrect information provided by the company, an item in Thursday's VentureWire incorrectly listed the BRM Group as the lead investor in Kamoon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "Munich", "sents": [ "Munich ( ; German: \"München\" , ] , Bavarian: \"Minga\" [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ] , Czech: \"Mnichov\" ) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.", "Munich is also the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and the 12th biggest city of the European Union, with a population of around 1.5 million.", "The Munich Metropolitan Region is home to 6 million people." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Deewani Mastani", "sents": [ "\"Deewani Mastani\" (Hindi: दीवानी मस्तानी ) is a song from the 2015 Blockbuster Bollywood film, \"Bajirao Mastani\".", "The song is composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and sung by Shreya Ghoshal, while backing vocals were given by Ganesh Chandanshive, Mujtaba Aziz Naza, Altamash Faridi, Farhan Sabri.", "The lyrics were majorly penned by Siddharth-Garima.", "Ganesh Chandanshive penned the Marathi lyrics while the Qawwali lyrics were written by Nasir Faraaz.", "The song features Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra in the video.", "The movie was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and hence the song was also released as \"Thindaadi Poagiraen\" in Tamil and \"Mastani\" in Telugu on 15 December 2015.", "Shreya Ghoshal rendered her voice to all the three versions of the song.", "The song was reprised in MTV Unplugged Season 6 and was also rendered by Ghoshal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Priyanka Chopra", "sents": [ "Priyanka Chopra (] ; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist, and the winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant.", "One of India's highest-paid and most popular celebrities, Chopra has received numerous awards, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards.", "In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, and \"Time\" magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27309_p20", "sents": [ "Gregory Smith was named chief financial officer.", "Mr. Smith previously served as vice president of finance and administration at Petopia.com.", "Steve Borthwick was promoted to chief technology officer.", "Mr. Borthwick joined the company in March 1999 to lead the company&#39;s technical services organization in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.", "Sheldon Feinland was promoted to vice president of worldwide sales.", "Mr. Feinland joined the company in October 2000 as vice president of North American operations.", "WhiteLight Systems is backed by Charter Venture Capital, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, GE Capital, GE Financial Assurance Holdings, GE Investments, Itochu Group, Sybase, Warburg Pincus, and individuals.< font <br <br <a href=\"http: www.whitelight.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.whitelight.com< font a td tr table <br <br <br <table cellPadding=5 width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" <tr bgcolor=\"#FOE68C\" <td align=left vAlign=top width=\"100%\" <font color=\"#006699\" face=\"verdana, arial, helvetica\" size=2 <b EXECUTIVE SEARCHES< b font <br <br <font color=black face=\"verdana, arial, helvetica\" size=2 <b <a name=clsfd1207 Principal< a --Venture Capital--Colorado< b <br <br Exciting work with a team pursuing great venture returns in a high-quality living environment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Steve Borthwick", "sents": [ "Stephen William Borthwick (born 12 October 1979) is a former English rugby union footballer who played lock for Bath and Saracens.", "At International level, he represented the senior England rugby union team between 2001 and 2010 and captained them between 2008 and 2010.", "He was appointed the England forwards coach in December 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Andrzej Biegalski", "sents": [ "Andrzej Biegalski (5 March 1953 in Gierczyn – 14 March 2017 in Jastrzębie-Zdrój) was a Polish heavyweight amateur boxing champion.", "He reached the quarterfinal round in the World Championships in Havana, 1974." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Gierczyn", "sents": [ "Gierczyn (German: \"Giehren\" ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mirsk, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.", "Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.", "It lies approximately 6 km south of Mirsk, 26 km south-west of Lwówek Śląski, and 118 km west of the regional capital Wrocław." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27216_p5", "sents": [ "The 11-member creditors committee endorsed the PG&E plan two weeks after it was filed.", "Renne's office says the committee, which includes seven energy trading companies, including Enron and Dynegy, has kept the majority of PG&E's creditors in the dark.", "Attorneys for the committee could not be reached for comment.", "PG&E spokesman Ron Low said the utility would oppose formation of a new committee.", "\"The (existing) creditors committee represents the interests of all creditors,\" he said.", "The reorganization plan would pay all creditors in full, Low added.", "In May, Montali refused to allow a committee of PG&E customers to represent consumers' interests in the bankruptcy proceedings.", "But San Francisco and other cities and counties already have standing in the case as creditors who are owed an array of payments for taxes, franchise fees and other debts.", "If Montali authorizes a new committee of government creditors, the panel could hire experts at PG&E's expense and gain access to PG&E financial filings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "The consolidated city-county covers an area of about 47.9 sqmi at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.", "It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6686_p13", "sents": [ "\"Somebody,\" he said, \"was asleep at the switch in the governor's office.\"", "\"We are talking here about major amounts of money,\" Stern said.", "\"You don't get involved with decisions that affect your financial interest.\"", "Of the consultants who filed disclosure reports last week, six reported that they own stock in Calpine Corp. One reported holding stock in Enron Corp. One of those seven resigned her state consultant's job a few days ago.", "The latest conflict-of-interest statements, filed earlier this week, reveal that three other consultants own energy company stock.", "Mark Skowronski, who works for the Electric Power group, owned $10,000 to $100,000 in stock in power producer Reliant Energy Inc. when he went to work for the state.", "In a note attached to his disclosure form, Skowronski said he sold his shares in Reliant on March 20 after he was given the assignment as the lead state negotiator with the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e407_p15", "sents": [ "\"Part of our plan is to make sure that someone who owns the wires cannot become a market player and cut out people who have power to sell and can't get to market because they can't get to the lines,\" he said.", "Under the Texas deregulation plan, generators will sell power directly to customers but will send it via wires likely owned by other companies.", "That is part of the reason traditional regulated Texas utilities like TXU Corp. and Reliant Energy Inc. are splitting their regulated and unregulated businesses into separate entities.", "Noel said ERCOT and the state government are both committed to starting deregulation on schedule on Jan. 1, 2002. The first active move toward that end comes on April 2, when ERCOT will conduct a mock market.", "Noel acknowledged \"it's not going to be pretty,\" because of some delays in setting up the computer hardware and software needed to undertake the testing prior to the start date." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Yashwant Sinha", "sents": [ "Yashwant Sinha, (retired) IAS (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator, politician and a former Minister of Finance (1990–1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 – July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Minister of External Affairs July 2002 – May 2004).", "He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.", "His son Jayant Sinha, a consultant and investor, won the 2014 elections for the Hazaribagh constituency and his son is currently serving as Minister of State for Railways in Narendra Modi's cabinet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1537_p7", "sents": [ "Centre to take up Enron issue today PTI 04 22 2001 Hindustan Times Copyright (C) 2001 Hindustan Times LTD; Source: World Reporter (TM) IN ORDER to resolve the imbroglio over payment crisis between the state electricity board (MSEB) and US energy major Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC), Maharashtra will set up \"an experts\" committee for negotiations even as the multinational is contemplating winding up of its operations in the country.", "\"We are now going for negotiations and will form an experts committee in which Maharashtra expects the Centre to participate,\" Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said.", "\"All the four parties namely the State, Union Government, Enron and MSEB should come together for negotiations, otherwise it cannot be a complete exercise,\" he added.", "Deshmukh and MSEB team are scheduled to meet Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha and Power Minister Suresh Prabhu tomorrow in New Delhi to discuss the stalemate and find a \"acceptable solution\" for the same." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19765_p28", "sents": [ "These inflows and outflows show whether people are willing to pay more for a stock that's rising, or to sell a stock that's falling for less.", "If not it's a signal the share price may soon change direction.", "Enron, Dynegy Shares Fall 2nd Day on Threat to Dynegy Bid 2001-11-21 09:57 (New York) Enron, Dynegy Shares Fall 2nd Day on Threat to Dynegy Bid Houston, Nov. 21, (Bloomberg) -- Shares in Enron Corp. and Dynegy Inc. fell for a second day on concern Enron may run out of cash before its takeover by Dynegy can be completed.", "Enron fell $1.37, or 20 percent to $5.62 in early trading.", "Dynegy fell $1.95, or 4.7 percent, to $39.75. Enron bonds extended declines.", "The company's 6.4 percent notes maturing in July 2006 were bid at 60 cents and offered at 68 cents, traders said.", "They traded at about 72 cents yesterday.", "Enron Corp. Cut to `Market Perform' at Goldman Sachs 2001-11-21 08:46 (New York) Princeton, New Jersey, Nov. 21 (Bloomberg Data) -- Enron Corp. (ENE US was downgraded to ``market perform'' from ``recommend list'' by analyst Dav id N Fleischer at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Earnings estimates: Period Previous estimate New estimate per share (USD) FY 2001 1.80 1.35 FY 2002 2.15 0.50 Enron Says Lenders Extend $690 Mln Note Payment to Mid-December 2001-11-21 12:10 (New York) Enron Says Lenders Extend $690 Mln Note Payment to Mid-December Houston, Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp. said its lenders extended to mid-December the payment date on a $690 million note, giving the debt-laden energy trader more time to restructure its finances." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3127_p26", "sents": [ "NewMarkets said it is currently in discussions with six to 12 international and United States investors to participate in the round.", "The company said the funding would be used as operating and security capital.", "Prior to the Series F round, NewMarkets raised $28.8 million from Accel Partners, Bay Partners, Charter Growth Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Jafco, Menlo Ventures, Softbank, Softbank Technology Ventures, and Technology Crossover Ventures.", "http: www.sonnet-financial.com bad news AgWeb Discloses Staff Cuts mail?", "top KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- AgWeb.com, a business-to-busi ness commerce and content site serving the agricultural market, told VentureWire that it cut 20 employees, or 36% of its staff due to a lack of commercial revenue from its satellite information service, which is being eliminated.", "The cuts, which took place in March, occurred in AgWeb.com's Des Moines, Io wa office and were concentrated in customer service, IT, and administrative positions related to the satellite division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3137_p8", "sents": [ "Ms. Amos formerly served as vice president of strategy and marketing at Reliacast, an Internet infrastructure software company.", "B2eMarkets is backed by Accenture, Ascend Venture Group, Carthage Partners, CIBC Capital Partners, FBR Technology Venture Partners, Syncom, and Syndicated Communications.", "Tenor Networks Appoints Araldo Menegon as Senior VP mail?", "top ACTON, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Tenor Networks, which provides a core servic e switch that enables the convergence of multiple services onto a packet-base d network, said it appointed Araldo Menegon as senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations, responsible for sales, field support, and professional services.", "Mr. Menegon will report to president and CEO Dav id Tolwinski.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Menegon was area director of AT?global operations at Cisco Systems where he was responsible for sales, marketing, and engineering.", "Tenor Networks is funded by Amerindo Investment Advisors, BancBoston Ventures, Charter Growth Capital, Essex Investment Management, Greylock Management, Haebler Capital, Matrix Partners, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, RS Investment Management, Technology Crossover Ventures, Thomas Weisel Partner s, TyCom, Williams Communications, and Worldview Technology Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27067_p5", "sents": [ "In addition, there is speculation \"through the Houston circuit\" that Enron may be close to securing additional financing, said Prudential Securities analyst Carol Coale.", "If the speculation proves true, the financing would help Enron to shore up its financial condition and improve confidence among investors as well as its business partners.", "Investors also may be placing their bets on the belief that Enron shares have eroded enough in value to make the company a takeover candidate.", "A report in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday said several companies including General Electric Co.'s (GE) GE Capital unit, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB) and Royal Dutch Shell Group (RD) have been named as potential buyers for Enron.", "Ms. Coale said the takeover speculation was \"unwarranted\" and has surfaced each time Enron shares faltered.", "\"It would be very unusual for a company to be interested in a takeover (of Enron) given the uncertainty of the SEC inquiry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Prudential Securities", "sents": [ "Prudential Securities, also formerly known as Prudential Securities Incorporated (PSI), was the financial services arm of the insurer, Prudential Financial.", "In 2003, Prudential Securities was merged into Wachovia Securities, a division of Wachovia Bank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1420_p56", "sents": [ "On the other hand, he acknowledged that power companies are becoming increasingly wary of the state of California's creditworthiness as an energy buyer.", "The Department of Water Resources already has spent nearly $5 billion buying electricity and has yet to recoup a dime from ratepayers.", "State regulators are still trying to come up with a way to apportion the limited revenues from power rates among the various parties in California's energy picture.", "Rating agency Fitch Inc. said yesterday it may cut the state's credit rating because of questions surrounding recovery of energy costs.", "\"People are keeping an eye on things,\" Ackerman said.", "\"They're watching how California finances things.\"", "If a premium on electricity sales to the state exists, he said it probably has been in place since the beginning of the year, well before PG&E's current woes.", "UCAN's Shames agreed.", "He said power companies added a \"risk premium\" to their California power sales late last year when it looked like the state's energy troubles were worsening." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e1473_p39", "sents": [ "\"There will be a big effort to try and work something out.\"", "Edison's Bryson seems eager at this point to present himself and his company as reasonable business partners who are willing to negotiate in good faith.", "This contrasts sharply with the state's relations with PG&E, which turned acrimonious after PG&E blindsided the governor with its bankruptcy filing.", "Each side blamed the other for the collapse of earlier negotiations.", "\"We made the decision at an early stage that this was a massive problem for the state and that the best course was to find a practical solution that would allow us to get on with operating our power system,\" Bryson said.", "Bankruptcy, he said, \"is absolutely a last resort.", "It's a long and costly process.\"", "It is also the last thing Wall Street wants to see.", "On Wednesday, rating agency Fitch Inc. joined Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investor Service in warning that California's credit rating could be lowered because of the state's energy mess." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "One for Rose", "sents": [ "One For Rose (foaled 1999 in Ontario) is a Canadian three-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.", "On October 4, 2002, with little success in racing at nearly four years of age, One For Rose was claimed for $40,000 by trainer Sid Attard for Lou and Carlo Tucci's racing stable.", "Under trainer Attard, the filly blossomed in 2003 and earned the first of her three consecutive Sovereign Awards as the Canadian Champion Older Female Horse.", "She was retired at the end of the 2005 racing season after having won her third straight running of the Algoma Stakes, her second straight Ontario Matron Handicap and having beaten her male counterparts in her second straight victory in the Seagram Cup Stakes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Algoma Stakes", "sents": [ "The Algoma Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.", "Restricted to Canadian-Bred and foaled fillies an mares, age three and older, the Algoma Stakes is one of the CTHS Yearling Sales Stakes.", "It is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kealey Ice Rise", "sents": [ "Kealey Ice Rise is an ice rise, 40 nmi long and 15 nmi wide, forming a western lobe of the larger Fowler Ice Rise.", "It is situated just north of the junction of Talutis Inlet and Carlson Inlet, at the southwest side of the Ronne Ice Shelf.", "It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from imagery provided by the NASA Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1), 1973–74, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Gerald P. Kealey, U.S. Navy, medical officer at South Pole Station in 1971." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Talutis Inlet", "sents": [ "Talutis Inlet is an ice-filled inlet in the western side of Fowler Ice Rise.", "The inlet opens onto Carlson Inlet just south of Kealey Ice Rise.", "Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from imagery provided by NASA Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1), 1973-74.", "Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant William R. Talutis, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge of the South Pole Station, 1972." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8721_p4", "sents": [ "Individual investors Nicholas Negroponte and Leonard Kleinrock also invested.", "With this round, the company has raised $140 million to date.", "The company added a board seat and an observer board seat.", "http: www.caspiannetworks.com Technologic Partners Names Top Ten at Technology Outlook mail this story?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Technologic Partners, which publishes VentureWire, named the top ten Investors' Choice companies at its Technology Outllook conference.", "The winners were chosen by conference attendees and a panel of industry observers that included William Cockayne, director of Kodak Venture Division; William A. Frezza, general partner with Adams Capital Management; Seth Goldstein, principal of Flatirion Partners; and Mark H. Sherman, general partner with Battery Ventures.", "The ten winners, in alphabetical order, are 2Wire, AlterEgo Networks, Atheros Communications, Entropia, MobileAria, PacketVideo, Silicon Wave, Tresidder Networks, United Devices, and ViaFone.", "http: www.technologicpartners.com new money PacketVideo Raising Round for Up to $100 Million mail this story?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- PacketVideo, which provides wireless multimedia software and services for mobile applications, is raising a Series E round of new funding, which it expects to close between $80 million and $100 million by January." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Battery Ventures", "sents": [ "Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm.", "Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel.", "Since inception, the firm has raised over $5.6 billion and is now investing its eleventh funds, Battery Ventures XI and Battery Ventures XI Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $950 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Monkwearmouth Station Museum", "sents": [ "Monkwearmouth Railway Station served Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England.", "It was built in 1848 to a design by Thomas Moore.", "and was once the main railway station in the city.", "The railway station closed in March 1967 as and featured a restored booking office dating from the Edwardian period." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Monkwearmouth", "sents": [ "Monkwearmouth is an area of Sunderland located at the north side of the mouth of the River Wear.", "It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland, the area now known as the East End.", "It includes the area around St. Peter's Church, founded in 674 as part of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, and was once the main centre of Wearside shipbuilding and coalmining in the town.", "It is now host to a campus of the University of Sunderland and the National Glass Centre.", "It is served by the three Church of England churches of the Parish of Monkwearmouth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jane Swift", "sents": [ "Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 69th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and Acting Governor from 2001 to 2003.", "She is the only woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts, doing so from April 2001 to January 2003.", "At the time she became acting governor, Swift was 36 years old, making her the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history.", "Since leaving elected office she has worked in the private sector as a consultant and executive in education technology, as well as serving on corporate and non-profit boards, teaching and lecturing on topics pertaining to women and leadership, and supporting philanthropies that address issues of importance to women and girls.", "Since 2011, she has been CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages.", "In 2013, she and her family moved to Shelburne, Vermont." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2868_p218", "sents": [ "In late March, the Connecticut Siting Board voted 7-1 to reject TransEnergi e United States's proposal to build a $125 million, 330-MW transmission cable beneath the waters of Long Island Sound to Long Island, N.Y.", "Though the Lon g Island Power Authority had identified the project as critical to improving its access to off-island power supplies, the Connecticut Board said the lin e would have little, if any, direct benefit to Connecticut and rejected it.", "\"It's hard to imagine a decision more parochial,\" said Ashley Brown, executive director of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group.", "The siting boar d \"didn't look at the benefits to New York or the region.\"", "In April, Massachusetts Gov.", "Jane Swift announced new power plant emission rules to curb nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury and *for the first time at the state level *carbon dioxide.", "One source said the rules move away f rom a decade of work on regional air quality solutions and toward more local assertiveness." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2469_p6", "sents": [ "Just hope you end up on top of the pile.", "Photo: Electrifying returns: What the market will bear Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "National Affairs Big Energy at the Table; Winning support for your agenda is easy when your allies fill out the administration's top chairs By Howard Fineman and Michael Isikoff With Mark Hosenball, T. Trent Gegax and Rich Thomas in Washington 05 14 2001 Newsweek 18 Copyright (C) 2001 Newsweek All Rights Reserved.", "If you were in the oil and gas business, it was a meeting that dreams were made of.", "Nine days before George W. Bush was inaugurated, energy lobbyists gathered at the American Petroleum Institute's offices in downtown Washington.", "Their agenda: to write a wish list.", "One participant remembers it fondly.", "\"The tone was, 'OK, what do you guys want?", "You are going to have the ear of this White House'.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "George W. Bush", "sents": [ "George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.", "He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.", "After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry.", "Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter.", "He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election.", "Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7650_p8", "sents": [ "Robert Goodman, general partner at Bessemer, and Jay Markley, general partner at Columbia, will join ReefEdge's board as the third and fourth members.", "ReefEdge said it will use the funds to develop its products.", "http: www.reefedge.com Fiber-based ICP Scindo Networks Gets $1.6 Million Seed Money DENVER -- Scindo Networks, a fiber-based integrated communications provider (ICP) of local, long distance, Internet, and data services to small and medium businesses, said it received $1.6 million in its seed round, led by Barron Ventures.", "The company said it will use the funds for operations and marketing.", "http: www.scindonetworks.com Broadband Developer Malibu Networks Raises $30 Million SEATTLE -- Malibu Networks, which is developing wireless broadband technologies, raised $30 million in its second round of funding, according to investors CVC Capital Partners and Second Avenue Partners.", "The two firms jointly contributed $10 million to the round which also included investments from ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, and a consortium of existing investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e5223_p34", "sents": [ "Bloodhound's flagship product, ClaimsGuard Overpayment Protection Service, aims to safeguard health insurers and other health care organizations from overpayment due to duplicate claims and other errors.", "Bloodhound is backed by The Wakefield Group, A.M. Pappas and Associates, NC Technological Development Authority, and Eno River Capital.", "http: www.bhsoftware.com.", "o Healthcare Speech Apps Maker KorTeam Names New CEO SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- KorTeam International, which develops speech applications for healthcare practitioners, said it has appointed Barbara J. Shaw as its new chief executive officer.", "Ms. Shaw previously served as senior vice president for pulseMD, a point-to-point clinical transaction company.", "She replaces Russell Hendren, who will continue with the company as executive vice president.", "KorTeam is backed by BioAsia, Maton, and inVestar.", "http: www.korteam.com Wireless Broadband Firm Malibu Names Ex-Adaptive Exec as CEO CALABASAS, Calif. -- Malibu Networks, which develops architecture for fixed wireless broadband IP access, said it appointed Salvatore S. Benti as chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8466_p5", "sents": [ "They know they will do just fine with the Kissin' Fool.", "I think, my friend, you are on your own.", "Mr. Bush, your only hope is that Gore will wimp out and throw in the towel.", "There is ample evidence of how Democrats love to cave.", "You and your right-wing friends know the Democrats are weak-kneed and spineless.", "You remember how Al Gore and all the Democrats voted to put that anti-abortion zealot Scalia on the Supreme Court -- and how 11 Democrats made the difference in placing Clarence Thomas there, too?", "That's your ticket.", "Spook Gore and his party into believing a focus group is mad at them, take a phony poll that backs that up, get the gasbag pundits to yammer and hammer him and maybe, just maybe, you'll get the latest plumb prize that is not yours to have.", "Yours, Michael Moore [email protected] www.michaelmoore.com _ Get more from the Web." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "Michael Moore", "sents": [ "Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American documentary filmmaker and author.", "He is the director and producer of \"Fahrenheit 9/11\" (2004), a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terror, which is the highest-grossing documentary at the American box office of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or.", "His film \"Bowling for Columbine\" (2002), which examines the causes of the Columbine High School massacre, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10104_p6", "sents": [ "It now advances to the House floor to be considered for passage to the Senate.", "HB 84, which was sponsored by Rep. Trudi Schmidt (D., District 42), originally would have applied only to LECs, but the Business and Labor Committee amended the bill to apply to IXCs as well.", "(12 4 00 p.m.) The telemarketing act prohibits sellers or telemarketers from engaging in acts such as (1) requesting a fee to remove derogatory information from or to improve a person's credit history; (2) using threatening, intimidating, or profane language; or (3) behaving in a manner that a reasonable person would consider annoying, abusive, or harassing.", "SECTION 251 252 OKLAHOMA SW Bell expands UNE discount list Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. has expanded the discount unbundled network element (UNE) items available for lease to competitors in Oklahoma on a nondiscriminatory basis.", "The company expanded its list during negotiations with the state Corporation Commission regarding its alternative regulation rules." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Trudi Schmidt", "sents": [ "Trudi Ann Schmidt is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Legislature, representing District 11 since 2011.", "She served as Majority Whip when she was in the Montana state Senate from 2003 until 2009.", "She had been a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1996 through 2002 as well." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Microsoft", "sents": [ "Microsoft Corporation ( , abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.", "It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.", "Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.", "Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup.", "As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.", "The word \"Microsoft\" is a portmanteau of \"microcomputer\" and \"software\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3844_p1", "sents": [ "In recognition of Microsoft's 25th anniversary celebration, this month's panel will discuss 25 years of industry innovations.", "Distinguished participants include Steve Capps, architect, Microsoft Research; Heidi Roizen, managing director, SoftBank Venture Capital; and Tim Bajarin, president, Creative Strategies Inc. San Jose Mercury News Columnist Dan Gillmor will moderate the discussion.", "The speaker series, held monthly at the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus, is part lecture, part interactive forum in which various company executives and industry observers address a variety of technologies, trends and topics unique to the fast-moving high-technology world.", "The audience is encouraged to ask questions and engage in open and in-depth dialog following the formal presentations.", "Who: Microsoft What: Silicon Valley Speaker Series - 25 Years of Innovation When: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19 Where: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus Bldg.", "1, Conference Center 1065 La Avenida Mountain View, Calif. ######### Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and or other countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27215_p9", "sents": [ "$1 million to fight S.F.", "public power PG&E Corp. against city ballot measures The corporate parent of PG&E, the bankrupt California utility fighting for financial recovery, has pumped more than $1 million into a campaign to defeat a pair of public power measures on Tuesday's ballot in San Francisco.", "Company representatives say they want to protect their assets in the city, where there are 365,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers.", "Independent experts say more is at stake.", "\"I'm sure they don't want to see a snowball effect where other cities try to turn them out,\" said Severin Borenstein, director of the University of California 's Energy Institute.", "Borenstein noted that Los Angeles, the state's largest city, had long been in the public power business.", "So has Sacramento and a number of smaller cities, such as Alameda and Palo Alto.", "PG&E serves 4.7 million customers in the state.", "\"If you're looking at a major movement, San Francisco is the biggest location where this is being discussed now,\" Borenstein said yesterday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e960_p10", "sents": [ "Dean Tyson; Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration; and Ken Rosen, the California State Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics and chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, were quoted on April 5 in the Contra Costa Times.", "The article quoted all three professors on some of the comments they made at the economy panel that was held at Haas last week.", "Severin Borenstein, the E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration and the director of the University of California Energy Institute, was in the media quite a bit in the past two weeks.", "He was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News in \"Cheap, abundant coal eyed with new interest\" on April 9. Read the full text at http: cgi.mercurycenter.com premium local docs coal09.htm.", "He was also quoted in the Mercury News on April 4 in the article, \"Already a power giant, state may build plants.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3686_p4", "sents": [ "\"The irony is the government demands a high level of reporting, but doesn't want to look at it very closely,\" said Peter Manzo, who directs the Center for Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles.", "\"It's a real administrative burden .\"", "Last year, with special emergency allocations, MAAC and Campesinos Unidos received more than twice the federal money for low-income energy assistance -- and aided more than twice as many clients -- than they had in each of th e two previous years.", "Campesinos Unidos, Spanish for \"united farm workers,\" is an Imperial County-based social service agency that received more than $4 million last year to help needy families with utility bills, and millions more to run preschool and other programs.", "It provided energy assistance to 11,500 clien ts in 2000. According to tax records required to be made public, the agency spent $4.5 million on salary and benefits for 220 employees, $260,000 on attorneys and $178,000 on travel, among other expenses, on 1999 income of $7.2 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Los Angeles", "sents": [ "Los Angeles ( ; Spanish for \"The Angels\"; ] ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.", "With a U.S. Census-estimated 2016 population of 3,976,322, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California.", "Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10000 ft , Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 sqmi .", "The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country.", "Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with 13,131,431 residents, and is part of the larger designated Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tried + True", "sents": [ "Tried + True is the third and final studio album by Tinfed, released on August 22, 2000 by Hollywood Records.", "It was produced by Ed Buller, known for his work with English groups such as Suede, Spiritualized and Slowdive.", "The song \"Dangergirl\" features a guest appearance by Chino Moreno, lead vocalist of Deftones.", "The album also contains \"Immune\", which was featured in the 2000 film \"\" and appeared on its ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Chino Moreno", "sents": [ "Chino Moreno (born Camillo Wong Moreno; June 20, 1973) is an American musician.", "He is best known as the lead vocalist and contributing guitarist of Deftones.", "He is also a member of the side-project groups Team Sleep, Crosses, Saudade, and Palms." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vilasrao Deshmukh", "sents": [ "Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra.", "He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11062_p43", "sents": [ "\"Ruckauf's strong image has more to do with his personal attributes than hi s performance,\" explains pollster Graciela Romer.", "According to her surveys on unemployment and security issues, \"People don't think the facts have change d.\" `Terms of Reference of Godbole Panel Must Include DPC Review' The Times of India News Service 02 16 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) MUMBAI: N.D. Patil, chairperson of the coordination committee of the Democratic Front coalition, has categorically told chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh that the terms of reference for the Godbole committee must include a review of the Dabhol power project.", "Mr Patil told The Times of India News Service that the terms should also provide for reviewing all clearances given to the project and examining all the relevant laws and notifications.", "Mr Patil, a former minister of the Peasants and Workers party and a respect ed politician, is a staunch opponent of the project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27540_p43", "sents": [ "The state has signed nearly half of its $43 billion in long-term energy contracts with Calpine.", "The consultants, who were hired by the state in January, didn't file economic interest statements until July, when Jones revealed that consultants and energy traders held stock in energy companies from which they were buying power.", "Davis has accused several power suppliers of price gouging, but has spared Calpine the invective, saying the San Jose-based generator has charged prices below that of other generators and has invested in California for the long haul.", "California Independent System Operator, however, has listed Calpine as one of the generators that has racked up millions in overcharges for wholesale power.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3872; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Calif Power-Contract Negotiator Bought GE, Enron Stock By Jason Leopold Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 07 31 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LOS ANGELES -(Dow Jones)- A consultant hired by the state of California to help negotiate long-term power contracts made significant purchases of electricity-industry stock at a time when deals were still being hammered out, state financial disclosure forms show." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e804_p3", "sents": [ "BPA, the federal agency that markets electricity from dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, is scheduled to provide 259 megawatts of cost-based power to Portland General and 135 MW to PacifiCorp, starting Oct. 1, the effective date of the state's restructuring bill.", "The bill required the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to determine by May 1 whether certain bill provisions would require the utilities to restructure in such a way that they could not meet BPA eligibility requirements for cost-based power.", "\"We've taken great care to make sure we didn't violate (BPA) standards.", "Even though BPA's rates are going up, this power will still provide benefits for residential customers,\" OPUC Chairman Ron Eachus said.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3872; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: US POWER-Success spells trouble for Calif. energy traders.", "By C. Bryson Hull 04 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 5 (Reuters) - In downtown Houston's booming energy district sit a few companies whose record earnings have made them fat targets for regulators and politicians under pressure to make someone pay for California's power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3, 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Yuki (singer)", "sents": [ "Yuki Kuramochi (倉持 有希 , Kuramochi Yuki , born February 17, 1972 in Hakodate, Hokkaido) , known professionally as Yuki (stylized as YUKI), is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter.", "She is best known as the lead vocalist for Judy and Mary.", "She founded Judy and Mary in 1991 and became a solo artist in 2002.", "She has also been a member of the bands NiNa (1999, with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, bassist Mick Karn of Japan, former members of the Japanese New Wave band The Plastics Masahide Sakuma and Takemi Shima, and session drummer Steven Wolf) and Mean Machine (alongside Chara, 2001)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Kate Pierson", "sents": [ "Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, better known as Kate Pierson (born April 27, 1948) is an American vocalist, lyricist, and one of the singers and founding members of The B-52's.", "A multi-instrumentalist, she plays guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments.", "In the B-52s, she has performed alongside Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The 50 Year Argument", "sents": [ "The 50 Year Argument is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese and co-directed by David Tedeschi about the history and influence of the \"New York Review of Books\", which marked its 50th anniversary in 2013.", "The documentary premiered in June 2014 at the Sheffield Doc/Fest and was soon screened in Oslo and Jerusalem before airing on the British Arena television series in July.", "It was also screened at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival and was seen at the New York Film Festival, in September, and at other film festivals.", "It first aired on HBO in September 2014 and was given other national broadcasts.", "It had a limited theatrical release in Toronto in 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Toronto International Film Festival", "sents": [ "The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually.", "Over the last 42 years, TIFF has grown to become a year-round destination for film culture operating out of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, a dynamic centre for film culture that offers visitors a presentation that includes new releases, live film events and an interactive gallery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Michael Bakewell", "sents": [ "Michael Bakewell is a British television producer.", "He is best known for his work during the 1960s, when he was the first Head of Plays at the BBC after Sydney Newman divided the drama department into separate series, serials and plays divisions in 1963.", "Later, he produced plays for BBC2's \"Theatre 625\" anthology strand, including John Hopkins' highly regarded \"Talking to a Stranger\" quartet of linked plays." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Theatre 625", "sents": [ "Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968.", "It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dover", "sents": [ "Dover ( ; French: \"Douvres\" ) is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England.", "It faces France across the strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's county town Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings.", "The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover.", "The surrounding chalk cliffs are known as the White Cliffs of Dover." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e28042_p18", "sents": [ "Mr. Gordon succeeds acting CEO and founder John McIlwaine, who remains with the company as co-chairman.", "The company, which has about 70 employees, is funded by Arbor Partners, Blue Chip Venture, First Analysis, Imlay Investments, and River Cities Capital Fund.", "<http: www.knowlagent.com vc fund news * RiverVest Launches First Fund with $89 Million By Taran Provost <mailto:[email protected] top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NQQHNJPLII ST. LOUIS -- RiverVest Venture Partners said it completed fund-raising for RiverVest Venture Fund I, its new $89 million venture fund.", "The new fund will focus on seed and early-stage deals in medical devices, specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and tools for drug discovery.", "The firm typically is a lead investor and works closely with its portfolio companies.", "The firm's founders and managing directors are Andrew B. Craig III, Thomas C. Melzer, Jay W. Schmelter, and Mark J. Mendel.", "RiverVest's portfolio companies include CyDex, an Overland Park, Kan.-based maker of drug formulation and delivery technology, and Dover, N.H.-based TissueLink Medical, which is commercializing surgical devices that seal tissue using radio frequency energy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band", "sents": [ "Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band is an album of bebop jazz standards by American drummer Paul Motian originally released on the German JMT label.", "It was the first release by the Electric Bebop Band, which featured the veteran drummer working mainly with younger musicians and subsequently became one of Motian's primary groups until the end of his life." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Paul Motian", "sents": [ "Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer.", "Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2010 World Series of Poker", "sents": [ "The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17.", "There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship that began on July 5.", "The November Nine concept returned for the third year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 6." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Paradise, Nevada", "sents": [ "Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas.", "The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous unincorporated community in Nevada.", "As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board.", "Paradise was formed on December 8, 1950." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "One for Sorrow (song)", "sents": [ "\"One for Sorrow\" is a song by Steps, which became the group's first single to make it to the Top 5 on the UK charts.", "Debuting at #2 (behind Manic Street Preachers' \"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next\") and spending 11 weeks on the British charts, this song firmly established Steps's intention to revive the ABBA sound, striking a considerable resemblance to The Winner Takes It All.", "A remixed version of this song became their debut US single in 1999 and also featured on the \"Drive Me Crazy\" film soundtrack." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Drive Me Crazy", "sents": [ "Drive Me Crazy is a 1999 teen romantic comedy based on the novel \"How I Created My Perfect Prom Date\" by Todd Strasser.", "Originally entitled \"Next to You\", the movie's title was changed to \"Drive Me Crazy\" after the song from its soundtrack, Britney Spears's song, \"(You Drive Me) Crazy\".", "The movie grossed $22,593,409 worldwide, against an $8 million budget, making it a moderate box office success.", "The soundtrack featured The Donnas, who also appeared in the movie." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Paribas", "sents": [ "Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas S.A. (Paribas, Bank of Paris and the Netherlands) was a French investment bank based in Paris that in May 2000 merged with Banque National de Paris S.A. to form BNP Paribas.", "\"Les Pays-Bas\" (\"The Low-Countries\") is French for the Netherlands." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2074_p33", "sents": [ "Paribas said that its subsidiary BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Ltd had had been accepted as an LME Associate Broker Clearing Member (ABCM).", "It bought 250,000 shares in LME Holdings, the company created when the LME demutualised in 2000. BNP's membership takes the number of ABCMs up to 25. These firms are the second tier of LME membership - ABCMs have all the rights and privileges of LME membership, but cannot trade during the open-outcry trading sessions.", "There are 12 ring-dealing members (RDMs), who alone are entitled to trade on the open-outcry floor.", "The following chronology details the notable changes on the LME since the high water-mark of the mid-1980s, when there were around 30 firms trading on the exchange floor.", "APRIL 2001 - ING Baring Futures & Options (UK) Ltd relinquishes its ABCM membership.", "JANUARY 2001 - Brandeis (Brokers) Limited relinquishishes ABCM status, selling its 2.5 percent equity stake to fellow RDM Metdist." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Torkabad, Baft", "sents": [ "Torkabad (Persian: ترك اباد‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Torkābād) is a village in Bezenjan Rural District, in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 55, in 14 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Bezenjan Rural District", "sents": [ "Bezenjan Rural District (Persian: دهستان بزنجان‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 6,279, in 1,473 families.", "The rural district has 45 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "List of riots in Leeds", "sents": [ "Throughout its history Leeds has had several riots, often recurring in the same areas.", "Below is a list of recorded riots that have taken place.", "The most famous of these is perhaps the 1981 Chapeltown riot, which took place the same time as riots in London (Brixton), Birmingham (Handsworth) and Liverpool (Toxteth)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Leeds", "sents": [ "Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.", "Historically in Yorkshire's West Riding, the history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century, when the name referred to a wooded area of the Kingdom of Elmet.", "The name has been applied to many administrative entities over the centuries.", "It changed from being the name of a small manorial borough in the 13th century, through several incarnations, to being the name attached to the present metropolitan borough.", "In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a major centre for the production and trading of wool." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "P.K", "sents": [ "The P.K was a car made by Pars Khodro between 2000 and 2005 using the body of the Renault 5 and the platform of the Kia Pride.", "\"P.K\" is an acronym for Pars Khodro." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Kia Pride", "sents": [ "The Kia Pride is a subcompact car sold by the South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors between March 1987 and January 2000, and again since September 2011.", "Between April 2005 and September 2011 the Kia New Pride had been sold." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28040_p3", "sents": [ "Mr. Reinard previously served as vice president of sales and marketing at eBizPortals, an Internet infrastructure start-up.", "Virtutech is backed by individual investors from Sweden.", "<http: www.virtutech.com TECHNOLOGY * DOV Pharma Names New Chief Science Officer and VP of Finance top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QPNOMHPLII HACKENSACK, N.J. -- DOV Pharmaceutical, a developer of drug candidates for central nervous system and cardiac disorders, said it named Phil Skolnick chief scientific officer and vice president of research and Barbara Duncan vice president of finance and chief technology officer.", "The company also said it named two former Nobel Prize winners -- Arvid Carlsson and Roger Guillemin -- to its advisory board.", "Mr. Skolnick was previously a research fellow at Lilly Research Labs.", "Ms. Duncan was formerly a vice president of investment banking at Lehman Brothers.", "DOV has received backing from Merlin BioMed Private Equity Fund and Oppenheimer Discovery Fund.", "Telephone 201-968-0980. EXECUTIVE SEARCHES VP of Sales--IT services--SF Bay Area Lohika Systems, Inc., a recently-funded IT services start-up headquartered in Silicon Valley, is seeking a hands-on VP of Sales to build and manage its sales organization." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Arvid Carlsson", "sents": [ "Arvid Carlsson (born 25 January 1923) is a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease.", "For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27731_p0", "sents": [ "Western Government Affairs WEEKLY SCHEDULES For the Week of July 16 - 20, 2001 Paul Kaufman Mon 7 16 Vacation Tue 7 17 Vacation Wed 7 18 Vacation Thu 7 19 Vacation Fri 7 20 Vacation Sue Mara Mon 7 16 Houston TX Tue 7 17 San Francisco CA office Wed 7 18 San Francisco CA office Thu 7 19 San Francisco CA office Fri 7 20 San Francisco CA office Jeff Dasovich Mon 7 16 Sacramento CA Tue 7 17 Sacramento San Francisco CA office [TBD] Wed 7 18 Sacramento San Francisco CA office [TBD] Thu 7 19 Sacramento San Francisco CA office [TBD] Fri 7 20 Sacramento San Francisco CA office [TBD] Mona Petrochko Mon 7 16 San Francisco CA office Tue 7 17 San Francisco CA office Wed 7 18 San Francisco CA office Thu 7 19 San Francisco CA office Fri 7 20 San Francisco CA office Alan Comnes Mon 7 16 Houston TX Tue 7 17 Houston TX Wed 7 18 Portland OR office Thu 7 19 Portland OR office Fri 7 20 Portland OR office" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e623_p0", "sents": [ "'Western Government Affairs WEEKLY SCHEDULES For the Week of April 2 - 6, 2001 Paul Kaufman Mon 4 2 Portland OR office Tue 4 3 Portland OR office Wed 4 4 Portland OR office Thur 4 5 Portland OR office Fri 4 6 Portland OR office Sue Mara Mon 4 2 San Francisco CA office; 11 AM: IEP Regulatory Meeting (via phon e) Tue 4 3 San Francisco CA office Wed 4 4 San Francisco CA office Thur 4 5 10 AM - 12 Noon: Oversight Board meeting (may not attend); 6 - 8 PM: ISO Board Teleconference Fri 4 6 San Francisco CA office; 9 - 11 AM: ARM Meeting (via phone) Jeff Dasovich Mon 4 2 San Francisco CA office Tue 4 3 San Francisco CA office Wed 4 4 San Francisco CA office Thur 4 5 San Francisco CA office Fri 4 6 San Francisco CA office Sandi McCubbin Mon 4 2 Sacramento CA Tue 4 3 Sacramento CA Wed 4 4 Sacramento CA Thur 4 5 Sacramento CA or San Francisco CA office (TBD) Fri 4 6 Sacramento CA or San Francisco CA office (TBD) Mona Petrochko Mon 4 2 Travel to Denver CO Tue 4 3 Meet w Holland & Hart Denver CO Wed 4 4 San Francisco CA office Thur 4 5 San Francisco CA office Fri 4 6 San Francisco CA office" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5289_p11", "sents": [ "Michael Bronfein, managing partner of Sterling Venture Partners, will join Visicu's board of directors.", "Visicu's system provides direct video and audio links, and enhances the capture, analysis, and presentation of patient data.", "The company will use the financing for sales and marketing, research and development, and operations.", "The company has raised $18 million to date.", "http: www.visicu.com Groove Networks Closes Round Three With $41 million BEVERLY, Mass.", "-- Groove Networks, which provides an interactive peer-to-peer platform for networking small groups of personal computers, said it closed $41 million in its third round of financing.", "The company officially launched earlier this week.", "Financing for this round included investments from Accel Partners, Intel Capital, and private investors, bringing the total raised to date to over $60 million.", "The company was founded in October 1997 by Ray Ozzie, the creator of Lotus Notes.", "http: www.groovenetworks.com Web App.", "Management Firm Aptegrity Has $30 Million Round Two FAIRFIELD, N.J. -- Aptegrity, which provides Web application management services, said it has secured $30 million in its second round of funding led by ABS Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 8 ] }, { "title": "Ray Ozzie", "sents": [ "Raymond \"Ray\" Ozzie (born November 20, 1955) is an American software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of Chief Technical Officer and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft between 2005 and 2010.", "Before Microsoft, he was best known for his role in creating IBM Notes (formerly Lotus Notes)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Knut Møyen", "sents": [ "Knut Møyen (19 January 1907 – 20 March 1984) was a Norwegian economist and resistance member.", "He was born in Aker.", "After the German invasion of Norway in 1940 he participated in the Norwegian Campaign.", "From 1941 to 1942 he was a central organizer of the underground military organization Milorg.", "His \"shadow\" Jens Christian Hauge later eventually became the leader of Milorg.", "In 1942 he just managed to avoid being caught by the Gestapo, and fled to Sweden and later to the United Kingdom.", "In London he served at the Norwegian High Command.", "He was awarded St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch and the Defence Medal 1940–1945.", "He died in Oslo in 1984.", "A memorial designed by Nils Aas was unveiled in Nordmarka in 1989." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 8 ] }, { "title": "Oslo", "sents": [ "Oslo ( , , ] ] ] ) is the capital and the most populous city in Norway.", "It constitutes both a county and a municipality.", "Founded in the year 1040, and established as a \"kaupstad\" or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300.", "Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence.", "After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, the city was moved closer to Akershus Fortress and renamed Christiania in the king's honour.", "It was established as a municipality (\"formannskapsdistrikt\") on 1 January 1838.", "Following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 until 1925, in which year its original Norwegian name of Oslo was restored." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4635_p17", "sents": [ "The funds will be used for sales and marketing expansion and product development.", "Prior to this round, WebED raised nearly $5 million through a series of angel financing rounds.", "http: www.webed.com New Products o Feld Group Spins Off Software Management Firm Contrado DALLAS -- Technology and management services provider Feld Group said it spun off Contrado, a provider of software management services, with an undisclosed investment from Softbank Venture Capital.", "Softbank will also provide services to the firm.", "The Feld Group still holds equity in Contrado.", "Contrado offers services that enable users to deliver software and configurations to different devices.", "The company is headquartered in Dallas, has an office in Jacksonville, Florida, and is led by president and CEO Kenny Feld.", "http: www.contrado.com Charity ASP CoreMatter Launches Service, eGiving Workplace SAN FRANCISCO -- CoreMatter, formerly All Charities, a provider of community involvement applications and services to companies, said it launched its first product, eGiving Workplace." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.ridgewoodcapital.com Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Network Telephone, a provider of facilities-based broadband telecommunications services, said it raised $256 million in its Series D round of funding.", "Lehman Brothers led the round, which included Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Desai Capital Management, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Wind Point Partners.", "The round comprised $156 million in cash and a $100 million secured bank line.", "The round brings the company's total cash investments to $204.5 million.", "Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. partner Lawrence Tucker; Desai Capital Management chairman, president, and chief investment officer Rohit M. Desai; and Thomas E. Darden, managing director for Wind Point Partners, have all recently joined the company's board.", "The company will use the funding for continued expansion of its facilities-based networks in the Southeastern United States Network Telephone has also been backed by Onset Ventures.", "http: www.networktelephone.net o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post SEATTLE -- TeraBeam Networks, a developer of fiberless optical technology and services that enable the delivery of Internet data, said its founder and chairman Greg Amadon is selling a portion of his personal stock to previous investor Softbank Venture Capital in a deal worth $100 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ernest Scared Stupid", "sents": [ "Ernest Scared Stupid is a 1991 American horror comedy dark fantasy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney.", "It is the fifth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell.", "It has him accidentally unleashing an army of trolls upon a small town on Halloween and the plot involves him joining a few children in fighting back.", "It was shot in Nashville, Tennessee like its predecessors \"Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam\", \"Ernest Goes to Camp\", \"Ernest Saves Christmas\", and \"Ernest Goes to Jail\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Nashville, Tennessee", "sents": [ "Nashville is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.", "It is located on the Cumberland River in the north central part of the state.", "The city is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and home to numerous colleges and universities.", "It is known as a center of the country music industry, earning it the nickname \"Music City, U.S.A.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", "sents": [ "\"A Hundred Pounds Of Clay\" is a song written by Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon, and Bob Elgin and performed by Gene McDaniels.", "The song reached #3 on the \"Billboard\" chart and #11 on the R&B chart in 1961.", "The song appeared on his 1961 album \"100 Lbs.", "Of Clay!\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Gene McDaniels", "sents": [ "Eugene Booker McDaniels (February 12, 1935 – July 29, 2011), who recorded as Gene McDaniels early in his career, was an African-American singer and songwriter.", "He had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s, and had continued success as a songwriter with songs including \"Compared to What\" and Roberta Flack's \"Feel Like Makin' Love\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Architects discography", "sents": [ "The discography of Architects, a British metalcore band, consists of seven studio albums, one split EP, eleven singles, one video album and 23 music videos.", "Formed in Brighton in 2004, the group originally consisted of vocalist Matt Johnson, guitarists Tom Searle and Tim Hillier-Brook, bassist Tim Lucas and drummer Dan Searle, who released the band's debut album \"Nightmares\" in 2006.", "In 2007, Johnson was replaced by Sam Carter and Lucas was replaced by Ali Dean, and the band released its second album \"Ruin\".", "\"Hollow Crown\" followed on Century Media Records in 2009, which was the band's first album to register on the UK Albums Chart, reaching number 117.", "The band released \"The Here and Now\" in January 2011, which reached number 57 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "The Here and Now", "sents": [ "The Here and Now is the fourth full-length studio album by British metalcore band Architects, and was released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and majority of Europe, and 25 January 2011 in the United States.", "The album was recorded with producer Steve Evetts at his own studio The Omen Room Studios in California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pride of the Blue Grass (1939 film)", "sents": [ "Pride of the Blue Grass is a 1939 American drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Vincent Sherman.", "The film stars Edith Fellows, James McCallion, Granville Bates, Aldrich Bowker, Arthur Loft and William Hopper.", "The film was based on an actual 15-year-old blind horse, Elmer Gantry, who was co-billed as a star and played himself.", "Gantry was bought and trained as a show horse by wrangler Eleanor Getzendaner but became blind at the age of 13 following two years of experiencing periodic opthalmia, after which she patiently trained him to jump." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "William C. McGann", "sents": [ "William C. McGann (April 15, 1893 – November 15, 1977) was an American film director.", "He directed 52 films between 1930 and 1940.", "He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7794_p5", "sents": [ "Mr. McCurry served as White House press secretary for President Clinton from 1995 to 1998. He also served as a member of both the board of advisors and the board of directors of Grassroots.com and will remain on its board of directors.", "Hem replaces Craig Johnson, Grassroots.com co-founder, who had been serving as interim CEO.", "Mr. McCurry will remain a principal of Public Strategies, a Washington-based public affairs and strategic communications consulting firm, where he has practiced since leaving the White House.", "Grassroots.com's investors include Advanced Technology Ventures, Knight Ridder, and AIG Horizon Partners.", "http: www.grassroots.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D New Money =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D o Distribution Tech Firm Aerocast Gets $15 Million First Round SAN DIEGO -- Aerocast, which makes secure content distribution technology for broadband delivery, said it has raised $15 million in its first round from Liberty Media and Motorola.", "Management team and board member changes have not been released yet.", "Aerocast said it will use the funds to accelerate product research and development, sales and marketing, and operations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Advanced Technology Ventures", "sents": [ "Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management.", "The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies.", "ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cox Communications", "sents": [ "Cox Communications (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and Home Automation services in the United States.", "It is the third-largest cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6.2 million customers, including 2.9 million digital cable subscribers, 3.5 million Internet subscribers, and almost 3.2 million digital telephone subscribers, making it the seventh-largest telephone carrier in the country.", "Cox is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd in Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S., in the Atlanta metropolitan area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3720_p39", "sents": [ "To date, Into Networks has raised $62.9 million in funding, and anticipates a round \"in the near future,\" according to a company spokesperson.", "Adelphia Communications, AT&T Bank Boston Fleet Boston, Cisco Systems, Cox Communications, Fidelity Ventures, Inktomi, Intel, Lauder Partners, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Motorola, NTL, Putnam Private Equity Funds, UnitedGlobalCom, Venture TDF, N CB Holdings, Venrock Associates and YAS Broadband Ventures are backers in the company.", "http: www.intonet.com Proceler Appoints Informatica Head to Board mail?", "top BERKELEY, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Proceler, a developer of accelerat ed embedded systems design, said that it has appointed Diaz Nesamoney to its board of directors.", "Mr. Nesamoney is co-founder, president, and COO of Informatica, a provider of e-business analytical applications and data integration platforms.", "Mr. Nesamoney joins as the fifth member of the Proceler board, which also includes Peter Stickells of Tradewinds Capital Management and Kian-Wee Seah of UOB Venture Management.", "This is a new seat." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "NW Natural", "sents": [ "NW Natural, formerly Northwest Natural Gas Company, is an American publicly-traded utility headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States.", "Primarily a natural gas distributor, the company services residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Western Oregon and Southwest Washington in the Pacific Northwest.", "Founded in 1859, the company has approximately 680,000 customers and revenues of nearly one billion in US dollars annually." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e20144_p7", "sents": [ "Northwest Natural Gas Co. agreed to buy Portland General from the Houston-based energy trader, which has been trying to sell the utility for months.", "Under the deal, Enron is to receive $1.55 billion in cash, $200 million in NW Natural preferred stock and $50 million in NW Natural common stock.", "NW Natural will take over Enron's $75 million balance toward consumer rate cuts Enron agreed to when it bought Portland General in 1997. In addition, NW Natural, based in Portland, Ore., will assume about $1.1 billion in Portland General debt and preferred stock.", "The common equity stake in NW Natural will give Enron voting rights limited to 4.9 percent.", "Enron, which has agreed to hold its securities in NW Natural for at least 2 1 2 years, also will receive up to two board seats.", "The deal, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2002. It's the second time Enron reached a deal to sell Portland General." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Willard Marshall", "sents": [ "Willard Warren Marshall (February 8, 1921 – November 5, 2000) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball.", "From 1942 through 1955, Marshall played for the New York Giants (1942, 1946–1949), Boston Braves (1952[start]), Cincinnati Reds (1952[end]-1953) and Chicago White Sox (1954–1955).", "He batted left-handed and threw right-handed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Chicago White Sox", "sents": [ "The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.", "The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division.", "Home games are held at Guaranteed Rate Field, located on the city's South Side, and the team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf.", "They are one of two major league clubs in Chicago; the other is the Chicago Cubs, who are a member of the National League (NL) Central division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2204_p80", "sents": [ "Let's get 'em.", "But hold on a minute.", "It turns out that some of those gougers that caused PG&E and Edison all that trouble are just PG&E and Edison wearing different hats.", "Both utilities produce power, and sell it on the same market as the \"gougers.\"", "Then they buy it back.", "Also, out there with the Enrons and Reliant Energies of the world - - the other power generators that sell electricity to the utilities - - is a company called National Energy Group.", "It has 30 power plants in 10 states and controls a natural gas pipeline to Northern California.", "And it's owned by PG&E Corp., the parent company of PG&E Co.", "Try to keep up with me here.", "PG&E Co. is the company that has been so devastated by California's energy deregulation debacle.", "It's the company to which you are writing monthly checks that are beginning to resemble your mortgage payment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e839_p1", "sents": [ "The company said it is taking this action in light of its unreimbursed energy costs which are now increasing by more than $300 million per month, continuing CPUC decisions that economically disadvantage the company, and the now unmistakable fact that negotiations with Governor Gray Davis and his representatives are going nowhere.", "Neither PG&E Corporation nor any of its other subsidiaries, including its National Energy Group, have filed for Chapter 11 reorganization or are affected by the utility's filing.", "\"We chose to file for Chapter 11 reorganization affirmatively because we expect the court will provide the venue needed to reach a solution, which thus far the State and the State's regulators have been unable to achieve,\" said Robert D. Glynn, Jr., Chairman of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.", "\"The regulatory and political processes have failed us, and now we are turning to the court.\"", "Glynn added, \"Our objective is to move through the Chapter 11 reorganization process as quickly as possible, without disruption to our operations or inconvenience to our customers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Asterophora parasitica", "sents": [ "Asterophora parasitica, commonly known as the parasitic Asterophora or the Russula parasite, is a species of fungus that grows as a parasite on other mushrooms.", "The fruit bodies are small, with silky fibers on the surface of grayish caps and thick, widely spaced gills.", "Mushrooms fruit in clusters on the decaying remains of \"Lactarius\" and \"Russula\" species, particularly those in the \"Russula nigricans\" group.", "Found primarily in temperate zones of Europe and North America, the fungus is widespread but not common." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Russula", "sents": [ "Around 750 worldwide species of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms compose the genus Russula.", "They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored – making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors.", "Their distinguishing characteristics include usually brightly coloured caps, a white to dark yellow spore print, brittle, attached gills, an absence of latex, and absence of partial veil or volva tissue on the stem.", "Microscopically, the genus is characterised by the amyloid ornamented spores and flesh (trama) composed of spherocysts.", "Members of the related \"Lactarius\" genus have similar characteristics but emit a milky latex when their gills are broken.", "The genus was described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Port Said Lighthouse", "sents": [ "The Port Said Lighthouse is one of the most important architectural and tourist landmarks in the city of Port Said in Egypt.", "Considered a unique example for the evolution of architecture during the nineteenth century in the city, the lighthouse was designed by François Coignet at the request of the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, Ismail the Magnificent.", "Construction was completed in 1869, one week prior to the inauguration of the Suez Canal.", "The lighthouse was built to guide ships passing through the canal.", "The lighthouse has an octagonal shaped tower that is 56 m high." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Khedive", "sents": [ "The term Khedive (Ottoman Turkish: خدیو‎ \"Hıdiv\") is a title largely equivalent to the English word viceroy.", "It was first used, without official recognition, by Muhammad Ali Pasha (Turkish: \"Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Paşa\" , General Muhammad Ali of Kavala), the governor of Egypt and Sudan, and vassal of the Ottoman Empire.", "The initially self-declared title was officially recognized by the Ottoman government in 1867, and used subsequently by Ismail Pasha, and his dynastic successors until 1914." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "David Cross", "sents": [ "David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director and writer, known primarily for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series \"Mr. Show\", and his role as Tobias Fünke in the sitcom \"Arrested Development\".", "Cross created, wrote, executive produced, and starred in \"The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret\", developed and had a prominent role in \"Freak Show\", appeared on \"Modern Family\", portrayed Ian Hawke in the \"Alvin and the Chipmunks\" film franchise, and voiced Crane in the \"Kung Fu Panda\" film franchise." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e19779_p11", "sents": [ "Alkane's strategy is to get electricity supply companies to build their own generating plant at the sites and contract to buy gas on a take-or-pay basis.", "The advantage to the generator is that the gas costs 12p a therm compared with other natural gas prices of about 25p a therm.", "But the pioneering nature of the work is illustrated by problems at the company's first site at Markham, Derbyshire, opened in early 1999. The site supplies gas not to an electricity generator but to Coalite, which uses it in its chemical distillation processes for soaps and disinfectants.", "After running well initially, production was hit by an air leak from a mine three miles away, diluting the concentration of methane.", "David Cross, chief executive and one of the founders of Alkane, says the leak has been sealed and the concentration of methane is starting to rise.", "But it will be some time before production is back to normal levels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "WJKS (FM)", "sents": [ "WJKS (104.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in the Champlain Valley of northern New England in the United States.", "WJKS broadcasts a Classic hip-hop radio format." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Champlain Valley", "sents": [ "The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York extending north slightly into Quebec, Canada.", "It is part of the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, drained northward by the Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec (northeast of Montreal).", "The Richelieu valley is not generally referred to as part of the Champlain Valley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4273_p30", "sents": [ "Mr. York will be replacing the company founder, Jason Robbins, who will continue on as chairman of the board.", "ePromos is backed by Axalon Internet Group and Industry Ventures.", "http: www.epromos.com Internet Barter Appoints Ex-beenz.com Chairman as CEO SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Internet Barter, which maintains the business-to-business electronic barter trade network BarterTrust.com, said it named Philip L. Letts, former chairman and chief executive officer of beenz.com, as chief executive officer.", "Mr. Letts will succeed founder Mike Edelhart as CEO.", "Mr. Edelhart served as president and chief executive officer since 1999 and will continue as director of the company.", "Backers for Internet Barter include Vector Capital, General Motors Investment Management, GE Equity, Venture Strategy Partners, Generation Partners, MSC Industrial Direct, PurchasePro.com, and Argus.", "http: www.bartertrust.com Net Authentication Systems Firm Authentor Names CEO ENGLEWOOD, Calif -- Authentor Systems, which provides authentication systems to secure Internet commerce and corporate information, said it has appointed George Schad as its new president and CEO replacing Al Latif." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p37", "sents": [ "To date, Gu ru has raised $63 million in financing from investors including American Express, August Capital, CS First Boston, Greylock, Investor AB, Texas Pacific Group, and WR Hambrecht.", "http: www.guru.com Training Products Firm Cognitive Arts Appoints New CEO mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Cognitive Arts, a developer of Internet-ba sed products and services for educational and corporate training, said it has appointed Robert C. Daugherty as CEO.", "Mr. Daugherty replaces Russell C. White, who has left the company to pursue other interests.", "Prior to joining Cognitive Arts, Mr. Daugherty served as president and COO of inaQuest.com, a provider of commercial commercial printing software until its July 2000 merger with ProForma.", "He also joins as the eighth director on the company' s board, which includes Rob Bernstein of Leeds Weld, Brian Friedman of FS Private investments, and Elliot Royce of GE Equity.", "To date, the company ha s raised $33 million in three rounds of financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3700_p20", "sents": [ "PHOTO: The \"Frontline\" documentary \"Blackout\" addresses California's energy crisis.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: Associated Press Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "June 5, 2001, 1:16AM Houston Chronicle Energy Alley to blame for California's woes?", "Frontline joins in Texas bashing on energy By ANN HODGES Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle TV Critic Frontline joins hands with the New York Times tonight, to jump into what California Gov.", "Gray Davis has turned into a marathon news blast at Texas, and at Houston, over his state's energy woes.", "Frontline: Blackout, airing at 10 tonight, should have Davis and his bash-Texas troops giving each other high fives.", "In its opening minutes, Frontline's narration sets a tone for Texas-bashing: \"Investigators (otherwise unidentified) claim that a handful of energy companies siphoned billions from consumers while the lights (in California) were out.", "\"If you want to understand the story of electric power in America today, you have to follow the electrons and follow the money." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Richard Riordan", "sents": [ "Richard Joseph \"Dick\" Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is an American investment banker, businessman, investor, and politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California serving from 1993 to 2001.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "To date, Riordan remains the most recent Republican to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20622_p6", "sents": [ "But the audit raises such serious questions about the DWP's behavior that the matter has spilled into the 2002 gubernatorial contest.", "Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, a possible Republican challenger to Davis, last week moved to distance himself from the profits racked up by the DWP during his City Hall tenure.", "In a letter to his successor, James K. Hahn, the former mayor said he only recently learned that the agency may have exceeded its stated profit ceiling.", "If so, he said, the city should consider cutting a deal with the utilities and the state to reduce the estimated $180 million the city says it is still owed from earlier sales.", "A Riordan spokesman said the former mayor deferred to the DWP to set prices for its electricity.", "\"The mayor never directed them to generate a profit from these sales,\" said Jaime de la Vega, a senior advisor to Riordan's campaign committee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thornton Watlass", "sents": [ "Thornton Watlass is a small village and civil parish within the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.", "It is located north of Masham and south of Bedale on the eastern slopes of the Ure Valley at the entrance to Wensleydale and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.", "It is 11 miles North of Ripon, 4 miles from the A1, 11 miles from the main railway line at Northallerton and 18 miles from Teesside Airport.", "Its population was 180 in 2000, 190 in 2005, 224 in 2011 and 240 in 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Masham", "sents": [ "Masham ( ) is a small market town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.", "It has a population of 1,235.", "Situated in Wensleydale on the western bank of the River Ure, the name derives from the Anglo-Saxon \"Mæssa's Ham\", the homestead belonging to Mæssa.", "The Romans had a presence here, but the first permanent settlers were the Angles.", "Around 900 AD the Vikings invaded the region, burning and laying waste to the church and causing great suffering in Masham.", "They also introduced sheep farming, something for which the town is well known today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1325_p7", "sents": [ "Thus, many of their plants are called \"peakers.\"", "On the other side are old-line utilities, represented here by the federally owned Tennessee Valley Authority.", "They operate the power lines and warn that the system could become overloaded, leading to blackouts from the imbalance.", "Near Nutbush here in Tennessee's southwest corner, natural-gas pipelines run from the Gulf Coast and intersect with some of the TVA's 17,000 miles of transmission lines, which are spread over seven Southern states.", "That is what is making Nutbush boom: It is an attractive place to connect to the grid.", "By 2003, at least 13 new merchant plants altogether will be hooked up across the TVA's system.", "There will be dozens more on neighboring systems that will also use TVA lines, says W. Terry Boston, a TVA executive vice president.", "This year, TVA expects 300,000 requests for wholesale power deals on its system, up from 250,000 last year and just 25,000 in 1996. Mr. Boston foresees a congestion problem that will make it more difficult for the utility to maintain its record of 99% reliability." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "Tennessee Valley Authority", "sents": [ "The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.", "The enterprise was a result of the efforts of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska.", "TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional economic development agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and society." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6150_p0", "sents": [ "'Urging you to vote \"no\" on Proposition 36. Funded by three out-of-state billionaires, this misguided initiative essentially decriminalizes heroin, PCP, crack cocaine and other hard drugs while seriously undermining California's highly successful drug courts.", "Opposed by every major California newspaper, including LA Times, Sac Bee, SF Chronicle, SJ Mercury and San Diego Union.", "Also opposed by CA AG Bill Lockyer, actor Martin Sheen, United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Republican Party, Betty Ford Center, Phoenix House, California District Attorneys Association, California State Sheriffs Association and over 300 other law enforcement, public safety and drug treatment organizations.", "(Please pass this message along to your own e-mail list -- thanks.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Dianne Feinstein", "sents": [ "Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California.", "A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992.", "She also served as the 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7855_p3", "sents": [ "Two groups in London and one in the United States are vying to form such a group.", "LighTrade chose pooling point sites based on telecommunications traffic, Pierson said.", "Long-range plans call for the company to have sites in the 50 United States cities that develop the most traffic.", "But the company's pace building a network of points will depend on how quickly the telecommunications industry can decide on standards for trading bandwidth as a commodity.", "LighTrade wants to install points in Boston, Houston, Las Vegas, Memphis and Phoenix in 2001, Pierson said.", "It is eyeing a move into international markets as early as next year, if the market will support it.", "Western Europe is a likely starting point, with Paris and Frankfurt possible sites.", "Eventually, LighTrade could connect Miami to a South American city like Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo, and build Asian pooling points in sites like Tokyo and Osaka." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "Boston", "sents": [ "Boston (pronounced ) is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.", "It is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999.", "The city proper covers 48 mi2 with an estimated population of 673,184 in 2016, making it the largest city in New England and the 22nd most populous city in the United States.", "The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country.", "Alternately, as a combined statistical area (CSA), this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1934 Washington State Cougars football team", "sents": [ "The 1934 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1934 college football season.", "Head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 4–0–1 mark in the PCC and 4–3–1 overall." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Babe Hollingbery", "sents": [ "Orin Ercel \"Babe\" Hollingbery (July 15, 1893 – January 12, 1974) was an American football coach.", "He served as the head football coach at the State College of Washington—now known as Washington State University—for 17 seasons, from 1926 to 1942, and compiled a record of 93–53–14 ( ).", "Hollingbery's 93 wins are the most by any head coach in the history of the Washington State Cougars football program.", "He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "List of the Yardbirds members", "sents": [ "The membership of the Yardbirds has seen many lineup changes ever since the English rock band formed in the 1960s.", "The band's original run lasted from 1963 to 1968.", "There were two very brief reunions in the 1980s until the band reformed fully in 1992." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "The Yardbirds", "sents": [ "The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963.", "The band's core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith.", "They worked with several lead guitarists, launching the careers of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists.", "The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including \"For Your Love\", \"Heart Full of Soul\", \"Shapes of Things\" and \"Over Under Sideways Down\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3788_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron and Exelon Unit Set Chicago Power Deal The Wall Street Journal, 06 07 01 World Watch The Wall Street Journal, 06 07 01 Enron Broadband invests in AP Engines Houston Chronicle, 06 07 01 Attempt to save Enron power project in India extended to third day Houston Chronicle, 06 07 01 Derwent Valley.", "Grosvenor Place Pre-letting Dow Jones International News, 06 07 01 India Dabhol Pwr Lenders Mtg Ends \"Positively\" - Source Dow Jones Asian Equities Report, 06 07 01 INDIA: Private firms expect Enron India's woes to end.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 07 01 India IDBI Exec Leaves Dabhol Mtg Early; Reason Unknown Dow Jones International News, 06 07 01 INDIAN PM CONFIDENT OF RESOLVING ENRON DISAGREEMENT SOON Asia Pulse, 06 07 01 Walking the talk?", "The Daily Deal, 06 07 01 GM, Other United States Companies Blast Bush Move to Shield Steelmakers Bloomberg, 06 07 01 Pacific Hydro Bends With the Wind, Flows With Water (Update5) Bloomberg, 06 07 01 Council status quo for blacks Hispanic growth likely to affect white wards Chicago Tribune, 06 07 01 Enron Plans to Challenge Power Regulator's Order, Paper Says Bloomberg, 06 07 01 Since when does rape equal justice?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Houston Chronicle", "sents": [ "The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.", "s of 2016 , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States.", "With its 1995 buy-out of long-time rival the \"Houston Post\", the \"Chronicle\" became Houston's primary newspaper." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Harvey Rosenfield", "sents": [ "Harvey Rosenfield (born 1952) is an American lawyer, author and consumer advocate.", "In 1985, he founded Consumer Watchdog, a nationally recognized, nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group.", "He serves as the group's counsel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6692_p11", "sents": [ "The agreement would permit \"an unaccountable state agency, riddled with conflicts of interest, to unilaterally order rate hikes,\" said Harvey Rosenfield, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.", "The water department has been accused of conflicts of interest because some of its consultants and energy traders own stock in energy companies.", "Rosenfield said the PUC should reject the rate agreement and \"preserve thei r historic role and responsibility to protect ratepayers.\"", "Geoff Dryvynsyde, Lynch's legal adviser, said the \"consumer groups are raising some good policy issues,\" but the commission's hands are effectivel y tied by legislation that put the state in the power-buying business and set in motion the bond sale.", "\"The bonds are really driving this,\" he said.", "\"The bonds need to be sold.\"", "Nevertheless, Eric Woychik, a consumer advocate with the Oakland-based grou p Strategy Integration, said ratepayers shouldn't be held responsible for high-priced power bought by the water department." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3049_p21", "sents": [ "http: www.exp.com vc fund news Eagle One Launches to Invest with Newbury in Canada mail?", "top OTTAWA, Canada (VENTUREWIRE) -- Eagle One Ventures, a newly formed v enture firm, announced the company's launch to assist local networking and telecom infrastructure equipment companies in raising venture financing.", "Eagle One will not have a specific fund, but will represent the Orinda, Calif.-based Newbury Ventures in Canada and will also work with Ventures Coaches, an Ottawa-based firm funding idea-stage photonics and wireless companies.", "Eagl e One will be fielding investments for Newbury's $250 million third fund that closed in April, and Newbury will invest up to $25 million in seed and earl y stage companies through Eagle One.", "Ken Wigglesworth and Conrad Lewis, both former executives at Newbridge Networks, are the founding partners at Eagle One Ventures and are also new venture partners at Newbury Ventures, which h as $600 million in assets under management and offices in the Silicon Valley a nd Paris." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e3720_p46", "sents": [ "They will loca te and manage investments in the area while continuing to serve as principals at Eagle One Ventures.", "Mr. Lewis will focus on early-stage networking and communications investments in Canada for Newbury.", "Previously, he was an executive vice president at Newbridge Networks, where he worked in the acce ss and network management product group.", "Mr. Wigglesworth is also a former Newbridge Networks executive, where he served in the CFO position.", "Newbury Ventures recently closed its third fund at $250 million and added two new venture partners to its Paris office.", "http: www.newburyven.com vw corrections Optium mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An article in Tuesday's VentureWire on opt ical device and packaging technology firm Optium contained an incorrect URL for the company.", "Optium's URL is http: www.optiumcorp.com.", "Also, the name of L ee Munder Venture Partners, an investor in the company, was misspelled.", "iWitness mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- In Monday's VentureWire an item about iWit ness, a provider of digital business records management software, incorrectly liste d World Ventures as an investor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Miss America 1924", "sents": [ "Miss America 1924, the fourth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1924.", "Mary Katherine Campbell, who won the title the previous two years, placed as 1st runner-up.", "Pageant officials later instituted a rule allowing competitors to be crowned only once.", "Ruth Malcomson competing as Miss Philadelphia was named Miss America of 1924 against a field of 83 entrants, the largest number of contestants in Miss America history." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Mary Katherine Campbell", "sents": [ "Mary Katherine Campbell (December 18, 1905 – June 7, 1990) was the only person to win the Miss America pageant twice, and the second woman in history to win the title.", "Campbell was Miss America 1922 and Miss America 1923, and she was also 1st Runner Up at the 1924 Miss America Pageant.", "Competing as \"Miss Columbus,\" Campbell was only sixteen years old at the time of her first crowning in 1922.", "She lied about her age by nearly one year to enter the pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.", "She told everyone that she was born in May 1905 but later admitted that she had lied about her age.", "After the 1924 pageant, in which the judge's scores revealed that Campbell had almost won the title a third time, the Miss America Organization changed the rules so that \"a contestant may only win the Miss America title once.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1960_p21", "sents": [ "Jeff Hotchkiss, the former CFO of Teradyne, will be Empirix president and CEO, and Teradyne founder, Alex d'Arbeloff, will chair the Empirix board.", "http: www.empirix.com KnowToday Becomes Clerity Knowledge Exchanges CINCINNATI -- KnowToday, a developer and marketer of technology that enables Internet portals to create private-labeled information exchanges on their own sites, announced it is changing its name to Clerity Knowledge Exchanges.", "The company also announced that its headquarters is now located here.", "Investors for Clerity Knowledge Exchanges include River Cities Capital and BlueStar Ventures.", "http: www.clerity.com New Deals o Pop.com Confirms Deal with Ifilm Off, Small Staff Retained LOS ANGELES -- Pop.com, the Internet entertainment site founded by Dreamworks SKG, Imagine Entertainment, and Vulcan Ventures, confirmed that acquisition talks with Ifilm.com, an online exchange for film fans, filmmakers, and industry professionals, ended without a deal.", "Pop.com, citing a downturn in the market, said it will layoff most of its employees, retaining a small staff." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Teradyne", "sents": [ "Teradyne (), based in North Reading, Massachusetts in the United States, is a developer and supplier of automatic test equipment (ATE).", "The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.", "Teradyne's high-profile customers include Samsung, Qualcomm, Intel, Analog Devices, Texas Instruments and IBM." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Khumbu", "sents": [ "Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region) is a region of northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest.", "It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of the Sagarmatha Zone.", "Khumbu is one of three subregions of the main Khambu (specially Kulung) and Sherpa settlement of the Himalaya, the other two being Solu and Pharak.", "It includes the town of Namche Bazaar as well as the villages of Thame, Khumjung, Pangboche, Pheriche and Kunde.", "The famous Buddhist monastery at Tengboche is also located in the Khumbu." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Khumjung", "sents": [ "Khumjung (Nepali: खुम्जुंग) is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal.", "It is located in the Khumbu region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site.", "The village is at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, and is situated near Mount Khumbila." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Popowice, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship", "sents": [ "Popowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oksa, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.", "It lies approximately 4 km south-east of Oksa, 15 km north-west of Jędrzejów, and 39 km south-west of the regional capital Kielce." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Gmina Oksa", "sents": [ "Gmina Oksa is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.", "Its seat is the village of Oksa, which lies approximately 18 km north-west of Jędrzejów and 41 km south-west of the regional capital Kielce." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6341_p34", "sents": [ "Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.) and other House Democrats hope to force a vote on a measure Republican leaders oppose that would order federal regulators to impose tighter price controls on California electricity sales.", "Other energy issues that appear adrift are proposals to increase the fuel efficiency of automobiles, particularly gas-eating sport-utility vehicles; renewal of comprehensive liability insurance for nuclear plant operations; possible repeal of a 1935 law restricting power company mergers; and whether to rewrite clean air rules for power plants and refineries.", "Several administration officials professed to be mystified by congressional criticism.", "They said more than a dozen administration officials have held five energy meetings on Capitol Hill in the past five days, and Bush plans to address energy, among other subjects, when he meets with the House Republican Conference this morning.", "\"Implementing the president's energy strategy is more important now than ever,\" said Jim Wilkinson, a White House communications official." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p102", "sents": [ "BYLINE: RICHARD SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: So what if President Bush has opposed electricity price controls sought by California officials?", "Or that he has proposed cutting aid to states for incarcerating illegal immigrants convicted of crimes?", "Or that he has visited 26 states in his first 100 days in office--but not the most populous?", "Bush really does care about California, the White House insists, even if the state preferred Al Gore on election day.", "Administration officials said they have done a lot and plan to do more to lessen the electricity turmoil expected this summer.", "\"I don't think he's treated California any differently than any other state,\" said Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-Mariposa).", "Some Californians feel otherwise.", "\"The Bush administration's treatment of California started at indifference, moved to neglect and has now reached actual harm,\" complained Phil Schiliro, chief of staff for Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3624_p1", "sents": [ "In the electricity transition game, Pittsburghers have a first and goal.", "By contrast, suffering from a market which features a dominant retail utility that is passing through the hourly wholesale spot market price, San Diego ,s residents need a completed &hail-Mary 8 pass to escape wholesale pric e spikes and a lack of choices.", "Some crucial changes, nonetheless, to the Duquesne service territory ,s transition from monopoly to competitive wholesale and retail markets generation should soon be made.", "Now pending before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission at Docket No.", "R-00974104 is Duquesne Light ,s Petitio n for approval of its Provider of Last Resort plan (POLR).", "This filing may be a model for the nation on how to manage a transition once stranded cost charges have been paid off.", "Also, in the boardrooms of the three main western Pennsylvania utilities that are not presently part of the PJM power pool, utility executives will soon decide whether they will voluntarily join PJM." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission", "sents": [ "Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is the public utility commission in Pennsylvania.", "It is composed of five commissioners, appointed by the Governor with the consent of the state Senate.", "The PUC oversees public utility and services operations in the commonwealth, in sectors including water, energy, and transportation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5031_p2", "sents": [ "FCC COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK AT WORKSHOP ON \"REGULATING ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE\" Federal Communications Commissioner Michael K. Powell will give the keynote address to the \"Regulating on the Technological Edge\" workshop on Friday, October 20, at 4:00 p.m. in the Arthur Andersen Auditorium.", "All faculty, students, staff, and alumni are invited to attend this speech.", "Powell has served as a commissioner since 1997. Prior to joining the FCC, Powell was chief of staff to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.", "He earned his JD from Georgetown University and clerked for a judge on United States Court of Appeals before he joined the Washington DC law firm of O'Melveny & Meyers LLP.", "In his practice he focused on regulatory matters involving telecommunications, antitrust, and employment law.", "This speech is the only event in the workshop series that is open to the public.", "The regulation workshop is an invitation-only event for academics, regulators, and industry leaders geared towards addressing the issue of regulation of emerging technologies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Georgetown University", "sents": [ "Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.", "Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has since grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign Service, School of Business, Medical Center, and Law School.", "Georgetown's main campus is located on a hill above the Potomac River.", "Georgetown offers degree programs in forty-eight disciplines, enrolling an average of 7,500 undergraduate and 10,000 post-graduate students from more than 130 countries.", "The campus is identifiable by its flagship Healy Hall, which is a National Historic Landmark." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10876_p6", "sents": [ "If \"Pacific Bell intends to include updated or other additional information in its application to be filed with the FCC, then it should make thatinformation available to the [California commission] and the parties to this proceeding now,\" the petitioners said.", "Such action would be \"consistent with the FCC's goal that the state commission be the principal forum for resolving factual disputes in the first instance, rather than require the [California commission] and the parties to address Pacific Bell's showing for the first time after being thrust into an expedited review process before the federal agency in Washington, D.C.\" In addition to the Office of Ratepayer Advocates, the joint petitioners were the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies, the Association of Communications Enterprises, the Competitive Telecommunications Association, AT&T Communications of California, Inc., WorldCom, Inc., Advanced Telcom, Inc., XO California, Inc., Spring Communications Co. LP, New Edge Network, Inc., ICG Telecom Group, Inc., Rhythms Links, Inc., and Time Warner Telecom of California, Inc. * CONSUMER GROUPS CALL FOR `PRO-COMPETITIVE' FCC ACTION The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union today issued a report stating that policy-makers have failed in their attempt to expand consumer choice in local and broadband services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Consumers Union", "sents": [ "Consumers Union (CU) is a United States-based non-profit organization focusing on product testing, investigative journalism, and consumer advocacy in an attempt to help consumers to make informed decisions in the marketplace and to encourage market actors to place the needs of consumers first.", "Consumers Union publishes a magazine and a website, both called \"Consumer Reports\".", "As of January 2016, its CEO is Marta Tellado, who has served in the position since 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20319_p13", "sents": [ "According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Enron repurchased 55 million shares iss ued through a series of transactions involving LJM Capital, a partnership t hat until recently was headed up by Enron's CFO.", "TSC's Peter Eavis has written that it appears Enron lent LJM money to buy E nron stock.", "Ironically, the company boasted in its earnings release this week that it h ad expanded reporting of its financial results, presumably to quiet its acc ounting critics.", "Enron's transactions have been so labyrinthine that it's hard to identify e xactly if or how they were inappropriate.", "But the latest revelation, to say the least, does nothing to bolster the company's credibility.", "Enron, whose CEO resigned unexpectedly in August, had seen its stock fall 59% for the y ear leading up to its latest earnings release.", "Since then, it's dropped ano ther 12.6% The New Power Company Revises Its Netting Agreement With Enron; Provides Fo r Receivables and Inventory Financing 10 19 2001 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2001, Business Wire) PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2001--The New Power Company (\"New Power\"), a wholly owned subsidiary of NewPower Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NPW) t oday filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting that it has revised its master netting agreement with Enron North America, Enron Energy Services, Inc., and Enron Power Marketing, Inc. (togeth er, the \"Enron Subsidiaries\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e850_p22", "sents": [ "Applicant intends to lease and operate a facility comprised of three (3), continuously rated 1.6-megawatt generator sets (non- road engines) fired on diesel fuel with a maximum total output of 6-megawatts (the \"Facility\").", "The Facility is located in Plummer, Idaho.", "Electric energy produced by the Facility will be sold by Applicant to the wholesale power market in the Northwestern United States.", "Comment date: April 20, 2001, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice.", "The Commission will limit its consideration of comments to those that concern the adequacy or accuracy of the application.", "2. Fountain Valley Power, L.L.C.", "Docket No.", "EG01-162-000] Take notice that on March 26, 2001, Fountain Valley Power, L.L.C.", "(Applicant), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to Part 365 of the Commission's regulations.", "Applicant is presently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enron North America, but is expected to become a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Black Hills Energy Capital, Inc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] } ]