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[ { "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, 6 ] }, { "title": "e27348_p0", "sents": [ "\"FYI California Regulators Delay Vote on Power Revenue Requirements By Daniel Taub San Francisco, Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- California regulators will delay voting on a plan to carve out a portion of utility rates for state power purchases, a spokesman for Governor Gray Davis said.", "The vote is a necessary step in the state's plan to sell as much as $13.4 billion in bonds.", "The California Public Utilities Commission was scheduled to vote on the plan on Thursday.", "The commission will postpone the decision until its next meeting on Sept. 6 for ``largely procedural reasons,'' Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio said.", "California has spent more than $9.6 billion buying power on behalf of its three investor-owned utilities.", "The state entered the power-buying business in January after the two largest utilities, owned by PG&E Corp. and Edison International, became insolvent buying power for more than they were allowed to charge customers.", "The state is preparing to sell the bonds in the largest United States municipal offering to repay California's general fund for the power purchases." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10394_p4", "sents": [ "A call seeking comment wasn't immediately returned.", "Equifax rose 31 cents to $30.69. Exodus Communications Inc. (EXDS) fell as low as $24.50 in after-hours trading.", "It closed at $28.19 in regular trading.", "The manager of other companies' Web sites said its first-quarter loss will widen to 26 cents to 27 cents a share, excluding amortization costs, from 13 cents in the fourth quarter.", "Harmonic Inc. (HLIT) fell as low as $8.94. It closed at $10.88 in regular trading.", "The maker of Internet equipment said in a press release distributed by Business Wire that it had a fourth- quarter loss of 30 cents a share, excluding amortization of intangibles and other costs, more than 26-cent average loss forecast by four analysts surveyed by First Call.", "Kana Communications Inc. (KANA) fell as low as $6.94 in after- hours trading.", "It closed at $9.44 in regular trading.", "The software developer said in a press release distributed by PR Newswire that it had a fourth-quarter loss of 37 cents a share, excluding amortization and stock-based pay costs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 8 ] }, { "title": "PR Newswire", "sents": [ "PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases based in New York City.", "The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters.", "The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years.", "The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Business Media of London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3418_p67", "sents": [ "He hung out with Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar, and took up surfing (though he passed on a challenge by surfer Sally Alexander, his 82-year-old Democratic opponent, to a \"surf-off\" in 1996).", "He even got his chin liposuctioned a while back.", "Now he's bucking anti-Hollywood rhetoric by enlisting one star the GOP dotes on, so much so that his name was bruited about as governor material: Arnold Schwarzenegger.", "The Austrian-born actor is turning star power into $tar power at a $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser for Rohrabacher June 9 in Newport Beach.", "Rohrabacher met the actor through an ex-bodybuilder turned chiropractor who treated Rohrabacher's bad back, back when it was.", "For the congressman's money, Schwarzenegger is \"not only a draw with the voters but with the financial supporters.\"", "And why would a man in a district as safe as his need to raise money?", "\"We have redistricting coming up.", "It's always prudent to have some money in your bank account.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Sammy Hagar", "sents": [ "Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, musician and entrepreneur.", "Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose.", "He afterwards launched a successful solo career, scoring an enduring hit in 1984 with \"I Can't Drive 55\".", "He enjoyed huge commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left the band in 1996.", "He returned to the band for a 2-year reunion from 2003 to 2005.", "On March 12, 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen.", "His musical style primarily consists of hard rock and heavy metal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4381_p7", "sents": [ "``There isn't sufficient generation to really administer a full-scale competitive market.''", "Ralph Cavanagh of the National Resources Defense Council in San Francisco maintains that deregulation has been unfairly maligned because the dearth of power plants has made it impossible for consumers to benefit from competition.", "Once that and some other problems are fixed, he said, ``I'm confident we'll have a more orderly market in the future.''", "Others are growing nervous, however.", "This summer's difficulties have spurred calls to significantly stall or even reverse deregulation in North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oregon and Alabama, among other states.", "A Wisconsin consumer advocate recently chuckled over the phone as she read aloud a story about California's energy crisis, noting that such news made her opposition to deregulation much easier.", "``I am absolutely convinced that we are on an inexorable march toward the choice model,'' said Ken Malloy, president of the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p63", "sents": [ "The city plans to sell as much as 50 megawatts of power, enough to ser ve 50,000 homes.", "Under the decision Tuesday, pollution limits resume Jan. 1, 2002, or when the energy emergency ends.", "In Los Angeles, power officials said they don't expect to exceed AQMD caps, because they are adding pollution controls at two of the city's four power plants.", "Although they will produce more electricity, they should not produce any more nitrogen oxide, which in sunlight and heat form ozone, sai d Angelina Galiteva, LADWP's director of strategic planning.", "\"We will have much cleaner equipment in place by June,\" she said.", "Even the environmentalists are trying to balance the risks.", "\"We realize we have a problem this summer.", "We have to run these plants ,\" said Sheryl Carter, a senior policy analyst for the National Resources Defense Council.", "Carter said natural-gas-powered generators, like the ones in Glendale, are \"a far superior solution to diesel generators,\" which produce 50 to 100 times the emissions and would be turned on in businesses across the state if energy is unavailable from other sources." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God", "sents": [ "Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (Polish: \"Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem\" ) is an oil painting by the Polish artist Jan Matejko, finished in 1873, depicting Nicolaus Copernicus observing the heavens from a balcony by a tower near the cathedral in Frombork (seen in the back).", "Currently the painting is in the collection of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków, which purchased it from a private owner with money donated by the Polish public." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Jan Matejko", "sents": [ "Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; June 24, 1838 – November 1, 1893) was a Polish painter known for paintings of notable historical Polish political and military events.", "His works include large oil on canvas paintings like \"Rejtan\" (1866), \"Union of Lublin\" (1869) or \"Battle of Grunwald\" (1878), numerous portraits, a gallery of Polish kings, and murals in St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków.", "He is referred to as the most famous Polish painter or even the \"national painter\" of Poland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Skrody", "sents": [ "Skrody is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janowiec Kościelny, within Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.", "It lies approximately 7 km east of Janowiec Kościelny, 15 km south-east of Nidzica, and 56 km south of the regional capital Olsztyn." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Gmina Janowiec Kościelny", "sents": [ "Gmina Janowiec Kościelny is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.", "Its seat is the village of Janowiec Kościelny, which lies approximately 10 km south-east of Nidzica and 55 km south of the regional capital Olsztyn." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19579_p1", "sents": [ "In Both Countries, Rates Are Low, but Debt Is Heavy; America's Freer Markets One Burst Bubble vs. Two The Wall Street Journal, 11 07 01 A War Casualty?", "The experts say supplies are safe, but the longer the Afghan fight, the greater the risk Newsweek, 11 12 01 Enron Cancels Meeting With Dabhol Power Lenders on Court Action Bloomberg, 11 12 01 INDIA: UPDATE 1-India lenders seek court action over Enron plant.", "Reuters English News Service, 11 07 01 Enron India: Dabhol Pwr Lenders' Singapore Mtg Canceled Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 07 01 India: Tata Power may ask lenders for loan write-off in DPC Business Line (The Hindu), 11 07 01 Path paved for due diligence by Tata and BSES Business Standard, 11 07 01 Domestic lenders file lawsuit against Enron's Indian unit Agence France-Presse, 11 07 01 Former Enron CEO Testifies Before SEC Tuesday - Exec Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 06 01 USA: WRAPUP-Enron shares sink as company looks for cash." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dave Cox", "sents": [ "David E. Cox (February 20, 1938 – July 13, 2010) was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma.", "A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2750_p97", "sents": [ "That means in the fiscal year beginning July 1, the state will spend some $ 5 billion more than it takes in, a potentially dangerous gamble if the econom y doesn't rebound in 2002, when Davis stands for re-election.", "\"Reserves are for rainy days,\" Davis said of the spending.", "\"It's starting to rain.\"", "Said Assembly GOP leader Dave Cox of Carmichael, \"I'm very troubled because no reserve means no room for error -- and the governor has made too many errors already.\"", "The revised state budget Gov.", "Gray Davis presented yesterday his revised budget for 2001-02, which includes $3.5 billion in cuts over last year.", "The stock market decline hammered the state treasury, which relies heavily on capital gains taxes.", "T he document must be approved by the Legislature and signed by July.", "OVERVIEW -- In the bank: $6.7 billion -- New revenues: $74.8 billion -- Total available: $81.5 billion -- Expenditures: $79.7 billion -- Balance: $1.8 billion for reserves and lawsuit payouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Garra elegans", "sents": [ "Garra elegans, previously \"Hemigrammocapoeta elegans\", is a species of cyprinid fish.", "It is a benthopelagic freshwater species endemic to the Euphrates - Tigris basin in Western Asia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Tigris", "sents": [ "The Tigris ( ; Sumerian: 𒁇𒄘𒃼 \"Idigna\" \"Idigina\"; <a href=\"Akkadian%20language\">Akkadian</a>: 𒁇𒄘𒃼 \"Idiqlat \"; <a href=\"Arabic%20language\">Arabicدجلة‎ ‎ \"Dijlah\" ] ; <a href=\"Syriac%20language\">Syriac\"Deqlaṯ\" ܕܹܩܠܵܬ‎ ; <a href=\"Armenian%20language\">Armenian</a>: Տիգրիս \"Tigris\", Դգլաթ \"Dglatʿ\" ; <a href=\"Hebrew%20language\">Hebrew\"‎Ḥîddeqel\" חידקל‎ ‎ , \"Hiddekel\"; <a href=\"Turkish%20language\">Turkish</a>: \"Dicle\" ; <a href=\"Kurdish%20language\">Kurdish</a>: Dîcle, Dîjla دیجلە‎ ) is the eastern member of the two great <a href=\"river\">river</a>s that define <a href=\"Mesopotamia\">Mesopotamia</a>, the other being the <a href=\"Euphrates\">Euphrates</a>.", "The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq and empties itself into the Persian Gulf." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "David Beckham's Soccer USA", "sents": [ "David Beckham's Soccer USA was a football highlights and general discussion show presented by Tim Lovejoy and produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom by Five.", "The show began following David Beckham's move to Los Angeles Galaxy, and Beckham often contributes to the show in the form of Interviews.", "Each week there was a special guest in the studio, usually a British sports personality, to whom Lovejoy chatted about their career and their views on Major League Soccer.", "A slightly different version of the show hosted by Natalie Pinkham and completely devoid of any content derived from British studio footage was broadcast in the USA on Fox Soccer Channel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Tim Lovejoy", "sents": [ "Timothy Paul \"Tim\" Lovejoy (born 28 March 1968) is an English television presenter, best known for hosting Saturday morning football programme \"Soccer AM\" with Helen Chamberlain for over a decade.", "He presents \"Sunday Brunch\" and \"Daily Brunch\" on Channel 4 and \"BT Sports Panel\" on Saturday mornings on the BT Sport channel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Caroline Cave", "sents": [ "Caroline Cave is a Canadian film, television and stage actor, known for her roles in the films \"This Beautiful City\", \"One Week\", \"The War Bride\" and \"Saw VI\", and the television series \"Cra$h & Burn\".", "She has also had guest roles in \"The L Word\", \"Haven\", \"Stargate Atlantis\", \"Kevin Hill\", \"The Associates\", \"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency\", and \"Die neue Prophezeiung der Maya (End of the World) 2013.", "She recently co-starred in the 2015 Lifetime TV movie Accidental Obsession." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Saw VI", "sents": [ "Saw VI is a 2009 American horror film directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan.", "It is the sixth installment in the \"Saw\" franchise and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith.", "It was produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures and distributed by Lionsgate." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Apu Nahasapeemapetilon", "sents": [ "Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a cartoon character in the animated television series \"The Simpsons\".", "He is the Indian immigrant proprietor of the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and is well known for his catchphrase, \"Thank you, come again.\"", "He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the episode \"The Telltale Head\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "The Telltale Head", "sents": [ "\"The Telltale Head\" is the eighth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> first season.", "It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 25, 1990.", "It was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon and Matt Groening, and directed by Rich Moore.", "In the episode, Bart cuts the head off the statue of Jebediah Springfield in the center of town to impress Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph, three older kids he admires.", "The town's residents, including the three boys, are horrified and Bart regrets his actions.", "After telling his family, Homer and Bart head to the center of town, where they are met by an angry mob.", "After Bart tells the mob he has made a mistake, the townspeople forgive Bart and he places the head back on the statue.", "The episode's title is a reference to the short story \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" by Edgar Allan Poe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19579_p1", "sents": [ "In Both Countries, Rates Are Low, but Debt Is Heavy; America's Freer Markets One Burst Bubble vs. Two The Wall Street Journal, 11 07 01 A War Casualty?", "The experts say supplies are safe, but the longer the Afghan fight, the greater the risk Newsweek, 11 12 01 Enron Cancels Meeting With Dabhol Power Lenders on Court Action Bloomberg, 11 12 01 INDIA: UPDATE 1-India lenders seek court action over Enron plant.", "Reuters English News Service, 11 07 01 Enron India: Dabhol Pwr Lenders' Singapore Mtg Canceled Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 07 01 India: Tata Power may ask lenders for loan write-off in DPC Business Line (The Hindu), 11 07 01 Path paved for due diligence by Tata and BSES Business Standard, 11 07 01 Domestic lenders file lawsuit against Enron's Indian unit Agence France-Presse, 11 07 01 Former Enron CEO Testifies Before SEC Tuesday - Exec Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 06 01 USA: WRAPUP-Enron shares sink as company looks for cash." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e490_p0", "sents": [ "'Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook The Washington Post, 03 25 01 Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis Associated Press Newswires, 03 25 01 India: Centre's interest liability on dues to Enron starts Business Line (The Hindu), 03 25 01 Victoria Station's pounds 250m facelift The Independent - London, 03 25 01 Standoff may delay renegotiation on Enron project The Times of India, 03 25 01 Deal to sell PGE may fall through Associated Press Newswires, 03 24 01 Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 683 crore The Economic Times, 03 24 01 Nigeria blames US firm for delay in power project: report Agence France-Presse, 03 24 01 Enron deal with Sierra likely a bust Buyer of Portland General having trouble raising cash Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Market rebounds, but not stability Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Midwest to face high gas prices again Supply of anti-smog component already one-quarter below last year Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 COMPANY NEWS ENRON SALE OF UNIT TO SIERRA PACIFIC IS DOUBTED The New York Times, 03 24 01 Operators of California Power Grid Testify of System Abuses KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 03 24 01 Santa Clara Plans for More Power Generators to be built on existing plant sites San Francisco Chronicle, 03 24 01 Calif. Crisis, M&A, Gas To Dominate Talk At Howard Weil Dow Jones News Service, 03 23 01 A Section Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 03 25 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A05 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Few businesses placed as big a bet on Republicans in the last election as the coal industry, which gave 88 cents out of every dollar in campaign contributions to GOP candidates or organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Popstars (Dutch TV series)", "sents": [ "Popstars is a singing competition series in the Netherlands.", "The first series started on 22 August 2008.", "A second series was aired for 2009-2010 and third series aired in 2010-2011.", "The winners in season 1 were RED!", "made up of the three finalist winners Brandi Russell, Steffie Zoontjes and Deon Leon.", "Wesley Klein won in season 2 and Dean Saunders in season 3." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Wesley Klein", "sents": [ "Wesley Klein (born 25 March 1988 in Leiderdorp, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer.", "He was mainly known for his participation in the Dutch version of the talent show \"Popstars\" on SBS 6 in its second series (2009–2010) in June 2009 and he won on January 29, 2010." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2066_p0", "sents": [ "'TO: Kassandra Gough--Calpine Chris Micheli--Carpenter Snodgrass Carolyn Baker--Duke Energy Anne Kelly--Duke Energy David Parquet--Enron Jeff Dasovitch--Enron Tom Allen--Mirant John Stout--Reliant Energy Scott Sadler--Reliant Energy Fred Pownal--Kahl Pownall Advocates Fred Main--California Chamber of Commerce Greg Turner--Cal Tax Katie Kaplan--IEP Matt Sutton--AEA CMTA Energy Committee CMTA Tax Committee FROM: Carrie-Lee Coke Pam Ross RE: Thursday, May 3 meeting at 2:00 pm in the CMTA conference room to discuss Windfall Profits Tax bills We are scheduling another meeting to discuss the Windfall Profits Tax bills--SBX1 1 (Soto) and ABX1 128 (Corbett) --for Thursday, May 3 at 2:00 pm here in the CMTA conference rooms.", "The purpose of the meeting is for all of us to decide how to coordinate our lobbying effort.", "Please RSVP your attendance to Pam Ross at 916-498-3320 or [email protected].?", "There is a call in number as follows: Access number:?", "1-888-727-8686 Conference ID: 900 1325# ?'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11555_p0", "sents": [ "\"Enron C&T has requested that we add Jeff Dasovitch to the IEP distribution list(s) whereever Dave Parquet's name appears.?", "Keep Dave on the lists as well.?", "This will apply to messages related to the IEP Board Policy Committee, the Restructuring Transmission Task Force, and anything related to the Market Response Project (i.e McNally Temple PR outreach).", "Jeff's email address is?", "[email protected]] Jeff's phone # is 415 782-7822 Jeff's fax # is 415 782-7851\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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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 ] }, { "title": "e10759_p67", "sents": [ "Next on our list of plant-stoppers: the neighbors.", "Sunlaw's proposal to bui ld a 550-megawatt, $350 million plant in southeast Los Angeles county hasn't h it any snags with the CEC or the South Coast Air Quality Management District.", "Indeed, the plant would produce less toxic waste than the steady stream of diesel trucks at the industrial warehouse now at the site.", "Yet residents of the mostly blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood are crying environmental racis m and will put the plant up to a vote in March.", "\"There is nothing that a loca l community cannot defeat,\" says Michael Zenker, a director for Cambridge Energy Research Associates.", "The CEC can overrule local jurisdiction, but tries to avoid that whenever possible-it has acted only twice in the last 2 0 years.", "Will the commission now flex its muscles?", "Maybe not, if that means stepping on some big toes.", "Keep an eye on Calpine's plan to build a 600-megawatt pla nt in Silicon Valley, where demand has shot up 33% since 1996. The powerful opponent: Cisco Systems, which is building a 20,000-employee campus nearby." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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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": "e19680_p41", "sents": [ "The United States Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into the transactions, which sent Enron's stock and credit ratings into a tailspin and drained its cash as trading partners refused to extend credit.", "On Friday, Enron and Dynegy said they had agreed to merge at what seemed a firesale price for Enron, which last year had $100 billion in revenues and $1 billion in earnings.", "Also, on Tuesday night, Lay presented the Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in an event at Rice University in Houston.", "Previous winners have included the likes of Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev.", "Prior to accepting the award, Greenspan told students that the most important thing for anyone in the business world was to be ethical.", "\"I don't deny that there is an extraordinary amount of activity in the business community which is less than exemplary but the best chance you have of making a big success in this world is to decide from square one that you're going to do it ethically,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Antheua servula", "sents": [ "Antheua servula is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae.", "It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Madras (modern Chennai).", "It is also found in other parts of India, Sri Lanka and on Sumatra." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Notodontidae", "sents": [ "Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species.", "Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World (Miller, 1992).", "The Thaumetopoeidae (processionary moths) are sometimes included here as a subfamily." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Famous Blue Raincoat", "sents": [ "\"Famous Blue Raincoat\" is a song by Leonard Cohen.", "It is the sixth track on his third album, \"Songs of Love and Hate\", released in 1971.", "The song is written in the form of a letter (many of the lines are written in amphibrachs).", "The lyric tells the story of a love triangle between the speaker, a woman named Jane, and the male addressee, who is identified only briefly as \"my brother, my killer.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Songs of Love and Hate", "sents": [ "Songs of Love and Hate is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.", "Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on March 19, 1971, through Columbia Records." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4757_p0", "sents": [ "\"Business Financial Desk; Section C Flaws Cited in California Electricity Market 10 07 2000 The New York Times Page 4, Column 1 c. 2000 New York Times Company PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 6 -- California's electricity market is not ''workably competitive'' and needs to be fixed, the California Power Exchange said in a draft report.", "Wholesale power prices from May to July more than quadrupled from a year earlier as demand strained supplies during weather that was hotter than normal.", "Some generators appeared to hold back power at times of peak consumption, waiting until prices surged.", "This happened because of ''structural flaws in the design of the California electricity markets,'' the report said.", "''These design flaws need to be addressed,'' it said.", "A final report is expected next week.", "The exchange recommended easing restrictions on building power plants and penalizing companies for waiting until the last minute to deliver power.", "It did not cite a specific power-plant owner, marketer or utility as responsible for the problem." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e619_p33", "sents": [ "Finally, deregulation created a power market so fragmented that it was ludicrously easy to manipulate when the thin surplus of power supply in the West began evaporating in the summer of 2000, although the evidence is masked by the effects of a drought in the Northwest (which has reduced hydropower) and an unlucky combination of plant maintenance, air pollution limits idling older plants and higher than expected costs for natural gas.", "The price of bad luck, bad weather and the cunning of power suppliers was staggering.", "At one point in December, electricity that cost $250 a megawatt-hour to produce was priced by the power brokers of the California Independent System Operator at $1,500 a megawatt-hour.", "That was the negotiated price; the suppliers had asked for $2,000. Deregulation had set up a divided marketplace, more irrational than any Paul W. MacAvoy picks apart in his analysis of natural gas, in which the California Power Exchange was a clearinghouse where buyers and sellers set the price of electricity and the California Independent System Operator was the \"buyer of last resort\" if occasional gaps between production and distribution unexpectedly failed to meet daily demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mumbai", "sents": [ "Mumbai ( ; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.", "It is the most populous city in India with an estimated city population of 18.4 million.", "Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million as of 2016 .", "Mumbai lies on the Konkan on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1120_p42", "sents": [ "Today close to 60 per cent of all our clients' PR spends are in marketing PR.\"", "Several classical instances abound internationally of marketing PR, but I would like to share two examples that stand out in the Indian context.", "One of the ablest executions of marketing PR was perhaps the Coca-Cola 'Giant Best-of-Luck-India Cricket Bat' PR campaign.", "In perhaps the first realisation of cricket being the way to a consumers heart in India, Coca-Cola conceived an ambitious marketing PR campaign that focused on wishing the Indian cricket team the very best for the 1996 World Cup.", "As the cornerstone, Coca-Cola created a 21-foot long cricket bat that toured across key cities in India where celebrities and cricketing legends kicked off public signature campaigns on the bat to cheer India on to victory.", "From an inauguration of the giant bat by Sunil Gavaskar in Delhi to signatures on the bat in Mumbai by none less than the esteemed Eknath Solkar, Polly Umrigar and the victorious 1983 Indian cricket team, and M.L Jaisimha and P.R." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "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, 1 ] }, { "title": "e300_p0", "sents": [ "'PUC considers rewarding producers that sign long-term contracts Greg Lucas, Lynda Gledhill, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Wednesday, March 21, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 03 21 M N33580.DTL Sacramento -- Some cash-strapped producers of wind, solar and other alternative forms of energy will get long-delayed financial relief under a proposed order by state regulators, Gov.", "Gray Davis said yesterday evening.", "A proposed order by the Public Utilities Commission is designed to reward energy producers who sign long-term contracts with utilities at lower rates.", "Alternative energy producers that voluntarily enter such contracts, which would start on April 1, would be paid within 15 days, said Davis, who requested the order.", "Those that do not would have to wait until the utilities that buy their power return to solvency.", "Davis blasted Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison for not paying the alternative generators -- know as qualified facilities, or \"QFs\" -- even though the companies have been collecting money through rates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10178_p121", "sents": [ "Time Warner Telecom, Inc., will be the first carrier Time Warner Telecom, Inc., will be the first carrier to deploy Lucent Technologies, Inc. 's WaveStar 1.6T, an optical networking system that Lu cent said can transmit the equivalent of 320 million simultaneous one-page e-mai l messages.", "The competitive local exchange carrier has signed a $100 million three-year agreement with Lucent to deploy the DWDM (dense-wave-division multiplexing) equipment.", "NECA DSL Tariff The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., has filed its first FCC tariff transmittal for a DSL (digital subscriber line) promotional offering Under the terms of transmittal 888, the rural telcos that participate in NE CA tariffs will waive the installation fee for asymmetric and symmetric DSL services for customers who agree to take the service for 12 months.", "Rohde: Spectrum Management Holds Key Challenge for Future Spectrum management, including identifying and allocating spectrum for third-generation (3G) services, is one of the key issues facing federal regulators in the coming year, says Gregory L. Rohde, who last week finishe d his service as head of the National Telecom-munications and Information Administration." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e10178_p3", "sents": [ "Under one scenario floated by a GOP insider, President Bush would name Mr. Powell interim chairman and then, later on, nominate Mr. Wood as permanent chairman and a new Democrat to replace Ms. Ness.", "Ms. Ness term expired in June 1999; she currently is serving under a recess appointment that then-President Clinton made late last month (TR, Dec. 25, 2000).", "She may continue in her position until a replacement is nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate, or until the end of the current congressional session.", "L. Ari Fleischer, a Bush transition team spokesman who was slated to become White House spokesman after the inauguration, gave few clues during a Jan. 19 press briefing about where the incoming administration stood on naming new agency heads.", "Asked by TR whether a timetable had been developed for appointing a new FCC chairman, Mr. Fleischer replied, \"That will happen in due order as those announcements are ready. A spokesman at the Commerce Department 's NTIA said former Administrator Gregory L. Rohde hadn 't made any decisions about his future plans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26575_p7", "sents": [ "__ ALL OF THE 2001 YEAH GRADUATES PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION In another sign of continuing success for the Young Entrepreneurs At Haas (YEAH) program all ten of the 2001 graduating high school seniors from the Young Entrepreneurs Program are continuing their education.", "\"Our YEP students have taken to heart the principles and real-life lessons of entrepreneurship and finance, and followed their interest toward higher education,\" says Oscar Wolters-Duran, director of YEAH.", "\"It's a real testimony to the quality of our Haas MBA mentors and the YEAH staff that so many of these youth, who often come from severely under-served schools, continue on to college.", "We are very pleased with the success of our students.\"", "The success of the Young Entrepreneurs Program and its sister program Business, Economics, Technology Achievement (BETA), is due in large part to the commitment and diligence of MBA and undergraduate students who work with the YEAH participants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1312_p2", "sents": [ "Prisma Microfinance, Inc., garnered a $2,000 prize for best SROI analysis.", "The venture provides micro loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world.", "Its business plan quantified a positive social impact in terms of job creation, income generation, and community development.", "In addition to the cash prizes, all three winners will have their plans circulated in the Investors' Circle, a national network of 150 social investors.", "Business schools represented on this year's winning teams includ e Haas, University of Washington, and Thunderbird.", "\"The competition is a lens that broadens our view of the bottom line,\" said Jerome Engel, executive director of the Haas School's Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, who advised the organizing committee of Haas MBA students.", "\"It includes social and environmental values as well as shareholder value.\"", "In its second year, the competition attracted 33 participating teams from 1 5 business schools, including Cornell, Columbia, Kellogg, Michigan, Stanford, and Yale for its nationwide contest of social ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Side Out", "sents": [ "Side Out is a 1990 American comedy-drama sports film about a beach volleyball competition, featuring C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton, Harley Jane Kozak and Courtney Thorne-Smith.", "It was the last film from Aurora Productions due to many flops.", "The film was directed by Peter Israelson." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Courtney Thorne-Smith", "sents": [ "Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress.", "She is best known for her roles as Alison Parker on \"Melrose Place\", Georgia Thomas on \"Ally McBeal\", Cheryl in \"According to Jim\", and her recurring role on \"Two and a Half Men\" as Lyndsey McElroy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6463_p45", "sents": [ "California regulators and environmentalists, on the other hand, said the federal policy that requires the best available pollution control equipment to be installed when a new pollution source comes online is absolutely necessary to protect air quality and health.", "The Bush administration's National Energy Plan, released in May, recommende d that the EPA perform a 90-day review of the policy to determine its effects on investment in new utility and refinery capacity, energy efficiency and environmental protection.", "Industry and environmental representatives lined up yesterday at one of fou r hearings held by the United States Environmental Protection Agency across the countr y to argue over the importance of requiring tough reviews and emission controls.", "The EPA's existing policy creates a disincentive for energy efficiency and is overly complex, said Shannon Broome, a lawyer for the Air Permitting Forum.", "The trade group includes General Electric, General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Exxon Mobil, International Paper and Merck." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "United States Environmental Protection Agency", "sents": [ "The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes U.S. EPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.", "President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order.", "The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.", "The agency is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the President and approved by Congress.", "The current Administrator is Scott Pruitt.", "The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the Administrator is normally given cabinet rank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p16", "sents": [ "New investor Norwest Equity Partners, and previous investors Nassau Capital, and Centennial participated in the round Vector, which has raised $42 million in financing to date, said it will use the funds to support its growth and future acquisitions.", "The company also announced it has acquired Moose Logic, a provider of local and wide area network design, installation, and support services, and InfoLAN, which focuses on local area networks at the enterprise level.", "The financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.", "http: www.vector.net B2B E-Commerce Firm MarketMile Raises $16 Million MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (VENTUREWIRE) -- MarketMile, a business-t o-business e-commerce company, said it raised $16 million in additional fu nding from eVolution Global Partners.", "The company is also backed by Americ an Express and Ventro and has raised $46 million to date.", "David Sanderson, managing director, United States of eVolution Global Partners, will join the Marke tMile board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p24", "sents": [ "Mr. Bellosguardo said Music is providing $300,000 in financing toward expenses related to the sale of the assets.", "http: www.music.com Software Firm Notara Cuts 9% of Staff NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Notara, a developer of Web-application sof tware, said it laid off approximately ten employees, roughly 9% of its staff, in order to reduce its burn rate.", "\"They were all positions within the company that could be eliminated,\" said a company spokesperson.", "\"We didn't lose any functionality.\"", "The spokesperson said rumors that the company's Stratford, Conn. office has closed were not true, but the company is considering consolidating the Connecticut office and its employees into the New York office.", "She said most of the cuts affected the company's New York office.", "Notara has received funding from Hummer Winbald Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nassau Capital, Sumitomo, and the U.K.-based Protege Group.", "http: www.notara.com Mobile App Firm Wapit Files for Bankruptcy HELSINKI, Finland (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wapit, which provides mobile oper ators and media companies with mobile technology, middleware, and applications, announced it was unable to secure a second round of funding, and is filing for bankruptcy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26610_p2", "sents": [ "ABX2 60 was heard by the Assembly Energy Costs and Availability Committee on July 16. At that hearing, a member of the committee expressed concern that the measure would unnecessarily increase air pollution.", "The author responded that the bill would have the opposite effect by targeting the cleanest burning generators to help prevent blackouts.", "He further stated that when a blackout does occur, all forms of backup generators are allowed to run, which could have a far more detrimental impact on air quality than dispatching cleaner-burning generators just prior to a blackout.", "This measure is similar to the San Diego Gas and Electric Rolling Blackout Reduction Program, recently approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC).", "Under the PUC order, backup generators may be called into service based on their fuel type during a Stage III alert.", "Despite the virtual absence of blackouts during May, June and the first half of July, ABX2 60 passed the Assembly Energy Costs and Availability Committee (17-0)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "California Public Utilities Commission", "sents": [ "The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or PUC) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies.", "In addition, the CPUC regulates common carriers, including household goods movers, passenger transportation companies (like limousine services) and rail crossing safety.", "The CPUC's headquarters are located in the Civic Center district of San Francisco, and the agency has field offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Iowa Fight Song", "sents": [ "The \"Iowa Fight Song\" is one of three fight songs currently used by the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band along with On Iowa and Roll Along Iowa.", "The music and lyrics were written by Iowa native Meredith Willson, author of The Music Man, in 1951.", "The song is mostly a contrafact to his hit, \"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,\" much in the same way that \"76 Trombones\" and \"Goodnight, My Someone\" from The Music Man are based on the same harmonic structure." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Meredith Willson", "sents": [ "Robert Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984), credited as Meredith Willson, was an American composer and playwright, best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical \"The Music Man\".", "He wrote three other Broadway musicals, composed symphonies and popular songs, and his film scores were twice nominated for Academy Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Runnin' Away with My Heart", "sents": [ "\"Runnin' Away with My Heart\" is a song performed by American country music band Lonestar.", "It was released in May 1996 as the third single and fourth track from their self-titled debut album.", "It peaked at number 8 on the country charts in the United States, and at number 9 in Canada.", "Michael Britt, the band's keyboardist, co-wrote the song with Mark D. Sanders and Sam Hogin." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Sam Hogin", "sents": [ "Sam Hogin (1950-2004) was a country music songwriter.", "Hogin was nominated for the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award in 1981 for \"I Believe in You\" (cowritten with Roger Cook) and in 1998 for \"A Broken Wing\" (cowritten with Cook, James House, and Phil Barnhart." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California Public Utilities Commission", "sents": [ "The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or PUC) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies.", "In addition, the CPUC regulates common carriers, including household goods movers, passenger transportation companies (like limousine services) and rail crossing safety.", "The CPUC's headquarters are located in the Civic Center district of San Francisco, and the agency has field offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2742_p0", "sents": [ "'* one speaker had to be dragged away from microphone (see red) PUC Delays Decision on Power Rate Hike Energy: Panel will discuss a new plan today that would shift more of the burden to residences from business.", "By TIM REITERMAN and MARLA DICKERSON, Times Staff Writers SAN FRANCISCO--The state's utility regulators delayed a decision Monday on how to structure a $5-billion electricity rate increase until today, when they will take up a revised plan that is expected to shift a larger share onto residential customers.", "Assailed by power users and pressured by the governor, the California Public Utilities Commission said more time was needed to assess the impact on competing interest groups.", "\"The problem here is making sure we are allocating [the increase] equitably,\" PUC President Loretta Lynch said after the meeting.", "That, she said, is \"tricky.\"", "About half the residential customers of the state's two largest utilities would see increases under Lynch's plan proposed last week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bad Timing (Adventure Time)", "sents": [ "\"Bad Timing\" is the forty-ninth episode from the fifth season of \"Adventure Time\", an animated television series.", "It was written by Pendleton Ward, who created the show, and Kent Osborne, its head of story from a story the developed along with Jack Pendarvis and the current showrunner, Adam Muto.", "In the episode, Lumpy Space Princess falls in love with a former mate (Mark Proksch) from secondary school.", "When she suspects she has lost her date to Princess Bubblegum, she attempts to wield time travel to win back his affections." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Pendleton Ward", "sents": [ "Pendleton Ward (born September 23, 1982) is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor who works for Cartoon Network Studios and Frederator Studios.", "He created the Emmy Award-winning series \"Adventure Time\" (2010) and the internet series \"Bravest Warriors\" (2012).", "Ward is a graduate of the CalArts Animation Program.", "He grew up in San Antonio, Texas and currently resides in Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Are You Scared 2", "sents": [ "Are You Scared 2 is a 2009 action film directed by John Lands, and released by Louisiana Media Services.", "It stars Adrienne Hays, Adam Busch, Tristan Wright, Chad Guerrero, Kathy Gardiner, Andrea Monier, Hannah Guarisco, Tony Todd, Katherine Rose, Mark Lowry, Dallas Montgomery, Robin Zamora, and Laura Buckles.", "It is an unrelated sequel to Are You Scared?, that released in 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Tony Todd", "sents": [ "Anthony Tiran \"Tony\" Todd (born December 4, 1954) is an American character actor, voice artist and film producer.", "Known for portraying Kurn in \"\", Ben in the 1990 film \"Night of the Living Dead\" and its , \"Candyman\" in the horror movie franchise of the same name, William Bludworth in the \"Final Destination\" franchise and the Fallen in \"\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jerry Stahl", "sents": [ "Jerry Stahl (born September 28, 1953) is an American novelist and screenwriter.", "He is best known for his memoir of addiction \"Permanent Midnight\".", "A film adaptation followed with Ben Stiller in the lead role." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Ben Stiller", "sents": [ "Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker.", "He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)", "sents": [ "In 1979 the US National Public Radio broadcast a radio dramatization of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.", "It was produced by The Mind's Eye and has since been made available by several different companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "sents": [ "The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.", "The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel \"The Hobbit\", but eventually developed into a much larger work.", "Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, \"The Lord of the Rings\" is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lasosna", "sents": [ "The Lasosna, Lasasyanka (Belarusian: Ласосна, Ласасянка ), Polish: Łosośna is a river in Poland (Sokółka County) and Belarus (Hrodna and Hrodna district).", "The river is 46 km long, of which 24 km is in Poland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Neman", "sents": [ "The Neman, Nemunas, Nyoman, Niemen or Memel, a major Eastern European river, rises in Belarus and flows through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon, and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda.", "It begins at the confluence of two smaller tributaries (map coordinates 53.348194,27.108377), about 15 km southwest of the town of Uzda in central Belarus, and about 55 km southwest of Minsk.", "In its lower reaches it forms the border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast.", "It also, very briefly, forms part of the Belarus–Lithuania border.", "The largest river in Lithuania, and the third-largest in Belarus, the Neman is navigable for most of its 900 km length." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alfred Baum (athlete)", "sents": [ "Alfred Baum (born February 10, 1952 in Wickede) is a West German retired slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.", "He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran.", "Baum also finished fifth in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships", "sents": [ "The 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Meran, Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time.", "It was the 12th edition.", "The mixed C2 team event was discontinued following the 1969 championships.", "Meran hosted the championships previously in 1953, tying a record set both by Geneva, Switzerland (1949, 1959) and by Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Foundation Capital", "sents": [ "Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley.", "The firm was founded in 1995, and manages more than $2.4 billion in investment capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5289_p26", "sents": [ "Eality is backed by Foundation Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital.", "http: www.eality.com Convenience Store Marketplace RMX Names First President, COO WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- RetailersMarketXchange, an online marketplace for convenience store owners and suppliers, said it appointed its first president and chief operating officer Nancy D. Reyda.", "Prior to joining the company, Ms. Reyda was manager of the brand development center at Chevron.", "RMX is funded by Phillip Morris, Chevron, Oracle, and McLane http: www.rmx.com Former AirTouch Exec Joins CreSenda Wireless As President LOS ANGELES -- CreSenda Wireless, which delivers business information to handheld devices, said it has appointed Douglas Dobie, the former group director of strategy and product development for AirTouch Vodafone (now Verizon Wireless) as the company's new president.", "He joined CreSenda last year, as vice president of sales and marketing.", "Company founder Jonathan H. Siegler, who was serving as president, has been appointed vice chairman of the company's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Prospect Mesa", "sents": [ "Prospect Mesa ( ) is a low mesa below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley in Victoria Land.", "Named by geologists C. G. Vucetich and W. W. Topping of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1969–70, to designate the type locality of the geological \"Prospect Formation.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Victoria Land", "sents": [ "Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.", "It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria.", "The rocky promontory of Minna Bluff is often regarded as the southernmost point of Victoria Land, and separates the Scott Coast to the north from the Hillary Coast of the Ross Dependency to the south." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dr. John Ives House", "sents": [ "The Dr. John Ives House is a Federal style house in the town of DeWitt, New York, on a hill overlooking the hamlet of Jamesville.", "It has a widow's walk on top.", "The original property included 630 acre .", "Over the years the property was sold and divided amongst family members." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "DeWitt, New York", "sents": [ "DeWitt is a town (township) in Onondaga County, New York, USA.", "As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 25,838.", "The town is named after Major Moses DeWitt, a judge and soldier.", "An eastern suburb of Syracuse, DeWitt also is \"the site of most of the campus and all of the academic buildings of Le Moyne College\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2484_p84", "sents": [ "PG&E said the two consumer organizations on the committee, The Utility Refo rm Network and Consumers Union, have \"well-known political and policy agendas that have nothing to do with the reorganization principles of the Bankruptc y Code\" and \"a demonstrated history of aggressive lobbying and litigation.\"", "Noting that the consumers' committee would be funded by PG&E, the utility said the consumer groups' \"proclivities could substantially retard the progress of this case and seriously prejudice its outcome.\"", "United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali has scheduled a May 18 hearing on PG&E 's challenge.", "Stanley said she had met last week with PG&E representatives and lawyers, concluding \"after significant research\" that her action was both legal and necessary.", "\"The public's interest is not being protected in the bankruptcy case,\" she said, noting that the state government was keeping out of the proceedings in order to avoid exposure to PG&E lawsuits.", "\"The ratepayers are claimants here,\" Stanley said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e880_p37", "sents": [ "PG&E has been negotiating with state officials for months trying to find a solution to the crisis, but chairman Glynn said Friday it has given up hope of success.", "\"The bankruptcy code provides a mechanism that can get people, hopefully, to coalesce around a plan,\" Bussel said.", "\"It also has mechanisms to try to keep different constituencies in line, to the extent that their demands are undermining the ability of the company to successfully reorganize.\"", "The different constituencies in this case include the utility, its creditors, state regulators, state legislators, federal regulators, ratepayers and taxpayers.", "All will be represented in negotiations, under the oversight of United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali.", "\"There is going to be a huge jurisdictional battle between PG&E, the feds, the state, and the PUC,\" Bussel said.", "\"(The judge) will certainly be making his reputation on this case.", "We'll see how he handles it.\"", "Asked if he thought the bankruptcy judge would order PG&E to raise its rates more than permitted by the PUC, PG&E chairman Glynn said Friday \"the bankruptcy court and the PUC will probably have some very interesting conversations on that subject.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4468_p3", "sents": [ "In theory, that \"should leave our rates at about the same level, if we do it right,\" says Julie Brandis, a lobbyist with the Salem-based Associated Oregon Industries, the state's largest business lobby with 18,000 members.", "Ms. Brandis says she expects that most businesses in the state will back the stopgap plan and remain with their incumbent utilities next October.", "She says AOI still believes \"deregulation is the right way to go, but the higher prices are a concern.", "We think we need a bridge of some sort for the short term.\"", "Randy Dahlgren, director of pricing for Portland General Electric, a unit of Houston-based Enron Corp. and Oregon's largest utility with 730,000 customers, says the utility understands the need for the stopgap measure.", "\"We're working on a [pricing plan] now that should be similar to the regulated rate,\" he says.", "Regulators have asked the state's private utilities to submit their proposals by next month, and Mr. Dahlgren says that's just in time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Portland General Electric", "sents": [ "Portland General Electric (PGE) is a Fortune 1000 public utility based in Portland, Oregon.", "It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - 44% of the inhabitants of Oregon.", "Founded in 1888 as the Willamette Falls Electric Company, the company has been an independent company for most of its existence, though was briefly owned by the Houston-based Enron Corporation from 1997 until 2006 when Enron divested itself of PGE during its bankruptcy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4073_p38", "sents": [ "Unica is backed by Summit Accelerator Fund and JMI Equity Fund.", "http: www.unicacorp.com Hudson Williams Names Ex-Thomson Global President to Board NEW YORK -- Hudson Williams, a provider of Web performance services, said it has appointed Christine Berthet, the former president of Thomson Global Markets, an electronic financial publishing firm, to its board of directors.", "Ms. Berthet, will join Nell Cote, founder, president and CEO of Hudson Williams, and three investors on the board.", "Ms. Berthet has also served as both the senior vice president of strategic investments and the general manager of the in-house incubator at ADP Brokerage.", "Hudson Williams is backed by Wheatley Partners.", "http: www.hudsonwilliams.com Networking Firm Looking Glass Adds Allegiance CEO to Board OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Looking Glass Networks, a broadband fiber optic networking company, said it added Royce Holland, co-founder of Allegiance Telecom, to its board of directors.", "Mr. Holland is the chairman and chief executive officer of Allegiance Telecom." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p28", "sents": [ "Mr. Allen is CFO and vice president of finance and operations for Network Appliance.", "Investors for Acta include Colman Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sycamore Venture Capital, United States Venture Partners, and Van Wagoner Fund.", "http: www.acta.com DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board CHANTILLY, Va. -- InfoShark, a provider of software products that enable enterprises to build a business-to-business infrastructure for accessing, exchanging and transmitting XML data, said it elected Michael J. Poehner, president and chief executive officer of DMR Consulting, to its board of directors.", "Investors include JMI Equity Fund, Lazard Technology Partners, and 21st Century Ventures.", "http: www.infoshark.com incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board NEW YORK -- incuVest, a venture capital incubator and accelerator, said it appointed Margaret G. McGlynn of Merck to its board of directors.", "Ms. McGlynn serves as senior vice president of Merck's human health marketing division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2750_p106", "sents": [ "The 60-year-old heart disease patient said he had recently dropped 20 pounds.", "His energy report will offer strategies for increasing the nation's supplie s through expansion of nuclear power, increased domestic oil drilling and mor e efficient movement of energy.", "Cheney did not close the door to raising automobile gas mileage requirement s, which have been unchanged since 1975. Cheney met with several building and trade labor leaders Monday, hoping to convince them that Bush's plan will produce thousands of jobs.", "``We believe this might be a way to start solving this problem and getting more supply,' Teamsters President James Hoffa said afterward.", "Cheney criticized California Gov.", "Gray Davis for suggesting that the administration's ties to the oil industry are affecting the report.", "``It's an effort just to try to pass the blame onto somebody else,'' Cheney said.", "Finding: gas-price inflation possible Published Tuesday, May 15, 2001, in the San Jose Mercury News BY H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press WASHINGTON -- With partial control of a key pipeline, El Paso Corp. probabl y wielded enough market power to inflate the cost of natural gas going into Southern California last year, according to staff findings of a federal energy agency." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Southern California", "sents": [ "Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's 10 southernmost counties.", "The region is traditionally described as eight counties, based on demographics and economic ties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.", "The more extensive 10-county definition, which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, is also used and is based on historical political divisions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pillar (video game)", "sents": [ "Pillar is an independent video game designed by Michael Hicks for PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox 360.", "Described as a collection of minigames where each game represents a different type of personality found in people, each level in \"Pillar\" has different gameplay mechanics to examine various personality traits and themes.", "Reviewers noted the game's exploration of themes such as love, religion, capitalism, aging and regret." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "PlayStation 4", "sents": [ "PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a line of eighth generation home video game consoles developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.", "Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 during a press conference on February 20, 2013, it was launched on November 15 in North America, November 29 in Europe, South America and Australia; and February 22, 2014, in Japan.", "It competes with Nintendo's Wii U and Switch, and Microsoft's Xbox One." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: Bush may back some price caps Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: TV ads to pin blame on Davis for power woes Sac Bee, Sun, 5 17: Dan Walters: Political war between Sacramento and Washington is escalating Sac Bee, Sat, 5 16: Veil is lifted on pacts SD Union, Mon, 5 18: Deal would let SDG&E clients off the hook SD Union, Mon, 5 18: State officials to hold hearings on proposed high-voltage line SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Power grid operators issue blackout warnings for first time SD Union, Sun, 5 17: High energy prices to continue long term, experts say SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Ad criticizing Davis expected as officials consider price caps SD Union, Sat, 5 16: Energy deals rest on unsteady markets LA Times, Mon, 5 18: Bush Says FERC Plan Is Not Price Controls LA Times, Mon, 5 18: United States May Hike Aid for Poor's Utilities LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Power Debate Heats Up as Davis Reveals Contracts LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Ad Will Blame Davis for Crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Blackout alert for next 2 days State's first advance warning puts PG&E's Block 1 on notice SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: California's path to energy independence (by Gray Dav is) SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Federal panel considering ways to rein in Western ener gy prices SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Tougher price caps prompt controversy Consumer boon or bane?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2259_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"Expect prices to shoot up, analysts say\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"GOP: Shrink plan for bonds\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"FERC chief defends plan for state\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"PG&E to judge: ISO, $1 billion tab will drain us\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"Jack Sirard: PG&E's woes a warning to utility investor s\" SD Union (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"Legislature sends power authority bill to govern or\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"GOP Tries to Force Its Dramatically Different Energy Plan on Governor\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"Secretary of Energy, Davis Meet on United States Plan to Boost Conservation\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"PG&E Seeks Relief From High-Priced Power Purchases\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"SDG&E Blackout Plan Would Pay Firms to Use Generators SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Been there, done that Bay Area finds little new in Bush's ideas SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Bush calls power supply the solution He says conservation useful but secondary SF Chron (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"SDG&E unveils plan to contend with rolling blackouts\" SF Chron (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"California crisis brings new talk of energy conservation\" SF Chron (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Energy at a glance\" SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Ships would help during blackouts Ready reserve fleet has power to provide\" SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"PG&E chairman wants to keep power lines\" Mercury News, Fri, 5 4: \"Bush shifts policy on conservation after meeting with GOP\" Mercury News, Fri, 5 4: \"Senate plans public power\" Mercury News, Fri, 5 4: \"All Caps Hed\" OC Register, Fri, 5 4: \"Energy notebook Vote delayed on $12 billion state bond for power\" OC Register, Fri, 5 4: \"US conservation order called Bush's best effort\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Fri, 5 4: \"[B] POWER UPDATE Bush directs fed s to save energy in California\" Individual.com (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"Judge Dismisses $10B PG&E Suit\" Individual.com (Business wire), Fri, 5 4: \"Bankruptcy Update PG&E Files Motion to Require CAISO to Follow Federal Law\" - Expect prices to shoot up, analysts say By Dale Kasler Bee Staff Writer (Published May 4, 2001) Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sears", "sents": [ "Sears, short name for Sears, Roebuck & Company, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1886.", "Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, it began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925.", "The company was bought by the American big box chain Kmart in 2005, which renamed itself Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger.", "In terms of domestic revenue, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States until October 1989, when Walmart surpassed the record.", "It is currently the fifth-largest American department store company by sales as of October 2013 (behind Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and The Home Depot), and the twelfth-largest retailer in the country overall.", "Sears operates divisions in Canada and Mexico, as well as several other subsidiaries within its brand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e894_p224", "sents": [ "While Duke may serve its 396,000 shareholders well and have Wall Street's admiration, it's also a company, Mills and Sears say, that will openly defy the government on vital but costly air-pollution measures and move ahead with a risky nuclear program no other energy producer would touch.", "Duke, the third-largest United States utility, acquired three Pacific Gas and Electric Co. plants in 1998 and today accounts for about 5 percent of California's power.", "It plans to expand in the Golden State.", "In recent shareholder resolutions, Mills and Sears accused Duke of polluting the air by burning coal, and of jeopardizing the safety of millions in the Southeast by proceeding despite fierce opposition with a plan to convert plutonium warheads to nuclear fuel.", "Sears' antipollution resolution, introduced in November, came a month before the Environmental Protection Agency charged the company and others with numerous violations of the federal Clean Air Act.", "The pollution that Duke allegedly caused, the government said, was responsible for increased sickness and mortality from lung disorders among residents of the Southeastern United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Place We Ran From", "sents": [ "The Place We Ran From is the debut album by the alternative rock/alt country supergroup Tired Pony, released on July 5, 2010, through Polydor/Fiction in the United Kingdom and on July 28, 2010, in the United States by Mom and Pop.", "The album grew from what was initially a solo project for Snow Patrol songwriter Gary Lightbody which rapidly became a collaboration with members of Belle and Sebastian, R.E.M., and producer Jacknife Lee joining as well as contributions from actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, guitarist M. Ward, and Tom Smith of the indie rock group Editors.", "The tracks were recorded over the course of one week in January 2010, in Portland, Oregon.", "The album was recorded over the course of one week in January 2010 and charted in over a half dozen countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Zooey Deschanel", "sents": [ "Zooey Claire Deschanel ( ; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and singer-songwriter.", "She made her film debut in \"Mumford\" (1999), followed by her supporting role in Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical picture \"Almost Famous\" (2000).", "Deschanel soon became known for her deadpan comedy roles in films such as \"The Good Girl\" (2002), \"The New Guy\" (2002), \"Elf\" (2003), \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\" (2005), \"Failure to Launch\" (2006), \"Yes Man\" (2008), and \"(500) Days of Summer\" (2009).", "She also did dramatic turns in the films \"Manic\" (2001), \"All the Real Girls\" (2003), \"Winter Passing\" (2005) and \"Bridge to Terabithia\" (2007).", "Since 2011, she has played Jessica Day on the Fox sitcom \"New Girl\", for which she has received an Emmy Award nomination and three Golden Globe Award nominations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4740_p2", "sents": [ "Since 1985, Technologic Partners has researched and tracked venture investing, maintaining one of the most comprehensive databases on venture capital - unmatched in the industry for its thoroughness and accuracy.", "To learn more, go to: http: www.tpsite.com tp vf default.html Top Stories o Four Optical Startups to Raise $100 Million in Initial Funds PLANO, Texas.", "-- The Iris Group, which consist of four optical networking startups--Iris Labs, Metera Networks, Latus Lightworks and Coree Networks--said it intends to raise a total of $100 million in its first round of funding.", "So far, Iris Labs has raised $7.5 million, Metera $24 million, and Latus $28.1 million.", "Coree expects to close its first round of funding later this year.", "Mayfield Fund led the round, which included Sevin Rosen Funds, Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, and Hook Partners.", "Serving on the Latus board as a result of the investment are Todd Brooks of Mayfield, John Bayless of Sevin Rosen Funds, and Barry Eggers of Weiss." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "e2740_p2", "sents": [ "Mayfield Fund, a top-tier venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, has committed $1.5 million to fund the new program at UC Berkeley, to be called the UC Berkeley Mayfield Fellows Program.", "The new program will be administered by the Management of Technology Program (MOT), a partnership created in 1988 by the above three units of the UC Berkeley campus.", "Under the UC Berkeley Mayfield Fellows Program, graduate students selected from the College of Engineering, the Haas School of Business, and the School of Information Management and Systems work as summer interns at venture-backed high tech firms in Silicon Valley.?", "\"I don't believe any other university offers its graduate students such rigorous training in starting new high-tech ventures, from both a business and a technology perspective,\" explains Richard Newton, dean of the College of Engineering.?", "\"Add to that the opportunity to work directly for the CEO of a high-tech startup as part of the academic experience, and we have created something truly extraordinary for our students.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "International Professional Hockey League", "sents": [ "The International Professional Hockey League (IPHL) was the first fully professional Ice hockey league, operating from 1904 to 1907.", "It was formed by Jack 'Doc' Gibson, a dentist who played hockey throughout Ontario before settling in Houghton, Michigan.", "The IPHL was a five team circuit which included Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sault Ste.", "Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste.", "Marie, Michigan, Calumet, Michigan and Houghton.", "The IPHL was instrumental in changing the nature of top-level senior men's ice hockey from amateur to professional." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan", "sents": [ "Sault Ste.", "Marie is a city in, and the county seat of, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.", "It is situated on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste.", "Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River.", "The city is relatively isolated from other communities in Michigan and is 346 miles from Detroit.", "The population was 14,144 at the 2010 census, making it the second most populous city in the Upper Peninsula.", "By contrast, the Canadian Sault Ste.", "Marie is much larger, with more than 75,000 residents, based on more extensive industry developed in the 20th century and an economy with closer connections to other communities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Charm Spirit", "sents": [ "Charm Spirit (foaled 26 February 2011) is an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.", "As a two-year-old he won one minor race but showed promise when finishing third in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.", "In the following year he established himself as one of the best European colts of his generation with wins in the Prix Djebel, Prix Paul de Moussac, Prix Jean Prat, Prix du Moulin and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Prix Paul de Moussac", "sents": [ "The Prix Paul de Moussac is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings.", "It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5991_p14", "sents": [ "''There was significantly more television advertising in the first six months of this administration than there was in the past,'' said Ken Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, who studies such trends.", "The Democratic National Committee is unabashedly on a war footing, although the size of its advertising purchases -- several hundred thousand dollars' worth this year -- has not matched the volume of its oratory.", "The Democrats marked Mr. Bush's first 100 days with a commercial featuring a winsome blond tyke holding up a glass and cooing, ''May I please have some more arsenic in my water, Mommy?''", "Last week, the Democratic National Committee broadcast a new spot, saying, ''Insurance companies.", "H.M.O.'s.", "Big corporations.", "They've contributed $51 million to Bush and the Republicans.", "And now Bush says he'll veto a real patients' bill of rights.''", "Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is boastful about such early advertising." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "Democratic National Committee", "sents": [ "The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the formal governing body for the United States Democratic Party.", "The committee coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office.", "It organizes the Democratic National Convention held every four years to nominate and confirm a candidate for president, and to formulate the party platform.", "While it provides support for party candidates, it does not have direct authority over elected officials." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7794_p23", "sents": [ "CustomerLink raised $2 million from undisclosed outside investors in September.", "http: www.customerlink.com E-business Integrator Emerging Names New CEO, Board Member HOUSTON -- Emerging, a creator of e-business systems, said Gary Meshell will join the company as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.", "Mr. Meshell was previously a partner at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).", "He replaces Robert Shaw, founder of the company, who will remain president and chairman of the board.", "Emerging is backed by Austin Ventures and Benchmark Capital.", "http: www.emerging.com HomeGain COO, John Baker, Named Company President EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- John Baker, chief operating officer for online home sales Web site HomeGain, now also holds the position of president, according to the company.", "Mr. Baker joined HomeGain as chief operating officer after serving as the general manager and senior vice president of the Business Payroll Division at Wells Fargo.", "HomeGain is backed by investors including BancBoston Ventures, Comdisco Ventures, Intuit, Mindful Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, TMCT Ventures, and Brett Bullinron, executive vice president of Excite@Home." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4084_p15", "sents": [ "http: www.aego.com Canadian Commerce Services Firm Borderfree Gets $7.4 Million TORONTO -- Borderfree, which provides services to Canadian consumers and small businesses purchasing products on United States Web sites, said it raised over C$ 11 million ($7.4 million) in its second round of funding.", "The round included investments from Mosaic Venture Partners, Brightspark Ventures, and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board.", "The company's service provides customers with a guaranteed total price including exchanges, tariffs and duties, and shipping and handling.", "The company also manages deliveries and returns of items purchased through the service.", "The company said it will use the capital for technological infrastructure development, strategic partnerships and marketing activities, and continue its plans for global expansion.", "The company said it intends to expand its services to include the United Kingdom and others in 2001. Rick Nathan, managing director of Brightspark, occupies a seat on the company's board of directors as a result of the funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4073_p15", "sents": [ "The company will use the funds to expand to parts of the Northeast.", "The company also appointed a new board of advisors: NYNEX former vice president and general manager Jerald L. Johnson, MyHelpDesk vice president of business development Howard A. Marson, Time Warner Cable former executive vice president Jack F.Gault, Allied Domecq Quick Service Restaurant's retail concept officer William A. Kussell, and CEO of Heilberg Capital Management Phil Heilberg.", "http: www.newireless.com E-commerce Hub Skulogix Receives $31 Million in Second Round NEW YORK -- Skulogix, an Internet commerce fulfillment service provider to premium brands and online retailers, said it has raised $31 million in its second round of funding from Blackboard, Mosaic Venture Partners, Sofinov, OMERS, and other individual investors.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its distribution capabilities, marketing and sales activities, and for business development and partner planning.", "The company has not announced any change to its board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sharmak", "sents": [ "Sharmak (Persian: شرمك‎ ‎ ) is a village in Bazoft Rural District, Bazoft District, Kuhrang County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 66 divided among 10 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Bazoft Rural District", "sents": [ "Bazoft Rural District (Persian: دهستان بازفت‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in Bazoft District, Kuhrang County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 8,526, in 1,441 families.", "The rural district has 64 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Holvar-e Olya", "sents": [ "Holvar-e Olya (Persian: هلورعليا‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Holvar-e ‘Olyā and Holver-e ‘Olyā; also known as Halbaré Olya, Holvar, and Ḩolvar-e Bālā) is a village in Seyyed Jamal ol Din Rural District, in the Central District of Asadabad County, Hamadan Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 233, in 56 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Seyyed Jamal ol Din Rural District", "sents": [ "Seyyed Jamal ol Din Rural District (Persian: دهستان سيدجمال الدين‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in the Central District of Asadabad County, Hamadan Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 13,428, in 3,294 families.", "The rural district has 20 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1537_p0", "sents": [ "'QATAR: Qatar, Dolphin final gas pact not seen before Sept. Reuters English News Service, 04 22 01 INDIA: Enron's Indian unit directors to meet on April 25-paper.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 22 01 Centre to take up Enron issue today Hindustan Times, 04 22 01 Maha to set up experts committee for negotiations on Enron Press Trust of India Limited, 04 22 01 ONGC disputes Enron's claim on Moon Prospect project at Tapti Press Trust of India Limited, 04 22 01 Cyclist injured in MS 150 tour Rider's condition called critical after hitting head Houston Chronicle, 04 22 01 Power price rise stirs furor Energy firms deny claims of manipulating markets San Antonio Express-News, 04 22 01 India Dabhol Pwr Project Shrholders Mtg In London Apr 25 Dow Jones International News, 04 21 01 India: Lenders stop funds to Dabhol Business Line (The Hindu), 04 21 01 DPC board meet on Apr 25 to decide Dabhol fate in London Press Trust of India Limited, 04 21 01 Enron may sell its stake in DPC." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "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": "e3705_p14", "sents": [ "That was down from 9,800 megawatts off-line for scheduled maintenance when the state narrowly avoided rolling blackouts Thursday.", "The ISO projects that in a week, about 3,000 megawatts should be down for maintenance, said ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle.", "\"It looks like we're on target with our goal of getting the planned maintenance down to zero by mid-June.\"", "More generation, however, \"doesn't mean consumers can cut back on their conservation, because at the same time more plants come on line, temperatur es continue to rise,\" McCorkle said.", "By summer's peak in August and September, California can be using more than 45,000 megawatts.", "Californians cut their electricity use by 11 percent overall, and by about 10 percent during peak demand hours last month compared to the same month last year, the California Energy Commission said Sunday.", "In addition, the Davis administration has signed more power contracts, and the price of that power is falling." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "California Energy Commission", "sents": [ "The California Energy Commission, formally the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency.", "Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through appliance and building standards, and supporting renewable energy technologies.", "The Commission is a division of the California Natural Resources Agency, which is under the direction of Cabinet Secretary John Laird.", "One of its prominent responsibilities is maintenance of the California Energy Code." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4576_p0", "sents": [ "\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Tuesday, October 3, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Report: Tellme Networks Raises $125 Million in Latest Round o Kibu.com Shuts Doors; Freei Networks, More.com Cut Staff o Infrastructure Firm Conxion Raises $84 Million Series A o Reuters Joins Epoch Partners' $40 Million Round Two o Stayhealthy Buys MyLife.com, idealab!", "Has Stake in New Firm o Takefuji Launches European Fund, TWJ Euro, with $80 Million Advertisement UpShot.com is Web-based sales force automation solution that can be easily deployed.", "Access it anytime, anywhere, even from your Palm or internet phone.", "For a six-month free trial, sign up with UpShot.com now.", "To learn more, visit us at http: ad.doubleclick.net clk;1779812;4752152;m?http: www.upshot.com cgi- upsite referral.asp?ReferralID=MKT0000000332. Or call us at (888) 700-8774. Also in This Issue: New Money: o Wireless Broadband Firm Siros Raises $10 Million First Round o Agility Communications Raises $70 Million Second Round o Data Recovery Firm Amerivault Raises $5 Million First Round o Marketing Platform XpenseWise.com Lands AOL Funding o Net Marketer Kintera Closes $3 Million Round One, Names CEO o Online Payment Service Transale Gets $2.45 Million Round One o Online Security Firm Promia Raises $2 Million in First Round o UK Search Engine Firm NavigateOne Has $4.4 Million Round One o DSL Firm ASquare Gets Seed Funding from Venture Catalyst o Net-to-Telephone Provider Imbot Gets $1.3 Million Round One o Network App Firm Solid Information Has $50 Million Round Two o Outsourced Marketing Site eSolo Launches With $1 Million o Security Tech Firm Camelot Raises $21 Million in Series B o Broadband Access Firm Aperto Raises $26 Million Series B o Content Management Software Firm Tridion Gets $16.8 Million o IP DeveloperCrescent Networks Raises $37 Million in Series B o Online App Provider Fullscope May Raise $10 Million Series B o Online Dry Cleaning Service PurpleTie Raises $8 Million o $15 Million Round Two for Retail Supply Service ecVision o Tech Operating Firm Rebar Gets $32.5 Million From Softbank o Voice Application Provider Voyant Raises $15 Million Round o $10 Million Round Three for Speech Reconition Firm VerbalTek o Analyst Rating Firm Starmine Raises $7 Million in Series C o Broadband Site Silicon.com Raises $22 Million Third Round o Online Payment Firm Paradata Secures $10 Million Round Three o Red Sheriff Raises $30 Million in Third Round of Funding o Videoconferencing Firm iPhysician Lands $36 Million Series E o Ad Promotions Firm DailyShopper Network Raises $8 Million o Broadband Provider InternetConnect Has $10 Million Series E o Buisness Service Provider Adaytum Gets $10 Million Series E o E-Services Firm Extraprise Raises $21.7 Million Fifth Round o Leitch Tech Puts $2.5 Million in Video Service Firm Fastvibe New Products: o About.com Seeking Funds to Spin Off New B2B Subsidiary o 3Fusion Debuts B2B E-Commerce Application ClickSell Kiosk o Online Business Info Provider NewsAlert Now Inlumen New Deals: o Novestra Increases Ownership in Comintell from 12% to 24% M&A: o Semiconductor Firm Infineon To Buy Ardent for $42 Million o K2 Design and Unwired Buy SilverCube for $14.8 Million o Mobile Services Provider Visto Acquires Netdrive.com Dental E-Commerce Firm Dentalxchange.com Buys eDentalStore o Level 8 Systems Acquires Starquest in Stock Swap o RewardsPlus Acquires Software Development Firm Ohana o Optical Components Designer Kymata Buys Total Micro Products New Directors: o Questor Partner Joins Board of Consulting Firm Immedient o Funeral Industry Resource Legacy.com Names New Boardmember o Two Join Board of Signal Tech Firm Antrim Design Systems o Bio Info Data Firm TissueInformatics Names President, CEO New People: o B2B Online Learning Firm InterWise Appoints New CEO o Direct Marketing Platform Responsys Names New President, CEO o Ex-Staples Exec To Head Infrastructure Firm Tierra Telecom o Trucking Industry Site 3Plex Names Ex-Open Market Exec CEO o Co-Founders to Head Wireless Entertainment Firm Red Jade o ASP Linx Communications Makes Interim Head President and CEO o Ex-Sensormatic Exec." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e401_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Tuesday, September 5, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o TeleTech Holdings Acquires Spanish CRM Firm For $100 Million o BroadVision, H&Q Asia Pacific, and Itochu Form Joint Venture o Thomson Learning Becomes Largest Shareholder In WebCT o Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft o Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime o Italian Incubator NetStrategy.it Gets $2.5 Million Round One Advertisement The world won't beat a path to your door just because you've built a dot.com.", "You have to have the right connections.", "Through the HP Garage Program, HP can get your name in front of the people who can speed your time-to-market and really help you succeed.", "(Marketing people.", "Web integration people.", "Hosting people.", "VC's.)", "You name it.", "And networking is only part of what the HP Garage Program has to offer.", "HP can help you finance it, build it, run it, and market it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "New York Mercantile Exchange", "sents": [ "The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago.", "NYMEX is located at One North End Avenue in Brookfield Place in the Battery Park City section of Manhattan, New York City.", "Additional offices are located in Boston, Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dubai, London, and Tokyo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3400_p11", "sents": [ "Feinstein seeks a broad investigation into FERC, and not just an airing of the Lay-Hebert exchange, which Feinstein said she sees as an example of \"a definite problem,\" the senator's spokesman, Howard Gantman, said.", "\"There are very close relationships between FERC and the industry it regulates.", "Some of those relationships could be improper,\" Gantman said.", "Lieberman, who has requested that the General Accounting Office investigate FERC's response to the California electricity crisis, will become chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee when Democrats assume the Senate majority in about two weeks.", "There was no immediate response from Lieberman's office regarding Feinstein's letter.", "-By Bryan Lee, Dow Jones Newswires, 202-862-6647, [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "United States Physical Gas Cash Prices Fall; No Load Weekend 05 25 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- United States natural gas physical prices fell Friday ahead of a no-load holiday weekend, widening considerably the differential to the New York Mercantile Exchange futures board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Parmai Lal", "sents": [ "Parmai Lal is an Indian politician.", "He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh in 1977 as a member of the Janata Party and in 1989 as member of the Janata Dal .He was earlier a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Janata Party", "sents": [ "The Janata Party (JP or JNP) (translation: People's Party) was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the State of Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi and her party, the Indian National Congress (R).", "In the general election held after the end of the state of emergency in 1977, the Janata party defeated Congress (R) to form the first non-Congress government in the history of the Republic of India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3880_p4", "sents": [ "\"It's not that simple.\"", "The most heated discussion came when Michael Shames, executive director of UCAN, Utility Consumers Action Network, said FERC was \"on trial\" and could lose its case for deregulation.", "FERC Chairman James J. Hoecker, said it was natural to look for blame on the part of power generators.", "But he added that \"making a lot of money gets a bad rap when individual electricity consumers are hurting.\"", "He also asked a panel of power producers directly to ask why they were \"gaming the system.\"", "\"We feel we've conducted business not only legally, but ethically,\" said Bill Hall, managing director of commercial affairs at Duke Energy, which owns 4 percent of power generation in the state.", "\"We don't anticipate to make profits like this as soon as supply keeps up with demand.\"", "John Stout, vice president of the Southwest region for Reliant Energy, said he was certainly in business \"to make a profit.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p24", "sents": [ "The bill was signed by Wilson on Sept. 23. FERC A key vote by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was interim approval for operation of California's bifurcated grid operation - the Power Exchang e and the Independent System Operator - taken on Oct. 29, 1997. The three members at that time, who approved it unanimously, were Vicky A. Bailey, a Republican, and Democrats James J. Hoecker and William L. Massey.", "In their words \"Competition will work to drive costs down.\"", "- John Bryson, head of Southern California Edison.", "From June 14, 1994, PUC hearing in Los Angeles.", "\"A mandated pool structure would make it easier for big players to dominate and manipulate the generation market.\"", "- PUC Commissioner Jessie Knight Jr., warning that his colleagues were creating an unworkable system, May 24, 1995. \"We've pulled the plug on another outdated monopoly and replaced it with th e promise of a new era of competition.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ammocharis", "sents": [ "Ammocharis is a small genus from sub-Saharan Africa, in the Amaryllidaceae family (subfamily Amaryllidoideae) which includes 7 species distributed in Africa.", "The plant grows as a succulent, above-ground bulb, preferring seasonally wet, hot, sandy soils and full sun." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Amaryllidaceae", "sents": [ "The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales.", "The family takes its name from the genus \"Amaryllis\" and is commonly known as the amaryllis family.", "The leaves are usually linear, and the flowers are usually bisexual and symmetrical, arranged in umbels on the stem.", "The petals and sepals are undifferentiated as tepals, which may be fused at the base into a floral tube.", "Some also display a corona.", "Allyl sulfide compounds produce the characteristic odour of the onion subfamily (Allioideae)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Green Team", "sents": [ "Green Team is an independent strategic brand communications and creative agency with offices in New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, São Paulo and Mexico City.", "Founded in 1993, it is one of the first communications agencies to focus on the areas of sustainability and social responsibility." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e8490_p6", "sents": [ "Much has been made about the difficulty of siting and permitting generation in California.", "With enactment of AB 970 and the creation of the Governor ,s Clean Energy Green Team this September, California has aggressively committ ed itself to continue to accelerate the siting and permitting of generation an d to coordinate local, state and federal government agency review and action.", "Federal and state air quality requirements present unique challenges to the construction and operation of new power plants.", "Through the Green Team, we are developing new and creative approaches to meet these challenges, workin g with local air quality districts, the California Air Resources Board and th e United States Environmental Protection Agency.", "These might, for example, expand upon the case of the proposed Otay Mesa power plant, where mobile emissions credits are being used to offset stationary source emissions that will be generated by the new facility.", "If necessary, I will seek legislatio n to enable these new approaches." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tristan Cousins", "sents": [ "Tristan Cousins (born 1 August 1982) is a British former competitive figure skater.", "Competing in men's singles, he qualified for the free skate at the 2002 World Junior Championships.", "He won one senior international medal, bronze at the 2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and one senior national medal, bronze at the 2008 British Championships.", "He is the nephew of Robin Cousins." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Robin Cousins", "sents": [ "Robin Cousins (born 17 August 1957) is a British former competitive figure skater.", "He is the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time (1978, 1979 & 1980) World medalist and four-time (1977, 1978, 1979 & 1980) British national champion obtained during his amateur career he turned professional in 1980 and went onto win the World Professional Men's Figure Skating Championships two times (1985, 1987) and was a World Professional singles medalist four times (1986, 1990, 1991, 1992).", "He later starred in ice shows and also produced his own.", "He has also appeared in theatre productions, including in the West End, and has commentated on figure skating events for the BBC.", "Since 2006 he has been on the panel of judges on ITV's \"Dancing on Ice\" and takes the position of head judge." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County", "sents": [ "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004 until November 15, 2006.", "The series aired for three seasons and was primarily focused on the personal lives of several students attending Laguna Beach High School.", "Its premise was originated with Liz Gateley, while Tony DiSanto served as the executive producer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Liz Gateley", "sents": [ "Liz Gateley is an American television producer.", "She currently serves as head of programming at Lifetime Television.", "She is also a founding partner and co-owner, along with Tony DiSanto, of DiGa, a studio and production company hybrid.", "In what Gateley describes as her \"dream job\", she is responsible for leading the development of new weekly and daily series for the channel including both scripted and reality projects." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2105_p75", "sents": [ "\"We did not know how good baseball could be until everybody could play,\" civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said Monday in Houston, comparing the corporate world to the great American pastime.", "Jackson was in town to mark the opening of the Texas bureau of the Wall Street Project, at 1600 Smith, as part of a national Rainbow PUSH Coalition initiative to increase minority involvement in the corporate world.", "The Wall Street Project, which has 10 offices nationwide, lobbies corporations to hire more minorities, name more minorities to corporate boards and award more business to minority companies.", "In a matter of days, Jackson said, the project intends to purchase $2,000 worth of stock in each of the 50 major energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., Texaco, Enron Corp., Reliant Energy and Dynegy Corp. Begun in 1997, the Wall Street Project has offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C, Los Angeles, Detroit and New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tom Spahn", "sents": [ "Thomas G. (\"Tom\") Spahn (born July 30, 1955) is a three-time Emmy Award winning composer, Synthesizer Programmer for the 1996 Grammy Award nominated album by Earth Kitt, \"Back in Business\", another Emmy Nomination in 2001 for Mastering Dizzy South America Tour, is an American musician born in Park Forest, Illinois and currently residing in New York City.", "Spahn is a longtime musical director and arranger and has worked with numerous musicians and composers on a myriad projects, performances and recordings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Park Forest, Illinois", "sents": [ "Park Forest is a village located south of Chicago in Cook and Will counties, Illinois, United States.", "As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 21,975.", "Park Forest is bordered by Olympia Fields to the north, Chicago Heights to the east, University Park to the south (formerly Park Forest South), and Richton Park and Matteson to the west." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Friends (Whodini song)", "sents": [ "\"Friends\" is a song by the American hip-hop group Whodini.", "The song reached #4 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.", "The song was less successful on the Hot 100, spending 3 weeks on the chart and peaking at #87.", "The Song was sampled on the Nickelodeon sitcom \"Taina\" on the song \"Thought that we were friends\", which was sung by Christina Vidal who played the title character." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Christina Vidal", "sents": [ "Christina Mari Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress, singer and producer.", "She is best known for her roles in films such as \"Life with Mikey\", \"Brink!", "\", \"Freaky Friday\", and \"See No Evil\" and for her role in Nickelodeon sitcom \"Taina\", in which she played the title character (2001–02)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2855_p41", "sents": [ "She said Cheney had only about a half dozen private meetings.", "``The vice president has listened carefully to all sides of the debate,'' she said.", "The administration has spurned congressional and administrative inquires into whom top officials such as Cheney, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey met with.", "To some, the meetings are simply further evidence of the energy industry ties that both Bush and Cheney brought to the job, and the support they have received from that industry during the campaign -- roughly $2.9 million in contributions, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign finance.", "``Bush came in with goals and assumptions about energy that played right into the business community,'' said Stu Rothenberg, editor of the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report.", "Supply-Side Arguments Those who were willing to talk about their meetings with Cheney described businesslike, formal sessions.", "Lay said that he discussed ``the whole issue of making wholesale markets work better,'' a mantra for Enron, the country's top wholesale power marketer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e2973_p3", "sents": [ "Rather than having the nation's transmission lines controlled by the utilities, it wants those lines to provide open access for new entrants such as Enron eager to buy and sell power.", "Mr. Lay is on a first-name basis with a half-dozen members of the Bush cabinet and knows many senior White House staffers from their days in the Texas governor's mansion with Mr. Bush.", "Before joining the administration, both White House economist Lawrence Lindsey and United States Trade Representative Robert Zoellick were on Enron's advisory board, which pays members an annual stipend of $50,000. Under Mr. Lay, Enron has donated nearly $2 million to Mr. Bush during his political career.", "Since the start of the 2000 campaign, Enron and its employees have contributed $1.3 million to the Bush presidential drive, the Republican Party and the presidential inauguration, says the Center for Responsive Politics.", "Enron also accounted for $461,000 in contributions during Mr. Bush's two runs for governor, according to the Center for Public Integrity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Karyan, Kermanshah", "sents": [ "Karyan (Persian: كريان‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Karyān) is a village in Jalalvand Rural District, Firuzabad District, Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 85, in 23 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Jalalvand Rural District", "sents": [ "Jalalvand Rural District (Persian: دهستان جلال وند‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in Firuzabad District, Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 6,448, in 1,349 families.", "The rural district has 55 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4432_p13", "sents": [ "http: www.maptuit.com MarketResearch.com Gets Additional Funding From Tribune CHICAGO -- Tribune said it invested in MarketResearch.com, an online marketplace that provides information on markets, industries, companies and trends.", "Terms were not disclosed.", "MarketResearch raised its first round in June with $6 million from Axalon Internet Group.", "http: www.marketresearch.com eMarketplace Provider Procuron Secures Funding for Launch TORONTO -- Procuron, which will provide suppliers with electronic marketplaces, announced it will launch by the end of the year.", "The company also announced it received undisclosed investments from Bell Canada, CIBC, Scotiabank, Mouvement des caisses Desjardins and BCE Emergis, which will provide the new company with technological support.", "http: www.procuron.com New Products o Santa Barbara Technology Incubator Announces New Company SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Santa Barbara Technology Incubator (SBTI) announced the launch of a new company, Santa Barbara Technology Properties (SBTP).", "SBTP will provide office space to SBTI's portfolio companies and to non-portfolio hightech start-ups for cash and equity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e8665_p35", "sents": [ "top SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Santa Barbara Technology Group, the holding company for Santa Barbara Technology Incubator and Santa Barbara Technology Properties, said it completed a second round of financing.", "The amount raised and investors that participated were not disclosed.", "However, the company did say the funds came from individuals throughout the Santa Barbara area, as well as in Europe and Asia.", "Santa Barbara Technology Group provides venture financing, incubating, and launching services to high-tech start up companies.", "http: www.sbtechnology.com vc personnel BrainWorks Ventures Names President mail this story?", "top ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- BrainWorks Ventures, a venture fund that invests in early-stage technology companies in the southeast said John Cayce will join the company as president.", "He previously served as director of the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund.", "http: www.brainworksvc.com company index top 1StopMD, Aalayance, Active Navigation, AppSwing, Babygear.com, BrainWorks Ventures, Brightpod, BSDi, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Care Delivery Solutions, Clickability, Creation Entertainment, Fandom, FormFactor, Giza Group, Global Sight, HeyAnita.com, Hipbone, Hittite Microwave, industry2industry, Innovance Networks, Inphonic.com, Internet Machines, JuniorJobs.com, Kasenna, Kinexus, Lumeta, Mascot Network, MDanywhere.com, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, NetVendor, Nisus, OpenPages, Oxygen Media, ParkStone Medical Information Systems, Pelago Networks, Petsmart.com, Pharmasmarket.com, qbiquity, Quadstone, Qualcomm, Runcom Technologies, Salesnet.com, Santa Barbara Technology Incubator, Science Communications, Seleriti, Site59.com, Softbank, SoundBite Communication, StudentAcademy.com, Tecnocom, !" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lehman Brothers", "sents": [ "Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) was a global financial services firm.", "Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities), research, investment management, private equity, and private banking.", "Lehman was operational for 158 years from its founding in 1850 until 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e20071_p6", "sents": [ "The assets hold more than 170 million barrels of oil and gas, BG said.", "``They're supplementing their existing gas business in India with new reserves,'' said Anthony Eccles, an analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London.", "``That justifies the price they agreed to pay.''", "BG controls Gujarat Gas Co., which supplies gas to customers in the Gujarat state, and owns half of Mahanagar Gas, which serves Mumbai.", "It also is building a liquefied natural gas plant in Gujarat.", "Currently, the Gas Authority of India is the monopoly buyer of gas from the fields and the seller of the fuel to BG's ventures.", "While the fields' existing output has been fully contracted to the Gas Authority, the company will negotiate a right to bypass it with additional production, McManus said.", "Lehman Brothers advised BG on the acquisition, McManus said.", "Enron The agreement ``represents a significant step for Enron in selling assets not integrated into our wholesale or retail energy businesses,'' Enron president for exploration and production Jeff Sherrick said in a statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mike Florio", "sents": [ "Mike Florio (born June 8, 1965) is an American sports writer, radio host, and television commentator.", "He writes for \"Profootballtalk.com\", which he created and owns." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11738_p6", "sents": [ "May and June were the only months when demand growth exceeded 10 percent, the analysis showed.", "Most months recorded 4 percent or 5 percent, and some -- such as September -- were less than 3 percent.", "Two months, October and December, had demand levels lower than the year before -- 4.22 percent less for October, 1.46 percent lower for December.", "Mike Florio, a consumer lawyer and board member of the ISO, said that even growth of less than 5 percent from 1999 to 2000 would seem overstated, since 1999 was a relatively mild weather year and 2000 was a much hotter one.", "\"You are quite right,\" Florio said.", "'Skyrocketing' demand is a myth.\"", "MARKET MANIPULATION?", "Consumer representatives and some politicians have long suspected that, rather than dire imbalances between supply and demand, market manipulation is behind the crisis.", "Generators and power marketers adamantly deny this, saying they have done everything they could to keep the lights on." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team", "sents": [ "The 1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.", "The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Joe Paterno", "sents": [ "Joseph Vincent Paterno ( ; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, and later athletic director and coach.", "He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011.", "With 409 victories, Paterno is the most victorious coach in NCAA FBS history.", "His career ended with his dismissal from the team in November 2011 as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3052_p38", "sents": [ "He also said it was premature to comment on the impact of a possible termination of the Dabhol project on the bank's balance sheet.", "ICICI Ltd., the country's second-largest lender to companies, is ``covered back-to-back by state government guarantees,'' said Kalpana Morparia, executive director at ICICI.", "Still, investors viewed the termination notice as bad news for lenders, which saw their share prices fall.", "``The banks will take a big hit on their balance sheet if the Dabhol project is stalled,'' said Deepak Malhotra, who helps manage $88 million in assets at Max India Ltd. in New Delhi.", "The so-called ``preliminary termination notice'' is being seen as an attempt to force the central and Maharashtra state governments to the negotiating table to resolve a standoff over payments to the company, which is owed 3 billion rupees ($64 million) for power supplies in December and January.", "Negotiating Ploy The notice was issued so that all parties to the dispute come to the negotiating table, said an official at ICICI, who requested anonymity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Kalpana Morparia", "sents": [ "Kalpana Morparia is an Indian banker.", "She was associated with ICICI Bank for thirty three years.", "Presently she is the Chief Executive Officer of JP Morgan India, the Indian extension of a 2.1 trillion dollar American company.", "Kalpana serves as an independent Director on the Boards of several leading Indian companies.", "A graduate in law from Bombay University, Morparia has served on several committees constituted by the Government of India.", "She is ranked by Fortune magazine as one of the fifty most powerful women in international business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5457_p8", "sents": [ "Read the text at http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 05 16 B U199770.DTL Sea Power & Associates was featured in Oakland Tribune on May 16. Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration, was quoted on the Federal Reserves rate cuts in Market News International article \"Latest Fed Rate Cut Welcomed by Most, Questioned by others\" on May 15. Paul Gertler, professor and faculty director of the Graduate Program in Health Services Management, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 9. Read the full text at http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 05 09 B U166480.DTL&type=printable Severin Borenstein, E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration, has been quoted extensively in the media on the California Energy Crisis.", "Fortune Magazine, June 11, \"Is Dick Cheney the New Hillary?\"", "Los Angeles Times, June 10, http: www.latimes.com news columns king 20010609 t000048506.html San Francisco Chronicle, June 10, http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f ca 2001 06 10 MN19676.DTLSan Diego Union Tribune, June 8, http: www.signonsandiego.com news uniontrib fri metro news_7m8puc.html National Public Radio, June 8 Los Angeles Times, June 7, http: www.latimes.com editions ventura calendar 20010607 t000047628.html San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 06 07 M N177308.DTL The Press-Enterprise, June 7 CBS Evening New, June 6, http: www.cbsnews.com now story 0,1597,295277-412,00.shtml Los Angeles Times, June 6, http: www.latimes.com news state 20010606 t000047237.html The New York Times, June 5,?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1312_p1", "sents": [ "Sea Power & Associates, which won the $10,000 first prize, aims to provide renewable energy for the emerging economies of the island communities in th e Pacific as well as Hawaii, thus offering a cost-competitive non-polluting alternative to diesel generation.", "\"Electricity generated from ocean wave energy will reduce the greenhouse ga s emissions that contribute to global warming,\" said Mirko Previsic, CEO of S ea Power & Associates, whose patented system consists of a buoy driven by the up-and-down motion of the waves, which converts the ocean wave energy into electricity.", "\"For each yard of coastline in Northern California we could power 20 American homes.\"", "Aprotea Biochips, which has developed technology to provide a rapid and easy-to-use protein measurement system to enhance drug discovery, won a $2,000 prize for best management team.", "The team includes individuals with extensive experience in business, law, biology, biochemistry, and engineering, and has the winning combination of deep domain experience, passion for the business, and the wherewithal to execute." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "ABC News", "sents": [ "ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.", "Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast \"ABC World News Tonight\"; other programs include morning news-talk show \"Good Morning America\", newsmagazine series \"Nightline\", \"Primetime\" and \"20/20\", and Sunday morning political affairs program \"This Week with George Stephanopolous\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3713_p19", "sents": [ "Announcer: June 4th, 2001. CHRIS BURY host: Rolling power blackouts, bankrupt utilities, skyrocketing electricity prices.", "Unidentified Man #1: It is the most volatile commodity in the world.", "BURY: Are power generators gouging consumers?", "Unidentified Woman #1: I think it's pretty appalling that the folks who sell us power can charge whatever they want.", "Mr. KENNETH L. LAY (Chairman, Enron): And every time there's a shortage or a little bit of a price spike, it is always collusion or conspiracy or something.", "I mean, it always makes people feel better that way.", "BURY: And right in the middle, a federal agency you've probably never heard of.", "Mr. CURTIS HEBERT (Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission): They didn't build this monopolistic system overnight, and we won't change it overnight either.", "BURY: Tonight, Power Play, Who's to Blame for the Energy Crisis?", "Announcer: From ABC News, this is NIGHTLINE.", "Substituting for Ted Koppel and reporting from Washington, Chris Bury." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 9, 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sequoia Capital", "sents": [ "Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm.", "The firm is located in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry.", "It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value.", "Sequoia manages multiple investment funds including funds specific to India, Israel, and China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e28042_p7", "sents": [ "The company will use the money for product development.", "Chairman and CEO of Eluminant Technologies said the company will seek additional capital and strategic partners in the future.", "Launched in 1998, Eluminant is a subsidiary of NEC USA.", "<http: www.eluminant.com * Ikanos Gets $5.1M More to Cap Series C at $30M By Michelle Tsai <mailto:[email protected] top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJJKQIPLII FREMONT, CALIF. -- Ikanos Communications, a developer of broadband silicon chipsets, said it has raised an additional $5.1 million in Series C funding, bringing the round to a close at $30 million.", "New investors Intel Capital and VentureTech Alliance, an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, and Ridgewood Capital, which participated in the first close of the round, provided the additional $5.1 million.", "Other Series C investors were Anthelion, Greylock Partners, JPMorgan Partners, Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, and Walden International, which led the round with an investment of more than $7 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Impinj", "sents": [ "Impinj, Inc. is a manufacturer of radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices and software.", "The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.", "The company was started based on the research done at the California Institute of Technology by Carver Mead and Chris Diorio.", "Impinj currently produces EPC Class 1, Gen 2 passive UHF RFID chips, RFID readers, RFID reader chips, and RFID antennas, and software applications for encoding chips, and gathering business intelligence on RFID systems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4033_p5", "sents": [ "Voxeo raised a seed round from individual investors earlier this year.", "http: www.voxeo.com Egan-Managed Capital Launches $66.7 Million Second Fund BOSTON -- Egan-Managed Capital said it raised a new $66.7 million fund for investing in early stage startup companies primarily in the New England area.", "A majority of the capital for the firm's second fund was committed by the Egan family, led by Richard Egan, a founder of the EMC.", "The fund will make initial investments of between $2 million and $4 million in 12-15 companies throughout the year.", "The firm manages two funds with over $110 million in committed capital.", "Egan-Managed Capital portfolio companies include Network Engines, Top Layer Networks, Lineo, and Softrax.", "http: www.egancapital.com New Money o Communications Firm Impinij Gets $15 Million, Round One SEATTLE -- Impinj, an adaptive communications company, said it recently secured $15 million in its first round of financing from lead investors ARCH Venture Partners and Madrona Venture Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p1", "sents": [ "to Board o Spanish & Portuguese Travel Site Viajo.com Names Chairman o Former Stamps.com President Named Chair of Perquia o Narus Appoints Network Appliance President To Its Board o Portals Provider Conjoin Adds Former Teradyne Exec To Board New People: o Boats.com Co-Founder Takes Over For Departed CEO o eBenefits Names Wells Fargo Executive as New CEO o Former Active Software Exec Joins Tradec as President & CEO o Health Care Security Services Firm HealthCast Names CEO o Optical Firm Cinta Names Former Tellabs President as CEO o Publishing Exec Named CEO of Training Product Firm Cognitive o Sekani Names Former NFL Enterprises President Bernard as CEO o Broadband Firm Infinilink Names New President & COO o TelCo Firm IP Services Names President and CEO o Communications Firm Hotline Names Former Phoenix Exec as CEO o Swedish IT Consultant DataVis Names President and CEO o Automation Software Firm Novient's President & COO Named CEO VC Fund News: o Capital Z Partners and Zurich Financial to Form New Firm o Village Ventures Raises $7 Million From Banknorth Group o Project Development Firm Venture Studio Launches o New Media Venture Partners Raises $17.5 Million VC Personnel: o Former Lucent Executive Joins St. Paul Venture Capital o Former WhoWhere Exec Joins NeoCarta Ventures as Partner Advertisement Technology Outlook - The Future of Pervasive Computing San Francisco Airport Marriott - December 4 & 5, 2000 What will bring Internet communications, digital entertainment, and powerful computing capabilities to the masses?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p4", "sents": [ "The investors in the new fund include large United States public pension plans, Deutsche Bank, T. Rowe Price, and a number of chief executives from the mid-Atlantic and Midwestern United States The fund will make early stage investments of between $2 million and $10 million.", "The new fund has led a $10 million round for TidePoint and invested in Versient and Woodwind Communications.", "Sterling Venture Partners said it may look to raise another fund in 18 months.", "http: www.sterlingcap.com NBC VP Named Partner and Director of NeoCarta Ventures NEW YORK -- NeoCarta Ventures said it named Peg Murphy, former NBC vice president of business development, as a partner and director of its New York office.", "The firm said that under her direction the office will concentrate its investments in new media, particularly in digital, broadband, and Internet infrastucture technologies and services.", "While at NBC Ms. Murphy was responsible for investing in Internet companies and managing its interactive TV group, investing in companies including Tivo, Net2Phone, Mail.com, Digital Island, Loudeye, Liveperson, i3 Mobile, and Wink Communications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p216", "sents": [ "Transmission congestion in New England has risen sharply since 1999 and is expected to double in and around Boston by 2005. \"If there's a bottleneck, then the cheapest power plant may not be dispatched,\" said Ian Davis, vice president of transmission for National Gr id USA, which controls roughly 30% of New England's transmission network.", "These issues and others will resonate across the United States and Canada as politicians, utility executives, special interest groups and consumers look for a balance among rising electric demand, environmental and lifestyle protection and the need to make a buck.", "Binary world Here's the irony: In its simplest form, today's digital economy relies on binary computer code to either turn a system \"on\" or \"off.\"", "As demand for power grows, the options for electric power appear increasingly binary, too \"You can build a transmission line and a power plant, or sweat in the dark, said Doug Logan, principal with RDI Consulting." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "New England", "sents": [ "New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.", "It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively.", "The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south.", "Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city.", "The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sierra Club", "sents": [ "The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States.", "It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who became its first president." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1420_p46", "sents": [ "The group charges that the commission is aware of other available sites, including one in an industrial part of the East Bay area, and lists eight other reasons the plant should not be built, among them the noise and emissions it would produce.", "The local Sierra Club chapter, however, has endorsed the plant largely on grounds that it would run cleaner than existing plants in the area.", "By offsetting emissions from those older plants, the new project would actually reduce air pollution, said Kurt Newick of the Sierra Club's Loma Prieta chapter.", "On another front, Davis continued to lobby legislators for support for his plan to rescue Southern California Edison from bankruptcy through purchase of the utility's transmission grid.", "Emerging from lunch with state Senate Democrats who are openly wary of the deal, Davis said he'd made progress to \"bridge some of the gaps.\"", "It was the governor's third meeting in two days with lawmakers of both parties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chris Lehane", "sents": [ "Christopher Stephen \"Chris\" Lehane (born June 2, 1967) is an American political consultant and crisis communications expert who has served as a lawyer, spokesperson and expert in opposition research for the Clinton White House, Democratic candidates for public office and various business, Labor, entertainment and professional sports organizations.", "A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, he was a lawyer and spokesperson in the Clinton White House where he and his current business partner Mark Fabiani were called the \"Masters of Disaster\" by Newsweek magazine for their part in a \"rapid-response\" team employed to respond to the increasing number of investigations of the Clinton Administration.", "In 2012, Lehane co-authored a book on damage control titled \"Masters of Disaster\" published by Palgrave, MacMillan's academic imprint.", "He also wrote and produced the film \"Knife Fight\", a political satire acquired by IFC and released in January 2013.", "As of August 2015, Lehane serves as the Head of Global Policy and Public Affairs for home-sharing startup Airbnb." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e5470_p28", "sents": [ "But politically, he still must weather the hottest summer months, the arriv al of rising electricity bills at homes and a recent dive in his popularity ratings.", "\"Some irreparable damage has been done to his image and his popularity,\" sa id Bruce Cain, director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.", "Two statewide polls recently showed Davis' approval rating plummeted to its lowest marks since he took office while electricity rates climbed.", "Meanwhile, Davis fought to shed his image as a middle-of-the-road leader, adopting a new, confrontational style in dealing with the crisis.", "He hired high-powered crisis control specialists Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani, trained at the Clinton White House and in the Al Gore presidential campaign.", "He declared \"war\" on Texas-based energy wholesalers.", "Davis also attacked the Bush administration for opposing price controls on wholesale electricity.", "Soon after, the crisis-weary governor's fortunes started to shift." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Maharashtra State Electricity Board", "sents": [ "Maharashtra State Electricity Board (or MSEB) ( Marathi:महाराष्ट्र राज्य विद्युत मंडळ) is a state-owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of Maharashtra in India.", "The MSEB was formed on 20 June 1960 under Section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948.", "In 1998 it was the second largest electricity generating utility in India after National Thermal Power Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3052_p41", "sents": [ "ICICI shares fell 4.25 rupees, or 4.75 percent, to 85.15 rupees on the Mumbai stock exchange.", "Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd., the largest lender to Enron, fell 2 rupees, or 7.4 percent, to 25.15 rupees while State Bank shares were down 3.7 rupees, or 1.57 percent, to 232.5 rupees.", "State Bank, ICICI Decline as Enron Plans to Pull Out of India 2001-05-21 03:02 (New York) Mumbai, May 21 (Bloomberg) -- State Bank of India and ICICI Ltd., lenders to Enron Corp.'s Dabhol Power Co., fell after Enron served a notice on India's Maharashtra State Electricity Board to end its power supply contract because of unpaid dues.", "The state electricity board owes 3 billion rupees ($64 million) to Dabhol for supplying power in December and January.", "``The banks will take a big hit on their balance sheet if the Dabhol project is stalled,'' said Deepak Malhotra, who helps manage $88 million in assets at Max India Ltd. in New Delhi." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9601_p2", "sents": [ "The six FERC jurisdictional utilities included in Desert STAR are: Arizona Public Service Co., a unit of Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (PNW); El Paso Electric (EE); Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM); Tucson Electric Power, a subsidiary of UniSource Energy Corp. (UNS); Public Service Co. of Colorado, a unit of Xcel Energy (XEL); and Texas-New Mexico Power Co., now privately held.", "Raezer said the board decided last week that the group isn't prepared to make the filing at this time.", "While FERC may not be pleased with the delay, \"we believe it is better to have a good filing that everyone agrees with than a bunch of pieces of a filing,\" Raezer said.", "To help the stakeholders move forward on the grid price issue, Raezer said Desert STAR's transmission owners have agreed to meet to try to come up with a rate proposal to present to the other parties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1325_p14", "sents": [ "But the clouds cleared, and the renamed Enron Corp. has evolved into a massive global energy firm with year 2000 revenue of $100.8 billion.", "It has also become an influential and successful brand name, Mr. Uehling said.", "Pressured by deregulation and a consolidating industry, other energy companies are hoping to pull off similar transformations punctuated by just the right name.", "\"With a new name you want to convey a new image,\" said Beth Willis, vice president of corporate communication at Xcel Energy, a company formed in August from the merger of Northern States Power Company and New Centuries Energy Inc.", "The chief challenge facing utilities is that the market for actual English words has been cornered, said James Dettore, owner and chief executive officer of Brand Institute Inc., a privately owned marketing firm in Miami.", "That leaves utilities and their consultants to drum up new words, an effort spurred on by companies' desire to secure intuitive Internet domain names." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6231_p24", "sents": [ "The company is also backed by Agile Software, Boston, Broadview Capital Partners, Generation Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs, Impact Ventures Partners, Integral Capital Partners, Seacoast Capital and Vulcan Securities.", "The company said it has secured a total of $115 million in private equity.", "http: www.partminer.com Web Consultants Wisdom Information Raises $1.5 Million LIVINGSTON, Scotland -- Wisdom Information Technologists, which provides consulting and development services for medium-sized businesses, said it raised GBP 1 million ($1.5 million) in its most recent round of funding that was exclusively funded by Murray Johnstone's Murray Venture Capital Trust 3. The company said it will use the funding for staffing, training, and marketing.", "Wisdom also announced the appointment of Colin Stewart as non-executive director and Fred Shedden as chairman of its board of directors.", "http: www.wisdomit.co.uk M&A o Family Portal MyFamily.com Acquires ThirdAge Media SAN FRANCISCO -- MyFamily.com, an online network of content and resources related to families, said it has agreed to acquire ThirdAge Media, a media and direct marketing network for baby boomers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2972_p4", "sents": [ "http: www.pdquick.com http: www.whyrunout.com Red Herring Makes Third Round of Layoffs, Cuts 20% mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Red Herring Communications, a publishe r of print and online news publications and an organizer of events covering the high-tech industry, said it laid off 54 employees, or 20% of its staff.", "A company spokesperson said most of the layoffs occurred in the online division, but the corporate and events departments were also affected.", "Red Herring laid off 32 employees in December and 22 in October.", "The spokespers on said the company made the recent layoffs in response to the slowdown in pri nt and online advertising and the outsourcing of some of its back-end operations.", "He said the layoffs would not affect the online publication's day-to-day operations, since the editorial staff has been working jointly with the online division since October.", "The company does not anticipate mor e layoffs.", "It recently closed a $15 million round of funding from previous investor Broadview Capital Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thinlip conger", "sents": [ "The Thinlip conger (Gnathophis mystax, also known as the Blacktailed conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).", "It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus \"Muraena\".", "It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including southern Portugal, the Mediterranean, and Morocco.", "It dwells at a depth range of 75-800 metres, and inhabits mud and sand on the continental slope.", "Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres, but more commonly reach a TL of 35 centimetres." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Congridae", "sents": [ "The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels.", "Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name).", "The family includes over 180 species in 32 genera." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team", "sents": [ "The 2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.", "The Bulldogs are members of the West Coast Conference, and were led by head coach Mark Few.", "They played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Mark Few", "sents": [ "Mark Norman Few (born December 27, 1962) is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach at Gonzaga University since 1999.", "He has served on Gonzaga's coaching staff since 1989, and has been a constant on the sidelines throughout a period that has seen the Bulldogs rise from mid-major obscurity to regular participants in the NCAA Tournament.", "He has led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament in every season during his tenure as head coach, a stretch that has garnered the Bulldogs recognition as one of the closest things to a major basketball power in a mid-major conference." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Operation Daybreak", "sents": [ "Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the US) is a 1975 Second World War film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.", "Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, it was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague.", "It is adapted from the book \"Seven Men at Daybreak\" by Alan Burgess." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Timothy Bottoms", "sents": [ "Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer.", "He is best known for his role as Sonny Crawford in \"The Last Picture Show\" where he and his fellow co-stars, Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, rose to fame, and his role as James Hart, the first-year law student who battles with Prof. Kingsfield in the film adaptation of \"The Paper Chase\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e819_p21", "sents": [ "Combined with word of the job shuffling on March 21, the company's stock dropped more than 8 percent in a single day and has continued to sag.", "Since early March the stock lost more than 31 percent of its value, going from about $74 to as low as $51, but closed up $1.98 on Thursday at $55.70. Carol Coale, a senior analyst with Prudential Securities, said the market already made adjustments for the reshuffling of jobs at EBS and reacted to the dropping price of bandwidth.", "\"The balance of the drop has been in reaction to the premium multiple they were getting for their technology in general,\" Coale said.", "\"What would make the stock go back up is if technology as a whole goes back up.\"", "Chelmsford, Mass., Telecom Network Company Cuts Staff, Earnings Forecast Peter J. Howe 04 06 2001 KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Boston Globe - Massachusetts Copyright (C) 2001 KRTBN Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Source: World Reporter (TM) Sycamore Networks, the Chelmsford optical networking company that once dreamed of rivaling Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks, yesterday said it will lay off 140 workers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e490_p0", "sents": [ "'Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook The Washington Post, 03 25 01 Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis Associated Press Newswires, 03 25 01 India: Centre's interest liability on dues to Enron starts Business Line (The Hindu), 03 25 01 Victoria Station's pounds 250m facelift The Independent - London, 03 25 01 Standoff may delay renegotiation on Enron project The Times of India, 03 25 01 Deal to sell PGE may fall through Associated Press Newswires, 03 24 01 Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 683 crore The Economic Times, 03 24 01 Nigeria blames US firm for delay in power project: report Agence France-Presse, 03 24 01 Enron deal with Sierra likely a bust Buyer of Portland General having trouble raising cash Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Market rebounds, but not stability Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Midwest to face high gas prices again Supply of anti-smog component already one-quarter below last year Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 COMPANY NEWS ENRON SALE OF UNIT TO SIERRA PACIFIC IS DOUBTED The New York Times, 03 24 01 Operators of California Power Grid Testify of System Abuses KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 03 24 01 Santa Clara Plans for More Power Generators to be built on existing plant sites San Francisco Chronicle, 03 24 01 Calif. Crisis, M&A, Gas To Dominate Talk At Howard Weil Dow Jones News Service, 03 23 01 A Section Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 03 25 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A05 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Few businesses placed as big a bet on Republicans in the last election as the coal industry, which gave 88 cents out of every dollar in campaign contributions to GOP candidates or organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2110_p1", "sents": [ "(Great article!)", "The Orange County Register, May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K4842, 378 words, Power supplier to pay state, By Kate Berry San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K4846 ?, 814 words, Williams Energy agrees to return $8 million to state, By Brandon Bailey San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 2001, Tuesday, DOMESTIC NEWS, K4844, 1017 words, Cheney says energy plan could prevent California crisis from spreading, By Jim Puzzanghera San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 1, 2001, TUESDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A1, 804 words, Feds want surcharge to pay utilities' debts; THE PLAN: Additional rate boost likely, cash would go to power suppliers, Carolyn Said The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K3262, 699 words, Professor converts manure to electricity in effort to save money, By Jerry Bunin The Washington Post, May 01, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition, FINANCIAL; Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e490_p13", "sents": [ "Williams Energy emerged as one of its industry's most profitable companies last year by capitalizing on electricity price swings from its 21,000-square-foot trading floor in Tulsa, Okla.", "The operation includes a 70-foot wall filled with secret data and two 30-foot data walls breaking out the latest information on energy futures.", "Even as its California utility sank deeper into debt with the electricity generators, PG&E Corp. continued to build a 137,000-square-foot trading floor in Rockville, Md., to trade electricity.", "PG&E's worsening financial woes finally forced the company to delay the expansion late last year.", "AES Corp. discovered the increasingly important role that trading floors play in the profit equation last year.", "The Arlington, Va.-based company owns three California power plants, but said it didn't make any money from them last year because of a contract that turns over the electricity sales to Williams.", "The arrangement left AES with an $11 million loss from its California operations last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lex Luger (musician)", "sents": [ "Lexus Arnel Lewis (born March 6, 1991), professionally known as Lex Luger, is an American record producer from Suffolk, Virginia currently based in Atlanta.", "His stage name is inspired by the famous WWF professional wrestler Lex Luger.", "He co-founded the American hip hop production team 808 Mafia with Southside.", "Luger is also a member of the hip hop production duo Low Pros with A-Trak and the VABP (Virginia Boyz Productionz), a hip hop group that he founded in high school." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Lex Luger", "sents": [ "Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958) better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired professional wrestler, television producer and football player currently working with WWE on their wellness policy.", "He is best known for his work with Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6778_p0", "sents": [ "'Wholesale Competition Contributed to Trend of Lower Power Prices, According to New EPSA Study PR Newswire 07 23 01, 1:00p (Copyright 2001, PR Newswire) WASHINGTON, July 23 PRNewswire -- Calls for a return to cost-plus rate regulation in the wake of the California power crisis are misplaced, according to an independent study released today that found that competitive markets contributed to a 36 percent decline in retail electricity prices among surveyed utilities.", "\"That decrease is in sharp contrast to the increases that consumers experienced in the days of solely cost-plus rate regulation,\" said Electric Power Supply Association President Lynne H. Church, who released the findings during a media luncheon in conjunction with the group's summer membership meeting.", "\"This analysis is evidence that we should continue to move forward toward more competition in order to apply downward pressure on prices.\"", "The study: \"Assessing the 'Good Old Days' of Cost-Plus Regulation,\" analyzed sales data for 60 of the nation's investor-owned utilities during 1985-1999, when traditional cost-plus rate regulation began evolving toward more competition." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "PR Newswire", "sents": [ "PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases based in New York City.", "The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters.", "The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years.", "The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Business Media of London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Greece at the 1964 Summer Olympics", "sents": [ "Greece competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.", "18 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 4 sports.", "Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Summer Olympic Games", "sents": [ "The Summer Olympic Games (French: \"Jeux olympiques d'été\" ) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.", "The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.", "The International Olympic Committee organizes the games and oversees the host city's preparations.", "In each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third; this tradition began in 1904.", "The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the success of the Summer Olympics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e3426_p35", "sents": [ "During the first quarter of this year, Enron's revenue increased 281 percent to $50.1 billio n. State demands FERC close loopholes By Jennifer Coleman ASSOCIATED PRESS May 26, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- California made new demands for tough federal electricity pri ce caps yesterday and singled out two generators that it said should roll back rates immediately.", "The filings by several state agencies were in response to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order last month that offered limited price controls in exchange for concessions on control of the state's power grid.", "\"FERC's pricing plan is laced with loopholes,\" Gov.", "Gray Davis said.", "\"It's worse than too little, too late.", "It's simply a fig leaf that does nothing to address the impact of the energy crisis on California and our nation.\"", "The state's multiple filings also said that two generators, Williams and AE S, have profited excessively by exercising market power.", "The Electricity Oversight Board, the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator asked FERC to require the generators to use cost-based rates, which limit company profits to a percentage above the cos ts to produce power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Thomas", "sents": [ "William Marshall \"Bill\" Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician.", "He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 21st congressional district and as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e646_p9", "sents": [ "Bush and Vice President Cheney, who have stayed away from fundraisers since the election, are pitching in.", "Bush is expected next month at a Republican National Committee fundraiser, and in June at a President's Dinner that will raise more than $10 million for the GOP's Senate and House campaign committees.", "Cheney was the keynote speaker at the House Republican dinner.", "Lawmakers, eager to bank soft money, are setting increasingly ambitious targets for the Washington lobbyists charged with mining the business community.", "In a meeting with nearly 20 lobbyists before the House Republicans' spring gala, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) -- who as Ways and Means Committee chairman oversees the crafting of tax legislation -- asked that each pledge a specific amount to raise.", "According to several participants, the average amount was $100,000. Many of the lobbyists later entertained a member of Congress at their table.", "Before the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner, Thomas sent colleagues a letter saying, \"Your attendance is imperative if we are to remain successful in our fundraising efforts.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pahiatua", "sents": [ "Pahiatua is a rural service town in the south-eastern North Island of New Zealand with an urban and rural population of over 4,000.", "It is between Masterton and Woodville on State Highway 2 and the Wairarapa Line railway, 60 km north of Masterton and 30 km east of Palmerston North.", "It is usually regarded as being in the Northern Wairarapa, but for local government purposes it is in the Tararua District, which encompasses Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Woodville and Dannevirke." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Masterton", "sents": [ "Masterton (Māori: \"Whakaoriori\" ) is a large town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local government district).", "It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges.", "It is 100 kilometres north-east of Wellington, 39.4 kilometres south of Eketahuna, on the Ruamahanga River." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dekefjellrantane Hills", "sents": [ "The Dekefjellrantane Hills ( ) are a group of rock hills at the southern end of the Weyprecht Mountains in Queen Maud Land.", "They were photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39).", "They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Dekefjellrantane in association with nearby Dekefjellet Mountain." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Weyprecht Mountains", "sents": [ "Weyprecht Mountains (German: \"Weyprechtberge\" ) is a small group of mountains about 15 km west of the Payer Mountains, forming the western half of the Hoel Mountains in Queen Maud Land.", "They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt.", "Alfred Ritscher, and named for Karl Weyprecht, Austrian polar explorer who in company with Julius Payer discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873, and who initiated the first International Polar Year expedition in 1882–83." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "David Slack", "sents": [ "David Slack is an American animation and television writer and producer.", "He has written and/or produced on such shows as \"Law & Order\", \"Lie to Me\", \"In Plain Sight\", \"Teen Titans\", \"Jackie Chan Adventures\", \"Generator Rex\", \"\", and more recently, \"Person of Interest, A.P.B.", "\", and the 2016 reboot of \"MacGyver\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "In Plain Sight", "sents": [ "In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series that premiered on the USA Network on June 1, 2008.", "The series revolves around Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack), a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, NM, office of the Federal Witness Security Program (WITSEC), more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program.", "Shannon must find ways to balance her professional life of protecting witnesses, her professional relationship with her work partner, US Marshal Marshall Mann, and her problematic personal life.", "The show was filmed on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]