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[ { "title": "2016 Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour", "sents": [ "The 2016 Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts.", "It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour.", "It took place in Poprad, Slovakia between 13 and 18 June 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Poprad", "sents": [ "Poprad (] ; Hungarian: \"Poprád\" , German: \"Deutschendorf\" ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort.", "It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia, with a population of approximately 55,000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26576_p63", "sents": [ "Under President Clinton, 'coal' was a dirty word,\" said John Feddock, an industry analyst based in Bluefield, Va. Not so under Bush, whose U-turn on carbon dioxide was the coal industry's b iggest victory in Washington in years.", "\"If rising electricity demand is to be met, then coal must play a significa nt part,\" the task force report stated.", "The plan recommended spending $2 bi llion in federal money for research into making coal-fired electricity clea ner.", "And the task force recommended directing federal agencies \"to provide greater regulatory certainty relating to coal electricity generation.\"", "\"The president is friendly to energy, and so is the vice president, and tha nk God,\" said Fred Palmer, a vice president at Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal producer.", "\"Our society needs energy.\"", "Peabody, an affiliate called Black Beauty Coal and their employees have dir ected $900,000 to Republican coffers over the last two years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Peabody Energy", "sents": [ "Peabody Energy Corporation (), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is the largest private-sector coal company in the world.", "Its primary business consists of the mining, sale and distribution of coal, which is purchased for use in electricity generation and steelmaking.", "Peabody also markets, brokers and trades coal through offices in China, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, India, Singapore, and the United States.", "Other commercial initiatives include the development of mine-mouth coal-fueled plants, the management of coal reserve holdings, and technologies to transform coal to natural gas and transportation fuels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Shantae and the Pirate's Curse", "sents": [ "Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is a platform game developed by WayForward Technologies for the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U.", "It is the third game in the \"Shantae\" series, following \"\".", "It was released in North America on the 3DS eShop on October 23, 2014 and on the Wii U eShop on December 25, 2014, and in PAL regions on both platforms on February 5, 2015.", "The game follows the adventures of the eponymous half-genie Shantae as she once again has to save Sequin Land from a new foe, the Pirate Master, with help from her nemesis Risky Boots." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Wii U", "sents": [ "The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo, and the successor to the Wii.", "The console was released in November 2012 and was the first eighth-generation video game console, as it competed with Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3688_p105", "sents": [ "Freeman gave the keynote address and joined the first discussion.", "The second forum dealt with a wider range of ideas on how to cope with the crisis, but was noticeably short on concrete plans.", "One speaker said \"two guys and a girl\" could do a better job finding a solution, while actor and conservationist Ed Begley Jr. discussed the potential of solar and wind power and recounted a drive he took across the country in a hybrid car recently, which cost him $72 in gasoline.", "Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg (D-Sherman Oaks) proposed a plan in which large power consumers would negotiate their own contracts with energy suppliers, while residents and small business owners would still get their electricity from the utilities.", "And a UCLA economist claimed that speculation of major economic fallout from the rate increases is overstated.", "\"Even if you pay higher rates, the average consumer is going to pay less overall than the consumer in Arizona and Nevada,\" said Chris Thornberg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Ed Begley Jr.", "sents": [ "Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmentalist.", "Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances.", "He is most recognized for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series \"St.", "Elsewhere\" (1982–1988), for which he received six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination.", "He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show entitled \"Living with Ed\" (2007–2010)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "On the Trail of the Assassins", "sents": [ "On the Trail of the Assassins is a 1988 book by Jim Garrison, detailing his role in indicting businessman Clay Shaw for conspiracy to kill U.S. President John F. Kennedy, therefore holding the only trial held for Kennedy's murder.", "Garrison dedicated \"On the Trail of the Assassins\" to the following New Orleans district attorney's staff who served in the 1960s: Frank Klein, Andrew \"Moo Moo\" Sciambra, James Alcock, Louis Ivon, D'Alton Williams, Alvin Oser, and Numa Bertel.", "He also cites the many others who aided him." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Clay Shaw", "sents": [ "Clay LaVerne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was a businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana.", "He was the only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and was acquitted." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3688_p49", "sents": [ "The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call says state party Chairman Shawn Steele is talking her up to run against Sen. Barbara Boxer: \"There's a long list of quality, top-flight Republicans emerging to run against Boxer [pregame big talk, there], and Rice would be among those ideal candidates.\"", "Besides saying \"Condi loves\" California, Rice's office demurred, with the usual \"no plans\" quote that always leaves some running room.", "With gas above $2 a gallon in the state, maybe now is not the right moment for Rice, who sat on the Chevron board and has a 150,000-ton oil tanker named after her.", "Quick Hits At an Irvine fund-raiser, former GOP Assembly Speaker Curt Pringle drummed up $15,000 for a Democratic former colleague, L.A. mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa, whom Pringle called \"an honorable guy.\"", "Amid the talk of outgoing L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan running for governor on the Republican side, records show Riordan donated $12,500 to Davis' campaign on March 2, 2000, which his wife matched a day later." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Antonio Villaraigosa", "sents": [ "Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa ( ; born Antonio Ramón Villar Jr.; January 23, 1953) is an American politician who was the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, from 2005 to 2013.", "Before becoming mayor, he was a member of the California State Assembly (1994–2000), where he served as the Democratic leader of the Assembly (1996–98), and the Speaker of the California State Assembly (1998–2000)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5941_p26", "sents": [ "\"We've wanted it for three months, and we want it today.\"", "The full Senate will decide on fines or other punishments if the companies fail to comply by July 10, Dunn said.", "Six other generators agreed to honor the subpoenas after it became clear the committee would hold them in contempt if they didn't comply.", "They are AES Corp., Duke Energy, Houston-based Dynegy, NRG Energy, Houston-based Reliant Energy and Williams Cos. California has spent more than $7 billion this year buying power after its two biggest utilities became insolvent.", "State utilities have more than $15 billion in losses and debt from buying power at soaring prices over the last 12 months.", "June 29, 2001 Houston Chronicle Briefs: Houston & state Duke Energy to buy Enron power plant Duke Energy Corp., owner of the largest United States utility, agreed to buy a 400-megawatt Mississippi power plant from Houston-based Enron Corp. to expand its generating capacity in the southeastern United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "NRG Energy", "sents": [ "NRG Energy, Inc. is a large American energy company, dual-headquartered in West Windsor Township, New Jersey, and Houston, Texas.", "It was formerly the wholesale arm of Xcel Energy, and was spun off in bankruptcy in 2004." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28108_p13", "sents": [ "As reported, Enron has threatened to pull out of the India project following payment disputes with its sole buyer, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and the failure of India's federal government to honor its counter-guarantee for the Dabhol project.", "Dabhol phase II is currently about 95% complete.", "Its construction was abandoned by the contractor because of a payment dispute.", "-By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9426; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA: Enron's Indian row may end soon-trade body.", "09 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A \"win-win\" solution to United States energy giant Enron's bitter row with Indian authorities could be achieved within weeks, the head of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said on Wednesday.", "The leading trade body got involved in talks after Enron Corp's chairman, Kenneth Lay, asked for its help to resolve the payment dispute with a local utility, CII director-general Tarun Das told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "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": "Loretta Lynch", "sents": [ "Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2015 to succeed Eric Holder.", "Previously, she held the position for United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both the Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama administrations (2010–15).", "As U.S. Attorney, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3333_p20", "sents": [ "AES said recently it may cancel $240 million in investments in three plants.", "\"If we don't build plants or help others build them, we will be in an even worse situation,\" said Ron Vaz Moreira, chief financial officer of Petrobras.", "\"We won't have any market for our gas.\"", "California Official Cites Evidence of Electricity Price Manipulation Mike Taugher 05 24 2001 KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, California Copyright (C) 2001 KRTBN Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Source: World Reporter (TM) An investigation into electricity prices has turned up evidence that generators are throttling their power plants up and down to drive up prices, according to California's top utility regulator.", "Loretta Lynch, president of the state Public Utilities Commission, said Wednesday that an investigation started last year to examine electricity prices, and which later turned to examine unprecedented numbers of power plant outages, has found instances where generating units were backed down until electricity emergencies were declared and then brought back up in such a way as to maximize profits." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1960_p12", "sents": [ "Meyer Duffy co-founder Donald Duffy and partner John Mills will sit on the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for further product development and expansion of its product suite.", "Equinox Solutions develops software products and services that enable users to access computing environments using wireless devices.", "http: www.equin.com Chip Firm SigmaTel Secures $24 Million in Funding AUSTIN, Texas -- SigmaTel, an Austin-based provider of integrated circuits for digital consumer audio, broadband communications, and wireless infrared, said it secured $24 million in financing.", "Invesco Private Capital led the round with $10 million.", "Other investors in the round include Battery Ventures, TeleSoft Partners, and CTI Limited.", "http: www.sigmatel.com Software Firm Sheer Networks Has $30 Million Second Round SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Sheer Networks, a provider of service management software for public networks, said it received $30 million in a second round of venture capital financing from new investors JK&B Capital, Jerusalem Venture Partners, and Ray Lane, former Oracle President and COO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Battery Ventures", "sents": [ "Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm.", "Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel.", "Since inception, the firm has raised over $5.6 billion and is now investing its eleventh funds, Battery Ventures XI and Battery Ventures XI Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $950 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Conan of Venarium", "sents": [ "Conan of Venarium is a fantasy novel by American writer Harry Turtledove, edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.", "It was first published in hardcover by Tor Books in July 2003; a regular paperback edition followed from the same publisher in July 2004." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Tor Books", "sents": [ "Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tom Doherty Associates LLC publishing company, based in New York City, US.", "It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and publishes the online science fiction magazine \"Tor.com\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Shark (1920 film)", "sents": [ "The Shark is a lost 1920 American silent film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.", "It was directed by Dell Henderson and starred George Walsh." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Dell Henderson", "sents": [ "George Delbert \"Dell\" Henderson (July 5, 1877 — December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer.", "He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6171_p37", "sents": [ "Stewart, like other business leaders, does not advocate abrogating the contracts.", "But like many familiar with the terms, he hopes that some deals can be renegotiated.", "\"They are problematic,\" he said.", "In a move that critics fear could lock in high electricity prices for the next decade, the Davis administration is pushing the PUC to agree within a month to limit its authority to question costs incurred by the Department of Water Resources as it goes about procuring power.", "State Treasurer Phil Angelides said the PUC must act so he can complete the $13.4-billion bond sale.", "A binding agreement is necessary so that Wall Street investors can be assured that they will be repaid.", "\"The state will be out of cash by the end of the year without the bond sale,\" he said.", "\"We will move toward fiscal insolvency.\"", "The so-called rate agreement, a draft of which was obtained by The Times, would bind customers of the three big regulated utilities to pay more than just the principal and interest on the $13.4 billion in bonds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 8 ] }, { "title": "Phil Angelides", "sents": [ "Phillip Nicholas \"Phil\" Angelides ( ; born June 12, 1953) is an American politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections.", "Angelides served as the Chair of the Apollo Alliance and of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bankers Trust", "sents": [ "Bankers Trust was a historic American banking organization.", "The bank merged with Alex.", "Brown & Sons before being acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p6", "sents": [ "According to presiden t and chief operating officer Judith Cox, Guggenheim.com will be a for-profit entity, completely separate in management and operations from the Guggenhei m Foundation.", "The company will be a collaboration of the Solomon R. Guggenhei m Foundation along with participating museums, including The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia; The Albertina in Vienna, Austria; Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna; and the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.", "The company, which was founded in May 2000, plans to generate revenues from channels including advertising and sponsorship, content subscription, syndication, and e-commerce.", "Ms. Cox joined the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation as general counsel in 1991, and served as its deputy director prior to joining Guggenheim.com.", "Before joining the Guggenheim Foundation, she worked as a lawyer with Bankers Trust.", "Thomas Krens, who is also direct or of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, will serve as chairman and interim CEO of Guggenheim.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5974_p18", "sents": [ "A Keyspan proposal for a 250-megawatt plant at the site is also in the state's regulatory queue.", "Mr. Cunningham said the authority planned to promote additional plants of up to 79 megawatts and one larger plant at sites yet to be announced.", "The 79-megawatt limit is one megawatt short of triggering intensive Public Service Commission siting and environmental review, meaning that proposals for these smaller plants can proceed more quickly.", "Long Island's newest electrical generator came on line last week, just in time to help LIPA squeak through a summer when power supplies may be pushed to the limit.", "But the generator, a 44-megawatt gas-powered unit hurriedly installed by the New York Power Authority at the former Pilgrim State psychiatric hospital near Brentwood, will be too small to provide more than temporary relief for what energy officials say is an impending Long Island power shortage.", "''It's a bridge to get us through until larger plants are built,'' said Joseph Leary, a state power authority spokesman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "New York Power Authority", "sents": [ "The New York Power Authority (NYPA), officially the Power Authority of the State of New York, is the largest state public power organization in the United States.", "NYPA provides some of the lowest-cost electricity in the nation, operating 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines.", "Its main administrative offices are in White Plains." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Foster Hall (Indianapolis, Indiana)", "sents": [ "Foster Hall, also known as Melodeon Hall, is located on the campus of Park Tudor School at 7200 N. College Ave. in Indianapolis, Indiana.", "The Tudor Revival style building was designed by Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1927.", "It is a 1 1/2-story, stone building with a steeply pitched slate gable roof with seven gables.", "It features leaded glass windows and sits on a raise basement.", "It was built for Josiah K. Lilly, Sr. (1861-1948) to house his collection of Stephen Foster materials and serves the community as a reception, concert, and meeting facility." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Park Tudor School", "sents": [ "Park Tudor School is a non-sectarian coeducational independent college preparatory day school founded in 1902.", "It offers programs from junior kindergarten through high school.", "It is located in the Meridian Hills neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.", "A merger of Tudor Hall School for Girls (founded in 1902) and the all-male Park School (founded in 1914) formed the present-day school in 1970.", "The total number of students enrolled for the 2015-2016 school year was 981." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament", "sents": [ "The 1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd conference playoff in league history.", "The tournament was played between March 1 and March 3, 1962.", "All games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan.", "By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1962 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Ann Arbor, Michigan", "sents": [ "Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County.", "The 2010 census recorded its population to be 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alejandro Toledo", "sents": [ "Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (] ; born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician who served as the 63rd President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006.", "He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García.", "Toledo came to international prominence after leading the opposition against President Alberto Fujimori, who held the presidency from 1990 to 2000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3828_p2", "sents": [ "Harder questions: would William Hague survive as leader of the opposition Tory party?", "And would Mr Blair ca ll a referendum on the euro next year?", "See article: Labour's second term AP AP Alejandro Toledo, an economist of Andean Indian descent, was el ected president of Peru, narrowly defeating Alan Garcia, a populist former president.", "See article: The tasks awaiting Alejandro Toledo Ireland held a referendum on the European Union ,s Nice treat y, with the once-confident Yes side still expecting victory but worried by a sudden ris e in support for No in the opinion polls.", "Silvio Berlusconi was formally invited by Italy ,s president to form its new government.", "In the unrecognised but rather successful state of Somaliland, a huge majority voted in favour of independence from the rest of Somalia.", "James Hahn, the city attorney, won a run-off to become the new mayor of Los Angeles, beating his fellow Democrat, Antonio Villaraigosa, who had hoped to be the city ,s first Latino mayor since 1872. See article: A new mayor for Los Angeles Haiti ,s president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, agreed to hold ne w parliamentary elections." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6406_p28", "sents": [ "Jan Baran, a former Republican Party lawyer who opposes campaign-finance reform, argues that the half-billion dollars in soft money that flooded the system during the 2000 election cycle won't simply vanish from future campaigns.", "Instead, he says, much of it will reappear in special-interest groups' campaigns such as the 21st Century Energy Project, which are much harder, if not impossible, to control.", "\"There's an undeniable truth: There will be more money spent in the next election than the last election,\" says Mr. Baran, who represents the United States Chamber of Commerce and several other interest groups.", "But, he adds, \"In the future, the money will be diverted around the regulatory system.\"", "In that way, parties could steer donors to supportive outside groups, who in turn would run the same political ads that the parties or their candidates might have run, had they been able to raise the money legally.", "\"You will see more of these ads,\" says Larry Noble, a former general counsel to the Federal Election Commission who is executive director of the campaign-finance watchdog group Center of Responsive Politics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Larry Noble", "sents": [ "Larry L. Noble is the most recent Iowa State Senator from the 35th District.", "He served in the Iowa Senate from 2007 until his resignation on December 17, 2010 to become Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety.", "He earned his BA in Criminal Justice Administration from Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) in 1973." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10429_p0", "sents": [ "'Dear Colleagues, Here is the FINAL version of the manifesto.", "This version includes some additions and deletions to bring on Paul Joskow and Janet Yellen, and hopefully Severin Borenstein as well.", "Also attached is a list of endorsements Pablo and I have secured.", "If you are not on the list and wish to be added, please let us know.", "Critically, let us know if you wish to be removed.", "We are picking up new endorse by the hour and will release by 9:00 am (PST) tomorrow.", "David Teece and Pablo Spiller - Manifesto DJT 1-25-01.doc - endorsee list 12501.doc ========= David J. Teece, Director Institute of Management, Innovation and Organization F402 Haas School of Business #1930 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-1930 Phone: (510) 642-1075 Fax: (510) 642-2826 http: haas.berkeley.edu ~imio ======================================'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 6 ] }, { "title": "Paul Joskow", "sents": [ "Paul Lewis Joskow (born June 30, 1947) is an American economist and professor.", "He became President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on January 1, 2008.", "He is also the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, Emeritus at MIT.", "He has served on the MIT faculty since 1972.", "From 1994 through 1998 he was Head of the MIT Department of Economics.", "From 1999 through 2007 he was the Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3523_p37", "sents": [ "Mr. Bush, for his part, may be able to get along without California, but it is not clear that his party can.", "Only one statewide elected official is a Republican, and California Democrats have targeted several Republican members of Congress whose defeat in 2002 could weaken if not end Republican control over the House of Representatives.", "The Bush forces say they have done plenty for California, including expediting federal permits for new plants and ordering conservation measures at federal facilities.", "But nothing would help more than a temporary cap on wholesale electricity prices like the one envisaged in a bill sponsored by Senators Dianne Feinstein of California and Gordon Smith of Oregon.", "It would ease the drain on California's treasury, release electricity that is currently being withheld in expectation of higher prices and address the administration's fears about investment by guaranteeing producers a reasonable profit.", "Mr. Bush stubbornly clings to his position that this is essentially California's problem, not Washington's." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Dianne Feinstein", "sents": [ "Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California.", "A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992.", "She also served as the 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p23", "sents": [ "BuildNet is backed by BancBoston Ventures, Barnard, Encore Venture Partners, GE Appliances, GE Capital, Global Technology Investors Fund at Bessemer Trust, Halifax BuildNet Investors, John Hancock Global Technology Fund, J. & W. Seligman, Piedmont Venture Partners, SG Capital Partners, South East Interactive Technology Fund, and The CIT Group Equity Investments.", "The company is in a quiet period prior to filing for an IPO.", "http: www.homestyles.com http: www.buildnet.com American Greetings Buys Information-by-e-mail Service Firm CLEVELAND -- Personalized content delivery firm AmericanGreetings.com, a subsidiary of publicly traded American Greetings, said it has acquired eAgents, a firm that delivers consolidated information and entertainment from Web media brands in a single, daily e-mail.", "As part of the agreement, Charles Fink, the company's founder, president and CEO of eAgents.com, will become president of AmericanGreetings.com, reporting to Josef Mandelbaum, the CEO.", "Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.", "eAgents is backed by Draper Atlantic, Lazard Technology Partners, I-Hatch, and Shamrock Holdings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "William Mudford", "sents": [ "William Mudford (8 January 1782 – 10 March 1848), was a British writer, essayist, translator of literary works and journalist.", "He also wrote critical and philosophical essays and reviews.", "His 1829 novel \"The Five Nights of St. Albans: A Romance of the Sixteenth Century\" received a good review from John Gibson Lockhart, an achievement which was considered a rare distinction.", "Mudford also published short fictional stories which were featured in periodicals such as \"Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine\", \"Fraser's Magazine\", and \"Bentley's Miscellany\".", "His short story \"The Iron Shroud\", about an iron torture chamber which shrinks through mechanical action and eventually crushes the victim inside, was first published in August 1830 by \"Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine\", and later republished separately in 1839 and 1840 with the subtitle \"\"Italian Revenge\"\".", "Edgar Allan Poe is considered to have been influenced by \"The Iron Shroud\" when he wrote \"The Pit and the Pendulum\" having got his idea for the shrinking chamber from Mudford's story.", "Mudford was born in London, where his father made a living as a shopkeeper in Piccadilly.", "He was influenced by John Milton, Joseph Addison, Samuel Johnson, William Cowper, William Collins, Mark Akenside, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 7 ] }, { "title": "Samuel Johnson", "sents": [ "Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 <nowiki>[</nowiki>OS 7 September]  – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.", "Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the \"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\" as \"arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history\".", "He is also the subject of the biography, \"The Life of Samuel Johnson\" by James Boswell." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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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": "e20091_p20", "sents": [ "JERRY HIRSCH 09 02 2001 Los Angeles Times Home Edition Page C-1 Copyright 2001 The Times Mirror Company As state lawmakers enter what looks to be the final round of debate on a re scue plan for insolvent Southern California Edison Co., consumer advocates and even some business groups are asking whether the utility's 4.3 million customers might be better off if SCE filed for bankruptcy.", "Support for a legislative deal for SCE, which is backed by Gov.", "Gray Davis and the utility, is difficult to gauge, in part because the April bankruptc y filing of California's largest utility--Pacific Gas & Electric Co.--has p roved less disruptive to customers than first thought.", "Many lawmakers, analysts and others believe Bankruptcy Court might be a bet ter forum for SCE to settle its financial problems than the political arena If SCE and its nearly $4 billion in power debt land in Bankruptcy Court, th e logic goes, the company, its creditors and its lenders probably would hav e to make more concessions than would ratepayers to return the company to f iscal health." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20365_p25", "sents": [ "Shares in Enron, which closed last Tuesday at $33.84, ended the day Friday at $26.05. Then Monday, shares in Enron dropped by $5.40 to close at $20.65 Anatol Feygin, an analyst with J.P. Morgan in New York, believes there were no improprieties surrounding LJM.", "\"From inception, the LJM situation was obviously one that would raise eyebr ows,\" said Feygin, adding Enron anticipated that and made sure proper legal structures were in place.", "The LJM entities are what's known as off-balance sheet financing vehicles, he said.", "Generally, they allow a corporation to take on financial obligatio ns without having to report them as liabilities.", "Feygin also said it appeared Enron intended to give Fastow an \"opportunity to participate in the upside from these entities\" to reward him.", "Even though the LJM transactions have been disclosed by Enron, Meade noted that they are complicated, difficult to follow and their implications tough to understand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e850_p4", "sents": [ "Mass Merit - (built 1993) 69,620 dwt delivery United States Gulf Apr 15 25 trip and redelivery Taiwan $10,750 daily plus $190,000 ballast bonus Taho.", "Menites - (built 1981) 64,896 dwt delivery Ghent Apr 10 15 trip via Brazil redelivery Antwerp approximately $10,000 daily Pan Ocean.", "Atlantic Savior - (built 1983) 64,754 dwt delivery Cape Passero Apr 10 15 trans-Atlantic round voyage redelivery West Mediterranean-Continent range $10,000 daily T and E. USA: RESEARCH ALERT-Morgan starts Dynegy as buy.", "04 06 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - J.P. Morgan said Friday that analyst Anatol Feygin had initiated coverage of Dynegy Inc. as a long term buy with a price target of $63 a share.", "He said the company has provided \"defensive earnings growth through a top tier wholesale energy player\" that is \"second only to Enron .\"", "Dynegy's asset-light strategy allows the company to follow Enron's lead, with a favorable risk reward profile with 73 percent of EBIT coming from non-regulated \"merchant energy\" opportunities, he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "August Capital", "sents": [ "August Capital is a venture capital firm founded by David Marquardt and John Johnston in 1995.", "It is focused on information technology and is based in Menlo Park, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5223_p21", "sents": [ "Financial details of the deal were undisclosed.", "Election.com has also received funding from Verisign and individual investors.", "http: www.election.com New Products o TurboLinux Co-Founders Leave the Board, Found New Startup SAN FRANCISCO -- TurboLinux, which provides Linux-based software and services, said that Cliff Miller, the company's chairman and co-founder, and his wife Iris Miller, a member of the board of directors and the other co-founder of TurboLinux, have left the company to assume executive positions at Mountain View Data, a company started in September.", "Paul Thomas, who became the CEO of TurboLinux when Mr. Miller resigned from that position in June, will now also serve as chairman.", "Investors in TurboLinux, which earlier this month raised $30 million in third round funding, is backed by August Capital, Broadview International, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel Capital, NEC, Novell, Oracle, SGI, and Softbank E-Commerce.", "http: www.turbolinux.com http: www.mountainviewdata.com Lotus Pioneer Launches Interactive PC Platform Provider BEVERLY, Mass." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hart Lake (Oregon)", "sents": [ "Hart Lake is a shallow lake in the Warner Valley of eastern Lake County, Oregon, United States.", "The lake covers 7324 acre and has the most stable water level within the valley's Warner Lakes chain.", "The lake is named for the heart-shaped brand used by the pioneer Wilson and Alexander cattle ranch established near the lake.", "Much of the land around Hart Lake is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).", "The lake and the surrounding wetlands support a wide variety of birds and other wildlife.", "Recreational opportunities on and near Hart Lake include hunting, fishing, bird watching, and boating." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Warner Valley", "sents": [ "The Warner Valley is a valley in south-central Oregon in the United States.", "It is a remote valley at the northwestern corner of North America's Basin and Range Province.", "The valley is home to a chain of lakes and wetlands known as the Warner Lakes.", "Native Americans were present in the Warner Valley for thousands of years before European explorers arrived in the 19th century.", "It is the site of Fort Warner, built by the United States Army in 1867.", "The fort was used as a supply depot and administrative headquarters during a protracted Army campaign against Northern Paiute bands in eastern Oregon and northern California.", "Today, livestock ranching is the main commercial activity in the valley.", "The Warner Valley offers a number of recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, bird watching, and wildlife viewing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Spirit of Youth", "sents": [ "Spirit of Youth is a 1938 boxing film starring then-heavyweight world champion Joe Louis in a story with similarities to his own real life.", "(According to IMDb, the Spanish title is \"La vida de Joe Louis\", which translates to \"The Life of Joe Louis\".)", "A rising boxer is led astray by a woman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Joe Louis", "sents": [ "Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed the \"Brown Bomber\", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.", "He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.", "Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights.", "The 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles in 1950, was a challenge for Charles' heavyweight title and so is not included in Louis' reign.", "Louis was victorious in 26 title defenses, a world record second only to Julio César Chávez with 27.", "In 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, and was ranked number one on \"The Ring\" magazine's list of the \"100 greatest punchers of all time\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Battery Ventures", "sents": [ "Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm.", "Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel.", "Since inception, the firm has raised over $5.6 billion and is now investing its eleventh funds, Battery Ventures XI and Battery Ventures XI Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $950 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5201_p7", "sents": [ "http: www.econnections.com Network Processor Firm Lara Networks Gets $40 Million SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Lara Networks, which develops network application processors for Internet infrastructure, said it raised $40 million in its second round of funding.", "The round was led by Raza Ventures and included additional investments from Battery Ventures, Investar Capital, and TeleSoft Venture Partners.", "Investment banks BancBoston Robertson Stephens, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Dain Rauscher Wessels, and Needham & Co. also participated in the round.", "The company said it will use the funding to accelerate the development of new products and services.", "Lara Networks was spun-off of Lara Technology in January 2000. The company had received initial funding from investors inlcuding Battery Ventures, Investar Capital, and TeleSoft Venture Partners.", "http: www.laranetworks.com TeleKnowledge, Broadband Billing Firm, Gets $35 Million FRAMINGHAM, Mass.", "-- TeleKnowledge, which provides billing and revenue management services for broadband related communications, content and service providers, said it raised $35 million in its fourth round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "San Marzano di San Giuseppe", "sents": [ "San Marzano di San Giuseppe (Arbërisht: Shën Marcani) is a town and \"comune\" in the Province of Taranto, in the Italian region of Apulia.", "Alongside Casalvecchio di Puglia and Chieuti, it is one of the Arbëreshë communities still existing in Apulia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Casalvecchio di Puglia", "sents": [ "Casalvecchio (Arbërisht: Kazallveqi) is an Arbëreshë \"comune\" and village in the Province of Foggia, Apulia, southern Italy.", "Mostly originating from a 15th-century migration of Albanians, the residents have subsisted by family farming.", "Of those native to the area for generations, many have continued to use the Arbëreshë language, even those of the post-World War 2 generation.", "The population in 2003 was 2,082." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "List of Silver Spoons episodes", "sents": [ "This is a list of \"Silver Spoons\" episodes from seasons 1-5, numbering 116 in total.", "\"Silver Spoons\" is an American sitcom that aired for four seasons on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986, and an additional fifth season in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Silver Spoons", "sents": [ "Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986, and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986, to March 4, 1987.", "The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, until Embassy Communications moved the series to syndication." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e708_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron Gets Electricity Contract The Wall Street Journal, 04 04 01 Energy Companies Use Sports to Win Market Share PR Newswire, 04 04 01 ITALY: ANALYSIS-Power competition makes little headway in Spain.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 04 01 V-SPAN Acquires Peer Digital to Form Largest Independent Video Collaboration and Broadband Conferencing Service Provider Business Wire, 04 04 01 UK: BP,Exxon,Shell may pip Total in Saudi deals-industry.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 04 01 Sierra Pacific's cold feet may ruin PGE's consolidation chances Associated Press Newswires, 04 04 01 World's Largest Energy Companies Attend TIBCO Software's Energy Technology And Trading Conference PR Newswire, 04 04 01 India: Food court at Tidel Park Business Line (The Hindu), 04 04 01 India: 'Dabhol bill can be adjusted against MSEB rebate' Business Line (The Hindu), 04 04 01 Dec guarantee not to be honoured Business Standard, 04 04 01 Enron Gets Electricity Contract 04 04 2001 The Wall Street Journal (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -- Enron Corp. said it signed an agreement to provide more than $600 million of electricity to J.C. Penney Co." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 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": "The Wall Street Journal", "sents": [ "The Wall Street Journal is an American business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.", "The \"Journal\", along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.", "The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3686_p148", "sents": [ "On March 27, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued an order that attempts to force the company to restate all its regulatory books and accounts retroactively back to January 1, 1998. On April 9, the company had asked the court to stay the CPUC's order, under the automatic stay provisio n of the Bankruptcy Code.", "The court did not grant this request, citing certai n exceptions to the automatic stay: \"Pacific Gas and Electric Company is disappointed that the court did not grant immediate relief from the unlawful and retroactive CPUC order.", "Howeve r, today's decision was not on the overall merits of the CPUC action.", "\"Pacific Gas and Electric Company will continue to pursue all legal challenges to this unlawful CPUC decision.\"", "CONTACT: Pacific Gas and Electric Company News Department, 415 973-5930 The Outlook The Pros and Cons Of Power Price Caps By Jon E. Hilsenrath 06 04 2001 The Wall Street Journal Page A1 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) New York -- Alfred Kahn, a Cornell University economics professor, is seen by many in his field as the father of cheap airfares." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9245_p14", "sents": [ "Jonathan Roberts, managing director of Ignition, will join etrieve's board.", "http: www.etrieve.com Data Search Software Firm Gets $8.5 Million in Second Round SAN MATEO, Calif. -- nQuire Software, developer of Internet-based software that enables users to search and analyse corporate data, said it raised $8.5 million in second round funding.", "The funds will be used for sales, marketing, hiring, product development, and other purposes.", "Participants in the round include Donald L. Lucas, St. Paul Venture Capital, Doll Capital Management, Telos Venture Partners, and the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.", "All the investors have previously invested in the company.", "http: www.nquire.com Navitrak Buys 19.9% of Topographic Map Firm For $1 Million TORONTO, Ontario -- Navitrak International, a publicly traded wireless navigational technology company, said it completed an agreement to acquire 19.9% of Maps a la carte and its Web site, TopoZone.com, for approximately $1 million in cash." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p6", "sents": [ "The company had previously received $7 million in funding from its founding consortium for product design, architecture, software development, and testing.", "The company's initial product, Jvelon, is a Web-based leasing, property management, and asset optimization application that manages the relationship between landlord and tenant.", "Telephone 703-317-4736. o Fabless Semiconductor Firm Secures $8.2 Million in Round One AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- Internet Machines, a fabless semiconductor company that develops software and services for data communications markets, said it secured $8.2 million in its first round of funding.", "Redpoint Ventures led the round, which included other institutional and individual investors.", "Redpoint Ventures founding partner John Walecka will join the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for product development.", "http: www.internetmachines.com Management App Firm Gets $5 Million of $8 Million Round One CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "-- Bluesocket, which develops management software for Bluetooth-enabled networks, said it secured $5 million of its expected $8 million first round of funding from St. Paul Venture Capital and Osborn Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Economic Development Quarterly", "sents": [ "Economic Development Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of economics.", "The journal's editors-in-chief are Larry C. Ledebur (Cleveland State University), Timothy J. Bartik (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research), and George A. Erickcek (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research).", "It was established in 1987 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with Cleveland State University." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Cleveland State University", "sents": [ "Cleveland State University (also known as Cleveland State or CSU) is a public university in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States.", "It was established in 1964, and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the buildings, property, and students of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923.", "CSU absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969.", "Today it is part of the University System of Ohio, has more than 120,000 alumni, and offers over 200 academic programs.", "Its mission is to \"encourage excellence, diversity, and engaged learning by providing a contemporary and accessible education in the arts, sciences, humanities and professions, and by conducting research, scholarship, and creative activity across these branches of knowledge.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Los Angeles", "sents": [ "Los Angeles ( ; Spanish for \"The Angels\"; ] ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.", "With a U.S. Census-estimated 2016 population of 3,976,322, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California.", "Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10000 ft , Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 sqmi .", "The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country.", "Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with 13,131,431 residents, and is part of the larger designated Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p90", "sents": [ "LOAD-DATE: April 29, 2001 26 of 103 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times April 29, 2001, Sunday, Home Edition SECTION: Opinion; Part M; Page 6; Opinion Desk LENGTH: 1312 words HEADLINE: THE STATE; HOW KILOWATT SOCIALISM SAVED L.A. FROM THE ENERGY CRISIS BYLINE: JEFF STANSBURY, Jeff Stansbury is a PhD candidate in American history at UCLA.", "His, dissertation is on the role of the labor movement in the building of, L.A.'s infrastructure BODY: Why is Los Angeles an island of tranquillity in the electric-power crisis that has rocked California and threatens to spread across the nation?", "News stories have repeatedly told us that the city's ownership and operation of its own generating stations is the principal reason.", "By staying clear of the state's 1996 deregulation scheme for private utilities, the Department of Water and Power was able to hold onto its power plants.", "So far, so good.", "But when we ask how Los Angeles came to enjoy public power in the first place, the answer commonly given makes a hash of history." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station", "sents": [ "Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station is a railway station in the Netherlands, on the border between The Hague and the town of Voorburg.", "It is served by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch railway) and by the RandstadRail light-rail network.", "The station is named after the road on which it is located, \"Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië\", which literally translates as New East Indies Road, but probably refers to a former inn called Nieuw Oosteinde (New East End)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Voorburg", "sents": [ "Voorburg is a Dutch town and former municipality in the western part of the province of South Holland, the Netherlands.", "Together with Leidschendam and Stompwijk, it makes up the municipality Leidschendam-Voorburg.", "It has a population of approximately 39,000 people.", "It is considered to be the oldest city in The Netherlands and celebrated its 2000th year of existence in 1988." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Live in Gdańsk", "sents": [ "Live in Gdańsk is a live album by David Gilmour.", "It is a part of his \"On an Island\" project which includes an album, tour, DVD, and live album.", "It was released on 22 September 2008.", "A David Gilmour Signature Series Fender Stratocaster was released at the same time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "David Gilmour", "sents": [ "David Jon Gilmour, {'1': \", '2': \", '3': \", '4': \"} (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd.", "He joined group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968, effectively as a replacement for founder member Syd Barrett, who was dismissed from the band shortly afterwards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Applied Materials", "sents": [ "Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services and software to enable the manufacture of semiconductor (integrated circuit) chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones and televisions, and solar products.", "The company also supplies equipment to produce coatings for flexible electronics, packaging and other applications.", "The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e7593_p11", "sents": [ "As the world$B!G( Bs largest producer of wafer fabrication systems and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry, Applied Materials makes leading-edge systems for chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), epitaxial and polysilicon deposition, plasma etching, thermal processing, ion implantation and chemical mechanical polishing (CMP).", "Responsibilities: Staff Assistant to the Vice President General Manager of an Applied Materia ls Product Business Group.", "Responsible for assisting the Vice President in managing the business.", "Track and followup on all major action items.", "Develo p organization communications and presentations.", "Complete special assignments at the request of the Vice President General Manager.", "May temporarily manage organizations for the Product Business Group if the need arises.", "Requirements: (5-7 Lines of KEY requirements) Ideal candidate will have an MBA from a top program, with an undergraduate degree in engineering, physics, or chemistry and 4+ years engineering experience.", "Must have program project management experience.", "In addition, candidate must have excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication, and computer skills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6236_p19", "sents": [ "In May, Enron served a preliminary termination notice on the MSEB, which stopped buying power from Dabhol.", "DPC said in June that contractors halted work on Phase II due to payment defaults.", "Continuing defaults by the MSEB is making it almost impossible for DPC's lenders to disburse additional funds for Phase II construction.", "The stoppage will add to overall project cost, Lay said, adding this was beyond the company's control.", "Lay said construction of Phase Two, including the company's liquified natural gas import facility, is 85% complete.", "-By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91 11 4619426; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron's Kenneth Lay on its $3 Bln Indian Power Project: Comment 2001-07-09 09:56 (New York) New Delhi, July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Kenneth Lay, chairman of Enron Corp., the world's biggest energy trader, on its $3 billion India unit Dabhol Power Co. Lay met India's Power Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "New Delhi", "sents": [ "New Delhi ( ) is the capital of India and one of Delhi city's 11 districts.", "Although colloquially \"Delhi\" and \"New Delhi\" are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, these are two distinct entities, with New Delhi forming a small part of Delhi.", "The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi along with adjoining districts.", "It is surrounded by Haryana on three sides and Uttar Pradesh on the east." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Advent International", "sents": [ "Advent International is an American global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.", "The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core sectors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p17", "sents": [ "Previous investors Intel's IA-64 Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures, ABS Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Weiss Peck and Greer Venture Partners, and Sippl Macdonald Ventures also participated.", "The company will use the funds for product development.", "http: www.timesten.com Advent Leads $4 Million Round for Shipping Site NETlogistiK MEXICO CITY -- Advent International said it lead a group of investors in a $4-million round of funding for NETlogistiK.com, an online logistics marketplace for the transportation and logistics industry in Central and South America.", "Advent contributed $1 million to the round.", "CarrierPoint, an Atlanta-based company with which NETlogistiK.com signed an exclusive software agreement, also holds an equity stake in the shipping marketplace.", "http: www.netlogistik.com ArrayComm Raises $34 Million in Series F Funding Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- ArrayComm, which develops antenna-based wireless communications products and services, said it secured $34 million in its Series F round of funding.", "New investor Nomura International led the round, which included new investors American Century, Cornerstone Equity Investors, and Sands Brothers Ventures as well as previous investors Amerindo Investment Advisors, Ballentine Capital Partners, and Spinnaker." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7455_p27", "sents": [ "The new fund, which is Ericcson's first for Latin America, will focus on companies developing wireless application protocol (WAP) products in Latin America.", "The fund will establish its base in Chile before expanding to other Latin American companies.", "http: www.mifactory.com Peel Hunt and Royal Bank of Scotland Launch New Fund EDINBURGH, UK -- Royal Bank of Scotland and Peel Hunt said they formed a new venture fund, South of England Technology Fund.", "The fund, which will be 51% owned by the Bank of Scotland with the remainder controlled by Peel Hunt, will make investments in second stage technology companies.", "The board of the joint venture is constituted of three members nominated by the Royal Bank of Scotland and two representatives of Pell Hunt, Charles Peel, chairman of the company, and Tom Teichman, chairman of New Media Spark.", "http: www.rbos.co.uk http: www.peelhunt.com VC Personnel o IFP Names Ex-CEO of CMGI Internet as Senior Partner NEW YORK -- Internet Finance Partners (IFP), which invests in early stage financial and e-commerce technologies, said it added Jeff Cunningham as senior partner." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e4084_p16", "sents": [ "http: www.borderfree.com Digital Avenue Raises $2 Million To Begin Second Round LONDON -- Digital Avenue, which provides entertainment content and applications for wireless technologies, raised SEK 18.6 million ($2 million) in a first closing of its second round.", "The round is expected to close at $2.5 million.", "Investors in the first closing were undisclosed.", "Previous investors in the company include Nordic Asset Management, Tore Aksel Voldberg, Peter Stordalen, and Torstein Tvenge.", "The company said there will be no board seats taken as a result of the second funding round.", "http: www.digital-avenue.net o Networker Amino Communications Gets $5.6 Million Round Two LONDON -- Amino Communications, a designer and developer of network enabled technologies, said it raised GBP 4 million ($5.6 million) in its second round of funding.", "The investment was coordinated by Peel Hunt and was comprised of undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it would use the funding to expand its customer base and further develop its technology used to design network enabled devices for specific markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fisher Bay", "sents": [ "Fisher Bay is an embayment about 14 mi wide between the eastern side of the Mertz Glacier Tongue and the mainland of Antarctica.", "It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia in 1911." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Antarctica", "sents": [ "Antarctica (UK English or , US English ) is Earth's southernmost continent.", "It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.", "At 14000000 km2 , it is the fifth-largest continent.", "For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia.", "About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3070_p19", "sents": [ "But Lynch said Friday that visits to more than 80 plants by PUC investigators since December show that generators are not always producing all the power they can.", "\"It appears that there have been numerous instances within the past half-year where generation units were not producing the amount of electricity that they were capable of producing,\" Lynch said.", "LOAD-DATE: May 19, 2001 Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 21, 2001 Monday Home Edition SECTION: California; Part 2; Page 7; Metro Desk LENGTH: 782 words HEADLINE: The State; Davis Says Bad Guys Went Thataway, to Texas BYLINE: GEORGE SKELTON BODY: When the lights go dark, this is what Gov.", "Gray Davis wants us to see: President Bush and V.P.", "Dick Cheney smirking as their Texas pals make off with our money.", "Shutting down power and killing jobs on their way out the door.", "This is pre-summer, a time for creating images that will stay with us through the blackout season and into next year's elections." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e894_p6", "sents": [ "A1, 1471 words, Davis' Pledges Come Back To Haunt Him, Carla Marinucci, Patrick Hoge San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 8, 2001, SUNDAY, FINAL EDITION, BUSINESS;, Pg.", "B7, 3592 words, Nuclear Warning; Watchdogs eye Duke's salvage operation, Scott Winokur, Christian Berthelsen Los Angeles Times April 9, 2001, Monday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 3; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1081 words HEADLINE: THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS; CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST; GENERATORS SCRAMBLED TO END PACTS WITH UTILITIES; ENERGY: EVEN BEFORE PG&E FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, ALTERNATIVE PLANT OWNERS WHO HADN'T BEEN PAID IN MONTHS PURSUED COURT ACTIONS.", "BYLINE: JULIE TAMAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: In filing for federal bankruptcy protection last week, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. determined what other power producers had already concluded: The state had failed to solve their payment problems and the time had come for the courts to step in.", "In the days leading up to PG&E's Bankruptcy Court petition, a growing number of alternative energy producers had also been filing lawsuits, seeking to be freed from their contracts with PG&E and Southern California Edison." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Crest High School (Kansas)", "sents": [ "Crest High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Colony, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9-12.", "The school colors are red and blue and the school mascot is the Lancer.", "Crest High serves approximately 100 students per year.", "The athletic teams at Crest High compete in the 1A division according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association.<ref name=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20060818194013/http://www.kshsaa.org/activities.html\"> </ref>" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Kansas State High School Activities Association", "sents": [ "The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) is the organization which oversees interscholastic competition in the U.S. state of Kansas at the high-school level.", "It oversees both athletic and non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "There's One in Every Crowd", "sents": [ "There's One in Every Crowd is a 1975 album by Eric Clapton.", "Recorded shortly after \"461 Ocean Boulevard\", the album features a style very similar to its predecessor, but did not enjoy similar commercial success.", "Clapton's love for the \"Tulsa Sound\" (Tulsa Oklahoma) was apparent here as it is quite similar in feel to the previous record." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "461 Ocean Boulevard", "sents": [ "461 Ocean Boulevard is a 1974 solo album by Eric Clapton that marked his return to recording after recovering from a three-year addiction to heroin.", "The album was released in late July 1974 for RSO Records, shortly after the record company released the hit single \"I Shot the Sheriff\" in early July the same year.", "The album topped various international charts and sold more than two million copies.", "It was also one of the first \"pop music\" albums to be released in the Soviet Union." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Next Love", "sents": [ "\"Next Love\" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Deniece Williams.", "It was released in 1984 for Columbia Records.", "The song was written and produced by the singer herself and the multi-instrumentalist George Duke." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Deniece Williams", "sents": [ "Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1950) is an American singer–songwriter and record producer.", "Williams is known for hits such as \"Free\" (1976), \"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late\" (1978), \"Silly\" (1981), \"It's Gonna Take a Miracle\" (1982), \"Let's Hear It for the Boy\" (1984), and for her duets with Johnny Mathis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1988–89 Chicago Blackhawks season", "sents": [ "The 1988–89 Chicago Blackhawks season saw the Blackhawks finish in fourth place in the Norris Division with a record of 27 wins, 41 losses, and 12 ties for 66 points.", "In the playoffs, they defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to two in the Division Semifinals and the St. Louis Blues four games to one in the Division Finals.", "However, they lost the Campbell Conference Finals four games to one to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "St. Louis Blues", "sents": [ "The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team in St. Louis, Missouri.", "They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).", "The Blues play their home games at the 19,150-seat Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis.", "Scottrade Center is the second home arena of the Blues, with the team first playing at St. Louis Arena from 1967 to 1994." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9431_p8", "sents": [ "The company did not disclose the exact amount but said it was less than $10 million.", "Lucira, formerly Cybertrack Systems, will launch its first product, SecurePC, this fall.", "SecurePC can track a missing or stolen laptop once it is connected to the Internet.", "Robert E. Lienhard, a founding member of the Boston Consulting Group, and an investor in Lucira, and Gerald I. Isaacson, the data security manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will join Lucira's board.", "http: www.lucira.com Microsoft to Provide Funds for eLabor.com's Second Round CAMARILLO, Calif. -- eLabor.com, an ASP that provides a Web-based service that enables companies to manage projects and personnel, said it formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft under which Microsoft will participate in the company's $40 million second round of funding.", "eLabor.com will act as an ASP to the Microsoft Project 2000 products that enable users to manage enterprise level projects as part of the deal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Microsoft", "sents": [ "Microsoft Corporation ( , abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.", "It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.", "Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.", "Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup.", "As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.", "The word \"Microsoft\" is a portmanteau of \"microcomputer\" and \"software\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "HTV Mostar", "sents": [ "HTV Mostar is a Croatian language television channel based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "The program is mainly produced in Croatian language.", "TV station was established in 1998." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Croatian language", "sents": [ "Croatian (\"hrvatski\" ] ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language used by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighboring countries.", "It is the official and literary standard of Croatia and one of the official languages of the European Union.", "Croatian is also one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a recognized minority language in Serbia, and neighboring countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Japan–Turkey relations", "sents": [ "Japanese–Turkish relations are foreign relations between Japan and Turkey.", "Japan has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate-general in Istanbul.", "Turkey has an embassy in Tokyo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Istanbul", "sents": [ "Istanbul ( , or ; Turkish: \"İstanbul\" ] ), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.", "Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait (which separates Europe and Asia) between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.", "Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Interstate 355", "sents": [ "Interstate 355 (I-355), also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and tollway in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.", "Like most other toll roads in the northeastern portion of the state, I-355 is maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA).", "I-355 runs from I-80 in New Lenox north to I-290 in Itasca, a distance of 32.5 mi .", "With the exception of a 4 mi expansion in 2009, from U.S. Route 34 (US 34, Ogden Avenue) to 75th Street, the highway is six lanes wide for its entire length." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Chicago", "sents": [ "Chicago ( or ), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States.", "With over 2.7 million residents, it is also the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States.", "It is the county seat of Cook County.", "The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago has often been called a global architecture capital.", "Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20472_p2", "sents": [ "Financial Times, 10 27 01 SHORTS - Enron bond prices under pressure.", "Financial Times, 10 27 01 Enron taps credit line; stock slides Associated Press Newswires, 10 27 01 Enron Decline Continues Los Angeles Times, 10 27 01 Enron taps credit line; stock slides Company says cash will boost confide nce Houston Chronicle, 10 27 01 Enron says Microsoft breached contract Houston Chronicle, 10 27 01 How to Lose a War The New York Times, 10 27 01 City - Enron directors cash in shares.", "The Daily Telegraph, 10 27 01 INDIA: Lenders to meet over Enron's Dabhol on Nov 3. Reuters English News Service, 10 27 01 Enron sues Microsoft for breach of contract Move could block high-speed s ervice The Seattle Times, 10 27 01 Enron Discusses Credit Line of $1 Billion to $2 Billion With Banks By Jathon Sapsford and John Emshwiller Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal 10 29 2001 The Wall Street Journal A10 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Enron Corp., scrambling to restore confidence in its finances, is negotiati ng with banks for a new credit line of between $1 billion and $2 billion, a nd is likely to close a deal within days, according to officials familiar w ith the matter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 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": "Dubai", "sents": [ "Dubai ( ; Arabic: دبي‎ ‎ \"Dubayy \", ] ) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).", "It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.", "Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's Federal Supreme Council.", "The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.", "Dubai will host World Expo 2020." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "e529_p18", "sents": [ "Hussain, speaking at an oil and gas conference, said it is \"costing a fortune\" for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates' second-largest emirate, to run its 20,000-megawatt power station with liquid fuels.", "Dubai's industrial free port at Jebel Ali and the Dubai Aluminium Co. Ltd., which expanded its annual capacity last year to 536,000 metric tons, are in extremely short supply of gas, said local observers.", "Hussain said the recently signed \"term sheet agreement\" between the U.A.E.", "Offsets Group, or UOG, and Qatar Petroleum, to supply 2 billion cubic feet of gas a day to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is a step in the right direction.", "Three weeks ago, QP and UOG signed a $3.5 billion agreement to export 2 bcf a day of Qatari natural gas to the U.A.E.", "The project, which will be undertaken by Dolphin Energy - in which TotalFinaElf (TOT) and Enron Corp. (ENE) each hold a 24.5% stake - plans to drill first wells at Qatar's giant offshore North Field in the second half of 2001 and come onstream in early 2005. About 1-1.5 bcf a day of the gas will be consumed by the al-Taweelah power plant in Abu Dhabi and the remainder by the Jebel Ali terminal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cisco Systems", "sents": [ "Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.", "Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2943_p30", "sents": [ "Of the $5.7 billion the new rates will raise, $4.6 billion will come from business, agriculture and street-lighting customers and $1.1 billion from residential rate payers.", "Carl Guardino, head of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, whose members include Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intel Corp., contend s that most businesses already pay much more attention to conservation than households.", "He said the increases won't encourage conservation by consumers who could do the most to help prevent blackouts.", "Some business owners say they already are stepping up conservation and otherwise are cutting costs to cope with electricity charges, along with rising wages and workers compensation insurance premiums.", "The Charlie's Trio Cafe restaurant chain, based in Alhambra, has start ed cutting back employees' hours.", "It also recently increased prices for the first time in two years, meaning that customers will have less to spend elsewhere.", "\"This increase isn't going to kill me,\" said Michael Fata, a co-owner of the chain, but he expressed concern that higher costs \"are pushing the customers away.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Apax Partners", "sents": [ "Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity and venture capital firm, headquartered in London, England.", "The company also operates out of eight other offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Stockholm, Milan and Munich.", "The firm, including its various predecessors, have raised approximately $35 billion (USD) dating back to 1969.", "Apax Partners is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms operating on an international basis, ranked the seventh largest private equity firm globally." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p15", "sents": [ "The company has expanded its staff from 10 to 70 employees after more than a year of operations.", "http: www.opteway.com Image Sensor Tech Firm Y Media Gets $7.5 Million Series B LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. -- Y Media, which develops digital image sensor technology for portable electronic devices, said it raised $7.5 million in its Series B funding from previous investors Enterprise Partners, which led the round, Chase Capital Partners, and TechFund Capital.", "The company will use the funding for mass product production and for intellectual property development program.", "The company expects this round of funding to last it through profitability.", "Y Media is relocating its headquarters this month to Irvine, Calif. http: www.y-media.com Net Advertising Tech Firm iWeb Closes $8.6 Million Series B NEW YORK -- iWeb, a provider of technology and services that enable the targeted delivery of advertising and content via the Internet, said it closed its Series B round of funding led by Apax Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4273_p29", "sents": [ "Efinity is backed by private investors.", "http: www.efinity.com Two From Internet HealthCare Group Join ActiveCyte Board AVON, Conn. -- Internet HealthCare Group (IHCG), an e-health holding company, said two of the senior members of its Boston-based management team, Sena Biswas and Jason P. Rhodes, joined the board of ActiveCyte, a provider Internet-based decision support services and licensing exchange for the biopharmaceutical industry.", "The board appointment follows IHCG's $10 million investment in ActiveCyte, which was founded by Boston Consulting Group.", "http: www.ihcg.com http: www.activecyte.com Two Investors Take Seats on Sharing Technologies' Board PARIS -- Sharing Technologies, which develops knowledge management applications, said it has appointed Mizuhiko Hashimoto and Pierre Brunet to its board of directors.", "Mr. Hashimoto is head of International Investment Team of NIF Ventures, and Pierre Brunet is the senior vice president of Investissement Desjardins.", "Both NIF Ventures and Investissement Desjardins have invested in Sharing.", "http: www.sharing.com New People o ePromos.com Names Former NetCreations Exec as President, CEO NEW YORK -- ePromos.com, a business-to-business provider of promotional product services, said it named Mitchell York, former president and COO of NetCreations, as president and chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p35", "sents": [ "http: www.yankeetek.com NIF Ventures Promotes Partner to Run Silicon Valley Office PALO ALTO, Calif. -- NIF Ventures, the Tokyo-based venture capital unit of Daiwa Securities Group, said it promoted partner Jim Timmins to managing partner of the firm's Silicon Valley office.", "Mr. Timmins served with Redwood Partners and Hambrecht & Quist prior to joining NIF in 1998. NIF Ventures manages approximately $1.2 billion.", "Its portfolio companies include AccessLan, eFinance, SpectraSwitch, and WaveSplitter.", "Telephone 650-461-5000. VW Corrections o Rtime NEW YORK -- An item in yesterday's VentureWire about Sony's acquisition of Rtime incorrectly listed the company's URL.", "Rtime's URL is http: www.rtimeinc.com.", "Advertisement Has patent law gone too far?", "The courts have granted protection to one-click shopping, but is this way of doing business so obvious and trivial that lawmakers should intervene?", "And what about online auctions for selling vacant airline seats?", "Is intellectual property law able to cope in the era of Amazon.com and Priceline.com, or has it become patently absurd?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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": "e20425_p79", "sents": [ "The Houston-based company reported $1.01 billion in?third-quarter losses, including $35 million from the LJM?partnerships run by Fastow.", "SEC Inqui ry Greenberg says directors shouldn't have allowed Fastow to run?part nerships that bought and sold company assets.", "Shares of Enron have fa llen 52 percent in the past six days?on investor concern about the liabilit ies attached to partnerships?and affiliated companies formed by Enron to re move debt from its?books.", "The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is lo oking into?the partnerships.", "Enron shares fell $3.38 to $16.41. --Ru ssell Hubbard in the Princeton newsroom, 609-750-4651 or?rhubbard2@Bloomber g.net slb alp Enron Ousts Fastow, Names McMahon CFO Amid Inquiry (Update5) 2001-10-24 19:33 (New York) Enron Ousts Fastow, Names McMahon CFO Amid In quiry (Update5) (Adds description of Enron Net Works in sixth paragra ph.)", "Houston, Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp. ousted Chief?Financi al Officer Andrew Fastow amid a Securities and Exchange?Commission inquiry into partnerships he ran that cost the largest?energy trader $35 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p10", "sents": [ "Previous investors Venrock Associates, Cardinal Health Partners, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated.", "Ann Lamont, general partner at Oak Investment, joined the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funds to continue building its infrastructure, expand its management team, and for sales and marketing.", "The company said it will also use the funds to roll out its new service.", "http: www.athenahealth.com Data Communication Firm Ellacoya Gets $52 Million Round Two mail this story?", "top MERRIMACK, N.H. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Ellacoya Networks, a provider of data communications equipment for Internet service providers, said it received $52 million in its second round of funding, bringing total investment to $86 million.", "The company announced a $34 million first round in May.", "Goldman, Sachs & Co. led the round, which included previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Centennial, and Lighthouse Capital Partners.", "The company will use the funds for development, marketing, and sales of its product, Service Generation System, a carrier-class technology that enables the delivery of broadband application and content services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] }, { "title": "Bessemer Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is an American global venture capital firm founded in 1911.", "The firm has $4.5 billion under management and operates offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Israel, and India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Snelland", "sents": [ "Snelland is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England It is situated approximately 9 mi north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln and about 5 mi from the town of Market Rasen.", "The civil parish includes the hamlet of Swinthorpe.", "The population at the 2011 census was included in the civil parish of Friesthorpe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Friesthorpe", "sents": [ "Friesthorpe is a settlement and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.", "The population of the civil parish (including Snarford and Snelland) at the 2011 census was 204.", "It is situated 4 mi south-west from the town of Market Rasen, 9 mi north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln, and just east from the A46 road." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kaethe Katrin Wenzel", "sents": [ "Kaethe Katrin Wenzel (* November 1, 1972 in Aachen) is a German artist.", "She works about Utopian ideas, the future, and alternative concepts for society.", "Her main instruments are drawing, interview, internet, mechanics/electronics, and Street Art.", "Using techniques from survey to Speculative Fiction to explore \"the collective production of culture, the interface of art and science, and the production and negotiation of public space\"., her projects provide sceptical footnotes to global history." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Aachen", "sents": [ "Aachen (] ) or Bad Aachen, French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle (] ), is a spa and border city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.", "Aachen developed from a Roman settlement and spa, subsequently becoming the preferred medieval Imperial residence of Charlemagne, and, from 936 to 1531, the place where 31 Holy Roman Emperors were crowned Kings of the Germans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6957_p7", "sents": [ "Following the repeal of th e federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) ergonomic rule by Congres s, Secretary of Labor, Elaine Chao promised that public forums would be held in several locations to explore the issue of developing an ergonomic standard.", "The forum follows a major victory for California employers when on July 19 the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board unanimously rejected a petition from organized labor to adopt the overturned federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) ergonomic rule.", "The forum began with opening remarks by Assistant Secretary of Labor, Chris Spear who explained the purpose of the meeting and Secretary Chao expressed interest in trying to obtain the best information and ideas available.?", "Federal OSHA requested that comments be focused on three questions: 1) What is an ergonomic injury?", "2) How can the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, employers and employees determine whether an ergonomic inju ry was caused by work-related activities or non-work-related activities; and, if the ergonomics injury was caused by a combination of the two, what is the appropriate response?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "sents": [ "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor.", "Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29, 1970.", "OSHA's mission is to \"assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance\".", "The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of whistleblower statutes and regulations.", "OSHA is currently headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Loren Sweatt.", "OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects to employment, sales, credit ratings, or firm survival." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5399_p94", "sents": [ "Thursday's event continued a series of upbeat announcements by state officials designed to show they have gained the upper hand over power suppliers.", "Still, even Thursday's pep rally set as its goal reduction, not avoidance, of summer blackouts.", "Earlier in the day, the state's top power buyer cited this week's lower spot-market prices for electricity as evidence of progress in bringing down wholesale electricity costs.", "Prices sagged after two nuclear power plants came back on line, cool weathe r reduced demand for air conditioning and long-term contracts took effect, Ra y Hart, deputy director of the Water Resources Department, said in a conferen ce call.", "Spot market electricity traded at $41.43 per megawatt-hour in Northern California on Thursday, down from $563.69 on May 7, according to Bloomberg News Service.", "But low spot-market prices won't necessarily lower the state's energy bill, because the state also is buying power through long-term contracts.", "Also, the long-term deals the state now is heralding could lose their luste r if power prices fall and California finds itself locked into buying expensi ve energy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Northern California", "sents": [ "Northern California, often abbreviated NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.", "Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, in contrast to the 10 counties of Southern California, its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento), and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno).", "Northern California also contains redwood forests, along with the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range after Mount Rainier in Washington), and most of the Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1537_p32", "sents": [ "Sources said a team comprising three top officials of Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) including chairman Vinay Bansal would attend the high-profile board meet.", "Bansal told PTI that MSEB has decided to give a \"fitting reply\" and present its case concerning the Rs 4.01 billion penalty that the loss-making board slapped on DPC on February 28, for not generating required power within the stipulted time as per the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).", "This London meet comes two days after the international and domestic financial institutions sit together (April 23) to discuss DPC's future course of action in the wake of non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 2.23 billion by MSEB and also to take into account the aforesaid penalty.", "Over the payment of Rs 1.02 billion and Rs 1.11 billion dues of December 2000 and January 2001 respectively, sources said, both the state government and MSEB had offered to make a \"protest payment\" as per the PPA, but DPC, India's first fast track power project, refused to accept it on that condition." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28051_p0", "sents": [ "\"Hi Everyone, As you know, every semester we host a series of pizza dinners for each class in the Evening & Weekend MBA Program.", "The purpose of the dinners is to provide the students with a smaller forum from which to ask questions and express concerns about the program.", "The schedule for this semester's pizza dinners is listed below: Monday, October 22 C125 Tuesday, October 23 Bank of America Forum Wednesday, October 24 Bank of America Forum Thursday, October 25 C220 All pizza dinners are held during the break from 7:30 - 8:15pm.", "The agenda items we have for this round of pizza dinners are: (1) Meet the new Director of the Evening & Weekend MBA Program (2) Discussions of new MBA options at Haas (3) Electives If you have any items that you would like added to agenda, please let us know by responding to this email.", "We hope you will be able to join us for pizza and soda, The Evening & Weekend MBA Program Staff Jane Thompson Director, Evening and Weekend MBA Program Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley 460 Student Services Bldg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e8591_p0", "sents": [ "'You are invited to a reception after the Fisher Center Conference.?", "The reception is part of the conference but is open to all students free of charge.", "It will be held at the Bank of America Forum on Wed, December 6, 5:15-7pm.?", "To RSVP use our Web-based system at http: www.haas.berkeley.edu citm #Conf On the request for registration form, enter: 100% for the discount amount RECEPTION for the discount group There is no need to fill out the address & phone information for this RSVP.", "After submitting the form?", "there will be no further contact (the system's message to that effect is for conference registration only), and a tag with your name will be available at the reception area.", "For those who would also like to attend the conference at a nominal fee of $50, .request a admission through our Web-based system at http: www.haas.berkeley.edu citm #Conf On the request for registration form, enter: 95% for the discount amount MBAxx (xx is 01 or 02) for the discount group The Fisher Center for Information Technology & Marketplace Transformation Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley Invites you to a One-day Conference eBusiness Transformation: Breaking Away from Legacies Featuring George Surdu Director of the Information Technology Services Group, Ford Motor Company December 6, 2000 Wells Fargo Room, Haas School of Business Conference Agenda 8:15 - 8:45am Registrations & Refreshments 8:45- 9:00am Welcome and Overview Professor Arie Segev, Director, Fisher CITM, Haas School of Business Phillip Gordon, Executive Director, Fisher CITM, Haas School of Business 9:00 - 9:45am e-Business Transformation - a Conceptual Framework Arie Segev, Director, Fisher CITM, Haas School of Business 9:45 - 11:15?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mary Bono", "sents": [ "Mary Bono (née Whitaker and formerly Mary Bono Mack, born October 24, 1961) is a former U.S. Representative for California 's 45 congressional district , and previously the 44th, serving from 1998 to 2013.", "She was first elected to Congress to replace her late husband, Sonny Bono, who had died months before.", "She is a member of the Republican Party.", "Bono's district was based in Palm Springs and included most of central and eastern Riverside County.", "She sat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and was Chairwoman for the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2512_p1", "sents": [ "Three California Republicans joined their colleagues in voting against the amendment; Mary Bono, George Radanovich and Christopher Cox.", "The subcommittee continues to debate the overall measure and is expected to vote for final passage later in the day.", "-By Bryan Lee; Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6647; [email protected]" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gary Locke", "sents": [ "Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 10th United States ambassador to China (2011-14).", "He was previously the 21st Governor of Washington (1997-2005) and served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce (2009-11)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e11873_p2", "sents": [ "But because California is highly dependent on electricity imports, some experts fear that banning energy exports could backfire.", "They said other states that periodically rely on power from California might retaliate by barring their generators from selling power to the state.", "``Steps that would essentially Balkanize the intertie could be counterproductive,'' said David Danner, energy policy adviser to Washington Gov.", "Gary Locke, in reference to the major high-voltage line known as the intertie that links California to the Pacific Northwest.", "Danner praised Davis' recent efforts to solve California's energy problems.", "Even so, he said, any restriction on the flow of electricity could provoke anger in Washington state, where record-low rainfall has hurt the ability of the region's hydroelectric dams to make power and where some residents have seen their utility bills soar.", "``I get calls every day from people who say, `Why should I sit in the dark when all the power gets shipped to California?'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19622_p86", "sents": [ "He noted that Dynegy (DYN has $3 billion worth of debt and a market capitalization of $11.7 billion.", "\"Enron's debt load is likely to be too significant for Dynegy to step up and swallow,\" Dietert said.", "For Dynegy to make the deal, it would have to issue equity, he added.", "It would make more sense for Dynegy to consider buying some Enron assets, Dietert said.", "That would also help Enron clean up its balance sheet.", "Chris Ellinghaus of Williams Capital Group said that ChevronTexaco's involvement would make a Dynegy-Enron combination more realistic.", "\"We would view this transaction favorably assuming Dynegy intends to dispose of Enron's myriad of non-core businesses,\" Ellinghaus said.", "Dynegy and Enron together would dwarf other natural gas and power marketers in the United States Ellinghaus said the possibility that Dynegy would buy Enron is \"staggering.\"", "\"However, the failure of Enron to procure an outside equity infusion has apparently severely limited Enron's options,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2963_p27", "sents": [ "It addresses today's energy shortages and shows the way to tomorrow's energy abundance.", "I have great faith in our country's ability to solve the energy problem, and our energy plan shows the way.", "But most of all, I have great faith in the American people, our land's ingenuity, our innovation.", "Our entrepreneurial spirits is this country's greatest of all resources.", "And thank God, they are never in short supply.", "God bless.", "END Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Williams Capital Group's Ellinghaus on Energy Policy: Comment 2001-05-17 12:30 (New York) New York, May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Chris Ellinghaus, energy analyst for New York-based investment bank Williams Capital Group LP, comments on the United States energy task force report.", "President George W. Bush released the report today in Minnesota.", "``The Bush plan includes a courageous, pragmatic and long- term strategic policy that prepares for a sufficient future energy supply." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Henry Cejudo", "sents": [ "Henry Carlos Cejudo, (born February 9, 1987) is an American freestyle wrestler, Olympic gold medalist, mixed martial artist and author.", "He became an Olympic gold medalist at 21 years old, the second youngest American wrestler to do so (Kyle Snyder became an olympic champion at 20 years old at the 2016 Rio Games).", "Cejudo debuted in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in December 2014 at .", "As of March 9th, 2017, he is #2 in the official UFC flyweight rankings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Ultimate Fighting Championship", "sents": [ "The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company WME–IMG.", "It is the largest MMA promotion in the world and features the top-ranked fighters of the sport.", "Based in the United States, the UFC produces events worldwide that showcase eleven weight divisions and abide by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.", "As of 2017, the UFC has held over 400 events.", "Dana White serves as the president of the UFC.", "He has held that position since 2001; while under the leadership of Dana White the UFC has grown into a globally popular multibillion-dollar enterprise." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4576_p29", "sents": [ "Immedient is backed by Thayer Capital.", "http: www.immedient.com Funeral Industry Resource Legacy.com Names New Boardmember EVANSTON, Ill. -- Legacy.com, which provides Internet resources for the distribution of funeral service information and permanent tributes, said it has appointed Howard Finberg, the former vice president of CNI Ventures, to its board of directors.", "He also served as director of technology and information strategies for Central Newspapers.", "Mr. Finberg will join Carolyn Martin, the director of new media planning for Gannett, and Randy Glein, vice president of Tribune, on the board.", "Ms. Martin joined Legacy.com's board last month, after Gannett purchased CNI Ventures, an early investor in the company.", "So far, Legacy.com has raised $3 million from CNI Ventures and Tribune, and expects to close an additional $3 million in Series C funding within the next 30 days.", "http: www.legacy.com Two Join Board of Signal Tech Firm Antrim Design Systems SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Antrim Design Systems, a developer of mixed signal technology, named Morio Kurosaki, the president of Japanese venture capital firm IT-Farm, vice chairman of its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p15", "sents": [ "The funding follows a recent announcement that NewMonics had expanded its management team.", "http: www.newmonics.com Online Marketer Dynamic Trade Raises $7 Million Round Two CHICAGO -- Dynamic Trade, a provider of performance-based online marketing, said it has raised $7 million in its second round funding from lead investor Tribune, along with KB Partners, Portage Venture's Greystone Venture Fund and Nelson Capital Corporation.", "Dynamic Trade plans to use the new funding to support the sales and marketing of its services, expand its current suite of performance marketing services and for new product development.", "Dynamic Trade raised its previous round of funding from KB Partners, Potage Venture's Greystone Venture Fund, and Blumenstein Thorne Information Partners.", "http: www.dynamictrade.com Pharmaceutical Firm OnSite Rx Secures $12 Million Round Two LA JOLLA, Calf.", "-- OnSite Rx, which provides pharmaceutical electronic commerce management and automated medication dispensing systems, said it received $12 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10178_p13", "sents": [ "Citing the need to make the best use of its limited resources and to retain flexibility, the FCC directed all bureaus and offices \"to prioritize rulemaking proceedings stemming from this biennial review on the basis of various public policy considerations and a comprehensive evaluation of comments received in response to the planned rulemaking notices.", "Issuing a separate statement, Commissioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth said t he FCC shouldn 't view the biennial reviews as \"a burden to be endured or a hoop through which we must dutifully jump every other year. He added, \"A s the Commission moves forward, it is my sincere hope that we will devote full-time, year-round staff to this endeavor.", "Furchtgott-Roth Says Departure Of Kennard Won 't Bring Deadlock Although the departure of FCC Chairman William E. Kennard leaves the agency temporarily with four members -two Republicans and two Democrats -Commi ssioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth doesn 't expect the agency to be deadlocked." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e10082_p1", "sents": [ "* Table of Contents Click here for the full issue: http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 index.htm COMMISSIONERS SPLIT ON CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON AOL-TIME WARNER MERGER http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201.htm KENNARD SUBMITS RESIGNATION, PLANS TO LEAVE FCC POST FOR THINK TANK http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-01.htm FCC TRANSITION TEAM LEANS HEAVILY ON COMMON CARRIER REPRESENTATIVES http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-02.htm FCC WON'T PREEMPT MISSOURI BAN ON CITY-OWNED TELECOM UTILITIES http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-03.htm ALCATEL TO BUILD TRANSATLANTIC NETWORK FOR C&W http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-04.htm TAUZIN CALLS HEARING ON ICANN's DOMAIN NAME PROCESS http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-05.htm FCC AFFIRMS LIFTING OF 700 MHz TRANSMITTER POWER LIMITS http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-06.htm AT&amp;T WILL BOOST STAKE IN EXCITE AT HOME http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-07.htm NEWS IN BRIEF http: www.tr.com online trd 2001 td011201 Td011201-08.htm COMMISSIONERS SPLIT ON CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON AOL-TIME WARNER MERGER One of the FCC's last major actions during the tenure of Chairman William E. Kennard marks the agency's first effort to oversee Internet \"instant messaging\" services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Johann Heinrich Gossler", "sents": [ "Johann Heinrich Gossler (born 28 March 1775, died 3 April 1842) was a Hamburg banker and grand burgher, a member of the Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty, a co-owner (from 1798) of the Berenberg Bank and a senator of Hamburg from 1821.", "He was the son of Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg (1749–1822), and the brother in law of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler.", "He was the father of Hamburg First Mayor Hermann Gossler and the grandfather of Baron Johann von Berenberg-Gossler (1839–1913).", "He was also the great-grandfather of First Mayor Johann Heinrich Burchard." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ludwig Erdwin Seyler", "sents": [ "Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (15 May 1758 – 26 October 1836; also \"Ludewig\" and \"Edwin\", known as \"Ludwig E. Seyler\" or \"L.E.", "Seyler\") was a merchant, banker and politician of the sovereign city-state, and briefly French city, of Hamburg.", "He was by marriage a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg banking dynasty, and was a co-owner of the Hamburg firm Joh.", "Berenberg, Gossler & Co. (Berenberg Bank) for 48 years (1788–1836) and the company's head for 46 years (1790–1836).", "Seyler was one of the first merchants and bankers from modern Germany to establish trade relations with the United States and East Asia.", "He served as President of the Commercial Deputation, one of the city-state's main political bodies, as a Councillor (Senator) and as a member of the Hamburg Parliament.", "Ludwig Seyler was a son of the Swiss-born theatre director Abel Seyler and a son-in-law of the bankers Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg through his marriage to their oldest daughter Anna Henriette Gossler." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stockwell Day", "sents": [ "Stockwell Burt Day Jr., PC, (born August 16, 1950) is a former Canadian politician, and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.", "He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta, who later served as leader of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2001.", "Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of the Treasury Board.", "He was widely seen as a prominent voice for social conservatives within the Conservative Party.", "On March 12, 2011, Day announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2011 federal election." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2959_p4", "sents": [ "See article: After Spain ,s Basque election E+ Talks between the EU and the most advanced applicant countries have been postponed.", "Germany wants to limit movement of workers from Eastern Europe, and Spain fears losing regional funds to the new members.", "Canada ,s opposition Alliance split.", "Eight of its 66 members of Parliament called for Stockwell Day, the Alliance ,s embattled leader, to resign, an d said they would meet as a separate parliamentary group.", "AP Supporters of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Philippines new president, have won control of the Senate, according to exit polls.", "See article: The Philippines electionsE+ As a &reward 8 to the military government in Myanmar for h aving talks with Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader, Japan offered a grant of $29m towards the cost of a hydro-electric plant in the east of the country.", "SIGN UP FOR GLOBAL AGENDA ALERTS A free e-mail service delivered to your desktop on Mondays, Wed nesdays and Fridays, providing a snapshot of new Global Agenda stories." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "George W. Bush", "sents": [ "George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.", "He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.", "After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry.", "Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter.", "He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election.", "Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2943_p139", "sents": [ "County officials are preparing for blackouts by setting up emergency generators for the downtown Santa Ana building that houses the offices of t he county assessor, clerk-recorder and treasurer-tax collector.", "The $300,000 project should be complete by July.", "The Costa Mesa Senior Center considered buying a generator but found the units too expensive.", "\"Our biggest crisis would be if we had a power outage on a Thursday during bingo,\" said Diane Schwartz, facilities manager.", "\"We would have to call the numbers by hand.\"", "Bush offers varied plan for energy Conservation, exploration and nuclear efforts are in the proposal.", "May 17, 2001 By DAVID E. SANGER The New York Times WASHINGTON President George W. Bush's long-awaited energy plan proposes loosening regulations on oil and gas exploration, conservation-minded effor ts like a review of gas-mileage standards, and a $4 billion tax credit for an ew generation of highly fuel-efficient cars.", "It also urges a reconsideration of a quarter-century ban on the reprocessin g of nuclear fuel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jason Leopold", "sents": [ "Jason Leopold is an American senior investigative reporter for \"BuzzFeed\".", "He used to be an investigative reporter for \"Al Jazeera America\" and \"Vice News\".", "He worked at \"Truthout\" as a senior editor and reporter, a position he left after three years on February 19, 2008, to co-found the web-based political magazine \"The Public Record\", Leopold's profile page on \"The Public Record\" now says he is Editor-at-Large.", "Leopold returned to \"Truthout\" as Deputy Managing Editor in October 2009 and was made lead investigative reporter in 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3827_p17", "sents": [ "A number of clients served by Southern California Edison want to sign direct-access contracts to escape recent rate increases imposed by the PUC.", "-By Jason Leopold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3874; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron's Lenders Consider Closure of Indian Project (Update6) 2001-06-07 16:13 (New York) Enron's Lenders Consider Closure of Indian Project (Update6) (Adds closing share price.)", "Mumbai, June 7 (Bloomberg) -- Industrial Development Bank of India, ABN Amro Holding NV and other lenders to Enron Corp.'s $3 billion Indian power project are considering a plan to shut the plant for as long as a year until a tariff dispute is settled.", "The lenders hired Stone & Webster, a United States engineering company, to determine the costs and consequences of temporarily closing Dabhol Power Co.'s plant, said R.S.", "Agarwal, executive director of Industrial Development Bank of India.", "Indian banks, which have loaned $1.4 billion to Enron's Dabhol Power, have the most at stake in salvaging the project, the country's biggest foreign investment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 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": "e4553_p7", "sents": [ "Download this paper in Adobe Acrobat format: http: www.ucei.berkeley.edu ucei PDF pwp067.pdf _ \"Pricing Electricity for Default Customers: Pass Through or Performance-Based Rates?\"", "(August 1999) PWP-066 by Carl Blumstein California electricity consumers can choose a retail electricity service provider, but most have not done so.", "These consumers remain, by default, customers of the utility distribution companies (UDCs).", "Pricing electricity for these default customers is now an issue before the California Public Utilities Commission.", "In California this issue is framed largely in terms of two alternatives: pass through of the wholesale electricity price or a performance-based rate (PBR).", "Under the first alternative, purchase from the California Power Exchange (PX) would be mandatory; under the second, each UDC would determine where to purchase supply and each UDC's performance would be gauged by comparing its costs to the PX price.", "This paper identifies issues that should be addressed in choosing between the two alternatives." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3720_p41", "sents": [ "http: www.blackboard.com Alerts Hires Within; Replaces Co-Founder in Pres.", "& CEO Role mail?", "top RALEIGH, N.C. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Alerts, an alerting infrastructure co mpany that develops software and services for the enterprise and Internet market, said David Fisher has been promoted from vice president of sales and marketing to president and CEO to oversee the company's next stage of growt h. Mr. Fisher, who joined the company last month, replaces co-founder Michael Jones, who will leave the company, but will continue to work as a consultan t during the transition period and in the future.", "Mr. Fisher assumes Mr. Jone s' seat on the board, keeping the board at five members.", "The company expects to fill the vice president of sales and marketing position, but has not yet begun a search.", "Co-founder John Creamer will continue to serve as CTO and vice president of development.", "Alerts is funded by ABS Ventures, Aurora Funds, Cordova Ventures, and Intersouth Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p42", "sents": [ "Mr. Anderson formerly served as CEO of Bankrate.", "Pri or to that, he was president and CEO of Block Financial, a subsidiary of H&amp;R Block and worked at KPMG Peat Marwick for 19 years where he started as an auditor and concluded his tenure as a partner-in-charge of the national corporate finance practice within the management consulting department.", "Nationtax Online has raised $18.5 million to date and is backed by Cordova Ventures, Grotech Capital Group, LiveOak Equity Partners, R-H Capital Partners, Southeastern Technology Fund, and Troutt Venture Capital Partners http: www.nationtax.com Wireless Software Firm BlueKite.com Names New Pres & CEO SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- BlueKite.com, a developer of softwar e for the delivery of rich content to mobile computing devices, announced the appointment of Robin Abrams as president and CEO.", "Most recently, Ms. Abrams served as CEO at Ventro, a business e-commerce marketplace.", "Ms. Abrams replaces founding president and CEO, David Cox, who will remain with the company as an adviser to the executive team." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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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, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1911_p29", "sents": [ "The Centre promised that the additional power would be made available from the Eastern Grid.", "Dikshit told Prabhu that the Delhi government was negotiating with the Chhatisgarh government to buy 100 MW.", "She said the Delhi government was facing severe problem in getting power from Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board due to reduction in the power generation in the state.", "The government is now contemplating talks with West Bengal to purchase power.", "Dikshit said her government was negotiating a deal with Enron, but was reluctant to buy electricity due to the high tariff quoted by the company.", "Dikshit said additional power was also expected from the three units at Dadri, Badarpur and Raj Ghat power stations which would be become functional by May 10. Besides Dikshit, Delhi power minister Narendra Nath and principal secretary power Ashok Pradhan and Delhi Vidyut Board chairman Jagdish Sagar were also present.", "Enron ready to pull out, but lenders say wait Business Times Bureau 04 27 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) MUMBAI: The Dabhol Power Company board, which met on Wednesday in London, authorised the company management to issue a termination notice to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3230_p28", "sents": [ "Also at stake is the lenders' INR22.5 billion in direct loans outstanding from the Dabhol Power Company, the Indian arm of Enron Corporation, the newspaper said.", "According to the newspaper, if the accelerable guarantee clause is invoked, the three Indian financial intermediaries will face a massive cash crunch.", "From phase 1 of Dabhol's project, the outstanding foreign loan from Exim of the United States for $221 million is backed by the guarantees of the three Indian lenders.", "The project has run into controversy with the Maharashtra government and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board over power supply dues.", "The power company has threatened to withdraw from the massive power project, one of India's largest foreign direct investments.", "Web Site: www.business-standard.com -By Bombay Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-22 2884211;[email protected] -0- 23 05 01 04-44G Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIAN CHIEF MINISTER URGES PANEL CHAIRMAN TO WITHDRAW RESIGNATION 05 23 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. MUMBAI, May 23 Asia Pulse - The Chief Minister of the western state of Maharashtra, Vilas Rao Deshmukh, today appealed to Madhav Godbole to withdraw his resignation from chairmanship of the committee set up for negotiating the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e880_p13", "sents": [ "He said talks with the ex-President centered around the management of the post-quake situation in Gujarat.", "Breaking his silence over the controversial issue of payment to Enron's Dabhol Power Company by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mr Pawar said ,\" We have to wait and see what the Madhav Godbole committee has to suggest in this regard.''", "The state government has referred the issue to an expert panel led by retired bureaucrat Madhav Godbole.", "Mr Pawar had approved the first phase of the controversial power project.", "He said differences between Enron, MSEB and the state government should be resolved amicably through negotiations.", "``The second phase of the Enron power project is not affordable.", "But we have no option since the previous Shiv Sena-BJP alliance which talked of drowning the entire project in the Arabian Sea entered into an agreement with Enron and approved phase II also.", "Now, we have to ensure that Enron's burden on consumers is minimal,\" Mr Pawar said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kalamassery", "sents": [ "Kalamassery is a suburb of the city of Kochi and a Municipality in the District of Ernakulam of Kerala state, India.", "It is a highly industrialised region with several factories and IT companies.Kalamassery is the Industrial Hub of Kerala.", "Thrikkakara temple, Cochin University of Science and Technology, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Unichira and Eloor industrial township are in the vicinity of Kalamassery.", "The Periyar river flows through Kalamassery.The Neighbouring localities of Kalamassery are Thrikkakara, Eloor, Edappally, Choornikkara, Edathala and Aluva.", "The Cochin International Airport is just 19.8 km away from Kalamassery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Unichira", "sents": [ "Unichira is an area that is located in the Kalamassery municipality, Kerala, India.", "The Thrikkakkara Temple is situated very close to Unichira, and St. Jude church in Unichira itself." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "First City Tower", "sents": [ "1001 Fannin is a skyscraper in downtown Houston, Texas.", "The building rises 662 ft in height.", "It contains 49 floors, and was completed in 1981.", "First City Tower currently stands as the 14th-tallest building in the city.", "The architectural firm who designed the building was Morris-Aubry, and was built by W. S. Bellows Construction Corporation.", "The structure is an example of late-modernist architecture.", "The tower, which formerly housed the headquarters of the now-defunct First City National Bank, now serves as the global headquarters of Waste Management, Inc, and the headquarters of Vinson & Elkins.", "It also houses the U.S. headquarters of Campus Living Villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e10471_p1", "sents": [ "See you there!", "Charles F. Caldwell Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.", "2300 First City Tower Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: 713-758-4518 Fax: 713-615-5087 Email: [email protected] ++++++CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE+++++ The information in this email may be confidential and or privileged.", "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named above.", "If you are not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is prohibited.", "If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system.", "Thank You - Houston_443501_1.DOC" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Leave It to Beaver", "sents": [ "Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom about an inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore \"The Beaver\" Cleaver (portrayed by Jerry Mathers), and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood.", "The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally.", "The show has attained an iconic status in the United States, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Jerry Mathers", "sents": [ "Gerald Patrick \"Jerry\" Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is an American television, film, and stage actor.", "Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom \"Leave It to Beaver\", originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963, in which he played Theodore \"Beaver\" Cleaver, the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver (played by Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont) and the brother of Wally Cleaver (played by Tony Dow)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3552_p0", "sents": [ "VentureWire Thursday, May 31, 2001 CONTENTS COMPANIES INVESTORS ADVERTISE TELL A FRIEND VentureW ire Index 'VentureWire today: 686.5 -1.87% top stories Insight Capital Closes Fourth Fund With $740 Million Whitney & Co. to Spin Off International Offices Rho Ventures Closes Fund IV with $435 Million Fabless Semiconductor Firm Quake Raises $30M Round Two TODAY'S FEATURES INVESTOR STRATEGY Millennium to Focus on New Investments By Amanda Briggs After completing two new investments this year, Millennium Technology Ventures plans to spend more time over the next couple of quarters focusing on new deals.", "more UPCOMING EVENTS July 31: New York City Financial Services Outlook Over $750 million has been invested in private equity deals in the fi nancial services sector (source: VentureWire).", "In this age of liquidation preferenc e provisions and retroactive repricings, that's a very strong performance.", "Register for Financial Services Outlook before June 19 and SAVE $100 Now more relevant than ever." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3552_p47", "sents": [ "http: www.rbcap.com company index top Advantage Capital Partners, Alacra, Alacra, American Fiber Systems, A ndes Networks, Andes Networks, Ardent Pharmaceuticals, Ardent Pharmaceuticals, Arexis, Arexis, Asera, Assentive Solutions, Astrea Systems, Atherotech, Atherotech, Availant, Aventail, Bertelsmann, Bertelsmann, BF Goodrich, BuildOnline, CableNet International, Cervalis, Commtag, Commtag, CyberBills Digital Media On Demand, E Ink, e-business technology, Enamics, Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Endero, Entropia, Eqvitec Partners, eRealty.com, FlipDog.com, FlipDog.com, Fractus, Fractus, GetPlugged.com, Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Improv Systems, Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Insight Capital Partners, Insight Capital Partners, iScraper, IT Factory, IT Provider, Lido, Lumeta, Metavante, Metreo, Mezzia, MidStream Technologies, Millennium Technology Ventures, MMC Capital, Model N, myplay, myplay, Neurotech, Neurotech, OmniSonics Medical Technologies, OptiGlobe Communications, OutTask, PaperExchange.com, PaperExchange.com, Poindexter Systems, Polexis, Polexis, Polexis, Quake Technologies, Quake Technologies, Remedyne, Remedyne, Rho Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Partners, Seasonticket.com, Sequence Design, SpeedGreetings, SpeedGreetings, Spirian Technologies, Spirian Technologies, TMP Worldwide, TMP Worldwide, Tools for Health, Toppan Printing, Touchpoint, Upright Software, UsherPro, VirtualGiveaway, Whitney & Co., Xtime, Xtime Time is money and time can be saved through effortless, streamlined Web-based enterprise services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19612_p43", "sents": [ "Enron today said it would restate its financial statements since 1997 after concluding some of the accounting for its partnerships didn't comply with generally accepted accounting principles.", "``Enron is running out of time and that's what's pushing them to the bargaining table,'' said Zach Wagner, an analyst with Edward Jones & Co., who cut his recommendation on Enron to ``reduce'' from ``accumulate'' on Oct. 23. Shares of Enron fell 45 cents to $8.60 cents in early trading on the news, which was previously reported by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times.", "The stock reached a record $90.75 in August 2000. With 850 million shares outstanding, the company has a market value of about $7.7 billion.", "Dynegy would gain a wholesale energy business, the leading energy manager for commercial and small-industrial customers, and an Internet energy trading operation many times larger than its own, said UBS Warburg LLC analyst James Yanello." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p114", "sents": [ "Wall Street sees electricity as a growth industry just because power is in relative short supply in many parts of the country.", "\"The United States has not built enough power plants over the last 10 years to meet demand,\" says analyst Brian Youngberg of Edward Jones & Co., a St. Louis-based investment company.", "That spells opportunity for companies able to produce low-cost power and market it in different regions.", "Promising Investment Today's favored utilities are those moving to acquire power plants and sell power as an unregulated commodity in different areas, even as they cope with deregulation and competition in their home territories.", "The examples of two leading companies will explain a lot about the utility business today, why investors regard it as promising and how companies and state regulators elsewhere are taking steps to avoid the blunders of California.", "Utilicorp United, based in Kansas City, Mo., is the modern outgrowth of a family-owned electric company dating to 1902. Under Richard Green, the founder's great-grandson who has been chief executive since 1982, Utilicorp went eagerly into wholesale marketing and trading of electricity around the world, acquiring companies in Australia and New Zealand, even as it continued to operate regulated utilities in Missouri--where electricity remains regulated--and six other Midwestern states." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10258_p2", "sents": [ "Senior Judge William J. Lederer and Judge Bonnie B. Leadbeter joined Judge Doyle's opinion.", "(Case no.", "3182 C.D.", "1999 Robert and Loren Pearson v. Zoning Hearing Board of Newlin Township and Nextel Communications of the Mid Atlantic, Inc.) CUSTOMER-AFFECTING MICHIGAN PSC approves Ameritech identity theft protection procedures The Public Service Commission today approved procedures proposed by Ameritech-Michigan to protect customers from identity theft.", "The commission had ordered Ameritech to file the proposed procedures when it fined the company $1.5 million for identity theft-related violations of the Michigan Telecommunications Act.", "(9 25 00 p.m.) The PSC's decision responded to a complaint filed by customer Patricia Nelski.", "In July 1996 Nelski discovered that a fraudulent Ameritech telephone account had been opened in her name.", "She contacted Ameritech and was told she wouldn't be held responsible for charges to the account.", "She subsequently learned that she had been denied credit and employment because Ameritech failed to clear her credit record as promised." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Nextel Communications", "sents": [ "Nextel Communications, Inc. was a wireless service operator that merged with and continues to exist as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Corporation.", "Nextel in Brazil, and formerly in Argentina, Chile, Peru, the Philippines, and Mexico, is part of NII Holdings, a stand-alone, publicly traded company that is not owned by Sprint Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Narayan Rane", "sents": [ "Narayan Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician from the state Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.", "He was a Minister for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment in the Government of Maharashtra.", "He was a member of Shiv Sena and opposition leader of Vidhan Sabha until July 2005, before he joined Indian National Congress party.", "He quit Congress in September 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p94", "sents": [ "Closing in on the chief minister, prominent BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, while speaking in the legislative council, accused him of having indulged in ``corruption'' while finalising the purchase of a spinning mill in Latur, the CM's hometown.", "The Vilasrao Deshmukh ministry retaliated against Mr Gadkari, who belongs to Nagpur, with a threat to supercede the Nagpur municipal corporation on charges of, what else, bhrashtachaar (graft).", "Moreover, the ruling DF alliance accused leader of the opposition Narayan Rane of having drained the state exchequer of a staggering Rs 124 crore by gifting away a government plot to Esselworld in 1996 when Mr Rane held the revenue portfolio in the Manohar Joshi cabinet.", "As if this was not enough, the treasury benches okayed the suspension of BJP MLAs.", "Although the suspension orders against five of the nine legislators have since been revoked, the coup de grace has embittered the Sena-BJP combine.", "``The state government is plainly vindictive,'' declared BJP leader Gopinath Munde." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fat Pizza vs. Housos", "sents": [ "Fat Pizza vs. Housos is an Australian film based on the combination of the stories and characters of the SBS cult classic Pizza and the Logie award winning comedy Housos television series, both created by Paul Fenech.", "The film began screening in Australian cinemas on 27 November 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Paul Fenech", "sents": [ "Paul Fenech (born 21 November 1972) is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer and writer of Maltese descent.", "He is best known for writing, directing, producing and starring in the television series \"Pizza\", \"Swift and Shift Couriers\", \"Housos\" and \"Bogan Hunters\" and the motion pictures \"Fat Pizza\" (2003), \"Housos vs. Authority\" (2012),\"Fat Pizza vs. Housos\" (2014) and \"\" (2015)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3688_p52", "sents": [ "The \"fairly remarkable\" response to the governor's appeal for energy conservation came not only from business but from ordinary electric customers: \"If you go into any hardware store, people are buying new lighting facilities.", "It's truly a tribute to the people of California who are doing this,\" said Steve Larson, executive director of the California Energy Commission, in a conference call with news reporters.", "In May, the state consumed 18,616,485 megawatt hours of electricity, a drop of 2,289,362 megawatt hours or 11 percent from May 2000, said Gov.", "Davis' press secretary, Steve Maviglio.", "The governor called for a 10 percent reduction in May, whereas his energy advisers forecast that only 7 would be achieved, Maviglio noted.", "In the news conference, officials also said: -- The state signed nine new contracts in May with out-of-state power sources to boost Caliornia's available megawattage by 900 megawatts.", "Presently, that makes a total of 36 contracts with out-of-state energy sources." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "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": "Max Keiser", "sents": [ "Timothy Maxwell \"Max\" Keiser (born January 23, 1960) is an American broadcaster and film maker.", "He hosts \"Keiser Report\", a financial program broadcast on Russian state media channel RT that features heterodox economics theories.", "Until November 2012, Keiser anchored \"On the Edge\", a program of news and analysis hosted by Iran's Press TV.", "He hosted the New Year's Eve special \"The Keiser's Business Guide to 2010\" for BBC Radio 5 Live." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e4084_p22", "sents": [ "The new company, which will be independent and based in Vienna, Virginia, has raised over $2 million in its first round of funding.", "The Staubach Co. is a minority investor in eStaubach Partners, which is funded by individual investors from the real estate industry.", "Telephone 703-448-3555. o IT Trading Platform Provider SolutionHub.com Launches WASHINGTON -- SolutionHub.com, which provides a platform for buying and selling software and IT services that aims to simplify the request-for-proposal process, announced its launch.", "The company received its first round of funding from individual investors.", "http: www.solutionhub.com M&A o Hollywood Stock Exchange, Predict It Merge with $10 Million NEW YORK -- Publicly traded Predict It, which provides interactive prediction applications focused on sports and financial markets, said it agreed to merge with Hollywood Stock Exchange, operator of a Web site that enables users to participate in an entertainment-related virtual stock exchange.", "The new company, called HSX, will be public and will receive $10 million from a group of investors including Citigroup Investments, Commonwealth Associates, Dawntreader Fund, Genesys Angelbridge Fund, SBS Broadcasting, Keystone Venture Capital, Verus International, and individual investors Robert H. Lessin and Hollywood Stock Exchange co-founders Michael Burns and Max Keiser." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Posądza", "sents": [ "Posądza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koniusza, within Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.", "It lies approximately 5 km south-west of Proszowice and 27 km north-east of the regional capital Kraków." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Proszowice", "sents": [ "Proszowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998).", "Its population numbers 6,206 inhabitants (2004).", "It is the capital of Proszowice County, and the town is located some 25 kilometers northeast of Kraków, on the right bank of the Szreniawa river.", "Proszowice received its Magdeburg rights charter in 1358.", "Proszowice has a sports club \"Proszowianka\", established in 1916." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alexis de Tocqueville", "sents": [ "Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville ( ; ] ; 29 July 180516 April 1859) was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian.", "He was best known for his works \"Democracy in America\" (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and \"The Old Regime and the Revolution\" (1856).", "In both he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.", "\"Democracy in America\" was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11165_p3", "sents": [ "But once the first wave of selling is over, a standard guess is that the capital gains tax cut will cost about $20 billion a year.", "When the government decides to spend $20 billion a year on a tax incentive, shouldn't it choose one likely to boost economic growth for everyone?", "And shouldn't it be part of a package that avoids further tilting our distribution of income in an unhealthy direction?", "The overall effect of the Republican tax proposals on the distribution of income gives the impression that the congressional majority is waging a onesided class war: the cuts in the Earned Income Tax Credit and the details of how the child credit is paid add up to roughly $2.2 billion a year in tax increases on families with annual incomes less than $30,000, and tax decreases of some $2.8 billion$7,000 or so per familyon those with incomes of more than $200,000. Early in the nineteenth century, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in the introduction to Democracy in America of \"equality of conditions as the creative element\" that made America great." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Andrew Fastow", "sents": [ "Andrew Stuart Fastow (born December 22, 1961) is a convicted criminal and businessman who was the chief financial officer of Enron Corporation, an energy trading company based in Houston, Texas, until he was fired shortly before the company declared bankruptcy.", "Fastow was one of the key figures behind the complex web of off-balance-sheet special purpose entities (limited partnerships which Enron controlled) used to conceal Enron's massive losses in their quarterly balance sheets.", "By unlawfully maintaining personal stakes in these ostensibly independent ghost-entities, he was able to defraud Enron out of tens of millions of dollars.", "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subsequently opened an investigation into his and the company's conduct in 2001.", "Fastow served a six-year prison sentence for charges related to these acts.", "His wife, Lea Weingarten, also worked at Enron, where she was an assistant treasurer; she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and filing fraudulent income tax returns, and served jail time before early release to a halfway house." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e19748_p52", "sents": [ "Enron said its independent auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP, hasn't finalized its review of the company's financial statements in accordance with established professional standards because of the ongoing investigation by the special committee of the board and the need for Andersen to complete its review procedures.", "In the third quarter, Enron wrote off more than $1 billion related to its failed investments and reduced shareholder equity by about $1.2 billion to unwind an off-balance financing vehicle once run by its former chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow.", "That relationship is being examined in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, and is the center of more than a dozen shareholder lawsuits.", "According to the company's Form 10-Q, the special committee's investigation may identify additional or different information concerning these matters, which would require additional or different restatements.", "Dow Jones Corporate Filings Alert reported Monday that Enron is currently preparing a restructuring plan aimed at taking aggressive steps to rationalize the company's existing cost structure, accelerating the process of divesting non-core businesses and assets and restructuring scheduled maturities of debt and other obligations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Spencer Watt", "sents": [ "Spencer Watt (born December 15, 1988) is a professional Canadian football wide receiver who is currently a free agent.", "He was most recently a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).", "He was drafted 18th overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2010 CFL Draft.", "He played college football for the Simon Fraser Clan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "2010 CFL Draft", "sents": [ "The 2010 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 2, 2010 live at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.", "47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.", "After a number of trades, including ones made on draft day, Toronto and BC wound up with the most picks with nine apiece.", "The defending Grey Cup champions, the Montreal Alouettes, had seven, while the Calgary Stampeders had six.", "The Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders each had four.", "Of the 47 draft selections, 36 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1265_p1", "sents": [ "Such determination of reasonableness will be made by DWR on a case by case basis and communicated to the ISO.", "All bids into the ancillary services and imbalance energy markets will be deemed to be contingent on the acceptance of financial responsibility by DWR, to the extent not paid or payable by another Qualified Party.", "Unless a supplier is otherwise notified, any bid accepted by the ISO will be deemed to have the financial support of another Qualified Party or DWR as specified in this notice.", "In addition to the foregoing, DWR will assume financial responsibility for all purchases resulting from the issuance by the ISO of emergency dispatch instructions, to the extent not paid or payable by another Qualified Party.", "Payment for such purchases shall be made according to the rate specified in the ISO Tariff for emergency dispatch instructions.", "The ISO and or DWR reserve the right to rescind or modify the foregoing arrangements at any time and for any reason, including a successful rehearing or appeal from the April 6 order." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e1265_p2", "sents": [ "As the FERC determined in its February 14 order that DWR is a creditworthy counterparty, the ISO believes that the foregoing arrangements meet the requirements of FERC's April 6 Order.", "Accordingly, the ISO expects that suppliers will honor their obligations under the ISO Tariff and related agreements to respond to ISO dispatch instructions.", "Don Fuller Director, Client Relations California ISO Phone: 916-608-7055 E-Mail: [email protected]" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3871_p8", "sents": [ "Mr. Schwab will join ProcessClaims.com's board of directors, as will Dave March of the Tech Coast Angels.", "To date, the company has raised $5 million.", "Prior investors in the company include Bryan Rutberg of UBS Warburg, Iggy Fanlo of DealTime.com, Juno Madan of Neptune, and Isabel Maxwell of Commtouch.com.", "http: www.processclaims.com Supermarket Loyalty Firm SmartMouth Gets $4 Million Series A WATERTOWN, Mass.", "-- SmartMouth Technologies, a company implementing Web-based and wireless loyalty strategies for the supermarket industry, said it has raised $4 million in its Series A round of funding.", "The investment was led by Advent International and included funds from Onstead Interest.", "The company also said Ann Bilyew, principal at Advent, and Robert Onstead, founder and former chairman of Randalls Food Markets, have joined SmartMouth's board of directors.", "Mr. Onstead is the chairman and founder of Onstead Interest.", "SmartMouth creates online strategies and customer relationship management software for grocery retailers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Tech Coast Angels", "sents": [ "Tech Coast Angels is the leading source of funding to early-stage companies in Southern California and the second most active angel investor network in the United States in terms of funded deals.", "A recent analysis by CB Insights ranked TCA #1 out of 370 angel groups on “Network Centrality” and #5 overall in “Investor Mosaic.” With over 300 active members, TCA is one of the largest angel networks in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5677_p130", "sents": [ "The main effect of the new order is that, unlike full-blown price controls, it should not discourage the construction of new power generators.", "B] POWER UPDATE US Senate panel to hold off vote on Calif. cap bill June 20, 2001 (BridgeNews) June 19, 2124 GMT 1724 ET .. TOP STORIES: US Senate panel to hold off vote on Calif. power cap bill San Francisco, June 19 (BridgeNews) - United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., plans to hold off on voting on a bill for United States West power price caps following a request by fell ow senators Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., according to an aide in Bingaman's office Tuesday.", "Story .20121 IPE says merger with ICE complete; will keep IPE name New York, June 19 (BridgeNews) - London's International Petroleum Exchange has completed its merger with the Intercontinental Exchange, an electronic market for the trading of energy and metals products, IPE Chief Executive Richard Ward said Tuesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "The consolidated city-county covers an area of about 47.9 sqmi at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.", "It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10011_p2", "sents": [ "Thanks, Wayne, Arshak and I have been working to reach an agreement with Impsat FIber Networks.", "Impsat has an extensive network in 8 countries in Latin America as well as a pop in Miami.", "We have been discussing a peering transit agreement whereby one of our customers could connect to an Impsat port in Latin America for IP transit to the EIN.", "As we envision this now, we would swap Impsat a dedicated 45mbps port to our network for one into their network.", "The connection between the two networks will take place in Miami.", "If an EBS customer wanted IP capacity back to the US they could connect to any Impsat port in Latin America.", "The customer would pay Impsat a port connection fee at every point where they connected to Impsat in Latin America.", "EBS's customer would pay EBS USA for the capacity (e.g.", "8 mbps).", "The reverse would be true for an Impsat customer in the US." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Latin America", "sents": [ "Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are predominant.", "The term originated in 19th century France as \"Amérique latine\" to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas (Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed.", "It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America—though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20039_p1", "sents": [ "Analysts predict that with prices at current levels, projects to bring more liquefied natural gas into the United States could be shelved or canceled.", "Natural-gas prices, which reached highs of nearly $10 per million BTUs last December, had held to around $3 to $5 per million BTUs for much of the year.", "At $2 per million BTUs and below, producers have a hard time justifying exploration and new production.", "Analysts blamed the drop on weak industrial demand, fueled by the struggling chemicals and metals industries and by weaker electric-utility demand.", "Nearby November futures fell 36 cents yesterday to $2.208 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.", "In the Boston area, however, different concerns could lead to higher prices for that region.", "Last week, the United States Coast Guard, under pressure from local lawmakers, indefinitely banned LNG tankers from entering Boston Harbor.", "LNG makes up 15% of New England's gas supply and nearly half of its supply on very cold days." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "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": "Mark A. Johnson", "sents": [ "Mark A. Johnson is an American physical chemist and a professor of chemistry at Yale University.", "He received his Ph.D at Stanford University in 1983." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3786_p31", "sents": [ "SupplyLink's board consists of Mr. Beatson, Mitch Weseley, president and CEO of Global Logistics Technologies, and Tim Sensenig, managing director of New Meadows Venture Capital Partners.", "SupplyLinks is funded by New Meadows Venture Partners and G-Log.", "http: www.supplylinks.com Former FCC Director Joins Hispanic Sports' Board SAN DIEGO -- Former Federal Communications Commission director Francisco Montero joined the board of directors for Hispanic Sports, a company that acquires the exclusive Spanish-language radio, television, and Internet broadcast rights to professional United States sports teams and leagues.", "Mr. Montero is a partner with the Washington D.C. law firm of Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge in its telecommunications and technology practice group.", "Hispanic Sports is backed by Bencap Partners and recently closed an undisclosed seed round of funding.", "The company is in the process of raising its first funding round.", "Telephone 619-920-7609. o Money Management Services Provider eBalance Adds to Board SAN RAMON, Calif, -- eBalance, which provides market research to financial institutions by offering online money management services to individual consumers, said it named Mark A. Johnson to its board of directors, bringing the board to five members." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20144_p9", "sents": [ "Enron bought the utility in 1997 in a deal worth $2 billion, plus it assumed $1.1 billion in debt and preferred stock.", "The NW Natural deal represents \"a break-even transaction from a gain-loss standpoint,\" Enron spokeswoman Karen Denne said.", "Enron could use the proceeds to pay down debt, repurchase stock or invest in the company's high-growth businesses, she said.", "Enron, when the deal gets closer to completion, must assure investors that the money will be invested in a higher-return opportunity to avoid earnings dilution, said Carol Coale, an analyst with Prudential Securities in Houston.", "Investor confidence in Enron suffered after CEO Jeff Skilling, citing personal reasons, unexpectedly resigned in August.", "Even before then, Enron's stock had come under pressure for a variety of reasons.", "The Portland General deal \"should add one notch in management's credibility belt,\" Coale said, adding: \"They have several notches to go.\"", "Report on Business: The Wall Street Journal WHAT'S NEWS United States Wall Street Journal 10 09 2001 The Globe and Mail Metro B15 \"All material Copyright (c) Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. and its licensors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p28", "sents": [ "Karen Denne, an Enron spokeswoman, said it's unfair to fault the company for selling power at prices dictated by the free market.", "\"Enron is providing electricity to a market that needs it,\" Denne said.", "\"It's unfortunate when regulators are pointing fingers, looking to fix blame, when this is a problem of supply and demand.\"", "The company hails from President George W. Bush's home state of Texas, and is one of the top \"soft money\" donors to political campaigns.", "Enron and its executives gave $435,000 to the Democrats and $1.2 million to Republicans last year, according to Common Cause.", "Its chairman, Kenneth Lay, has consistently been one of the top donors to Bush's presidential and gubernatorial campaigns.", "Enron doesn't own a lot of dams or power plants.", "Instead, the company makes money as a middleman -- buying power from utilities and then reselling it for a profit.", "The company, formed in 1985 from the merger of two pipeline companies, has become the largest trader of wholesale electricity in North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]