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[ { "title": "Turkmenistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics", "sents": [ "Turkmenistan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.", "The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was judoka Guwanç Nurmuhammedow." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Beijing", "sents": [ "Beijing, ( ) formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China and the world's second most populous city proper and most populous capital city.", "The city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.", "Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p187", "sents": [ "For more information please contact: Debbie Weathers, Forbes.com, 212.366.8848 or Lisa Brown, Forbes.com, 212.366.8932 CONTACT: Forbes.com, New York Debbie Weathers, 212 366-8848 Lisa Brown 212 366-8932 [B] Calif. ISO says power blackouts this evening unlikely By Christine Cordner San Francisco, May 7 (BridgeNews) - California is not expected to see power outages this evening since the state is receiving 1,600 megawatts of import ed power from a Canadian province, said Jim McIntosh, California Independent System Operator Director of Operations, Monday.", "He said that the state was prepared to initiate rolling blackouts earlier in the day before the Canadi an supplier came though.", "* * * \"If imports remain where they are, we don't anticipate any supply problems .We can handle it,\" McIntosh said during a conference call.", "McIntosh said that Tuesday's supply situation looks similar to Monday.", "The ISO issued a Stage 2 emergency this morning when power supplies dipped below 5%." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Financial Accounting Standards Board", "sents": [ "The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private, non-profit organization standard setting body whose primary purpose is to establish and improve generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public's interest.", "The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S.", "The FASB replaced the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' (AICPA) Accounting Principles Board (APB) on July 1, 1973." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4179_p4", "sents": [ "e Yet in their financial reports, the companies only vaguely describe the methods they use to come up with fair-value estimates on the contracts.", "Increasingly, quoted market prices offering independent guidance are becoming readily available for several years into the future.", "However, with some long-term derivative instruments, particularly electricity contracts, future market prices don't extend far enough to cover the full life of those contracts.", "And in those cases, companies are allowed to base valuations on their own undisclosed estimates, assumptions and pricing models.", "\"Ultimately they're telling you what they think the answer is, but they're not telling you how they got to that answer,\" says Stephen Campbell, an analyst at Business Valuation Services in Dallas.", "\"That is essentially saying `trust me.'\"", "Accounting-rule makers at the Financial Accounting Standards Board have debated the subject of how to value energy-related contracts extensively in recent months.", "\"Two companies in similar circumstances might apply different methods to estimate the fair value of their energy-related contracts and may arrive at widely different values,\" an FASB task force studying the issue wrote in a June report." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hank Mills", "sents": [ "Hank Mills (April 9, 1936 – November 11, 2005) was the pen name taken by country songwriter Samuel Garrett.", "Mills authored a number of country and western hits of the 1960s and 1970s, including 3 BMI award winners: \"Girl on the Billboard\" (written with Walter Haynes) was a #1 hit for Grand Ole Opry singer Del Reeves in 1965; \"Little Ole Wine Drinker Me\" (written w/ Dick Jennings), as performed by Dean Martin, reached #38 on Billboard's Top 40 charts in 1967;" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Walter Haynes", "sents": [ "Walter Haynes (December 14, 1928 – January 1, 2009) was an American steel guitarist and music producer who worked with such artists as Jimmy Dickens, Del Reeves, The Everly Brothers and Jeanne Pruett.", "He also co-wrote a number of songs including \"Girl on the Billboard\" - a song that became a No.", "1 hit for Del Reeves in 1965.", "Haynes was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.", "At the time of his death at the age of 80 in Tyler, Texas, he had been teaching music lessons in Bullard, Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19622_p72", "sents": [ "NewPower expects costs of $16 million in the fourth quarter for severance and to end a business alliance with AOL Time Warner Inc., spokeswoman Gael Doar said.", "Enron, the largest energy trader, owns about 44 percent of NewPower.", "Houston-based Enron, whose shares have fallen 75 percent since Oct. 16 amid concern over affiliated partnerships run by its former chief financial officer, said it had $544 million in losses on investments including NewPower in the third quarter.", "Shares of NewPower rose 42 cents to $1.23. The company first sold shares to the public in October 2000 for $21 a share.", "The offering increased the number of shares outstanding to about 58 million from 23 million.", "Fourth Quarter Excluding costs for severance and to end the AOL agreement, NewPower expects a fourth-quarter loss of $41 million to $46 million, or 65 cents to 73 cents a share, and a full-year loss of $210 million to $215 million, or $3.55 to $3.63. The company was expected to lose 74 cents in the fourth quarter, according to First Call's average of three analysts' estimates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e489_p35", "sents": [ "But Intertainer Inc.'s service has a head start in getting programming.", "The Culver City, Calif., company has signed long-term supply deals with several Hollywood studios, such as the Warner Brothers unit of AOL Time Warner Inc. and Vivendi Universal SA's Universal Pictures, while its rivals are still in negotiations on such deals.", "Intertainer also has deals for TV programming from General Electric Co.'s NBC, as well as several cable networks such as Discovery Channel and A&E Television Networks, which includes the History Channel and the Biography Channel.", "Intertainer is a closely held company whose investors include its founders, Chairman Richard Baskin and Chief Executive Jonathan Taplin, as well as big companies like Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Comcast and NBC.", "Right now, Intertainer is available only to a small number of people in Cincinnati, through Internet-access company Zoomtown.com, a unit of Broadwing Inc., a telecommunications concern based in Cincinnati.", "But Intertainer expects the service to be available in many more major markets over the next few months." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Can't Let Go (Linda Király song)", "sents": [ "\"Can't Let Go\" is a song by Linda Király.", "It was planned to be the lead single of her debut English-language album \"Linda Kiraly,\" which never materialized.", "The song was produced by Rodney Jerkins." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Rodney Jerkins", "sents": [ "Rodney Jerkins (born July 29, 1977), also known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.", "He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists, including Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Ashanti, Patti LaBelle, Brandy, Justin Bieber, Luther Vandross, Jennifer Lopez, Toni Braxton, Destiny's Child, Spice Girls, and The Pussycat Dolls." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6970_p9", "sents": [ "Revenue at the Chicago energy company jumped 22% to $318.5 million from $261.2 million in the same quarter of 2000. Looking ahead, Peoples Energy still expects to report full-year earnings of between $3.15 and $3.25 a share, and the company expects its strong diversified segments to account for about 20% of the total.", "Analysts survey ed by First Call expect the company to earn $3.19 in 2001. Peoples Energy said results reflected continued growth in its diversified-energy businesses, but that profit was offset by increased cost s, short-term debt and an investment write-off.", "Still, the company received a big lift from equity-investment income, which more than tripled due in part to a joint venture with Enron Corp.", "The company said the largest contributions came from its midstream services which include pipelines, and its oil-and-gas production businesses.", "Peoples Energy said midstream results benefited from a solid performance at Enovate the venture with Enron, while oil-and-gas earnings were buoyed from operations recently acquired in southern Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Peoples Energy", "sents": [ "Peoples Energy was the former name of a holding company whose main revenues came from its regulated gas utility subsidiaries, Peoples Gas (formerly Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company) and the North Shore Gas Company.", "In February 2007, the Peoples Energy Corporation merged with Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Wisconsin Public Service Corporation to form the Integrys Energy Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Geoffrey Trim", "sents": [ "Geoffrey Edward Trim (born 6 April 1956) is a former English cricketer active from 1974 to 1980 who played for Lancashire.", "He was born in Openshaw, Manchester.", "He appeared in 15 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm leg break.", "He scored 399 runs with a highest score of 91 and held ten catches.", "He took no wickets with a best analysis of none for 13." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Openshaw", "sents": [ "Openshaw is an area of Manchester, England, about two miles east of the city centre.", "Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890.", "Its name derives from the Old English \"Opinschawe\", which means an open wood or coppice.", "Openshaw is part of the \"New East Manchester\" area and is undergoing extensive redevelopment under the East Manchester Regeneration Scheme." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "National Concert Hall", "sents": [ "The National Concert Hall (NCH) (Irish: \"An Ceoláras Náisiúnta\" ) is a concert hall located on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin, Ireland, close to St. Stephen's Green, and is the principal national venue for classical music concerts in Ireland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ireland", "sents": [ "Ireland ( ; Irish: \"Éire\" ] ; Ulster-Scots: \"Airlann\" ] ) is an island in the North Atlantic.", "It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.", "Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2943_p154", "sents": [ "Story .21750 FERC nominees noncommittal on California electric price caps Washington, May 16 (BridgeNews) - President Bush's two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday sidestepped lawmakers' questions on imposing price controls on the cost of wholesale electricity in California, leaving open to question whether as commissioners they will mov e to cap spiraling power costs in the nation's most-populous state.", "Story .19400 .. OF INTEREST: --AMERICAS-- Edison utility fncl stabilization bill seen Thurs: spokesman San Francisco, May 16 (BridgeNews) - California Senator Richard Polanco (D) will introduce legislation Thursday to implement the memorandum of understanding between Southern California Edison and California Gov.", "Gray Davis to stabilize the utility's financial health, Steve Maviglio, Davis spokesma n, said Wednesday.", "Maviglio said that the bill will just address the MOU and w ill not take into account alternate \"Plan Bs\" being circulated by other legislators.", "Story .20409 Calif. governor signs power plant authority bill San Francisco, May 16 (BridgeNews) - California Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e93_p2", "sents": [ "\"Nobody knows where the economy is going, and how the energy crisis will affect it, so no one will know what the revenues will look like in the future.\"", "The biggest day of power buying happened on Feb. 16 when the state spent nearly $81 million for electricity, or $435 per megawatt hour.", "The smallest day was March 10 when the state buyers spent $40 million, or $219 per megawatt hour.", "Michael Worm, an analyst with the investment firm Gerald Klauer Mattison, said what the state paid was in line with current energy prices.", "\"That's where energy prices more or less have been for quite some time,\" he said.", "\"Of course, they are dramatically higher than they used to be.\"", "The governor's office has refused to release information on how much the state has spent, said Steve Maviglio, Davis' spokesman.", "Maviglio said if generators found out how much the state spent the day before, they could force up the price the next day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2386_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"$13.4 billion bond bill clears split Assembly\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Dan Walters: Summer-like heat brings blackouts, partisan fingerpointing\" Sac Bee, Sun, 5 6: \"How Californians got burned\" (Jeff Skilli ng quoted) SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Heat wave spawns statewide blackouts\" SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Bond clears Assembly with a partisan twist\" (Enron mentioned) SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Refinery merger could raise California gas pric es\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Enron could supply universities with state-subsidized power\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Edison's agony For CEO, Life in 'Foxhole' Means Little Sleep, Peace\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Power Cut to Parts of State\" LA Times,Tues, 5 8: \"Landlords, Janitors Join in Plan to Save Energy\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Effort to Repay State for Power Is Delayed\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts Mean More Than Inconvenience for Disabled\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"In 1st Hearing, PUC Urged to Lift Rate Hike\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"An Oilman's Dream\" (Commentary) LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Cheney's an Oaf on Conservation\" (Commentary) SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Secret power deals contain hidden costs THE CLAUSE: A link to natural gas prices SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Bush won't budge on fuel prices Despite fears of a $3 gallon, he will oppose controls\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot weather sparks new round of blackouts SUPPLIES LOW: Usage keeps climbing as temperatures surpass 90 degrees SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts hit California as spring heat wave se ts in\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Scorching heat sparks rolling blackouts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"More than 100,000 customers hit by power blackou ts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Carmaker Says Outages Could Damage Equipment, Harm Efficiency\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"SF Airport plans to run extra generators\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"EXEMPT FROM BLACKOUTSThe state Public Utilities Commission exempts the following energy users from rolling\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts back, businesses cope\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Shortage somewhat a surprise\" OC Register (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Energy notebook Gas pipeline expansion OKd to benefit Southwest\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Energy borrowing OKd Democrats in Assembly support the $13.4 billion bond over GOP opposition\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Jones has bright ideas on electricity\" (Commentary) Individual.com (Businesswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Power Scramble A Forbes.com Special Report\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Tues, 5 8: \"[B] Calif. ISO says power blackouts this evening unlikely\" Individual.com (PRnewswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Stage 2 Electrical Emergency Declared; SCE to Curtail 'Load' for Some Customers\" Individual.com (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Rolling Blackouts Hit California\" Energy Insighty, Tues, 5 8: \"Hearts, minds, & pocketbooks\" - Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p188", "sents": [ "McIntosh said that the ISO was very close to initiating a Stage 3 emergency, which allows it to ask utilities to cut off customers' power.", "California has already seen the consequences of Stage 3--rolling blackouts Jan. 17 and 18 and then again March 19 and 20. Monday's problems stemmed from high temperatures increasing demand in the state as well as increased demand in Southwest states that import power.", "In addition, several key power plants were closed for pre-summer maintenance.", "End Stage 2 Electrical Emergency Declared; SCE to Curtail 'Load' for Some Customers ROSEMEAD, Calif., May 7 PRNewswire via NewsEdge Corporation - California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) declared a Stage 2 Emergency this morning, due to low po wer reserves and increased demand for power because of rising temperatures.", "Th e agency called upon Southern California Edison and other investor-owned utilities to begin voluntary \"load\" curtailment programs for certain custom ers within their service areas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5997_p2", "sents": [ "A3, 860 words, Uncensored power pacts made public; State controller says deals will burden general fund for years, Carolyn Said, Christian Berthelsen, David Parrish The Washington Post, July 03, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition, FINANCIAL; Pg.", "E02, 1111 words, Duke Energy Cuts Calif. Bill The Associated Press, July 3, 2001, Tuesday, BC cycle, 7:27 AM Eastern Time ?, Business News, 622 words, Duke releases California energy records to counter accusations of price gouging, By LESLIE GORNSTEIN, AP Business Writer, LOS ANGELES Business Wire, July 2, 2001, Monday, 590 words, Stage One and Stage Two Emergencies Declared as Demand Soars; California ISO Strongly Urges Conservation, FOLSOM, Calif., July 2, 2001 Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online July 2, 2001; Monday 11:49 PM, Eastern Time SECTION: Domestic, non-Washington, general news item LENGTH: 337 words HEADLINE: California Releases Power Contracts BYLINE: JENNIFER COLEMAN DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: State Controller Kathleen Connell released details about four of California's short-term contracts with power companies Monday, a move the governor's office said could drive up wholesale energy prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Business News", "sents": [ "Business News (formerly WA Business News) is an independently owned business media organisation which provides a digital news service and weekly business newspaper.", "Established in 1993 and based in Perth, Western Australia, their twice daily business alerts reach 45,000 email addresses and the paper has a total weekly circulation of 10,100 and readership of 28,280." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5974_p37", "sents": [ "Several Houston Ballet Orchestra instruments were lost, as well as \"pointe\" shoes, handmade ballet boots and makeup.", "As a result of inquiries, the company has established the Houston Ballet Water Damage Relief Fund.", "Information is available at www.houston ballet.org.", "Likewise, the Alley Theatre has posted information for those wishing to make donations on its Web site at www.alleytheatre.org.", "Unsolicited offers of service and contributions have been flowing in despite the Alley's low-key approach to recovery.", "\"We don't want to actively solicit for flood relief because we have already been working on plans for changes in our theaters and renovations in our theaters.", "We want to try to find the silver lining in this disaster and continue moving forward on the plans that we already have in place,\" said Paul Tetreault, Alley managing director.", "The Alley's scene shop and Arena Theater were totaled by waters that entered through the downtown tunnel system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Alley Theatre", "sents": [ "The Alley Theatre is a Tony Award-winning indoor theatre in Downtown Houston, Texas, and hosts two stages.", "The \"Hubbard\" is the main stage with seating for 774; the more intimate \"Neuhaus\" seats 310.", "Nine towers and open-air terraces give the Alley Theatre a castle-like quality.", "Inside, a staircase spirals from the entrance vestibule to the second-floor lobby.", "A wide variety of plays have been performed in this theater." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20247_p1", "sents": [ "Assembly passes SoCal Edison rescue bill Reuters 09 07 2001 Enron must give documents to Calif. lawmakers-judge Reuters 09 07 2001 Calif. moves key vote on power choice to Sept 13 Reuters 09 07 2001 California `Windfall Profits' Power Vote Delayed Bloomberg 09 07 2001 Enron Wins Document Protection Order From Calif Judge Dow Jones 09 07 2001 CPUC Postpones Vote To Suspend Choice Of Elec Suppliers Dow Jones 09 07 2001 - Generators flock to get low-cost loans for new plants Mark Martin, Lynda Gledhill 09 07 2001 San Francisco Chronicle FINAL Page A.4 (Copyright 2001) Despite energy companies' claims that California is a bad place to do business, dozens of electricity generators want to cash in on low- cost state loans to build power plants.", "Giants like Enron Corp. and Reliant Energy, along with a handful of small companies that generate electricity through windmills and solar power, have submitted proposals to the California Power Authority." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e529_p31", "sents": [ "In San Francisco on Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved electricity rate increases of up to 46 percent to try to head off blackouts this summer by keeping the state's two biggest utilities from going under.", "When California officials set up deregulation they allowed the price of wholesale electricity to rise but capped the amount companies could charge customers, Skilling said.", "SoCal Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric say they have lost more than $13 billion since last summer because they haven't been able to pass on the high cost of wholesale electricity.", "Skilling said Texans are in a much better position and shouldn't worry that their state's deregulation would be like the California experience.", "\"California, they just put together a crazy system,\" Skilling said in his first public comments since becoming the Houston-based company's chief executive officer in February.", "\"The markets in California are the most regulated markets in North America today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Andrea di Bertholotti", "sents": [ "Andrea di Bertholotti of Cividale (active 15th century) was an Italian painter, also called \"Bellunello\") and was a master in the Guild of San Vito in 1462.", "He seems to have contracted for altar-pieces and mural decorations at Udine, San Vito, and the surrounding towns, up to 1490.", "At the Palazzo Communale of Udine is a \"Crucifixion\" (1476).", "The sacristy of Santa Maria di Castello, San Vito, possesses by him a \"Virgin and Child, between SS.", "Peter and Paul\", dated 1488; and in Savorgnano is a \"Madonna’' (1490)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Udine", "sents": [ "Udine (]    ; Friulian: \"Udin\" , German: \"Weiden in Friaul\" , Latin: \"Utinum\" , Slovene: \"Videm\" ) is a city and \"comune\" in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (\"Alpi Carniche\").", "Its population was 99,244 in 2016, 176,000 with the urban area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sol B. Kest", "sents": [ "Sol B. Kest (1922–2010) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist.", "He was the co-founder of Goldrich & Kest Industries, a real estate development company, and built many residential buildings in Los Angeles County, California.", "A Holocaust survivor, he supported Jewish causes in California and endowed a professorship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai", "sents": [ "The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), is an American medical school in the New York City borough of Manhattan in the state of New York.", "Chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963, the ISMMS is one of the foremost medical schools in the United States, in 2014, ranked 20th in research according to \"U.S. News & World Report\", 18th in NIH funding among U.S Medical Schools (2014), and 3rd in NIH funding per primary investigator.", "In 2017, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks 22nd in research according to \"U.S. News & World Report\", 13th in NIH funding among U.S Medical Schools (2017), and 2nd in NIH funding per primary investigator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19732_p46", "sents": [ "The Russia fund isn't for the timid.", "In 1998, when the Russian economy coll apsed, the fund -- then called Lexington Troika Dialog Russia, lost 83% of its value.", "A year later, the fund soared 160%.", "In 2000 the fund finished do wn almost 18%.", "JANUS STOCK SHUFFLE: Janus Capital Corp. bulked up on lower-priced value st ocks and shed some shares of its long-held technology companies during the third quarter, a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing showed.", "The Denver fund firm reported that during the third quarter, it lowered its investments in 14 of the 20 largest holdings it had owned as of June 30. T he largest reduction was a 43.6 million-share sale of Nokia stock.", "Af ter the sale, Janus still owned a large 183.2 million-share position in the wireless-phone company at the end of the third quarter.", "During the quarter, Janus also sold more than half of its stakes in tech co mpanies EMC Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e48_p0", "sents": [ "'Nokia Expects to Meet Earnings Forecast Despite Lowered Sales, Industry Outlook Dow Jones Newswires HELSINKI, Finland -- Despite market conditions that have cut into its sales growth, Nokia said Thursday that it expects to meet its earnings target for the first quarter of 2001, thanks to better-than-anticipated profit margins.", "Nokia estimates it is likely to earn 19 European cents a share in the first quarter, in line with estimates it provided in January.", "Nokia's shares received a boost from the statement, rising 2.60 euros, or 11%, to 27.15 euros in early-afternoon trading in Helsinki.", "In midday trading in the U.S., shares of Nokia were up $3.20, or 15%, to $25 on the New York Stock Exchange.", "The company said it expects year-on-year sales growth in its networks division during the first quarter to be 30% to 35%, and 15% to 20% in the mobile-handsets division.", "Total sales growth is expected to be around 20%, the company said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5201_p17", "sents": [ "The name change came after receiving notice from the United States Olympic Committee that the firm's name violated the committee's trademark and after consulting with legal counsel.", "The firm said it took its name from Washington state's Olympic Mountains.", "However, because the firm also operates out of state it is not in a protected class of businesses in Washington state that can use the name Olympic.", "http: www.ovp.com VC Personnel o WaldenVC Names Former Broderbund COO McDonagh as Partner SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- WaldenVC, a venture capital firm that specializes in investments in early-stage media technology companies, said that William M. McDonagh has joined as a venture partner.", "Mr. McDonagh served as CFO at Broderbund Software, a consumer software company, for twelve years and became president and COO in 1994. WaldenVC's corporate investors include Apollo Group, Electronic Arts, GartnerGroup, New Line Cinema, a division of Time Warner, Times Mirror, Washington Post, and Kaplan, a division of Washington Post." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Olympic Mountains", "sents": [ "The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States.", "The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus is the highest at 7962 ft ; however, the eastern slopes rise out of Puget Sound from sea level and the western slopes are separated from the Pacific Ocean by the low-lying 20 to wide Pacific Ocean coastal plain.", "The western slopes are the wettest place in the 48 contiguous states.", "Most of the mountains are protected within the bounds of the Olympic National Park." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tom Hart (sportscaster)", "sents": [ "Tom Hart is a television announcer for ESPN .", "He attended Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri and is a graduate of the University of Missouri.", "Hart lives in Atlanta." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Atlanta", "sents": [ "Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2016 population of 472,522.", "Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,710,795 people and the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.", "Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6736_p35", "sents": [ "But it's a plan that's meeting plenty of resistance.", "Here's the CBC's Margo McDiarmid with the power struggle.", "TYKE DREVER: It used to be where the kids used to play in the sand and the level of the lake was basically right here.", "At that point in time I could bring my motor boat into here and actually winch it into the boathouse for the winter.", "Now if we look in the distance behind me, you'll see how far out my motor boat is now.", "MARGO MCDIARMID: Tyke Drever has seen his lake change a lot over the years.", "The water is simply disappearing.", "DREVER: That used to all be lake bottom.", "That was all lake bottom.", "There was water covering all that but not has turned into green grass.", "MCDIARMID: Drever's home is on Lake Wabamun, about 75 kilometers west of Edmonton, one of the region's most popular recreation spots." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10 ] }, { "title": "Edmonton", "sents": [ "Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.", "Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region.", "The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the \"Calgary–Edmonton Corridor\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Townes (album)", "sents": [ "Townes is the 13th studio album by alternative country singer Steve Earle, released in 2009.", "It is an album on which he pays tribute to his friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt by covering his songs.", "According to a New West Records press release, \"The songs selected for \"Townes\" were the ones that meant the most to Earle and the ones he personally connected to (not including selections featured on previous Earle albums).", "Some of the selections chosen were songs that Earle has played his entire career (\"Pancho & Lefty\", \"Lungs\" and \"White Freightliner Blues\") and others he had to learn specifically for recording." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Townes Van Zandt", "sents": [ "John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American singer songwriter.", "He is widely regarded for his poetic, often heroically sad songs.", "In 1983, six years after Emmylou Harris had first popularized it, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song \"Pancho and Lefty\", scoring a number one hit on the Billboard country music charts.", "Much of his life was spent touring various dive bars, often living in cheap motel rooms and backwoods cabins.", "For much of the 1970s, he lived in a simple shack without electricity or a phone." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Austin Ventures", "sents": [ "Austin Ventures (AV) is a private equity firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments in business services and supply chain, financial services, new media, Internet, and information services companies nationally with a focus on Texas.", "The firm, which is based in Austin, Texas, was founded in 1984.", "AV has raised approximately $3.9 billion since inception across ten private equity funds.", "In September 2008, the firm announced the closing of Austin Ventures X with $900 million of investor commitments which will be used to fund start-up capital for emerging companies and growth capital for expansion rounds and recapitalizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5133_p22", "sents": [ "Mr. Nora previously served as president of Genus Intelligent Systems.", "He succeeds co-founder Greg Gibson, who served as CEO during the company's seed round fundraising phase and CEO search.", "Mr. Gibson will continue to serve as Littlefish's chairman and a long-term strategist.", "Littlefish will deploy its first offering, Virtual Business Platform, in 2001. The company received seed funding from Timothy Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Wasatch Venture Fund.", "http: www.littlefishcommerce.com Online Reference Firm Ibooks.com Names President and CEO AUSTIN, Texas -- Ibooks.com, a resource for online technical reference material, said it appointed George Leppert as president and CEO.", "Mr. Leppert previously served as president of BinaryTree.com, an e-commerce services provider.", "Guy Hoffman of TL Ventures, who had been serving as interim chief executive, will remain on ibooks' board of directors.", "The company, which also assists publishers and distributors with electronic reference publishing, currently has $34 million in funding from backers including Austin Ventures, Dell Computer, and TL Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Helderberg Mountain", "sents": [ "The Helderberg Mountain is part of the Hottentots-Holland mountain range in the Western Cape, South Africa.", "The Helderberg Nature Reserve is situated on the slopes of the beautiful Helderberg Mountain overlooking the town of Somerset West and False Bay.", "There are numerous hiking trails on the Helderberg mountain." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Somerset West", "sents": [ "Somerset West (Afrikaans: \"Somerset-Wes\" ) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa.", "Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.", "It is situated in the Helderberg area (formerly called Hottentots Holland), about 50 km east of Cape Town central city area, and 10 km from Strand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Bedtime Record", "sents": [ "The Bedtime Record is a defunct record label that began in Chattanooga, TN in 1997 by Jake Cunningham.", "The label was born from an idea to release 7\" compilations with four bands on each record, two from the United States and two from Europe.", "All releases were limited edition (500 - 1000 copies) in vinyl format.", "The label also released several 7\" singles and a 10\" split.", "The bands included Golden, The Microphones, Wookieback, Orange Cake Mix, Bob Hund, Le Mans, Spring, Dent, The Ruby Dare and Fegan among others." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Europe", "sents": [ "Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.", "Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.", "It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.", "Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits.", "Yet the non-oceanic borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are arbitrary and amount to a historical and social construct.", "The primarily physiographic term \"continent\" as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent's current overland boundary with Asia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5069_p0", "sents": [ "\"First, my thanks to all of you in your prompt response to get this important meeting scheduled.", "The first date we discussed, the 23rd of October was not feasible for some of the group.", "Therefore, we have made the following arrangements: Subject: California Strategy Date: Monday, October 30th Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm (working lunch) Place: 3 World Trade Center Portland Office Mt.", "Hood Conference Room (3rd Floor) Tim & Chris: Please feel free to forward this to anyone in you group you feel should participate.", "Anna Jessica: Please change the appointments you scheduled for Tim and Chris from the 23rd, to the date reflected above.", "(Anna, please call me at your convenience.)", "Sue Mara: I know that your schedule does not allow you to the attend the meeting, but since I was able to confirm the rest of the group we had to go ahead with this date.", "I will ensure that you receive an update of the meeting as well as any materials that might come out of it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 6 ] }, { "title": "e97_p0", "sents": [ "'We have set up a conference call for today's meeting for those of you interested in calling in.", "It is 1-800-486-2460 The pass code is 120895 Thanks!", "Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:26 PM To: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Rina Venturini; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Chuck Cole; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Fred Pownall; Mark Nobili Cc: Jean Munoz; Greg Blue; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Kassandra Gough; kent Palmerton; Larrea, John; Lynn Lednicky; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Roger Pelote; Sandi McCubbin; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Sue Mara; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan; Chris Ellison; Doug Kerner; Andy Brown; Nam Nguyen Subject: Action Items from Today's Lobbyist Call ACTION ITEMS from today's IEP member company lobbyist conference call: AB 60x (Hertzberg) - Calpine will attempt to get a meeting with the Speaker on Monday regarding his interest in other \"California First\" avenues, and report the results to IEP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The New York Times", "sents": [ "The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated NYT and The Times) is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, by The New York Times Company.", "\"The New York Times\" has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.", "The paper's print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind \"The Wall Street Journal\", and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the United States.", "\"The New York Times\" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation.", "Following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e571_p4", "sents": [ "At their highest, in December, the price of gas in southern California spiked to $60 per million British thermal units, six times the cost of gas at the other end of the pipeline in Texas.", "Prices spiked again in February and March and remain much higher than the price of gas in producing regions.", "The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wednesday rejected a complaint from the California Public Utilities Commission alleging that El Paso Natural Gas skewed the bidding process for critical natural gas pipeline capacity into California.", "But the commission ordered an administrative hearing to address concerns that El Paso controls too much pipeline capacity and is driving up prices at the California border.", "The California Legislature was to examine the allegations in its own series of hearings next week.", "On Monday, The New York Times weighed in, reporting that sealed documents filed with FERC suggest El Paso sought to increase its profits by manipulating natural gas price spreads between its supply basins in Texas and New Mexico and the California energy markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6026_p24", "sents": [ "Behind the scenes, some of them are now maneuvering to help resolve a dispute between Dabhol and the Indian state of Maharashtra that is at the core of the project's problems.", "The largest foreign investment ever in India, Dabhol is mired in conflict.", "The state of Maharashtra, Dabhol's only customer, has stopped purchasing power from the 740-megawatt project, saying its rates are too high.", "Work has stopped on a nearly completed second phase of the project slated to generate 1,444 megawatts.", "Enron, which controls 65% of the project, has tried unsuccessfully to scale back its stake and may be looking to exit entirely.", "In an effort to get the project back on track, some of the electricity project's foreign lenders -- including ABN Amro, Bank of America and Credit Suisse First Boston -- sent representatives to a recent meeting here with Maharashtra's electricity board.", "Dabhol's difficulties are making lenders wary about funding other power projects in the country, and could make states bolder about seeking new contract terms." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "Credit Suisse First Boston", "sents": [ "Credit Suisse First Boston (informally CSFB) was the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group, prior to 2006.", "It was active in investment banking, capital markets and financial services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3298_p2", "sents": [ "Plan R is a response to Gov.", "Gray Davis' plan to buy SoCal Ed's transmission lines for $2.76 billion and to help the utility issue $3 billion in bonds backed by ratepayer revenue.", "\"The Republican plan is a shared solution that delivers more power to the grid.", "The governor's plan socks ratepayers with a staggering bill for transmission line junk,\" said GOP Assemblyman Keith Richman.", "Davis' agreement with SoCal Ed, announced more than five weeks ago, has gotten a cold reception from Democrats as well, who have proposed several \"Plan B\" alternatives, two of which are being taken more seriously than others.", "One would have the state hold a five-year option to buy SoCal Ed's transmission lines for their $1.2 billion book value, and would allow the utility to sell bonds backed by ratepayers for an amount determined by state regulators.", "That plan would also require the utility's creditors to accept 75 cents on the dollar for money owed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Keith Richman", "sents": [ "Keith Stuart Richman (November 21, 1953 – July 30, 2010) was a California Republican politician.", "From 2000 to 2006, he served in the California State Assembly representing the 38th Assembly District based in Northwest Los Angeles County." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Party of Narodnik Communists", "sents": [ "Party of Narodnik Communists was a political party in Russia.", "The party was formed by a section of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, who wished to cooperate with the Bolsheviks.", "\"Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny\" was the central organ of the party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny", "sents": [ "Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny (Banner of the Labour Commune) was a Russian newspaper, published originally, from July 26 to August 18, 1918, under the title «Знамя борьбы» (\"Znamya Borby\", Banner of Struggle) as the organ of a group of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries.", "Later, from August 21, it was the organ of the Party of Narodnik Communists, a break-away from the Left Socialist-Revolutionary Party.", "The newspaper ceased publication in November 1918, when an extraordinary congress of the Party of Narodnik Communists passed a resolution dissolving the party and merging it with the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19575_p2", "sents": [ "Sample Essays You find last year's winner essay of the ISC Wings of Excellence Award in our Archive under the menu point Symposium and Past Symposium.", "== Sebastian Teunissen Executive Director Clausen Center for International Business and Policy Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720-1900 USA Tel: (510) 643-4999 Fax: (510) 642-8228 http: www.haas.berkeley.edu HaasGlobal'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e20304_p5", "sents": [ "* * The anthrax vaccine is produced exclusively by Bioport under contract to the Department of Defense.", "Virtually all vaccine produced in the United States is under Defense Department contract primarily for military use and a small number of other official government uses.", "* For additional information, please consult your health care provider or local health authority.", "October 2001 See http: travel.state.gov travel_warnings.html for State Department Travel Warnings To change your subscription, go to http: www.state.gov www listservs_cms.html == Sebastian Teunissen Executive Director Clausen Center for International Business and Policy Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720-1900 USA Tel: (510) 643-4999 Fax: (510) 642-8228 http: www.haas.berkeley.edu HaasGlobal\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Debra Bowen", "sents": [ "Debra Lynn Bowen (born October 27, 1955), a member of the Democratic Party, was the Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015.", "Previously, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992 to 2006.", "In March 2008, she was given the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e894_p149", "sents": [ "Those efforts could not stave off the biggest rate increase in California history: The state Public Utilities Commission last week approved rate hikes of up to 46 percent for customers of SoCal Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric.", "Consumer activists criticized the bankruptcy filing, complaining that the utility's parent company has been making huge profits during the crisis through other subsidiaries.", "\"The parent company has $30 billion, much of which it has siphoned out of the utility coffers.", "It would have bailed the utility out,\" said Harvey Rosenfield of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.", "State Sen. Debra Bowen, chairwoman of the Senate Energy Committee, said consumers should see no change in the short run in prices and service.", "The crisis is blamed on a number of factors, including the high wholesale prices, a tight supply worsened by scarce hydroelectric power in the Northwest and maintenance of aging California power plants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1368_p17", "sents": [ "\"If everything falls into place, they may well recover a large portion of the charge.", "But if it doesn't, all bets are off.\"", "Bankruptcy, whether voluntary or forced, remains a possibility, he said.", "Consumer activists have opposed the agreement as a bailout by the state.", "\"I have very little sympathy for the utilities,\" said Mindy Spatt, media director for the Utility Reform Network in San Francisco.", "\"They supported the deregulation of rates.", "They made their bed; now they have to lie in it.\"", "Several electricity suppliers to California reported gigantic earnings surges for the quarter ended March 31: * Duke Energy Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., saw a 63% increase in first-quarter operating profit, jumping to $554 million from $339 million a year ago.", "* Houston-based Dynegy Inc. said its operating income increased 40%, improving to $255 million in the first three months of 2001 from $182 million a year earlier.", "* Enron Corp. of Houston, which owns no power plants in California but is the world's biggest buyer and seller of electricity and natural gas, said it posted operating income of $406 million in the first quarter, compared with $338 million in the same period last year, a 20% increase." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e1816_p12", "sents": [ "It's the lack of price caps that puts us into emergency situations,\" said Mindy Spatt, a spokeswoman for The Utility Reform Network, a consumer watchdog group in San Francisco.", "Earlier this week, a group of Senate Democrats and one Republican from the Northwest introduced legislation to require FERC to impose broader price caps on electricity markets across the West and peg them to the cost of power production.", "FERC continues to reject such caps.", "The FERC order focuses primarily on California and none of the price- mitigation requirements would apply to the Northwest, where some wholesale electricity prices have in recent weeks been even higher than those in California.", "\"Since it's California only, I'm not sure what happens if other states are experiencing shortfall and are willing to pay more than the proxy price,\" Bowen said.", "However, FERC did direct that an agency investigation on whether some prices have been unreasonably high should be extended from California to other parts of the West." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Victor Protopopov", "sents": [ "Victor Pavlovich Protopopov (; October 22, 1880, Poltava Governorate – 1957, Kiev) was a famous Ukrainian Soviet psychiatrist and, member of the URSR Academy of Sciences.", "Being a pupil of Vladimir Bekhterev, Protopopov founded his own pathophysiological school of thought in the Soviet psychiatry.", "Victor Pavlovich Protopopov authored more than 110 articles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Kiev", "sents": [ "Kiev ( ) or Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київ , \"Kyjiv \" ] ; Old East Slavic: Кыѥвъ , \"Kyjev\"; Russian: Киев , \"Kijev \" ] ) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River.", "The population in July 2015 was 2,887,974 (though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press), making Kiev the 7th most populous city in Europe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3426_p48", "sents": [ "It's enough to supply about five counties the size of Kern, which fills the dusty southern rim of the San Joaquin Valley and has a population of 662,000. In some parts of the state, a proposal to build a new power plant is a call to throw up the barricades.", "In recent months, intense community opposition has forced developers to pull back proposals to build major plan ts in South Gate and San Jose, although Gov.", "Gray Davis has tried to revive plans for the San Jose plant.", "You don't hear a lot of not-in-my-backyard talk in Kern County.", "\"There should be power plants in everybody's backyard,\" said Paul Gipe chairman of the Kern chapter of the Sierra Club, which did not oppose any of the new plants.", "\"If people are concerned about having too many power plants they should think twice when they flip on the light switch.\"", "New, natural gas-fired power plants, Gipe reasoned, are relatively cle an and will not add significantly to the county's serious air pollution problems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "San Joaquin Valley", "sents": [ "The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River.", "It comprises seven Northern California counties—all of Kings County; a majority of Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus counties; segments of Madera and Tulare counties—and a majority of Kern County, in Southern California.", "Although a majority of the valley is rural, it does contain cities such as Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Porterville, Visalia, Merced, and Hanford." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "William Hickox", "sents": [ "William Holmes Hickox was an American pair skater who competed with his sister Laurie Hickox.", "They won the bronze medal at the U.S. Championships, earning them the right to compete a month later at the World Championships in Prague.", "They also finished sixth at the North American Figure Skating Championships that year.", "They died along with their teammates on February 15, 1961 when Sabena Flight 548 crashed en route to the World Championships.", "He was 19 years old." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Prague", "sents": [ "Prague ( ; Czech: \"Praha\" ] , German: \"Prag\" ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.", "It is the 14th largest city in the European Union.", "It is also the historical capital of Bohemia.", "Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.4 million people, while its larger urban zone is estimated to have a population of 2.2 million.", "The city has a temperate climate, with warm summers and chilly winters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Roberts Mound", "sents": [ "The Roberts Mound is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.", "Located northwest of Auburn in Butler County, the mound sits in Section 36 of Reily Township; it is the only mound in the far southeastern part of the township." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "U.S. state", "sents": [ "A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America.", "There are currently 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other.", "Each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government.", "Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside.", "State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27402_p21", "sents": [ "The interested parties must present a business plan for the gas sector for the period 2000-2005, and will also have to provide the sector with an amount of natural gas similar to or greater than that awarded in the contract.", "Neither Gas Natural nor Repsol YPF SA, which owns 45 pct of the gas company, are permitted to participate in the auction.", "jg jdy jkm For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIAN POWER MINISTER BRIEFS PM ON POWER SCENARIO 08 10 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, Aug 10 Asia Pulse - The Indian Power Minister, Suresh Prabhu, has briefed the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on the power scenario in the country, including developments on the private sector projects.", "The ongoing payment dispute between US energy giant Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company and its sole buyer the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and another US company AES threatening to pull out of Orissa power distribution are believed to have come up for discussion during the detailed presentation made by Prabhu yesterday evening." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Suresh Prabhu", "sents": [ "Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Commerce & Industry of India, under the Narendra Modi government.", "He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.", "Since 1996, Prabhu has been a repeatedly elected Member of Parliament from Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party.", "He quit Shiv Sena and joined BJP on 9 November 2014.", "He currently represents Andhra Pradesh in Upper House of Indian Parliament." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Loughborough Junction railway station", "sents": [ "Loughborough Junction railway station is in Loughborough Junction, Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth.", "It is between Elephant & Castle and Herne Hill stations and is served by Thameslink." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Loughborough Junction", "sents": [ "Loughborough Junction is an area of South London, in the London Borough of Lambeth, which is located between Brixton, Camberwell and Herne Hill.", "It is centred on a junction consisting of nine railway bridges, six of which can be seen at once from the centre of the junction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dick Gephardt", "sents": [ "Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003.", "He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004.", "Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p77", "sents": [ "Her colleague and fellow Democrat, California Sen. Barbara Boxer, added, \"T he president's energy plan does nothing to ease California's energy pain.\"", "Even non-Californians joined the assault.", "'DROP DEAD' \"George Bush's message to California from day one has been, 'Drop dead,' Democratic Party Chair Terry McAuliffe said on ABC's \"Good Morning America.", "To showcase the frustration of Californians, Democrats led by House Minorit y Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., will conduct an energy hearing in the Bay Area at the end of the month.", "Bush, who has yet to visit the state as president, plans to travel to Southern California at the end of the month.", "A hard line on California, which voted overwhelmingly for Democratic former Vice President Al Gore in November, may not be as big a political risk outside the Golden State.", "\"For much of America, California is a land of fruits and nuts, and they deserve whatever they get,\" said Stuart Rothenberg, author of a political newsletter in Washington." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sporting Hill, Pennsylvania", "sents": [ "Sporting Hill is an unincorporated community in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.", "It is bordered on the north and south by the Conodoguinet Creek and the Capital Beltway (11/581,) respectively.", "Carlisle Pike (the old Route 11 and the main east-west route through Sporting Hill) and the Beltway interchange a short distance west of the village, which has multiple retail stores and restaurants, including in the Hampden Town Centre.", "Sporting Hill is served by the Mechanicsburg post office with the zip code of 17050.", "On June 30, 1863 the northernmost pitched battle of the American Civil War occurred there at the Skirmish of Sporting Hill during the Gettysburg Campaign." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Conodoguinet Creek", "sents": [ "Conodoguinet Creek is a 104 mi tributary of the Susquehanna River in South central Pennsylvania in the United States.", "The name is Native American, and means \"A Long Way with Many Bends\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8080_p2", "sents": [ "A proposed power generation facility to be located in Kern County, Calif., the project will bring both short- and long-term generation capacity to the state, which is in dire need of new power generation.", "The Sunrise Power Project will be completed in two phases.", "Phase 1 will consist of a 320-MW, simple-cycle peaking facility scheduled to be in service during the summer of 2001. Phase 2 will convert the peaking facility to a 560-MW, combined-cycle operation with an in-service date of summer 2003. Final regulatory approvals should be received shortly for Phase I of the project.", "Edison Mission Energy plans to seek expedited permitting approval for the Phase II expansion in line with the fast-track approvals process recently enacted by the California legislature.", "Edison Mission Energy specializes in the development, acquisition, construction management and operation of global power production facilities.", "The company owns nearly 23,000 MW of generating capacity, including interests in 75 projects currently under construction or operating in Australia, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Edison Mission Energy", "sents": [ "Edison Mission Energy (EME) was an independent power producer based in California, United States.", "It was owned by Edison International.", "On December 17, 2012, EME filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy with a proposal to transfer control of the company to holders of $3.7 billion in unsecured bonds.", "The reorganization plan was approved in March 2014 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.", "Under the reorganization plan, Edison Mission Energy would remain a subsidiary of Edison International, but a new trust, under the control of the former bond-holders, would contain almost all of the former assets and liabilities of EME." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1996–97 Orlando Magic season", "sents": [ "The 1996–97 NBA season was the Magic's eighth season in the National Basketball Association.", "After losing Shaquille O'Neal via free agency to the Los Angeles Lakers in the offseason, the Magic acquired Rony Seikaly from the Golden State Warriors, and signed free agents Gerald Wilkins and Derek Strong.", "Early into the season, the Magic played two games against the New Jersey Nets in Tokyo, Japan.", "Head coach Brian Hill was fired 49 games into the season after a 24–25 start, and Anfernee Hardaway was generally blamed for leading a player revolt that resulted in his dismissal.", "Hill was replaced with Richie Adubato for the remainder of the season as the Magic finished third in the Atlantic Division with a 45–37 record.", "Hardaway was selected for the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, despite playing just 59 games due to a knee injury." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Gerald Wilkins", "sents": [ "Gerald Bernard Wilkins (born September 11, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player.", "A 6'6\" (1.98 m) shooting guard/small forward, who played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga before a career in the NBA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3523_p78", "sents": [ "Yesterday's hearing also took testimony from labor and seniors' representatives, from small-business managers and from a school superintendent.", "Thane Kreiner of the biotech firm Affymetrix said two rolling blackouts earlier this month had shut down the firm's Emeryville plant at a cost of $ 125,000 in lost production.", "In order to avoid a far more damaging outage at the firm's Sacramento plant, the company has invested in a $1.5 million backup generator.", "\"Clearly, we'd have liked to spend that money on other things,\" Kreiner added, saying that many small businesses couldn't afford the luxury of backup power.", "Gary DeAtley, president and CEO of California Sun Dried Foods, worries that blackouts will hit during the months when his product is in electric-powered cold storage.", "Mary Frances Callan, superintendent of the Pleasanton Unified School District, said the district next year would pay the equivalent of $155 per student for power, double what it paid three years ago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Affymetrix", "sents": [ "Affymetrix, Inc. was an American company that manufactured DNA microarrays; it was based in Santa Clara, California, United States.", "The company was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in March 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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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": "e28108_p1", "sents": [ "Reuters English News Service, 09 04 01 Energy-Policy Debate Looms Large As Congress Returns Dow Jones Energy Service, 09 04 01 USA: US energy firms fear 'show trial' on power refunds.", "Reuters English News Service, 09 04 01 Computer Megamerger: Will Bigger Be Better?", "Houston Frets Over Symbol of Diverse Economy By Russell Gold and Thaddeus Herrick Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal 09 05 2001 The Wall Street Journal A14 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) For nearly 20 years, the city of Houston has looked to Compaq Computer Corp. as a symbol of the city's efforts to diversify beyond its boom-and-bust energy economy.", "But with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s proposed acquisition of Compaq, the nation's fourth-largest city once again is looking very much like an oil town.", "Indeed, Houston remains heavily tied to its bedrock industry: Of the city's economic base, 49% is related to energy, though that is down from 82% in 1982. But Compaq, one of city's largest employers and best-known consumer name, helped to soften the image." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kurt Haws", "sents": [ "Kurt Leroy Haws (born September 25, 1969 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.", "He played college football at the University of Utah and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL Draft.", "Haws was also selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft.", "From 1989-1981 he was on a Mormon mission in Venezuela." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "University of Utah", "sents": [ "The University of Utah (also referred to as the U, U of U, or Utah) is a public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.", "As the state's flagship university, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs.", "The university is classified in the highest ranking: \"R-1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity\" by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.", "The Carnegie Classification also considers the university as \"selective\", which is its second most selective admissions category.", "Graduate studies include the S.J.", "Quinney College of Law and the School of Medicine, Utah's only medical school.", "As of Fall 2015, there are 23,909 undergraduate students and 7,764 graduate students, for an enrollment total of 31,673." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1935 Kansas Jayhawks football team", "sents": [ "The 1935 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Six Conference during the 1935 college football season.", "In their fourth season under head coach Adrian Lindsey, the Jayhawks compiled a 4–4–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 118 to 102.", "They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.", "John Peterson was the team captain." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "1935 college football season", "sents": [ "The 1935 NCAA football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion.", "The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University (SMU) as the best in the nation.", "A poll of newspaper writers, taken at year's end—by United Press rather than the AP—concluded that the Minnesota was the best in the nation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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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, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p52", "sents": [ "And while the Gulf Oil reveled in the giant corporate logo atop its neo-Gothic office tower, critics called it an 83-ton monument to tastelessness.", "Today, as Houston reassesses its downtown architectural heritage and recasts itself as a city it hasn't been in 50 years, the hotly debated landmark of the 1960s and early '70s is largely forgotten.", "Still, with nostalgia an undercurrent in the central city's reawakening - Enron Field, loft apartments, refurbished office buildings and even a popular new diner all feature a \"retro\" feel - there are those who fondly recall when the downtown skyline was bathed in an orange glow.", "\"When I first came to Houston for the first time,\" recalled Gordon Campbell, a former Gulf budget analyst, \"I flew from Tulsa on the company plane.", "That sign was one of the first things I saw.", "It really gave me a thrill.\"", "\"I was very passionate about it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Joe Wetherell", "sents": [ "Joseph \"Joe\" Wetherell (1880 – \"unknown\") was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.", "Born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, he played in The Football League for Manchester United during the 1896–97 season.", "He signed for the club in June 1896 and played for the reserve team until first-team goalkeeper Joe Ridgway suffered an injury in September 1896.", "Wetherell made his debut on 21 September in a 3–2 away win over Walsall.", "The signing of Frank Barrett from Dundee shortly after meant Wetherell sat out the next two games, but he played once more against Small Heath on 10 October.", "However, he was blamed for conceding Small Heath's only goal in the 1–1 draw and he never played first-team football for Newton Heath again.", "He was released at the end of the season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Walsall", "sents": [ "Walsall ( ) is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England.", "It is located 8 miles north-west of the City of Birmingham and 6 miles east of the City of Wolverhampton.", "Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation, and part of the Black Country." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Agriophara levis", "sents": [ "Agriophara levis is a moth in the Depressariidae family.", "It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.", "It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Depressariidae", "sents": [ "Depressariidae is a family of moths.", "It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2300 species worldwide." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "List of ecclesiastical abbreviations", "sents": [ "The ecclesiastical words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names, titles (official or customary), of persons or corporations, and words of frequent occurrence.", "A list of those used in Roman Republican and early Imperial times may be seen in James Chidester Egbert, Jr.'s \"Latin Inscriptions\" (New York City, 1896), 417–459." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "New York City", "sents": [ "The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.", "With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 sqmi , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.", "Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.", "A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media and entertainment, art, fashion, research, technology, education, politics, and sports, its fast pace defining the term \"New York minute\".", "Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stanley Brooks", "sents": [ "Stanley M. Brooks is an American film and television producer.", "He has produced more than 60 movies for film and television as well as several critically acclaimed miniseries including \"Broken Trail\" and \"Prayers for Bobby\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Broken Trail", "sents": [ "Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church.", "Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army.", "Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader, saving them from a life of prostitution and indentured servitude.", "Compelled to do the right thing, they take the girls with them as they continue their perilous trek across the frontier, followed by a vicious gang of killers sent by the whorehouse madam who originally paid for the girls." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Androids of Mu", "sents": [ "Androids of Mu was an all-female anarcho-punk/post-punk band based in London, active from 1979 to 1983.", "They were part of a West London squatland scene, alongside bands such as the Poison Girls, Zounds, The Mob and The Astronauts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Poison Girls", "sents": [ "The Poison Girls were an English anarcho-punk band from Brighton.", "The singer/guitarist, Vi Subversa, was a middle-aged mother of two at the band's inception, and wrote songs that explored sexuality and gender roles, often from an anarchist perspective.", "The original Poison Girls line-up also included: Lance D'Boyle (drums); Richard Famous (guitar/vocals); Nil (tapes/bass/electric violin); and Bernhardt Rebours (bass/synthesiser/piano)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "My Education: A Book of Dreams", "sents": [ "My Education: A Book of Dreams (1995) (ISBN  ) is the final novel by William S. Burroughs to be published before his death in 1997.", "It is a collection of dreams, taken from various decades, along with a few comments about the War on Drugs and paragraphs created with the cut-up technique.", "The book is dedicated to Michael Emerton (January 18, 1966 - November 4, 1992)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "William S. Burroughs", "sents": [ "William Seward Burroughs II ( ; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and artist.", "Burroughs was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature.", "Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays.", "Five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences.", "He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, and made many appearances in films.", "He was also briefly known by the pen name William Lee.", "Burroughs created and exhibited thousands of paintings and other visual art works, including his celebrated 'Gunshot Paintings'." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3827_p21", "sents": [ "Joahn Zaayman, an Enron spokesman in India, declined to comment on the lenders meeting.", "Enron and India Shares of Enron fell $1.81, or 3.5 percent, to close at $50.52 after touching a 52-week low of $48.80. Stocks of California power suppliers have fallen since late May on concern that the companies won't be paid as part of Pacific Gas & Electric's bankruptcy filing, analysts said.", "``It looks like the sector is taking it on the chin to begin with, and Enron looks like it's leading the charge down because of the news in India,'' said Andre Meade, a utility analyst at Commerzbank Securities in New York.", "Houston-based Enron has been moving away from infrastructure projects, such as power plants and pipelines, to focus on trading natural gas, electricity and other commodities.", "Enron shares have fallen 39 percent this year.", "In addition to the India project, investors have been concerned about California power sales and its telecommunications unit, said Neal Dingmann, a Dain Rauscher Wessels analyst in Dallas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Dallas", "sents": [ "Dallas ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.", "It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.", "The city's population ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio.", "The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines.", "The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat; however, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.", "According to the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 1,197,816.", "The United States Census Bureau's estimate for the city's population increased to 1,317,929 as of July 1, 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "BellSouth", "sents": [ "BellSouth Corporation (stylized as \"BELLSOUTH\") was an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia.", "BellSouth was one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies after the U.S. Department of Justice forced the American Telephone & Telegraph Company to divest itself of its regional telephone companies on January 1, 1984." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10178_p52", "sents": [ "Times have changed, however, and BellSouth now is cashing in much of its Qwest investment to raise $1 billion for other projects.", "\"The transaction underscores a change in the direction of the relationsh ip between Qwest and BellSouth, said Marion Boucher Soper, a Bear, Stearns & Co. analyst, in a Jan. 16 report.", "\"While both appear to be interested in strategic expansion, other opportunities are likely to be higher on the priority list. BellSouth 's 10% stake already has been diluted to about 5% by Qwest 's acquisition of U S WEST, Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst Adam Quinton noted.", "\"The gradual dilution and now sell down of the BellSouth stake s peaks to the changing nature of the relationship between the two, Mr. Quinton said in a report also issued Jan. 16. \"BellSouth seems to be indicating it has other strategic priorities and that securing a strong relationship with a leading `next-gen long distanc e provider can be done via commercial relationships, which do not need the backing of any equity position, Mr. Quinton said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26279_p0", "sents": [ "Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: No deal in energy refund talks Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: Third power plant opens: But the Los Medanos facility isn't pouring out electricity yet Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: State reveals high-priced power deals Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: Government finds ways to conserve: The Santa Rita Jail goes solar as agencies get creative to cut costs SD Union, Tues, 5 10: Energy talks reach no settlement; state threatens sui t SD Union, Tues, 5 10: Refunds in jeopardy as talks fail SD Union, Tues, 5 10: State's massive outlays detailed SD Union, Tues, 5 10: State releases early spot market energy purchases LA Times, Mon, 5 9: FERC Judge Says State Owed No More Than $1 Billion LA Times, Tues, 5 10: Electricity Cost Data Spread the Blame LA Times, Tues, 5 10: Duke Energy Asked to Allow Release of Data LA Times, Mon, 5 9: Concern Over Price of Long-Term Power Pacts Grows SF Chron, Tues, 5 10: State's refund demand rejected Judge ends rebate talks, rebukes $9 billion claim SF Chron, Tues, 5 10: Davis opens another new power plant Pittsburg facility will generate 555 megawatts SF Chron, Tues, 5 10: California rejects B.C." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2582_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Fri, 5 11: \"Davis signs bonds-sale bill, blasts GOP Sac Bee, Fri, 5 11: \"Senators push administration for more help on energy crisis Sac Bee, Fri, 5 11: \"Energy Digest: Company will expand plant, sell power to state Sac Bee, Fri, 5 11: \"Spreading the pain\" (Editorial) SD Union, Thurs, 5 10: \"Oceanside seeks ally in building power plant\" SD Union (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"Davis signs bill authorizing $13.4 in bonds to repay treasury for power buying\" SD Union, Thurs, 5 10: \"GOP defeats first attempt to cap power prices\" SD Union (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"Energy task force expected to recommend tax breaks\" LA Times, Fri, 5 11: \"Power Rescue Plan Rests on Many 'Ifs' LA Times, Fri, 5 11: \"Bush, Rivals Don't Dare Ask Public to Make Sacrifice s in Energy Crunch\" LA Times, Fri, 5 11: \"House Committe Rejects Electricity Price Controls\" LA Times, Fri, 5 11: \"Nonprofit Shrugs at Pleas to Conserve\" LA Times, Fri, 5 11: \"Restarting of Generators in O.C." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5020_p0", "sents": [ "Sent on behalf of Sandi Thompson To All California Power Exchange Participants: Notice is hereby provided pursuant to Section 19.3.4 of the California Power Exchange Tariff that the Attorney General for the State of California (AG), as part of an ongoing investigation of California markets, has requested information that may be confidential under Section 19.3.2 of the Tariff.", "Such information is detailed in the attached subpoena.", "The California Power Exchange will provide such information no later than Wednesday, October 25, 2000. If you desire to assert a claim of privilege or confidentiality pursuant to legal authority, the California Power Exchange will include your written assertion of that claim together with its submittal to the AG, provided that it is timely received.", "Your written statement should be directed to the AG as follows: Bill Lockyer, Attorney General Attn: Richard Rochman, Deputy Attorney General 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Please deliver your statement to the California Power Exchange as follows: Karen Koyano California Power Exchange 1000 S. Fremont Avenue Unit 20 Alhambra, CA 91801 626.537.3173 facsimile Any written statement must be received no later than Friday, October 20, 2000, 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, to be included with any information delivered to the AG." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e619_p33", "sents": [ "Finally, deregulation created a power market so fragmented that it was ludicrously easy to manipulate when the thin surplus of power supply in the West began evaporating in the summer of 2000, although the evidence is masked by the effects of a drought in the Northwest (which has reduced hydropower) and an unlucky combination of plant maintenance, air pollution limits idling older plants and higher than expected costs for natural gas.", "The price of bad luck, bad weather and the cunning of power suppliers was staggering.", "At one point in December, electricity that cost $250 a megawatt-hour to produce was priced by the power brokers of the California Independent System Operator at $1,500 a megawatt-hour.", "That was the negotiated price; the suppliers had asked for $2,000. Deregulation had set up a divided marketplace, more irrational than any Paul W. MacAvoy picks apart in his analysis of natural gas, in which the California Power Exchange was a clearinghouse where buyers and sellers set the price of electricity and the California Independent System Operator was the \"buyer of last resort\" if occasional gaps between production and distribution unexpectedly failed to meet daily demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25622_p0", "sents": [ "\"I asked scott and hedy to fill ken in on the change for this week.", "looks like ball got dropped.", "poor ken.", "--Original Message -- From: Mara, Susan Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:51 PM To: 'Ken Smith' Cc: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: RE: Is there a call today Sorry, Ken.", "SOmeone was supposed to call you yesterday.", "I believe we're going to 9 am Wed weekly calls.", "We'll be setting up a call-in number for it.", "--Original Message -- From: Ken Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 10:48 AM To: Scott Govenar; Susan J Mara; Jeff Dasovich Subject: Is there a call today Is there a conference call today?", "I couldn't get into yesterday's call; the code didn't work and the operator had no other record of a call.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e2677_p0", "sents": [ "\"We better run this one up the Enron Washington flagpole.", "It conflicts with what we are doing to a certain extent as it establishes a schedule for allowing customers to switch when we are advocating allowing all customers to switch at the same time.", "There probably needs to be some merging of this concept and the DA coalition langauge (without all the detail and simply affirming customers' right to switch).", "I can put it together if asked to do so.", "Mike --Original Message -- From: Scott Govenar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:26 AM To: Jeff Dasovich; Sandra McCubbin; Susan J Mara; Mike Day Subject: [Fwd: FW: DIRECT ACCESS AMENDMENT] What do we think?\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p15", "sents": [ "Tamara Young-Allen, a FERC spokeswoman, declined comment Monday and said th e agency does not discuss pending cases.", "California is seeking $8.9 billion in alleged overcharges for electricity purchased from May 2000 to June 19, when FERC imposed new rules to prevent price gouging.", "On Wednesday, FERC ordered hearings to determine precisely how much money electricity generators would have to pay in refunds to California.", "At the time, Davis applauded FERC's ruling, saying it validates California' s claim that \"significant refunds are due\" and that the agency's action \"gets us closer to realizing that refund.\"", "But after poring over details of the 40-page order, state officials said Monday that it excludes from consideration more than half the amount sought by the state -- leaving $3.9 billion in dispute.", "Attorney Barry Goode and Nancy McFadden, key members of Davis' energy team, said the FERC order would not allow refunds: For about $2 billion in alleged overcharges stemming from electricity purchased by Californians between May and October of last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3040_p0", "sents": [ "'Just in case anyone had any doubts about how Davis is approaching the issue Davis announces four new energy advisors Updated: May 18, 2001 - 2:54 p.m. Gov.", "Gray Davis has added four new advisers to his energy staff, including members of former Vice President Al Gore's staff and campaign team.", "Chris Lehane, former Gore press secretary, and Mark Fabiani, a deputy campaign manager for the Gore-Lieberman presidential run, will coordinate the governor's communications staff on energy issues and help recruit a new director of communications.", "Lehane and Fabiani's company will earn $30,000 per month for six months.", "Nancy McFadden, former deputy chief of staff to Gore, will earn $118,000 a year as a senior adviser to the governor, said Steve Maviglio, Davis' spokesman.", "McFadden will concentrate on the governor's relations with federal regulators and with generators.", "Davis also has recruited Kellan Fluckiger, chief operations officer for the Independent System Operator, keeper of the state's power grid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Oliver Linton", "sents": [ "Oliver Bruce Linton is a Professor of Political Economy and Econometrics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College.", "He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Econometric Society", "sents": [ "The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools to their field.", "It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians or statisticians.", "It was founded on December 29, 1930, at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio.", "As of 2014, there are about 700 Elected Fellows of the Econometric Society, making it one of the most prevalent research affiliations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1368_p74", "sents": [ "\"Dynegy is still showing a lot of growth, and they exceeded even their revised expectations,\" said Mark Easterbrook, an energy analyst with Dain Rauscher Wessels.", "\"I think the stock will do well.\"", "Also in the first quarter, revenue jumped to $14.2 billion from $5.3 billion a year ago as operating margins improved to $477 million from $382.8 million during the first quarter of 2000. \"We created significant value during a period of strong industry fundamentals in both natural gas and power,\" said Chairman and CEO Chuck Watson in a statement.", "\"Furthermore, we captured opportunities generated by a return to seasonal winter weather and the supply and demand imbalances that are impacting multiple energy commodities.\"", "Dynegy reported a 99 percent jump in profit from the marketing and trade division to $100.3 million from $50.3 million a year ago.", "The first quarter results from the segment account for 73 percent of Dynegy's net income." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Dain Rauscher Wessels", "sents": [ "Dain Rauscher Wessels was a brokerage and investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.", "The firm traced its origins to a number of smaller regional securities firms founded in the 1920s and 1930s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Wills Creek (Ohio)", "sents": [ "Wills Creek is a tributary of the Muskingum River, 92.2 mi (148.4 km) long, in eastern Ohio in the United States.", "Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.", "It drains an area of 853 mi² (2,209 km²)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Muskingum River", "sents": [ "The Muskingum River (Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States.", "An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio.", "Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.", "The river is navigable for much of its length through a series of locks and dams." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Beijing", "sents": [ "Beijing, ( ) formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China and the world's second most populous city proper and most populous capital city.", "The city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.", "Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e8778_p4", "sents": [ "The firm's portfolio companies include Tarang, Cvent.com, e4e, and Portelco.", "In addition to its offices here, Global Internet Ventures has offices in Beijing, China and Bangalore, India.", "The firm's founders include Bill Melton, founder of Cybercash and Verifone; Jeong Kim, Yurie Systems' founder; and Jeff Tonkel, former president of Captial Investors.", "http: www.givinc.com Optical Firm Siwave Gets $7.5 Million in Round One mail this story?", "top BURBANK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Siwave, an optical routing technology company, has received $7.5 million in first-round financing, a source close to the company said.", "Draper Fisher Jurvetson, along with its affiliate funds, Zone Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage, provided the funding.", "DFJ and Zone each received a board seat.", "The company may seek another round in the next three to four months.", "Telephone 818-291-6464. new money AI-Based Data Firm Volantia Gets $600,000 Seed from nCoTec mail this story?", "top New York (VENTUREWIRE) -- nCoTec, a new seed fund focused on enabling technologies for wireless communications, said it invested $600,000 in seed funding in data management software firm Volantia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bernie Baum", "sents": [ "Bernie Baum (October 13, 1929 – August 28, 1993) was a songwriter who worked extensively with Elvis Presley.", "He grew up in New York City and later worked with Harvey Zimmerman (better known as Bill Giant) and Florence Kaye.", "The majority of their songs were used in Presley's musicals.", "He and his two collaborators also wrote a theme music package for the NBC Weekend radio service called \"Monitor\" in 1965.", "Their work was also credited in the American version of Osamu Tezuka's anime \"Kimba the White Lion\" (1965).", "His works included:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Osamu Tezuka", "sents": [ "Osamu Tezuka (Japanese: 手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治 , Hepburn: Tezuka Osamu ) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, animator, film producer, medical doctor and activist.", "Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as \"the father of manga\", \"the godfather of manga\" and \"the god of manga.\"", "Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Peach Blossom (film)", "sents": [ "Flor de durazno is a 1945 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Miguel Zacarías, who also adapted it from the novel by Gustavo Martínez Zuviria.", "It stars Fernando Soler, Esther Fernández, and David Silva." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Esther Fernández", "sents": [ "María Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1915 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress.", "She was one of the first female major stars of the \"Golden Age of Mexican cinema\" in the 1930s and 1940s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p28", "sents": [ "BlueLight will take control of the assets needed to maintain Internet service for its subscribers.", "BlueLight will acquire all intellectual property and selected other assets of Spinway, in addition to retaining a group of its employees.", "These assets will be absorbed into the company and will function as a unit within BlueLight and the company will maintain Spinway's current network of local Internet dial-up providers.", "Spinway's investors included Al Shugart International, Mentor Venture Partners, Softbank Venture Capital, Deutsche Banc Alex.", "Brown, Spectrum Equity Investors, and NBCi.", "http: www.bluelight.com HR App Firm ProAct Technologies Acquires MyDailyHealth mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- ProAct Technologies, a provider of human resources, employee benefits, and financial and health planning applications, said it has acquired MyDailyHealth, developers of online incentive-based health management tools for corporate employees, for an undisclosed amount of cash and a 100% stake in the company.", "In June of 2000, ProAct Technologies raised $150 million in a Series D round from Gateway Computers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e3228_p41", "sents": [ "top SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Global technology holding compa ny e4e has named a new partner and is in the process of expanding its offices to t he Mid-Atlantic region, VentureWire has learned.", "The firm, which focuses on Internet infrastructure service companies, said it named Kevin Moore to the position of vice president.", "Mr. Moore will focus on the networking services and wireless spaces.", "He comes to the firm from Deutsche Banc Alex Brown, where he specialized in telecommunications and Internet infrastructure services equity research.", "He will head up the firm's McLean, Va. office, which will launch at the end of May.", "http: www.e4e.com IM Life Sciences Raising $100M Genomics, BioInformatics Fund mail?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- IM Life Sciences said it has formed to raise the Next Generation Genomics and Bioinformatics Fund, targeted at $150 million, with a cap of $150 million and a floor of $40 million, according to IM Life Sciences' Neil Swift." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Córdoba, Argentina", "sents": [ "Córdoba (] ) is a city in the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km northwest of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.", "It is the capital of Córdoba Province and the second most populous city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, with about 1,330,023 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.", "It was founded on 6 July 1573 by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who named it after Córdoba, Spain.", "It was one of the first Spanish colonial capitals of the region that is now Argentina (the oldest city is Santiago del Estero, founded in 1553).", "The National University of Córdoba is the oldest university of the country and the second to be inaugurated in Latin America.", "It was founded in 1613 by the Jesuit Order.", "Because of this, Córdoba earned the nickname \"La Docta\" (roughly translated, \"the learned one\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "National University of Córdoba", "sents": [ "The National University of Córdoba (Spanish: \"Universidad Nacional de Córdoba\" , UNC), founded in 1613, is the oldest university in Argentina, the fourth oldest in South America and the sixth oldest in Latin America.", "It is located in Córdoba, the capital of Córdoba Province.", "Since the early 20th century it has been the second largest university in the country (after the University of Buenos Aires) in terms of the number of students, faculty, and academic programs.", "As the location of the first university founded in the land that is now Argentina, Córdoba has earned the nickname La Docta (roughly translated, \"The Wise\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dutchman (film)", "sents": [ "Dutchman is a 1966 British drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman, Jr.", "It was based on the play \"Dutchman\" by Amiri Baraka.", "John Barry wrote the score." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Shirley Knight", "sents": [ "Shirley Knight Hopkins (born July 5, 1936) is an American actress, who during her career has appeared in more than 50 feature films, playing leading and character roles, made-for-television movies and series, as well as Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.", "She is a member of the Actors Studio." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Henryk Cieszkowski", "sents": [ "Henryk Cieszkowski (born 1835 in Płock, died 1895 in Rome) was a Polish painter.", "Henryk Cieszkowski completed his secondary education in Lublin, between the years of 1848 to 1856 he studied at the Schools of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he was taught by Christian Breslauer (1802-1882).", "In 1858, he gained a scholarship and moved to Rome, where he lived permanently.", "From 1860, the artist sent his artwork to Warsaw to the Society of the Incentive for Fine Arts (\"Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych\") and Krywult's Salon (\"Salon Krywulta\"); and to Kraków, to the Society of Friends of Fine Arts (\"Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych\").", "His friend Henryk Siemiradzki, moved to Italy from Munich, Germany in 1872." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Munich", "sents": [ "Munich ( ; German: \"München\" , ] , Bavarian: \"Minga\" [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ] , Czech: \"Mnichov\" ) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.", "Munich is also the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and the 12th biggest city of the European Union, with a population of around 1.5 million.", "The Munich Metropolitan Region is home to 6 million people." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1911_p0", "sents": [ "'Poland-Norway Gas Deal Might Hit Mkt Liberalization Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 27 01 Peoples Energy Reports Second Quarter Results Reaffirms Fiscal 2001 Estimate PR Newswire, 04 27 01 Report: Enron official given authority to end power project in India Associated Press Newswires, 04 27 01 State employees' retirement funds benefitting from power crisis Associated Press Newswires, 04 27 01 DHABOL BOARD EMPOWERED TO END POWER CONTRACT WITH INDIAN STATE Asia Pulse, 04 27 01 NO ADVERSE FALLOUT TO COME FROM ENRON DECISION: INDIAN MINISTER Asia Pulse, 04 27 01 India: Starving oneself to stuff others?", "Business Line, 04 27 01 HEADING The Times of India News Service, 04 27 01 Success of state bandh isolate BJP The Times of India, 04 27 01 Additional power for Delhi promises Prabhu The Times of India, 04 27 01 Enron ready to pull out, but lenders say wait The Times of India, 04 27 01 India's single largest foreign investor threatens to pull out Agence France-Presse, 04 27 01 Indian Utility Pays $28 Million March Bill To Enron The New York Times, 04 27 01 DAILY BRIEFING The Atlanta Constitution, 04 27 01 Business Brief -- Enron Corp.: Sale of Utility Subsidiary To Sierra Pacific Is Canceled The Wall Street Journal, 04 27 01 Indian State to Pay Enron for March Supply Asian Wall Street Journal, 04 27 01 Colombia Suspends Isagen Sale Pending Court Ruling, Papers Say Bloomberg, 04 27 01 Poland-Norway Gas Deal Might Hit Mkt Liberalization By Joe Harper Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 04 27 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- Poland will limit its chances of developing a flexible and diversified gas market if the government goes ahead with a long-awaited gas import deal with Norwegian and Danish companies, said a participant at the Power in Poland conference in Warsaw this week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "The Times of India", "sents": [ "The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.", "It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India).", "It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838.It is the second oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation after the Bombay Samachar.Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of India called The Times of India \"the leading paper in Asia\".", "In 1991, the BBC ranked \"The Times of India\" among the world's six best newspapers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Lockyer", "sents": [ "William Westwood Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is a veteran California politician, who held elective office from 1973 to 2015, as State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General, and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate.", "Described by journalistic observers as one of the state's most \"colorful\" and \"shrewdest\" public officials, he has long been known to speak his mind with an uncommon frankness that occasionally caused him political embarrassment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5942_p31", "sents": [ "Other wholesalers appeared to fall into line.", "Dunn said he was concerned that \"minor problems\" in reaching a confidentiality agreement might become a tactic for further delay.", "The committee gave the six companies until July 10 to reach confidentiality agreements and turn over a vast assortment of records.", "The contempt finding against Mirant and Enron would be abandoned if they, too, provided the confidential documents by July 10, when the committ ee will review the companies' compliance.", "The wholesalers also are the targets of similar investigations by Atty Gen. Bill Lockyer and the state Public Utilities Commission.", "Times staff writer Nancy Vogel contributed to this story.", "Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times California Senate committee cites power companies for contempt for withholding documents JENNIFER COLEMAN, Associated Press Writer Friday, June 29, 2001 ,2001 Associated Press: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D news archive 2001 06 29 n ation al0450EDT0476.DTL (06-29) 01:50 PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A Senate committee investigating possible price manipulation in California' s energy markets cited two power generators for not turning over documents requested for the probe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "University of Pittsburgh", "sents": [ "The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.", "In 1787 after the American Revolutionary War, it was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy.", "It developed and was renamed as Western University of Pennsylvania by a change to its charter in 1819.", "After surviving two devastating fires and various relocations within the area, the school moved to its current location in the Oakland neighborhood of the city; it was renamed as the University of Pittsburgh in 1908.", "For most of its history, Pitt was a private institution, until 1966 when it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3127_p44", "sents": [ "Mike Nelson, a managing director at RedLeaf, is also responsible for the execution of this program, along with Chris Capelli, who heads the University of Pittsburgh's technology development and research program.", "http: www.redleaf.com vc personnel Baroness Sarah Hogg Set to Become 3i Chair in January mail?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- 3i announced the retirement of George Russel l as non-executive chairman of its board of directors, effective December 31, 2001. Upon Mr. Russell's retirement Baroness Sarah Hogg will become the new non-executive chairman of the board of directors, which now has 12 director s. Ms. Hogg is currently chairman of 3i's audit and compliance committee and h as been a non-executive director at 3i since 1997. She is also a chairman of Frontier Economics and Foreign & Colonial Smaller Companies, a director of GKN, Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust, P&O Princess Cruises, a Governor of the BBC, and a member of the House of Lords select committee on economic affairs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p92", "sents": [ "Reformulated blends, which include an oxygen additive to make it burn cleaner, account for about a third of the gasoline sold.", "In other energy-related developments Thursday: -A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee rejected a Democratic proposal for price controls on wholesale electricity sales in California.", "The amendment to a bill that takes modest actions to help California boost power supplies was defeated, 20-12. The bill later advanced to the full committee.", "California Gov.", "Gray Davis said it \"will do little to address our current situation.\"", "-Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., called for legislation to create a special House-Senate committee to investigate soaring energy prices and what he called industry price gouging.", "-Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said he will seek creation of a national consumer energy commission that would give consumers a voice in the debate over energy shortages and rising prices.", "LOAD-DATE: May 11, 2001 25 of 106 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online May 10, 2001; Thursday SECTION: Domestic, non-Washington, general news item LENGTH: 678 words HEADLINE: California Blackout Season Begins BYLINE: JENNIFER COLEMAN DATELINE: SACRAMENTO, Calif." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Associated Press", "sents": [ "The Associated Press (AP) is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City that operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association.", "The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Game Design Workshop", "sents": [ "Game Design Workshop, 3rd Edition: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games is a book on game design by Tracy Fullerton, originally published by CMP Books in 2004.", "It has been updated and released in two subsequent editions, the latest by AK Peters/CRC Press in 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Tracy Fullerton", "sents": [ "Tracy Fullerton (born June 21, 1965) is an American game designer, educator and writer.", "She is a Professor in the USC Interactive Media & Games Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Director of the Game Innovation Lab at USC.", "In 2014 she was named Director of the USC Games Program, an interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Cinematic Arts and the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC.", "From 2010 to 2017, she served as Chair of the USC Interactive Media & Games Division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e10747_p0", "sents": [ "'We just received a phone call from the House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican staff inviting Enron to meet in California on February 21 with Chairman Tauzin, Rep. Joe Barton, and other Republican committee members.", "The Committee intends to hold three meetings, probably in Pasadena, of a fact finding nature.", "The meetings will be CEO level and will not be official hearings.", "Instead, the meetings will be more in the nature of a roundtable session.", "The three groups being invited are: a)generators marketers; b) IOUs; and c) State and consumer groups.", "The Chairman is interested in hearing about solutions, and less interested in \"who's to blame.\"", "Other participants in our group are: Dynegy, Southern, Reliant, Duke, Calpine, and Williams.", "They intend to also include a few natural gas suppliers in our group.", "Our session is expected to start at 10:00 a.m.", "Although they are asking for CEO level participation, I expect we could substitute someone under that rank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5139_p3", "sents": [ "However, the FERC investigation may address that.", "-By Jason Leopold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3874; [email protected] Cal-ISO CEO To Announce Remedy To Lower Power Cost Friday, October 20, 2000 08:16 AM (This article was originally published Thursday) LOS ANGELES (Dow Jones)--California Independent System Operator Chairman and Chief Executive Terry Winter will hold a news conference Friday morning to announce a possible solution to reduce the state's electricity costs.", "An ISO spokesman wouldn't comment on the details of the news conference.", "According to a news release, Winter will speak about \"potential vehicles for containing costs, while maintaining the ISO's high standards of reliability.\"", "The ISO controls about 75% of California's power grid and real-time market.", "As already reported, the grid operator has come under fire this summer for failing to immediately reduce a price cap in its real-time market.", "Currently, state Sen. Steve Peace, D-Chula Vista, is drafting legislation to merge the ISO and the state's Power Exchange." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] }, { "title": "e213_p2", "sents": [ "\"This hesitancy in a crisis will cost California's economy tens of billions of dollars during the next 20 years.\"", "The state has spent more than $3 billion since January buying power in the spot market.", "Davis has asked lawmakers for another $500 million from the general fund to continue buying power.", "If the $500 million is granted, the state's commitment to power purchases will surpass $4 billion.", "State Sen. Steve Peace, D-El Cajon, however, said last week that the Senate Budget Committee will deny further requests for funding unless the PUC carves out a revenue stream for the state's Department of Water Resources, the agency that is now buying the bulk of the state's power on behalf of the cash-strapped utilities.", "The PUC was expected to release guidelines last week on rates the DWR can receive from utilities to pay back the general fund and to issue revenue bonds to pay for long-term contracts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6341_p14", "sents": [ "The Legislature is scheduled to recess July 20. One factor complicating efforts to rescue the utility is the recent failure in settlement talks between the state and power generators.", "In a hearing before a federal administrative law judge in Washington, state officials and power generators argued over $8.9 million in disputed charges without reaching an agreement.", "Settling the dispute may take months, and the judge indicated Monday that California probably will recoup less than $1 billion.", "\"The delay doesn't help the odds of getting the Legislature to move,\" said Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones in St. Louis.", "\"A big refund in hand would have made things simpler for the Legislature.\"", "The agreement with Davis calls for the state to purchase SCE's transmission lines for $2.8 billion and for SCE to issue bonds to repay as much as $3.5 billion in debts that accrued from selling power at a loss when prices spiked." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "St. Louis", "sents": [ "St. Louis ( ) is an independent city and major U.S. port in the state of Missouri, built along the western bank of the Mississippi River, on the border with Illinois.", "The city had an estimated 2016 population of 311,404, and is the cultural and economic center of the Greater St. Louis area (home to 2,916,447 people), making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the 19th-largest in the United States.", "Nine of the ten Fortune 500 companies based in Missouri are located within the St. Louis metropolitan area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3420_p57", "sents": [ "Mugs 5GanskeHarkinGrassleyLathamBoswell Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "BUSINESS Senate confirms Texan to energy commission Houston Chronicle News Service 05 26 2001 Houston Chronicle 3 STAR 1 (Copyright 2001) WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed on Friday a Texas ally of President Bush and a Pennsylvania electricity regulator to become commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "The voice-vote confirmation filled two Republican vacancies on the increasingly visible five-member commission, which has come under intense scrutiny in recent months over its actions to correct the wholesale power market chaos in California.", "Confirmed were Pat Wood III, head of the Texas Public Utility Commission, which is handling the deregulation of electricity in Texas, and Nora Brownell, a regulator in Pennsylvania, where deregulated power markets have been called a model.", "Wood's term runs through mid-2005; Brownell's will expire a year later.", "FERC Chairman Curtis Hebert, a Republican, will retain his post." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e407_p14", "sents": [ "In the last case, several companies including Enron Corp. have committed to building wind power facilities out on the western plains, to supply power to the more densely populated eastern half of Texas.", "INCENTIVES TO BUILD TRANSMISSION Though companies have already anted up to erect power lines in the problem areas, the state will have to provide attractive rates of return to encourage continuing infrastructure investments, he said.", "\"The rate of return is going to have to be a little higher than it was in the past,\" Noel said.", "He expected that the Texas Public Utility Commission, which negotiates such rates with the utilities, would look to a range of 10-12 percent return on investment, as opposed to current rates in the neighborhood of eight percent.", "Transmission is the only major part of the state's electricity market which will still be regulated after retail deregulation kicks off, he said.", "The wholesale market has been deregulated since 1995. \"We believe the infrastructure has to be regulated,\" Noel said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Eastern Oregon", "sents": [ "Eastern Oregon is the eastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon.", "It is not an officially recognized geographic entity; thus, the boundaries of the region vary according to context.", "It is sometimes understood to include only the eight easternmost counties in the state; in other contexts, it includes the entire area east of the Cascade Range.", "Cities in the basic 8-county definition include Baker City, Burns, Hermiston, John Day, La Grande, and Ontario.", "Umatilla County is home to the largest population base in Eastern Oregon; accounting for 74% of the region's population in 2016.", "Hermiston, located in Umatilla Conty, is the largest city in the region.", "Major industries include transportation/warehousing, timber, agriculture, and tourism.", "The main transportation corridors are I-84, U.S. Route 395, U.S. Route 97, U.S. Route 26, U.S. Route 30, and U.S. Route 20." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 7 ] }, { "title": "U.S. Route 97", "sents": [ "U.S. Route 97 is a major north–south United States highway in the western United States.", "It begins at a junction with Interstate 5 at Weed, California, and travels north, ending in Oroville in Okanogan County, Washington, at the Canada–US border, across from Osoyoos, British Columbia, becoming British Columbia Highway 97 upon entering Canada.", "Major cities that lie on US 97 include Klamath Falls, Oregon; Bend, Oregon; Redmond, Oregon; Yakima, Washington; Ellensburg, Washington; and Wenatchee, Washington." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Indira Gandhi", "sents": [ "Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and central figure of the Indian National Congress party.", "She was the first and to date the only female Prime Minister of India.", "Indira Gandhi belonged to the Nehru-Gandhi political family and was the daughter of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.", "Despite her surname \"Gandhi\", she is not related to the family of Mahatma Gandhi.", "She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, making her the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India after her father." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e617_p46", "sents": [ "Overall, are we reading too much in the released tapes, at least in terms of political corruption?", "Indeed, to me, the bombast, swagger and vulgarity of the military and civil officials were far more odious than the politicians' actions.", "Talking of \"reading too much\" in published reports, I am reminded of a 30-year old incident in SBI.", "Remember the Nagarwala case?", "A sum of Rs 60 lakh was removed from the currency chest by the chief cashier in New Delhi on the telephonic instructions of somebody posing to be from the PMO, and handed over to him.", "99.99 per cent believe that the money was part of Indira Gandhi's unaccounted assets with SBI.", "The truth, as I can testify from personal knowledge having investigated the case from the union, was far more prosaic it was simply the stupidity and gullibility of one employee, and Gandhi had nothing to do with it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10584_p7", "sents": [ "The lawsuit was filed the same day trading was stopped on the exchange because of the deep debt of the state's two biggest utilities.", "The lawsuit seeks to prevent the market from using letters of credit that the company was required to file to trade on the exchange.", "The suit is a move to ensure the market could not tap Enron's assets to pay off other debts.", "Calif May Issue 2nd Request For Pwr Bids As Terms Expire 02 01 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) (This article was originally published Wednesday) LOS ANGELES -(Dow Jones)- The bids California received last week from 39 power suppliers who may provide the state with long-term contracts for up to 10 years expired at noon Wednesday, without the state signing a single contract for the 6.9-cent-per-kilowatt-hour weighted price, an adviser to Gov.", "Gray Davis told Dow Jones Newswires." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4810_p22", "sents": [ "The company said the new name is more easily recognized and better represents the company's market position as an ASP.", "OwnerCare's services translate information on a customer's products into digital records that can be accessed from one source.", "The company is funded by undisclosed individual investors from Sapient, Inktomi, and Bigstep.com.", "http: www.ownercare.com Financial Management Software Firm MoneyStar Now Cofiniti AUSTIN, Texas -- Austin-based MoneyStar, a developer of financial management software for the retail financial services industry, said it is changing its name to Cofiniti.", "The company said it would introduce a new logo and Web site under the Cofiniti name and that it expects the transition to be completed within 30 days.", "Investors for Cofiniti include Century Capital Management, Prime New Ventures, Texas Growth Fund, AM Fund, Austin Ventures, Applied Technologies, GE Financial, Phillips-Smith Specialty Retail Group, and Solstice.", "http: www.moneystar.com Telephony ASP Vail Systems Launches Spin-out Verascape DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Vail Systems, an advanced telephony application service, announced the spin-out of Verascape, a developer and distributor of voice systems for companies extending Web access to wireless and wireline phones." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e3078_p7", "sents": [ "Mr. Monziols, who previously served as a principal with the French private equity firm Ventech, will be responsible for acquisitions of new businesses and industrial property righ ts for Proteus.", "Mr. Favre-Bulle, who was previously a project leader at Rhone Poulenc Industrialisation, will be in charge of a new fermentation pilot plant and biochemistry department for the production and pre-industrialization of novel biomolecules.", "Proteus is backed by AXA Placement Innovation, Natexis Ventech, Sofimac, Sofilaro, and Soridec.", "ImaRx Therapeutics Adds Senior Business Development Director mail?", "top TUCSON, Ariz. (VENTUREWIRE) -- ImaRx Therapeutics, which develops drug delivery systems and gene therapy technologies, announced Nina Ossanna has joined as the company's first senior director of business development.", "Boar d member Harry George of Solstice introduced Ms. Ossanna to the company.", "Ms. Ossanna previously served as director of the office of technology licensing at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.", "ImaRx Therapeutics is backed by $8.3 million from Arizona Angels, Desert Angels, Coronado Ventures, Elan Pharmaceutical, and Solstice." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Richardson", "sents": [ "William Blaine \"Bill\" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, writer and diplomat who served as the 30th Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011.", "He was U.S.", "Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S.", "Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9406_p0", "sents": [ "'President Clinton: Taking Action To Help California With High Electricity Prices August 23, 2000 President Clinton today directed Federal agencies to provide assistance to low income households and small businesses in Southern California.", "The wholesale price of electricity has risen steeply in parts of the country th is summer, hitting California ,s low-income households and small businesses particularly hard.", "California ,s hot weather, its limited generation and transmission capacity, and growing demand have combined to significantly increase the price of electricity.", "Higher prices have been passed on to retail consumers, including low-income households and small businesses, in certain parts of California where the retail price of electricity is unregulated because of requirements established by the state ,s electrici ty restructuring legislation.", "Earlier this week, the California Public Utiliti es Commission took steps to ease the burden on these consumers by adopting a plan to stabilize their electricity bills.", "PRESIDENT CLINTON TODAY ANNOUNCED SEVERAL STEPS TO HELP CALIFORNIA RESPOND TO HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES: Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson today requested that the Federal Ener gy Regulatory Commission expedite its national investigation of the operation of bulk power markets so that state and Federal regulators and policymakers ca n have the information they need to protect consumers in a timely fashion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1146_p13", "sents": [ "Meade said the price fall came as investors took the bad news out of Enron's valuation, particularly in devaluing the broadband business.", "\"With broadband the market initially gave them full credit.", "But investors got smart over the next year, and once you got some bad news out there, you could argue that valuation was pulled,\" Meade said.", "But the bad news neither starts nor ends there.", "The latest negative item came Wednesday, when a California federal judge ordered Enron to return the University of California and California State University systems to direct power access, which Enron says will cost them $12 million a month.", "The universities' lawsuit which claimed Enron Energy Services breached their power management contract, could cast a shadow over the Houston-based company's power risk management arm which recently saw a huge upsurge in business involving similar multimillion dollar deals with large corporations.", "Other bad news includes broadband layoff talk, failed water company spinoff Azurix's impending sell-off its North American assets, the failure of the video on demand deal with Blockbuster, word that the $2 billion sale of utility Portland General is unlikely to go through and continuing payment problems at the Dabhol power plant in India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "University of California", "sents": [ "The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the U.S. state of California.", "Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-system public higher education plan, which also include the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Aymar Aristiguieta", "sents": [ "Aymar Aristiguieta is a Venezuelan model and pageant titleholder, born in Valencia, Venezuela on November, 1983, and grew up in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.", "Aristiguieta was represented the Lara state in the Miss Venezuela 2006 pageant, on September 14, 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Barquisimeto", "sents": [ "Barquisimeto (] ) is a city in Venezuela.", "It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality.", "It is an important urban, industrial, commercial and transportation center of the country, recognized as the fourth-largest city by population and area in Venezuela after Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Marriott International", "sents": [ "Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR ) is an American multinational diversified hospitality company that manages and franchises a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities.", "Founded by J. Willard Marriott, the company is now led by his son, Executive Chairman Bill Marriott, and President and Chief Executive Officer Arne Sorenson." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p15", "sents": [ "DigiPlex offers a range of carrier-neutral colocation, facility outfitting, and service optio ns to telecom operators and service providers.", "DigiPlex facilities provide connectivity to fiber-optic networks and voice and data networking equipmen t for its customers.", "The company has raised $239 million in equity and $96.6 million in debt to date.", "Other investors include Carrier1 and iaxis.", "http: www.digiplex.com STSN Gets $66.5M of Series D Debt and Equity mail?", "top SALT LAKE CITY (VENTUREWIRE) -- STSN, which provides high-speed Inte rnet access and specialized broadband services to hotels and conferencing center s, said it has secured $66.5 million in debt and equity in its Series D round of funding led by new investors Siemens and On Command.", "The round also include s previous investors APV Technology Partners, Intel, Marriott International, ThomVest Holdings, and Vantage Point Venture Partners.", "The debt financing w as provided by GATX.", "The company said it would use the funding to continue to increase its penetration of North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pilot (Glee)", "sents": [ "\"Pilot\" is the pilot episode of the American television series \"Glee\", which premiered on the Fox network on May 19, 2009.", "An extended director's cut version aired on September 2, 2009.", "The show focuses on a high school show choir, also known as a glee club, set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.", "The pilot episode covers the formation of the club and introduces the main characters.", "The episode was directed by series creator Ryan Murphy, and written by Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.", "Murphy selected the music featured in the episode, with the intention of maintaining a balance between showtunes and chart hits." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Brad Falchuk", "sents": [ "Brad Falchuk (born March 1, 1971) is an American television writer, director, and producer.", "He is best known for co-creating with Ryan Murphy the comedy-drama television series \"Glee\" and the horror-drama anthology series \"American Horror Story\" and more recently \"Scream Queens\".", "He was also a writer and executive producer for the television series \"Nip/Tuck\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5995_p58", "sents": [ "LADWP charged the state between $213.50 to $174.60 per megawatt-hour of electricity, a price that included a 15 percent premium.", "LADWP was not profiteering, said Eric Pharp, director of public affairs for the municipal utility.", "\"I don't think most people would think that is excessive,\" Pharp said.", "\"Fifteen percent is what people felt was a reasonab le return.\"", "The 15 percent markup was decided on last December by Freeman, the n LADWP's director, and approved by the LADWP board.", "\"What if LADWP found itself short of power, would it expect to get that pow er from the state at a reasonable cost?\"", "asked Severin Borenstein, head of the University of California Energy Institute.", "\"If they expect backstop help fr om the state if they ever get in trouble, now's the time to step forward on th at basis.\"", "-- Price.", "Bill Marcus, principal economist with JBS Energy, a Sacramento consulting firm that represents consumer and environmental groups in utilit y issues, said the new material showed the state had paid huge amounts for short- term power, more than twice as much as recent federal price caps." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] }, { "title": "e490_p45", "sents": [ "\"We stand by our practices,\" said Richard Wheatley of Reliant Energy in Houston, which owns about 8 percent of California's in-state generating capacity.", "\"We have operated legally and ethically at all times in California.\"", "FERC has been under fire from state and federal officials and lawmakers for not being aggressive in dealing with the electricity crisis.", "In recent weeks the agency has taken several actions, including proposing refunds for January and February.", "But those who have watched the agency over the years say the actions do not yet signal a change of course from its posture of preferring to let the markets work their will.", "\"I think what they are trying to do is the minimal amount possible, to say they are on top of the situation,\" said Bill Marcus, an economist at JBS Energy in Sacramento, an energy and water-resources consulting firm.", "\"They'll probably figure out a way to back down from the refunds.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10491_p62", "sents": [ "The FCC must consult with the United States Department of Justice and the relevant state commission before granting such an applicati on.", "The FCC said it imposed the 43-day delay because it had based its approval, in part, on UNE (unbundled network element) rates that SWBT changed after submitting its application.", "Competitors had argued that the new rates shouldn 't be considered when evaluating SWBT 's application.", "At the t ime, the FCC said it wasn 't sure \"what reliance, if any, it would place on the new rates.", "In a Jan. 19 statement, then-FCC Chairman William E. Kennard said the original rates were \"not acceptable and praised SWBT for voluntarily reducing them.", "But it may not be so easy in the future for Bell companies to amend their interLATA service applications.", "In last week 's order, the F CC said \"it would be rare for other parties to meet the high bar [for accep ting the late-filed rates] set here in other applications. Then-Commissioner Michael K. Powell objected to the 43-day delay and cautioned that Bell companies \"risk rejection if they file evidence afte r the due date for initial comments. Mr. Kennard said the FCC \"must ensur e that a pattern of last-minute rate reductions or other changes in [section] 271 applications does not develop in the future. In justifying the inclusion of the new rates in its consideration of SWBT 's application, the FCC cited its authority to waive its own procedural rules in cases where doing so will serve the public interest." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "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&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": "Ulysses (given name)", "sents": [ "Ulysses is the Latinized version of Odysseus.", "The name was made famous by the American Civil War hero and eighteenth president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, by James Joyce's novel \"Ulysses\", and the film of the same name." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ulysses S. Grant", "sents": [ "Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the Commanding General of the United States Army at the end of the American Civil War and later the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877.", "As Commanding General, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War.", "Supported by Congress, Grant implemented Reconstruction, often at odds with President Andrew Johnson.", "Twice elected president, Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African-American citizenship, and support economic prosperity.", "Although his presidency has often been criticized for multiple administration scandals and for his failure to alleviate the economic depression following the Panic of 1873, he is regarded as a President who performed relatively well in the context of his time and pursued justice for all." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Yaan (film)", "sents": [ "Yaan (English: \"Me\" ) is a 2014 Indian Tamil language action thriller film written, directed and filmed by Ravi K. Chandran.", "It features Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in the lead roles.", "The film's soundtrack and score was composed by Harris Jayaraj, while editing and art direction were done by A. Sreekar Prasad and Sabu Cyril, respectively.", "Resul Pookutty was in charge of the sound mixing and Brinda was in charge of the choreography.", "The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as \"Rangam 2\" in 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Resul Pookutty", "sents": [ "Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer.", "He, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for \"Slumdog Millionaire\".", "He has worked in Hollywood, Hindi cinema, Tamil cinema and Malayalam Cinema." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Power and the Passion (song)", "sents": [ "\"Power and the Passion\" was the second single by Midnight Oil from their 1982 album \"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1\" (following \"US Forces\").", "The song is one of the band's most famous, and it was performed on every Midnight Oil tour since the issue of \"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1\" as well as at the WaveAid concert.", "It was issued as the album's second single in 1983." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Midnight Oil", "sents": [ "Midnight Oil (also known informally as \"The Oils\" to fans) are an Australian rock band, who originally performed as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie.", "While vocalist Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra, he answered an advertisement for a spot in Farm, and by 1975 the band was touring the east coast of Australia.", "By late 1976, Garrett moved to Sydney to complete his law degree, and Farm changed its name to Midnight Oil by drawing the name out of a hat." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11421_p0", "sents": [ "'The author is a very well-know Republican, Dan Schnur.", "Needed - Star to Guide Us As Gov.", "Gray Davis gets the state deeper into the energy business, PUC chair is no bright light Dan Schnur Wednesday, February 28, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 02 28 E D102858.DTL IN A DEAL that serves mainly to malign the good name of white elephants, Gray Davis last week proposed to solve California's energy crisis by spending several billion dollars of taxpayer money to purchase more than 30,000 miles of transmission lines from the state's utilities.", "In addition to offering to pay the privately owned utilities more than twice the book value, Davis will put the state on the hook for more than a billion dollars in desperately needed repairs to the transmission system.", "None of which will do anything to keep the lights on this summer when temperatures start to rise and the state's lack of power capacity leads to regular rolling blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3679_p49", "sents": [ "At present neither DPC, nor its parent Enron, has any incentive whatsoever to hold serious negotiations.", "It is sitting pretty on an agreement that one can be sure has been drafted by some very clever lawyers.", "And given that all obligations of MSEB are guaranteed by the Government of India, it probably is not too worried about the safety of its money.", "It also knows that, in the interest of its international reputation, the Indian authorities cannot afford to take a cavalier attitude to the subject.", "In the circumstances, if progress is to be achieved, some way will have to be found to get Enron worried about the legal enforceability of its agreements.", "Only if this happens will Enron be persuaded to start a serious renegotiation of the tariffs.", "In an earlier article in this newspaper (see Business Standard May 22, 2001), I had referred to the now famous Procter & Gamble vs Bankers Trust Company case in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Government of India", "sents": [ "The Government of India (GoI) is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.", "It is located in New Delhi, the capital of India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3153_p193", "sents": [ "MORTON: Historians may still argue about the pardon.", "They agree he cared about his country and its politics, and did what he thought was right.", "Bruce Morton, CNN, Washington.", "(END VIDEOTAPE) WOODRUFF: Also cited for political courage today, Democratic Congressman John Lewis of Georgia who was beaten, as he and others challenged segregation during the freedom rides through the South in 1961. Lewis was given a special Profile of Courage Award for Lifetime Achievement.", "Former president Ford, Congressman Lewis and Caroline Kennedy will all be guests tonight on \"WOLF BLITZER REPORTS.\"", "That's at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.", "That's all for this edition of INSIDE POLITICS.", "But of course, you can go on-line all the time at CNN's allpolitics.com.", "AOL keyword: CNN.", "And our e-mail address is [email protected].", "This other programming note: Priscilla Sue Galey, the former stripper who claims that FBI spy Robert Hanssen showered her with gifts, will be the guest tonight on \"LARRY KING LIVE.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Caroline Kennedy", "sents": [ "Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017.", "She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Onassis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Collection (film)", "sents": [ "The Collection is a 2012 American horror film and sequel to the 2009 film, \"The Collector\".", "The film stars Randall Archer, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, and Josh Stewart, who reprises his role from the first film as Arkin.", "It is written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, directed by Dunstan, and was released on November 30, 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Lee Tergesen", "sents": [ "Lee Allen Tergesen (born July 8, 1965) is an American actor.", "He is best known for his roles as Tobias Beecher in HBO's prison drama \"Oz\" and as Evan Wright in \"Generation Kill,\" as well as guest starring in many other series." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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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": "e2593_p84", "sents": [ "While the heaviest residential power customers will see their June bills soar by as much as 40 percent, most increases will range between 7 and 15 percent.", "\"Based on our studies, residential customers will not respond to changes in price signals of less than 20 percent,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego.", "\"Forty percent is probably enough to send a signal,\" he added.", "\"A 15 percent increase is much less likely to have an impact.\"", "If so, this would undermine what state regulators say is a primary goal of the rate increases, scheduled to be adopted Monday.", "Higher power bills, they say, will result in cutbacks in power usage.", "\"By promoting energy conservation during summer peak hours,\" said Loretta Lynch, president of the Public Utilities Commission, \"we attempt to limit blackouts and service interruptions in order to preserve public health and safety.\"", "Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9035_p1", "sents": [ "The new data will give advertisers, news and information providers and Internet marketing and content companies a clearer picture of the dynamics of local and regional Internet trends, the partnership said.", "According to Nielsen NetRatings, the top five local markets with the largest Internet penetration in February were San Francisco, with 61 percent; S an Diego, with 58 percent; Washington, with 56.1 percent; Seattle, with 55 .9 percent; and Portland, Ore., with 54 percent.", "Filling out the top 10 were Boston, with 51.7 percent; Dallas, with 47. 6 percent; Denver, with 47.3 percent; Atlanta, with 46.1 percent; and Los Angeles, with 43.9 percent, according to Nielsen NetRatings.", "Nielson NetRatings said the city with the most people online is New Yor k, with 4.3 million logging on in February, followed by Los Angeles, with 3.6 million; San Francisco, with 2.1 million; Chicago, with 2 million; and Boston, with 1.9 million.", "San Diego led all cities in average time spent online per person in February, with an average of nearly 11 hours and 16 minutes.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "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, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5099_p5", "sents": [ "With the alternative of PJM West, FERC and state utility commissions should now use their authority to shoot down the Alliance RTO proposal.", "Placing RT O conditions that protect the public interest on the proposed merger of First Energy and GPU would be a good start down that road.", "First Energy should be given no choice but to leave the Alliance and join PJM, at least if they wa nt to merge with GPU.", "First Energy itself has reportedly signaled to its Alliance partners that the merger with GPU comes before the Alliance.", "First Energy ,s departure from the Alliance RTO, the principal strategic purpose of which appears to be keeping its member utilities out of PJM and the Midwest ISO and to fracture the wholesale market between Philadelphia and Chicago, would help unravel that counterproductive proposal and have several benefits.", "All of Orion ,s generation that was purchased from Duq uesne and still serves Duquesne ,s customers would be within one RTO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "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 ] } ]