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[ { "title": "Ioannis Papadopoulos", "sents": [ "Ioannis Papadopoulos (born 1988) is a Greek chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster.", "In 2007, the untitled Papadopoulos won the Greek Chess Championship in Igoumenitsa with 7.5/9.0, a full two points ahead of the runner up.", "He played for Greece's top board at the 2008 Chess Olympiad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Kenneth Harkness", "sents": [ "Kenneth Harkness (byname of Stanley Edgar; November 12, 1896 – October 4, 1972) was a chess organizer.", "He is the creator of the Harkness rating system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Merian (magazine)", "sents": [ "Merian is a German travel magazine which was founded in 1948.", "It is named after Matthäus Merian.", "The magazine is published by Jahreszeiten Verlag in Hamburg.", "Each issue of this monthly print publication is devoted to a specific city or region." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Impact (student magazine)", "sents": [ "Impact Magazine is the official student magazine of the University of Nottingham, it has been published in various forms and various names since 1939.", "Run on a voluntary basis using funds from the Students' Union, the magazine is available free to students.", "\"Impact\" also publishes a website, which has been online since 8 January 2006, and an app, which was launched in 2016.", "In 2017, \"Impact\" won Best Magazine Design at the Student Publication Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Origin Enterprises", "sents": [ "Origin Enterprises plc is a focused agri-services group providing specialist on-farm agronomy services and the supply of crop technologies and inputs.", "The group has leading market positions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.", "Origin is listed on the ESM () and AIM () markets of the Irish and London stock exchanges." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p27", "sents": [ "MerchantBanc provides services that enable investors to identify worthy businesses and provides entrepreneurs with access to venture capital.", "http: www.merchantbanc.com Two Join Board of Equity Execution Services Firm NeoNet STOCKHOLM -- NeoNet, which offers institutional investors and broker dealers anonymous electronic trading access to multiple securities markets, said it has appointed Thord Wilkne and Mats Sundstrom to its board of directors.", "Mr. Wilkne is chairman and co-founder of Swedish IT-supplier WM-data, a Nordic supplier of IT-related services, and Mr. Sundstrom is chairman of Swedish Enlight Interactive.", "NeoNet, which is planning to go public before the end of the year, is backed by ITP (Information Technology Partners).", "The company has also received funding from Hans Karlsson, the chairman of Swedish mobile technology firm HiBQ International.", "http: www.neonet.se o ZuluSports.com Names Former Nike Division Head to Board SAN FRANCISCO -- ZuluSports.com, an online resource for adventure and outdoor sports enthusiasts, said it has appointed Gordon McFadden, the former president of Nike's all-conditions gear division, to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mohammad Abbas Ansari", "sents": [ "Mohammad Abbas Ansari (Urdu:مولوی محمد عباس انصاری) is a prominent political leader and Shia cleric from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.", "He is a Kashmiri separatist, ex-chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, and founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) political party.", "He is considered a moderate and has called for an end to violence in that region." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e501_p1", "sents": [ "There is still a high chance of bankruptcy by either the larger generators, commercial paper holders, and (less now but still very possible) the QFs as time is running out.\"", "Events are unfolding exactly along these lines.", "1. Why Rate Hikes Now?", "CPUC President Lorretta Lynch came out this weekend in favor of rate hikes.", "Davis and many legislators recognize that rate hikes are the quickest solution, but that there is a potentially painful political price attached.", "Davis will probably come out in support of a structured rate system, passing on most of the hikes to business and industrial users.", "Other California politicians are starting to face reality of rate hikes.", "The CalEnergy ruling massively reduced their leverage over the creditors, who are now able to sell outside the state, if they can get similar relief from the courts.", "And it's not just the QFs--the giant Reliant Energy is appealing to the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco against Federal Judge Frank Damrell's series of rulings forcing large generators to continue to sell to California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Joanna Mary Berry Shields", "sents": [ "Joanna Mary Berry Shields (July 7, 1884 - February 2, 1965) was one of the seven members of the sophomore class of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American women.", "She created a legacy that has continued to generate social capital for nearly 100 years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Eugene Sawyer", "sents": [ "Eugene Sawyer Jr. (September 3, 1934January 19, 2008) was an American businessman, educator, and politician.", "Sawyer was selected as the 42nd Mayor of Chicago, Illinois after the sudden death of then–mayor Harold Washington, Serving from December 2, 1987 until April 24, 1989.", "Sawyer was the second African-American to serve as mayor of Chicago.", "Sawyer was a member of the Democratic Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Volokolamsk", "sents": [ "Volokolamsk (Russian: Волокола́мск ) is a town and the administrative center of Volokolamsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, 129 km northwest of Moscow.", "Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast", "sents": [ "Revda (Russian: Ревда́ ) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.", "Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27521_p10", "sents": [ "And its been getting increasingly difficult for the company to launch into yet another round of tiring renegotiations with the state government, an ex ercise it has done twice in the past.", "However, the most crucial question is: Where are the buyers?", "The Maharashtr a government has tried to pose the entire controversy as an issue which can be solved only if the centre steps in either by bailing it out or by allow ing a central power utility like NTPC to buy it.", "If Enron prefers to pack up, the state has already steered clear of its res ponsibility of finding a new buyer.", "The states energy minister Padmasinh Patils view that Enrons departure ``wi ll be Gods biggest blessing for us, underlines the states intransigent stan ce.", "However, Madhav Godbole, the man who is heading the Enron renegotiation pan el, when asked to comment, was realistic in judging the situation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Mark A. Matthews", "sents": [ "Mark A. Matthews (September 24, 1867 – 1940) was a Presbyterian minister in Seattle, Washington, from 1902 until his death.", "He was a leading city reformer, who investigated red light districts and crime scenes, denouncing corrupt politicians businessmen and saloon keepers.", "With 10,000 members, his was the largest Presbyterian Church in the country, and he was selected the national moderator in 1912.", "He built a model church, with night schools, unemployment bureaus, kindergarten, an anti-tuberculosis clinic, and the nation's first church-owned radio station.", "Matthews was the most influential clergymen in the Pacific Northwest, and one of the most active Social Gospelers in America.", "He was an enigmatic figure, holding views in common with both Christian fundamentalists and liberals, especially the Social Gospel movement.", "He battled corruption (especially in the person of Seattle mayor Hiram Gill) and encouraged social services.", "There is a statue of him in Seattle's Denny Park." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ellen Swepson Jackson", "sents": [ "Ellen Swepson Jackson (1935 – 2005) was an American educator and activist.", "She is best known for founding Operation Exodus, a program that bused students from overcrowded, predominantly black Boston schools to less crowded, predominantly white schools in the 1960s.", "The program paved the way for the desegregation of Boston's public schools." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27955_p2", "sents": [ "One suggestion is to \"skip a car trip each week.\"", "The reason: Automobile use is largely responsible for about a third of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, says the center.", "By measuring the effects of these ordinary actions, the CNAD activists are counting on convincing Americans of the value of making small changes.", "Each time a participant logs on to his personal \"Turn the Tide\" page to report his actions, the site's calculator instantly totals the quantity of resources saved as well as the total savings of everyone in the program.", "Eric Brown, communications director at the Center for a New American Dream, says this is a \"powerful tool\" that helps remind everyone involved that we are not alone, and that small and simple everyday acts add up.", "\"We've signed up over 1,700 people so far,\" says Brown, adding that a bunch of organizations are going to begin promoting the program to their memberships, which should drive up these numbers soon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alvin Hawkins", "sents": [ "Alvin Hawkins (December 2, 1821 – April 27, 1905) was an American jurist and politician.", "He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1881 to 1883, one of just three Republicans to hold this position from the end of Reconstruction to the latter half of the 20th century.", "Hawkins was also a judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court in the late 1860s, and was briefly the U.S. consul to Havana, Cuba, in 1868." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "John Reeves (activist)", "sents": [ "John Reeves (20 November 1752 – 7 August 1829), was a legal historian, civil servant, British magistrate, conservative activist, and the first Chief Justice of Newfoundland.", "In 1792 he founded the Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers, for the purpose suppressing the \"seditious publications\" authored by British supporters the French Revolution—most famously, Thomas Paine's \"Rights of Man\".", "Because of his counter-revolutionary actions he was regarded by many of his contemporaries as \"the saviour of the British state\"; in the years after his death, he was warmly remembered as the saviour of ultra-Toryism." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Governor of Punjab, Pakistan", "sents": [ "The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan.", "The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post.", "However, throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958–1972 and 1977–1985, and governor rules of 1999–2002.", "In the case of Punjab, there was direct governor rule in 1949–1951, when the provincial chief minister of that time was removed and assemblies dissolved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10961_p6", "sents": [ "Edison formally asked a group of 23 banks for an extension of a 30-day period of forbearance on a $230-million default, Ted Craver, Edison International's chief financial officer, said in a conference call with debt holders.", "The banks had not yet responded, he said.", "Several electricity generators have said they are willing to wait for the utility debt-relief plan that Davis and legislators have promised in the coming days, the governor's spokesman, Steve Maviglio, said Tuesday.", "\"They have signaled to us that they have patience,\" he said.", "Most of the action in the Capitol on Tuesday centered on Burton's two bills, both of which cleared the Senate Energy Committee and will go next to the Appropriations Committee.", "A third measure, SB 5X by Sen. Byron Sher (D-Stanford), which would provide $1.2 billion in taxpayer subsidies to consumers, government entities and businesses to help pay for conservation measures, also passed.", "Burton said his bill paving the way for the purchase of the transmission grid, SB 33X, is based on the concept of \"willing buyer, willing seller\" and would not lead to any unilateral seizure of utility assets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Johan H. Andresen Jr.", "sents": [ "Johan Henrik Andresen (born 25 July 1961) is a Norwegian industrialist and investor.", "Since 1998, Andresen has been the owner of Ferd, one of the largest privately held companies in Norway.", "He served in the position of CEO from 1998 to 2012, and has been the chairman of the board since 2012.", "In the magazine Kapital’s list of the 400 richest Norwegians, Andresen is ranked as number five, with a net worth equaling more than USD 3.27 billion.", "While his father Johan H. Andresen sr. lived, Andresen added jr. to his name, but ended this practice when his father died in 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10584_p80", "sents": [ "Part of the demand is coming from traditional investors in convertible securities, including managers of convertible-securities mutual funds and hedge funds.", "But some investors, including individuals, who at this time last year were eager buyers of IPOs, figure that convertibles can offer a combination of safety and exposure to growth stocks.", "\"That's really sending demand up, and making the pricing aggressive,\" says Jonathan Cunningham, managing director of Jefferies, who monitors the convertible securities market.", "\"Other markets may be wobbling, but ours is open wide for business.\"", "The wide-open convertibles market is also making it possible for companies to complete concurrent deals: simultaneous offerings of either debt or equity along with convertible securities.", "That is what Royal Caribbean did with its billion-dollar issue this week.", "And today Aviron, a biotech company, plans to raise about $160.8 million in a follow-on stock offering and at the same time bring in another $150 million through the sale of convertible securities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lela E. Buis", "sents": [ "Lela E. Buis is a speculative fiction writer, playwright, poet and artist who was born in Middlesboro, KY. She graduated from Florida State University (FSU) and the Florida Institute of Technology, and worked in engineering for a number of years at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.", "She currently resides in Tennessee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Cat Bauer", "sents": [ "Catherine \"Cat\" Bauer (born July 27, 1955 in Greenville, South Carolina) is the award-winning author of contemporary novels featuring the young protagonist, Harley Columba, and is known for her unique and honest voice.", "\"Publishers Weekly\" said, \"Bauer creates a witty and resilient narrator in...Harley Columba...", "Readers will be rooting for this sympathetic heroine.\"", "In the Thomson Gale biography, the authors noted that: \"Readers and reviewers often found the strength of Bauer's novel in the authentic voice of its heroine, Harley.", "Patricia Morrow, for example, in \"Voice of Youth Advocates\" (VOYA), remarked that 'Harley's voice is true to the experience of many young people,' and that 'Although the outcomes are not unexpected, they do not follow any formulas.'\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Orchestrion Project", "sents": [ "The Orchestrion Project is an album by American guitarist Pat Metheny released on the Nonesuch label in 2012.", "The album was recorded on tour following \"Orchestrion\", Metheny's album from 2010 which used orchestrionic instruments." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Sink (Foetus album)", "sents": [ "Sink is a Foetus Inc compilation album that was first released in 1989 on Self Immolation/Some Bizzare.", "It compiles rare and unreleased songs from various Foetus projects from 1981–1989.", "Many of the rare tracks on the album have been edited shorter than their original length." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Spencer's Retail", "sents": [ "Spencer's Retail is a chain of retail stores headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal having presence in over 35 cities in India.", "Spencer's is based on the 'Food First' Format (\"it mainly offers fresh and packaged food\").", "Many outlets though sport multiple formats for retailing food, apparel, fashion, electronics, lifestyle products, music and books.", "It is owned by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p24", "sents": [ "Supporters of the Bush plan in the business community, including energy companies, have organized the Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth to counter the environmentalists' message and lobby for the Bush plan.", "\"What this country needs to do is diversify its energy portfolio.", "We've got a huge challenge in front of us,\" said Bruce Josten, executive vice president for government affairs at the United States Chamber of Commerce.", "Bush warns country about California By Finlay Lewis COPLEY NEWS SERVICE May 17, 2001 ST. PAUL, Minn. President Bush took to the road Thursday to sound dire warnings about \"a darker future\" for the nation if it fails to follow his path of more oil drilling and nuclear plants.", "After touring a power plant fired with new technology, the president urged the country to rally around his just-unveiled energy plan or risk seeing power problems now plaguing California spread.", "\"If we fail to act, this great country could face a darker future: a future that is unfortunately being previewed in rising prices at the gas pump and rolling blackouts in California,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Clark Hills", "sents": [ "The Clark Hills ( ) are a cluster of low, mainly snow-covered hills of about 4 nmi extent, located 5 nmi southwest of the Eland Mountains in Palmer Land.", "They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kerry B. Clark, United States Antarctic Research Program biologist on the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions in 1968 and 1969." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Zakharoff Ridge", "sents": [ "Zakharoff Ridge ( ) is a ridge with several peaks, mostly snow-covered, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains.", "Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos, 1956–60, it was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Oleg Zakharoff, radio officer at Mawson Station, in 1960." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Michelle Molineux", "sents": [ "Michelle Molineux (born August 29) is a Canadian actress and singer.", "She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and attended the University of Alberta.", "Molineux is best known for her role as an alien seductress in \"\" released in 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1146_p28", "sents": [ "By Maria Abraham 04 12 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, April 12 (Reuters) - A committee set up by the western Indian state of Maharashtra to examine United States energy giant Enron's controversial power project on Thursday recommended it be re-negotiated.", "The state government presented the committee's report with a list of recommendations about Enron's Indian unit, Dabhol Power Co (DPC) in the legislative assembly.", "action needs to be taken concomitantly to address certain urgent and critical issues pertaining to the project through negotiations with DPC so as to bring down the cost of power,\" the report said.", "Enron and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) had been locked in a long-standing dispute over the state utility's unpaid bills.", "In March Enron, which owns 65 percent of DPC, invoked a counter-guarantee of the Indian government after MSEB failed to clear its bill of 1.02 billion rupees ($21.91 million) for December." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Retro Atari Classics", "sents": [ "Retro Atari Classics, known as \"Atarimix Happy 10 Games\" in Japan, is a collection of Atari video games for the Nintendo DS developed and released in 2005 by Atari.", "The game features classic Atari games as well as updated versions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Operation: Inner Space", "sents": [ "Operation: Inner Space is an action game developed in 1992 and published in 1994 by Software Dynamics for Windows.", "The player's mission is to enter the computer (represented by \"Inner Space\") in a spaceship and recover the icons and resources that have been set loose by an invasion, and ultimately to destroy the \"Inner Demon\".", "The player interacts with other spacecraft along the way, and can compete in races for icons." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Reid Hoffman", "sents": [ "Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author.", "Hoffman was the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking.", "He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners.", "On the \"Forbes\" 2017 list of the world's billionaires, Hoffman was ranked #631 with a net worth of US$3.1 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e4207_p13", "sents": [ "Scott Andrews, managing partner of Winston Partners, joined the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funds for expansion into other cities and for product development.", "http: www.digitalfocus.com Clarity Visual Systems Receives $6.5 Million Third Round WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Clarity Visual Systems, a provider of visual messaging software, said it completed its third round of financing with over $6.5 million.", "The round was led by Needham Capital Partners, with participation from other undisclosed investors.", "The funds will be used for operational purposes and to support the company's marketing initiatives.", "http: www.clarityvisual.com E-Mail Ad Firm TMXinteractive Raises $15 Million from Syncom CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- TMXinteractive, a provider of multimedia e-mail advertising and related technologies, said it received $15 million in financing from Syncom, a Silver Spring, Md.-based venture capital fund.", "The company plans to use the funds to expand its operations, which includes staffing new offices and technology development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Juan Enrique Lira", "sents": [ "Juan Enrique Lira (31 December 1927 – 12 March 2007) was a Chilean sports shooter.", "He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Mark Rolfing", "sents": [ "Mark Rolfing is a television golf commentator and a resort marketing director.", "Rolfing played professional golf in 1973 and 1974, after playing college golf at DePauw University in Indiana.", "However, he never qualified for the PGA Tour and in 1975 joined Kapalua Resort in Hawaii as head golf professional.", "He later moved into Kapalua's marketing department and formed his own television marketing firm, Rolfing Productions, in 1985.", "He joined the NBC Sports golf team as an on-course reporter in 1988.", "In 1992, he moved to the ESPN/ABC Sports golf team, before rejoining NBC in 1998.", "He remains an on-course reporter for NBC as of 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Juan N. Silva Meza", "sents": [ "Juan Nepomuceno Silva Meza (born 13 September 1944 in Mexico City), son of the writer Juan Silva Vega and professor Ana María Meza de Silva, is a Mexican jurist.", "He served as an Associate Justice \"(ministro)\" of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since 26 January 1995, having previously served extensively elsewhere in the judiciary, including the Federal Electoral Tribunal.", "On 3 January 2011, he was elected Chief Justice for a term that ended on 31 December 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Lucinda Green", "sents": [ "Lucinda Green MBE (née Prior-Palmer, born 7 November 1953) is a British equestrian and journalist who competed in eventing.", "She is the 1982 World Champion and a two-time European Champion (1975–77).", "She also won World team Gold (1982), three European team golds (1977, 1985, 1987) and an Olympic silver medal in the team event in 1984.", "Between 1973 and 1984, she won a record six times at the Badminton Horse Trials (on six different horses).", "She also won the Burghley Horse Trials in 1977 and 1981." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19516_p6", "sents": [ "CMTA applauds Governor Davis's veto of the bill.", "www.cmta.net California Manufacturers & Technology Association 980 9th Street, Suite 2200 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 441-5420 phone (916) 447-9401 fax You are receiving this message today because your company is a valued member of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA).", "While we'd be pleased to continue to tell you about CMTA's efforts to make California a better place for manufacturing you can unsubscribe by e-mailing a message to [email protected]\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Tensing Pen Resort", "sents": [ "Tensing Pen Resort is located on the western tip of Jamaica in the town of Negril.", "It was founded in the early 1970s as a haven and retreat for young couples as a hippie hangout.", "It was purchased in 1975 by Karin and Richard Murray." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5914_p4", "sents": [ "``It leads to market discipline as well as innovation,'' DiMare said.", "Supporters argue the state, which approved a record $13.4 billion in bonds to cover power costs, can guarantee payment without killing off customer choice.", "They backed an alternative proposal Tuesday by utilities Commissioner Richard Bilas in which customers would pay a charge to cover the state's energy bonds, regardless of their electricity provider.", "Customers already pay similar charges to cover an array of costs from nuclear decommissioning to conservation programs.", "``It still gives people the opportunity to buy energy that might not necessarily be cheaper, but that meets their needs more,'' said Rick Counihan, spokesman for Green Mountain Energy, which markets power from renewable sources such as solar and wind.", "But even Bilas gives his proposal long odds of approval, saying ``If I were a betting man'' he'd say his plan ``would go down.''", "The ability to shop for power was the impetus for the state's 1996 deregulation bill." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2868_p45", "sents": [ "The California Manufacturers and Technology Association warned of layoffs if businesses are forced to pay a disproportionate share.", "But consumer advocat es said it was large-business interests that pressed for deregulation in the first place.", "\"Once again residential and small-business ratepayers, the innocent victims of deregulation, are being forced to pay for the debacle,\" said Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.", "Gov.", "Gray Davis, who resisted rate increases through the first months of th e power crisis, recently offered a proposal of his own to boost rates.", "\"While the PUC's revised rate increase made some modest improvements, my pl an represented a more balanced approach,\" Davis said.", "All three commissioners appointed by Davis voted for the increase, while th e two commissioners appointed by former Gov.", "Pete Wilson were opposed.", "Commissioner Richard Bilas, who voted against the increase, said it would push the state into recession and was a \"grave mistake.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Michael Russell (politician)", "sents": [ "Michael William \"Mike\" Russell, (born 9 August 1953) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who is the Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Argyll and Bute constituency.", "He is a professor of culture and governance at the University of Glasgow.", "He has previously worked as a television producer and director and the author of seven books." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Hans-Ulrich Wittchen", "sents": [ "Hans-Ulrich Wittchen (born July 6, 1951 in Bad Salzuflen) is a German clinical psychologist and psychotherapist.", "He has been a head of the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and the Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies (CELOS) at the Technische Universität Dresden since 2000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "William Merlaud-Ponty", "sents": [ "Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty was a French colonial administrator (b.", "4 February 1866 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime; d. 13 June 1915 in Dakar, Senegal).", "He was a Governor General of French West Africa (1908–1915) who particularly interested himself in the economic development and education of Africa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1420_p27", "sents": [ "\"It is the kind of rhetoric one would expect in Indonesia or the Philippines, not the sixth largest economy on the planet,\" he said in a teleconference.", "At the same time, Davis administration officials confirmed that seizing contracts of allegedly profiteering brokers is the most likely last-ditch move if options continue to narrow, ahead of the previously discussed concepts of seizing California power plants owned by out-of-state firms or passing a windfall profits tax.", "Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio pointed out the governor already seized power contracts on which California's investor-owned utilities were defaulting in early February.", "The state, trying to buy its way out of the energy crisis with no clear end in sight, lost a substantial measure of control over electricity prices and supplies to the courts with the recent bankruptcy filing by the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Gov.", "Gray Davis, a Democrat, employed hard-sell tactics Tuesday in an effort to convince reluctant Democrats that their failure to embrace his plan to financially rescue teetering Southern California Edison could plunge that utility into bankruptcy, as well." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p50", "sents": [ "\"There weren't a lot of choices.", "They didn't hold many cards,\" she said of state negotiators.", "Steve Stengel, a spokesman for Dynegy, a Houston-based generator, agreed th at the contracts \"have the potential to take some of the volatility out of the market.\"", "Supply and demand But Reliant spokeswoman Pat Hammond cautioned that \"supply and demand remai n the driving force behind price spikes.\"", "Houston-based Reliant and the state have been negotiating a multiyear contract to no avail.", "Much of the relatively cheap power that the state will purchase during peak periods this summer comes from long-term contracts seized from the defunct Power Exchange, a step taken by the governor earlier this year under his emergency powers.", "The seized contracts provided 1,150 megawatts during February through March for prices ranging from $46 to $91.50 per megawatt-hour.", "In the second quarter, April through June, the contracts are providing 775 megawatts for $53 to $78.50 per megawatt-hour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e19680_p58", "sents": [ "The company also disclosed a $1.2-billion reduction in shareholder equity related to partnerships run by company officers, which allowed Enron to keep about half a billion dollars in debt off its books.", "Those partnerships are now under investigation by the SEC.", "Enron ousted chief financial officer Andrew Fastow, who ran some of the partnerships, and restated its earnings back to 1997. But those actions failed to restore investor confidence.", "Chuck Watson, Dynegy chairman and CEO, will retain those roles for the combined company while Mr. Lay steps down.", "Dynegy spokesman Steve Stengel declined comment yesterday on Mr. Lay's agreement with Enron, noting that the companies will operate independently until the merger is finished.", "Enron spokeswoman Karen Denne said yesterday the compensation provision given a merger or other change of control has been in Mr. Lay's contract since 1989. In February, Jeff Skilling replaced Mr. Lay as president and CEO of Enron and Mr. Lay retained his title as chairman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20451_p40", "sents": [ "Democrats are especially incensed with the alleged paucity of the package's provisions for the growing numbers of jobless, arguing that much of the Do llars 12bn foreseen would not go to individuals but into the reserves of st ates.", "* A fresh round of global trade talks is essential to revitalise the world economy after the terrorist attacks on the US, trade secretary Patricia Hew itt said yesterday, writes Charlotte Denny As a new report predicted that global trade growth will collapse this year, Ms Hewitt warned that the world must not retreat into protectionism or iso lationism in the wake of the attacks.", "WTO trade ministers are gathering in Doha, Qatar, in two weeks' time to discuss launching a new round of talks, the first since the collapse of their meeting in Seattle, nearly two years ago.", "Full coverage of the downturn at www.guardian.co.uk recession Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Francis Waters", "sents": [ "Francis G. Waters, D.D., LL.D., (January 17, 1792 – April 23, 1868) was a methodist minister from Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., and a founding member of the Methodist Protestant Church.", "He was elected as the first president of the church on November 2, 1830, and presided over the general convention, in which the church's constitution was adopted.", "From 1849–1853 Waters served as the second principal of Baltimore City College.", "He also served twice as the president of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thomas Henry Brooker", "sents": [ "Thomas Henry Brooker (30 December 1850 – 11 July 1927) was a politician in colonial South Australia.", "He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1905, representing West Torrens (1890-1902) and Port Adelaide (1902-1905).", "He was Minister for Education and Minister for Industry in the Jenkins ministry from May 1901 to March 1902." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Jean Baptiste Point du Sable", "sents": [ "Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (or Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable) (before 1750 – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent resident of what became Chicago, Illinois.", "Little is known of his life prior to the 1770s.", "In 1779, he was living on the site of present-day Michigan City, Indiana, when he was arrested by the British military on suspicion of being an American sympathizer in the American Revolutionary War.", "In the early 1780s he worked for the British lieutenant-governor of Michilimackinac on an estate at what is now the city of St. Clair, Michigan, before moving to settle at the mouth of the Chicago River.", "He is first recorded living in Chicago in early 1790, having apparently become established sometime earlier.", "He sold his property in Chicago in 1800 and moved to St. Charles, Missouri, where he died in 1818." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5533_p123", "sents": [ "Even if the waiver were grante d, there would a new market for ethanol in Los Angeles to combat carbon monoxi de in the winter anyway.", "Environmental groups welcomed the EPA's decision yesterday.", "Bluewater Netwo rk of San Francisco said a coalition of 93 groups supported maintaining the additive requirement to protect the air and the use of renewable ethanol in gas.", "The requirement could also be a boon to the state's agricultural industry.", "The state has only two plants that make about 10 million gallons of ethanol a year from cheese whey and the sugar and starch from outdated soda pop.", "Six new California plants are planned for next year.", "The boost in ethanol would help farmers who are suffering from global competition and other problems, said Cynthia Cory, director of environmenta l affairs for the California Farm Bureau.", "Chronicle Staff Writers Lynda Gledhill and David Baker contributed to this report." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e478_p7", "sents": [ "And the New York Times has reported that rates paid by consumers have increased a whopping 40 percent just since 1999. Those who would allow the market to work (let the darkness reign) know well that if the market \"works\" to produce New York-style rate increases in California, the consequences to the public would be dire.", "Compare this to Gov.", "Davis' well-structured plan for effective energy conservation and stabilization of the state's electricity market and his expedited program to bring clean, efficient new power plants on line quickly.", "Robert Kennedy would understand Gov.", "Davis' approach and his critics' perspective.", "Michael Kahn is a member of the state Independent System Operator's board of governors.", ",2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 25 Bombshell Warning on Power Cost Spending may double and rates skyrocket, governor's office tells Legislature Greg Lucas, Lynda Gledhill, Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, March 24, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 03 24 M N176940.DTL Top Davis administration officials told lawmakers yesterday that the state may have to spend twice as much as expected on electricity purchases over the next two years - requiring rate increases of as much as 100 percent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10418_p2", "sents": [ "Director of the Department of Water Resources Tom Hannigan: \"Thank you Governor, as the Director of the Department of Water Resources, I am given responsibility for trying to keep the lights on.", "Our fundamental responsibility here is to purchase power at the best possible prices for California consumers and businesses, and to protect the state's ability to purchase power at the best price.", "We are only able to release general information about the bid opening today.", "There were 39 bidders, the majority of them were compliant, the weighted average which included all of the times of the days and nights of the year except for super-peaks was 6.9 cents per kilowatt.", "The useful sample across all times of the day across the spectrum of the year and we are quite pleased with the initial results.", "I look forward to looking through bids and developing some long-term contracts.\"", "Governor Davis: \"I would like to make a further announcement of three people who have been advising me over the last several days, one is Mike Peevey, who is serving as my unpaid special advisor on a whole range of matters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Kabir Ahmad Jaisi", "sents": [ "Prof. Kabir Ahmad Jaisi was born November 16, 1934 at Jais in District Raebarely, Uttar Pradesh.", "He got his early education in Azamgarh at Shibli High School and Shibli Inter College.", "He joined the AMU in 1961 for his graduation.", "He topped the list of the successful candidates in B.A (1963).", "He did his M.A.", "Persian (1965), and Ph.D (1973) from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.", "He died January 7, 2013." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4635_p16", "sents": [ "E-BizChain is being launched as a separate company by its parent company, IntraGlobe, which was founded in 1998 by Jogen Shah.", "http: www.e-bizchain.com Infrastructure Firm NetScaler Gets $35 Million Series D SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- NetScaler, which develops infrastructure technologies that accelerate and protect online transactions, said it secured $35 million in its Series D round of funding.", "New investor Goldman Sachs led the round, which included other new investors Bay Partners and Mellon Ventures as well as previous investors Credit Suisse First Boson and Gabriel Venture Partners.", "Ankur Sahu of Goldman Sachs will join the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding to develop Internet infrastructure devices and applications.", "http: www.netscaler.com Web-Based Teacher Trainer WebED Gets Funding From VIMAC HAMPTON, N.H. -- WebED, which provides online professional development training for educators, said it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Venture Investment Management Company (VIMAC), a Boston-based venture capital firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "50 Cent", "sents": [ "Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, businessman, and investor.", "Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.", "Although he left drug-dealing to pursue a musical career, in 2000 he was shot nine times.", "After Jackson released the compilation album \"Guess Who's Back?\"", "in 2002, he was discovered by Eminem and signed by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Skoal (tobacco)", "sents": [ "Skoal is a brand of dipping tobacco, also known as moist snuff.", "Skoal is produced by the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company (USSTC), which is a subsidiary of Altria.", "It is considered a higher-priced product within the dipping tobacco market.", "Skoal was first produced by USSTC in 1934.", "\"Skoal\" is an Anglicisation of \"skål\", a term used sometimes in Scandinavian regions to announce a toast of friendship, with connotations of well-wishing.", "Skoal Peach Pouches was controversially discontinued in the summer of 2009." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e5725_p61", "sents": [ "Goldberg, of the California Tax Reform Assn., argued that allowing the state to tax plant owners based on market value would bring in more revenue for the entire state.", "As an example, he estimated that a big power plant on Monterey Bay own ed by Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy North America would have paid Monterey County at least an additional $10 million in property taxes last year under the proposed method of assessment.", "The plant, valued by the county at $362 million, is probably worth about $2 billion given market conditions, Goldbe rg said.", "The power industry argues that when California lifted state regulation of power plants in 1998, those plants became businesses no different from a department store or bakery in terms of property tax status.", "\"We would expect to be treated like any other business in California h as been treated since Prop.", "13 went into place,\" said Duke spokesman Tom Williams." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7780_p1", "sents": [ "Williams Communications has named Sharon Crow as vice president of bandwidth risk and optimization management.", "She was previously a gas trader and risk manager with Williams Energy Services, a unit of Williams Co. Williams Communications has one of the largest interstate telecommunications networks in the United States.", "It has recently been adding more telecommunications fiber on both the local and international level, Martin said.", "\"This is a market that may not be at a maturity level that others would like to think it is in terms of ability to trade,\" Martin said.", "That's a clear reference to Enron Corp., which proposed last year that bandwidth be traded as a commodity under standard terms and conditions.", "Enron did the first such trade in December, agreeing to buy DS-3 bandwidth from New York and Los Angeles in monthly increments from Global Crossing Ltd. (GBLX, news, msgs).", "A DS-3 fiber moves data at a rate of 45 megabits per second." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1237_p5", "sents": [ "\"We need to gain control of this out-of-control market and gain control of the price gouging,\" Lofgren said.", "Honda concurred: \"We believe that FERC has a responsibility and they've even said that rates are unjust and unreasonable.", "We need short-term caps.\"", "It was clear that Burton doesn't believe that price caps are the answer.", "In fact, on several occasions, he suggested that capping energy prices might result in even more blackouts as summer approaches.", "Lee suggested that some people believe the only way out of the crisis is some form of re-regulation.", "But Dede Hapner, vice president of regulatory relations for PG&E, said she wasn't sure that was the answer.", "\"We still think a correctly structured market could work.", "It's certainly working in other states,\" Hapner said.", "\"In retrospect, the way the deregulation market was structured was designed to fail.\"", "Today the hearings move to San Diego, where members will hear from representatives of generators that have been accused of overcharging California, including Reliant Energy, Sempra Energy and Williams Energy Services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8276_p7", "sents": [ "http: www.mobli ss.com?", "ASP United Messaging Closes Third Round with $70 Million?", "WEST CHESTER, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- United Messaging, an enterprise messa ging service provider, said it closed a $70 million third round of financing led by Broadview Capital Partners.", "New investors First Union Capital Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, and Brinson Partners, and previous investors Internet Capital Group, Oak Investment Partners, Infinity, and Labrador Ventures participated in the round as well.", "United Messaging is a global application service provider that offers hosted messaging and professional services.", "The company said it will use the funding to expand service platforms in the United States and abroad, to support the launch and promoti on of its existing and upcoming messaging technologies and services, and to op en new sales offices in Europe and Asia.", "Broadview and First Union will each receive a seat on United Messaging's board of directors.", "http: www.unitedmessaging.com ID Management Firm Courion Gets $13.2 Million in Round Two FRAMINGHAM, Mass." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e27220_p3", "sents": [ "<br <br Mr. Janac replaces interim CEO Andrei Manoliu, who remains on the board.<br <br Prior to Covalent Materials, Mr. Janac was entrepreneur-in-residence at Infinity, general manager at Brooks Automation, and CEO of Smart Machines.", "<br <br The company is backed by Alta Partners and individuals.", "font <br <a href=\"http: www.covalentmaterials.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.covalentmaterials.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwNOQJNHLLII\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" AppGate Appoints Alfred Moresi President and CEO< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwNOQJNHLLIIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NOQJNHLLII\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" DURHAM, N.C. -- AppGate, which provides technology for virtual private networks, said it named Alfred Moresi as its president and CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1473_p44", "sents": [ "The utility said its board of directors decided to withhold bonuses to all but two key executives because the financial effects of the energy crisis have overshadowed all other aspects of company and individual performance.", "The two executives who did get bonuses earned them for their roles in preserving the viability of the companies during the crisis and for retention purposes, Edison said.", "Ted Craver, senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at Edison International, was paid $375,000 in 2000 and received a $100,000 bonus.", "His total compensation in 1999 was $652,100. Harold Ray, executive vice president at Southern California Edison, received a salary of $390,000 in 2000 and a bonus of $50,000. His cash compensation in 1999 was $818,400. PG&E paid Chairman Robert D. Glynn Jr. $945,086 in salary and benefits during 2000, a 58 percent decrease from $2.26 million in the prior year, according to the company's proxy statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e10961_p6", "sents": [ "Edison formally asked a group of 23 banks for an extension of a 30-day period of forbearance on a $230-million default, Ted Craver, Edison International's chief financial officer, said in a conference call with debt holders.", "The banks had not yet responded, he said.", "Several electricity generators have said they are willing to wait for the utility debt-relief plan that Davis and legislators have promised in the coming days, the governor's spokesman, Steve Maviglio, said Tuesday.", "\"They have signaled to us that they have patience,\" he said.", "Most of the action in the Capitol on Tuesday centered on Burton's two bills, both of which cleared the Senate Energy Committee and will go next to the Appropriations Committee.", "A third measure, SB 5X by Sen. Byron Sher (D-Stanford), which would provide $1.2 billion in taxpayer subsidies to consumers, government entities and businesses to help pay for conservation measures, also passed.", "Burton said his bill paving the way for the purchase of the transmission grid, SB 33X, is based on the concept of \"willing buyer, willing seller\" and would not lead to any unilateral seizure of utility assets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nightstar (train)", "sents": [ "The Nightstar was a proposed overnight sleeper service from various parts of United Kingdom to continental Europe, via the Channel Tunnel.", "To run alongside the Eurostar and north of London day-time Regional Eurostar services, the Nightstar was the last part in a round-the-clock passenger train utilisation of the Channel Tunnel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Belmond Andean Explorer", "sents": [ "Belmond Andean Explorer, launched in May 2017, is South America's first luxury sleeper train.", "It replaces the eponymous Pullman day train, between Cusco and Puno, at Lake Titicaca.", "By the new train this trip is converted to a one-night journey, and extended from Puno for another overnight ride to Arequipa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p45", "sents": [ "The California Manufacturers and Technology Association warned of layoffs if businesses are forced to pay a disproportionate share.", "But consumer advocat es said it was large-business interests that pressed for deregulation in the first place.", "\"Once again residential and small-business ratepayers, the innocent victims of deregulation, are being forced to pay for the debacle,\" said Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.", "Gov.", "Gray Davis, who resisted rate increases through the first months of th e power crisis, recently offered a proposal of his own to boost rates.", "\"While the PUC's revised rate increase made some modest improvements, my pl an represented a more balanced approach,\" Davis said.", "All three commissioners appointed by Davis voted for the increase, while th e two commissioners appointed by former Gov.", "Pete Wilson were opposed.", "Commissioner Richard Bilas, who voted against the increase, said it would push the state into recession and was a \"grave mistake.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ] }, { "title": "e1473_p41", "sents": [ "\"It's a multibillion-dollar ratepayer bailout of Edison,\" said Doug Heller, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.", "\"Edison gets off scot-free.\"", "Under the most likely scenario, lawmakers will seek to reduce the amount paid for Edison's power lines and to increase the role of the California Public Utilities Commission in regulating the utility.", "They also will try to come up with a workable contingency plan for the state if PG&E remains adamant in its refusal to sell off its part of the power grid.", "\"The deal on the table is still salvageable,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego.", "\"But Edison needs to understand that what it got from the governor is only a framework, not set in stone.\"", "For his part, Bryson signaled that plenty of room existed for give and take on the issue.", "\"We're just at the initial stage,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ernest Emerson", "sents": [ "Ernest R. Emerson (born March 7, 1955) is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert.", "Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial arts class and making art knives early in his knifemaking career.", "In the 1980s he became better known for his combat knives and popularizing a style of knife known as the Tactical-folder." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Alexander Wood (physician)", "sents": [ "Alexander Wood {'1': \", '2': \", '3': 'FRSE PRCPE', '4': \"} (10 December 181726 February 1884), was a Scottish physician.", "He invented the first true hypodermic syringe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9692_p5", "sents": [ "The company said it will use the funds to expand sales, marketing, and product development.", "In addition to the investment, Stan Tims of TL Ventures and Alan Katz of WR Hambrecht + Co will join Isochron's board of directors.", "http: www.isochron.com New Money o Telecom App Firm Synamics Closes $12 Million First Round RICHMOND HILL, Ontario -- Synamics, a provider of telecommunications services software, said it completed its first round of financing, with $12 million from VenGrowth and Arch Venture Partners.", "The funding will be used for new products and opening a new United States office.", "http: www.synamics.com $6.7 Million Round One for B2B Application Provider Ardesic WATERLOO, Ontario -- Ardesic, a provider of suite of applications for business-to-business exchanges, said it secured $6.7 million in a first round of financing led by Celtic House International and TL Ventures.", "Working Ventures Canadian Fund and Waterloo Ventures also contributed to the funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Ecast, Inc.", "sents": [ "Ecast, Inc. was a privately held, venture capital–backed place-based interactive media company that offered advertising, digital music, games, entertainment, and information to bars and nightclubs in the United States.", "The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in San Francisco, California.", "Ecast, Inc. ceased operations when it closed its Jukebox network on March 1, 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Biblioteca Riccardiana", "sents": [ "The Biblioteca Riccardiana (\"Riccardian Library\") is a library in Florence, Italy.", "The library is located in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Lithgow Public Library", "sents": [ "The Lithgow Public Library is the public library of Augusta, Maine.", "Established in 1896, and expanded in both 1979 and 2016, it possesses a collection of approximately 67,000 books." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bryan Callen", "sents": [ "Bryan Christopher Callen (born January 26, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster.", "He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and got his start as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series \"MADtv\".", "Callen is co-host of the successful independent podcast \"The Fighter & The Kid,\" alongside entertainer and former UFC Heavyweight contender Brendan Schaub.", "He regularly appears on the Joe Rogan podcast The Joe Rogan Experience." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Steve Brodie (actor)", "sents": [ "Steve Brodie (born John Stevenson; November 21, 1919 – January 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor from El Dorado in Butler County in south central Kansas.", "Born John Stevenson, he took his screen name from Steve Brodie, a daredevil who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nebraska Zephyr", "sents": [ "The Nebraska Zephyr was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q, commonly known by the shorter name of \"Burlington\") between Chicago, Illinois, Omaha, Nebraska and Lincoln, Nebraska.", "It operated from 1947 to 1971.", "Until 1968 the two original \"Twin Cities Zephyr\" articulated trainsets, the \"Train of the Gods\" and \"Train of the Goddesses\", operated the service and became synonymous with it.", "The \"Nebraska Zephyr\" was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971.", "The \"Train of the Goddess\" set is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Bagh Express", "sents": [ "Bagh Express is a mail/express type train of Indian Railways connecting Kolkata(Howrah) with northern Indian town of Kathgodam(Uttarakhand).", "No pantry car service is available in this train.", "It is a very popular train among tourists of Eastern India, who are going for the Uttarakhand and Jim Corbett National Park trip.", "It travels through Indian states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.", "Major railway stations through which it passes are Bandel Junction, Barddhaman Junction, Asansol Junction, Madhupur Junction, Jasidih Junction, Kiul Junction, Barauni Junction, Samastipur Junction, Muzaffarpur Junction, Sonpur, Nayagaon, Chhapra, Bhatni, Gorakhpur, Basti, Lucknow, Bareilly Junction, Rampur, Haldwani.", "No.", "13019 leaves Howrah Terminus daily at 9:45 P.M. and reaches Kathgodam at 9:30 A.M. second day morning; Similarly 13020 express leaves Kathgodam daily at 9:55 P.M. and reaches Howrah at 12:40 P.M. second day afternoon.", "Advanced reservation is required for all the classes except General class, which can be boarded with a general daily ticket.", "Tatkal scheme facility is available in this train.", "It is hauled by WAM-4/WAP-4 locomotive from Howrah Junction to Kathgodam." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27998_p2", "sents": [ "In a similar story, oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB,49,f2) reported 3Q earnings of $0.34 per share, $0.01 lower than the Street's mean forecast.", "Pharmaceutical titan Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY,60,f2) posted 3Q earnings of $0.63 per share, in line with the First call consensus.", "Sales of the company's diabetes and blood-clotting drugs offset declining sales of its flagship cancer and anxiety medicines.", "Shares of MetLife (MET,27) were trading higher after the insurance and financial services company reported that it was eliminating roughly 1,900 jobs in a move to cut costs amid weakening conditions in the sector.", "The company also reduced its claims estimates associated with the Sept. 11 attacks to roughly $210 million from the previous forecast of $250 million-$300 million.", "The company expects 3Q operating profits of $0.29-$0.31 per share.", "In the days after the attack, analysts surveyed by First Call had dropped their 3Q EPS forecast to $0.14-$0.17 per share." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Manildra Group", "sents": [ "The Manildra Group is an Australian agribusiness based in Sydney.", "It was formed in 1952 when Jack Honan purchased a flour mill in Manildra.", "In 1966 a starch and gluten plant was established in Auburn.", "In the early 1970s, further starch plants opened in Bomaderry and Devonport, Tasmania, a glucose plant in Bomaderry and a flour mill in Gunnedah purchased." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Colleen Barrett", "sents": [ "Colleen Barrett (born 14 September 1944, Bellows Falls, Vermont) is the President Emerita and Corporate Secretary of Southwest Airlines.", "She joined Southwest in 1978, having previously worked for several years as founder Herb Kelleher's executive assistant at his law firm.", "She has served as Secretary of the Corporation, as Vice President Administration from 1986 through 1990, and Executive Vice President from 1990 through 2001.", "Barrett has been consistently named and recognized as one of the most powerful American businesswomen.", "In October, 2007, she received the \"Tony Jannus Award\" for distinguished achievement in commercial air transportation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e26574_p10", "sents": [ "Mr Lay chose Greg Whalley, president and chief operating officer of Enron Wholesale Services, and Mark Frevert, chairman and chief executive of Enron Wholesale Services, from his shortlist of five candidates.", "He has said the men chosen would be in the running for chief executive once he steps down, although he would continue to consider other executives who show potential.", "In line with their appointments, Mr Whalley has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Enron, while Mr Frevert has been promoted to vice-chairman of the company.", "\"In addition to having led Enron Wholesale Services, they have a collective 26 years of extensive experience across Enron's businesses and both played key roles in increasing our deliveries of energy and other commodities in North America and Europe,\" Mr Lay said.", "Mr Whalley, 39, holds a bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2386_p33", "sents": [ "In March 1994, the California Foundation for the Environment and the Econom y, a utility-backed group, sent PUC members, lawmakers and utility executives to the United Kingdom to see a pool in action.", "During a weeklong, dawn-to-dusk blitz, the Californians toured power plants and utility offices and visited the crown jewel of the U.K. system: the National Grid, a kind of stock exchange through which every electron in England and Wales was bought and sold.", "The Californians came away impressed by the Grid and its disciplined tradin g system.", "\"You just wring out the inefficiencies through the bidding,\" Conlon recalle d. \"It just kept driving the rates down.\"", "The compromise Gov.", "Pete Wilson was puffed up with pride on Sept. 23, 1996. It was a sunny San Diego day, and Wilson was there to baptize one of his offspring: a bill to deregulate California's electricity markets.", "\"What we are doing is more than signing a new law,\" Wilson said at the signing ceremony." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Ames True Temper", "sents": [ "Ames True Temper is a multinational corporation headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.", "It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation.", "Ames True Temper specializes in the manufacture of non-powered lawn and garden products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Belize national cricket team", "sents": [ "The Belize national cricket team represents the country of Belize in international cricket matches.", "The team is organised by the Belize National Cricket Association, which has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1997.", "A team representing British Honduras had debuted in 1960, when England visited after its 1959–60 tour of the West Indies.", "Belize's first international tournament was a qualifier for the 2004 ICC Americas Championship, and the team has competed regularly in ICC Americas tournaments since then." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ecuador national rugby league team", "sents": [ "The Ecuador national rugby league team (\"Spanish: rugby league equipo nacional de Ecuador\") represents Ecuador in rugby league.", "They made their debut at the first ever Latino Sevens on 17 October 2015 against Peru." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3564_p2", "sents": [ "By Carrie Peyton, Terri Hardy and Clint Swett Bee Staff Writers (Published May 31, 2001) Up and down California, businesses, government agencies, campuses and other s are scrambling to join the millions who will escape this summer's predicted waves of rolling blackouts.", "Some have gotten state regulators to change blackout rules.", "Some have given different versions of their needs to utilities, changing their stories in ways that satisfy exemption standards.", "Some have persuaded legislators to propose laws just for them.", "\"People that have political power or economic power are going to find ways of getting exempted.", "It happens all the time,\" said Richard Bilas, one of five appointed members of the state Public Utilities Commission.", "Every addition to the largely confidential list of those exempt from outage s boosts the frequency of blackouts for everyone else.", "While a few thousand institutions -- including hospitals, fire departments and prisons -- are deemed \"essential\" users who should not be blacked out, nearly half the state is spared outages because millions more share circuit s with those exempt facilities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e8955_p0", "sents": [ "'Electricity prices soar as changes take hold: Tab skyrockets under rule easing wholesale controls By Carrie Peyton Bee Staff Writer (Published Dec. 12, 2000) Some wholesale electricity prices on California's Power Exchange nearly tripled between Friday and Monday and others nearly quadrupled, while officials declared another electric emergency.", "In the first full business day under new, sharply disputed trading rules aimed at averting blackouts, prices of electricity on the Power Exchange, where the bulk of California's electricity is bought and sold, surged far above Friday's $250 per megawatt hour.", "The day's first PX auction produced average prices of $904 per megawatt hour, and a second auction used to adjust transmission line use produced prices of $668. One year ago, the average PX price was about $30, Power Exchange spokesman Jesus Arredondo said.", "\"Prices were crazy yesterday and they're crazier today,\" Arredondo said.", "\"This will be the most expensive month ever in California, I'm sure of it.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Clue of the Black Keys", "sents": [ "The Clue of the Black Keys is the twenty-eighth volume in the Nancy Drew mystery series.", "It was first published in 1951 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.", "The actual authors were ghostwriters Wilhelmina Rankin and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "A Letter for Tomorrow", "sents": [ "A Letter for Tomorrow (Persian: نامه‌ای برای فردا‎ ‎ ; also translated \"Letter for the Future\") is an open letter first published on 3 May 2004, by then-President of Iran Mohammad Khatami, addressing Iranian citizens, especially the youth.", "The letter was later published as a book by Khatami Culture House Institute.", "He promised to write the letter at a 27 April 2004 meeting with youth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Haim Saban", "sents": [ "Haim Saban ( ; Hebrew: חיים סבן‎ ‎ ; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, philanthropist, musician, record, film & television producer.", "A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an estimated net worth of $3 billion, he is ranked by \"Forbes\" as the 232nd richest person in America.", "Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment, producer and distributor of children's television programs in the US such as \"Power Rangers.\"", "He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Univision Communications.", "He is a major donor to the US Democratic Party and active in pro-Israel political efforts in the US.", "In March 2017, Saban was honored with the 2,605th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3793_p90", "sents": [ "Falling spot and forward electricity prices in California and elsewhere als o have hurt shares, analysts said.", "Shares of Calpine have fallen 21 percent since May 21. Shares of Reliant ha ve fallen 13 percent since May 24. NRG Energy has fallen 13 percent since May 24. \"Investors are concerned about the PG&E bankruptcy proceeding,\" Calpine spokesman Richard Barraza said in an interview in New York.", "PG&E Corp.'s utility, California's biggest, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early April with almost $9 billion in losses from buying electricity at soaring prices that couldn't be passed on to customers.", "Falling power prices also contributed to the share-price decline, Commerzba nk Securities analyst Andre Meade said.", "Electricity in the California-Oregon border region for day-ahead delivery fell Wednesday to the lowest level in 11 months, dropping 12 percent to $60 a megawatt-hour, according to Bloomberg Energy Service statistics.", "A megawatt hour can light 750 California homes f or an hour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e942_p8", "sents": [ "Debt of San Jose, California-based Calpine, which has at least 15 power plants operating or under construction in the Golden State, was among the hardest hit, traders said.", "NRG Energy Inc., Dynegy Inc., Duke Energy Corp., and other power producers with less exposure to California also saw drops as bond investors grew concerned that write-offs would threaten credit ratings.", "``There are a number of suppliers who are owed money and are hoping to be paid,'' said Mark Luftig, fund manager of the Strong American Utilities Fund in Jersey City, New Jersey.", "Concern bills will remain unpaid, along with worries utilities in other states may suffer from deregulation, has caused utility debt to lag corporate bonds.", "Gas- and electric-utility bonds rose 3.3 percent this year including price gains and interest, according to a Merrill Lynch & Co. index, less than the 4.7 percent gain on United States investment-grade corporate bonds.", "Yields on Calpine's 8.5 percent notes due in 2011 have risen about 0.4 percentage point since Friday to 3.6 percentage points above United States Treasuries, traders said, though Moody's Investors Service today confirmed the company's ``Ba1'' senior debt ratings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Sind–Pishin State Railway", "sents": [ "The Sind–Pishin State Railway (reporting mark SPR) was the name of a broad gauge line that ran between Rohri, Sindh and Chaman, Balochistan.", "In 1886, the southern section of the Sind–Pishin State Railway was amalgamated with the Kandahar State Railway and several other railways to form the North Western State Railway (NWR).", "Today the line is still active and part of the Rohri–Chaman Railway Line." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27917_p5", "sents": [ "Most recently he served as vice president of biotechnology at Structural BioInformatics, where he was also a co-founder.", "BioStratum has received more than $41 million from undisclosed investors through six rounds to date.", "Founded in 1994, the company has approximately 31 employees.", "<http: www.biostratum.com * Telelogue Promotes Robert Burke to COO top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IJOIMIHNII ISELIN, N.J. -- Telelogue, which provides telecommunications services that make use of automated speech recognition, said it promoted Robert Burke to chief operating officer.", "He previously served as its vice president of corporate development and general counsel.", "Before Telelogue, he was a managing partner at iPoint Ventures.", "Telelogue is backed by Pequot Capital Management and iPoint.", "<http: www.telelogue.com * Amisys Promotes Several Management Members top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NQHNMKHNII ROCKVILLE, MD.", "-- Amisys, an information management technology company for health care payers, announced new management promotions.", "Kathleen McCarthy was appointed chief operating officer.", "Ms. McCarthy joined the company in 1993 and most recently served as general manager." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Correct Craft", "sents": [ "Correct Craft is a United States-based builder of powerboats primarily for waterskiing and wakeboard use.", "It was founded in 1925 by Walt C. Meloon as the Florida Variety Boat Company.", "Correct Craft is the oldest family-owned and operated boat manufacturer in the world.", "Correct Craft owns Nautique, Centurion, Supreme, Bass Cat, Yar-Craft, SeaArk and Bryant boat companies, Pleasurecraft Engine Group, and Aktion Parks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6703_p1", "sents": [ "Copyright The Sacramento Bee Dan Walters: Political, financial mischief slide quietly into annual state budget (Published July 18, 2001) As wholesale energy prices began to soar last year, California utilities sought relief from the volatile spot market, including the authority to negotiate long-term supply contracts.", "In early June 2000, the state Public Utilities Commission voted 3-2 -- with PUC President Loretta Lynch in strong dissent -- to allow long-term power purchases outside the California Power Exchange, which was then the only permissible source.", "A few days later, someone slipped into a complex, multipart bill related You can see the rest of this story at: http: www.capitolalert.com news capalert04_20010718.html Copyright The Sacramento Bee" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Gazprom Armenia", "sents": [ "Gazprom Armenia (Armenian: Գազպրոմ Արմենիա ), formerly known as ArmRosGazprom (Armenian: ՀայՌուսգազարդ ; Russian: Армросгазпром ), is a subsidiary of the Russian Gazprom company in Armenia.", "It was founded in 1997 as a joint Russian-Armenian natural gas pipeline project.", "When it was founded, the Russian state gas monopolist Gazprom owned 45% of stock, the Energy Ministry of Armenia 45% and the ITERA company 10%.", "In 2014, Gazprom became the sole owner of the company and renamed it Gazprom Armenia.", "Director General of the company is Karen Karapetyan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2479_p12", "sents": [ "Shares of Procter & Gamble, for example, moved up 1.69 to 66.19, one of the better moves by consumer-product stocks, which generally aren't sensitive to economic weakness.", "Utilities also proved popular.", "Duke Energy gained 1.87 to 45.84, Public Service Enterprise Group advanced 1.08 to 46.20, and Enron climbed 3.09 to 59.20. The Dow Jones Utility Average increased 5, or 1.3%, to 383.74. Energy stocks rose briskly, after weekly inventory data released late Tuesday tamped down some of the concerns about increasing reserves stoked by reports last week.", "Chevron gained 1.63 to 95.43, Texaco added 1.28 to 71.10, and Exxon Mobil moved ahead 98 cents to 89.72. Oil-services and equipment providers, which have been in a funk, recovered nicely, with Schlumberger gaining 1.14 to 62.95, Halliburton advancing 1.28 to 42.51, and B.J.", "Services improving 1.39 to 75.90. Maxim Integrated Products (Nasdaq) fell 2.51 to 49.49. The Sunnyvale, Calif., maker of analog circuits posted fiscal third-quarter results late Tuesday that matched Wall Street's projections, but also gave details about the expected decline in its revenue and earnings in the fourth quarter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Club Harlem", "sents": [ "Club Harlem was a nightclub at 32 Kentucky Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.", "Founded in 1935 by Leroy \"Pop\" Williams, it was the city's premier club for black jazz performers.", "Like its Harlem counterpart, the Cotton Club, many of Club Harlem's guests were white, wealthy and eager to experience a night of African-American entertainment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3552_p9", "sents": [ "The round was funded by new investors 3i and SEB Foretagsinvest, and previous investors InnovationsKapital and individuals.", "SEB and 3i each invested $1.9 million, while previous investors InnovationsKapital and individuals invested $378,000. Arexis also said it received $472,000 in convertible debt financing from the Swedish Industrial Development Fund.", "Arexis said the funding would be used to build up its research organization and is expected to last up to two years.", "The company' s post-money valuation is $9.45 million.", "Laurie Rostron of 3i and Johan Christenson of SEB joined the board of directors, which now has six directors.", "Arexis also announced the appointment of Lennart Hansson as CEO and Bjorn Lowendadler as chief scientific officer.", "Mr. Hansson is replacing acting CEO and co-founder, Vidar Wendel-Hansen, who will now be the chief business officer.", "http: www.arexis.com SpeedGreetings Raises $3M Series A mail?", "top BETHESDA, Md.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- SpeedGreetings, which designs, prints and mails customized correspondence, said it raised $3 million in its Series A round from investors including Mail2000, a subsidiary of the United States Postal Service (USPS)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Henry Baldwin Hyde", "sents": [ "Henry Baldwin Hyde, (February 15, 1834–May 2, 1899) was an American businessman.", "He is notable for having founded The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in 1859.", "By the time of Hyde's death, The Equitable was the largest life insurance company in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gudesteus (bishop of Oviedo)", "sents": [ "Gudesteus or Gudesteo (died 1008x12) was the tenth Bishop of Oviedo.", "He served as an auxiliary bishop to Bishop Bermudo, perhaps by then old and physically weak, from at least 978 and succeeded him as sole bishop on his death, probably in 992.", "On folio 49 of the \"Libro gótico de los testamentos\" of Oviedo, Bermudo and Gudesteus appear beside each in a miniature illustration." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Paul I of Constantinople", "sents": [ "Paul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor (died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337 AD.", "Paul became involved in the Arian controversy which drew in the Emperor of the West, Constans, and his counterpart in the East, his brother Constantius II.", "Paul was installed and deposed three times from the See of Constantinople between 337 and 351.", "He was murdered by strangulation during his third and final exile in Cappadocia.", "His feast day is on November 6." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Don Rickles", "sents": [ "Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author.", "He became well known as an insult comic.", "His prominent film roles included \"Run Silent, Run Deep\" (1958) with Clark Gable and \"Kelly's Heroes\" (1970) with Clint Eastwood, and beginning in 1976 he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the NBC television sitcom \"C.P.O.", "Sharkey\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ashley Roberts", "sents": [ "Ashley Allyn Roberts (born September 14, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, model, presenter, and television personality, best known as a former member of the modern burlesque group and dance ensemble The Pussycat Dolls.", "She departed from the band in February 2010, in order to pursue a solo singing and acting career, but also due to the overemphasis on the band's main singer, Nicole Scherzinger." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7112_p17", "sents": [ "But the original Davis bailout plan -- negotiated, oddly, on behalf of the state by former Southern California Edison president Michael Peevey -- received little support beyond that of Edison and the Los Angeles Times, on whose board Edison International chairman John Bryson, one of the principal backers of deregulation, once sat.", "So Davis joined with Hertzberg for slightly tougher versions of the original deal, only to see them languish, with only the substantially tougher version backed by Burton, his frequent antagonist, currently standing.", "Of the $1 million Davis raised from utilities and energy companies since he started running for governor (he has stopped taking energy money), Edison has provided by far the biggest chunk, over 35 percent.", "This is twice as much as given by now bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric, a larger company.", "The ties and tilt are obvious.", "Not only did Peevey head the administration's negotiation with the utilities, but former Edison executive Vikram Budhraja has a $6.2 million state contract to manage the state's $43 billion in long-term power contracts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e293_p18", "sents": [ "\"We hope the headache was mostly at the front end,\" Sachs said.", "\"The real issue is that all local governments have to be in the energy market so it's a great chance for these people to learn about what is going on.\"", "Macy's department stores in San Diego have also unplugged from SDG&E and contracted for power from New Energy Ventures.", "The department store chain made the switch to save money, said Russ Brown, energy manager for Macy's Western division, but he declined to discuss the amount of savings the stores hope to achieve.", "\"Nobody does this to lose money,\" Brown said.", "New Energy Ventures, which is supplying power to Macy's, meanwhile, touts itself as the biggest winner in the new market.", "The Los Angeles-based company says it's won about 40 percent of the power load now being supplied by companies other than the major utilities.", "The company says the key to its success has been shared-savings contracts with customers, in which the power company and its customers share the savings that are achieved through the relationship, said Michael Peevey, the company's chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rachida Brakni", "sents": [ "Rachida Brakni (born 15 February 1977) is a French actress of Algerian origin.", "She is married to Éric Cantona, an actor and ex-professional footballer whom she met on the film set of \"Outremangeur\" in 2002." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Monty Woolley", "sents": [ "Monty Woolley (August 17, 1888May 6, 1963) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor.", "At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his best-known role in the stage play and 1942 film \"The Man Who Came to Dinner\".", "His distinctive white beard was his trademark and he was affectionately known as \"The Beard.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mark Robson (footballer)", "sents": [ "Mark Robson (born 22 May 1969 in Upton Park, London) is an English former footballer and former joint head coach of Barnet.", "He is currently first team coach for Aston Villa and assistant coach for the England national under-17 team.", "Robson is particularly known for his association with Charlton having spent four years there as a player and eight as a coach." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Bill Nicholls (Vanuatuan footballer)", "sents": [ "Bill Nicholls (born 3 June 1993) is a Vanuatuan footballer who plays as a forward for Magenta.", "He made his debut for the national team in November 2015 in their 2–1 win against Fiji in which he scored the second goal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Diastrophic dysplasia", "sents": [ "Diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is an autosomal recessive dysplasia which affects cartilage and bone development.", "(\"Diastrophism\" is a general word referring to a twisting.)", "Diastrophic dysplasia is due to mutations in the \"SLC26A2\" gene." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Muckle–Wells syndrome", "sents": [ "Muckle–Wells syndrome (MWS), also known as urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome (UDA), is a rare autosomal dominant disease which causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis.", "Individuals with MWS often have episodic fever, chills, and joint pain.", "As a result, MWS is considered a type of periodic fever syndrome.", "MWS is caused by a defect in the CIAS1 gene which creates the protein cryopyrin.", "MWS is closely related to two other syndromes, familial cold urticaria and neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease—in fact, all three are related to mutations in the same gene and subsumed under the term cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27974_p1", "sents": [ "The developer of distributed computing technology for enterprises got first-round funding from Polaris Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Sofinnova.", "Post-money valuation was $25 million.", "Meanwhile there was a strong showing in private equity as two firms closed over-subscribed funds.", "Berkshire Partners said it has closed Fund VI with $1.7 billion, about $450 million above its target.", "And the Riverside Company closed its third fund at $413 million, 65% ahead of its goal.", "The secret to their success?", "Both firms will concentrate on buyouts and other private equity deals and avoid venture capital investments.", "- By John Fuller <mailto:[email protected] The complete text of the stories below, as well as 37 additional venture-capital and private-company stories, are available today exclusively to subscribers to our new, premium service, VentureWire Professional.", "Find out more.", "<http: professional.venturewire.com m2_professional.asp EXECUTIVE SUMMIT Fairmont San Jose, CA November 6, 2001 Executive Summit <http: events.venturewire.com summit Roger B. McNamee General Partner Integral Capital Partners If not the most widely known technology investor, Roger is undoubtedly the most widely quoted." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e28005_p1", "sents": [ "Also trying to take advantage of the biotech market is Senmed Medical Ventu res, which operates the venture capital arm of Sentron Medical.", "The Cincinn ati-based firm, which invests in mid-stage medical companies, is preparing to raise its first venture capital fund from outside investors, Skip Dederi ck, the firm's group director of venture projects, told VentureWire.", "Senmed which now operates an evergreen fund, will begin talking to potential lim ited partners, targeting approximately $150 million.", "- By John Fuller <mail to:[email protected] The complete text of the stories below, as well as 35 additional venture-ca pital and private-company stories, are available today exclusively to subsc ribers to our new, premium service, VentureWire Professional.", "Find out more <http: professional.venturewire.com m2_professional.asp EXECUTIVE SUMMIT Fairmont San Jose, CA November 6, 2001 Executive Summit <http: events.venturewire.com summit Robert C. Miller Chief Executive Officer Slam Dunk Networks A veteran of Silicon Valley, Bob Miller began his career at IBM, where as o ne of the youngest R&D lab directors in the company's history he led the cr eation of the first large-scale plasma panels -- the forerunner to the flat -screen television of today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27919_p19", "sents": [ "<http: www.safe-reuse.com * Digital Content Services Firm Simulacra Media Raises $615K top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=INONQNHNII LONDON -- Simulacra Media, a consultancy that provides services to assist organizations in managing and distributing digital content, said it raised GBP 430,000 ($615,000) in funding.", "Investors included FirstStage Capital.", "Simulcara said it will use the new capital to implement its strategy for growth over the next three years, invest further in its technology, and expand staff.", "<http: www.simulacramedia.com * PR Platform Provider Vocus Gets $2.5M Credit Facility top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=HHLNLLINII LANHAM, MD.", "-- Vocus, a provider of a Web-based public relations automation platform for the public relations industry, said it has closed a $2.5 million revolving credit facility.", "VentureBank@PNC underwrote the facility, which will provide working capital to assist Vocus in pursuing its growth strategy and expanding customer base.", "In June the company raised a $13.4-million Series B round from Carmel Associaties, Edison Venture Fund, Lazard Technology Partners, and Sterling Venture Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4329_p9", "sents": [ "http: www.productpop.com Billing, Customer Care Firm Raises $6 Million in First Round LAUREL, Md.", "-- ASC Billing Solutions, a provider of convergent billing and customer care services and products for the communications industry, said it has raised $6 million in its first round of funding.", "Edison Venture Fund led the round, with Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds and STI Ventures participating as co-investors.", "The company said it will use the funds for marketing, sales, and engineering activities to enhance its products.", "http: www.ascglobe.com Israeli Security Firm Safewww Launches with $3.5 Million UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Safewww, which provides identity protection and authorization technologies, said it launched its service and established a new office in Uniondale, N.Y.", "The company has raised $3.5 million in capital through seed and Series A fundings.", "Investors in these rounds included a subsidiary of Cohen, as well as individuals from New York and Argentina.", "The money was used to establish the company's New York headquarters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6937_p9", "sents": [ "And orders for new generators have been canceled.", "-By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4604; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "UK: Carrots and sticks to turn big business greener.", "By Andrew Callus 07 26 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Stricter environmental laws, flagged by last week's climate change conference, have companies scrambling to link investment strategies to making money from helping save the planet.", "Governments from 186 countries returned home from a climate change meeting in Bonn with the task of making the 1997 Kyoto protocol on combatting global warming into law.", "After that, they must find ways to meet their respective carbon emissions limits by 2012, or face penalties.", "The deal reached in Bonn will allow the trading of greenhouse gas emissions whereby a company polluting below its limit can sell credits to a company polluting more than is allowed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Jim Christensen", "sents": [ "James (Jim) Christensen is an economist, investor and mathematician who is currently the Managing Director for Global Multi-Asset at Queensland Investment Corporation.", "He is the former Chief Investment Officer of Telstra Super which is Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund.", "He has over 20 years of experience and has been widely successful in the Australian investment industry.", "James is heavily quoted on his economic viewpoints in various Australian and international media, and presents at numerous functions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kilwa Kisiwani", "sents": [ "Kilwa Kisiwani is a community on an Indian Ocean island off the southern coast of present-day Tanzania in eastern Africa.", "Historically, it was the center of the Kilwa Sultanate, a medieval sultanate whose authority at its height in the 13th-15th centuries AD stretched the entire length of the Swahili Coast.", "Kilwa Kisiwani has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site along with the nearby stonetown Songo Mnara." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e27446_p0", "sents": [ "'Further info: The Bay Islands are located about 40 miles north of the coast of Honduras in the western Caribbean Sea.", "The largest of the Bay Islands, Roatan measures approximately 29 miles long and 2 miles wide.", "A mountainous ridge runs along the center of the island creating scenic hiking through tropical trees, pockets of rainforest, vines and flowers to dramatic vistas overlooking the ocean and reef.", "Along the coast are diverse ecosystems from intricate mangroves and dramatic iron shore coastline to beautiful sandy beaches and inlets.", "And of course, just a short distance from shore is the barrier reef that has made Roatan famous for spectacular diving.", "The average temperature in Roatan is a balmy 80 F. The trade winds provide a constant gentle breeze.", "The Islanders speak both English and Spanish and welcome the tourist trade.", "The island has a modern airport, phones, faxes, paved road, and electricity; however, Roatan is still laid-back!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sentencing Reform Act", "sents": [ "The Sentencing Reform Act, part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, was a U.S. federal statute intended to increase consistency in United States federal sentencing.", "It established the United States Sentencing Commission.", "It also abolished federal parole, except for persons convicted under federal law before November 1, 1987, persons convicted under District of Columbia law, \"transfer treaty\" inmates, persons who violated military law who are in federal civilian prisons, and persons who are defendants in state cases and who are under the U.S.", "Marshals Service Witness Protection Program." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009", "sents": [ "The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, formally known as the Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act of 2009, was an Act of Congress created to reform the way the Pentagon contracts and purchases major weapons systems.", "It was signed into law on May 22 , 2009 by President Barack Obama." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2658_p26", "sents": [ "I put a restaurant on a boat.\"", "Last month, he launched what he believes is the first-ever water limousine, a 30-foot yacht complete with wet bar, sound system, leather couches, TV and VCR that takes small groups to waterfront restaurants and bars, just like a limo does on land.", "Sometimes, his clients hop off and dine at one of the restaurants on the Kemah Boardwalk while the limo is anchored beside it.", "In other cases, waiters deliver the food to the boat, equipped with removable dining tables that can seat 14, and the customers dine while cruising Clear Lake.", "Lober was a natural shoo-in for a career on the water.", "His father owned a supply boat business in Houston and a fleet of shrimp boats based in Trinidad.", "He eventually became president of his dad's supply boat business after getting a master's degree in maritime management from Texas A&M Maritime Academy in Galveston in 1981. But he still had that idea from second grade that grew from living on a boat to providing exclusive entertainment on the water." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Tern (company)", "sents": [ "Tern is a privately held company that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells versatile bikes for everyday use.", "The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan and has offices in the US, China, Finland, and the UK.", "The company's primary products include folding bicycles and cycling accessories, which are currently sold in 65 countries.", "Though founded only in 2011, the company's bikes have already received a number of international design awards, including iF and Red Dot awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Portia Nelson", "sents": [ "Portia Nelson (May 27, 1920 – March 6, 2001) was an American popular singer, songwriter, actress, and author.", "She was best known for her appearances in the most prestigious 1950s cabarets, where she sang an elegant repertoire in a soprano noted for its silvery tone, perfect diction, intimacy, and meticulous attention to words." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ramón Vinay", "sents": [ "Ramón Vinay (August 31, 1911 – January 4, 1996) was a famous Chilean operatic tenor with a powerful, dramatic voice.", "He is probably best remembered for his appearances in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera \"Otello\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6509_p4", "sents": [ "Gov.", "Gray Davis and California officials who attended the 15-day talks pressed for $8.9 billion in refunds, but Wagner said that amount can't be substantiated.", "\"That very large refunds are due is clear,\" Wagner wrote, likely amounting to \"hundreds of million of dollars, probably more than a billion dollars in an aggregate sum.\"", "The judge recommended a method for calculating refunds back to October; California's estimate was based on figures from May 1, 2000. The differences between what the state wants and what the sellers believe they owe should be decided in a trial-type, evidentiary hearing, Wagner said.", "Jan Smutny-Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers, said the state's refund estimate was based on a \"faulty analysis\" and the judge was correct in lowering the amount.", "Davis said he hoped the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would reject the lowered recommendation.", "Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times July 16, 2001 Monday Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 1; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1785 words HEADLINE: THE NATION; Smog Feared in Power Buildup; Electricity: Bush administration's plan for up to 1,900 plants over 20 years poses a threat to air quality, especially in the Midwest and South, experts say." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e5676_p1", "sents": [ "As folks are aware, we have been engaged in closed-door negotiations for the past two weeks regarding a possible market-based solution to California's electricity crisis.", "In the room are the major large customer groups, environmentalists, small customers (TURN), Independent Energy Producers, labor, the Western States Petroleum Association, and Enron.", "The negotiations were convened by the Speaker of the Assembly (Bob Hertzberg).", "When Hertzberg convened the meeting, he told the parties that he wanted to achieve a core noncore structure, similar to the structure in place in California's gas market (i.e., large customers are required to buy gas from the market, with Direct Access available to all other customers).", "In effect, \"core\" customers (rez and small business) would be served by the utilities' retained generating assets and QF contracts; and large customers would go to market.", "The core noncore structure would begin 1.1.03. The negotiating group has struggled over the past two weeks, but is close devising a framework for core noncore in Californis (but who pays for the utilities' past debts and the costs of DWR power purchased between January and today remain very contentious)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Barton Biggs", "sents": [ "Barton Michael Biggs (November 26, 1932 – July 14, 2012) was a money manager whose attention to emerging markets marked him as one of the world's first and foremost global investment strategists, a position he held—after inventing it in 1985—at Morgan Stanley, where he worked as a partner for over 30 years.", "Following his retirement in 2003, he founded Traxis Partners, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund, based in Greenwich, Connecticut.", "He is best known for accurately predicting the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1368_p35", "sents": [ "While Edison was finally acknowledging the losses it suffered last year as a result of the situation in California, Houston-based Dynegy, a power producer that co-owns almost 3,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the state, reported that its first quarter earnings jumped 73 percent.", "The news sent the company's shares surging 5.27 percent, or $2.80, to $55.95. Dynegy, of course, is one of 13 companies that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says overcharged the state's grid operator $69 million last December and January.", "The FERC has ordered the companies to either justify the prices or refund the money.", "Also Tuesday: Enron Corp., another Houston-based energy trading company that's made a killing in California, said recurring income rose 18 percent, beating estimates, and confidently raised its projections for the rest of 2001. The earnings news lifted Enron's shares about 1 percent on Wall Street and prompted Salomon Smith Barney analyst Raymond Niles to raise his estimate on the company's 2001 earnings even though PG&E, the state's other distressed utility, owes Enron more than half a billion dollars." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4662_p3", "sents": [ "Point your browser to http: vcast.premconf.com.", "(Do not include WWW in the URL.)", "1. At the VisionCast Home Page, click on \"Attend a Private Conference.\"", "2. Follow all directions given regarding additional technology required (if any).", "3. You will be prompted for an Event Name, your name, and your company name.", "4. Event Name: vc471360 5. Fill in all fields and click \"Continue.\"", "SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS * Internet connection not reliant on the phone line you will use for the call * A Java-enabled browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or higher, Netscape Navigator 3.02 or higher, or Sun Hot JAVA * Close all desktop applications and disable your screen saver A recording of this call (audio only) will be available until November 17, 2000. To access this recording, please call 1-888-203-1112 (within the United States) or (719) 457-0820 (outside the United States).", "Please use confirmation number 471360 to access the call." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Walton Motors", "sents": [ "Walton Motors, produced by Walton Group was established in 1977.", "Walton is the first motorcycle manufacturer of Bangladesh with different models of 80cc to 150cc motorcycle.", "The company exports products in different countries of the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19506_p69", "sents": [ "``We are moving aggressively to strengthen our balance sheet and maintain our investment grade credit rating,'' McMahon said.", "McMahon, then head of Enron's industrial markets group, was named CFO last week.", "Fastow was ousted in an attempt to restore investor confidence.", "``It seems until we know more about the SEC investigation, it's going to be a difficult time for the stock,'' said Tara Gately, an energy analyst at Loomis Sayles & Co., which sold most of its Enron shares early last year.", "J.P. Morgan is advising Enron on the sale of part of Azurix.", "Salomon Smith Barney is the investment-banking arm of Citigroup Inc. --Russell Hubbard in the Princeton newsroom, 609-750-4651 USA: Enron United States energy trade so far skirts credit woes.", "By Joseph Silha 11 01 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Enron Corp., whose shares slumped again on Thursday amid investors' concerns over a credit crunch, has yet to see that fear seriously dent its dealings with other giants of the United States gas and power markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "SELCO India", "sents": [ "SELCO Solar Light Pvt.", "Ltd. is a for-profit social enterprise based in Bangalore, India.", "SELCO has played an instrumental role in improving living standards of poor households in rural India especially in the state of Karnataka through solar energy based interventions and low smoke cook stoves.", "In recognition of the services towards reduction of the gap in access to energy, SELCO has been awarded the prestigious Ashden Awards (also known as the \"Green Oscars\") twice, in years 2005 and 2007.", "SELCO India was founded in 1995 by Dr.Harish Hande an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur with INR 15,000 funding from its co-founder Mr. Neville Williams.", "SELCO India has installed solar light systems in 350,000 houses till date." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4474_p0", "sents": [ "\"This email will confirm the meeting in Portland for October 3rd and 4th.", "I would like to start the meeting at 11:00 a.m.", "Please let me know immediately if this presents a problem with your schedule.", "Christian Yoder, Mary Hain, Gary Fergus, and I will be meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3rd to discuss our response to the CPUC subpoena.", "Please let me know if you would like to attend this meeting.", "Finally, I have asked everyone to schedule a day and a half for this meeting.", "Although we may be finished on Tuesday, I thought it was prudent to leave Wednesday open for further discussion.", "Please feel free to call me at (713) 853-5587 if you have any questions.", "The contact in Enron's Portland office is Jan King.", "Jan's number is (504) 464-8814. Thanks.", "Richard Sanders\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e7351_p0", "sents": [ "'I just want to confirm how we have agreed to proceed: We will start our work focussing on b) Commercially Significant Interfaces\" rather than \"a) Identification etc.\"", "on the understanding that our work on the regional issues may shift into a discussion of a).", "We will work in three sub-groups: Northeast (Roy Boston, Steve Montovano, Aleck Dadson), South (Ricardo Charvel, Kathleen Magruder, Jeff Dasovich) and Northwest (Rob Hemstock and one or both of Jeff Dasovich Mary Hain*).", "* I will approach Mary Hain to join the group and work in the Northwest subgroup.", "Each subgroup will produce a workplan and focus document by the end of February.", "Those three documents will be circulated to the whole group and discussed on a conference call for the whole group in the first week in March.", "Each subgroup will make their own determination about how they will carry out their work: meetings, telephone calls, e-mail, etc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Luxe (company)", "sents": [ "Luxe is a technology company that develops, markets and operates the Luxe mobile app, an on-demand parking and car services mobile application.", "Using Luxe, customers can submit a request to have their car parked, fueled, washed, charged, serviced or driven home by the company's valets.", "Luxe was acquired by Uber in June 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20477_p21", "sents": [ "OFFICIAL CORRECTION Enron long-term ratings downgraded to Baa2 - Moody's 10 29 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd (Moody's corrected its stance on Enron ratings to a downgrade) NEW YORK (AFX) - Moody's Investors Service said it has lowered the senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Enron Corp from Baa1 to Baa2 following a deterioration in Enron's financial flexibility since the company announced significant writedowns as well as equity charges in previously undisclosed partnership investments.", "The long-term debt ratings remain on review for further downgrade, Moody's said.", "Moody's also placed the company's Prime-2 rating for commercial paper on review for downgrade.", "Moody's initially placed Enron's long-term debt ratings on review on Oct 16. The write-downs and equity charges led to a substantial loss in investor confidence that has led to a more than halving of Enron's share price and difficulties in rolling over commercial paper, according to Moody's." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stena Sphere", "sents": [ "The Stena Sphere consists of the three parent companies, Stena AB, Stena Sessan AB and Stena Metall AB, wholly owned by the Olsson family.", "Together they make up one of Sweden’s largest family-owned corporate groups.", "The group’s revenue was US$ 6.55 billion in 2009.", "CEO of the group is Dan Sten Olsson." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6999_p99", "sents": [ "In the last 18 months, Sempra Energy's trading subsidiary has raked in $310 million in profit.", "That's $120 million more than the sum Sempra paid for th e trading outfit 3 1 2 years ago.", "And analysts expect profit to climb higher as the trading arm continues to take advantage of volatile energy markets in California and across the United States.", "The trading activities of San Diego-based Sempra are drawing increasing scrutiny from regulators and consumer watchdogs who question why the state is doling out attractive energy contracts to a company that already is flush with cash.", "Records recently revealed that a Sempra power generator sold all its capacity at attractive prices over an extended period to the California Department of Water Resources, which has been procuring power for the state 's largest utilities.", "\"Sempra has become like the multimillionaire that refuses to tip,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6070_p2", "sents": [ "Meanwhile, the Senate Energy Price Manipulation Select Committee chaired by Senator Joe Dunn (D-Santa Ana) will meet this upcoming Tuesday and vote on contempt citations against generators Mirant and Enron who failed to comply with subpoenas for documents.", "According to the committee, six other suppliers of energy -- AES, Williams, Reliant, Dynegy, Duke and ERG -- have until Tuesday to turn over documents.", "* The state PUC cancelled its continuation meeting on Tuesday, dealing with the \"suspension of the right of retail end users of electricity to acquire service from providers other than the DWR or a public entity\" and any other items relating to the DWR's Power Supply Revenue Bonds.", "Written letters received by the Department of Finance, State Treasurer's Office, and the DWR all urged the PUC to postpone its hearing until mid-August so that interested parties can resolve their issues.", "* State Controller Connell released unedited versions of $43 billion worth of power contracts with 18 power generators negotiated by the governor's energy consultants on Monday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Timothy Dwight V", "sents": [ "Timothy Dwight V (November 16, 1828 – May 26, 1916) was an American academic, an educator, a Congregational minister, and President of Yale University (1886–1898).", "During his years as the school's president, Yale's schools first organized as a university.", "His grandfather was Timothy Dwight IV, who served as President of Yale College ninety years before his grandson's tenure." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p23", "sents": [ "It was widely believed that SDG&E's customers would have to pay off the utility's debt, often referred to as a \"balancing account\" or \"undercollection.\"", "Some San Diego legislators and lobbyists were enthusiast ic last week about the possibility that the pending agreement might eliminate SDG&E's debt without burdening ratepayers.", "With control over the transmission systems, the state could use low-interes t government financing to remove bottlenecks and could gain leverage over pow er generators, whom state officials accuse of price-gouging.", "In exchange for relieving ratepayers of the debt, SDG&E would get most of t he controversial profit -- reportedly more than $200 million -- from two power-purchasing agreements made several years ago.", "Spokesmen for the governor and SDG&E yesterday were optimistic, but guarded \"Negotiations are continuing, and progress is being made,\" said Steve Maviglio, Davis' press secretary.", "\"We have made substantial progress in the negotiations,\" said Doug Kline, an SDG&E spokesman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e6999_p23", "sents": [ "While the summer weath er has not been stifling so far, it's the temperature inside that matters when you're counting kilowatts.", "\"You still see a number of individuals in a coa t and tie, but at least now they have the option,\" Licausi said.", "The folks w ho deliver electricity to 1.2 million San Diego area homes and businesses also uncoiled their collars as their indoor climates were pushed to 78 degrees.", "\"We try to practice what we preach, so we've cut consumption by 20 percent in all of our buildings,\" said Laura Farmer, a spokeswoman for San Diego Gas a nd Electric Co.'s parent company, Sempra Energy.", "\"But, boy, does it get hot.\"", "Even though they approve of the relaxed dress standard, not all higher-ups have embraced the policy firsthand.", "Sempra media director \"Doug Kline stil l wears a suit every day, but you see many more golf shirts, short-sleeve shirts,\" according to Farmer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania", "sents": [ "Weisenberg Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.", "It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania", "sents": [ "Fairview Township is an affluent township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.", "The population was 10,102 at the 2010 census.", "It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Federal Chancellery of Switzerland", "sents": [ "The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (German: \"Bundeskanzlei\" , French: \"Chancellerie fédérale\" , Italian: \"Cancelleria federale\" ) is a department-level agency of the federal administration of Switzerland.", "It is the staff organisation of the federal government, the Federal Council.", "As of 2016, it is headed by Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Victorian School Building Authority", "sents": [ "The Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) is a statutory authority of the Government of Victoria which is responsible for the construction of new government schools and infrastructure improvements at existing schools.", "It was established by the Andrews Government as part of the 2016 Victorian Budget.", "A number of the VSBA's new schools are so-called \"vertical schools\" on inner city sites, a previously unexplored concept in Victoria.", "The authority has also been implicated in a controversy about the removal of trees at the request of the Melbourne Cricket Club during the construction of Beaumaris Secondary College." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19369_p0", "sents": [ "'ATTENTION: Haas Computing Services has been made aware of a software problem that has occurred with the IZIO system.", "The problem has caused some of, and in some cases, all of the course information that had been previously populated, to be deleted.", "We are aware of this problem and are attempting to resolve is ASAP.", "We ask that, if you are affected, that you send an email message to the helpdesk with your course information that is missing.", "Also, we ask that you give us the opportunity to resolve this problem, and NOT come to the Computing Services Front Desk, with a deluge of complaints.", "We understand your frustration, and are working quickly to resolve this matter.", "Once resolved, you will receive another memo indicating such.", "Again, thank you for your cooperation in this matter.", "Darrell C. Alder Haas Computing Services Helpdesk Manager 510.642.0434 HERE NOW!", "Help is just a click away at http: helpdesk.haas.berkeley.edu You can request service or follow up on a request whenever you need to." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "River Oaks Elementary School (Houston)", "sents": [ "River Oaks Elementary School is a magnet Vanguard school for the Houston Independent School District.", "It is located in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas, United States and functions as a neighborhood school for the River Oaks, Avalon Place, Oak Estates, and Royden Oaks neighborhoods in addition to being a Vanguard school.", "Dr. Keri Fovargue is the principal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stadiums Limited", "sents": [ "Stadiums Limited is an Australian company established in the late 1890's that owned and administered four venues on Australia's east coast at West Melbourne Stadium, Sydney Stadium, Leichhardt Stadium and Brisbane Festival Hall.", "It was founded in 1915 by John Wren and Dick Lean Senior (General Manager).", "Incorporated in its final form in 1915, prior to this, Wren worked with Dick Lean Senior, purchasing the various locations, including the site of what became the West Melbourne Hall, and is now Festival Hall from Reginald (Snowy) Baker.", "Stadiums initially began presenting both boxing and professional wrestling.", "Wren, as he did in other parts of his life, offered a great deal of money to boxers and wrestlers to perform.", "The operations of Stadiums Ltd changed in the second half o of the 20th century, as the venues begun to be predominantly used for live music and for television broadcasts.", "Notably, Dick Lean Jr. (promoter and CEO of Stadiums Ltd), booked the Beatles to play Australia in 1964.", "Lean continued to promote and bring to Australia many of the major headline acts during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s - who performed in the Stadium's venues in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p8", "sents": [ "Shareholders will receive $3.50 in cash for each share of common stoc k they own.", "Shares held by Warburg Pincus, about 46% of the company, will not be converted in the merger, but some ten million shares representing half t he company are outstanding.", "The deal has been in the works for several weeks a nd was an \"unsolicited bid\" by Warburg Pincus, said John W.P.", "Holt, The Cobalt Group's president and CEO.", "Mr. Holt owns 3% of the company's shares and wil l remain as its executive.", "After a special committee of independent directors reviewed and recommended the offer, The Cobalt Group's board of directors voted unanimously to accept the deal.", "The transaction is still subject to shareholders' approval and SEC review, and will not be completed until September.", "Some aspects of the deal have not been finalized.", "Mr. Holt said he could not comment on whether Chicago-based First Analysis, The Cobalt Group 's original venture backer and a continued shareholder in the company, would sell off its holdings or retain an equity stake." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ariel (poetry collection)", "sents": [ "Ariel was the second book of Sylvia Plath's poetry to be published, and was originally published in 1965, two years after her death by suicide.", "The poems in the 1965 edition of Ariel, with their free flowing images and characteristically menacing psychic landscapes, marked a dramatic turn from Plath's earlier \"Colossus\" poems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Adaptation and Natural Selection", "sents": [ "Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought is a 1966 book by the American evolutionary biologist George C. Williams.", "Williams, in what is now considered a classic by evolutionary biologists, outlines a gene-centered view of evolution, disputes notions of evolutionary progress, and criticizes contemporary models of group selection, including the theories of Alfred Emerson, A. H. Sturtevant, and to a smaller extent, the work of V. C. Wynne-Edwards.", "The book takes its title from a lecture by George Gaylord Simpson in January 1947 at the Princeton University.", "Aspects of Williams' book were popularised by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book \"The Selfish Gene\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "International Ultralight Banchee", "sents": [ "The International Ultralight Banchee (also called the Banshee) is an American ultralight aircraft designed by Brian Jensen, Gil Kinzie and Nick Nichols and produced by International Ultralight Aviation.", "The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Extra EA-260", "sents": [ "The Extra 260 is a single-seat aerobatic aircraft derived from the Extra 230 and first flown in 1986.", "Designed by aerobatic pilot Walter Extra based on the layout of the Extra 230, the Extra 260 is a higher performance version of its predecessor.", "One EA-260 was flown by Patty Wagstaff to victory in two U.S. National Aerobatic Championships, (1991 and 1992), and then retired for an Extra 300S." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "MX Aircraft MXS", "sents": [ "The MXS is a single-seater aerobatic aircraft built by MX Aircraft, a manufacturer located in North Carolina.", "The MXS-R is a race variant flown by several pilots in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.", "The planes are all-composite in construction, piston-powered, low-wing monoplanes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Moller M400 Skycar", "sents": [ "The Moller Skycar is a prototype personal VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft – a \"flying car\" – invented by Paul Moller who has been attempting to develop such a vehicle type for more than fifty years.", "As of 2016, no Moller air vehicle has successfully flown in free, non-tethered flight." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26576_p26", "sents": [ "(PTI) 27-08 1746 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Indian State Blocks AES Plan to Exit From Power Venture 2001-08-27 11:30 (New York) Indian State Blocks AES Plan to Exit From Power Venture Mumbai, Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- An Indian state government blocked a plan by AES Corp., a U.S.-based power generator, to give up its stake in a power distributor.", "An administrator was appointed to take charge of the unit.", "AES last week offered to give its 51 percent stake in Central Electricity Supply Co. to the utility's employees for virtually nothing to rid itself of the money-losing contract.", "AES is barred by contract from selling its share before 2004. Cesco, 49 percent owned by the government of the eastern state of Orissa, will ``take over control and management of the business but still keep us an investor,'' Venu Nambiar, director at the AES Transpower unit, told reporters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Astraweb", "sents": [ "Astraweb is a Usenet/newsgroup service provider.", "Founded in 1997, Astraweb service is available to individual users through a subscription model and as an outsourced service to Internet service providers.", "In addition, Astraweb offers 'block accounts' (pay-per-byte)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "BlackRock", "sents": [ "BlackRock, Inc. is an American global investment management corporation based in New York City.", "Founded in 1988, initially as a risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager with $5.7 trillion in assets under management as of July 2017.", "BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries.", "Due to its power, BlackRock has been called the world's largest shadow bank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Sportskeeda", "sents": [ "Sportskeeda is an all-sports website, with multinational audience and writers.", "Users engage on the website; read, write and post comments, while interacting with like-minded fans from all over the globe.", "." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ken Singleton", "sents": [ "Kenneth Wayne Singleton (born June 10, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator.", "He played as an outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, and Baltimore Orioles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Charles Wolf (basketball)", "sents": [ "Charles Wolf is a former professional basketball coach.", "He coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams: the Cincinnati Royals from 1960 through 1963 and the Detroit Pistons from 1963 through 1964.", "He graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1944." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3140_p26", "sents": [ "The energy crisis is only the most vivid example of our failure to cope with change.", "People are worried.", "Davis should be, to o.", "The Bee's Daniel Weintraub can be reached at (916) 321-1914 or at [email protected].", "Panel pulls the plug on county utility plan Backers blame SDG&E for bill's demise in Assembly committee By Bill Ainsworth UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 22, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- An Assembly committee yesterday thwarted a bipartisan effort to ease the way for San Diego County to form a municipal utility district that backers say would bring residents cheaper and more reliable power.", "Proponents of the plan said San Diego Gas & Electric and its parent company Sempra, engineered a political power play that ensured defeat of the proposal.", "The utility was the main opponent.", "\"Their lobbyists just got on this thing and killed it,\" said Bill Horn, chairman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who attended yesterday's hearing before the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e5812_p19", "sents": [ "That expansion and ongoing conservation efforts will reduce the chances of rolling blackouts, he said.", "Davis also said that he will meet Monday with three former employees of one power generator, Duke Energy, who testified before a California Senate committee Friday.", "The former employees, who were laid off in April, say they were told to shu t units down for unnecessary repairs in a scheme to drive up electricity prices.", "The company called the claims \"baseless.\"", "Port urged to seize Chula Vista plant 3 ex-employees tell state Senate panel Duke rigged prices By Bill Ainsworth UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 23, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- Two former mechanics at Duke Energy's Chula Vista power plant said yesterday that the company's operation and maintenance policies were so shoddy and reckless that Duke may have violated its lease with the San Dieg o Unified Port District.", "Those accusations, made before a legislative committee, prompted Sen. Steve Peace to urge the port to nullify Duke's lease and take back the plant, whi ch provides the company with huge profits." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19765_p5", "sents": [ "\"It offers the opportunity to create a formidable player in the me rchant energy business with substantial growth prospects and a strong finan cial position.\"", "JP Morgan Chase vice chairman James Lee said the bank will work with Enron and its other creditor banks \"to develop a plan to strengthen Enron's finan cial position up to and through its merger with Dynegy\", which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2002. cl gc For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxp ress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: Enron secures credit line as shares fall.", "11 21 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Enron Corp. said on Wednesday it secured the r emaining $450 million of its $1 billion credit line and reaffirmed its comm itment to an agreement to be taken over by rival Dynegy Inc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e6892_p3", "sents": [ "Houston-based Enron is selling more power in Europe, and more energy-management contracts to smaller commercial customers in the U.S., company executives said.", "Energy management contracts are agreements to buy energy for customers and find ways to cut their energy consumption.", "Enron also is poised to profit from a Bush administration proposal to expand competition for wholesale power, Skilling said.", "USA: Enron says would not pay California refund.", "By Timothy Gardner 07 25 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - Energy firm Enron Corp. would not pay its \"minuscule\" portion of the nearly $9 billion California claims energy companies owe the state for overcharges during the Western power crunch, Enron President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling said on Wednesday.", "California alleges that electricity generators and marketers owe the state $8.9 billion for overcharging it during the power crisis from mid-2000 to last spring." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9027_p12", "sents": [ "The company said it will use the capital to support its growth plans, expand research and development capabilities, and increase sales and marketing.", "Its products enable high-speed data transmission using existing in-home wiring.", "A member of Cisco will receive an observer seat on Cogency's board of directors.", "The company's other investors include Celtic House International, VenGrowth, and Working Ventures Canadian Fund.", "http: www.cogency.com Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Invests $6 Million In Croatia mail this story?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- The private equity arm of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson said it invested $6 million in Croatian Internet company Iskon Internet.", "The second round investment gives Dresdner an undisclosed \"substantial equity stake in the business,\" according to a company press release.", "The funding will be used to increase the capacity, scope, and quality of the company's initial product and to develop and market additional Internet-based communication, media, and e-commerce products directed towards the Croatian market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e9692_p5", "sents": [ "The company said it will use the funds to expand sales, marketing, and product development.", "In addition to the investment, Stan Tims of TL Ventures and Alan Katz of WR Hambrecht + Co will join Isochron's board of directors.", "http: www.isochron.com New Money o Telecom App Firm Synamics Closes $12 Million First Round RICHMOND HILL, Ontario -- Synamics, a provider of telecommunications services software, said it completed its first round of financing, with $12 million from VenGrowth and Arch Venture Partners.", "The funding will be used for new products and opening a new United States office.", "http: www.synamics.com $6.7 Million Round One for B2B Application Provider Ardesic WATERLOO, Ontario -- Ardesic, a provider of suite of applications for business-to-business exchanges, said it secured $6.7 million in a first round of financing led by Celtic House International and TL Ventures.", "Working Ventures Canadian Fund and Waterloo Ventures also contributed to the funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas", "sents": [ "Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas (* 23.", "April 1885 in Bussière-Galant, ; † 29.", "December 1953 in Nice) was a French colonial administrator.", "He served as acting lieutenant governor of Mauritania from August 1934 to 1 November 1934 and from 15 April 1935 to 10 November 1935." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e6247_p68", "sents": [ "FAVORITISM CHARGED According to documents and interviews, the state attempted to remove Pacifi c Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric.", "the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other government power suppliers from the group from which it was asking for refunds, even though they were paid the same high rates for power as everyone else.", "Representatives for the power sellers said they believe that Davis made a political decision to demagogue the companies while refusing to compromise on the state's claims.", "They say the governor calculated that his reputation would be enhanced by continuing to attack the generators.", "\"The California delegation did not come into these talks with any willingne ss to compromise,\" said Mark Stultz, vice president of the Electric Power Supp ly Association, a Washington, D.C., trade group.", "\"They went in with a dollar figure and never budged on that figure." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Newville Township, DeKalb County, Indiana", "sents": [ "Newville Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana.", "As of the 2010 census, its population was 558 and it contained 196 housing units." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Posey Township, Rush County, Indiana", "sents": [ "Posey Township is one of twelve townships in Rush County, Indiana.", "As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,083 and it contained 455 housing units." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27528_p11", "sents": [ "The move, being seen as indirect US pressure to expedite resolution of the issue, is likely to bolster the special leave petition (SLP) filed by DPC and applications by its international lenders for the Supreme Court's intervention.", "US Exim, which is a lender, is likely to base its application on the premise that since the power purchase agreement between DPC and MSEB clearly stipulates international arbitration in case of any dispute, MERC has no role to play in its resolution.", "It may also cite Section 52 of the PPA that makes it clear the `conferral' of jurisdiction under Section 22 (1)(C) and (D) and Section 22 (2)(N) ``would override the provisions of all other substantive as well as procedural laws of India, including the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996''.", "It is also likely to take the stand that for a stable and predictable business environment, it is essential that arbitration agreements are upheld and any party should not be allowed to frustrate this through ``collateral proceedings''." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Sana Commerce", "sents": [ "Sana Commerce is a B2B e-commerce and B2C e-commerce software company headquartered at the Van Nelle Factory, located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.", "Sana provides B2B & B2C e-commerce solutions that help wholesales, manufacturers and distributors all over the world to optimize their online customer experience, streamline sales processes and increase online sales volumes.", "Sana's web store solution are 100% integrated with Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as Microsoft Dynamics and SAP.", "Sana Commerce was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of ISM eCompany, which was founded by Jan Kees de Jager and Karel van der Woude in 1992.", "The company currently has implemented over 1200 web stores worldwide and examples of customers include Björn Borg (brand), AkzoNobel and Chelsea FC." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sophie Dahl", "sents": [ "Sophie Dahl (born Sophie Holloway; 15 September 1977) is an English fashion model and author.", "As a writer, she completed her first novella in 2003 entitled \"The Man with the Dancing Eyes\" and followed this with \"Playing With the Grown-ups\" in 2008.", "In 2010 she wrote \"Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights\", a cookery book which featured recipes that were recreated for a six-part BBC 2 series called \"The Delicious Miss Dahl\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1599_p2", "sents": [ "\"We hope the DPC will respond positively to this and they don't take steps that will precipitate a crisis,\" Sinha said.", "He added that the cost of power supplied by DPC was too high.", "\"We have to look if the state can use all the power generated and if the excess power can be wheeled out to needy states,\" he said.", "Dabhol has attracted India's largest single foreign investment.", "MSEB has 15%, General Electric Co. (GE) has 10% and Bechtel (X.BTL) has 10% in the project.", "Under a 1996 counter-guarantee agreement, the federal government is obliged to pay Enron if MSEB defaults.", "Enron invoked that guarantee in February, marking the first time in India's history that a company has invoked a federal guarantee, when the state utility said it couldn't afford to pay Dabhol.", "The state government finally paid $17 million in outstanding bills.", "-By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9427; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3786_p15", "sents": [ "Barnard led the round, which included Sequel Venture Partners and previous individual seed round investors including Pete Estler, founder of iBelay; Ernest Jacquet, managing director of Boston's Parthenon; and Rich Patch, a former vice president with Sybase.", "Barnard's Steve Change will join the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for company development, sales and marketing, and North American expansion.", "RioLabs links enterprise information sources with exchanges or direct trading services for business-to-business Internet commerce marketplaces.", "http: www.riolabs.com Web Network Bla-bla Gets $3.25 Million More in Seed Round NEW YORK -- Bla-bla, an online portal for independent content, said it received an additional $3.25 million in its seed round of financing, bringing the total raised to date for the round to $7.65 million.", "The round has is still open.", "Bla-bla said it will use the funding for general company growth and expansion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Roy Sebag", "sents": [ "Roy Sebag (born June 28, 1985) is a contrarian investor, entrepreneur, and writer.", "In 2014, Sebag founded GoldMoney Inc and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer.", "GoldMoney Inc is a gold savings/payments company publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.", "He is also the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and 53% owner of Natural Resource Holdings, Ltd. a publicly traded company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.", "In 2016, Sebag along with Diana Widmaier Picasso founded Menē - which designs, manufactures, and markets 24 karat gold jewelry that is retailed direct-to-consumer through a transparent and empowering online shopping experience." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4271_p1", "sents": [ "Please note that it is very important to change your password as soon as possible and to use a word that you will remember.", "If you forget your password, you can click on the \"Forgotten your User ID or password?\"", "link on the Subscriber Log-On screen to have Onesource email information that will allow you to reconnect again.", "Also, please note that you can always use the \"Electronic Resources\" menu on the Long Library homepage http: library.berkeley.edu BUSI to find out what other resources are available.'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Prosetta", "sents": [ "Prosetta is an antiviral drug development company based in San Francisco, California.", "It was founded by UCSF researchers including Vishwanath Lingappa and Jaisri Lingappa.", "The company is working on small-molecule drugs (compounds that can be taken orally) to disrupt the capsids (protein coats) that viruses form for protection of their genes.", "The company's work includes research on antivirals to combat hepatitis C." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Journal of Dental Biomechanics", "sents": [ "TheJournal of Dental Biomechanics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers in the field of materials science applied to dentistry.", "The editors-in-chief are Christoph Bourauel (University of Bonn) and Theodore Eliades (University of Zurich).", "It was established in 2009 and published by SAGE Publications.", "The journal has stopped publications since 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Journal of Proteome Research", "sents": [ "The Journal of Proteome Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 2002 by the American Chemical Society.", "Its publication frequency switched from bimonthly to monthly in 2006.", "The current editor-in-chief is John R. Yates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2194_p33", "sents": [ "The public can participate on a listen-only basis through the company's Web site, http: www.pgecorp.com.", "To hear a replay, dial (800) 947-3657.)", "--Jim Polson in the Princeton newsroom, (609) 279-4106 or [email protected] slb alp Enron Vice Chairman Baxter Resigns; No Successor Is Planned 2001-05-02 16:38 (New York) Houston, May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp. Vice Chairman J. Clifford Baxter, part of the team that built the company's wholesale energy trading business, resigned after 10 years with the company to spend more time with his family.", "Enron, the world's largest energy trader, has no immediate plans to appoint a successor, spokeswoman Karen Denne said.", "Baxter, 42 years old, will continue to work for Enron as a consultant.", "He was named vice chairman in October.", "Baxter was responsible for strategy, including acquisitions and divestitures, Denne said.", "Baxter was named Enron's chief strategy officer in June 2000. Before that, he was chairman and chief executive of Enron North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e19622_p54", "sents": [ "Enron's stock has been falling all year, but it plunged several weeks ago after it disclosed a $1.2 billion writedown of shareholder equity.", "The SEC subsequently launched an investigation into Enron partnerships associated with the writedown.", "Enron spokesperson Karen Denne said the company wouldn't speculate on the idea of a bailout.", "\"First of all I can't speculate, and second of all we're not even going to entertain worst case scenarios,\" Denne said.", "\"As far as I know no one has approached Washington about a federal bailout.\"", "But one source inside Enron said the company isn't ruling out the possibility of approaching Washington if \"things get really bad.\"", "A bailout would require federal legislation.", "To qualify, Enron would have to argue that a bailout is an economic necessity, according to Christine Uspenski, an analyst at Schwab Capital Markets (SCH).", "Quite Different Cup Of Tea From Chrysler Unlike the situation that led to a $1.2 billion federal bailout of Chrysler in 1980, hundreds of thousands of jobs aren't now at risk." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dhanin Chearavanont", "sents": [ "Dhanin Chearavanont (Thai: ธนินท์ เจียรวนนท์ , ) (born 1939) is a Thai business magnate, based in Bangkok.", "He is the CEO and chairman of CP Group, Thailand’s largest private company.", "As of \"Forbes\" 2016 List of World Billionaires, Chearavanont is placed 171st with a net worth of $6.8 billion, making him the 2nd richest person in Thailand and in Southeast Asia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10178_p56", "sents": [ "NorthPoint filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States bankruptcy cod e Jan. 16 in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.", "The filing follows a financial slide for which NorthPoint largely blames Verizon Communications, Inc.", "In November 2000, Verizon canceled plans to acquire 55% of NorthPoint and provide $350 million in financing (TR, Dec. 4 2000).", "NorthPoint has laid off workers, scaled back operations, and sold stakes in joint ventures in Europe and Canada, but those moves apparently weren 't enough to keep the company solvent.", "In conjunction with its bankruptcy filing, the company obtained agreements for as much as $38 million in debtor-in-possession financing to continue operations.", "\"The company 's available cash only funds its operations for a few wee ks, said Kenneth Hoexter, an analyst with Merrill Lynch & Co. \"Even with th e nearly $12 million in cash received through recent divestitures, we believe that the company has virtually run out of additional funds to keep operatio ns running. \"The only surprise for most investors in this bankruptcy filing was that it wasn 't announced sooner given the critical funding situation at NorthPoi nt, Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. analyst Mark Kastan said in a Jan. 17 repo rt." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Antonio Nóbrega", "sents": [ "Antonio Nóbrega (born May 2, 1952 in Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian singer, dancer and actor.", "Along his career, he composed many songs, wrote many theatrical plays, always trying to spread culture from Pernambuco.", "In fact, he is considered one of the main artist of that state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Anita Berber", "sents": [ "Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting.", "She lived during the Weimar period." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5995_p24", "sents": [ "Connell and her top aides said the previously excised portions of the agreements show the governor saddled the state with huge electricity costs through the end of the decade.", "She also released short-term contract information which was of particular concern to the governor's office.", "Steve Maviglio, the governor's press secretary, criticized that decision, saying it would help power generators continue to manipulate the market.", "\"Unfortunately, the controller is seeking political vengeance at the expens e of the California ratepayer,\" Maviglio said.", "\"She's uninformed and clueless about the impact of the long-term contracts on bringing down spot-market prices.\"", "Few others were weighing in on the debate yesterday.", "Most consumer advocate s and other analysts were reserving judgment until they finished poring throu gh the nearly 30 pounds of documents.", "But Walter Barnes, the controller's chief financial officer, said the contracts' average cost \"probably will be well in excess\" of the $69 per megawatt-hour claimed by the governor's chief negotiators." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e6999_p82", "sents": [ "Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio said yesterday that financial statements hav e been submitted by all 42 contractors required to do so under state law.", "All of the traders who held stock in energy companies met a deadline last week to sell their shares, and the few whose disclosures raised questions have been let go, he said.", "\"The governor's office is now involved in making sure (traders) meet the highest ethical standards,\" Maviglio said.", "Five energy traders who helped negotiate state spot market purchases or long-term power contracts were dismissed and a sixth left state service for another job after the Davis administration reviewed their financial statements last week, Maviglio said yesterday.", "Susan Weber, chief counsel for the state Department of Water Resources, whi ch began buying power in January for state utilities swamped with debt, has al so been reassigned because the Davis administration was dissatisfied with her handling of the ethics issue." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]