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id_1000 | Asparagus is a perennial and wild asparagus is found growing in light, well-drained soil across Europe, northern Africa and central Asia. People from all over the world enjoy eating it. The most sought-after domesticated varieties are from Canada and they prefer a soil with a ph of around 6.5. The domesticated varieties grow best in a humus-rich medium and will then each produce around half a kilo of crop. In the spring the plant sends up the spears that if left will open to form new foliage but for the first six weeks of each season these are cut when they are around 10 centimetres tall. After the cutting season the spears are allowed to mature so that the plants can re-establish themselves. The spears of the cultivated varieties are far thicker than those that grow in the wild and the crown (the shallow root ball) much larger, but the flavour of wild asparagus is superior. In the autumn the female plants fruit to produce small inedible berries. | Asparagus only grows in Europe, northern Africa and central Asia. | c |
id_1001 | Assessing the risk As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed risk and to call for a more rational approach, seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of better safe than sorry, exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks? The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our lives would be if the precautionary principle had been allowed to prevail in the past Their response was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no acroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no discovery of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: Of course you can make no progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then dont take it. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits _ the solutions to very big problems if only the snags could be overcome. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics. But of course we would if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world. Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and any wound could lead to septicemia and even gangrene. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War, when the many pestilences that result from war threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a priority. Of course the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking. And so with the other items on the scientists, list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions, CAT scans, knives, the measles vaccine the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us. But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived at the time. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk. Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is concumers choice. In deciding whether to pursue the development of a new technology, the consumers right to choose should be considered alongside considerations of risk and benefit Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing there is the matter of cost effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in GM soya? Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spikeds list, GM crops stand out as an example of a technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely questionable ambition. If it had been in place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified | The title of the debate is not unbiased. | e |
id_1002 | Assessing the risk As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed risk and to call for a more rational approach, seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of better safe than sorry, exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks? The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our lives would be if the precautionary principle had been allowed to prevail in the past Their response was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no acroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no discovery of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: Of course you can make no progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then dont take it. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits _ the solutions to very big problems if only the snags could be overcome. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics. But of course we would if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world. Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and any wound could lead to septicemia and even gangrene. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War, when the many pestilences that result from war threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a priority. Of course the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking. And so with the other items on the scientists, list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions, CAT scans, knives, the measles vaccine the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us. But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived at the time. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk. Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is concumers choice. In deciding whether to pursue the development of a new technology, the consumers right to choose should be considered alongside considerations of risk and benefit Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing there is the matter of cost effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in GM soya? Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spikeds list, GM crops stand out as an example of a technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely questionable ambition. If it had been in place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified | All the scientists invited to the debate were from the field of medicine. | n |
id_1003 | Assessing the risk As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed risk and to call for a more rational approach, seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of better safe than sorry, exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks? The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our lives would be if the precautionary principle had been allowed to prevail in the past Their response was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no acroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no discovery of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: Of course you can make no progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then dont take it. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits _ the solutions to very big problems if only the snags could be overcome. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics. But of course we would if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world. Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and any wound could lead to septicemia and even gangrene. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War, when the many pestilences that result from war threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a priority. Of course the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking. And so with the other items on the scientists, list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions, CAT scans, knives, the measles vaccine the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us. But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived at the time. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk. Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is concumers choice. In deciding whether to pursue the development of a new technology, the consumers right to choose should be considered alongside considerations of risk and benefit Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing there is the matter of cost effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in GM soya? Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spikeds list, GM crops stand out as an example of a technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely questionable ambition. If it had been in place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified | The message those scientists who conducted the survey were sending was people shouldnt take risks. | c |
id_1004 | Assessing the risk As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed risk and to call for a more rational approach, seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of better safe than sorry, exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks? The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our lives would be if the precautionary principle had been allowed to prevail in the past Their response was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no acroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no discovery of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: Of course you can make no progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then dont take it. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits _ the solutions to very big problems if only the snags could be overcome. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics. But of course we would if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world. Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and any wound could lead to septicemia and even gangrene. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War, when the many pestilences that result from war threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a priority. Of course the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking. And so with the other items on the scientists, list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions, CAT scans, knives, the measles vaccine the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us. But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived at the time. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk. Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is concumers choice. In deciding whether to pursue the development of a new technology, the consumers right to choose should be considered alongside considerations of risk and benefit Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing there is the matter of cost effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in GM soya? Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spikeds list, GM crops stand out as an example of a technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely questionable ambition. If it had been in place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified | All the 40 listed technologies are riskier than other technologies. | n |
id_1005 | Assessing the risk As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed risk and to call for a more rational approach, seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of better safe than sorry, exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks? The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our lives would be if the precautionary principle had been allowed to prevail in the past Their response was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no acroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no discovery of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: Of course you can make no progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then dont take it. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits _ the solutions to very big problems if only the snags could be overcome. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics. But of course we would if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world. Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and any wound could lead to septicemia and even gangrene. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War, when the many pestilences that result from war threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a priority. Of course the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking. And so with the other items on the scientists, list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions, CAT scans, knives, the measles vaccine the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us. But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived at the time. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk. Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is concumers choice. In deciding whether to pursue the development of a new technology, the consumers right to choose should be considered alongside considerations of risk and benefit Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing there is the matter of cost effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in GM soya? Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spikeds list, GM crops stand out as an example of a technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely questionable ambition. If it had been in place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified | It was worth taking the risks to invent antibiotics. | e |
id_1006 | Assessing the risk As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed risk and to call for a more rational approach, seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of better safe than sorry, exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks? The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our lives would be if the precautionary principle had been allowed to prevail in the past Their response was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no acroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no discovery of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: Of course you can make no progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then dont take it. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits _ the solutions to very big problems if only the snags could be overcome. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics. But of course we would if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world. Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and any wound could lead to septicemia and even gangrene. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War, when the many pestilences that result from war threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a priority. Of course the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking. And so with the other items on the scientists, list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions, CAT scans, knives, the measles vaccine the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us. But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived at the time. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk. Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is concumers choice. In deciding whether to pursue the development of a new technology, the consumers right to choose should be considered alongside considerations of risk and benefit Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing there is the matter of cost effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in GM soya? Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spikeds list, GM crops stand out as an example of a technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely questionable ambition. If it had been in place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified | All the other inventions on the list were also judged by the precautionary principle. | n |
id_1007 | Asset liquidity is influenced by the mobility of market. Stock market exchanges liquidable finacial instruments such as bonds and shares. Some assets are not liquidable due to market is said to be "illiquid". | Bonds and stocks are "illiquid" on the market. | c |
id_1008 | Asset liquidity is influenced by the mobility of market. Stock market exchanges liquidable finacial instruments such as bonds and shares. Some assets are not liquidable due to market is said to be "illiquid". | Some assets are not liquidable on the market because they are unsellable. | n |
id_1009 | Asset liquidity is influenced by the mobility of market. Stock market exchanges liquidable finacial instruments such as bonds and shares. Some assets are not liquidable due to market is said to be "illiquid". | Asset liquidity is influenced by the market mobility. | e |
id_1010 | At 01.35 on Saturday 9 February a middle-aged man was rushed to All Saints Hospital with serious face injuries. He is in a critical state in intensive care. Police are looking into the incident which resulted in his injuries. The only other facts known at this stage are: There were 14 cm of snow on the pavements in the town. The victim was found outside a nightclub. The victims face had been cut by glass. Three youths left the nightclub at midnight. The victim had been lying outside for over an hour before being taken to hospital. The hospital informed the police of the accident. The victim had no wallet or identification on him. Denis Fraser was the only occupant of the intensive care unit at All Saints hospital on the morning of Saturday 9 February. | The police knew nothing about the accident until the hospital informed them. | n |
id_1011 | At 01.35 on Saturday 9 February a middle-aged man was rushed to All Saints Hospital with serious face injuries. He is in a critical state in intensive care. Police are looking into the incident which resulted in his injuries. The only other facts known at this stage are: There were 14 cm of snow on the pavements in the town. The victim was found outside a nightclub. The victims face had been cut by glass. Three youths left the nightclub at midnight. The victim had been lying outside for over an hour before being taken to hospital. The hospital informed the police of the accident. The victim had no wallet or identification on him. Denis Fraser was the only occupant of the intensive care unit at All Saints hospital on the morning of Saturday 9 February. | The victim was Denis Fraser. | e |
id_1012 | At 01.35 on Saturday 9 February a middle-aged man was rushed to All Saints Hospital with serious face injuries. He is in a critical state in intensive care. Police are looking into the incident which resulted in his injuries. The only other facts known at this stage are: There were 14 cm of snow on the pavements in the town. The victim was found outside a nightclub. The victims face had been cut by glass. Three youths left the nightclub at midnight. The victim had been lying outside for over an hour before being taken to hospital. The hospital informed the police of the accident. The victim had no wallet or identification on him. Denis Fraser was the only occupant of the intensive care unit at All Saints hospital on the morning of Saturday 9 February. | The victim was drunk. | n |
id_1013 | At 01.35 on Saturday 9 February a middle-aged man was rushed to All Saints Hospital with serious face injuries. He is in a critical state in intensive care. Police are looking into the incident which resulted in his injuries. The only other facts known at this stage are: There were 14 cm of snow on the pavements in the town. The victim was found outside a nightclub. The victims face had been cut by glass. Three youths left the nightclub at midnight. The victim had been lying outside for over an hour before being taken to hospital. The hospital informed the police of the accident. The victim had no wallet or identification on him. Denis Fraser was the only occupant of the intensive care unit at All Saints hospital on the morning of Saturday 9 February. | The three youths may have robbed the victim. | e |
id_1014 | At 01.35 on Saturday 9 February a middle-aged man was rushed to All Saints Hospital with serious face injuries. He is in a critical state in intensive care. Police are looking into the incident which resulted in his injuries. The only other facts known at this stage are: There were 14 cm of snow on the pavements in the town. The victim was found outside a nightclub. The victims face had been cut by glass. Three youths left the nightclub at midnight. The victim had been lying outside for over an hour before being taken to hospital. The hospital informed the police of the accident. The victim had no wallet or identification on him. Denis Fraser was the only occupant of the intensive care unit at All Saints hospital on the morning of Saturday 9 February. | The victim left the nightclub at 01.15 on Saturday 9 February. | c |
id_1015 | At 02.20 on Tuesday, a four-wheel-drive vehicle plunged over the edge of a steep mountain pass and burst into flames as it reached the valley bottom. There were no survivors. The sole victim has been identified as Mr John Joseph Broon of Muckty, a village 3 km from the scene of the accident. It is also known that: John Broon was an alcoholic who had sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous. John Broon had been at the local pub from 18.00 on Monday to 02.10 on Tuesday. John Broon had a wife and two children. The barperson at the local pub had served John all night. The drive from the local pub to Johns house took 15 minutes along a narrow twisty road, which hugged the mountainside. A dead sheep was found on the side of the valley, 100 metres from where the car left the road. | John Broon was the only person in the car when it crashed. | e |
id_1016 | At 02.20 on Tuesday, a four-wheel-drive vehicle plunged over the edge of a steep mountain pass and burst into flames as it reached the valley bottom. There were no survivors. The sole victim has been identified as Mr John Joseph Broon of Muckty, a village 3 km from the scene of the accident. It is also known that: John Broon was an alcoholic who had sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous. John Broon had been at the local pub from 18.00 on Monday to 02.10 on Tuesday. John Broon had a wife and two children. The barperson at the local pub had served John all night. The drive from the local pub to Johns house took 15 minutes along a narrow twisty road, which hugged the mountainside. A dead sheep was found on the side of the valley, 100 metres from where the car left the road. | John Broon had swerved to miss a sheep on the narrow road and had gone over the edge of the valley side. | n |
id_1017 | At 02.20 on Tuesday, a four-wheel-drive vehicle plunged over the edge of a steep mountain pass and burst into flames as it reached the valley bottom. There were no survivors. The sole victim has been identified as Mr John Joseph Broon of Muckty, a village 3 km from the scene of the accident. It is also known that: John Broon was an alcoholic who had sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous. John Broon had been at the local pub from 18.00 on Monday to 02.10 on Tuesday. John Broon had a wife and two children. The barperson at the local pub had served John all night. The drive from the local pub to Johns house took 15 minutes along a narrow twisty road, which hugged the mountainside. A dead sheep was found on the side of the valley, 100 metres from where the car left the road. | John Broon had eaten a large supper at home with his wife and two children at 21.00 on Monday. | c |
id_1018 | At 02.20 on Tuesday, a four-wheel-drive vehicle plunged over the edge of a steep mountain pass and burst into flames as it reached the valley bottom. There were no survivors. The sole victim has been identified as Mr John Joseph Broon of Muckty, a village 3 km from the scene of the accident. It is also known that: John Broon was an alcoholic who had sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous. John Broon had been at the local pub from 18.00 on Monday to 02.10 on Tuesday. John Broon had a wife and two children. The barperson at the local pub had served John all night. The drive from the local pub to Johns house took 15 minutes along a narrow twisty road, which hugged the mountainside. A dead sheep was found on the side of the valley, 100 metres from where the car left the road. | The alcohol content of John Broon at 02.20 would have been over the legal limit. | n |
id_1019 | At 02.20 on Tuesday, a four-wheel-drive vehicle plunged over the edge of a steep mountain pass and burst into flames as it reached the valley bottom. There were no survivors. The sole victim has been identified as Mr John Joseph Broon of Muckty, a village 3 km from the scene of the accident. It is also known that: John Broon was an alcoholic who had sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous. John Broon had been at the local pub from 18.00 on Monday to 02.10 on Tuesday. John Broon had a wife and two children. The barperson at the local pub had served John all night. The drive from the local pub to Johns house took 15 minutes along a narrow twisty road, which hugged the mountainside. A dead sheep was found on the side of the valley, 100 metres from where the car left the road. | John Broon was on his way home when he was killed. | n |
id_1020 | At 10:49 am, Bertie Johnson stepped off the plane. It was a Boeing 747, small and private with hand-painted flames on the wings. Bertie was a rich man. He could afford private planes and linen blue suits and champagne on ice. He could afford the midnight-black convertible waiting for him on the runway of the airport, being driven by his own personal chauffeur. But Bertie had pushed his luck too far. Now, somebody else was waiting for him. High up in the ventilation system of the departure lounge, the man watching Bertie bent down and spoke into his wrist microphone: Target acquired. Now, answer the following questions with true, false or impossible to say, based on what you read. | The man watching Bertie is hiding in the runway booth at the airport. | c |
id_1021 | At 10:49 am, Bertie Johnson stepped off the plane. It was a Boeing 747, small and private with hand-painted flames on the wings. Bertie was a rich man. He could afford private planes and linen blue suits and champagne on ice. He could afford the midnight-black convertible waiting for him on the runway of the airport, being driven by his own personal chauffeur. But Bertie had pushed his luck too far. Now, somebody else was waiting for him. High up in the ventilation system of the departure lounge, the man watching Bertie bent down and spoke into his wrist microphone: Target acquired. Now, answer the following questions with true, false or impossible to say, based on what you read. | Bertie owns a red convertible. | n |
id_1022 | At 10:49 am, Bertie Johnson stepped off the plane. It was a Boeing 747, small and private with hand-painted flames on the wings. Bertie was a rich man. He could afford private planes and linen blue suits and champagne on ice. He could afford the midnight-black convertible waiting for him on the runway of the airport, being driven by his own personal chauffeur. But Bertie had pushed his luck too far. Now, somebody else was waiting for him. High up in the ventilation system of the departure lounge, the man watching Bertie bent down and spoke into his wrist microphone: Target acquired. Now, answer the following questions with true, false or impossible to say, based on what you read. | Bertie has his own personal chauffeur. | e |
id_1023 | At 10:49 am, Bertie Johnson stepped off the plane. It was a Boeing 747, small and private with hand-painted flames on the wings. Bertie was a rich man. He could afford private planes and linen blue suits and champagne on ice. He could afford the midnight-black convertible waiting for him on the runway of the airport, being driven by his own personal chauffeur. But Bertie had pushed his luck too far. Now, somebody else was waiting for him. High up in the ventilation system of the departure lounge, the man watching Bertie bent down and spoke into his wrist microphone: Target acquired. Now, answer the following questions with true, false or impossible to say, based on what you read. | Bertie stepped off the plane at 49 minutes past 10 in the evening. | c |
id_1024 | At 10:49 am, Bertie Johnson stepped off the plane. It was a Boeing 747, small and private with hand-painted flames on the wings. Bertie was a rich man. He could afford private planes and linen blue suits and champagne on ice. He could afford the midnight-black convertible waiting for him on the runway of the airport, being driven by his own personal chauffeur. But Bertie had pushed his luck too far. Now, somebody else was waiting for him. High up in the ventilation system of the departure lounge, the man watching Bertie bent down and spoke into his wrist microphone: Target acquired. Now, answer the following questions with true, false or impossible to say, based on what you read. | Bertie was wearing a blue suit. | n |
id_1025 | At 11.30 am on Saturday, second January a car carrying five passengers was involved in a collision, It was raining heavily that day. The five men were on their way to work at a local building site. The police suspect that there was a mechanical fault on the vehicle. The following facts are known: The vehicle had been fully serviced the previous day. The car belonged to John Smith. There was no other vehicle involved. No one was hurt in the collision. The owner of the car was driving. | The windscreen wipers were not working that day. | n |
id_1026 | At 11.30 am on Saturday, second January a car carrying five passengers was involved in a collision, It was raining heavily that day. The five men were on their way to work at a local building site. The police suspect that there was a mechanical fault on the vehicle. The following facts are known: The vehicle had been fully serviced the previous day. The car belonged to John Smith. There was no other vehicle involved. No one was hurt in the collision. The owner of the car was driving. | The collision happened in winter. | e |
id_1027 | At 11.30 am on Saturday, second January a car carrying five passengers was involved in a collision, It was raining heavily that day. The five men were on their way to work at a local building site. The police suspect that there was a mechanical fault on the vehicle. The following facts are known: The vehicle had been fully serviced the previous day. The car belonged to John Smith. There was no other vehicle involved. No one was hurt in the collision. The owner of the car was driving. | The driver of the other vehicle was unhurt. | c |
id_1028 | At 11.30 am on Saturday, second January a car carrying five passengers was involved in a collision, It was raining heavily that day. The five men were on their way to work at a local building site. The police suspect that there was a mechanical fault on the vehicle. The following facts are known: The vehicle had been fully serviced the previous day. The car belonged to John Smith. There was no other vehicle involved. No one was hurt in the collision. The owner of the car was driving. | John Smith was driving too fast for the conditions. | n |
id_1029 | At 11.30 am on Saturday, second January a car carrying five passengers was involved in a collision, It was raining heavily that day. The five men were on their way to work at a local building site. The police suspect that there was a mechanical fault on the vehicle. The following facts are known: The vehicle had been fully serviced the previous day. The car belonged to John Smith. There was no other vehicle involved. No one was hurt in the collision. The owner of the car was driving. | The driver's sister was travelling in the back seat. | c |
id_1030 | At 15.25 on Monday 7 August, a 29-year-old man was found dead in his car down a quiet country lane. The police said that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also known that: The victim, Giles Clark, was recently appointed sales executive for an electrical firm, Viscox. Clark was found gagged with his feet and hands tied. Clark had recently lost the company sales worth 250,000. A director of Viscox had recently been suspected of fraud. Two men of large build were seen walking a Rottweiler down the country lane at 15.10 on Monday 7 August. Clark had recently had his car in the garage for a routine service. Clara, Clarks wife, had been having an affair with a work colleague, Charles Dence. | The two men of large build found Giles Clarks body in the car down the country lane. | n |
id_1031 | At 15.25 on Monday 7 August, a 29-year-old man was found dead in his car down a quiet country lane. The police said that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also known that: The victim, Giles Clark, was recently appointed sales executive for an electrical firm, Viscox. Clark was found gagged with his feet and hands tied. Clark had recently lost the company sales worth 250,000. A director of Viscox had recently been suspected of fraud. Two men of large build were seen walking a Rottweiler down the country lane at 15.10 on Monday 7 August. Clark had recently had his car in the garage for a routine service. Clara, Clarks wife, had been having an affair with a work colleague, Charles Dence. | Clark could have discovered his wifes affair and attempted to commit suicide. | e |
id_1032 | At 15.25 on Monday 7 August, a 29-year-old man was found dead in his car down a quiet country lane. The police said that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also known that: The victim, Giles Clark, was recently appointed sales executive for an electrical firm, Viscox. Clark was found gagged with his feet and hands tied. Clark had recently lost the company sales worth 250,000. A director of Viscox had recently been suspected of fraud. Two men of large build were seen walking a Rottweiler down the country lane at 15.10 on Monday 7 August. Clark had recently had his car in the garage for a routine service. Clara, Clarks wife, had been having an affair with a work colleague, Charles Dence. | Clark was a self-employed sales executive. | c |
id_1033 | At 15.25 on Monday 7 August, a 29-year-old man was found dead in his car down a quiet country lane. The police said that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also known that: The victim, Giles Clark, was recently appointed sales executive for an electrical firm, Viscox. Clark was found gagged with his feet and hands tied. Clark had recently lost the company sales worth 250,000. A director of Viscox had recently been suspected of fraud. Two men of large build were seen walking a Rottweiler down the country lane at 15.10 on Monday 7 August. Clark had recently had his car in the garage for a routine service. Clara, Clarks wife, had been having an affair with a work colleague, Charles Dence. | Clarks car was in need of repair. | n |
id_1034 | At 15.25 on Monday 7 August, a 29-year-old man was found dead in his car down a quiet country lane. The police said that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also known that: The victim, Giles Clark, was recently appointed sales executive for an electrical firm, Viscox. Clark was found gagged with his feet and hands tied. Clark had recently lost the company sales worth 250,000. A director of Viscox had recently been suspected of fraud. Two men of large build were seen walking a Rottweiler down the country lane at 15.10 on Monday 7 August. Clark had recently had his car in the garage for a routine service. Clara, Clarks wife, had been having an affair with a work colleague, Charles Dence. | Viscox had recently suffered financially as a result of lost sales. | e |
id_1035 | At 15.25 on Monday 7 August, a 29-year-old man was found dead in his car down a quiet country lane. The police said that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also known that: The victim, Giles Clark, was recently appointed sales executive for an electrical firm, Viscox. Clark was found gagged with his feet and hands tied. Clark had recently lost the company sales worth 250,000. A director of Viscox had recently been suspected of fraud. Two men of large build were seen walking a Rottweiler down the country lane at 15.10 on Monday 7 August. Clark had recently had his car in the garage for a routine service. Clara, Clarks wife, had been having an affair with a work colleague, Charles Dence. | Clark and a director of Viscox had recently committed fraud against the company. | n |
id_1036 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right wrist had been slashed. The park-keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscaping work. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park-keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The victim may have committed suicide. | e |
id_1037 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right wrist had been slashed. The park-keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscaping work. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park-keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The knife found 100 metres from the body had been used to slash the victims wrist. | n |
id_1038 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right wrist had been slashed. The park-keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscaping work. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park-keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The young man seen running out of the park had just clocked off from his work with the landscape contractors. | c |
id_1039 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right wrist had been slashed. The park-keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscaping work. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park-keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The victim had been mugged and stabbed by the young man. | n |
id_1040 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right wrist had been slashed. The park-keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscaping work. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park-keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The park-keeper heard a scream from inside the park at 15.25 on Sunday 3 June. | c |
id_1041 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June, an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right-hand wrist had been slashed. The park keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscape changes. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The victim may have committed suicide. | e |
id_1042 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June, an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right-hand wrist had been slashed. The park keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscape changes. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The park keeper heard a scream from inside the park at 15.25 on Sunday 3 June. | c |
id_1043 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June, an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right-hand wrist had been slashed. The park keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscape changes. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The victim had been mugged and stabbed by the young man. | n |
id_1044 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June, an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right-hand wrist had been slashed. The park keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscape changes. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The young man seen running out of the park had just clocked off from his work with the landscape contractors. | c |
id_1045 | At 16.05 on Sunday 3 June, an elderly man was found dead in Cuthbert Park. His right-hand wrist had been slashed. The park keeper had seen a young man running out of the park at 15.30. The following facts are known: The park had been shut for major landscape changes. The young man was employed by the landscape contractors and worked in the park. The dead man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Friday 1 June. The landscape contractors do not work on Sundays. The park keeper is profoundly deaf. A sharp knife with a 16-centimetre blade was found 100 metres from the dead body. The victim was right-handed. | The knife found 100 metres from the body had been used to slash the victims wrist. | n |
id_1046 | At 19.05 on 12 December there was a loud explosion in 2 Bathurst Street. A woman and child managed to escape from the house unhurt, but the ensuing fire claimed the lives of an elderly man and young baby. It is also known that: John Watts, aged 91, owned 2 Bathurst Street. A smell of gas had been reported at 15.00 on 12 December from 2 Bathurst Street. The police informed Fred Watts at 20.30 on 12 December of the death at 2 Bathurst Street of his baby son George Watts and his father John Watts. Fred Watts works nightshift at a local factory. Fred Watts is a divorcee. | John Watts was not a grandfather. | c |
id_1047 | At 19.05 on 12 December there was a loud explosion in 2 Bathurst Street. A woman and child managed to escape from the house unhurt, but the ensuing fire claimed the lives of an elderly man and young baby. It is also known that: John Watts, aged 91, owned 2 Bathurst Street. A smell of gas had been reported at 15.00 on 12 December from 2 Bathurst Street. The police informed Fred Watts at 20.30 on 12 December of the death at 2 Bathurst Street of his baby son George Watts and his father John Watts. Fred Watts works nightshift at a local factory. Fred Watts is a divorcee. | The police took less than two hours to find the house- owners son. | e |
id_1048 | At 19.05 on 12 December there was a loud explosion in 2 Bathurst Street. A woman and child managed to escape from the house unhurt, but the ensuing fire claimed the lives of an elderly man and young baby. It is also known that: John Watts, aged 91, owned 2 Bathurst Street. A smell of gas had been reported at 15.00 on 12 December from 2 Bathurst Street. The police informed Fred Watts at 20.30 on 12 December of the death at 2 Bathurst Street of his baby son George Watts and his father John Watts. Fred Watts works nightshift at a local factory. Fred Watts is a divorcee. | Fred Watts was married to the woman who escaped safely from the explosion. | n |
id_1049 | At 19.05 on 12 December there was a loud explosion in 2 Bathurst Street. A woman and child managed to escape from the house unhurt, but the ensuing fire claimed the lives of an elderly man and young baby. It is also known that: John Watts, aged 91, owned 2 Bathurst Street. A smell of gas had been reported at 15.00 on 12 December from 2 Bathurst Street. The police informed Fred Watts at 20.30 on 12 December of the death at 2 Bathurst Street of his baby son George Watts and his father John Watts. Fred Watts works nightshift at a local factory. Fred Watts is a divorcee. | The explosion at 2 Bathurst Street on 12 December was due to a leaking gas pipe. | n |
id_1050 | At 19.05 on 12 December there was a loud explosion in 2 Bathurst Street. A woman and child managed to escape from the house unhurt, but the ensuing fire claimed the lives of an elderly man and young baby. It is also known that: John Watts, aged 91, owned 2 Bathurst Street. A smell of gas had been reported at 15.00 on 12 December from 2 Bathurst Street. The police informed Fred Watts at 20.30 on 12 December of the death at 2 Bathurst Street of his baby son George Watts and his father John Watts. Fred Watts works nightshift at a local factory. Fred Watts is a divorcee. | A gas leak could have been the reason for the explosion. | e |
id_1051 | At 3 am on 15 November the body of a young private soldier, Peter Adams, was found 25 kilometres south of Darlington, beside the railway line from Edinburgh to London. He was absent without leave from his army base where he was due to face a disciplinary hearing. A wallet found on his person contained a small sum of money, a family photograph, an identity card, an out-of-date service railcard and a single railway ticket from Edinburgh to Peterborough. It is also known that: The private had been drinking heavily and arguing with a fellow soldier, Mike Finnegan, in the buffet at Edinburgh station at 9.30 pm on 14 November. Adams had recently been seen at a disco in the company of Finnegans 17-year-old daughter Susan, for whom he had been buying drinks. Adams and Finnegan had continued to drink and argue on the overnight train from Edinburgh to London. Finnegan was overheard to threaten Adams with a beating unless he stopped taking his daughter to discos and buying her drinks. Finnegan was seen to get off the train at Darlington at 1.45 am and head off from the station in the direction of the town centre. | The relationship Private Adams was having with Susan was the sole cause of the quarrel between him and Mike Finnegan. | n |
id_1052 | At 3 am on 15 November the body of a young private soldier, Peter Adams, was found 25 kilometres south of Darlington, beside the railway line from Edinburgh to London. He was absent without leave from his army base where he was due to face a disciplinary hearing. A wallet found on his person contained a small sum of money, a family photograph, an identity card, an out-of-date service railcard and a single railway ticket from Edinburgh to Peterborough. It is also known that: The private had been drinking heavily and arguing with a fellow soldier, Mike Finnegan, in the buffet at Edinburgh station at 9.30 pm on 14 November. Adams had recently been seen at a disco in the company of Finnegans 17-year-old daughter Susan, for whom he had been buying drinks. Adams and Finnegan had continued to drink and argue on the overnight train from Edinburgh to London. Finnegan was overheard to threaten Adams with a beating unless he stopped taking his daughter to discos and buying her drinks. Finnegan was seen to get off the train at Darlington at 1.45 am and head off from the station in the direction of the town centre. | Private Peter Adams was fraudulently travelling on the train from Edinburgh on the night of his fatal accident. | c |
id_1053 | At 3 am on 15 November the body of a young private soldier, Peter Adams, was found 25 kilometres south of Darlington, beside the railway line from Edinburgh to London. He was absent without leave from his army base where he was due to face a disciplinary hearing. A wallet found on his person contained a small sum of money, a family photograph, an identity card, an out-of-date service railcard and a single railway ticket from Edinburgh to Peterborough. It is also known that: The private had been drinking heavily and arguing with a fellow soldier, Mike Finnegan, in the buffet at Edinburgh station at 9.30 pm on 14 November. Adams had recently been seen at a disco in the company of Finnegans 17-year-old daughter Susan, for whom he had been buying drinks. Adams and Finnegan had continued to drink and argue on the overnight train from Edinburgh to London. Finnegan was overheard to threaten Adams with a beating unless he stopped taking his daughter to discos and buying her drinks. Finnegan was seen to get off the train at Darlington at 1.45 am and head off from the station in the direction of the town centre. | Peter Adams had committed suicide by throwing himself off the overnight train from Edinburgh to London. | n |
id_1054 | At 3 am on 15 November the body of a young private soldier, Peter Adams, was found 25 kilometres south of Darlington, beside the railway line from Edinburgh to London. He was absent without leave from his army base where he was due to face a disciplinary hearing. A wallet found on his person contained a small sum of money, a family photograph, an identity card, an out-of-date service railcard and a single railway ticket from Edinburgh to Peterborough. It is also known that: The private had been drinking heavily and arguing with a fellow soldier, Mike Finnegan, in the buffet at Edinburgh station at 9.30 pm on 14 November. Adams had recently been seen at a disco in the company of Finnegans 17-year-old daughter Susan, for whom he had been buying drinks. Adams and Finnegan had continued to drink and argue on the overnight train from Edinburgh to London. Finnegan was overheard to threaten Adams with a beating unless he stopped taking his daughter to discos and buying her drinks. Finnegan was seen to get off the train at Darlington at 1.45 am and head off from the station in the direction of the town centre. | Mike Finnegan is aged in his early 20s. | c |
id_1055 | At 3 am on 15 November the body of a young private soldier, Peter Adams, was found 25 kilometres south of Darlington, beside the railway line from Edinburgh to London. He was absent without leave from his army base where he was due to face a disciplinary hearing. A wallet found on his person contained a small sum of money, a family photograph, an identity card, an out-of-date service railcard and a single railway ticket from Edinburgh to Peterborough. It is also known that: The private had been drinking heavily and arguing with a fellow soldier, Mike Finnegan, in the buffet at Edinburgh station at 9.30 pm on 14 November. Adams had recently been seen at a disco in the company of Finnegans 17-year-old daughter Susan, for whom he had been buying drinks. Adams and Finnegan had continued to drink and argue on the overnight train from Edinburgh to London. Finnegan was overheard to threaten Adams with a beating unless he stopped taking his daughter to discos and buying her drinks. Finnegan was seen to get off the train at Darlington at 1.45 am and head off from the station in the direction of the town centre. | Mike Finnegan left the train at Darlington station in a panic in order to avoid detection for his part in the death of Private Adams. | n |
id_1056 | At 7.20 pm, Sunday 23 November, a bicycle was removed from outside the video and off-licence store. A 14-year-old boy called James Gibb had left it there before going into the store to return a DVD he and his family had watched the previous evening. When he came out of the store the street was deserted, but he saw someone in the distance riding a bike in the direction of a nearby supermarket. The following facts are also known: The owner of the video and off-licence shop was serving inside the shop at the time the bicycle was stolen. A group of teenagers all wearing hooded tops were standing outside the store when James entered to return the DVD. The store closes promptly at 9 pm on Sunday evenings. The owner of the store is a man of strong opinions but has very poor eyesight. The person seen riding the bicycle was wearing a hooded top. James chatted for a few moments to the owner of the store before going back outside to retrieve his bicycle. | The owner gave the police a detailed description of the person he had seen through the window removing the bicycle from in front of the store. | c |
id_1057 | At 7.20 pm, Sunday 23 November, a bicycle was removed from outside the video and off-licence store. A 14-year-old boy called James Gibb had left it there before going into the store to return a DVD he and his family had watched the previous evening. When he came out of the store the street was deserted, but he saw someone in the distance riding a bike in the direction of a nearby supermarket. The following facts are also known: The owner of the video and off-licence shop was serving inside the shop at the time the bicycle was stolen. A group of teenagers all wearing hooded tops were standing outside the store when James entered to return the DVD. The store closes promptly at 9 pm on Sunday evenings. The owner of the store is a man of strong opinions but has very poor eyesight. The person seen riding the bicycle was wearing a hooded top. James chatted for a few moments to the owner of the store before going back outside to retrieve his bicycle. | The owner was preparing to close the store for the evening when James arrived to return the DVD. | c |
id_1058 | At 7.20 pm, Sunday 23 November, a bicycle was removed from outside the video and off-licence store. A 14-year-old boy called James Gibb had left it there before going into the store to return a DVD he and his family had watched the previous evening. When he came out of the store the street was deserted, but he saw someone in the distance riding a bike in the direction of a nearby supermarket. The following facts are also known: The owner of the video and off-licence shop was serving inside the shop at the time the bicycle was stolen. A group of teenagers all wearing hooded tops were standing outside the store when James entered to return the DVD. The store closes promptly at 9 pm on Sunday evenings. The owner of the store is a man of strong opinions but has very poor eyesight. The person seen riding the bicycle was wearing a hooded top. James chatted for a few moments to the owner of the store before going back outside to retrieve his bicycle. | James was returning a DVD that his parents had borrowed from the store the previous evening. | n |
id_1059 | At 7.20 pm, Sunday 23 November, a bicycle was removed from outside the video and off-licence store. A 14-year-old boy called James Gibb had left it there before going into the store to return a DVD he and his family had watched the previous evening. When he came out of the store the street was deserted, but he saw someone in the distance riding a bike in the direction of a nearby supermarket. The following facts are also known: The owner of the video and off-licence shop was serving inside the shop at the time the bicycle was stolen. A group of teenagers all wearing hooded tops were standing outside the store when James entered to return the DVD. The store closes promptly at 9 pm on Sunday evenings. The owner of the store is a man of strong opinions but has very poor eyesight. The person seen riding the bicycle was wearing a hooded top. James chatted for a few moments to the owner of the store before going back outside to retrieve his bicycle. | The bicycle left by James in front of the store was stolen by one of the hooded teenagers. | n |
id_1060 | At 7.20 pm, Sunday 23 November, a bicycle was removed from outside the video and off-licence store. A 14-year-old boy called James Gibb had left it there before going into the store to return a DVD he and his family had watched the previous evening. When he came out of the store the street was deserted, but he saw someone in the distance riding a bike in the direction of a nearby supermarket. The following facts are also known: The owner of the video and off-licence shop was serving inside the shop at the time the bicycle was stolen. A group of teenagers all wearing hooded tops were standing outside the store when James entered to return the DVD. The store closes promptly at 9 pm on Sunday evenings. The owner of the store is a man of strong opinions but has very poor eyesight. The person seen riding the bicycle was wearing a hooded top. James chatted for a few moments to the owner of the store before going back outside to retrieve his bicycle. | The owner was serving James inside the store at the time when the bicycle was taken. | n |
id_1061 | At a parking lot, a sedan is parked to the right of a pickup and to the left of a sport utility vehicle. A minivan is parked to the left of the pickup. | The minivan is parked between the pickup and the sedan. | c |
id_1062 | At a time of tumbling share prices and longer life expectancy, many companies have acute shortfalls m their pension funds. Pension schemes in the UK are protected by a government fund contributed to by companies themselves, but many British business leaders have been lobbying for a change of rules mn instances of a company restructuring. A company ts currently required to fully cover tts pension liabilities when disposing of a division a rule seen by some as obstructive to corporate activity. In theory, new legislation could allow businesses to transfer their pension liabilities to other divisions. However, critics believe that this could give organisations carte blanche to shift their pension obligations to entities likely to become insolvent, thus forcing other organisations to subsidise their pension commitments. | Most British company directors believe that existing pension legislation impedes restructuring. | n |
id_1063 | At a time of tumbling share prices and longer life expectancy, many companies have acute shortfalls m their pension funds. Pension schemes in the UK are protected by a government fund contributed to by companies themselves, but many British business leaders have been lobbying for a change of rules mn instances of a company restructuring. A company ts currently required to fully cover tts pension liabilities when disposing of a division a rule seen by some as obstructive to corporate activity. In theory, new legislation could allow businesses to transfer their pension liabilities to other divisions. However, critics believe that this could give organisations carte blanche to shift their pension obligations to entities likely to become insolvent, thus forcing other organisations to subsidise their pension commitments. | The passage cites three main reasons for deficits in companies pension funds. | c |
id_1064 | At a time of tumbling share prices and longer life expectancy, many companies have acute shortfalls m their pension funds. Pension schemes in the UK are protected by a government fund contributed to by companies themselves, but many British business leaders have been lobbying for a change of rules mn instances of a company restructuring. A company ts currently required to fully cover tts pension liabilities when disposing of a division a rule seen by some as obstructive to corporate activity. In theory, new legislation could allow businesses to transfer their pension liabilities to other divisions. However, critics believe that this could give organisations carte blanche to shift their pension obligations to entities likely to become insolvent, thus forcing other organisations to subsidise their pension commitments. | Current legislation allows British businesses to default on their pension obligations when they restructure. | c |
id_1065 | At a time of tumbling share prices and longer life expectancy, many companies have acute shortfalls m their pension funds. Pension schemes in the UK are protected by a government fund contributed to by companies themselves, but many British business leaders have been lobbying for a change of rules mn instances of a company restructuring. A company ts currently required to fully cover tts pension liabilities when disposing of a division a rule seen by some as obstructive to corporate activity. In theory, new legislation could allow businesses to transfer their pension liabilities to other divisions. However, critics believe that this could give organisations carte blanche to shift their pension obligations to entities likely to become insolvent, thus forcing other organisations to subsidise their pension commitments. | Controversy surrounds any relaxation of pension rules about restructuring. | e |
id_1066 | At a time of tumbling share prices and longer life expectancy, many companies have acute shortfalls m their pension funds. Pension schemes in the UK are protected by a government fund contributed to by companies themselves, but many British business leaders have been lobbying for a change of rules mn instances of a company restructuring. A company ts currently required to fully cover tts pension liabilities when disposing of a division a rule seen by some as obstructive to corporate activity. In theory, new legislation could allow businesses to transfer their pension liabilities to other divisions. However, critics believe that this could give organisations carte blanche to shift their pension obligations to entities likely to become insolvent, thus forcing other organisations to subsidise their pension commitments. | A change in pension legislation will help companies to reduce the hole in their pension schemes. | n |
id_1067 | At a university campus in 1971, 23 male volunteers spent two weeks role playing prisoners and guards. The volunteers were upright ordinary good students. The exercise sought to explore the extent to which the external environment influences human behaviour and in particular our potential for evil. Early on in the experiment the guards started subjecting the prisoners to psychological and physical punishments. As the experiment proceeded the punishments got worse. Philip Zimbardo, the originator of the experiment, identified that conformity and anonymity were two of a number of factors that can bring about callous behaviour in otherwise caring people. Anonymity was important because it led the perpetrators to believe that they would not have to answer for their actions. Conformity was significant because it pressurized the more humane guards to adopt the behaviour of their less humane peers. Another of Zimbardos factors was boredom. | In this experiment in social psychology there were more prisoners than guards. | n |
id_1068 | At a university campus in 1971, 23 male volunteers spent two weeks role playing prisoners and guards. The volunteers were upright ordinary good students. The exercise sought to explore the extent to which the external environment influences human behaviour and in particular our potential for evil. Early on in the experiment the guards started subjecting the prisoners to psychological and physical punishments. As the experiment proceeded the punishments got worse. Philip Zimbardo, the originator of the experiment, identified that conformity and anonymity were two of a number of factors that can bring about callous behaviour in otherwise caring people. Anonymity was important because it led the perpetrators to believe that they would not have to answer for their actions. Conformity was significant because it pressurized the more humane guards to adopt the behaviour of their less humane peers. Another of Zimbardos factors was boredom. | It would be wrong to deduce from the passage that women volunteers in the same circumstances would not act callously. | e |
id_1069 | At a university campus in 1971, 23 male volunteers spent two weeks role playing prisoners and guards. The volunteers were upright ordinary good students. The exercise sought to explore the extent to which the external environment influences human behaviour and in particular our potential for evil. Early on in the experiment the guards started subjecting the prisoners to psychological and physical punishments. As the experiment proceeded the punishments got worse. Philip Zimbardo, the originator of the experiment, identified that conformity and anonymity were two of a number of factors that can bring about callous behaviour in otherwise caring people. Anonymity was important because it led the perpetrators to believe that they would not have to answer for their actions. Conformity was significant because it pressurized the more humane guards to adopt the behaviour of their less humane peers. Another of Zimbardos factors was boredom. | Two of Philip Zimbardos factors that can bring about callous behaviour in otherwise caring people are identified. | c |
id_1070 | At any given moment we are being bombarded by physical and psychological stimuli competing for our attention. Althrough our eyes are capable of handling more than 5 million bits of data per second, our brains are capable of interpreting only 500 bits of data per second. With similar disparities between each of the other senses and the brain, it is easy to see that we select the visual, auditory, or tactile stimuli that we wish to compute at any specific time. | Physical stimuli usually win in the competition for our attention. | n |
id_1071 | At any given moment we are being bombarded by physical and psychological stimuli competing for our attention. Althrough our eyes are capable of handling more than 5 million bits of data per second, our brains are capable of interpreting only 500 bits of data per second. With similar disparities between each of the other senses and the brain, it is easy to see that we select the visual, auditory, or tactile stimuli that we wish to compute at any specific time. | The capacity of the human brain is sufficient to interpret nearly all the stimuli the senses can register under optimum conditions. | c |
id_1072 | At any given moment we are being bombarded by physical and psychological stimuli competing for our attention. Althrough our eyes are capable of handling more than 5 million bits of data per second, our brains are capable of interpreting only 500 bits of data per second. With similar disparities between each of the other senses and the brain, it is easy to see that we select the visual, auditory, or tactile stimuli that we wish to compute at any specific time. | Eyes are able to cope with a greater input of information than ears. | n |
id_1073 | At first glance , Cornelia Parkers 1991 installation cold dark matter. An exploded view would seem to be the outcome of a destructive drive in the artist personality. On the contrary , she is fascinated by the way that change even change a violence nature , is a new beginning. An opportunity for something very different to emerge . cold dark matter consists of a garden shed which parker filled with objects, then asked the army to blow up. She suspended the resulting fragments in a room and lit them with a single bulb. Throwing sinister shadow on the walls. The title is central to understanding the work, alluding to the cold dark matter which in one version of the big bang theory . led to the creation of the universe. | The way in which the shade was destroyed adds to the meaning of the work. | n |
id_1074 | At first glance , Cornelia Parkers 1991 installation cold dark matter. An exploded view would seem to be the outcome of a destructive drive in the artist personality. On the contrary , she is fascinated by the way that change even change a violence nature , is a new beginning. An opportunity for something very different to emerge . cold dark matter consists of a garden shed which parker filled with objects, then asked the army to blow up. She suspended the resulting fragments in a room and lit them with a single bulb. Throwing sinister shadow on the walls. The title is central to understanding the work, alluding to the cold dark matter which in one version of the big bang theory . led to the creation of the universe. | The impulse for the work is the artists physiological need to destroy. | c |
id_1075 | At the election of President and Vice President of the United States, andmembers of Congress, in November, 1872, Susan B. Anthony, and several other women, offered their votes to the inspectors of election, claiming the right to vote, as among the privileges and immunities secured to them as citizens by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The inspectors, Jones, Hall, and Marsh, by a majority, decided in favour of receiving the offered votes, against the dissent of Hall, and they were received and deposited in the ballot box. For this act, the women, fourteen in number, were arrested and held to bail, and indictments were found against them, under the 19th Section of the Act of Congress of May 30th, 1870, (16 St. at L. 144. ) independently charging them with the offence of knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote. The three inspectors were also arrested, but only two of them were held to bail, Hall having been discharged by the Commissioner on whose warrant they were arrested. All three, however were jointly indicted under the same statutefor having knowingly and wilfully received the votes of persons not entitled to vote. Of the women voters, the case of Miss Anthony alone was brought to trial, a nolle prosequi having been entered upon the other indictments. Upon the trial of Miss Anthony before the U. S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua, in June, 1873, it was proved that before offering her vote she was advised by her counsel that she had a right to vote; and that she entertained no doubt, at the time of voting, that she was entitled to vote. | The women were charged jointly under the same indictment. | c |
id_1076 | At the election of President and Vice President of the United States, andmembers of Congress, in November, 1872, Susan B. Anthony, and several other women, offered their votes to the inspectors of election, claiming the right to vote, as among the privileges and immunities secured to them as citizens by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The inspectors, Jones, Hall, and Marsh, by a majority, decided in favour of receiving the offered votes, against the dissent of Hall, and they were received and deposited in the ballot box. For this act, the women, fourteen in number, were arrested and held to bail, and indictments were found against them, under the 19th Section of the Act of Congress of May 30th, 1870, (16 St. at L. 144. ) independently charging them with the offence of knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote. The three inspectors were also arrested, but only two of them were held to bail, Hall having been discharged by the Commissioner on whose warrant they were arrested. All three, however were jointly indicted under the same statutefor having knowingly and wilfully received the votes of persons not entitled to vote. Of the women voters, the case of Miss Anthony alone was brought to trial, a nolle prosequi having been entered upon the other indictments. Upon the trial of Miss Anthony before the U. S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua, in June, 1873, it was proved that before offering her vote she was advised by her counsel that she had a right to vote; and that she entertained no doubt, at the time of voting, that she was entitled to vote. | Susan B. Anthony was the only person brought to trial because of the incident. | n |
id_1077 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack-lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | The successful export trade with central America seems set to continue indefinitely. | e |
id_1078 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack-lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | GTC is a sound investment. | e |
id_1079 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack-lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | Central American producers will find a ready market for their products in Europe. | n |
id_1080 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack-lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | Restructuring generally produces an increase in profitability. | n |
id_1081 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack-lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | European producers cannot meet demand in their home territories. | n |
id_1082 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack-lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | Central America will, in the future, begin to export less to Europe. | n |
id_1083 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack; lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | Restructuring generally produces an increase in profitability. | n |
id_1084 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack; lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | Central American producers will find a ready market for their products in Europe. | n |
id_1085 | At the moment of GTC, like other European producers, is able to relieve at least some of its over-capacity by exporting, partly to Central America. A decade from now, that region will be largely self-sufficient and trade will be starting to flow the other way. However, for GTC investors, the companys recent restructure could herald better times. The groups lack of focus and lack; lustre returns have been much criticized of late. | Central America will, in the future, begin to export less to Europe. | c |
id_1086 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Technological advancement brings satisfaction among the working class. | c |
id_1087 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Shallow knowledge is the cause of various industrial disputes. | n |
id_1088 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Computer system has proved very useful for the workers. | e |
id_1089 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Labourers have wrong notions about the various schemes launched by the government. | n |
id_1090 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | The notion of the Trade Union leaders about the computer system in India was found perfect. | c |
id_1091 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Employment opportunity is not at all minimised with the introduction of computer system. | e |
id_1092 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Indias first computer system was introduced in Calcutta. | e |
id_1093 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Computer system can also create jobs. | e |
id_1094 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | There was labour unrest in the Indian Statistical Institute for the introduction of computer system. | n |
id_1095 | At the time of introduction of computer system in India there was an abrupt objection to its introduction by the leaders of various Trade Unions. It was argued that this technical device will certainly minimise the chances of employment. It was described as anti-labor. Indian Statistical Insti- tute, Calcutta, got the first computer system in India. But the results are just the reverse. It has, not only created better opportunities for fresh jobs, but has also entrusted the employees with more creative jobs, motivation and job satisfaction with qualitative and quantitative advancement in the routine work. In fact such technological changes should always be welcomed with enthusiasm, leaving aside the wrong notions. | Trade Unionist do not believe in the nations progress. | c |
id_1096 | Attitudes to language It is not easy to be systematic and objective about language study. Popular linguistic debate regularly deteriorates into invective and polemic. Language belongs to everyone, so most people feel they have a right to hold an opinion about it. And when opinions differ, emotions can run high. Arguments can start as easily over minor points of usage as over major policies of linguistic education. Language, moreover, is a very public behaviour, so it is easy for different usages to be noted and criticised. No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social survival. As a result, it is easy to hurt, and to be hurt, when language use is unfeelingly attacked. In its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others, and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community. The view is propounded especially in relation to grammar and vocabulary, and frequently with reference to pronunciation. The variety which is favoured, in this account, is usually a version of the 'standard' written language, especially as encountered in literature, or in the formal spoken language which most closely reflects this style. Adherents to this variety are said to speak or write 'correctly'; deviations from it are said to be 'incorrect! All the main languages have been studied prescriptively, especially in the 18th century approach to the writing of grammars and dictionaries. The aims of these early grammarians were threefold: (a) they wanted to codify the principles of their languages, to show that there was a system beneath the apparent chaos of usage, (b) they wanted a means of settling disputes over usage, and (c) they wanted to point out what they felt to be common errors, in order to 'improve' the language. The authoritarian nature of the approach is best characterised by its reliance on rules' of grammar. Some usages are 'prescribed, ' to be learnt and followed accurately; others are 'proscribed, ' to be avoided. In this early period, there were no half-measures: usage was either right or wrong, and it was the task of the grammarian not simply to record alternatives, but to pronounce judgement upon them. These attitudes are still with us, and they motivate a widespread concern that linguistic standards should be maintained. Nevertheless, there is an alternative point of view that is concerned less with standards than with the facts of linguistic usage. This approach is summarised in the statement that it is the task of the grammarian to describe, not prescribe to record the facts of linguistic diversity, and not to attempt the impossible tasks of evaluating language variation or halting language change. In the second half of the 18th century, we already find advocates of this view, such as Joseph Priestiey, whose Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) insists that 'the custom of speaking is the original and only just standard of any language! Linguistic issues, it is argued, cannot be solved by logic and legislation. And this view has become the tenet of the modern linguistic approach to grammatical analysis. In our own time, the opposition between 'descriptivists' and 'prescriptivists' has often become extreme, with both sides painting unreal pictures of the other. Descriptive grammarians have been presented as people who do not care about standards, because of the way they see all forms of usage as equally valid. Prescriptive grammarians have been presented as blind adherents to a historical tradition. The opposition has even been presented in quasi-political terms - of radical liberalism vs elitist conservatism. | Our assessment of a persons intelligence is affected by the way he or she uses language. | e |
id_1097 | Attitudes to language It is not easy to be systematic and objective about language study. Popular linguistic debate regularly deteriorates into invective and polemic. Language belongs to everyone, so most people feel they have a right to hold an opinion about it. And when opinions differ, emotions can run high. Arguments can start as easily over minor points of usage as over major policies of linguistic education. Language, moreover, is a very public behaviour, so it is easy for different usages to be noted and criticised. No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social survival. As a result, it is easy to hurt, and to be hurt, when language use is unfeelingly attacked. In its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others, and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community. The view is propounded especially in relation to grammar and vocabulary, and frequently with reference to pronunciation. The variety which is favoured, in this account, is usually a version of the 'standard' written language, especially as encountered in literature, or in the formal spoken language which most closely reflects this style. Adherents to this variety are said to speak or write 'correctly'; deviations from it are said to be 'incorrect! All the main languages have been studied prescriptively, especially in the 18th century approach to the writing of grammars and dictionaries. The aims of these early grammarians were threefold: (a) they wanted to codify the principles of their languages, to show that there was a system beneath the apparent chaos of usage, (b) they wanted a means of settling disputes over usage, and (c) they wanted to point out what they felt to be common errors, in order to 'improve' the language. The authoritarian nature of the approach is best characterised by its reliance on rules' of grammar. Some usages are 'prescribed, ' to be learnt and followed accurately; others are 'proscribed, ' to be avoided. In this early period, there were no half-measures: usage was either right or wrong, and it was the task of the grammarian not simply to record alternatives, but to pronounce judgement upon them. These attitudes are still with us, and they motivate a widespread concern that linguistic standards should be maintained. Nevertheless, there is an alternative point of view that is concerned less with standards than with the facts of linguistic usage. This approach is summarised in the statement that it is the task of the grammarian to describe, not prescribe to record the facts of linguistic diversity, and not to attempt the impossible tasks of evaluating language variation or halting language change. In the second half of the 18th century, we already find advocates of this view, such as Joseph Priestiey, whose Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) insists that 'the custom of speaking is the original and only just standard of any language! Linguistic issues, it is argued, cannot be solved by logic and legislation. And this view has become the tenet of the modern linguistic approach to grammatical analysis. In our own time, the opposition between 'descriptivists' and 'prescriptivists' has often become extreme, with both sides painting unreal pictures of the other. Descriptive grammarians have been presented as people who do not care about standards, because of the way they see all forms of usage as equally valid. Prescriptive grammarians have been presented as blind adherents to a historical tradition. The opposition has even been presented in quasi-political terms - of radical liberalism vs elitist conservatism. | Prescriptivism still exists today. | e |
id_1098 | Attitudes to language It is not easy to be systematic and objective about language study. Popular linguistic debate regularly deteriorates into invective and polemic. Language belongs to everyone, so most people feel they have a right to hold an opinion about it. And when opinions differ, emotions can run high. Arguments can start as easily over minor points of usage as over major policies of linguistic education. Language, moreover, is a very public behaviour, so it is easy for different usages to be noted and criticised. No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social survival. As a result, it is easy to hurt, and to be hurt, when language use is unfeelingly attacked. In its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others, and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community. The view is propounded especially in relation to grammar and vocabulary, and frequently with reference to pronunciation. The variety which is favoured, in this account, is usually a version of the 'standard' written language, especially as encountered in literature, or in the formal spoken language which most closely reflects this style. Adherents to this variety are said to speak or write 'correctly'; deviations from it are said to be 'incorrect! All the main languages have been studied prescriptively, especially in the 18th century approach to the writing of grammars and dictionaries. The aims of these early grammarians were threefold: (a) they wanted to codify the principles of their languages, to show that there was a system beneath the apparent chaos of usage, (b) they wanted a means of settling disputes over usage, and (c) they wanted to point out what they felt to be common errors, in order to 'improve' the language. The authoritarian nature of the approach is best characterised by its reliance on rules' of grammar. Some usages are 'prescribed, ' to be learnt and followed accurately; others are 'proscribed, ' to be avoided. In this early period, there were no half-measures: usage was either right or wrong, and it was the task of the grammarian not simply to record alternatives, but to pronounce judgement upon them. These attitudes are still with us, and they motivate a widespread concern that linguistic standards should be maintained. Nevertheless, there is an alternative point of view that is concerned less with standards than with the facts of linguistic usage. This approach is summarised in the statement that it is the task of the grammarian to describe, not prescribe to record the facts of linguistic diversity, and not to attempt the impossible tasks of evaluating language variation or halting language change. In the second half of the 18th century, we already find advocates of this view, such as Joseph Priestiey, whose Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) insists that 'the custom of speaking is the original and only just standard of any language! Linguistic issues, it is argued, cannot be solved by logic and legislation. And this view has become the tenet of the modern linguistic approach to grammatical analysis. In our own time, the opposition between 'descriptivists' and 'prescriptivists' has often become extreme, with both sides painting unreal pictures of the other. Descriptive grammarians have been presented as people who do not care about standards, because of the way they see all forms of usage as equally valid. Prescriptive grammarians have been presented as blind adherents to a historical tradition. The opposition has even been presented in quasi-political terms - of radical liberalism vs elitist conservatism. | Prescriptive grammar books cost a lot of money to buy in the 18th century. | n |
id_1099 | Attitudes to language It is not easy to be systematic and objective about language study. Popular linguistic debate regularly deteriorates into invective and polemic. Language belongs to everyone, so most people feel they have a right to hold an opinion about it. And when opinions differ, emotions can run high. Arguments can start as easily over minor points of usage as over major policies of linguistic education. Language, moreover, is a very public behaviour, so it is easy for different usages to be noted and criticised. No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social survival. As a result, it is easy to hurt, and to be hurt, when language use is unfeelingly attacked. In its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others, and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community. The view is propounded especially in relation to grammar and vocabulary, and frequently with reference to pronunciation. The variety which is favoured, in this account, is usually a version of the 'standard' written language, especially as encountered in literature, or in the formal spoken language which most closely reflects this style. Adherents to this variety are said to speak or write 'correctly'; deviations from it are said to be 'incorrect! All the main languages have been studied prescriptively, especially in the 18th century approach to the writing of grammars and dictionaries. The aims of these early grammarians were threefold: (a) they wanted to codify the principles of their languages, to show that there was a system beneath the apparent chaos of usage, (b) they wanted a means of settling disputes over usage, and (c) they wanted to point out what they felt to be common errors, in order to 'improve' the language. The authoritarian nature of the approach is best characterised by its reliance on rules' of grammar. Some usages are 'prescribed, ' to be learnt and followed accurately; others are 'proscribed, ' to be avoided. In this early period, there were no half-measures: usage was either right or wrong, and it was the task of the grammarian not simply to record alternatives, but to pronounce judgement upon them. These attitudes are still with us, and they motivate a widespread concern that linguistic standards should be maintained. Nevertheless, there is an alternative point of view that is concerned less with standards than with the facts of linguistic usage. This approach is summarised in the statement that it is the task of the grammarian to describe, not prescribe to record the facts of linguistic diversity, and not to attempt the impossible tasks of evaluating language variation or halting language change. In the second half of the 18th century, we already find advocates of this view, such as Joseph Priestiey, whose Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) insists that 'the custom of speaking is the original and only just standard of any language! Linguistic issues, it is argued, cannot be solved by logic and legislation. And this view has become the tenet of the modern linguistic approach to grammatical analysis. In our own time, the opposition between 'descriptivists' and 'prescriptivists' has often become extreme, with both sides painting unreal pictures of the other. Descriptive grammarians have been presented as people who do not care about standards, because of the way they see all forms of usage as equally valid. Prescriptive grammarians have been presented as blind adherents to a historical tradition. The opposition has even been presented in quasi-political terms - of radical liberalism vs elitist conservatism. | Both descriptivists and prescriptivists have been misrepresented. | e |
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