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[ { "title": "e20247_p0", "sents": [ "'Generators flock to get low-cost loans for new plants San Francisco Chronicle 09 07 2001 PUC vote on direct-access power deals blocked for a week San Francisco Chronicle 09 07 2001 Calif. Official Asks FERC To Probe ISO, DWR 'Collusion' Dow Jones 09 07 2001 Calif. firm says Powerex overcharged The Globe and Mail 09 07 2001 California Utilities Protest Plan Los Angeles Times 09 07 2001 Assembly OKs Bill to Rebuild Edison's Finances Energy Los Angeles Times 09 07 2001 The State Enron Records to Stay Secret Court Los Angeles Times 09 07 2001 California Assembly Passes Southern California Edison Rescue Bill Dow Jones 09 07 2001 Developments In California 's Energy Crisis At A Glance Dow Jones 09 07 2001 California 's Plan for $12.5 Billion of Bonds Dow Jones 09 07 2001 California 's PUC Approves Some Agreements, But All is Not Go on Power Sale The Bond Buyer 09 07 2001 Good Omens for Calif. Gos The Bond Buyer 09 07 2001 California 's Plan for $12.5 Billion of Bonds Wall Street Journal 09 07 2001 Calif." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco Chronicle", "sents": [ "The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.", "It was founded in 1865 as \"The Daily Dramatic Chronicle\" by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.", "The paper is currently owned by the Hearst Corporation, which bought it from the de Young family in 2000.", "It is the only major daily paper covering the city and county of San Francisco." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Battle of Tololing", "sents": [ "The Battle of Tololing was one of the pivotal battles in the Kargil War between India's armed forces and troops from the Northern Light Infantry who were aided by other Pakistan backed irregulars in 1999.", "The Tololing is a dominant position overlooking the Srinagar - Leh Highway (NH 1D) and was a vital link.", "Much of the Indian Army losses had to do with the nature of the terrain as World War I style frontal charges had to be mounted to reclaim the peaks to dislodge the intruders.", "The 3 week assault finally culminated with India taking control of the peak and changing the course of the war." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Northern Light Infantry", "sents": [ "The Northern Light Infantry (reporting name: NLI) is a light infantry regiment in the Pakistan Army, based and currently headquartered in Gilgit, the capital of Gilgit–Baltistan.", "Along with many unified armed forces presence in the Northern Areas, the NLI has the primary ground operations responsibility of protecting the strategically important northern areas of Pakistan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Orlando Cepeda", "sents": [ "Orlando Manuel \"Peruchin\" Cepeda Pennes (] ; born September 17, 1937) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball first baseman and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.", "The 1958 National League Rookie of the Year, Cepeda was voted the National League Most Valuable Player in 1967, the year his team, the St. Louis Cardinals, won the World Series.", "Overall, he appeared in three World Series and was the first winner of the American League's Outstanding Designated Hitter Award in 1973.", "He batted .300 or better 9 times in the 14 seasons he appeared in over 100 games, much of it played in what is now called the \"Second Deadball Era.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "St. Louis Cardinals", "sents": [ "The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri.", "The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division.", "Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006.", "With origins as one of the early professional baseball clubs in St. Louis, entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased a barnstorming club in 1881, then known as the Brown Stockings, and established them as charter members of the American Association (AA) the following season.", "Upon the discontinuation of the AA, St. Louis joined the NL in 1892; at that time, they were called the Browns and the Perfectos before they were officially renamed as the Cardinals in 1900." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "List of townlands in County Armagh", "sents": [ "In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands.", "The following is a list of townlands in County Armagh, Northern Ireland:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ireland", "sents": [ "Ireland ( ; Irish: \"Éire\" ] ; Ulster-Scots: \"Airlann\" ] ) is an island in the North Atlantic.", "It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.", "Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3075_p74", "sents": [ "This price, more than 60 times the going rate a year ago, prompted a furious Gov.", "Gray Davis to threaten to use his emergen cy powers to commandeer Reliant's power or even seize one of its power plants.", "No one is eager for the state to take over private power plants.", "That smacks of dictatorship.", "But if the generators can get away with charging so much during a brief hot spell in May, what will the cost be in August?", "The state is continues to investigate allegations that the six produce rs colluded to control the market or that they shut down plants to create a false shortage.", "The state may take legal action next month.", "However, even that may not force prices down.", "The buyers cartel has possibilities.", "California would get Oregon and Washington to join in deciding the highest rate they are willing to pay for power this summer, a price still providing the producers a generous profit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ireland", "sents": [ "Ireland ( ; Irish: \"Éire\" ] ; Ulster-Scots: \"Airlann\" ] ) is an island in the North Atlantic.", "It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.", "Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e8613_p17", "sents": [ "In a separate exchange of equity, Creative Planet acquired from United News & Media \"The Knowledge\", a database of film and TV production professionals in the U.K. and Ireland.", "Under the agreement, United gains exclusive sales & marketing rights in the U.K. and Ireland for all Creative Planet products and services.", "Clive Hollick, CEO of United News & Media, will join Creative Planet's board of directors.", "The company is also backed by Times Mirror Chandler Trust Ventures, J. & W. Seligman Funds, Chase Capital Partners, Waterview Advisors, PaineWebber Capital, SunAmerica Investments, East River, Ares Management, Trekk Opportunity Partner!", "s, and others.", "The company has raised $100 million to date.", "http: www.creativeplanet.com Packing Marketplace Packexpo Gets $7.5 Million in Round Two mail this story?", "top FAIRFAX, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Packexpo.com, an Internet marketplace for the packaging industry, said it raised $7.5 million in its second round financing.", "Investors included Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, Hickory Venture Group, and a group of unnamed packaging companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2985_p97", "sents": [ "In the days when American resources seemed limitless, the federal governmen t had a limited role in energy policy.", "This started to change in the 1930s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal developed the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built dams and generated 100 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, and the Bonneville pow er project on the Columbia River, which supplies the Pacific Northwest - and California - with electricity.", "New energy policies and debates about national resources seem to come and go like the tide.", "Here is a look at presidents and their policies: Dwight Eisenhower In World War II, the United States developed the most fearsome of all energ y sources: nuclear fission.", "Nuclear weapons killed at least 280,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and held the world under the threat of destructio n. In December of 1953, President Eisenhower in his famous \"Atoms for Peace\" speech at the United Nations, proposed an international pool for the development of the peaceful uses of nuclear power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Hiroshima", "sents": [ "Hiroshima (広島市 , Hiroshima-shi , ]) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.", "The city's name, 広島, means \"Broad Island\" in Japanese.", "Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889.", "On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city.", "s of August 2016 , the city had an estimated population of 1,196,274.", "The GDP in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Metropolitan Employment Area, is US$61.3 billion as of 2010.", "Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fanchon the Cricket", "sents": [ "Fanchon, the Cricket is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures.", "It is based on a novel, \"La Petite Fadette\" by George Sand.", "It was directed by James Kirkwood and stars Mary Pickford, now working for Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman.", "A previous film version of the story was released in 1912 by IMP (later Universal) and directed by Herbert Brenon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Mary Pickford", "sents": [ "Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a prolific Canadian-American film actress and producer.", "She was a co-founder of both the Pickford-Fairbanks Studio (along with Douglas Fairbanks) and, later, the United Artists film studio (with Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith), and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who present the yearly \"Oscar\" award ceremony." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2386_p52", "sents": [ "Dozens of bills dealing with conservation and obtaining more power would be stranded, but they coul d be reintroduced if Davis called a new special session.", "All five Republicans representing parts of San Diego County voted against t he bill: Patricia Bates, Laguna Niguel; Dennis Hollingsworth, Temecula; Jay La Suer, La Mesa; Mark Wyland, Escondido; and Charlene Zettel, San Diego.", "All three San Diego Democrats voted for the bill: Christine Kehoe, Juan Vargas and Howard Wayne.", "In January, legislation was enacted that authorizes the state to issue a bo nd to repay the state general fund for power purchases.", "The estimate then was that the bond would be $10 billion, the largest municipal bond in the histo ry of the nation.", "Democrats said new legislation is needed because a state Public Utilities Commission action giving the state part of the revenue from monthly ratepay er bills was challenged by Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Juan Vargas", "sents": [ "Juan C. Vargas (born March 7, 1961) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for California's 51st congressional district since 2013.", "The district includes all of Imperial County as well as the southernmost portions of San Diego County.", "He is a Democrat." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7455_p3", "sents": [ "The cuts came due to the company's inability to raise additional capital, according to company president and CEO Jeff Lamb.", "BizBlast.com, which raised a $4 million first round of funding at the beginning of the year, was not able to find a lead investor for its second round.", "Company backers Access Venture Partners, Quest International Management, and Softbank Venture Capital were willing to reinvest provided there was a new lead investor, the company said.", "Softbank led the company's first round of funding but would not lead again.", "The company said it hopes either to receive additional funding or to be acquired, with acquisition the more likely option.", "BizBlast.com has enough funding to last until January of 2001. The company's products enable users to create, set up, and maintain online stores.", "http: www.bizblast.com Managed Service Firm Coradiant Gets $20 Million Round One SAN JOSE, California -- Coradiant, a managed service provider, said it closed a $20 million first round of funding led by Doll Capital Management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p6", "sents": [ "Toshiki Takei, senior managing director of Takefuji, will serve as the president of the new firm.", "The company said the portfolio will eventually grow to $215 million.", "http: www.takefuji.co.jp New Money o Wireless Broadband Firm Siros Raises $10 Million First Round SEATTLE -- Siros Networks, a developer of wireless broadband network infrastructures, said it closed $9,950,000 in its first round of funding.", "Contributors to the round included Optical Capital Group, Kinetic, and Access Venture Partners.", "Optical Capital Group and Kinetic will each gain a seat on Siros' board of directors.", "The funding will be used for product and organizational development, and to begin field trials of its wireless network services during the fall of next year.", "http: www.sironetworks.com Agility Communications Raises $70 Million Second Round SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Agility Communications, a developer of tunable lasers for fiber optic networks, said it raised $70 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bob Dole", "sents": [ "Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996.", "He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 presidential election and the party's vice presidential nominee in the 1976 presidential election." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5472_p22", "sents": [ "California had asked the federal government to be exempted from a Clean Air Act requirement to use fuel additives like ethanol to cleanse its gasoline, arguing that cheaper technologies were available.", "Administration officials said today that the government would issue a decision on Tuesday denying the request.", "Last Friday, in a speech in Iowa, Mr. Bush hinted at the decision, saying he supported the use of ethanol \"not only to reduce dependency on foreign sources of energy but secondly as a way to clean the air.\"", "Several Democratic senators from farm states, including Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the new majority leader, and Tom Harkin of Iowa, the new chairman of the Agriculture Committee, saw a favorable decision as a huge boon to their states' economies and had urged Mr. Bush to deny California the waiver.", "It was Mr. Daschle -- and former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas -- who began the push for ethanol a decade ago by inserting in the Clean Air Act an amendment that required 2 percent of cleaner-burning gasoline to contain oxygenates like ethanol." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John P. Wheeler III", "sents": [ "John Parsons Wheeler III (December 14, 1944 –c.", "December 30, 2010), known as Jack Wheeler, was a chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, senior planner for Amtrak (1971–1972), official of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1978–1986), chief executive and CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, consultant to the Mitre Corporation (2009–death), and a presidential aide to the Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations.", "He also held numerous other positions in the United States military, government, and corporations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "George H. W. Bush", "sents": [ "George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who was the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.", "A member of the Republican Party, he was previously a congressman, ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.", "He is the oldest living former President and Vice President.", "Previously known as simply \"George Bush\", since 2001, Bush has often been referred to as \"George H. W. Bush\", \"Bush 41\", \"Bush the Elder\", or \"George Bush Senior\" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p22", "sents": [ "Mr. Smith is president of Yankelovich Partners, a market research firm.", "Screen4me's investors include Robinson-Humphrey Company, Intelligent Systems and individuals from Brann RMG, Yankelovich Partners, Siebel Systems, Boston Consulting Group, and Holland & Knight.", "http: www.screen4me.com Wireless Tech Firm Altawave Adds Prodigy COO to Board FREMONT, Calif. -- Wireless infrastructure builder Altawave said it appointed Gregory G. Williams to its board of directors.", "Mr. Williams is the chief operating officer at Prodigy Communications.", "Mr. Williams is also chairman of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum board of directors.", "Altawave is backed by New Millennium Partners and Clarity Capital.", "http: www.altawave.com New People o Data Firm eData Names Ex-Andersen Consulting Exec as CEO BOCA RATON, Fla. -- EData, a provider of Internet-accessable data management services, said it has appointed former managing partner and founder of Andersen Consulting's CRM practice Dale Renner as its first chief executive office.", "Founder Hank Asher will remain on the eData board as founder and will continue to work on product design and technology." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "Hank Asher", "sents": [ "Hank Asher (May 9, 1951 - January 11, 2013) was a businessman best known as \"the father of data fusion.\"", "With a reported fortune of around US$500 million earned as the founder of several data fusion / data mining companies that compile information about companies, individuals and their interrelationships from thousands of different electronic databases.", "“He’s kind of a legend” among those who use investigative data tools, says Greg Lambert, a legal information specialist." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5677_p132", "sents": [ "Story .18824 Calif. ISO rescinds Tues blackout forecast; supplies still tight New York, June 19 (BridgeNews) - While the California Independent System Operator has rescinded its forecast of possible blackouts for Tuesday, the agency running the Golden State's electricity grid is currently projecting very little surplus power generated in the state for the day.", "Story .1491 3 Three states sue DOE over air conditioning standards ruling New York, June 19 (BridgeNews) - Attorney generals of California, Connectic ut and New York along with several consumer groups sued the Department of Ener gy to block a Bush Administration plan allegedly designed to weaken efficiency standards for residential appliances, including air conditioners and heat pumps.", "The complaint filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court calls the administration \"short sighted\" and seeks to invalidate its rule changes.", "Story .18548 NY, New England ISOs expand power reserve sharing agreement New York, June 19 (BridgeNews) - The Independent System Operators (ISO) for New York (NYIOS) and New England (ISO-NE) have agreed to expand their reserve-sharing agreement to allow for each ISO to draw on available reserv es in the other region in the event of a system interruption, according to a statement issued Tuesday by ISO-NE." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "New England", "sents": [ "New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.", "It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively.", "The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south.", "Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city.", "The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25117_p3", "sents": [ "PG&E acknowledged the conflict with state law but said it will ask the bankruptcy court -- a federal entity -- to override the state law.", "Legal experts said it's not clear whether a bankruptcy judge would ignore state law, and in prior rulings United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali has sided with state officials.", "\"Any federal court would be very reluctant to go in and override state laws,\" said influential state Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Marina del Rey, chair of the Senate Energy Committee.", "Robert D. Glynn Jr., PG&E's chairman, called the transfer a good deal for customers.", "He said the electricity from those plants would be sold back to the utility at about $50 a megawatt hour -- \"the lower end\" of current rates -- under a 12-year contract.", "But that's almost double the existing rates for those plants, critics said.", "And Gary Cohen, the PUC's general counsel, said the company would be free to charge market rates when the contract runs out, putting utility customers at the mercy of an independent, unregulated generator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Debra Bowen", "sents": [ "Debra Lynn Bowen (born October 27, 1955), a member of the Democratic Party, was the Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015.", "Previously, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992 to 2006.", "In March 2008, she was given the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1432_p0", "sents": [ "\"To follow is a message regarding practice interviews offered by Accenture.", "THIS IS NOT AN AVENUE TO A JOB WITH ACCENTURE, rather, you're helping the company to develop their interview process and train their recruiters.", "So if you volunteer, please don't put the press on these people Accenture is looking for seven individuals to serve as experienced practice interviewees at our San Francisco office on Thursday, May 24th.", "The session will be held from 1pm-5pm, and lunch will be served.", "In addition to earning $50, participants will be reimbursed for their travel expenses to and from the session.", "Participants will: Meet with Accenture executives to conduct practice interviews.", "Receive feedback from real interviewers.", "Get paid $50 plus round trip transportation expenses.", "Criteria Individuals in any master's degree program with a 3.0 GPA and 2+ years of work experience.", "Interested students should email resumes to Christina Roemer at [email protected].", "Resumes will be reviewed and potential participants will be contacted via telephone." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "Accenture", "sents": [ "Accenture PLC is a global management consulting and professional services company that provides strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations services.", "A Fortune Global 500 company, it has been incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, since 1 September 2009.", "In 2017, the company reported net revenues of $34.9 billion, with more than 425,000 employees serving clients in more than 200 cities in 120 countries.", "In 2015, the company had about 130,000 employees in India, about 48,000 in the US, and about 50,000 in the Philippines.", "On August 29, 2017, Apple Inc. announced a partnership with Accenture to create iOS business solutions.", "Accenture's current clients include 94 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Metropolitan United Methodist Church", "sents": [ "The Metropolitan United Methodist Church is a church located at 8000 Woodward Avenue (at Chandler) in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan.", "It was completed in 1926, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1986.", "This church should not be confused with Metropolitan United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, which is often regarded as a National Church within the United States as it was specifically established by the General Conference to be a \"representative presence of Methodism in the nation's capital\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Detroit", "sents": [ "Detroit ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.", "The municipality of Detroit had a 2015 estimated population of 677,116, making it the 21st-most populous city in the United States.", "The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after Chicago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1465_p6", "sents": [ "Shaped like an oval with a flattened side, the tower will be wrapped in an exterior of rose-tinted granite with bluish windows.", "A granite-paved pedestrian plaza will be built at the corner of Texas and Milam, leading into the entrance at 717 Texas Ave.", "The project is designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, the architecture firm that did Enron Field for the Houston Astros.", "Seven levels will be devoted to an enclosed parking garage with 900 spaces.", "Above the parking garage will be 24 floors of office space, with about 26,500 square feet of space per floor.", "Calpine will be moving about 1,100 employees into the building.", "The company now has its workers in three downtown buildings: Bank of America Tower, Wells Fargo Plaza and Pennzoil Place.", "Calpine's choices for office space in downtown Houston were slim.", "The prime \"Class A\" space in downtown is more than 96 percent occupied, and large blocks of top-quality vacant space are nonexistent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Pennzoil Place", "sents": [ "Pennzoil Place is a set of two 36-story towers in downtown Houston, Texas, United States.", "Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and built in 1975, Pennzoil Place is Houston's most award-winning skyscraper and is widely known for its innovative design." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Baird Mountain", "sents": [ "Baird Mountain is a summit in Taney County in southern Missouri.", "The peak has an elevation of 1234 ft The peak lies just southeast of the Table Rock Lake dam above Missouri Route 265.", "Table Rock State Park lies just to the west." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Table Rock Lake", "sents": [ "Table Rock Lake is an artificial lake or reservoir in The Ozarks of southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas.", "The lake is impounded by Table Rock Dam (location ) constructed in 1954-1958 on the White River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Armando Becker", "sents": [ "Armando Becker (born June 9, 1966 in Caracas) is a retired male basketball player from Venezuela, who played as a forward during his career.", "He competed for the Venezuela national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Championship and at the 1991 Pan American Games." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "1991 Pan American Games", "sents": [ "The 11th Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991.", "There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports.", "The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Potakówka", "sents": [ "Potakówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnowiec, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.", "It lies approximately 4 km south of Tarnowiec, 10 km east of Jasło, and 46 km south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Rzeszów", "sents": [ "Rzeszów ( , ; , \"Ŕašiv\"; German: \"Resche\" (antiquated), Latin: \"Resovia\" ; Yiddish: ריישע‎ , \"rayshe\") is the largest city in southeastern Poland, with a population of 187,208 (2016).", "It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin.", "Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, and is also the seat of Rzeszów County." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lehman Brothers", "sents": [ "Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) was a global financial services firm.", "Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities), research, investment management, private equity, and private banking.", "Lehman was operational for 158 years from its founding in 1850 until 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27156_p10", "sents": [ "Mr. Miller previously served as vice president of carrier operations at EmpowerTel Networks.", "Network Telephone is backed by Lehman Brothers, Spectrum Equity, ONSET Ventures, CenturyTel, Morgan Keegan, Mellon Financial, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Desai, and Wind Point Partners.", "font <br <br <a href=\"http: www.networktelephone.net\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.networktelephone.net< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwIPPQLIMIJI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Optinel Systems Names Randy Wink as VP of Carrier Relations< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwIPPQLIMIJIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IPPQLIMIJI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" ELKRIDGE, MD.", "-- Optinel Systems, a provider of optical communication systems and subsystems for the cable and telecommunication markets, said it appointed Randy Wink as vice president of carrier relations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Scottish Power", "sents": [ "ScottishPower Ltd. is a vertically integrated energy company with its headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland.", "It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but, in 2006, it became a subsidiary of the Spanish utility Iberdrola." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2042_p0", "sents": [ "'Scottish Power reportedly considering 3 bln usd bid for Enron's Portland AFX News, 04 29 01 UK PRESS:Scottish Power Mulls Bid for Enron's Portland Dow Jones, 04 29 01 Scottish Power Mulls Bid for Portland General, Observer Says Bloomberg, 04 29 01 India's MSEB Hopeful Of New Power Pact With Enron Unit Dow Jones, 04 29 01 India: Enron pull-out could put Indian lenders in a spot Business Line (The Hindu), 04 29 01 Enron not interested in completion of Dabhol project Press Trust of India Limited, 04 29 01 African-American museum gathers support, money, ideas Houston Chronicle, 04 29 01 After several tries, black museum approaches reality in Houston Associated Press, 04 29 01 COMMUNITY HELPERS SOUTH SCHOOL GIVES $2,500 Portland Oregonian, 04 29 2001 World Bank to vote on $450 mln India power loan Reuters, 04 28 01 UK: Scottish Power mulls Portland bid - paper Reuters, 04 28 01 India: Save Dabhol project Business Line (The Hindu), 04 28 01 India: Systemic changes needed for SEBs, says Prabhu Business Line (The Hindu), 04 28 01 India: Enron not to affect India ratings: S&P Business Line (The Hindu), 04 28 01 Maharashtra to appoint Godbole to lead renegotiations with DPC Press Trust of India Limited, 04 28 01 Power play over Dabhol Business Standard, 04 28 2001 India waits for a rediscovery Business Standard, 04 28 01 Enron gets set to pull the plug on power project South China Morning Post, 04 28 01 Enron not needed at all, says NGO The Times of India, 04 28 01 State-wide stir against Enron from March 1 The Times of India, 04 28 01 Enron, India in dispute over future of gas-fired power plant Associated Press Newswires, 04 28 01 STARS & DOGS A selection of this week's winners and losers compiled by Andrew Bell The Globe and Mail, 04 28 01 Talk & Speculation San Antonio Express-News 04 28 01 Enron's stock price gets whipped after broadband unit falls short Associated Press Newswires, 04 28 01 Scottish Power reportedly considering 3 bln usd bid for Enron's Portland 04 29 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd LONDON (AFX) - Scottish Power PLC is considering a move to bolster its United States West Coast operations by bidding for Enron Corp unit Portland General for around 3 bln usd, reports the Observer, without citing sources." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cattenbroek", "sents": [ "Cattenbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht.", "It is a part of the municipality of Montfoort, and lies about 4 km east of Woerden." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Utrecht", "sents": [ "Utrecht ( ; ] ) is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of Utrecht.", "It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of in ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Battle of Baza (1810)", "sents": [ "In the Battle of Baza on 4 November 1810 an Imperial French force commanded by General Milhaud fought a Spanish corps led by General Blake.", "When the Spanish commander allowed his forces to get spread out, Milhaud attacked with his cavalry and crushed Blake's vanguard with heavy losses.", "The Spanish force retreated into the province of Murcia.", "Baza is located on Route 342 about 80 km north of Almería.", "The battle occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Napoleonic Wars", "sents": [ "The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by Great Britain.", "The wars stemmed from the unresolved disputes associated with the French Revolution and its resultant conflict.", "The wars are often categorised into five conflicts, each termed after the coalition that fought Napoleon; the Third Coalition (1805), the Fourth (1806–7), Fifth (1809), Sixth (1813), and the Seventh and final (1815)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2326_p22", "sents": [ "Filner follows the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill's maxim that all politics is local.", "After first meeting Filner, people of all stripes typically recei ve great-to-meet-you letters, usually within 48 hours.", "His district, which abuts the U.S.-Mexico border, includes the southern hal f of the city of San Diego, plus National City and Chula Vista.", "It is one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation, at 41 percent Latino, 29 percent Anglo, 15 percent Filipino and 15 percent African-American.", "Back in Washington, despite the Republican domination, Filner says he is we ll positioned to pursue national leadership roles in the energy crisis and border infrastructure.", "Filner sits on the House Veterans Affairs Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.", "His successes include helping get an international sewage treatment plant built here; securing limited benefits for Filipino veterans of the United States military; and securing greater benefits f or all veterans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "San Diego", "sents": [ "San Diego ( , Spanish for \"Saint Didacus\"; Spanish: ] ) is a major city in California, United States.", "It is in San Diego County, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately 120 mi south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chelsea Newton", "sents": [ "Chelsea Newton (born February 17, 1983) is a former WNBA player, who last played for the Sacramento Monarchs.", "She signed with the Seattle Storm, but later retired before even playing a game with them.", "Since 2015, she has been an assistant coach for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Sacramento Monarchs", "sents": [ "The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California.", "They played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009.", "They played their home games at ARCO Arena." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Joe Lieberman", "sents": [ "Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who was a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013.", "A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election.", "Currently he is an Independent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5677_p106", "sents": [ "\"I'm very grateful,\" Feinstein told the commissioners, who were called to testify to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.", "\"Let's watch and wait and see how this order works.\"", "Feinstein had been leading the Democratic charge in Washington to force FER C to impose price controls; indeed, yesterday's hearing had been intended to highlight the agency's inaction.", "Gov.", "Gray Davis is still billed to appear today at another Senate panel headed by Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., to investigate price gouging.", "The 60-page FERC order, which takes effect at midnight tonight and remains until September 2002, limits prices based on the cost of the least-efficien t, and therefore highest-cost, generating plant.", "It is intended to mimic the w ay a competitive market functions.", "While Democrats hailed FERC's move, power generators and marketers warned that it would backfire, leading to more blackouts and stifling investment in new power plants.", "\"It doesn't create or conserve a single megawatt in California or the West, said Enron spokesman Mark Palmer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27377_p10", "sents": [ "When the Feb. 12 issue featured a cover photo of Jeffrey Skilling, you knew bad things were about to happen both to Enron and to its new C.E.O.", "Sure enough, on Tuesday Mr. Skilling resigned for ''personal reasons.''", "The next day he conceded that the most important of those personal reasons was the 50 percent drop in Enron's stock since January.", "Is this just another tale of extravagant expectations disappointed, the kind of story that has become all too common lately?", "No; this case has wider significance.", "Enron, based in Houston, is in the vanguard of a powerful movement that hopes to ''financialize'' (Enron's term) just about everything -- that is, trade almost everything as if it were stock options.", "That movement is as much about politics as it is about business, and the company has not been shy about using its political connections to advance its cause.", "With the arrival of George W. Bush in the White House -- thanks largely to Enron, a prime mover behind his campaign --the sky seemed to be the limit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2312_p46", "sents": [ "But consumers and ratepayer groups argue that the million-dollar salaries handed executives in Houston, Arlington and Atlanta are excessive especially in the wake of charges that companies manipulated California's power markets.", "No energy executive made more last year than Kenneth L. Lay, chairman of Houston-based Enron Corp. Lay collected $141.6 million in salary, bonuses and stock, a 184 percent increase over 1999. Enron, the nation's largest wholesale energy marketer, sells both natural gas and electricity in California.", "Enron also paid CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling $72.6 million and Enron Wholesale chief Mark A. Frevert $35.8 million.", "\"If you could spray dye on dollars and trace them through, you would see pipelines out of Houston carrying energy and pipelines coming back carrying dollars,\" said Graef Crystal, a former executive pay consultant to Fortune 500 companies who now writes and lectures on executive compensation.", "\"It's an involuntary transfer of wealth from the California consumers to Ken Lay and his cohorts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8397_p18", "sents": [ "http: www.competix.com?", "Com munications Apps Firm UReach Names Board Chairman?", "HOLMDEL, N. J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- UReach, which makes unified communicatio ns products, services, and applications, said it has appointed Semir D. Sirazi a former executive at U. S. Robotics, as chairman of the board.", "UReach rais ed $16 million from Banc One and Argo Global Capital in a third round of financing last month.", "The company's applications include call processing components such as call forwarding, find me follow me services and virtual calling cards; messaging services such as email, voicemail and faxes; and address book, calendar and document storage.", "http: www.ureach.com Site Structuring Firm Synquiry Adds BuyerZone Exec to Board BELMONT, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Synquiry, which develops content and site structuring software for Internet marketplaces, said it has appo inted Steven Wishner to its board.", "Mr. Wishner is the CFO of BuyerZone.com developer of a business-to-business Internet marketplace.", "Synquiry raise d $800,000 in a Series A round led by Watermill eVentures in September of this year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p13", "sents": [ "Previous investor Mars also participated.", "The company said it will use the funding to further develop its infrastructure and accelerate the deployment of its technology.", "The company currently produces English, French, and German versions of its product, with Spanish and Italian versions in development.", "As a result of the financing, Jean-David Chamboredon, technology director for Europ@web, will take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.ukibi.com Wireless Software Firm NetSanity Raises $20 Million Series C REDWOOD, Calif. -- NetSanity, which develops software for wireless telecommunications carriers, said it has raised $20 million in its Series C funding, led by Argo Global Capital and previous investor Nokia Venture Partners.", "Pascal Tremblay, principal at Argo, will join NetSanity's board of directors as a result of the investment.", "The new funds will go towards product engineering and marketing.", "http: www.netsanity.com Office Supply Retailer, officeXL, Gets $3.8 Million MUNICH, Germany -- Wellington partners said it contributed to Hamburg, Germany-based officeXL's $3.8 million funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5671_p0", "sents": [ "'SCE Reaches Agreement With Alternative Energy Generators PR Newswire 06 19 01, 11:20p (Copyright 2001, PR Newswire) ROSEMEAD, Calif., June 19 PRNewswire -- Southern California Edison (SCE) announced today that it has reached an agreement with most of its renewable Qualifying Facilities (QF) power producers that addresses past payment issues and future pricing considerations, and creates a mechanism for ending numerous lawsuits.", "\"We believe this agreement will help bring stability to an important segment of California's energy market,\" said SCE Chairman, President & CEO Stephen E. Frank.", "The plan was negotiated between the utility and key representatives of the QF industry and facilitated by Governor Gray Davis' office.", "To date, SCE has received signed agreements from QFs representing approximately 95% of its renewable energy capacity and today executed those contracts.", "The company hopes that the small number of remaining producers will also agree.", "Certain elements of the agreements are subject to the approval of the California Public Utilities Commission." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sempra Energy", "sents": [ "Sempra Energy is an American natural gas utilities holding company based in San Diego, California.", "It divides its interests into two broad categories: California utilities, including Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E); and businesses not subject to California utilities regulation, chiefly Sempra International and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p25", "sents": [ "\"We're spending that every month now.", "The dollars that are involved are staggering,\" said Paula Green, deputy superintendent of City Light.", "It's a cash hemorrhage brought on by Washington's drought, which means less water in the reservoirs at city-owned dams.", "That increases Seattle's need to purchase electricity on a market where prices have zoomed to unprecedented levels.", "Adding to the frustration for Seattle city officials is the fact that most of that money is flowing to out-of-state utilities and power brokers who are profiting enormously from the energy crunch.", "Last month alone, the bill from Enron, a Houston-based corporation, was $25.5 million, putting it well ahead of the No.", "2 seller, California's Sempra Energy, which sold $7.4 million worth of electricity to City Light.", "City Light still gets most of the 1,200 megawatts necessary to serve its load from city-owned dams and from its contract with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Come Dancing", "sents": [ "Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1950 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows.", "Unlike its follow up show \"Strictly Come Dancing\" contestants were not celebrities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "BBC", "sents": [ "The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster with its headquarters at Broadcasting House in London.", "The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.", "It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting.", "The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed contract staff are included." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "GE Capital", "sents": [ "GE Capital, is the financial services unit of the American multinational conglomerate General Electric.", "It provides commercial lending and leasing, as well as a range of financial services for commercial aviation, energy, and support for GE's industrial business units." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e8071_p9", "sents": [ "http: www.allidex.com?", "Semiconductor Firm Spirea R aises $4 Million Second Round?", "KISTA, Sweden (VENTUREWIRE) -- Spirea, which develops fabless semiconduc tors, raised $4 million in its second round of funding, according to lead investo r Kennet Capital.", "Other investors in the round were Zodiak Venture Capital, a nd Kaupthing Investment Bank, a first round investor in Spirea.", "The company sa id it will use the funding to expand its scope to international markets and continue to develop new Bluetooth-based products.", "http: www.spirea.com Training Firm Simulis Gets Equity Investment from GE Capital HOUSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Simulis, which develops Web-based skill s training simulation programs for technology equipment and machines, said GE Capital has made an undisclosed equity investment in the company as pa rt of a second round of financing, taking a 20% stake in the company.", "Bob Stefanowski, a senior vice president at GE Capital, sits on the Simulis bo ard." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3698_p25", "sents": [ "Kalkhoven, Pettit & Levin Ventures led the round, which brings the total capital raised by Optium to date to $50 million.", "Texas Pacific, Kee Munder Venture Partners, and Dominion were new investors in the company.", "Founded in November 2000, Optium is headed by co-chairman and CEO Paul Suchoski and Eitan Gertel, co-chairman and president.", "Optium's optical technology was developed at the University of Central Florida's School for Optics.", "The company has 40 employees and is planning an aggressive hiring and marketing campaign.", "http: www.optium.com OSS Software Maker AP Engines Closes $30 Million Round Two mail?", "top MAYNARD, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- AP Engines, which provides operation al support systems (OSS) integration platforms for telephony and broadband provisioning and usage management, said it has closed $30 million in a seco nd round of funding.", "Atlas, Bessemer Venture Partners, Commonwealth Capital Venture, Enron Broadband Services, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Mentmore Venture Partners, and Thomas Weisel Capital Partners participated in the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e3788_p3", "sents": [ "June 7, 2001, 12:09AM Briefs: Houston & state Enron Broadband invests in AP Engines Enron Broadband Services, a division of Houston-based Enron Corp., took part in a $30 million venture investment into Massachusetts-based tech firm AP Engines.", "Private equity fund Thomas Weisel Capital Partners led the round, while Atlas Venture, Bessemer Venture Partners and Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Lighthouse Capital Partners and Mentmore Venture Partners also participated in the round.", "AP Engines develops software that allows broadband Internet service providers, such as cable and telephone companies, to move a variety of data types, including, e-mail, voice, video-on-demand and video conferencing over their networks.", "June 7, 2001, 9:58PM Houston Chronicle Attempt to save Enron power project in India extended to third day Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE -- Indian banks that funded Dabhol Power Co., a unit of Enron Corp., and international lenders extended a meeting into a third day to try to save the $3 billion power project from closure, bankers said Wednesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "New England", "sents": [ "New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.", "It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively.", "The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south.", "Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city.", "The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4329_p10", "sents": [ "The company also announced the appointment of its president and CEO, Kenneth Bob.", "Mr. Bob previously served as a senior vice president for the Descartes Systems Group.", "http: www.safewww.com Network Management Firm Oracom Raises First Round NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.", "-- Oracom, which provides online network management software, said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funds in its first round.", "Egan-Managed Capital, a New England-based venture capital fund, led the round, which included Point Ventures and CIG Ventures.", "As a result of the funding, Bob Creeden, general partner of Egan-Managed Capital, Baruch Russo, who manages CIG Ventures, and Michael O'Malley of Inflection Point, will join Oracom's board of directors.", "http: www.oracom.com Payroll Management Site PayCycle Raises $1.3 Million Seed MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- PayCycle, a provider of Web-based payroll management services for business with up to 20 employees, said it raised $1.3 million in its seed round from private investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Baltistan Wildlife Sanctuary", "sents": [ "Baltistan Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary covering an area of 415 km2 in the Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.", "Contiguous with the Astore Wildlife Sanctuary to its south and east, the Baltistan Wildlife Sanctuary lies south of the Indus River, between the villages of Rondu and Shengus, in the Skardu District.", "This protected area was established in 1975, for the purpose of conserving the threatened species that occupy the park, and among them there are snow leopard, brown bear, lynx, Tibetan wolf, Tibetan sand fox, markhor, bharal, and Siberian ibex." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Astore Wildlife Sanctuary", "sents": [ "Astore Wildlife Sanctuary is as wildlife refuge located in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan.", "It is within the Astore District, between Nanga Parbat 8,126 m to the west and the plains of Deosai to the east, and about 11 km from the town of Bungi.", "Its area is approximately 414.72 km2 and its altitude is from 1,212 m to 6,060 m ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mullen High School", "sents": [ "Mullen High School (formerly J.K. Mullen High School) is a Roman Catholic, Brothers of the Christian Schools, college-preparatory high school in Denver, Colorado.", "It is run independently within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Denver", "sents": [ "Denver ( ), officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.", "Denver is in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.", "The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 12 mi east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.", "Denver is nicknamed the \"Mile-High City\" because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 ft ) above sea level, making it the highest major city in the United States.", "The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pat Maginnis", "sents": [ "Patricia Theresa \"Pat\" Maginnis is considered the first abortion rights activist in American history.", "She is one part of the Army of Three, the grassroots collective that would eventually become NARAL Pro-Choice America and that founded the Society for Humane Abortion.", "She is also a political cartoonist and painter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "NARAL Pro-Choice America", "sents": [ "NARAL Pro-Choice America is a 501(c)(4) organization in the United States that engages in political action and advocacy efforts to oppose restrictions on abortion and expand access to abortion.", "NARAL is often used as a short form of the name.", "The organization was formerly known as the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, then the National Abortion Rights Action League, and later the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Campobasso railway station", "sents": [ "Campobasso railway station (Italian: \"Stazione di Campobasso\" ) serves the city and \"comune\" of Campobasso, in the region of Molise, southern Italy.", "Opened in 1883, it is located on the Termoli–Venafro railway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Campobasso", "sents": [ "Campobasso (] ; Campobassan dialect \"Cambuàsce\", ] ) is a city and \"comune\" in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso.", "It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sannio and Matese mountains." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19790_p3", "sents": [ "The federal government site, http: www.firstgov.gov featured usgresponse.html, has links to many survivor registries.", "A group of Berkeley students also created a site with links to many of the sites for survivor registries, donations, and of companies affected by the attack: http: safe.millennium.berkeley.edu - HAAS IN THE NEWS Peter Sealey, adjunct professor and co-director of the Center for Marketing and Technology, was quoted in the in the Los Angeles Times on September 14 discussing what is inappropriate advertising in the aftermath of national disasters.", "Read the full story here: http: latimes.com templates misc printstory.jsp?slug=la%2D000073994sep14. Terrance Odean, assistant professor in Finance, was quoted by the San Jose Mercury News on September 14 in the story \"Advise to investor: stay calm.\"", "Read more here: http: www0.mercurycenter.com business center1 invest0914.htm.", "Los Angeles Times featured Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group, on September 14 in an article commenting on the impact of Tuesday's tragedy on the economy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Terrance Odean", "sents": [ "Terrance Odean (born c. 1950) is the Rudd Family Foundation Professor and Chair of the Finance Group at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.", "He is known for his work on behavioral finance." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Greg Carter (American football)", "sents": [ "Greg Carter (born July 29, 1954) is an American football coach and former collegiate and professional baseball player.", "He is currently the head coach of the Oak Park High School Knights in Oak Park, Michigan in Metro Detroit.", "He previously coached the Inkster High School Vikings in Inkster, Michigan and the Saint Martin de Porres High School Eagles in Detroit, Michigan.", "He has been a coach on 12 Michigan state championship football teams, eight as an assistant coach and four as a head coach.", "Carter previously played baseball at Kentucky State University, where he was selected as a college baseball All-American, and in the Detroit Tigers minor league organization.", "In 2009, he was inducted in Kentucky State University Hall of Fame." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Kentucky State University", "sents": [ "Kentucky State University (KSU) is a public university in Frankfort, Kentucky.", "Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons, KSU was the second state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky.", "It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,025 and a total graduate enrollment of 134." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jujhar Khaira", "sents": [ "Jujhar \"J.", "J.\"", "Khaira (born August 13, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "Khaira was drafted 63rd overall by the Oilers in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Edmonton Oilers", "sents": [ "The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta.", "They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sempra Energy", "sents": [ "Sempra Energy is an American natural gas utilities holding company based in San Diego, California.", "It divides its interests into two broad categories: California utilities, including Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E); and businesses not subject to California utilities regulation, chiefly Sempra International and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e9131_p2", "sents": [ "We control only 70 megawatts of generation in the state, which we offered to the ISO today because of the emergency, but the ISO declined to purchase that power,\" Kean said.", "That small generating unit is located in the southern California, while the ISO's supply problems were most acute in northern California.", "\"We aren't selling any other power to them right now.", "Everything else that we bought we've sold to other buyers,\" said Kean, who added that Enron had sold to the ISO as recently as Tuesday.", "The ISO manages California's electricity grid and purchases last-minute additional power on behalf of the state's three investor-owned utilities.", "The ISO then bills the utilities, which are PG&E Corp's Pacific Gas & Electric Co, Edison International's (EIX) Southern California Edison, and Sempra Energy's (SRE) San Diego Gas & Electric Co.", "The ISO has 70-day payment terms to suppliers.", "For the past two weeks, and often during the summer, the ISO has been purchasing about one-fourth of the state's entire needs at very high prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28006_p35", "sents": [ "The company also said it will take on Vsys' voice telecommunications engineers.", "Terms of the deal were not released.", "Vsys, a supplier of software switching technologies, has received backing from Rock Equity Ventures and Intel Communications Fund.", "Oresis has received funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, ComVentures, JAFCO America Ventures, Blueprint, UBS Capital Americas, Sands Brothers, Silver Creek Fund, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray, NTT Leasing, and Comdisco.", "<http: www.oresis.com <http: www.vsys.com new directors * Amazing Media Names Engage CEO Paul L. Schaut to Board top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=HHLNNMHMII FAIRFAX, VA. -- Amazing Media, which provides an online advertising system designed to enable Web properties to serve small-buy, local, and non-traditional online advertisers, said it added Paul L. Schaut as the fifth member of its board of directors.", "There is one seat now open on Amazing Media's board.", "Mr. Schaut, 41, formerly served as president and CEO of Engage, a provider of interactive marketing services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p11", "sents": [ "Wasabi said it will use the proceeds to fund growth and expand its staff.", "http: www.wasabisystems.com Science Communications Secures Pre-Series A Funding HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Science Communications, a provider of e-mail marketing services, said it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from ABS Ventures, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Alex.", "Brown.", "The company said it would use the funds to expand to international markets.", "Science Communications directs online marketing campaigns and e-commerce through its EmailEngines technology.", "http: www.sciencecommunications.com Airslide Systems Closes $35 Million Second Round of Funding HERZELLA, Israel -- Airslide Systems, which is developing an IP-based technology for cellular network infrastructures, said it has closed a $35 million second round of funding led by investment affiliates of Soros Private Equity Partners.", "The round included Anschutz Investment, KPNQwest, Telecom Italia Mobile, Intel Communications Fund and first round investors Sequoia Capital Seed Fund.", "Airslide said it will use the proceeds for development, marketing, manufacturing and sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "U.S. Route 51 in Wisconsin", "sents": [ "U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) in the U.S. state of Wisconsin runs north–south down the central part of the state.", "It enters from Illinois at Beloit, and runs north to its northern terminus in Hurley where it junctions with US 2.", "Much of the route of US 51 runs concurrently with Interstate 39 (I-39)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Interstate 39", "sents": [ "Interstate 39 (I-39) is a highway in the midwestern United States.", "I-39 runs from Normal, Illinois at I-55 to Wisconsin Highway 29 (WIS 29) in Rib Mountain, Wisconsin, approximately 6 mi southwest of Wausau.", "I-39 was designed to replace U.S. Route 51 (US 51), which in the early 1980s was one of the busiest two-lane highways in the United States.", "I-39 was built in the 1980s and 1990s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4892_p6", "sents": [ "A source close to the negotiations said Kozmo.com ended bargaining last Thursday after discovering greater financial liabilities than originally disclosed by Urbanfetch.", "Urbanfetch's CEO Ross Stevens said in a statement that negotiations fell apart due to differences over business-to-consumer strategy and how it would affect UrbanFetch's business courier service.", "Both UrbanFetch and Kozmo have had significant layoffs in recent months and in August, Kozmo.com withdrew its planned IPO.", "Kozmo.com is backed by Amazon.com, Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Hambrecht & Quist Group, Liberty Digital, New York City Investment Fund, Oak Investment Partners, J.W.", "Seligman & Co., Thomas Weisel Partners, and Triad Media Ventures.", "http: www.kozmo.com http: www.urbanfetch.com MaMaMedia Restructures in an Effort to Raise More Funds NEW YORK -- MaMaMedia, an Internet media company that provides entertainment programming, activities, and products aimed at children 12 years old and younger, has laid off about 40 people as it tries to secure additional financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nora Hanen", "sents": [ "Nora Hanen is a fictional character from the American soap opera \"One Life to Live\".", "The role was originated by Hillary B. Smith in September 1992, and she remained on the show through the original television finale on January 13, 2012.", "Smith reprised the role when new regular episodes of \"OLTL\" began airing on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network in April 2013.", "\"General Hospital\" executive producer Frank Valentini announced in January 2017 that Smith would crossover the role of Nora to \"General Hospital\".", "Smith first appeared on March 6, 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "General Hospital", "sents": [ "General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American daytime television medical drama.", "It is listed in \"Guinness World Records\" as the longest-running American soap opera in production and the second longest-running drama in television in American history after \"Guiding Light\".", "Concurrently, it is the world's second longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials \"The Archers\" and \"Coronation Street\", as well as the world's second-longest-running televised soap opera still in production.", "\"General Hospital\" premiered on the ABC television network on April 1, 1963.", "Same-day broadcasts as well as classic episodes were aired on SOAPnet from January 20, 2000, to December 31, 2013, following Disney-ABC's decision to discontinue the network.", "\"General Hospital\" is the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history.", "It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, with 13 wins." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10119_p5", "sents": [ "HB 176 would allow the attorney general to initiate proceedings that could result in a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation.", "Any person who received more than one telephone solicitation within any 12-month period by or on behalf of the same entity could bring an action to enjoin the violation, or bring an action to recover actual monetary loss, or receive up to $5,000 in damages.", "Reps. Jay Hoffman (D., Collinsville), Dan Reitz (D., Steeleville), James Fowler (D., Harrisburg), Thomas Johnson (R., West Chicago), and Thomas Holbrook (D., Belleville) introduced HB 176. Rep. William Black (R., Danville) also has introduced a bill that would create a no-call database.", "HB 143 would require the state Commerce Commission to establish the database and would allow the commission to penalize violators.", "(1 12 01 a.m.) CUSTOMER-AFFECTING COLORADO Legislation would create no-call list Sen. Ken Chlouber (R., District 4) and Rep. Mark Larson (R., District 59) have introduced a bill that would create a no-call list for residential telephone subscribers who don't want to receive telephone solicitation calls." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Thomas Holbrook", "sents": [ "Thomas Holbrook (born 1949) is an Illinois politician who serves as the St. Clair County Clerk.", "He was appointed to replace Bob Delaney.", "Prior to this he served as Chairman of the Illinois Pollution Control Board from 2011 to 2013 and a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 113th District for eight terms from 1995 until 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6965_p21", "sents": [ "In talks Monday, however, Enron mentioned the possibility of dropping the lawsuit, Dunn said, which is not a requirement to the committee's dropping the contempt charge.", "No-one at Enron could be reached immediately for comment.", "The documents sought by the price manipulation committee include information on bidding and pricing behavior in the state's electricity markets.", "The committee originally was poised to cite seven other electricity generators for contempt, but all eventually agreed to provide the requested information.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 310-962-2843; [email protected] -0- 17 07 01 01-32G Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "News Contempt vote targets power firm Subpoena Enron Corp. refuses to relinquish documents to state Senate panel.", "Series: energy.0712 JOHN HOWARD The Orange County Register 07 12 2001 The Orange County Register 1 PageD SACRAMENTO A Senate committee probing California's troubled energy market urged the full Senate to declare Enron Corp. in contempt for shunning a legislative subpoena, a move that could put the defiant power company's top executives at risk of arrest as early as next week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e804_p3", "sents": [ "BPA, the federal agency that markets electricity from dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, is scheduled to provide 259 megawatts of cost-based power to Portland General and 135 MW to PacifiCorp, starting Oct. 1, the effective date of the state's restructuring bill.", "The bill required the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to determine by May 1 whether certain bill provisions would require the utilities to restructure in such a way that they could not meet BPA eligibility requirements for cost-based power.", "\"We've taken great care to make sure we didn't violate (BPA) standards.", "Even though BPA's rates are going up, this power will still provide benefits for residential customers,\" OPUC Chairman Ron Eachus said.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3872; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: US POWER-Success spells trouble for Calif. energy traders.", "By C. Bryson Hull 04 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 5 (Reuters) - In downtown Houston's booming energy district sit a few companies whose record earnings have made them fat targets for regulators and politicians under pressure to make someone pay for California's power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "General Electric", "sents": [ "General Electric (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.", "As of 2016, the company operates through the following segments: Aviation, Current, Digital, Energy Connections, Global Research, Healthcare, Lighting, Oil and Gas, Power, Renewable Energy, Transportation, and Capital which cater to the needs of Financial services, Medical devices, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Software Development and Engineering industries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e19826_p2", "sents": [ "You fire up your new Palm m105 handheld, adjust your headphones and tap \"Play.\"", "Two tunes into your personal play list, you're in the client's lobby singing the praises of Palm's Tunes-to-Go Bundle.", "This Palm Store promotion truly rocks.", "Just $299 gets you the m105 handheld and the Port?son mp3 player from Shinei, including Liquid Player Plus software.", "That's $49 off the regular price!", "But hurry and order, as this special bundle disappears October 1st.", "Create your own play lists, \"skins\" and more.", "A quick trip to the Palm Music Connection yields your favorite tunes, many for as little as $.99. Check out Palm's Tunes-To-Go promotion http: insync-online.p04.com u.d?ikRo2705ec-ZQ5=130 Palm Music Connection http: insync-online.p04.com u.d?2ERo2705ec-ZQ-=140 -- EBOOK OF THE MONTH: Jack: Straight from the Gut By Jack Welch, John A. Byrne With 20 years as CEO of General Electric, Welch is one of the world's most admired executives.", "This refreshingly honest, humorous account of the people who influenced him and the big hits and misses of his career is destined to be a business classic." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "James B. McClatchy", "sents": [ "James B. McClatchy (17 December 1920 – 26 May 2006) was a journalist and publisher.", "He was a journalist at McClatchy Company newspapers, including \"The Fresno Bee\" and \"The Sacramento Bee\".", "He was publisher of The McClatchy Company from 1987 to 2005, having been chairman since 1980." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2665_p12", "sents": [ "And to compound the irony, Davis is claiming the same sort of trade secrecy on pow er purchases that the trial lawyers would have him overturn.", "Will the trial lawyers finally win a big one?", "And even if they prevail in t he Capitol, will Silicon Valley and other corporate interests spend tens of millions of dollars to overturn a new anti-secrecy law via the ballot?", "The only certainty is that regardless of what happens to this measure, the Capitol's tort wars will continue.", "The Bee's Dan Walters can be reached at (916) 321-1195 or [email protected] om Utilities are headed down troubling path: The expansion frenzy may eventual ly lead to consolidation into a few super-giant energy companies for all of th e United States, Canada and Mexico.", "By James B. McClatchy (Published May 14, 2001) If privately owned utilities have their way, their expansion frenzy of rece nt years will probably lead to a consolidation of ownership of electrical generating and transmission lines into a few super-giant energy companies f or all of the United States, Canada and maybe Mexico." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sacheverell Sitwell", "sents": [ "Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet {'1': \", '2': \", '3': 'CH', '4': \"} ( ; 15 November 1897 – 1 October 1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque.", "Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell were his older siblings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Domenico Scarlatti", "sents": [ "Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (Naples, 26 October 1685 Madrid, 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families.", "He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period.", "Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6171_p24", "sents": [ "\"We believe we have a strong legal position,\" SDG&E spokesman Ed Van Herik said.", "\"We purchased those contracts with shareholder money with the clear understanding that it was shareholder risk.\"", "Davis totals up his efforts, notes price drop By Ed Mendel UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER and Toby Eckert COPLEY NEWS SERVICE July 7, 2001 Gov.", "Gray Davis, claiming progress in handling the electricity crisis, said yesterday that the average cost of power purchased by the state last month was half the average cost in January.", "A consumer group and others had feared that this summer could be \"Armageddon,\" with soaring electricity costs draining the state treasury and frequent blackouts crippling the economy and threatening public safety.", "But there were no blackouts last month, even though it was the hottest June on record in some areas, and electricity costs dropped below the levels of an administration forecast that was widely derided when it was issued in April." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p30", "sents": [ "\"But we are providing steady and reliable leadership, a nd I believe we will have this thing behind us by the end of this fall.\"", "FERC to weigh limited curbs on electricity prices Caps would apply in Stage 3 shortages By Toby Eckert COPLEY NEWS SERVICE April 25, 2001 CALIFORNIA'S POWER CRISIS WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are expected to consider limited wholesale price curbs for California's chaotic electricity market today, but the approach falls far short of the controls sought by many state officials.", "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staffers have proposed limiting the price that power sellers can charge for wholesale electricity in California only during the most severe shortages, known as Stage 3 emergencies.", "The \"price mitigation\" would be pegged to \"the marginal cost of the highest-priced (generating) unit called upon to run,\" according to a staff report.", "Producers also would be required to sell their excess power to the state's grid operator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20328_p0", "sents": [ "--Original Message -- From: Lindh, Frank (Law) Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 4:52 PM To: CGT GA II Team Leads; Katz, Michael; Tomcala, Karen A (Corp); Law FERC Weekly Meeting Cc: Kozak, Dina; Harris, Renee; Bar-Lev, Joshua (Law); Yu, Amy S; Cherry, Brian; Arceneaux, Brenda; Lieu, Lisa; '[email protected]' Subject: PG&E Comments on SoCalGas Comp.", "Settlm't Importance: High Gas Accord II Team Leads, and others - Attached below is a copy of PG&E's comments, filed today, supporting Commissioner Bilas's recent proposed decision, which recommends approval of SoCalGas's long-pending Comprehensive Settlement Agreement.", "Commissioner Bilas's proposed decision contains a very favorable assessment of Gas Accord's performance, and recommends adoption of the Comprehensive Settlement on the ground that it will achieve the same basic structure for SoCalGas.", "Accordingly, PG&E in its comments has recommended that the full CPUC adopt the proposed decision.", "The PG&E comments also point out that some issues remain to be resolved with respect to allocation of receipt point rights on the SoCalGas system at Wheeler Ridge." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e9142_p0", "sents": [ "'As you know, ALJ Biren has established May 5 as the date that testimony is due in support of all settlements filed on April 3 and April 17.?", "While she may offer additional guidance at the PHC on April 24, we need to start the process of formalizing the testimony supporting the Comprehensive Settlement Agreement.?", "We have already identified the content and parties responsible for drafting the testimony (as identified below).?", "The testimony will be based on a \"hub and spoke\" approach, where SoCalGas will focus on the mechanics of unbundling, describing in detail how the capacity and retail unbundling process will work, with other parties filing testimony that complements SoCalGas' testimony while offering the parties individual perspective on why the settlement is in the public interest and benefits customers, the state of California, mom and apple pie - you get the picture.?", "In addition, I would like to suggest the following deadlines for getting testimony prepared and circulated so that all of the signatories to the settlement agreement have an opportunity to review and comment appropriately on the drafts.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lauren Hutton", "sents": [ "Mary Laurence \"Lauren\" Hutton (born November 17, 1943) is an American model and actress.", "Raised in the southern United States, Hutton relocated to New York City in her early adulthood to begin a modeling career.", "Though she was initially dismissed by agents for a signature gap in her teeth, Hutton signed a modeling contract with Revlon in 1973, which at the time was the biggest contract in the history of the modeling industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Revlon", "sents": [ "Revlon, Inc. is an American multinational cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932 and based in New York City." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Krommenie-Assendelft railway station", "sents": [ "Krommenie-Assendelft is a railway station in Krommenie and also for Assendelft in the Netherlands.", "The station lies on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway, and was opened on 1 November 1869.", "The station had a goods yard, but no longer does.", "The station had remained unchanged since 1975 until 2006.", "The station began being moved in 2006, further west, closer to the Saendelft estate.", "This new station opened on 14 December 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Krommenie", "sents": [ "Krommenie (] ) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.", "It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 15 km northeast of Haarlem." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Koffi Olomide", "sents": [ "Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba (born 13 July 1956), known professionally as Koffi Olomide, is a Congolese soukus singer, dancer, producer, and composer.", "He has had several gold records in his career.", "He is the founder of the Quartier Latin International orchestra with many notable artists, including Fally Ipupa and Ferré Gola." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Fally Ipupa", "sents": [ "Fally Ipupa N'simba (born December 14, 1977), known by his stage name Fally Ipupa, is a DR Congolese singer-songwriter, dancer, philanthropist, guitarist and producer.", "From 1999 until 2006, he was a member of Quartier Latin International, the music band formed in 1986 by Koffi Olomidé." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Austin Ventures", "sents": [ "Austin Ventures (AV) is a private equity firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments in business services and supply chain, financial services, new media, Internet, and information services companies nationally with a focus on Texas.", "The firm, which is based in Austin, Texas, was founded in 1984.", "AV has raised approximately $3.9 billion since inception across ten private equity funds.", "In September 2008, the firm announced the closing of Austin Ventures X with $900 million of investor commitments which will be used to fund start-up capital for emerging companies and growth capital for expansion rounds and recapitalizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4810_p22", "sents": [ "The company said the new name is more easily recognized and better represents the company's market position as an ASP.", "OwnerCare's services translate information on a customer's products into digital records that can be accessed from one source.", "The company is funded by undisclosed individual investors from Sapient, Inktomi, and Bigstep.com.", "http: www.ownercare.com Financial Management Software Firm MoneyStar Now Cofiniti AUSTIN, Texas -- Austin-based MoneyStar, a developer of financial management software for the retail financial services industry, said it is changing its name to Cofiniti.", "The company said it would introduce a new logo and Web site under the Cofiniti name and that it expects the transition to be completed within 30 days.", "Investors for Cofiniti include Century Capital Management, Prime New Ventures, Texas Growth Fund, AM Fund, Austin Ventures, Applied Technologies, GE Financial, Phillips-Smith Specialty Retail Group, and Solstice.", "http: www.moneystar.com Telephony ASP Vail Systems Launches Spin-out Verascape DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Vail Systems, an advanced telephony application service, announced the spin-out of Verascape, a developer and distributor of voice systems for companies extending Web access to wireless and wireline phones." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "North Willingham", "sents": [ "North Willingham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.", "The population of the civil parish (including Sixhills) was 181 at the 2011 census.", "It is situated 3.5 mi east from the town of Market Rasen on the A631 road between Market Rasen and Louth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Market Rasen", "sents": [ "Market Rasen is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.", "It lies on the River Rase, approximately 13 mi north-east from Lincoln, 18 mi east from Gainsborough and 16 mi south-west from Grimsby.", "The town is known for Market Rasen Racecourse.", "The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,904." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1714_p0", "sents": [ "'Moveon.org, a group that positions itself as an internet based consumer watchdog, has mounted a campaign in support of the Federal Energy Reliability and Stability Act of 2001. The campaign takes direct aim at enron, dynegy and other companies.", "Have a look at their website, at http: www.moveon.org priceshocked index.html.", "In the meantime, here's a copy of a mass, unsolicited email that someone at our PR Firm in NY (ss+k) received from moveon.org (see below).", "- Date: 4 24 01 5:01 PM From: Wes Boyd, MoveOn.Org Dear Friend of MoveOn, Energy prices are skyrocketing across the nation, yet Washington is doing nothing.", "Energy producers are taking huge windfall profits.", "Consumers and taxpayers are given the shaft.", "Enough is enough.", "Join our citizens' campaign by sending an instant email to your representatives in Washington.", "Go to: http: www.moveon.org priceshocked index.html The energy markets are controlled by a small number of companies -- Enron, Duke, Dynegy, Reliant, etc -- which supply local utilities throughout the country with gas and power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 8 ] }, { "title": "Wes Boyd", "sents": [ "Wes Boyd (b. ca.", "1960) is an American businessman.", "In 1987, he and his wife Joan Blades were the co-founders of Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company.", "After selling the company in 1997, Boyd and Blades went on to found the liberal political group MoveOn.org in 1998." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Greenway High School", "sents": [ "Greenway High School is a public secondary school located in Phoenix, Arizona.", "It is a part of the Glendale Union High School District.", "It was named after John Campbell Greenway, a mining engineer and United States Senator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Phoenix, Arizona", "sents": [ "Phoenix ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.", "With 1,615,017 people (as of 2016 ), Phoenix is the fifth most populous city nationwide, the most populous state capital in the United States, and the only state capital with a population of more than one million residents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8258_p3", "sents": [ "http: globalarchive.ft.com globalarchive article.html?id=001122002113 Taiwan-based First International to enter mobile commerce industry Nov 22, 2000, Commercial Times (Taiwan).", "Taiwan-based First International Group plans to enter the mobile commerce industry, which accounts for between 30 per cent and 40 per cent of", "http: globalarchive.ft.com globalarchive article.html?id=001122001979 * The best of the rest of the press http: www.globalarchive.ft.com search-components index.jsp * CUSTOMER SERVICE You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to FT.com's News by E-mail service.", "If you want to receive FT.com articles only, and stop receiving the best of the rest of the press, please visit http: nbe.ft.com nbe nbe_unsub.htm?c=netewpd FT.com at - http: www.ft.com gives you the best business news, analysis, company profiles, help with your investments and excellent sports coverage.", "Copyright Financial Times Limited 2000. \"FT\" and \"Financial Times\" are trademarks of Financial Times." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Commercial Times", "sents": [ "Commercial Times () is a Chinese language financial newspaper published in Taiwan.", "It is currently the biggest financial paper on the island.", "Because of its location in Taiwan, it is often a source for breaking news about the electronics and high-tech manufacturing industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cinnamon Toast Records", "sents": [ "Cinnamon Toast Records was a record label, inspired by the American label Simple Machines, from Halifax, Nova Scotia and run by Walter Forsyth, Lee Ann Gillan, Shawn Duggan, Colin MacKenzie, Robert Jeans and Miroslav Wiesner.", "They released a number of limited release 7\" singles, each in a different colour.", "Also released was a compilation CD and LP: \"Trim Crusts if Desired\".", "They went on to release a Rebecca West CD and LP as well as a number of full length Plumtree CDs.", "Their first release was Jale's first recording — a red 7\" single called \"Aunt Betty\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Simple Machines", "sents": [ "Simple Machines was a record label that operated out of Arlington, Virginia.", "The label was founded by Jenny Toomey and Brad Sigal while both were living in the Positive Force House in north Arlington, but Sigal soon stepped back from involvement.", "Kristin Thomson stepped up and co-masterminded the project with Toomey and they started a new group house near Positive Force's.", "At its peak, the label had four paid workers- Toomey, Thomson, Pat Graham and Mickey Menard.", "The label was formed to 'find creative ways to avoid the established and boring music business'." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10578_p14", "sents": [ "Yodlee is backed by Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital.", "http: www.yodlee.com E-Commerce Firm BuildPoint Raises Series C Funding REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- BuildPoint, an e-commerce company for the construction industry, said it has secured an undisclosed equity investment from the RMC Group, a supplier of materials and services to the construction industry.", "The investment marks the initial closing of the company's Series C funding.", "BuildPoint is backed by Chase Capital Partners, SAP Ventures, Techfund Capital, Thomas Weisel Partners, and Vortex Partners.", "http: www.buildpoint.com Investor Groups Take Stakes in Imperial Technology EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Imperial Technology, a manufacturer of solid state disk and intelligent cache storage devices, said it has sold a significant ownership stake to a group of investors led by Celerity Partners, GMS Capital Partners, and Post Advisory Group.", "The company would not disclose financial details of the deal.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its market position in high performance data storage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rupert Murdoch", "sents": [ "Keith Rupert Murdoch, {'1': \", '2': 'AC KCSG', '3': \", '4': \"} ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American media mogul.", "His father, Sir Keith Murdoch, had been a reporter, editor, and senior executive of the \"Herald\" and \"Weekly Times\" newspaper publishing company, covering all Australian states except New South Wales.", "After his father's death in 1952, Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered public company and created his own private company, News Limited.", "Murdoch thus had full control as Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, now the world's second-largest media conglomerate, and its successors, News Corp and 21st Century Fox, after the conglomerate split on 28 June 2013." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e2972_p8", "sents": [ "The company employs approximately 1,100 people.", "Service Resources also announced that Michael Lustig has joined the company as its first chief operating officer.", "Mr. Lustig had served as president and COO of Profit Recovery Group.", "http: www.serviceresources.com Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Entertainment Gets $8.6M Round One mail?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Shine Entertainment, a television and film pr oduction company owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, and TV producer Waheed Alli, announced it has raised over GBP 6 million ($8.6 million) in first round funding.", "3i led the round, while LongAcre advised on the placing and Olswang provided legal counsel.", "Co-founder Ms. Murdoch owns a majority of the company, while 3i, Mr. Alli, and BskyB hold minority stakes.", "Post-money, the company garnered a valuatio n of $32.2 million.", "As a result of this round, 3i gains a seat on the board.", "Before this round, Ms. Murdoch had held 80% of the company, Mr. Alli held 15%, and BskyB held the remainder." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bobby Williams (defensive back)", "sents": [ "Bobby Williams (February 28, 1942 – August 10, 2012) was an American football player who played five seasons in the National Football League, for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Lions.", "Williams mostly known as a return specialist and at different times in his career also played, running back, and defensive back," ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "St. Louis Cardinals", "sents": [ "The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri.", "The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division.", "Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006.", "With origins as one of the early professional baseball clubs in St. Louis, entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased a barnstorming club in 1881, then known as the Brown Stockings, and established them as charter members of the American Association (AA) the following season.", "Upon the discontinuation of the AA, St. Louis joined the NL in 1892; at that time, they were called the Browns and the Perfectos before they were officially renamed as the Cardinals in 1900." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Curve (band)", "sents": [ "Curve were an English alternative rock and electronica duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005.", "The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming).", "Halliday wrote also the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting.", "An important collaborator was the producer Alan Moulder, who helped them to shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Alan Moulder", "sents": [ "Alan Moulder is an English record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer.", "He has worked with such artists as Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Gary Numan, Foals, Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Interpol, Two Door Cinema Club, Twin Atlantic, Bear Hands, The Joy Formidable, Slaves, Royal Blood, The Naked And Famous, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, White Lies, My Bloody Valentine, , The Vaccines, Placebo, A Perfect Circle, Lush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Them Crooked Vultures, Death Cab for Cutie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Puscifer, Marilyn Manson, Saul Williams, Blonde Redhead, The Morning After Girls, How to Destroy Angels, ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Agrocybe lazoi", "sents": [ "Agrocybe lazoi is a species of agaric fungus in the family Strophariaceae.", "Found in Chile, it was described as new to science by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1969." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Strophariaceae", "sents": [ "The Strophariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales.", "Under an older classification, the family covered 18 genera and 1316 species.", "The species of Strophariaceae have red-brown to dark brown spore prints, while the spores themselves are smooth and have an apical germ pore.", "These agarics are also characterized by having a cutis-type pileipellis.", "Ecologically, all species in this group are saprotrophs, growing on various kinds of decaying organic matter.", "The family was circumscribed in 1946 by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2990_p12", "sents": [ "Focus Technologies is backed by Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and Sprout Group.", "http: www.focusanswers.com Playboy Publisher Gail Day Joins Jungle Interactive Media mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Jungle Interactive Media, a content company geare d towards young business and legal professionals, said it named Gail Day as group associate publisher.", "Ms. Day formerly served as publisher at Playboy Magazine and associate publisher of Sports Illustrated for Kids.", "Jeff Greif was named advertising director, most recently serving as advertising direct or at George and fashion director at GQ magazines.", "Jungle Interactive is backe d by Kingdon Capital Management, Korn Ferry International, and Ridgewood Capital.", "http: www.jungleinteractive.com Elogex Appoints Ex-FutureNext CEO David Patterson as COO mail?", "top CHARLOTTE, N.C. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Elogex, a provider of collaborative commer ce technology for logistics, said it appointed David Patterson as COO.", "Mr. Patterson formerly served as CEO, co-founder, and director of FutureNext Consulting, a chain integration services firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p0", "sents": [ "\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Wednesday, September 6, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Ridgewood Capital to Raise $400 Million Venture Capital Fund o Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post o Numerical to Buy Cadabra Design Automation for $130 Million o CityReach International Raises $155 Million Third Round o Report: Pop.com Closes Following Failed Acquisition Talks Advertisement Spend an afternoon with VC Heidi Roizen.", "The Montclare Web Team invites you to join us to hear SOFTBANK VC Heidi Roizen talk about the 'new' New Economy at the Montclare Speaker Series, Sept. 13. http: www.montclare.com speakerseries Want to improve your Web site?", "Ask the experts!", "Meet us tonight at Zibibbo, in Palo Alto: http: www.montclare.com webteam Also in This Issue: New Money: o MEMS Manufacturer AMS Secures $8 Million in Series A Funding o Millennia Vision Raises $27 Million In First Funding Round o Software Developer 2Ce Raises $2.75 Million in Series A o Travel Search Engine TripAdvisor Gets $2 Million First Round o U.K." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Albert Burditt", "sents": [ "Albert Burditt (born May 15, 1972) is an American basketball player who played for four years at the University of Texas at Austin, before being drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1994 NBA draft.", "However, he did not play in the NBA.", "Burditt played for the Oklahoma City Cavalry of the Continental Basketball Association in the 1994–1995 season, averaging 8.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.", "Burditt played professionally in the CBA and nine other countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "University of Texas at Austin", "sents": [ "The University of Texas at Austin (UT, UT Austin, or Texas) is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.", "Founded in 1881 as \"The University of Texas,\" its campus is located in Austin, Texas, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Texas State Capitol.", "UT Austin was inducted into the Association of American Universities in 1929, becoming only the third university in the American South to be elected.", "The institution has the nation's eighth-largest single-campus enrollment, with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 24,000 faculty and staff." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Neryungri", "sents": [ "Neryungri (Russian: Нерюнгри ; ] ; Yakut: Нүөрүҥгүрү , \"Nüörüñgürü\", ] ) is the second largest town and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia.", "As of the 2010 Census, its population was 61,747." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Neryungrinsky District", "sents": [ "Neryungrinsky District (Russian: Нерюнгри́нский улу́с ; Yakut: Нүөрүҥгүрү улууһа , \"Nüörüñgürü uluuha\", ] ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or \"ulus\"), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia.", "It is the southernmost district of Sakha and borders Aldansky District in the north, Olyokminsky District in the west and northwest, Amur Oblast and a small area of Zabaykalsky Krai in the south, and Khabarovsk Krai in the east.", "The area of the district is 98900 km2 .", "Its administrative center is the town of Neryungri.", "Population (excluding the administrative center):  (2010 Census)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p50", "sents": [ "Williams and AES have similar tolling agreements at plants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.", "However, AES spokesman Aaron Thomas said the Justice Department's investigative requests have focused only on agreements between Williams and AES in Southern California Thomas would say only that the agreement at the center of the investigation is simply a delineation of \"how expansion or repowerings are done at the facilities.\"", "The three plants have a combined capacity of more than 3,900 megawatts, enough to supply about 3 million homes.", "This summer, AES is bringing anothe r 450 megawatts on line by reactivating two mothballed generators in Huntingt on Beach.", "Paula Hall-Collins, a spokeswoman for Tulsa-based Williams Cos., said she believes that the investigation is unrelated to a recent inquiry by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission into whether AES and Williams unnecessarily shut down plants to jack up prices.", "A portion of that investigation was settled in April, when Williams, without admitting any wrongdoing, agreed to pay about $8 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "Southern California", "sents": [ "Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's 10 southernmost counties.", "The region is traditionally described as eight counties, based on demographics and economic ties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.", "The more extensive 10-county definition, which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, is also used and is based on historical political divisions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p74", "sents": [ "But Davis' defenders, including Assemblyman Roderick Wright (D-Los Angeles), chairman of the Utilities and Commerce Committee, said the contracts accomplished exactly what they were intended to do: stabilize the price and supply of electricity.", "\"If all of a sudden you dump all these contracts, and all this power went back into the spot market, guess what?", "We'd be in the same damn positi on we were in last year.\"", "* * * Times staff writers Robert J. Lopez, Miguel Bustillo, Julie Tamaki, Virginia Ellis in Sacramento and Jerry Hirsch and Doug Smith in Los Angeles contributed to this story.", "Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Ad Will Blame Davis for Crisis Politics: GOP-linked TV spot says governor and PUC could have saved the sta te from soaring prices.", "Its funding is murky because of campaign law.", "By MARK Z. BARABAK, Times Political Writer Acting under cover of a taxpayer group, Republicans are preparing a statewide ad blitz blaming Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e234_p5", "sents": [ "Nelson said his company's inability to fully pay the producers it has contracts with is caused by the rate freeze that bars PG&E from passing the true cost of electricity on to customers.", "* * * Times staff writers Miguel Bustillo, Nancy Rivera Brooks, Dan Morain and Nancy Vogel contributed to this story.", "Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times steven k. says the la times is closer to correct (going forward costs but not payables) Bob At 12:46 PM 3 20 01 -0800, you wrote: Bob, If you learn anything more than what's in the papers, send it my way.", "Thanks.", "Alan cc: Subject: Dow Jones says CPUC will \"Order\" utiltities to pay QFs $1 bil Here's the link: http: quicken.excite.com investments news_center article printer.dcg?story news stories dj 20010320 ON20010320000069.htm Sue Mara Enron Corp. Tel: (415) 782-7802 Fax:(415) 782-7854" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Gruffalo", "sents": [ "The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse, the protagonist of the book, taking a walk in a European forest.", "The book has sold over 13 million copies, has won several prizes for children's literature, and has been developed into plays on both the West End and Broadway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Julia Donaldson", "sents": [ "Julia Donaldson MBE (born 16 September 1948) is a Scottish writer, playwright and performer, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate.", "She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include \"The Gruffalo\", \"Room on the Broom\" and \"Stick Man\".", "She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, \"A Squash and a Squeeze\", were made into a children's book in 1993.", "Of her 184 published works, 64 are widely available in bookshops.", "The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxford Reading Tree." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6247_p68", "sents": [ "FAVORITISM CHARGED According to documents and interviews, the state attempted to remove Pacifi c Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric.", "the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other government power suppliers from the group from which it was asking for refunds, even though they were paid the same high rates for power as everyone else.", "Representatives for the power sellers said they believe that Davis made a political decision to demagogue the companies while refusing to compromise on the state's claims.", "They say the governor calculated that his reputation would be enhanced by continuing to attack the generators.", "\"The California delegation did not come into these talks with any willingne ss to compromise,\" said Mark Stultz, vice president of the Electric Power Supp ly Association, a Washington, D.C., trade group.", "\"They went in with a dollar figure and never budged on that figure." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e3132_p1", "sents": [ "The plan largely emphasizes the need to add more energy supplies, projecting that the nation will need to add 393,000 megawatts of capacity by 2020. In 1999, the nation added 10,266 megawatts of new capacity, according to the Energy Department.", "Bush's plan also aims to speed up additions to generating capacity by easing licensing, permitting and other regulatory review, including rules to encourage more nuclear power plants.", "The Bush plan, industry people say, apparently contains nothing to discourage the industry's push to add supply.", "\"If there is, we haven't seen it,\" said Mark Stultz, vice president of the Electric Power Supply Association, a group of independent power producers.", "The plans for new capacity that have already been announced represent more than $150 billion in potential investment in new electricity supply.", "Not all the planned capacity will be built, at least not right away, said Tom Rose, vice president of public affairs at TXU in Dallas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bob Whitlock", "sents": [ "Robert Angus Whitlock (born July 16, 1949) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 244 games in the World Hockey Association and one game in the National Hockey League.", "He played for the Chicago Cougars, Los Angeles Sharks, Indianapolis Racers, and Minnesota North Stars." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Los Angeles Sharks", "sents": [ "The Los Angeles Sharks were an ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1974.", "Their primary home arena was the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena but they sometimes played at the Long Beach Sports Arena when the Sports Arena had other contractual obligations.", "After the 1973–74 season, the franchise moved to Detroit to become the Michigan Stags and again mid-season to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Blades." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7366_p22", "sents": [ "http: www.magma-da.com E-Commerce Firm Frictionless Has $30 Million in Series D CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "-- Frictionless Commerce, which provides purchasing technology for online companies, said it secured $30 million in its Series D round of funding, led by Olympus Partners.", "Other investors included RRE Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Net Market Partners, Needham Funds, Draper International, and previous investor Polaris Venture Partners.", "The company will use the funds to market and sell its product, Frictionless e-Market Suite, and to complete development and launch its electronic sourcing software application Global 2500. Dave Cardenas, partner with Olympus Partners, will join the board of directors, and Will Porteous of RRE and Don Riley of Chevron Technology Ventures will hold board observer seats.", "http: www.frictionless.com ProSeed Capital Holdings Invests in Three Belgium Startups BRUSSELS, Belgium -- ProSeed Capital Holdings, a seed investment company, said it invested undisclosed amounts in three early stage Belgian companies; Opt@lis, CiTOBi, and UbiCall Communications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Olympus Partners", "sents": [ "Olympus Partners is a private equity firm founded in 1988 to make equity investments in middle market leveraged buyouts and minority ownership financings.", "Although the firm invests in a wide array of industries, over time it has developed deep knowledge and experience in the following sectors:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tanakia lanceolata", "sents": [ "Tanakia lanceolata is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae.", "It originates in inland waterways in Japan and the Korean peninsula.", "It was originally described as \"Capoeta lanceolata\" by Temminck & Schlegel in 1846, and has also been referred to as \"Acheilognathus lanceolata\" and \"Acheilognathus lanceolatus\" in scientific publications.", "Korean name is 납자루 (napjaru, meaning \"slender bitterling\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Korea", "sents": [ "Korea is a historic country in East Asia, since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states: North Korea (officially the \"Democratic People's Republic of Korea\") and South Korea (officially the \"Republic of Korea\").", "Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast.", "It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p31", "sents": [ "Pete Magowan, vice president of sales and marketing at ARM Holdings, and Greg Reyes Sr., director of C-Cube Microsystems and Arc Cores International, joined the board, which includes five other members.", "ISS is funded by Apax Ventures and Enterprise Equity of Dublin.", "http: www.iss-asvc.com Open Network ASP 2nd Century Adds Four to Board of Directors ARLINGTON, Va. -- 2nd Century Communications, an open network application service provider that provides small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed Internet services, said it added four members to its board of directors.", "New members are Mark Templeton, president of ASP provider Citrix Systems; Charles Skibo, chairman and chief executive officer of COLO.com, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation facilities; Michael Malaga, founder and chairman of North Point Communications, a local exchange carrier and provider of broadband services; and Gabe Battista, chairman and CEO of Talk.com, an integrated telecommunications provider.", "2nd Century's president and CEO John Prisco; Peter Wagner, general partner at Accel Partners; Bill Geary, partner at North Bridge Venture Partners; and David Hathaway, managing general partner at Venrock Associates, currently sit on the board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p14", "sents": [ "http: www.ehothouse.com Israeli Optical Firm Native Networks Gets $18 Million PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- Native Networks, an Israel-based company that develops technology for optical access networks, said it completed a private placement of $18.2 million.", "Soros Private Equity Partners, Anschutz Investment, and Jerusalem Venture Partners were among the funds participating in the placement.", "The funding will go towards research and development and marketing in Europe and the United States.", "http: www.nativenetworks.com Mercari Technologies Closes $20 Million in Series C WASHINGTON -- Mercari Technologies, a provider of merchandise and supply chain management technology, said it received $20 million in a Series C round of funding.", "The round was led by Baltimore-based ABS Ventures, the venture capital arm of DB Alex Brown, and North Bridge Venture Partners of Waltham, Mass.", "North Bridge Venture Partners, Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, and individual investors, including Inktomi president and CEO David Peterschmidt, also invested in the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Miami", "sents": [ "Miami ( ; ] ) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.", "As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and the most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area and part of the second-most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States.", "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth-most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the U.S., with a population of around 5.5 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e27897_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Friday, October 26, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Google searches for subscriptions Search technology company Google is reportedly weighing offering searches for a fee.", "Subscription options could include \"vertical market\" searches, which could have an appeal to academic researchers and consumers, CNET reported.", "Medical information or technology are two areas reportedly being studied.", "A Google source said plans are still at the discussion stage, and no immediate offering is planned.", "\"Their big problem right now is that 70% of their revenues come from advertising,\" Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchEngineWatch.com told CNET.", "\"You tend to get nervous when you're largely dependent on one thing,\" he added.", "-- Cox cuts local Web sites Cox Communications Inc.'s Cox Enterprises is pulling the plug on city site portals Miami and Los Angeles.", "Layoffs at the company's Web division, Cox Interactive, will include about 70 employees, according to Newsbytes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Radio Bay of Plenty", "sents": [ "Radio Bay of Plenty is a radio company based in Whakatane, New Zealand.", "Its flagship station, One Double X, reaches the entire Bay of Plenty, with specific frequencies Ōhope Beach and Te Puke and live streaming on its website.", "It also owns and operates subsidiary network Bayrock in the Bay Of Plenty and Ōhope Beach, with an additional frequency in Wanaka in the South Island and similar live-streaming on a separate website." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bay of Plenty", "sents": [ "The Bay of Plenty (Māori: \"Te Moana-a-Toi\" ) is a large bight in the northern coast of New Zealand's North Island.", "It stretches from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east, a wide stretch of some 259 km of open coastline.", "The Bay of Plenty Region is situated around this body of water, also incorporating several large islands in the bay.", "The bay was named by James Cook after he noticed the abundant food supplies at several Māori villages there, in stark contrast to the earlier observations he had made in Poverty Bay." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2204_p49", "sents": [ "ICICI Bank is also exploiting synergies with its parent to the hilt while IDBI Bank seems to be embarrassed about ackowledging its pedigree.", "It's not that everything is great at ICICI.", "Over the past few years, the institution has lost some senior executives: I-Sec managing director Kishore Chaukar left to join the Tata group, ICICI senior general managers Anando Mukherji joined Enron and N J Subaiah took charge at Centurion Bank (which he subsequently left).", "The industry suspects the quality of ICICI's assets and is not comfortable with the scorching pace of growth.", "Even the well-paid ICICI executive cadres find the pace of work is too much to handle and complain of fatigue.", "In private, they hate the mad rush for excellence.", "And yet there is a method in ICICI's madness.", "It has trimmed the flab with two successive voluntary retirement schemes, branched out into consumer loans in a big way and transformed treasury operations into an art." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "ICICI Bank", "sents": [ "ICICI Bank, stands for Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with its registered office in Vadodara.", "In 2014, it was the second largest bank in India in terms of assets and third in term of market capitalisation.", "It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services for corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and specialised subsidiaries in the areas of investment banking, life, non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management.", "The bank has a network of 4,850 branches and 14,404 ATMs in India, and has a presence in 19 countries including India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27917_p4", "sents": [ "<http: www.relativity.com MARKETING & SALES * NuVox Taps Richard Frizalone as VP of Direct Sales top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=HHNKPHHNII ST. LOUIS -- NuVox Communications, a facilities-based integrated communications provider, said it named Richard R. Frizalone as vice president of direct sales for the company.", "Mr. Frizalone joins NuVox from Colo.com, where he served as senior vice president of sales and marketing.", "At NuVox he will be responsible for leading the efforts of more than two dozen direct sales teams.", "Bank of America, Boston Millennia Partners, Brookes Investments, Centennial, CIBC World Markets, Don Investment Group, First Union Capital Partners, Meritage Private Equity Fund, Moore Capital Management, Norwest Equity Partners, OneLiberty Ventures, Richland Ventures, Telecom Partners, Toronto Dominion Capital, and Whitney & Co, have funded the company.", "<http: www.nuvox.com OPERATIONS * Drug Developer BioStratum Names Seymour Mong VP of Research top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=LNLLNJJNII RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- BioStratum, a development of drugs based on basal lamina research, said it named Seymour Mong vice president of research." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e4073_p6", "sents": [ "http: www.approsystems.com Darwin Networks Closes Series B Funding for $91 Million LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Darwin Networks, which provides high-speed Internet access and network software, said it closed $91 million in its Series B round of funding.", "The round brings the company's total raised to approximately $120 million.", "Fremont Group led the round, which included Bailey Capital, first round leader Chrysalis Ventures, Iceberg, Lehman Brothers, Mayfair, MF Private Capital, National City Equity Partners, Peak Capital, PNC Investment, Richland Ventures, River Cities Capital, THK Private Equity, UOB Venture Investments, Vulcan Ventures, and Windcrest Partners.", "The company will use the funding for expansion into 12 markets in the United States.", "http: www.darwin.net o IPG Photonics Raises $75 Million in Second Round of Funding STURBRIDGE, Mass.", "-- IPG Photonics, a manufacturer of fiber amplifiers and lasers, said it received $75 million in second round funding from new investors TA Associates, Merrill Lynch, Robertson Stephens, Winston Partners, and the SOG Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20081_p30", "sents": [ "The spokesman also declined to comment on reports that ONGC was positioning itself to be operator.", "Analysts have said EOGIL's offloading of its oil and gas assets in India may herald Enron Corp.'s departure from the controversial Dabhol Power Project - India's largest private power plant - of which Enron Corp. has a 65% controlling stake.", "The US$3 billion Dabhol project has been mired in financial disputes when its main customer, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, failed to pay several of its bills.", "\"This is unrelated to Dabhol,\" the spokesman said.", "\"We had expressed an interest (in selling the oil and gas assets) before the Dabhol problems had begun.\"", "-By Sri Jegarajah, Dow Jones Newswires; 65-415-4066; [email protected] -0- 03 10 01 09-20G Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "BG Group to Buy Enron India Assets for $388 Million (Update4) 2001-10-03 12:30 (New York) BG Group to Buy Enron India Assets for $388 Million (Update4) (Adds BG closing share price in the fifth paragraph, Enron shares in the sixth, BG comment in the 15th.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Maharashtra State Electricity Board", "sents": [ "Maharashtra State Electricity Board (or MSEB) ( Marathi:महाराष्ट्र राज्य विद्युत मंडळ) is a state-owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of Maharashtra in India.", "The MSEB was formed on 20 June 1960 under Section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948.", "In 1998 it was the second largest electricity generating utility in India after National Thermal Power Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rice University", "sents": [ "Rice University, officially William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university located on a 295-acre campus in Houston, Texas, United States.", "The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.", "Rice is generally considered the top university and the most selective institution of higher education in the state of Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e619_p4", "sents": [ "The company, which is shedding many of its hard assets, has bet heavily on its prospects for buying and selling broadband capacity.", "Skeptics say the demand for broadband is nowhere near as immediate as the need for energy, but Amy M. Jaffe, a senior energy adviser at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, said Enron was smart to move into broadband.", "''They might be in broadband too early, but that's O.K., she said, ''There will be demand for it.''", "Enron's expansion into data delivery, as well as its market-making of energy commodities, help distinguish it from classic energy businesses like oil companies, she said.", "Lawrence R. Fuller, a senior portfolio manager at the Merrill Lynch Fundamental Growth fund, says Enron is his largest energy holding.", "''The company is controversial because its valuation is very high,'' Mr. Fuller said.", "''But they have a tremendous lead over their rivals and a mastery of their business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6886_p56", "sents": [ "In a conference call with reporters, Gov.", "Gray Davis' energy advisers said PG&E was distorting the numbers.", "``There will be no need to change rates to implement this plan,'' said Jose ph Fichera, a consultant with Saber Partners who advises Davis.", "The DWR has been purchasing electricity for customers of three California utilities -- Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric Co., an d PG&E -- since January, when energy wholesalers stopped selling to the companies because they had amassed more than $14 billion in debts.", "Energy expense strains schools Utilities eat into increased state funding for education, despite efforts by districts to conserve and a $250 million allocation by the Legislature to help pay power bills.", "BY JESSICA PORTNER Mercury News Even as they rejoice in the record schools budget Gov.", "Gray Davis is set to sign into the law this week, Silicon Valley educators are preparing to chop programs, halt hiring, and freeze salary increases as they brace for anothe r year of soaring utility bills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kiaramesh", "sents": [ "Kiaramesh (Persian: كيارمش‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Kīāramesh) is a village in Eshkevar-e Sofla Rural District, Rahimabad District, Rudsar County, Gilan Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 37, in 15 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Eshkevar-e Sofla Rural District", "sents": [ "Eshkevar-e Sofla Rural District (Persian: دهستان اشكورسفلي‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in Rahimabad District, Rudsar County, Gilan Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 4,842, in 1,448 families.", "The rural district has 46 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1109_p0", "sents": [ "'Judge orders Enron to deliver electricity to universities Updated: April 11, 2001 - 2:06 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO -- Saying that Enron Energy Systems Inc. may be in breach of contract, a federal judge Wednesday ordered the Houston company to abide by its agreement to sell cheap power to the state's public universities.", "Enron was attempting to get out of delivering power for the final year of a four-year deal with the California State University and University of California systems.", "Enron, which buys power from producers and sells it on the market, said the contract would cost the energy concern $12 million a month because of skyrocketing wholesale power prices.", "Enron said the state should free Enron from its obligation and taxpayers should pick up the tab.", "\"It's our economic interest to provide a service with the least amount of dollars we can provide it for,\" Enron attorney A. William Urquhart said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4892_p6", "sents": [ "A source close to the negotiations said Kozmo.com ended bargaining last Thursday after discovering greater financial liabilities than originally disclosed by Urbanfetch.", "Urbanfetch's CEO Ross Stevens said in a statement that negotiations fell apart due to differences over business-to-consumer strategy and how it would affect UrbanFetch's business courier service.", "Both UrbanFetch and Kozmo have had significant layoffs in recent months and in August, Kozmo.com withdrew its planned IPO.", "Kozmo.com is backed by Amazon.com, Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Hambrecht & Quist Group, Liberty Digital, New York City Investment Fund, Oak Investment Partners, J.W.", "Seligman & Co., Thomas Weisel Partners, and Triad Media Ventures.", "http: www.kozmo.com http: www.urbanfetch.com MaMaMedia Restructures in an Effort to Raise More Funds NEW YORK -- MaMaMedia, an Internet media company that provides entertainment programming, activities, and products aimed at children 12 years old and younger, has laid off about 40 people as it tries to secure additional financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e7205_p27", "sents": [ "Mr. Abraham is the co-founder, president, and CEO of optical networking startup Mintera.", "Backers for Onex Communications include Venrock Associates, Star, St. Paul Venture Capital, Seed Fund, and TranSwitch.", "http: www.onexco.com Essential.com Names Its CEO and President as Board Chairman BURLINGTON, Mass.", "-- Essential.com, a Web-based energy and communication marketplace, said it has appointed Paul R. Lewis, who joined Essential.com in June as president and chief executive officer, as chairman of the board.", "He will replace former chairman, Akhil Garland, who has resigned from the board.", "Mr. Lewis previously served as general manager of the IBM's global services consulting group.", "Essential.com is backed by Soros Fund Management and included investments from McKinley Capital Partners and Triad Media Ventures.", "http: www.essential.com New People o WireConnect Names Technology Ventures EIR as CEO ATLANTA -- WireConnect, a business-to-business e-commerce marketplace for the wire and cable industry, said it appointed Christopher Herschend as its first chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27919_p7", "sents": [ "Fjeldstad, president and CEO, and Jim?Beach, chief financial officer and senior vice president.", "A DataChannel spokesperson said the company recently closed a round of funding, but would not disclose further details.", "The spokesperson also said that the deal includes Netegrity becoming the sole reseller of DataChannel products until the deal is finalized.", "At that time, Netegrity will rebrand existing DataChannel products as its own.", "DataChannel was backed by AT&amp;T, Deloitte Consulting, Bain Capital, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Bank, IBM, United States Venture Partners, Weiss, VanW agoner, and XMLFund.", "<http: www.datachannel.com <http: www.netegrity.com * Switch Biotech Gets $16 Million in Round Three By Taran Provost <mailto:[email protected] top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QNMKJQINII MARTINSRIED, GERMANY -- Switch Biotech, a developer of medications for dermatological conditions, said it received EUR 18 million ($16 million) in third-round funding.", "The new investors in the round were NMT New Medical Technologies, Mulligan BioCapital, and Landeskreditbank Baden-Wurttemberg-Forderbank.", "The company will use the funds to continue its research initiatives." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "IBM", "sents": [ "IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.", "The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed \"International Business Machines\" in 1924." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Snorri Goði", "sents": [ "Snorri Þorgrímsson or Snorri Goði (] ; 963–1031) was a prominent chieftain in Western Iceland, who featured in a number of Icelandic sagas.", "The main source of his life is the \"Eyrbyggja saga\", in which he is the main character, although he also figures prominently in \"Njál's saga\" and the \"Laxdæla saga\".", "Snorri was the nephew of Gísli Súrsson, the hero of \"Gísla saga\", and son of Þorgrímr Þorsteinsson whom Gísli killed in revenge to fulfill a blood-oath." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Laxdæla saga", "sents": [ "Laxdæla saga (] ); also Laxdœla saga, Laxdoela saga, Laxdaela saga, or The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr) is one of the Icelanders' sagas.", "Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century.", "The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle between Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, Kjartan Ólafsson and Bolli Þorleiksson.", "Kjartan and Bolli grow up together as close friends but the love they both have for Guðrún causes enmity between them and, in the end, their deaths." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Greatest Hits (1990 Luv' album)", "sents": [ "Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Dutch girl group Luv' released by Mercury Records/Phonogram Records.", "It is the CD Version of a Greatest Hits album which came out ten years earlier, including a bonus track: Luv' Hitpack.", "It features hit singles scored in the charts between 1977 and 1979: My Man, U.O.Me, You're the Greatest Lover, Trojan Horse, Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe.", "These songs originate from their first and second studio albums (With Luv' and Lots Of Luv').", "The Phonogram years were the group's most successful ones in terms of chart performance as Luv' reached the Top 10 in a dozen of countries in the late 1970s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "With Luv'", "sents": [ "With Luv' is the first album by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records.", "It includes the hit singles \"My Man\" (the trio's first record), \"U.O.Me\" (Luv's breakthrough in Benelux) and the million-seller \"You're the Greatest Lover (a #1 song in a large part of Continental Europe).", "A German pressing of this album features Trojan Horse\", a successful European chart topper.", "In 2006, this LP was reissued in digitally remastered form by Universal Music Netherlands as part of the \"Completely In Luv'\" box set." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Eric Manuell", "sents": [ "George Eric Manuell (born 28 April 1941) is a former Australian politician.", "He was the Country Liberal Party member for Alice Springs in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1977." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Alice Springs", "sents": [ "Alice Springs (Arrernte: Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia.", "Popularly known as \"the Alice\" or simply \"Alice\", Alice Springs is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5471_p3", "sents": [ "``The commission now believes these allegations raise factual issues that are best resolved in an evidentiary hearing,'' the FERC order said.", "Separately, Judge Wagner asked FERC for ``guidance'' on whether he should gather evidence on possible violations of the affiliate standards, which could have influenced prices.", "PUNISHMENT REMAINS UNCLEAR On the New York Merchantile Exchange (NYMEX), Hub gas prices for July rallied 25.7 cents, or almost seven percent, to close at $4.179 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) on Monday.", "Under the FERC order, Judge Wagner has until June 21 to set a date for a hearing on the new issue.", "The agency also said it was premature to identify what punishment is available if Judge Wagner determines that El Paso improperly exercised market power.", "The expanded proceeding means that a Sept. 4 deadline for a decision by Judge Wagner has been suspended, FERC said.", "The FERC order was endorsed by new FERC commissioner Pat Wood, a former Texas utilities regulator and confidant of President George W. Bush." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "George W. Bush", "sents": [ "George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.", "He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.", "After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry.", "Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter.", "He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election.", "Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nikudin Rock", "sents": [ "Nikudin Rock (Bulgarian: \"скала Никудин\" , ‘Skala Nikudin’ \\ska-'la ni-ku-'din\\) is the high, round rock of diameter 180 m and split in northeast-southwest direction, lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.", "The area was visited by early 19th century sealers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Greenwich Island", "sents": [ "Greenwich Island (variant historical names \"Sartorius Island\", \"Berezina Island\") is an island 15 mi long and from 0.5 to (average 5.23 km ) wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.", "Surface area 142.7 km2 .", "The name Greenwich Island dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "The consolidated city-county covers an area of about 47.9 sqmi at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.", "It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1228_p2", "sents": [ "The Enron Intelligent Network is based on a distributed server architecture a pure Internet protocol strategy, Enron ,s fiber and satellite distribut ion, and the embedded software intelligence that sets it apart from other networ k providers.", "The Enron Intelligent Network enables a whole new breed of application services, called ePoweredTM services, which transport rich medi a and live, streaming video, faster than using the public Internet.", "Enron Communications serves major markets nationwide with 12 POPs in Boston, New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, San Jose and Los Angeles.", "How it Works Enron Communications integrates its metropolitan area POPs into the ePowere d distributor partners local POPs, which allows the distributor to offer its streaming video delivered at up to 1 Megabit per second, or around 30 frame s per second -- full-screen TV-quality.", "Enron Communications shares revenues with the distribution partners and offers a higher quality of service on th e Enron Intelligent Network, than may be available on the Internet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Euljiro", "sents": [ "Euljiro is an avenue in Seoul named after Eulji Mundeok, the general who saved Korea from the invading Sui Dynasty Chinese.", "During Korea under Japanese rule's period, the street was known as Kogane-Cho (황금정 ; 黄金町)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Eulji Mundeok", "sents": [ "Eulji Mundeok (?-?)", "was a military leader of early 7th century Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, who successfully defended Goguryeo against Sui China.", "He is often numbered among the greatest heroes in the military history of Korea." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Megaelosia goeldii", "sents": [ "Megaelosia goeldii is a species of frog in the family Hylodidae.", "It is [endemic]] to Southeast Brazil and occurs in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states.", "It is named after Émil Goeldi, a Swiss zoologist who worked in Brazil." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Hylodidae", "sents": [ "The Hylodidae are a small family of frogs.", "Whether their sister taxon is the Dendrobatoidea or Alsodidae is still under debate.", "They are native to Brazil and northern Argentina." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]