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[ { "title": "1991–92 Minnesota Timberwolves season", "sents": [ "The 1991–92 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 3rd season in the National Basketball Association.", "Under new head coach Jimmy Rodgers, the Timberwolves began their season amidst a blizzard as a one-day record 24 inches fell as they lost to the Utah Jazz 112–97 on November 1.", "Early into the season, the team traded Tyrone Corbin to the Jazz for Thurl Bailey as they continued to get worse with an awful 8–38 start around the All-Star Break.", "Their struggles continued as they went on a 16-game losing streak in March, finishing last place in the Midwest Division with a 15–67 record (.183), the lowest winning percentage in the team's franchise history.", "Following the season, Tony Campbell was traded to the New York Knicks, and Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell were both dealt to the Indiana Pacers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Tyrone Corbin", "sents": [ "Tyrone Kennedy Corbin (born December 31, 1962) is an American retired basketball player and current assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "He was appointed the Utah Jazz head coach on February 10, 2011 following the resignation of longtime coach Jerry Sloan.", "He was also the brief interim head coach of the Sacramento Kings in the 2014-15 season before being replaced by George Karl.", "Prior to that, Corbin played 16 seasons in the NBA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8721_p22", "sents": [ "Scott Sexton, president of INC2inc, will serve as president.", "INC2inc's 45 employees will become employees of Momentx.", "Dairy.com was founded in July by eight dairy industry organizations including Dairy Farmers of America, The Dannon Company, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Kraft Foods, Land O'Lakes, Leprino Foods, Schreiber Foods, and Suiza Foods.", "Dairy.com plans to launch its first release in the first quarter of 2001 with live trading of commodities including milk and cream.", "INC2Inc is backed by Spyglass Equities.", "http: www.dairy.com http: www.inc2inc.ocm Media Ad Sales Site BuyMedia Acquires REP-PAK Media Systems mail this story?", "top BURLINGAME, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- BuyMedia, a provider of technology that enables media buying and selling, said it signed a letter of intent to acquire REP--PAK Media Systems, a Canadian broadcast sales software provider.", "The acquisition is the BuyMedia's first acquisition outside the United States REP-PAK's management positions are yet to be decided.", "In September, BuyMedia acquired the TvScan and Cablescan divisions of Tapscan, which provides sales software for TV and cable industries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Land O'Lakes", "sents": [ "Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota, focusing on the dairy industry.", "The co-op states that it has about 3,600 direct producer-members, 1,000 member-cooperatives, and about 10,000 employees who process and distribute products for about 300,000 agricultural producers; handling 12 billion pounds of milk annually.", "It is ranked third on the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives.", "The co-op is one of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2631_p7", "sents": [ "``You have to persuade people to stay with you for the ride,'' says Haim Mendelson, a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.", "While most companies are laying off, some, like Sun Microsystems Inc., pledge to do so only as a last resort.", "CEO Scott McNealy, one of our e.biz 25, believes layoffs break a social contract with employees.", "By holding back, ``we're protecting the long-term shareholder value,'' he says.", "For CEOs who have been the company's visionaries during the Net's go-go years, now is the time to buckle down and pay attention to operations.", "It's advice that Amazon's Bezos takes to heart.", "The company's goal is to post an operating profit--excluding special charges--in the fourth quarter.", "He's concentrating on operating efficiencies.", "And he's using Net technology to get there.", "Right now, Amazon is installing a system that will automatically route e-mails from customers to the appropriate service representative, saving time and money." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Scott McNealy", "sents": [ "Scott McNealy (born November 13, 1954) is an American businessman.", "He co-founded computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim.", "In 2010, he co-founded and is Executive Chairman of Wayin, based in Denver.", "and founded Curriki." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27407_p11", "sents": [ "Others see evidence that this reaction is emerging nationally -- and in some unexpected quarters.", "One is Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which sponsors a coalition of major businesses.", "The group, which includes Houston-based Enron as well as oil giants Shell and BP, calls the Kyoto pact \"a first step\" in acting against global warming.", "Claussen said she was afraid the administration's hard-line opposition to the Kyoto treaty might encourage some companies to pull out of the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council, but it seems to have had the opposite effect.", "The Bush team's stance not only helped catalyze the agreement on the treaty, but it is now inspiring wider United States congressional and corporate interest in limiting greenhouse gases, she said.", "\"We really do have the president to thank for that,\" Claussen said.", "Last month, for instance, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 19-0 for a resolution that called on Bush to develop specific ideas for a binding climate treaty when negotiators revisit the issue this fall." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Eileen Claussen", "sents": [ "Eileen B. Claussen (born 1945) is an American climate and energy policy administrator, diplomat, and lobbyist.", "She held senior posts at the U.S. Department of State, National Security Council, and Environmental Protection Agency before founding the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in 1998.", "She then launched the center's successor organization, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), in 2011, and retired as president of C2ES in 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Noh Haeng-seok", "sents": [ "Noh Haeng-Seok (; born 17 November 1988) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender for Busan IPark in the K League Classic.", "He joined Gwangju in 2011.", "He joined Busan IPark at the start of the 2015 season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Busan IPark", "sents": [ "Busan IPark (Korean: 부산 아이파크 ) is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan, South Korea that currently competes in the K League Challenge.", "Its current home ground is Busan Gudeok Stadium.", "The team was one of the original five members of the Korean Super League and continuously competed in the first division from 1983 to 2015, when they were relegated.", "Initially, the club was simply called Daewoo in reference to the company that originally owned and financed it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mazraeh Chal Tak Pak", "sents": [ "Mazraeh Chal Tak Pak (Persian: مزرعه چال تك پك‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Mazra‘eh Chāl Taḵ Paḵ) is a village in Jargalan Rural District, Raz and Jargalan District, Bojnord County, North Khorasan Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 185, in 45 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Jargalan Rural District", "sents": [ "Jargalan Rural District (Persian: دهستان جرگلان‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in Raz and Jargalan District, Bojnord County, North Khorasan Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 30,659, in 6,965 families.", "The rural district has 38 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4967_p1", "sents": [ "To reveal customers' personally-identifiable information wit h outside partners, the financial institutions must provide consumers the opportunity to \"opt-out\" of the sharing arrangement.", "This means that bank customers would need to notify a bank that they are against the disclosure of their personal information; if they don't alert the bank, their information would automatically be up for grabs.", "An amendment, introduced by Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-MD, secures the right of states to pass stricter information-sharing regulations.", "While privacy advocates are satiated by th e provision, they would have preferred language that required consumers to opt-in to all information-sharing practices.", "Now, they hope to see that typ e of policy enacted in the states.", "Building A Framework There are a handful of states that already had begun work in the priva cy arena.", "One is Minnesota, which catapulted itself into the national privacy spotlight in June when Attorney General Mike Hatch launched an investigatio n and lawsuit against United States Bank for giving out personal financial information to a telemarketing company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Mike Hatch", "sents": [ "Michael Allen Hatch (born November 12, 1948) is an American politician who was Attorney General of Minnesota from 1999 to 2007.", "In 2006, he was the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party nominee for governor of Minnesota, unsuccessfully challenging Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty's reelection bid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Northern California", "sents": [ "Northern California, often abbreviated NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.", "Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, in contrast to the 10 counties of Southern California, its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento), and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno).", "Northern California also contains redwood forests, along with the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range after Mount Rainier in Washington), and most of the Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9435_p8", "sents": [ "The expected September level of $54 per MWh represents the opportunity cost of power sales in surrounding markets.", "California The fall months initiate a seasonal shift in price differentials that separates the West into markets that lie north of transmission Path 15 and those to the south.", "As in years past, hydro-depleted Northern California should experience demand levels that must be served by generation resources within the region.", "Exports from the Pacific Northwest dwindle, and energy from the nuclear and coal-rich Southwest is constrained from entering Northern California by Path 15 import limitations.", "This condition, which is expected to persist from September through November, allows Northern California to price at a premium.", "The expected monthly average on-peak Northern California price of $123 per MWh incorporates this dynamic.", "Notably, the California ISO is completing a process to remap the zones in California, in part to capture locational price differences more effectively.", "Southern California, like the Southwest, will typically experience hot weather episodes in September." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7287_p11", "sents": [ "Micontacto is funded by LuminaAmericas, an online business development firm backed by incubator LatinForce.net, an Internet incubator that targets Hispanics in the United States and Latin America.", "LatinForce.net is funded by Brown, McMillan & Co., Hillman, TSG Capital Group, Vista Media, and Z-Spanish Radio.", "LatinForce.net's URL takes visitors to the Lumina Americas site.", "http: www.micontacto.com http: www.luminaamericas.com E-Business Peer-to-Peer Software Firm Consilient Launches BERKELEY, Calif. -- Consilient, a peer-to-peer software company, announced its launch.", "The company provides infrastructure software for enabling business processes over the Internet.", "Consilient was founded by Jonathan Hare, previously CEO and founder of application software firm Evoke, and Erik Freed, formerly the CTO of Evolve Software.", "Consilient is funded by Oak Hill Venture Partners and the Sapling Foundation.", "http: www.consilient.com Design and Development Firm Zen Digital Launches Site NEW YORK -- Zen Digital, a provider of Internet development, design, training, and consulting services, said it launched its first non-beta Web site." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Latin America", "sents": [ "Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are predominant.", "The term originated in 19th century France as \"Amérique latine\" to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas (Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed.", "It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America—though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10584_p23", "sents": [ "Analysts say a merged Delta-Continental would be a legitimate response to mergers between United Airlines and US Airways as well as American Airlines with TWA.", "Continental and Northwest already have a marketing alliance in which they feed each other passengers.", "Bethune has previously said that Continental is open to Delta joining the Northwest-Continental alliance.", "Energy service provider switching customers' power source back to utilities DALLAS (AP) - One of the largest sellers of wholesale electricity in North America says concern over losses by California's major power companies and the move to shut down that state's electrical exchange has prompted it to quit scheduling power to dozens of its customers, switching that job instead to the utilities.", "The chief executive of Houston-based Enron Energy Services says Thursday the move will not alter current contracts with dozens of corporations, whose rates will not change under those agreements, but likely will affect the power outsourcing company's bottom line." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "United Airlines", "sents": [ "United Airlines, Inc., commonly referred to as United, is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.", "It is the world's third-largest airline when measured by revenue, after American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.", "United operates a large domestic and international route network, with an extensive presence in the Asia-Pacific region.", "United is a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance.", "Regional service is operated by independent carriers under the brand name United Express.", "Its main competitors are American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest Airlines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9986_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Tuesday, August 29, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Alteon WebSystems to Acquire Bluetail for $152 Million o B2B Supply Chain Firm ICG Raises $117 Million in Round Two o eCompanies and Sprint PCS Form Wireless Incubator o Universal Pictures Set to Advertise on ReplayTV o Web Payment Firm Bottomline Buys Checkpoint for $78 Million o WhereNet Raises $20 Million in Mezz Round from Sun and Ford Advertisement AJUNTO - THE ENGINE BEHIND THE IT INDUSTRY As the first net market and eService for the IT industry, Ajunto has automated the entire IT sourcing process.", "Are you leveraging the power of dynamic research, configuration technology and community to make better IT buying decisions?", "Download our free white paper to find out how.", "http: www.ajunto.com mk=12 AJUNTO - THE ENGINE BEHIND THE IT INDUSTRY Also in This Issue: New Money: o B2B Marketplace DigiGroups Gets $12 Million in First Round o Mohr Davidow Funds First Round For Trillium Photonics o Barcoding.com Announces Launch, Secures First Round Funding o OSS Firm Thor Technologies Has $8.33 Million in Round One o POPcast Communications Raises $10.8 Million Series A o Wireless Firm iConverse Raises $11.1 Million First Round o RedCelsius Software Raises $5 Million From Celtic House o Web ECN LiquidityLINK.com Raises $1.3 Million In Series A o Edial Secures $25 Million in Second Round of Financing o Lightchip Secures $60 Million in Third-Round Funding o MPEG-4 Firm iVast Gets $8.5 Million Second Round, Names CEO o Optical Micro-Machines Names Additional Corporate Investors o FairAir Secures $2.4 Million in Series B Financing Round o Marketing Firm MediaPrise Receives $10 Million in Funding o Telephia Raises $40 Million in Third Round of Funding o $7.5 Million More for drkoop.com, New Board Pending Approval o Adexa Raises $20 Million, Appoints Ex-Synopsis VP To Board o Bainlab to Receive Equity in Web-Brokerage Firm UNX o Net Accelerator 100x to Invest in Interactive Firm Freeloads o Optical Networking Developer Centerpoint Raises $7.5 Million o American Lawyer Media Acquires Stakes in Three Net Companies o Online Desktop Management Firm Spirian Gets Third Round o Online Pharmacy Familymeds Raises $39 Million in Round Four o VSYS Receives Investment From Intel Communications Fund o Optical Solutions Raises Additional $14.3 Million Series D o Sitara Networks Raises $15.5 Million in Series G Funding New Products: o Seed One Launches Wearable Healthcare Monitoring Firm o EdgeMail Technologies Changes its Name toWebBasis o Sentry Systems Changes Name to Authentor Systems o Integrated Network Solutions Now Called Raviant Network New Deals: o Pacific Century CyberWorks Takes Stake in Weathernews M&A: o Broadband Firm MegaPath Networks Acquires DSL Firm 1Terabit o Adobe Buys Glassbook, Forms Deal with Barnes & Noble.com Nonstop Solutions Acquires D.P." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e3375_p2", "sents": [ "more new money Biotech Firm BioMimetic Raises $6.5 Million in Series A Israeli Routers Maker HyWire Gets $5 Million First Round Software Firm Actimize Closes Round One with $4 Million Streaming Ad Firm EyeWonder Raising $6 Million Series B Web Security Firm WanWall Secures Funding from Intel Barcelona Design Raises $11M Round Two, Led by Sequoia Memsic Closes Second Round at $8.25M, Celtic House Leads Dentist Site Smile-on Closes Second Round with $1.5M In-Depth Systems Gets $600K from Marathon Oil in Round Two eMarketWorld Gets Debt Financing From The Palladin Group Answer Financial Takes Equity Stake in Vebnet PlanCentral Looking For Alliances, $1 Million Second Round bad news Report: Terabeam Cuts Staff By 10% Blue Dolphin Lays Off 20%; Profitability Goal Pushed Back Dismissals at ShopForSchool.com as Site Looks to Sell Out m&a Vsource to Acquire NetCel360 for 19.9% of Common Stock Broadband Firm WideOpenWest Acquires Assets of Ameritech GourmetMarket.com Buys E-Mail Marketing Firm TargitMail new directors Asset Tracking Firm Fulcrum Adds Three to Board new people TeaLeaf Technology Appoints Ask Jeeves Exec to CEO GlobalLearningSystems Promotes Exec VP to President Italian Software Maker hi-flier Names cirlab!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20464_p26", "sents": [ "That would thin out the holdings of every other investor.", "Of the two main bond-rating companies, Moody's and Fitch have Enron on watch for possible downgrade, and Standard & Poor's lowered Enron's long-term credit outlook to negative.", "Egan-Jones Rating Co. today lowered its rating on Enron's debt to ``BB+,'' one notch below investment grade, from ``BBB-.''", "Enron's liabilities associated with the partnerships amount to at least $3.3 billion, the company has said.", "Enron ousted Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow on Wednesday amid a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into a partnership he ran that cost the company $35 million in direct losses.", "Enron also bought back 62 million shares from the partnership, reducing shareholder equity by $1.2 billion.", "``It looks like the guy who was supposed to do everything for the benefit of shareholders was running partnerships for the benefit of himself,'' Fifth Third's Cassady said.", "Jeff McMahon, head of Enron's industrial markets group, was named CFO in a bid to restore investor confidence, Lay said in a statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Andrew Fastow", "sents": [ "Andrew Stuart Fastow (born December 22, 1961) is a convicted criminal and businessman who was the chief financial officer of Enron Corporation, an energy trading company based in Houston, Texas, until he was fired shortly before the company declared bankruptcy.", "Fastow was one of the key figures behind the complex web of off-balance-sheet special purpose entities (limited partnerships which Enron controlled) used to conceal Enron's massive losses in their quarterly balance sheets.", "By unlawfully maintaining personal stakes in these ostensibly independent ghost-entities, he was able to defraud Enron out of tens of millions of dollars.", "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subsequently opened an investigation into his and the company's conduct in 2001.", "Fastow served a six-year prison sentence for charges related to these acts.", "His wife, Lea Weingarten, also worked at Enron, where she was an assistant treasurer; she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and filing fraudulent income tax returns, and served jail time before early release to a halfway house." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8397_p16", "sents": [ "XDrive Technologies also said it has established its headquarters in Santa Monica.", "In May of this year, the company raised $45 million in a Series C round of financing led by investor Wit SoundView Ventures.", "http: www.xdrive.com Real Estate ASP SmartCity Announces Itself CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- SmartCity, which develops Inte rnet applications for the real estate industry, announced itself.", "The comp any said it will soon launch a subscription-based listings application for posting properties to Web sites, and intends to offer real estate agents and brokers ?a one-year free trial of its service.", "The company, which has r aised $800,000 to date from individuals in the real estate industry, said it is in the middle of raising an additional $2 million as part of its sti ll-open Series A.", "http: www.smartcity.com?", "m&a?", "E-Lea rning Firm Blackboard Buys Campus Commerce, ID Firms?", "WASHINGTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Blackboard, an electronic learning Internet infrastructure software company, said it has reached an agreement to acquir e AT&T Campuswide Access Solutions, which iCollege had previously agreed to acquire, and CEI SpecialTeams from iCollege for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2933_p9", "sents": [ "Prelu de director Alan Duncan will become the fourth member of the board as a result of the funding.", "The company said it will use the funds for product development.", "The company said it expects the funding to last until early 2002. Alphamosaic began developing technology at Arthur D. Little's technology arm Cambridge Consultants last May.", "http: www.alphamosaic.com Fiber-Optics Components Firm Comlase Gets $3.5M Series A mail?", "top STOCKHOLM (VENTUREWIRE) -- Comlase, a Swedish developer of active co mponents for metropolitan fiber-optics networks, said it has received Series A financing of $3.5 million from European Equity Partners and InnovationsKapital.", "The company plans to dedicate the new funds to chip and module development.", "Comlase was founded in January 2001. http: www.comlase.com Mobile Apps Firm Xora Secures $7M Round One mail?", "top MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Xora, a provider of wireless and speech-enabling data applications, announced that it has secured $7 million in a first round of venture funding led by Wit SoundView Ventures, with unnamed individuals participating." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "First Philippine Holdings Corporation", "sents": [ "First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) is a management and investment company whose major business is power generation and distribution, with strategic initiatives in manufacturing and property development.", "In its 50 years, it has pioneered and managed some of the country's best companies, who are market leaders in their key industries.", "FPH is a member of the Lopez Group of Companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Lopez Group of Companies", "sents": [ "López Holdings Corporation (formerly Benpres Holdings Corporation) is a Filipino business conglomerate founded by the brothers Eugenio López, Sr. and Fernando López.", "It is a major player in the public service and utilities sector in the Philippines and serves as the López family's publicly listed holding company for investments in major development sectors such as broadcasting and cable; telecommunications; power generation and distribution; manufacturing; and property development.", "It added to its portfolio investments in other basic service sectors but has also since sold its interest in banking, toll roads, information technology, and health care delivery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5390_p1", "sents": [ "GE chi ef Jack Welch, who had been scheduled to retire next April, will stay until th e end of 2001 to oversee the merging of the companies.", "See article: Jack Welch ,s gambleE+ Boosting its retail banking business in Europe, Deutsche Bank w ill buy the banking operations of France ,s Banque Worms for an undisclosed sum.", "The French bank, now owned by an insurance behemoth, AXA, has roughly 15,000 retail clients.", "AXA will retain a third of Worms ,s assets, including divisions involved in trading securities.", "See article: The next banking crisis, in America and Europe The fight between Repsol YPF, a Spanish energy concern, and End esa, Spain ,s leading electricity provider, for the second-biggest generator, Iberdrola, has ended in a government-sanctioned settlement.", "Endesa will buy Iberdrola on condition that both firms sell generating assets to Repsol.", "The Spanish government, once the owner of both Repsol and Endesa, maintains veto power over acquisitions by both companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Repsol", "sents": [ "Repsol S.A. (] ) is an integrated global energy company based in Madrid, Spain.", "It carries out upstream and downstream activities throughout the entire world.", "It has more than 24,000 employees worldwide.", "It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p21", "sents": [ "Financial details of the deal were undisclosed.", "Election.com has also received funding from Verisign and individual investors.", "http: www.election.com New Products o TurboLinux Co-Founders Leave the Board, Found New Startup SAN FRANCISCO -- TurboLinux, which provides Linux-based software and services, said that Cliff Miller, the company's chairman and co-founder, and his wife Iris Miller, a member of the board of directors and the other co-founder of TurboLinux, have left the company to assume executive positions at Mountain View Data, a company started in September.", "Paul Thomas, who became the CEO of TurboLinux when Mr. Miller resigned from that position in June, will now also serve as chairman.", "Investors in TurboLinux, which earlier this month raised $30 million in third round funding, is backed by August Capital, Broadview International, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel Capital, NEC, Novell, Oracle, SGI, and Softbank E-Commerce.", "http: www.turbolinux.com http: www.mountainviewdata.com Lotus Pioneer Launches Interactive PC Platform Provider BEVERLY, Mass." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Fujitsu", "sents": [ "Fujitsu Ltd. (富士通株式会社 , Fujitsū Kabushikigaisha ) , commonly referred to as Fujitsu, is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.", "In 2015, it was the world's fourth-largest IT services provider measured by IT services revenue (after IBM, HP and Accenture).", "Fortune named Fujitsu as one of the world's most admired companies and a Global 500 company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rocketship X-M", "sents": [ "Rocketship X-M (a.k.a.", "Expedition Moon and originally Rocketship Expedition Moon) is a 1950 American black-and-white science fiction film from Lippert Pictures, the first outer space adventure of the post-World War II era.", "The film was produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and stars Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr., Hugh O'Brian, and Morris Ankrum." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Hugh O'Brian", "sents": [ "Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC western television series \"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp\" (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series \"Search\" (1972–1973), as well as films including the Agatha Christie adaptation \"Ten Little Indians\" (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, \"The Shootist\" (1976).", "He was highly regarded for creating the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, a non-profit youth leadership development program for high school scholars which has sponsored over 400,000 students since he founded the program in 1958 following an extended visit with Nobel Peace Prize-winning theologian and physician Albert Schweitzer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mutton Brook", "sents": [ "Mutton Brook is a stream which runs between East Finchley and Hendon in the London Borough of Barnet.", "It is a tributary of the River Brent, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "River Brent", "sents": [ "The River Brent is a river in west and northwest London, England, and a tributary of the River Thames.", "17.9 miles (29 km) in length, it rises in the Borough of Barnet and flows in a generally south-west direction before joining the Tideway stretch of the Thames at Brentford." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Penllergaer", "sents": [ "Penllergaer (Welsh: \"Penlle'r-gaer\" ) is a village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, falling within the electoral ward of the same name.", "It is situated about 4.5 miles north west of Swansea city centre, near junction 47 of the M4 motorway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Swansea", "sents": [ "Swansea ( ; Welsh: ' ] ), officially known as the City and County of Swansea\"' ( ), is a coastal city and county in Wales.", "It is the second largest city in Wales after Cardiff, and the twenty-fifth largest city in the United Kingdom.", "Swansea lies within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan and the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr.", "Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands.", "According to its local council, the City and County of Swansea had a population of 241,300 in 2014.", "The last official census stated that the city, metropolitan and urban areas combined concluded to be a total of 462,000 in 2011, making it the second most populous local authority area in Wales after Cardiff.", "During its 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was a key centre of the copper industry, earning the nickname 'Copperopolis'." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Antichrist (book)", "sents": [ "The Antichrist (German: \"Der Antichrist\" ) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895.", "Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich Köselitz delay its publication, along with \"Ecce Homo\".", "The German title can be translated into English as either \"The Anti-Christ\" or \"The Anti-Christian\", depending on how the German word \"Christ\" is translated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Heinrich Köselitz", "sents": [ "Johann Heinrich Köselitz (10 January 1854 – 15 August 1918) was a German author and composer.", "He is known for his longtime friendship with Friedrich Nietzsche, who gave him the pseudonym Peter Gast." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend", "sents": [ "\"Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend\" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the 6 October 1928 issue of \"Liberty\", and in the United Kingdom in the February 1926 \"Strand\".", "Part of the \"Blandings Castle\" canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection \"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere\" (1935), although the story takes place sometime between the events of \"Leave it to Psmith\" (1923) and \"Summer Lightning\" (1929).", "Wodehouse intended to write a sequel, set 8 years after the events of this story." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Lord Emsworth", "sents": [ "Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, (less formally: Lord Emsworth), is a recurring fictional character in the Blandings stories by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse.", "He is the amiable and somewhat absent-minded head of the large Threepwood family.", "Longing for nothing more than to talk to his prize pig, or potter peacefully in the idyllic gardens of Blandings Castle, he must frequently face the unpleasant reality of his domineering sisters and familial duties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Julio Ramón Ribeyro", "sents": [ "Julio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga (August 31, 1929 in Lima, Peru – December 4, 1994 in Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories.", "He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism.", "In the year of his death, he was awarded the US$100,000 \"Premio Juan Rulfo de literatura latinoamericana y del Caribe\".", "His work has been translated into numerous languages, including English." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Lima", "sents": [ "Lima ( , ] , Quechua: ] , Aymara: ] ) is the capital and the largest city of Peru.", "It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.", "Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area.", "With a population of more than 10 million, Lima is the most populous metropolitan area of Peru and the third-largest city in the Americas (as defined by \"city proper\"), behind São Paulo and Mexico City." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Patricia De Martelaere", "sents": [ "Patricia De Martelaere (16 April 1957 – 4 March 2009) was a Flemish philosopher, professor, author, and essayist.", "Born in Zottegem, Belgium, her full name was Patricia Marie Madeleine Godelieve.", "She was graduated in philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven and then taught and lectured there and at the Catholic University of Brussels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Flemish", "sents": [ "Flemish (\"Vlaams\"), also called Flemish Dutch (\"Vlaams-Nederlands\"), Belgian Dutch (\"Belgisch-Nederlands\" ] ), or Southern Dutch (\"Zuid-Nederlands\"), is any of the varieties of the Dutch language dialects spoken in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, by approximately 6.5 million people.", "They differ to some extent from the Dutch spoken in the Netherlands in terms of intonation and pronunciation, and there are minor differences in vocabulary, including loanwords from French and English not found in Standard Dutch." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Harvey Rosenfield", "sents": [ "Harvey Rosenfield (born 1952) is an American lawyer, author and consumer advocate.", "In 1985, he founded Consumer Watchdog, a nationally recognized, nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group.", "He serves as the group's counsel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1969_p5", "sents": [ "And by pegging approved rates to the costs of plants burning costly natural gas, FERC's order would confront California with continuing costs of $300 per megawatt-hour for large quantities of electricity this summer, eight to 10 times what the state was paying before the crisis, critics said.", "\"What they did do is virtually irrelevant,\" said Harvey Rosenfield of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights.", "\"It's like offering someone who's been hit by a car an aspirin.\"", "\"FERC has failed its responsibilities at every point in the crisis,\" said Adam Goldberg, a policy analyst with Consumers Union.", "Hebert responds that slapping hard price regulations on California's energy market is the wrong course for at least three reasons: It does not encourage generators to build more plants, it doesn't prompt consumers to conserve energy and it will prompt power suppliers to sell electricity to neighboring states where prices aren't controlled -- unless California blocks power exports." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season", "sents": [ "The 2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 82nd in the club's history.", "Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, they will compete in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership after finishing the 2015 season as semi-finalists." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Des Hasler", "sents": [ "Des Hasler (born 16 February 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league player and former head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Most of his career was spent with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won two premierships (1987 and 1996) before finishing his playing career with the Western Suburbs Magpies.", "Hasler later coached Manly from 2004 to 2011, winning a further two premierships (2008 and 2011).", "As a player, he also represented Australia internationally and New South Wales in State of Origin." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships", "sents": [ "The 2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships was the second edition of the European 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams.", "The tournament started on 25 June 2016 with the first of the three qualifying tournaments and its final tournament was played in Bucharest, Romania between 2 and 4 September 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bucharest", "sents": [ "Bucharest ( ; Romanian: \"București\" , ]    ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre.", "It is located in the southeast of the country, at , on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than 60 km north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stanford University", "sents": [ "Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco.", "Stanford's undergraduate program is the most selective in America.", "Due to its academic strength, wealth, and proximity to Silicon Valley it is often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3430_p28", "sents": [ "That is not good for anyone.\"", "In the letter, 10 economists, including Cornell professor emeritus Alfred Kahn, a major proponent of airline deregulation, told of their \"deep concern\" about the failure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stabilize wholesale electricity prices in California.", "The economists faxed the letter to the White House on Friday afternoon, and provided the governor with a copy to present to Bush today.", "\"FERC's failure to act now will have dire consequences for the state of California and will set back, potentially fatally, the diffusion of competitive electricity markets across the country,\" the economists, led by Frank Wolak of Stanford University, wrote.", "\"Moreover, this negative experience with electricity restructuring could delay or reverse current efforts to introduce competition into other formerly regulated industries.\"", "Davis called the letter \"very significant validation of what we've been saying: The marketplace is not working and FERC has an obligation to act.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20425_p80", "sents": [ "Enron named Jeff McMahon, head of its industrial markets?group, as CFO because ``it became clear to me that restoring?investor confidence would r equire us to replace Andy,'' Chairman?and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth L ay said in a statement.", "Fastow will take a leave of absence.", "Shares of Enron, based in Houston, have fallen 80 percent?this year.", "Third-quarter losses of $1.01 billion from failed?investments outside the main commoditie s trading business wiped?out 70 percent of the profit earned in the past fo ur quarters.", "``Investors were clearly not comfortable with exposure t o?Andy,'' said J.P. Morgan analyst Anatol Feygin, who downgraded?Enron to ` `long-term buy'' today and owns no shares.", "As Enron treasurer, McMaho n complained to then-Enron?President Jeffrey Skilling about potential confl icts of interest?posed by the Fastow partnerships in 1999, the Wall Street Journal?reported yesterday.", "Rebuffed, McMahon secured a reassignment, the?J ournal said, citing people familiar with the matter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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": "e2105_p43", "sents": [ "Business Home Depot, UPS chiefs ranked among America's 50 best CEOs BUSINESS PRESS Tom Walker STAFF 05 01 2001 The Atlanta Constitution Home E.4 (Copyright, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution - 2001) James Kelly of United Parcel Service, and Robert Nardelli, who joined Home Depot in December, rank 24th and 31st, respectively, on this year's \"50 best CEOs\" list compiled by Worth (May) magazine.", "The magazine describes the top 50 as \"business leaders with the foresight, judgment and competitive juice to make their investors happy.\"", "The top five are Steve Ballmer of Microsoft; Jeffrey Skilling, Enron; Philip Purcell, Morgan Stanley; James Morgan, Applied Materials; and Margaret Whitman, Ebay.", "The wealth effect myth The value of common stocks has plummeted, but consumers keep on spending.", "What gives?", "Not the consumer's willingness to spend, says Forbes (May 14), since most people don't worry about their stock holdings when shopping.", "This seems to contradict the \"wealth effect,\" or the concept that rising stock prices buoy consumer spirits and prompt them to save less from ordinary income and spend more, even if the money is borrowed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Morgan Stanley", "sents": [ "Morgan Stanley (NYSE: [ MS] ) is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services.", "It is headquartered at 1585 Broadway in the Morgan Stanley Building, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.", "With offices in more than 42 countries and more than 55,000 employees, the firm's clients include corporations, governments, institutions and individuals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Big Show (1961 film)", "sents": [ "The Big Show is a 1961 DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope drama film directed by James B. Clark, starring Esther Williams and Cliff Robertson.", "The cast also includes Robert Vaughn, Margia Dean, Nehemiah Persoff and David Nelson, who was best known to audiences of the time for \"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet\" television show.", "This is the third variation of Jerome Weidman's novel \"I'll Never Go There Any More\".", "The other two are \"Broken Lance\" (1954) a western version starring Spencer Tracy, and \"House of Strangers\" (1949) set in the big city starring Edward G. Robinson." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Cliff Robertson", "sents": [ "Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half a century.", "Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film \"PT 109\", and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie \"Charly\".", "On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic \"Return to Earth\", played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 miniseries \"\", and portrayed Henry Ford in the 1987 \"Ford: The Man and the Machine\".", "His last well-known film appearances were in 2002 through 2007 as Uncle Ben in the \"Spider-Man\" film trilogy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cleve, South Australia", "sents": [ "Cleve is a small agriculturally based town on Central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.", "It is 226 km southwest of Port Augusta and 143 km north of Port Lincoln.", "At the 2006 census, Cleve had a population of 738." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Port Augusta", "sents": [ "Port Augusta is a small city in South Australia.", "Formerly a seaport, it is now a road traffic and railway junction city mainly located on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf immediately south of the gulf's head and about 322 km north of the state capital.", "The suburb of Port Augusta West is located on the west side of the gulf on the Eyre Peninsula.", "Other major industries included, up until mid-2010s, electricity generation.", "At June 2015, the estimated urban population was 14,214." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Logan International Airport", "sents": [ "Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS, FAA LID: BOS) , officially known as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, is an international airport located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts).", "It covers 2384 acre , has six runways and four passenger terminals, and employs an estimated 16,000 people.", "It is the largest airport in the New England region and 17th-busiest airport in the United States, with 33.5 million total passengers in 2015.", "It is named after General Edward Lawrence Logan.", "In 2016, Massport reported an 8.5% increase in passenger traffic comparing 2015 to 2016, giving the airport a total of about 36.3 million passengers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e19851_p30", "sents": [ "Maclovio \"Joe\" Lopez Jr. was a Los Angeles-based construction worker who was on temporary assignment in Boston.", "Lopez had worked throughout the United States building underground water lines.", "He lived in Norfolk, Calif., with his wife Rhonda, daughter Dannette, 21, and son Joseph, 18. He was returning home on United Flight 175. Barbara Keating was returning home to Palm Springs, Calif., after a holiday on Cape Cod and a visit with family on the New Jersey shore when she boarded Flight 11 at Logan International Airport.", "The 72-year-old widowed grandmother and mother of five grown children was an active member of St. Theresa's Catholic Church.", "For eight years, Keating had worked with the Altar Society - the \"ladies guild\" - while assisting the nonprofit Catholic Charities group.", "She volunteered every weekday morning for the past six months without fail.", "Tuesday night about 300 parishioners gathered at St. Theresa's to pray for Keating and the other victims." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2013–14 Chelsea F.C. season", "sents": [ "The 2013–14 season was Chelsea Football Club's 100th competitive season, 25th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, 22nd consecutive season in the Premier League and 108th year in existence as a football club.", "Chelsea participated in the UEFA Champions League this season, qualified directly for the group stage by virtue of finishing third in the 2012–13 Premier League, and reached the Semi-finals stage, being knocked out by Atlético Madrid.", "Chelsea came third in the Premier League for a second successive season, thus again qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage.", "Chelsea ended their 2013–14 campaign without a trophy, a first since the 2010–11 season.", "Their league performance, however, at 82 points, was the best one since the 2009–10 season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Atlético Madrid", "sents": [ "Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD (] ), commonly known as Atlético Madrid, or simply as Atlético or Atleti, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, that plays in La Liga.", "The club play their home games at the Wanda Metropolitano, which has a capacity of 68,000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7097_p39", "sents": [ "Attorney General Bill Lockyer has not yet decided whether he will launch an investigation into the Davis administration, a Lockyer spokeswoman said.", "The governor's own investments are in a blind trust, meaning a trustee handles Davis' financial affairs and the governor has no knowledge of the investments.", "\"I have always owned mutual funds and have never bought stock in individual companies.", "That has been my policy since the beginning of my administration,\" Davis said Monday at a bill-signing event in Los Angeles.", "State conflict-of-interest laws say that public officials cannot negotiate contracts for companies in which they hold stock, and officials cannot use their positions to influence the state's decisions with respect to those companies.", "The conflict-of-interest laws apply to all state bodies, including the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Independent System Operator, which runs the state's real-time energy market.", "The five members of the ISO Board of Governors listed no holdings in energy companies since Jan. 24 on their most recent disclosure forms, signed between Jan. 24-July 24. The board was appointed by Davis in January." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "California Public Utilities Commission", "sents": [ "The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or PUC) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies.", "In addition, the CPUC regulates common carriers, including household goods movers, passenger transportation companies (like limousine services) and rail crossing safety.", "The CPUC's headquarters are located in the Civic Center district of San Francisco, and the agency has field offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Los Angeles", "sents": [ "Los Angeles ( ; Spanish for \"The Angels\"; ] ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.", "With a U.S. Census-estimated 2016 population of 3,976,322, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California.", "Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10000 ft , Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 sqmi .", "The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country.", "Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with 13,131,431 residents, and is part of the larger designated Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e6913_p28", "sents": [ "His company owns La Jolla Energy Development, which recently withdrew its application to build a small power plant in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles after residents there overwhelmingly opposed it.", "The Lancaster plant hasn't stirred as much dissent, but has been opposed by both the Planning and Conservation League and the Natural Resources Defense Council--in part on the grounds that it could not realistically open on time, and therefore wasn't eligible for the streamlined 21-day licensing process.", "The Lancaster delay followed another developer's decision to abandon plans to build a power plant in Chula Vista.", "Three major power plants have opened so far this summer in California and 10 small \"peaker\" plants are expected to open by the end of September.", "Although the state appears certain to fall short of Davis' goal of 5,000 new megawatts online this summer, the combination of new generation, mild weather and greater than expected conservation has eased the electricity crisis and staved off the blackouts that were expected to be frequent occurrences this summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Starsailor (album)", "sents": [ "Starsailor is a 1970 album by Tim Buckley (see 1970 in music), released on Herb Cohen's Straight Records label.", "It marks the moment Buckley's folk rock origins became invisible as he fully incorporated jazz rock and avant-garde styles into his music.", "Although it alienated elements of his fanbase upon release, it also contains his best known song \"Song to the Siren\".", "This more accessible song was written much earlier than \"Starsailor\"'s newer material, originally in a more traditional folk arrangement, as shown on the later released compilation album \"\".", "Bunk Gardner, a former member of the Mothers of Invention, joined Buckley's normal band to record the album.", "Also, Buckley began working again with lyricist Larry Beckett, after a three-album absence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Straight Records", "sents": [ "Straight Records, self-identified simply as Straight, was a record label formed in 1969 to distribute productions and discoveries of Frank Zappa and his business partner/manager Herb Cohen.", "Straight was formed at the same time as a companion label, Bizarre Records.", "Straight and Bizarre were manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by the Warner Bros. Records family of labels, which also included Reprise Records.", "Straight recordings were distributed in the U.K. by CBS Records." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7262_p5", "sents": [ "However, the PUC rejected the bid as non-conforming and denied Shell ,s Petition for Reconsideration of its decision.", "Pursuant to the modifications in the merger settlement, PECO entered into bilateral negotiations based on an August 24, 2000 RFP.", "Three suppliers submitted conforming bids, and PECO selected New Power as the winner on October 18, 2000. New Power is the new competitive supplier actively marketing residential and small commercial customers in the PECO service territory and is backed by Enron, AOL, and IBM.", "PECO and New Power negotiated a complete contract that is before the PUC f or approval on November 9, 2000. Under the proposal, PECO and New Power expanded the size of the CDS requirement to include 22% (299,300) of non-shopping residential customers instead of 20% of all residential customers, whether shopping or not.", "This change was designed to implement paragraph 39 of the Restructuring Settlement, requiring adjustments to the numbers assigned to CDS in order to have 35% of all PECO residential and commercial customers obtaining competitive generation as of January 1, 200 1. There also will be a second round of assignment of non-shopping customers as of October 15, 2002 if New Power is providing CDS to fewer than 20% of all PECO residential customers New Power electricity will be 2% renewable in 2001, 2.5% renewable in 2002, and 3% renewable in 2003 as required, but does not include a commitment to exceed the requirements or provide cleaner power for the non-renewable portion of the product." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "AOL", "sents": [ "AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc., originally known as America Online, and stylized as Aol) is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.", "It is a brand marketed by Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications.", "AOL was one of the early pioneers of the Internet in the mid-1990s, and the most recognized brand on the web in the U.S.", "It originally provided a dial-up service to millions of Americans, as well as providing a web portal, e-mail, instant messaging and later a web browser following its purchase of Netscape.", "At the height of its popularity, it purchased the media conglomerate Time Warner in the largest merger in U.S. history.", "AOL rapidly declined thereafter, partly due to the decline of dial-up to broadband.", "AOL was eventually spun off from Time Warner in 2009, with Tim Armstrong appointed the new CEO.", "Under his leadership, the company invested in media brands and advertising technologies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Raj Kamal Jha", "sents": [ "Raj Kamal Jha (Hindi: राज कमल झा ; born 1966) is Chief Editor of the daily newspaper \"The Indian Express\" and an internationally acclaimed novelist.", "He lives in Gurgaon.", "He is the cousin of Sanjay Jha, national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress.", "He is believed to be close to Sonia Gandhi." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Gurgaon", "sents": [ "Gurgaon (officially known as Gurugram) is a city in the Indian state of Haryana and is part of the National Capital Region of India.", "It is 32 km southwest of New Delhi and south of Chandigarh, the state capital.", "s of 2011 , Gurugram had a population of 876,824.", "Witnessing rapid urbanisation, Gurugram has become a leading financial and industrial hub with the third-highest per capita income in India.", "The city's economic growth story started when the leading Indian automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited established a manufacturing plant in Gurugram in the 1970s.", "Today, Gurugram has local offices for more than 250 Fortune 500 companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3384_p79", "sents": [ "Pete Wilson overcame a 23-point deficit to challenger Kathleen Brown in 1993 to win by 15 points.", "Aides to Davis said they look forward once again to confounding critics of the governor, who lagged behind his two primary opponents for months in 199 8. Advisers unruffled ``We've seen this movie before,'' said Garry South, Davis' political advise r, about the poll.", "``There nothing in there that makes me quake in my boots.''", "The Field Poll is the latest in a string of surveys that have given Republicans hope for retaking the corner office they controlled for 16 year s before 1998. But despite the brisk sale of bumper stickers proclaiming ``Blackouts 2001 Gray Out 2002!,'' the GOP still faces enormous obstacles in trying to unseat a savvy, 30-year career politician who has amassed a $25 million campaign war chest for his re-election.", "Associated Press file California Gov.", "Gray Davis With Democrats claiming the bulk of statewide offices and majorities in bot h houses of the Legislature, Republicans are at a low mark in terms of influence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Pete Wilson", "sents": [ "Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American politician.", "A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator and as the 36th Governor of California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p32", "sents": [ "The Bee's Dan Walters can be reached at (916) 321-1195 or [email protected] om Budget reserve plan stirs up a fight: Gov.", "Davis backs drawing down the emergency fund.", "Others say it could lead to tax hikes or massive cuts.", "By John Hill Bee Capitol Bureau (Published May 16, 2001) Budget reserves are for a rainy day, Gov.", "Gray Davis says -- and it's starting to rain.", "But what if the rain keeps falling and turns into a deluge?", "That was one of the questions being asked at the Capitol the day after the Democratic governor released his revised budget proposal for the fiscal yea r that begins July 1. Among an array of cuts and transfers, Davis proposes to draw down the state 's reserve by $900 million -- from $1.9 billion to $1 billion.", "Davis says the reserve was meant to get the state through times such as thi s, when a sudden drop in the stock market takes a chunk out of state revenues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e1547_p0", "sents": [ "'No smoking gun in natural-gas cost probe By Jim Sanders Bee Capitol Bureau (Published April 23, 2001) It strikes at the heart of an energy crisis that has caused multibillion-dollar losses and could plunge California's economy into a tailspin: Did private companies manipulate markets to get rich off consumers' pain?", "An Assembly oversight committee spent hours last week grilling officials of El Paso Natural Gas Co. and an affiliate, El Paso Merchant Energy, companies that were accused by state regulators of anti-competitive practices that helped send gas prices soaring.", "Committee Chairman Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said the hearing convinced him that El Paso exercised \"market power\" -- undue influence over supply, demand and prices -- even though no smoking gun surfaced in the testimony.", "\"You have to look at this from a common-sense perspective -- the price spikes were astronomical,\" Steinberg said.", "\"Could they have occurred in such an extraordinary fashion absent market manipulation?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Frederick Valentine Atkinson", "sents": [ "Frederick Valentine Atkinson (Pinner, 25 January 1916 – Toronto, 13 November 2002) was a British mathematician, formerly of the University of Toronto, Canada, where he spent most of his career.", "Atkinson's theorem and Atkinson–Wilcox theorem are named after him.", "His Ph.D. advisor at Oxford was Edward Charles Titchmarsh." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Oxford", "sents": [ "Oxford ( ) is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.", "With an estimated 2015 population of 168,270, it is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom, and one of the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse.", "The city is situated 57 mi from London, 69 mi from Bristol, 65 mi from both Southampton and Birmingham and 25 mi from Reading." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8276_p16", "sents": [ "http: www.wineryexchange.com Business Service Firm DigitalWork Has $14 Million Round Four CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- DigitalWork.com, which provides Web-bas ed business services to small businesses, said it received $14.3 million in its fourth round of funding.", "Wells Fargo & Co. and VerticalNet participa ted in this round, along with previous investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, TL Ventures, Information Technology Ventures, and PurchasePro.com.", "The com pany will use the funds for working capital.", "http: www.digitalwork.co m?", "Web Education Marketplace Embark Gets $5 Million in Debt?", "SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Embark, which provides services related to higher education aimed at helping individuals manage transactions such as recruitment or admissions processes, said it received $5 million in debt financing from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Doll Capital Management.", "The company will use the funds for general operating expenses.", "http: www.embark.com Wholesale Gift Distributor USgift Raises $8.5 Million ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- USgift, which provides services for the wholesale exchange of gift, garden and home products, said it raised $8.5 million in a funding round led by Internet Capital Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "VerticalNet", "sents": [ "Verticalnet Inc. was a host of 43 business-to-business (B2B) procurement portals headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania.", "It was famous for its market capitalization of $10.89 billion on March 10, 2000, during the dot-com bubble, despite sales of $112.5 million in 2000.", "Verticalnet was acquired by Bravo Solutions in 2008 for $15.2 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19776_p4", "sents": [ "This year we're looking at the red-hot drug development sector, private companies that will redefine the diagnosis and delivery of medicine.", "From genomics to biochips, be the first to see where the largest sector of the US economy is going.", "<a href='http: secure.technologicpartners.com hcoregister.asp' Register Today?< a font <br clear=\"all\" <a href=\"http: venturewire.com index.asp\" <font face=\"verdana, verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" SIZE=2 color=\"black\" <b VENTUREWIRE INDEX< b font a <a href=\"http: venturewire.com index.asp\" <img alt='VentureWire Index' border='0' src=\"http: 208.185.40.7 charts images newsAVWIX.jpg\" a <br <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"1\" color=\"gray\" 535.2 &nbsp; -1.42%< font td tr <tr <td <font face=\"verdana, verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" SIZE=2 color=\"black\" <b NOTABLE DEALS< b font <BR <BR <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwLNQLLMNNHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" Optics Firm Edgeflow Gets $24M in Over-subscribed Series A font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=LNQLLMNNHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.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\" OTTAWA -- Edgeflow, which develops wave-length infrastructure devices, said it raised $24 million in its over-subscribed Series A from BTG, Desjardins Venture Capital Group, Newbury Ventures, Pan Dacom Networking, Primaxis Technology Ventures, RBC Capital Partners Telecom Fund, Sierra Ventures, and Venture Coaches." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3049_p21", "sents": [ "http: www.exp.com vc fund news Eagle One Launches to Invest with Newbury in Canada mail?", "top OTTAWA, Canada (VENTUREWIRE) -- Eagle One Ventures, a newly formed v enture firm, announced the company's launch to assist local networking and telecom infrastructure equipment companies in raising venture financing.", "Eagle One will not have a specific fund, but will represent the Orinda, Calif.-based Newbury Ventures in Canada and will also work with Ventures Coaches, an Ottawa-based firm funding idea-stage photonics and wireless companies.", "Eagl e One will be fielding investments for Newbury's $250 million third fund that closed in April, and Newbury will invest up to $25 million in seed and earl y stage companies through Eagle One.", "Ken Wigglesworth and Conrad Lewis, both former executives at Newbridge Networks, are the founding partners at Eagle One Ventures and are also new venture partners at Newbury Ventures, which h as $600 million in assets under management and offices in the Silicon Valley a nd Paris." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11366_p6", "sents": [ "Fitch currently rates these SCE securities: -- First Mortgage Bonds `B-`; -- Senior Unsecured Debt `CC'; -- Preferred Stock QUIDS `C'; -- Commercial Paper `D'; -- Rating Watch Evolving.", "Prominent Tech Business Leaders Call for National Energy Reliability Initiative Business Wire 02 27 01, 11:20a (Copyright 2001, Business Wire) DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001-- Congress & Bush Administration Are Urged To Support Research For New Technologies In Electricity Generation and Distribution Leading energy associations and Fortune 500 companies have delivered a letter to Capitol Hill appropriations committees proposing that the United States Department of Energy create a $320 million National Energy Reliability Initiative for the 2002 fiscal year, specifically focused on the energy needs of the high-tech industry.", "The more than 20 prominent businesses and trade groups that signed the letter are urging United States House and Senate leaders, as well as the Bush Administration, to establish the federal initiative as a channel for public-private research in new energy technologies, including distributed generation and end-use improvements." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Business Wire", "sents": [ "Business Wire is a company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.", "It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3564_p111", "sents": [ "After all, California ns are already conservation minded: The state ranks 49th in per capita energy consumption, according to a 1999 Energy Information Administration report.", "Wally Johnson is one of the understanding ones.", "A fierce Saddleback footbal l fan, he has gone to 256 straight games and doesn't plan to miss one because of a time change.", "\"I'll go to them anytime - daytime, nighttime, midnight, Sunday,\" he said.", "\"Day games are fun.", "They don't get quite so cold.\"", "Energy notebook San Jose mayor switches position, backs power plant May 31, 2001 From Register news services SAN JOSE After months of pressure, Mayor Ron Gonzales has reversed course a nd decided to support a large proposed power plant in southern San Jose.", "Gonzales said Wednesday that the companies that would build the $400 millio n Metcalf Energy Center - Calpine Corp. and Bechtel Enterprises Inc. - have agreed to donate money to community programs, offer long- term power contracts at competitive rates to San Jose businesses, and take extra steps to ensure the safety of the surrounding neighborhood." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Ron Gonzales", "sents": [ "Ronald R. Gonzales (born 1951) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California.", "Gonzales was the first Hispanic Mayor of San Jose since California became a U.S. state in 1850." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e960_p5", "sents": [ "The program also introduces youth to the stock market, the global economy, and teaches them how to improve test taking and study skills that are critical to admission to the UC system.", "Due to increased public and private funding, the YEAH Program has tripled in size to reach more than 170 youth from middle schools and high schools in the Oakland, Berkeley, Emery, and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts this year.", "For more information on YEAH, visit www.haas.berkeley.edu yeah.", "The organizers are still looking for a few more volunteer panelists.", "Please contact Ajuah Helton at 510-643-0923 for more information.", "DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AND ALUMNI DISCUSS GLOBAL ISSUES The annual Faculty Alumni Colloquium on May 5 features Haas faculty and alumni discussing current economic issues and global management trends in the new economy.", "Keynote speaker Patricia C. Dunn, BA 75, will speak on \"Investment Management in an Era of Individual Retirement Planning.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1051_p1", "sents": [ "Please direct any questions to Ajuah Helton, YE Program Manager, by phone (510) 643-0923, or email [email protected].", "Ajuah Helton Young Entrepreneurs at Haas A Pre-College Academic Preparation Program for Middle and High School Youth Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, California 94720-1900 (510) 643-0923 (office) (510) 643-1418 (fax) www.haas.berkeley.edu ebop changing to www.haas.berkeley.edu yeah'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19925_p8", "sents": [ "Anthropics will use the funding to continue development of its technology.", "font <!--[<a href=\"http: professional.venturewire.com story.asp?sid=IHPOMLNLHI\" more..< a ]-- <br <a href=\"http: www.quester.co.uk\" target=\"_new\" <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" http: www.quester.co.uk< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwQPNJJNOLHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" Online Security Firm Arcot Raises $20 Million Series E font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QPNJJNOLHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.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\" SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Arcot Systems, which provides authentication and digital signature products and services, said it has closed $20 million in Series E financing from Accel Partners, First Union Bank, Goldman Sachs, Novell, Onset Ventures, and Oracle.", "Funds will be used for product development, sales, and marketing.", "font <!--[<a href=\"http: professional.venturewire.com story.asp?sid=QPNJJNOLHI\" more..< a ]-- <br <a href=\"http: www.arcot.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" http: www.arcot.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwINMKQJMLHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" XML Security Firm Vordel Raises $10-Million Series B font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=INMKQJMLHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.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\" DUBLIN, IRELAND -- Vordel, a provider of technology for secure exchange of XML communications, said it has approximately $10 million in Series B financing from DrKW, Elderstreet, ICC Venture Capital, Intel 64 Fund, and Powerscourt Nominees." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.ridgewoodcapital.com Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Network Telephone, a provider of facilities-based broadband telecommunications services, said it raised $256 million in its Series D round of funding.", "Lehman Brothers led the round, which included Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Desai Capital Management, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Wind Point Partners.", "The round comprised $156 million in cash and a $100 million secured bank line.", "The round brings the company's total cash investments to $204.5 million.", "Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. partner Lawrence Tucker; Desai Capital Management chairman, president, and chief investment officer Rohit M. Desai; and Thomas E. Darden, managing director for Wind Point Partners, have all recently joined the company's board.", "The company will use the funding for continued expansion of its facilities-based networks in the Southeastern United States Network Telephone has also been backed by Onset Ventures.", "http: www.networktelephone.net o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post SEATTLE -- TeraBeam Networks, a developer of fiberless optical technology and services that enable the delivery of Internet data, said its founder and chairman Greg Amadon is selling a portion of his personal stock to previous investor Softbank Venture Capital in a deal worth $100 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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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": "e4500_p21", "sents": [ "These promotions coincide with the closing of NEA's tenth and largest fund, New Enterprise Associates 10, worth $2.2 billion.", "Prior to joining NEA, Mr. Coneybeer was a consultant with Bain & Co., where he focused on the financial services industry.", "Mr. Sandell was a product manager for Windows at Microsoft prior to joining NEA.", "http: www.nea.com VW Corrections o VirtualGourmet.com NEW YORK -- Due to inaccurate information provided by GourmetMarket.com, a story in VentureWire about the company's acquisition of VirtualGourmet.com incorrectly listed Kleiner Perkins, GE Capital, ITC Holdings, and Clique as investors in VirtualGourmet.com.", "VirtualGourmet.com has not received funding from any of these investment firms.", "o Grande Communications NEW YORK -- An item in Friday's Venture Wire concerning Grande Communications' additional first round funding contained an incorrect URL for the company.", "The correct URL is http: www.grandecom.com.", "o ManagedStorage NEW YORK -- A story in Friday's VentureWire about ManagedStorage's $50 million second round misidentified the company's early backer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "EarthLink", "sents": [ "EarthLink is an IT services, network and communications provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.", "The company serves more than 150,000 businesses and 1 million U.S. consumers.", "On November 7, 2016, Windstream Holdings announced a merger with Earthlink for about $1.1 billion in stock.", "The combined company, which will retain the Windstream name, will be headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e27957_p1", "sents": [ "Kraig Kitchin, president of Premiere, said in a New York Post report that it costs the company $1.5 million annually for streaming services.", "\"Time will show we have found a solution to allow that listening connection to continue, versus no longer (providing) the service,\" Kitchin told the newspaper.", "-- EarthLink to plug cable over DSL EarthLink has adopted what some might call a Trojan horse strategy.", "While striking a deal with AOL Time Warner to have its Internet access service distributed on Time Warner-owned cable systems, EarthLink will encourage new customers to get its service through the competitor's cable service.", "Garry Betty, chief executive of Atlanta-based EarthLink, told analysts that profit margins are better with cable access service than they are by providing access through DSL.", "He also said EarthLink expects to offer broadband service to half the homes that receive Time Warner Cable by the end of this year.", "-- Music streamer plans personal jukebox RadioMOI.com will launch a personalized music jukebox service on the Web next January." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mount Edziza volcanic complex", "sents": [ "The Mount Edziza volcanic complex is a large and potentially active north-south trending complex volcano in Stikine Country, northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located 38 km southeast of the small community of Telegraph Creek.", "It occupies the southeastern portion of the Tahltan Highland, an upland area of plateau and lower mountain ranges, lying east of the Boundary Ranges and south of the Inklin River, which is the east fork of the Taku River.", "As a volcanic complex, it consists of many types of volcanoes, including shield volcanoes, calderas, lava domes, stratovolcanoes, and cinder cones." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Taku River", "sents": [ "The Taku River is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska.", "The river basin spreads across 27500 km2 .", "The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its drainage basin is primarily wilderness." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7180_p4", "sents": [ "If consummated, the merger is also likely to benefit Microsoft ,s de fense against the Department of Justice ,s antitrust lawsuit, said William Kova cic, an antitrust law expert at George Washington University Law School.", "\"The fa ct that the industry environment is extremely turbulent and unpredictable and can change the position of companies in a real hurry makes it hard to prescribe remedies that won ,t go into affect for two-and-a-half years.\"", "A spokesman for Microsoft said the company had no comment on the merge r. Kovacic also said he anticipated a free-for-all among regulatory agencies seeking jurisdiction to review the proposed merger, including the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the FCC, state attorne ys general, municipalities, public service regulatory bodies and foreign governments.", "The merger's critics are particularly concerned that AOL will re verse its long-standing argument to force broadband networks open.", "\"I think [AOL CEO] Steve Case is the Benedict Arnold of the digital age,\" said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Media Education." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "AOL", "sents": [ "AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc., originally known as America Online, and stylized as Aol) is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.", "It is a brand marketed by Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications.", "AOL was one of the early pioneers of the Internet in the mid-1990s, and the most recognized brand on the web in the U.S.", "It originally provided a dial-up service to millions of Americans, as well as providing a web portal, e-mail, instant messaging and later a web browser following its purchase of Netscape.", "At the height of its popularity, it purchased the media conglomerate Time Warner in the largest merger in U.S. history.", "AOL rapidly declined thereafter, partly due to the decline of dial-up to broadband.", "AOL was eventually spun off from Time Warner in 2009, with Tim Armstrong appointed the new CEO.", "Under his leadership, the company invested in media brands and advertising technologies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "MSD Capital", "sents": [ "MSD Capital is the investment vehicle owned and controlled by Michael Dell and his family.", "The company is one of the main investors in the announced Leveraged buyout of Dell Inc. besides Michael Dell in private, Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft and several banks" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p12", "sents": [ "Although some of its business will overlap with FedEx and UPS, Integres sai d its more direct competition would be with independent small forwarders.", "The company plans to earn revenue as a reseller to airlines and transportation companies, through a direct offering, and through franchising options.", "Although revenue goals were unavailable, the company did say it plans to us e $15 to $20 million out of the $30 million committed by the end of 2001 and expects to begin 2002 with the remaining $10 million to $15 million.", "The majority of the financing thus far has been used to set the company up, hir e staff, lay down the IT framework, and for sales activities.", "Integres currently employs 20 people and plans to triple or quadruple its staff by t he third quarter.", "http: www.integres.com Optical Firm Calix Out of Hiding With $158 Million mail?", "top PETALUMA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Calix, a fiber-optic networking c ompany, made its first public fundraising announcement, saying it has raised $158 million over the course of three rounds, with the latest in March, from Azu re Capital, contract manufacturer Flextronics, Integral Capital Partners, Michael Dell's MSD Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Pivotal Asset manatement, Redpoint Ventures, and individuals Ajaib Bhardare, co-founder of Cerent, Carl Russo, vice president of the optical networking group at Cisco The company, valued at approximately $535 million, has hired Flextronics to manfacture its product, designed to simplify complex communications infrastructure and expand fiber-optic networks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6247_p9", "sents": [ "Staff writers Emily Bazar and Dale Kasler contributed to this report.", "Third power plant opens: But the Los Medanos facility isn't pouring out electricity yet.", "By Carrie Peyton Bee Staff Writer (Published July 10, 2001) The flood of new electricity being welcomed by Gov.", "Gray Davis was only a trickle at the latest power plant that the governor opened on Monday, according to sources close to California's energy crisis.", "Heralded by Davis as part of a \"powerful one-two-three punch\" that will bri ng California closer to energy independence, the Los Medanos Energy Center in Pittsburg spit out no more than 20 megawatts on its opening day, they said.", "That is less than 5 percent of the plant's 555-megawatt operating capacity.", "Los Medanos could generate a couple of hundred megawatts later this week bu t is not expected to reach its full output for two to three weeks, according to knowledgable sources." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California Energy Commission", "sents": [ "The California Energy Commission, formally the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency.", "Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through appliance and building standards, and supporting renewable energy technologies.", "The Commission is a division of the California Natural Resources Agency, which is under the direction of Cabinet Secretary John Laird.", "One of its prominent responsibilities is maintenance of the California Energy Code." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5812_p30", "sents": [ "\"There was less emphasis on demand management,\" said Barbara Barkovitch, an Oakland-based consultant who served on the California Independent System Operator's board from its formation in 1998 until last June.", "\"There was nothing nefarious about it, but people always assume the future will be lik e the present.\"", "As the economy rebounded, consumption growth averaged about 3% a year.", "That slight escalation--which fell within the expectations of forecasters at the California Energy Commission--took on out-sized significance because it occurred as supply stagnated.", "\"The problem was not one of demand in isolation, but that our demand kept growing steadily, supply did not grow much at all, and the gap just shrank progressively,\" said Ahmad Faruqui, the Palo Alto-based Electric Power Research Institute's area manager for retail and power markets.", "Regionally, the expansion was uneven, weighted toward the fast-developing S an Diego area and Northern California 's tech corridor.", "Consumption in San Die go Gas & Electric's service area rose more than 17% from 1995 to 2000 and, for the decade, increased almost twice as much as in the state overall." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana", "sents": [ "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (original Italian title: \"La Misteriosa Fiamma della Regina Loana\") is a novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco.", "It was first published in Italian in 2004, and an English language translation by Geoffrey Brock was published in spring 2005.", "The title is taken from the title of an Italian edition album of an episode of the American comic strip \"Tim Tyler's Luck\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Umberto Eco", "sents": [ "Umberto Eco {'1': \", '2': \", '3': 'OMRI', '4': \"} (] ; 5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor.", "He is best known internationally for his 1980 novel \"Il nome della rosa\" (\"The Name of the Rose\"), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.", "He later wrote other novels, including \"Il pendolo di Foucault\" (\"Foucault's Pendulum\") and \"L'isola del giorno prima\" (\"The Island of the Day Before\").", "His novel \"Il cimitero di Praga\" (\"The Prague Cemetery\"), released in 2010, topped the bestseller charts in Italy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Henry Waxman", "sents": [ "Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California 's 33 congressional district from 1975 until 2015.", "Waxman is a member of the Democratic Party.", "His district included much of the western part of the city of Los Angeles, as well as West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and was numbered the 24th district from 1975 to 1993, the 29th district from 1993 to 2003, and the 30th district from 2003 to 2013, changing due to redistricting after the 1990, 2000 and 2010 censuses.", "He now serves as Chairman at Waxman Strategies, a DC-based communications and lobbying firm, working on issues like health care, environment, energy, technology and telecommunications.", "In addition, he serves as a Regent Lecturer for University of California, Los Angeles, and as an advisor and lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.", "Waxman is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5922_p34", "sents": [ "So that could be a WEISMAN: Right.", "O'REILLY: a potential source of embarrassment, but I WEISMAN: Right.", "O'REILLY: I believe that all -- this isn't a big story as far as Americans are concerned.", "Just throw it out there.", "It's going to last for 10 seconds, no?", "WEISMAN: Well, the -- the funny thing is, when it was just, you know, Henry Waxman and John Dingell, these representatives from Congress just kind of badgering the White House, nobody paid much attention to it.", "It looked like a little partisan spat, right?", "As soon as the GAO, though, sent this letter saying, \"Release this -- release this information or else,\" it was elevated to a different realm.", "Now it looks more like a battle between Congress, represented by its investigative arm, the GAO, and the White House O'REILLY: Right.", "WEISMAN: and it becomes a much bigger deal.", "O'REILLY: Well, I think -- but the big deal for the people, and I don't care about the GAO or Cheney's office or any of that, but the folks have a right to know what's going on." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p35", "sents": [ "Mr. Anderson was chief merchant and chief marketing officer for Paris-based Carrefour, a global retail store, where he also headed the company's online service.", "The Thread, which is backed by undisclosed individual investors, is pursuing its first venture capital round.", "XML Infrastructure Firm Bowstreet, a strategic partner, has agreed to take a minority interest in The Thread.", "http: www.thethread.com E-Commerce App Firm HubStorm Names New President and CEO mail this story?", "top MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Hubstorm, which provides turnkey Internet marketplace and supplier enablement software and services, named Glenn Abood as the company's president and CEO, replacing founder Dean Drako as CEO.", "Mr. Abood will also be joining the board of directors.", "Softbank Venture Capital is an investor for Hubstorm.", "http: www.hubstorm.com SpectraSwitch Names New President and CEO mail this story?", "top SANTA ROSA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- SpectraSwitch, a designer and manufacturer of solid-state optical components, named Lindsay Austin as president and CEO, replacing founder Nick Lawrence, who will be staying on as vice president of business development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.ridgewoodcapital.com Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Network Telephone, a provider of facilities-based broadband telecommunications services, said it raised $256 million in its Series D round of funding.", "Lehman Brothers led the round, which included Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Desai Capital Management, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Wind Point Partners.", "The round comprised $156 million in cash and a $100 million secured bank line.", "The round brings the company's total cash investments to $204.5 million.", "Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. partner Lawrence Tucker; Desai Capital Management chairman, president, and chief investment officer Rohit M. Desai; and Thomas E. Darden, managing director for Wind Point Partners, have all recently joined the company's board.", "The company will use the funding for continued expansion of its facilities-based networks in the Southeastern United States Network Telephone has also been backed by Onset Ventures.", "http: www.networktelephone.net o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post SEATTLE -- TeraBeam Networks, a developer of fiberless optical technology and services that enable the delivery of Internet data, said its founder and chairman Greg Amadon is selling a portion of his personal stock to previous investor Softbank Venture Capital in a deal worth $100 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10563_p6", "sents": [ "In August 2000 the SCC approved the first phase of the expanded calling plan for exchanges in several local access and transport areas served by Verizon South and Verizon Virginia, Inc. (formerly Bell Atlantic Virginia, Inc.).", "The companies' expanded calling plan implements a condition included in the SCC's order approving the Bell Atlantic Corp.-GTE Corp. merger, which created Verizon.", "(11 30 99 a.m.) The commission received nearly 50 comments from customers in the affected exchanges, most of them supporting the plan.", "Because implementation will result in \"substantial rate increases\" for many customers, the commission ordered Verizon South to issue a notice at explaining \"applicable local exchange service options\" customers can use to mitigate higher basic service rates.", "(PUC000204, Joint application of Verizon Virginia, fk a Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc., and Verizon South, fk a GTE South Inc. to expand local calling between various exchanges) Federal law prohibits duplication in any form, including electronic, without permission of the publisher." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10147_p9", "sents": [ "The amendment met with no opposition, the staff member said.", "INTERCOMPANY COMPENSATION VIRGINIA SCC requests comment on $20.5 million Sprint access rate settlement The State Corporation Commission has requested comments by Feb. 1 on an access rate settlement between the SCC staff and Sprint Corp.'s incumbent local exchange companies--United Telephone-Southeast, Inc., and Central Telephone of Virginia.", "The settlement would result in a $20.5 million cumulative reduction in the Sprint companies' intrastate switched access rates over three years.", "(1 9 01 a.m.) AT&T Corp. has promised to pass the savings through to its long distance customers.", "The SCC said it will hold a hearing March 20 if one is requested.", "In December 2000 the commission approved similar access rate settlements with Verizon Virginia, Inc. (formerly Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc.) and Verizon South, Inc. (formerly GTE South, Inc.).", "The two Sprint companies are the only incumbent carriers remaining in the commission's original investigation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Madrona Venture Group", "sents": [ "Madrona Venture Group is an American venture capital firm, founded in 1995 and is based in Seattle, Washington.", "Madrona specializes in seed, startup, Series A and early stage investments.", "Madrona has made 143 investments in 75 companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p20", "sents": [ "The company joins previous investors WPP Group, and earlier round Australian venture capital investors Equity Partners and the Australasian Media & Communications Fund.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its product offering and continue global expansion with a move to the United States next month.", "http: www.redsheriff.com Videoconferencing Firm iPhysician Lands $36 Million Series E SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- iPhysicianNet, a videoconferencing application provider for pharmaceutical companies and physicians, said it raised $36 million in its Series E round, led by KBL Healthcare Ventures and Patricof Ventures.", "Cardinal Health Partners, Fireman's Fund Insurance, Valley, and previous investor Veron International also participated.", "http: www.iphysiciannet.com Ad Promotions Firm DailyShopper Network Raises $8 Million SEATTLE -- DailyShopper Network, a promotions network for retail advertisers, said it closed on $8 million in its second round of financing.", "The round was co-led by Tribune, the strategic investment unit of Tribune, as well as Voyager Capital and Madrona Venture Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Boston", "sents": [ "Boston (pronounced ) is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.", "It is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999.", "The city proper covers 48 mi2 with an estimated population of 673,184 in 2016, making it the largest city in New England and the 22nd most populous city in the United States.", "The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country.", "Alternately, as a combined statistical area (CSA), this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6431_p57", "sents": [ "It encompasses everything from software to microturbines to Internet tools that manage, monitor and even trade electricity.", "A recent energy industry venture capital fair, which organizers said was the first of its kind, drew 75 start-up companies to Boston - an event many investors who attended said would have been unimaginable even a few years ago.", "The companies and VCs are after the \"$300 billion jump ball\" made possible by electricity deregulation, said Todd Klein, managing director of Kinetic, a Chevy Chase, Md.-based VC firm.", "Their monopolies gone, power companies are being forced like never before to improve productivity.", "Start-ups are trying to help them with a new generation of high-tech gadgets.", "Meanwhile, technology companies are demanding cheaper and more reliable power sources.", "Entrepreneurial talent also is drifting to energy.", "And finally, several technologies developed in government labs have recently become commercially viable.", "\"We have been following these technologies 10 years, and they never were anything more than science experiments,\" said Jeff Miller of Boston's Beacon Group, which manages $1.6 billion in two energy VC funds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7034_p0", "sents": [ "\"Hi again.", "Good to talk with you on the phone today - it's been awhile and I'm glad you're taking the opportunity to ESCAPE THE EVIL EMPIRE for a few days.", "Here's a rundown of the restaurants again: Nobu - Asian Union Street Cafe - American Ruby Foo - Asian Asia de Cuba - Asian Cuban Del Frisco's - Steak Provence - French Romantic Periyali - Greek If you want Italian, there are supposed to be some good places on the Upper East Side but I haven't tried any yet.", "Mercer Kitchen - SoHo La Grange - Great place for a Saturday Brunch in SoHo Village Area Cafe Lalo - Desert Place (Good Cheesecake - it's where Tom Hanks went to check out Meg in You've Got Mail) As for business, I am attaching the messaging points put forth by the Independent Power Producers of New York and the two-page summary of the focus group research we did back in April." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Tom Hanks", "sents": [ "Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.", "He is known for his various comedic and dramatic film roles, including \"Splash\" (1984), \"Big\" (1988), \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989), \"A League of Their Own\" (1992), \"Sleepless in Seattle\" (1993), \"Philadelphia\" (1993), \"Forrest Gump\" (1994), \"Apollo 13\" (1995), \"Saving Private Ryan\" (1998), \"You've Got Mail\" (1998), \"The Green Mile\" (1999), \"Cast Away\" (2000), \"Road to Perdition\" (2002), and \"The Da Vinci Code\" (2006), as well as for his voice work in the animated films \"The Polar Express\" (2004) and the \"Toy Story\" series." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Hummer", "sents": [ "John Hummer (born May 4, 1948) is an American venture capitalist and retired professional basketball player who was an original member of the Buffalo Braves after starring for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team.", "He also led his high school to the 1966 Virginia State 1A championship and helped Princeton earn a 1967–68 co-Ivy League Championship as well as a 1968–69 outright Ivy League Championship.", "Over the course of his basketball career, he was coached by four National Basketball Hall of Fame members." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3228_p13", "sents": [ "The company would not disclose the valuation, but said it was an up round.", "It also said the money will be used to grow its customer base.", "Lip-Bu Tan, chairman and founder of Walden International, ha s become the fourth member of the board of directors.", "The company expects to add an independent director to its board soon.", "Hummer Winblad led Skire's first round in August 2000 and board seats were given to John Hummer, partn er of Hummer Winblad, and Ben Dubin, partner of Asset Management.", "The company is advised by the Silicon Valley office of law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harriso n. According to a company spokesman, Skire began looking to raise this round t wo months ago.", "CEO Massy Mehdipour founded the com!", "pany in 1999. http: www.skire.com Voice Commerce App Firm NetByTel Gets $18.1M Second Round mail?", "top BOCA RATON, Fla. (VENTUREWIRE) -- NetByTel, which provides voice com merce applications that connect online e-commerce systems and telephones using speech recognition as the interface, announced it has secured $18.1 million in its second round of funding led by new investor Lazard Technology Partners, who invested $5.6 million in the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pohatcong Mountain", "sents": [ "Pohatcong Mountain is a ridge, approximately 6 mi (10 km) long, in the Appalachian Mountains of northwestern New Jersey in the United States.", "It extends from west Phillipsburg northeast approximately to Allamuchy Township, New Jersey.", "The ridge continues on north past Washington as Upper Pohatcong Mountain.", "The term \"Pohatcong Mountain\" is sometimes taken to include both mountains.", "The ridge is approximately 800 ft (244 m) high along much of its length." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Appalachian Mountains", "sents": [ "The Appalachian Mountains ( , French: \"les Appalaches\" ), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.", "The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period.", "It once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before naturally occurring erosion.", "The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east-west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most roads running east or west." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha", "sents": [ "Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha is a 2002 Malayalam film directed by P. G. Viswambharan.", "Based on \"Vadakkanpattu\", the folklore of North Malabar, which are ballads extolling the brave and valiant chekavars, it stars Vani Viswanath, Devan, Siddique, Captain Raju and Kunchacko Boban in major roles.", "Jagadeesh, Mala Aravindan, Jayakrishnan, Anoop, Sreehari, Manya, Manka Mahesh, Spadikam George and Mamukkoya form the supporting cast.", "This is the last film of P. G. Viswambharan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Vani Viswanath", "sents": [ "Vani Viswanath (born 13 May 1971) is an Indian film actress.", "She has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and few Kannada movies she is planning to join in telugu desam party in andhrapradesh .", "Vani won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performance in \"Susanna\" directed by T. V. Chandran.", "She was termed as Mollywood's \"Action Queen\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3430_p25", "sents": [ "But Kmentt cautioned, \"This will be a big test to see how concerned he is.\"", "Kmentt said he understands the state's energy troubles are a \"huge problem that can't be fixed overnight,\" and right now he's blaming the power companies for the high price of electricity.", "\"I just think the public is being lied to,\" he said.", "Still, this is not good news for Bush, who has been increasingly portrayed by Democrats as a Texas oilman still beholden to the industry.", "California, which he lost last fall to Al Gore by 12 percentage points, has become increasingly a political headache.", "Where his predecessor, Bill Clinton, seemed politically and personally comfortable, Bush is not, suggests Jeffe, a senior scholar in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California.", "\"An ego cannot be buoyed by losing the state by 12 points,\" she said.", "\"We are the state that was responsible for giving Al Gore his popular vote victory.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Bill Clinton", "sents": [ "William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.", "Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas during two separate terms, from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.", "Before that, he served as Arkansas attorney general, from 1977 to 1979.", "A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was ideologically a New Democrat and many of his policies reflected a centrist \"Third Way\" political philosophy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Southside Film Festival (Glasgow)", "sents": [ "The Southside Film Festival is an annual film festival based in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.", "It is run by Southside Film." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Glasgow", "sents": [ "Glasgow ( ; Scots: \"Glesga\" /ˈɡlezɡə/ ; Scottish Gaelic: \"Glaschu\" ] ) is the largest city in Scotland, and third-largest in the United Kingdom.", "Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city is now located within the boundaries of Glasgow City Council – one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.", "It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands.", "Inhabitants of the city are referred to as \"Glaswegians\" or \"Weegies\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Company", "sents": [ "A company, abbreviated co., is a legal entity made up of an association of people, be they natural, legal, or a mixture of both, for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise.", "Company members share a common purpose and unite in order to focus their various talents and organize their collectively available skills or resources to achieve specific, declared goals.", "Companies take various forms such as:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20385_p2", "sents": [ "On October 16, 2001, Enron surprised the market by announcing that the Company was taking non-recurring charges of $1.01 billion after-tax, or ($1.11) loss per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2001, the period ending September 30, 2001. Subsequently, Enron revealed that a material por tion of the charge related to the unwinding of investments with certain lim ited partnerships which were controlled by Enron's chief financial officer and that the Company would be eliminating more than $1 billion in sharehold er equity as a result of its unwinding of the investments.", "As this news beg an to be assimilated by the market, the price of Enron common stock dropped significantly.", "During the Class Period, Enron insiders disposed of over $7 3 million of their personally-held Enron common stock to unsuspecting inves tors.", "If you bought Enron common stock between January 18, 2000 and October 17, 2 001, inclusive, and you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than December 21, 2001. If you are a member of this class, y ou can join this class action online at http: www.classlawyer.com sign_up." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1996–97 Orlando Magic season", "sents": [ "The 1996–97 NBA season was the Magic's eighth season in the National Basketball Association.", "After losing Shaquille O'Neal via free agency to the Los Angeles Lakers in the offseason, the Magic acquired Rony Seikaly from the Golden State Warriors, and signed free agents Gerald Wilkins and Derek Strong.", "Early into the season, the Magic played two games against the New Jersey Nets in Tokyo, Japan.", "Head coach Brian Hill was fired 49 games into the season after a 24–25 start, and Anfernee Hardaway was generally blamed for leading a player revolt that resulted in his dismissal.", "Hill was replaced with Richie Adubato for the remainder of the season as the Magic finished third in the Atlantic Division with a 45–37 record.", "Hardaway was selected for the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, despite playing just 59 games due to a knee injury." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Richie Adubato", "sents": [ "Richard Adam \"Richie\" Adubato (born November 23, 1937) is a former basketball coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "He has served as head coach for three NBA teams: the Detroit Pistons, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Orlando Magic." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rey Comeau", "sents": [ "Raynald Xavier Comeau (born October 25, 1948) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 564 games in the National Hockey League.", "He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Atlanta Flames, and Colorado Rockies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Montreal Canadiens", "sents": [ "The Montreal Canadiens (French: \"Les Canadiens de Montréal\" ) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec.", "They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19855_p8", "sents": [ "Some investors have rushed in, but others haven&#39;t forgotten the lessons learned in previous biotech booms.", "Remember gene therapy?", "There will be winners and losers in the race to create a new era in drug therapy.", "Healthcare Outlook has dedicated a special track for management presentations by private companies in genomics and proteomics.", "We also will convene a special industry roundtable: From Laboratory to The Pipeline led by James Reddoch, VP & Senior Research Analyst, Healthcare Group, Banc of America Securities.", "He&#39;ll be joined by: *Michael Grey, Chief Business Officer, Structual Genomix *Lowell T. Harmison, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Department of Health and Human Services *Daniel Janney, Partner, Alta Partners *Gary Zweiger, Director, Strategic Business Development, Development, Life Sciences, Agilent Technologies Come see the companies that will create the change and the experts that can put it in perspective, Healthcare Outlook on October 9 in San Francisco.", "Register today at:<br <A target \"_new\" href=\"http: venturewire.com ads ad.asp?id=1275\" http: www.healthcareoutlook.com< a PRE TD TR TABLE <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwMJJKJLIPHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" WebGain Pulls IPO Citing Troubled Market font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJJKJLIPHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.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\" SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- WebGain, a developer of e-business application software, filed a request to withdraw its IPO on Thursday, according to SEC records." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p31", "sents": [ "Clayton, Dubelier & Rice has committed over $1 billion in equity since 1998. The company's portfolio includes Italtel, ICO-Teledesic, Fairchild Dornier Corp., and Schulte GmbH.", "http: www.cdr-inc.com VW Corrections o Peppers and Rogers Group NEW YORK -- An item in yesterday's VentureWire about the new CEO of Peppers and Rogers Group, a management consulting firm that founded a venture capital group, 1 to 1 Venture Partners, incorrectly listed the relationship between the company and 1 to 1 Venture Partners.", "The venture group is now managed independently.", "Advertisement What is the future for the business-to-consumer model, the business-to-business model, and the path to profitability?", "Find out at Healthcare Outlook.", "October 31, 2000 Palace Hotel - San Francisco, California For more information and registration, go to: http: tpsite.com tp conf ho2000 default.html SEND TO A FRIEND To subscribe to VentureWire, tell your friends and colleagues to go to: http: www.venturewire.com register vw This copy of VentureWire may be distributed freely, provided that the distribution is without charge, that the issue is distributed complete and unaltered, and that all copies retain the Technologic copyright notice." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p19", "sents": [ "-- Pingtel, creator of Java-based, voice-over-IP phones and management software, said it received an additional $5.15 million for its second round of funding, bringing the total to $17.85 million.", "SAIC Venture Capital invested $4.75 million and a private investor invested the additional funds.", "The company will use the funds for product development and marketing, sales, and support.", "Previous investors in this round were St. Paul Venture Capital, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Intel Capital, and Wind River.", "http: www.pingtel.com Web Technology Firm Roundpoint Lands $5 Million in Round Two SAN FRANCISCO -- Roundpoint, a developer of technology that enables Web developers, integrators, and consultants to publish one Web site to multiple devices, said it raised $5 million in its second round of financing, led by ThinkVentures.", "Arthur D. Little and Brainstorm Ventures also participated, along with individual investors.", "The company said it will use the funds for general business expansion.", "http: www.roundpoint.com Web Training Firm CyberU Gets $3 Million in Second Round SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- CyberU, a provider of online education and corporate training, said it received $3 million from ASI Solutions as part of the company's second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Dain Rauscher Wessels", "sents": [ "Dain Rauscher Wessels was a brokerage and investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.", "The firm traced its origins to a number of smaller regional securities firms founded in the 1920s and 1930s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3625_p22", "sents": [ "1325.6 1342.7 -11.2 As calculated by Morgan Stanley Capital International Perspective, Geneva.", "Each index, calculated in local currencies, is based on the close of 1969 equaling 100. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "International Exxon, Shell Poised to Win Saudi Deals They Appear Favored To Lead Key Projects In Coveted Gas Sector By Bhushan Bahree Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 06 01 2001 The Wall Street Journal A11 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) PARIS -- Exxon Mobil Corp. and the Royal Dutch Shell Group appear poised to win coveted leadership roles this weekend in a historic reopening of Saudi Arabia's energy industry.", "People familiar with developments said that barring last-minute upsets, Exxon, the world's largest publicly owned oil company, will be named operator of the largest opening being offered by the Saudis, the South Ghawar natural-gas project that will require investment of $15 billion and is named after the world's largest oil field, in the country's eastern province." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e708_p14", "sents": [ "Saudi officials declined to comment.", "Signing a deal would be a major coup for BP because the company is seen as an outsider in Saudi Arabia, unlike other Western firms with a long history there.", "BP, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, TotalFinaElf and Chevron are grouped for core venture one, the South Ghawar field.", "TotalFinaElf had been seen as the favourite to operate the venture worth an estimated $15 billion but now may just get a non-operating stake.", "ExxonMobil is poised to lead core venture two to develop the Red Sea area, with TotalFinaElf, Royal Dutch Shell and Marathon vying for non-operating shares.", "Royal Dutch Shell is expected to clinch core venture three to develop gas at Shaybah, with Conoco, ExxonMobil, TotalFinaElf, Phillips and Enron Oxy getting stakes.", "The projects are to help develop existing gas reserves and invest in downstream projects fed by gas supplies, such as power and desalination.", "\"Every company will get something,\" said an industry source." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20425_p80", "sents": [ "Enron named Jeff McMahon, head of its industrial markets?group, as CFO because ``it became clear to me that restoring?investor confidence would r equire us to replace Andy,'' Chairman?and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth L ay said in a statement.", "Fastow will take a leave of absence.", "Shares of Enron, based in Houston, have fallen 80 percent?this year.", "Third-quarter losses of $1.01 billion from failed?investments outside the main commoditie s trading business wiped?out 70 percent of the profit earned in the past fo ur quarters.", "``Investors were clearly not comfortable with exposure t o?Andy,'' said J.P. Morgan analyst Anatol Feygin, who downgraded?Enron to ` `long-term buy'' today and owns no shares.", "As Enron treasurer, McMaho n complained to then-Enron?President Jeffrey Skilling about potential confl icts of interest?posed by the Fastow partnerships in 1999, the Wall Street Journal?reported yesterday.", "Rebuffed, McMahon secured a reassignment, the?J ournal said, citing people familiar with the matter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6492_p21", "sents": [ "But when a major market maker with annual revenues of 10 times the market cap of the United States steelmaking industry stakes a claim (for 2000 alone, Enron logged revenues of $101 billion--that's with a \"b\"), a lot more than eyebrows are likely to be raised.", "After a bold presentation from Jeff McMahon, president and CEO of Enron Industrial Markets, at the SSCI annual convention in May (in which he accused steel mills of treating their service center customers as \"annoyances\"), industry leaders rushed to understand this latest market contender.", "Friend or foe?", "Competitor or partner?", "These are just a couple of the questions surrounding Enron's aggressive push into the metals industry.", "Judging from the service center and mill executives Modern Metals queried, there are as many answers as there are opinions in the industry.", "Reactions ranged from fear to acceptance to downright resentment.", "At least one mill was reticent to discuss Enron at all--still others seemed to meet the issue with unaffected shrugs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3246_p44", "sents": [ "Chronicle Graphic ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 13 Supervisor sees energy up on S.F.", "rooftops Sunniest areas would have solar panels Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, May 23, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 05 23 M N193839.DTL&type=3Dnews San Francisco -- Rooftops in San Francisco's sunniest neighborhoods would be covered with power-generating solar panels to help ease the city's energy crunch under an ambitious plan proposed by Supervisor Tom Ammiano.", "It is envisioned that at full capacity the project would generate 50 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 50,000 homes -- which would mak e it the largest such solar program in the nation.", "The project, as conceived by Ammiano, would be a public-private partnership The city would help with financing and private contractors would build and maintain the equipment, which would be installed on commercial and residential buildings.", "Ammiano hopes to ask voters in November to approve a Charter amendment that would allow the Board of Supervisors to issue revenue bonds to pay for the project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "The consolidated city-county covers an area of about 47.9 sqmi at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.", "It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ireland", "sents": [ "Ireland ( ; Irish: \"Éire\" ] ; Ulster-Scots: \"Airlann\" ] ) is an island in the North Atlantic.", "It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.", "Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e7205_p25", "sents": [ "The company is funded by Providence Equity, Columbia Capital, Alta Communications, Telecom, and Spencer Trask.", "http: www.globalmetro.com Compliance Management Tech Provider Qumas Appoints Chairman CORK, Ireland -- Qumas, a provider of enterprise compliance management technology designed to assist industries in complying with regulations, said it has appointed Brian N. Sweeney as chairman of its board.", "Mr. Sweeney is the chairman of Siemens Group in Ireland and also deputy chairman of Deutsche Bank DB Ireland.", "Qumas is backed by ACT Venture Capital and Delta Ventures.", "http: www.qumas.com Investment Marketplace Wofex Adds Advisor to Board NEW YORK -- Wofex, an electronic global marketplace for the professional investment community, said it added Donald E. Fowler to its board of directors.", "Mr. Fowler was an advisor to Wofex, and is currently an investor and advisor to several other early stage technology companies.", "Mr. Fowler also serves on the boards of three publicly traded companies: ECCS, ADAC Laboratories, and TelCom Semiconductor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1120_p43", "sents": [ "Mansingh in Hyderabad, the bat exploded across the countryside in a Coca-Cola wave as thousands of consumers lined the streets to sign on the bat.", "From chief ministers to housewives, aged and handicapped to kids, all wanted to sign on the giant bat.", "That was not all.", "The company also produced a special music cassette with a 'best of luck India' theme song sung by music legend Asha Bhosle and Hariharan.", "The cassette was distributed free at the venues that the Coke bat toured further creating marketplace excitement around the campaign.", "News media, equally passionate about cricket gave the bat and Coke outstanding editorial space in their publications.", "Multiple TV channels did special features on Coca-Cola's giant Best-Of-Luck-India bat campaign.", "At every single venue the bat was accompanied by sampling of Coke to thousands of thirsty consumers.", "In a massive culmination of consumer goodwill behind the bat, Coca-Cola finally presented the giant bat, crammed with seven lakh signatures to the captain of the Indian cricket team of 1996 in Calcutta at the Salt Lake stadium." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Asha Bhosle", "sents": [ "Asha Bhosle (born 8 September 1933), is an Indian singer.", "She is best known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire.", "Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades.", "She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies.", "In addition, she has recorded several private albums and participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad.", "Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American Terrorist", "sents": [ "American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing (2001) is a book by Buffalo, New York journalists Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck that chronicles the life of Timothy McVeigh from his childhood in Pendleton, New York, to his military experiences in the Persian Gulf War, to his preparations for and carrying out of the Oklahoma City bombing, to his trial and death row experience.", "One of the appendices lists all 168 people killed in the blast, along with brief biographical information.", "(There were plans to include a chapter about his execution in the softcover edition.)", "It is the only biography authorized by McVeigh himself, and was based on 75 hours of interviews that the authors had with McVeigh.", "McVeigh was said to be pleased overall with the book, but disappointed with the way he was portrayed and the explanation of his motive.", "Coauthor Michel said he viewed McVeigh as a \"human being with a limited range of feelings in the areas of empathy and sympathy and with an oversized sense of rage and resentment.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Buffalo, New York", "sents": [ "Buffalo ( ) is a city in and the seat of Erie County in Western New York.", "Located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern shore of Lake Erie at the head of the Niagara River.", "s of 2016 , Buffalo is the state's second most populous city after the city it is named for, with 256,902 residents.", "The metropolitan area has a population of 1.13 million, while the larger, cross-border Buffalo Niagara Region includes 8 U.S. counties and 2 Canadian municipalities and has a population of 2,493,869." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Northern California", "sents": [ "Northern California, often abbreviated NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.", "Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, in contrast to the 10 counties of Southern California, its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento), and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno).", "Northern California also contains redwood forests, along with the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range after Mount Rainier in Washington), and most of the Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3558_p79", "sents": [ "The governor's tough talk came as California suffered through a Stage 2 power alert and faced the prospect of a long, hot summer of rolling blackouts and skyrocketing electricity prices.", "So far this year, the state has paid more than $8.2 billion to buy power for its cash-strapped utilities.", "In a variation on his threat to seize power plants from out-of-state generators if they continue gouging California ratepayers, the governor said he would use his executive powers to claim excess juice from the locally owned utilities if they do not lower their prices.", "He said he is ready to go to court if they offer resistance.", "\"We're going to get that power one way or another,\" Davis said.", "Municipal utilities are city-owned power companies.", "In Northern California, there are municipal utilities in Alameda, Palo Alto, Redding, Sacramento and Santa Clara.", "Los Angeles has the largest municipal utility in the state.", "30 DAYS TILL CONTRACT DETAILS For the first time, the governor also gave a time frame for releasing details of more than 40 long-term electricity contracts California is signing with generators since the financial meltdown of the state's two biggest utilities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Edison Electric Institute", "sents": [ "The Edison Electric Institute is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies.", "Its members provide electricity in the United States for 220 million people, operate in 50 states and the District of Columbia, and directly employ more than 500,000 workers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6626_p2", "sents": [ "Few of the groups mention the White House or Bush by name, but their policy wish list includes all the major elements proposed by the president.", "Perhaps the most prominent group is the Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth, a coalition of more than 400 groups including chambers of commerce, trade associations, energy companies and various other interest groups.", "Formed in mid-May, the Alliance's founding members include the American Gas Association ($630,025 in soft money, PAC and individual contributions during 1999-2000; 55 percent to Republicans); the Edison Electric Institute ($739,378; 60 percent to Republicans); the National Mining Association ($508,650; 83 percent to Republicans); the Nuclear Energy Institute ($334,716; 71 percent to Republicans) and the United States Chamber of Commerce ($515,499; 94 percent to Republicans).", "The group's ads, which feature soft-focus photography shots including young children standing with their parents and sailors saluting a waving American flag, emphasize that our national security could be at risk without a new energy policy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5031_p11", "sents": [ "Greg Duffee, assistant professor in the Finance Group, was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News on the risks of investing in put options.", "Duffee explained that companies often sell put options when they have confidence that they are financially sound.", "Tyson was quoted in USA Today on October 12 on UC Berkeley professor Daniel McFadden winning this year's Nobel Prize in economics.", "The October 12 Independent of London mentioned Information Rules by Hal Varian, dean of the School of Information Management and Systems and Haas professor, and Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy and director of the Institute of Business and Economics Research (IBER), in an article about high prices for consumers shopping on the Internet.", "Pete Sealey, adjunct professor in the Marketing Group, was quoted on Red Herring.com on October 11. Sealey commented that if the AOL Time Warner merger were approved, all media companies would have to rethink their strategies to take online markets into account." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e659_p11", "sents": [ "\"Partnering with Boalt just makes so much sense when we're exploring issues of technology, business, and intellectual property,\" says Andrew Isaacs, the executive director of MOT.", "\"The connections are there.", "Having BoaIt literally next door is a fantastic resource.\"", "An academic conference, \"Beyond Microsoft: Antitrust, Technology, and Intellectual Property\" organized by Mark Lemley, professor of law and a director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, took place at Haas and Boalt on March 2 and 3. Sponsored by the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization (IMIO) and the Institute of Business and Economics Research (IBER), the conference included a presentation by Carl Shapiro, the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy and the director of IBER, and participation by Dean Tyson and Professor Michael Katz.", "All of this hard work builds the base for long-term future collaborations, says Stowsky, \"In addition to enhancing the traditional training of both managers and lawyers in the intricacies of business law, the increased collaboration positions UC Berkeley to become the leading center of academic research and policy analysis related to the economic, legal, social, and political impacts of the Internet.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20599_p1", "sents": [ "Orpheus will showcase its innovative approach to leadership for of a group of Haas MBA students on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the International House auditorium.", "Tickets to the event were awarded to MBA students through a lottery process.", "Morgan Stanley is sponsoring the event at Haas.", "The firm also sponsored an Orpheus residency at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo in June 2001. The program will include presentations by Dean Laura Tyson; Harvey Seifter, executive director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and author of \"Leadership Ensemble\"; lecturer Terry Pearce; and David Pottruck, co-CEO of Charles Schwab.", "John McGeehan, managing director and chief administrative officer for Morgan Stanley Japan Limited will also be in attendance.", "Central to the distinctive personality of Orpheus is its unusual process of sharing and rotating leadership roles.", "The \"Orpheus Process\" is built on individual responsibility, shared leadership, and workplace democracy.", "The process has enabled the orchestra to unleash the talent, vision, creativity, and leadership potential of each member of the group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Orpheus Chamber Orchestra", "sents": [ "The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (founded 1972) is a classical music chamber orchestra based in New York City.", "They have won several Grammy Awards.", "It is known for its collaborative leadership style in which the musicians, not a conductor, interpret the score." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bechtel", "sents": [ "Bechtel's business activities began in 1898 when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his own team of mules.", "Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland, California in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the Western Pacific Railroad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1465_p17", "sents": [ "General Electric and Bechtel hold 10 per cent each, while MSEB has a 15 per cent stake.", "Enron last year appointed Credit Suisse First Boston to find a buyer for the additional 15 per cent stake, but no buyer was found.", "The divestment of equity will virtually complete Enron's exit from India.", "Five years ago, the power company announced its intention to invest $10 billion in India.", "Enron's projects then included a string of power plants, a 5-million-tonne LNG project, an LNG pipeline from West Asia to India, besides an optic fibre broadband network in Maharashtra.", "Its oil and gas subsidiary recently announced its exit from all the oil blocks it had an interest in.", "The future of MetGas, the LNG terminal project which was to supply a large chunk to Dabhol phase II, remains unclear.", "Though DPC officials have denied this, work on MetGas too, after the initial construction work, seems to have been put on the backburner." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6615_p2", "sents": [ "\"I think Fallon is someone who wouldn't be there if it isn't a good opportunity,\" said Raymond Niles, director of power and merchant energy research with Salomon Smith Barney.", "In his new role, Fallon will report to Mark Frevert, chairman and chief executive of Enron Wholesale Services, and Greg Whalley, president and chie f operating officer of Wholesale Services.", "Rice previously reported to Kenneth Lay, corporate chairman and chief executive.", "Before becoming president of Broadband Services, Fallon was managing direct or of global trading and risk management for the unit.", "From 1993 to 1999, he worked in Enron North America's wholesale energy business rising from the position of associate to managing director, leadin g the power trading business.", "Before coming to Enron, Fallon was a nuclear operations engineer for Genera l Electric, a systems engineer at W.R. Grace and a certified public accountan t for Price Waterhouse.", "Fallon earned a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, a master's degree in accounting from Northeastern University and a master's in business administration from Columbia University." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "e19438_p10", "sents": [ "``We see no reason for North American natural gas and power markets to become unstable in the aftermath of yesterday's tragedies,'' Chief Operating Officer Greg Whalley said in a statement.", "Enron will trade through its EnronOnline Internet site and by telephone, spokesman Mark Palmer said.", "New York Mercantile Exchange said it won't open its trading floor today.", "The Nymex, near the World Trade Center site, was evacuated yesterday after two airplanes crashed into the center's twin towers.", "Enron, based in Houston, and other United States energy traders such as El Paso Corp. and Mirant Corp., suspended trading yesterday after the attacks.", "The company will stop trading at noon Houston time.", "As many as 4,000 trades worth about $2.5 billion are conducted daily through EnronOnline.", "The company also handles 400 to 500 trades by telephone daily, Palmer said.", "Enron executives don't expect United States gas and power markets to be affected by Tuesday's events, though prices might swing widely, Palmer said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3049_p12", "sents": [ "To date, the company raised $29 millio n in three rounds.", "http: www.dooyoo.de Mindsense Biosystems Gets $2M from Future mail?", "top REHOVOT, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- Mindsense Biosystems, which develop s blood tests to diagnose mental disorders using proteomics and functional genomics technology, announced it has secured a $2 million investment from new investor Future (a German life sciences fund) as part of a $12 million Series C round.", "Investment bank Mesiro Financial is managing the round.", "Rainer Henning of Future will join the board of directors.", "Mindsense has raised a total of $7.5 million from Biomedical Investments, Comsor Investment Fund, Mazam Capital Funds Management, and Shamrock Holdin gs of California.", "http: www.mindsense.com Rivio Connects with $12 Million in Fourth Round mail?", "top SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Rivio, which provides an onlin e platform for small businesses, said it closed its fourth round at $12 milli on from previous investors Accenture Technology Ventures, Bank of America, Opportunity Capital Partners, and Softbank Venture Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Bank of America", "sents": [ "Bank of America Corporation (abbreviated as BofA) is a multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.", "It is ranked 2nd on the list of largest banks in the United States by assets.", "As of 2016, Bank of America was the 26th largest company in the United States by total revenue.", "In 2016, it was ranked #11 on the Forbes Magazine Global 2000 list of largest companies in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5899_p34", "sents": [ "Dobbins said he joined the experiment because he's \"interested in that type of thing.\"", "Plus, \"there's the monetary reward.\"", "New Power is paying volunteers $25 to $75 to participate in the program through September.", "For New Power, which is backed by Enron Corp. of Houston, the money is a pittance compared with the juicy customer data the test program should reveal.", "\"What we're really interested in is consumer behavior,\" said Tim Vail, New Power's vice president of energy technology solutions.", "\"How does the consumer use [the new system]?", "Do they use it?\"", "New Power and other electricity providers think the setup can save them big bucks when supply on the electric grid is tight.", "Vail said the company is examining how to share some of those savings with customers when and if the program is delivered to a wider audience in coming years.", "The company has divided this summer's test into three parts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "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": "e1420_p0", "sents": [ "'San Jose Mercury News, April 19, 2001, Thursday, SJ-POWER, 593 words, Testimony Indicates California Electricity Market Was Troubled in 1998, By Brandon Bailey (Quotes Smutny on behalf of IEP) Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, 9:55 AM Eastern Time, State and Regional, 930 words, Developments in California's energy crisis, By Associated Press (Quotes Smutny on behalf of IEP) Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, 9:32 AM Eastern Time, State and Regional, 820 words, Legislators probe possible power, natural gas collusion, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO (Quotes Smutny on behalf of IEP) Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 18, 2001, Wednesday, BC cycle, State and Regional, 833 words, Legislators probe possible power, natural gas collusion, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO (Quotes Smutny on behalf of IEP) Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 18, 2001, Wednesday, BC cycle, State and Regional, 841 words, Developments in California's energy crisis, By Associated Press (Quotes Smutny on behalf of IEP) Power bloc blasts seizure idea Producers say talk of bold action fuels crisis By Steve Geissinger SACRAMENTO BUREAU -- Oakland Tribune (Quotes Smutny on behalf of IEP) Copley News Service, April 19, 2001, Thursday, State and regional, 780 words, Windfall-profits tax gets Davis' backing, Bill Ainsworth, SACRAMENTO Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2001, Thursday, Home Edition, Page 3, 772 words, CAPITOL JOURNAL; CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST; Price Caps Don't Fit in Cheney's Head for Figures, GEORGE SKELTON, SACRAMENTO Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2001, Thursday, Home Edition, Page 3, 1373 words, CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST; DAVIS BACKS SILICON VALLEY POWER PROJECT; ENERGY: GOVERNOR URGES QUICK APPROVAL OF SAN JOSE PLANT DESPITE OPPOSITION BY CITY AND A POWERFUL FIRM., JENIFER WARREN and TERENCE MONMANEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS, SACRAMENTO The Orange County Register, April 19, 2001, Thursday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K7970, 275 words, Ex-energy chief leery of state buying power lines, By Kate Berry San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 19, 2001, THURSDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Associated Press", "sents": [ "The Associated Press (AP) is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City that operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association.", "The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20035_p12", "sents": [ "On September 21, recipients from across the campus were honored at the 2001 Service Awards Luncheon.", "Each of the recipients received a congratulations letter and a Service Award Pin from President Atkinson.", "In addition they will begin to accrue additional hours of vacation.", "The UC system and the Haas School have long recognized staff with many years of service.", "- HAAS IN THE NEWS Severin Borenstein, the E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration, appeared in the September 29 issue of the National Journal in an article discussing the recent \"airline bailout bill.\"", "The Wall Street Journal mentioned the Haas School of Business in the article titled \"For Latest MBA's, Recruiting Time Gets Bleaker.\"", "This September 26 article reported that the Haas School has just upgraded its video-conferencing system to help both the student and companies during interviews.", "Borenstein was also quoted on September 26 in the Star-Ledger of New Jersey in which he commented about natural gas prices diminishing in the article titled \"Golden parachutes to ease the fall of GPU's top execs.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e490_p8", "sents": [ "After raking in billions of dollars for their companies last year, the energy traders are emerging as the first business hotshots of the new millennium.", "\"They are extremely good at what they do,\" said Severin Borenstein, director of the University of California at Berkeley's energy institute.", "\"There are guys on Wall Street that spend all their time doing extremely complex calculations on bond yields and figuring out how to make the most money on the spreads.", "These traders (at the power companies) are doing the same thing with the energy market.\"", "As they become more sophisticated, the power marketers are moving much of their muscle online, where they are proving more adept at e-business than most of Silicon Valley's fallen Internet companies.", "Enron handles much of its trading business on a Web site launched in November 1999. The company describes Enrononline.com as the world's biggest e-commerce site, based on the completion of 548,000 transactions, totaling $336 billion, with 3,000 customers in 2000. Following Enron's lead, Duke, Reliant and another major California generator, Mirant Corp., banded together with Wall Street investment banks Goldman Sachs and Dean Witter Morgan Stanley to launch IntercontinentalExchange.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9389_p31", "sents": [ "http: www.secureworks.com Former Corporate Express Exec Now Newgistics President, CEO AUSTIN, Texas -- Newgistics, a provider of logistics services for Internet retailers and catalogers, said it named Clarence Gabriel as president and CEO.", "Mr. Gabriel replaces interim CEO Phil Siegel, who founded Newgistics.", "Prior to joining Newgistics, Mr. Gabriel was division president and CEO at Corporate Express Delivery Systems.", "Newgistics recently secured a $10 million first round of funding.", "Investors in the company include Austin Ventures, R.R.", "Donnelley & Sons, USFreightways, and AV Labs.", "http: www.newgistics.com FreeSamples.com Appoints New President and COO SAN FRANCISCO -- Internet marketing company FreeSamples.com, said it appointed Dana A. Plotkin, the company's chief marketing officer, to the positions of president and COO.", "Mr. Plotkin joined the firm in March.", "Investors include GE Investments, CondeNet, TechSpace, Xchange, Roccia Ventures, and Starwood International and individual investor Bob Lessin, chairman and co-CEO of Wit Capital Group.", "http: www.freesamples.com VC Fund News o OpenSite Founder Launches TruePilot, Early Stage Tech Firm RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- OpenSite Technologies founder Michael Brader-Araje launched truePilot, an investment firm that provides early stage funding for entrepreneurial companies in the Internet infrastructure and wireless infrastructure arena." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p31", "sents": [ "The new branch will concentrate on investments in California high technology companies and will draw its capital from the EUR 100 million ($88 million) EuroQube fund.", "Enzo Torresi, a MyQube advisor, will assume the position of managing director for the fund.", "Mr. Torresi was most recently a founding partner in EuroFund and previously co-founded ICAST.", "The firm also announced its first investment in natural language technical support software developer, noHold.", "The amount of capital invested was undisclosed.", "In addition to the new office in California and its headquarters here, the company operates from several locations in Europe including, Geneva, Munich, and London.", "http: www.myqube.com VC Personnel o AV Labs Names Former onQ Technology CEO as Venture Fellow AUSTIN, Texas -- AV Labs, an early stage venture fund focused on seed and first round investments, said it named Eric Loeffel as a Venture Fellow.", "Mr. Loeffel, who most recently served as president and CEO of onQ Technology, will provide operating executive experience to startup companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5974_p0", "sents": [ "'USA: EOTT pays $120 mln for assets from Enron affiliate.", "Reuters English News Service, 07 02 01 India: The Dabhol controversy revisited Business Line (The Hindu), 07 02 01 India: Some US cos keen on Dabhol project Business Line (The Hindu), 07 01 01 No change in Maha govt stand on Enron: CM Press Trust of India Limited, 07 01 01 Elbows Fly in Contest for New Power Plants The New York Times, 07 01 01 FOCUS on ENERGY Deregulation proving a mixed bag elsewhere Houston Chronicle, 07 01 01 A flood of fund-raisers?", "Community wonders how to help as arts groups assess damage Houston Chronicle, 07 01 01 Lessons for Asia in California's Energy `Crisis': Patrick Smith Bloomberg, 07 01 01 Enron Chief Lay May Visit India to Discuss Dabhol, Paper Says Bloomberg, 07 01 01 Power Plays: The High-Energy Portfolio SmartMoney, 07 01 01 Global economic spiral to pull India's growth to new lows: analysts by Biman Mukherjee Agence France-Presse, 07 01 01 Enron Chairman to visit India on ninth or 10th July Press Trust of India Limited, 06 30 01 Lenders can run DPC: IDBI chief Business Standard, 06 30 01 Army chief, ex-Enron exec, will still have say Houston Chronicle, 06 30 01 Bush aide joined energy talks while holding industry stocks Houston Chronicle, 06 30 01 No Rove Conflict, White House Says; Bush Aide Sat In on Energy Meetings The Washington Post, 06 30 01 Army chief, a former Enron exec, won't step away from energy issue Associated Press Newswires, 06 29 01 Western Wholesale Power Trades Fri Above FERC Price Limit Dow Jones Energy Service, 06 29 01 USA: EOTT pays $120 mln for assets from Enron affiliate." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Houston Chronicle", "sents": [ "The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.", "s of 2016 , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States.", "With its 1995 buy-out of long-time rival the \"Houston Post\", the \"Chronicle\" became Houston's primary newspaper." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5997_p37", "sents": [ "In fact, California triggered price limits in 11 Western states today by issuing a power alert.", "It was the first time the limits went into effect since they were imposed by federal regulators two weeks ago.", "http: www.nytimes.com GRAPHIC: Photo: Gov.", "Gray Davis of California presided yesterday as a power plant went on line in Sutter County.", "(Associated Press) LOAD-DATE: July 3, 2001 13 of 65 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service San Jose Mercury News July 3, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K5369 LENGTH: 508 words HEADLINE: Davis paying millions to energy consultants, contracts reveal BYLINE: By Dion Nissenbaum BODY: SACRAMENTO _ Gov.", "Gray Davis has agreed to pay more than $17 million to a small group of financial experts and political consultants _ some of them dubbed by critics as \"a den of thieves\" _ to help him steer his way clear of the energy crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "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, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2741_p13", "sents": [ "But it is unlikely to deter the flow of money into Asian electricity projects.", "The pace of power privatisation and deregulation varies too greatly from country to country for the controversy in India to chill investment activity across Asia, they say.", "It does, however, underline the risks companies take despite some security offered by government payment guarantees.", "\"Independant power producers (IPPs) will see Enron and Dabhol as an illustration of the dangers and possible risks of investing in an emerging market, but it would be going too far to say that other markets will be adversely affected because of it,\" said Philip Jackson, a banker with JP Morgan Chase in Hong Kong.", "Enron is on the verge of bailing out of an almost completed $2.9 billion power project because of a decade-long dispute with the troubled Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) over pricing and unpaid bills.", "MSEB has fallen about six months behind in paying for electricity supplied by Dabhol Power Co, the Indian unit of Houston-based Enron." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Hong Kong", "sents": [ "Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory south to Mainland China and east to Macao in East Asia.", "With around 7.2 million Hong Kongers of various nationalities in a territory of 1,104 km, Hong Kong is the world's fourth most densely populated country or territory." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3418_p84", "sents": [ "One political analyst said that perhaps it was time for Sacramento and Washington to exchange ambassadors.", "Some observers see little downside to Davis' attacks--and the possibility of political gains for a governor whose popularity has declined significantly.", "\"Which do you think Gray Davis cares more about--his dealings with Washington or his reelection chances?\"", "Whalen asked.", "Because of its Democratic tilt, California was never going to be on the administration's \"A list\" for federal goodies, said one Washington lobbyist who works on California issues.", "Others, however, insist that the White House will not take actions designed only to punish California, no matter how estranged Bush and Davis become.", "\"Bush is going to do what's right for California regardless of the governor's remarks,\" asserted Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-Mariposa).", "\"Ultimately, the safety net for the state is the Republican delegation in Congress,\" said Marshall Wittmann, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Hudson Institute", "sents": [ "The Hudson Institute is a politically conservative, non-profit American think tank based in Washington, D.C.", "It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dave Cox", "sents": [ "David E. Cox (February 20, 1938 – July 13, 2010) was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma.", "A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2484_p107", "sents": [ "GOP stalls sale of bonds with vote The $13.4 billion measure is approved, but it lacks two-thirds support for immediate implementation.", "May 10, 2001 By JOHN HOWARD The Orange County Register For Gov.", "Gray Davis, the bond sale and the new state budget for the 2001-02 fiscal year beginning July 1 were linked.", "The governor had hoped to win Republican support for the bonds, and thus a two-thirds majority in both houses, which would have allowed the legislatio n to take effect immediately and the bonds to be marketed as early as this month.", "But Republican opposition meant the legislation was approved by only a simp le majority, forcing a 90-day wait.", "\"We think we're probably biting off more financing than we can chew,\" said Jaime Fis Fis, spokesman for Assembly Republican Leader Dave Cox.", "That means the bond-sale proceeds won't be contained in the state's spendin g plan until weeks after the new fiscal year begins, and if the market sours for such a large bond issue the state could be affected." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3376_p1", "sents": [ "Reuters English News Service, 05 24 01 State utility cancels agreement Enron power purchase pact Associated Press Newswires, 05 24 01 El Paso's Chairman to Testify in Gas-Price Hearing (Update1) Bloomberg, 05 24 01 National Desk; Section A Power Trader Tied to Bush Finds Washington All Ears By LOWELL BERGMAN and JEFF GERTH 05 25 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 1 c. 2001 New York Times Company Curtis Hebert Jr., Washington's top electricity regulator, said he had barely settled into his new job this year when he had an unsettling telephone conversation with Kenneth L. Lay, the head of the nation's largest electricity trader, the Enron Corporation.", "Mr. Hebert, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said that Mr. Lay, a close friend of President Bush's, offered him a deal: If he changed his views on electricity deregulation, Enron would continue to support him in his new job." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Momolu Dukuly", "sents": [ "Momolu Dukuly (1903 – 1980) was a politician in Liberia.", "He was the second foreign minister under William V.S.", "Tubman (Dukuly replaced Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, who died in office in 1954).", "Dukuly was the first \"Native\" Liberian to be appointed foreign minister.", "Dukuly was of Mandingo descent.", "He was a Muslim in his early life.", "He, however, left Islam and embraced Christianity before he became foreign minister.", "He was preceded by Gabriel Lafayette Dennis and was replaced by Joseph Rudolph Grimes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 7 ] }, { "title": "Joseph Rudolph Grimes", "sents": [ "Joseph Rudolph Grimes (October 31, 1923 – September 7, 2007) was a leading politician in Liberia.", "A trained lawyer, he served as Secretary of state from 1960 to 1972." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20523_p2", "sents": [ "Consumers don't trust the California Power Authority and DWR.", "The California Power Authority was created to ensure a 15% reserve margin in electricity supplies as insurance against blackouts and price spikes.", "DWR entered into $43 billion in long term contracts, and is one of the largest single buyers of electricity in the entire West.", "The combination of current long-term DWR contracts and the possibility of more investment in supply by the CPA has consumer groups worrying that lower prices are only a distant and faint hope.", "CPUC'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a draft decision this week on future energy efficiency policies in an effort to open energy efficiency funding to non-utility entities and to create competition with investor-owned utility programs.", "Specifically, the decision opens public goods charge energy efficiency funding to non-utility entities such as local governments, chambers of commerce and others interested in participating in the program." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e5812_p113", "sents": [ "The experience is unique in California history and might be likened to Franklin D. Roosevelt's First 100 Days effort to battle the Depression.", "Nee d more money?", "State Treasurer Phil Angelides goes to Wall Street and borrows $3.5 billion.", "Need more power?", "The Legislature creates a California Power Authority to build the state's own plants if necessary.", "The crisis atmosphere eased last week, due in part to stronger federal controls over wholesale power rates.", "Prices moderated.", "More plants were bac k on line.", "The weather was hot, but no blackouts followed.", "The state finally released details of its $43 billion in long-term energy contracts.", "Angelide s' loan will help end the bleeding of the state's general fund for power purchases.", "And FERC promised to vigorously pursue refunds from the giant power companies that grossly overcharged California this past year.", "It's about time.", "Soon, payment of back debt will have to be apportioned." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3520_p115", "sents": [ "Pacific Gas and Electric Co. made the surprise filing in federal court late Friday, just ahead of the three-day holiday weekend.", "Consumer advocates reacted yesterday with astonishment.", "\"It's remarkable,\" said Mike Florio, senior attorney for The Utility Reform Network in San Francisco.", "\"They're just showering money on the same people who got them into this mess.\"", "PG&E said it requires the bonuses for a \"management retention program\" intended to prevent about 226 top executives from departing during the bankruptcy process.", "The company's chairman, Robert Glynn, and nearly two dozen other senior executives would receive additional payments of 100 percent of their base salaries if Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali approves the plan.", "PG&E also is requesting that hundreds of other managers be eligible for bonuses of between 25 percent and 75 percent of their salaries.", "A hearing is scheduled for June 18. First, however, PG&E will have to get past a meeting with creditors of the bankrupt utility to be held June 7 in San Francisco." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e880_p37", "sents": [ "PG&E has been negotiating with state officials for months trying to find a solution to the crisis, but chairman Glynn said Friday it has given up hope of success.", "\"The bankruptcy code provides a mechanism that can get people, hopefully, to coalesce around a plan,\" Bussel said.", "\"It also has mechanisms to try to keep different constituencies in line, to the extent that their demands are undermining the ability of the company to successfully reorganize.\"", "The different constituencies in this case include the utility, its creditors, state regulators, state legislators, federal regulators, ratepayers and taxpayers.", "All will be represented in negotiations, under the oversight of United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali.", "\"There is going to be a huge jurisdictional battle between PG&E, the feds, the state, and the PUC,\" Bussel said.", "\"(The judge) will certainly be making his reputation on this case.", "We'll see how he handles it.\"", "Asked if he thought the bankruptcy judge would order PG&E to raise its rates more than permitted by the PUC, PG&E chairman Glynn said Friday \"the bankruptcy court and the PUC will probably have some very interesting conversations on that subject.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Frédéric Petit (astronomer)", "sents": [ "Frédéric Petit (Muret, 1810 – Toulouse, 1865) was a French astronomer.", "He was the first director of the Toulouse Observatory, located in Toulouse, France, serving from 1838–1865.", "In 1846 he announced that he had discovered a second moon of Earth.", "The theory was later dismissed by his peers, although the concept of a second smaller satellite of the Earth was used by Jules Verne in his novel \"From the Earth to the Moon\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "From the Earth to the Moon", "sents": [ "From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la terre à la lune ) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne.", "It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people—the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet—in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p129", "sents": [ "\"They've taken out most of the stuff we're interested in,\" said attorney Al Wickers, who represented The Chronicle and others in the fight to release t he contracts.", "The missing material is \"essential to the public understanding of the true costs and risks of these contracts,\" he added.", "Key parts of the deal -- About 70 percent of the electricity would come from plants that are planned or under construction.", "-- The power represents 50 to 60 percent of California's long-term needs.", "-- Some contracts allow the price of electricity to go up or down based on the price of natural gas or pollution credits.", "-- A few contracts contain allow the generator to pass along to the state t he cost of any new taxes imposed.", "-- Some key details were omitted, including data that could identify plants under contracts.", "Chronicle staff writers Robert Salladay, Bernadette Tansey and Chuck Squatriglia contributed to this report." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 7 ] }, { "title": "e2665_p63", "sents": [ "Commercial building energy use Lighting, heating and cooling rank at the top for commercial building energ y costs.", "Energy as a percent of total commercial building operating expense 19% Administrative 18% Cleaning 10% Roads, grounds, security 23% Repairs, maintenance 30% Energy Percent breakdown of energy use 31% Lighting 22% Space heating 18% Space cooling 7% Water heating 6% Office equipment 6% Other 5% Ventilation 3% Refrigeration 2% Cooking Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency; Energy Information Administration Chronicle Graphic ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?8 Natural gas price squeeze Report says supplier manipulated market Bernadette Tansey, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, May 13, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 05 13 M N230092.DTL&type=3Dnews A Texas energy company drove California's natural gas prices sharply higher by pinching off the flow of gas through a major pipeline into the state, according to an Assembly subcommittee report obtained by The Chronicle." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cliff Lee (outfielder)", "sents": [ "Clifford Walker Lee (August 4, 1896 – August 25, 1980) was a professional baseball player.", "He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1919 1926, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds.", "While he was primarily an outfielder, he also played quite a few games as a first baseman and catcher." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Pittsburgh Pirates", "sents": [ "The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.", "The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division.", "The Pirates play their home games at PNC Park; the team previously played at Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium, the latter of which was named after its location near the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers.", "Founded on October 15, 1881 as Allegheny, the franchise has won five World Series championships.", "The Pirates are also often referred to as the \"Bucs\" or the \"Buccos\" (derived from buccaneer, a synonym for pirate)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]