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In a meeting about price controls with Vice President Cheney, a person was accused by the VP of being rude while at the same time signalling he the administration was more open to providing regulatory relief, and a person who served as chairman of what committee from 2011 to January 2015 claimed Cheney gave a short presentation about a growing escalation of engagement by the administration? | House Oversight and Government Reform Committee | PAIRIDX:39814 | [
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"\"Price caps don't produce kilowatts -- he said it o ver and over again,\" recalled Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).",
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"Anna Es hoo (D-Calif.) -- said she drew a retort from the vice president when she offered, while he was speaking, that caps did not amount to price controls \"He said, 'You're being rude,' said Eshoo, who said Cheney repeatedly looked at his watch during the meeting.",
"Republicans who attended the meeti ng, by contrast, suggested the administration signaled that it was more op en to providing regulatory relief to California Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cal if.)",
"said Cheney gave a short presentation in which he chronicled \"a growi ng escalation of engagement by the administration.\"",
"\"Everyone is focused on this issue,\" said Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.).",
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"Darrell Edward Issa ( ; born November 1, 1953) is the Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, serving since 2001.",
"The district (numbered the 48th District during his first term) covers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County, including cities such as Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and Encinitas, as well as a small portion of southern Orange County.",
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"Politics & Policy New Ads Illustrate Weakness of Campaign-Finance Reform Spots by Outside Group Run by Former Bush Aides Push White House Energy Plan By Jim VandeHei Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 07 12 2001 The Wall Street Journal A18 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) WASHINGTON -- Tune into television news shows this week and you may catch a commercial from something called the 21st Century Energy Project, promoting President Bush's energy policies.",
"The ad is new -- but if it looks and sounds familiar, it should.",
"The peppy background music and footage of beaming faces have been lifted directly from Mr. Bush's presidential-campaign films.",
"Former Bush campaign aides raised the money for the project, wrote the commercials and booked the ads on CNN and affiliates of ABC and Fox News.",
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"The nearest airport is Gandhinagar Airport.",
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"Trains on this route usually change locomotives on this stop and also change the guards and drivers.",
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What year was formed the electricity regulation board that was the sole client of Enron's Indian Unit? | 1960 | PAIRIDX:39779 | [
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"It is understood that Enron is considering an offer price of about 80 cents to the dollar, it said.",
"Enron declined on Friday to confirm it was in talks with Tata, but said the best solution would be for the Indian government, or one of its Indian financial backers, to take on Dabhol.",
"Tata Power recently held talks with Indian financial institutions involved with the project.",
"Officials from Dabhol Power Company, Enron's Indian arm, also attended.",
"About 70 pct of the Dabhol plant was funded by debt, with Indian financial institutions providing 1.4 bln usd and foreign lenders the balance.",
"Enron's Indian unit defaulted in September on interest payments to international lenders, blaming stopped payments by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, the plant's sole client.",
"tb pb For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"Qatar, Dolphin to sign final mega gas deal \"shortly\" 10 14 2001 Agence France-Presse (Copyright 2001) ABU DHABI, Oct 14 (AFP) - Qatar and Dolphin Energy will sign the final development and production sharing agreement (DPSA) for a multi- billion-dollar project to deliver Qatari gas abroad \"shortly\", the UAE Offsets Group (UOG) said Sunday."
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"Cou rt rulings have eliminated California's short-lived blanket primaries and restored the partisan contests.",
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"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."
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What group provided the background profiles for the tool from Economist.com that they call "the insider's tool for researching countries"? | the Economist Intelligence Unit | PAIRIDX:39777 | [
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"'Please respond to countrybriefingseditor-reply From: Robert Lane Greene, Editor, Economist.com C ountry Briefings Subject: Economist.com launches Country Briefings [IMAG E] Dear Economist.com reader Economist.com's Country Briefings is the essential insider's tool for researching countries.",
"The Economist I ntelligence Unit (EIU), the world's leading provider of country analysis, and The Economist have teamed up to create a service which is: Comprehensive 60 countries from Algeria to Vietna m covering more than 98% of the world's GDP.",
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"ADVANCED SEARCH Thursday?May?17th?2001 Subscribe now!",
"E-mail & Mobile Editions Screensaver OPINION WORLD BUSINESS FINANCE SCIENCE PEOPLE BOOKS & ARTS MARKETS DIVERSIONS NEW ON ECONOMIST.COM - COUNTRY BRIEFINGS Get up-to-date reports, forecasts, economic statistics and news and analysi s on 60 countries around the world.",
"With background profiles provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit and recent articles from The Economist, Country Briefings enable readers to take a closer look at countries worldwide - fro m Algeria to Vietnam.",
"Click here to pick a country.",
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The mountain range that Carrieton is situated in starts about how many miles north of Adelaide? | 125 mi | PAIRIDX:39775 | [
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In 2001 Bernadette Tansey was a staff writer for a newspaper that was founded in what year? | 1865 | PAIRIDX:39774 | [
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"-- SMALL GENERATORS MAY RECEIVE PAYMENTS Hundreds of small power generators that are owed millions by state utilitie s could get a cash infusion to keep them online under a proposal to be considered today by the state Public Utilities Commission.",
"Any small supplier that shows it will be forced to stop operating unless it is paid part of the back debt would receive 15 percent of the amount owed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison or San Diego Gas & Electric Co.",
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",2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 15 It's looking better on energy front Posted at 9:50 p.m. PDT Wednesday, June 6, 2001 BY STEVE JOHNSON AND JOHN WOOLFOLK Mercury News After months of pessimistic predictions that California was facing a summer of blackouts, the energy outlook is brightening."
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What entity is funded by Innovatech Grand Montreal and the entity that said it invested $1.7 million in Inpix Media? | Newtrade | PAIRIDX:39772 | [
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"http: www.presenter.com Finnish GPS Firm Fastrax Gets $1.1 Million in Round One HELSINKI, Finland -- Fastrax Oy, which specializes in global positioning technology, said it raised FIM 7.8 million ($1.1 million) in its first round from Startupfactory, Innocap, and Suunto.",
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"top RICHARDSON, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- TeleCentric, a provider of secure collaborative online business fabrics for the telecommunications industry, said it named Ben Wagner as vice president of marketing.",
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"top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- iMediation, a provider of collaborative selling technology, said it appointed Dominique Chatelin as executive vice president of worldwide business operations, leading international sales, professional services, and support.",
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The species of vegetable that Aravakurichi is well known as a major market for in Tamil Nadu is most widely cultivated species of what genus? | Moringa | PAIRIDX:39759 | [
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Who arranged the first recording session of "Jole Blon" in 1958 by a musician who also re-recorded Johnny Cash's original "Committed to Parkview" while a member of the Highwaymen? | Buddy Holly | PAIRIDX:39752 | [
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According to the 2011 census, what is the population of the town where the Vale of Evesham school is located? | 23,576 | PAIRIDX:39751 | [
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In what year was the cosmonaut born who took command of the International Space Station for Expedition 51 in 2017? | 1959 | PAIRIDX:39750 | [
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Where is the entity headquartered that along with Yasuda Enterprise Development and Japan Asia Investment Co. participated in the first round of financing for Groundhog Technologies? | Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | PAIRIDX:39749 | [
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The person who represents California's 30th congressional district escorted which team from El Camino Real High School to meet Bush? | Academic Decathlon national championship team | PAIRIDX:39743 | [
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Which California utility company was pushed into bankruptcy court due to high power prices when this retired American politician born on December 26, 1942 served as the 37th Governor of California? | California Reliant Energy Inc. | PAIRIDX:39741 | [
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"Most of that money goes to ``out-of-state generators'' accused of ``price gouging'' by Governor Gray Davis.",
"The generators repeatedly have denied they've manipulated California's market.",
"Other companies with large trading groups have said they made more money last quarter than expected.",
"They include Williams Cos., a gas pipeline company that's become one of the largest United States energy traders; Calpine Corp., an electricity generator and power- plant developer; Avista Corp., owner of utilities in the United States Northwest; and Mirant Corp, formerly called Southern Energy Inc. Reliant, Dynegy and Enron are based in Houston."
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The White House spokeswoman who claimed the first demand letter ever issued by the GAO to a vice president was "under review", claimed the makeup and leadership of a commission will stay as it is during a political tug-of-war between the President and what person? | Trent Lott | PAIRIDX:39739 | [
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The American private equity firm that has eight investment funds with aggregate capital commitments of $11 billion invested in what provider of a bank-neutral Internet payment network for business-to-business transactions, helping to to secure $45 million in venture funding? | Clareon | PAIRIDX:39735 | [
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"http: www.clareon.net o Multimedia Components Firm ISS Adds Two to Board BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Integrated Silicon Systems, a supplier of application-specific virtual components for multimedia and communications system-on-a-chip integrated circuits, said it added two investors to its board of directors."
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"http: www.powered.com Ex-Lucent Exec To Head Content Delivery Firm XOsoft MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- XOsoft, which provides content delivery technology, said it named Lance Boxer, who previously served as group president of Lucent Technologies' Communications Software Group, as the company's new president and chief executive officer.",
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"http: www.xosoft.com Individuals & St. Paul VC Form Sixth Satellite Fund Quatris MINNEAPOLIS -- St. Paul Venture Capital, along with four individual investors, announced the formation of the Quatris Fund, which will create and seed early stage companies in the IT, software and Web service industries."
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The country of which Moscow is the capital could have the effectiveness of its strategic missile force blunted and be left vulnerable to attack if the restraints built into what 1972 treaty with the United States are abandoned? | the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty | PAIRIDX:39729 | [
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The three unconsolidated entities that Enron said should have been included in its consolidated financial statements made Andrew Fastow how much money? | more than $30 million | PAIRIDX:39728 | [
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The Governor of Nevada that worked with local officials in order to expedite permits for power plant processes was born on what date? | (August 24, 1936 | PAIRIDX:39727 | [
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The basketball team that was led by head coach Mark Few during the 2010-11 NCAA Division I season played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center, on the campus of a university founded in what year? | 1887 | PAIRIDX:39726 | [
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According to an article by the Associated Press on May 21st, 2001, the city in which taxicabs are going high-tech to improve security had a 2016 population of how many people? | 2,731,571 | PAIRIDX:39725 | [
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Which DWR spokesman did the professor emeritus from the University of Winnipeg who received the Erica and Arnold Rogers Award for Research Excellence in 1998 cite in his article about the California Department of Water Resources never receiving an invoice for power purchased on behalf of the state's insolvent utilities? | Oscar Hidalgo | PAIRIDX:39723 | [
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The analyst at John Hancock's value funds who said that his organization needed confidence that Enron's long-term credit rating won't go below investment grade is a member of which state's public utilities commission? | Oregon | PAIRIDX:39722 | [
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Who will serve as the chief creative and technology officer for the company that Lise Anne Couture co-founded in 1989? | Hani Rashid, | PAIRIDX:39721 | [
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"Guggenheim.com, which has raised an undisclosed amount of private equity to date, is looking to close a Series B round of financing within the next twelve months.",
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What is the title of the article about DPC arbitration published on 09/25/2001 by the third-largest newspaper in Indian by circulation? | Govt for stay on DPC arbitration | PAIRIDX:39719 | [
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An article titled "Ex-Houston judge to be special counsel Andell to advise education secretary" was published on 07-04-01 in a particular daily newspaper; as of 2016, what rank was this newspaper among the largest newspapers by Sunday circulation in the United States? | third-largest | PAIRIDX:39717 | [
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Axsun Technologies, Bandwidth9, Lightchip, PhotonEx, SpectraSwitch and other companies planned to attend a Portfolio by Venturewire in the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at what hotel? | Marriott Cambridge | PAIRIDX:39715 | [
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The economic commentators at the Economic Outlook Forum 2001 held on November 9, 2001 at the Arthur Andersen Auditorium were one of the session's co-chairs, Severin Borenstein, Jerry Engel, Rich Lyons, Ken Rosen, the vice chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2010 to 2014, and which other professor? | Hal Varian | PAIRIDX:39701 | [
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The author of a May 10, 2001 piece for the San Francisco Chronicle titled "Proud state forced to knees in power hunt" wrote a story for the same paper on 6/12/01 about air standards being lowered for power plants along with what other writer? | Lynda Gledhill | PAIRIDX:39700 | [
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What company is the owner of the paper that ran the 563 word story titled "Lessons from history Electricity still needs a public role" as well as the article titled "Natural gas project OK'd" that ran 507 words? | McClatchy Newspapers, Inc | PAIRIDX:39699 | [
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"GRAPHIC: Associated Press photograh Justin Sullivan A Chapter 11 filing allows a company to reorganize to pay its debts while remaining in business, so PG&E will be able to continue operating its facilities, like this one in San Francisco.",
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"A23; POWER CRUNCH LENGTH: 507 words HEADLINE: Natural gas project OK'd BYLINE: David Whitney Bee Washington Bureau and Carrie Peyton Bee Staff Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave quick approval Friday to a project that will increase natural gas deliveries for electric power generation in California this summer."
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"Pop Club" was a radio program in the 1960s that was broadcast by an international broadcaster; in what year did this broadcaster announce that it would start broadcasting in Pidgin and Yoruba in Nigeria? | 2015 | PAIRIDX:39698 | [
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The author of the article titled "Regulators say $1 billion power refund is fair State sticks by $8.9 billion claim" for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a story for the same paper claiming summer blackouts appeared inevitable on what date? | March 16, 2001 | PAIRIDX:39686 | [
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",2001 San Francisco Chronicle chronicle info copyright Page A - 3 Regulators say $1 billion power refund is fair State sticks by $8.9 billion claim Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau <mailto:[email protected] Thursday, July 26, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle chronicle info copyright URL: <http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 07 26 MN176793.DTL Washington -- Federal regulators largely accepted the findings of an administrative law judge yesterday who said California should receive about $1 billion in refunds for electricity overcharges.",
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Which investor in Icarian did Kevin Carrington join as a portfolio manager? | Partech International | PAIRIDX:39685 | [
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"Partech focuses on expansion and later-stage investments in Web services, e-business infrastructure software and services, communications software and services, and collaborative vertical services and products.",
"http: www.partechvc.com company index top Asimba, Asimba, Axerra Networks, Bernina Biosystems, Bernina Biosyste ms, BitFlash, Boxerjam, ChipData.com, Chordiant Software, CommerceFlow, Converg e, Core Networks, Core SDI, Core SDI, Corechange, Corechange, cPower, cPower, CryoCor, Delphi Communication Systems, DigitalMoJo, eKit.com, Elagent, Encelle, Esterel Technologies, Esterel Technologies, Exteriority, focusCORE focusCORE, Gluon Networks, Gluon Networks, Gluon Networks, Hookt.com, Hookt.com, InfoImage, InfoImage, InfoTalk, InfoTalk, iSovia, IT Factory, IT Factory, KASB TechVentures, Koch Ventures Group, Metastorm, Metastorm, Nallatech, Nerve Wireless, NetByTel, NETdelivery, NetSales, Newtek Capital, Newtek Capital, NotifyMe Networks, octopus.com, Optimight Communications, Outstart, Partech International, Partech International, Partech International, Pelago Networks, Platform.net, Platform.net, Proteus, PurpleYogi, QED Solutions, QED Solutions, Real Media, Real Media, Real Medi a, Riptech, Seek Communications, Seek Communications, Solsoft, Solsoft, Solsof t, Sonik Technologies, South Capital Ventures, South Capital Ventures, Spotwav e Wireless, Spotwave Wireless, StarCite, StockHouse Media, Trendium, vSimplif y, vSimplify, Vytek Wireless, Woodside Fund, World Wide Packets Around-the-clock global trading is almost here."
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The technology conglomerate that planned to acquire PixStream for $369 million is headquartered in which California city? | San Jose | PAIRIDX:39683 | [
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"\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Friday, September 1, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Cisco Systems to Acquire PixStream for $369 Million o Auto Loan Firm PeopleFirst and DaimlerChrysler Unit Merge o Exite@Home Acquires Online Game Provider Pogo.com iEngineer.com Acquires Vuent, Raises $24.7 Million o America Online Acquires Voice Technology Developer Quack.com Dutch Telecom Provider KPN Launches $89 Million Venture Firm Note to Readers<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< VentureWire is taking a break for Labor Day.",
"The next issue will be published Tuesday, September 5. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Advertisement AristaSoft is the only service provider focused exclusively on the high-tech equipment industry.",
"The company provides integrated business process services--operations and finance, collaborative manufacturing commerce and customer service management--based on deep, industry-focused domain expertise and a portfolio of relevant enterprise-class applications delivered on a secure, scalable and reliable ASP infrastructure.",
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What is the abbreviation for the German professional ice hockey league founded seven years after the American professional ice hockey goaltender Jeff Zatkoff as a replacement for the old Bundesliga? | DEL | PAIRIDX:39682 | [
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The person who is a professor at the New York University School of Law and often cited as an expert in legal ethics said he did not think who could be called to account for saying "The people handling this are Joe and Harry"? | Rove | PAIRIDX:39679 | [
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Tom Delay was quoted as saying "Members should reject the siren song of price caps an d remember this: Government price controls will mean more blackouts" in response to the comment from a person who currently serves as what in the United States House of Representatives? | Minority Leader | PAIRIDX:39677 | [
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"The issue erupted during debate on a $6.5-billion midyear appropriatio n bill to cover unanticipated costs and emergency expenditures, including $5. 5 billion for the Defense Department and $116 million to help the Internal Revenue Service pay the cost of sending out rebate checks authorized by the recently enacted tax cut law.",
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Greg Amadon is selling a portiion of his personal stock to the entity that New Moon Systems is funded by in a deal worth how much? | $100 million | PAIRIDX:39675 | [
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"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."
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A Nevada state senator who was chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Labor said that Nevada was bringing the same mentality to power plants that it brought to casinos; in what year was this state senator born? | 1947 | PAIRIDX:39674 | [
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In 1983, Diamond Shoal won a Group 3 flat horse race in England that is run over what distance? | 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 5 yards | PAIRIDX:39673 | [
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"http: www.legacy.com Two Join Board of Signal Tech Firm Antrim Design Systems SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Antrim Design Systems, a developer of mixed signal technology, named Morio Kurosaki, the president of Japanese venture capital firm IT-Farm, vice chairman of its board of directors."
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"The investors include Amerindo Investment Advisors, Bowman Capital, BP Amoco, Capital Research and Management, AC Ventures, Cisco Systems, Eastman Chemical, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, KTB Network, Laurinvest, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Nortel Networks, SAP Ventures, Siemens AG, and TIBCO Software.",
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A meeting was called for June 5-6, 2001 by foreign financiers of the Dabhol Power Company project, to be held in a city-state whose territory consists of one main island and how many other islets? | 62 | PAIRIDX:39668 | [
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"Core Venture 3, the Shaybah project, was awarded to a consortium of Shell, TotalFinaElf (TOT) and Conoco Inc. (COCA).",
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"-By Abdulla Fardan, Dow Jones Newswires; (973) 530758; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"India: Indian lenders of DPC to participate in Singapore meet 05 27 2001 Business Line (The Hindu) Copyright (C) 2001 Kasturi & Sons Ltd (KSL); Source: World Reporter (TM) - Asia Intelligence Wire MUMBAI, May 26. INDIAN lenders to Dabhol Power Company have decided to take part at the meeting in Singapore called by foreign financiers of the project.",
"Institutional sources told Business Line that even though the exact agenda of the meeting has not been finalised as yet, domestic lenders would participate in the meeting to be held on June 5 and 6. They were earlier contemplating skipping the meeting as they thought it would serve no good because DPC had anyway begun termination proceedings."
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"These are even lower than the US 35% rate.",
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"Maybe we want models that tilt HK and Singapore trades to occur in HK and SIngapore with their lower rates.",
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"From conversations with Clifford Chance HK, already I am pretty certain the HK and probably SIngapore as well differ from the Japan situation in several ways, such as: In Hong Kong: - no half circuit requirement We can buy sell capacity from HK all the way to US.",
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How many MW was the power plant over which Dabhol was in dispute with the Indian state-owned electricity regulation board formed in 1960? | 2,184 | PAIRIDX:39666 | [
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"The Dabhol spokesman declined to comment on the Bombay high court's rejection of its petition, which had asked the court to help settle a dispute with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).",
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What Lightwave Micro investor is a research university in California located between San Jose and San Francisco? | Stanford University | PAIRIDX:39665 | [
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"The company will use the funds for manufacturing expansion and product development.",
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"http: www.webct.com HyperTrust, Hosted Security Firm, Has $1 Million Funding LEUVEN, Belgium (VENTUREWIRE) -- HyperTrust, which is developing a hosted platform for secure communications and transactions based on dig ital signatures, said it raised EUR 1.24 million ($1 million) in its first funding."
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The vice chairman of Enron Corp. who joined the company in 1991 and was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Enron North America was born in what year? | 1958 | PAIRIDX:39661 | [
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With Gaz de France PR and what other company did the Italian natural gas infrastructure company that had a market capitalization of €13,612 billion in December 2016 form a consortium interested in purchasing 49% of SPP? | Ruhrgas | PAIRIDX:39660 | [
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"\"The national businesses in central Europe are all like individual pieces of one puzzle, and Slovakia's SPP is the most important piece of that picture,\" said Bidzina Bejuashvili, oil and gas analyst at Raiffeisen Zentralbank in London.",
"Last year SPP shipped almost 90 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Russian natural gas to western Europe, making Slovakia the top cross-region gas transit route.",
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The American engineer and multimillionaire who spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1 was invited to but did not attend an event related to Enron that which noteworthy Clinton supporter also did not make it to, in spite of an invite? | Ron Burkle | PAIRIDX:39659 | [
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"Schwarzenegger could not be reached for comment through a publicist, and Sharer did not return a call yesterday afternoon.",
"A spokesman for Riordan, Peter Hidalgo, said the Los Angeles mayor attended, but was \"not intending to formulate any kind of policy position on this issue.",
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For what newspaper did the man who could once be contacted at [email protected] write an article about Cheney claiming an energy plan could prevent the spread of California's crisis? | San Francisco Chronicle | PAIRIDX:39658 | [
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"Contact Jim Puzzanghera at (202) 383-6043 or at [email protected] om Senate plans public power Published Friday, May 4, 2001, in the San Jose Mercury News BY AUDREY COOPER Associated Press SACRAMENTO -- California is poised to enter the power business after the state Senate on Thursday approved creation of a public power authority and sent its bill to Gov."
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The hockey team which drafted Canadian hockey player Colton Sceviour in the fourth round, 112th overall, at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion under what name? | the Minnesota North Stars, | PAIRIDX:39656 | [
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"John Sherriff, Enron Europe's president, said business continued to grow in Europe in terms of traded volumes and numbers of transactions, but the company was \"seeking ways to do more with less in order to maintain earnings growth\".",
"Enron Europe has 5000 employees.",
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"This provides access to Cumbernauld, Glasgow and Stirling.",
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"News stories have repeatedly told us that the city's ownership and operation of its own generating stations is the principal reason.",
"By staying clear of the state's 1996 deregulation scheme for private utilities, the Department of Water and Power was able to hold onto its power plants.",
"So far, so good.",
"But when we ask how Los Angeles came to enjoy public power in the first place, the answer commonly given makes a hash of history."
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"It is available in the program offices and student lounges.",
"The alumni subscription rate is $35 and the foreign alumni rate is $50. All the subscription info is at CMR's web site: www.haas.berkeley.edu cmr - HAAS IN THE NEWS A study of market analysts' performance for the year 2000, which was co-authored by Brett Trueman, the Donald and Ruth Seiler Professor of Public Accounting and chair of the Haas Accounting Group, and Reuven Lehavy, assistant professor in the Haas Accounting Group, appeared in The American Enterprise Online in their September issue.",
"Read the full article here: http: www.taemag.com taesep01b.htm.",
"Janet Yellen was mentioned in the Capital Markets Report on September 1 in an article about tax cuts and debt paydowns.",
"The Seattle Times quoted Severin Borenstein, the E.T.",
"Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration, on September 1 in an article about the absence of power blackouts this summer.",
"Ken Rosen, professor of the Haas Real Estate Group and chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, was featured in the Los Angeles Times on August 28 in an article about commercial real estate and in connection to Shorenstein Read more here: http: latimes.com templates misc printstory.jsp?slug=la%2D000069589aug28. Financial Times mentioned Raymond Miles, professor emeritus and former dean, in its August 21 issue in an article about the future of Hewlett-Packard."
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"Brett Trueman, the Donald and Ruth Seiler Professor of Public Accounting, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 29, in an article titled, \"Millionaires for a Minute.\"",
"Trueman commented that while the economic boom was real, people were deluding themselves into thinking it would continue indefinitely.",
"Read the full text at http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 04 29 M N160971.DTL.",
"Trueman also appeared on the Channel 2 News on April 29. Andrew Rose, the Bernard T. Rocca Jr.",
"Professor of International Trade and the director of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, was quoted in the Contra Costa Times on April 29. In \"Gas Prices, Utility Woes Contribute to Economic Downturn in California,\" Rose commented that increases in the price of oil often lead to an economic downturn, James Wilcox, the Kruttschnitt Professor of Financial Institutions, was quoted in the East Bay Business Times on April 27 in an article titled, \"In Depth: Banking & Finance.\""
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"The film co-stars John Lapus, Tom Rodriguez, Aljur Abrenica, and Mikael Daez.",
"The film is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name."
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"Lapus known for his several various roles: Shake, Rattle and Roll."
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The president that the Cubans accused of giving a "special present" to George Bush after they closed a spy-base on a Caribbean island was born on what date? | born 7 October 1952) | PAIRIDX:39648 | [
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"Tommy Thompson, America's health and human services secretary, declared that he would seek funds to lay in enough supplies to treat 12m people for 60 days.",
"The outcome of the Democratic primary in New York city was put in doubt after a recount was ordered.",
"The race had appeared to be won by Mark Green, the city's public advocate.",
"His rival for the nomination, Fernando Ferrer, has retracted his concession.",
"See article: To run is to lose <http: TheEconomist.s.maildart.net link_31018_6511231_2_80010922_60368779_1_41 E+ <http: www.economist.com images dingbats e5.gif Cuba reacted angrily to Russia's announcement that it will close its remaining spy-base on the Caribbean island, saying no agreement had been reached.",
"The Cubans accused President Vladimir Putin of wanting to give \"a special present\" to George Bush, his new-found ally against terrorism.",
"Mike Harris, the powerful premier of Ontario, Canada's biggest province, resigned.",
"Fed up with a long recession and threats of budget-balancing austerity, Argentina's voters gave their Alliance government a walloping in congressional elections."
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Embrace Networks was financially backed by what division of the Intel Corporation? | Intel Capital | PAIRIDX:39647 | [
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"Ms. Porter most recently was vice president of operations at Scout Electromedia and Cobalt Networks.",
"Thomas Muise, who was named CFO, previously served as CFO at Solopoint, where he was responsible for financial planning, investor relations, SEC, and tax reporting.",
"Dennis Thompson was named vice president of engineering.",
"Mr. Thompson formerly served as director of engineering in the Internet & Connectivity Solutions divisions at Motorola.",
"Embrace is backed by August Capital, Crystal Interne t Venture Fund, Intel Capital, J.P. Morgan Capital, TechFund Capital, and Thales Corporate Ventures.",
"http: www.embracenetworks.com Proscape Technologies Builds Management Team mail?",
"top FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Proscape Technologies, a provider of CRM tools, announced several management additions.",
"Keith DeVault was named vice president of marketing and alliances, formerly serving as senior vice president of sales at Lever Brothers.",
"Chad Pariseau was named vice presiden t of the consumer goods division.",
"Mr. Pariseau previously was director of tra de development and category management at Keebler Foods."
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"Intel Capital is a division of Intel Corporation, set up to manage corporate venture capital, global investment, mergers and acquisitions.",
"Intel Capital makes equity investments in a range of technology startups and companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, mobility, consumer Internet, digital media and semiconductor manufacturing."
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The musician whose fourth solo album was "The Kiss of Morning" in 2002 was born in what year? | 1969 | PAIRIDX:39646 | [
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"\"Escape Song\" / \"Mountain of Regret\" is a double a-side single by Graham Coxon from his fourth solo album \"The Kiss of Morning\" in 2002.",
"It was released as a very limited 7\" (only 1500 copies) on 14 October 2002.",
"It was a minor hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 96."
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"Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur.",
"As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Coxon is featured on all eight of Blur's studio albums, from 1991's \"Leisure\" to \"The Magic Whip\" (2015), despite being absent from the group from 2002 to 2008 owing to a dispute with the other members.",
"He has also led a solo career since 1998.",
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