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He walked like a man who had conquered every challenge he had ever faced. His large shiny forehead, a bulwark against those foolish enough to oppose him, glistened in the sun. His sat down at the table across from me. This guy certainly didn’t dress like I imagined most men of his trade would dress. His red leather jacket was hardly inconspicuous and his flashy black sunglasses looked expensive. This is a man that is so good at what he does he doesn’t have to blend in.

“Hello Mr. Smith. How are you?” I posited.
“I don’t have time for that shit.” he puffed back.
“I’m sorry I don’t do this kind of a thing very often, you are the first guy we have had to hire”
“The target is Martin Pierce Lepnick, is that correct?”
 “Yes.”
I have seen this exact scene play out in movies a million times and in the movies it looks cool, but I can’t help but feel like a complete dipshit. This whole thing is dumb.
…

Six days ago my boss the fucking president of the United States of America called me into his oval shaped office.
He said, “William I need you take have someone taken care of for me”.
I tell him “I’m sorry Mr. President I don’t understand. Like you want me to make sure they are taken care of? Do I need to have Sandra check the Lincoln Bedroom’s availability this month because I think you already have it booked till next Spring”.
“Fuck Lincoln and his shill of a bedroom! I need someone whacked!”
“This sounds like something you might want to talk to Director Schiller about. I can get him on the line…”
“Fuck that fat fuck Schiller! I want you to handle this.”
“Sir, that’s really not my specialty. I don’t think it’s even appropriate for me to hear about matters of national security”
The President gets up from his sofa and walks right up to me. I can smell the whiskey emanating from the large flapping orifice that resides above his presidential chin.
“This has nothing to do with national security” He pulls out one of his flasks from his suit pocket and dumps the contents into his mouth.
“William do I need to have something happen to you to? That would be a shame.”
“Sorry Mr. President”
“I’m sure you’d like to bang that blonde girlfriend of yours a few more times, wouldn’t you William? I know I would”
“What would you like me to do Mr. President?”
“I need you to set up a meeting with my guy. Sean Smith”
…
Sean let out an annoyed sigh.  He repeated “Martin Piece Lepnick?” “I just want to confirm that I am being set up by the president of the United States before I stage my coup and hang our beloved commander and chief in the streets”
“Wait WHAT?”
“Shut your fucking cock mouth up for a moment and listen” “Lepnick is the guy who books whores for Republican Congressman.” “When a newly elected guy arrives in D.C. they send their finest whore to fuck him. Sure she will pretend to be some unwitting intern or a slutty secretary but they paid to ensure they fuck the new guy” “Then they have blackmail to call in when they need it.” “It’s an effective system to control your lackies and the President has a lot of lackies to control, that’s where Martin comes in” “Mr. Lepnick finds the right girl for each job. He also makes sure to dispose of the girl once they are done to keep things quiet. He is the only other guy that knows about this whole shitshow.”
“Well that sounds awful, but I don’t understand. How exactly is he setting you up?”
“Because last week they found one of Lepnicks botched disposal jobs floating in the Patomic. They have called him in for questioning and the jig is up. He probably wants to cut a deal.”
“That makes a kind of perverted sense though. How is he betraying you?”

title: Eagle Vs Potus

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the protagonist?

answer: The protagonist is detail-oriented and logical. He realizes that the president is setting him up with the mastermind of a blackmailing scheme, but he is not caught up in emotions and looks at the important parts of the conflict. The protagonist is able to see past the possible absurdity of getting involved in an assassination plot to his primary objective of figuring out what is going on and how to execute the plan effectively.

text: The response includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

refinement: The protagonist is detail-oriented and logical. The protagonist is able to see past the possible absurdity of getting involved in an assassination plot to his primary objective of figuring out what is going on and how to execute the plan effectively.

text: The response misses to mention that the protagonist is tasked by the President of the United States, his boss, to whack someone for him. The protagonist objects by saying it is not his speciality but the president threatens hims to oblige.

refinement: The protagonist is detail-oriented and logical. His boss is the President of the United States who is tasking him with whacking someone. When he objects, claiming it is not his specialty, the president threatens him to oblige. The protagonist is able to see past the possible absurdity of getting involved in an assassination plot to his primary objective of figuring out what is going on and how to execute the plan effectively.

answer: The protagonist works for the president. Six days ago he was called into the office to take care of the Lincoln Bedroom's availability. The president then demands that he wants to meet with Martin Piece Lepnick.

text: The response inacurrately mention that the protagonist was called into the president's office to take car Lincoln's bedroom availability. However it was to have someone taken care of for him.

refinement: The protagonist works for the president. Six days ago he was called into the office to take care of someone for him. The president then demands that he wants to meet with Martin Piece Lepnick.

text: The response inaccurately mentions that the president demands to meet with Lepnick, however his request is to eliminate him.

refinement: The protagonist works for the president. Six days ago he was called into the office to take care of someone for him. The president then demands that he wants to have Martin Piece Lepnick eliminated.

answer: The protagonist is a hired killing who is being asked to assassinate a man connected to Congress. The protagonist essentially acts as an assassin for the president of the United States. The protagonist is a practiced professional, but finds the request repellent and considers the situation a fiasco and insignificant. The protagonist is savvy, but also unsettled and not suited for the job.

text: Grammar error causes confusion in the response.

refinement: The protagonist is being asked to assassinate a man connected to Congress. The protagonist essentially acts as an assassin for the president of the United States. The protagonist is a practiced professional, but finds the request repellent and considers the situation a fiasco and insignificant. The protagonist is savvy, but also unsettled and not suited for the job.

answer: The protagonist is William. He works as the Chief of Staff at the Oval Office. He is contacted by the president of the United States who needs  someone whacked.

text: William works for the President of the US, however it is unclear if his position is Chief of Staff at the Oval Office.

refinement: The protagonist is William. He works for the President of the United States. He is contacted by the president who needs someone whacked.

answer: No answer

text: The response misses to provide an answer to the instruction in the task.

refinement: The protagonist is William and he works directly for the President of the United States. The president asks him to whack someone for him but the William says it is not his specialty. The president then threatens him to comply in his request.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the protagonist and the president?

answer: The president demands that the protagonist gets in touch with Sean Smith, who should get in touch with Martin Lepnick. Lepnick is in charge of sending their finest whores to go for government officials. This is later used as leverage against them. Six days later the protagonist meets with him.

text: The response misses to mention that the president wants to have Lepnick whacked.

refinement: The president demands that the protagonist gets in touch with Sean Smith, who should then eliminate Martin Lepnick. Lepnick is in charge of sending their finest whores to go for government officials. This is later used as leverage against them. Six days later the protagonist meets with him.

answer: The protagonist was called into his boss, the U.S. president, and he consults with him. The protagonist becomes a part of the president's plans. Generally, the president would use blackmail regarding his woman as a means to frighten the protagonist. The president threatens to place the protagonist's woman in danger.

text: The response misses to mention that the reason he threatens the protagonist is because he wants to have someone whack for him.

refinement: The protagonist was called into his boss, the U.S. president, and he consults with him. The protagonist becomes a part of the president's plan to have someone eliminated. Generally, the president would use blackmail regarding his woman as a means to frighten the protagonist. The president threatens to place the protagonist's woman in danger if he does not comply with his request.

answer: The protagonist is much more experienced than the president, who primarily functions as a personent of national security whose methods and style are largely ineffective. The protagonist also understands the situation better than the president, and correctly predicts the president's underling would betray him. The president is primarily concerned with appeasing his personal needs and desires, rather than maintaining good governance.

text: The response includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

refinement: The president is primarily concerned with appeasing his personal needs and desires, rather than maintaining good governance.

text: Misses to mention that the President threatens William to persuade him to whack someone for him after he says he is not specialized for the job.

refinement: The president is primarily concerned with appeasing his personal needs and desires, rather than maintaining good governance. He threatens William in order to persuade him to eliminate someone for him after he said it was not his specialty.

answer: The protagonist, William, is seen as the expert in the situation and the president is seen as less competent, arrogant, and lacking a sense of appropriateness. The president has hired William to handle something outside of his expertise and is resorting to blackmail in order to get him to do the job. The president is also shown as immoral, focused on his own pleasures over all else. The president is portrayed as power-hungry and not concerned with others.

text: The response includes details that are not useful for the task.

refinement: The protagonist, William, is seen as the expert in the situation. The president has hired William to handle something outside of his expertise and is resorting to blackmail in order to get him to do the job. The president is also shown as immoral, focused on his own pleasures over all else. The president is portrayed as power-hungry and not concerned with others.

text: The response inaccurately portrays William as an expert in the situation, however the text mentions it is not William's specialty.

refinement: The protagonist, William, is not seen as a specialist in the situation. The president has hired William to handle something outside of his expertise and is resorting to blackmail in order to get him to do the job. The president is also shown as immoral, focused on his own pleasures over all else. The president is portrayed as power-hungry and not concerned with others.

answer: The protagonist is William as the story says he was called to the oval office. William asks if Sandra can book the Lincoln bedroom reservations and thought he had made a good joke. Though he gives the President an offer to contact Director Schiller because he was not sure how to take this man seriously. The President makes a veiled threat about William's blonde girlfriend, Christine a.k.a an intern and the fact that he must help Presidents. Sean Smith comes in and respects the President. William asks for more details about Martin Piece Lepnick. Sean Smith makes disclosures about how Lepnick is betraying the President.

text: The response includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

refinement: The protagonist is William as the story says he was called to the oval office. The President makes a veiled threat about William's blonde girlfriend, Christine a.k.a an intern and the fact that he must help Presidents.

text: There is no evidence in the text that mentions who William's girlfriend is or the fact that he must help presidents.

refinement: The protagonist is William as the story says he was called to the oval office. The President makes a veiled threat about William's blonde girlfriend.

text: Misses to mention that the threat is to persuade William to whack someone for the president after he says he is not specialized for the job.

refinement: The protagonist is William as the story says he was called to the oval office. The President makes a veiled threat about William's blonde girlfriend in order to persuade him to eliminate someone for him.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about Lepnick?

answer: Lepnick is in charge of sending their finest whores to go for government officials. This is later used as leverage against them. The president asks the protagonist to get in touch with Sean Smith, who is then supposed to reach out to Martin. Lepnick meets with the protagonist six days later.

text: There is no evidence in the text that says that the protagonist met with Lepnick.

refinement: Lepnick is in charge of sending their finest whores to go for government officials. This is later used as leverage against them. The president asks the protagonist to get in touch with Sean Smith, who is then supposed to reach out to Martin.

text: The response misses to mention that the mission is to eliminate Lepnick.

refinement: Lepnick is in charge of sending their finest whores to go for government officials. This is later used as leverage against them. The president asks the protagonist to get in touch with Sean Smith, who is then supposed to reach out to Martin to eliminate him.

answer: Lepnick books whores for Republican politicians. When a newly elected politician arrives in DC they'll send their finest whore to fuck the politician. It's an effective blackmail in case the politician doesn't follow the Republican party line.

text: The response misses to mention that the mission is to eliminate Lepnick.

refinement: Lepnick books whores for Republican politicians. When a newly elected politician arrives in DC they'll send their finest whore to fuck the politician. It's an effective blackmail in case the politician doesn't follow the Republican party line. The president of the United States has demanded from his staff to eliminate Lepnick.

answer: The story portrays Lepnick as someone who works for the Republicans to help maintain their hold on power by keeping them informed about new targets who come to Washington DC. He also disposes of the girls he meets once they have fulfilled their purpose. Because Lepnick's position has been compromised and he is being called in for questioning by the police, he likely wants to cut a deal and betray the president.

text: The response inaccurately mentions that Lepnick works for the Republicans by informing them about new targets who come to DC. He actually books whores for the Republican politicians when to come to town and is used for leverage against them.

refinement: The story portrays Lepnick as someone who books whores for newly elected Republican Congressmen when they come to Washington DC and then hold it as leverage against them. He also disposes of the girls he meets once they have fulfilled their purpose. Because Lepnick's position has been compromised and he is being called in for questioning by the police, he likely wants to cut a deal and betray the president.

text: The response misses to mention that the President has tasked his staff to eliminate Lepnick.

refinement: The story portrays Lepnick as someone who books whores for newly elected Republican Congressmen when they come to Washington DC and then hold it as leverage against them. He also disposes of the girls he meets once they have fulfilled their purpose. Because Lepnick's position has been compromised and he is being called in for questioning by the police, he likely wants to cut a deal and betray the president. Now, the president has tasked his staff to eliminate Lepnick.

answer: Lepnick is the guy who books whores for Republican congressman. He has a lot of lackies to control, and he is responsible for finding the right girl for each job as well as disposing of the girl once they are done to keep the information on this "shitshow" quiet. Lepnick has a botched disposal job floating in the Patomic River, which makes him a rat, and, therefore, a traitor. This is what puts him squarely within range of the president's wrath, which is why William was supposed to meet up with him.

answer: According to the story, Lepnick is a man who does the dirty work for the Republicans by providing them with access to prostitutes for use in controlling lawmakers. He also disposes of the women once they are done, making him complicit in the blackmailing process.

text: The response misses to mention that Lepnick has botched one of his disposals and is being questioned. Now, the president is trying to get him whacked.

refinement: According to the story, Lepnick is a man who does the dirty work for the Republicans by providing them with access to prostitutes for use in controlling lawmakers. He also disposes of the women once they are done, making him complicit in the blackmailing process. However, Lepnick has botched one of the disposal and is being called for questioning. Now, the President wants him whacked.


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text:
BERNADETTE STRACHAN (née Gaughan, born 27 December 1962) is an English author of popular women's fiction and among the more popular writers of “chick lit.”

Biography

Bernadette Strachan was born in Fulham, London into an Irish Catholic family.[1] Her Irish background is often incorporated into her writing, particularly in the semi-autobiographical musical _Next Door's Baby_ which was written for London's Orange Tree Theatre with Matthew Strachan.[2] Prior to becoming an author she worked in the media as a radio advertising producer and subsequently as an agent for voiceover artists.[3]

Her first novel, _The Reluctant Landlady_, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2004 since when she has published a further three novels with the same publisher. In 2009 her fifth book, _How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life_, followed in 2010 by _Why Do We Have to Live with Men?_, both published by Little, Brown. In 2013 her seventh novel, _The Valentine's Card_ was published by Little, Brown under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton. She has written a further three novels as Juliet Ashton for Simon & Schuster and four novels as Claire Sandy for Pan Macmillan. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan.[4] In 2017 Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M.B. Vincent.[5]

Bibliography

-   _The Reluctant Landlady_ (2004)[6]
-   _Handbags and Halos_ (2005)[7]
-   _Diamonds and Daisies_ (2007)[8]
-   _Little White Lies_ (2008)[9]
-   _How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life_ (2009)[10]
-   _Why Do We Have to Live with Men?_ (2010)[11]
-   _The Valentine's Card_ (2013)[12]
-   _What Would Mary Berry Do?_ (2014)[13]
-   _A Very Big House in the Country_ (2015)[14]
-   _Snowed in For Christmas_ (2015)[15]
-   _These Days of Ours_ (2016)[16]
-   _A Not Quite Perfect Family_ (2017)[17]
-   _The Woman at Number 24_ (2017)[18]
-   _The Sunday Lunch Club_ (2018)[19]
-   _Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death_ (2018)[20]

Theatre Works

-   _Next Door's Baby_ (2006)
-   _About Bill_ (2011)[21]

[1]

[2] Next Door's Baby, review in The Times, 13 February 2008

[3] Hodder & Stoughton author biography

[4]

[5] Simon & Schuster announcement in _Book Brunch_

[6] _The Reluctant Landlady_ , Hodder & Stoughton

[7] _Handbags and Halos_ , Hodder & Stoughton

[8] _Diamonds and Daisies_ , Hodder & Stoughton

[9] _Little White Lies_ , Hodder & Stoughton

[10] _How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life_ , Little, Brown

[11] _Why Do We Have to Live with Men?_, Little, Brown

[12] _The Valentine's Card_, Little, Brown

[13] _What Would Mary Berry Do?_, Pan Macmillan

[14] _A Very Big House In The Country_, Pan Macmillan

[15] _Snowed In For Christmas_, Pan Macmillan

[16] _These Days of Ours_, Simon & Schuster

[17] _A Not Quite Perfect Family_, Pan Macmillan

[18] _The Woman at Number 24_, Simon & Schuster

[19] _The Sunday Lunch Club_, Simon & Schuster

[20] _Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death_, Simon & Schuster

[21] interview, Whatsonstage

title: Bernadette Strachan

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about Strachan's various pseudonyms?

answer: Her original name was Bernadette Gaughan. She has written under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton, Claire Sandy and M.B. Vincent. She also has written two books as Bernie Gaughan.

text: She writes her theatre works as Bernie Gaughan, not books.

refinement: Her original name was Bernadette Gaughan. She has written under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton, Claire Sandy and M.B. Vincent. She also writes screen and theatre works as Bernie Gaughan.

answer: Bernadette Strachan has written under several pseudonyms. As Bernie Gaughan, she has written three novels, and as Claire Sandy, four novels. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan. In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M.B. Vincent.

text: The three novels were written under the name Juliet Ashton, not Bernie Gaughan.

refinement: Bernadette Strachan has written under several pseudonyms. As Juliet Ashton, she has written three novels, and as Claire Sandy, four novels. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan. In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M.B. Vincent.

text: She has actually written four novels under the name Juliet Ashton.

refinement: Bernadette Strachan has written under several pseudonyms. As Juliet Ashton, she has written four novels, and as Claire Sandy, four novels. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan. In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M.B. Vincent.

answer: Strachan published books under no less than seven pseudonyms. As Bernadette Strachan, she is commonly considered a chick lit writer with several international best-seller titles to her name. Strachan was previously employed as a television executive and her knowledge of the industry is often reflected in the characters featured in books such as Hell Bent, which was written when she worked on the highly-popular So Graham Norton Show. Strachan worked with the composer husband Mathew Strachan on crime thrillers under the name M.B. Vincent, a play on the renowned musician Vincent.

text: The statement that she has used no less than 7 pseudonyms is unattested.

refinement: As Bernadette Strachan, she is commonly considered a chick lit writer with several international best-seller titles to her name. Strachan was previously employed as a television executive and her knowledge of the industry is often reflected in the characters featured in books such as Hell Bent, which was written when she worked on the highly-popular So Graham Norton Show. Strachan worked with the composer husband Mathew Strachan on crime thrillers under the name M.B. Vincent, a play on the renowned musician Vincent.

text: What she's published under her own name isn't relevant to the question.

refinement: Strachan worked with the composer husband Mathew Strachan on crime thrillers under the name M.B. Vincent, a play on the renowned musician Vincent.

text: The answer should make it clear that Matthew is her husband.

refinement: Strachan worked with her composer husband Mathew Strachan on crime thrillers under the name M.B. Vincent, a play on the renowned musician Vincent.

text: Matthew is spelled incorrectly.

refinement: Strachan worked with her composer husband Matthew Strachan on crime thrillers under the name M.B. Vincent, a play on the renowned musician Vincent.

text: The answer should mention her other two pseudonyms.

refinement: Strachan worked with her composer husband Matthew Strachan on crime thrillers under the name M.B. Vincent, a play on the renowned musician Vincent. She has also published novels under the names Juliet Ashton and Claire Sandy.

answer:
Prior to becoming an author she worked in the media as a radio advertising producer and subsequently as an agent for voiceover artists.

As Bernadette Strachan, she is commonly considered a chick lit writer with several international bestseller titles to her name. Strachan was previously employed as a television executive, and her knowledge of the industry is often reflected in the characters featured in books such as Hell Bent, which was written when she worked on the highly-popular show So Graham Norton.

text: None of the answer is related to her pseudonyms.

text: The answer should mention her two pseudonyms for her solo works.

refinement: She has published novels under the pseudonyms Juliet Ashton and Claire Sandy.

text: Her collaboration with her husband should be mentioned.

refinement: She has published novels under the pseudonyms Juliet Ashton and Claire Sandy. She also teamed up with her husband to write a crime thriller series under the pseudonym of M.B. Vincent.

answer: Bernadette Strachan has written under several pseudonyms. As Bernie Gaughan, she has written three novels, and as Claire Sandy, four novels. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan. In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M.B. Vincent.

answer: Bernadette Strachan writes under her maiden name, Bernie Gaughan, and a pseudonym, Juliet Ashton. She has also written under the pseudonym of Claire Sandy for Pan Macmillan and as M.B. Vincent with her husband Matthew Strachan.

answer: Her original name was Bernadette Gaughan. She has written under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton and Claire Sandy. She also has written two books as Bernie Gaughan.


text:
WILLIAM LEVI CRAWFORD (September 10, 1911 – January 25, 1984) was an American publisher and editor.

Career

During the autumn of 1933, Crawford, a West Coast science fiction fan, proposed to start a non-paying weird fiction magazine, _Unusual Stories_, which was initiated soon afterward. About the same time he also published the magazine _Marvel Tales_. For _Unusual Stories_ he commissioned a brief autobiography by H.P. Lovecraft, Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity, although it was never published in the magazine. He also accepted Lovecraft's Celephais and The Doom That Came to Sarnath for _Unusual Stories_, but they were published instead in _Marvel Tales_ (May 1934 and March–April 1935, respectively). Around July 1934 Lovecraft wrote _Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction_ for one of Crawford's magazines, but the essay was published in the magazine _The Californian_ (Winter 1935). Lovecraft's correspondent Duane W. Rimel wrote the tale “The Jewels of Charlotte” (possibly revised by Lovecraft) [1] which was published in _Unusual Stories_, May–June 1935. Robert Bloch's early story “Black Lotus” appeared in _Unusual Stories_ in 1935.

In 1935, Crawford published the collection _Mars Mountain_, by Eugene George Key. It was the first full-size book issued by a publisher that specialized in science fiction.[2] It was a poorly produced hardcover of 142 pages and was not well-received when it appeared.[3] At this time Crawford had ambitious publishing plans and promised hardcover editions of Andrew North's _People of the Crater_ and Ralph Milne Farley's _The Missing Link_; the Farley title never appeared but the North (pseudonym of Andre Norton) title was finally issued in 1972 as part of the collection _Garan the Eternal_.[4]

During the spring of 1935 Crawford contemplated reviving the defunct magazine _Fantasy Fan_ with Lovecraft as editor, but the plan was never realized. He also thought of issuing one of Lovecraft's stories _At the Mountains of Madness_ or _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ as a booklet, or bound together in one volume; he considered submitting the latter story to _Astounding Stories_ after learning of the acceptance there of _At the Mountains of Madness_ and _The Shadow Out of Time_ but it is not known whether he did so. In late 1935, he began the process of issuing _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ as a book. The project came to fruition in November 1936 (although the copyright page declares the date of publication as April 1936), under Crawford's Visionary Publishing Co imprint; but the book had so many typographical errors that Lovecraft insisted on an errata sheet (which was also faulty). _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ was the only book of Lovecraft's fiction to be published and distributed during Lovecraft's own lifetime. Crawford printed 400 copies but bound only 200; the others were destroyed later. According to Robert Weinberg, few copies of the book were sold, even though it was available at the bargain price of $1 a copy. It featured good paper, black linen binding and a dust jacket and four interior illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Crawford wrote of the venture in his essay “Lovecraft's First Book” in _The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces_; reprinted in _Lovecraft Remembered_. Its failure, and the poor sales of a third (nonfantasy) book convinced Crawford of the futility of his efforts.

Future projects, which would have included a hardcover edition of E.E. Smith's _The Skylark of Space_, were dropped.[5] (This title was later published by the Buffalo Book Company in 1946 by Thomas G. Hadley, Donald M. Grant and Kenneth Krueger).

Crawford published books under a number of different imprints before founding the Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in 1946. He edited several anthologies that he also published. He co-wrote the 1936 novel _Behind the Evidence_ with Amelia Reynolds Long under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds.[6]

In 1953 Crawford's Fantasy Publishing Company published and edited Science-Fantasy Quintette (300 copies), which included short stories by authors L. Ron Hubbard and Ed Earl Repp. _Spaceway_ was another magazine Crawford started that contained stories by L. Ron Hubbard.

From 1970 through 1974 William Crawford organized four Witchcraft and Sorcery Conventions. While this was the chosen name at the time, the emphasis was mainly on Science Fiction and Fantasy with an inclusion of fictional literature that also related to “witchcraft and sorcery” fiction.

Other conventions that he and his wife, Margaret Crawford, founded were Fantasy Faire and Science Fiction Weekend. Famous authors and others who were a part of these conventions included Ray Bradbury, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, A. E. van Vogt, and many others. (“Lost: A Living Legend,” a tribute by Forrest J. Ackermann in _To the Stars_, a fanzine, issue #2, 1984).

William L. Crawford's earliest involvement in the field included his membership in LASFAS (began pre-World War II), the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, where he had befriended Ray Bradbury and other famous authors and fans.

The William L. Crawford Memorial Award for the best first fantasy novel is named in his honor.[7] Andre Norton was the creator of this award which is still actively presented to qualifying individuals.

Crawford retained a large volume of unbound FCPI books and offered them with paper bindings at low prices through the 1970s.

While a bit off the grid in some ways (the earlier references to his publication efforts do not include that his printing machines from the 1950s on were literally in his garage due to a very minimal budget), William L. Crawford was connected with numerous famous individuals in the Science Fiction genre, including Forrest Ackerman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman). These were the people who, in essence, started and kept alive the science fiction genre until it was ultimately embraced by many due to famous television shows (_Star Trek_ and more) and movies (_Star Wars_, etc.).

[1] S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, _An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia_. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001, p. 227

[2] Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 664.

[3] Sam Moskowitz. _The Immortal Storm_ (Atlanta FA: ASFO, 1954) p. 23

[4] Robert Weinberg. “Science Fiction Specialty Publishers” in _Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural and Weird Tales_ (Haworth Press, 1983), p. 119.

[5] Robert Weinberg. “Science Fiction Specialty Publishers” in _Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural and Weird Tales_ (Haworth Press, 1983), p. 119.

[6] Chalker and Owings 1998, pp. 705-706.

[7] Clute and Grant 1997, p. 1015.

title: William L. Crawford

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What are the reasons behind Crawford magazines' inability to sell well?

answer: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors.

text: Add in information about funding problems

refinement: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford's publishing efforts were also a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.

answer: It may be due to a lack of advertising or a lack of publicity.

text: This is pure speculation

text: Lacks coverage of the story

refinement: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford's publishing efforts were also a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.

answer: The magazines Crawford published did not sell well, and Crawford's publishing efforts were a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.

text: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors.

refinement: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford's publishing efforts were also a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.

answer: The magazines Crawford published did not sell well, and Crawford's publishing efforts were a bit off the grid in some ways.

text: Add in information about the typographical errors

refinement: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford's publishing efforts were also a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.

answer: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford also had ambitious publishing plans.

text: He also was low budget

refinement: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford's publishing efforts were also a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.

answer: It may be due to a lack of advertising or a lack of publicity. Crawford's magazines were also poorly produced and had many typographical errors.

text: Speculation

refinement: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors. Crawford's publishing efforts were also a bit off the grid in some ways. He did not have a large budget, and his printing machines were in his garage.


text:
Feeding the earth

The dull sky, in perfect agreement with the dead grass and muddy brown rocks on the mountain, hesitated between a morning drizzle and an afternoon light rain.  The narrow path to the mine was so heavily worn and slippery that it resembled one of those tracks of ice used by Europeans to race painted sleds in the winter.  El Inca couldn’t remember what it was called, but short scenes he had seen on his nephew’s TV played through his memory while he hauled his bent frame up the nearly impossible trail.  He knew men worked in teams pushing the sleds much like he and his fellow miners pushed their carts along the rails.

El Inca is not his given name.  His given name is something more forgettable, so common it has no meaning outside of normal, someone once asked him to write it on a document and he looked at them as if they had asked him to change the color of his eyes.  El Inca is his real name.  The young people in the village, even some of his own children, think it is a name of distinction because of his air of ancient wisdom and position in the community or at least a respectful reference to the profile of his eagle beak nose.  But, it has been his name since he was a child sitting and thinking in the corner of the house with his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.  His father would laugh and say he looked like a mummy dried and weightless in a museum.  Soon everyone referred to him as The Inca whether he was thinking or not.  Not long after, he was working in the mines, had a home and a son of his own and he no longer had the luxury of sitting in the corner and thinking.  Now he does his thinking to the sound of creaking knees on the walk up and down the narrow slippery path.

Even more so than El Inca, the mine itself is nearly worn out.  The major vein of sliver was shipped to España in the sixteenth century to fight the Moors.  For the following four hundred years, the village men have kept their families just above absolute poverty by scratching for the leftovers.

At the top of the trail, El Inca no longer thought about the strange things he’d seen on TV.  He thought of entering the Mountain.  He thought of feeding the earth.  He looked at the heavy clouds and wished he could see the sun, hoped he would see the sun at least one more time.  Near the entrance he rummaged under his damp poncho and pulled a plump, round sweet bread from his pouch.  He stepped underground holding out his offering, his lips twitching in constant prayer while he made his way directly to El Diablo de la Montaña.

El Diablo is a carved effigy, half buried in cigarettes and cigars, its horned head dripping with wax and rum.  Tradition says the mountain takes a collection or it will take a life for every pound of silver it gives.  Most men give tobacco or pour out bottles of cheap rum or Coca-Cola.  Some miners keep candles burning constantly, but El Inca, he feeds the devil.  He believes that the mountain is hungry and the only way to keep it from eating you is to feed it something you cherish.  For this reason, every day he sacrifices the small round sweet cake his wife bakes for his lunch.

When he first started working in the mine he was only eleven and it was his mother who baked his sweet cakes but he did not give them up.  Like the others he lit a candle or left a cigar.  The sweet cake he ate himself, smiling, first thing in the morning before he climbed down into the mine with the thought of never coming out.  So good were the sweet cakes that even more unpleasant than the possibility of an early stone tomb was the thought of someone else eating his cake.

One day, the crumbs of his cake still riding on his tongue, he was caught in a cave in.  The exit shaft collapsed trapping him and three other men.  They spent three hungry days waiting while the way was cleared.  In the darkness he had promised the mountain that never again would a sweet cake touch his lips within the mine.  He promised that he would never tell his mother where her cakes went so he could be sure they were always made of the best ingredients.

Years later, El Inca knows it is the devils love of sweet breads that keep him safe.  The devil’s sweet tooth has made him the oldest miner in the mountain.  He has seen many a man give his last cigarette or bottle of soda to the statue and wondered why no one else knows what El Diablo truly desires.

After he set down the days offering he wondered how many more days he would climb the path, how many more days he would scratch at the rock in search of silver but most of all he wondered how many days until he could quit feeding the earth and eat his own sweet bread instead.

title: [RF] Feeding the Earth

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the type of person El Inca is?

answer: No answer

text: There is an answer available, so this answer is incorrect.

refinement: Some people in the village thing El Inca's name is one of distinction because of his air of ancient wisdom and position in the community. He is a thinker and hardworking in the mines. El Inca is devout when it comes to offering his sweet bread to El Diablo for protection in the mines.

answer: El Inca works in the mine from a young age, handling the difficulties of backbreaking work. He places a symbolic offering in the mine every day, and in return the mine won't eat him (like it did his fellow miners). Until very recently, he had never eaten his own cakes out of fear the mine would go on a rampage, which helped keep him healthy. However, as he approaches retirement age, he would've liked to slack off and eat his own baked good instead.

text: Point out that this makes El Inca a devout person.

refinement: El Inca works in the mine from a young age, handling the difficulties of backbreaking work. He proves himself to be a devout person by placing a symbolic offering in the mine every day, and in return the mine won't eat him (like it did his fellow miners). Until very recently, he had never eaten his own cakes out of fear the mine would go on a rampage, which helped keep him healthy. However, as he approaches retirement age, he would've liked to slack off and eat his own baked good instead.

text: El Inca hasn't stopped giving his offering, so this is false and should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca works in the mine from a young age, handling the difficulties of backbreaking work. He proves himself to be a devout person by placing a symbolic offering in the mine every day, and in return the mine won't eat him (like it did his fellow miners). However, as he approaches retirement age, he would've liked to slack off and eat his own baked good instead.

text: This doesn't really say anything about what type of person El Inca is.

refinement: El Inca works in the mine from a young age, handling the difficulties of backbreaking work. He proves himself to be a devout person by placing a symbolic offering in the mine every day, and in return the mine won't eat him (like it did his fellow miners).

text: It's omitted that El Inca is a thinker.

refinement: El Inca works in the mine from a young age, handling the difficulties of backbreaking work. He is a thinker. He proves himself to be a devout person by placing a symbolic offering in the mine every day, and in return the mine won't eat him (like it did his fellow miners).

text: It's omitted that some people see El Inca as a person of ancient wisdom who serves his community.

refinement: El Inca works in the mine from a young age, handling the difficulties of backbreaking work. He is a thinker, and some people see El Inca as a person of ancient wisdom who serves his community. He proves himself to be a devout person by placing a symbolic offering in the mine every day, and in return the mine won't eat him (like it did his fellow miners).

answer: El Inca is a generous, wise, and kind person. He cares deeply about the mine and all the men who work there. He goes above and beyond to care for the earth and make sure that everyone is taken care of. He does this all with no expectation of personal gain. Rather, he does it out of pure generosity and selflessness.

text: It's not indicated in the story that El Inca is either kind or generous. This should be omitted.

refinement: He cares deeply about the mine and all the men who work there. He goes above and beyond to care for the earth and make sure that everyone is taken care of. He does this all with no expectation of personal gain. Rather, he does it out of pure generosity and selflessness.

text: This is false. El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine. He doesn't really do it to take care of the mountain, and he doesn't go above and beyond.

refinement: He cares deeply about the mine and all the men who work there. El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine. He does this all with no expectation of personal gain. Rather, he does it out of pure generosity and selflessness.

text: This is false. El Inca sacrifices his bread so that he does not die in the mine, it's not all selfless.

refinement: He cares deeply about the mine and all the men who work there. El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine.

text: The story doesn't necessarily say this.  Omit this.

refinement: El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine.

text: It's omitted that El Inca is hardworking.

refinement: El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine. He's also hardworking.

text: It's omitted that El Inca is a thinker.

refinement: El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine. He's also hardworking and a thinker.

text: It's omitted that some people see El Inca as a person of ancient wisdom who serves his community.

refinement: El Inca is devout in offering his sweet bread to El Diablo so that he does not die in the mine. He's also hardworking and a thinker. Some people see El Inca as a person of ancient wisdom who serves his community.

answer: Some people in the village thing El Inca's name is one of distinction because of his air of ancient wisdom and position in the community. He does his thinking to the sound of his creaking knees as he walks up and down a narrow slippery path. He believes the mountain is angry and the only way to keep it from eating him is to feed it somethin he cherishes. He sacrifices sweet cake his wife bakes for lunch.

text: This doesn't really say what type of person El Inca is. It would be better to say he's a thinker.

refinement: Some people in the village thing El Inca's name is one of distinction because of his air of ancient wisdom and position in the community. He is a thinker. He believes the mountain is angry and the only way to keep it from eating him is to feed it somethin he cherishes. He sacrifices sweet cake his wife bakes for lunch.

text: This doesn't really say what type of person El Inca is. It would be better to say that El Inca is devout when it comes to offering his sweet bread to El Diablo for protection in the mines.

refinement: Some people in the village thing El Inca's name is one of distinction because of his air of ancient wisdom and position in the community. He is a thinker. El Inca is devout when it comes to offering his sweet bread to El Diablo for protection in the mines.

text: It's omitted that El Inca is hardworking.

refinement: Some people in the village thing El Inca's name is one of distinction because of his air of ancient wisdom and position in the community. He is a thinker and hardworking in the mines. El Inca is devout when it comes to offering his sweet bread to El Diablo for protection in the mines.

answer: The story indicates that El Inca is generous and caring toward the earth. He is aware of the needs of the mine and the people in his village, and makes heroic efforts to assure their continued well-being. He sees the mine as needing to be fed and is committed to this task.

text: El Inca doesn't necessarily make heroic efforts for the continued well being of others. He is making sure that he doesn't die. El Inca is a devout person in the way he offers his sweet bread every day to ensure he is not killed in the mines.

refinement: The story indicates that El Inca is generous and caring toward the earth. El Inca is a devout person in the way he offers his sweet bread every day to ensure he is not killed in the mines.  He sees the mine as needing to be fed and is committed to this task.

text: El Inca isn't being generous or caring. He offers his bread in a transactional way. This should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is a devout person in the way he offers his sweet bread every day to ensure he is not killed in the mines.  He sees the mine as needing to be fed and is committed to this task.

text: It's omitted that El Inca is hardworking.

refinement: El Inca is a devout person in the way he offers his sweet bread every day to ensure he is not killed in the mines.  He sees the mine as needing to be fed and is committed to this task. He is also hardworking.

text: It's omitted that El Inca is a thinker.

refinement: El Inca is a devout person in the way he offers his sweet bread every day to ensure he is not killed in the mines.  He sees the mine as needing to be fed and is committed to this task. He is also hardworking, and a thinker.

text: It's omitted that some people see El Inca as a person of ancient wisdom who serves his community.

refinement: El Inca is a devout person in the way he offers his sweet bread every day to ensure he is not killed in the mines.  He sees the mine as needing to be fed and is committed to this task. He is also hardworking, and a thinker. Some people see El Inca as a person of ancient wisdom who serves his community.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about appeasing El Diablo?

answer: El Inca believes the mountain is hungry and the only way to keep it from eating you is to feed it something you cherish. Every day, he sacrifices the small round of sweet cake his wife bakes for lunch. He has sacrificed sweet cake to the mountain ever since he was caught in a cave in.

text: It's omitted that El Inca believes that El Diablo specifically desires the sweetbreads, and that's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

refinement: El Inca believes the mountain is hungry and the only way to keep it from eating you is to feed it something you cherish. Every day, he sacrifices the small round of sweet cake his wife bakes for lunch.  El Inca believes that El Diablo specifically desires the sweetbreads, and that's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain. He has sacrificed sweet cake to the mountain ever since he was caught in a cave in.

answer: The story is about the importance of appeasing the creature or spirit residing in the mine - El Diablo - by offering it a daily sweet bread. The spirit is believed to be hungry, so appeasing it is how some miners have stayed safe in the mine. It is unclear how long the tradition is believed to have been practiced or how much longer the protagonist believes this custom will continue.

text: It should be specified that the rule is to offer it something you cherish, not just give it sweet bread.

refinement: The story is about the importance of appeasing the creature or spirit residing in the mine - El Diablo - by offering it something you cherish. El Inca does this with a daily sweet bread. The spirit is believed to be hungry, so appeasing it is how some miners have stayed safe in the mine. It is unclear how long the tradition is believed to have been practiced or how much longer the protagonist believes this custom will continue.

text: This isn't necessary for the answer and should be omitted.

refinement: The story is about the importance of appeasing the creature or spirit residing in the mine - El Diablo - by offering it something you cherish. El Inca does this with a daily sweet bread. The spirit is believed to be hungry, so appeasing it is how some miners have stayed safe in the mine.

text: It's omitted that El Inca believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

refinement: The story is about the importance of appeasing the creature or spirit residing in the mine - El Diablo - by offering it something you cherish. El Inca does this with a daily sweet bread. The spirit is believed to be hungry, so appeasing it is how some miners have stayed safe in the mine. El Inca believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

answer: El Inca thinks El Diablo is an effigy that lives inside the mine, scolding the miners for taking silver from the earth. By offering it tobacco and Coca-Cola, the miners hope that it won't take their lives in exchange for silver. He thinks El Diablo will take more than it gives if you don't feed it and asks for something the miners cherish, like their mothers. As a result, he offers to offer up his small sweet bread in exchange for returning to his family. That is why he doesn't stop eating it no matter how he likes it.

text: This sentence is false. There is no mention of "more than it gives you" or offering up mothers in the story. This should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca thinks El Diablo is an effigy that lives inside the mine, scolding the miners for taking silver from the earth. By offering it tobacco and Coca-Cola, the miners hope that it won't take their lives in exchange for silver.  As a result, he offers to offer up his small sweet bread in exchange for returning to his family. That is why he doesn't stop eating it no matter how he likes it.

text: This sentence is confusing, and it's false. El Inca doesn't continue eating the bread. This should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca thinks El Diablo is an effigy that lives inside the mine, scolding the miners for taking silver from the earth. By offering it tobacco and Coca-Cola, the miners hope that it won't take their lives in exchange for silver.  As a result, he offers to offer up his small sweet bread in exchange for returning to his family.

text: It's omitted that El Inca believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

refinement: El Inca thinks El Diablo is an effigy that lives inside the mine, scolding the miners for taking silver from the earth. By offering it tobacco and Coca-Cola, the miners hope that it won't take their lives in exchange for silver.  As a result, he offers to offer up his small sweet bread in exchange for returning to his family. El Inca believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

answer: It says that since tradition says the mountain takes a collection or it will take a life for every pound of silver, most men give smoke or pour out bottles of Coke and rum.

text: Separate this into two sentences.

refinement: It says that since tradition says the mountain takes a collection or it will take a life for every pound of silver. Most men give smoke or pour out bottles of Coke and rum.

text: It's omitted that El Inca believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

refinement: It says that since tradition says the mountain takes a collection or it will take a life for every pound of silver. Most men give smoke or pour out bottles of Coke and rum. El Inca believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

text: It's omitted that El Inca gives El Diablo his sweet bread every day.

refinement: It says that since tradition says the mountain takes a collection or it will take a life for every pound of silver. Most men give smoke or pour out bottles of Coke and rum. El Inca gives El Diablo his cherished sweet bread every day. He believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

text: It's omitted that you have to give El Diablo something you cherish.

refinement: It says that since tradition says the mountain takes a collection or it will take a life for every pound of silver. Most men give smoke or pour out bottles of Coke and rum. El Inca believes you have to give El Diablo something you cherish, so he gives El Diablo his cherished sweet bread every day. He believes sweet bread is what El Diablo truly desires, and it's why he's the oldest miner in the mountain.

answer: The story says that the only way to keep the mountain from eating the men who work it is to feed it something they cherish. El Inca believes that the mountain is hungry and that it desires sweet breads. Every day he sacrifices his small round sweet cake in order to keep himself safe. El Inca hopes one day to eat a sweet bread of his own instead of giving it to the mountain.

text: It's omitted that El Inca believes he's the oldest miner in the mountain due to appeasing El Diablo.

refinement: The story says that the only way to keep the mountain from eating the men who work it is to feed it something they cherish. El Inca believes that the mountain is hungry and that it desires sweet breads. Every day he sacrifices his small round sweet cake in order to keep himself safe. He believes he's the oldest miner in the mountain due to appeasing El Diablo.  El Inca hopes one day to eat a sweet bread of his own instead of giving it to the mountain.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize everything relating to El Inca's physical appearance.

answer: El Inca is old and thin, with a pointed nose and dark skin. El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum. This might suggest his father thinks El Inca's physical appearance resembles that of a mummy. El Inca is nearing retirement, and has seen many men who came to the mine with good health and ended up dying, living too far away from civilization. He realizes his survival is based on feeding the earth with the food he risked his life for.

text: The story never describes El Inca's skin. This should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a pointed nose. El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum. This might suggest his father thinks El Inca's physical appearance resembles that of a mummy. El Inca is nearing retirement, and has seen many men who came to the mine with good health and ended up dying, living too far away from civilization. He realizes his survival is based on feeding the earth with the food he risked his life for.

text: The nose is described as a beak nose, not necessarily pointed.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a beak nose. El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum. This might suggest his father thinks El Inca's physical appearance resembles that of a mummy. El Inca is nearing retirement, and has seen many men who came to the mine with good health and ended up dying, living too far away from civilization. He realizes his survival is based on feeding the earth with the food he risked his life for.

text: This is redundant and should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a beak nose. El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum.El Inca is nearing retirement, and has seen many men who came to the mine with good health and ended up dying, living too far away from civilization. He realizes his survival is based on feeding the earth with the food he risked his life for.

text: It's omitted why El Inca's father likened him to a mummy as a child.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a beak nose. As a child, El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum because of the way he would sit with his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms around his legs. El Inca is nearing retirement, and has seen many men who came to the mine with good health and ended up dying, living too far away from civilization. He realizes his survival is based on feeding the earth with the food he risked his life for.

text: This is both irrelevant to the question and inaccurate. It should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a beak nose. As a child, El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum because of the way he would sit with his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms around his legs.

text: It's omitted that El Inca has a bent frame.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a beak nose and a bent frame. As a child, El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum because of the way he would sit with his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms around his legs.

text: It's omitted he wears a poncho in the mines.

refinement: El Inca is old and thin, with a beak nose and a bent frame. In the mines, he wears a poncho. As a child, El Inca's father calls him a mummy dried and weightless in a museum because of the way he would sit with his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms around his legs.

answer: El Inca is bent and has a large nose. He makes his way up a nearly impossible pathway to feed the devil in the mountain with a small round pastry. El Inca is the oldest miner in the mountain and credits the devil's love of sweet bread as the reason for his longevity.

text: This doesn't have to do with El Inca's appearance and should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is bent and has a large nose. El Inca is the oldest miner in the mountain and credits the devil's love of sweet bread as the reason for his longevity.

text: This information isn't necessary and could be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is bent and has a large nose. El Inca is the oldest miner in the mountain.

text: Specifically, El Inca has a beak nose.

refinement: El Inca is bent and has a large beak nose. El Inca is the oldest miner in the mountain.

text: It's omitted that when El Inca was young, his father likened him to a mummy because he would have his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.

refinement: El Inca is bent and has a large beak nose. El Inca is the oldest miner in the mountain. When El Inca was young, his father likened him to a mummy because he would have his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.

text: It's omitted that El Inca wears a  poncho in the mines.

refinement: El Inca is bent and has a large beak nose. He is the oldest miner in the mountain, and wears a poncho in the mines. When El Inca was young, his father likened him to a mummy because he would have his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.

answer: El Inca is of short stature and elderly. He has a beak nose and wears a wet, heavy poncho. Inside the mine, he sacrifices a small round sweet bread each day. El Inca believes that the mountain is hungry and the only way to keep it from eating you is to feed it something you cherish; in this case, El Inca's cherished sacrifice is his mother's homemade sweet bread.

text: This is irrelevant to the question and should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is of short stature and elderly. He has a beak nose and wears a wet, heavy poncho.

text: El Inca's height isn't addressed. This should be omitted.

refinement: El Inca is elderly. He has a beak nose and wears a wet, heavy poncho.

text: It's omitted that El Inca has a bent frame.

refinement: El Inca is elderly and has a bent frame. He has a beak nose and wears a wet, heavy poncho.

text: The poncho is not described as heavy in the story.

refinement: El Inca is elderly and has a bent frame. He has a beak nose and wears a wet poncho.

text: It's omitted that when El Inca was young, his father likened him to a mummy because he would have his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.

refinement: El Inca is elderly and has a bent frame. He has a beak nose and wears a wet poncho. When El Inca was young, his father likened him to a mummy because he would have his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.

answer: He hauls his bent frame up the nearly impossible trail of El Diablo. The young people of his village think his name might have something to do with the profile of his eagle beak nose. When he was a child, he would sit with his skinny arms wrapped around his legs, and his father would say he looked like a mummy.

text: The trail is to the mine, and it's not called "El Diablo". It would be better to say that El Inca has a bent frame directly.

refinement: El Inca has a bent frame. The young people of his village think his name might have something to do with the profile of his eagle beak nose. When he was a child, he would sit with his skinny arms wrapped around his legs, and his father would say he looked like a mummy.

text: It's omitted that El Inca is the oldest miner.

refinement: El Inca has a bent frame and is the oldest miner. The young people of his village think his name might have something to do with the profile of his eagle beak nose. When he was a child, he would sit with his skinny arms wrapped around his legs, and his father would say he looked like a mummy.

text: It's omitted that El Inca wears a poncho in the mines.

refinement: El Inca has a bent frame and is the oldest miner. He wears a poncho in the mines. The young people of his village think his name might have something to do with the profile of his eagle beak nose. When he was a child, he would sit with his skinny arms wrapped around his legs, and his father would say he looked like a mummy.

answer: He has a round face and small, bettle eyes with thick lashes. He always tops his koffee with sugar and has a soft, round belly. His armpits and pubic hair are unkempt and he wears clean but threadbare clothing.

text: This entire answer is false. None of this is said in the story.

text: Empty response.

refinement: El Inca is the oldest miner and has a bent frame. He has a beak nose and wears a wet poncho. When El Inca was young, his father likened him to a mummy because he would have his knees tucked under his chin and his skinny arms wrapped around his legs.


text:
_NB: For more on Tony Greenstein, see here. For other examples of his willingness to engage in respectful discussion with Nazi apologists, see his contributions here._ Tony Greenstein and the Nazi Apologists By Paul Bogdanor Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers. He has justified an IRA massacre intended to kill Britain�s Prime Minister and he admits to visiting Baathist Syria with PLO funding. Greenstein openly campaigns for the destruction of Israel. He defends communist collaboration with the Nazis but denounces Zionists as joint perpetrators of the Holocaust. A typical Greenstein outburst can be found in the newspaper of the Communist Party of Great Britain:-
Yes, I deliberately described Israel�s actions as a blitzkrieg. Those who use starvation, thirst and hunger as reprisals against civilians, who destroy water and electricity plants, are, in the words of the late Yehashayu [sic] Leibowitz, a distinguished religious philosopher and winner of the Israel Prize, Judaeo-Nazis...

Yes, I want the state of Israel to be destroyed...

[The] attempt to justify Zionist collaboration with the Nazis and assorted fascists by reference to the German Communist Party�s attempt to win over plebeian members of the National Socialists is ludicrous. The KPD�s appeasement of the Nazis flowed from their third position politics - eg, the fact that none of its Reichstag members were Jewish from 1930 onwards or its attacks on �Jewish� capitalists. But Hitler wasn�t fooled for a moment and KPD activists were put in Dachau from the moment the Nazis took power.

The Zionist emissaries swanned around Nazi-occupied Europe organising kibbutzim and facilitating the emigration of their own cadre and no one else. The KPD, for all its sins, was part of the labour movement. Zionism was a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

Thus Greenstein acknowledges and justifies discrimination and incitement against Jews by his fellow communists who were trying to win Nazi votes. Needless to say, he offers no evidence of the existence of Zionist kibbutzim in Nazi-occupied Europe. While Tony Greenstein purports to oppose antisemitism wherever he finds it, his principles seem to be rather flexible. For months he publicly deplored the celebration of Gilad Atzmon by Britain�s Socialist Workers Party. Yet in a private message he offered nothing but praise:
I shall be more than happy to hear you play the sax...

Dare I say it, some of your remarks re the holocaust were spot on re the Zionist collaboration with the Nazis. And that is the point anti-Zionists should make rather than flirting with holocaust denial...

Greenstein�s private encomium to Atzmon should occasion little surprise, since their antisemitic positions have much in common. In fact, Greenstein is happy to applaud anti-Zionists who are guilty of �flirting with holocaust denial.� Consider his attitude to Asghar Bukhari of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, who was exposed as an ally of the Nazi propagandist David Irving. According to press reports:
In one email Bukhari tells Irving: �You may feel like you are on your own but rest assured many people are with you in your fight for the Truth.� Bukhari pledges to make a donation of �60 to Irving�s fighting fund and says that he has asked �a few of my colleagues to send some in too.� He also offers to send Irving a book, _They Dare to Speak Out_, by Paul Findley, a former US Senator, who has attacked his country�s close relationship with Israel. Bukhari says Findley �has suffered like you in trying to expose certain falsehoods perpetrated by the Jews.�

In a follow-up letter, Bukhari writes: �Here is the cheque I promised. Good luck, if there is any other way I can help please don�t hestitate to call me. I have also asked many Muslim websites to create links to your own and ask for donations.�

In a rambling online essay, Bukhari admitted that MPACUK had repeatedly posted images from neo-Nazi websites but nevertheless complained that he was the victim of a Zionist smear campaign:
The machine plotted and worked it seemed almost day and night to smear us... A picture of a monster with horns on his head under an American flag was deemed �anti-Semitic.� It was obtained after typing words like �Zionist power� into a Google image search. I can�t believe MPACUK pulled the picture due to the pro-Israeli lobby complaining about it. How can a monster with a flag be anti-Semitic? The Zionists are monsters (they kill kids), and they have influence in America (AIPAC), what�s the problem?

I realise that maybe 60 years ago some German may have used monsters to depict Jews, did that mean we could no longer use monsters to depict Zionists?

Greenstein then contributed the following comment:
I write as someone who is Jewish, but not a Zionist.

This is a very excellent and painfully aware article.

Asghar Bukhari made a mistake and has been honest about that. The one�s who attack their opponents as anti-Semitic, when their movement is the most guilty of all of working with anti-Semites (hence why they�re once again trying to ban _Perdition_ in Scotland which details what they did) are the ones who have problems with anti-Semtism.

Zionism is a Jewish variant of anti-Semitism. After all,even today, if someone tells me I don�t belong in England they are either a Zionist or a fascist and anti-Semite.

The real lesson from this affair is that like the boy who cried wolf, Zionist attacks on people who are not anti-Jewish have one effect, to legitimise anti-Semitism.

I�m glad that Asghar has been so honest and defied those whose stock in trade is guilt and blackmail.

Greenstein once wrote: �there is nothing the Zionists love more than �proof� that anti-Zionists really are anti-semites.� Does he now expect his readers to blame the Zionists every time he makes excuses for Nazi apologists?

question: Who is Tony Greenstein?

answer: Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers.

answer: Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers.

answer:
Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers. He has justified an IRA massacre intended to kill Britain�s Prime Minister and he admits to visiting Baathist Syria with PLO funding. Greenstein openly campaigns for the destruction of Israel. He defends communist collaboration with the Nazis but denounces Zionists as joint perpetrators of the Holocaust. A typical Greenstein outburst can be found in the newspaper of the Communist Party of Great Britain:

Yes, I deliberately described Israel�s actions as a blitzkrieg. Those who use starvation, thirst and hunger as reprisals against civilians, who destroy water and electricity plants, are, in the words of the late Yehashayu [sic] Leibowitz, a distinguished religious philosopher and winner of the Israel Prize, Judaeo-Nazis...

Yes, I want the state of Israel to be destroyed...

[The] attempt to justify Zionist collaboration with the Nazis and assorted fascists by reference to the German Communist Party�s attempt to win over plebeian members of the National Socialists is ludicrous. The KPD�s appeasement of the Nazis flowed from their third position politics - eg, the fact that none of its Reichstag members were Jewish from 1930 onwards or its attacks on �Jewish� capitalists. But Hitler wasn�t fooled for a moment and KPD activists were put in Dachau from the moment the Nazis took power.

The Zionist emissaries swanned around Nazi-occupied Europe organising kibbutzim and facilitating the emigration of their own cadre and no one else. The KPD, for all its sins, was part of the labour movement. Zionism was a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

Thus Greenstein acknowledges and justifies discrimination and incitement against Jews by his fellow communists who were trying to win Nazi votes. Needless to say, he offers no evidence of the existence of Zionist kibbutzim in Nazi-occupied Europe. While Tony Greenstein purports to oppose antisemitism wherever he finds it, his principles seem to be rather flexible. For months he publicly deplored the celebration of Gilad Atzmon by Britain�s Socialist Workers Party. Yet in a private message he offered nothing but praise:

I shall be more than happy to hear you play the sax...

Dare I say it, some of your remarks re the holocaust were spot on re the Zionist collaboration with the Nazis. And that is the point anti-Zionists should make rather than flirting with holocaust denial...

Greenstein�s private encomium to Atzmon should occasion little surprise, since their antisemitic positions have much in common. In fact, Greenstein is happy to applaud anti-Zionists who are guilty of �flirting with holocaust denial.� Consider his attitude to Asghar Bukhari of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, who was exposed as an ally of the Nazi propagandist David Irving. According to press reports:

In one email Bukhari tells Irving: �You may feel like you are on your own but rest assured many people are with you in your fight for the Truth.� Bukhari pledges to make a donation of �60 to Irving�s fighting fund and says that he has asked �a few of my colleagues to send some in too.� He also offers to send

text: Far too long.

refinement: Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers.

answer: Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports terrorist groups and totalitarian regimes, and is willing to defend those who engage in antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

question: What is one of the outbursts said by Greenstein?

answer: Greenstein has defended communist collaboration with the Nazis but denounces Zionists as joint perpetrators of the Holocaust.

answer: "Yes, I want the state of Israel to be destroyed."

answer: "Yes I want the state of Israel to be destroyed..."

answer: One of the outbursts said by Greenstein is his defense of Asghar Bukhari, who was exposed as an ally of the Nazi propagandist David Irving. Greenstein praises Bukhari for his honesty and defiance in the face of "Zionist attacks" and claims that Zionism is a "Jewish variant of anti-Semitism."

question: Zionism in this article is described as a movement of what?

answer: The article describes Zionism as a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

text: The article describes Zionism as a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

refinement: The article describes Zionism as a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

answer: It is a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

answer: According to the passage, Zionism is described as a movement of "the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie."

question: Bukhari offers to send Irving which book?

answer: According to the passage, Bukhari offers David Irving the book "They Dare to Speak Out" by Paul Findley.

answer: "They Dare to Speak Out" by Paul Findley

answer: They Dare to Speak Out by Paul Findley.

answer: They Dare to Speak Out

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Tony Greenstein is a British communist who defends antisemites and terrorist groups, and is willing to excuse Holocaust deniers. He has defended Bukhari of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, who was exposed as an ally of David Irving, a Nazi propagandist. Greenstein seems to believe that Zionists are always to blame for accusations of antisemitism, even when the antisemites in question are his own allies.

answer:
Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers. He has justified an IRA massacre intended to kill Britain�s Prime Minister and he admits to visiting Baathist Syria with PLO funding. Greenstein openly campaigns for the destruction of Israel. He defends communist collaboration with the Nazis but denounces Zionists as joint perpetrators of the Holocaust. A typical Greenstein outburst can be found in the newspaper of the Communist Party of Great Britain:-

Yes, I deliberately described Israel�s actions as a blitzkrieg. Those who use starvation, thirst and hunger as reprisals against civilians, who destroy water and electricity plants, are, in the words of the late Yehashayu [sic] Leibowitz, a distinguished religious philosopher and winner of the Israel Prize, Judaeo-Nazis...

Yes, I want the state of Israel to be destroyed...

[The] attempt to justify Zionist collaboration with the Nazis and assorted fascists by reference to the German Communist Party�s attempt to win over plebeian members of the National Socialists is ludicrous. The KPD�s appeasement of the Nazis flowed from their third position politics - eg, the fact that none of its Reichstag members were Jewish from 1930 onwards or its attacks on �Jewish� capitalists. But Hitler wasn�t fooled for a moment and KPD activists were put in Dachau from the moment the Nazis took power.

The Zionist emissaries swanned around Nazi-occupied Europe organising kibbutzim and facilitating the emigration of their own cadre and no one else. The KPD, for all its sins, was part of the labour movement. Zionism was a movement of the most reactionary section of the Jewish bourgeoisie.

Thus Greenstein acknowledges and justifies discrimination and incitement against Jews by his fellow communists who were trying to win Nazi votes. Needless to say, he offers no evidence of the existence of Zionist kibbutzim in Nazi-occupied Europe. While Tony Greenstein purports to oppose antisemitism wherever he finds it, his principles seem to be rather flexible. For months he publicly deplored the celebration of Gilad Atzmon by Britain�s Socialist Workers Party. Yet in a private message he offered nothing but praise:

I shall be more than happy to hear you play the sax...

Dare I say it, some of your remarks re the holocaust were spot on re the Zionist collaboration with the Nazis. And that is the point anti-Zionists should make rather than flirting with holocaust denial...

Greenstein�s private encomium to Atzmon should occasion little surprise, since their antisemitic positions have much in common. In fact, Greenstein is happy to applaud anti-Zionists who are guilty of �flirting with holocaust denial.� Consider his attitude to Asghar Bukhari of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, who was exposed as an ally of the Nazi propagandist David Irving. According to press reports:

In one email Bukhari tells Irving: �You may feel like you are on your own but rest assured many people are with you in your fight for the Truth.� Bukhari pledges to make a donation of �60 to Irving�s fighting fund and says that he has asked �a few of my colleagues to send some in too.� He also offers to

text: Far too long.

refinement: Tony Greenstein is a British communist who defends antisemites and terrorist groups, and is willing to excuse Holocaust deniers. He has defended Bukhari of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, who was exposed as an ally of David Irving, a Nazi propagandist. Greenstein seems to believe that Zionists are always to blame for accusations of antisemitism, even when the antisemites in question are his own allies.

answer: Tony Greenstein is a British communist activist who supports numerous terrorist and totalitarian murderers. He has justified an IRA massacre intended to kill Britain's Prime Minister and he admits to visiting Baathist Syria with PLO funding.

answer: This article discusses Tony Greenstein who justifies discrimination and incitement against Jews and wants Israel to be destroyed. The article further talks about Zionism and Greenstein's perspective on it.