Premise: It was a complex language. Not written down but handed down. One might say it was peeled down.

Hypothesis: the language was peeled down


Premise: It is part of their religion, a religion I do not scoff at as it holds many elements which match our own even though it lacks the truth of ours. At one of their great festivals they have the ritual of driving out the devils from their bodies. First the drummers come on - I may say that no women are allowed to take part in this ritual and the ladies here will perhaps agree with me that they are fortunate in that omission.


Premise: The Paris to Rouen railway was being extended to Le Havre, and the line cut straight through Dr Flaubert's land. Part of it was to be compulsorily purchased. You could say that Gustave was shepherded into creative retreat at Croisset by epilepsy.


Premise: Part of it was to be compulsorily purchased. You could say that Gustave was shepherded into creative retreat at Croisset by epilepsy. You could also say he was driven there by the railway.

Hypothesis: Gustave was driven to creative retreat in Croisset by the railway


Premise: Some of them, like for instance the farm in Connecticut, are quite small. If I like a place I buy it. I guess you could say it's a hobby.

Hypothesis: buying places is a hobby


Premise: Look, my dear, I'm not in my dotage yet, and I know I'm a grumbler and a complainer. You could say the only form of comfort I 've got are my complaints.

Hypothesis: the only form of comfort he has are his complaints


Premise: Then the silence in the Zoo became complete. Woil stared around him and then suddenly with a push of his wings raised himself into the air, turned, and landed ten feet away on the back of a green bench. Creggan could see that he was afraid and that his fear was making him terribly uncertain.

Hypothesis: Woil was afraid


Premise: But, of course, that just wasn't possible. Her disappointment over Jonathan, which had driven her to France in the first place, had been relegated somewhere to the back of her mind. Now in retrospect she could see that marriage to him would have been a ghastly mistake and that her reaction to discovering that he had been seeing other women while he had been engaged to her had had far more to do with wounded pride than with a wounded heart.

Hypothesis: marriage to Jonathan would have been a ghastly mistake


Premise: Like now. The Community in Knockglen would defend Eve vociferously. Even some of the Sisters here in Dublin might see that the girl had a point.

Hypothesis: the girl had a point


Premise: ``They have to be crushed, Bobkins!'' So saying, she marched off down the gravel path, making the kind of crunching noise Robert had thought could only be produced by the BBC sound-effects department. As they rounded the edge of the building he could see that behind the house was a vast garden.

Hypothesis: behind the house was a vast garden


Premise: ``Do you mind if I use your phone?'' Ronni could see that Guido's brain was whirring.

Hypothesis: Guido's brain was whirring


Premise: ``Look, lady, give me a break. I just deliver the stuff, I don't interview it for the Sunday papers.'' He waved the paper at her and even at a distance she could see that it said very little.

Hypothesis: the paper said very little


Premise: ``You 've heard something like that before. Haven't you, Jimmy?'' Jimmy had been shaken by those sounds more shaken than the others for good reason but Cardiff could see that he was unprepared to show it as he pushed himself away from the reception counter.

Hypothesis: Jimmy was unprepared to show he had been shaken


Premise: It was Alan's idea. He made a sour kind of joke out of it, that they must wait until their wedding night. Carolyn agreed because she could see he meant it although she didn't understand why.

Hypothesis: Alan meant it


Premise: And why bother to write anyway? What was there to say? Mary had some vague idea that Adam's parents might suspect he was down here and come to see him.

Hypothesis: Adam was down here


Premise: ``And you're not having this dress,'' Nora said, bending down to look at the price tag. ``It's two and a half guineas!'' she hissed at Louise who could tell that she was genuinely appalled.

Hypothesis: Nora was genuinely appalled


Premise: She said good morning to Alice and Alice said hallo. She was thin and rather tall with a very lined gentle face and hair that was white but which Alice could see had once been blonde. She could also have told this was Tina's mother before Mrs Darne went off down the passage that led to the Headmaster's Flat.

Hypothesis: this was Tina's mother


Premise: She might have sat all afternoon, nibbling and stuporous, exhausted but not sleepy. But the glazier finally came down from the upper floor, cheerfully announcing that all was now right and tight and he would be on his way. Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat that he felt sorry for her left on her own but she lacked either her grandmother's grace or her mother's energy so she did not offer him tea.

Hypothesis: the glazier would have liked to stop for a chat


Premise: Jim waited. He waited a long time, and when the young doctor finally came out, it was almost dark. Jim could nonetheless tell by his anxious face that something was wrong.

Hypothesis: something was wrong


Premise: ``Yes?'' ``Nathan?'' He could tell it was long-distance the line was so gravelly and hollow but he didn't recognise the voice.

Hypothesis: the call was long-distance


Premise: Chopra stood unsteadily on his feet. The shapechanger bounded around with excitement. Chopra could tell something had happened.

Hypothesis: something had happened


Premise: It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain for so long, but at last the doors of the Renault slammed and there was comparative silence. The engine was started up, revving violently as the car was turned round on the narrow road. John could tell that it was being driven back up the hill towards Putna.

Hypothesis: the car was being driven back up the hill towards Putna


Premise: Just when you think you 've got it straight, along comes the Fool with his pig's bladder and whops you on the nose. By the way, I'm no idiot. I could tell Gillian and Stuart weren't thrilled to see me at the airport.

Hypothesis: Gillian and Stuart weren't thrilled to see her at the airport


Premise: He's weird enough to have undressed me without thinking, according to some mad notion of the ``proper'' thing to do. Perhaps he thought I couldn't lie in bed with my clothes on.

Hypothesis: she couldn't lie in bed with her clothes on


Premise: That is to say, I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day, what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted, humorous sort. Knowing this to be his likely mood when I brought in the tea yesterday afternoon, and being aware of his general propensity to talk with me in a bantering tone at such moments, it would certainly have been wiser not to have mentioned Miss Kenton at all. But you will perhaps understand that there was a natural tendency on my part in asking what was after all a generous favour from my employer to hint that there was a good professional motive behind my request.

Hypothesis: there was a natural tendency on her part to hint that there was a good professional motive behind her request


Premise: But don't dilly-dally for too long. Once it's published we are all going to look a little risible if we have made no adjustments to what is after all known as being predominantly my own design of gallery. Also I am a bit older than the rest of you but you can perhaps understand that I don't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation.

Hypothesis: he doesn't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation


Premise: I should dearly have liked to know whether they were Europeans or Americans, but I couldn't hear the accents. They appeared to be arguing. I hoped the white men weren't telling him to eliminate all witnesses because I don't believe it would have needed much persuasion.

Hypothesis: eliminating all witnesses would have needed much persuasion


Premise: But the damage was done as far as my faith was concerned, which is probably why I went mad. So anyway, that Christmas Eve night confirmed my worst fears, it was like a kind of ``royal flush'' for the infant Jimbo. All three kings - Pa Santa and the King of Kings - all down the pan together... And to be honest I don't believe any of them stands a chance of ever making a comeback with me.

Hypothesis: any of the three kings stands a chance of ever making a comeback with him


Premise: He had seen something I should have, which was a car turning in from Soho Square and coming up behind me. My right foot hovered over the accelerator pedal and I balanced Armstrong on the clutch. I wasn't as convinced as Malpass that Nevil was out of harm's way.

Hypothesis: Nevil was out of harm's way


Premise: Jed wondered. He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood. Nobody had mentioned him either and Jed didn't feel he should ask.

Hypothesis: Jed should ask


Premise: Yet what good came from knowing that a woman had killed herself? The children who had suffered a trauma would survive the experience, scarred by it and a little flawed by it. They would never forget that for a week they had imagined the act of murder had been committed.

Hypothesis: for a week the children had imagined the act of murder had been committed


Premise: Nora calculated that there must be lots of single men up there so she decided it was ideal for the ``manhunt'', as we called it, even though the train fare was a serious consideration. I remember we went up to Euston together one Saturday morning, very excited, to buy the ticket in advance. It was a secret - if my parents had known she was going away alone they would have soon put the kybosh on it.

Hypothesis: Nora was going away alone


Premise: His mother driving the car, so happy, young-looking and fashionably dressed and his father, a big, confident man in a smart suit, smiling and turning round to say something to Simon in the back seat. Marie thought of her own mother with her frumpy clothes and ageing, lined face. No one would have guessed that she was only forty-two.

Hypothesis: Marie's mother was only forty-two


Premise: ``I hope you are settling down and the cat is well.'' This was a lie. She did not hope the cat was well.

Hypothesis: the cat was well


Premise: Jane ate without pausing. Hunger was an unknown experience. She had never imagined it could actually hurt.

Hypothesis: hunger could actually hurt


Premise: Miss Martindale had had a school, but her rigid ideas and stern manner had frightened the children, and their parents had taken them away. And gradually the school declined, until she had to give it up and retire to end her days in the white cottage with the inevitable cat as her only companion. Breeze had never imagined that digging was such hard work.

Hypothesis: digging was such hard work


Premise: ``You don't need to worry. We're quite adequately chaperoned. Rosa is a woman of strict moral principles.'' If she knows I'm in here she's probably hovering outside the door right now.

Hypothesis: he's in here


Premise: I said you were mad to come over at this time. It's a world event. Don't you know that Venice is packed with visitors?

Hypothesis: Venice is packed with visitors


Premise: And what she had said, and went on saying quietly, calmly, efficiently, was that she loved Maggie. She paid attention. At eight Maggie had not known that her grandmother was famous but she had seen that people had something in their manner when they looked at Rachel.

Hypothesis: Maggie's grandmother was famous


Premise: They 'd seen Miss Lavant on the promenade and about the town, always walking slowly, sometimes with a neat wicker basket. Kate had often thought she was beautiful. She hadn't known she was in love with Dr Greenslade who had a wife already and three children.

Hypothesis: Miss Lavant was in love with Dr Greenslade


Premise: Did he intend everyone in the castle to know he did not want the wife he had married in such a hurry? Did he intend to ignore her completely? Then Isabel saw Ellen's stunned face and realised that her maid at least did not know she had spent the night alone.

Hypothesis: Isabel had spent the night alone


Premise: Most of them young, about his age, stood and talked and drank and laughed. The two girls he had noticed earlier were standing talking to some other girls. Graham hoped they all realised that just because he was standing talking to Slater that didn't mean he was gay too.

Hypothesis: Graham was gay too


Premise: He said that maybe I wasn't ready to join the Party just yet. Terry's passion for equality appealed to my purer mind, and his hatred of existing authority appealed to my resentments. But although I hated inequality it didn't mean I wanted to be treated like everyone else.

Hypothesis: he wanted to be treated like everyone else


Premise: ``Oh, my poor Folly... We 've been together for five years, Lexy and I - she practically holds that company together. Of course I gave her an ``A''. But that doesn't mean I'm having an affair with her.

Hypothesis: he is having an affair with Lexy


Premise: Nevertheless, her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind, and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it. But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business, she admitted to herself, and his moods were unpredictable - he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema. ``I'm still keen if you are '' she said brightly pretending she had not noticed anything was amiss.

Hypothesis: something was amiss


Premise: What must it be like to be imprisoned here, day after day, month after month? I wonder, does he keep them chained and manacled, thought Fenella, or does he use sorcery? And so utterly immersed was she in this strange blue and green land that was not feeling strange any more that she did not even notice that she was weighing sorcery against steel chains and seriously considering the likely outcome.

Hypothesis: Fenella was weighing sorcery against steel chains


Premise: Strasbourg, Vienna, Bucharest, Istanbul, not stopping, not looking back. I saw her tossing newly gauffred curls as the open roadster headed east, away from Ollie... Temporarily I managed to re-erect my jocular facade, but inside I was panicking. He could take her away I thought he could just do that he has such power to hurt me this little furry creature who hasn't even noticed that I 've given up the weed.

Hypothesis: he has given up the weed


Premise: It - the tractor, the boys and the bulbs in the earth - knew she had chosen for them and was coming back to them. Of course there was still love, there was healthy, growing love and its name was called Work. She had fallen in love with it so slowly and gently and sweetly that she had never noticed it had happened.

Hypothesis: falling in love had happened


Premise: After the twelfth dot, two thirds of the way down the page, the transcript of this long session tails away into blank paper. I suppose what's happened is this. He has gone on staring out of the window thinking and she has gone on staring at him waiting with such absorption that neither of them noticed the tape had run out.

Hypothesis: the tape had run out


Premise: ``His name is Matthew Blake,'' Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge. Thankfully she hadn't even noticed that Charity had changed from the blue wrap-around skirt and was now wearing red shorts with her white silk blouse.


Premise: ``These ` ere smugglers is a dangerous bunch from wot I 've ` eard!'' ``If only we could devise a safe way of laying our hands on all that money,'' murmured Pugwash, whose greed was as proverbial as his cowardice. And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem and what they would do with the reward if they won it that they didn't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage.

Hypothesis: the pirates were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage


Premise: Ockleton, Morpurgo, Cornelius, Dysart and half a dozen others too drunk to mention. But there was so much coming and going that any one of us could have slipped out, pushed Everett through the window and slipped back again without being noticed. Damn it all we didn't even notice Everett was missing until a porter tripped over him in the quad so anything's theoretically possible.

Hypothesis: Everett was missing


Premise: His hair was white, as my daughters reported when they went to view the body before it was given to the Odonata. Now he is known as The Man Who Changed the World, and there are statues to him everywhere. No one remembers he had a younger brother.

Hypothesis: The Man Who Changed the World had a younger brother


Premise: Oh, I did, I did! I was lucky. I would have liked brothers and sisters but I don't remember that I was ever lonely.

Hypothesis: she was ever lonely


Premise: Her priggishness. I admire it. I know she does wrong things she tries to organize other people's lives she can't see Mr Knightley is a man in a million.

Hypothesis: Mr Knightley is a man in a million


Premise: Only she herself knew the evil thoughts she had and how effortlessly they could be translated into action. ``I 'll make a cup of tea.'' No she would not tell Peter that the person he loved most in the world was dead.

Hypothesis: the person Peter loved most in the world was dead


Premise: ``It's not your day, is it, dear?'' ``No, but they 've got to be done, and Shirley's making the tea.'' Ianthe had not told her mother that she sometimes had to dust the books in the library.

Hypothesis: Ianthe sometimes had to dust the books in the library


Premise: He pulled occasionally, his arms tiring. Conker slowed a little, but the branches were coming too fast, he had to lean right forward and couldn't use his hands. He remembered the gate at the end of the track had time to hope it was open because he didn't think Conker could jump it.

Hypothesis: Conker could jump the gate


Premise: But he ended up eating it himself. I was reluctant to kiss my mother, afraid that somehow her weakness and unhappiness would infect me. Naturally I didn't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her.

Hypothesis: her life and spirit could stimulate her mother


Premise: ``Ely,'' I said (that was her name and the first time I 'd ever used it), ``I want to be free.'' She looked stunned. I don't think she 'd considered this.

Hypothesis: Ely had considered him wanting to be free


Premise: I'm sorry, I 've put you in an invidious position. If you're being run by Morton, he 'll want to hear all this. It won't do any harm but I 'd rather not give him food for thought because I consider him an idiot and I don't think he's capable of interpreting it correctly.

Hypothesis: Morton is capable of interpreting this food for thought correctly


Premise: The big Norwegian shook his head, frowning. ``Jeg fonstAr ikke.'' I don't think he found Ward's accent at all easy and anyway like many foreigners he found it easier to speak English than to understand it.

Hypothesis: the big Norwegian found Ward's accent at all easy


Premise: You really don't know anything about me, do you, despite all that wallowing in my mind? As it happens I don't think I'm the right person to lead humanity into the future no.

Hypothesis: she is the right person to lead humanity into the future


Premise: It's where the bands practise. I can't remember what band Petra's in, but I seen them practise once. They were OK but I didn't think they was brilliant.

Hypothesis: Petra's band was brilliant


Premise: She swallowed hard, unsure if she had the nerve to go ahead. The memory of the pain in Tara's eyes last night decided her. Did he really expect her to believe that Tara was only the housekeeper?

Hypothesis: Tara was only the housekeeper


Premise: If there are spirits at work at the time, they come only from yourself, not from the fume of the incense. Why should spirits aid living beings? What arrogance is it that drives people to believe they can have power over them?

Hypothesis: people can have power over spirits


Premise: Why should this topic matter? You talked about everything else as you usually do. Why should I feel Maelmuire is important?

Hypothesis: Maelmuire is important


Premise: It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within one's realm. But bantering is of another dimension altogether. For one thing how would one know for sure that at any given moment a response of the bantering sort is truly what is expected?


Premise: But the horror of losing was as much to do with money as with pride. Biddy had never let them down, come without fail all through the bad weather, and now was giving Nails an intensive course on her own horse which - in terms of money - was worth another couple of hundred pounds. Yet surely she knew they had no way of paying should she demand it?

Hypothesis: they had no way of paying


Premise: I ducked so fast I wasn't sure whether he 'd seen me or not, but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it, so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time, just in case. As I ran, I remember thinking stupid thoughts like. How did he know I was up here looking down?

Hypothesis: he was up there looking down


Premise: At the heart of the universe there is cruelty. We are predators and are preyed upon, every living thing. Did you know that wasps lay their eggs in ladybirds piercing the weak spot in their armour?

Hypothesis: wasps lay their eggs in ladybirds


Premise: ``I wanted to tell you. But the Bookman asked me to keep our meeting a secret.'' How did you know I 'd met him?

Hypothesis: he had met the Bookman


Premise: She rubbed them away with an angry fist. She was a fool to let anyone get round her. How long before she learned that folk 'll always take advantage of weakness?


Premise: At length she decided that there was nothing to be gained by worrying her. Probably there was some quite innocent explanation, which Roger Kenyon would give her when she returned the wallet - if, indeed, it were his. And yet why had his manner changed so abruptly when he learned that the girl whose hat he had rescued was going to live at Sunset Cottage?

Hypothesis: the girl whose hat Roger Kenyon had rescued was going to live at Sunset Cottage


Premise: Anna looked at Peter again and said to herself in a guilty whisper, ``Will he become even more difficult?'' She wondered if a stranger could tell that he was difficult, just by looking at him. Would such a person watching Peter now reading the prayers of Rite B in his level pleasant voice notice that resentment lay like his blood just under his skin because the life he had chosen had not turned out as he had expected it to?

Hypothesis: resentment lay just under Peter's skin


Premise: Jean was tough and liked to drink. She would endure for a long while yet. But what would she do when she realized that with things as they were she was on a life sentence not just a temporary suspension of essential pleasure?

Hypothesis: Jean was on a life sentence


Premise: ``Clever''. Klug means ``clever''. Would you say that Abie was clever?

Hypothesis: Abie was clever


Premise: The Susweca. It means ``dragonfly'' in Sioux, you know. Did I ever tell you that's where Paul and I met?

Hypothesis: Susweca is where she and Paul met


Premise: How do you know? she was going to ask, but his smile was answer enough. If DeVore said there was going to be a vacancy there would be a vacancy.

Hypothesis: there was going to be a vacancy


Premise: She didn't know if they had given themselves sufficient time to think things over before they married - that was the kind of question her sister Louise asked. Edward stayed in the Engineers for a bit, then came out and was not very successful in finding a job to suit him. That wasn't his fault and if anyone said that it was Nenna would still feel like poking a hole in them.

Hypothesis: it was Edward's fault


Premise: Indeed, in those busy days, our servants ' hall would often witness a gathering of some of the finest professionals in England talking late into the night by the warmth of the fire. Sometimes, naturally, there would be strong disagreements, but more often than not, the atmosphere was dominated by a feeling of mutual respect. Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham valet-butler to Sir James Chambers and Mr John Donalds valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson.


Premise: At this time of year not much, it's been a dryish summer, and there's not a lot of water coming down. Say half a knot - and that's probably an over-estimate. If you say that a freely-floating body - and the weights would help a bit there because they'd keep it under water and out of any wind - moves down on the ebb at an average of a bit under two knots you'd not be far wrong.

Hypothesis: a freely-floating body moves down on the ebb at an average of a bit under two knots


Premise: However, I will let the gynandrous renegade stay here under one condition. If Penumbra questions either of us, we will not lie. If she suspects Crevecoeur is here and asks we let him go back.

Hypothesis: Crevecoeur is here


Premise: This was a sheer waste of time. He would probably land and then tell them to walk back. When she glanced at him again he looked very grim and she wondered if she should have told Mitch that he might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain - on foot as he walked back to Malaga.

Hypothesis: Mitch might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain


Premise: Nicky approached her with the assumption that men are naturally right and it is the role of women to follow their lead. Constance, whose confidence was growing daily, was not prepared to give in to Nicky's wishes merely because of his sex. If she felt he was right then she agreed with him.

Hypothesis: Nicky was right


Premise: Your honesty shines out of your face, my darling. It isn't your fault that cynical men like myself won't let themselves believe what they see! I just wish you could believe that Eddie's death was an accident and nothing to do with me.

Hypothesis: Eddie's death was an accident and nothing to do with him


Premise: I can't afford to get bogged down in the weeds. But at least you know she did leave. Maybe a coincidence maybe the two girls talked on the phone decided they 'd both had enough.

Hypothesis: the two girls had both had enough


Premise: Country churches were never locked. You could wander in at any time. Perhaps Cromwell when he passed also found the door of Coldingham Priory locked and decided that he would get in anyway even if it meant removing a whole wall in order to do so.

Hypothesis: Cromwell would get in anyway


Premise: She longed for a weapon, for even a hairpin, and knowing that she did not have one, she knew too that she was totally defenceless, unarmed and alone. She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset. She could feel the great muscles of the dragon's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death.

Hypothesis: the great muscles of the dragon's wings sent ripplings down the stomach walls


Premise: ``Molly likes having an audience for her tales and it passes the hours for them.'' When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August, and Miss Ellen another heart attack, both old ladies died within a few days of each other. Their friends could only feel that death was merciful in the circumstances especially with war imminent and that Molly had made the closing months of their lives very happy.

Hypothesis: death was merciful in the circumstances


Premise: Joseph spat and spluttered blood. He had lost the two centre top teeth and with the tip of his tongue he could feel that the two on either side were also loose.

Hypothesis: the two teeth on either side were also loose


Premise: He also liked swimming and cycling. He said that he wrote stories, though he had to admit that he had never got further than the first two pages. Willie meanwhile not only remained silent during these conversations but picked his berries slowly so that they might forget that he was there but he reckoned without Zach.

Hypothesis: Willie was there


Premise: ``For God's sake keep them in their seats. If we get panic people are going to be crushed to death and there will be mayhem in the car park.'' The announcer could only guess from the urgency in the Chief Constable's voice that the situation was very very serious.

Hypothesis: the situation was very very serious


Premise: O listened. As he listened he could smell the man. And he could hear that the song was almost turning into a sob.

Hypothesis: the song was almost turning into a sob


Premise: How did Selden know that the hound was following him? We know he ran a long way. He was screaming for a long time before he fell and we could hear that he was running as he screamed.

Hypothesis: Selden was running as he screamed


Premise: That evening Shannon steered well clear of Dane, all but tiptoeing around him, determined not to land in any more confrontations. From now till this snow siege ended, she would simply live under the same roof, but keep to her own side of an invisible barrier, she decided. She could only hope he 'd do the same.

Hypothesis: Dane would do the same


Premise: Then it cried. It was another girl. I was a little disappointed but I could only hope that Celia was still a bit hazy from the drugs.


Premise: Matthew rode on feeling a little more at peace with himself. He skirted the spruce plantation and supposed that at some point he should tell Sara about it. He could imagine that she might be interested in its money-making propensity at the end of the year.

Hypothesis: Sara might be interested in its money-making propensity at the end of the year


Premise: ``That's good.'' Ruth stood looking at her. Rachaela could imagine Emma would have been all congratulations and the joys of womanhood.


Premise: Meh ' Lindi did not develop the lower set of arms nor the bony, sinuous tail. Too much to expect a new pair of arms to grow out of her ribs, or her coccyx to elongate so enormously. Nor could Jaq imagine that she could attain the full strength of a purestrain Stealer - though her own strength was formidable even when unenhanced.

Hypothesis: Meh ' Lindi could attain the full strength of a purestrain Stealer


Premise: Gloria remarked as they shared their coffee break in the kitchen. Melissa suppressed a sigh. She had hoped to dodge the subject but might have known that Gloria's boundless interest in all things morbid and sensational would make it impossible.

Hypothesis: Gloria's boundless interest in all things morbid and sensational would make dodging the subject impossible


Premise: Merrill dropped into her chair. That altercation with Luke had drained her. She might have known that he would never divulge his relationship with Elise.

Hypothesis: Luke would never divulge his relationship with Elise


Premise: ``Oh, very well,'' he said wearily. He might have known that it was useless to argue with McAllister - her tongue was as long as her will was strong.

Hypothesis: it was useless to argue with McAllister


Premise: I was angry with her for not saying anything, not doing anything. I still had a formless feeling that she understood me where my mother did not. Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair.

Hypothesis: he was in despair


Premise: ``For such a person, finding a protector might not be so difficult, even in Edinburgh.'' Jean smiled. He might have known that even someone as sensible as Miss van Wiliamsburgh would try to make a play of this sort.

Hypothesis: even someone as sensible as Miss van Williamsburgh would try to make a play of this sort


Premise: L. Underneath, in purple ink, had been added. ``And love, Fenella'', with a capital X as a kiss. I might have known Lisabeth wouldn't have walked up the stairs herself to leave the note.

Hypothesis: Lisabeth wouldn't have walked up the stairs herself to leave a note


Premise: He 'd gone. Philip had to get them back. His Dad would kill him if he found that he 'd taken them.

Hypothesis: Philip had taken them


Premise: There was no answer. Moving carefully, Benny stepped around the edges of the room, and opened the window shutters. Her momentary horror at seeing the unmistakable form of General Etienne was only slightly dulled by the realization that the stiff posture he was in could only mean he was dead.

Hypothesis: General Etienne was dead


Premise: I didn't really like the way the other boys treated him. I was new at the school and still observing, still beginning friendships. Perhaps Alec noticed that I did not ridicule him as the others did.

Hypothesis: he did not ridicule Alec as the others did


Premise: And I was excited by my new importance. Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin. Occasionally perhaps I should notice that he was not the jovial easy-going character I remembered from my humble place in the chorus.

Hypothesis: Frank Donovan was not the jovial easy-going character she remembered


Premise: ``And you're wrong about us. We're not children and I 'd say we're learning the rules pretty quickly.'' You may have noticed I'm not shaking any more!

Hypothesis: he's not shaking any more


Premise: When he was there we were Bonnie and Clyde, now he was gone we were Blondie and Dagwood. Or rather, now he was gone, I was Dennis. If I 'd been smarter or less vain I might have realized that this meant that my former role was now vacant.

Hypothesis: this meant her former role was now vacant


Premise: For a while the notion gripped him, and he prowled the many floors of Hamleys looking for toys. He bought a magic set for Sebastian (although his ideal present for the kid would have been a brand-new name) and a marionette for Louise. He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist.

Hypothesis: there was an age for puppets and magic


Premise: I spent just over an hour with Patterson which, I found out later, turned out to be another first. Time is money in the City and few people are worth an hour unless it's over lunch and only then if you're involved in a takeover bid. It was also I learned one of the few occasions anyone at PKB could remember that Patterson had a meeting with his door shut and nobody got fired.


Premise: The Deputy Under Secretary could talk of his host's prospects and disappointments, he could learn of the problems of digging out foreign exchange and hard currency in the Third World, the tribulations over the renewal of Residence Permits, the difficulties of keeping reliable servants, but of his own world he must remain silent. The Deputy Under Secretary headed the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom, and that was not a subject matter for gossip and conversation on a bougainvillaea-fringed veranda as the lights of the fishermen's dug-outs floated inside the coral reef... No bloody way. He was a man who could be honest with himself and in honesty he could say that he was both pleased and relieved to be back at his desk on a grey Monday morning in London.

Hypothesis: the Deputy Under Secretary was both pleased and relieved to be back at his desk on a grey Monday morning in London


Premise: I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod. It was not really my business although it could be said that I had known them both - had seen them about - for most of their lives.

Hypothesis: she had known Mr. and Mrs. McLeod for most of their lives


Premise: Paula could not help herself. It was just the way she was. Others might say they hated her and mean it.

Hypothesis: others hated Paula


Premise: A: How do you feel about gun control? B: Well, uh, I mean I don't think that guns should be outlawed

Hypothesis: guns should be outlawed


Premise: B: I don't know how my parents did it. A: Yeah. B: I mean, there were five of us and I don't recall, you know, wanting anything in particular. Uh, but I don't know how my father did it. He worked at a truck line and he just didn't make that kind of money with five children. But we did okay. We had a house and a home and, but now, my wife and I both work and I don't believe we have as much as my parents did.

Hypothesis: he and his wife have as much as his parents did


Premise: A: Well, how do you feel about the immigration laws? B: At, currently, I think they are a little restrictive. Uh, particularly for, uh, certain ethnic groups or from certain countries. Um, I think we should permit, uh, more immigration from eastern Europe, for example, uh, particularly uh, the Jewish, uh, uh, people from Russia. I think we could permit more of them in than we have permitted in the last, uh, several years. And, I think we have, uh, uh, too much restriction uh, on the Orientals also, but, of course, that's just my opinion. A: Yeah, well, I'm not real sure why I got this topic, because I don't think I checked it off on the list because I know very little about the current immigration laws.

Hypothesis: he checked the topic off on the list


Premise: B: boy, he's a big one. A: he's pretty big. That's why it really surprises me, you know, that he hasn't come back, because, like I said, he's never gone away like this before, and, I would think, you know, I mean, he might could get hurt by a car or something. I don't know that he could really get killed that easily because he is so big.

Hypothesis: he could really get killed that easily


Premise: A: and then once they do get elected, they don't have the power or the authority or the willingness to do those things that they promised, you know, beforehand. B: Right. A: You know, maybe it just wasn't possible at all in the first place, you know, like the no new taxes thing. You know, that's, uh, with the economy going the way it is and everything, that was nearly ridiculous thing to, even try to do. B: Yeah.  Yeah. Well, I don't think he's going to have to worry about that next year.


Premise: A: Oh, oh yeah, and every time you see one hit on the side of the road you say is that my cat. B: Uh-huh. A: And you go crazy thinking it might be yours. B: Right, well I didn't realize my husband was such a sucker for animals until I brought one home one night.

Hypothesis: her husband was such a sucker for animals


Premise: B: And I don't think that rehabilitation is effective. A: Right. Have to agree with you, and I'm kind of in favor of capital punishment also. I just don't think that it acts much as a deterrent to these people because, uh, you still see them committing the same crimes,


Premise: A: so you hear so much, you get a little tired of it, but then again, so many people you got to understand only catch it once a day, maybe B: Yep. A: but I think the quality of uh, our news is just, uh, I don't believe it could be better

Hypothesis: it could be better


Premise: B: And I've worked in the hospital for fifteen years and I've taken care of a few AIDS patients. A: Uh-huh. B: Uh, when they asked us did we want to, uh, keep it the same or, uh, spend more, spend less, uh, I think right now what they're spending is adequate. Uh, for my personal opinion. Uh, because I think it's something that's going to take them a while to come up with a, uh, vaccine for. A: Yeah.  Uh-huh.  Uh-huh. B: I don't think it's going to be that easy to come up with

Hypothesis: it is going to be that easy to come up with


Premise: A: Yeah, they did. They put a lot of pressure on him from the outside and from the inside. Uh, it's funny watching them play, he's probably like a lot of quarterbacks, uh, when the pressure is really on when it's down to the last few minutes of the game for the season is when the guys seem to really do their best. B: Uh-huh. A: And I haven't quite figured that out, if they figure they have got it won or if there's no real hurry because the first three quarters or, uh, uh, if something happens that that adrenalin starts flowing.

Hypothesis: they have got it won


Premise: A: Uh, well then you must know a lot more about this than I do. B: Uh, I think, uh, the system right now, you know, you know, is fine. I think it should be by a jury. I don't think the judge should have, I mean he's just there kind of like the referee. A: Uh-huh, Uh-huh. B: Uh, I don't even think that it should be unanimous either. Uh,

Hypothesis: it should be unanimous


Premise: B: Uh-huh. It, I mean, I don't know, I don't think George Bush will make the American people happy with ninety-seven cents a week. A: No, no, not at all. B: I just don't think it was a well thought out incentive.

Hypothesis: it was a well thought out incentive


Premise: B: but I found that, uh, it was made of some material which actually ended up rusting uh, after, A: Oh. B: even, despite, you know, diligent washing, it got rusty after about, uh, three weeks of use. And I don't think it was my fault because you know, I had made a point of like drying it off and cleaning it

Hypothesis: it was his fault


Premise: A: and if they weren't spending all the money on drug testing, people could have got a raise. So, see, you know, there's different, I think that's more of a personal view of mine other than a yes, sir, we should have drug testing because there's really a problem B: Uh-huh. A: and I know that. But then, I have other views to it. B: I didn't think it was that expensive because my son was in probably a week and a half period

Hypothesis: it was that expensive


Premise: B: I did, too. A: I mean, it was just more for my money. B: Yeah. I didn't think it was too long at all.

Hypothesis: it was too long


Premise: B: That's true. A: So. B: Uh, the other argument is that the death penalty is a deterrent and I really don't, uh, agree with that. I don't think anyone who would commit uh, a crime that would get them the death penalty would stop at the moment and say, well, I was about to kill and dismember this person but, oh, if they catch me they're going to kill me so I better not do it. I just, don't think uh, that it works that way. A: Yeah.  I don't think it's done.

Hypothesis: it's done


Premise: B: But, uh, if the wind comes basically from the south it can be really bad. A: Uh-huh. B: Uh, the State of Wisconsin, as a matter of fact, uh, started some litigation against Illinois because of the air pollution we were getting. A: Uh-huh. B: Uh, I don't think it's going to go very far,

Hypothesis: it's going to go very far


Premise: B: Yeah. Well, that's the guy that counts. A: Yes. But, maybe we'll get your guy. B: Oh, I don't think Jim Kelly is about to be swayed away from the Bills any time.


Premise: B: Yeah. How about Mister Rogers, is he still around? A: Yes. Yeah. They still show Mister Rogers. I don't think he's making new ones,

Hypothesis: Mister Rogers is making new Mister Rogers


Premise: B: Yeah, and the ground will filter some of it but not all of it. A: No, not when you figure, I didn't realize one cow produces that much manure

Hypothesis: one cow produces that much manure


Premise: A: Yeah, that's crazy. B: and then you come here in the Dallas area, um, I don't believe that people should be allowed to carry guns in their vehicles.


Premise: B: but if they get the little tiny kids saving it now, in five years, when they get bigger, it'll work a little bit more, too. A: Yeah.  True. B: Because it's, we've all got to do it right now. I just, I really amazed to find out that, eighty per cent are filled now, in garbage fills. In five years we're supposed to be at max. A: Uh-huh. B: I don't think I can keep my own garbage.

Hypothesis: she can keep her own garbage


Premise: A: And, uh, I got to stay home with my kids, which I really wanted to do, but now I could not go back and do it. B: Yeah. A: I really couldn't, I don't think I could stay home all the time and do nothing.

Hypothesis: he could stay home all the time and do nothing


Premise: A:  nanny, sort of? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. B: and you know, I could envision a society where that would happen and make an interesting, uh, uh, story or whatever. A: Yeah. B: I don't think I have a philosophical problem with that.

Hypothesis: she has a philosophical problem with that


Premise: B: That was kind of a funny movie with, uh, Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray. A: Uh-huh. B: That was fun. A: Golly, I don't think that I've ever heard of that movie.

Hypothesis: he has heard of that movie


Premise: A: so it's nice to get away. It's just amazing, how much you miss. B: Yeah, it,  Yeah, it, yeah, it really is. I mean, I don't think I ever see the Little Dipper,

Hypothesis: she has seen the Little Dipper


Premise: B: Yeah. It's, uh, I have modem night computer so I can log into the, uh, network at Georgia Tech and access my account through there, which can be useful. But, uh, yeah that and word processing is while I tend to, I mean, obviously, I do almost all of my report writing on my computer, uh, whether it's term papers or even some smaller homework assignments. A: Uh-huh. B: So it's I don't know, really become my mainstay I guess. I can't even remember, actually I don't think I've ever used a typewriter in my life to do a report. Because my family, when I was growing up, we got a basic computer. TRS Eighty when they first came out.

Hypothesis: he has used a typewriter to do a report


Premise: A: I am right outside Baltimore. I am less than a mile from the Baltimore line. B: Um. A: And I go to a campus of the University of Maryland that is just, less than a mile from my house. So I'm actually in Baltimore, yeah, you could say I'm in Baltimore.

Hypothesis: he is in Baltimore


Premise: B: Now see I. A: I'm intrigued by it, but I'm not sure I want to go see it yet. B: Yeah, I don't think I want to see that either.

Hypothesis: she wants to see that


Premise: A: Do you go to museums in Europe? B: Uh, actually, no, I don't think I went to any of them.

Hypothesis: she went to some of them


Premise: B: I wouldn't be surprised. A: You know, because they don't want to send them to daycare. B: I doubt if they would say it was too long.

Hypothesis: it was too long


Premise: A: But, uh, uh, I don't understand, I guess, why the schools seem to have such a high dropout rate in the big cities. B: Uh, well, I don't pretend to understand that either. Uh, but I'm not quite sure that it's the kind of thing that ought to be blamed on the schools. But then, again, I'm not quite sure where the blame ought to be put. Uh, because the dropout rate is, in those areas, w-, it's high in those areas where also there's poverty and crime. And they all seem to go together. And it seems like if you could eliminate one of the parts of that circle, where you have the dropout rate and crime and, you know, general poverty kind of conditions, that things ought to get better. So, uh, the other two a-, they're all three social issues and could be addressed by the government in any ways. And clearly, to me, is a kind of government thing to fix but it's just like, I don't expect them to know which part is best to fix just like I don't know. it's a complicated issue. I still don't think I would blame it directly on the school.

Hypothesis: he would blame it directly on the school


Premise: B: She says that when her husband died oh, that my uncle had said that he would never put her in a rest home. So it's kind of, uh, I don't know. I mean, I don't think my parents would but she is getting pretty bad like she has to have like a little toilet right by her bed and, it's, A: Uh-huh. B: and my mom has to take care of her pretty much so it gets, I don't know. it's a hard decision, but I don't think I would do it to my parents personally.

Hypothesis: she would do it to her parents


Premise: A: Big time there, sure is. B: It surely is. A: I don't think I'd go to work without a bulletproof vest on myself.

Hypothesis: he would go to work without a bulletproof vest


Premise: A: Well, presumably those who find out such information, if they are doing it, I would prefer to not to be known, and, I mean, you know, the classic, oh, I don't know C I  conspiracy theories or whatever, would have such parties trying to do it without your knowledge. So there's,, things that invade that second type of privacy where you do know about them and possibly things that invade that second type of privacy without you knowing about it, and I can't talk about the second one other than to generate paranoia. It's a surmise and, I'd like to think that it's quite low, at least in this country. B: to surmise. It is there. A: I don't think I'd like the KGB monitoring my phone or anything like that.

Hypothesis: he would like the KGB monitoring his phone


Premise: B: That might be kind of tough, huh. A: It really would, yes, yes, and like I said, my sister's still in it, and I really don't think my mother'd want to be there, either.

Hypothesis: his mother would want to be there


Premise: B: I mean, you can't guarantee that they wouldn't escape from prison and do it again. A: Right.  And then do it all over again.  Uh-huh. B: And I don't think that rehabilitation is effective.

Hypothesis: rehabilitation is effective


Premise: B: Oh, well that's good. A: but she really doesn't. Nobody thought she would adjust,

Hypothesis: she would adjust


Premise: B: What am I afraid of? A: Yes. B: Um, I don't know if I'm really afraid of spending too much. I just, uh, don't think that I need them, you know.

Hypothesis: she needs them


Premise: A: That's fairly interesting. B: I bet that would be, rather interesting. Uh, that's, uh, self improvement, well, that's kind of a hobby but it is self improvement from the standpoint of probably relaxing, uh. A: Yeah, I don't know that I read anything strictly labeled self improvement.

Hypothesis: she reads anything strictly labeled self improvement


Premise: A: They might be, but not at the human factors level. they're, B: Well, I heard it on the news today, I could swear it was IBM.

Hypothesis: it was IBM


Premise: A: But, uh, B: Okay.  Uh, uh, I've had one or two American cars I think, and they were okay. I had a Pontiac once and I never had a problem with it, but, uh, my mother had a Dodge at one point and I had driven it a few times and I really did not feel that I would buy a Dodge just from,

Hypothesis: she would buy a Dodge


Premise: B: I think that not only applies inside the public school system, but in society itself. there's been too much negative reinforcement. How much, like, the caught being good slips. How about, just the John Q citizen out there on the street? A: Yeah, well that's true. I think, really though, I mean, that's one thing that, I mean, my kids definitely get spanked when they need to be spanked. But I really do try to use positive, uh, reinforcement with them at home, also. And it really helps. And I mean, they don't get spanked very often, but they do when they deserve it, you know. But, uh, I don't think any kid should be exempt from being spanked.

Hypothesis: some kid should be exempt from being spanked


Premise: B: I understand we are doing care of the elderly, right? A: Yes. B: And how do you feel about putting someone in the nursing home? A: Well, I don't think that uh, any of my relatives would really like to go there.

Hypothesis: some of her relatives would really like to go there


Premise: A: It's divided, yeah. B: Wow! A: It really is, so we've got our Cowboys here and, uh, I don't think anybody roots differently

Hypothesis: somebody roots differently


Premise: B: if you get it on sale, A: Yeah, yeah, so we bought that or we bought the filets, and then the chicken, or turkey nuggets, and I don't think anybody in my house knows the difference, unless you tell them.

Hypothesis: someone in his house knows the difference


Premise: A: Have you followed that very much or, B: Uh, not really. I don't think anything will ever take over the NFL.

Hypothesis: something will take over the NFL


Premise: B: All right, well. A: Um, short term, I don't think anything's going to be done about it or probably should be done about it.

Hypothesis: something's going to be done about it


Premise: A: Oh, yes. Animals have a way of talking. B: Alfie did. I tell you if I could have gotten a hold of that cat that day. A: I don't know uh, that I'd trade my dog in for the world.

Hypothesis: he would trade his dog in for the world


Premise: A: but at the same time I think it would do them a world of good. B: Yeah. A: But there's a, B: I don't know that you could require everyone yeah, to do it for a whole year, or two years or something like that,

Hypothesis: speaker A could require everyone to do it for a whole year


Premise: A: I got a friend who goes there, by the way. I want to talk to you about that afterward, okay. B: Okay. Uh, I've, the high school I went to uh, was a good one also. And well, I guess you could say one of the problems with the public education system is the disparity between different schools.


Premise: A: They have to for international trade. B: Yeah. A: But, I guess it's easier to switch back and forth than it used to be, uh, because uh, of computers coming into everything. B: Uh-huh. Yeah, I don't think switching back and forth is that big a deal.


Premise: A: And now it's election time again so they're trying to lower them. B: Oh. A: So they're just talk about lowering them but they never do, they just keep raising them. B: I've never seen taxes really go down.

Hypothesis: taxes would really go down


Premise: B: they did things for people, you know, for their communities, for their, uh, families, for their friends, where now, I'm not sure they really do. A: Yes.  Yeah. Well, I think sometimes through groups and organizations, um, uh, when they asked the question I thought, well that sounds wonderful. And then, I wondered if people were unwilling but I think even if you went in with a negative attitude I don't think it would stay negative very long.

Hypothesis: that attitude would stay negative very long


Premise: B: And, you know, the whole electronic classroom idea. I don't know if I I'm yeah, in favor of, yeah, A: I don't think that's going to work.

Hypothesis: that is going to work


Premise: B: Right. And they repacked the wheel bearings. A: and they repacked the the wheel bearings. Yeah but, uh, I've had considerable experience. you might say I'm, uh, uh, good back yard mechanic

Hypothesis: she is a good back yard mechanic


Premise: A: Uh, well, it would depend on when you go it's not excessively crowded on the weekends. B: See I'd want to be there in the mornings like from nine thirty to ten thirty. A: Oh, I don't think that would be bad at all.

Hypothesis: that would be bad


Premise: B: I think in s-, and it, just would depend upon the circumstances and the extent of the abuse and if another alternative was available. A: Uh-huh.  Uh-huh.  Um.  Uh-huh. You know, now, I wonder what you think about this and, uh, unfortunately, we don't get to do it, but, uh, it used to be a long time ago, I guess in Biblical times when they had punishment, if somebody did something, for example, to your family, then you had the right to administer the punishment. So if somebody killed somebody in your family, then uh, if that person was caught and found guilty, you had the right to, uh, execute that person. And I know that, uh, if somebody had done something to my family, I would feel that I had the right to get revenge on them uh, but, I don't think that's done much anywhere.

Hypothesis: that's done much anywhere


Premise: A: I spend a lot of time reading about these things. I'm quite interested. I find it very exciting for the coverage we have now, today. B: Yes and I think we do get pretty good coverage. I don't feel that the American people is being shortchanged by uh, the news coverage.

Hypothesis: the American people are being shortchanged by the news coverage


Premise: B: Uh, uh, I've had one or two American cars I think, and they were okay. I had a Pontiac once and I never had a problem with it, but, uh, my mother had a Dodge at one point and I had driven it a few times and I really did not feel that I would buy a Dodge just from, A: Um. B: well, actually, I had uh, a Dodge Omni at one point A: Uh-huh. B: and that was, I think, what really prejudiced me against American cars because I did not feel that it was a very quality, uh, car.

Hypothesis: the Dodge Omni was a very quality car


Premise: A: uh, but then when you quantify things and might also hold criminal trials for how many years is appropriate, uh, that they might leave it to somebody else who, uh, has expertise in that. B: Right, I agree, too. I don't think the jury should be the ones that put the sentencings down.


Premise: A: Boy that's scary, isn't it. B: Oh, can you imagine, because it happens in the middle of the night, so you know, these parents didn't know the kid was gone until the kid is knocking on the door screaming, let me in.

Hypothesis: the kid was gone


Premise: B: Oh, I see. A: um, and I think I'm getting a better caliber of student at the private school, because I think their parents pay more, and I think the kids are a little bit more challenged, because their parents are probably college educated, where at the public school, I don't think as many parents are college educated,

Hypothesis: as many parents are college educated at the public school


Premise: B: I think that not only applies inside the public school system, but in society itself. there's been too much negative reinforcement. How much, like, the caught being good slips. How about, just the John Q citizen out there on the street? A: Yeah, well that's true. I think, really though, I mean, that's one thing that, I mean, my kids definitely get spanked when they need to be spanked. But I really do try to use positive, uh, reinforcement with them at home, also. And it really helps. And I mean, they don't get spanked very often, but they do when they deserve it, you know. But, uh, I don't think any kid should be exempt from being spanked. I mean, I think I wouldn't mind if a teacher spanked my child. But, you know, that's just my personal opinion, and that's not going to, I mean, I don't think that law will ever change.

Hypothesis: the law will change


Premise: B: but, uh, I can definitely, uh, see on down the road, you know, where we do have kids and are getting to that age, that's going to be a definite concern. A: Yeah, you talked before, about the school funding. I think there's only going to be one solution to school funding which I don't think will be necessarily the best way

Hypothesis: the one solution to school funding will be necessarily the best way


Premise: A: I think so, I think, B: I really do. Oh, yeah, it's going to take, uh, you know, the police, I don't think can do it alone, you know.

Hypothesis: the police can do it alone


Premise: A: How do you feel about that. B: I don't really, I more, I don't know about the government as much as, uh, the people, uh, I wouldn't consider to be a threat at all and I really don't feel much like the Soviet Union itself is a threat anymore.

Hypothesis: the Soviet Union itself is a threat still


Premise: B: That's what I've heard too. Uh, A: It seems bizarre to me. I don't quite understand it, although I think probably the worst thing that's happening at least the modern world today, is television.

Hypothesis: the worst thing that's happening in the modern world is television


Premise: B: I think the, uh, I think a lot of the commentators on, like the major networks, like right, it's kind of appropriate right now because of the election stuff going on, but, um, it seems that, um, they kind of get to throw their opinions into how they, you know, report on the news. A: Right. And I think even in the elections, they choose who they're going to follow and who they're not, and basically you know, if a candidate can get them to follow, then the news will, you know, kind of publicize his name. B: Yeah.  Yeah, exactly. A: I don't think that the way I get the news is the right way to get it.

Hypothesis: the way she gets the news is the right way to get it


Premise: B: Well, you've got, well, any of the big cities you've got the different rival gangs and they're having their little turf wars over their little drug kingdoms and such, A: Uh-huh. B: And they get out their little Mac tens, they get out their little uzis and they're going to fight with them. And it doesn't matter what restrictions you put on that type of weapon or a class three firearm. If they want it they'll get it. I don't care if they've got to go down into New Mexico to get it they'll get it and they'll get across the border. Now my position, although, I have absolutely no use for a fully automatic weapon, anyway. A: Uh-huh. B: Since I am a law-abiding citizen and I have never had a felony, if I wanted to buy one, I don't think there should be that big of a restriction on it.


Premise: B: Uh, with regard uh, to jury trials. I really feel as though, uh, uh, whatever system has been used historically, in particular jurisdiction, you know, is really the only kinds of things that you can use. Because the jurisprudence is, you know, based uh, you know, on accumulated body of law. And if you have a situation where you change that body of law, then all of sudden they could start going back and digging up all these cases uh, that would be handled differently were they judged by today's standards. So I really don't think they can really do much of anything to change it.

Hypothesis: they can really do something to change it


Premise: B: Right, you know, like In packaging A: Yeah. B: and, uh, you know, just goodness. A: Yeah, I don't think they do the packaging at this plant,

Hypothesis: they do the packaging at this plant


Premise: A: The one thing I sometimes wonder about, um, in civil cases is, uh, whether, especially sort of in, uh, maybe like product liability, or medical malpractice, where there's, um, sort of a very technical decision to be made sometimes B: Yes. A: you know, it's not just a matter um, of, you know, did this guy rip off this guy, and it's just a matter of interpreting a contract, it's sort of a matter of, um, you know, sometimes getting into very technical issues, and I wonder um, if the system works adequately in educating the jurors about, uh, whatever, um, you know, issue is under discussion. B: I don't think that they educate them enough to really know what's going on.

Hypothesis: they educate the jurors enough to really know what's going on


Premise: B: The kind you have sounds very interesting, though. A: Well, um, they're really sweet dogs. uh, we thought probably our neighborhood in Houston had more of this breed than any other place just because of, um, the family that had them and bred them.

Hypothesis: their neighborhood in Houston had more of this breed than any other place because of the family that had them and bred them


Premise: B: You know, back around, you know, in the twenties and thirties when they were growing up, uh, you know, they were all located together, in one small community. A: Right, right.  Right. B: And I mean when time went on the family grew and moved away and so forth. And now when they come together it's generally, you know, like say the kids of those people who are not, you know, anywhere near one another and I do not think they feel the closeness that they used to be there. Which is a shame


Premise: A: it was so fattening. B: That sounds good. A: But, I don't think we gained any weight from it

Hypothesis: they gained any weight from it


Premise: A: but that is one of my solutions. Uh... B: I know here in Dallas that they have just instituted in the last couple of years, uh, a real long period of time that you can absentee vote before the elections. And I do not think they have seen a really high improvement.


Premise: B: And, uh, I think they've all developed kind of an interest in reading also. A: That's re-, yeah. B: I'm not saying they read all the right things

Hypothesis: they read all the right things


Premise: B: I look at our big green containers, and I say, well, they work fine and I keep mine outside the garage so that I don't have any odors but it's clearly a place where, uh, uh, A: Oh, right. B: it will be interesting to see how well that works and I'm glad the community is doing it. Uh, it's one of those things that kind of has to be forced on people. Uh, I don't know what you saw back, uh, years ago, but for me the thing that strikes me is uh, growing up in rural South Dakota where, hey the farmers brought their eggs to town and the local hatchery would candle them and package them is that, uh, in the fifties, uh, you could say we had the recycling going on then that we should have now. Which was all the milk bottles were glass

Hypothesis: they had the recycling going on then that they should have now


Premise: B: And they go down the line ten years and then on some little technicality they get out and on the streets again doing the same they did before. A: Uh-huh. B: And, you know, that's about the only thing. Like for theft and stuff like that or manslaughter, you know, I don't think they should do that.

Hypothesis: they should do that


Premise: A: Oh, wow! But maybe you shouldn't be held responsible for something you did several years ago. B: So,  I know. A: That's the other thing. I mean a lot of people as kids or, you know, young people get into some things that they get out of later on and I don't think they should really have to pay for that forever.


Premise: B: Uh, I have, uh, I guess a lot of thoughts about the Vietnam War, um, I guess I feel like I was pretty young while it was going on and so there's probably a lot of things I remember and a lot of things that I really didn't have a clue as to what was happening. B: Yeah. A: Um, looking back, like maybe some of the things that I know now, I'm not sure I do believe it was worth the cost in dollars and lives. That was one of the questions that she asked us to think about, because we never went to war. I don't think we were committed to winning it and getting out

Hypothesis: they were committed to winning the Vietnam War and getting out


Premise: B: um, they try to encourage you to follow a specific curriculum, although you don't have to. A: Uh-huh. B: And then if you have particular religious beliefs they're kind of monitored. You know, they will allow you to, I can't think of any examples but certain religious groups don't want their children in public schools because the influence. And maybe they were a group of Mennonites or something like that. A: Uh-huh. B: I don't think they're were in this area

Hypothesis: they were in this area


Premise: A: I, that would have been stupid, B: Yeah. A: and I don't think we did it. Everything else we handled in this seemed to be perfectly right. I don't think they would have done that.

Hypothesis: they would have done that


Premise: A: I really don't. But no, when the time comes hopefully we'll really look around before I decide on one for my parents B: Uh-huh. A: really do, because I have been raised in one, you know, so there's lot of things I know to look for. B: Yeah. A: And I don't think they'd want to go where they used to work, either you know.

Hypothesis: they would want to go where they used to work


Premise: B: And as far as like them, uh, entertaining the rights that they should have. A: Uh-huh. B: I mean, we educate them, we feed them, we take care of them and they no sooner get out on the street and they're back in again. A: Uh-huh. B: I'm not saying they're all bad,

Hypothesis: they're all bad


Premise: A: Yeah, you're probably right, two years might be a little too long. B: Yeah, and there will be a lot of rebellion in that and when you get people who have no desire to be there in the first place, I don't think that they're going to be serving anybody.

Hypothesis: they're going to be serving somebody


Premise: A: How did Radio Shack work? B: If you go in and buy anything they want your phone number. And I don't think they're going to call me and ask me how it's functioning,

Hypothesis: they're going to call him


Premise: B: So, let's talk about the, uh, wonderful abuses in the State of Pennsylvania of personal property taxes whereby you can purchase something mail order and after the fact, the State of Pennsylvania can find out about it and send you a bill for the sales tax appropriate to that item that you purchased as well as interest and penalties from the time that you bought it. What do you think? Is Pennsylvania kind of out of line there? A: Well, actually, I do n't think they're out of line.

Hypothesis: they're out of line


Premise: A: I do too. I believe about ten years ago that we went through a terrible time, but I don't, I believe that they're better now, you know, wh-, B: I think so. I don't think they're shoddy

Hypothesis: they're shoddy


Premise: B: you know, sometimes I would go over, but you know, it wouldn't hit me in a big way because I knew that, uh, I would have it covered in that respect. A: Right.  Right. That's good. I don't think we've gone that far, to pay it you know, in advance before we spend it,

Hypothesis: they've gone that far


Premise: A: but, it was interesting to, I don't know if they're making them better or not, it's hard to say. I think they more of their parts plastic, which, you know, makes things break easier, but I think the technology is better. B: I think technology is better, I'm not sure. I think you've got a good point with the plastic and that. A: About quality. B: I don't think necessarily that, things are being made better uh, you know,

Hypothesis: things are being made better


Premise: A: It was just a side benefit. B: Yeah, yeah, because, I'm not big or anything, but I'm not in great shape, But when I worked out, I got in pretty good shape. I didn't build up muscle, though, I just got real good and toned. A: Yeah. B: I don't think women look good with muscles.

Hypothesis: women look good with muscles


Premise: B: All right, well. A: Um, short term, I don't think anything's going to be done about it or probably should be done about it. B: Right.  Uh, are you saying you don't think anything should be done in the short term?


Premise: B: Right. And I'm sure that would make a big difference, too. You know, you've got, A: Yeah. Well, what about a voluntary program? Do you think that would be a good idea?

Hypothesis: a voluntary program would be a good idea


Premise: B: So again, it never really penalizes, the company doing the wrong. A: Right. That will, B: They can go right on doing the same old thing they always used to. A: Huh. B: And if they know some practice is wrong, you know,

Hypothesis: some practice is wrong


Premise: A: Um, yeah, I guess that's not an easy solution. there's no easy solution for that. B: Uh-huh.  I don't know that there is an easy solution, but if you could find a way to prevent some of it, and I'm not sure what it would be. It would be money better spent than, A: Uh-huh. B: do you know it costs more to keep an inmate on death row than it does to send a kid to Harvard?

Hypothesis: it costs more to keep an inmate on death row that it does to send a kid of Harvard


Premise: B: So am I. A: Are you, B: You know, I think it's kind of coming back around to that, don't you,

Hypothesis: it's kind of coming back around to that


Premise: A: I thought Carter was good too, and that was, yeah, B: Did you? I always liked him, I thought he was great at the time and I just couldn't get over the fact that Reagan beat him. you know, that I just couldn't believe that he got voted out.

Hypothesis: Carter got voted out


Premise: A: Well I, uh, when is your next one, uh, scheduled now. B: Well it's like, the last one was my high school graduation the next one was when I graduated from college, so I guess about two more years. A: Yes, well, and do you think you'll have a baby to take back with you.

Hypothesis: speaker B will have a baby to take back with her


Premise: A: Uh, I saw Seven Eleven that was hiring. B: Well, I'm sure with the new, uh, contract awarding I think it went to Lockheed, didn't it?

Hypothesis: the contract went to Lockheed


Premise: B: and both of those seem very easy to use compared to D Base. A: Uh-huh. Do you think D Base is more flexible or allows you to do more. Or do you think the others are pretty much compatible these days?


Premise: B: Uh-huh. So, yeah, that's the thing is just to look at the school system in the area that you move into before you. A: Uh-huh. Of course we have a slight problem in that, uh, the number of the illiterate in America is mushrooming at this point, and, uh, you know, where our kids might be in a great school, we're still paying an awful lot of taxes for people who are on welfare and unemployment because they can't read, you know. B: Uh-huh. A: So. B: But do you think that there should be, um, nationwide, um, curriculum?

Hypothesis: there should be a nationwide curriculum


Premise: A: So, we're comparable. B: Yeah. A: As a matter of fact, I just paid my Richardson taxes because I live in Richardson and supplemented the Robin Hoods very thoroughly, I think. B: Yeah, I think Yeah, we have got it on the line, don't we.

Hypothesis: they have got it on the line


Premise: A: Sometimes you hear things on the radio that, you know, could be true or couldn't be. B: Uh-huh. A: Uh, do you feel like this is, I guess they're spending a billion or so a year on this AIDS research. B: Uh-huh. A: Do you think they should spend more?

Hypothesis: they should spend more


Premise: B: when you've lost something or uh, uh, don't have what other people have that's when you tend to realize, you know, what's out there and you know, what you have and what you don't have. A: Yeah I agree. B: So the original question, do we think they're you know, a security threat?

Hypothesis: they're a security threat


Premise: A: Well, I don't know, uh, I have a hard time getting, uh, people on the telephone. B: Oh really. A: Uh-huh, getting through to anybody. Sometimes I call off and on all day, B: Huh. A: but anyway, uh, I guess we're supposed to be talking about family reunions aren't we.

Hypothesis: they're supposed to be talking about family reunions


Premise: A: Yeah. The radio doesn't really have much news sometimes. The stations I listen to are just mainly music. B: Yeah, I think you pretty much have to listen to all news station to get any news at all. A: Yeah. Do you think that TV is, uh, pretty accurate.

Hypothesis: TV is pretty accurate


Premise: A: No, not really. I spends a lot of time with our income tax, though. especially, this year and last year. Um, I have been married for just a few years, so I've had to really switch around from the EZ form to the, uh, B: Schedule A. A: Right. B: Well, yeah. A: All the deductions and all that. B: Did you notice that when they passed the new simplified tax act, it seemed like it made everything harder?

Hypothesis: when they passed the new simplified tax act  it seemed like it made everything harder


Premise: A: Yeah, it's interesting because, uh, we're just having conversation on this, uh, with a couple of people yesterday. And I was expressing my frustrations that, uh, so many problems, I work in a high school, are that kids don't have a degree of self-discipline which may be reflected in society at large. Uh, and you can't expect in a classroom for a particular course an hour a day to counteract, uh, sixteen or seventeen years of influence at home. B: Right. A: Um, and, it's seen more so because when you call parents up, many parents won't even recognize that there is a problem and they'll say, oh, well, my kid, I've never heard anything about this before. This is the first time there have been problems. and, you wonder, don't these parents know that teachers talk,

Hypothesis: teachers talk


Premise: B: What you want. where do they get it?. A: Well, I don't know, I guess they don't have it at home, B: I can't imagine it would stay fresh long enough to,

Hypothesis: it would stay fresh long enough


Premise: B: so there's only been really one working. A: Uh-huh, same here. Uh-huh. B: And, uh, it works for me but I can't see that it would work for probably the majority of people.


Premise: B: Well, that's kind of the way I feel about rock and roll sometimes, too, I guess. They don't really, has kind of the same sound over and over, and the other thing I don't like about it is they have a tendency to play the instrumental so loud that you can't understand what the lyrics are A: Um. Right. B: you can't understand what they're saying on some of those songs which probably is just as well on some of them, too. A: Yeah. And I can't say that I like a lot of the very modern, uh, rock and roll,

Hypothesis: she likes a lot of the very modern rock and roll


Premise: A: so I watch the fish, you know. Whatever I can do to keep myself occupied. I like to have the TV on, because that usually keeps me, um, more occupied. It kind of takes the time away and I don't realize, that's really the only time I ever watch TV, is when I'm on the bike. and then usually after I'm done riding the bike, just to cool myself down, I usually take a walk, you know, and that just kind of uh, gets me, you know, to where I'm not quite as tired I guess. But it's definitely a task. B: You think so? A: I can't say that I really enjoy it.

Hypothesis: she really enjoys it


Premise: B: No, it was, I didn't like the way it ended. A: I know, well the only reason I know why it ended is on Arsenio Hall one night, Christopher Reeves told, that, you know, B: Uh-huh. A: I can't believe they killed them.

Hypothesis: they killed them


Premise: B: Yeah. Those are pretty. A: Number one turned out just great, and the lady said she couldn't believe that they know that I had done it in the color that they had decorated the nursery

Hypothesis: they know that she had done it in the colors that they had decorated the nursery


Premise: A: That is the reason, I don't play over there. B: Yeah. A: I like the course, but I don't play over there because, they don't, uh, you know don't allow you to pull a cart. B: Right. A: And, I don't think a cart damages the turf.

Hypothesis: a cart damages the turf


Premise: B: I do not know. I wonder where he gets it? You know, you must, I think TV is bad. Because they, uh, show all sorts of violence on, A: That and I do not think a lot of parents, I mean, I do not know how it is in the Air Force base. But, uh, I just do not think a lot of people, because of the economy, both need to work, you know. I just do not think a lot of parents are that involved any more.

Hypothesis: a lot of parents are that involved


Premise: A: Highland Park's thinking about going that route. B: Uh-huh. A: So it, and then I think that's going to push teachers to dress a lot more professionally than they do. B: Yeah, I don't think a lot of teachers are very professional

Hypothesis: a lot of teachers are very professional


Premise: A: Yeah, I think that's what aggravates a lot of people, is somebody does get a life sentence in place of the death penalty, and they wind up back on the streets after five years or six years or like the kid on the news tonight out in Mesquite who was out in six months.. B: Uh-huh. Yeah, it's just our criminal system is just so, I guess, overloaded, but the problem is not so much with the prison system, you know, I mean, because the cops are out there doing their job enforcing the laws, and the prison system are just, you know, they're trying to cope with them, but, you know, the thing about capital punishment I, you know, a lot of people don't think it would be a deterrent, uh, to future crime,

Hypothesis: capital punishment would be a deterrent to future crimes


Premise: A: or you know, it doesn't seem that it's going to make much of a difference. B: Uh-huh. It, I mean, I don't know, I don't think George Bush will make the American people happy with ninety-seven cents a week.

Hypothesis: George Bush will make American people happy with ninety-seven cents a week


Premise: B: Well, I was never there for any sentencing. Uh, I finally got empaneled on one case, uh, on my next to the last day, and, uh, we got into the, uh, jury room to, uh, decide the case, and there was one guy on the jury who announced to everybody that he didn't need to deliberate, because he'd already decided that the guy was, uh, not guilty, and he would never vote for guilty. A: Huh. B: So, uh, they appointed me jury foreman and I, uh, didn't think that, uh, going in without deliberating allowed us to reach a verdict,

Hypothesis: going in without deliberating allowed them to reach a verdict


Premise: B: And the tanks came in and, you know, pretty much took care of that. A: Exactly. B: And, A: Yeah, uh, that, personally I don't see as Gorbachev as being maybe a threat, and I think he's actually, honestly trying to do some change. B: Uh-huh. A: But I don't believe that he, in this first pass around, you know, being the first one to really turn things around or attempt to is going to be allowed to get away with it either.

Hypothesis: Gorbachev is going to be allowed to get away with doing some change


Premise: Robert Erwin, president of Biosource, called Plant Genetic's approach ``interesting'' and ``novel,'' and ``complementary rather than competitive.'' ``There is a large market out there hungry for hybrid seeds,'' he said. Mr. Robinson of Delta & Pine, the seed producer in Scott, Miss., said Plant Genetic's success in creating genetically engineered male steriles doesn't automatically mean it would be simple to create hybrids in all crops.


Premise: His attorneys claim he was framed by the FBI and New York police as part of a campaign to destroy the black liberation movement of the 1960s. Because the federal Freedom of Information Act wasn't law at that time, the FBI wasn't required to turn over information on its investigations when Mr. Ferguson appealed his conviction in the 1960s. But in federal court in Manhattan, Judge Patterson said the FBI records could show that Mr. Ferguson's arrest was the result of questionable legal practices.


Premise: The trend toward lower rents may seem surprising given that some communities in New York are bemoaning the loss of favorite local businesses to high rents.  But, despite the recent softening, for many of these retailers there's still been too big a jump from the rental rates of the late 1970s, when their leases were signed. Certainly, the recent drop in prices doesn't mean Manhattan comes cheap.

Hypothesis: Manhattan comes cheap


Premise: The South Korean government is signing a protocol today establishing formal diplomatic relations with Poland. The two are also signing a trade agreement. South Korean government officials said they don't expect that Seoul can loan money to Warsaw, but it can ``offer experience.''

Hypothesis: Seoul can loan money to Warsaw


Premise: In finding ``good news'' in Berkeley's new freshman admissions plan (``The Privileged Class,'' editorial, Sept. 20), you're reading the headline but not the story. The plan indeed raises from 40% to 50% the number of freshmen applicants admitted strictly by academic criteria. But that doesn't mean ``half of the students attending Berkeley'' will be admitted this way.

Hypothesis: half of the students attending Berkeley will be admitted this way


Premise: GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding. Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million. Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.


Premise: So who knows? In a generation or two some of the New Crowd may attain true respectability, perhaps to be displaced in turn by a later flock of unscrupulous raptors. Or perhaps Wall Street, when it has suffered enough, will realize that finance is a service industry, and change its ethos.

Hypothesis: finance is a service industry


Premise: Richard Breeden had n't noticed that his new desk had just four telephone lines and one phone .

Hypothesis: Richard Breeden's new desk had just four telephone lines and one phone


Premise: The city's Campaign Finance Board has refused to pay Mr. Dinkins $95,142 in matching funds because his campaign records are incomplete.  The campaign has blamed these reporting problems on computer errors. And, says Mr. Dinkins, he didn't know the man his campaign paid for a get-out-the-vote effort had been convicted of kidnapping.

Hypothesis: the man Mr. Dinkins' campaign paid for a get-out-the-vote effort had been convicted of kidnapping


Premise: Under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, or RICO, the government has the authority to seek to freeze or seize a defendant's assets before trial.  According to individuals familiar with Mr. Antar's case, prosecutors issued their warning this week after one of Mr. Antar's attorneys asked whether legal fees might be subject to seizure. In a letter, prosecutors told Mr. Antar's lawyers that because of the recent Supreme Court rulings, they could expect that any fees collected from Mr. Antar may be seized.


Premise: Conceptually cream skimming has two basic dimensions - product and geography.

Hypothesis: Product and geography are what make cream skimming work.


Premise: you know during the season and i guess at at your level uh you lose them to the next level if if they decide to recall the the parent team the Braves decide to call to recall a guy from triple A then a double A guy goes up to replace him and a single A guy goes up to replace him

Hypothesis: You lose the things to the following level if the people recall.


Premise: One of our number will carry out your instructions minutely.

Hypothesis: A member of my team will execute your orders with immense precision.


Premise: How do you know? All this is their information again.

Hypothesis: This information belongs to them.


Premise: yeah i tell you what though if you go price some of those tennis shoes i can see why now you know they're getting up in the hundred dollar range

Hypothesis: The tennis shoes have a range of prices.


Premise: my walkman broke so i'm upset now i just have to turn the stereo up real loud

Hypothesis: I'm upset that my walkman broke and now I have to turn the stereo up really loud.


Premise: But a few Christian mosaics survive above the apse is the Virgin with the infant Jesus, with the Archangel Gabriel to the right (his companion Michael, to the left, has vanished save for a few feathers from his wings).

Hypothesis: Most of the Christian mosaics were destroyed by Muslims.


Premise: (Read  for Slate 's take on Jackson's findings.)

Hypothesis: Slate had an opinion on Jackson's findings.


Premise: Gays and lesbians.

Hypothesis: Heterosexuals.


Premise: At the end of Rue des Francs-Bourgeois is what many consider to be the city's most handsome residential square, the Place des Vosges, with its stone and red brick facades.

Hypothesis: Place des Vosges is constructed entirely of gray marble.


Premise: I burst through a set of cabin doors, and fell to the ground-

Hypothesis: I burst through the doors and fell down.


Premise: Fun for adults and children.

Hypothesis: Fun for only children.


Premise: It's not that the questions they asked weren't interesting or legitimate (though most did fall under the category of already asked and answered).

Hypothesis: All of the questions were interesting according to a focus group consulted on the subject.


Premise: Thebes held onto power until the 12th Dynasty, when its first king, Amenemhet Iwho reigned between 1980 1951 b.c. established a capital near Memphis.

Hypothesis: The capital near Memphis lasted only half a century before its inhabitants abandoned it for the next capital.


Premise: I don't mean to be glib about your concerns, but if I were you, I might be more concerned about the near-term rate implications of this $1.

Hypothesis: I am concerned more about your issues than the near-term rate implications.


Premise: Issues in Data Synthesis.

Hypothesis: Problems in data synthesis.


Premise: well you see that on television also

Hypothesis: You can see that on television, as well.


Premise: Vrenna and I both fought him and he nearly took us.

Hypothesis: Neither Vrenna nor myself have ever fought him.


Premise: This analysis pooled estimates from these two studies to develop a C-R function linking PM to chronic bronchitis.

Hypothesis: The analysis proves that there is no link between PM and bronchitis.


Premise: He turned and smiled at Vrenna.

Hypothesis: He smiled at Vrenna who was walking slowly behind him with her mother.


Premise: We sought to identify practices that were commonly implemented by the agencies within the past 5 years.

Hypothesis: We want to identify practices commonly used by agencies in the last 5 years


Premise: The other men shuffled.

Hypothesis: The other men were shuffled around.


Premise: States must show reasonable progress in their state implementation plans toward the congressionally mandated goal of returning to natural conditions in national parks and wilderness areas.

Hypothesis: Itis not necessary for there to be any improvement.


Premise: well it's been very interesting

Hypothesis: It has been very intriguing.


Premise: He started slowly back to the bunkhouse.

Hypothesis: He returned slowly to the bunkhouse.


Premise: and it's it's quite a bit i think six something is the state and and uh the rest of the pie goes elsewhere but we're in a particular part of the state that's pretty well off so it's it's like we get a lot of that back as far as local taxation goes

Hypothesis: I do not know exactly where the local taxes go.


Premise: They're made from a secret recipe handed down to the present-day villagers by their Mallorcan ancestors, who came here in the early 17th century as part of an official repopulation scheme.

Hypothesis: The recipe passed down from Mallorcan ancestors is known to everyone.


Premise: yeah well you're a student right

Hypothesis: Well you're a mechanics student right?


Premise: it really is i heard something that their supposed to be starting a huge campaign in New York about um child abuse and stopping child abuse and it's supposed to be like it's starting there supposed to be like a big nationwide campaign and you know so hopefully that will take off and really do something i don't know there's just

Hypothesis: It's unfortunate that nobody is organizing a child abuse campaign.


Premise: Postal Service were to reduce delivery frequency.

Hypothesis: The postal service could deliver less frequently.


Premise: And in another shift in the economy, it was found that lamb could be raised more cost-effectively on lowland farms in part because of the richer, more nutritious grazing land available there and as a result Lakeland farms became less profitable.

Hypothesis: Another shift in the economy was found to be more nutritious.


Premise: The rule contains information collection requirements which will allow EPA to determine that detergent additives which are effective in controlling deposits are used and that emission control goals are realized.

Hypothesis: The rule has data collection requirements which aid the EPA to realize their emission control goals.


Premise: Almost every hill has to the northeast there's a Moorish fort; no fewer than four ruined fortresses guard the harbour entrance; and two more, still in good repair the Atalaya and Galeras castles protect the sea-front arsenal, of vital importance to Spain's military.

Hypothesis: There are no castles Atalaya and Galeras.


Premise: Were they in there?

Hypothesis: Were they supposed to be in there?


Premise: Felicia's Journey takes place behind the eyes of its central  a young Irish girl, Felicia, who crosses the sea to England in a hopeful quest to find the father of her unborn child; and the fat, middle-aged catering manager, Hiditch, who takes a paternal interest in the lass when it becomes clear that her young man has caddishly given her the slip.

Hypothesis: The woman did not care where the man was as long as it was far.


Premise: In the crypt are interred the remains of Voltaire and Rousseau, Hugo and Zola, assassinated Socialist leader Jean Jaurys, and Louis Braille, the inventor of the alphabet for the blind.

Hypothesis: The remains of Voltaire and Rousseau, Hugo and Zola, assassinated Socialist leader Jean Jaurys, and Louis Braille are all interred in the crypt.


Premise: there's a uh a couple called um oh i'm going to forgot his name now uh Dirkson

Hypothesis: I can't remember their name


Premise: Poirot, I exclaimed, with relief, and seizing him by both hands, I dragged him into the room.

Hypothesis: Poirot was now back and I was sorry that he would take over what I now considered my own investigation.


Premise: The word aswan actually means trade or market in ancient Egyptian, signifying its most pre-eminent activity.

Hypothesis: Aswan's meaning has not changed over time.


Premise: well what the market can bear and

Hypothesis: THe market can't bear any of it.


Premise: And to show just how fast Japan's new rulers were catching on, two punitive expeditions were launched against Korea and China in the grand manner of 19th-century gunboat diplomacy.

Hypothesis: Japan's new rulers were catching on quickly.


Premise: When the trust fund begins running cash deficits in 2016, the government as a whole must come up with the cash to finance Social Security's cash deficit by reducing any projected non-Social Security surpluses, borrowing from the public, raising other taxes, or reducing other government spending.

Hypothesis: The public would generally prefer to see the government reduce its spending in other areas to finance Social Security.


Premise: These organizations invest the time and effort to understand their processes and how those processes contribute to or hamper mission accomplishment.

Hypothesis: These organizations invest lots of time to understand how some processes can contribute to or haampe


Premise: and it is nice talking to you all righty

Hypothesis: I talk to you every day.


Premise: You have access to the facts.

Hypothesis: The facts are accessible to you.


Premise: Build environment Engineering Manufacturing Production (all rate tooling) (1st set of production tooling)

Hypothesis: It is the first set of production tooling for manufacturing.


Premise: As long you have your own household in order, fretting about your neighbor's spending habits is a lot like fretting about the color of his living-room rug.

Hypothesis: You should worry about the color of your neighbor's rug.


Premise: yeah so um also of course they they can they join the they can always join the military service they are considered citizens i believe

Hypothesis: They can't join the military service


Premise: She smiled back.

Hypothesis: She was so happy she couldn't stop smiling.


Premise: According to the Office of the Actuary at the Health Care Financing Administration, the estimated net present value of future additional resources needed to fund HI benefits alone over the 75 years is $4.

Hypothesis: The net present value of future additional resources for funding HI benefits was $4.


Premise: Thus, with respect to the litigation services Congress has funded, there is no alternative channel for expression of the advocacy Congress seeks to restrict.

Hypothesis: This is the only channel of expression of the advocacy that Congress seeks to restrict.


Premise: How do we fix this?'

Hypothesis: Can we fix this?


Premise: but that takes too much planning

Hypothesis: It doesn't take much planning.


Premise: I did not mention Monica in my lecture, but the first question I was asked was how President Clinton could do his job with all the distractions caused by the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Hypothesis: They wanted to get through the lecture without any problems.


Premise: Analyzing Postal Service accounts for depreciation, fuel, and maintenance for city delivery carriers, we have estimated the average city delivery vehicle cost per route.

Hypothesis: Driving cost estimates can be averaged will sufficient data.


Premise: Because it plays on my childhood imagination.

Hypothesis: The art plays on my young imagination.


Premise: it's slow it's uh there are many better machines on the market right now for

Hypothesis: This is the fastest machine, you won't find a better machine.


Premise: At the heart of the sanctuary, a small granite shrine once held the sacred barque of Horus himself.

Hypothesis: Horus is a god.


Premise: Consider the United States Postal Service.

Hypothesis: Forget the United States Postal Service.


Premise: In full costume.

Hypothesis: He is wearing a mascot costume.


Premise: Although your journey is going to be difficult and at times you will doubt yourselves, the benefits to clients are well worth it and the satisfaction of hearing even the most recalcitrant of adversaries say that the new system is better than the one that went before is deeply rewarding.

Hypothesis: The new system appears far more complex, but ultimately easier and more thorough.


Premise: Take a remarkable statistic that Shesol cites but lets pass relatively unexamined.

Hypothesis: They had data that was very relevant but under used.


Premise: It might have seemed like manna from heaven - up to thousands of dollars dropping, often unexpectedly, into the hands of a half-million Kentucky and Indiana residents this month.

Hypothesis: A recent law proposed by congress has resulted in the seizure of thousands of dollars from Kentucky residents.


Premise: Get individuals to invest their time and the funding will follow.

Hypothesis: If individuals will invest their time, funding will come along, too.


Premise: i often think gee i wish i had a video camera because i could sure use ten thousand dollars so but i like things like Evening Shade with Burt Reynolds i really enjoy that and uh

Hypothesis: Video cameras that I need are very expensive.


Premise: The man on the ground thinks for a moment and yells back, You must work in management.

Hypothesis: There was no one on the ground, man or woman.