Premise: I'd say, young fellow, you didn't git her here a mite too soon, no, siree.

Hypothesis: You got here right when I was expecting you.


Premise: yeah it's not bad at all

Hypothesis: It is quite alright.


Premise: Jon hadn't seen anything like it in his whole life.

Hypothesis: This was the first time Jon had seen something like this.


Premise: Cluster Except for New York, no information is given about programs or state initiatives.

Hypothesis: Information about New York state initiatives has been given.


Premise: In other respects, too, they evince a prickly xenophobic nationalism.

Hypothesis: They have a patriotic attitude and are unfriendly to foreigners in other ways as well.


Premise: it comes off in strips i mean not even little bit so we still have some of that trim work to do because we put it off all this time we know what a job it's gonna be because you almost have to strip the whole thing in order do it again

Hypothesis: We have to finish the trim.


Premise: A beautiful Belle Epoque hotel that's slightly less formal than the smaller Ritz, but every bit as stylish and elegant.

Hypothesis: The Ritz is smaller and more formal than the Belle Epoque.


Premise: yes you do i don't i don't think there's anything wrong with that

Hypothesis: I think that's just fine.


Premise: Dinner was a solitary meal.

Hypothesis: Dinner was a filling meal.


Premise: uh potentially that's supposed to just mean that the foundation kind of floats when the you know when the the earth itself shifts around so

Hypothesis: It means the earth and foundation move in the same direction.


Premise: If you can find a way to deal with and improve their relationship, what she calls him will become a moot point.

Hypothesis: If you can find a way to improve their relationship, it will be very easy to do.


Premise: Then Mr. Carter rose to his feet.

Hypothesis: Mr. Carter stood straight and tall.


Premise: 'J, it's late, I'm tired, and you're talking nonsense.

Hypothesis: J rambled incoherently despite my issues with working this late.


Premise: His absence was strange and inexplicable.

Hypothesis: He did it.


Premise: I think the instinct stems from the paper's not unrealistic sense of its own power and responsibility.

Hypothesis: The paper had a unrealistic sense of its own responsibility.


Premise: In spite of the carte blanche assured to him, he had not yet acquired the habit of going about with any considerable sum of money on him.

Hypothesis: He was very frugal with his money all the time.


Premise: The Industrialist stepped away from his wife.

Hypothesis: He turned to his wife and apologized.


Premise: Among them are the mystical, ultra-observant Hasidim; their enclave in Jerusalem, the Mea She'arim neighborhood, is a small remnant of those traditional Jewish communities in Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania that were consumed by the Holocaust.

Hypothesis: There were huge Jewish communities in Lithuania and Hungary but they were consumed by the Holocaust.


Premise: It is perhaps unsurprising that a prize endowed by Hugo Boss should end up being less about craft than about fashion.

Hypothesis: A prize endowed by Hugo Boss will be more about technology than about craft.


Premise: Tourism exploded into an annual southern migration, transforming the Spanish economy, landscape, and society.

Hypothesis: The Spanish economy has been booming recently due to tourism.


Premise: One group of users of the auditors' report is government officials who may have authorized or requested the audit.

Hypothesis: The auditors' report lists all groups who authorized or requested the audit.


Premise: What extra coffee-cup? 111 "I don't know."

Hypothesis: You're supposed to have an extra coffee cup!


Premise: Mrs. Inglethorp had no stamps in her desk.

Hypothesis: Mrs. Inglethorp had kept her desk free from stamps.


Premise: Similarly, the American Heart Association's official recommendation advises, If you drink, do so in moderation.

Hypothesis: The American Heart Association applauds people who do not imbibe.


Premise: Those people who might at first be reluctant to confront the omnipresence of death along the river will be impressed by the simple dignity of the funeral rites here.

Hypothesis: People will always find the river to be an ever present reminder of the horrors of death.


Premise: It is no place for the faint-hearted.

Hypothesis: It is a place.


Premise: The onliest time that Marse Robert ever scolded me, said William Mack Lee, in de whole fo' years dat I followed him through the wah, was, down in de Wilderness--Seven Pines--near Richmond.

Hypothesis: William Mack Lee admitted that Robert was always nice to him.


Premise: managerial accountability and flexibility for fiscal years 1995 and 1996; however, as of June 1996 it had not done so.

Hypothesis: There was managerial accountability and flexibility for all of 1995 and 1996, except for June 1996.


Premise: and that was the only time the upstairs was so the upstairs looked as new as we left uh they only lived downstairs uh and and his wife was an interior decorator and the house was just kept

Hypothesis: The upstairs looked great every day.


Premise: yeah i know my husband he'll cook every once in a while but like the kitchen is a disaster area afterwards

Hypothesis: My husband always makes a huge mess in the kitchen when he cooks but his food is great.


Premise: Nor is Brown likely to quit.

Hypothesis: It's 95% certain that Brown will not quit.


Premise: But while the silk hat no longer invokes uptown swells, no other headgear has replaced it in our metonymy.

Hypothesis: The silk hat will always be synonymous with formal uptown wear.


Premise: The Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965 to end discrimination against blacks, prohibits several (mostly Southern) states and counties from making any change in voting procedures without federal approval.

Hypothesis: The Voting Rights Act gave minorities more rights.


Premise: If it really wants to balance the budget it should just do so, rather than passing feel-good laws that say the budget should be balanced.

Hypothesis: It feels good to balance the budget.


Premise: Burly hands restrained me.

Hypothesis: I was kept under control by muscular hands.


Premise: The others, save Vrenna, looked lost.

Hypothesis: Vrenna knew just where she was going.


Premise: discount does not change.

Hypothesis: The discount stays the same.


Premise: He was a small man, very pale, with a gentle almost womanish air.

Hypothesis: He spoke with a deep voice.


Premise: The case for not acting until you have to was put most vividly by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Don Nickles of Oklahoma, in a remark that also captures the hard-nosed attitude regarding humanitarian concerns.

Hypothesis: They were on the same page.


Premise: I once was in a courthouse elevator with the other side's counsel, who hadn't yet been introduced to me, who spent the ride down discussing strategy with his client!

Hypothesis: I had already been introduced to the client in the elevator.


Premise: Shadows here were not gray or black; they were violet and purple.

Hypothesis: Shadows were colorful.


Premise: Marigot, the modest capital on its wide bay, is so quiet that very large fish venture in surprisingly close to shore.

Hypothesis: Fishing comes easily in the capital of Marigot.


Premise: But orthodoxy continues to prevail against the logic of economic analysis.

Hypothesis: Orthodoxy overcomes the logic of economic analysis.


Premise: i have a crepe myrtle tree in the backyard that still hasn't done anything and i'm kind of wondering what kind of shape it's in right now

Hypothesis: I want to know how healthy my crepe myrtle tree is.


Premise: uh we're in a relatively new area we're kind of out of uh the natural tree area we're kind of up on a on a higher on a slope

Hypothesis: Our area is full of nature.


Premise: This consensus changed as a result of work done by Silvan Tomkins, Ekman, and a few others.

Hypothesis: Silvan Tomkins, Ekman, and other's work has resulted in a unanimous agreement.


Premise: With the war monopolizing shipping, the FWI suffered great economic privation.

Hypothesis: Shipping had been totally turned over to the war effort.


Premise: Very few of Dyson's Silicon Valley CEO friends are nice, except maybe to her.

Hypothesis: The majority of Dyson's Silicon Valley CEO friend is not nice.


Premise: So you're not dead, Miss Tuppence, any more than that Tommy boy of yours was!

Hypothesis: "Tommy is very much alive, Miss Tuppence, as are you!"


Premise: uh-huh that would merely make for some odd behavior on the on their part

Hypothesis: That definitely explains their odd behavior.


Premise: This is good, right?' The manager half-whispered to the CEO, as he always did on his very bad days.

Hypothesis: The CEO was listening very closely to the manager.


Premise: That's bolted too.

Hypothesis: It was secured tightly closed.


Premise: And pray do not be so angry.

Hypothesis: Be happy not angry.


Premise: 'Get away from me,' I muttered, pushing them aside.

Hypothesis: I forced them out of the way and spoke quietly to them.


Premise: Unlike the Postal Service's model, all stop types and mail classes are consolidated.

Hypothesis: All stop types are under the Postal Service's model


Premise: Six weeks ago a Times op-ed piece by political scientist Lucian Pye explored the formidable mindset that governs China today.

Hypothesis: Six weeks ago a Times op-ed piece by political scientist explored the peaceful mindset that governs China today.


Premise: Excellent! And where's everyone? Not waiting for me? Czarek said suspiciously.

Hypothesis: Czarek already knew everyone was waiting for him.


Premise: right like for example you you know like when they go around the train asking for tickets like short distant trains they won't ask you if you if you're wearing your military uniform for a ticket they'll just skip you

Hypothesis: If you have your army, navy, or airforce uniform equipped, they will pass right by you.


Premise: Given a reporter's name, a Web-based information broker tracked down his base identifiers--Social Security number, birth date, and address--in five minutes.

Hypothesis: A person found all the important information pertaining to a reporter.


Premise: Who? asked the normally silent Patient on the Specialized Life Support System.

Hypothesis: The normally silent patient spoke up to ask, 'who?'


Premise: For such people, he said, the Pope becomes persona non grata when he tries to convince the world of human sin.

Hypothesis: The Pope is too strict on the issue of human sin.


Premise: At the Naval Academy, McCain was nicknamed Punk, and that's what he is.

Hypothesis: McCain was popular at the academy.


Premise: These inside-the-Beltway issues and their small, but vocal, constituencies make this election Bill Clinton's to lose.

Hypothesis: Bill Clinton should win because of the Beltway states and their outspokenness.


Premise: There is only one public accusation against Thomas.

Hypothesis: There is a valid accusation against Thomas.


Premise: Probably this book could be done better, but no one is going to get an opportunity to do that, so you might as well live with what you've got, warts and all.

Hypothesis: You have to accept the book as it is.


Premise: a trade off

Hypothesis: A good transaction.


Premise: Some legal scholars, such as Robert Bork, claim these search powers are unconstitutionally broad.

Hypothesis: Robert Bork thinks search powers are entirely too broad.


Premise: Still, what little they owned was out in force today.

Hypothesis: They had a lot of goods on display.


Premise: But they can't admit this.

Hypothesis: They have been open, but they cannot openly accept responsibility for this part of things.


Premise: The law currently specifies that the rates for books will not vary with distance.

Hypothesis: The law says that the rates for books can vary based on location.


Premise: But Charles was considerably less successful politically than his transatlantic contemporary.

Hypothesis: Across the Atlantic, Charles' counterpart proved to be much more politically astute.


Premise: The decline of these territories was drawn out and painful, leav?Ωng problems in its wake that have been the source of trouble and friction in the Balkans and the Middle East ever since.

Hypothesis: These territories were de jure part of the Balkans.


Premise: Creative Turmoil

Hypothesis: Chaotic creativity and enthusiasm.


Premise: Her pupils took up nearly her entire iris, leaving only a thin ring of emerald.

Hypothesis: Her pupils were giant.


Premise: Some time in the evening she unbolted the door leading into Mademoiselle Cynthia's room.

Hypothesis: Mademoiselle Cynthia's room was unlocked and the door was left open sometime during the night.


Premise: Albert, still round-eyed, demanded breathlessly: "One of the flats?" Tuppence nodded and jerked a thumb up the stairs.

Hypothesis: Tuppence was only too happy to reveal the location.


Premise: That was the last time Jon saw Thorn alive.

Hypothesis: Jon had seen Thorn before he died.


Premise: Ironically, busing will become unnecessary only when no one seems to have a problem with it anymore.

Hypothesis: Busing is still necessary, and people currently have problems with it.


Premise: We have cleared away the manufactured clues.

Hypothesis: We now just have the things we are 100% sure of.


Premise: you probably don't want to take them to see Silence Of The Lambs it's it's not it's not too cool for kids

Hypothesis: Silence Of The Lambs is too scary of a movie for children.


Premise: In practice, these organizations see the production of a strategic plan-that is, a particular document issued on a particular day-as one of the least important parts of the planning process.

Hypothesis: These organizations think strategic plans are crucial.


Premise: Speaking without an honorarium.

Hypothesis: They were willing to do it for free.


Premise: But metaphysical implications seem to have interested him less than enforcing a moral example to unite his far-flung subjects in peace and fellowship, under him.

Hypothesis: His primary concern was to set a moral example to stoke unity among his subjects.


Premise: Most of the graves are recent, barely a century old, but the cone-roofed, timeworn monument seen down the valley dates from the Second Temple period over 2,000 years ago.

Hypothesis: Most of the graves were all placed there in the past century.


Premise: i do not quite go along with that but

Hypothesis: I do not agree, but I will allow it.


Premise: With so little in the way of industrial development elsewhere on the island, this zone is particularly startling.

Hypothesis: This zone is developed enough to rival the likes of New York or Chicago.


Premise: The two men, Jon and Thorn, seemed to share a silent conversation.

Hypothesis: The men communicated with their eyes.


Premise: it's hard to find oh yeah yeah

Hypothesis: It's a niche thing.


Premise: The media inferred that Bush was ignoring moral issues because the religious right has nowhere else to go.

Hypothesis: Bush evades as much as possible.


Premise: yeah yeah we don't either

Hypothesis: yeah, we agree with you


Premise: uh uh i would have no doubt what so ever that any one of them could be dropped in the middle of no where and they'd they'd exist exist somehow

Hypothesis: They will survive regardless of where they are left.


Premise: I barely make it now with my regular bills.

Hypothesis: I have enough money saved for emergencies.


Premise: i think maybe that we could do better with the budget if we didn't buy so much stuff overseas

Hypothesis: The budget would be better if we bought local.


Premise: 3 Claims of  Many recent and proposed exhumations have sought to prove that elites and historians have conspired to withhold the truth about murders and assassinations.

Hypothesis: Exhumations have convincingly proven that elites and historians have conspired to conceal the truth about murders.


Premise: There was no other possible hiding-place.

Hypothesis: There was only one hiding place.


Premise: But it is not a transitional problem.

Hypothesis: It is a transitional problem.


Premise: They've more chance with you than with me.

Hypothesis: Anyone has better chance with you than me.


Premise: The Court says today, through an unprecedented (and indeed previously rejected) interpretation of the First Amendment, that we will not allow this restriction- and then, to add insult to injury, permits to stand a judgment that awards the general litigation funding that the statute does not contain.

Hypothesis: The Court says that we can give funding even though the statue doesn't say that's true.


Premise: He knows whether the charges in the Hersh story are true, and that's why he's in such a quandary.

Hypothesis: He knows the truth about the Hersh story.


Premise: In addition, the rule exempts new nonroad compression-ignition engines at or above 37 kilowatts and new nonroad sparkignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts.

Hypothesis: The rule states that all new nonroad engines with more than 35 kilowats are exempt.


Premise: right yeah yeah last year we thought some were dead and finally they started leafing out again at the bottom so we just cut them way back and and was able to save them but this year they look even worse

Hypothesis: They looked better last year.


Premise: You can't commit both crimes--or, at least, not at the same time.

Hypothesis: You can commit both crimes under an hour.


Premise: yeah well we can get a nickel a piece for any paper bags that we bring back to be reused

Hypothesis: They pay us for every bag that we return.


Premise: In Japan, Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday that raccoons imported from the United States as pets have become an ecological and agricultural nightmare in Japan.

Hypothesis: Pet raccoons from the U.S. has become popular in Japan.


Premise: oh oh well that that doesn't sound like it's too expensive a hobby does uh does the uh clay and and the paints and things are they expensive

Hypothesis: That hobby is cheap. Are the art materials affordable?


Premise: uh-huh no so you probably don't have too much choice

Hypothesis: You really only have one choice.


Premise: Their clothes are different, perhaps, but they themselves are just the same.

Hypothesis: The only different thing about them is their clothes.


Premise: and of course now's the time to do it because since we have the army over there i'd sure hate to you know spend eight months pulling them out and then turn right around send them back over again

Hypothesis: it is easy to do it now, with the army over there.


Premise: i've never seen i've seen pictures of it but

Hypothesis: I have come across it in pictures.


Premise: Many of the remaining intact sections of the wall are now on private land and inaccessible to the public.

Hypothesis: The public used to be able to see all of the wall.


Premise: "Where in hell am I?" he asked.

Hypothesis: He actually knew where he was.


Premise: In fact, charming though it still is today as a fishing port and yacht harbor, Shimoda was worthless from the commercial or diplomatic perspective.

Hypothesis: Shimoda is a peaceful town surrounded by wildlife.


Premise: By treating the potato famine as a human rights violation, the Pataki potato amendment in New York assumes a variation of this interpretation.

Hypothesis: The Pataki potato amendment is on par with being a human rights violation.


Premise: Insufficiently rewarded for relaxing their standards, they relax their standards insufficiently.

Hypothesis: They will relax their standards sufficiently the minute they feel sufficiently rewarded.


Premise: In tears, jailbird confesses to her role in the murder of Vince Foster and 'anything else Ken Starr wants.

Hypothesis: The prisoner confessed fully.


Premise: The brides (most of them Filipinas) marry to escape poverty.

Hypothesis: Most of the brides have long and happy marriages.


Premise: The Kal's sandals skidded on the path.

Hypothesis: The Kal was running quickly down the path.


Premise: Dave Hanson, your world was a world of rigid laws.

Hypothesis: Dave Hanson, your world was full of inflexible rules.


Premise: and as soon as the oil prices came back down we the pendulum swung the other way and we need those reminders

Hypothesis: Everybody needs those reminders because oil prices are high now.


Premise: They are a very astute and unscrupulous pair.

Hypothesis: Both of them are intelligent and willing to do anything.


Premise: And there was no fakery about the warmth from the thing over his chest.

Hypothesis: The heat emanating from the object above his chest was real.


Premise: Whatever its shortcomings--and they are many--only big media possesses the means to consistently hold big business and big government accountable.

Hypothesis: Big media always holds big business and government accountable.


Premise: um-hum and now everything's his you know uh his and her and everything you have to you always have to say it like that you can never say you know his you know and that never has offended me when you know when someone's talking and they say you know his job or something like that or

Hypothesis: Everyone is always talking about someone else's job.


Premise: you know and uh i was brought up the same way if if it doesn't matter what age you have if just so long as you can get up to go to class the next morning you can stay up you know but his what he does is when he gets home he separates his his work from his house

Hypothesis: All that matters is that you go to class, no matter how tired you are.


Premise: D.C. is succumbing to the money and nerd fascination that has captured the rest of the country.

Hypothesis: DC is favoring money and nerds over everything else.


Premise: oh i haven't ever talked that long

Hypothesis: I keep conversations short.


Premise: but it it's really not enough to become a big hassle

Hypothesis: I can handle that, its really no problem at all.


Premise: As the conquerors entered the city gates in 1699, the Venetians negotiated an orderly departure, taking with them, among other Christian artifacts, the cherished head of Saint Titus.

Hypothesis: The Venetians brought all the major Christian artifacts in the city when they left.


Premise: It wasn't that, but I couldn't explain.

Hypothesis: The explanation was definitely there somewhere.


Premise: They entered the house and the Industrialist greeted his wife calmly.

Hypothesis: His wife reciprocated the Industrialist's greeeting with a more upbeat tone.


Premise: When architects, developers, contractors and civil engineers fail to design and construct housing so it is accessible, they effectively take that housing off the market for people who have, or will develop, a disability.

Hypothesis: Architects, developers, civil engineers help design housing for people.


Premise: there a number of them for political reasons because we're enemies of the neighboring government or something like that so we give them an either corrupt government anyway but it's hard to view that so much as a loan as a bribe at that point

Hypothesis: Since we're enemies of the neighboring government, we are allies of this country's government.


Premise: Fidel Castro climbed to power, Johnson informs us, on the back of adulatory news stories in the New York Times . The media have developed an insatiable passion for witch hunts, such as the one that badly distorted Iran Contra stories during the Reagan years.

Hypothesis: Johnson thinks the New York Times was very positive about Fidel Castro's rise to power.


Premise: --Monica lacked the maturity to balk at the magazine's tasteless choice of props.

Hypothesis: Monica loved the magazine's choice of props.


Premise: Accidentally, it is believed.

Hypothesis: Not on purpose, they all believe.


Premise: By the end of the century rural delivery was started on a limited basis, but it did not become ubiquitous until the early part of the twentieth century.

Hypothesis: Rural delivery has grown greatly.


Premise: He's usually tiptop at fielding tough questions, agrees everyone.

Hypothesis: Everyone agrees he's a great fielder when it comes to hard questions.


Premise: For example, while we have turned our bathrooms into palaces of comfort, lots of the world's people still squat over holes, which makes it difficult to finish reading the business section, but is a real bone builder.

Hypothesis: Every first world bathroom is incredibly comfortable.


Premise: Not true, he replied without hesitation.

Hypothesis: He was sure in it's falsity.


Premise: This was 1892, remember, when 25,000 bucks was still 25,000 bucks, and you didn't have to split it with accountants, managers, coke dealers, and any traumatized ex-catamite whose father has a smart lawyer.

Hypothesis: In 1892, you got to keep all your money instead of give it all away while doing business.


Premise: and uh other than that uh it was uh maybe just uh three real cold spells i don't have too much uh shrubbery damage from that but uh still some didn't manage to survive

Hypothesis: The shrubs did okay through the cold spell.


Premise: If you're coming into France from the English Channel or across the Belgian border, don't rush south on the autoroute but take a more leisurely journey and enjoy Picardy.

Hypothesis: Take a longer route into France to fully appreciate Picardy.


Premise: Suck up to your superiors, bark at your inferiors.

Hypothesis: It is better to kiss up to the people who are in charge of you.


Premise: For 35 years, Big Tobacco never gave an inch.

Hypothesis: Big Tobacco stood its ground by outspending its opponents on every level.


Premise: i think as we all get in the swing of things this is just a beginning don't you think

Hypothesis: I think this is the first part of a larger whole.


Premise: certain drugs

Hypothesis: Most drugs.


Premise: clear across town but uh

Hypothesis: All clear across the town.


Premise: The Scotland Yard men were the cynosure of all eyes.

Hypothesis: The Scotland Yard men were quite popular due to their attractiveness.


Premise: No, he was the last person she would admit."

Hypothesis: She would admit everyone before she would admit him.


Premise: Still, nothing about the man-shaped thing before me seemed the slightest bit fake.

Hypothesis: The man in front of me, with his handlebar mustached, seemed as real as anything else.


Premise: And barring a long-shot legal victory, as of Jan.

Hypothesis: There was a long-shot legal victory as of January.


Premise: We saw that, despite vigorous efforts to increase diversity in state justice communities and particularly in leadership positions, the ethnic profiles of our executive directors remained virtually unchanged, and the number of women directors was significantly lower than their percentage in the attorney workforce.

Hypothesis: The number of female directors increased from last year.


Premise: so if we've done our three minutes let's just let the conversation end and say bye   nice talking to you too bye-bye

Hypothesis: I think we can say all that needs to be said in three minutes.


Premise: uh Doug Flutie's the only one that sticks out in my head for some reason

Hypothesis: The most notable one is Doug Flutie.


Premise: yeah compared to some of the other ones and you don't have an annual fee there and that helps

Hypothesis: Many of the other ones have a high annual fee.


Premise: Oh, unbelieving one! Tuppence wrenched open her bag.

Hypothesis: Tuppence opened her bag to show them the truth.


Premise: And Henry Kissinger, no fan of Ronald Reagan, acknowledges in his book Diplomacy that Reagan's role in bringing about the end of the Soviet empire represents the greatest diplomatic feat in the second half of the twentieth century.

Hypothesis: Despite his misgivings, Kissinger praised Reagan's efforts in defeating communism.


Premise: The Constant 2000 National Saving Rate simulation reflects an unspecified mix of saving by households, businesses, and all levels of government.

Hypothesis: The saving rate is constant.


Premise: In a sidebar interview, Bill Cosby lambastes trashy black TV shows and movies.

Hypothesis: Bill Cosby prefers classy television and movies.


Premise: uh-huh uh-huh the reason i'm asking is because i have a dear dear friend whose father was alcoholic and at fifty she and she was an only child at fifty she's still still having a lot of difficulty in her relationship with her husband that she feels stems from how she was treated by her father

Hypothesis: My friend is absolutely convinced that her relationship problems with her husband are the result of how her alcoholic father treated her.


Premise: You may quarrel with the Fed chairman's judgment--you may think that he should keep the economy on a looser rein--but you can hardly dispute his power.

Hypothesis: You may dislike the Fed chairman, but you know that he's instrumental in keeping the economy in check.


Premise: Couldn't it have been about half-past three?"

Hypothesis: It was definitely half-past three, wasn't it?


Premise: Most of the guided tours commence at the Magnesian Gate and head downhill along the main street.

Hypothesis: All of the guided tours begin at the Magnesian Gate.


Premise: It costs virtually the same amount to produce, no matter how many people use it, and no matter how heavy the use.

Hypothesis: The resources for manufacturing the product are infinite.


Premise: The temple was built in the 13th century, but the sikhara toppled, its porous stone ruined by storms and plunderers and by the ambitious concept of its architect.

Hypothesis: The temple was a magnificent place in the 14th century.


Premise: Russian troops are gathering near the Chechen capital of Grozny, though they have not announced plans to invade the city.

Hypothesis: Russian troops will invade the city of Grozny


Premise: Further, the rule is not subject to the requirements of Executive Orders 12606 (family issues), 12875 (intergovernmental partnership), 12988 (civil justice reform) and 12948 (environmental justice).

Hypothesis: The rule is independent of all Executive Orders requirements.


Premise: Others are specifically geared towards providing line managers with a greater appreciation of the financial implications of their business decisions.

Hypothesis: Others are specifically geared towards making as much money as possible


Premise: Through the open window scraps of conversation floated out disjointedly on the night air.

Hypothesis: They were talking rather loudly inside.


Premise: i think that's that's that's not very likely

Hypothesis: I actually know for certain that that is highly improbable


Premise: You disagree? asked Jon.

Hypothesis: Jon thought you agreed with him.


Premise: I don't think any of that will happen to Ben.

Hypothesis: I think Ben is immune to everything.


Premise: But there is still a long way to go.

Hypothesis: We are making steady progress.


Premise: oh we got to do that this summer we're dreading it

Hypothesis: While it is rather unpleasant, we will do it this summer.


Premise: Yet we seem to desire cheap and anonymous food.

Hypothesis: We enjoy cheap and anonymous food greatly.


Premise: Bennett doesn't even think Bush is the one who owes Bork an apology!

Hypothesis: Bennett thinks Bork owes an apology to Bush.


Premise: I should have a great objection to dying. He had got them puzzled, he saw that by the look on his captor's face.

Hypothesis: He knew he had them right where he wanted them.


Premise: He especially enjoys taking a bold public stand against his  This distinguishes him as a statesman who won't sacrifice principles for expediency.

Hypothesis: He will always stand up for what he thinks is right, no matter what.


Premise: yes i i was i was flabbergasted and i think plastic was um plastic never totally total breaks down

Hypothesis: Plastic lasts forever.


Premise: Adrin grew quiet as they ate.

Hypothesis: Adrin was deep in thought while eating.


Premise: yeah i know they must have a lot of tourism too but i don't see as much advertising there as you do in the Bahamas the say the Bahamas

Hypothesis: There's lots of tourists even without any advertising.


Premise: The cover story christens professional wrestling a new American art form, albeit a savage  Fifty episodes of a popular wrestling TV show included 1,658 instances of grabbing or pointing to one's crotch, 157 instances of an obscene finger gesture, 128 episodes of simulated sexual activity, and 21 references to urination.

Hypothesis: Professional wrestling on TV is filled with tasteless acts.


Premise: okay i never really counted that as an organization because it's uh

Hypothesis: i always considered that group too small to be a real organization


Premise: The Pyramid of Kephren is smaller than the Great Pyramid, though its location on slightly higher ground makes it seem taller.

Hypothesis: The Great is larger than the Pyramid of Kephren.


Premise: No hurry up, man.'

Hypothesis: You have to hurry up, man.


Premise: Scarcely a day passes without a front-pager on AOL or another local Netrepreneur made good.

Hypothesis: Front pagers are made good nearly every day.


Premise: It was no part of the programme to have attention called to her presence in the neighbourhood, but Albert was purple with suppressed excitement.

Hypothesis: Albert couldn't help but be excited around her.


Premise: Dorcas, faithful to her "young gentlemen," denied strenuously that it could have been John's voice she heard, and 142 resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.

Hypothesis: Dorcas fiercely defended the character of her beloved John.


Premise: Blow off the brief reviews.

Hypothesis: Ignore the brief reviews and focus on the reviews that are well-written and detailed.


Premise: Well, Krugman maintains that no such shift is taking place.

Hypothesis: Krugman calmly asserts that there is not a shift happening.


Premise: But these sorts of exhumations have a track record of turning up nothing.

Hypothesis: Exhumations have a track record of taking a long time.


Premise: It was tourism that finally saved the declining population from fading away altogether, and provided islanders with a priest and teacher at last.

Hypothesis: Tourism revived the island and brought more people to it.


Premise: The magnitude of the overstatement cannot be estimated with confidence.

Hypothesis: The overstatement was clear to all parties by this point.


Premise: Versions of video poker range from Jacks or Better (the standard game) to Deuces Wild and Double Bonus, though the more wild cards involved the lower the payoff.

Hypothesis: Double Bonus is the higher risk, higher reward game.


Premise: It is this gloomy but coherent vision that has made Kissinger a favorite of floundering anti-Kosovo Republicans.

Hypothesis: Kissinger was loved by all Republicans.


Premise: uh shoot i can't even think of the name of it now

Hypothesis: I just had the name on the tip of my tongue.


Premise: The nave is a wonder of light and lofty proportions, enhanced by the luminous beige stone and the splendid ribbed vaulting.

Hypothesis: The nave is known for being exceptionally large in size.


Premise: oh definitely oh my my my two year old she hates to be put in indoors anyway and just

Hypothesis: My two year old loves the outdoors.


Premise: and uh for me that's uh mostly newspaper and radio i almost never watch television as a matter of course so i don't get news from television except during the war i watched a lot of CNN because it was so good

Hypothesis: i get my news from the radio and newspaper unless there is a war on


Premise: It does not report whether he has sought the services of Catherine Oxenberg.

Hypothesis: The report sought the services of Catherine Oxenberg.


Premise: She was about to speak when a warning glance from Sir James made her hold her tongue.

Hypothesis: She knew she should do what Sir James wanted her to do.


Premise: i think that adds to the diversity i think that uh i like that uh there i know you know John Wylie Price i don't know if you kept up but he's been protesting that

Hypothesis: I know of John Wylie Price, and so do you.


Premise: I guess I'm answering the What happens next?

Hypothesis: I know the answer to the What happens next.


Premise: This won't work, says Stephanopoulos, speaking  You can [avoid questions] in one press conference.

Hypothesis: It turns out, however, that you really can get away with avoiding questions.


Premise: you know now they're down into the hundreds nineties nineties nineties so it won't take her long

Hypothesis: She will do it soon.


Premise: Even if viability is an important moral line, is it drawn in the right place?

Hypothesis: The moral line is drawn in the correct  place.


Premise: We'll have to chance that.

Hypothesis: We can just see what happens.


Premise: I didn't need to see anymore.

Hypothesis: I saw everything I needed to see.


Premise: as much but some of them are still crossing not because of i know a lot of times i don't think it's just because of the money i think it's because they don't they the the the country themselves you know like the government should i say because everybody's not free to do what they want to do in every country

Hypothesis: Everyone should be free to do everything in my opinion.


Premise: you know oh no no no no no it's not it's not expensive at all it's one it's one of the Chinese cooking basics

Hypothesis: Chinese cooking basics are very cheap.


Premise: Democrats protested that the reforms would apply to fewer than one-third of the 161 million Americans with private insurance.

Hypothesis: Democrats want the reforms to apply to all Americans with private insurance.


Premise: i never wanted my husband wanted indoor dogs because he'd grown up with them but i can't stand it indoors i don't they shed and you know the mud and

Hypothesis: We only got dogs because my husband wanted them.


Premise: 'Now for the hard part.'

Hypothesis: The easy part comes after the hard part.


Premise: The familiar cliche about Wall Street is that it's only concerned about the latest quarter.

Hypothesis: Everyone knows that Wall Street is only concerned with the most recent quarter and whether or not the upward trend continued.


Premise: Jetskiing is popular almost everywhere, with half-hour rentals common.

Hypothesis: Jetskiing is possible all-year-round in almost any kind of weather.


Premise: Also, a more prescriptive requirement for manufacturers to monitor the sales and distribution of retail establishments was not imposed because it would have imposed an additional cost of $85 million per year.

Hypothesis: If the prescriptive requirement for manufacturers was cheap, it would have been imposed.


Premise: The unanimous ruling held that the state is constitutionally required to extend to same-sex couples the common benefits and protections that flow from marriage under Vermont law.

Hypothesis: Vermont gave same-sex couples all the same benefits at once.


Premise: In other words, in each succeeding year, a dollar spent on computers purchased 22 percent more computing power on average than it did the previous year.

Hypothesis: The cost of computing power declined each year by 22 percent.


Premise: Remember, holiday-time isn't always all playtime.

Hypothesis: Holidays are usually lots of fun.


Premise: Its dim network of staircases, corridors, and courtyards linked the sumptuously decorated chambers of the royal household, and harboured a claustrophobic world of ambition, jealousy, and intrigue.

Hypothesis: The royal household had very large and luxurious apartments to themselves.


Premise: No one will divulge the numbers of options they are getting.

Hypothesis: Everyone is keeping their option numbers a secret.


Premise: the fall is what i really miss from Pennsylvania

Hypothesis: The fall was really nice there.


Premise: Shuman also makes the totally unsubstantiated (and untrue) claims that there is very little in the way of application software for Linux and that very few people use  The latest estimates of the number of Linux users run into the millions--how can that be so few?

Hypothesis: Millions of people use the Linux operating system.


Premise: that's probably the safer way because i notice in aerobics um lot of the women that that don't look like they shouldn't be doing certain things

Hypothesis: in aerobics, many women who look like they're perfectly capable of doing certain things


Premise: On the contrary, I'm asking for ads that make their stars look cool, thus boosting the prominence of athletes who, in their on-court conduct and post-game interviews, are good influences.

Hypothesis: The ads I'm looking for make stars look good, regardless of their professional performance.


Premise: it seems like  like the the the less you exercise the tireder you are i'm sorry

Hypothesis: The more often you work out the less tired you are.


Premise: Liquor and  These are both cheap compared to European and American prices.

Hypothesis: European and American prices are much higher than the local ones.


Premise: His evidence was quite unimportant, being a mere repetition of that of his brother.

Hypothesis: His brother had given important evidence before him.


Premise: well that's true too as long as you're not going to going to hit any white water or you know if you're just doing a nice calm river it's uh it's it uh you don't have to put very much effort into it

Hypothesis: It's pretty easy if the water is calm.


Premise: She shrugged her shoulders.

Hypothesis: She raised her shoulders up and down.


Premise: Farming can be a lonely life, and even in modern times it is rare for the families to take time off from the hard work and socialize.

Hypothesis: Farming families work hard all year.


Premise: Its central offer is a charter with Russia that assures the Russians a voice in alliance policy, without any of the rights of membership.

Hypothesis: The main offer ensures that Russia can participate and share its ideas freely.


Premise: the biggies around here are Exxon Texaco and um well gosh that's about it BP i guess

Hypothesis: Nearly everyone around here uses Exxon.


Premise: Not all Republicans think this way.

Hypothesis: All the Republicans can think clearly.


Premise: The Changing Global Role of the Finance Function.

Hypothesis: The finance function is advancing with the times.


Premise: He was painfully aware that he left his gun belt at his bedroll.

Hypothesis: His pistol was back at his bedroll.


Premise: no no go ahead

Hypothesis: Please I insist you do.


Premise: i was a little bit bored with it compared to some of the other stuff that i've heard he'd done

Hypothesis: He was dissapointed with it.


Premise: It is preventative, helping people to avoid mistakes that can lead to more serious legal problems and the need for representation in the future.

Hypothesis: It is easy for people to make mistakes that lead them to need legal representation.


Premise: Susan, he thought again and again nothing.

Hypothesis: He thought about Susan.


Premise: because the guy had been under the influence and he said whether you think you know you might think that it doesn't effect anybody but it does

Hypothesis: It definitely has an effect when you're under the influence.


Premise: Lumme! came ecstatically from Albert.

Hypothesis: Albert exclaimed the name Lumme happily.


Premise: But so far, only if the words are improperly pronounced.  He gulped and looked gingerly over at the city below.

Hypothesis: Everything was going great because they had no problem pronouncing the words


Premise: As usual, New Orleans was among the last to learn this, thanks to the secrecy of diplomatic negotiations and the slow communications of the age.

Hypothesis: Modern communications move at the speed of light.


Premise: The Arab day of rest is Thursday/Friday, so most souqs will be closed then.

Hypothesis: The souqs are open everyday other than Thursday and Friday.


Premise: Politically, the 1990s have been relatively quite times for the islands, although the divorce of Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou and his subsequent marriage to a much younger woman caused consternation within conservative Greek society.

Hypothesis: The 1990s were a politically quiet time for the Greek islands.


Premise: Anyway, it was a gay house, always visitors.

Hypothesis: It was a happy house and always had visitors.


Premise: The questions posed before a war are always the  Should we fight?

Hypothesis: Should we fight is the right question to ask before a war starts.


Premise: In doing so, the Congress will still need to hold agencies accountable for the homeland security missions that are not incorporated in the new department.

Hypothesis: In doing so, congress will need to hold agencies accountable for missions of homeland security and all other missions.


Premise: 'Uh...Natalia, this isn't the best time for-'

Hypothesis: There are better times for it, Natalia.


Premise: You stated, It sounds to Prudie as though you and your spouse are a little more formal than the times, when that he felt children should address adults in a more formal manner than using their first names.

Hypothesis: Your spouse things children should be extremely formal.


Premise: With its gleaming white villas and smart little hotels, a sunny micro-climate, beautiful pine-shaded beaches, and succulent oysters and mussels, this cheerful island is a popular holiday resort, especially with sailors.

Hypothesis: This island resort is sunny all year round.


Premise: At lower per capita volumes, the ratio of fixed to variable cost increases and the cost elasticities decrease (because a greater proportion of total costs is fixed).

Hypothesis: At higher per capita volumes, both the ratio of fixed to variable cost and the cost elasticities increase.


Premise: uh are selling two and three hundred thousand dollar houses up there and buying a hundred and fifty hundred and seventy five thousand dollar houses down here and they've wind up getting better houses here than they had there

Hypothesis: they're selling more expensive houses and buying cheaper houses that are better


Premise: This is where Osaka's trendy youth prowl for action, as do many of Osaka's growing pack of young foreign residents seduced by the lure of easy yen.

Hypothesis: Foreign residents of Osaka are completely accepted into the youth culture.


Premise: His good-natured face wore an unaccustomed frown of anger.

Hypothesis: His usual happy countenance was full of rage.


Premise: But unlike the picture in the Washington Post the same day, it captures the spirit of the event, with Dole grimly taking the offensive and Clinton watching warily but standing aside from the attacks.

Hypothesis: The picture in the Washington Post showed Clinton and Dole smiling and shaking hands.


Premise: Her prose does not race; it hovers, insinuating its way in and around timeless mysteries, says Time . Both novels, however, are said to be excessively self-conscious.

Hypothesis: Her writing style is clearly not hurried and is subtle and classic in style.


Premise: The new policy narrows the definition to providing legal advice or representation to people who cannot afford it.

Hypothesis: The recent changes in policy allow better access for legal advice for those who are short-handed.


Premise: Pollock added the notion that demonstrations of effectiveness in primary care settings, in the eyes of policymakers and payers, are not tantamount to demonstrating cost-effectiveness in emergency departments, underscoring the importance of research in that setting.

Hypothesis: Effectiveness in primary care settings is tantamount to demonstrating cost-effectiveness.


Premise: We used names such as Gerald A. Office in these conversations but did not say we were from GAO.

Hypothesis: Everyone we called knew who we were with.


Premise: Indeed, Said and other rejectionists showed a perverse glee when Israel's dovish Labor Party was defeated by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud.

Hypothesis: Said was very happy when Likud won the election.


Premise: Congress is reconsidering whether to post them, according to Poblete.

Hypothesis: Congress will post them.


Premise: The critics are not amused.

Hypothesis: The critics are deeply offended.


Premise: um-hum i know but what's yours do you agree or do you disagree or i mean what do you think long term

Hypothesis: I know you agree with me, right?


Premise: There are only a couple of dozen such swords in the world.

Hypothesis: There are more than 12 of these swords that exist.


Premise: Do we get it right 100 percent of the time?

Hypothesis: Yes, we get it right 100 percent of the time.


Premise: Yes, she said meditatively; then suddenly dropped her voice.

Hypothesis: Her voice softened as she replied.


Premise: Buckling up always occurs between activities--we are accustomed to treating that time between activities as a buffer period during which several small tasks are addressed and uncertainties are guarded against.

Hypothesis: We feel like the time between activities is very distinct.


Premise: Most have disappeared with their projects.

Hypothesis: They had taken their projects with them.


Premise: Wait a minute don't interrupt.

Hypothesis: Hold on I'm talking.


Premise: At the same time, every country and sector has bad actors that take short cuts and push the envelope to achieve a desired result.

Hypothesis: Every country and sector has good actors


Premise: yeah five dollars a call yeah well technically we're not supposed to talk about the phone calls while we're on them so i guess we better get off

Hypothesis: The rule was clearly stated that we could not speak of the phone calls.


Premise: He didn't raise his head as he asked.

Hypothesis: He kept his head down as he asked.


Premise: It was built as the baptistery for the original cathedral that no longer stands.

Hypothesis: The original baptistery still remains even though the cathedral was rebuilt.


Premise: yeah i'll second that

Hypothesis: I agree with that.


Premise: The article is supposedly an exclusive ...

Hypothesis: The article is definitely an exclusive.


Premise: They're not too small, don't worry.

Hypothesis: They are big enough to hold comfortably.


Premise: San Francisco station and a San Jose station but neither one of them was very clear they were both

Hypothesis: San Francisco station was clearly marked.


Premise: Why approach a newcomer?

Hypothesis: You should approach a newcomer and befriend him.


Premise: Auditors are not required to include copies of documents they examined as part of the audit documentation, nor are auditors required to list detailed information from those documents.

Hypothesis: Auditors are required to list the titles of documents they examine


Premise: It wasn't long but it was as sharp as glass.

Hypothesis: It was short and sharp.


Premise: mostly it it just that that region never had peace even as far back in biblical times it's never been peaceful

Hypothesis: Even before biblical times, that place has always been violent.


Premise: The International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting notes that the media often only report on the crisis of the moment, and aims to encourage better reporting of humanitarian, development and related issues.

Hypothesis: They wanted to encourage the media to tell the whole story.


Premise: That's the difficulty.

Hypothesis: It's mostly easy.


Premise: We have never been able to look at China like we would look at Brazil or India.

Hypothesis: We have always looked at Brazil and India differently than we look at China.


Premise: um um it's amazing to think that people in the Middle East sort of all hate each other

Hypothesis: People in the Middle East are always fighting.


Premise: Usually by ensuring that neither romantic partner is in the other's chain of command.

Hypothesis: The partners live together.


Premise: He's not pulling your leg.

Hypothesis: He's dead serious.


Premise: Special nozzles or other hardware are generally not required.

Hypothesis: Special nozzles are typically needed more than other hardware is.


Premise: but nevertheless it's it's so much it's so hard to get back to it and it's it's so much easier while you've got your academic juices flowing

Hypothesis: Once you start, it's really easy to keep up the momentum.


Premise: our kids played uh ball it wasn't it was like you know Little League and uh it was Dads Oaks Dads Club which was a like a Little League

Hypothesis: Our children played baseball for the same team.


Premise: yeah oh that sounds good well  every once in a while i i think i feel the same way when i'm entertaining i don't take that thing into consideration unless it's really really like a lot of women will turn down dessert if it's too rich simply because they don't want the extra calories so i think dessert is the only thing that i kind of down play sometimes

Hypothesis: I'm happy when I'm entertaining, I find it fun.


Premise: yeah yes exactly um-hum i also hm thought about it because i was uh waiting to talk to you that another thing that occurred to me is there's not so much invasion of my privacy because i know how to behave such that there isn't but i realized i have to behave in a certain way in order to not have people invade my privacy if i deviate from social norms of behavior if i run up and down the street yelling or something someone's gonna invade my privacy very quickly and

Hypothesis: I always know how to behave.


Premise: I know a man, but he is not cheap.

Hypothesis: I know an expensive man.


Premise: The Washington Post says Clinton's foreign travels will distract attention from the scandal.

Hypothesis: The Washington Post says Clintons scandal will be overrun


Premise: yeah it was it was not a bad movie

Hypothesis: It was a good movie.


Premise: Before I came to Washington, I was editor of the Daily Californian , the student newspaper at Berkeley, where I was reviled for endorsing the U.S. invasion of Grenada.

Hypothesis: I endorse the U.S using military force to invade countries in all circumstances.


Premise: However, under the Save the Social Security Surpluses simulation, GDP per capita growth slows and eventually turns negative.

Hypothesis: GDP per capita growth is above 0.


Premise: In these early uses of the case study method, evaluators wrote their reports to stand alone.

Hypothesis: Stand alone reports were standard for case studies.


Premise: Most of the rest melts away into higher real-estate prices.

Hypothesis: Towards higher prices of real estate does the rest go increase into.


Premise: Swell clothes, but no class.

Hypothesis: Beautiful clothes, but no class.


Premise: Mandatory controls are not the only way to solve public health and environmental problems.

Hypothesis: Mandatory controls is the best solution to environmental problems.


Premise: yeah isn't that funny i wasn't either i have uh

Hypothesis: That's quite funny and I wasn't either.


Premise: The tobacco settlement--Issue 3--is dead for now, says Gwen Ifill ( Washington Week in Review ). The Senate just isn't in a barter mood, which is what [legislation] requires, Ifill says.

Hypothesis: Gwen Ifill is correct in saying that the tobacco settlement is dead for now.


Premise: yeah yeah uh mine are both out of school and uh

Hypothesis: My kids are grown.


Premise: Yet once again, Clinton's critics are lumping it into a pattern.

Hypothesis: There's a clear pattern in the criticism lobbied at Clinton.


Premise: Oftentimes, these polar opposites come  Ise-Shima, the most sacred of all sanctuaries of Shinto (Japan's ancient, nature-worshipping indigenous religion) reinforces Japan's profoundly intimate links with the Sun Goddess and her grandson, the God of the Earth.

Hypothesis: Shinto is a Japanese religion that worships nature and believes in peace.


Premise: And the teens in that one were so much meaner than Ann-Margret's boyfriend, Bobbie Rydell.

Hypothesis: Bobbie Rydell is a known teenager.


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

Hypothesis: Horus is a god.


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: Putting aside stage as a horse-drawn conveyance, a popular delicatessen, a part of a rocket, and an opportunity to mock Gail Sheehy (who seems to get a free ride from News Quiz participants), this question all but demanded the invention of a violent theatrical event, and that's not easy.

Hypothesis: Gail Sheehy is a popular target for mocking on other shows.


Premise: Ca'daan continued.

Hypothesis: Ca'daan refused to stop.


Premise: Turned out, I wasn't completely wrong.

Hypothesis: I was 100 percent wrong.


Premise: Theoretically scale economies in delivery are not firm specific.

Hypothesis: Scale economies are flexible.


Premise: (Kohler's Dictionary for Accountants) CONTRACT AUTHORITY - Contract authority is a subset of budget authority.

Hypothesis: Contract authority must be granted by the financial authority.


Premise: History defies laws.

Hypothesis: Laws are weak when talking about the past and the future.


Premise: um but i think in time come you're going to see that happening you're going to see um where the high risk people pay a premium but they have to find a way to prove it

Hypothesis: It would take some time before high-risk people start paying a premium.


Premise: Laibson's imperfect altruists face a far subtler problem--they're not just weighing costs and benefits, they're engaged in games of strategy against their future selves.

Hypothesis: Laibson has selfish people that follow him.


Premise: it's um it's it's amazingly less expensive than it is

Hypothesis: It's much more expensive that way.


Premise: A library with the maximum allowable e-rate subsidy of 90 percent would still find itself paying a monthly Internet bill of $186.

Hypothesis: A library has a maximum subsidy of 90% for utilities.


Premise: Isn't that America's last bastion of mobsters, racists, and hacks?

Hypothesis: It's America's first wave of racists.


Premise: Grand row!

Hypothesis: It was a good row, but it could've been better.


Premise: Acidic deposition or acid rain occurs when SO2 and NOx in the atmosphere react with water, oxygen, and oxidants to form acidic compounds.

Hypothesis: Water and nitrogen in the atmosphere cause the acid rain.


Premise: i would sort of like to uh think about something in the way of uh uh sort of a sporty car but not any not you know a luxury type sporty one but um

Hypothesis: I'm thinking about a very functional, ordinary type of car but I wouldn't mind a luxury car either


Premise: "All whose true names they could find, that is," Garm amended.

Hypothesis: Everyone's true name they could find was added to the book.


Premise: The Commission prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis pursuant to section 604.

Hypothesis: The Commission put together a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis that went against Section 604.


Premise: I never like to leave Canada, because I'm disappointed every time.

Hypothesis: There is no way I will ever travel outside of Canada again since it is disappointing.


Premise: right yeah i i spend a lot of time down in Charlotte uh and on their just the the regular TV not cable you can pick up four PB or three PBS channels

Hypothesis: You can get all sorts of cable channel access in Charlotte.


Premise: In the new version, Reich sticks to the transcript and accurately quotes Saxton droning on at length about studies and Godfather's Pizza.

Hypothesis: Reich's version is accurate.


Premise: But what about the other editors of the Daily Cal who couldn't say they'd been martyred at a campus once renowned for its leftism?

Hypothesis: Some editors of the Daily Cal mentioned that the campus was once leftist.


Premise: At first this resulted in an Independent Kingdom of Mallorca, under Jaume II, followed by Sanc and Jaume III.

Hypothesis: Jaume II followed Jaume III as leader of Mallorca.


Premise: Insofar as the best Japanese corporations are not the global hegemons we once thought they would be, it may be because everyone else has learned from them, which is of course exactly how competitive markets are supposed to work.

Hypothesis: Japanese corporations were global leaders in the 20th century.


Premise: One might think they'd team up, to feature a monthlong show of John Gielgud, sitting in Archie Bunker's chair, explaining the pilgrims to passers-by.

Hypothesis: The show was made.


Premise: Oh well, if we're not destined for matrimony in this lifetime, perhaps circumstances will someday allow me to buy you a beer or Dr Pepper or something.

Hypothesis: If we are married, I will buy you a beer or a Dr. Pepper.


Premise: But if the Chinese did try to buy favor with the Democrats, it may have been because they already owned the Republicans.

Hypothesis: If the Chinese tried to buy favor with the Democrats, it's because the Republicans rejected them.


Premise: The corrida always starts on time even if the clock occasionally has to be stopped.

Hypothesis: Resetting the clock is a common occurrence.


Premise: I hoped and prayed it would not occur to John also.

Hypothesis: Hopefully John would realize it as well.


Premise: What's completely intolerable is to be accurately quoted and seen--even by yourself--to be no better than you actually are.

Hypothesis: What's completely intolerable is to be accurately quoted and still come off badly.


Premise: Ca'daan felt his heart jump.

Hypothesis: Ca'daan had a slow, steady pulse.


Premise: Shenzhen was China's first Special Economic Zone.

Hypothesis: Within China was Shenzhen, and it was China's first and only Special Economic Zone.


Premise: Hindu ethics say that the path to salvation has three  righteousness, prosperity honestly achieved, and, not least, pleasure.

Hypothesis: The way to achieve prosperity honestly is written in Hindu texts.


Premise: but i like Bradshaw as a quarterback and i think uh Joe Montana's probably one of the finest and John Elway i believe that fellow if he had some different people in front of him he would be on par with with Joe Montana because i really think that Denver did not do much for Elway and his career except make him look bad on times when he really should not have looked that bad

Hypothesis: John Elway and Joe Montana played football together,


Premise: We all knowed he was comin'.

Hypothesis: We all had heard that he was coming.


Premise: right yeah yeah no i i agree with you there though i mean they want to choose that particular religion then that's fine with me too you know as long as they don't try and pull me in and drag me in and and i don't like the way that they do it either and and it's their mission as they do as they go door-to-door and they go out into the public and they actually have the uh teenagers serving two years like you would say like in an army and two years in going around and doing missionary type work and i don't know i just um i just don't particularly care for that at all and that that's one thing that i feel really strongly about though is uh you know people coming up to my door especially religious organizations and wanting to uh you know to try and get me to join or you know become interested in their religion because i have my own

Hypothesis: I'm very interested in their religion and would like to go door-to-door with them.


Premise: you ever serve that yourself when you have company

Hypothesis: Did you ever serve that yourself when you had a company, it's awful.


Premise: Probably no one will even notice you at all."

Hypothesis: It would be crazy if anyone noticed you.


Premise: 'Daniel!' I hissed, slamming the door shut behind me.

Hypothesis: I closed the door as gingerly as possible.


Premise: Equally stunning views of Funchal and surroundings can be enjoyed at Pico dos Barcelos.

Hypothesis: Pico dos Barcelos offers a stunning view of Funchal's surroundings although not of the city itself.


Premise: They are connected by Rim of the World Drive, a scenic highway reaching elevations of 8,000 ft (2,440 m).

Hypothesis: The Rim of the World Drive reaches below sea level of 8,000ft.


Premise: i can't think of her name i got it right on the tip of my tongue and can't say it Helen something

Hypothesis: I'm forgetful when it comes to names.


Premise: And (as Tom wonders in the book's opening line) are we all characters in one of God's dreams?

Hypothesis: Tom's last thought, reflected in the opening line of the book, was that we could be part of God's dream.


Premise: In the big finale, as men and women in tiny swimsuits perform a nearly pornographic water ballet in a giant glass-walled tank, a row of topless showgirls roars onto the stage on Harley Davidsons while lasers trace American Icons--the Statue of Liberty, profiles of Washington and Lincoln, the flag-raising on Iwo Jima--onto the wings of the stage, and a 15-piece pit band plays Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. Greed, liquor, jingoism, bad taste, and utterly compelling entertainment.

Hypothesis: The finale was crass and disgusting with lots of nudity.


Premise: Jesse Helms opposes granting China permanent MFN status, calling it a reward for bad behavior.

Hypothesis: China has permanent MFN status.


Premise: and uh we have a lot of bad stuff it just really  gets me depressed even to watch it

Hypothesis: The news depresses me.


Premise: and um she was just so friendly and i asked the manager as we checked out i said is that lady a ballerina or what and he goes he said no she's a bulimic

Hypothesis: The manager told me that she was the lady ballerina I was referring to.


Premise: um-hum i usually just i'm trying to think of i guess i would tend myself to be more towards the the like three

Hypothesis: My opinions on things vary greatly depending on how I am feeling.


Premise: A red flag means that swimming is dangerous and a black flag means that no swimming is allowed.

Hypothesis: A red flag can indicate that the water is safe to swim in.


Hypothesis: To apply for the job one has to visit the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Leadership/Governance site.


Premise: Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, who suggested that the Justice Department, rather than a biased independent counsel, should investigate Baitgate.

Hypothesis: Eric Holder predictably suggested that the Justice Department should investigate rather than any other agency.


Premise: In the opinion of many, Cuba is an isolated socialist dinosaur.

Hypothesis: Cuba is thought to be an isolated socialist dinosaur by few.


Premise: yeah but don't you think in a way that's kind of a cop out i mean it still is your responsibility and and and and nowadays they do have more information that you can become aware of and there are things like the League of Women Voters or some of the other groups

Hypothesis: That is avoiding the responsibility you have to your constiutents.


Premise: He's not a moron.'

Hypothesis: That guy is an idiot.


Premise: The collections, regularly rotated from the 45,000 works in reserve, range from the Fauves and Cubism to Abstract Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and all the breakaway factions and reactions which followed them.

Hypothesis: The collections are rotated from 45,000 works, but the disciplines are limited.


Premise: In 1994, GAO projected the cost at $2.

Hypothesis: GAO projects the cost for each year.


Premise: The salient questions, outlined above, are more relative and  whether Democratic promises to refrain from spending the surplus are less trustworthy than Republican promises to match tax cuts with spending cuts, and which hypothetical error--excessive spending or excessive tax cuts--would be harder to reverse.

Hypothesis: It's hard to determine who is more sincere between the Democrats promising to cut taxes and the Republicans talking about saving the surplus.


Premise: oh well well you you'll get it over with here

Hypothesis: It will be done correctly here.


Premise: The modes of any period can easily be made to look stupid.

Hypothesis: There are some periods with modes that simply can't be portrayed as stupid.


Premise: you know to do it and that really gets kind of aggravating after a while because you're saying well i work full time too you know

Hypothesis: You work full time as well which means you are very busy.


Premise: The port was passing from hand to hand.

Hypothesis: They broke the port with their bare hands.


Premise: right knowledge at the right time.

Hypothesis: knowing the things that are learned at a specific time.


Premise: okay all right hey bye-bye

Hypothesis: Hold on!


Premise: having hurt my wrist.

Hypothesis: Having severely slashed my wrist.


Premise: A lot of extra cars were parked around the town- cameras and notebooks were in evidence.

Hypothesis: There were many more cars than normal in the town.


Premise: Critics chalk up Calder's previous low standing to the abundance of sculptures he made in the '60s for corporate plazas, which are labeled mostly boring (Robert Hughes, Time ). (Click here for the National Gallery site.)

Hypothesis: They were not impressed with the majority of the artist's pieces.


Premise: At some point, however, it is possible that private industry would rise to the occasion and collect virtually all of the mail, process it, and give it to the postal service for delivery.

Hypothesis: The private industry could improve the performance of the postal service.


Premise: yeah you know uh is he going to yell at me for buying this with this you know and he's not a yeller though but

Hypothesis: He doesn't like when I buy this.


Premise: Maybe it's not such a bad idea with this kefir.

Hypothesis: With this kefir, it's a horrible idea.


Premise: The environment is also affected by the manner in which the agency delegates authority and responsibility throughout the organization.

Hypothesis: Many actions that the agency take can affect the environment.


Premise: Surprisingly, the $10 million spectacular isn't Broadway's all-time biggest flop.

Hypothesis: This is the worst flop Broadway has ever seen.


Premise: um for the worst i would assume

Hypothesis: For the best I would assume.


Premise: In other words, there is no difference between my description of their argument and their own.

Hypothesis: Our two descriptions could not be more different.


Premise: Why would you assume that this comment has to do with African-Americans anyway?

Hypothesis: Don't you think this comment has a lot to do with African-Americans?


Premise: The staff can introduce you to 19 of the over 150 breeds of sheep.

Hypothesis: The staff know a few of the breeds.


Premise: sent the signal, consciously or not, that she wasn't entirely free of shame herself.

Hypothesis: She sent a seemingly unconscious signal regarding her level of shame.


Premise: The author urges both sides to admit defeat and move on.

Hypothesis: The author did not want to side with either side, as they did not want to cause conflict, so they told both sides to just move on and move past the problem.


Premise: I waiteduntil I heard the outside door clank shutbefore I followed.

Hypothesis: I was following even before the outside door shut.


Premise: If car insurance were a tax-free benefit, it wouldn't be surprising to find employers picking low-cost insurers who make you visit preferred mechanics and skimp on coverage for Land Rovers and minivans.

Hypothesis: Car insraucnce is offered through an employer.


Premise: i think that adds to the diversity i think that uh i like that uh there i know you know John Wylie Price i don't know if you kept up but he's been protesting that

Hypothesis: John Wylie Price is against diversity.


Premise: you don't think so i just

Hypothesis: You think so but I just don't think that's it.


Premise: Don't be a cynic.

Hypothesis: Be a cynic.


Premise: It's that they don't study with the ferociousness and all-out commitment of people who realize (or who have parents who realize) that outstanding school performance is their one shot at big-time opportunity in America.

Hypothesis: Success in America depends upon doing well in school.


Premise: cover some of that yeah

Hypothesis: If needed that item can be visited in more detail in the directions.


Premise: If I fill in my name and cash it, I pay tax.

Hypothesis: I'll have to pay taxes when I cash the check.


Premise: In other words, it's open season for guys like him.

Hypothesis: In other words, time's over for guys like him.


Premise: yes i'm actually a Met's fan i'm i'm one of these people who's actually a die hard Met fan and an avid Yankee hater

Hypothesis: I hate the Mets.


Premise: Most shops will box these for storage in the airplane hold and deliver them either to your hotel or the airport on the day you leave.

Hypothesis: Most shops will deliver purchases to your hotel if you don't want to carry them around.


Premise: yeah well i've been worried about mostly with having little kids now with taking them out in the Summer and getting them burnt up i mean i have to keep the sun screen on them just constantly when they go outside

Hypothesis: My kids go out all the time in the summer and the last thing they need is sunblock.


Premise: Hence, this was a very complex project that was completed approximately within the time frame estimated and shown in Exhibit A-7 in Appendix A.

Hypothesis: The time frame was accurately predicted.


Premise: My favorite strip was when Lucy fell ill and sent Rerun to hold the football for Charlie Brown.

Hypothesis: I like the cartoon where Charlie Brown kikcks the ball.


Premise: Which is not exactly a No.

Hypothesis: It isn't exactly a no, but it's definitely not a yes.


Premise: but uh some kind of a national service uh concept that might be geared around reducing that would be a i think would be a big step so

Hypothesis: I think that things are working great and it needs to increase and a national service would be a step in the wrong direction.


Premise: Their applicability to case study evaluations outside of settings such as GAO is being explored.

Hypothesis: They are exploring the applicability to case study evaluations inside the settings.


Premise: but yet you would still respond to everything in a very you know negative way you know it's like do this why you know

Hypothesis: You would be sour about it.


Premise: The fado is much too solemn to be danced, so regional fishermen's and shepherds' dances are sometimes performed to perk things up.

Hypothesis: Regional fishermen's dances are much too solemn and sober.


Premise: Characteristics related to the useful life are that it

Hypothesis: There are many characteristics associated with the useful life.


Premise: Since he had probably resigned himself to failure from the beginning, he kept up a confident exterior to the end.

Hypothesis: He acted insecure because he probably had resigned himself to failure from the beginning.


Premise: Other sports sites pale next to SportsZone, but they still demolish print and TV.

Hypothesis: Print and TV don't offer the same level of sports coverage as the websites do.


Premise: Value-free social science does not demand that its practitioners have no values.

Hypothesis: Value-free sociology does not tell its practitioners to lose their values, but rather observe value neutrality.


Premise: and that innocent people i i shouldn't say innocent because i mean actually actually if they commit a crime that they're in the same circumstances but

Hypothesis: If they commit a crime under duress, they are not innocent.


Premise: Major Temple of the Cow Goddess Hathor, it was begun in the Ptolemaic era, c.125 b.c. , making it one of the later Egyptian temples.

Hypothesis: There were many temples built during the Ptolemaic era.


Premise: yeah patent it that's a good idea

Hypothesis: You should really follow through and get a patent.


Premise: APHIS rejected the second alternative because it believed that less stringent mitigating measures than the ones proposed would increase the risk of the introduction of hog cholera into the United States and that more stringent mitigating conditions would be unnecessarily restrictive.

Hypothesis: The risk would increase.


Premise: But massive growth during the 20th century saw Edinburgh absorb many of these formerly independent communities into its ever-enlarging limits.

Hypothesis: Edinburgh continued to shrink until there were only a few remaining communities.


Premise: Rotten little bounder too! he said savagely.

Hypothesis: The boy was rotten.


Premise: The intermediate projections, which reflect the Trustees' best estimate, reflect changes in the working age population, particularly the increasing rate of retirement by the baby boom generation after 2010.

Hypothesis: The projections show changes in population age statistics.


Premise: 'Don't worry.

Hypothesis: Panic!


Premise: well i can imagine

Hypothesis: I can see vividly


Premise: But it would be a pity to miss the quiet majesty of the Palacio de los Duques (Palace of the Dukes of Gandaa), home of Saint Francis Borja (1510-1572), fourth Duke of Gandaa, who abandoned worldly pleasures to join the Jesuit order after the death of his wife.

Hypothesis: Francis Borja led a life of hedonism after his wife died.


Premise: A few days later, the Times printed an op-ed criticizing the liberal media for ignoring the Davidson news conference.

Hypothesis: The Times printed an editorial that said the liberal media ignored a news conference that was very important.


Premise: Commentators complained of the Series' sloppy play but applauded the epic Game 7, in which the Marlins, down to the last two outs of their season, eked out the tying run and won in extra innings.

Hypothesis: Commentators have been generally pleased with the success of play throughout the Series.


Premise: It is good news for adoptive parents that neither genetic relationship nor conscious awareness of genetic relationship is a prerequisite for love.

Hypothesis: Adoptive parents may be insecure


Premise: It is better than being cooked and eaten, said San'doro.

Hypothesis: San'doro wants to be cooked and eaten.


Premise: I should suggest that we call upon him there as soon as possible.

Hypothesis: I think he has the answers we need and we should see him now.


Premise: Since then, the city has frozen hiring and chopped programs to stave off a budget emergency.

Hypothesis: The city is taking all possible precautions in order to avoid an emergency.


Premise: Lipstick lesbians wear heavier makeup than straight women.

Hypothesis: Straight women wear more makeup than lesbians.


Premise: The degree to which a system or component isAvailability operational and accessible when required for use, often expressed as a probability.

Hypothesis: Information is collected to determine availability operational and accessible.


Premise: There wasn't even a trace of bedsoreness, though he had been flat on his back long enough to grow callouses.

Hypothesis: His body ached with beadsoreness.


Premise: and i i think you're right uh i think you're right there um i do remember when it was over i remember when they were coming home uh but i remember the feeling back then you know like i feel like right now i feel like this country has been behind this war

Hypothesis: The country supported the war.


Premise: Bad luck.

Hypothesis: One thing after another went wrong because of bad luck.


Premise: yeah she i mean she seems on the outside uh good and everything but but i don't know it just it just kind of bothers me and that that just may be because we're not used to having i'm not used to having women in in roles like that you know as role models

Hypothesis: She doesn't bother me, I am used to seeing women in roles like that.


Premise: Some changes in personal values are simply part of growing older.

Hypothesis: Some changes in values are a part of growing older and wiser.


Premise: The universe seemed to cry out.

Hypothesis: The universe echoed with what seemed the sound of crying.


Premise: yeah she'll she'll dip her food or her paw down into the food and scoop up some and eat it from her paw

Hypothesis: She'll eat her food directly from the source without using her paw.


Premise: Their cumulative and longer term effects, however, some of which may be largely unknown at this time, may be substantial.

Hypothesis: Their cumulative and long term effects are predictable and likely insubstantial.


Premise: right right it's just it's just uh like a necessary evil i mean when we when our children were younger when they were like four years old three years old five years old we we just had Sesame Street and that was about it you know

Hypothesis: Sesame Street was just one of many programs to watch when our kids were younger.


Premise: and uh and i'm i'm i'm especially sorry for the people that are you know have spent all these years trying to deal with it emotionally because you know until the last past four or five years nobody ever really worried about that for them

Hypothesis: People had emotional problems.


Premise: it's best to take your lessons right at the beginning before you learn the bad habits i guess

Hypothesis: You should learn on your own before taking lessons.


Premise: In Palma, the shops Can Bonet and Dana sell fine handmade embroidery.

Hypothesis: There are embroidery shops in Palma that will embroider anything you bring them.


Premise: A writer goes inside the Air Force surveillance planes currently searching Kosovo for Serbian tanks.

Hypothesis: There have been military actions in Kosovo.


Premise: um-hum i i didn't have that exper ience i i don't have cable so i i'm pretty much limited to PBS which i thought i thought they did a very good job

Hypothesis: I have cable so I do not bother turning on PBS.


Premise: San'doro spun low and threw one of the daggers twirling end over end.

Hypothesis: San'doro stabbed with a dagger.


Premise: If you struggle or cry out, I'll shoot you like a dog." The rim of steel pressed a little harder against the girl's temple.

Hypothesis: He threatened to shoot her regardless of the things she does.


Premise: Today, Japan is more like America's kid brother than a mortal threat.

Hypothesis: Japan is at odds with America, like an estranged cousin.


Premise: that yeah with the ice but that uh that's about the worst worst winter i've been been through down here

Hypothesis: The area I live in has some of the strangest, coldest winters.


Premise: If the passthrough were over 100%, a result for which some parties argue, the discount would be larger and we would say that we are moving from rate category treatment toward subclass treatment.

Hypothesis: The is a chance we will have poor treatment.


Premise: Only this time, apparently, fortune was going to favor him.

Hypothesis: This time fortune decided to favor someone else.


Premise: he brought it home i believe it came in his uh his mail here's a camera and a dustbuster and some tools someone a lot of tools a man might like you know

Hypothesis: He got things in the mail, such as tools and other household items


Premise: you know this is the way i feel about this and this is the way because i it's you know when you when you if you if you teach them when they're little the way you want them to be and the things that are important to you then you just you add onto it as they get older

Hypothesis: let them act however they want when they're young


Premise: In the kitchen is a planter of yellow tulips with pale-green markings engulfed by a mass of purple grape hyacinths.

Hypothesis: There are flowers from the garden in the kitchen.


Premise: It seems to me very simple.

Hypothesis: It didn't have many issues.


Premise: to run all the way downstairs that  that i don't use it

Hypothesis: To run all the way across  town and get something that I use often.


Premise: Critics trash Homer's epic-turned-sweeps-month-stunt.

Hypothesis: Homer's epic-turned-sweeps-month-stunt in the film was disliked by many audiences.


Premise: He brought Dayak leaders onto his ruling council but favored the time-honored colonial practice of divide-and-rule by pitting one tribe against another to keep the peace.

Hypothesis: He used tribal violence to create peace.


Premise: The company has forged alliances with several cable companies such as Comcast (full  Microsoft recently invested $1 billion in Comcast) and Cox to provide service.

Hypothesis: They will be able to provide services.


Premise: Trader Vic's opened garish Polynesian-themed restaurants; Arthur Godfrey brought the ukulele to television; Burt Lancaster and Debra Kerr rolled in the wet sands of Oahu; and jet air service brought in vacationers by the hundred thousands.

Hypothesis: Trader Vic opened restaurants that offended the locals.


Premise: b) Did not quit on principle after Clinton admitted lies.

Hypothesis: Quit because of Clinton's lies


Premise: We're so close.

Hypothesis: We have gone very far.


Premise: In July 1936, most of the army, led by General Francisco Franco with the support of the monarchists, conservatives, the clergy, and the right-wing Falange rose against the government in Madrid.

Hypothesis: General Franco did even have the support of the army when he rose against the government.


Premise: So yes, I'm going to get my hands dirty and I will consider myself properly damned for it.

Hypothesis: I am going to do something bad, but i don't care what happens.


Premise: With Oriental and Byzantine decorative elements reflecting the Pisan Republic's overseas interests, its four-tiered arcaded facade over three porches is a masterpiece of grace and delicacy.

Hypothesis: The main influences of the Pisan Republic were from Oriental and Byzantine empires.


Premise: Rate and service adjustments agreed upon by the Postal Service and mailers are legally authorized if three conditions are

Hypothesis: There are conditions that need to be met for rate and service adjustments.


Premise: A mere speck in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Madeira has all the elements of a mysterious dream world.

Hypothesis: Madeira is located in the middle of the pacific ocean


Premise: and they have sold a house that was quite expensive and bought one you know that was was more reasonably priced it's uh in Dallas but it's in the Richardson School District

Hypothesis: They sold an expensive house and bought an even more expensive house to be in the Richardson School District.


Premise: right no i think it's it's to me more of a convenience to have them come pick it up

Hypothesis: It's more convenient for me if I take care of it.


Premise: There may be trouble with the A.S.E." For a long time there was a silence, broken only by the rustle of papers and an occasional word of explanation from the German.

Hypothesis: The German may be involved with the trouble with the A.S.E.


Premise: Oh! I said, rather nonplussed.

Hypothesis: I wasn't sure what to think.


Premise: Entitlements are not the only thing that matters.

Hypothesis: Entitlements do matter, but not as much as the other things.


Premise: In other words, the F-22 is requiring significantly more maintenance actions than planned.

Hypothesis: The maintenance on the F-22 is taking a long time.


Premise: Another situation where program implementation case studies may be called for is when concern exists about implementation problems.

Hypothesis: Program implementation case studies can be useful when a concern exists about the implementation on a larger scale.


Premise: There is an increased sense of desperation in China about Taiwan.

Hypothesis: China is mildly uncomfortable about Taiwan.


Premise: During much of the 1990's the number of active boilermakers had been declining due to very low employment levels resulting from very low activity in the utility power plant construction business.

Hypothesis: The low employment levels were the cause of there being less practicing boilermakers.


Premise: you want to go ahead or

Hypothesis: It would be best if you advance.


Premise: UT law students will staff the center and conduct the initial interviews with clients to find out what their legal problems are and how they can be helped.

Hypothesis: To find out what clients' legal problems are and how they can be solved, UT law students are going to interview them, said the news.


Premise: But the Army shows the process can work, and can help.

Hypothesis: The army promises that it can help if the process is used.


Premise: But perhaps history is on the Weinsteins'  It took jerks like the old-time moguls to bring film to maturity.

Hypothesis: They needed humble people to mature the film industry.


Premise: If she shrieked for help there was very little chance of anyone hearing her, whereas there was probably quite a good chance of Mrs. Vandemeyer's shooting her.

Hypothesis: Mrs. Vandemeyer might hit her, then shoot her.


Premise: To arrive before the time would look over-eager.

Hypothesis: Arriving a little bit late makes one appear inconsiderate.


Premise: but uh you know but we need good schools uh we're more involved in that now and i i i i think it's better for everybody if we had better schools

Hypothesis: Good schools are advantageous.


Premise: Whilerulingfrompalaces ontheeastbankoftheNile, Pharaohs chose to be buriedonthewestbank,asthiswastherestingplaceoftheGodAmun Ra intheformof the setting sun.

Hypothesis: The Pharaohs built their palaces on the east side of the River Nile to be closer to the God Amun Ra.


Premise: In addition, under certain circumstances, GAO has the authority to access information from other entities receiving federal funds, such as the District of Columbia, state and local governments, and private sector contractors.

Hypothesis: The local governments work under the supervision of GAO.


Premise: I've forgotten his name now, confessed Tuppence.

Hypothesis: Tuppence remembered his name later.


Premise: Submission of Report

Hypothesis: The report has been submitted to someone


Premise: you know especially i would say the receivers when they're in the air and they get tackled

Hypothesis: The receivers get tacked in the air all the time.


Premise: we uh you know we're not going to get this budget isn't going to make us rich but it is going to prevent us from going into poverty uh but

Hypothesis: Without the budget, we would all fall into poverty.


Premise: None of the above?

Hypothesis: Not any of the above, but a mixture of the above?


Premise: With further refinements underway to improve reliability, this system will enable program leaders at all levels to provide Congress, client groups, state legislatures, bar leaders, courts, funders and other stakeholders with a more accurate picture of how many people are being served by LSC-funded programs.

Hypothesis: Program funding will be impacted by the reporting from this system.


Premise: It WAS taken from me, but I found it again."

Hypothesis: I thought someone had taken it, but I had simply misplaced it.


Premise: um-hum well you know what else really surprised me now i'm married to a native Texan and i'm not

Hypothesis: I'm married to a native Texan and I'm not very fond of them.


Premise: We'll keep it to the last and open the other first."

Hypothesis: We'll open this one first and the other one afterwards.


Premise: The massive mansion opposite, nearly as impressive, houses the Casa de efrica, with pelts, drums, costumes, carved figures, and furniture from some 26 African countries, as well as a tantalizing collection of objects related to santeraa, the syncretic Afro-Cuban religion (see page 26; Casa de efrica will likely be closed for renovations until the end of 2000).

Hypothesis: Furniture from some 26 African countries can be found in the small mansion.


Premise: Randy's Full Responsibility Wraparound

Hypothesis: Randy's acceptance of responsibility


Premise: The latter was a royal palace for much longer than Versailles, with certain additions made over seven centuries, notably from Franaois I in the 16th century.

Hypothesis: Versailles has been the royal palace for longer than any other palace.


Premise: And their festivals, in an area without the usual sorts of urban entertainment, are frequent, colorful, and more spontaneous than in the more densely populated regions of the country.

Hypothesis: Their festivals are infrequent compared to the rest of the country.


Premise: The island's irrigation system is composed of 2,150km (1,350 miles) of channels.

Hypothesis: There are fewer than 1,000 miles of channels in the irrigation system.


Premise: Take no unnecessary risks once the papers are in your hands.

Hypothesis: If the papers are in your hands, risks might come.


Premise: According to the National Enquirer , Jack Nicholson accidentally hit his 7-year-old son's Shih Tzu with a golf club; the pup reportedly recovered after receiving 57 stitches to the abdomen.

Hypothesis: The National Enquirer said Nicholson almost killed a dog when he was playing golf.


Premise: When territory wasn't acquired by conquest Sind from Baluchi princes, Punjab and Kashmir from the Sikhs, Maharashtra and Delhi from the Marathas, or Assam from Burma the British annexed it by so-called Principles of Lapse and Paramountcy.

Hypothesis: The British gave territory to the native people of India.


Premise: At 5 o'clock, an hour later, she uses almost the same words, but the standpoint is different.

Hypothesis: At 5'oclock, she says something completely different from what she said before.


Premise: oh yeah it's too nice been too nice of a weekend

Hypothesis: The weekend was productive and satisfying.


Premise: no it uh it started leaking through the you know out through the pan and out onto the floor and it's soaking up in the Sheetrock or in things right

Hypothesis: It started to leak a lot.


Premise: Stomp all over us ... that's what you Rebs has been promisin' to do, ain't it?

Hypothesis: What you Rebs want to do, is eradicate our way of life and then forget about us.


Premise: There's really no way for me to know, and I certainly don't want to act without a better idea of the situation.' White bit his lip, thinking.

Hypothesis: I wanted to know more about the situation but didn't want to ask.


Premise: That bears out my little idea entirely.

Hypothesis: It turns out I was thinking along the wrong lines.


Premise: The sole exception is in Sant Antoni, where some cafes refuse to serve coffee at all during peak hours, preferring the high profits from alcohol.

Hypothesis: Cafes in Sant Antoni sell coffee during the peak hours since they don't have alcohol.


Premise: Only 20% of patients were screened.

Hypothesis: Few patients failed the screening test.


Premise: Just north of Avenida do Infante (along Rua Dr. Pita) is the delightful Quinta Magnolia park.

Hypothesis: The Quinta Magnolia park is nice to stroll in.


Premise: Having in his turn failed to persuade Tuppence to go to bed, he said decisively: "At any rate, you've got to have something to eat right away.

Hypothesis: He had something to eat right away.


Premise: Save The Diaries of Dawn Powell (1995) for last.

Hypothesis: Have diaries of dawn Powell in the beginning


Premise: 'But think of it this way, Ben- White's already sponsored more minor attacks.

Hypothesis: White encouraged people to launch attacks.


Premise: You have?

Hypothesis: He has.


Premise: um how weird i don't know and they they do have a variety of topics my first one was the toughest it was something like discuss pollution

Hypothesis: I do not know much about the topic of pollution.


Premise: Wonder now did it maybe go back into a shield agin afterward?"He gazed beyond Drew's shoulder into the world outside the cantina door.

Hypothesis: He looked directly into Drew's eyes as he remained silent.


Premise: Further, the Conferees intend that the Conference substitute will secure the rights of H-2 agricultural workers under the specific contract under which they were admitted to this country.

Hypothesis: The H-2 agricultural workers can remain in this country for a specified period of time according to their contract.


Premise: Beside that magnificent blaze of color Shiloh was drab, a shadow about to be put to flight by the sun.

Hypothesis: Shiloh had a bad color.


Premise: Games are scheduled on Wednesdays and Saturdays from September through April.

Hypothesis: There are games throughout the year.


Premise: uh-huh i'd recommend that if if someone was trying to choose a college that they they get uh as much information on the schools as they can as far as what curriculums they offer and uh how reputable they are and what kind of reputation they have in the country and uh go from there the rest of it's just personal preference whether you like the mascot or not or whether it's close by

Hypothesis: I think you need to hone in on the college ranking and just ignore everything else like reputation, distance, mascot, etc.


Premise: If the surplus is not spent on government programs or used for tax cuts, it is saved.

Hypothesis: The surplus can be spent on government programs and still be saved.


Premise: I was floating, breathless.

Hypothesis: I was drowning.


Premise: because i'm always worrying it won't firm up because it when you take it out of the saucepan it's like boy i hope this thickens a little more because it's not like real package thick you know when you cook a package it's it's a little less

Hypothesis: I hope to thicken it as close to the package as possible.


Premise: His moustache was very stiff and military.

Hypothesis: He had a weak moustache