Anchor: I observed some of these tendencies during the later stages of my almost 10-year tenure with the firm.
Entailed: Near the end of the almost 10 years I spent at the firm, I noticed a few of these tendencies.
Contradiction: In almost 10 years at the firm, I didn't notice anything like that.
Contradiction: A man is reading a newspaper.
Contradiction: There is a woman cooking.
Contradiction: An animal is swimming in a hot tub.
Contradiction: The men were in lots of pain.