Anchor: And it's hard work to determine the success of mergers, because you have to compare the performance of the new company against the projected performance of the previously independent companies.
Entailed: Hard work is what determines the success of mergers, you have to compare performance of the combined companies against projected performance of the once independent ones.
Contradiction: Hard work is unneeded in determining how successful a merger will be.
Contradiction: It's never all right. 
Contradiction: There is a child standing outdoors.
Contradiction: John McLaughlin looked directly at Fred Beetle Barnes and yelled at him.
Contradiction: I heard about that in the past but haven't heard much about it now.