Problem: Here is a premise:
The four weekly events an op-ed in the style of the New York Times (750 words or thereabouts); a New Yorker Talk of the Town piece (750 words or thereabouts); the first 1,000 words of a Vanity Fair profile; and a breaking news story (750 words or thereabouts).

Here is a hypothesis:
The NY Times style op-ed should be roughly 750 words.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
Your help has been of the most invaluable.

Here is a hypothesis:
You have given me a lot of important help.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
Having conditioned its audience to view IQ as all-important, The Bell Curve then manipulates statistics in a way that makes IQ look bigger, and everything else smaller, in determining Americans' life-chances.

Here is a hypothesis:
The Bell Curve may be responsible for the altered perception, though it may be founded in some truth and fact.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
Capacity in the U.S. is equal to 465 million pounds/yr, or 233,000 tons.

Here is a hypothesis:
It's been said that in the coming years, the US's capacity is expected to improve.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer:
it is not possible to tell