Problem: Here is a premise:
Seamus Heaney's poem The Little Canticles of Asturias, which appeared in the debut issue of SLATE, contains a mesmerizing image of a smouldering maw/ of a pile of newspapers lit long ago, fanning up in the wind, breaking off and away/ in flame-posies, small airborne fire-ships.

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Slate posted Heaney's poem in the first issue in September 2000.

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Answer: it is not possible to tell

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yeah yeah and it may come to that you know with the electronic age

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The electronic age is filled with surprises.

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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
The clumping of hobnailed boots on the gravel outside proclaimed the approach of Manning.

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Manning wasn't able to approach silently.

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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
Men dove for cover behind seats, merrily blasting away.

Here is a hypothesis:
Men blasted as they dove for cover.

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Answer:
yes