Problem: Women form half the population and 54% of the voters in the country, yet are very poorly represented in parliament.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Women are poorly represented in parliament.
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Answer: yes

Problem: The privately owned spacecraft only got about 400 feet into space, according to radar measurements, but it was enough to confirm that it no longer takes a well-heeled government project to organize space travel.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
private spaceship launches
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Answer: yes

Problem: Nine months later, John Glenn becomes the first American man to orbit the Earth.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
John Glenn was the first man in orbit.
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Answer: no

Problem: Carl Smith collided with a concrete lamp-post while skating and suffered a skull fracture that caused a coma. When he failed to regain consciousness, his parents on August 8 consented to his life support machine being turned off.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Carl Smith died on August 8.
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Answer:
yes