Premise:
"14,15 In contrast, in 1989 city carrier labor cost the Postal Service $24."
Hypothesis: in 1989 city carrier labor cost the Postal Service $14

no

Premise:
"In the meantime, we can take only meager pride in achieving a society in which interracial marriage is safe, legal and, alas, rare."
Hypothesis: All marriages in our society are interracial.

no

Premise:
"The economy could be still better."
Hypothesis: They wanted to do their best.
it is not possible to tell