Premise: An official government request for bids/proposals

Hypothesis: The public requested some bids/proposals.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: But who better to rationally and coldly lay out the costs and benefits of settlement for both Microsoft and the Justice Department?

Hypothesis: Microsoft will insist on the best possible terms in their settlement with the Justice Department.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: They considered ways in which the 33 civil legal services programs in the state (including the 12 LSC entities) should expand partnerships to ensure that low-income Floridians had access to a full array of the highest quality legal services possible.

Hypothesis: They considered ways for the civil legal service programs to shrink.
Answer: no

Premise: As home to such entertainment royalty as Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland and host of the first public Academy Awards at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in 1928, the city was genuinely the epicenter of entertainment and celebrity stardom.

Hypothesis: The Roosevelt Hotel had a well-known tradition to guest important people.
Answer: it is not possible to tell