Premise: Still, when more than 70 percent of the poor's legal needs are not being met, much remains to be done, the report points out.

Hypothesis: When the majority of the poor's legal needs are not being met, there is much to be done.
Answer: yes

Premise: "Sure thing.

Hypothesis: I'll take care of that for you.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: A permanent festival of laundry hangs across the narrow streets.

Hypothesis: The laundry hanging tradition was started a century ago over a lover's quarrel.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: And there--in no small part as a result of that history--it has found itself with very little leverage.

Hypothesis: It has a history of being powerful.
Answer: it is not possible to tell