Sentence 1: okay now they don't understand that you know maybe he needed fifty dollars so he held up the seven eleven

Sentence 2: He held up the seven eleven.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Both sides formed twisted mirror images of each other.

Sentence 2: The sides were mirror images of each other.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Yeltsin's in tight wi th the old guard so it may be trying to choose between the lesser of two evils at this point

Sentence 2: It's like picking the lesser of two evils.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes