Question: Neither does he provide any answers to the problem, merely a wistful remembrance of how good it was.
He answered the problem immediately.

Answer: no

Question: You did that well, girl.
Girl, you did a half-assed job on that.

Answer: no

Question: In 1996, the last year for which country statistics are available, 10,353 H-2A workers came from Mexico while only 4,231 came from the second leading country, Jamaica.
In 1996, 10,353 H-2A workers came from Mexico.

Answer:
yes