Question:
Based on the premise "Higher GDP in turn lessens the share of the nation's output dedicated to government transfer programs in our modeling because we use a simplifying assumption that such programs do not simply keep pace with overall economic growth.", can we conclude that "Higher GDP increases the share of the nation's output that government transfer programs use."?
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no

Question:
Based on the premise "More as the president continues surfing China.", can we conclude that "The president has officially finished surfing China."?
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Answer:
no

Question:
Based on the premise "But Lawrence never speaks to me if he can help it, and Mary can hardly bring herself to be civil to me. ", can we conclude that "They both do not like me. "?
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it is not possible to tell