Problem: Here is a premise:
What Medicare is now suffering is not a calamity.

Here is a hypothesis:
Medicare is a calamity, and there's nothing right about it!

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Answer: no

Problem: Here is a premise:
I applaud the New York Times for trying to convey some of that excitement and say woe to you for dipping to such cynicism.

Here is a hypothesis:
I applaud the New York Times is trying to convey some of the excitement about the new Broadway play opening.

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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
Writers and painters who used to meet regularly in the cafes of St-Germain-des-Pres often find themselves squeezed out by film directors, TV performers, advertising people, and more and more tourists.

Here is a hypothesis:
Tourists, as well as film and TV people, are helping to squeeze out the writers and painters who used to frequent the cafes of St-Germain-des-Pres.

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Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
But that is not the important test of a book.

Here is a hypothesis:
The plot of a book is really the most important test.

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Answer:
it is not possible to tell