Premise: The sick and crippled arrive in droves in search of miracle cures.

Hypothesis: miracle cures attract many sick and crippled people.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Edinburgh has throughout most of its history been a very compact city.

Hypothesis: Through it it's history, Edinburgh has been considered a spacious city.
Answer: no

Premise: um-hum i'll bet yeah

Hypothesis: I am quite certain about it.
Answer: yes

Premise: Some journalists wrote scathingly of me, Mitchell, [former Texas Gov.] Ann Richards [also McPherson's partner], because we had agreed to do that.

Hypothesis: None of the journalists bothered to write anything about them.
Answer: no