Sentence 1: And I understood that it was partly because of Alfred Kazin that New York seemed a place of the imagination, a place where life opened up.

Sentence 2: I thought New York was a place where you had no opportunities.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: Full-time rural carriers' compensation is slightly lower than full-time city carriers.

Sentence 2: City carriers earn more because they have more deliveries to make
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: The film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, would be worth seeing just for Stamp's performance, at once rock-hard and goofily blinkered, and for Peter Fonda's wittily self-parodic turn as the suspected killer, a music producer who coasts on '60s counterculture easiness while his lackeys do the dirty work.

Sentence 2: The movie is one to miss, especially the actors who appear to be phoning it in.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
no