Premise: Good evening, ladies, he hiccupped.

Hypothesis: He greeted the ladies a pleasant evening, in between hiccups.
Answer: yes

Premise: They represent basic principles of good government that transcend administrations, partisan politics, and the issues of the moment.

Hypothesis: Basic principles of good government always transcend partisan state politics.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: For their part, Highland Southern populists tend to rally around harebrained economic programs, elevating them from an instrument of policy into a symbol of a crusade against their enemies.

Hypothesis: Highland Southern populists tend to rally around economic programs.
Answer: yes

Premise: (Paramount plugs the re-release on its site.)

Hypothesis: Paramount doesn't plug anything on their sites.
Answer: no