Question:
But such a step wouldn't mean Alterman and his potential spouse's taxes would go down much.

Does it follow that "Getting married won't really affect their taxes."?
Answer:
it is not possible to tell

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uh-oh well what about your summers in Dallas now is that similar was it humid up in the New England states like it is down there

Does it follow that "New England is very dry and the humidity rarely rises about 20%."?
Answer:
no

Question:
'And without any luck?'

Does it follow that "And with no luck?"?
Answer:
yes

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Also, like federal agencies, the organizations relied, to varying degrees, on a mix of mainframe and client-server systems and made heavy use of interconnected networks.

Does it follow that "Federal agencies didn't make much use of interconnected networks while the organizations did."?
Answer:
no