Premise:
"Gates calls the Windows-IE marriage the latest incremental step in Microsoft's long history of absorbing separate offerings (e.g."
Hypothesis: Gates is disappointed that Microsoft merged Windows and IE together.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"Bradley and Colvin (2000) estimated the entry pricing cost of the USO for the United States."
Hypothesis: Bradley and Colvin guessed the entry pricing cost to be about $5 million.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"-Property, plant, and equipment of historical, natural, cultural, educational or artistic significance, referred to as heritage assets, for example, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial;"
Hypothesis: My Mom's house is a heritage asset.
no