Question: Context: With the city's hotels in the midst of a sudden slowdown in business, operators are seeking wage cuts and other concessions from the unions representing 27,500 bellhops, housekeepers and waiters. But the unions are drawing a line across hotel lobbies, from the high-end Carlyle to the more budget-minded Ramada Inn, saying they see no need to bend now that operators are cutting rates in an effort to fill vacant rooms with tourists, executives and other travelers. It is far too soon to judge the financial health of the industry, said Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, an alliance of hotel unions.

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Answer: Hypothesis: The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council is an alliance of hotel unions.

Question: Context: Felicity Huffman and Patricia Arquette became first-time Emmy winners as they received lead actress honors, while Tony Shalhoub and James Spader, once again, proved favorites in the best actor category.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Patricia Arquette collected best drama actress for psychic crime drama "Medium", while James Spader won best actor for "Boston Legal" for a second year.

Question: Context: Putin and Bush say Iran doesn't have evil nuclear ambitions.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Bush and Putin urge Iran to give up nuclear ambitions.

Question: Context: Climatologists believe artificially induced climate change is the reason Australia is destined for the warmest year on record. Temperatures so far this year have averaged one degree above the 30-year average, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) told the Greenhouse 2005 - Action in Climate Change Conference being held in Melbourne this week. The head of the National Climate Centre, Michael Coughlan, says Australia has had the warmest ever first 10 months of 2005, and seems likely to be a record-breaking year.

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Hypothesis: Bad weather creates problems.