Premise:
"There's a good time coming once the old woman is dead and out of the way. "
Hypothesis: The future is bright, without the old woman in the way.

yes

Premise:
"that's too bad that's not the topic i know self-improvement i think is the only one i got something like that when i got i'd been out of school for quite a while i think um back when it was again real topical um"
Hypothesis: It is a good that that it is not the topic.

no

Premise:
"People often dropped by asking to run a few plays."
Hypothesis: Nobody dropped by asking to run plays.
no