B: and both of those seem very easy to use compared to D Base. A: Uh-huh. Do you think D Base is more flexible or allows you to do more. Or do you think the others are pretty much compatible these days?

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "the others are pretty much compatible these days"?
It's impossible to say

But he ended up eating it himself. I was reluctant to kiss my mother, afraid that somehow her weakness and unhappiness would infect me. Naturally I didn't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "her life and spirit could stimulate her mother"?
No

Robert Erwin, president of Biosource, called Plant Genetic's approach ''interesting'' and ''novel,'' and ''complementary rather than competitive.'' ''There is a large market out there hungry for hybrid seeds,'' he said. Mr. Robinson of Delta & Pine, the seed producer in Scott, Miss., said Plant Genetic's success in creating genetically engineered male steriles doesn't automatically mean it would be simple to create hybrids in all crops.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "it would be simple to create hybrids in all crops"?
No

So who knows? In a generation or two some of the New Crowd may attain true respectability, perhaps to be displaced in turn by a later flock of unscrupulous raptors. Or perhaps Wall Street, when it has suffered enough, will realize that finance is a service industry, and change its ethos.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "finance is a service industry"?
Yes