Premise: Either he's getting bigger or the sun is setting.

Hypothesis: He looks to be two feet taller.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Although sulfur deposition has declined, nitrogen emissions have not changed substantially region-wide.

Hypothesis: It's a good thing that both Nitrogen and Sulfur levels are low.
Answer: no

Premise: Researchers announced that Spironolactone, a 40-year-old, inexpensive medication used to treat water retention, cut death from congestive heart failure by 30 percent in experimental trials.

Hypothesis: Spironolactone is 80 years old.
Answer: no

Premise: Degeneracy, disease never the deliberate embracing of a career by a far-seeing man.

Hypothesis: Instead of embracing a career, becoming a miscreant.
Answer: yes