Premise: The mail-order shortages also reflect the new-found fashion consciousness of retailers like Lands' End and L.L.

Hypothesis: The mail-order shortages were caused by the tariff increase across the board.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: The Court's decision displays not only an improper special solicitude for our own profession; it also displays, I think, the very fondness for reform through the courts- the making of innumerable social judgments through judgepronounced constitutional imperatives- that prompted Congress to restrict publicly funded litigation of this sort.

Hypothesis: Congress restricted publicly funded litigation.
Answer: yes

Premise: After that, we were able to raise funds, he said.

Hypothesis: Bill Gates was the largest donor.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: You'd better start.

Hypothesis: You should be finished by now.
Answer: no