Premise: Delhi stands at the western end of the Ganga (Ganges) river basin in which India grows much of its rice.

Hypothesis: The rice in Delhi is grown on dry land.
Answer: no

Premise: A story goes behind the scenes with New York Times editors, explaining how they create their front page each day.

Hypothesis: A story tells how New York Times editors get ideas for the front page.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: And it is a rather uninteresting, one-sided kind of hedonism that fails to take this into account.

Hypothesis: It is uninteresting and one-sided hedonism which fails to account for this because of the narrow views of its practitioners.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: You might be wrong--the WP runs a Reuters piece inside stating that in 1997, the GOP raised $37 million more--$114 million to $77 million.

Hypothesis: The GOP was able to raise $37 million according to a Reuters piece from 1997.
Answer: yes