Premise: To the extent practical, changes to an employee's normal work schedule should generally be approved prior to the change actually occurring.

Hypothesis: It doesn't make sense to approve something after the fact.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: While acknowledging that building the new program from the ground up has been slow going, Dudovitz expects to serve up to 30 percent more clients in the San Gabriel-Pomona Valley than his predecessors.

Hypothesis: Dudovitz is refusing to acknowledge that the process of creating the new program is slow.
Answer: no

Premise: The easternmost stretch of the Royal Mile only 50 m- (55 yards-) long is called Abbey Strand.

Hypothesis: The Royal Mile is in the western part.
Answer: no

Premise: Of the detergents with color-safe bleaches, I tested All and Wisk (both in powder form), setting them against Liquid Tide With Bleach Alternative, which was rated the most effective detergent overall by Consumer Reports , but which made no claims to color safety or brightening.

Hypothesis: Detergents with color-safe bleaches were found not to be effective and all brands gave the same results.
Answer: no