Premise: The girl shook her head wonderingly.

Hypothesis: The girl was not shaking her head.
Answer: no

Premise: (Before the island's telephone service was boldly upgraded, it used to be easier to drive across the border than to put through a call to the other side. )

Hypothesis: ( It used to be difficult to place a call to the other side of the island.)
Answer: yes

Premise: He had never spoken to him.

Hypothesis: They had never spoken before.
Answer: yes

Premise: In a sense, individual accounts could serve as a way to channel saving through the government into resources for private investment while avoiding issues associated with government ownership of nonfederal assets.

Hypothesis: Government investment in private organizations raises issues with potential corruption.
Answer: it is not possible to tell