Question: Did Tripp have any input into the salary for her current position?
Tripp had input on a lot of salary decisions in her department.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: New Englanders, fearing British corruption and tyranny, provoked the American Revolution.
Fearing British corruption and tyranny, New Englanders provoked the American Revolution.

Answer: yes

Question: For most of the 19th century the Pantheon oscillated between secular and consecrated status, according to the current regime's political persuasion.
For most of the 19th century, the Pantheon was just secular.

Answer:
no