Problem: Here is a premise:
Critics agree with the premise of this get-tough-on-China polemic but think the authors, two former Beijing bureau chiefs, go overboard with the Cold War rhetoric.

Here is a hypothesis:
Critics think the two former Beijing bureau chiefs were too close to the problem.

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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
On the mountain crags to the west, far out from their trail, dark clouds swirled and surged.

Here is a hypothesis:
The mountains were five miles to the west of us.

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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
The collection, housed in the former palace of Ibrahim Pa?, the son-in-law of Seleyman the Magnificent, includes illuminated Korans, inlaid Koran boxes, antique carpets, ceramics, and Persian miniatures.

Here is a hypothesis:
The former palace contains a collection with many treasures.

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Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
Greider suggests we could replay the terrible conflicts of the twentieth century.

Here is a hypothesis:
One suggestion was to replay conflicts of the twentieth century.

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Answer:
yes