Premise: Colleges still pay for his slurred, mangled speeches.

Hypothesis: His speeches are slurred and mangled because he is always drunk.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: The point of making these physical standards is to educate your nose to recognize these aromas in an undoctored glass of wine.

Hypothesis: Physical standards are used to train you to pick out aromas from wine.
Answer: yes

Premise: My brother-in-law then chastised me for being harsh.

Hypothesis: Being harsh led my brother in law to chastise me.
Answer: yes

Premise: Sisler characterized a change in light extinction of one deciview as a small but perceptible scenic change under many circumstances.

Hypothesis: One deciview is a substantial enough unit of air quality to be visible, the smallest possible measurement while still distinguishable by the naked human eye.
Answer: yes