Premise: The island is blanketed with birds of paradise, their beak-like flowers bright orange, blossom in open fields.

Hypothesis: The island has no other flowers aside from the birds of paradise.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Opening hours are as ordinary shops and stores 8am to noon and 2 to 5pm; supermarkets, department stores, and bookshops 8:30am to 12:30pm and 2:30 to 5:30pm; boutiques 9am to 1pm and 3 to 6pm.

Hypothesis: Bookshops open later because booksellers are a notoriously slumber-prone bunch.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: The mean value of avoiding one statistical death (i.e.

Hypothesis: The mean average of killing someone.
Answer: no

Premise: With the exception of the matter discussed below, HCFA promulgated the changes to the Medicare prospective payment systems under the notice and comment procedures of 5 U.S.C.

Hypothesis: HCFA made no changes to the Medicare prospective payment systems.
Answer: no