Problem: Here is a premise:
At this organization, deviations from policies had to be documented in a letter signed by both the executive of the business group requesting the deviation and the central information security group's manager.

Here is a hypothesis:
Deviations are frequently made.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
More often, as with Fannie Mae, what you get is the worst excesses of both.

Here is a hypothesis:
What you get with Fannie Mae is the worst part, which hurts consumers greatly.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
But one suspects this is not the example that actually worries Alterman.

Here is a hypothesis:
One suspects that this is not the example that actually worries Alterman.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
We taxpayers are employing an army of lawyers and economists who spend their every waking moment--and probably a few in dreamland--thinking of ways to get Microsoft.

Here is a hypothesis:
There are lawyers and economists who are funded with taxpayer money.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer:
yes