Premise: and are among the three largest recipients of U.S. outbound mail, the third being . U.S. outbound mail to and exceeds the inbound mail from each of those countries by about a -to-one ratio.

Hypothesis: They wanted to see it balanced more.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: In the following centuries sand swept through the area burying many of the buildings.

Hypothesis: The buildings were unscathed by the hands of time or by mother nature.
Answer: no

Premise: I dare say it'll be a washout, but houses are scarce nowadays.

Hypothesis: Houses are abundant and everywhere.
Answer: no

Premise: This leads to the current discount of 6a, which is where the lines in Figure 9 cross.

Hypothesis: Figure 9 does not have any lines converging.
Answer: no