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Experimenting on a raft anchored on the river Elbe, Alfred Nobel tries to make nitroglycerine safer to handle. Finds that the addition of kieselguhr turns nitroglycerine into a dough that can be kneaded, and calls it "dynamite".
Hypothesis: Experimenting with explosives is best done when safety is considered and the location is in an area separated from people and things that can be damaged.
It's impossible to say
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Lance gets fired<br>Lance was a hard working man. He did have a few bad habits also. Lance was going to pull a prank on his boss. Lance decided to mess up his office and lost important documents. Lance went too far this time and had to be fired.
Hypothesis: Lance had never gotten in trouble at work before
It's impossible to say
Context:
This looks artificial when you're dealing with a fact witness, but these are fact witnesses who are also reporters, and I am straining to try to find a fair way to do this. I believe that to the extent -- and I've said this now several times -- that the reporters' testimony is necessary in order to invoke the residual hearsay exception under Rule 807, that the defendants have to have an opportunity to examine the reporters on the same topics and subjects that I would allow the plaintiffs to question them on during their case-in-chief, nothing more and nothing less.
Hypothesis: this is his first time saying this
No