Question: Context: (Washington, D.C.) - More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet. About 4,315,000 children were born in 2007, about 15,000 more births than the peak time of the baby boom in 1957, said Stephanie Ventura, a demographer at the National Center for Health Statistics, which compiled the data from provisional birth certificate registrations at state health departments. "According to our provisional data, we had the highest number of births ever reported in 2007," she said.

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Answer: Hypothesis: In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.

Question: Context: The 26-member International Energy Agency said, Friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the U.S. fuel crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina.

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Answer: Hypothesis: The international community agreed to release stocks from reserves to help avert a fuel crisis threatening the U.S.

Question: Context: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was elected March 28 with a mandate to reform Italy's business regulations and pull the economy out of recession.

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Answer: Hypothesis: The Italian Prime Minister is Silvio Berlusconi.

Question: Context: The Antarctic ozone 'hole' is defined as a thinning of the ozone layer, over the continent, to levels significantly below pre-1979 levels.

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Hypothesis: The ozone hole is above Antarctica.