Sentence 1: Just a word with your pretty friend here. He stretched out an unsteady hand, and clutched Jane by the shoulder.

Sentence 2: He grabbed Jane by the left shoulder.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: An SBA official has confirmed that some agencies follow this practice, and that SBA has not objected to it.

Sentence 2: The SBA has not objected to this particular practice that some agencies follow.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: , that Bush showed indifference to the Pakistani coup and ignorance of the region's nuclear importance) with a lighthearted recitation of the leaders of obscure countries, Gore is sugarcoating his indictment of Bush so that listeners will laugh, swallow, and absorb it.

Sentence 2: Bush sugarcoated the indictment of Al Gore.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
no