Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Oil prices, notoriously vulnerable to political events, spiked as high as $40 a barrel during the Gulf War in 1991.
Hypothesis: Oil prices did not broach forty bucks during the specified period
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Answer:
No

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Let me just tell you who the jury is. The people of Texas. There's only been one governor ever elected to back-to-back four-year terms, and that was me. And I was able to do so with a lot of Democrat votes, nearly 50% of the Hispanic vote, about 27% of the African-American vote, because people know I'm a conservative person and a compassionate person.
Hypothesis: I am the only Texas governor to have won back to back four year terms.
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Answer:
Yes

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

New Zealand's Qualifications Authority said Friday that it still strongly discourages students from using anything other than full English, but that credit will be given if the answer "clearly shows the required understanding," even if it contains text-speak.
Hypothesis: New Zealand's Qualifications Authority discourages students from using slang.
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Answer:
Yes