Premise: In the unified budget, federal employee pension benefits are recorded as outlays when paid in cash; these outlays are offset, in whole or in part, by the government's and employees' contributions to the pension programs.

Hypothesis: A federal employee has many benefits, such as a pension plan.
Answer: yes

Premise: Both men are noted risk-takers and cutting-edge improvisers whose penchant for the maniacal makes them ideal partners (Karl Stark, the Philadelphia Inquirer ). Gene Seymour writes in Newsday that there's a sense of play between the two that's almost kinda sweet.

Hypothesis: They were bitter rivals that refused to get along.
Answer: no

Premise: India has always been a melange of peoples.

Hypothesis: India has never been composed of multiple ethnicities.
Answer: no

Premise: In regard to H-2A workers, the record demonstrates that Congress' purpose of providing meaningful representation to these workers cannot be accomplished under the three interpretations in the Federal Register.

Hypothesis: H-2A workers need representation.
Answer: yes