Question:
It is significant!

Does it follow that "The news was huge. "?
Answer:
it is not possible to tell

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It struck me as such a romantic phrase to come across in the middle of musty old figures.

Does it follow that "I really liked the phrase."?
Answer:
it is not possible to tell

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(In column 1, compare line 2 and line 5).

Does it follow that "Line 2 and line 5 must be compared in column 1, and then another exercise must be completed in order to get the full mark."?
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it is not possible to tell

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Very early, owing in part to English Protestant propagandists, the word Jesuitical came to characterize a form of argument designed less to seek the truth than to make a case, a form of argument that was aggressive and clever but perhaps not always sincere--indeed, one that was at times cunningly equivocal or downright deceitful.

Does it follow that "The word Jesuitical had come to mean an deceitful, aggressive form of argument."?
Answer:
yes