Instead, to provide the comfort needed to induce Ovitz to give up his marvelous career as an agent, the compensation committee offered him a severance agreement.
Ovitz was never offered a severance agreement.
mnli hypothesis: Ovitz was never offered a severance agreement. premise: Instead, to provide the comfort needed to induce Ovitz to give up his marvelous career as an agent, the compensation committee offered him a severance agreement.