Premise: The answer has nothing to do with their cause, however, but with the simple fact that dictionaries are not exercises in bi-unique substitutability; in other words, if one of the senses of run is `operate' (as in She runs an engine factory ), that does not make it valid to assume that one can substitute operate for run in We run in the marathon every year .  Although recognizing this as a shortcoming of dictionaries and assigning it arbitrarily to what, for lack of a better term, we might call the  genius  of the language, might seem trivial to the casual observer, it is a valid matter for concern in the realm of lexicology.

Hypothesis: Dictionaries are indeed exercises in bi-unique substitutability.


Premise: for `family hold back,' an exhortation ensuring ample provender for guests.

Hypothesis: 'family hold back,' an emphatic command to guarantee enough food for visitors.


Premise: I'll twist him, sir.

Hypothesis: I'll make him straight.


Premise: That means we now have the opportunity to be a stable, positive and important part of each child's life for an entire decade.

Hypothesis: Providing stability and positivity for each child has been made possible from continued support.


Premise: The forecasting challenges retailers confront have been amplified in recent years by product proliferation in almost every category.

Hypothesis: Forecasting has been easier recently due to the updated process we have today.


Premise: The Taliban leader Mullah Omar promptly invited Bin Ladin to move to Kandahar, ostensibly in the interests of Bin Ladin's own security but more likely to situate him where he might be easier to control.

Hypothesis: Mulah Omar invited Bin Ladin to Dallas Texas.


Premise: Captain Victor Saracini and First Officer Michael Horrocks piloted the Boeing 767, which had seven flight attendants.

Hypothesis: The Captain was Michael Horrocks and there were 4 flight attendants aboard.


Premise: When we consider how much the set is on during school holidays and summer vacations, children spend more time watching TV than they do in any other waking activity, including going to school and interacting with family members or peers.

Hypothesis: TV is king when it comes to how children spend their time.


Premise: The employers in the stable shops with employees whom they were anxious to keep suffered as much as we did because the union was weak.

Hypothesis: Even those employees with strong union representation suffered because their employers were anxious to keep them.


Premise: The hijackers had planned to take flights scheduled to depart at 7:45 (American 11), 8:00 (United 175 and United 93), and 8:10 (American 77).

Hypothesis: The hijackers planned to take late flights because fewer people would be on board.


Premise: The law school is limited in these recessionary times because it's impractical to raise tuition significantly to gain the difference from lost state appropriations.

Hypothesis: The law school is limited in during these times due to the recession.


Premise: According to Campbell, the only godlike female figure in the Bible is the Virgin Mary, and she appears, identified as virgin, only in the Gospel according to Luke.

Hypothesis: There were lots of god like females in the bible, titled goddesses.


Premise: Um, I read some of the same books that they had read to me, first, and then, as I got older, I just got hungry for books.

Hypothesis: I lost interest in reading over time.


Premise: Indeed, no clear dividing line exists between prereading and reading.

Hypothesis: There is no obvious difference between prereading and reading.


Premise: The music industry.

Hypothesis: The record companies.


Premise: She's a, she works in a warehouse now, actually.

Hypothesis: She is at the whorehouse.


Premise: Each prospective and current program is evaluated on the basis of its support of one or more aspects of women's needs.

Hypothesis: Every program is judged on how well it helps women.


Premise: For example, close to 50 percent of the value of shipments for men's shirts comes from the cost of materials, while 25 percent arises from compensation costs.

Hypothesis: 90 percent of the value of shipments for men's shirts comes from compensation costs.


Premise: The slang of one military generation passes on to the next, so the Marines who called the Koreans gooks in the '50s and the Vietnamese gooks in the '60s and '70s were the linguistic heirs of the Marines who called the Nicaraguans gooks in 1912.

Hypothesis: New military slang terms were created in the 1980s.


Premise: Do you remember being read to when you were little?

Hypothesis: Do you remember reading to your mother when she was a child?


Premise: Both unions established a foothold in the industry because they represented strategic workers in the apparel production  the skilled cutter working inside manufacturers' plants.

Hypothesis: The unions failed to gain traction in the industry due to a lack of skilled labor.


Premise: Are they, like, rounded?

Hypothesis: Are they rounded up?


Premise: When I found out that the infant mortality rate in Indiana was 86 percent greater than for mothers in Sweden, I was shocked.

Hypothesis: The news was a huge surprise to me.


Premise: Basic items also represent a major percentage of all apparel goods sold.

Hypothesis: Prom dresses make up the largest percentage of apparel goods sold.


Premise: We would all slide the windows down on the bus open the door, stick your head out the door, you couldn't hear anything coming that way, you couldn't hear anything coming the other way, and he'd just drop it in low and gun it, we would make it another morning.

Hypothesis: You couldn't hear anything coming outside the bus window.


Premise: And, pursuant to the President's instructions I gave authorization for them to be taken out.

Hypothesis: The President had to consult with advisors first.


Premise: Well, some of them that uh, with your mother Marsha uh, I she was, I believe about 18 when I was born.

Hypothesis: I don't remember exactly what age she was when I was born.


Premise: Elbert, I just want to ask you uh, some questions about your experience with uh, stories.

Hypothesis: I need to know about your experience with film.


Premise: For example, increasing the number of products offered in a category by a factor of four (say from fifty items to 200) without increasing total demand in the category would increase the coefficient of variation for each individual product by a factor of two.

Hypothesis: An increasing number of products offered in a category will definitely not increase the total demand for the item in the category.


Premise: In studies following children from infancy into childhood and adolescence, early brief episodes of parental stimulation and sensitivity did not result in more competent children.

Hypothesis: Early parental stimulation greatly affect the competency of a child as proven by countless tests.


Premise: A relatively new graphic technique is the sandwich.

Hypothesis: The sandwich is a graphic technique that's been around since the beginning.


Premise: We thought it would be cool to see just how far a BB would shoot.

Hypothesis: We wanted to see how far a BB would shoot.


Premise: And the scope of The Salvation Army's services extends far beyond this community.

Hypothesis: The Salvation Army's scope is global.


Premise: Your gift to Goodwill will help us do even more this year because your gift will be used to directly support our work.

Hypothesis: By donating to the Goodwill this year, we will be able to provide more support to our work.


Premise: Second, the total amount of retail space in the United States has expanded dramatically, even while consumer expenditures on apparel items have declined as a share of total expenditures.

Hypothesis: The rate of spending on apparel has declined, but the gross money spent on apparel has increased.


Premise: Over the years, a number of well-respected individuals have spoken out on behalf of our mission ...our service ...and our stewardship.

Hypothesis: Among the well-respected persons who encouraged our service, there was Emma Watson.


Premise: The paper marker identifies each piece in the layout so that the cloth pieces for individual apparel items can be put together after the fabric is cut.

Hypothesis: The paper marker makes putting together the items more efficient.


Premise: But, um, It's not like I'll never come back and visit or anything like that.

Hypothesis: I will likely come back and visit.


Premise: Both dictionaries list abbreviations and biographical and geographical entries in separate sections at the back, a practice I have never liked.

Hypothesis: I always disliked dictionaries that list geographical, biographical and abbreviation entries in different areas towards the back of the text.


Premise: That was the first time I saw them, the gue, the guerillas.

Hypothesis: This was not the first time I had encountered the guerillas.


Premise: Given the predominant share of workers in assembly, organization of work in the sewing room has been the central focus of management attention.

Hypothesis: Management attention has been focused on organization of work in the sewing room.


Premise: Um, Can we turn that off while I think?

Hypothesis: Can we turn that on while I think?


Premise: Um, she always kept all her bills and expenses at an absolute minimum ran everything very efficiently kept an extremely tidy house uh.

Hypothesis: She made sure the house was always sparkling clean.


Premise: While it apparently was not heard by the passengers, this announcement, like those on Flight 11 and Flight 77, was intended to deceive them.

Hypothesis: The announcement was supposed to tell the passengers they were all going to tdie.


Premise: They have already transformed channel relations in such industries as food and grocery, home-building products, personal computers, and office products.

Hypothesis: The food and grocery industries are the same.


Premise: But the power of words is such that I contend their impact is totally lost if not treated  somehow, there is a difference between  Someone had written shit on the wall  and  Some asshole had written shit on the wall : the writer of the former has more credibility; the writer of the latter was, very likely, the very asshole who had written shit on the wall.

Hypothesis: A girl wrote some shit on the wall.


Premise: Denouncing waywardness among the faithful, some clerics have appealed for a return to observance of the literal teachings of the Qur'an and Hadith.

Hypothesis: The clerics have made their best efforts to stress the importance of taking the passages in the books with a grain of salt.


Premise: \\ How \\, how come?

Hypothesis: How did you do it, and how come you even wanted to?


Premise: Um, do you remember everything that your mom, like when she's telling the story, do you remember everything she tells or is some of it you remember and some of it you don't?

Hypothesis: Do you listen when your mom tells you to go do your homework?


Premise: By the late 1980s, a growing number of retailers had started changing the way they did business.

Hypothesis: Retailers began selling different stuff in the late 1980s.


Premise: Cabin service would have begun.

Hypothesis: Cabin service was disrupted by them.


Premise: It's not a family story.

Hypothesis: It's not a kid-friendly story.


Premise: He notified his supervisor, who passed the notice up the chain of command.

Hypothesis: The notice was passed up the chain of command by the supervisor.


Premise: In urban centers, there have always been small shops with goods for sale.

Hypothesis: Urban centers have always had small shops.


Premise: Once constructed, this persisting psychological self serves as an anchor for unique experiences, which are retained easily as long as they become personally meaningful.

Hypothesis: Once unique experiences become personally meaningful, they can be retained easily.


Premise: *$400 will pay for one program for an entire school.

Hypothesis: $400 pays for the program in one  classroom for one hour.


Premise: Collins allows the Scots pronunciation, but, I am sorry to report, favors the English.

Hypothesis: The Scots are favored over the English by Collins.


Premise: At 9:39, the FAA's Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center overheard a second announcement indicating that there was a bomb on board, that the plane was returning to the airport, and that they should remain seated.

Hypothesis: The FAA's Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center heard an announcement about a bomb being on the plane.


Premise: Though Bin Ladin's destination was Afghanistan, Pakistan was the nation that held the key to his ability to use Afghanistan as a base from which to revive his ambitious enterprise for war against the United States.

Hypothesis: Bin Ladin used Afghanistan as his base to wage war against the U.S.


Premise: When I first came to Goodwill I was a single parent with little or no self-esteem.

Hypothesis: I was excited for the discounted items at the Goodwill.


Premise: I moved to San Diego.

Hypothesis: I was born and raised in San Diego, but moved somewhere else.


Premise: Now I am writing to ask if you would continue your support with a further donation for 1990.

Hypothesis: You donated in the past, and so we would like you to donate even more in the future.


Premise: Pursuant to the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program, the Defense Department began in 1997 to train first responders in 120 of the nation's largest cities.

Hypothesis: The Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program helps ensure first responders are trained to respond to disasters in urban areas.


Premise: By the autumn of 1993, U.S. commanders concluded that the main source of trouble was a warlord, Mohammed Farrah Aidid.

Hypothesis: US commanders decided Aidid was the biggest source of trouble.


Premise: Here's how it  Simply detach the Care Card from the top of this letter and keep it handy.

Hypothesis: Simply remove the Care Card from the letter and keep it with you.


Premise: Even though we receive operating funds from the state, there are a myriad of additional expenses to be met, such as welding equipment for sculpture, pottery wheels for ceramics, and computers for graphics.

Hypothesis: The state won't fund welding equipment, pottery wheels or computers.


Premise: Muscat, or muscatel, on the other hand, is found on skid rows all over the land.

Hypothesis: Muscat is doing well.


Premise: This retailer launched its Web site in 1995, the first major apparel retailer to do so.

Hypothesis: The first major apparel retailer opened their website in the late year of 2000.


Premise: But while the effort failed, it shows what Bin Ladin and his associates hoped to do.

Hypothesis: All of Bin Ladin's goals and aspirations were revealed with he and his associates failed in their efforts.


Premise: The automated sewing systems that create the closely spaced regular stitch patterns used as decorative top stitching on men's dress shirts, collars, cuffs, and pockets are examples of expensive machines operated for a single shift.

Hypothesis: Automated sewing systems are designed to be operated for a single shift and are expensive.


Premise: as invested with its dignity,  since the seventeenth century just as the Crown has been used for the monarch, or the Oval Office has come to stand for the President of the United States.

Hypothesis: The oval office represents the President of the United States.


Premise: Therefore, I stand uncorrected.

Hypothesis: Thus, I have been shown my ideas are without correction and am in the right.


Premise: We are the only statewide not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is child abuse prevention.

Hypothesis: There are many not-for-profit organizations whose primary mission is child abuse prevention.


Premise: That fund would allow us to grant a $500 scholarship annually to meritorious applicants with financial need.

Hypothesis: Resources in that account will give us the opportunity to give grants every year to worthy applicants who need help with costs.


Premise: When Bond Stores had customers lining up around the block to buy suits,  casual wear,  as we know it today, did not exist.

Hypothesis: Bond Stores had customers lining up around the block.


Premise: According to Miyares, the DBA is the first organization to target the role of disabled persons in business.

Hypothesis: DBA is not the first business to help the disabled people


Premise: What were your least favorite parts of the story?

Hypothesis: Which parts of the story did you love the most?


Premise: The line to the White House shelter conference room-and the Vice President- kept cutting off.

Hypothesis: The line to the White House shelter conference room kept him in contact with the President.


Premise: Much that might have been offered with sober good advice here is contaminated by an obsessive concern with the identification of the sex of the perpetrator of past injustices.

Hypothesis: A perpetrator's sex should have no bearing on the seriousness of their crime.


Premise: Southern manufacturers had already adopted steam engines for textile production, along with newer and more productive technology.

Hypothesis: Southern manufacturers adopted steam engines and combustion engines in order to harness the power of fossil fuels.


Premise: No normal speaker of English encountering Man wants but little here below wonders'except facetiously'why women have been ignored.

Hypothesis: The average English speaker wonders about that.


Premise: Indeed, if you watch preschoolers at play, you will see that they rarely violate the rules of their social world.

Hypothesis: Preschoolers usually follow social rules when they play.


Premise: Gifts to the Chancellor's Circle will help pay travel costs to our city and campus for prospective faculty and their spouses, along with some relocation costs.

Hypothesis: Gifts to this particular fund help to pay for the Dean's trips to the golf course.


Premise: Many Americans have wondered, Why do 'they' hate us?

Hypothesis: The Americans are trying to see why they are hated.


Premise: Then he assists with a general prompt,  Which piece might go down here?

Hypothesis: Which piece might fit here?, as he moved towards the table and assisted with a general prompt.


Premise: Your past contribution provided a direct line of support for local programs that promote health and wellness, strengthen families, invest in our children, help people become self-sufficient, and serve the elderly and disabled.

Hypothesis: Your old donation paid for wildlife rescue services out of state.


Premise: Community needs are increasing and your help is needed more than ever.

Hypothesis: Your help is needed more than ever because community needs are increasing.


Premise: We are pleased to note that Hu-Friedy, L.D.Caulk, and Star Dental have each agreed to contribute to this worthy cause.

Hypothesis: We are happy to say that there are a few donors for this cause.


Premise: Anything you remember?

Hypothesis: What was his name?


Premise: A small capital in Czechoslovakia

Hypothesis: The capital of Czechoslovakia is situated on a plain.


Premise: The complexity of the problem, even for basic blue jeans, is staggering.

Hypothesis: The complicated problem affects the matter of blue jeans.


Premise: They assumed the fighter escort would be discreet, vectored to a position five miles directly behind the hijacked aircraft, where it could perform its mission to monitor the aircraft's flight path.

Hypothesis: The fighter jets stayed far enough away to track the plane.


Premise: We're told that one aircraft is down but we do not have a pilot report that did it.

Hypothesis: We do not have a pilot report that took down the aircraft.


Premise: Also at 8:25, and again at 8:29, Amy Sweeney got through to the American Flight Services Office in Boston but was cut off after she reported someone was hurt aboard the flight.

Hypothesis: Amy Sweeney got through to the American Flight Services Office in Boston at 8:25 and again at 8:29 but was disconnected as soon as someone said hello.


Premise: My favorite story, um, oh, Cinderella.

Hypothesis: Cinderella would be my favorite story.


Premise: Your support is vital and your generosity will make a real difference.

Hypothesis: Your support is vital to the future.


Premise: Similar meetings between Iraqi officials and Bin Ladin or his aides may have occurred in 1999 during a period of some reported strains with the Taliban.

Hypothesis: The aides who conversed with Bin Laden found him wanting access to weapons and communication arrays.


Premise: But of what use is a long entry on spoonerisms?

Hypothesis: This long entry has a lot of purpose.


Premise: That is nonsense, of course; but even if the users remain keenly aware that 1669 is the date only of the earliest written evidence, of what use or importance is that to them?

Hypothesis: For what purpose should the users remember that 1559 is the date of the earliest written proof?


Premise: Only after a common convention for bar codes had been established and in use for several years did retailers turn to such systems to transmit and receive data from suppliers.

Hypothesis: Retailers chose to adopt these systems before a common convention existed for bar codes.


Premise: Societies seldom see what is central in their own cultures, having much less trouble identifying it in the cultures of others.

Hypothesis: Societies often see what is central in their own cultures.


Premise: I said to him, that they want to do in that meeting?

Hypothesis: The question wasn't exactly clear, so he didn't understand.


Premise: They say we're going up in the mountains to find some snow.

Hypothesis: We're going on a quest to find snow in the mountains.


Premise: The items are then stored in a way that makes them easy to pick for an order about to be shipped.

Hypothesis: The items are stashed  so that they are easily picked for an order about to be shipped.


Premise: Anthropology is one of its own more recent subdivisions.

Hypothesis: Anthropology is one of its oldest subdivisions.


Premise: No state dollars are available for this project.

Hypothesis: No state dollars can be given to this project.


Premise: As this was happening, passenger Daniel Lewin, who was seated in the row just behind Atta and Omari, was stabbed by one of the hijackers-probably Satam al Suqami, who was seated directly behind Lewin.

Hypothesis: Daniel Lewin was seated two rows in front of Atta and Omari.


Premise: Or do would they rather you have stay in Nursing?

Hypothesis: Maybe you should quit Nursing and go into another line of work.


Premise: Most of the book is an A-Z listing of words that are, for the most part, sexist, but, as the author sets forth in the User's Guide,  Some words are included here because they are  Is a belly dancer always a woman?

Hypothesis: Are there only women belly dancers?


Premise: And uh, I don't remember the specifics as to what he did, but the bus driver Louie was about four and a half feet tall driving a 72-passenger diesel bus.

Hypothesis: Louie was too small to drive the bus.


Premise: So I remember silly things like that, that were a lot of fun . I read, uh, the story that, I don't, this isn't, ah, I think the first real story that I read was, uh, The Red Badge of Courage.

Hypothesis: The Red Badge of Courage was the first bit of literature I read.


Premise: Be that as it may, a later Australian visitor to English drizzle might feel nostalgic when thinking of the parched and thirsty but water-obsessed vocabulary developed in the drier areas of our sunburnt land.

Hypothesis: The vocabulary is obsessed with water.


Premise: The NEADS technician who took this call from the FAA immediately passed the word to the mission crew commander, who reported to the NEADS battle  Mission Crew Commander,  Okay, uh, American Airlines is still airborne.

Hypothesis: The technician talked to his commander, who then reported to the battle commander.


Premise: At 9:03, United 175 crashed into the South Tower.

Hypothesis: When United 175 crashed, the South Tower fell to the ground.


Premise: As explained in previous chapters, variation in weekly demand can be characterized by a standardized measure, the coefficient of variation, or Cv.

Hypothesis: There is more than one coefficient that can characterize variation in weekly demand.


Premise: Your investment is critical to making our community a better place.

Hypothesis: The investment is critical.


Premise: The emergency call lasted approximately 25 minutes, as Ong calmly and professionally relayed information about events taking place aboard the airplane to authorities on the ground.

Hypothesis: Ong was frantic when talking to the authorities on the ground about the hijacking for an hour.


Premise: Please make camp possible for all deserving Indianapolis children and send in a tax deductible contribution today in the enclosed envelope.

Hypothesis: Your contribution will help make camp possible for all deserving Indianapolis children.


Premise: That's a little bit of pressure, though.

Hypothesis: That amount of pressure will kill anyone.


Premise: Perhaps the fascination with man's past grew out of the obsession with ruins evinced by Romanticism; certainly, modern archaeology seems to have followed close behind, for the excavation of the supposed site of Troy took place only about 100 years ago.

Hypothesis: History was not important for most of history, they didn't care what had occurred.


Premise: Slang's space cadet `an eccentric, especially one who is stuporous or out of touch with reality' evolved from  Tom Corbett, Space Cadet,  a 1950 television series depicting the adventures of a 24th-century cadet in the Solar Guides, the interplanetary police force keeping order in the Solar Alliance.

Hypothesis: The Solar Guides are an interplanetary police force tasked with keeping order in the Solar Alliance.


Premise: We uh, we would run our safety drills at the elementary school.

Hypothesis: We didn't typically go to the Elementary School.


Premise: Let's see, recent authors You've probably never heard of any of these, but Gregory Benford is very good, these are science fiction, uh, see David Grant, science fiction that is real good.

Hypothesis: David Grant writes really good science fiction.


Premise: The YMCA of the USA also named it an Outstanding International Program in 1997.

Hypothesis: In 1994, the YMCA of the USA also named it an Outstanding International Program.


Premise: As this exchange shows, Secretary Rumsfeld was not in the NMCC when the shootdown order was first conveyed.

Hypothesis: Secretary Rumsfeld heard the shootdown order firsthand.


Premise: The flight attendant reported that the flight had been hijacked, both pilots had been killed, a flight attendant had been stabbed, and the hijackers were probably flying the plane.

Hypothesis: Horrific violence had taken place on the airplane.


Premise: People just don't have the time or take the time to keep the traditions going they just get too busy or too lazy.

Hypothesis: People do not maintain traditions because they are lazy.


Premise: Today's girls will be tomorrow's leaders--and they're counting on YOU!

Hypothesis: The girls of now will be the future's leaders, and they rely on you!


Premise: Can you retell the story?

Hypothesis: Can you rewrite the story?


Premise: While it apparently was not heard by the passengers, this announcement, like those on Flight 11 and Flight 77, was intended to deceive them.

Hypothesis: The announcement was supposed to trick the passengers.


Premise: American 77 was then 5 miles west-southwest of the Pentagon and began a 330-degree turn.

Hypothesis: American 77 was turning in the direction of the Pentagon.


Premise: The bull start making his noises and all that other stuff.

Hypothesis: The bull made a lot of noise.


Premise: I, I do think they read to them when they are little.

Hypothesis: They are certain they were read stories when they were little.


Premise: Bin Ladin was prepared to pick up where he had left off in Sudan.

Hypothesis: Bin Laden wanted to pick up where he left off in Sudan.


Premise: Futures for Children was founded over 30 years ago to provide unique solutions for positive and sustainable social change by placing children at the center of community decision-making and action.

Hypothesis: Futures for Children was founded 10 years ago.


Premise: Over the years, a number of well-respected individuals have spoken out on behalf of our mission ...our service ...and our stewardship.

Hypothesis: We had trouble in finding people to support our mission.


Premise: Prior to 9/11, it was understood that an order to shoot down a commercial aircraft would have to be issued by the National Command Authority (a phrase used to describe the president and secretary of defense).

Hypothesis: Aircrafts can't be shot down by just anyone.


Premise: Groundhog hole found the front tire of the motorcycle and I managed to fly over the handlebars.

Hypothesis: I fell off my motorcycle due to a hole made by a groundhog.


Premise: In the words of a newspaper ad for a language school,  Do Mistake'Learn Better.

Hypothesis: The ad posted in the newspaper was promoting a language school.


Premise: General Arnold later recalled instructing Marr to go ahead and scramble them, and we'll get authorities later.

Hypothesis: General Arnold told Marr to hold off on scrambling them because they weren't authorized to do so.


Premise: In the late 1990s, these extremist groups suffered major defeats by Kurdish forces.

Hypothesis: Kurdish forces suffered devastating losses to these extremist groups.


Premise: Two such hints, however, have only a few possible answers in common, so that the solver can concentrate on them and pick the most probable one.

Hypothesis: There are only a few possible answers.


Premise: Why wouldn't you want to stay on Charlotte?

Hypothesis: What's the reason for your refusal to stay in Charlotte?


Premise: That aircraft was United 93.

Hypothesis: United 93 was headed for New York.


Premise: The colors of the blouse can be changed with a few computer steps.

Hypothesis: It's just a few steps with the computer to a new color for the blouse.


Premise: Markers are made by hand, tracing pattern pieces onto sheets of paper from thick, pre-cut cardboard pattern elements.

Hypothesis: Computer systems are not capable of creating markers.


Premise: As I recall, I've never asked you for a contribution...until now.

Hypothesis: I've never asked you for a donation, but I will now.


Premise: Whose girls?

Hypothesis: What girls?


Premise: This is demonstrated in a variety of  a shared literacy and the assumptions and biases that go with it; an awareness of what books are for; consciousness and use of innumerable cultural allusions and educated idioms; and a relative ease in reading a periodical called VERBATIM, with sections called OBITER DICTA and EPISTOLAE.

Hypothesis: VERBATIM was an article written once in the New York Times in the late 1960s.


Premise: As for Macbeth's great bond , this is a crux over which commentators have argued for years.

Hypothesis: People have argued over parts of the play for a long time.


Premise: The disadvantage of this kind of machine is that it makes seams that are not as secure as the lockstitch; in addition, the appearance of the seam from the top and bottom of the fabric is different.

Hypothesis: This machine makes seams that are more secure than the lockstitch.


Premise: Jarrah's objective was to crash his airliner into symbols of the American Republic, the Capitol or the White House.

Hypothesis: Jarrah was ordered to destroy symbols of America.


Premise: Um, well I know it was before I was five, probably, I know at least four and I'm sure she read to me before that.

Hypothesis: I think she read to me after I turned 7.


Premise: The more pieces in a marker, the more effort required to make an efficient marker of a given width.

Hypothesis: Effort needed increases exponentially with the number of pieces in a marker.


Premise: metapsychosis One of the finest of traps for the knowledgeable  it has nothing to do with some over-arching, society-wide psychological illness like alcoholism or jogging.

Hypothesis: Metapsychosis and alcoholism aren't related to one another.


Premise: No evidence of firearms or of their identifiable remains was found at the aircraft's crash site, and the cockpit voice recorder gives no indication of a gun being fired or mentioned at any time.

Hypothesis: There was no evidence of guns on the plane.


Premise: Many Little Sisters are preparing to go back to school this fall full of hope and with a positive outlook.

Hypothesis: Many Little Sisters have had to drop out of school.


Premise: They would rather me stay in Nursing because they know that's where my heart is but, um, you know, they're behind me in whatever I decide to do.

Hypothesis: I don't feel confident that they would continue to support me if I quit nursing.


Premise: From that point of view the differing interpretations Mr. Anson and I read into the passage are of secondary importance.

Hypothesis: The differing interpretations are of upmost importance and cannot be overlooked.


Premise: You can stop.

Hypothesis: You don't have to go on.


Premise: NORAD officials have maintained consistently that had the passengers not caused United 93 to crash, the military would have prevented it from reaching Washington, D.C.

Hypothesis: NORAD officials have maintained that military would not have shot it down if the passengers hadn't crashed it, instead letting it travel until it ran out of fuel.


Premise: The Challenger Scholars Program attempts in a small way to address this crisis by encouraging bright and dedicated students with a desire to extend their knowledge into the classroom as teachers to continue in that career path.

Hypothesis: The purpose of the Challenger Scholars program is to inspire students to become teachers and continue their career path.


Premise: He said he had not heard any prior discussion on the subject with the President.

Hypothesis: He heard about it in an earlier discussion with the President.


Premise: More importantly, these state-centered regimes placed their highest priority on preserving the elite's grip on national wealth.

Hypothesis: The elite has always had a firm grip on national wealth throughout history.


Premise: They were scary, throwing a child in the oven and all that sort of thing!

Hypothesis: Throwing the child in the oven was scary!


Premise: He slipped the knife out of the sheath and was ready, and unembarrassed by hampering bedclothes, for the weather was hot and we hadn't any.

Hypothesis: He put the knife back into the sheath.


Premise: Beginning in the 1970s, retailers expanded their offshore sourcing efforts, especially after quality standards improved, establishing sourcing offices and relationships in low-wage countries, particularly in Asia.

Hypothesis: The offices in Asia charged high prices to retailers, destroying their relationship.


Premise: Perhaps the second system cannot access events stored by the first, making the earliest events of our lives forever irretrievable.

Hypothesis: Second system can easily access events stored by the first system.


Premise: No, they didn't, no, just that one.

Hypothesis: Only one person was involved.


Premise: Spreading the cloth many plies thick without stressing the cloth is, again, one of the quality steps of getting ready to sew.

Hypothesis: You should stress the cloth prior to sewing for a quality product.


Premise: I cannot overemphasize the importance of your support.

Hypothesis: Your support is exceedingly important and cannot be exaggerated.


Premise: At least some FAA officials in Boston Center and the New England Region knew that a hijacker on board American 11 had said we have some planes.

Hypothesis: The FAA officials claim they heard specific demands and phone calls from the plane.


Premise: Congress killed the idea.

Hypothesis: Congress vetoed it.


Premise: Grandpop was a very quiet, somber man he wouldn't say much but uh, Gra ndmom was a little more boisterous.

Hypothesis: Grandfather was a silent man and didn't talk much.


Premise: The IUPUI Challenger Scholars Program encourages bright and dedicated students who want to teach to continue in that career path.

Hypothesis: It enables lower income students to pursue higher education and career opportunities.


Premise: It was a series of little fiction stories, and my mother must have read me every single one of them.

Hypothesis: My mother read me every one of those fiction stories.


Premise: Girl Scouts experience a wide range of real life skills--first aid, resume writing, and managing money.

Hypothesis: Girl Scouts learn many new great and useful skills.


Premise: Communicate with high warmth, using a positive emotional tone and providing explanations and justifications for your expectations.

Hypothesis: Talk while smiling and giggling, then elaborately discuss what you expect.


Premise: Lower-level officials improvised-for example, the FAA's Boston Center bypassed the chain of command and directly contacted NEADS after the first hijacking.

Hypothesis: When the chain of command was circumvented by the FAA's Boston Center contacting NEADS directly, no one stood in their way.


Premise: On Flight 93, however, the takeover took place 46 minutes after takeoff and there were only four hijackers.

Hypothesis: The hijacking of flight 93 was unsuccessful until about 6 hours in.


Premise: Nobody who knew him would have expected him to do anything else, whether he had been sent away in disgrace or not'but, as it was thought he had left the country, his return did have a dramatic quality.

Hypothesis: Nobody he knew expected him to do anything else.


Premise: Even on so small an island as Taiwan the Mandarin-speaking ex-mainlanders cannot converse with the Taiwanese-born majority who have not bothered to learn Mandarin.

Hypothesis: The language differences on Taiwan mean that the Taiwanese majority and its Chinese ex-mainlanders still cannot talk to one another.


Premise: I would enjoy meeting with you and hearing how the School of Engineering and Technology has affected your life.

Hypothesis: I would like you to express your opinion of how the Business department has changed your life


Premise: This is a story that my dad told me when I was small, a long time ago that, there was a girl that, she was very young, she was going to go visit her parents.

Hypothesis: My mum told me a story about a young boy.


Premise: I couldn't have done it.

Hypothesis: I couldn't have done it.


Premise: Instead, they obey their caregivers and go to bed.

Hypothesis: They went to bed and didn't disobey their caregivers.


Premise: Um, I wanted to be closer to my family, number one, and, um, number two, I have a lot of friends coming here, which helped me a lot, and, um, I just liked the Charlotte, um, UNC Charlotte because I wanted to be a, a nurse.

Hypothesis: I wanted to go to UNC Charlotte to become a nurse.


Premise: I can't think of anything, but it's been nice chatting with you.

Hypothesis: I was talking to myself.


Premise: My dad still doesn't believe me.

Hypothesis: My father still doesn't think I'm telling the truth.


Premise: Gifts of $100.00 are more are recognized through various ways by the school.

Hypothesis: Donations of $100 dollars are appreciated more by the school.


Premise: Act today to reserve your FREE CLOCK and become a member of the National Audubon Society.

Hypothesis: You don't have to act today to join the National Audubon Society and receive a free clock.


Premise: According to Vygotsky, children's greatest self-control occurs during make-believe play.

Hypothesis: Vygotsky believes that adults are unable to handle imaginary play due to their self-control levels.


Premise: It is safe to say that lean retailers have also come out ahead, given their rapid growth in relation to, and at the expense of, traditional retailers in many different retail channels.

Hypothesis: Lean retailers have grown at a very slow, but consistent pace.


Premise: You can help us help overburdened new parents.

Hypothesis: We can help overburden parents with your help.


Premise: However, the simultaneous loss of radio and transponder signal would be a rare and alarming occurrence, and would normally indicate a catastrophic system failure or an aircraft crash.

Hypothesis: All planes that lose signal while losing radio connection are due to damage to the plane.


Premise: THE GIRL SCOUT PROMISE On my honor, I will try To serve god and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

Hypothesis: Girl Scouts promise to serve their own respective gods.


Hypothesis: Nobody he knew expected him to stop.


Premise: Having spreading, computer-cutting, fusing, and inspection in the same areas also allows teams of cross-trained workers to prepare the order for sewing, finishing, final inspection, and packaging.

Hypothesis: Keeping many operations in the same area will help other operations be prepared.


Premise: \\ They wasn't ghosts.

Hypothesis: They were spirits.


Premise: It has the original meaning, a `sprite or hobgoblin that plays tricks, especially at night in people's houses; a poltergeist.

Hypothesis: Originally the word meant police officers or tax collectors.


Premise: Using traditional sewing operations, it typically takes eight weeks to produce a coat, from the time an order is issued for cutting to the moment the finished goods are hanging in a manufacturer's distribution center.

Hypothesis: From start to finish, making a coat via traditional methods takes roughly eight weeks.


Premise: When Sydney experiments with the color-matching strategy and succeeds in placing the brown piece, she internalizes the technique.

Hypothesis: Sydney internalizes the technique only when successfully placing the brown piece.


Premise: This time, it was MUSCAT RAMBLE.

Hypothesis: They changed the name to Muscat Ramble.


Premise: Half challenge.

Hypothesis: One part challenge, one part adventure.


Premise: We need your participation in our activities and your financial support to help make our goals happen.

Hypothesis: We need your money and cooperation to help achieve our goals.


Premise: I love to read just plain history, um, it must have rubbed off in some aspect because that's the kind of thing I still read.

Hypothesis: I love to read pure history.


Premise: Statistics for the current academic year are the same.

Hypothesis: This academic year's statistics are identical.


Premise: Understanding is the key.

Hypothesis: Understanding is the most important aspect


Premise: . . . You got a conflict on that direction?

Hypothesis: No one brought up a varying opinion on that direction.


Premise: In studies following children from infancy into childhood and adolescence, early brief episodes of parental stimulation and sensitivity did not result in more competent children.

Hypothesis: Parental stimulation and sensitivity towards a young child don't really affect a child's competency.


Premise: Parents trying to make their way through these opposing theories, and their attendant advice about child-rearing and educational practice, are likely to find themselves in a dim forest, without a discernible trail blazed before them.

Hypothesis: Parents trying these theories have a lot to learn from others who have been there before.


Premise: And uh, my parents and I had stopped many times in a little town called New Market, VA which was just a // little, // yeah it seemed like a halfway point.

Hypothesis: We'd stop in California on the way to visiting our grandparents.


Premise: And who told you that story?

Hypothesis: You came up with that story yourself.


Premise: The cockpit voice recorder captured the sounds of the passenger assault muffled by the intervening cockpit door.

Hypothesis: The cockpit voice recorder had no problems that day.


Premise: Hence, the term isogloss , from iso - `same' + gloss `word,' to describe the line on a map where the terms are of equal distribution.

Hypothesis: The word isogloss refers to the line on a Mao where terms are equally distributed.


Premise: It's a relatively painless experience and not very cumbersome to deal with, not bad.

Hypothesis: It was pretty good and really simple to deal with.


Premise: once in a blue moon , listed under moon in L ) may be listed elsewhere (under blue moon in W).

Hypothesis: The phrase "once in a blue moon" may be listed in the F column.


Premise: I am happy, by the way, that Abate did not say that studying Latin helps you to think clearly'an erroneous notion still often heard.

Hypothesis: I am happy with what Abate had not mentioned about the studying of Latin.


Premise: You never call.

Hypothesis: You often call.


Premise: And it was an important aspect, was there a particular crowd that hung out because of that?

Hypothesis: Where there any crowds you avoided?


Premise: That may sound like a lot.

Hypothesis: That may sound like nothing at all.


Premise: Top-down  an apex of professors and doctors buttressed by the holders of college degrees (many of them lower-level administrators, teachers, and researchers within the system).

Hypothesis: Every professor and doctor has a college degree.


Premise: Bin Ladin flew on a leased aircraft from Khartoum to Jalalabad, with a refueling stopover in the United Arab Emirates.

Hypothesis: Bin Ladin owned the plane that was used for his flight.


Premise: In early September you received an annual appeal from Herron.

Hypothesis: You received an yearly appeal from Herron in the middle of August.


Premise: Through conversing with others, we try to make puzzling events and behaviors understandable.

Hypothesis: Through talking with others, we try to understand funny events.


Premise: pediculosis Not as foot disease nor the bad breath of children, but just plain (and literally) lousiness.

Hypothesis: Having bad breath as a child is not a sign of pediculosis.


Premise: These social encounters oer children many opportunities to hear people refer to their own mental states and those of others and, therefore, to observe dierent points of view.

Hypothesis: The social encounters give kids a lot of chances to hear people talk about their mental states.


Premise: So we quick think and I go, well grab a paper towel and wet it and throw a couple of ice cubes in and put it on his hand, get him up to his feet and haul him off to the emergency room.

Hypothesis: Quickly, we need to get something to cool off his head injury and get him to an emergency room fast!


Premise: ordinary laborers.

Hypothesis: normal workers


Premise: This was done because of the organization of work in clothing shops; the low capital costs and high proportion of labor costs, especially in women's wear for contract shops; the intense product competition among manufacturers within and among geographic markets; and the diversity of products and changing styles.

Hypothesis: This was done because of how workers in clothing shops were organized.


Premise: American narratives rarely dwelt on misdeeds and, at times, even recast children's oenses as strengths'as indicative of quick thinking and an active, spirited disposition.

Hypothesis: American narratives barely ventured into misdeeds, and regarded children's offenses as signs of positive qualities.


Premise: First Grade.

Hypothesis: My brother is on first grade.


Premise: But grammar enters the picture here, too, and dictionaries are remiss in syntactic description of how the language works in comparison with what its words mean, how they are spelled and pronounced, and where they came from.

Hypothesis: Dictionaries are negligent in the description of how language functions in comparison to word meanings, spelling, pronunciation and where it is derived from.


Premise: Yet these nagging problems do not negate the need for a new approach to inventory management; they merely indicate how complicated supplier relationships have become.

Hypothesis: These problems just show how complicated supplier relationships are.


Premise: I moved to San Diego.

Hypothesis: I lived in San Diego, but used to live somewhere else.


Premise: He was paying him five bucks an hour and he would, he could work all day Wednesday and uh, but I believe it was on that job there, that Kavalo, that Dad said, Look boy you can read a tape measure better that this forty year old man can so I'll give you five bucks an hour if you prove you can do it.

Hypothesis: Kavalo was being paid five dollars and hour.


Premise: I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about this program--please call me at 317/274-5625.

Hypothesis: I will gladly answer any questions you have concerning the program.


Premise: Additionally, there is a tremendous need to upgrade the technological infrastructure of the school.

Hypothesis: The technological infrastructure of the dental school is currently state-of-the-art.


Premise: In general, the definitions in W have been clarified, simplified, and made more precise in L .  Also, the citations in W have either been omitted, where unnecessary, or paraphrased, and sources are not given.

Hypothesis: Citations have been eliminated where appropriate for simplification.


Premise: Onomatopoeia has a long, honorable, and pleasurable history'from Aristophanes' brek-ke-kex ko-ax ko-ax to Kermit's ribbet, ribbet 'from majestic lines in ancient epic poetry to simple, homey words like plop, splash , and murmur .  In every language and time, the sound and look of some words have given clues to their  their sound has suggested their sense.

Hypothesis: A philosophical meaning can be taken from onomatopoeia,


Premise: Each prospective and current program is evaluated on the basis of its support of one or more aspects of women's needs.

Hypothesis: Every program in the YWCA is judged on how well it helps women.


Premise: Together, I believe that we can make a contribution which will be very meaningful for the students at the school.

Hypothesis: We could raise a lot of funds for the students together.


Premise: Um, what other, now I know you worked with your dad in the beginning there when you were quite younger.

Hypothesis: You were there with your mother for many years.


Premise: We call this our home because this is where we were raised at.

Hypothesis: Yeah, we lived here growing up, but we never really considered it home.


Premise: We have found no evidence indicating that one of the hijackers, or anyone else, sat there on this flight.

Hypothesis: We found evidence that someone sat there on this flight.


Premise: This startling news prompted the mission crew commander at NEADS to take immediate control of the airspace to clear a flight path for the Langley Okay, we're going to turn it . . . crank it up.

Hypothesis: They cleared a flight path to Langley, and the plane turned.


Premise: I don't know about Canada, Australia, etc., but in the U.S. this kind of referent usage is considered a heinous illiteracy (by those who consider such matters), and those who wish to appear educated would be wise to avoid it.

Hypothesis: This kind of referent usage is celebrated in the U.S. as a sign of education.


Premise: There are several critical areas which cannot be funded by the citizens of the State of Indiana, and without these programs our school cannot completely fulfill its mission.

Hypothesis: These critical areas cannot be funded by the citizens of the State of Indiana.


Premise: The emergency call lasted approximately 25 minutes, as Ong calmly and professionally relayed information about events taking place aboard the airplane to authorities on the ground.

Hypothesis: Ong relayed information about the events to authorities on the ground for about 25 minutes.


Premise: And do you feel like it was a good thing to grow up around?

Hypothesis: Did you know you were going to grow up?


Premise: Caring about others.

Hypothesis: Thinking of others


Premise: Our 90th Birthday celebration began in July and will continue through February.

Hypothesis: We had no celebration for turning 70 as a company.


Premise: The Herndon Command Center immediately established a teleconference between Boston, New York, and Cleveland Centers so that Boston Center could help the others understand what was happening.

Hypothesis: The Herndon Command Center established a teleconference between the centers so Boston could tell the others what was going on.


Premise: Well, probably the favorite book I had, this is a little different I had The Giant Golden Book of Astronomy, which I got when I was in the second grade and I read it cover to cover till I wore it out.

Hypothesis: I read The Giant Golden Book of Astronomy many times.


Premise: The Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary of 1987 ( Cobuild ) boasts xxiv plus 1703 pages.

Hypothesis: 24 chapters were included in the 1987 Cobuild dictionary.


Premise: Man as a False Generic,  M and S question whether the definitions  2.

Hypothesis: Man as all Original, M questions the commentary.


Premise: Men are seldom assigned to review them, possibly because the editor fears that they will be either ignorant of or unsympathetic to the issues raised, if not biased against them, or because the editor is a woman.

Hypothesis: Men usually don't assigned their work to review because editors get nervous about it.


Premise: And we don't waste money.

Hypothesis: We never waste any money.


Premise: In colonial days, housewives typically did spinning, weaving, and tailoring for the family.

Hypothesis: Housewives went out hunting in colonial days.


Premise: Both individuals agreed that the teleconference played no role in coordinating a response to the attacks of 9/11.

Hypothesis: Neither party claimed that the phone meeting of the prior morning had been responsible for the actions taken in relation to the attacks on 9/11.


Premise: The nuances of Vietnamese history, which Mr. Henn finds so fascinating, were as useful to the men who fought Ho Chi Minh's military machine as the facts of the Meiji Restoration to anyone who fought the Japanese Empire in WWII.

Hypothesis: Mr. Henn studies the nuances of Vietnamese history.


Premise: But I'm never going to take the knives out.

Hypothesis: It's of the utmost importance that the knives stay where they are, so I will never take them out.


Premise: Have you ever read any books from foreign authors?

Hypothesis: Have you read any books from local authors?


Premise: And I said to some of my cousins that I had only the last I had seen was at Grandpop's funeral.

Hypothesis: The last time I saw them was at grandfather's funeral.


Premise: For the short term, its impact will be on a relatively small niche market.

Hypothesis: The impact will be on just a small market.


Premise: I can assure you that your investment in this institution will allow us to continue the long tradition of excellence that is Cathedral High School.

Hypothesis: Investing in cathedral High Schol will allow the school to keep on with ts tradition of excellence.


Premise: Believing they had only a minute or two, the Vice President again communicated the authorization to engage or take out the aircraft.

Hypothesis: The VP thought they only had a minute or two to make the decision, so he told them to shoot any plane down immeditaely.


Premise: But to deny that the oblique senses of man are still very much with us is mere optimistic folly.

Hypothesis: The oblique senses of females are still very much with us as well.


Premise: Statistics for the current academic year are the same.

Hypothesis: An extreme variation in statistics occurred this academic year.


Premise: American 77 traveled undetected for 36 minutes on a course heading due east for Washington, D.C.

Hypothesis: American 77 was not known to be flying toward Washington, D.C


Premise: Assume that the manufacturing lead time'the amount of time required to go from a production order to a product ready for shipping to retail'is less than one week.

Hypothesis: Lead times often exceed 30 days or more.


Premise: The threat of terrorists hijacking commercial airliners within the United States-and using them as guided missiles-was not recognized by NORAD before 9/11.

Hypothesis: NORAD didn't recognize that airplanes could pose a serious threat,


Premise: Levi's uses proprietary software to make these modifications, but other software systems are commercially available for modifying standard patterns and producing a marker to guide fabric cutting.

Hypothesis: Levi's have their own in-house software for the purpose of customizing items.


Premise: Between these is an occasional flash of useful wisdom, much of it pretty well covered by other books of this type (which seem to be proliferating).

Hypothesis: Though there is the odd bit of useful information, most of it has been covered in the growing number of other books on this subject.


Premise: However, our sample also reveals that some manufacturers began to adjust to the new demands of lean  By 1992, the median dropped to ten hours, reflecting their desire to reduce the amount of work-in-process at this beginning stage of apparel assembly.

Hypothesis: Our sample shows that some manufacturers fail to adjust to the new demands.


Premise: Ironically, she notes, economically less well o parents find it easier to establish a viable dividing line between workplace and home.

Hypothesis: She notes that economically less well off parents have the toughest time separating their jobs from their families.


Premise: Chased him all the way up to the upstairs, I don't think the bird ever even pooped in the house not that we found--

Hypothesis: The bird was always calm and very housebroken.


Premise: But like, so I was always raised like a tomboy and everything like that and my dad treated me like a guy all the time.

Hypothesis: My father treated me like a guy since I was such a tomboy.


Premise: For example, students are provided both traditional classroom education, which emphasizes legal reasoning and analysis, and extensive training in fundamental lawyering skills.

Hypothesis: Students are given a thorough and cultured education.


Premise: The more pieces in a marker, the more effort required to make an efficient marker of a given width.

Hypothesis: The more pieces in a marker, then the more effort is needed in order to make an efficient marker for a specific width.


Premise: I moved to San Diego.

Hypothesis: I went from Indianapolis to San Diego.


Premise: The space presently occupied by the School of Law and Law Library is deficient both in quality and quantity.

Hypothesis: The Law Library and the School of law are situated in a high-quality space.


Premise: And you were born in Presbyterian Hospital.

Hypothesis: You were born in Presbyterian Hospital


Premise: Children must  do their own work.

Hypothesis: Many children are put to work for the first time in school.


Premise: Um, what do you remember any stories they told you, your parents told you?

Hypothesis: Can you recall the tales heard from your parents?


Premise: As always, please feel free to visit our campus.

Hypothesis: You can visit our campus anytime you want


Premise: The Command Center and FAA headquarters watched it too.

Hypothesis: FAA headquarters was in communication with the Command Center.


Premise: This overall increase is mirrored by growth in the average number of new SKUs introduced per year by apparel business units, which increased from 2,368 in 1988 to 3,688 in 1992.

Hypothesis: There were a lot of new SKUs introduced each year for retail stores.


Premise: The paper marker identifies each piece in the layout so that the cloth pieces for individual apparel items can be put together after the fabric is cut.

Hypothesis: Each piece in the layout is identified by the paper marker.


Premise: The Vice Chairman joined the conference shortly before 10:00; the Secretary, shortly before 10:30.

Hypothesis: The NSA did not join until around 11 am.


Premise: Any of these

Hypothesis: All of these.


Premise: Your past support of the Challenger program has been critical to its success these last four years.

Hypothesis: Your past support has been important for the success of the Challenger program


Premise: How should I start?

Hypothesis: Would you like me to go first?


Premise: What how often.

Hypothesis: I don't mind how many times you did whatever.


Premise: About this same time Sweeney reported to Woodward, Something is wrong.

Hypothesis: About this same time, Sweeney told Woodward, Everything is in good shape.


Premise: It only takes three quick, easy steps to obtain a matching gift from your (or your spouse's) employer to enhance your donation to the Indiana University School of Law -Indianapolis.

Hypothesis: If these three quick, easy steps are taken, you can obtain a matching gift from your employer.


Premise: The YMCA of the USA also named it an Outstanding International Program in 1997.

Hypothesis: In late September of 1997, the YMCA of the USA also named it an Outstanding International Program.


Premise: I'm all for Latin courses, but there's an easier way of building your English vocabulary then plowing through the intricacies of Latin morphology and syntax.

Hypothesis: There is no easier way to learn English than by studying Latin morphology.


Premise: Third, no middle ground exists in what Qutb conceived as a struggle between God and Satan.

Hypothesis: What Qutb conceived as a fight between God and Satan is full of nuances.


Premise: These are artists who are either emerging as leaders in their fields or who have already become well known.

Hypothesis: These artists are becoming well known in their fields.


Premise: Though novel for its open endorsement of indiscriminate killing, Bin Ladin's 1998 declaration was only the latest in the long series of his public and private calls since 1992 that singled out the United States for attack.

Hypothesis: Bin Ladin had a history of campaigning for an attack on the United States.


Premise: At last, he has found success in a job that he loves.

Hypothesis: He became a hairdresser in an untapped market.


Premise: For them, as for most feminists, political considerations are primary.

Hypothesis: Feminists always consider politics first.


Premise: In June 1984 I moved from Ottawa to Victoria, on Vancouver Island, where I now enjoy genteel retirement.

Hypothesis: I moved to Victoria in 1983


Premise: They need real-time information regarding what goods their plants have in finished, work-in-process, and material inventories.

Hypothesis: Plants have been known to get this information one way or another.


Premise: The word Yiddish derives from the German judisch `Jewish.

Hypothesis: The word judisch is of German origin, meaning 'Jewish.


Premise: Children who failed to grasp the kidnapper's motive and the reason for the arrest judged him to be  good,  not  bad.

Hypothesis: Kids who don't understand why kidnappers are doing what they are doing thought they were bad.


Premise: In addition to that, by helping them find jobs, Goodwill reduced the state's Public Support tab by an estimated $4 million.

Hypothesis: Goodwill's job program saved the state an estimated $4 million by helping people find jobs.


Premise: You do numbers real fast?

Hypothesis: Are you really fast with numbers?


Premise: At 9:36, the FAA's Boston Center called NEADS and relayed the discovery about an unidentified aircraft closing in on Latest report.

Hypothesis: The only time the FAA's Boston Center relayed any information was at 2 AM.


Premise: So please become an Audubon Society Member now!

Hypothesis: Here's how to become an Audobon Society member.


Premise: This means that half of your contribution will be returned to you through State tax savings, while the entire donation amount will remain deductible on your Federal taxes.

Hypothesis: All of your contribution is deductible on Federal taxes.


Premise: At 8:21, American 11 turned off its transponder, immediately degrading the information available about the aircraft.

Hypothesis: American 11 turned off its transponder at 8:21 AM immediately degrading any available information about the location or wellbeing of the aircraft.


Premise: Although changes in how managers orchestrate production flow through the sewing room are starting to make a difference, shifts in the practices of shop-floor workers have more to do with new human resource policies than equipment.

Hypothesis: Equipment is the biggest reason there have been shifts in the practices of shop-floor workers.


Premise: Lakeside city located inside the embankment or on top of it

Hypothesis: Uncertain whether Lakeside city is located inside or on top of the embankment.


Premise: But after September 1996, when first Jalalabad and then Kabul fell to the Taliban, Bin Ladin cemented his ties with them.

Hypothesis: The Taliban cemented ties in Jalalabad and Kabul


Premise: The newly svelte lady surely had in mind an about-face, not a pirouette, and was lithely (as she might say) unaware that her expanded metaphor had canceled the sense of her loss (a moroxish pun?)

Hypothesis: The newly svelte lady did not have in mind a pirouette.


Premise: The answer has nothing to do with their cause, however, but with the simple fact that dictionaries are not exercises in bi-unique substitutability; in other words, if one of the senses of run is `operate' (as in She runs an engine factory ), that does not make it valid to assume that one can substitute operate for run in We run in the marathon every year .  Although recognizing this as a shortcoming of dictionaries and assigning it arbitrarily to what, for lack of a better term, we might call the  genius  of the language, might seem trivial to the casual observer, it is a valid matter for concern in the realm of lexicology.

Hypothesis: The answer given is irrelevant to their cause.


Premise: You can't take it with you--neither can I, unfortunately.

Hypothesis: You are not able to bring it with you.


Premise: I have nobody here to guide me.

Hypothesis: My great aunt has been helping me with getting around the city.


Premise: It is important to note also that this product was not promoted at retail with discounted prices at any time during this period, so the variation is not due to consumers preferring to purchase a product when it was  on sale.

Hypothesis: The product wasn't offered on sale at any point during the time in question.


Premise: Sometimes I gave up, as when pointing to my temples (white) brought shampoo rather than the desired bleach.

Hypothesis: I had lots of shampoo but no bleach.


Premise: Fewer were seen as involved in worthwhile activities that truly engaged them.

Hypothesis: A large percentage of the participants were truly engaged with them.


Premise: Or the virtual impossibility of finding a quiet place to study or even think, so that the children can cope in school and one day have a chance of achieving something better?

Hypothesis: Don't kids struggle to find a quiet place to study, which means they have difficulty coping with school?


Premise: I'm all for Latin courses, but there's an easier way of building your English vocabulary then plowing through the intricacies of Latin morphology and syntax.

Hypothesis: There are simpler ways of building an English vocabulary besides studying Latin syntax.


Premise: The items are then stored in a way that makes them easy to pick for an order about to be shipped.

Hypothesis: The items are sort of thrown in whatever manner for storage.


Premise: What were your least favorite parts of the story?

Hypothesis: What portions of the story did you like the least?


Premise: And as our discussion in Chapter 6 will reveal, on the whole, the quality of American child care'whether center-based or home-based'is mediocre to abysmal.

Hypothesis: American child-care is typically anywhere from very good to excellent.


Premise: Please, consider renewing your support of these great kids today.

Hypothesis: These kids no longer need your support.


Premise: In any event, it is hard to discern, from the arch style affected in an attempt to make dull facts interesting, just what is the origin of sow one's wild oats .  In many entries, Claiborne labors the obvious, offering little or nothing we do not already know, could easily imagine, or for which the author offers no explanation.

Hypothesis: Claiborne offers a lot of information that is new and was unknown to the reader.


Premise: Talia, mother of a 7-year- My son Anselmo, a first grader, constantly asks us to help him with his homework.

Hypothesis: Anselmo is 7 years old and he always wants help with his homework.


Premise: We are the only statewide not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is child abuse prevention.

Hypothesis: We're an organization who deals with child abuse prevention above all else.


Premise: When I investigated all the different ways I could get involved to help local families, I discovered the answer that made the most sense was United Way of Central Indiana.

Hypothesis: I saw the United Way helped just a few people.


Premise: We first turn to the problem of forecasting sales in retail stores.

Hypothesis: The first issue to look at is sales forecasting.


Premise: If these special children are to become the adults we all need them to be, we have to lead them in the right direction right now.

Hypothesis: Special children need to be lead in the right direction if we want them to be the adults we need them to be someday.


Premise: The second chapter of the Handbook is devoted in its entirety to The Pronoun Problem, mercifully concluding with the expression of some doubt that an artificial generic pronoun, like hir, thon, per , and other abominations, is likely to take hold.

Hypothesis: There are only two chapters n the entirety of the Handbook.


Premise: This, in turn, suggests that firms with more of the key technologies in place will have total inventories that are less volatile.

Hypothesis: There is more volatility in firms with more technologies in place.


Premise: He inspired more research on children's thinking than any other single theorist.

Hypothesis: He inspired more research on how children think when compared with all other theorists.


Premise: Figure 14.5 shows our basic results in regard to average profit margin for different levels of technology adoption.

Hypothesis: The average profit margin was determined for each business unit involved.


Premise: Azzam, by contrast, favored continuing to fight in Afghanistan until it had a true Islamist government.

Hypothesis: Azzam favored fighting in Afghanistan until it was truly Christian.


Premise: It was always warm.

Hypothesis: Its temperature was always pretty warm.


Premise: You can't do it with your hands; you need a peeler.

Hypothesis: A peeler is needed, you can't do it with your hands.


Premise: Return the completed card with your check by October 15 to receive an invitation to a special artist dinner on November 8.

Hypothesis: An invitation to a great dinner will be sent if you return the completed card.


Premise: The music industry, well, you want more of the juicy, sordid details.

Hypothesis: You want more of the gossip.


Premise: The controller knew American 11 was hijacked; he was focused on searching for it after the aircraft disappeared at 8:46.

Hypothesis: The controller obsessively searched for the aircraft after it disappeared.


Premise: While the evidence of Iranian involvement is strong, there are also signs that al Qaeda played some role, as yet unknown.

Hypothesis: There is a lot of evidence proving Iranian involvement.


Premise: I picture muskrats wallowing about in the mire and paddling sluggishly through the water, but I wouldn't call that rambling.

Hypothesis: A group of muskrats showed up and startled me.


Premise: After our caseworkers meet with these families and their children they often find they lack even the basic necessities such as cooking utensils, beds, cleaning supplies, etc.

Hypothesis: After an initial take-in visit, our caseworkers often determine most of these families live with the basic tools of day-to-day life, including blankets or toothbrushes.


Premise: When the vacuum pump comes on, five pounds of force per square foot push down on the fabric.

Hypothesis: WHen the pump starts up, the force is on the thread.


Premise: In this case, public outrage led to early workers' compensation and factory inspection legislation.

Hypothesis: Anger from the public eventually resulted in new laws for factory inspection and workers' compensation.


Premise: At that point in time, the Langley pilots did not know the threat they were facing, did not know where United 93 was located, and did not have shootdown authorization.

Hypothesis: In that moment the Langley pilots were unaware of the threat, the location of United 93 and had no authorization to engage.


Premise: [I]mmigrants are cheap and controllable.

Hypothesis: Immigrants are top notch workers, and they demand excellent wages.


Premise: Similarly, feminists discourage titles that identify women's (but not men's) marital status (though many users mistakenly assume Ms . a synonym for Miss ).

Hypothesis: Feminists know exactly what is right and wrong about titles


Premise: Only smooth and clever entry into the make-believe activity'for example, inviting the dolls and stuffed animals to get up for breakfast'could lure Mattie into starting the  real  part of her day without protest.

Hypothesis: Mattie prefers her stuffed animals and dolls to join her for breakfast.


Premise: noisome Has nothing to do with sound or decibel level, but means simply unpleasant or disgusting.

Hypothesis: Noisome has nothing to do with sound or decibel level.


Premise: Contributions qualify for tax deductions under state and Federal guidelines.

Hypothesis: State and Federal guidelines impose a limit on contributions.


Premise: That is, this is the last such request that will be penned from the Cavanaugh Hall address.

Hypothesis: You won't be receiving any more requests from the address at Cavanaugh Hall.


Premise: That message and all subsequent attempts to contact the flight were not acknowledged.

Hypothesis: That message was acknowledged with a prompt reply.


Premise: I didn't do a lot of reading.

Hypothesis: I used to read all of the time.


Premise: Retailers have an incentive to stock high levels of  They want both to provide sufficient display stock to attract customers'empty shelves are not inviting'and to have products available for those who wish to purchase them.

Hypothesis: Retailers want to provide enough display stock to attract customers to their stores.


Premise: We believe such statements do not reflect an adequate appreciation of the FAA's responsibility for the safety and security of civil aviation.

Hypothesis: The statements ignore the FAA's relevant studies and research.


Premise: Your donation to the Herron School of Art and Gallery is crucial to this goal.

Hypothesis: Without your donation we will not be able to complete the goal.


Premise: In 1986, a bomb went off at a disco in Berlin, killing two American soldiers.

Hypothesis: A bomb killed two Americans in Paris in 1986.


Premise: You can go out on the weekends but during the week it, you know, it should be study time.

Hypothesis: To be honest, I don't think it's important to set a limit on going out - and I don't think a strict schedule separating work and play is helpful for me.


Premise: Uh, well, would you care to relate the story to me now?

Hypothesis: I hope I conveyed the message of the story clearly to you.


Premise: But grammar enters the picture here, too, and dictionaries are remiss in syntactic description of how the language works in comparison with what its words mean, how they are spelled and pronounced, and where they came from.

Hypothesis: Dictionaries are not the best in explaining how language functions in comparison to word meanings, spelling, pronunciation and where it is derived from.


Premise: Tomorrow will be another day for the kids, they rationalize, but a business deal or a professional achievement, if not capitalized on at the moment, may evaporate.

Hypothesis: They quit their jobs because they know their time with their children is limited.


Premise: Well, so many bullets, so many things.

Hypothesis: You know what they say, so many things, so many bullets.


Premise: Given the predominant share of workers in assembly, organization of work in the sewing room has been the central focus of management attention.

Hypothesis: Management attention has been focused mostly on providing good benefits for workers.


Premise: Nine other classes will be participating in this effort, as well.

Hypothesis: Nine other classes signed up to participate in this effort.


Premise: The call lasted about two minutes, after which Policastro and a colleague tried unsuccessfully to contact the flight.

Hypothesis: Policastro and a colleague were not able to call the flight.


Premise: Receiving inquiries and requests for information and services from around the world, and having assisted many in their vocational rehabilitation and business, the dba is recognized as one of the nation's largest and leading authorities on the self-employment of people with disabilities.

Hypothesis: The dba is an authority on self-employment for disabled people.


Premise: It would be so damn foggy you could not see the yellow line on that divided highway in front of you and we to turn left out onto this highway.

Hypothesis: The fog blocked the dividing highway line.


Premise: While his allied Islamist groups were focused on local battles, such as those in Egypt, Algeria, Bosnia, or Chechnya, Bin Ladin concentrated on attacking the far enemy-the United States.

Hypothesis: Bin Ladin was focused on attacking the United States, the enemy far away.


Premise: I think she must have enjoyed it because she read them to us too.

Hypothesis: She enjoyed reading to people.


Premise: And what's your major?

Hypothesis: What field of study most interests you?


Premise: Denim is from de `from' + Nimes , the town.

Hypothesis: Denim is from Dimes and neim, the arabic word for town.


Premise: My mom believes me, because she knows I'll go.

Hypothesis: My mother knows I'll go, and she believes me.


Premise: Regardless of how customization was done in the past, consumers paid more for the end product.

Hypothesis: The final product will be more costly for buyers, no matter what method of customization was used.


Premise: He died in a ferryboat accident on Lake Victoria just a few days after Bin Ladin arrived in Jalalabad, leaving Bin Ladin with a need to replace him not only in the Shura but also as supervisor of the cells and prospective operations in East Africa.

Hypothesis: Bin Ladin kidnapped a man riding on Lake Victoria to use him in the Shura.


Premise: 6 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Hypothesis: We won a 6 millioin grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.


Premise: Product stock-outs accounted for 24 percent, $6 billion, of the losses, and the cost of inventory carrying itself constituted the remaining 20 percent, $5 billion.

Hypothesis: 30 percent of losses were traced back to product stock-outs.


Premise: All the hijackers had assigned seats in first class, and they seem to have used them.

Hypothesis: The hijackers could not afford first class and sat in the back.


Premise: Last year, Goodwill helped 3,300 people find jobs that increased their self-sufficiency.

Hypothesis: 3,300 people were aided in finding jobs through Goodwill last year.


Premise: His checked bag was screened for explosives and then loaded on the plane.

Hypothesis: His bag passed the explosives test and was loaded on the plane before the passengers were loaded.


Premise: My friend, a punster, spotted the fact that the plate nicely violated the no  offensive  plates rule.

Hypothesis: The no offensive plates rule was violated by the plate noticed by my friend.


Premise: The FBI told us they found no trace of explosives at the crash sites.

Hypothesis: The FBI  found 10,000 pounds of explosives in the wreckage.


Premise: The definition in the Third Unabridged was a model of clarity compared with that.

Hypothesis: The new definition is very hard to understand.


Premise: At the conclusion of this vast exercise, done without the aid of computers, there emerged a pattern of familial relationships that linked together languages spoken, in earlier times, from Britain as far east as Chinese Turkestan and from India as far north as Lappland.

Hypothesis: British languages have deep and hereto unknown ties to Chinese languages.


Premise: J. C. Penney built an internal data communications network well in advance of its use with suppliers.

Hypothesis: By the time J.C. Penney decided to build an internal data communications network, it was already deep entrenched in its ways with suppliers.


Premise: However, despite exhaustive research, I am reluctantly forced to resort to the familiar lexical locution, `Source unknown.

Hypothesis: After some time, I have discovered the first source I am looking for.


Premise: He wants a lollipop, too!

Hypothesis: He too, would like to receive a lollipop.


Premise: Not so paleolinguistics, or the reconstruction of ancient languages.

Hypothesis: That is possible, too, with the reconstruction of ancient languages.


Premise: Please send your check today.

Hypothesis: Donate your money today.


Premise: According to the blurb on the dust jacket of this distinctly unpleasant book, Rosalind Miles is head of the Centre for Women's Studies at Coventry Polytechnic, a lecturer, broadcaster, journalist, and author of several other books, including a  highly acclaimed  biography of Ben Jonson.

Hypothesis: Rosalind Miles is an author, though her books look distinctly unpleasant.


Premise: Many of his followers became important members in the new organization, and his own close ties with Bin Ladin led many to think of him as the deputy head of al Qaeda.

Hypothesis: Many followers became important members in the organization, encouraging them to wage war with the US.


Premise: According to Vygotsky, children's greatest self-control occurs during make-believe play.

Hypothesis: Vygotsky believes that imaginary play is where children exhibit the greatest self-control.


Premise: He also lost the head of his military committee, Abu Ubaidah al Banshiri, one of the most capable and popular leaders of al Qaeda.

Hypothesis: Abu Ubaidah al Banshiri was both capable and popular among other members of the military committee.


Premise: The costs associated with demand uncertainty, which were previously connected primarily with fashion products'that is, the problem of selling a highly perishable item'have grown enormously for apparel retailers.

Hypothesis: Demand uncertainty costs have declined for retailers of apparel.


Premise: I want to know much of you.

Hypothesis: Let me tell you about myself.


Premise: A, a DJ by the name of Funk Master Flex, who put out a few albums and I don't even remember what they called.

Hypothesis: Funk Master Flex is a woman.


Premise: When a performer is inspired, it is said that he, or she,  tiene duende  (`has it').

Hypothesis: An inspired performer is said to have lost their groove.


Premise: Please send the largest contribution you can comfortably make.

Hypothesis: Your contribution will be spent immediately.


Premise: Your support will help them go to work.

Hypothesis: Giving your support will help to find people gainful employment.


Premise: Regular TV viewing typically begins between 2 and 3 years of age, consuming about 10.

Hypothesis: Consuming begins long after regular TV viewing.


Premise: In practical terms, this means that a retailer carrying a broader array of goods faces increased costs both for carrying goods in inventory that will not sell (overstocks) and running out of a good that sells beyond expectations (stock-outs).

Hypothesis: This means a retailer that carries a broad array of goods has decreased costs.


Premise: This was followed by a second radio transmission, with sounds of screaming.

Hypothesis: There was another radio transmission that had a lot of people screaming.


Premise: Look, the sun is sleepy, going to bed,  said 2 1/2-year-old David while watching the sun disappear below the horizon at the end of a day at the beach.

Hypothesis: The boy was confused and said the sun woke up when it disappeared behind the horizon.


Premise: Men and women struggling with addictions find healing, forgiveness and the chance to make a new start in life... families living from paycheck to paycheck find comfort, food and emergency assistance... and underprivileged children have the opportunity to eat well-balanced meals and participate in special activities.

Hypothesis: Underprivileged children have opportunities that they have never had before.


Premise: She waits tables like one night a week at another job to help put me through and everything like that.

Hypothesis: She works as a waitress once a week to help put me through.


Premise: I do, but it gets to a point where like I feel like if I fail, it's just going to be like way too much for everybody.

Hypothesis: I feel as though when I fail, my failure will be very disappointing to everyone.


Premise: The opportunities presented by the Ruth Lilly Outdoor Center offer these kids learning experiences not available in the inner-city environment.

Hypothesis: There are only some types of experiences available in an inner-city environment.


Premise: Such information is very likely to be misinterpreted by the average user, who does not approach a dictionary with a critical eye.

Hypothesis: The average dictionary user lacks a critical eye and is likely to misinterpret this information.


Premise: I can think of no better time to continue extending grace to others than at Easter.

Hypothesis: Easter is a wonderful time like no other to continue to extend grace and financial assistance to others.


Premise: These definitions are given in the most recent (1983) edition of Chambers 20th Century Dictionary , which was edited and published in Edinburgh.

Hypothesis: The Chambers 20th Century Dictionary was mainly edited in the Americas.


Hypothesis: TV viewing and consumption both begin at about the same time.


Premise: If you need this book, it is probably too late' unless you are about to take an SAT or GRE.

Hypothesis: It's never too late, unless you're about to take a test.


Premise: As for me, I do my utmost to avoid language that may offend people, including men.

Hypothesis: I do my best to never offend men and women alike.


Premise: We cannot accomplish this goal without the financial help of our alumni and friends.

Hypothesis: The financial help of our alumni and friends is indispensable to this goal.


Premise: Amsterdam was settled by the Dutch, Geneva by the Swiss, etc., till one passes by a town apparently settled by the British'Sodus.

Hypothesis: Amsterdam was settled by the Dutch at least a thousand years ago.


Premise: I hope you join our family of patients, loved ones and professionals.

Hypothesis: Both patients and relatives are on an equal footing with the professionals we employ.


Premise: What are the most important human needs here in central Indiana?

Hypothesis: What are the business needs in central Indiana?


Premise: However, in light of the growth of rapid replenishment, our research predicts that the performance of these two units will vary over time, with the supplier that has implemented flexible planning and short-cycle production processes coming out ahead.

Hypothesis: The research focused purely on the growth of rapid replenishment.


Premise: Journalist Charles Rappaport once quipped,  I speak ten languages'all of them Yiddish.

Hypothesis: The journalist Charles Rappaport once joked that he masters ten languages, all of them being Yiddish.


Premise: But you ended up with blood poisoning from all the gasoline.

Hypothesis: You have blood poisoning now from the amount of gasoline.


Premise: A full-blown textile industry therefore blossomed in New England, fostered by the region's access to abundant water power, capital, mechanical skills, and a hardworking labor force.

Hypothesis: The textile industry expanded in New England 1920.


Premise: This year IUPUI is celebrating 25 years in partnership.

Hypothesis: The IUPUI is in partnership with the ASPCA.


Hypothesis: You came in contact with so much gasoline you must have blood poisoning now, it's absolutely toxic to your body.


Premise: The President and the Vice President The President was seated in a classroom when, at 9:05, Andrew Card whispered to  A second plane hit the second tower.

Hypothesis: The President was in the Oval Office when the second plane hit.


Premise: No finer education is available-anywhere.

Hypothesis: There is great education available in many places, some places better than us.


Premise: Although automation of sewing operations is generally not cost effective, these innovations have made some inroads in particular segments.

Hypothesis: It's usually more expensive to automate sewing operations.


Premise: Won't you help the WYCA provide a great summer for those kids?

Hypothesis: Please support the WYCA so they can offer a good summer program for those kids.


Premise: We can support such a scholarship if you will give $25.00 to the English Alumni Scholarship Fund.

Hypothesis: We will support the scholarship if you give more than $25.00.


Premise: About this time the Fasten Seatbelt sign would usually have been turned off and the flight attendants would have begun preparing for cabin service.

Hypothesis: Around this time 30 minutes after takeoff sign, the fasten seatbelt sign would have been turned off and the flight attendants would have begon cabin service.


Premise: As the tax year draws to a close I would like to urge you to make a tax deductible contribution for the support of Women's Studies.

Hypothesis: Make sure you donate to this year's fundraiser especially since its tax deductible.


Premise: The resulting profit accrues, even after the higher finished goods carrying cost associated with larger inventory has been considered.

Hypothesis: The resulting profit is eaten into by the costs of the higher finished goods.


Premise: A truly creative work is both original and sensible; its novelty is culturally meaningful and useful.

Hypothesis: The work is original and sensible.


Premise: My mom believes me, because she knows I'll go.

Hypothesis: My mom doesn't believe me, because she doesn't think I will go.


Premise: Throughout much of the post-World War II era, the majority of men's shirts sold in the United States were white dress shirts, primarily through department stores.

Hypothesis: Department stores sold the majority of men's shirts in the United States.


Premise: As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing.

Hypothesis: The earth is not alive.


Premise: Kmart became the first major nonfood retailer to employ them as a means of tracking inventory in the early 1980s, several years before Walton made this technology a core building block of his distribution system.

Hypothesis: Kmart was the first major retailer to track inventory in the early 1980s using the new distribution system.


Premise: The Vice President was logged calling the President at 10:18 for a twominute conversation that obtained the confirmation.

Hypothesis: The Vice President was logged calling the President for two minutes.


Premise: Twenty-three when he arrived in Afghanistan in 1980, Bin Ladin was the seventeenth of 57 children of a Saudi construction magnate.

Hypothesis: He was the only child of the Saudi construction magnate who rose to immense power.


Premise: a short article about someone or something in a dictionary or encyclopedia,.

Hypothesis: A brief article that explains the best places to travel.


Premise: Hold on a second.

Hypothesis: Hold on for a few minutes.


Premise: The New York Center controller and manager were unaware that American 11 had already crashed.

Hypothesis: The controllers didn't know that American 11 was already crashed.


Premise: And uh, me and my friend there we'd always sit together in the first or second seat on the bus.

Hypothesis: I would always sit with my friend in the front of the bus.


Premise: There is no doubt that Randall enjoys her work.

Hypothesis: There exists some doubt as to whether Randall enjoys her work or not.


Premise: Apparel workplaces have historically been located in major metropolitan areas'New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Rochester, Baltimore, Cleveland, St. Louis'and drawn on successive waves of immigrants.

Hypothesis: Major metropolitan areas were historically chosen to be where apparel workplaces were located.


Premise: Our state appropriation is not now -nor has it ever been --sufficient to fund, for example, all of the costs associated with faculty research, student programs, scholarships, seminars, guest speakers, and the law library.

Hypothesis: We need to be given more funding in order to run the school.


Premise: It is a fund-raising appeal.

Hypothesis: It's a gift of funds.


Premise: Well-known theories of child development'Freud's, Skinner's, Gesell's, and Piaget's, for example'provide little comfort, since dramatic shifts in favored theories have occurred since the launching of systematic study of children about 100 years ago.

Hypothesis: Freud's theories of child development is not a well known piece of information.


Premise: Well, as a teacher, do you see reading as something that is still important in families today?

Hypothesis: How do you feel as the number of parents who read to their children is decreasing?


Premise: Uh, how important it was to read and we're all English majors, I think that has something to do with it; my brother, sister and I are all, we're all English majors in college.

Hypothesis: English majors make boatloads of money; trust me, I'm a barista.


Premise: But in appealing to societies full of discontent, Bin Ladin remained credible as other leaders and symbols faded.

Hypothesis: Bin Laden gave societies full of discontent hope for the future.


Premise: The centering operation is important because the diameter of a knit tube varies slightly along its length, and it is necessary to reference cutting from the midline of the tube.

Hypothesis: The centering operation is crucial.


Premise: Richard Bauerls writes interestingly about the recent proliferation of  one-letter words  [XIV, 1; XV, 1].

Hypothesis: Richard Bauerls writes about one- and two-letter words.


Premise: I look nobody is standing at the saw.

Hypothesis: Nobody is standing at the saw.


Premise: I'm opening up like five pools and they're giving me a headache because they all turned green today, so, that's like the most fun job for me.

Hypothesis: The water in the pool turned pink and it looked so fun to swim in.


Premise: I have nothing particularly adverse to say about the book.

Hypothesis: There is nothing adverse I can say about the book.


Premise: I think that's one I remember, a lot because when I was in 1st grade, I was sick a lot of the year, and I was out of school a lot of the year.

Hypothesis: I missed virtually all of 1st grade because I was sick on a regular basis during that period.


Premise: the evidence in the published work is quite thin

Hypothesis: The work is widely regarded to be historically accurate.


Premise: But we know that at 10:31, General Larry Arnold instructed his staff to broadcast the following over a NORAD instant messaging  10:31 Vice president has cleared to us to intercept tracks of interest and shoot them down if they do not respond per [General Arnold].

Hypothesis: General Larry Arnold told his staff to broadcast over a NORAD messaging service at 10:31 that the Vice president had said to hold off on shooting down any hijacked planes until the President could be reached.


Premise: Alarm bells would not start ringing until these efforts-which could take five minutes or more-were tried and had failed.

Hypothesis: The efforts were tried and had succeeded.


Premise: In the past eight years SEND has renovated over 70 homes for affordable resale to families, created more than 100 high quality apartments, assisted 20 businesses to expand or improve their facilities, created three new parks, and taught more than 200 youth work ethics and skills.

Hypothesis: SEND has renovated dozens of homes to sell at affordable prices.


Premise: At the same time, the company began to redesign its logistics system'the method it used to move goods from suppliers, through warehouses, and to delivery at stores.

Hypothesis: Goods were moved directly from the suppliers to the stores.


Premise: I won't tell.

Hypothesis: I won't tell your brother.


Premise: All understood the plane had been hijacked.

Hypothesis: Most people didn't realize that the plane had been hijacked.


Premise: They come into a Pleasant Run program... whether it's for therapeutic help in their own homes (which nurtures whole families), through foster care families or in the familial surroundings of our residential homes.

Hypothesis: There is not a correct way to join us. It is enough that you are here.


Premise: I was old enough at the time that I knew what was going on.

Hypothesis: I was too young to understand what was going on.


Premise: So this story was read to you by your cousins?

Hypothesis: Did your cousins read this story to you?


Premise: Eventually ramrod became personified, taking on the added meaning of `one marked by rigidity, stiffness, and severity,' even though the original ramrods, which were straight, were rather flexible.

Hypothesis: The original ramrod was wavy but not very easy to bend.


Premise: and so on through the whole megillah : `long, involved story.

Hypothesis: The scroll was a long story.


Premise: There is a bomb on board and are going back to the airport, and to have our demands [unintelligible].

Hypothesis: There is a bomb on the plane and we are flying back to the airport.


Premise: More than the actual events, inaccurate government accounts of those events made it appear that the military was notified in time to respond to two of the hijackings, raising questions about the adequacy of the response.

Hypothesis: The government gave inaccurate accounts about the notification of the military.


Premise: Throughout much of the post-World War II era, the majority of men's shirts sold in the United States were white dress shirts, primarily through department stores.

Hypothesis: The majority of men's shirts that were sold in the United States were blue T-shirts.


Premise: There are many difficulties inherent in adducing citational evidence unsupported by frequency.

Hypothesis: There are many difficulties citing evidence by frequency.