Question:
S1: Technology stocks make up 42 percent of the Nasdaq , which fell 49.95 points , or 2.9 percent , to 1,698.02 .
S2: The Nasdaq fell 49.95 points , or 2.86 percent , to end at 1,698.02 , based on the latest available data .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no


QUES: " We must not engage in borough warfare , " Thompson testified at a budget hearing by the City Council 's Finance Committee .

" We must not engage in borough warfare , " the Comptroller William Thompson told the Council , according to his written testimony .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes


[Q]: The transaction will grant Handspring stockholders 0.09 of a share of Palm--and no shares of PalmSource--for each share of Handspring common stock .

Under the proposed terms of the transaction , and following the spinoff of PalmSource , Palm will exchange 0.09 shares for each share of Handspring .

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[A]: no


Problem: Wwo sentences:
" We are starting the epidemic with more cases and more areas affected than last year .
" It indicates we are starting the epidemic with more cases than last year , " Gerberding said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes


Here are two sentences:

This is a process and there will be other opportunities for people to participate in the rebuilding of Iraq . " he told reporters .

This is a process and there will be other opportunities for people to participate in the rebuilding of Iraq . "
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yes


Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Yehuda Abraham , a 76-year-old jeweler in New York 's diamond district , allegedly accepted a $ 30,000 down payment on behalf of Lakhani for the missiles , the government said .
Yehuda Abraham , a 76-year-old jeweler from New York 's diamond district , accepted a $ 30,000 down payment on behalf of Lakhani for the first missile , investigators said .

OPTIONS:
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A:

yes