Question:
S1: Suspected rebels also blew up an oil pipeline in north-east Colombia .
S2: Also Sunday , suspected rebels dynamited an oil pipeline in northeast Colombia .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes


QUES: During a period of nearly a decade , Telemarketing Associates raised more than $ 7 million .

Telemarketing Associates , hired by VietNow , raised $ 7.1 million from 1987 to 1995 .

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


[Q]: The agreement resolves a lawsuit AOL filed against Microsoft in January 2002 on behalf of its subsidiary , Netscape Communications .

The legal settlement resolves the private anti-trust lawsuit filed against Microsoft in January 2002 by AOL Time Warner 's America Online unit on behalf of its Netscape subsidiary .

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[A]: yes


Problem: Wwo sentences:
Senate passage of the Medicare bill was almost certain , possibly as early as today .
Senate passage of the Medicare bill is almost certain Monday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes


Here are two sentences:

Air Transport Association spokeswoman Diana Cronan said that travel was down in May through July and that she also expected it to be off over Labor Day .

ATA spokeswoman Diana Cronan said travel was down in May through July , and she also expects it to be down some over Labor Day .
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yes


Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
An experimental drug can slow the loss of vision caused by an eye disease that is the leading cause of blindness among the elderly , researchers have found .
An experimental drug can slow the loss of vision caused by a maddening eye disease that is the leading cause of blindness among the elderly , doctors reported on Saturday .

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yes