Here are two sentences:

Then the authority can hold another set of public hearings on raising commuting costs , the judge said .

But the judge , Louis York , said the authority can hold another set of public hearings on raising commuting costs afterward .
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yes

Q: Tampering with medicine has been so lucrative that many of those arrested lived in million-dollar homes .

Tampering with medicine apparently was so lucrative , investigators said , that many of the suspects lived in million-dollar homes .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Microsoft presented several options at the meeting , the consortium said in the statement .
Microsoft officials presented " several options " it is considering , the W3C posting said .

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yes

input question: Whoever is selected will report directly to Robert Liscouski , the assistant secretary of homeland security for infrastructure protection .
The NCSD has about 60 employees , Robert Liscouski , the assistant secretary of homeland security for infrastructure protection , said at a briefing today .

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output answer: no

[Q]: Seniors would then have to pay 50 percent of their drug costs up to $ 3,450 .
Above that , Medicare would pay 90 percent of all drug costs .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Q: A summary of his remarks says : all the group 's savings have been lost to raids and arrests , and JI is totally dependent on al-Qaeda for money .

In addition , Hambali laments , " all the group 's savings have been lost to raids and arrests , " and " JI is now totally dependent on al-Qaeda for money . "

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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yes