Question:
S1: Dividends are currently taxed at ordinary income tax rates of as much as 38.6 per cent .
S2: Under current law , dividends are taxed at standard income tax rates up to 38.6 percent .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: " I don 't want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks , " said Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt .

" I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks , " he told the Register .

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

[Q]: Hill , 50 , would be the first person executed for killing an abortion doctor .

On Wednesday , Hill is scheduled to become the first person executed for murdering an abortion doctor .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The yield on the 3 5 / 8 percent February 2013 note dropped 2 basis points to 3.66 percent .
The yield on the 3 percent note maturing in 2008 fell 22 basis points to 2.61 percent .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Five 17-year-olds have been charged with robbery and impersonating a police officer .

All five suspects were charged with robbery and criminal impersonation of a police officer .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
At a news conference on Staten Island , U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf announced she would be taking over the probe from District Attorney William Murphy .
On Friday , U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf said she would take over the probe from District Attorney William Murphy .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
yes