input question: Powell fired back : " He 's accusing the president of a ludicrous act , " he said .
If so , Powell said , he 's calling the president ludicrous , too .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: The decision unnerved voting officials who already have been warning that they have barely enough time to organize the election before the balloting is scheduled to begin .
The decision unnerved voting officials who already have been warning they have barely enough time to organize the election .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Blair has said there is not ' ' a shred of truth ' ' in allegations the government manipulated evidence , and has resisted calls for a full public inquiry .
S2: Blair has said there is not ''a shred of truth ' ' in allegations that the government manipulated evidence about Iraq 's weapons programs .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: The next court session will be when the three-judge tribunal announces its verdict in mid-February .

The court 's three-judge tribunal was expected to give its verdict next February .

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

[Q]: She said in 2003 , not one U.S. state had an obesity rate below 15 percent .

She said in 2003 , not one American state had an obesity level less than 15 percent of the population .

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[A]: yes

[Q]: A $ 500 million natural-gas-fired power plant , for example , could replace up to $ 100 million in boilers yearly without adding new smog controls .

A $ 500 million coal-fired power plant , for example , could replace $ 100 million in equipment yearly without adding new pollution controls .

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[A]:
yes