Problem: Wwo sentences:
Mark Kaiser , vice-president of marketing , and Tim Lee , vice-president of purchasing , were dismissed last week .
Mark Kaiser and Tim Lee , respectively US Foodservice vice-presidents for marketing and purchasing , have been dismissed .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Former U.S. Rep. Frank McCloskey , 64 , died this afternoon in his home after a long battle with bladder cancer .

McCloskey died Sunday afternoon in his home after a year-long battle with bladder cancer .
OPTIONS:
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yes

Q: Emergency crews said some of the passengers were thrown partly out of the open side of the bus .

Emergency crews said no passenger was ejected , but some were thrown partly out of the open side of the bus .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Ruffner , 45 , doesn 't yet have an attorney in the murder charge , authorities said .
Ruffner , 45 , does not have a lawyer on the murder charge , authorities said .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes

input question: The OneNote note-taking tool is listed at 169.99 while the InfoPath XML ( Extensible Markup Language ) data gathering application is priced at 179.99 .
The OneNote note-taking tool is listed at $ 273 while the InfoPath XML data gathering application is priced at $ 289 .

OPTIONS:
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output answer: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Veritas will offer its File System , Volume Manager and Cluster Server software products on SUSE Enterprise Server in the first quarter next year .
Already in beta , Veritas ' File System , Volume Manager and Cluster Server products for SuSE Enterprise Linux Server should drop into the hands of customers in early 2004 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer:
yes