In 1996 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of AIU in New York City and named President in 1997 .
In 1996 , he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of AIU in New York City and was appointed President in 1997 .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no

A witness to Confederation , Machar was concerned about English -- French tensions in the young country .
Machar , a witness to the Confederation , was concerned about the English - young tensions in the French country .

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no

Politics and religion would then be united once again after the return of the hidden Mahdi , now disappeared for over a millennium .
After the return of the hidden Mahdi , politics and religion would now be united again , then disappear for a millennium .

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no

The river Dambovita is a tributary of the river Santinica in Romania .
The Santinica River is a tributary of the Dambovita River in Romania .

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no