QUES: Intel updated investors midway through the quarter and said business was proceeding exactly as planned .

Intel said midway through its quarter , which ended in June , that business was exactly as expected .

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

[Q]: Paul Durousseau , 32 , was charged Tuesday with five counts of first-degree murder for the Dec. 19 to Feb. 5 killings .

Paul Durousseau , 32 , was charged Tuesday with murder in five Jacksonville slayings between December and February , and in a 1997 Georgia killing .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
But U.S. District Judge Joseph DiClerico denied their request in a brief ruling .
In a brief ruling , US District Judge Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. denied their motion for an injunction .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Prior to joining Kodak , Palumbo worked for Procter & Gamble Corp. , where he managed products such as Folgers and Pantene shampoo .

Prior to joining Eastman Kodak , Mr. Palumbo held senior marketing positions for Procter & Gamble .
OPTIONS:
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no

Q: After the shooting , Hoffine fled to the nearby home of a friend , and allowed her and her daughter to leave .

Hoffine drove to the home of a friend and told her what he had done before allowing the woman and her daughter to leave , Hurley said .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

[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?
OPTIONS:
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- yes

[A]:
yes