[Q]: The most recent was in 1998 , when Dr Barnett Slepian was killed in his home in Amherst , New York .

The most recent killing was in 1998 , when Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot and killed in his home in Amherst , N.Y.
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[A]: yes

[Q]: Sir Wilfred Thesiger , traveller , writer , and one of the last solitary explorers of a shrinking planet , has died aged 93 .

Sir Wilfred Thesiger , writer , explorer and chronicler of the world 's vanishing ways of life , has died at age 93 .
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[A]: yes

[Q]: Eyewitnesses told how Sally , 62 , originally from Coatbridge , Lanarkshire , screamed as the escalator collapsed then sucked her in .

Mother-of-two Sally , originally from Coatbridge , Lanarkshire , had stepped on to the escalator when it collapsed .
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[A]: no

[Q]: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority was given two weeks to restore the $ 1.50 fare and the old commuter railroad rates , York declared .

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority , which plans to appeal , was given until May 28 to restore the old subway and bus fare and the old commuter railroad rates .
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[A]:
no