input question: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 4.95 points , or 0.33 percent , at 1,486.14 .
The more broadly based Nasdaq Telecommunications Index rose 0.7 percent .

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- yes
output answer: no

input question: A spokeswoman for Interscope Geffen A & M declined to confirm how many employees were affected .
A spokeswoman for Interscope Geffen A & M Records declined to elaborate .

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output answer: yes

input question: Toronto yesterday had 64 probable cases of SARS and nine suspect cases .
As of Wednesday , there were 65 probable SARS cases in the Toronto region .

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output answer: no

input question: The moment of reckoning has arrived for this West African country founded by freed American slaves in the 19th century .
Taylor is now expected to leave the broken shell of a nation founded by freed American slaves in the 19th century .

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output answer:
no