QUES: But he added : " You can 't win elections by looking in the rearview mirror . "

" You can 't win elections by looking through the rear view mirror , " he said .

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

QUES: IDEC shareholders would own 50.5 percent of the stock of the combined company , and Biogen shareholders the remaining 49.5 percent .

The companies said Idec holders would own about 50.5 percent of the stock of the combined company .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: It even struck a deal for distribution and advertising with popular P2P service Grokster .

Puretunes has also lost a distribution deal with the popular Grokster file-swapping software company .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no