Here are two sentences:

The Nets and the Spurs are crossing new frontiers of offensive ineptitude while causing their high-scoring American Basketball Association forefathers to cringe .

The Nets and the San Antonio Spurs are crossing new frontiers of offensive ineptitude while embarrassing their high-scoring ABA forefathers .
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yes

Q: The festival kicked off yesterday one day after the Competition Commission delivered its final verdict to the Government on the proposed 4.1 billion merger .

The Competition Commission delivered its verdict yesterday on the proposed merger of the two big ITV players , Carlton and Granada .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index gained 16.02 points , or 1.62 percent , at 1,004.63 .
The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index added 28.73 points , or 1.77 percent , at 1,655.22 .

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no

input question: Excluding legal fees and other charges it expected a loss of between 1 and 4 cents a share .
Excluding litigation charges it made a profit of $ 7.8 million , or 10 cents a share .

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output answer: no

[Q]: We can make life very difficult for terrorist elements , we can scatter them , we can cut off one head here and one tentacle there .
We can scatter them , we can cut off one head here and one tentacle there , but often the beast survives .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Q: Sales - a figure watched closely as a barometer of its health - rose 5 percent instead of falling as many industry experts had predicted .

It also disclosed that sales -- a figure closely watched by analysts as a barometer of its health -- were significantly higher than industry experts expected .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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yes