QUES: In addition , the committee noted , " while spending is firming , the labour market has been weakening " .

" The evidence accumulated over the intermeeting period confirms that spending is firming , although the labor market has been weakening .

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

QUES: Dick is going to be there as long as Dick wants to be there , " Reuters reports Langone as saying .

" Dick is going to be there as long as Dick wants to be there . "

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

QUES: In Chatsworth , 52km north-west of Los Angeles , residents of multimillion-dollar homes there were being told to begin gathering their belongings .

In Chatsworth , 32 miles northwest of Los Angeles , residents of multimillion-dollar homes there were told to gather their belongings .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes