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The finals of the Continental Hockey League ( KHL ) Conference are the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference Championship Series of KHL .
The Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) Conference Finals are the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Championship series of the KHL .
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[A]: yes

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He started his career in Paris for a year until he returned to Switzerland from 1971 to 1979 to work in gravure .
Burki started his career in Paris for a year , until he returned to Switzerland to work in rotogravure from 1971 to 1979 .
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[A]: yes

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It was the northernmost of several Muslim states in the Horn of Africa and served as a buffer between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim states along coastal regions .
It was the northernmost of several Muslim states in the Horn of Africa , acting as a buffer between Muslim kingdom and the Christian states along the coastal regions .
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[A]: no

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Thomas Nonhelema 's mother , Thomas McKee , was a Shawnee chief who was nicknamed '' The Grenadier Squaw '' .
Thomas McKee 's mother , Nonhelema , was a Shawnee chief nicknamed '' The Grenadier Squaw . ''
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no