QUES: " We have found the smoking gun , " investigating board member Scott Hubbard said .

" We have found the smoking gun , " said Hubbard , director of NASA 's Ames Research Center in California .

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

[Q]: The dividend , the company 's second this calendar year , is payable Nov. 7 to shareholders of record at the close of business Oct. 17 .

In a statement , Microsoft said the dividend is payable Nov. 7 to shareholders of record on Oct. 17 .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The migrants were first spotted by a Coast Guard jet around 2 p.m. Tuesday and two small patrol boats were sent to the area , Doss said .
The Cubans were spotted by a Coast Guard jet around 2 p.m. Tuesday and two vessels were sent out to the area , Petty Officer Ryan Doss said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The two blond opponents appeared almost identical in matching powder-blue outfits to their dismay .

The two blond opponents appeared almost identical because they wore matching powder-blue outfits - to their dismay . "
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yes

Q: A federal appeals court yesterday reinstated perjury charges against a San Diego student accused of lying about his association with 9 / 11 hijackers .

A U.S. appeals court in New York reinstated perjury charges against a Grossmont College student accused of lying about his knowledge of two of the Sept . 11 hijackers .

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

[Q]: The government defeated the rebel motion by 297 votes to 117 in the 659-seat House of Commons .
It was defeated by 297 votes to 117 , a Government majority of 180 .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- yes

[A]:
no