[Q]: His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia .

His protest triggered a 47-hour standoff with police that led to huge traffic jams as commuters backed up in downtown Washington and Northern Virginia .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
A divided Supreme Court ruled that Congress can force the nation 's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters .
The Supreme Court said Monday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters , rejecting librarians ' complaints that the law amounts to censorship .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

" The court expects that 25 years from now , the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary , " O 'Connor wrote .

O 'Connor wrote , " We expect that 25 years from now , the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary . "
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yes

Q: Hearing was partially restored by an electronic ear implant .

An electronic implant has helped Limbaugh regain most of his hearing .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The company is working with the ObjectWeb consortium , Apache Software Foundation and the Eclipse IDE development community as part of the effort .
This framework will be based on the company 's work with the ObjectWeb consortium , Apache Software Foundation and the Eclipse IDE community .

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yes

QUES: Ten , two mobile homes and numerous outbuildings were destroyed by the now-smoldering fire northwest of Boulder .

He said eight or nine homes had been destroyed by the now-smoldering fire northwest of Boulder .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes