[Q]: " We acted because we saw the existing evidence in a new light , through the prism of ... Sept . 11th . "

" We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light , through the prism of our experience on 9 / 11 . "

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Hoffa , 62 , vanished the afternoon of July 30 , 1975 , from a parking lot in Oakland County , about 25 miles north of Detroit .
Hoffa , 62 , vanished on the afternoon of July 30 , 1975 , from a parking lot in a Detroit suburb in Oakland County .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The DVD-CCA then appealed to the state Supreme Court .

The DVD CCA appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court .
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yes

Q: Stocks had surged on Tuesday as economic reports pointed to a thriving housing market and an uptick in consumer confidence .

Wall Street enjoyed a hefty rally on Tuesday as economic reports pointed to a thriving housing market and an uptick in consumer confidence .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
" He did a bad job going up there , " Mr. Villalona said .
Villalona put it more bluntly : ''He did a bad job going up there , ' ' he said .

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yes

QUES: " I think we should leave them as they are , " said Lott , R-Miss . , of the current ownership rules during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing .

" I think we should hesitate , " Olympia Snowe , R-Maine , said at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no