Question:
S1: The suspected militants ambushed the convoy Saturday near the town of Spinboldak , said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Douglas Lefforge .
S2: The suspected militants ambushed the convoy near the town of Spinboldak , U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Douglas Lefforge said Sunday , a day after the attack .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: In 2002 , the West Nile virus infected 4,000 people and took 284 lives in the United States .

In contrast , he said , West Nile virus made 4,156 people ill and killed 284 in the United States and Canada last year .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

[Q]: The leased applications are designed to help sales people track customer accounts and sales leads .

Salesforce.com rents software that helps corporate sales people track customer accounts and sales leads .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" It 's a huge black eye , " said New York Times Company chairman Arthur Sulzberger .
" It 's a huge black eye , " said publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr . , whose family has controlled the paper since 1896 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

A race observer sits in the passenger seat of the vehicle following the contestant car to record broken rules and track of the car 's time .

A race observer sits in the passenger seat of the follow vehicle to record any broken rules and also keep track of the car 's time .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Hedge funds came under renewed scrutiny recently when New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer unveiled a probe of illegal trading in mutual fund shares .
The industry came under renewed scrutiny recently with the launch by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of an investigation of illegal trading in mutual fund shares .

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A:
yes