QUES: A pamphlet will be issued to the public through major hardware chains , local libraries and on the EPA Web site : www.epa.gov.

It will be distributed through major hardware store chains and local libraries and will be available on the EPA Web site : www.epa.gov.

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

QUES: Details of the research appear in the Nov. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association .

The results , published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , involved just 47 heart attack patients .

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

QUES: Justice Clarence Thomas , joined by fellow conservative Justice Antonin Scalia , dissented .

Justice Antonin Scalia , Sandra Day O 'Connor and Clarence Thomas dissented from the ruling .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no