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S1: Media giant Vivendi Universal EAUG.PA V.N set to work sifting through bids for its U.S. entertainment empire on Monday in a multibillion-dollar auction of some of Hollywood 's best-known assets .
S2: Media moguls jostled for position as the deadline for bids for Vivendi Universal 's U.S. entertainment empire neared on Monday in an auction of some of Hollywood 's best-known assets .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: Wall Street was also waiting for aluminum maker Alcoa Inc . AA.N to report earnings after the close .

Wall Street was also waiting for aluminum maker Alcoa Inc . ( nyse : PEP - news - people ) to report earnings after the close .

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

[Q]: Government bonds sold off sharply after Greenspan told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy " could very well be embarking on a period of extended growth " .

Greenspan told Congress on Tuesday the U.S. economy " could very well be embarking on a period of sustained growth " .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
At midday Saturday , automatic gunfire rattled windows in the Qadesiyah neighborhood , a largely Arab area that borders a Kurdish quarter .
Automatic gunfire rattled windows in the Qadesiya neighborhood at midday today , a largely Arab area that borders a Kurdish quarter .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others argued that Saddam Hussein possessed chemical and biological weapons and was hiding them .

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others argued that Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites ) possessed chemical , biological and other weapons and was hiding them .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
In January 1996 , two of his nude models were arrested atop of a Manhattan snowdrift , posed beneath an ice-cream parlor sign that advertised Frozen Fantasies .
On Jan. 12 , 1996 , two of his nude models were arrested atop of a Manhattan snowdrift , posed beneath an ice-cream parlor sign that advertised " Frozen Fantasies . "

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yes