[Q]: In the 1990 's , the board found , budget cuts and trade-offs ate away at the shuttle program 's safety margins .

In the 1990s , the board found , budget cuts and trade-offs etched away at the shuttle program 's thin margins of safety .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said the victims appeared to be customers of the bank .
One of the shooting victims died , according to Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Plants still must abide by state and federal air-pollution laws , so there will not be an increase in smog , the administration argues .

Plants still must abide by state and federal air-pollution laws , so there won 't necessarily be any increase in pollution , the administration argues .
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yes

Q: Yucaipa owned Dominick 's before selling the chain to Safeway in 1998 for $ 2.5 billion .

Yucaipa bought Dominick 's in 1995 for $ 693 million and sold it to Safeway for $ 1.8 billion in 1998 .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Bolland told the News of the World : " I was astonished at Sir Michael ' s question .
Mr Bolland said : " I was astonished at Sir Michael 's question .

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yes

QUES: Paul Durousseau , 30 , was charged with murder in five Jacksonville slayings between December and February , and is also suspected of a 1997 Georgia killing .

Paul Durousseau , 30 , was charged Tuesday with murder in five slayings between December and February , and also is suspected of a 1997 killing in the state of Georgia .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes