QUES: In Ventura County , the number of closings and advisories dropped by 73 percent , from 1,540 in 2001 to 416 last year .

The number of days when Texas beaches had swimming advisories dropped from 317 in 2001 to 182 last year .

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

QUES: Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez and Maria de Teresa Quiej Alvarez did not leave the private jet during a stop for customs inspection at Brown Field .

Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez and Maria de Teresa Quiej Alvarez arrived at the airport in separate ambulances .

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

QUES: She had been barred on the grounds that her headscarf would violate the state 's neutrality in religion .

The school had argued that it violated the state 's neutrality in religion .

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