QUES: " Craxi begged me to intervene because he believed the operation damaged the state , " Mr Berlusconi said .

" I had no direct interest and Craxi begged me to intervene because he believed that the deal was damaging to the state , " Berlusconi testified .

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

QUES: The state 's population was 6,080,485 in 2000 , according to the U.S. census .

Between 1960 and 2000 , however , the state 's population grew by 30.4 percent to 6,080,485 .

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

QUES: In 2002 , Linksys overtook Cisco Systems as the leading wireless equipment vendor , accounting for 14.1 percent of revenue .

Rolfe said Linksys overtook Cisco Systems last year as the leading supplier of WLAN equipment .

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