Question:
S1: Maddox , 87 , cracked two ribs when he fell about 10 days ago at an assisted living home where he was recovering from intestinal surgery , Virginia Carnes said .
S2: Maddox , who had battled cancer since 1983 , cracked two ribs earlier this month when he fell at an assisted living home where he was recovering from surgery .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: By 10 p.m. , Claudette was centered about 320 miles east of Brownsville , with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph , 9 mph shy of hurricane strength .

Early Monday , the center of Claudette was about 300 miles east of Brownsville , with maximum sustained wind blowing at 65 mph , 9 mph shy of hurricane strength .

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

[Q]: Malvo was brought into the courtroom for about two minutes Monday so a witness could identify him .

Malvo was in the courtroom for about two minutes yesterday to allow a prosecution witness to identify him .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" They did not read footnotes in a 90-page document , " said the official , referring to the section that contained the State Department 's dissent .
" They did not read footnotes in a 90-page document , " he said , referring to the annex .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Wall Street analysts expect 2004 revenue of $ 28.15 billion .

Analysts ' average forecast was $ 4.02 per share on revenue of $ 25.56 billion .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The life expectancy for boys born in 2001 was 74.4 years , up two years since 1990 .
According to the report , average life expectancy has increased by nearly two years since 1990 .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
no