QUES: " For us , that doesn 't make a difference - the sexual orientation , " Archbishop Tutu said in the black urban centre of Soweto .

" For us that doesn 't make a difference , the sexual orientation , " Tutu told Reuters Television in South Africa 's sprawling Soweto township .

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

[Q]: Later in the day , a standoff developed between French soldiers and a Hema battlewagon that attempted to pass the UN compound .

French soldiers later threatened to open fire on a Hema battlewagon that tried to pass near the UN compound .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
United already has paid the city $ 34 million in penalties for missing the first round of employment targets .
United has paid $ 34 million in penalties for failing to meet employment targets .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

One of the Oregon species was acclimated to a temperature of 65 , but survived until the aquarium temperature reached 87 .

One of the Oregon species was acclimated to a temperature of 65 ( 18.33 Celsius ) , but survived until the aquarium temperature reached 87 ( 30.56 Celsius ) .
OPTIONS:
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yes

Q: The lawyer representing Torch Concepts , Rich Marsden did not respond to repeated phone calls .

Officials with Torch and JetBlue did not respond to repeated phone calls from the Mercury News seeking comment .

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

[Q]: Boeing shares fell 3.5 percent to close at $ 27.62 on the New York Stock Exchange , while Lockheed slipped 1.4 percent to $ 49.50 .
Boeing shares fell 95 cents , or 3.3 percent , to $ 27.67 at 3 : 30 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]:
no