QUES: The United States wants the measure passed by June 3 , when the oil-for-food program needs to be renewed .

The Bush administration wants the measure approved by June 3 , when the existing oil-for-food program is up for renewal .

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

QUES: But he is the only candidate who has won national labor endorsements so far , picking up his 11th union on Tuesday when the United Steelworkers of America endorsed him .

But he is the only candidate who has won national labor endorsements so far , picking up his 11th on Tuesday .

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

QUES: After Mao 's death in 1976 , Madame Mao was sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the oppressive Cultural Revolution .

After Mao 's death in 1976 , she was tried and sentenced to death , later commuted to life .

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