[Q]: He beat testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain .

Armstrong , 31 , battled testicular cancer that spread to his brain .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The jury verdict , reached Wednesday after less than four hours of deliberation , followed a 2 1 / 2 week trial , during which Waagner represented himself .
The quick conviction followed a 2 1 / 2 week trial , during which the Venango County man represented himself .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The statistical analysis was published Tuesday in Circulation , a journal of the American Heart Association ( news - web sites ) .

Their findings were published Monday in Circulation : The Journal of the American Heart Association .
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yes

Q: Ms. Haque , meanwhile , was on her turquoise cellphone with the smiley faces organizing the prom .

Fatima , meanwhile , was on her turquoise cell phone organizing the prom .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Ten police officers were facing disciplinary action yesterday after they abandoned their night patrol to watch David Blaine .
Ten police officers were facing disciplinary action today after they abandoned their street patrol to go and watch the American illusionist David Blaine .

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yes

QUES: But the new study , from the Women 's Health Initiative , said the opposite .

The discovery so alarmed researchers that they stopped the study , known as the Women 's Health Initiative .

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