Q: Microsoft has won a patent for an instant messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message .

Microsoft has been awarded a patent for a feature in instant messaging that alerts a user when the person they are communicating with is inputting a message .

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

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The European Union banned the import of genetically modified food in 1998 ; the United States is now demanding that the EU end its ban .
The union banned the import of genetically modified food in 1998 after many consumers feared health risks .

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no

input question: Launched from the space shuttle Atlantis in 1989 , Galileo will have travelled about 4.6 billion kilometres by the time it hits Jupiter .
Launched from space shuttle Atlantis ( news - web sites ) in 1989 , Galileo will have traveled about 2.8 billion miles by the time it hits Jupiter .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Carnival Corp. stock was trading at $ 31.29 during midday trading Wednesday , down 72 cents or 2.25 percent .
Carnival Corp. stock was down 2.5 percent , or 81 cents , at $ 31.20 on the New York Stock Exchange .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: The unions also staged a five-day strike in March that forced all but one of Yale 's dining halls to close .
S2: The unions also staged a five-day strike in March ; strikes have preceded eight of the last 10 contracts .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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no

input question: You have to dig deep and come up with the goods against guys who are out there competing with you . "
You have to dig deep and come up with the goods against guys that are out there competing with the best of us .

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output answer:
yes