Question:
S1: Taher , acting against his attorney 's advice , became the fifth member of a group of six Yemeni-Americans to enter a plea agreement with the government in the case .
S2: Taher , acting against his attorney 's advice , became the fifth member of the six to enter a plea agreement with the government .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27 , or 1.2 percent , closing at 1,520.15 on Friday .

The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rallied 30.46 points , or 2.04 percent , to 1,520.15 .

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

[Q]: " The flu season has had an earlier onset than we 've seen in many years , " said Julie Gerberding , director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta .

We 're seeing some very high levels of widespread flu infections in some places , " said Dr. Julie Gerberding , director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Seven of the nine major Democratic presidential candidates were to address the forum last night .
Seven Democratic presidential candidates have arranged to address the group , according to The Associated Press .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

And they think the protein probably is involved in the spread of other forms of cancer .

They researchers say the research could be relevant to other forms of cancer .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The MTA had argued it needed to raise fares to close a two-year deficit it estimated at different times ranged from less than $ 1 billion to $ 2.8 billion .
The MTA argued it needed to raise fares to close a two-year deficit it estimated , at different times , to be $ 952 million or $ 2.8 billion .

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yes