QUES: For the third time in the past four years , wildfires are the problem .

It was the third time in four years that wildfires forced the park to close .

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

QUES: Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said his office received the recordings this week .

Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk told Criss Wednesday his office only this week received the recordings .

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

QUES: Last week , his lawyers asked Gov. Mark R. Warner to grant clemency , but the governor declined to intervene .

Last week , his lawyers asked Warner to grant clemency under certain conditions that would have lead to a new sentencing hearing .

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