Question:
S1: The new 25-member Governing Council 's first move was to scrap holidays honoring Saddam and his party and to create a public holiday marking the day of his downfall .
S2: Its first decisions were to scrap all holidays honoring Saddam and his outlawed Baath Party and to create a new public holiday marking the day of his downfall .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: This year , local health departments hired part-time water samplers and purchased testing equipment with a $ 282,355 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency .

This year , Peninsula health officials got the money to hire part-time water samplers and purchase testing equipment thanks to a $ 282,355 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency .

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

[Q]: " The timing of [ the miniseries ] is absolutely staggering to me , " Nancy Reagan said in a statement to Fox News Channel last week .

Nancy Reagan issued a statement last week to the Fox News Channel saying , " The timing of [ the miniseries ] is absolutely staggering to me .

OPTIONS:
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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Peterson told police he fished alone in San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve , returning to an empty house .
Peterson told police he left his wife at about 9 : 30 a.m. on Dec. 24 to fish alone in San Francisco Bay .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Tamil parties blame the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) for these killings .

The government wanted to revive talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) to discuss the interim structure .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
But Adora Obi Nweze , the NAACP state president , said the state only tried to prove its conclusion of suicide , rather than consider the possibility of murder .
Adora Obi Nweze , the NAACP state president , said the state has refused to consider the possibility of murder .

OPTIONS:
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A:
no