Q: The three chains have replaced most of the 70,000 striking workers with temporary employees to keep their stores open .

The supermarket chains have used managers and replacement workers to keep their stores open , often at reduced hours .

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A: no
Q: In the first three months of 2003 alone , weekly earnings adjusted for inflation fell 1.5 % -- the biggest drop in more than a decade , " Lieberman said .

In the first quarter of this year , weekly earnings adjusted for inflation fell 1.5 percent - the biggest drop in more than a decade .

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A: yes
Q: Officials at Microsoft and Lindon , Utah-based SCO couldn 't be immediately reached for comment .

Microsoft in Europe could not be immediately reached for comment .

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A:
no