Question:
S1: North American futures pointed to a sub-par start to trading on Tuesday , with investors ready to get their first taste of quarterly earnings .
S2: North American stock markets got off to a slow start Tuesday , with investors ready to get their first taste of quarterly earnings .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: The new law requires libraries and schools to use filters or lose federal financing .

The 6-3 ruling reinstates a law that told libraries to install filters or surrender federal money .

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

[Q]: " Approximately 60 per cent of all national advertisers do not yet advertise in Spanish , " he said .

" Approximately 60 percent of all national advertisers do not yet advertise in Spanish . "

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Every day more American soldiers die .
We 're losing one or two American soldiers every day .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The House has already approved the measure , and Congress twice sent similar legislation to President Clinton , who vetoed it .

Congress twice sent similar legislation to former President Bill Clinton , who vetoed it .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The Washington Times first reported yesterday that Army Capt. James .
The arrest was reported in The Washington Times today .

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A:
no