QUES: He said the district had been waiting for the subpoenas and had always planned to comply once it received them .

Mr. Caramore said the district waited for the subpoenas and planned to cooperate with the investigation .

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

QUES: Peter Smith , a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona , leads the $ 325 million Phoenix mission .

TEGA is the product of University of Arizona planetary scientist William Boynton , co-investigator on the Phoenix mission .

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

QUES: Smackdown , first organized by WWE , registered more than 400,000 voters for the 2000 presidential election .

Since the election , the group has registered more than 400,000 voters .

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