QUES: One Republican sent out a flier this week citing a 3.8-percent increase in the S & P 500 stock index since passage of the tax cuts in May .

One Republican flier cited a 3.8 percent increase in the S & P 500 stock index since passage of the tax cuts in May .

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

QUES: Civilian reservists also could be sent overseas for jobs such as the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq .

Civilian reservists also could be sent overseas for jobs such as reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq , working in positions from translator to truck driver .

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

QUES: The latest quarter 's profit was a penny above of the average estimate as compiled by Thomson First Call .

The earnings beat by a penny the consensus estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes