Q: The Standard & Poor 's 500 stock index ended the quarter up 120 points , a gain of 14 percent , the best performance for that broad market benchmark since 1998 .

The Standard and Poor 's 500-stock index , a broad collection of equities representing leading companies , finished its best quarter yesterday since the last three months of 1998 .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Stock Market 's composite index rose 3.41 points to 1,915.31 .
The benchmark S & P / TSX composite index rose 29.12 points yesterday to 7,633.61 .

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no

input question: The seventh person charged in the case - Habis Abdu al Saoub - remains at large .
The seventh member of the cell , Habis Abdullah al Saoub , 37 , a Jordanian , remains at large .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: " This legislation benefits the entire state of Illinois , every town , every city , every citizen , " Blagojevich told the crowd of political heavyweights at O 'Hare .
" The legislation I 'm proud to sign today benefits the entire state of Illinois , every town , every city , every citizen .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Missouri Gov. Bob Holden asked the White House to declare a federal disaster in 39 counties .
S2: Gov. Bob Holden asked Bush to declare 39 Missouri counties disaster areas .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

input question: 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 .

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output answer:
yes