QUES: The budget analysis comes as negotiations between the City Council and the Bloomberg administration heat up .

Budget negotiations between the mayor and the City Council are entering high gear .

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

QUES: " We do not use service members as guinea pigs , " William Winkenwerder , assistant secretary of defense for health affairs , told a Pentagon briefing .

" We stand behind this program , " said Dr. William Winkenwerder , assistant secretary of defense for health affairs .

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

QUES: Bloomberg said on Wednesday that all 16 crew members survived and would be tested for drugs and alcohol .

He said the ferry 's crew will be interviewed and tested for drugs and alcohol .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no