Question:
S1: Aileen Boyle , a Simon & Schuster spokeswoman , declined to comment on any potential legal action .
S2: Simon & Schuster declined comment on the potential lawsuit and would not confirm the contents of the story .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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no

QUES: " Nobody wants to go to war with anybody about anything ... it 's always very much a last resort thing and one to be avoided , " Mr Howard told Sydney radio .

" We don 't want to go to war with anybody . . . it 's always very much a last resort , and one to be avoided .

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

[Q]: No dates have been set for the criminal or civil cases , but Shanley has pleaded not guilty .

No dates have been set for either the civil trial or the criminal trial .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Doctors have advised that the boy get chemotherapy , but Daren and Barbara Jensen have refused , fearing the treatment would stunt Parker 's growth and leave him sterile .
Daren and Barbara Jensen refused to heed doctors ' recommendation of chemotherapy , fearing the treatment would stunt Parker 's growth and leave him sterile .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

" At that time I didn 't agree , because the people who will be the victims are schoolchildren and security , " he says .

In a generous gesture of uncharacteristic compassion , Samudra claims : " At that time I didn 't agree because the people who will be the victims are schoolchildren " .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Ryan Harvey , an outfielder from Dunedin High School in Florida , was selected with the sixth pick by the Chicago Cubs .
Ryan Harvey , a high school outfielder from Florida , was chosen sixth by the Cubs .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes