Question:
S1: The company also became synonymous with ethical business practices .
S2: Levi became known for ethical business practices .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: Shares of the Smithfield rose more than 8 percent as the company said it expected the transaction to boost earnings immediately .

Smithfield shares rose more than 8 per cent yesterday as the company said it expected the transaction to boost earnings immediately .

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

[Q]: The $ 19.50-a-share bid , comes two days after PeopleSoft revised its bid for smaller rival J.D. Edwards & Co . JDEC.O to include cash as well as stock .

Oracle 's $ 19.50-a-share bid comes two days after PeopleSoft added cash to its original all-share deal with smaller rival J.D. Edwards & Co . JDEC.O .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The percentage of Americans without health coverage rose from 14.6 to 15.2 .
The percentage of Californians without health insurance was unchanged , the report showed .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

" The discovery that the MAP bug is present in the vast majority of Crohn 's sufferers means it is almost certainly causing the intestinal inflammation , " it said in a statement .

The researchers say that the fact the MAP bug is present in the vast majority of Crohns sufferers means it is almost certainly causing the intestinal inflammation .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
" I do not wish to be present during this witness , " he told Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Al Girolami .
" Yes , I do not wish to be present during this witness , " Peterson , 31 , calmly told the judge as he was returned to his cell .

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no