Sentence 1: Even if gross national saving were only sufficient to replace depreciated capital, the economy could grow to some extent because replacing worn-out and used capital with new equipment tends to bring improved technology into the production process.

Sentence 2: If gross national saving was only sufficient to replace depreciated capital, the economy would still grow at least 5%.
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Sentence 1: Half the nation's increase in poverty in the 1990s, when the number of poor jumped 30 percent, occurred in California, and nearly 25 percent of the nation's poverty increase occurred in Los Angeles County alone.

Sentence 2: Poverty rates went down in the 90's.
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Answer: no

Sentence 1: Theme analysis also can proceed in matrix fashion.

Sentence 2: Theme analysis in matrix fashion is out dated but still viable.
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it is not possible to tell