QUES: The United States wants the measure passed by June 3 , when the oil-for-food program needs to be renewed .

The Bush administration wants the measure approved by June 3 , when the existing oil-for-food program is up for renewal .

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

QUES: GBI spokesman John Bankhead said the murder scenes showed that the killer was very methodical .

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said the crime scenes indicated that the killer was " very methodical . "

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

QUES: " We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9-11 . "

" We acted because we saw the existing evidence in a new light , through the prism of ... Sept . 11th . "

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes