Sentence 1: Even The Nation , famously defensive on the question of Hiss, calls the biography an honest and indispensable book that goes a long way toward restoring to Chambers an elementary human plausibility (gosh, thanks).

Sentence 2: The Nation says the book is honest and tells you a lot about human behavior.
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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: Knowledge is a violent, bright, hot thing, but you would never know that watching Moyers, says Laurence Jarvik, author of Behind the Screen and a Moyers critic.

Sentence 2: Laurence Jarvik is a staunch supporter of Moyers'.
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Answer: no

Sentence 1: General Electric and General Motors, among others, have done a brilliant job of using acquisitions to strengthen both themselves and the acquired companies.

Sentence 2: The acquired companies benefited from the immediate cash boost following the acquisition.
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it is not possible to tell