Sentence 1: Some of the interior has been refurbished in recent years and there is a collection of interesting furniture.

Sentence 2: In recent years the interior has been refurbished with interesting furniture.
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Answer: yes

Sentence 1: 6 million commitment from Congress to underwrite sophisticated hardware, Web-based and telephonic systems to expand services for clients.

Sentence 2: Service was halted for all clients due to lack of congress commitment.
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Answer: no

Sentence 1: Another management reform initiative that provides a legislative basis for measuring performance is the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, which requires each federal agency to ensure that performance measures are prescribed for information technology that it will use or acquire and that the performance measures assess how well the information technology supports agency programs.

Sentence 2: Before the passing of the Information Technology Management Reform Act, federal agencies were making a total mess of IT management.
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Answer:
it is not possible to tell