QUES: Quattrone , 47 , was highly influential at Credit Suisse First Boston during the tech bubble .

Quattrone , 47 , was highly influential working in the Palo Alto office of Credit Suisse First Boston during the tech bubble .

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

[Q]: Parson has been charged on one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a computer .

Parson faces one federal count of intentionally causing damage to a protected computer .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" For me , the Lewinsky imbroglio seemed like just another vicious scandal manufactured by political opponents , " according to extracts released yesterday .
" For me , the Lewinsky imbroglio seemed like just another vicious scandal manufactured by political opponents , " Mrs Clinton writes .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

" September and third-quarter data confirm that demand in the global semiconductor market is rising briskly , " George Scalise , the SIA 's president , said in the statement .

" September and third quarter data confirm that demand in the global semiconductor market is rising briskly , " stated SIA President George Scalise , in a statement .
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yes

Q: Muslim immigrants have used the networks - which rely on wire transfers , couriers and overnight mail - to send cash to their families overseas .

Muslim immigrants have used the networks _ which rely on wire transfers , couriers and overnight mail _ to send stashes of cash overseas to their families .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

[Q]: Earlier , he told France Inter-Radio , " I think we can now qualify what is happening as a genuine epidemic . "
" I think we can now qualify what is happening as a genuine epidemic , " Health Minister Jean-Francois Mattei said on France Inter radio .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes