Problem: Wwo sentences:
Shares of Hartford rose $ 2.88 to $ 46.50 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .
Shares of Hartford were up $ 2.28 , or 5.2 percent , to $ 45.90 in midday trading .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The National Transportation Safety Board has subpoenaed Gansas , arguing his immediate testimony remains critical to its investigation .

The National Transportation Safety Board had subpoenaed him , but he initially ignored the order .
OPTIONS:
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no

Q: Phone calls to Spitzer 's office , Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were not immediately returned .

A message left with Spitzer 's office as well as Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were not immediately returned .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Once identified , remains of terrorists are immediately removed from the so-called memorial park , a temporary refrigerated storage facility on Manhattan .
Once identified , terrorist remains are immediately removed from the so-called memorial park , a temporary refrigerated storage facility on Manhattan where the unidentified remains are stored .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes

input question: Thursday , Mr. Romanow called it an offence to democracy to not implement a council that so many Canadians support .
Yesterday , Mr. Romanow said it was an affront to democracy to not implement a council that so many Canadians support .

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output answer: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Aquila is short of cash , and Avon bondholders at one point feared it may default on interest payments .
Avon bondholders have no recourse to Midlands 's assets and at one point feared Aquila would default on interest payments .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer:
yes