QUES: " I think we should leave them as they are , " said Lott , R-Miss . , of the current ownership rules during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing .

" I think we should hesitate , " Olympia Snowe , R-Maine , said at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: This was around the time Congress was debating a resolution granting the President broad authority to wage war .

Within four days , the House and Senate overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution granting the president authority to go to war .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: They fear the treatment would leave 12-year-old Parker Jensen sterile and stunt his growth .

The Jensens have said they fear the treatment would stunt Parker 's growth and leave him sterile .

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