In 1923 , Louis Blaustein and his son , Jacob Blaustein , sold half a share of their American Oil Company to Pan American in return for a guaranteed oil supply .
In 1923 , Jacob Blaustein and his son , Louis Blaustein , sold half a participation in their American Oil Company to Pan American in exchange for a guaranteed supply of oil .

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no

1. Most of the municipalities are located on the islands in the Sulu Sea . Two of them , Mapun , and Turtle Islands lie within the Sulu Archipelago .
2. Most of the municipalities are located on the islands of the Sulu archipelago , two of them , Mapun and the turtle islands , are in the Sulu sea .
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no

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The Czech composer Antonin Dvorak spent the summer of 1893 in Spillville , where his friend Josef Jan Kovarik had kinship .
The Czech composer Antonin Dvorak spent the summer of 1893 in Spillville , where his friend Josef Jan Kovarik had relatives .
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In 1900 , Elizabeth married Waller Cowles , and her daughter Harriet was born in 1912 .
Elizabeth Waller married Cowles in 1900 , and their daughter Harriet was born in 1912 .

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Problem: S1: There went I , and there was he : here and there to my grief I find him .
S2: There I was , and there he went : here and there to my sorrow I find him .

Do S1 & S2 convey the same information?

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A: no

The river Calova is a tributary of the River Timis in Romania .
The Calova River is a tributary of the Timis River in Romania .

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yes