Problem: Scientists had observed that mice with a defective Klotho gene aged prematurely and wondered if an enhanced gene would have an opposite effect.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Scientists have discovered a gene that produces a hormone that raises the life expectancy in mice by 30 percent.
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Answer: no

Problem: Lastly, the author uses the precedent of marijuana legalization in other countries as evidence that legalization does not solve any social problems, but instead creates them.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Drug legalization has benefits.
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Answer: no

Problem: Two of Gianni Versace's favorite buzzwords were quality and future, so after the 50-year-old designer was murdered last July outside his Miami Beach, Fla. mansion, it was somehow inevitable that his family would have to go about putting those words together: They had to ask themselves how they could ensure the future of the company Versace had built without sacrificing its reputation for quality.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Gianni Versace is a designer.
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Answer: yes

Problem: The 60,000 customers, less than 10% of Telecom's subscribers, who subscribed to Go Large, which boasts full speeds and no data cap, since December 8, 2006 till late February, 2007 will receive up to NZ$160 in credit. Telecom has temporarily stopped either new or existing customers from signing up to the new plan, and will also ask existing customers in the next couple of weeks if they wish to change plans, stay on the same plan with a changed traffic management policy, or cancel their service.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
The number of internet users in New Zealand has increased.
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Answer:
no