QUES: The conservancy helped in the purchase of the land from the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon for $ 22 million .

The park service purchased the land from the estate of Samuel Mills Damon for $ 22 million .

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

[Q]: Both Mr Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have denied that Britain had reneged on plans to involve the UN in the reconstruction of Iraq .

Mr Blair and the Foreign Secretary , Jack Straw , have denied Ms Short 's claims that Britain has reneged on plans to involve the UN in the reconstruction of Iraq .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The Dow Jones industrial average < .DJI > rose 98.74 points , or 1.12 percent , to 8,949.00 .
The city index outperformed the Dow Jones industrial average , which rose 2.9 percent during the four-day trading week .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

" If that ain 't a Democrat , then I must be at the wrong meeting , " he said to a standing ovation .

And if that ain 't a Democrat , then I must be in the wrong meeting , " he said to thunderous applause from his supporters .
OPTIONS:
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yes

Q: Its attackers had to fire their rockets from hundreds of yards away , with a makeshift launcher hidden in a portable electric generator .

Its attackers had to launch their strike from hundreds of metres away , with a makeshift rocket launcher disguised as a portable electric generator .

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

[Q]: Late trading : Placing a buy order for a mutual fund after 4 p.m. ET and getting it at that day 's closing net asset value .
Forward pricing : Law that states mutual fund shares bought after 4 p.m. ET are priced at the next day 's closing net asset value .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]:
no