QUES: Schools that fail to meet state goals for three years in a row must offer tutoring in addition to transfers .

Schools that don 't meet the testing goals for two years in a row must offer transfers .

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

[Q]: Shares in the big mortgage lenders also fell to record lows .

Shares of other mortgage lenders and home construction companies also fell .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
When Biggs 's body was found , authorities had no leads until four months later , when a tipster said Mallard talked about the incident at a party .
Authorities had no leads in Biggs ' death until four months later , when a tipster said Mallard talked about the incident at a party .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Microsoft has won a patent for an instant messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message .

Microsoft has been awarded a patent for a feature in instant messaging that alerts a user when the person they are communicating with is inputting a message .
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yes

Q: Using bookmarks and back and forth buttons - we had about eighteen different things we had in mind for the browser , " he told an industry audience in London yesterday .

Using bookmarks and back and forth buttons -- we had about eighteen different things we had in mind for the browser . "

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

[Q]: Solomon 5.5 is available initially in the United States and Canada , for a starting price of about $ 12,700 .
Solomon 5.5 is now available in the U.S. and Canada through Microsoft Business Solutions resellers .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
no