Question:
S1: Out of the nearly $ 20 billion , $ 18.6 billion is earmarked for reconstruction of Iraq and $ 1.2 billion for Afghanistan .
S2: The $ 87 billion budget includes $ 51 billion for military operations in Iraq , another $ 20 billion for reconstruction and about $ 11 billion for Afghanistan .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: Consolidated volume was heavy , with 2.17 billion shares traded , compared with 1.92 billion on Tuesday .

Consolidated volume was moderate , with 1.91 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange , compared to 1.5 billion Monday .

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

[Q]: Houston fourth-graders also performed similarly to national peers in writing .

" New York City and Houston fourth-graders were at the national average in writing .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
After hours of negotiations , a SWAT team burst in early yesterday and found Hoffine dead .
Early Friday , the SWAT team burst in and found Hoffine dead .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

In their study , researchers tested the hearing of 479 men between 20 and 64 years old who were exposed to noise in their jobs .

Barrenas 's team tested the hearing of 479 men , aged 20 to 64 , who were exposed to noise in their jobs .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
In Europe , France 's CAC-40 fell 0.8 percent , Britain 's FTSE 100 lost 0.9 percent and Germany 's DAX index gave back 1 percent .
In afternoon trading in Europe , France 's CAC-40 fell 1.6 percent , Britain 's FTSE 100 dropped 1.2 percent and Germany 's DAX index lost 1.9 percent .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes