Question:
S1: " We must not engage in borough warfare , " Thompson testified at a budget hearing by the City Council 's Finance Committee .
S2: " We must not engage in borough warfare , " the Comptroller William Thompson told the Council , according to his written testimony .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: A big surge in consumer confidence has provided the only positive economic news in recent weeks .

Only a big surge in consumer confidence has interrupted the bleak economic news .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: The exam contains four sections and tests a students knowledge of algebra and geometry as well as probability and statistics .

The test , in four sections , includes algebra and geometry , along with some questions on probability and statistics .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
A total of 17 cases have been confirmed in the southern city of Basra , the Organization said .
A total of 17 confirmed cases of cholera were reported yesterday by the World Health Organisation in the southern Iraqi city of Basra .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

One , from a former CIBC executive , described the returns earned by the bank on its Enron deals as " outrageous . "

The report quotes extensively from internal e-mails , including one from a former CIBC executive who described the returns earned by the bank on its Enron deals as " outrageous . "
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy dissented in an opinion joined by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas .
He was joined by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas .

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yes