QUES: A beauty contest to be held in Italy next week may be the first for pixel-perfect pin-ups .

A new beauty contest kicking off in Italy next week will give pixel-perfect pin-ups the chance to steal sultry Sophia 's sex-symbol status .

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

QUES: Republican officials said the advertising buy was proof that Democrats are panicking that they were losing their stature on Medicare .

Republican officials said the advertisements were proof that Democrats were panicking about losing their stature on Medicare .

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

QUES: At first , the animals ' performance declined compared to the sessions on the joystick .

At first , the animals ' performance declined compared with the joystick sessions .

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