Question:
S1: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is awaiting recommendations from his commanders .
S2: Rumsfeld is awaiting recommendations from his commanders about troop needs in Iraq .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged down 28.08 points , or 0.3 percent , at 9,256.49 .

The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 18.06 , or 0.2 per cent , at 9266.51 .

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

[Q]: Mr. Kozlowski contends that the event included business and that some of those attending were Tyco employees .

Mr. Kozlowski contends that the event was in large part a business function .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
General Wesley Clark finally confirmed this week that he would seek the Democratic nomination to run against President George Bush in next year 's presidential elections .
Retired General Wesley Clark 's entry into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination will almost certainly strengthen anti-war forces determined to unseat US President George W Bush next year .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Mr Neil said that according to the source , the report will say its inspectors have not even unearthed " minute amounts of nuclear , chemical or biological weapons material " .

According to the BBC , the group 's interim report will say its inspectors have not even unearthed " minute amounts of nuclear , chemical or biological weapons material " .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Revenue rose to $ 616.5 million from $ 610.6 million a year earlier .
Revenue was up a tad , from $ 610.6 million to $ 616.5 million .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
no