[Q]: " With the target funds rate at 1 percent , substantial further conventional easings could be implemented if the FOMC judged such policy actions warranted , " he said .
Furthermore , with the target fed funds rate at 1 percent , " substantial further conventional easings could be implemented if the FOMC judged such policy actions warranted . "
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: In the second quarter , Anadarko now expects volume of 46 million BOE , down from 48 million BOE .
S2: Production for the second quarter was cut to 46 million barrels from 48 million barrels .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
no

QUES: Even the pizza man took part , delivering a flier with the missing girl 's picture along with the pizza and a two-liter bottle of Pepsi to Cruz 's house .

Even the pizza delivery took part , unwittingly delivering a leaflet with the missing girl 's picture during his run to Cruz 's house .

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

[Q]: " We are pleased with the judge 's decision and pleased that they accepted our arguments , " a Merrill spokesman said Tuesday .

" We 're pleased with the judge 's decision , " said Mark Herr , spokesman for Merrill Lynch .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Instead , bond bulls focus on the fact the Fed has done nothing to dispel market expectations of an easing , either in speeches or through the press .
Still , bond bulls can take comfort in the fact the Fed has done nothing to dispel market expectations of an easing , either in speeches or through the press .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Genetic studies of ethnic groups raise concerns because of fears that they could be used or distorted to justify discrimination against a group or to promote stereotypes .

Geneticists cite fears that ethnic-based research would be used or distorted to justify discrimination against a group or to promote racial stereotypes .
OPTIONS:
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yes