Question:
S1: Similar bills passed the House twice but died in the Senate .
S2: Two years ago , the House passed a similar version that floundered in the Senate .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: The benchmark 10-year note US10YT = RR slipped 16 / 32 in price , sending its yield to 4.48 percent from 4.42 percent late on Thursday .

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 4.46 % from 4.42 % late Thursday .

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

[Q]: About 25 countries have signed in the past four months , and about half of those have been signed in the past few weeks .

According to the State Department list , about 25 nations have signed bilateral agreements in the past four months , about half in the past three weeks .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Testing of the swimsuit at a state police lab and at a private lab in Virginia had not yet been able determine whether it belonged to Bish , Conte said .
Testing at a Massachusetts State Police lab and a private Virginia lab has not been able to determine whether the swimsuit belonged to Bish , Conte said yesterday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points , or 0.18 percent , to 1,649 .

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up a mere 0.04 of a point at 1,653 .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Intel updated investors midway through the quarter and said business was proceeding exactly as planned .
Intel said midway through its quarter , which ended in June , that business was exactly as expected .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes