[Q]: Through Thursday , Oracle said 34.75 million PeopleSoft shares had been tendered .

Some 34.7 million shares have been tendered , Oracle said in a statement .
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[A]: yes

[Q]: Sovereign , based in Philadelphia , expects to close the acquisition in the first quarter of 2004 .

Sovereign said it expects the merger to close in the first quarter of 2004 , subject to regulatory and First Essex shareholder approval .
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[A]: no

[Q]: " Nobody really knows what happened except me and that guard , " Kaye said , " and I can assure you that what he said happened didn 't happen . "

" Nobody really knows what happened there except for me and the guard , and I can assure you that what he said happened didn 't happen , " Kaye said .
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[A]: yes

[Q]: WinFS will require that applications be rewritten to exploit such capabilities .

However , applications will have to be rewritten to take advantage of such capabilities .
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[A]:
yes