[Q]: " Admiral Black has provided spiritual guidance to thousands of service men and women during his 25 years of service , " Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said yesterday .

" Admiral Black has provided spiritual guidance to thousands of servicemen and women during his 25 years of service , " Frist said .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
His daughter , Nina Axelrod , told The Associated Press that he died in his sleep , apparently of heart failure .
Axelrod died in his sleep of heart failure , said his daughter , Nina Axelrod .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Some 26.5 million shares changed hands , more than three times the daily average over 10 days of 6.8 million .

Some 11.8 million shares have changed hands , well above its daily average over 10 days of 6.8 million .
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yes

Q: Hackett and Rossignol did not know each other and Hackett had no connection to Colby , Doyle said .

State police Lt. Timothy Doyle said Hackett and Rossignol did not know each other , and that Hackett had no connection to the college .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The staged scene , covering several acres , featured smashed cars and buses , ruined buildings , scattered debris and spot fires .
Smashed cars and buses , ruined buildings , scattered debris and spot fires added to the realism .

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no

QUES: The moment of reckoning has arrived for this West African country founded by freed American slaves in the 19th century .

Taylor is now expected to leave the broken shell of a nation founded by freed American slaves in the 19th century .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no