Problem: Wwo sentences:
Sales - a figure watched closely as a barometer of its health - rose 5 percent instead of falling as many industry experts had predicted .
It also disclosed that sales -- a figure closely watched by analysts as a barometer of its health -- were significantly higher than industry experts expected .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The Securities and Exchange Commission has also initiated an informal probe of Coke .

That federal investigation is separate from an informal inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission .
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no

Q: The decision could also prove useful in the " war on terrorism " .

Tuesday 's decision could prove useful to the government in the war on terrorism .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
It appears that the machine was cracked using a ptrace exploit by a local user immediately after the exploit was posted on BugTraq . "
" It appears that the machine was cracked using a ptrace exploit by a local user immediately after the exploit was posted , " it added .

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A:
yes

input question: Against the Swiss franc CHF = , the dollar was at 1.3172 francs , down 0.60 percent .
Against the yen the dollar was down 0.7 percent at 110.73 yen .

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output answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
They were just making sure they dotted all the I 's and crossed all the T 's , " said Schooff .
They were just making sure they dotted all the I 's and crossed all the T 's , " said Blair Schoof , executive director of music for AOL Europe .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer:
yes